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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
CHANGE OF HEART.

The Chicago News has come out for
the election of Hughes to the presi-
dency and sets forth its reasons there
for as follows:
when the question of national
leadership came before the country
four years ago the Daily News strong
ly advised ne Democratic party to
make Woodrow Wilson its candidate
for presiden, The arguments per-
sistently advanced on his behalf By
this newspaper are known to have
contributed in inconsiderab1e de-
gree to Mr.. Wilson'S nomination by the
Baltimore convention. In the sue
ceeding campaign the Daily News
heartily supported Mr.. Wilson's can
didacy. Many of his actions as presi-
dent have received it's eull approval.
However, certain characteristics of
this remarkable chief executive of the
nation, characteristics clearly revealed
by his official course, have led him
into actions that appear to the Daily
News to be subversive of popular gov
ernmelt and even of the foundations
of public order and safety. Therefore
it believes that the interests of the re-
public require the retirement of Mr..
Wilson from the presidency at the
end of his present term of office"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
CHmDREN,s TEETH.

A recent investigation made by the
United States public health service in
connection with studies of rural school
children showed that 49.3 per 'ent
had defective teeth, Pill per cent had
two or more missing teeth, and only
1853 had had dental attention.
Over IA per cent never used a tooth
brush, $50 per cent used one occa-
sionally and only PA per cent used
one daily.
Defective teeth reduce physical
efficiency.
Dirty, suppurating, STRAIGHTFORWARD
mouths are responsible for many cases
of heart disease, rheumatism, and
other chronic affections.
The children are not responsible
for the neglected state of their teeth.
The ignorant and careless parent is
to blame for this condition. condi-
ton which hampers mental and phys
ical growth and puts permanent
handicap on our future citizens.
School teachers can and are doing
much in intoxicating habits of personal
cleanliness on the rural school child
but this will fail of accomplishment
unless parents cooperate heartily and
continuously.
owe their children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28

DRIFTING IN DREAMS.
Good night, Little One. good night,
May glorious rest,
The old Sandman's best,
Be thine, Little One, tonight.
May thy dreams, Little One, be bright
AS you sail away
For the evening play
On The sea of Child's Delight
oh! ride with the tide, Little Ship,
As a red rose leaf
On a coral reef.
On this most adyenturesome trip.
To the land of good little boys,
Ger beautiful seas
That are sure to please,
To the land of wonderful toys.
Pirate ships-storm- beaten and old,
Great castles of kings
And hundreds of things,
Like dungeons o'er-flowing with gold.
But, at last, when the old moons gone,
Then put out to sea
And sail back to
From the east that is pink with dawn.
#. Newlin Price, in Brownings Magazine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
You can't Please EN-.

You'd better spruce up bit, SAID
my wife as 1 left home. You are
trying to hold down pretty good JOB
now and appearance is everything. 1t
is time you were sending that old suit
to the Salvation Army home. You
ought to have some style about you.
A SLOUGH can't get ahead in the bust
ness any more. Change your makeup
and be quick about it,
1 knocked off early and blew into
a haberdasher's to crawl inside of a
makeup that would make Beau
Brummel turn green with envy.
He sicked a red tie and a striped
shirt onto me and a green hat with
the bow behind and the gentlemanly
artist back in the clothing department
slipped me into a checked suit that
fit as snugly as the first mortgage on
an instalm ent-plan house.
Gray spats and patent leather shoes
completed the disguise and felt quite
proud of myself as 1 approached my
own vine and fig tree.
Where did you annex the musical
comedy costume" asked friend wife as
soon as she had recovered her breath
Has some show gone broke or are
you trying to break into the asylum
SO as to shirk your family cares? You
look like the dream of a rarebit fiend
Do you want your employers to think
you are rehearsing vaudeville
sketch? Get those passionate toys off
1 will go down and buy you a suit and
hat tomorrow"
Moral: You can't please 'em.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28

