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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-13
TOO BAD. TOO BADi

Even when the poor, old consumers
do experience little luck in reduc-
ton in the price of one of the items
that go to make up the high cost of
living, it isn't likely to continue for
any great length of time.
And comes now some news that will
likely be distressing to the multitudes.
The price of diamonds, which was one
of the exceedingly few prices that were
kicked III the Stats just a little bit by
the European war, has recovered from
the shock, and promises to take on a
virility that will give it strength to go
even higher than ever before.
Strange to say, too, the European
war that was responsible for cutting
down the price of diamonds is also to
blame for the renewed vigor it is
showing Or rather, this is the expla-
nation of the experts in the premises,
who are none other, of course, than
the diamond dealers.
Frank w. Mahin, the United States
consul at Amsterdam, Netherlands,
where most of the worlds supply of
diamonds is Gu. and polished, is the
one to break the sad news.
He reports that. according to the
London diamond syndicate, the supply
of raw stones is greatly reduced for
lack of workmen in the South African
mines on account of the war: while the
demand is large from the United
States for the general trade.
rT5l,1 Ie nd
for diamonds, Mr.. Mahin states, that
is due to the purchasing of these gems,
both by the public and by dealers in
European centers as a safe and con-
venient form of investment in view
of the uncertainty of various securi-
ties In which these investors would
ordinarily place their savings.
Surely it is just one thing after an
other in the high cost of living arena
But the plain people. tbs masses to
whom the politicians pay so much So
lic;tous attention during the campaign
periods, have become so Injured to the
burdens that are placed or them in
this field, that they will undoubtedly
stagger along under the increasing
price of diamonds without so many OF
them giving up the struggle therefor.
And the really sensible thing for
them to do, of course. is to grin and
bear as well as they may, this latest
swat at their pocketbooks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-13
GERMANY,S FINANCES.

Apart from her holding of foreign
negotiable instruments, Germany had
large commercial investments in Aus
tria, Turkey and Italy, writes H. ].
Jennings in the North American Re-
view. Those in the last-named coun-
try must be considered dormant until
the close of the war, and with regard
to those in the other two, it looks as
if they would eventually be hardly
worth the documents in which they
are registered. The financial position
of Austro-Hungary is even worse
much worse-than that of Germany;
and Turkey. having exhausted her
own resources, has to depend on Ger
many for the means wherewith to
carry on her catspaw work. Both the
Dual Kingdom and the Ottoman EN-
pire are hopelessly bankrupt, and the
f100, 100000 lent to the latter, nomi-
nalIy by syndicate of German banks,
does not appear to be a very promis-
| ing asset. One result of the Balkan
wars was to reduce greatly Turkeys
European territory, together with the
revenues derivable therefrom; and no
settlement has ever been arrived at
for distributing the liability for inter-
est on the foreign debt. Everything,
in fact, is in confusion, and the only
thing that stands out clearly is that
after the war. Turkey will be without
resources upon which to establish a
commercial recovery, Germany will be
standing on Turkeys doorstep de-
handing payment in cash or conces-
sions, and the Western Powers, after
the ingratitude with which Turkey has
repaid their repeated help. are not
likely to lend their aid for the sake
of bolstering up any longer an effete
and rotten barbarism. Germany, in
any case, has come appreciably nearer
to the end of her realizable assets out
side her own empire. She has, in ad-
dition, lost all her colonies but East
Africa, just when one or two of them
were becoming profitable and were
RENTING trade balances to Europe.
She is thrown back on her internal
wealth for the prolongation of the
war. Paper, as has already been said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-13
Jayhawker Jots

