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The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16
LET'S HAVE BETTER PARENTS

We note that Judge Pinckney. of
Chicago, has traced four-fifths of the
80, 900 bad-child cases that have come
into the juvenile court there during his
seven-year term to parental neglect or
Incompetence, says Golfers, and it
adds: The fathers are the worst, and
Judge Pinckney's notion of it is to
thrash the father when the boy goes
wrong. We prefer the idea now
abroad in Des Moines and elsewhere
of stirring up interest and enthusiasm
in the whole father-and-son problem.
This matter of helping the boys grow
up has been altogether too much
turned over to the schools. and it needs
just the sort of non-professional inten.
sive cultivation that the Iowa citys
"Better Fathers clubs seem likely to
provide. 1t is worth while to have the
older men get together and compare
of the younger generation. If a mans
sons are not as interesting to him as
his pigs or golf, he will drift ava y
from them, and they from him 1t is
all a part of our modern overspecial-
ization. A great many men in this
country earn a decent living. but that
is about all they bring to the family
life. The boy is a baby or in school
or out for himself. but seldom a close
friend, seldom a member of the living
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16

Whereupon the employer remon-
strated further, saying:
THE account seems to be all right,
Tom: figures don't lie
''Ah know, Sah." said Tom, but
liars do figger, dat's shore"
Once a serious minded young man
sought out the father of the girl of his
choice with the announcement that he
hoped the father would place no OBJ
stacle in the way of their marriage.
The old man scowled at the young
one for a moment or so, and then
growled out:
$50 you want to marry my daugh-
ter, eh?'
Eyes, sir" said the serious minded
young man, looking more solemn than
ever.
Can you support a family" asked
the father, searching the youths face
narrowly.
The latter reflected a moment and
then asked:
How many are there of you, sir -
s.I had curious experience the
other day." said the light-fingered
man. ct was in a big Sixth avenue
store when the whole electric appa-
ratus went wrong and all the different
departments became as black as pitch.
MY wordi' said a former confeder-
ate. What a bit of luck. What did
you get?''
Nothing" said the nght-fingered
man Il happened to be in the piano
department"
Salvation is frce." exclaimed the
evangelist.
Huh, I guess you never stacked
up against church fair, did you ~
demanded the victim in the back
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16
BENEATH THE STARS.

The stars atremble in the upper air
Glimmer through August LEAKAGE dark
and old.
BY dusty highways and the dustier gold
OF ripened grain, as on we slowly fare.
The topaz-throated hummer, glimmering
rare
Poises himself o'erhead: the lilies hold
Uplifted, each her chalice. Faint, the
world,
Further afield-hot, drowsy, dead to care
The claim of life subdues us. Through
the gloom
Soft consultations sootLe our weary
ways:
High mysteries of heaven, descending
bright,
Divinely touch us in the great star
blazei
The World Unseen impenetrates the
night
With .sanctities of light and power and
bloom.
Caroline D. Swan, in Springfield Re-
publican.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
DY ROY Z. MoULToN.

Grandma.
She never We upon hike.
No government did she defy:
She never Joined a hunger strike,
But she knew how to make a pie.
She never stormed about the polls,
Nor Joined a suffrage doings wild:
She never smashed plate glass front,
But she knew how to rear a child.
Her kingdom was her little home.
A queen she was, by our consent:
She reigned supreme nor cared to roam,
Old-fashioned, Maybe, but content.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16

In view of his accomplishments in
the Maine campaign, the proposed
stumping tour of the west and as far
as the Pacific coast that is being tenta-
lively planned for Colonel Roosevelt,
would. if he is able to undertake it,
be the biggest campaign asset that the
Republican party could annex
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16
DINNER STORIES

A colored man employed by an At
lanra merchant was found to oe
short in his market book accounts, and
was accordingly taken 10 task. He
Blamed the grocer, claiming that he
had tampered with the book.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16

gleiskskens were looking on so SOL
emnly--so very solemnly
When l say 60" continued Bushy.
put your tail flat down on the ground
for a rudder. give yourself little
wiggle and slide. slide right out into
Pinkley Pooli''
Mother Beaver gave a gasp, Father
Beaver started to speak, but he saw
the Wiggleiskskens-an could
he do? He sat down and did as he
was told: he did and so did the 9TH
ers.
Ready" said Bushy in big
breathless whisper CO."
And would YOU believe it2 Thosa
four beavers slid skitting down that
bank and out into the middle of Pink
ley Pool. they did, And all the Wig
gleiskskens jumped and shouted and
yelled, Good, Goodt'-(c (copyright-
Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16

future, and his father hardly ever gets
a glimpse of the joy and hope that
there should be in the bond between
them. Family prosperity can never
make up for the want of those kindly
relations which people of good will
take pains to establish between them
selves, and that of father and son
should be among the closest and best
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16