Sterrits brought? Isn't he the vain
one? And condescending. oh, myl"
Keep still, Nicky. You really make
me tired!''
the honest-to-goodness truth"
you couldn't, Nicky," laughed
Jane. 81 want you to know I like
Mr.. Carrick and you can't make fun
of him.
"AIl right You'd better tie his
glove on your sleeve, little champion.
Bye-byei'
David was pretty well down. His
spirits were registered about 40 below
zero. Especially after ne had heard
himself alluded to as "snob;" 1.-The
Kaiser" and the great Lord Helpus."
He had heard enough Slipping
around the back way, he found his
motor and departed.
David thought over things for a
week and in that time he underwent
as many changes as a caterpillar. He
came out a different person, humble
as the dust.
I'm going back to Jack Sterritt's
Saturday and try to make good with
those people, I guess I have been pref
ty much of a cad. Besides, I'd like
to see little Jane"
James eyes widened quickly, then
narrowed, when she saw him and she
flushed consciously. I'm very glad
to see you, Mr.. Carrick."
Then I'm repaid for coming" he
returned meaningly.
He stayed with her nearly all even
ing, finding himself unwilling to leave
her side. 81 know why it is l have
token such a notion to her" he kept
explaining to himself. Its because
she is so kind and fair-minded.
That night when Jane looked hap
| PLY into her mirror she shook her
finger at her reflection reprovingly.
you bad girl" she scolded. you let
him stay that night and hear all those
| dreadful things about himself just to
| teach him a lesson, and you posed as
| little saint on your own account.
Now he likes you all to pieces and
| is getting really sentimental What
| are you going to do about it? One
! thing you are not going to do. You
are never going to let on you saw him
i sitting there that night. And, another
thing, you are going to keep him
| guessing for a long. long time how
much you really do care about him u
| All of which, If David had known,
he would have said proved that the
chief characteristic of the feminine
| gender is duplicity.-(Copyrig 1916,
| by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The electoral college now numbers
631 votes. A majority or this is z0o.
The Republicans concede Wilson and
Marshall the states of Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana
Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklaho-
ma. South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia. with 136 electoral votes.
In the list of o--5tful states they place
Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, Mary
land. Missouri, Montana, Nebraska
and New Mexico, with 10 electoral
votes. Conceding all the doubtful
states to Wilson and adding the same
to the absolutely certain 1876 votes
would give him a total of 215. cleo
toral votes, or 81 less than required
to elect But Democrats claim New
York and Indiana for Wilson with so
votes. That added to the surely Dem
ocratic votes (136) and the 10 doubt
full ones would make the total Wilson
and Marshall vote 275-or nine more
than necessary to elect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
JAYHAw MER JOTS

To the Athol Record, the names of
the Greek ministers of state have 4
sound like interlocking directorates.
Statistics tell us, notes Mrs. Mat
lock in the Marion Review, that the
majority of the people in the hospitals
Tor throat. nose and ear operations are
girls and women. 1t is accounted for
by the fact that style has decreed that
women go bare headed and otherwise
unprotected from the weather, winter
and summer, which reminds us of the
old adage Pride must endure pain"
There is only one thing worse than
a baseball umpire, says the Olathe
Register. That is a football official
who is considered an enemy to the
human race by twenty-five earnest and
sweating athletes on the field and
whose decisions are far less understood
by the side-line rooters than those of
the baseball umpire. A football off,
cfal is human outcast and ranks in
public estimation with horse thieves
and pirates.
Gems, from the Jewell County Re-
publican: A pretty girl in the family
hardly ever does her share of the
work. Does it find the yellow
streak in you to hear somebody
else praised? Thinking spiteful
thoughts defiles the atmosphere worse
Once in a while a. man is smart
enough to get his mother-in-law on
his side of the row. There is a
time in a girls life when she prefers
dolls to boys, but it doesn't last long.
There is nothing new under the
sun except the new crowd to whom all
old things are new
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
Paper for CelluIoid Films.

Substitution of paper rolls for cell
luloid films in moving picture ma
chimes is now said to be made possible
by the new cold" light discovered by
a French engineer named Doussaud,
which is described to the Academy of
Science at Paris by Prof. Pranley,
with whom Doussaud studied The
new light is obtained by automatic
separation of heat rays from lumi-
nous rays. The light obtained is so
intense that images from newspaper
illustrations, picture postcards and
Photographic prints, so it is an
nounced, can be thrown on a screen in
a lighted room as clearly and sharply
as if they were glass lantern Slides
The Argonaut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
SIDE TALKS
Happy Without knowing 1t.
BY Ruth CAMERON.