The number of citizens born in log
cabins increases every election year,
points out the Ottawa Herald.
The last hope of the modest man is
gone, groans the Wichita Beacon.
Fashion insists on transparent hens
for the gowns of the coming season.
AS the Arkansas City Traveller
points out: A bawling baby is not
half as big nuisance as the person
who takes it upon himself to tell
everybody within twenty feet of him
what is going to happen in the next
reel
Wheat farmers around Kinsley are
offering harvest hands SO a day and
stackers SIS. The result is, says the
Wichita Beacon, that there is a sur
ers and a famine of plain harvest
hands.
The camel is to be the emblem of
the Prohibition party, notes the
Hutchinson News, and 1t adds: Cir
Gus men will tell one that a camel
as a March hare. The camel goes a
long time without a drink but it fills
up some when it finally finds a re-
freshment booth.
Told by the society editor of the
Lawrence Journal-World: A certain
her son who is with Company M at
Fort Riley. While walking over the
camp she became interested in the
small tents. Son." she asked, what
are those small tents over there %
and upon being told that they were
pup tents she exclaimed, "Why, I
didn't know the soldiers took little
pups along to war;"
With the prospect for war less me-
nacing, the Lawrence Journal-World
suggests that the young women who
were so anxious to volunteer as Red
Cross nurses may find a useful field
for patriotic service by volunteering
to help cook for harvest hands in Kan
sas.
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can be made to fulfill all the duties of
a cash currency, but it cannot create
a wealth that does not exist, or multi
ply that which does. The national in
come of Germany before the war has
been estimated at about 1000, 100000
marks by Doctor Helfferich, and at
$4,000, 100000 marks by M. Riser.
Suppose we take it at the mean figure
of SO, 900, 100000 marks. How has this
been affected by the war? Produc-
ton, it is admitted, is at least third
less, hundreds of factories are shut
up. the export trade is virtually dead,
interest on foreign securities is great
ly diminished, all kinds of property
are depreciating, hone securities are
depressed and in many cases pay no
commercial banks have most OF their
capital locked up in home end foreign
ventures, many of which are, at any
rate. temporarily at standstill. When
the time arrives for another big Ger
man war loan, the wizards of finance
will in these conditions be at their
wits ends to know what incantations
to use, what magic spells to weave, in
order to squeeze real money out of the
German people. The game of bluff
can not go On forever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-13
QUAKER MEDIrATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Recort

[From the Philadelphia Eecord.l
The high flyer has to have more
than lofty ideals.
Tell pessimist the past is dead, and
he will demand an autopsy.
Charity. beginning at home, enables
a mansto practice on himself
Fortune knocks at the door. but
isn't always able to find the keyhoIe.
It's all right to begin at the bottom,
provided the bottom doesn't drop out
A fellow can't very we'll succeed as
an aviator unless he keeps up appear
ances.
zone good turn deserves another
quoted the Wise Guy. Yes, but, un-
fortunately, perpetual motion has new
er fully materialized," ADDED the Sim
pie Mug.
The Optimist-"Oh, there is more
sympathy in the world than we have
any idea Of" The Pessinist-"Yes:
ever notice how many people weep al
weddings?"
First Bleacherite-I tell you, that
centerfielder covers the ground. Sec
ond Bleacherite-Well, turn about is
fair play. The ground will do as much
for him some day.
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Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

A fanatic is frequently popular with
fools.
Sometimes a rush order is only
given that way.
If one is young. there is no such
thing as a day of rest.
Much of the hard work in this
world is disguised as sport.
Sometimes one is wrongfully ac-
cused of doing the right thing.
It's easier to get into a scrap than
it is to scrape up enough money to get
out of it.
1t wouldn't be so bad if the man
who can't think of anything to say
wouldn't say anything
Comparatively little of our sympa-
thy is devoted to the man whose dig
nifty demands a frock coat in hot
weather.
It's mighty fine that Eve didn't can
any of that forbidden fruit As 1t
was, she caused as enough everlast-
ing trouble.
A woman may start on a trip with
out forgetting anything, but she al
ways worries for fear she has forgot
ten something.
These sultry summer days NAV
make one long to go to the noun
tains to cool off, but much of the in
teresting scenery is on the sunny side
of the street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-13

