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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
TWIN BEDS"

The first act of Selwyn & Com
pany's Twin Beds" at the Grand
last night started out in a rather
ordinary way. The lines were clever
enough but the members of the COM
pany were introduced in a common
sort of manner 1t was not until act
two that affairs warmed up to a
merry climax and from then until
the final curtain was rung down
Twin Beds" was success The
theme is new one. The company
here last night was good
OF the cast, probably Antoinette
Rochte. as Signora Monti, made the
best impression. Size is a fine speci-
man of a woman, on a gigantic scale.
and her deep, rumbling voice. render
stuffed cat husband, was effective
Katherine DAILY may be designated
as winsome. AS Mrs. Hawkins. the
perplexed wife, she handled her part
we'll Louis Alberni's undressing as
he was on happy jag enraptured the
audience. The real plot of the play
centered around Bcss Stafford as
Norah If it had not been for Norah
the troubled seas OF Blanche Hawking
domestic life would have been
smoothed over easily But NoIah took
too many pairs OF trousers out to be
mended.
Twin Beds is a delightful comedy
The pajamas and kimonas used in the
production are of the latest cut II
VIII De back here in the spring for a
return engagement and it Is earnestly
hoped that another blizzard will fan
TO show up to keep people away from
the performance 3. J..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
COMPETITION FROM JAPAN.

p L. Guiterman of Guiterman, Ro-
senfeld & Co., New York, importers
and exporters, returned from abroad
recently. He advises American man
ufacturers and merchants who hope
for a continuance of a large export
trade when the European war is over
that they will be obliged to contend
with severe competition on the part of
Japanese producers, who are initial
ing German products and selling them
at low prices in Russia, England and
other countries. The japanese man
ufacturers," says Mr. Guiterman,
have already been clever enough to
get hold of any quantity of German
samples in various lines and they are
initiating these exactly and offering
them in England at prices in many
instances as low as, or even lower
than formerly paid to German fac
tories" Investigations of the Cham
| berlain British tariff commission
made a few years ago developed the
fact that. on an average, the wage
scale in Japan and other Oriental
countries was one-sixth that of Eng
land. And the English wage scale is
less than one-haIf that of the United
States. AS two-thirds the cost of pro-
| ducing merchandise in the United
States is paid to labor. it would seem
pretty evident that American labor is
in need of some kind of protection.
if its products are to compete even IL
home markets with those manufac-
tured in other. countries where the
wage scale is so much lower. And in
Japan. for instance, 1t is less than one
twelfth of our own. No protection of
that sort is afforded by the present
Democratic tariff law of free trade
propensities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
THE MOUSE IN THE PANTRY
POITTIC.

with our possessions comes a no
bIesse that obliges US to live up to our
appearances. writes Elizabeth Towne
in January Nautilus. A bright badge
turns a hoodlum devastator into a
boy policeman partisan for law and
order. An outcast is predatory ami
NAL made by society. a jobless man
is a bedbug on the body social, a
mouse in the pantry polite. Govern
u1ent is the fairy godmother with
whose wand or word or power the
hunted micemen may be turned into
Sleek, well-fed and caparisoned crea-
lures whose co-ordinatcd powers draw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

the coach of state. Let government
place every creature, in his proper re-
lation to society as a responsible, we'll
paid helper, and poverty. crime and
ignorance will dissolve Ike magic.
Henry Ford has proved it. And it is
all so easy Real money is vital
force generated by society," with
which society pays its bills for services
rendered to society 1t is society
plain duty to set every man to work
and to pay him generously and good
willingly. A little efficient organiza-
ton will do it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
LET'EM TALk;IT'S CHEAP
Republican Congressman objects to
Amy MuzzIing of Navy Officers.

Washington, Jan. 7.-Secretarv
Daniels recent refusals to permit
Rear Admiral Knight or Rear Ad-
miral Fiske to speak in Chicago on
the navy program was made the basis
today of a request by Representative
Britton, Republican, Illinois, before
the house naval committee that ac-
ton be taken to prevent any at
tempt on the part of the secretary
to muzzle naval officers appearing be-
fore the committee or to assign Off
Gals to distant posts beyond the prac-
teal reach of the committee"
Democratic members challenged the
basis for the intimation and Mr.. Brit
ton replied that Admiral Fiske had
been granted thirty days leave on con-
dition that he not talk or write on
preparedness. The committee took no
action on the request
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
A RATHER LAwLEss LAW.

