davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
Jdyhawker Jots

According to the Linn County Re
public, the busiest country editor is
the one who tries to print the names
of all his subscribers who have the
grip.
II congress will pass a law for pre-
paredness against bill collectors, the
Washington Palladium promises to
vote right and vote often or any other
old way.
1t seems true, observes Mrs, Mat
lock in the Marion Review, that some
women regard a martyrs crown as
more becoming than other styles Of
millinery.
A Powhattan auto company, garage,
presumably. advertises in the Powhat-
tan Bee that it's blacksmith has ar
rived, and it is now prepared, of
course, to do any old kind of repair
work, wagons, etc, not ba, red
Related by Mrs. Matlock, in the
Marion Review: After seeing many
of the pictures of Father Time with
the sickle, on calendars and in the
newspapers little girl asked. Moth
er, who is this old gentleman with a
grass cutter L see in the pictures so
much?"
We need q religious awakening,
says one of the Methodist Church
notes in the Powhattan Bee. But not
the kind indicated by this exchange:
Boy-"Paw, what is a religious awak-
ening?" Paw-"That's what happens
at church when the preacher quits
preaching"
1t is nice that Kansas has no out
standing bonds, remarks the Mankato
Western Advocate,-but she could
well afford to float few bonds and
invest the money in permanent good
roads To have a debt isn't so bad, If
you can show something to balance
the debt.
The farmers of this vicinity are all
busy husking corn this winter which
is rather slow for some, reports the
Pleasant Valley correspondent of the
Lucas Independent, but he hastens to
explain: Most of the farmers nearly
forgot that corn had ears, as for the
last six years we raised only fodder.
Sunflower Petals, by the Golden
Belt Spectator of the Hays Free Press:
The principal perfume around a
church is not always the odor of
sanctity. 1t is the privilege
for the American citizen to express
loose and unintelligent opinions about
all subjects. Some one has
said that you cannot expect your
your friend does it for you.
The winter muff, like charity, covers a
multitude of sins. if you are puritan
ically inclined when you watch EN-.
The person who depends on
stand in to get him something or
somewhere is basing his hopes on a
frailty. The men who speak
seldom act often
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
THE WAR TO BEGIN WAR.

The economic struggle between ma
fions which viii follow the present war
Is deplored by an Englishman writing
in. the New Republic. I'm the early
days of this struggle facile pens dis
coursed about the war that was to end
war and create united Europe. All
but the blindest see now that men do
not gather olive branches from ma
chine guns The war overlook di-
vided Europe, and it has deepened its
divisions into chasms While the
= sergy, the poets. and the demagogues
ftiyoke our righteousness to re-
fuse all dealing with the enemy of yes
terday, the business world will capt.
;aiize oar hates and turn our sen,i-
mentality 10 profit. Somewhere from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

GFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The candidate who sweeps the coun-
try must be out for the dust.
The more worthless a fellow is the
less trouble he has in proving it.
The people who are looking for
trouble have no trouble in getting it.
The henpecked man whose wife buys
his shoes can't even call his sole his
own.
You never can tell Some people
will cut you dead and others will sim
ply bore you to death.
Many q, girl who marries a man to
reform him passes up lot of fellows
who don't need it.
Some soil is very fertile and some is
so poor that it won't even raise the in
terest on a mortgage.
Try to drown your sorrows in the
flowing bowl and you will find they
are equipped with life preservers.
When a woman refers to a man as
an old flame she probably refers to the
time when he had money to burn
Sunday School Teacher-"The Bible
tells us we must be born again"
Tommy Tuffnut-''Well, all 1 gotta say
is 1 hope 1 won't be born girl
Every thinks the baby looks
like me- exclaimed the proud young
father. Can you see it," yes, in
deed" replied the bachelor friend.
The resemblance is-er-simply aw-
full"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
EUening Chat
Not Half So Bad.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