Among the things that can usually
be depended upon to put in an ap-
pearance close to their customary
time are the forest fires for
which this country is so famous.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16
Uncle Abner Saws:

1t amt so very hard to git rich so
long as you earn plenty of money and
never spend any
Two can live as cheaply as one if
they live with her folks and don't pay
any board.
They say it costs twice as much to
live nowadays as it did forty years ago.
Wen. by gravy, it is worth about five
times as much.
Hank Tumms says he doesn't go oat-
mobile riding with everybody. No, in
deed. They don'+ all ask him.
The feller who gives the cheapest
present is always the one who talks
the most about it.
Hod Peters wife belongs to so many
lit'ry clubs that Hod hasn't had a sus-
pender button that he could place any
confidence in for nine years.
If every feller would work as hard
to hang on to his job as he does to get
1t back after he loses it, the batting
would jump about 100 per cent
The brass bands with the flashiest
uniforms gen'ally make the music that
ls the hardest to listen to.
everybody takes Turkf III baths ex-
ceptin' the Turks.
There would never be divorce if
husband and wife would only take
turns at gettin' mad
There is one time when a felIer.
likes to have the blues, and that is a
poker game. A stack of 'em is worth
while.
A feller doesn't know anything un-
til he's forty years old, and then he
knows he doesn't
never seen the champion pool
player of ny village git to be a
millionaire
When feller is in no hurry to git
there, the train is always on time.
habit :
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16
BED T IME TALES
BUsHY DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON

ISHES HIMSELF
When they reached the top Bushy
turned them all around facing the
pool. Now" he whispered. quickly.
well all sit down in a row." And
they sat. And all the while the Wig
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Belt for Baby's High Chair.

Make a band about one and one
quarter yards long and two inches
wide of strong white material, using
several thicknesses stitched together.
Tack one end under center front of
chair seat. bring up to baby's waist
line. cut off. Take remaining piece
back of chair, fastening snugly with
safety pin or other secure fastening at
back.
Stitch band that comes up between
the legs of the belt and you have a
safe and secure fastening. Baby can
neither rise up on his. feet nor slide
under the shelf
Care of Hair Ribbons.
To keep hair ribbons fresh looking,
wind them, when not in use, around a
smooth glass bottle, fastening the
ends with pins to keep in place till
wanted. Little girls who ruin many
hair ribbons by not taking care of
them will find this a good way to
make them last longer.
To Wash Hair Ribbons to look like
new--Wash ribbons with a good white
soap in warm water. Rinse in blueing
water to which one-half teaspoon
starch has been added. Iron with me-
dium-hot iron.
The Table.
Fish Grape Jelly-Be careful not
to use too ripe grapes. 1t is better to
have them a little green. Stem. wash
and put in the double boiler, cooking
pop and can be mashed Turn into
the jelly bag and let drip all night,
but do not press the bag or your
jelly will be muddy. In the morning
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news or
ganlzation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Journal
building over wires for this sole purpose.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16
It's a Mortal Cincl,-


at a m on the telephone by mistake
is going to call you down. He is go
ing to say: What? Amt this six
eleven siXty-siX? Well, why in bIazes
amt it %
That the pie that comes home from
the grocery IS going to have a cracked
top and part of the edge peeled off.
That the telephone is going to be
busy for half an hour when YOU want
to get your wife in a hurry
That the fellow is going to marry
the girl before you get to the end of
the book.
That the good things on the quick
lunch b-ll of fare are going to be gone
before you get there
Ihat your automobile is going to
oalk just as soon as you pick up
someone to whom Won have heen
praising your car all summer.
That the lady with the large hat
will get peevish at you when she
runs onto you and twists it out of
shape.
Isn't 1t Queer?
That a woman will spend two bours
arranging her hair and then put on
hat that covers it all up so nobody
on earth can see it.
That man can always find all of
his dress suit fiXings in time if he is
going to a musical comedy but al1vavs
has monkey and parrot time finding
anything at all if he is going to a
reception
That a man will call his wife a
little dear when his pocket book tells
hnl she is much dearer than a little
That most of the articles giving ad-
vice TO mothers are written nv old
maids.
That woman never keeps a pen
that anybody but herself can write
with.
Did You Ever Hear Thesep
''Oh, to be sure you had to send
my pearl shirt studs to the laundry
in the other shirt. How am T going
to hold my shirt bosom together to-
night, do you think? 1 will use a lit
tie glue, l suppose
1t seems as tho you want so cents
Tor milk tickets about three times a
day. Are we running a soda fountain
lunch, or what -
"Oh, yes, 1 get my face and Hands
all soap and water and then grope
around in the bathroom for half an
hour without finding a towel Glass to
that always
The Auto Foot.
The auto foot is a new disease
Which comes to folks who take their
ease,
And ride all day in limousines
Or other fancy gas machines .
The auto foot, they tell US. is
A new form of the rheumatic
Which gives it's victims heaps of pain
And makes 'em howl with might and
main.
When they are ridin' round in state.
Their blood, it does not circulate
They sit so long upon a seat
The blood don't travel thru the feet
1t is like all the auto fads
Twill surely take lot of scads
To hire doctor for to treat
You when you have got auto feet.
OF the high cost of living of which
many complain.
The cost of high living is mostly to
blame.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-09-16

