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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
EUenine Chat
"They" Are Not Wearing Them.


In a shop the other day was look
ing for an outing hat. All the hats
were straw. Now 1 had seen a most
delectable linen hat the year before
Cor thought I had; very likely it was
the face under it that made it seem
desirable), and had decided that
would have a hat like that this year.
So L turned from the straw hats and
asked the girl if there weren't any
linen hats.
They're not wearing linen hats this
year" she said, disapprovingly.N
Haven't you any at all?" I per-
sisted.
She opened a drawer grudgingly,
and drew forth an armful. One of
| them 1 found much more becoming
than any of the straw hats.
But they're not wearing them at
ALL she persisted. 'I know your
, like the straw much BETTER
In other words, it was simply in
comprehensive to her that anyone
should prefer a hat that was not what
they are wearing" even if it were
! more becoming.
1 am sure if 1 had told her that the
fact that it was different was a recon-
mendation rather than a drawback,
she would have thought me violently
| instead of mildly insane
Yet there are really people who like
| to challenge the styles now and then
| instead of following them sIavisI1ly.
I Il meant to get a black and white
coat this year, friend said to me re-
gretfu1ly.
well, why don't you ?" I asked.
There seem to be plenty of them to
choose FROM
That's why she answered
| There are too many. I'm going to
| get something else and rest peoples
| eyes with it,
! In this season of colored bIouses.
| one of the best-dressed women I know
| still refuses to wear anything but the
sheer and dainty white blouses she
has always worn. I do love the little
colored blouses, but there are so many
of them this year that her whiteness
strikes a distinctive and refreshing
note.
To wear something unbecomins
| just for the sake of being different
| is an affectation.
To wear something unbecoming Just
for the sake of being in style is fool
! ish.
The golden mean is to wear the
things that best become you, whether
they are exactly what they are wear
ing or not.-(Protected by George
| Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

[From the Philadelphia Record
Love is blind. but jealousy is thor
oughly equipped with green eyes.
1t isn't the fast young man who
keeps up with his good intentions.
Scribbler's itch is an affliction that
causes many a literary man to scratch
for a living.
The girl who is afraid she is getting
the mumps doesn't believe that ais
well that ends swell.
OF course an old maid can be a
reformer, but a married woman has
more chance for practice
The only time some people tell the
truth is when they have an idea it is
going to hurt some one else.
You never can tell. Many a woman
keeps her hair light with the idea
that she is thus keeping her age dark.
Don't despise the people who are
always talking about themselves. AT
least they can't be talking about you.
Nell-"Do you believe there are mi
crobes in kisses? '' Belle-s'WeII, I've
never seen one, and 1 don't believe in
looking for trouble
Wigg-'That fellow TalkaIot is al
ways spouting that he aims high. -
Wagg-"Yes, but the trouble with
Talkalot is that he uses blank cart
ridges"
1.-The race is not always to the
swift" quoted the Wise Guy. mo. -
agreed the Simple Mug, many a fell
low exceeds the speed limit who new
er drove a car in his life''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

A woman just naturally loves her
figure
Human sense is not necessarily
common sense.
Lots of fellows are so rough they
should be dragged.
OF course there are flatterers, but
the ice cold facts are we all look our
ages.
1t is not wine, woman or song that
wrecks matrimonial bliss; it's dry
goods bilfsi
When you are in company you are
contracting a social debt which you
will be compelled to pay.
There is only one thing on earth
that looks worse than a fat man on
a hot day, and that is a fat woman.
An Atchison man neither drinks,
smokes, chews or swears, but at that
he is not a Perfect Lady, because he
is a liar, cheat and a thief.
Daughter looked pretty at the
party. but it was q lot of trouble get
ting her made up. 1t was a hot night
and while sister operated a fan moth
er acted as maid
Between washing it, doing it in
accordance with the latest fashion,
worrying because it is thin, or greasy,
and being heartsick because it is turn
ing gray, theaverage woman devotes
two-thirds of her life to her hair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

