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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10
every MAN IN THE GAME"

A new plan of handling athletics
has been tried out by the Young Mems
Christian Association college. at its
new location on the South Side of Chi
cago. The new system upsets many
customs and traditions of long stand
ing. In fact it is revolutionary in it's
aims and methods. But it works. This
seems to be the consensus of opinion
as expressed by officers of the college,
members of the faculty. and the
students themselves. Whatever doubts
existed regarding the plan at the be-
ginning, have been swept aside by the
wholehearted approval of the student
body. The men turn out in force and
enter into the games with enthusiasm.
Hardly a man can be found in the
whole college, who is not on team of
some kind, and engaged in open air
sport, one or more days. each week
1T works" repeated by students and
faculty members, sums up the story.
And when the professors and the
pupils are equally pleased with the
development of the plan, and the re-
suits that have already appeared, 1T
seems only fair to pronounce it a sue
cess. The new plan differs from the
old in many particulars but the chief
one is the shifting of interest and eff
fort from the mere development of a
winning team for intercollegiate
games, to the development and
physical welfare of the entire student
body. The motive as expressed by DIR.
II. f. Kallenberg, head of the depart
ment of physical education, is Sport
F,,, - H. ~ j
parture from the prevailing system in
American colleges, where the senti-
ment is often Anything to win" This
results in focusing interest upon a
winning team. For weeks preceding
big intercollegiate game everything
centers in that event. On the field
and in the gymnasium, everything else
is side tracked, and the training of the
team is the first interest. High sal
AIRED coaches and trainers are en-
ployed, and if they turn out winning
team that is all that is required. About
the onlyzpart the ordinary student has
in athfetfes is to sit in the bleachers
and cheer or join in a triumphal
march in case of victory. This focus
ing of interest on one team and on a
few big games, not only fails utterly
to bring the ordinary man into ath-
letics, but proves a positive injury to
his work in the class room.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10
EU ening Chat

BY RUTH CAMERON.


The family circle was completely
flabbergasted when the little mother
the eVer-patient, ever-cheerful, lit
tie mother-after a sudden passionate
protest. got up from the dinner table
and left the room, evidently on the
verge of tears.
4 never dreamed she felt that way
about it, they said
why, she always laughed with US
before
Think of mothers minding our
laughing at her. and about that.
too
That" was mothers color blind
ness. 1t had been, family joke for
years. Visitors also had been fire.
quently invited to laugh at mother
incapacity to tell blue from green
and pink from yellow. And mother
had always laughed, too. And now,
after one of the customary references,
mother had suddenly put down the
teapot and, with flushed cheeks, said
she didn't like it at all, especially the
way they embarrassed her by laughing
at her right in front of outsiders, like
those college friends of Ruths last
week. 1t was dreadfully embarrass-
ing; she might be a fool, but she
didn't like to be continually reminded
of it. And then, with her voice too
cheerful, jolly little mother. had left
the room.
No wonder the family were aghast
1t was like having a volcano suddenly
come to life in the foundations of
ones home.
In fact that was just what had
happened volcano of pent-up hurt
and resentment, hidden away in the
heart of mother Dust another way
of saying the foundation of the home
had suddenly burst into action.
Now l wonder if there aren't more
of these volcanoes than we realize
hidden under a careless and even
smiling endurance of family raillery
Why does the victim join in the
joke if he objects to being it's butt? 1t
raises this hard crust of pretended in
One of my college mates used to
mispronounce words most astonish-
ingly. She had a large reading and
a small conversational vocabulary
dixie a good many people). When
she came to college and tried to use
the words she had read she had no
idea how to pronounce them correct
ly. With true college frankness,
we of her intimate circle never failed
to laugh at her amusing slips and she
always laughed with us. 1t WASH t
until years afterwards that she con-
fessed to me that by our raillery We
had developed a raw nerve in her
which WINGED every time we laughed.
Laughter is a good thing. but not
when it makes anyone suffer.
Are you sure there are no vol
canoes of hurt and resentment in
your home or your intimate circle p
protected by the Adams Newspaper
Service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10
MIR. NORTH WIND AND THE ROBINS.