Russia has finally organized an in
dustrial army at home to provide prac-
tically all things that her hordes of
soldiers i'll training and on the battle
fields may need, with the possible ex-
ception of an adequate supply of mu-
nitions, and even in the latter line
Russia has also made tremendous
strides. And this industrial army that
Russia has organized for war is likely
to keep on the job and develop to
larger proportions. And after the war
is over this Russian Industrial army
will be almost certain to make the in
dustrial armies of the otter nations of
the world sit up and take notice in the
fight that will then be on for the
worlds trade. In one way the war
has been a wonderful blessing to Rus
sia. It has reused the great Russian
Bear from it's lethargy. 1t has awak-
ened Russia to the tremendous latent
power of her people and not so much
from the military as from the indus
trial standpoint.
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do not say, mark you, a uSeful pur-
pose, but a purpose valid purpose,
genuine purpose, not a mske-believe
purpose Mental discipline is not
valid or genuine purpose-it is
make-believe. Meanwhile the num-
Der of purposes. of genuine. valid pur-
poses, is simply infinite. Learning to
read Virgil is, of course, just as valid
a purpose as learning to play a SYM
phony. or learning to bake pumpkin
pie. The test is, however, not, did the
student get mental discipline? but, can
he read and enjoy Virgil? can he play
the symphony? will some cue eat the
pie? And because people rarely care
to read Virgil, because almost none of
the thousands who study Latin ever
can or do read Virgil. therefore, in so
far as they are concerned, studying
Latin has no purpose and cannot be
de Tended as mental discipline.
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DICKEY's BATH.

OF course you remember Dickey,
the pretty little yellow and black ca
nary who gave his little Mistress Mary
so much pleasure. You've read
stories about him before. How 1 wish
you had been there to see him take
his bath!
He didn't want to take his bath
when it was the right time for baths
who does? And, moreover, he
wouldn't get in his tub. He wouldn't
even look at that tub, Mary took out
his seed cup, and she poked her fin
gers gently into the top of his cage
to coax him down to the bottom. But
he paid no attention to such maneu-
vers. He simply would not battle.
Mary left the tub in until it was
time for her to go to school, and still
he hadn't used it. Il hate to have
such a dirty birdie, mother she said
but Dickey won't take his bath and
this is the third day since he's had
one" But it was school time, SO Mary
took the unused tub out of the cage,
put the seed cup in, and hung her
bird up by the window. Then she went
to school.
looked at pretty Diokey many tins
as she went about her work She
liked his lovely song and she often
spoke to him or answered his cheerful
call.
One time, as she went through the
room she saw that he was doing
something out of the ordinary and she
stopped to see what it was. He was
taking a bath in his drinking-cup!
Yes, sir, That's just what he was
DOING
wait a minute. Dickey," cried
Mary's mother: Til get you your
tub,p And she ran to the bathroom
and brought back his little white tub
all full of clean water.
Dickey stopped his drinking-cup
bath and eyed the bath tub thought
fully YES" he seemed to be saying
to himself. that is my bath tub, sure
enough, and maybe I'd better use it,
So he hoped down, stood on the
rim of the tub and stuck his bill into
the water.
But something didn't suit him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-13
EUening Chat
What's the Simile2
BY RUTH CAMERON.


