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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
EDening Chat
Remembering Names.
BY RUTH CAMERON.


Memory is the treasurer of the
mind."-Cicero.
ct can always remember faces per
fectly, but L simply can't recall
names"
IF 1 could only remember one-half
the interesting things 1 read and heart!
How often one hears people make
complaints of that nature! And how
seldom one finds anyone who does
anything beyond complaining. The
vast majority of us put up with Woe
fully inefficient treasures of the
mind" all our lives, because we are
convinced that all memories are fun
damentally good or bad just as some
men are large and others small.
This is not true. The memory can
be trained to do its work. There are
many systems, but the sim pleSt / ever
heard of is that used by the famous
college professor.
To fix the names of all the people
he meets in the course of a day in
his mind, for all time, he uses the
brief period of wakefulness that in
tervenes between the time of getting
into bed and falling asleep. He re-
calls the names one by one and re-
peats them several times. Then,
when the name is definitely placed,
he conjures the face that accompanies
it. The next morning, as he dresses,
fore. In the course of the year he
meets many people-his classes num-
| Der up to five hundred, and he lee
lures as well-but he seldom or new
er forgets either a name or a face.
The professors method of COM
hitting to memory the substance OF
the worthwhile things read or heard
is perhaps less novel, but it surely is
not commonly practised. Let us as
sumo that you have read an article or
Mexico. Sit down and write, brief
! ly as possible, a resume of the arti-
Gle. Condense the outstanding facts
to the smallest possible compass.
! The mere act of putting your mind
to the task of getting at the cruX OF
what you have read, plus the impress
sion on the memory made by the act
of writing it down and then rereadine
it, accompishes the desired end, un-
less you have a genuinely poor mem
DRY. Few people have that, although
they may try to so excuse themselves
To confess to a person that you re-
member his face, but that his name
! has escaped you, does not tend &c
make you popular with the nameless
one. Everyone likes to be remem-
| bered, and such a confession is usually
accepted as an attempt to evade the
whole and even more embarrassing
truth. which is that we have for
gotten both face and name. and are
loath to admit it. The person who is
widely popular is the person whose
acquaintance with names as well as
faces is above the average.
The advantage of remmbering al
least a respectable percentage of what
we read or hear is even more easily
apprehended. For as a philosopher OF
later vintage than Cicero says:
TT isn't what you learn, but what
you remember that makes you wise.
Wigg-"On what grounds were they
divorced ?" Wagg-"Incompat OF
temperament, believe" Wigg -
Couldn't they agree ?'' Wagg-"No
/ aUaru tir7,e no triad n mako him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

- Witnesses testifying before the sem
ate committee that has the appoint
rnent of Mr.. Brandeis to the supreme
court under consideration say that he
IS not to be depended upon. This is
probably to be interpreted in other
words, that Mr.. Brandeis occasionally
changes his mind. And when a man
changes his mind it all depends upon
who is hit by it as to whether it's a
virtue or a fault. Then, too, this GER
tainly wouldn't stamp a man as in
eligible for a place on the supreme
court. as it has changed its mind on
not a few occasions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
WHY NOT OUR MONEYS WORTH:

WHY NOT OUR MONEYS WORTH"
Surely the testimony of a distin-
guished naval officer before a con-
gressionaI committee wasn't needed to
make known the fact that the subma-
rines of the United States navy are
worthless. And although he points
out that it would take ten million dol
lars worth of the United States
type of plunger to do the work of
three million dollars worth of a larger
type of this craft, such as Germany
has developed, congress will probably
stick to an authorization of the con-
struction of the less serviceable sub
mersibles. This will be in line with
the naval and military policies that
have prevailed in this country during
the past decade and longer of spend
ing enormous sums of money without
getting anything like the same returns
that other nations have from smaller
sums.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Another excellent suggestion comes
from Phil Eastman, the secretary of
the Topeka fair association. 1t is that
the fair grounds be developed and
opened up as a park and Fairgrounds
in conjunction with the Topeka park
system. And inasmuch as the county
commissioners and the city commits
sioner of parks are favorable to the
project there should be little difficulty
about it's realization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Household Hints
Gluten Bread.

