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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
My STATE JouRNAL-TUEsDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 1916

should be, by our voting population,
then the best all-around men will be
selected for nomination on both sides
and all will be well now and forever
more
prices of commodities seem but
tressed upon one or two incontroverti-
BILE facts" writes Mr.. Clews in his dis
cussion of the conditions that prevail
il the economic arena, IAN abnormal
demand, coupled with general scarcity
Wheat, cotton. corn, meats, leather,
wool. rubber, steel. copper, in fact
practically all important commodities
have risen sharply since the war Nat
urally the cost of living has increased,
and in many cases, tho not all. wages
have risen, thus adding to the cost of
one check 20 this upward movement,
and that is exhaustion of buying
power; there being no immediate pros
pect of the war ending and no un-
easiness regarding the credit situation.
Already economy and substitution are
being practiced at home and in the
shop; but this, while symptomatic, is
not thus far important as to its re-
suits. American industry continues
running at top speed as a direct and
indirect result of war influences. The
demand for munitions is expected to
continue, at least until spring, if not
longer; our mills are endeavoring to
fill the voids in foreign markets; our
shipyards are turning out vessels at
speed and profits never before expert
enced; while the country itself is now
feeling the powerful stimulus of the
lig profits of the last two years, es-
pecially 1916.
There is one vital thing that is not
scarce, and that is money. the circula-
ton per capita being the largest in our
history. Credit is abundant, so plenti-
fIl in fact that bankers are already
taking steps to avert the dangers of
initiation. One of the most as
surfing symptoms of the day is the
rapid disappearance of public hostility
to the railroads, which has been such
an impeachment to their proper devel-
! opment. For the first time in many
factor in the political campaign, and
| the prospects of their securing fair
treatment in the future are daily i'm
proving. American railroads have
been literally starved to death for
want of new capital, which could only
be obtained upon practically ruinous
terms"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14

sistance by bundling up. Baths? One
man can take cold baths and be no
worse for them; another of a more
delicate constitution will suffer nerv-
GUS shocks from the same temporal
lures. Try out your skin and find out
it's reaction point. OF course, you will
do well to avoid constipation, over
eating and extreme fatigue, for these
all aggravate colds and invite them.
The man who is subject to colds
should be sparing in his use of to-
bacco, and should know that he weak
ems his resisting powers if he drinks
alcohol. In many an instance where
death is attributed to a severe cold or
to pneumonia, the real cause was that
the patients system was SO weakened
by drink that it had no resistance to
offer to germ attack.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14

take half pound sugar. half pound but
ter, one gill sweet cream, one gill cider
or fruit juice, one grated nutmeg,
little lemon peel, four eggs. Boil po-
tato till done, and mash fine; while
hot, add sugar and butter Line tin
plates with puff paste and put in mix
ture. Bake in moderate but regularly
heated oven. When the buildings are
drawn from the fire cover with thinly
sliced bits of preserved citron or
ounce marmalade. Strew the top
thickly with granulated sugar and
serve with the addition of a glass of
rich milk for each person at table.
Filled Cookies (eggless) -One-half
cup melted lard, one cup sugar, two
thirds cup sour milk, one level tea
spoon soda, flour to make dough that
will roll out thin. Cut out, place in
center a spoonful of filling, place on
top another cooky. press together
we'll and bake. Makes about two
dozen. Filling: One cup raisins chop
ped, one cup sugar, two tablespoons
flour, three-fourths cup boiling water:
mix well together and boil two min
j utes. Fine for lunches.
Hot Snowballs-Three cups pastry
flour, one cup contectioners xxx
sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half
cup milk. whites of six eggs, three
teaspoons baking powder. Cream but
ter, add sugar, beat five minutes. Sift
flour and baking powder. add to the
former, alternating with the milk.
Lastly, fold in stiffly-beaten whites of
eggs. Fill buttered cups half full and
steam thirty minutes Serve with
orange marmalade and whipped
cream.
Delicious Date Cake-Three eggs
beaten stiff, one cup sugar, one cup
flour, one teaspoon baking powder,
one cup dates cut fine, one cup nut
meats chopped. Mix in order given
and bake in shallow pan. Frost or
not, as you wish.
Mock Mince Meat-Green toma-
toes. ane-half peck; apples, one
quart (when chopped; suet one
half cup: raisins, one pound; brown
sugar. two pounds; lemon. one; Gin
namon, oneteaspoon; cloves, one tea
spoon; nutmeg, one-half teaspoon;
salt, one teaspoon; cider (boiled),
one-half pint. Cook one-half hour
and can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14