INOD 1ldAA 81 DdOs
When I was a little girl 1 used to
think that people could feel them
selves grow older.
I supposed that a person of forty
or fifty felt very different in some
way from a person of twenty.
1 shall never forget what a shock
it was when an elderly lady of fifty
used to visit my mother, told one
day of going on a picnic with the
girls
What girls?' asked. I wondered
if any of my crowd had been included.
was then about sixteen.
why, my girls" she said; the
girls I used to go to high school
with
didn't make any comment or
even smile, because I knew my moth
ers warning eye was upon me, but
1 got out of the room as soon as
could.
-Four of them are married and
have grown-up children, and even
grandchildren, and I don't believe one
is under forty eight,'' I said after
wards in telling my chum.
And she calls them girls!"
We agreed that it was on the border
line between the pathetic and the
ridiculous.
I wonder if it would seem so now?
It's q blessed dispensation, isn't it,
the way We all grow old together. and
thus remain for the most part uncon-
scious that we are growing old.
We know that time passes; we see
changes; we sigh over the swiftness
with which the New Years arrive; we
find to our surprise some day that we
can look back ard say, ''Twentyf five
years ago, when I was a boy" but
after all, these are superficial things.
Our hearts don't change and our
friends keep in such perfect step with
us that we don't realize they are
changing, and what are the great
realities of life but hearts and friends :?
If it were not for those younger and
older than we, we should scarcely
realize the passage of time at all. It's
when the older ones fall out of step
that we have our sadGest realization
of times passage. but it's when the
younger ones fall into step that we
are made most sharply aware of the
years.
Not long ago I went to the wedding
of a neighbours daughter. The other
day some one pointed out a big boy
to me ard said it was her son. I'm
possible" said l. THAT great boyi
was a baby, and the day before yes
terday that 1 went to his mothers
wedding He's in high school
now" was the uncompromising an
swer-
1t is incidents such as these that
push home the realization that the
years are passing. But the poignancy
of such experiences is mercifully
brief. And for the most part we feel
no more sense of being uncomforta bly,
hurried along than one does in a linn
tied train. 1t is the landscape and
the telegraph poles that are hurrying
by, not we.
To those who have Oassed through
such experiences, the pitulation
may seem hardly necessary. but it is
not for them 1 am writing, but rather
to reassure the young folks with their
pathetic dread of growing old and
their sense of it az something infinite
ly more abrupt and painful than it
really is.-Protected by The Adams
NeMSpaper SerYice.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
pANGERs or 1NF1AuoN.

mo danger is more real in the
United States at present than that of
in-advised expansion in business"
writes Henry Clews, the New York
banker, in his current weekly finan-
cia1 review. THE sudden and extraor-
binary profits realized by many in
dustrials is producing a kind of intox-
ication which might lead to all sorts
of ill-advised business ventures. We
have been passing through a period of
initiation in security and commodity
values, and this is being followed as
usual by too rapid expansion in new
projects of various kinds. Such of
this development as is based upon our
agricultural prosperity and growth of
population or new foreign trade OPP
portunities is legitimate and deserving
of encouragement, but that portion
which is dependent upon exaggerated
profits on war orders is necessarily
ephemeral and unstable and should
be emphatically discouraged 1t is
true that the majority of these war
contracts have been made with such
liberal margins as to leave many of
these concerns in good financial and
physical condition, even if peace were
quickly restored and an end reached
of munition orders. 1t is not, however,
the original owners of these stocks
which are likely to suffer, but the in
experienced buyers who in feverish
haste paid ridiculously enhanced
prices for this class of securities The
/ banks have been discriminating sharp
! ly against such collateral, and this
fact as well as the caution inspired by
bankers and conservative commission
houses. has probably effectually saved
the country from a disastrous specu-
lation in these securities, whose pro-
duct after all is destructive and of
relatively small value when compared
with the industrial output of the
United States as a whole. Some of our
| industrial leaders, as well as promi-
nent bankers. have been circulating
words of warning with the idea of pre-
venting unwise expansion or over
| speculation. The head of the great
| Steel Corporation attracted much at
tention by his undisguised words of
/ caution, inspired largely by the indie
pendent steel companies having re-
Gently made preparation for 2,7OO, 900
tons of new capacity for steel ingots
and the United States Steel Corpora
ton for an increase of 100000 tons,
or total of 1900 900 tons new ca
pacity. The importance of this in
crease will be realized when it is re-
called that the total output a year ago
was about 25.O00,09o tons. and has
now risen to nearly 10000. zoe tons:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHTsON GLOBE.