When the robins came north last
spring, old Mr.. North Wind was just
leaving for his summer vacation
among the ice fields, so he had not
much time to talk to them. go
ahead and build your nests" was all
he had time to say over his left
shoulder. I'm coming back in thu
fall and I'll blow them all away!"
But the robins didn't mind his rude
ness-nct they. They only laughed
and chartered among themselves and
said to c: III other, Never mind,
Wen fool that grOuchy North Wind
person, Wen build our nests in the
tall trees and hide our homes behind
the thickest leaves! Then 1 guess ne
won't find us!''
So the North Wind went on up
north; the robins built their nests; the
summer grew hot. and everybody for
got about the North Wind and his
freezing ways.
But the North Wind didn't forget
about the robins-not hei All the
time ne was taking his long summer
nap he was dreaming of what he
would do when he went south again.
And the first thing he thought OF
when he awakened in late Septem-
Der was those birds nests. There
now," he said to himself as he turned
over and stretched. Il must find
where those robins live and blow their
nests away. That will be a very jolly
joke," (Which merely shows what
funny ideas of jokes winds have)
Re Immediately set out on his jour
ney and in a short time arrived in
the robins country. Now for the
nests" he said eagerly. and he began
looking around But not a nest did
he see, The robins had hidden their
nests so wisely that old Mr.. North
Wind was fooled. wen. we'll" said
he to himself. after he had hunted for
TWO whole days. II know those nests
are somewhere and L mean to find
them So wnal do you suppose he
did, You know, because you watched
him. He began stripping the trees of
their leaves, First A leaf or two at
a time, then, as he became more in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10
CANApA,s WAR BURDEN.

- Premier BOrden's statement that
Canada is willing to double her pres
--ent contingent needs only translation
= into figures to show what a great
burden she is ready to bear. says The
Nation. She has already more than
1T5,000 men under arms, and of these
nearly 100000 are on the Continent
or in England-equipped and MAIN
tanned by the Dominion. Mr.. n. w.
Rowell, the Liberal leader in Ontario,
has insisted that in comparison with
the mother country Canada should
SHAVE 100000 men under arms. and at
least 100000 constantly on the fight
ing line. As the situation in Europe
has darkened, Canadian determine
ton, as reflected in the press, has
kept steady pace with England's. So
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10
BIRTHS REPORTED

Arthur Capper Woody is the name
given u new boy in Topeka, the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Woody of $50
Gilmore street. The birth certificate
was filed with the city clerk this
morning. The boy was born January
4, following closely upon the heels of
William Woodrow Wilson," whose
birth was recorded the Other day
Other births recorded today are:
To CARL Z FOGLE and wife, 94S
Weir, January 7, boy.
To KARL w. DALRYMPLE and
wife, 2OO2 Grove, January 5, a girl.
To CHARLES NJ COOPER and
wife, 1246 West, January Z, a boy.
To GEORGE W. STANDErER and
wife, 1902 Van Buren, street, January
8, girl.
To JOHN B. NORRIS and wife, r.
ID. No. 6. January 8. a bow.
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Jdyh ker Jots

Mr.. UT. of North Maple, Greenwood
county. ought to be in line for one of
the prizes in the Kansas short-name
contest.
If you love your wife tell her so,
advises the Lansing News. If you
don't love her, make a mighty big
bluff at it.
What's the reason, asks Mrs. Tom
Thompson in the Howard Courant, a
woman's affinity never comes along
until she already has a husband?
The Clyde Republican tells of girl
who played postoffice at a party and
yelled and shrieked and howled and ran
behind the door; scratched the young
mans face in seven places, upset the
lamp, kicked over the organ stool and
when he finally kissed her on the tip
of the ear she tainted dead away, and
when she came to said she could never
look anybody in the face again. They
led the bashful, modest, gentle, blush
ing, Sobbing creature home and the
next day she ran away with a married
lightning rod peddler who had hair
lip. a wooden leg, was cross-eyed and
had eleven children.
Entries, by Editor Markham in his
Baldwin Ledger: Some fellows are
even too lazy to take things as they
come. A light sentence does
not necessarily refer to a case of fri
volity All the worlds a stage
but you can't always be next to the
footlights. Your troubles
never interest people unless they want
you to have them. People
who overdo things are a lot better
than those who don't do anything.
Every cloud may have a sill
yer lining but most of us would pre-
fer to do without the clouds E.
You may hold the key to the situation
but if you don't use it the lock will
get rusty and won't work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