What interesting things words and
phrases often are when we stop to
think about them!
What does flash in the pam
mean?'
OF course you find that easy to an
swer. 1t means a sudden flash of
ability of one sort or another that is
not backed up by a steady supply.
But why do we call that flash in
the pan? ?" Whence does the smile
come?
That question came up the other
night. and 1 found that 1 had been
subcOnsciOuSly connecting it with the
flash of the flashlight powder in the
photographers pan. OF course that is
absurd. When you think of it, you
can see plainly that it must mean the
flash of gold III the 1,rospeetor's pam
Tracking such phrases to their lair
is very interesting. There are many
which you have used thousands of
, times without giving a thought to the
simile they represent.
For instance, we speak of someone
as being ''all run down" What is the
smile? 1 had to stop and think mo-
ment before 1 could answer.
Again, We say, a man has some
thing up his sleeve" As far as I can
| see. that phrase comes from the gam
ing table, but strangely enough it ap-
pears to have lost part of its signifi-
a card up his sleeve means that he is
cheating, but when we talk of any
, one having something up his sleeve, u
do we mean anything more than that
he has something in reserve?
Last analysis is a phrase so much
used that most of us are sick of see-
ing it, but did you ever realize to what
it refers? 1 never did until 1 became
| interested in this subject and decided
that it was the language of chemistry
Come to a head is another siTuile
whose rather unpleasant meaning we
are almost unconscious of.
| Words as well as phrases often have
| interesting derivations. Most of them
| to be sure, come to US through foreign
! languages and SO are impossible fol-
any but the language student to track
| to their lair, but there are some thai
have a more immediate derivation
Take, for instance, the word "shilly-
shally." Did you ever stop to think
what that or it's first cousin willy
! nilly'' come from?
So accustomed have we become tc
this marvellous medium called Ian
guage," whereby brain can communi-
cate with brain, that we notice il
scarcely more than the air, yet, like
the air, it is as marvellous as it is i'm
palpable. = Copyright by George
Matthew Adams.)
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her in long, easy strides. Evidently
he, too, was trying to catch the post
man, and Madge began to lag in the
hope that he would offer to act as re-
lay for her, but, to her establishment.
he swung past the next instant with
out even a look at her. Thinking
only of her desire to get that trouble
some hat back to the store and see
ing how impossible it was for her to
keep pace with this tall man, Madge
called out to him appealingly.
Won't you please take my pack
age?"
The man halted, though the look he
threw over his shoulder showed
plainly that he was confused and dis
pleased. With a barely noticeable
shrug, he came a few steps back and
reached for the package. AS he once
more bounded forward, Madge dis
covered the letter explaining about
to halt. Again he showed confusion
and displeasure, and Madge became
painfully embarrassed, all of which
tended to make the second delay I'M
necessarily long.
Meanwhile the sorrel ponies had
gained on him. and although he waved
his bundles and yelled vigorously, he
was neither seen nor heard by the
stolid driver enclosed in the little COW
cred cart, and all he could do was to
stare helplessly at the jogging ponies
as they trotted away from the mail
boxes and smother the explosives that
came as the logical accompaniment OF
his predicament
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry I delayed
you," said Madge, as she overlook him
and reached for the offending pack
age and letter. 1--WE half a notion
now to keep the old hat and wear it
big or little. just for spite at its mis-
chiefmaking.
HAT ?" The man looked at Madge
| In questioning surprise. why, 1 was
sending back hat, too. It's too small
after an unusual lot of bother to get
it."
mine was too big" laughed
Madee, and further condolences ended
| in the discovery that each had the hat
/ intended for the ether. They laughed
long and heartily over the coincidence
and made the return journey up the
hill together. The man presented his
card to Madge and assured her of his
desire to be neighborly.
st came up earlier than usually this
year" he said, "as a means of--of-''
she read the name John Marchmont
on his card. 1t was some weeks later
"Oh, I know" exclaimed Madge, as
though before she confessed that what
she knew was that he had come up
early to escape the children and dogs
and manageable daughters Of his
new neighbors. and by that time he
had alrea dy confessed his complete re-
! nunciation of the desire for bachelor
copyright. 1916, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.l
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Yes, I've got little brother,
Never asked for him from mother,
But he's here;
But 1 'spose they went and bought him
For last week the doctor brought him:
Amt it queer?
When I heard the news from Molly,
Why, / thought at first twas jolly;
Cause you see
I Just imagined / could get him,
And our dear mamma would let him
Play with me.
But when once had looked ut him,
1 cried out: "Oh, dear. Is that him?
Just that mite 2"
They said, Eyes, you may kiss him ~
Well, I'm sure I'd never miss him,
He's a fright.
He's so small, it's lust amazing,
And you'd think that he was blazing,
He's so red;
And his nose is like berry,
And he's bald as Uncle Jerry
On his head.
He's no kind of good whatever,
And he cries as If he'd never,
Never stop;
Oh, why doesn't father change HIM
At the shop?
Now. we've got to dress and feed him,
And we really didn't need him,
Little frogi
And 1 cannot think why father
Should have bought him when I'd rather
Have dog!
London Daily Mail.
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sized wire hairpin. Insert loop of
hairpin in cherry close to stern, and
draw out stone, which comes out nice
and clean with stem and leaves the
cherry nice and whole. Once tried
this way you will never use a cherry
pitter again, for the cherry pitter cuts
the cherry almost in two and takes
twice as long f.
Solution for Cleaning Rugs and Car
pet-Won't take the color out. One
cake Of good white soap, ten cents
worth of salts of tartar, one gallon
| boiling water. Dissolve the soap, mix
all and let cool, then scrub with brush
and wipe up with clear water.
Better Than Blackening=To polish
your stove without blackening, use a
good soap lather on cloth. Rub over
the stove and it will keep smoother
and better than when blackened.
The Table.
| Potato Soup (serves six people,
Peel ten medium sized potatoes and
boil until done. Drain off water and
mash. Then add two tablespoons
onion sliced fine and Drowned in one
tablespoon butter. Thin with boiling
water until consistency of cream.
Season well with salt and pepper.
German Coffee Cake-Two and
one-quarter cups sifted flour, one
level teaspoon salt, two heaping tea
spoons baking powder, two table,
spoons sugar, one rounding table,
spoon butter, one egg, and milk. Sift
dry ingredients together and rub in
butter. Beat the egg, add milk to egg
to make one and one-quarter cups
Stir all together to a stiff batter, put
in pan and spread even; brush top
with melted butter, sprinkle sugar and
ground cinnamon over top.
Cream Cake.-Break two eggs in
cup, then fill up with sweet cream.
one cup sugar, one and one-half cups
flour, one and one-half teaspoons
baking powder, flavor, and little salt
Beat well.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-13