Russia has found so much for
which to be thankful in her war ex-
pertinent of prohibiting the sale of
vodka and other liquors that the
Russian government will soon put a
law on its statute books permanently
prohibiting the sale of all beverages
that contain moro than one and one
half per cent of alcohol. A bill to
this end has already passed the
lower house of Russia's national
legislature, and it must go through
the upper house and receive the en-
peror's signature before it becomes
a law. But there is little doubt in
Petrograd that this necessary action
will be taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

fourths cup sugar, yolks of four eggs.
butter size of small egg. Flavor with
vanilla. Bake in slow oven. When
done spread thick with jelly. Whip
whites of the eggs stiff, add one cup
powdered sugar, flavor with lemon,
spread over jelly and brown. Serve
warm or cold.
Things Worth Knowing.
When laundering dust caps that
are made with rubber elastic in them,
sew rubber tight at beginning, then
take a little safety pin, run rubber
through and, instead of sewing rub
Der tight at end, just pin with the
pin. When laundering unfasten from
cap let pin on rubber slide back;
when through ironing draw rubber
back in place and pin. Cap will look
like new.
Now that paint is so high priced.
the following may be of benefit: To
one gallon of soft hot water add four
pounds sulphate of zinc (crude). Let
it dissolve perfectly and a sediment
will settle at the bottom. Turn the
clear solution into another vessel. To
one gallon regular paint dead and
oily mix one gallon of the compound,
stir into it the paint slowly for ten or
fifteen minutes, and the compound
and the paint will perfectly combine;
if too thick, thin it with turpentine.
This materially reduces the cost of
painting.
To Preserve Cut Peonies, Etc.-Dip
stems of the fresh cut flowers in boil
ing water for five seconds, then put
them in cold water. This cOngeals the
sap in the stems, therefore sealirE
them. Dip as high up as the cold
water will come. Especially good for
peonies and large stemmed flowers.
Cedar Chest.
To make a homemade cedar chest
get a large pine packing box, hinge on
the lid and putty up the cracks if
there are any, although it is better to
get a box without cracks. Buy a large
bottle of cedar oil from your druggist
and paint the interior of the box with
this. Use it generously, so that the
oil will soak well into the wood and
all the crevices. When perfectly dry
line the box with cambria and cover
the outside with any preferred mater
ial. The cedar oil will retail the
strong odor for a long time and is as
mothproofe as the cedar wood itself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News I


Every misery you miss is a blessing.
Love may not be blind, but it's aw-
fully near-sighted
Health may be wealth, but you can't
make doctor believe it.
Owing to it's crookedness the let
ter is frequently in distress.
Faith may move mountains, but it
requires work to tunnel them
The worst evil we have to contend
with in the world is insincerity.
Adversely brings a good man out
especially at the knees and elbows.
Mans greed for gold was probably
the original germ of yellow fever
The jovial spiritualist might be an
propriately termed a happy medium.
Public office is coat which every
man imagines is a misfit on the back
of others
1t pays to be a heather at times
especially when there is a collection
being taken up for him.
A small boys idea of forgiving an
injury inflicted by another boy is to
lick him first and forgive him after
ward.
When you see a man trying to con-
vince his shadow that it is improper to
follow a gentleman, it's a sign that
prohibition isn't altogether success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
THAT MASCULINE DOORSTEP.

Reports of divorce trials do not usu-
aIlv make good reading says Golfers.
one gets little out of the average rec
5rd of such proceedings but the blues
sad a rather weary pity for the hu-
|a7nn race. However, there are ex-
Eeptfons. Some months ago q woman
E1 New Jersey sued her husband for
5fvorce on The charge of cruelty, and
Inc merits of her case turned on the
act that her lawyer husband was hoT-
@7bly thorough. with mind built on
-sometrical lines and operating only
|5y logic 81 have always been in awe
|,f logic. and for years I have been
hitting on the doorstep of my hus-
bands mind" It's an experience that
||ar too many women have. The aver
|.gs male person is too much afraid
IL women Cor else not enough SOY,
lind the old formal etiquette has brok-
la down and died out, SO that there
slte no set rules to carry him through
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
Household Hints
The Table.