ITO encourage misstatement. decep-
ton and fraud" Is this the purpose
of the oleomargarine law? Certainly
it seems to be the effect A tax of
4 per pound is now imposed on
uncolored oleomarglrine, on the col
ored product loo per pound. In other
words, the addition of cOloring mat
ter such as used in making butter,
raises the tax on oleomargarine al
most four thousand per cent. The
temptation 10 substitute, to make false
declarations to the government, is OBJ
vious. The law positively encoura ges
otherwise law-abiding citizens to be-
come conspirators against the govern
ment From its inception, the oleo-
margarine law has been a thorn in the
side of tue revenue office. The offer
of Illicit gain has inspired countless
attempts to cheat the government
Court cases and legal battles. unheard
of and uncalIed for, have been the
result. The law has plunged the rev
enue office into a turmoil of futile
complications, from which there is no
escape except an immediate and sane
revision of the statute. 1t is rUmored
that congress is TO consider this legis-
latlon during the current period. It
is TO be hoped that the new law will
be shorn of the tax that makes GRIM
inals. Provisions for nhe purity and
wholesomeness of oleomargarine and
regulations to insure its sale for what
it is, are right and just. No honest
person can object to them. But the
tax that openly encourages violations
of the law by offering an inducement
to law brea kers-that tax should be
removed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
Journal Entire

Make fewer promises and you'll
have less trouble.
The louder the laughter, the less
sincere it is likely to be.
I. = =
One continual round of pleasure be-
comes even more monotonous and I'M
satisfac Glory than one continual round
of work.
+ = -
A girl who takes advantage of Leap
Year should also remember that the
proprieties demand that she ask the
consent of the young mans father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

For a year or more now, Medicine
HAT has not been among the localities
present in the weather reports. But
1t probably continues to be the breed
inc place Of all the excessively bad
winter weather that puts in an ap-
pearance on the North American con-
tinent. 1t may have sufficient lnflu-
ence to keep It's climatic contortlons
out Of the weather reports and the
newspapers, but it cannot escape the
blame for them. The peoples mem
'ories are not so poor that they have
forgotten NJ .icine Hat. No stree!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

tInasmuch as the modified conscrip-
ton plan that some of the British
statesmen will try to force through
parliament would add not more than
100000 to the English forces, it GER
tainly cannot be construed as a reflec-
ton on the degree of patriotism that
has generally prevailed among John
Bull's subjects More than 1000, 900
of them have voluntarily enlisted for
service in the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

5 Knocking on Wood probably won't
Bring much luck to the Topeka physi-
clans who are indulging in the prac-
tlce. The city's health officer appears
TO have the right idea of his duties and
the ability to discharge them in a sat
isfactory manner. And in his efforts to
Isolate and stamp out contagious dis
case he should have the hearty Coop
eration of the physicians in the city.
not their antagonism
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

guages and dialects. There is no
known people on earth who have not
at least parts of the Bible in their
own tongue. In dozens of instances
speech has for the first time been re-
duced to written form in order to give
the people this story. The far-flung
word of God is a continuation of the
wonder of Pentecost AT the Edin-
burg Missionary Conference there
were missionaries speaking more Ian
cost.
Making Men Marvel.
This wise old world is very foolish
in some things. 1t cannot account
for the phenomena of religion. For
instance, the city of Trenton has
seeking to know the secret" of Billy
Sundays success. All the works of
the Spirit of God are beyond the mas
terry of mortal mind: Spiritual things
are spiritually discerned." AS at Pen
tecoSt, the people who heard the
strange sounds were utterly amazed.
so today the marvels that may be
seen in rescue missions, in churches,
in evangelistic campaigns, of drunk
ards made sober, of criminals made
good, of prodigals restored, are all in
comprehensive and inexplicable to
the world.
Publicity is theme much to the
fore these days in religion; but it is
not new. PentecoSt was the first feat
of church publicity, and it was decid-
eddy sensational 1t made the people
talk, and set the town by the ears.
God has always known, what some of
us are only of late finding out, that
the Church cannot do anything else
for a community until she has first
of all aroused interest. Those cOngre-
cations which are so afraid of being
sensational that they settle down
into a dull and futile conventlonaIlty
find no encouragement in PentecOSt-
Actually, there are some churches so
unsensational that even the policemen
on the beat, or the druggist at the
corner, could not tell even the name
of the denomination. The Church
which never arCuses thought or com
ment among the neighbors needs a
revival of Pentecost religion.
War Maps and Pentecost.
Since earliest childhood most of us
have heard these strange names in
the Pentecost story read from the pull
pit: Parthians, Modes, Elamites
Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia,
Pontus, Roman Asia, Phrygia, Pam
phylia. Egypt, Libya, Cyrene, Cretans,
Arabians. To the average nearer or
reade these are mere names, and do
not suggest definite geographical To-
cations.
Yet we are reading, day by day, war
news from all of them. Look up the
maps III lHe pdch VI Inc Due, o.4U
see how all these names lie within the
sphere of present military operations,
and most of them, within the radius
of the Armenian atrocities. Pilgrims
to the Passover from all these places
(and note that Luke recognizes their
sincerely devout character) heard the
Spirit baptized Galileans speaking in
all these varied languages Small
wonder that everyone was amazed
and bewildered. And that, as we shall
see next week, is the first step to con-
version.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
ATFMRFR:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper publishers
Association