According to the census returns in
the hands of J. c. Mohler, secretary
of the Kansas department of agricul-
ture, the population of Kansas has in
creased 127,577 during the past ten
years and also shows a slight gain
over the figures for a year ago. This
is gratifying. of course. but it isn't as
large a growth as a state with the re-
sources and opportunities of Kansas
should enjoy. There would be a much
different and bigger story to tell at the
end of the next decade. were Kansas
to advertise her wares as she should
and as several of her sister states are
doing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10
On the Spur
of the Moment

BY ROY K. MOJLTON.

The South.
Under the hOrseess chestnut tree
The town garage now stands:
Bill Smith. who runs the business,
Hath large and sinewy hands.
And the muscles OF his brawny arms
Are strong enOugh-my lands.
The children coming home from school
Look in at the open door;
They like to see the autosmith
Reciine upon the floor
Beneath the car and grunt, BY gari
This carburetor's sore"
Thanks. thanks to thee. my worthy friend,
For the lesson thou has taught
Next time l drive this old beehive
I'll try not to be caught
Ten miles from town with the tires run
down
And the axle steel unwrought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10
BEATS AUTO SHOW

The many ardent admirers of De-
troit electric cars will be given an OPP
portunity to inspect the last word" in
enclosed cars at w. H. lines x Co,
918-20 Kansas avenue. Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week.
Mr.. lines obtained this advance of
fering previous to the Kansas City
show.
originators of enclosed car styles, the
models shown will embody the utmost
in comfort, refinement and individ-
uality.
These beautiful cars can be seen
during the day or evening both Tues
day and Wednesday.
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Journal Entries

A vain woman is obnoxious enough
but a vain man is worse.
= = 4.
Homely girls should remember that
moneys popularity is not due TO its
looks.
! + +
Men who depend upon luck to help
them on their way don't often get very
far.
!. i. i.
Only in novels does a poor man pro-
pose to a rich girl without knowing of
her wealth.
The success of q divorce from the
woman's standpoint is measured by
the size of the alimony awarded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

OF course, there are already more
than enough lawyers mixed up in the
legal muddle that now eneulfs the af-
fairs and activities of the Kansas Nat
ural Gas company, but the only chance
of unraveling it seems to lie in engag-
ing the services of another lawyer. one
of the old-fashioned Philadelphia va
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

far as population goes. the Dominion's
100000 people would seem able to
raise 100000 men without extraordi-
nary effort But it must be remem-
bered that millions of Canada's pop
ulation are not strictly British, and
that she cannot recruit so easily as
homogeneous Australasia. The finan-
cial burden. moreover, will be very
great if Canada undertakes to main
tain 1000 men on the Continent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Doesn't this settle it? Former Gov
ernor Stubbs states that Justice
Hughes is the only logical man for the
next Republican presidential nominal
ton, and the only man who can unite
the sundered elements of the -.epub-
lican party and also assure it a sweep
ing victory at the polls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Using as a basis the length of time
it has taken the United States and Ger
many to compose their differences
over the destruction of the Lusitania
and the murder of her passengers. it
would seem reasonable to forecast that
the Persia incident will be settled with
Austria by next fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

the nests that mad been so well hid
den showed through the bare branrhes
as plain as day.
but what or the robins all this
time? Had they waited around idIv
till their nests were exposed to tbs
storms? Not they AS soon as ne
first breath of cold blew through he
trees. they left for the sunny south
and the farce old North Wind ,Va.
left all alone to spend his winter trv-
ing TO plow down nests if he could.
Do YOU think he can loosen ~,
those nests that the robins b1ly. ~
well? Next time you walk in tbs
woods or in the park. look in tbe
tree tc1s and see nvw MANI hsrds,
nests YOU can see. Then you can mess
noM many ne ola wind has beer un-
able to throw down.-(Copv.sght
Clara Ingram Judson.)
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DEATHS and FUNERALS.