Squads en- CasseroIe-Four squads,
one onion, four ounces raw lean bacon,
bunch of herbs, one tablespoon chop
ped parsley, one bay leaf, one blade
mace, small piece lemon rind, one
tablespoon butter, two cups stock, salt
and pepper. Cut each bird in four
pieces. Cut bacon and onion into
large dice. Melt butter in casserole,
put in bacon, onion, herbs, mace, bay
leaf and parsley and fry five minutes,
till brown Add stock and bring to
boiling. Lay in pieces of SQUAD and
lemon rind, cover casserole tightly and
allow contents to simmer one hour.
Remove squads and strain stock
Thicker with one tablespoon flour
mixed in a little cold water and pour
over squads replaced in casserole. Sea-
son with salt and pepper. Allow
gravy to boil five minutes to cook
flour. Serve in casserole. Will serve
six persons generously.
Combination Salad-Six beets, one
half head cabbage, one-haf bunch
celery, two small onions; all chopped
fine. Mix with mayonnaise and chill.
Ever-Ready Shortcake-Make good
biscuit dough of one sitter of flour,
one teaspoon salt, two teaspoons bak-
ing powder, one large tablespoon
lard, enough sweet milk to make stiff
dough. Pour into creased dish and
steam 1 " hours. Strawberry sauce:
Two quarts strawberries mashed.
Cream one tablespoon butter and one
cup sugar together, add to berries
and pour over shortcake. This cake
can be kept ready for days, and re-
heated as needed, saving oneself the
heat in summer. Use fresh berries
each time shortcake is steamed over
Strawberry Frosting-Crush one
cup rawberries, add one cup con-
dictionary sugar and white of one
egg; beat all together with egg
beaten until it is as thick whipped
cream. This will frost a large cake
and will not soak into the cake at ALL
This recipe can also be used with red
raspberries.
Crumb Pudding-One quart SWEET
milk, one pint bread crumbs, three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
Journal Entries

Long faces are not likely to get
much of a welcome anywhere.
/. + +
Circumstances over which people
have no control are really not very
many.
i j. =
The little dog with a big bark at
tracts a lot of attention but that's
about ALL
1t appears as though some married
folk cannot live happily together with
out quarreling.
There's nothing very difficult about
saying Please and Thank you" and
they help considerably.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

Those who are interested in the
comfort of the Kansas soldier boys
who have gone to the border, as
everybody in Kansas undoubtedly is,
are probably getting some consola-
ton out of the fact that no matter
how warm the weather may get along
the Rio Grande, it can't possibly get
much hotter than it has been at home
of late. And the Eagle Pass (Texas)
country, to which the Second reg1-
ment, X. N. G., has gone is also rather
noted for it's comfortable nights, no
matter how active the sun gets in the
daY time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
On the Spur
of the Moment
The Annual Question.
BIZ ROY K. MOULTON.

The Annual Question.
Breathes there man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said:
This is my own, my corner lot
I'm very sure of this one thing
I'm going to buy some seeds, by jing,
And have dandy garden plot!
Breathes there a man who did not go
And buy a rake and spade and hoe
And work one day with earnest zest
Upon the garden he had planned,
Stick in the seeds with vengeance
And let Mother Earth do all the rest!
Breathes there a man who ever grew
A cucumber, or cen a few
Spring onions in his garden plot
By working on the thing that way?
Can amateurs make gardens pay?
Perhaps they can, but l think not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
TOMMY TITTLE-MOUsI