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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-10-18
LOCAL AND PERS NAL

Dr.. Albert W.. Ode.l, Dentist, Metro
politan Bldg. Phone A-Adv
Dr.. H. r. Porter, Dentistry, Carlson
Block.-Adv.
syver lverson, Job Printing, 311
Third Street.
Bring your storage batteries to Hedin
and Erickson.
Elmer Dahlgren spent Sunday
visiting at Delano.
Dr.. c. e. Gerretson, Dentist, Loney
Block. Telephone 199.-Adv.
Tan and White Shoes dyed and
shine Csc at the Shoe Hospital.
9arler's Antiseptic for sweaty Feet
with bad odor, all drugoists.-Adv.
Peter Bonde and son, Harold re-
turned last Sunday evening from the
cities.
--Nels H. Nelson returned last Sun
day evening from business trip to
the cities.
Stoves sold on installment plan at
the Ohsberg, SeIvig Hardware store,
LitchfieId Ave., City.
Mayor E. c.. Wellin returned the
latter part of the week from a bust
ness trip to Chicago.
Stoves sold on instalIment plan at
the ohsberg, SeIvig Hardware store,
Litchfield Ave., City.
Mrs. O. J. Nicholson and daugh,
ter, Eleanor and Miss Anna Thorson
spent Sunday in the cities.
Miss Manda Tommeraasen left
last Thursday afternoon for a visit
with her sister at Dahvers.
Miss Myrtle J. Olson returned
last Sunday evening from a weeks
visit with relatives at Duluth.
Homer Chase came up from Cot
tonwood Sunday morning and is
spending this week at his home.
Mrs. Ralph Panten of St. Paul ar
rived last Friday afternoon for visit
with her sister, Mrs. M. H. Carey.
when in need of shoe repairing
bring your work to the Shoe Hospi
tai, No. 324 Benson Ave. Phone 740
Simon Rodberg and daughter
Helen Catherine left last Saturday
afternoon for a visit with relative:
at Benson.
Miss Evelyn Swanson went tt
Minneapolis Friday to visit will
friends and relatives, returning HON,
Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Carlson o
Benson and Miss Elsie Hess of Water
town, S. D visited here last Satur
day afternoon.
"A. Christopherson, an exper
matchmaker of Sioux City has az
copied a position with Oscar Elm
quist of this city.
u. A. Nichols and family autoe
up from Minneapolis the last of tn
week and spent couple of days Wis
iting in this city. ...
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Thomas RI
turned to Minneapolis Monday mor1
ing after a few days visit with MI
l and Mrs. G.. E. Thomas in this city
Learn dressmaking and ladies' tai
oring. Terms, six weeks to tire
months. Write Miss Matilda Johl
son, 1913 E. Litchf1eld Ave., Wilma,
MINI.
Harold Severinscn who attend
the Minneapolis Business Colleg
came up from Minneapolis last Satu
day evening. He returned Monda
morning. ~. !. ..-s...-, i.
When in need Of shoe repairin
bring your work to the Shoe Hosp
l. ltal, No. 324 Benson Ave. Phone u
E
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-10-18

