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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.]
Industry is the mother of good luck
Advice is as forward as good exam
pies are shy.
If man lives beyond his income the
outcome is bad.
The man who is driven to drink al
ways has to walk back.
Better make one man laugh than
make a hundred weep,
If a mans heart is all right his head
is not far out of line.
Money furnishes a house, but it
takes love to furnish a home.
True fortune tellers, of course, tell
US only what we want to hear.
An ounce of honest criticism is
worth more than a pound of flattery.
Nine-tenths of what the average
man knows is of no earthly benefit to
him.
Let's be kind to the beggars. We
may want to borrow money of them
some day.
Too many men who exceed the
speed limit in trying to get there do
nothing after they arrive.
If a man does nothing he makes a
mistake, and if he attempts to do
things his mistakes are many.
Forgiving without forgetting is a
good deal like giving a receipt for
money without signing your name to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
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sLIPPY'S N EW HOME

Slippy showed Filter Flying
squirrel all the advantages of the old
home in the grapevine. They ran up
and down the vine stems-or rather
they ran up, for Filter always flew
downwards in his graceful fashion and
met Slippy at the bottom of the vine
ITS a strange thing to me-" said
Filter, after one of these flights,
that you would ever leave so pleasant
a place as this. That nest seems so
comfortable, and surely you could not
hope for more convenient location"
THAT was all true" replied Slippy
before the Hoot Howl moved in yon-
der tree,"
'oh-h." answered Filter with a
glimmer Of understanding. And he
bothered you ?''
with SILVER. HE nearly ate US up
He had not lived in that tree a day,
1 do believe, till he had found that
we lived here in this vine. Nothing
like a boot howl for finding where
mice livel He sat there in the shadow
of that hole where he lived and watch
ed and watched-before we even
guessed that he had moved I'M"
You don't say sol" cried Filter
with sympathy
he nodded impressively whats
worse, he raided our homei Darted
down to it and tore it apart-it was
not always open as you see it nowl
My mother. one brother and myself.
who happened to be in the nest at the
time, jumped to the ground and es-
capped, but one other brother was not
quick enough. The owl caught him"
I'm sorry" said Filter, when he
saw that Slippy stopped talking in
sad recollection.
so am l." agreed Slippy, and
then in a brighter voice he went on
But of course we have to expect that
you know how it is in your own
family. But never again will we live
where an owl may watch usi'
Then where do you live now %
asked Filter curiously.
Come, I'll show you," said Slippy,
and flying and running, the two little
friends made thsir way out of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

Germany having declared war on
Portugal, the questions arise as to
where, when and how Germany and
Portugal will clash. Germanys navy
IS in no position to attack the Portu-
guese coast. Neither can any of her
armed forces invade Portugal. Por-
tugal of course, can send her army to
join the Allies in the western arena
OF the war. but her army doesn't
amount to much and would be a mere
bagatelle in the monumental conflict
being waged in that war zone. So the
war between Germany and Portuga,
VIII probably be of a purely technical
or theoretical variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

amount of physical strength beyond
mere endurance are not difficult to
fill. for the peasantry and so-called
lower classes of women are sturdy and
have been accustomed to hard labor
since childhood. Dating back to the
beginning of hostilities, the old GUS
tom of women to work in the fields
n been amplified until by far the
greater part of the agricultural work
is now being performed by them.
Women have almost entirely replaced
in offices, while the municipal labo-
ratories employ the services of many
young women whose education has
made possible adequate discharge of
their exacting duties. They clean the
streets, bake the bread, curry horses
such few as have not been requisition-
ed for the service-work in mines, en-
gage in almost every class of manu-
facture and, as always, devote them
selves with tenderness and ability to
the care of the sick and wounded.
There is practically no post that man
may fill, save those on the line of bat
tie, which these Frenchwomen do not
occupy efficiently. This volunteering
of women suggests strongly an actual
unity of public sentiment as to the
prosecution of the war and the gem
eral resolve to see that the conflict is
carried to a satisfactory conclusion,
IN order that future warfare may be
rendered improbable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Jayhawker Jots

