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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
MUsIC,s DISTINCTION

Music finds its perfection in itself
without relation to other objects.
writes Thomas w. Surette. in the Feb
ruary Atlantic. it is what it is in it.
self alone. 1t is non-definitive: it
Gees not use symbols of something
else; it cannot be translated into other
terms. The poet seeks always a COM
plete union of the thing said and the
method of saying it. Flaubert seeks
patiently and persistently for the one
word which shall not only be the ex-
act symbol of his thought, but which
shall Tit his euphony. The painter so
draws his objects. so distributes his
colors. and so arranges his compost
tion as to make them plastic mediums
for the expression of his thought, and
the greatness of his picture depends
first of all and inevitably on his power
of fusing his subjects with his tech
nioue. In sculpture precisely the
same process takes place. Neither of
these arts actually copies nature: each
.'arranges" it for it's own purpose. In
music this much-sought union of
matter and manner is complete; the
thing said and the method of saying
it are one and indivisible. 1t is, as
pater says. 1.-THE ideal of all art what
ever, precisely because in music it Is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
Household Hints
Three Good Pics.

Boiled Cider Pie-For two pies
five tablespoons boiled cider, ten ia
blespoons cold water, two cups sugar.
two eggs, one tablespoon cornstarch.
Mix together and bake we'll with two
crusts
Pumpkin and MarshmaIIow Pic
One egg, three tablespoons sugar,
one-fourth teaspoon SALT beat well.
add one-half can pumpkin and one
cup milk. ginger and cinnamon to
taste. Mix well. Line deep tin with
crust. fill and bake slowly three-quar-
tiers hour. Remove from oven, cover
with halved marshmallows, return to
oven and brown.
New Cranberry Pic-Chop one cup
each of cranberries and raisins witt.
one-half cup each of nuts and figs
Add scant cup sugar, one tablespoon
flour. one-fourth teaspoon salt. one
fourth cup water. Fill pies and bake
until crust is brown
To prevent pies from coming apart
for oven press crust gently from the
pan around the edge so that it is loose
from the sides of pan; there will be no
escape of juice from the pie and It
also makes a nicer looking pie.
The Table.
Fruit and Nut Rolls-Make good
baking powder biscuit dough, roll out
quite thin, spread with soft butter and
scatter over the sheet a quantity of
chopped raisins and nuts. Roll up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
THE RAILROAD PROBLEM

In his current weekly financial re-
view, Henry Clews. the New York
banker, points out that relatively lit
tie new money is going into railroads
or into new industrials. and yet the
fact remains that Americans are will
ing within certain limits to buy back
their securities that have been in the
hands of foreign investors at compar-
atively high prices; from which it is to
be inferred that the railroads would
have no difficulty in securing ample
new capital for necessary improve
ments, if home conditions only per-
mitted. Our railroads must be Civ
en- fair chance" Mr.. Clews contin-
ues. mot only to make reasonable
profits. but also to make the neces-
sary engagements. The labor prob
lem of the railroads presents some
rather serious possibilities New de-
mands are threatened which, if car
ried out, would prove a heavy tax
upon their financial resources AL
ready labor secures about two-thirds
of every dollar the railroads earn, and
the average wages of railroad men
have risen in five years from $3.50 to
$500 a year. Railroad labor doubt
less has some grievances which re-
quire adjustment. Yet railroading is
ono Of the best paid occupations in
existence. and has received greater
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03