Dissolve one cake of compressed
yeast and about teaspoonful OF sus
ar in a little warm water or milk fu'
together one tablespoonful lard or put
ter, three cups gluten flour. one tea
spoonful salt, one cup milk scaloeo
and cooled, one cup lukewarm water
and one tablespoonful sugar; aoo
Yeast. Knead thoroughly TILL smooth
and elastic. Place in Wen -sreaseu
bowl Cover and set aside in warm
place free from draft, to rise uhtli
light, which should be in about two
hours. Mold into loaves, place IN
creased pans, filling them half Iull'
cover and let rise again. When dou-
BILE in size (about one hour), bake IN
moderate oven As minutes.
The Table.
Turnins in White Sauce-Wash and
mare turnips, cut in pieces, COOK.
mash and season: or. cut in cubes.
cook in boiling sailed water until
tender and serve in white sauce
White sauce: Four teaspoons butter,
four teaspoons flour, one cup milk or
white stock. one-fourth teaspoon salt,
one-fourth teaspoon pepper, a rev
grains of cayenne.
Cocoanut Salad-Half cocoanut
grated, two apples pared, cored and
chopped one cup celery chopped, two
tablespoons onions chopped, one table
!
peppers. Mix. cover with French
dressing Chill and serve in lettuce
shells or in scooped out tomatoes.
Gingersnaps That Snap-Boil one
pint molasses five minutes; remove
from fire, add one tablespoon each of
soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves;
one cup lard; flour enough to make a
stiff batter Set away to cool; roll
thin, bake in hot oven.
Things Worth knowing.
All stockings should be marked as
to mates and ownership. Initials can
be worked in long outlining stitches.
with either white thread or different
colored silks for different members
of the family. Use the Roman numer-
ais with one long stitch for each line
to mate them. This sort of marking
takes but a few moments as soon as
the stockings are bought. saves much
time in sorting and gives general sat
isfaetion in the household.
When a fern is failing and the
leaves are getting yellow, water 1t
three times a week with one part am
onia and three parts warm water. The
change is surprising.
Lemon Uses-A teaspoon of lemon
juice added to ordinary cream makes
the whipping thorough success. Used
in mayonnaise with the olive oil lem
on is much more wholesome acid than
vinegar, and makes smoother dress
ing.
inexpensive Rugs of Mating First
bind the cut edges. Make a thick
. paste of wheat flour. fill the mating.
wipe off smooth. then let dry for sew
eral days in the sun. Give it two coats
of floor paint. Old mating treated
this way will give good service. Green
l is a good color to paint it.
Charlotte Glace-Separate two lady
finger cakes and place around a
) small dipper of any preferred ice
cream, standing them up on ends
wide apart at bottom and coming to
a cone shape at top. Now place whip
ped cream down sides between cakes
t around the bottom and a little on top
: Finish by putting maraschino cherry
Lon top of whipped cream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Journal Entries

Secrets are safe only as long as they
remain untold.
A conscientious individual usually
has a pretty hard time of it.
r +
Some people show up to advantage
only when they put on parade.
4. + i
What has become of the old-fash-
toned men who tried to knock off each
others hat?
= + !
More men would be more appro-
priately placed had they stuck to their
boyhood intentions to be circus
clowns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
DEMOCRACY AND HUMANITY.

The spirit of democracy. state Prof
James @. Dealey in the February Case
and Comment. implies a kindlier and
more sympathetic religion and higher
standards in moral life. This is shown
by the growing humanitarianism of
religion, and the rise of numerous
agencies for the alienation and ban
ishment of human suffering. Criminal
codes are becoming humane, cities are
vigorously pushing the betterment of
vicious conditions in social life, and
labor organizations countenanced by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

fifteenth chapter of st. John
IF your pocketbook is empty, read
the Thirty-seventh Psalm.
IF you are discouraged about your
work. read the One Hundredth and
Twenty-sixth Psalm
eff you are all out of sorts read
the twelfth chapter of Hebrews.
IF you are losing confidence in
men, read the thirteenth chapter of
Corinthians.
IF you cart nave your own way
in everything, read the third chap
ter of st. James,
BE what thou seemeth; live thy creed,
Hold up to earth the torch Divine,
Be what thou prayest to be made,
Let the steps of the Master be
thine"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Relief fund have passed the $4,000
mark. That is a generous sum, but
not as large a one as Topekans can
well afford to give to such a worthy
and pressing cause. Still, it isn't too
late to make it $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

all Nothing affords a wider latitude for
conjecture than the activities of seis-
mographs. The one at the University
of Kansas recently registered an earth
shock estimated as occurring some o.
800 miles away. But as to whether It
originated in Alaska or the Panama
canal zone, the interpreters of the
antics of seismographs are unable to
say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