"Mr. Garden Toad Mr.. Garden
Toad"
Nc answer.
Mr.. Garden Toad Mr.. Garden
Toad Please wake up! I want to
Mr.. Garden Toad stirred restlessly
in his sleep and blinked one eye open
''Ker-o-ok!'' said he.
please wake up. Mr.. Garden
Toad" insisted the voice. Il want to
talk to you"
That was too much for kind Mr.
Garden Toad. He blinked the sleep
out of his eyes, INDUCED himself in
two great big yawns, and then looked
around to see who was talking TO
him. And who do you suppose he
saw? Chirpy Sparrow? No. Yellow
Puff? No, indeed. He saw sleek lit
tie Tommy Tittle-M Mouse standing close
beside him.
Garden Toad with real cordially;
"where in the world have you been
al: these days? Haven't seen you for
long time. 1 was beginning to be
afraid that something had happened
to YOU"
Tommy laughed. Mr.. Garden Toad's
hearty greeting made him very happy.
You know yourself how nice 1t is to
be welcomed by friends you have not
seen for some time.
day." agreed Tommy; but it's because
I've been so busy. Something hap
pened to me, but it was a nice some
thing" And then he proceeded to tell
the toad all about Mully Mole and his
tunnels to the popcorn patch in the
back of the garden; and about the
good eating he had been having. And
I expect I'd have been eating there yet
if the gardener hadn't broken up the
tunnels" he added
But that wasn't what 1 came to
talk to you about said Tommy, sud-
denly remembering his errand. II
hear tales of queer things and / want
you to tell me about everything
Large order, Tommy, large ORDER
croaked Mr.. Garden Toad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

You're hearing about it?' asked
the toad. and he sat up straight in
pleased surprise. Who's telling you p
"Chirpy Sparrow, tells me that
you've started a B. X. society, and then
along comes yellow Puff and asks me
If belong to the B. K. Order, as
though it was the same thing. Now
what's it all about2''
Mr.. Garden Toad proceeded to tell
Tommy all about how the B. K. idea
started and that they would be very
glad to have him belong. And they
can call it a society or an order or
anything they like. Tommy" said he.
when he had told all he knew "I,ut
call it plain B. K. and I'm glad to
have you belong. -(Copyright-Clars
Ingram Judson.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal away
from home during the summer may have
the Daper mailed regularly each day to any
address at the rate of ten cents week or
thirty cents a month (by mail only: AZ a.
out of town the state journal Will pc TO
you like n daily letter from home
Advance payment is requested on THESE
ing expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

viii there be anything worth while
left in France and that part of Elan
|ders where the greatest battle that the
world has even known is now being
Bought and where tens and tens of
thousands of shells are vying with
leach other daily in an effort to see
which can do the most damage?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

Some idea of the difficulty of MAX
ing progress in the western arena of
the European war can be obtained
from the fact that it takes no less
than 10000 shots from field guns to
make sufficient breaches in barbed
wire defenses 20 permit a single army
corps to advance through them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

That trio of boon companions, Gen
eral Heat, Generals Humidity ana
Precipitation, are most prominent
among those present in Kansas these
days And d return engagement by
General Rain, who annoyed so many
folk by outstaying his welcome u lit
tie while hack, would, no doubt, be
greatly appreciated by them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

Undoubtedly the warmest place in
the world these days is the western
arena of the great European war. And
ft is also pretty hot for the Austrians
on the eastern front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

If the Kansas corn doesn't watch
but and get busy. all of its laurels for
6eight will be wrested from it by this
...,r.s crop of hollyhocks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

People are pretty generous with
their applause for successful efforts
land endeavors, except, probably,
when the thermometer tries to get to
'fhe top.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization. for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Journal
building over wires for this sole purpose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04
Frum the Note Book.