remarked to himself, and he made a
fist at the departing car.
Saturday was fair and the shoestring
that held the disconnected speed
ometer was strong enough for its task
and did not give way. Molly was
especially charming.
Monday the car was safely locked in
the Bond garage, and Mr.. and Mrs
Bond had come home in high glee
There was no hint of trouble until
Tuesday noon when Mrs. Bond al
luncheon began by showing especial
solicitude for Bond. junior. which
Bond, junior, was wise enough to
know meant that Bond, senior was in
wrong. Toward her husband she wore
an air of injured Innocence. Some
thing had made her Jealous. Bond,
junior was sure of that. The strain
continued through luncheon ana con-
tinued through dinner and once OF
twice Bond, senior, looked with an APP
pealing air toward his son as if en-
treating MIN to relieve the gloom of
disapprovaI under which he was suf-
fering.
In the hall, after dinner, he caught
the son by the coat sleeve.
Il want to see you in the garage"
he said, and then Bond, junior, had
misgivings that the shoestring really
hadn't worked and that parental
wrath was to descend.
Son." began the father, when they
?
shelter, I'm in a real predicament
and maybe you can help me out You
know yesterday l went around with
some of my clients. Some of them are
women and one of them is a, blonde,
and your mother knows it. This
morning she found this slipped in the
back cushion
Bond, senior, produced from his
coat pocket a single golden wire hair
pin. That's what's the matter with
H. oil f.Nr no
it will be all right. If you could say,
for instance. that you had been out
with blonde on Saturday when we
were away 1 would give you my bless
ing"
Bond, junior. Strengthened up. y
new feeling of chun.iness for his
father welled up within him and
braced him for his confession.
YES he said. TN do it, and, dad,
do you mind giving me that little
hairpin, just as a token. You know
am pretty FOND of Molly"
Then you were out with your
blonde, you young scapesrace?''
Sure. Where do you think the pin
came from o.
Bond, junior, swallowed hard for
few seconds.
We'll, your mother IS right. l did
nave a blonde in the car yesterday
But she is fat and fifty and she has
no more claim to golden hair than
have. She is one of my best clients.
who has practically signed the deed
for that big uptown estate. 1t Will
be one of my best deals this year.
took her from my office to the estate
in the car. I'd explain. only your
mother wouldn't understand"
Yes, she would if you took the
trouble to make it clear. Listen If
you explain to mother I'll explain to
you about Molly. I'm tired of this de-
ception business, anyway"
Copyright. 1915, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicete.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
WINTER PICTURES.


Winter days of gray and blue and white,
Snowclad bluffs, blue tinted, etched in
black
Clouds of gray low hanging, above and
Thickly falling snowflakes, fragile. light.
Floating through the stiffness, feathery,
white.
Landscape seen but dimly through the
gray,
Ugliness all hidden Beauty rules the day.
Icebound lake, snow covered, still and
white
Shadows falling on it. sunshine glancing
bright.
Turquoise sky bent DER it, white clouds
drifting by.
Distant tints of opal blended into sky.
Fir trees cross the pasture, dark against
the sky.
From their sheltering branches comes the
jays harsh cry.
Meadow path untrodden, lies a smooth
white trail.
Snow in drifts fantastic. heaped against
the rail.
From the east the horizon, floods the
break of day.
Lighting myriad crystals strewn across its
way,
Distance stands defiant holds its murky
hue;
Gray of sky is breaking, giving place to
blue.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
QUAKER MEDITATIONs.
rom the Philadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record.J
The minister, as well IS the stock
speculator, deals in futures.
Friends are tickle. but as a rule
they will generally last as long as your
money
A burned child breads the fire, just
as an experienced man breads a heat
ed argument.
1t is perhaps more possible to read
a woman like a book than to shut
her up like one.
It's a mighty handy thing to have
an antidOte for the unexpected that
always happens.
Is the man who profits by his mis-
takes any better off than the man who
never makes any?
Blobbs-'Children nowadays are
given plain names, like Ann and Jane
wonder what has become of all the
fancy names?" Slobbs-''I guess most
of them have been used up on Pull
man cars"
Mrs. Muggins-'Mrs. Wigwag says
she takes the Bible literally" Mrs
Buggins-''Yes, she has implicit faith
in the story of Jonah and the whale,
but she doesn't believe her own hus-
band when he comes home at 8
O'Clock in the morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
Jayh ker Jots