What merry times there will be in
the next congress, the one that will
begin its next session in December,
1917, unless a special session should
be called after March 4, with the Re-
publican and Democratic memberships
in the house of representatives prac-
tically stand-off and the balance of
power held by the only other four
representatives who have been chosen
and who are, Independent of the ma
jor political parties. But these latter
are likely to be of such an Independent
mould that they are likely to form a
little organization of their own which
will control the legislative destinies of
the nation on all important matters,
And they'll probably come reasonably
close to getting what they desire in the
matter of committee assignments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
GLOBE SIGHTS
TFrom the Atchison Globe

IFrom the Atchison Globe
If you are not criticised you prob
ably are a dead one
Being a man is in itself suspicious
circumstance TO many women.
No man ever had opposition so
weak it didn't perturb him slightly.
Nearly every man who bets bets his
prejudice, and thinks it's his judg-
ment.
Work isn't as hard as worry, and,
as an average proposition, it pays bet
ter.
Many a mar is too proud to fight
with his wife, and is imposed on ac-
cordingly.
If man is naturally a knocker it
takes something stronger than don't
to stop him.
A girl who has never been kissed
may boast of the fact and still not be
very proud of it.
People forget SO readily that there
is always a certain advantage in the
closing argument
People don't mind the man who has
authority, If he doesn't insist on show
| ing it all the time.
! So many people know what they
want until they get 1t and find out ii
isn't what they wanted at ali.
A lawyer not only gets paid for his
advice, but is consoled by the thought
that it is pretty apt to be followed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
COLLECTIVE BORROWING.

What cooperation among farmers
can do to improve their borrowing ca
pacity at banks is thus described in
Bulletin No. 400, Factors Affecting
Interest Rates and other Charges on
Short-Time Farm Loans recently
published by the federal department of
agriculture:
I'm some parts of the country where
farmers, if they obtained loans at all
as individuals, were compelled to pay
very high rates of interest, plans have
been tried out under which groups of
farmers have been able collectively to
establish improved relations with
banks. In several localities of the
Central Western and Rocky Mountain
regions, farmers have formed tempo
rary agreements under which they act
collectively as guarantee associations
for approved loans to members. The
added security from these associations
has enabled members to obtain loans
at reduced rates of interest.
Another plan. illustrated by what
has been done in a Texas community,
involves a temporary agreement be-
| tween a group of farmers and a bank,
but differs from the plan previously
mentioned in that the added security
consists of a reserve fund left with the
banker. Each borrower allows the
bank to retain 5 per cent of his loan
for a reserve fund, which is held as a
guarantee for all the loans made un-
der the agreement and is returned to
the farmers at the termination of the
agreement.
Under another plan, which has
been employed in several communities
or the Northwest, a group of business
men agree to deposit a sum of money
with bank and guarantee the loans
given to farmers for some specific and
approved purpose. In all such cases
farmers have been enabled to obtain
credit on more favorable terms thar
usual.
I'm a number of localities in thi.
country, groups of farmers have or.
ganized cooperative credit associa.
tions or credit unions. Usually eaci
credit union makes definite arrange
ments with some bank by which tn,
latter acts as a depository and fur
nisheS loans on specified terms. Thu
one of the unions in North Caroline
receives 8 per cent interest from it
bank on deposits subject to check ant
4 per cent on savings accounts left OF
deposit three months or longer, anc
pays 5 per cent interest on it's loan
from the bank. The credit union il
turn pays it's own members 4 per cen
on their savings accounts and fur
nishes them loans at per cent. Sucl
a credit union not only accustoms it
members to the use of check and saw
ings accounts, but also enables tn
members to obtain loans for approved
productive purposes on better term
than they could obtain elsewhere
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14