UtAlHS ANU FUNERALS.
MRS. ISABELLA SHIRLEY, age &c,
died Sunday at a local hospital She
was the mother of Mrs. j. l.. Ellis of
416 Paramore street, and Mrs. Anna
Eshom, of Burton, Kan. The funeral
will be held at the Presbyterian church
in Nortonville at $3.50 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon. Interment in Norton
vile cemetery.
JOHN LESTER. age 81. died today
at his home, 1902 North Van Buren,
street. The funeral will be held at
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
residence. Interment in Rochester
cemetery.
NEALIE Relfe, aged "a. died Sun
day at local hospital. The body will
be taken to Leavenworth, Kan, for
interment.
MRS. A. +. WINTER, age 40. died
this morning at her home. 901 Morris
avenue. The funeral will be held
privately Wednesday afternoon at the
residence. Interment in Topeka ceme-
terry.
MRS. y. B. PATTERSON PITTS.
age 81, died Sunday at her home, 1907
Lincoln street. The funeral will be
held at o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
the Mount Olive NJ. E. church. Inter
ment in Richie cemetery.
MRS. OPHELIA c. BALDWIN, age
SO, died Sunday at the home of her
only son, w. G.. Bailey, ST. West street.
The funeral will be held at o'clock
! Tuesday afternoon at the residence.
Services will be conducted by DR. S. S.
Estey. Interment in Topeka cemetery.
Mrs. Baldwin was born in Brattle-
| borough. VT, in 1926. She came to
Kansas in 1898. She had lived in To-
peka since 1900. Her death was due
to old age.
HAZEL MURPHY, age Is, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Murphy,
died Sunday at the home, 1907 West
| Sixth street The funeral will be held
at o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the
! Potwin Presbyterian church.
w. W. GOODEN died Saturday night
at his home, 374 Winfield avenue,
Oakland. The funeral was held at
| the home OF his daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Stone, 404 Chester avenue, at o'clock
this morning. The body was taken to
/ Valencia, Kan, for interment.
MRS. S. D. MEREDITH died at the
home of her son near Eskridge Sun
day. She is survived by three sons
Frank NJ. and Blanchard G. Meredith
/ of Topeka. The funeral was held al
Harveyville.
| ARTHUR D. PHELPS. formerly
pastor of the Quinton Heights Baptist
church, died Saturday at his home in
Dover. He was pastor of the Dover
Baptist church. The funeral was held
at Dover and the body was taken tC
Wichita for interment.
MRS. MARY WILSON. for fifty
years a resident of Kansas, died Fri
| day at her home in Bushong. Kan. She
was 81 years old. The body wal
| brought to the home of her son, ]
H. Wilson, 406 Liberty street, and will
be taken to Big Springs, Kan, wher'
the funeral will be held at the United
J Brethren church at IL o'clock Tues
day morning. 1nterment in Bis
| Springs cemetery.
| JOHN KAMLOWSkI, age 81, dice
! Saturday night at his home in Kansa:
| City, Kan The body was brought tt
Topeka today to the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. Mildred Schamberg, 212 JEFF
! ferson street. The deceased formePl,
lived in Topeka. He was a member
| of the c. NJ. 3. A. lodge. The funera
will be held at s o'clock Wednesda,
morning at st. Josephs German Cain
Ollie church. Interment in Mount Cal
! va ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

They are talking of eliminating
Judge Ben B. Lindsey from his posi-
ton of prominence among the Ford
peace tourists because he is a bit too
slleptical about the success of the en-
terprise All of which would seem
to indicate that Ben B. has some sense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Is this more evidence that the
movies have chased the Legitimate"
theatricals to the bow-wows? The
gold medal that is awarded annually
by the Theater club of New York City
to the best performer on Broadway
has been given this year in all serious
ness to 81 doc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Epitaphs.
Here lies the remains
OF Eliphalet Nye-
Frozen to death
On the Fourth of July.
This stone marks the grave
OF Ephriam Plummer-
Could not stand the rigors
OF a northern Summer.
Bill Hicks is gone
His form is stark.
He caught pneumonia
In a summer park.
Lem Hanks was killed
In July quite dead.
Icicle hit him
ON the head.
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should Have Million Men.