1.-The rays of happiness, like those
of light, are co1orless when unbrok-
en-"
isn't it beautiful said the Author
Man to the Newly Wed-Lady, ito be
happy and to know it, like you?'
Can one be happy without know
ing it?" asked the Newly Wed-Lady
We'll, rather" said the Author
Ban. Didn't you ever know any,
one who was happy and didn't know
it until afterward ?"
The Newly Wed-Lady thought a bit
and decided she had.
Have you ever known such people ?
1 have, lots of them.
For instance, there is a neighbor OF
mine. She has a very good husband
four healthy, nice children and a
pleasant home. Both her father and
mother are living (not with her, but
near enough so that she can see them
often).
Her husband is in an excellent bust
ness which brings in an income COM
forta BILE enough so that she does not
have to worry about money. She
keeps two maids and has means
enough for pretty, but not expensive
clothes. They have a machine and
can afford the theater and occasional
little sprees of one sort or another. In
the summer they go away to a beau
tiful summer place for three months
OF course she has some things to
harass her-who on this terrestrial
sphere has not? But in the main, her
sky is cloudless.
She really is very happy
And she does not know it. She is
restless she is always rushing eagerly
forward to something, always think
ing, by and by. when 1 have this OF
that. l shall be happy"
1 am afraid she will not know that
she is happy now until some time
when the sunshine is temporarily
plotted out from her life by some OF
the big troubles that come to most OF
us sooner or later
Then she will look back and see
how happy she was
Isn't it sad that she cannot know
that now, while she is happy?
Do you know any one the least bit
like that, res- Ter friends2
Very near home. I mean--(Copy-
right by George Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atchison Clone

[From the Atchison Globe.
War is worse than politics. but war
ends occasionally.
No boy is ever worried much for
fear it will snow too much.
Probably the worst disappointment
is a sneeze that fizzles out
A boys notion of a worthless dog
is one that won't chase cats
Remember how you used to long
for weather like this last summer?
Alb Adkins says they're all hard
winters after a man has a family to
support.
While an enemy may soak you oc-
casionally, he doesn't bore you a
great deal.
AS a rule it is the young doctor who
knows exactly what is the matter
with his patient
When comfort means more to you
than excitement, you aren't as young
as you used to be.
1t is hard enough for a man to be
graceful at any time, let alone to car
ry defeat that way.
When doctors give a man up, and
he RECEIVERS, that is regarded as a
great joke on the doctors.
What has become of the old-fash-
| Toned boy who believed the laws were
suspended on Halloween
1t shouldn't be difficult for you to
| find something to worry about, if
! that is your favorite pastime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
High Cost of Toothpulling.

surgeon. in illustrating teh fact
that some people object strenuously to
paying a fair price for expert work.
tells the following:
An old farmer had an liberated
root which gave him much trouble
and he decided to have 1t out. He
went to a cheap dentist, who worked
on him half the afternoon and ex-
tracted two teeth, causing the old
man excruciating pain.
The face ached harder than ever
and the old man with fear and trem-
bling entered the office of an expert
dentist, man who knew his bust
ness The latter extracted the root
which had caused all the trouble in
the first place and did it in less than
a minute.
How much?" asked the old man.
lone dollar replied the profess
sional man.
That's highway robbery" shrieked
the old man s'That other dentist
worked two hours longer than you
did and pulled two wrong teeth
and he only charged a quarter"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
The seaPs VentiIator.