It is hard to convince the average
critic that he is not a knocker
According to the Mankato Western
Advocate, the greatest beauty secret
is common sense.
A pacifist, explains the Oakley
Graphic, is one who does not zelieve
in striking anything except an attitude.
The superiority of some men is
merely local, insists the Norton News.
They are great because their associ-
ates are small
And the staid McLouth Times OBJ
serves: The most attractive hosiery
on display is not always seen in the
show windows.
The more thick-witted you are. de-
clares the Golden Belt Spectator Of the
Hays Free Press, the more You will
believe the promises of a candidate for
office.
HE is a diamond in the rough" is
an old saw, observes the Hays Free
Press, but we are fast learning that
the world will not buy crude stuff at
refined prices.
Can any one enlighten the Hill City
Rovelle New-Era? 1t wants to know
what has become of the old-fashioned
girl who used to stick her wad Of
chewing gum on the leg of her chair.
Related by the Western School Jour
nal: The boy was asked to define the
informed the teacher that when a
newspaper has too much news, ney
print an extra-dition."
Most of the Kansas weekly newspa-
pers will also say a lot of nice things
about man before he dies if he is
sufficiently thoughtful to call az the
office and plank down enough coin to
pay for his subscription to the paper
for a year in advance.
Avarice brings its own retribution,
argues the Edmond New Leaf. The
mosquito that allows its whole atten-
ton to be concentrated on drawing
blood is easily swatted. The same is
true of men and towns
When the two women on the Chi
cago public welfare department got
into a graft scandal about a divide l
salary that one was forced to pay the
other, the mayor got busy ana put
rhe department cut of commission,
notes Mrs. Nye in the Newton Journal,
and she ADDS: Graft is exclusively a
mans job.
We hear p lot these days about
proper food for children" writes
Editor Honey in his Mankato Western
Advocate. In our childhood days W.
were told to "eat what is placed be-
fore you and ask no questions" And
If our memory serves we were permit
ted to choose between Johnnycake and
sorghum, sorghum and JohnnycaIe,
or Johnnycake and buffalo meat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record-]
Don't be bilious. The Lord loveth
a cheerful liver.
About the only ambition some peo-
pie seem to have in the world is to
take up room.
Borrowing demonstrates that a fell
low may be in the fast set End still
be slow to settle.
It's the little things that count, but
wearing high heels won't get you very
far up in the world.
The wise man sometimes keeps his
wisdom to himself. but the fool is
never stingy with his folly.
Time is money" quoted the Wise
Guy. Eyes, but it's a mighty uneven
trade" added the Simple Mug
The man who doesn't let his left
hand know what his right hand is
doing wouldn't make much of a pugi-
list.
Even the man who doesn't believe
in doing things by halves would hesi-
tate to break all the ten command
ments.
Wigg - THAT fellow Saphedde
boasts that he never jumps at conclu-
sions." Wagg-"No, he makes his mis-
takes quite leisurely and methodi-
cally.''
Sillicus-'T threatened to kiss her
and now 1 am wondering what will
happen" Cynicus-"She1l probably
forgive you if you do. but never if you
don't.
Mrs wigwag-"I thoroughly be-
lieve in the efficacy of prayer" Mr..
Wigwag-"Yes but 1 notice that al
though you pray to be spared from
burglars, you always look under the
bed afterward."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
WHITE PLAGUE DEATHS FEWER.

While the latest report of the fed
eraI bureau of the census shows that
in 1914 tuberculosis caused over 10.5
per cent of all deaths in the resistra-
ton area of the United States, the
National Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis points out
in a statement issued recently that the
death rate from this disease is stead
lily decreasing, having declined from
2OO.7 per 100000 population in 1904
to 1868 in 1914. This would indicate,
the association claims, that the anti
tuberculosis movement organized in
the last ten years is having marked
effect on the mortality of tuberculosis,
especially since the death rate from
this disease seems to be declining
more rapidly than the general death
rate from all causes. Commenting on
this decrease in the rate from tuber
culosis, the bureau of the census says:
"As a result of a more general under
standing of the laws of health, the inn
portance of fresh air, etc, due in part,
no doubt, to the efforts of the various
societies for the prevention of tuber-
cuIosis there has been most marked
and gratifying decrease during recent
years in the mortality from this
scourge of civilization. In only a
decade-from 1904 to 1914-the death
rate from tuberculosis in all its forms
fell from 20o.7 to 1863 per 100000,
the decline being continuous from
year to year. This is a drop of more
than % per cent" AS an indication
of the growth of the campaign against
tuberculosis, the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis shows that in 1905, when
the campaign was definitely started,
there were in the United States only
thirty-nine anti-tuberculosis associa-
tions, lis sanatoria and hospitals,
twenty special clinics, no open air
schools, and not more than 5000 peo-
pie actively interested in the preven-
ton of this disease. At the close of
the year 1915 there were over 1900
anti-tuberculosis associations, 500
sanatoria and hospitals, $50 dispen-
saries, 500 open air schools, and over
100000 people actively interested in
the prevention of tuberculosis. Be-
sides this, the fundamental truths that
tuberculosis is a communicable, pre-
ventable and durable disease have
been carried into almost every village
and hamlet and to millions of men,
women and children in a great variety
of ways.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
worth of chopped walnuts. Serve in