Incidentally, it borders on the i'm
possible for the people in this section
of the country to enjoy to the full the
present visit of old General Prosperity
inasmuch as they also happen to be in
the clutches of General Grip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

Another advantage of this variety of
weather is that you don't have to de-
vote any of your valuable time to
swatting flies, nor are you annoyed by
.ceaseless stentorian admonitions to do
your civic duty in that particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

Secretary of the Navy Daniels en-
phasizes again the fact that the free
dom of speech in this country does not
extend to officers of the navy. It
should, though. And it is only reason
able to expect that they would be able
to project little intelligence into the
public discussion of the nations naval
affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

No telling what wonders of nature
Colonel Roosevelt will unearth on his
forthcoming trip to the West Indies.
On his South American expedition he
came across rather smail-sized fish of
MN killing and eating propensities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

Only two kinds Of people in the
world, insists the Milwaukee Journal
the man whose troubles are bigger
than he and the man who is bigger
than his troubles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

Another record, or a near-one, has
been established by the Kansas wealth
er. This time the thermometer re-
corded a drop of "A degrees in the
temperatures during the brief period
of 10 hours
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
FuTJ TFASFD WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member OF me
sAssociated Press and receives the full hay
te1eera nh renort Of that great news or
eanization for the exclusive AFTERNOON
modification in Topeka
The news Is received In The stare jour
rnai buiIdinc over wires for this sole pu--
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

How did they dispose of your bus
bands case. Mrs. Nurich = oh they'll
have to let him go. of course You see
he waived NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Elk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

4 Private branch exchange Call 3o3O ann
psk ths. State Journal operator Tor person
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New York Office $50 Firth avenue
paul Block manager. ~,
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Detroit office kresge pulluius'
Block manage ..
Boston Office POI Devonshlre stiee'
Paul BLOCK manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

HSODlo Ell
deavor, Etc.-for January 9. why
Join the Church ?"-Eph. 1921.
The church is a mighty army, the
mightiest and most extensive and
most efficient army the world has
eyer seen. It is a joy to belong to it.
to feel the Irresistible momentum of
of victory, to feel now and then the
anguish of defeat and always the
heavy strain of effort and conflict,
against a willy and merciless foe.
We have right to rejoice in The
stern joy that warriors feel" who fight
for right and truth and innocence
against evil and falsehood and hate.
We may have Christ without the
church, but the best place to serve
Him is in and through the church.
No man can measure the power that
church associations have had over
young people. Countless lives that
might otherwise have gone adrift have
been saved because early anchored
They know Christ best who walk
with Him longest.
Church membership is the best aid
to Christian fellowship, growth and
service.
AS we grow older, it becomes in
creasingly difficult to take a decided
stand for Jesus Christ The easiest
time to confess Him is in youth.
Then the spirit of devotion and 10y
atty is strongest, and the heart is most
impreSsio enable. As we grow older the
meshes of the evil one become more
tightly wound about US and our world
ly entanglements increase Worldly
associations are formed that are not
easily broken, and our subsection to
what they say" and to the cares of
this world, becomes more pronounced.
Now. in youth, while we are free and
warm hearted, is the time of all times
to take a stand for Jesus Christ.
Church membership is the best aid
to Christian fellowship, growth and
service.
A child is most at home in the
kingdom.
Since the Church is Christ's, all
who are His should be identified
with her
The Church helps her helpers far
more than her helpers help the
Church.
Every recruit brought into the
Church should be an addition to the
worlds forces of good citizenship,
good society and world brotherhood.
Whoever, in the name of the Head
of the Church, does any service for
any person in need, thereby renders
the most practical, immediate and
Christlike help to the kingdom of
heaven, which is the Church invis-
ible and triumphant.
Every worker in the Church is also
a pillar of patriotism. For the Church
IS the best helper of the State.
Everybody should count for some
thing outside his daily vocation
Wise and happy is he who links his
life up to the great altruistic, hu-
manitarian and spiritual ministra-
tions of the Christian Church.
There are Christian principles
which cannot be found outside of the
Church. There are truths which We
can never know as fully in our sepa-
ration as we can know in the Unity
of faith and worship in the church.
No saint will comprehend until he
comprehends with all saints the length
and breadth and depth and height of
the love Of Christ.
How did they dispose of your bus
bands case. Mrs. Nurich = oh they'll
have to let him go, of course. You see
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

y have been told" stated J. Fuller
Gloom that it IS impossible 10 please
everybody. l don't know of my own knOwl-
edge fer I have never tried Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
Lining Up With the Fellowship.

Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies-Christian En-
deavor, Etc.-for January 9. why
Join the Church ?"-Eph. 1921.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

Policeman ito street-piayer OF the tuba)
Say. you gotta cut that out or accom-
pany me- Musician-"Mit pleasure. ossi-
fer. IND vat are you going to sing -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

We may have Christ without the
church. but the best place to serve
Him is in and through the church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
International
Sunday School Lesson

For January Is THE Coming of the
Holy Spirit. Acts Alb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

No man can measure the power that
church associations have had over
young people. Countless lives that
might otherwise have gone adrift have
been saved because early anchored
within the sphere of church influences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

They know Christ best who walk
with Him longest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

A meeting of the Topeka Rebate as
ISOLATION will be held at the CONNER
cial club Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock 10 discuss the rebate PROPOSE
ton for 1916 and whether or not to
continue or discontinue it. A call has
been sent to all the members Of the
association to attend the session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

Church membership is the best aid
to Christian fellowship, growth and
service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

Bombs and war supplies could be
manufactured right here in Topeka
according to E. L. Overton, who han
dies electric supplies and could make
them himself. But so far no Topeka
man has been approached by an un-
neutral person with such a PROPOSE
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

A board meeting of the First Meth
odist church will be held at the Com
mercial club tomorrow noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

There are Christian principles
which cannot be found outside of the
Church There are truths which we
can never know as fully in our sepa-
ration as we can know in the Unity
of faith and worship in the church.
No saint will comprehend until he
comprehends with all saints the length
and breadth and depth and height of
the love Of Christ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

Diners at the club today were glad
of the snow. City men are as tickled
as the farmer, thinks J. Will Kelley,
because they realize that in spite of
the walks to be shoveled and material
the timely blanket is a
paying proposition to everybody.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07

Everybody should count for some
thing outside his daily vocation
Wise and happy is he who links his
life up to the great altruistic, hu
manitarian and spiritual ministra
tons of the Christian Church
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
Curious shadow Casting.

"Dld you ever see waterfall cast n
shadow" asked stephen 4. Mather OF
the group around the club table. Mr.
Mnther. who IL assistant to Secretary
Lane In charge Of the new development
work which the department OF the In
terlor Is doing In the national parks
had Just returned from n strenuous
summer among the mountain tops.
"well. Yosemite falls cast my shadow
very distinctly one night last August.
was half mile or more away. gaz'
Ing. beauty bound. nt the eject OF the
full moon upon these giant falls. which
are, by the way. as high as sixteen
Niagaras piled one on top OF the other.
'rhe moon was behind me. OF course.
The double falls. shining like silver. III
brilliantly by reflected light the dense
shadows OF the trees which bid me
from the moon. Turning. ! saw my
shadow outliLed viyidly upon the
grass."-our National Parks.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
A Curious Fact.

Men are taller in the morning than
In the evening. medical examiners
for the United States marine corps
declare. and the applicant for en-
iistment who Is OF medium or small
stature has a better chance Just af-
ter breakfast to meet the height re-
aulrements than at any other time
during the day.
The discs OF cartilage between tile
yertebrae OF the backbone yield con
slderably to the pressure due TO the
weight of the body, when II is erect,
and expand themselves while the
body Is In n reoumbent position.
This effect may amount to as
much as half an inch In the case OF
heavy man OF. say five feet ten
inches in height. according to the
marine corps medical examiners
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
The spscter OF Lauperism.

DO you know that In the United
States slxty.slx out Of every hundred
people that die leave no sstate what
ever7 DO you know that out OF the re-
naming thlrty-four only nine leave es-
tntes larger than 5000 and that tho
average OF the balance OF twenty-five
Is n little less than S1,3O0i Do you
know that at the age OF sixty Ave nine
ty.seven out of every hundred In Amer.
lea are partly or wholly dependent
upon relatives. friends or the public
for their daily bread. for their cloth
ing and a roof under which TO sleep2
We all know that the one safeguard
against pauperism by the countries OF
Europe has been thrift France. Ger
many. Belgium. Holland and Switzer'
land have been the lenders In thrift.
DO you realize that according TO gov
ernmcnt statistics 0S per cent OF the
American people are living from day
TO day on their wages and that n loss
OF employment would mean paupcrism
for all but . per cent OF us3-S. w.
Straus IN Leslle's.