There will be at least one unin-
struCted delegation at the Republican
national convention that will be worth
bargaining for and that will cut a con-
siderable figure in the conventions
decisions. The Republicans of New
York state have decided to send such
a one to Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Missouri. at any rate, seems reason
ably progressive in the realms of
jurisprudence. It's supreme court has
decreed that the Babylonian statutes
-ofathe vintage Of 21S5 B. c. do not
apply these days in matters concerning
the property rights of the child of an
ndnnfed person.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Among the things that an old man
realizes that he missed in the good
old days, points out the Toledo Blade,
was the joy and convenience of MAX
ing love by telephone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
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
eamization, for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

There's a reasonable ring to the po-
litical gossip in Washington to the
effect that Mr.. Bryan will oppose the
denomination of Mr.. Wilson as vigor-
ously as he fought for him in 1912.
Ana this indicates that in matters po-
litical, at least, Mr.. Bryan is far from
being a peace-at-any-price enthusiast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Maybe the weather bureau was
tempted to put out fair and cold
err forecast on Thursday because it
approached the improbable that the
weather could become any warmer at
this season than II then was.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Holding down Egypt's throne can
not be a very lucrative or interesting
job these days, else the erstwhile Khe-
dive of the country would scarcely
have vacated it voluntarily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Now she said. what kind Of
house shall we make first? A bunea-
Tow ana right before Mary James
or bungalow-using the paper strins
TO mark the walls of the roornsi Onan9
ing made the doors, and Windows
were marked by double pieces of the
'Oh. 1 see what Won r,a.,,,
Claimed Mary Jane. You eesipn ~
mouse as you build, That's more fnn
than ready-made honsei'' AID stn
700 picked up pile of the nanap
strips and began busldine ST. PhpSr
house, hotel, a school and made
nasium-ail out on the dining tsb In
then she put the dolls in The he,',s.
ana 1Il began her play-(Copvr;,r AS IS
Clara Ingram Judson.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Sometimes we get so angry at Villa,
says the Sioux City Tribune. that we
long to send one of our naughty hotel
clerks to reprove and humiliate him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Kansas prosperity is again reflect
ed in the statewide building boom
that is already well under way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Spring may not be here but some
thing just as good in the weather line
is assuredly on deck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
WITH PAPER DOLLS.
Clara Iu&ramJudson

When the three sheets of paper
were entirely cut into strips, mother
laid the scissors back in her basket
and picked up heap of the narrow
strips she had cut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

The days of the Crusades have re-
turned. Christian Europe is fighting
for Constantinople.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Great Britain is now in need of
more alcohol, but only for use in the
Inaking of high explosives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

The Bible, along with its other Of
fees, is a book of practical directions
for everyday life. If one would know
how to care for the body, how to
behave in society, ones duty to home
and family, how to conduct ones self
in daily employment, it is only neces-
sary to search the pages of the Book
of books.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Living the Book That Lives.

Eerses CommentsH on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
- Peoples Societies-Christian En-
deavor, etc.-for February 20,
How to Put the Bible into LIFE
I Ps. 119:105-112.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Private branch exchange. Call $3.50 and
ask the State Journal operator for person
or department desired. - 90
Topeka State journal building. 500, SUI
and sO4 Kansas avenue. corner Eighth.
New York office. $50 Fifth avenue.
Paul Block. manager
Chicago office. Mallers building Faul
Block. manager.
Detroit office, Kresge building. Paul
Block. manager.
Boston office. 2O1 Devonshire street
Paul Block. manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Wigg-"On what grounds were they
divorced?" Wagg-"Incompa of
temperament, believe" Wigg -
Couldn't they agree ?' Wagg-"No,
every time she tried to make him
mad, he just laughed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
Why Are Hypocrites

Just as there are shoddy aristocrats,
who ape the forms of culture but will
not pay the price of refinement: and
just as the business world is full of
"bluffers' pretending to be what they
are not; and just as political life
abounds in men who represent them
selves to be more than they are, so the
Christian church has always been af-
flicted with men and women who seek
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
TERMS OLE srRscRIPTIoN.

lEhAlo OL ohAfoRAtAA AAC-'-
Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10
cents week to any part Of Topeka or
suburbs at the same price in any nan
sas town where the paper has a carrier
system. - 10
BY mail. one year S2' co
7By mail, six months. ......-....--..- 1-oU
by mail, 100 calendar days...-.-...-- Luz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

Religion is more than rhapsodies
1t is not a mere aesthetic contempla-
ton of exalted truths. Much of the
Bible is devoted to the plainest and
most specific rules for ones manner
of walk among men. 1t is part of the
mission of Christian Endeavor to
bring religion down out of the clouds
of theory and impractical beliefs on
to the streets and lanes of this every
day world. Our gospel first had its
expression in Life lived among
men, and its proper place today is in
the homes, and schools, and shops
and offices of the people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
International
Sunday School Lesson
BY w. T. ELLIS.
a Hypocrite and His WIFI