Brewster's," they explained to Char
ley, quite forgetting to let go hands
and looking back at each other with
interest that had evidently been COM
pounding rapidly for ten years.
isn't it strange how things come
about"
Aunt Brewster is here' went on
Eileen. I've just brought her from
the station
But she was to visit met" ex-
claimed Jimmy. Funny. isn't it,"
But he doesn't want her since he
lost the towel, so its all right" put
in Charley.
Towel, I don't understand" an
swered Eileen.
You see the towel you found was
Jimmy's. Miss Brewster made it, and
it nearly killed him when he was tax
ing bath and he threw it away in a
temper, and you found it, and the shop
came to you for help. Aunt Brewster
mustn't know it's gone, for she wants
it again"
Eileen put her hands over her ears
Mercy, Charley, you've missed your
calling. My brains in an awful whirl I!
What's all this about the towel 1
found?'
It's all right said a quiet voice in
the doorway. There stood Miss Brew
ster smiiin-, the towel in her hand.
Eileen told me of her find on the way
from the station. 1 was interested
so we drove around to the shop and
bought It 1 recognized it instantly.
But the mystery is cleared up now,
and it's all right. The towel has done
bring you and Eileen together again"
The comedy is ended,'' quoted
Charley. = Copyright, 1916, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
JAYHAW IKER JOTS

What nose for good news the Ell
There is a scent of mince pie in the
air.
Fred Cook of the Jamestown Optim-
list observes that it frequently happens
that the man you abuse is the man you
envy.
AS Mrs. Tom Thompson of the
Howard Courant says: If we catch our
faults young enough they are easily
overthrown and strang1ed.
An Atchison county hog raiser sold
pigs all the way from S35 to $3.50 each
the other day, notes the Hutchinson
News, and it adds: No wonder pork
is high.
Who talks of hard times? asks a
Forty Years Ago item in the Fort
Scott Tribune. Last month our friend
bleeding Kansas.
ter Way says: At any rate, Kansas
produces one crop which can not be
equaled in the world. That is her
crop of pretty girls.
The regular doctors have a fad now
of charging ailments of the body to
the teeth and a good many people are
sacrificing their teeth to get relief
from nerve troubles, says the Leaven-
worth Times. One Kansas City doc
tor tells of young woman who came
to him a short time ago from Los An
geles where she had had all her teeth
taken out to relieve her from neural
gia and she hadn't been relieved. The
Kansas City man found that her eyes
were defective and when she was
properly fitted with glasses the neu-
ralgia disappeared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
HOW TO PREVENT COLDS.