81 am very sorry that my old bar
Der is leaving the city," said the man
on the back platform. HE has been
trying to sell me bottle of hair tonic
for the last fifteen years and 1 have
succeeded in standing him off and
finally discouraging him. Now shall
have to start the battle all over again
with a new barber"
One way to find how much the ma
t1ves love one another is to get up a
family picnic. A friend of ours got
one up last week and every woman
was told to take whatever she wanted
to in way of a lunch. Every woman
took pound of crackers.
1t has always seemed to US that a
street car conductor has got a snap.
When you come to think it over he
doesn't have so very much to do. He
gets up at 4 o'clock in the morning
and takes his car out. Then he col
lects fares, calls the streets, works his
cash register, peddles transfers, helps
the women on and off, listens to kicks
on the service, directs strangers to
every point in the city, gets rid of his
counterfeit money, helps with the
baggage, changes the trolley, gets out
and fights with the coal wagon drivers,
turns the seats at the end of the line,
sweeps off the back platform, lends
chewing tobacco to the motorman, an
sWers twenty questions every minute
Keeps an eye out for pickpockets and
takes the blame for everything that
has happened from the San Francisco
earthquake to the Mexican invasion
AFTER performing these harmless little
stunts for twelve hours he has nothing
to do till tomorrow
Concerning the Cat
A small party by the name of
Gladys, a very small party by the way,
was passionately fond of cats, and cats
were not popular with the other mem
bers of the household The youngster
was continually Juggling home stray
Kittens. One day her mother said:
Don't you ever bring home an
other cat unless it is a nice little tom
cat
A day or so later the child came
home with another forlorn looking
kitten.
Here is a nice little tom cat,'' she
announced as she deposited the ami
NAL proudly on the center table.
"How do you know?'
81 know it is a tom cat" she re-
piled with great emphasis, because
its mother was a tom cat"
Speak Up Gents.
Lives of married men remind me
If I wish my life sublime,
I should leave such things behind me
park benches engagement rings,
preachers, orange blossoms, wedding
rings and Dung ladies.
am not referring to all the mar
ried folks, understand, 1 merely speak
of those 1 have been told about
and those 1 have read about.
w. w. P.
Does a woman poke at her back
hair whether it needs it or not?
Are squeaky shoes so popular with
the men who come around to the Of
fees collecting bills? 1t isn't neces-
sary to attra ct so much attention.
Do fat men always pick out low
crowned hats?
Does he trolley always come off
when the conductor is in the middle
of the crowded car with both hands
full of nfckels and a package of
transfers between his teeth?
Does rent day always come just
when you haven't got a cent?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

This is the Fourth of July. Please
note the rampant patriotism mere
abouts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-04

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i|] eTa!eq6
eaussaaAA 1chnhsasranJhd,en, - ~

HEARS ABOUT b. X
No. it isn't" laughed Tommy, "for
everything means all about one thing
What's this B. K. business 1 hear SO
much about %
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-12
STANDING FIRMLY
ON SAFE GROUND
Members Felicitated on Interest he
H., Taken in Cause OF
FeministS.

Atlantic City, n. j., Sept. 9.-The Ma
tional american Woman Suffrage as
sociation convention in it's final Dusl-
ness session today, adopted decla-
ration of principles in which it re1t-
Grated it's adherence to the policy OF
non-uartisanship. Adherence or nos
Utility to any party, the declaration
said. is to be condemned.
The most significant result OF the
recent work of the association, the
declaration remarks, lis that every po-
litical party has put woman suffrage
ir it's platform and that every presl-
Dental candidate has expressed him
self in favor of it.
One of the resolutions accompany,
ing the declarations of principles all
of which were adopted, felicltated the
suffragists 'that for the first time a
president of the United States has pub
lieily declared his belief IN woman
suffrage" Delegates questioned cne
accuracy of this statement and asked
if John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lin
coin and Theodore Roosevelt had not
endorsed suffrage, but the historians
among the delegates agreed that tney
made no such public Endorsements
while they were president.
Other resolutions urged upon Inc
Democratic and Republican parties
that in as much as their platform IN
dorse suffrage, they pass through con-
gress the federal amendment and also
support suffrage legislation IN INC
States of thorough and comprehensive
corrupt practice acts.
A direct appeal to the woman sun
ragists of the country to support 1ne
Renublican candidate for president IN
return for the service he has rendered
the cause Of equal rights was MADE
b, Herbert Parsons, Republican ma
tional committeeman from New York.
at the night session.
When Mr.. Parsons had concluded
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, who /pre-
sided, rose and said:
"The one non-partisan thing I can
say is that which ever party brings
Us success, of that party we will not
be unmindful."
Mr.. Parsons was one Of several
sreakers including Raymond ROBINS
~ Chicago chairman of the last Pro
gressive national convention, who
strongly urged votes for women.