For February 20 is The Christian
Brotherhood at Jerusalem. Acts
20 to 516
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

The Bible will not permit one to
live the higher life" in dusty
house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

expression III Lie l1Ved among
men, and its proper place today is in
the homes. and schools and shops,
and offices of the people.
The Bible will not permit one to
live the higher life in a dusty
house.
The Bible teaches only one kind of
religion-the kind that is constantly
alive and working. The conservation
that is not manifested in humility and
helpfulness, love and loyalty, all the
week through, will not measure up to
the Bible standard. The test of the
saved is that they serve.
Every time we transmute our creed
into deeds we reincarnate the Word
of God.
/ The Christian who is not better
son, better daughter, a more helpful
comrade, a cheerier liver, a more
faithful worker, because he is a Chris
tan, has not read Alright the holy
Book.
The proof of the possession of re-
ligion is it's practice. Faith without
works is dead"
John puts to practical test our re-
ligion. If you have, he says in sub
SLdilOS, anu YOUR OEOln0E mas not, and
needs, and you do not share-why,
how dwel1eth the love of God in a
stingy man? Impossiblel All the
loud and elaborate professions of a
selfish person cannot prove that the
love of God is in him He is only
sounding brass, If his practical deeds
of charity do not equal his declara-
tions.
Beware lest you imagine the Bible
an impractical book. There is q dan
ger that its teachings may be re-
garded only as mystical and theoret-
ical, beautiful for contemplation, but
not to be needed in day-to-day con-
duct. The Scriptures are pre-emi-
nently practical. They were written,
in large part, to instruct men how to
act in this present world. The Ten
Commandments relate almost entire
ly to behavior on earth, and the new
summary OF them all, given by Christ
Himself, is a grand law of life for
every day
The moment we depart from the
written Word, we are at sea, without
rudder and without compass, and
know not whittier we are drifting
B. H. Irwin
An old familiar series of receipts
for troubled folk is worth reprinting
'If you have the blues read the
Twcnty-third Psalm.
IF people seem unkind, read the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18

The Christian who is not a better
son. a better daughter, a more helpful
comrade, a cheerier liver, a more
faithful worker. because he is a Chris
tan, has not read Alright the holy
Book.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-19
"DECADENT MOVIES"
Opinions Of Believer in Censorship Criticised by Member
Of the National Board Of Revevv-Motion Pictures
Compared with Magazines

ure is nursery amusement, to be brought
forth with the bread and milk, or that all
picture theatres are children's Fairgrounds? !?
The National Board is prone to recognize that
this is not so. Ii does not aim to level what
shall some day be a medium of serious ex
preston TO the heads Of the young just be-
cause that medium at present is itself i'm
mature. Realizing, however, that since the
pictures are often crude or aspiring 70 deli
cate themes they are not always fit for chill
dren. it carries on the important work Of
issuing monthly list Of expertly, carefully
selected pictures suitable for children of diff
ferent ages, from which people really anxious
TO help the situation by action Of their own
may choose children's programmes to be es-
tablished on certain days in regular picture
theatres and for entertainments of private
nature.
While conceding that "photoplays in which
criminals are shown in favorable light are
generally frowned upon" which must be un-
pleasant for those most hardened persons"
who may witness these productions. "A Be
lever in Censorship" Immediately attempts
to gain ground with the exclamation, How
much worse are those in which immortality
is cheapened and in many cases made to ap-
pear as though justified" I do not wish for
, minute to deny that the generality of pict-
ures are not dscolored through oversenti-
naturalization. But when was new angle
ever drawn traditional moral issue with
its roots deep in convention, on the stage or
in books, that not challenged at once
by the defenders of convention as being all
wrong or immoral? Ibsen's "A Dolls House"
was condemned in its day for its Justification
Of then unconventional attitude toward
marriage. Yet the principles on the subject
laid down in that play are accepted without
question by hgh-minded, right-thnking men
and women to-day.
AS for the writer's declaration that while
the state boards of censors. such as Ohios
and Pennsylvania, may not be necessary,
still. on the whole, he is convinced that too
much censorship is better than too little, it
may be put on par with the theory that a
choking to death is much preferable TO a
gentle pressure on the wndpipe now and
then for surgical reasons. It is about as con-
ducive to growth and art, about as bgoted
and un-American. W. A. BARRETT.
Secretary Review Committee. National
Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
New York, June l6, 1916.