In the way of practical advice on
how to prevent colds. DR.. Eugene L.
Fisk, of the Life Extension institute
in New York City, suggests. accord
ing to the Worlds Work for Novem-
Der that one of the best methods for
preventing colds is to breathe as much
fresh air as possible; a draft, he holds.
is not to be feared unless it is strong
enough to be chilling. 1t is as silly
to weaken your resistance by coddling
as it is to be over-Spartan. The skin
can be trained to help resist germ in
lection; and one of the worst ways
to train it is to work, and live, and
sleep in overheated rooms. The same
sort of rules applies to clothing. Adapt
your clothing to the condition of your
health and to the conditions of the
weather. One man can wear light
-underclothing all the year round; for
another whose physique is not SC
hardy or who has chronic heart OF
kidney trouble, such a course is folly
It is as harmful to expose yourself
too much as it is TO weaken your re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
SIDE T ALM S
Showing Off Her Discipline.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Why should children be taught to
obey their parents? So that their
parents can enjoy the feeling of au-
thority and show off their discipline? ?
Or so that the children can be brought
into harmony with people about them.
and kept from harming themselves
or interfering with the rights of
others?
The answer would seem clear.
And yet one frequently meets APP
parently intelligent and well-bred
women who justify the second sem
tence in the above paragraph
l was the witness the other day of
a little scene which made me feel very
strongly on the subject. We were hav-
ing an athletic meet at our summer
colony There was a lull in the swim
ming races and all the spectators
were hanging over the railing of the
bridge, idly watching the float A
small boy of perhaps ten or twelve had
just dived off after somebody's straw
hat. AS he stood there, shaking the
water off, the focus of all eyes, a
woman some distance away called to
him in determindedly sweet but ex-
asperating domineering manner:
Richard, don't go in the water
again.
Every one heard her. The small
boy looked as embarrassed as he felt
| "Why, Mother" he protested, that's
the first time I've been in this after
noon"
Never mind, don't go in again
Mother doesn't want you to-" she said
with that same self-satisfied sweetness
Put your sweater on"
The small boy looked still more en-
barrassed, but he obeyed, while the
other small boys demonstrated their
| freedom from maternal apron-strings
by diving into the water.
! Now there may been perfectly
| good reason why the boy should have
been forbidden to go into the water
but there was no reason on earth why
he should have been publicly forced
to jump thru a hoop.
That is just what it amounted to-
If she had wanted the boy to stor
| swimming for his own good, instead
of as an exhibition of her discipline
she could have waited until the public
eye was off him and then gone to the
point nearest him and asked him II
come up and speak to her moment
Tact and courtesy in dealing with
children are not wasted.
You may have right to embarras:
your child in the presence of all hi,
friends, but he won't love you AM
more for it.-(Copyright by George
Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
POLITICS AND BUSINESS.

In the course of his current weekly
financial review, Henry Clews, the
New York banker, presents some ex-
ceedingly sensible observations on the
outcome of the recent presidential
election, as follows: TT is better for
both sides now to consider the result
of the fight between the Republican
party and the Democratic party as
square and fair one, and everybody
should accept the inevitable in a kind
ly spirit, forgetting and forgiving the
animosities which have cropped out
during the contest and be encouraged
by the prosperity now prevailing thru
out the nation and the strong pros
pect for it's continuance for some time
to come. That is something that no
other nation can boast of in anything
like the same degree and should be
enough to make the American people
happy and contented, especially when
they compare their lot with that of
the sufferers turnout Europe. Many
people think that our present election
terminated in a muddle owing to the
votes of the electors being so close L
think, however, that is cause for re-
joicing rather than otherwise, as it
will serve to compel both of our great
parties to put up, as they have done
in this election, high grade men for
their candidates hereafter and NOT
merely demagogue politicians It
marks a new era for our country,
which will tend to perpetuate our re-
publican form of government, which
firmly believe is the best ever de-
vised by the brain of man, especially
for our cosmopolitan populations
government of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people. The result
of the election goes to show that there
are but few vital issues at stake be-
tween the two great parties; besides
we are almost sure to have in the fielo
hereafter candidates. both learned
capable and highly representative
men, similar to those who have com.
peted in the present Hughes-Wilsor
contest. Hence, it is to be hoped tina
it will lead to the conclusion that boil
sides will recognize the absolute ne
cessity of putting forward their bes
. citizens; then no serious harm is like
ly to happen to our people or countr,
I whoever may be the prize winner 1
: that fact becomes recognized, as i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14

food, plain or nut cakes?" asked the
waitress.
"Give me DEVILS food" said two of
them, and the other asked for walnut
cake.
1.-TWO devils and one nut" cried the
bright young girl.
A quiet but sorrowful motorist sat
one afternoon by the side of a car
that was drawn up near the pave
had passed the disconsolate one that
morning, slowed up on coming level
with him again and inquired:
How long have you been here?"
Several hours"
Cant you find out what is the
matter? Inlet valve all right?" :,
The other smiled. That's all
right he said.
Trouble with the spark plug?"
Think not"
How are the batteries?"
"All right"
Got plenty of spirit?'
Yes. plenty
Your tires look all right What is
wrong?"
oh" replied the waiting motorist,
there's nothing wrong with the car.
But ever since 10 O'Clock my wife
been in that house. She came to see
her sisters first baby"
A school inspector, testing a class in
fractions. asked a boy whether. given
his choice, he would prefer one-sixth
or one-seventh of an orange The boy
promptly replied that he would prefer
one-seventh. The inspector more
promptly explained that such action
would be foolish. because tho the sug-
gested fraction might seem the larger.
just the reverse was true
II know, SIR" said the boy, that
why I chose it. I don't like oranges. .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Circulation.
American Newspaper publishers
Association.