Don't waste time talking about
prosperity, advises the Ellis County
News. Grab it.
More mush should be fried and less
of it served in the magazines. suggests
the Wilson County Citizen.
A Chicago doctor has discovered an
automobile eye notes the Augusta
Bugle, and it suggests: Every pedes-
trian should get at least one.
Another version by the Meade
Globe: Man proposes. woman sup
poses, dad opposes, the lawyer ex-
poses and the judge deposes.
About the only time that man.
own opinion of himself is ever writ
ten, points out the Erie Record, is in
his obituary notice in the home town
paper.
OF course. the other fellow has his
faults says Walt Markley, in the
Shawnee Chief, but you were not
elected by Providence to proclaim
them to the world.
We have no criticism for the artist
that tries to perpetuate with his pig
ments the fleeing beauty of n sun
rise, says Mrs. Kelley in Our Woman's
Column of the Toronto Republican,
there are too many who otherwise
never would know what a sunrise is
like.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

y pedigree does not govern a mans
behavior, neither.
Did any mans mail ever come quite
up to his expectations?
A loser seldom wants to save money
by seeing the game break up.
About the time you decide you are
safe you find a secret bomb in your
cellar.
There might be more mysterious
disappearance if other men thought
they could get away.
About the only argument you are
really likely to win is the one you
start with your conscience.
When an Atchison woman realizes
she has talked too much she ex-
claims: Il spilled my brains
A twenty-five dollar-a-plate ban
quet is another reason the Socialist
party grows a bit from time to time.
The healthiest man the writer ever
knew lived forty years in a boarding
house where he never got too much
to eat
The dog in the manger has had
almost as many imitators as Adam.
who. you will recall, blamed it on the
woman.
Sometimes a man is gallant toward
his wife before an audience. There
are several other ways of trying to
fool the public.
Swearing may serve certain pur-
poses for a mule driver, but where
does the ham actor get the bunch
it will prove hit in his profession ?
There is SO much sickness that the
best doctors get tired running about
night and day, and scatter broadcast
their best prescription, which is: quit
eating so much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03

tightly like a jelly cake and cut dough
in one-inch rounds. Bake in moderate
oven.
Marshma low Pudding-Four egg
whites, one tablespoon gelatin. one
CUP granulated sugar, one teaspoon
vanilla. Beat whites of eggs 10 stiff
froth. Soften gelatin in a very little
cup boiling water. Add this to beaten
whites, stirring constantly. and then
sugar. a little at a time. Flavor.
Divide this into three parts. Color
one part a very delicate pink, another
Il pale green, and have the other
white. Place a piece of oiled paper
in bottom of mold or baking pan, ar
range a few sliced maraschino cherries
on this, carefully turn in the white
mixture, sprinkle over this chopped
pecan nuts and sliced cherries, and
last the green mixture. Set in cold
place to get very cold. Turn cut on
a dish. garnish with marshmallows.
cherries and whipped cream. This
pudding may be made in individual
molds: small cups will answer very
well for these molds
Sandwiches.
Nut and Celery Filling for Sand
witches - Three-fourths cup walnut
meats. one bunch celery. two yolks of
eggs. two tablespoons sugar. one tea
spoon salt, one teaspoon mustard, one
half cup vinegar, red peppers Put
nuts and celery into bowl and chop
fire. Mix yolks with sugar, salt, mus
tard and red pepper to taste, and add
vinegar gradually. Add enough of this
dressing to the nuts and celery to
moisten them. Spread betw cen thin
slices of bread and butter. The salad
dressing must be thick like cream. II
il does not thicken a pinch of corn
starch may be adoed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
1ale9a1p
- )Tcaara lysramIsdenz ssasyes
THE SELFISH sNowFLAKEs.

Up in the cold North Pole country
six little snowflakes started out to
play. From behind their snug
shelter in the lee of great snow
mountain they frolicked out into the
open. and there they met wind.
Hello, Friend Wind they called
laughingly. Come play with US! We
are going to have a fine tine today!
That invitation sounded very good
to Mr.. Wind, for he was just in the
humor for playing. so he blew out
into the open, too, and primed him
self for the frolic.
Now. that nice Mr.. Wind never in
the least suspected that all the
snowflakes wanted of him was a ride!
He was not a suspecting sort of
person, and he thought the snow
fakes were exceedingly nice and
friendly TO want to play with a
great, grown-up fellow like himself
For a little while the snowflakes
and Mr. Wind raced back and forth
across the open ice. fields; played tag
and catch and had lot Of fun. Then,
when they were all getting their
breath for another run, one little
snowflake said. very casually, of
course. Say! wouldn't it be fun to
take a ride on Mr.. Winds back p"
Mr. Wind, who never dreamed that
the snowflakes had been thinking of
that very thing all the time and had
been getting him in a good humor be-
fore they spoke of it. said cordially,
Surely, that is a fine idea, How did
you ever think of it ia be proud to
take such nice. kind, little snowflakes
for ride-especia1ly aft r you have
given me a good time.' So he bent
down low TO the ground, and the six
little snow flakes climbed up on his
broad back. and away they all sailed
through the air.
After they had been riding about an
hour. Mr.. Wind remarked, T. expect
you will want to go back now, so |
guess III turn around"
ooh. not YETI exclaimed all six
snowflakes in one voice. Please Mr.
Wind, This is such a little ride. We
want to go longer and see more of the
world"
Mr. Wind thought they were get
ting a good deal of a ride for the
little time they had all played to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
En- ening Chat
\ Much slighted Friend.