Whom does representative citizen
represent?
Quite a good deal of the patriotism
is devoted to cheering.
Jealousy aroused by a good adver-
tiser never hurts the advertiser.
Time never flies so fast as when one
is a little behind with his work.
A trust isn't based on the theory
that competition is the life Of trade.
AS a man grows older, he is more
likely to stick to one style of collars.
A diplomatic victory may be submit
ted as further evidence that talk is
cheap.
The day after every mock trial the
defendant feels like a jassack, and
probably is.
Neither are you likely to fool any
one by calling your bush league Eng
lish an idiom.
Some men carry their self-confi-
dence to a point where they'll dispute
the dictionary.
The rule is that, if the woman is
good looking, the jury finds it easy to
believe in her innocence.
Nothing that closes the schools is
likely to be regarded as a calamity by
the enterprising small boy.
Perhaps it is possible to get through
life on excuses. but one can't amass
much property in that way.
After one experience, growing a
moustache ceases to qualify as sport
and there seems to be no other excuse
for it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
MARS MAGIC

WAN > MAOIC
Wars magic in the corn fields,
Amid the glowing grain:
Wars magic where the pumpkin
Will never grow again.
For men have struggled fighting,
Across the sunlit way:
Where blood was sOwn, and tear drops,
Grim harvests grow today.
Dull silence in the corn field,
Where cleaning gold and green
Give place to scarlet drippings,
And guns with steely sheen.
For men have fought, and gasping,
Have tried, like beasts, to STAY
Where shrieks we're sown, and meanings,
Grim harvests grow today.
signing in the corn field
Among the swaying stalks,
Among the guns and cannon,
Perhaps some spirit walks.
For men have gone. unburied,
To meet their Judgment day;
Where bones were left to whiten,
Grim harvests grow today.
Black magic in the corn field
Each sheaf turned to a gun,
Each pumpkin to a missile,
cleaning in the sun.
For men, a million brothers,
Have, dying, tried to pray;
Where souls have passed, in anguish,
Grim harvests grow today.
Margaret E. Sangster, Jr., In The
Christian Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18

Close by a country roadside grew a
straight, tall. walnut tree. So proud
and fine was she that she worked all
the days to grow bigger. And all the
nights she rested patiently, so that on
the morrow she would be ready for
more growing.
Now you would think that wise
and careful tree would bear very
wise and careful nuts-but it didn't.
The nuts that grew on that perfectly
good tree were vain and boastful
things and gave the mother tree a
great deal OF care and trouble.
What's the use of cur staying here
On this common walnut tree all the
time ?" asked one nut of another.
I'VE are too good for such a fate"
What else can we do. though o.
asked another. II know it is a shame
to waste US this way: but we grow
on a common walnut tree-so how
can we help it?" Which surely was
not a very kind way TO talk about
such a good mother as those nuts
had,
Il know what we can do" said a
nut high up in the tree. Mr.. Wind
suggested It to me only this morn
ing. We can let go our hold on this
old tree and he will blow US far over
the country and we can see the world.
one tree when they have an invita-
ton to visit the world? Not I.'' And
the nut shook its head very positively.
The Other nuts looked enviously at
the nut who had talked with the wind
How lucky you are"' they exclaimed.
do you suppose he would take us
too"
ASK him yourself the next time he
comes by" replied the nut; maybe
he will take you ALL
The walnuts kept very still and lis
tened for the wind. 1t was not two
minutes till he came blowing into
the tree. Please. Mr.. Wind" they
called to him. the minute he came
in sight. will you take US away from
this common old tree2 VIII you take
US over the big. wonderful world 90
And the wind quickly answered that
he would.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18