worth of chopped walnuts. Serve in
timbales.
Potato Souffle-Two cups hot mash
ed potatoes, one cup milk, two table,
spoons melted butter Beat light, add
yolks of two eggs and whites beaten
light. Bake in bake dish twenty
minutes.
Cream Cheese-Skim a pan of milk
which is only slightly sour and set the
cream in a cool place. Put milk in
oven to curd. AS soon as whey forms
around, decurd. and before the curd
really hardens, pour into a coarse bag
of linen and allow whey to drip until
curd is quite separated Then mash
curd and salt slightly. Mix cream
through the mass and place in cup
forms. 1t will turn out quite solid
and, if the milk is not more than "a
hours old, will have all the flavor of
the famous Swisscream cheese.
Bran Muffins-One pint best flour.
one quart unsifted bran, one tea
spoon bicarbonate of soda (bal<ing
soda), pinch of salt. Mix these thor
oughly together, then add six to eight
tablespoons good New Orleans mo-
lasses and one pint milk. Mix togeth-
er very thoroughly. Put in muffin
pans. (About one ounce should be
put in each ring, as they raise easily)
Eat with plenty of good butter. They
should be given to children before
each meal, when they are hungry, not
after their stomachs are full. Put bran
in dish first, sift in flour, soda and
salt. Mix these together Then add
one pint milk (two cuofuls), add six
to eight tablespoons good molasses.
The quantity of molas SEES depends
upon the individual taste. They are
good for any child or adult whether
constipation exists or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

produce its requirements from its own
soil and its own factories" Resolu-
tons favoring colonial preference and
reciprocal tr ding relations with allies
and finally with neutrals, were also
carried almost unanimously. For tao
teal reasons the word protection"
was avoided. but the protectionistic
implications of these resolutions are
obvious. British agriculture and Brit
ish industry are now in position to
demand more sympathetic attention
from the government than at any
time since Golden. American export
industries will find it worth while to
take into account this nationalistic
trend in commercial policy and adjust
their calculations accordingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

She pushed her way to his side. She
couldn't speak, but she looked her
agonized questions SO plainly that a
man explained:
Ben saw that Brooks kid dart I'M
der the platform playing hide and
seek. Then the crash came and while
the rest of us were looking out for our
own skins Ben dashed under and
grabbed the kid and managed to drag
him out before that last crash came"
DR.. Smithson was busy examining
Ben, and after what seemed a long
time he announced that some bad
bruises and fractured arm were the
most serious apparent injuries. Ben
inquired whether the child had es-
capped injury. 1t was Mabel who an
swered, but she bent down so near to
him that nobody heard all she said,
although Mrs. Perkins ever afterward
averred that she distinctly heard Ben
answer something about anything that
brought them together being worth
the price, and subsequent events added
weight to her Copyright,
1916, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
ENGLAND AND FREE TRADE.

Evidence is accommodating that the
close of the war will be marked by
thOroughgoing reorganization of the
comm ercial policy of the chief Euro
rean countries. says the New Repub-
lie. British free trade will hardly sur
vive the war. Indicative of present
British public opinion are the resolu-
lions recently adopted by the British
Association of Chambers of Commerce.
One resolution, unanimously adopted
by this representative body. adheres
to the ideal of national self-suffi-
cheney. The strength and safety of
the British nation in time of national
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
WHERE JESUS wAIKEp.

Slowly the warming sunbeams fall
Across the quiet way;
The far-off beat of passing feet
Fills all the fading day.
thrill of war is in the air,
And far away n gun
Speaks shrilly through the evening calm,
And 10! come life is done.
And yet where blood and smoke and flames
Curl up to meet the sky,
The Savior walked long years ago,
Where armies fight and fly.
He told men how to live their lives,
And how, I'm time. to die.
Perhaps, beneath some crumbled arch,
He laid his gentle hand
On one whose life was torn with strife,
And said Il understand
Perhaps. where streets are SCARED with
shot
And noises born of hell
Shrek from afar, the shattered stones
OF Jesus love could tell.
Where dying men gasp out their lives,
Where rumpled banners sway;
Where blood lies on the dusty road,
Where hate is fierce today
Perhaps some flower, looming, shows
Where Jesus knelt to pray.
Margaret E. Sangster, Jr., in the Chris
tan Herald.
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MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Circu!atons.
American Newspaper publishers
Association.

No matter how zealously the county
authorities use the weapons OF the
law at their command in their com
rnendable efforts to tone up the NOR
ais of some of the younger people OF
the city the evil will not be mitigated
to any appreciable extent a long as
careless parents are remiss in DIS
charging their full duties to their
young daughters. Permitting a girl of
Is years, or so. to come and go from
home at all hours of the day and
night. without question as to where
she goes and with whom she ascot
ates is a parental negligence and folly
that is little short of a crime itself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
WHEN EXPERTS ARE NEEDED.