An argument arose at a friends
house the other day in regard to the
right use of the word "arbitrate."
Lets look it up" said someone.
The hostess laughed you'll think
we're terrible. l know" she said hut
we haven't such thing as a diction-
airy in the house.
Just think of that! And they have
been married eight years and have a
boy who is almost big enough to be
taught 20 use a dictionary,
1t seems to me that a proper re
spect for the dictionary needs to be
inculcated in every American home.
OF course, comparatively few of us
are so benighted as not to possess at
least one dictionary, but frequently it
is so large copy and SO cum bersome
ly store away that the very thought
of getting it out is a burden.
A get-at-able dictionary ought to be
part of the furnishings of every house.
Get your boy good abridged copy
that is easy to handle, and contains
seven-eighths of the words he will
want to look up. or better still. get a
little BILE or stand for your big die
tionary so that you can easily refer
to it.
I have a friend who has diction-
airy so placed and we seldom discuss
matters of any weight in her home
without having recourse to it. Why
such a constant use of the dictionary,
anything intelligently you must use
your words accurately, and to use your
words accurately you must know just
what they mean, and to know Just
what they mean you must occasion
ally have recourse to the foundation
of all such knowledge, the dictionary.
For instance, we were talking the
other day about these phrases that,
without having either meter or rhyme
to be remembered by, nevertheless re-
main in our mindS-for instance, such
phrases as Like the shadow of a
great rock in a weary land" We had
not talked two minutes before we
found we should give ourselves better
grounding for the discussion by look
ing up the word rhythm.
Many heated argument is caused
by nothing more nor less than the
fact that the parties to it are reading
different meanings into the words
they use.
Practically all the business of life is
transacted through language. spoken
or written. 1t is obvious that it can
be more skilfully transacted by those
who most thoroughly understand this
medium. The dictionary is the first
foundation of all such knowledge Yet
many people muddle along through
life without opening a dictionary more
than once or twice a year, and then
probably to determine the spelling of
a word.
Tremendous labor has gone into
compiling the dictionary. 1t makes me
positively dizzy otry to conceive how
much (almost like trying to conceive
the fact that there wasn't any begin
ming to the Universe)- If we had to
pay big price for it we should treas
ure it and use it. Let us not be so
is inexpensive.-(Pr protected by the
Adams Newspaper SerVice)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03

concessions in wages than in any other
important division of labor. Between
1910 and 1914 their payrolls have in
! creased about s250,o0O,0OO or the
same number of men, and the total
payroll of the railroads aggregates
about $1,000, 100000 per year. Rail
roads are owned by about 100000
stockholders who. it is said, secure
about per cent of tie gross earnings
of the railroads, While employees re-
ceive about 45 per cent. American
railroads have been seriously crippled
by these and other burdens of pub
lie nature. They have just emerged
from z period of sharp contraction,
and have had to endure an era of Sc
we're hostile public opinion in retrl-
button of past mistakes. Only recent
ly did the government allow them to
Partially recoup themselves for these
increased burdens by an advance in
rates which has not even yet been
granted to all sections. In fact, the
railroads have been struggling for
their very life, threatened by demands
of labor in one direction which they
have been unable to refuse. and by
government repression on the other
hand, denying them the right eXer-
cised by every other organization to
compensate themselves for increased
expenses by increased charges. If the
government is to continue to regulate
freight rates. it would seem to be in
evitable that it must also regulate
wages, unless the railroads and the
service they render are to be perma-
nently crippled by unreasonable de-
mands Fortunately. railroad reve-
nues are feeling the stimulus of trade
activity. the net earnings of the roads
reporting for November showing
gain of over S5O.0OO.OOO. Should this
prosperity continue. the demands of
labor will, of course, be less serious
But much Of the present activity is in
the nature of initiation and has not
yet proved permanent, though for the
time being it renders the wages ques-
ton much less acute. Cen
eraI business continues active and in
satisfa Glory condition. and at present
no cessation is in sight. Commodity
prices continue to rise, chiefly owing
to demands arising from the war, and
our financial leaders are wisely en-
phasizing the dangers of initiation and
careless commitments. The outlook,
though good. is full of hazardous pos
sibilities and all financial operations
should be guided by only the best
judgment. The financial situation as
a whole is sound and prospects hope
full"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
Journal Entries