so that present plans will result in
nearly doubling our output for steel
ingots since the beginning of 1915,
when, of course, production was at
about the minimum owing to the de-
preston induced by the war. Trade
throughout the country is fairly active
and profitable. The railroads are
taxed to the utmost with the eastward
rush of traffic, the great bulk of
which is on domestic and not foreign
account. Good traffic reports are to
be expected for some time to come,
the basis of this having been the rich
harvest and a general revival of do
nestle prosperity in which the rail-
roads must share. Our foreign trade
at the same time continues phenome-
nally active because OF heavy exports
of food products and war munitions.
Confidence has been further restored
by sterling exchange which has shown
a continued rising tendency owing to
successful operation of the new
schemes designed to finance trade be-
tween the Allies and the United States
Foreign securities are coming here in
liberal quantities in payment of for
eign debts, and have thus far been
absorbed with remarkable readiness
by American buyers. Money continues
easy and abundant to good buyers, al
though the banks have been prudently
discriminating against highly inflated
collateral. Heavy foreign liquidation
and the warning against fancy in
dustriais has induced some reaction in
the local market, which might be car
ried still furthar in casa of 1Infavor
able developments with Mexico
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18

spoons of flour; in another stew pan
add some chicken broth, or some hot
water, making a smooth sauce; add
the carrots and the yolks Of two or
more eggs, with a pinch of sugar.
Carrot Pudding-Cup of grated raw
potatoes, one cup of grated raw car
rots. one-half cup sugar, one cup of
flour, one egg, one cup of raiSlns, one
cup of currants. butter size of an egg,
two small teaspoons of baking soda
dissolved in a little hot water, one tea
spoon of cinnamon and nutmeg; steam
three hours. Sauce: One cup of milk.
one cup of sugar, three-fourths cup of
butter two teaspoons of vanilla, two
small teaspoons of cornstarch added
in a little water; let boil a few
minutes.
For Parties.
Centerpiece for Party Tables -
Take a shallow glass dish and pour
into it melted paraffin. While still
need. When the paraffin hardens the
candles will stand up firm and
straight and be perfectly solid. Then
put in water and fresh flowers until
the dish is filled, and light your
candles.
Party Supper-Chicken and celery
croquettes two-thirds chicken. one
third celery, peas, praised tongue in
aspic jelly with lettuce and French
dressing), small Parker house rolls
buttered, bread and butter sand
wiches frozen apricots Cone can
apricots, sifted, one quart water, two
pints sugar., coffee.
Chatting Dish supper - Sardine
cellars, olives, celery, creamed chick
en- on toast, cranberry tarts, vanilla
ice cream in cups with maple syrup
and chopped nuts, peanut butter
macaroons, maple bonDons, coffee.
Removes Fruit Stains.
To remove fruit stains from white
goods. place two tablespoons of sui
phur and one teaspoon of alcohol in
a plate and ignite, covering a funnel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18

their present silence the sager heads
may emerge on both sides to warn us
all that an economic struggle with the
old divisions on the old battle-ground
means the permanent organization of
the moral ruin of Europe. Some see
and some will dare to say that it was
our financial Imperialism, our COM
mercial nationalism, the closed colony
and the concession area which pre-
pared the present strife. Cobden's
preaching on the connection of peace
and free trade is not wholly forgotten,
but the lesson Will be slowly learned,
and it may require a hard experience
to enforce it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
PARCEL POST MARKETING.