1t is probable that not one person
in a thousand knows how the seal of
the far north gets air when the Arctic
ocean is entirely covered with many
feet of ice.
The small spotted seal, which is a
hair seal, and not a fur-bearer, is the
hardy dweller of the northern waters.
Under his tough, thick skin he has
an inch or more of blubber. When
the ice closes up the open water in
the Arctic, the seal selects a spot and
begins to drill hole to the surface
by pressing his warm nose against the
ice. Nobody knows how many hours
it takes him to accomplish his task,
but he manages it; and altho he is
obliged to work most of the time, be-
cause the surface of the hole IS con-
tinually freezing, he keeps it open all
winter, and obtains air.
Seals have BEEN known to drill in
this manner thru fifty feet of solid
ice. Whether or not they take turns
in the slow drilling is not positively
known.
1t is at these seal holes that the
polar bear seeks food in the winter,
and there the Eskimo waits, spear in
hand, for his weekly supply of heat.
- Los Angeles Times illustrated
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28

Mother Beaveri Mother Beaveri
Bushyi Little Brotheri Come here!
I have something to tell you!" shout
ed Father Beaver as he ran back to
his home I've a fine surprise!
I've And then he stopped short.
For Mother Beaver had company
Some one was there talking to her.
Some one who looked like beaver
person, but surely couldn't be, for not
a single beaver did they know-that
is. know to call an acquaintance, in
this new wiggleisksken country. Fa-
Their Beaver was puzzled and he went
very slowly toward Mother Beaver and
the stranger till he should make out
who it might be.
But he had not long to wonder.
Mother Beaver turned around just
then, spied him coming their way, and
called out Come quickly, Father
Beaver, and see who's come to call
on u.s."
Father Beaver hurried up and when
he got close he recognized the caller
right away. 1t was none other than
the dignified beaver who sat at the
Father Beaver and his family were
made members of the Wiggieisksken
society. But what could he be doing
here? Was some trouble afoot?
The visiting beaver soon set Father
Beavers mind at rest by introducing
himself and explaining his errand. Il
am Briar Beaver" he said, kindly,
and I've come to see how you are
faring ia your new home. Do you find
everything to your liking? Are you
all well and happy? Is there anything
1 can do for you?"
Now wasn't that kind and thought
full of Briar Beaver? No wonder
Father Beaver was pleased and
proud. No wonder he forgot, for the
minute, all about his raft and that
he remembered only how nice and
kind everyone had been Indeed
there is nothing we could possibly
want, Briar Beaver, but 1 thank you
just the same"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
TAKE OTHERS WITH YOU.

In the November American Maya
zine sid" says:
TT is easy to understand how man
might be three or four or even ten
times as successful in business as the
general average of men. But when
a man isaa- hundred or thousand
times as successful as his fellows we
look on with amazement, and, because
we cannot comprehend it, we usually
say he is a bowling genius, and let it
go at that.
But calling a man a bowling genius
does not get us anywhere. 1t does not
explain anything. 1t is an unsatis-
factory definition, because it contains
no hint or help. Nobody knows ex-
actly what a genius is.
Now, 1 am no diagnostician of
greatness. 1 am just as much puzzled
as anybody when it comes to defining
the qualities that make for superla-
tive achievement. Take, for example,
Charles M Schwab, whose articles are
now appearing in this magazine. I
cannot take Schwab apart and show
you why, starting as a day laborer
without influence or a dollar to his
name, he has turned out to be VIVA.
he is-a giant in the business world.
But 1 know his story thru and thru,
and as have considered it this
thought has come to me:
There are probably dozens of men
in the steel business who know al
most as much about that business as
Schwab knows. But where other men
concentrate on their own personal
contribution to the perfection of some
part of the business, perhaps some
technical part, Schwab takes an enor-
nous interest in studying and devel-
oping men whose talents can be used
in broadening and extending the bust
ness. You will find that note running
all thru his story-a curious watch
fulness for the new man and almost
childlike enthusiasm when he discov-
| ers him. Take his delight over Eu-
gene Grace, for example. Grace was a
switchman eight years ago, and to-
day he is president of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation and his income is a
million dollars a year. Schwab is sc
tickled over Grace that he can hardly
hold himself in. He predicts that
Grace will some day be the biggest
industrial figure in AmericaI
81 other words, man like Schwab
by finding and encouraging men. and
! by inspiring their loyalty. carries him.
self and all his associates on to a sue
cess which none of them could achieve
alone. He establishes a long battle
line of organization IN which there are
great numbers of men intel1icontiy
used and genuinely appreciated by a
commander who realizes that his owr
success is manifolded by the work OF
his associates.
I'm business it is not the individual
producer who gets the biggest or ths
surest rewards; it is the organization
builder. And any man, no mattei
how small his business. ought to rec
ognize that fact. Unless an employer
is interested in finding. training, hold
ing and dividing with good men, the
business he is engaged in can never
grow. It viii remain the work of one
man; and the work of one man i:
bound to be limited in size and prof
it's.
You ray think that you are in tn
shoe business or the shir- business Oh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Advice to keep away from bad COM
pany usually falls on unwilling ears.
X X X
The individuals who die for love have
never been so numerous as to be no
ticed much.
X X X
Men who pose as woman haters
generally succumb to the first girl who
really goes after them.
X X x
Presumably the 'anVil chorus" is
popular because it does not take much
ability to shine in it.
X y X
Another general rule is that people
find no difficulty in believing the most
atrocious stories about others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
Doubtful Location.