The best is also much too good for
not a few.
Its silence may also account for
some of the popularity of the oyster.
J. + =
Knights-errant are of the past But
knights-erratic are plentiful enough
nowadays.
What will the people find to talk
about when the weather becomes such
as to make it unnecessary for them to
heat their houses?
+ + +
One of the excellent resolutions
which most women make and break
with frequent abandon is never to buy
another thing from a peddler
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03

Where will this German submarine
that the British authorities believe
was conveyed here by the German
crew that seized the Appam locate a
base from which to operate? A sub
marine cannot frisk around in the
seas for any considerable length of
time fun three thousand miles away
from home unless it has a station of
some sort from which to work. In
other words, the British idea that the
Appam brought a German submarine
with her to this side of the Atlantic
is probably pretty much moonshine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
Also damned on the Lump.

The American Society of Phrenol-
ogists at it's recent meeting in Phila-
delphia prepared for general circula-
ton a list of terms that may be used
as synonymous for hit on the head -
thus comforting a great favor on
those who are always looking for
something new. Here they are:
Druhbed on the dome.
BANNED on the bean.
Tapped on the conk.
Bumped on the beezer.
Biffed on the coco.
Busted on the Uranium.
Whitfield on the skull.
Cracked on the nut
Nailed on the mob.
Slugged in the belfry.
damned on the peak
Dinged on the brain box
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-03
How One Cow Came Homo.

y. ]. Ohlson's big gray COW broke
out of the pen on his South Dakota
street place near the Methodist
church here Sunday afternoon, and
you bet your sweet life it took a
crowd going about to capture the
logging animal, but at last Horse
man Daulphus Anderson at the bust
ness end of a 50-foot rope. just about
the flood tide of her didoes and antics,
lassoed the critter and placed her upon
the defuddled hurricane deck of cap
tivity- Jumping jehosaphat, she can
run EN- some and see-saw behind a
wagon PierSon correspondent
Volusia County (Florida) Record.
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Kansas Comment
Ks Ma ASTOR.S loss

-
There is considerable indignation
expressed in high and other places
becaus. William Waldorf Aston, for
mer American, but now a naturaliZed
Englishman, has lust been awarded a
barony by King George. Why shouldn't
Mr.. AstCr Or any other American have
what he wants, especially when he is
able to pay for il out of his own
pocket as Mr.. Aston is amply able
Where there is one American man
willing to sacrifice his American ma
tionality and single girl DESTROYS of
parting with her good American name
and title to cltize nship in this country,
there are thousands each year from
every European country who give up
friends and home ties to come to
America. where there is no title ex-
cept that TO freedom; no caste but that
of the right Of being their own mas
ters. Why begrudge England the one
man. Mr.. Aston, when America gains
thousands better than he?-Ottawa
Herald
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On the Spur
of the Moment

BY ROY K. MOJLTON.

Last wear he pulled the same old stuff and
made the same old vows,
And worked the Same old New Years bluff
for curtain calls and bows.
The year before he did the same; the year
before that, too
For everybody plays that game when every
year is new.
And 1 am always moved to mrth, for it's
joke sublime
When all these humans down on earth
swear off at New Years time.
I know l merely have to wait week-a
month at most
To see their earnestness abate-to see their
will ghost.
And one by one the things they swore
they'd never do again.
see them doing as of yore with all their
might and main