The farmer who wishes to sell his
products by parcel post, and the
housewife who wishes to use this
method of obtaining country produce
for her table, will find many useful
points in Farmers Bulletin 700, "Sug-
gestions for Parcel Post Marketing
that has just been issued by the fed
eral department of agriculture. This
bulletin, in addition to explaining the
postal rates and measurement limits
for parcel post matter, discusses in
some detail the types of containers
which are most successful and the
method of grading and packing prod
uce, so that it will reach the consumer
in good condition, and be attractive
in quality and appearance. In treat
ing standards for parcel post ship
ments. the bulletin tells how TO select
handle and pack poultry, and how to
grade and pack the various fruits and
vegetables which the average farmer
is likely to market through the post
office. The bulletin points out that
one of the common obstacles to estab-
fishing parcel post communication be-
tween farmer and consumer is that
the farmer may be unwilling to offer
goods at a price which attracts the
customer, or that the consumer may
offer a price lower than the farmer
can obtain at a local market To
quote the bulletin: Not only must
the farmer have something additional
to the usual price to compensate him
for the extra work, container and
postage required, but the consumer
must also have something to attract
him to marketing by parcel post. In
determining what the price shall be,
both the farm price and the retail
price paid by the consumer when he
markets in the ordinary way should
be taken into consideration. The con-
sumner must receive either a better ar
ticle at the usual retail price or an
article of the grade usually purchased
at some concession in price. 1t is
probable that the point which will
make the strongest appeal to the aver
age consumer is that he can secure
by parcel post a fresher, brighter
more attractive, and thus possibly
better product than he can obtain
otherwise. The average producer, as
rule, does not realize the Importance
of appearance as a factor in selling
goods and frequently is careless and
Indifferent in preparing produce for
market. The consumer, on the other
hand, relies very largely upon appear
ance in selecting food supplies, and
unattractive articles are passed by
promptly. A personal acquaintance
should be established between produc-
er and consumer, when they come into
business contact. This will help a
great deal in furthering parcel post
marketing, and also will eliminate
many of the Misunderstanding which
may occur from time to time. A def
mite understanding should exist as to
the duties of each in regard to remit
tances, claims for damaged or spoiled
produce. and the preservation and re-
turn of containers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the Chicago News. ]

Wrath usually comes in family jars.
Whisky straight is the cause-a
crooked walk the effect.
No man ever respects a woman who
doesn't respect herself.
Remorse and economy are always
faithful followers of the races.
Policemen. like 'rainbows, are apt to
appear after the storm is over.
The best way to tell womans age
is in whisper over the telephone.
The older we grow the greater the
lack of knowledge we discover in 9TH
ers.
Money talks. That is why they put
woman's head on the silver dol
lar.
City sidewalks are used by pedes-
TRANS, but the crab has a side walk
Of mis- own.
Man wants but little here beIow-if
the people occupying the flat above
him own a piano.
A good reputation may come in
handy as a parachute to the young
man who rises rapidly in the world.
1t keeps some men so busy telling
what they are going to do tomorrow
that they haven't time to do things
today.
After a man has taken ont an acct
dent insurance policy his wife thinks IL
a waste of money if nothing happens
to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18

If you write to dad at once and tell
him who you are, he'll want to see you,
1 know. Isn't it the strangest thing"
she smiled up at him whimsically.
Just as your car went past US it seemed
as if 1 was going to know you better"
That's nothing" Warren returned
earnestly. Some day I'll tell you what
1 promised myself when your veil
blew back and L saw your face
Getting into New Haven Parker
called genially from the aisle. his hand
on Warren's shoulder. Halfway
along, Doc"
I've got a through ticket" answer
ed Warren, peacefully, with a meaning
only Parker could descry-( Copyright,
1916, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18

Another old notion has been cast
into limbo. this time by specialists in
the federal department of agriculture.
They declare that the idea that plants
make living rooms unhealthful is
quite unfounded. for the consumption
OF air by plants is so small that it
may be safely ignored if the room is
ventilated as it should be. So those
who love plants need have no hesita-
ton about having them in the living
rooms during the winter season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
Journal Entries

Any journey is a short one If inter-
esting company is along.
+ =
AS a rule, most folk are more toler-
ant OF others than they should be.
4. =
Take 1t from them, nearly everybody
who has lived elsewhere was used to
better things.
Most of the poor folk probably hold
the opinion that the RICH magnify their
troubles.
+
There is only one way to keep a
Woodworking man from achieving
omething of success. Bury him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18

DR.. Eva Harding hits another nail
squarely on the head with her sus-
kestion that it is rather thoughtless in
parents to lug their infants down town
on bitterly cold nights to the movies
and other shows. And it is also more
or less of an annoyance to the rest OF
the audiences, as every baby seems to
be obsessed with the notion that it is
taken to a theater for the purpose of
making a noise.