And the old-fashioned folk who
|oubted the expediency and merit of
he public playground experiment in
bis city and who INDUCED in tax signs
yer the expense of the undertaking
ro respectfully referred to the fact
hat nearly $4,000 children took ad-
'antage of the Fairgrounds during the
st week. and had an opportunity to
15oy themselves at all kinds of games
|nder watchful eyes and the best pos
bile environment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-13

No doubt now where football stands
|n the minds and hearts of some col
|egfans, or one of them at least. 1t is
First in war as we'll as in peace. The
captain of the Yale football team is
rehemently opposed to any of the Yale
men. who might be developed into
football material. enlisting in the mill
larry service of their country. But this
captain of a Yale football team prob
fbiy doesn't speak for the boys and
.nen of Yale. And he is likely to find
'{nch severe criticism of his attitude
BIT home as well as abroad that he will
boon announce that it is all the mis-
AXE of an unreliable newspaper re-
porter" and that he never assumed
7Iny such stand.
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Some of the good nefghbors of Kan
sas. and even friends in more distant
parts, will soon be reveling in the real
thing in the potato line. The potato
producers in the Kaw valley have be-
gun to ship their diggings of this year
to other parts. And there's the salts
fled wink and glitter that goes with
Perfection in every eye of every potato
that had the chance of growing and
waxing fat in the Kaw valley this
wear.
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Journal Entries

All things may be possible but not
for all men.
4. +
Insinuations are also among the
things that cure all kinds of trouble.
-
Nor can you convince everybody
there is anything to the theory that
everything comes to those who wait.
= =
A man isn't worth much who hasn't
some self-conceit, but If he be wise he
will keep it to himself
+ i =
Warm weather is also most success
full in bringing to the surface all the
latent meanness in human beings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-13

Exceedingly specious seem the con-
sentions of the diplomats oe the Allies
'n this country that Germany's super
sbmarine freighter is primarily and
potentially a warship. On that theory
he ocean liners, the big merchantmen
hat are transformed with the mount
|ng of few guns into auxiliary naval
cruisers are primarily ships of war.
indeed, many such merchantmen are
ctually constructed so as to facilitate
'heir transformation into such cruz
Iers.
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On the Spur
of the Moment
Concerning Our Vacation.
BY ROY x. MOULTON

Concerning Our Vacation.
The folders that the mail has brought,
We've studied with q keen delight;
We've sat about the parlor lamp
And taken loEg trips every night
We've Travelled DER the summer sea
And on the road of anthracite.
We have idled round in deep content
Upon Atlantic City's sand.
We've journeyed with the idle rich
To the resorts of Switzerland.
By gentle bIeezelets on the coast
OF Puget Sound we have been famed.
Imaginary trips are great,
For there is not a cent to pay,
And when it comes to travelling,
That seems to be our only way.
When our vacation really comes,
Well just go fishing for day.