The first big problem to demand
the attention of President Wilson on
his return to washington after an ex-
tended absence concerns the recent &C
tivities of the German submarines
against neutral and American ships
and also against other unarmed and
unresisting ships having Americans on
board. In other words, the subma-
rine controversy between Germany
and the United States appears to be
as far from being settled as it ever
was, notwithstanding the great diple-
matte victory that the United States
was supposed to have achieved In
these premises some time ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
BY Roy z. MoULrON.

Strictly Modern
A modern girl in every way,
Is buxom Betsie Bang.
She spends a part of every day
In learning some new slang.
Youngstown Telegram.
A modern girl and very gay,
Is Rhoda Retta Rose,
She studied hard to find a way
OF wearing fewer clothes.
Warren co. Tribune.
A modern maid, right up in style
Is Angelina Shocks.
She plays the naughty beauty while
Her mother sews and cooks.
The Springfield Union.
A modern girl yet in her teens
Is May Louisa Redd,
She buys the racy magazines
And reads them all in bed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
BED Time TALES
"CATCH ME If YOU CAN"
by CLARA INGRAM JUDSON

Did YOU ever go into the woods at
sunset time and listen to the many
queer soft sounds that are to be heard
then? You can hear the birds settling
into their nests, the bats waking up
and foraging for their food, the night
time folks beginning to prowl about
and the soft sound of swapping twigs
and falling leave ;. Unless your ears
are very sharp, and you listen closely,
YOU will think the sounds of the fall
ing leaves are really what they seem
to be-and you'll be fooled For
those sounds are not falling leaves at
all; they are the sounds made by the
flying squirrels as they play together
in the twilight.
One evening, just as the big, red,
autumn sun was going to sleep over
on the other side of Shadow Wood,
Filter FlyingSquirrel paused on the
edge of his nest in the hollow of the
old oak tree.
Catch me If you cant" he cried.
"Catch me If you can
Imme diately a half dozen other fly
ing-squirrels poked their noses out
from their holes in other trees and
asked. Whatever are you talking
about, Filter"
about my new game" laughed
Filter. 81 don't mean to just fly
around as 1 have been doing 1 mean
to pley a regular game. I'll give you
from now till the sky is dark-blue to
catch me-but you can't do it, Here
goes," And without giving them time
to watch him too closely, Filter dart
ed down from his hole, across the lit
tie clearing and up on to a small sap
ling 44
OF course the other followed after
him-who wouldn't play a game that
started like that? But flying-squir-
rels can't always fly just as they wish.
In fact they can't really fly at all; they
only spread the soft flap of skin that
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

The bills that are hardest to paw are
those run up by folly.
X X X
There is usually a way out even if
it is often most difficult to find.
X X y
A good excuse is seldom considered
such except by the man who makes it.
= x X
The man who surveys himself thor
oily hasn't much reason to be proud of
what he finds.
X X X
Too many people are obsessed and
handicapped by the notion that their
futures are behind them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
MORNING.

MORNING.
See, today's another day.
Yesterday was dreary,
But tits past, and shall we say
Morning finds us weary?
Nay, today the sunlight shines
Yesterday twas raining;
Nature not for long repines-
Are we still complaining?
All, the things we meant to do!
Yesterday went fleetly,
But today, the long hours through
We can fill completely.
Yesterday we failed Today
May effect a meeting
With success, who, bIithe and gay,
Waits to give greeting!
Beatrice Barry, in the New York Times