During an inquest held in Cincin-
natl the following question was put
to one of the witnesses by the deputy
coroner:
the motor carp"
Whereupon the witness, a surgeon,
replied: "At the juncture of the dorsal
and cervica1 vertebrate"
The deputy coroner looked puzzled.
will you please point out that on the
map?" he asked. indicating one that
hung on the wall.-Case and Com
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
A Distressing Accident.

The train was creeping along on one
of Michigans VIGOROUSLY punk rail-
roads when finally it stopped with
wheeze and jerk which sent half of
the passengers over the seats or into
the aisles. The conductor entered the
day coach with an apologize air and
already to dodge if any of the pas
sengers should try to shoot him. Lean
ing over the PROSTATE form of a trav-
cling man who had been thrown into
the aisle, he asked in a confidential
whisper: Say, mister, have you got a
bottle of mucilage in your grip? We
want to fix the engine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28

This years corn crop is estimated by
the agricultural department to be
2.T17,0 900, 900 bushels, which is 337,-
600. 900 bushels less than last year
bumper crop, but 100000 bushels
better than the September estimate
made it. The oat crop is 81, 100000
below last years. The barley crop
shows a shortage of 54,000,000 BUSH
els. The flaxseed yield exceeds that
of last year. The potato crop is far
below last years production.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Philadelphia Broil.
By BRINKERHOFF.

Drain the oysters, heat the liquor
over the fire. Boil and skim it. For
every twenty oysters allow one table,
spoonful of butter, put in the sauce
pan and brown. Add a tablespoonful
of Drowned flour, then add one-half
pint Of the oyster liquid.
Stir the mixture until boiling; add
salt to taste and a teaspoonful of
paprika, turn all this into a double
boiler and add teaspoonful of sea-
soning. Heat an ordinary pancake
with butter. Lay on a few oysters
at a time, as soon as they are brown
and curl, put them in the oyster sauce
in double boiler and continue so until
all the oysters are broiled. The grid
die must be very hot or the juice of
the oysters will prevent browning.
The Table
Currant Potato Scones-Two cups
mashed potatoes, two cups flour, ] "
tablespoons butter OeveD, two heap
ing teaspoons baking powder. one
one cup currants wash thoroly)
milk enough to make soft dough.
Mix all dry ingredients and rub with
the butter and potato. Add currants
and milk. Roll jlalf inch thick. Cut
into squares, circles or diamonds.
Bake twenty minutes in quick oven.
Split when done and butter generous
ly. Serve very hot.
Raisin and Nut Bread Every nour-
ishing)-One egg, three-fourths cup
sugar, II cups milk, one teaspoon
baking powder, two (small) table,
spoons butter and lard mixed, one-half
cup raisins, and one cup chopped wal
nut meats. Beat egg with sugar. Add
sifted flour, baking powder and salt
alternately with milk. Last, add but
for mixture melted and walnuts Bake
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28

1t is somewhat reassuring in the
United States, says the Christian
Science Monitor, when certain people
are going up and down the land pro-
claiming calamity if this policy is not
adopted. or that policy is not repudiat-
ed, or if this man is elected, or if that
man is defeated, or if the people in
sist upon this course. or persist in fol-
lowing that. to learn that some capt.
talist who has very great interests at
sake has purchased another Rubens