Washington, Jan. 10.-Major Cen
eral Scott. chief of staff of the army.
told the house military committee n
the army bill hearing today. that in
the event of war, the country must
have an army of ono million TO two
million moi or "a ccent aisa 81 er-,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Once more is it pertinent to call at
tention to the fact that General Snow
-has saved" the Kansas wheat crop
"A gain. But this is only the second
time it has been saved so far this
season, so the professional crop
killer probably hasn't lost all hope
vet
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MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Nothing seems impossible to the
Germans. A report from Berlin states
that they are reducing the cost of llv-
ing to a considerable extent over what
it has been Of late. But it is being
done for them by the government
through the establishment of maxi
mum prices for certain of the essen
tial foodstuffs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

New York. Jan. I0.-MONEY- Mercantile
paper, 3M3A per cent. Sterling. 90 day
bulls, Al asked; demand. 4.T5H cables.
t;16 Francs, demand. 5.s4; cables. 5s;.
Marks. demand, 14A cables, T4TA. kroneu.
demand, l2R cnbies, 12si. builders. de-
mand, 447S: cables. 40. Lires, demand.
G.G6; cables. G.63. Rublcs. demand. 293
cables, &c. Bar silver. J6lac: Mexican dol
lars, 435tc. Government. bonds. steady;
railroad sbonds, irregular. Time loans.
eGsier: GO and 30 days, 2H@2A per cent:
g months. 2M a. per cent
Call money. steady: high per cent:
low, ~ per cent; ruling rate 18i per cent:
last loan, > per cent: closing bid 1% per
cent; closing bid 1 %per cent; offered
al per cent.
New Orleans Cotton Nerket.
New OrleaDs. Jan. 10.-rOTT0 N-Spot,
steady, G points up. Middling, 12.OG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

NJ. c. King. a former Topekan, who
has been for some time with the Santa
Fe in California, has been transferred
to Topeka. He is staying at the Cen
trail Y. M. c. A. dormitory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

The floor of the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
is torn up and preparations are being
made for the laying of a new tile floor.
The work will take several days but it
will not be necessary at any time to
close the lobby.
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Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank the friends and
relatives for their sympathy. assist
ance and beautiful floral offerings in
the illness and death of our father.
CLYDE MARBLE.
MR.. AND MRS. G. NJ. KLINE.
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Speaking of piffle of the unadul-
terated sort. musically inclined gem
tlcman declares that it is the music of
wagner and Straus that aroused the
war-iust in the Germans and thereby
laid the foundation for the Great War.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Snow, so the experts in the prem
ises say. makes the grip worse. But
the grip victims are likely TO consider
such a thing as impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Wonders never cease. A Minnesota
undertaken has added a pulmotor to
his eQuipment
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegram report of that great news or
ganization, for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pu--
pose.
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$4,000 Thcatcr Hurus.

Independence. Mo, Jan. 10.--The
Lcfis theater was destroyed by fire
early today with a loss of $4,000.
The fire is believed to have started
from an oVerheated furnace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

MRS. ISABELLA SHIRLEY, age &c,
died Sunday at local hospital. She
was the mother of Mrs. j. l.. Ellis of
416 Paramore street, and Mrs. Anna
Eshom, of Burton, Kan. The funeral
will be held at the Presbyterian church
in Nortonville at 2:30 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon. Interment in Norton
willie cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

Suits and overcoats dry cleaned Use.
Topeka Laundry Co. Phone $685.
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10

ABOUT Time.
One evening the young minister.
who had seemed rather attracted by
Big Sister" Grace, was dining with
the family. Little Sister, was talking
rapidly when the visitor was about to
ask the blessing. Turning to the child,
he said in a tone of mild reproof:
Laura, l am going to ask Grace"
well. it's about time" answered
Little Sister, in an equally reproving
tone. We've been expecting you to do
it for year, and she has, too"
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DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

Furnished by the United States Weather
Bureau, Topeka, Kansas, for the "a hours
ending I u. Ia. today
High Low Rain or Wea-
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Glass and glazing. call 949. ]. K
Jones Paint Co.-AdY.