Newton d. Baker, the new secretary
of war, has rendered distinguished
public service in Cleveland. and is un-
doubleday an able man, and measures
I'D in excellent fashion to the calibCr
of presidential cabinet timber But
his observations that he will nave
lot to learn about his new job and has
given such little attention to military
matters that he never even played
with tin soldiers when he was BOY
suggest that the United States has an
exceedingly poor system of providing
heads not only for its army depart
ment but also for its navy department.
These are cabinet positions that should
be filled by experts. Nor is there any
thing to prevent a president from call
ing army and navy officers to these
places in the cabinet And if one
president should start the ball rolling
in this direction all his successors
would probably follow suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

The man who talks too much about
his duty isn't doing it.
Anyway, there wasn't an "other
woman in Adam and Ewes case
If some poole thought twice before
speaking they would never say any
thing.
Confidence sometimes makes a man
say there is no question about it when
there is.
When a fool feels himself slipping
he back peddles so that trouble will
catch up with him.
You can't keep your heart and
your mouth both in your work and
get much mending done.
Those who feel badly about bill =
boards mussing up the landscape,
should look behind them.
The mere fact that a man is hen
pecked is no sure sign that he will
be as polite to his wife as he is to 9TH
er women.
Is it not true, in a measure, that
you think you have met a broad
minded one when you meet one who
agrees with you?
No matter what else may be trans
piring in the worlds affairs, a wom-
an is apt to regard a wedding as the
most important event
OF course a woman's place is in the
home, and all that sort of thing, but
II She Is Iie gdOolnS sort no equal
suffrage is needed to take her out
A dinner which suits the whole
family is a big dinner. and there may
even be some objection to that from
father who has to pay for it, and
mother. who prepared it.
By way of making the Young
Things snort, some mean man horns
in to say that a beautiful girl can
wear black shoes to advantage. but
the other kind need white shoes to
attract attention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
WOMEN WORKERS OF FRANCE.

~
Not the least surprise of the great
war has been the response of the
women of Europe to the necessities Of
the states engaged. Especially in
France have the women rallied to the
workshops and humble civic posts in
order that the men otherwise needed
in the industrial fabric of the nation
might be released for military service.
Among women engaged in the dis
charge of lesser civic duties are to be
found some who perform certain
duties of the Garde de Champetre, or
town crier, according to the Scientific
American of March 4. 1915 At rural
railway stations women have taken
over many of the posts of former sta
ton agents. Some have mastered the
mysteries of the telegraph and have
become expert manipulators. In the
Paris subways, ticket controllers
women-stand at the entrance, ably
executing their functions and amply
equal to any emergencies which may
arise through contact with the public.
A certain Difference is. of course. ac-
corded by chivalrous France to their
sex So effectively have they served
that, after veterans incapacitated for
other occupations have been provided
for, a disposition is evidenced to retain
women in these duties even after the
establishment of future peace. Trans.
omnibusses and public vehicles in
French cities have largely been given
over to the control of women officials.
Such positions as require a certain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Journal Entries

Most of the new good stories are
old ones revised and disguised
j. j. =
Beauty and sense seldom go to-
gether unless the latter be of the
non variety.
Most every woman is bent on filling
the role of leading lady, no matter
what her sphere.
= E j.
It's no trick for woman to be in
and out of the house at the same time
when certain friends" call.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
The Country Editor.

Behold the country editor: He
ariseth with due humility in the morn
and goeth forth unto his labors with
fear and trembling, for he knoweth
not what the day shall begat him.
He findeth the sanctum woodpile has
been scattered to the four winds by
Vandals during the night and he
buildeth the office fire with a bunch
of old exchanges He sitteth down
amid the wreck of his former desires
to write an obituary of a departed
subscriber, who left this world and
an unpaid subscription account at the
same time. He getteth his morning
mail and findeth many dunS therein;
the rent man appeareth at the door
and threateneth dire things, and the
grocer demandeth his pay ir advance.
The children crieth aloud for things
like other kids have and the wife
revileth him Tor making her wear a
last seasons nat. The politician
cajoleth him into giving him many
free puffs and the fond mothers
throw fits if he faileth not to flatter
their freckled-faced offspring. The
life insurance man tackleth him, the
snares, and his day is full of woe if he
succoreth them not. The ready print
house and the typefoundry crieth
aloud for their money, and eventide
findeth him outside the city gates,
busted and alone. Verify his days are
full of sorrow and his nights full of
repinings, 10, even unto the end of his
allotted time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

In all of the tremendous fighting
that is going on around Verdun, moth
ing is heard of any assistance being
given to the Germans by the Aus
TRANS In other words. and ever since
The war began, Germany has had to
fight all of her own big battles alone
and to most of the heavy work for
the Austrians and the Turks on the
side. So the war has really developed
into a case of it being Germany
against practically the whole of
Eurone.