the training for citizenship. Each Of
nations. Let us use it as part of
our schools is citizen factory. The
moral nature as well as the mental
should be trained. The first requisite
for citizen is to know right from
wrong. The Bible is the basis of COM
mon law. A simple reading of the
Bible will do much to fix in the minds
of the children the principles on
which our laws are based.
After the trouble at Mankato, !
sent to the State High School Board
Ia copy of the book, Readings from
the Bible" and asked if school
would lose state aid for using such a
book as a reader. The reply came
from State Superintendent of schools
G. G. Schultz in these words:
II should say that school would
not be deprived of state aid for Sc
using such a book"
II any one objects to the book
show him what it is. If he can point
out anything in the book which he
thinks is wrong his objections should
be considered. That may determine
whether it contains anything sectar:
ian-anything which is accepted by
some denominations and rejected by
others.
After we have given this much OF
the Bible to all our children, we will
hope to see out-of-school Bible study
with school credits, for those who
want further knowledge of this finest
of all literature. Does anyone think
this will deprive the Sunday school
and church from their part? Nay
verify, there is enough left for them
to do, and it is to be hoped that the
church will have better success than
now in reaching the boys and girls tc
give them religious instruction.
Mrs. S. H. Rowen,
Mortified, MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-10-18

Maurice Jenness came up from
Minneapolis last week to spend some
time hunting in this vicinity. Mrs.
Jenness and son, Blair arrived Thurs
day evening for visit.
Prof. and Mrs. Wallace Martin
and children and Mrs. Bruce, autoed
up from MINNEAPOLIS the latter part
Of the week for visit at the J. H.
Martin home here.
*. r. Otos again left for Milaca
this week. He expects to be there
until after the season for big game
opens, as he left his applications for
Ia big game hunting license.
Norman DeLaHunt came up from
Minneapolis where he is attending
the Minneapolis Business College Sat-
urday evening, and spent Sunday WIS.,
iting with his parents in this city.
Wanted mmediately-several hun.
dred ladies, young or old, with PIN.
pies, blackheads, nasty compilations,
sallow cheeks, dull eyes, colorless
lips, to take HOLSTERS Rocky Noun.
tain Tea. You want to be charming,
beautiful and sweet; then without
| fail staff at once.-Carlson Bros.
i.
ed over from Peever, S. D., last Satur-
day evening for visit with the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. o. N. Grue. Mr..
Hanson returned Monday morning.
Sluggish livers and bowels are the
cause of serious diseases. Cleanse
your system, regulate the bowels and
liver to healthy, natural action. Hol-
Users Rocky Mountain Tea is thoro
cleansing, purifying Carlson
Bros.
Don't envy a person because he has
better position than you have. II
you cannot keep up with him, it is
perhaps your own fault. You may be
lacking in knowledge and special
training. If that is the case, all you
have to do is to attend Mankato Com
mercial College. Send for their cata
| lOgue.-AdV.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-10-18
w. c. T. U. DEPARTMENT.
Edited by the Willmar W. c.. T. U.
HOW THE BIBLE CAN LEGALLY
BE READ IN MINNESOTA

BB READ IN MINNESOTA
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
There is no specific law against
reading the Bible in the schools. Our
school law does not mention the Bible.
1t does forbid ''sectarian teaching"
Twenty states have decided that
"the Bible cannot be considered a Sec
tartan book" Two states have de-
cided that 1.-THE Bible is a sectarian
book, tho one of them wisconsin,
admits that parts of the Bible are un-
sectarian. According to this decision,
it would not be unlawful to read the
parts of the Bible selected for the pur-
pose by a union committee.
Minnesota, by her Supreme Court,
has never decided this quetsion. The
opinion handed to the State of Mime.
sofa, December 10, 1895, by Attorney
General H. w. Childs was not on that
point. 1t read as follows:
"The following opinion must be
taken, by all persons, but not by
courts, as the present law of the
state:
"You inquire whether it is lawful
to open a public school with the re-
cital of the Lords Prayer. The
question involves a. construction of
Section Is, Article 1, Of the constitu-
ton, wherein it is, among other
things provided: Nor shall any man
be compelled to attend, erect or sup.
port any place of worship
I'm the absence of that provision
should not hesitate in answering your
question in the affirmative. Indeed
there is a strong array of well con.
sidered cases in states whose consti
tutions are not thus characterized, to
the effect that it is question for the
school authorities to determine
whether or not a public school shall
be opened with prayer and the read
ing of the scriptures. In Wisconsin
the Supreme Court held tina,
the reading of the scriptures in a pub
lie school was in violation of the con
stitution in that it compelled one tt
support place of worship. NJ
distinction can be drawn between the
opening of a school with prayer OF
the reading of the scriptures, so fa1
as the question pertains to the viola
ton of the provisions above named
If one is unlawful the other is also
In view of the decision by the Wis
consin court, you are advised thai
the practice, however frequently toll
Grated or INDUCED in, is violative o.
the constitution"
:. H. w. Childs, Atty. General
Now, please follow me to my con
clusion. II, except for the abov,
mentioned clause in the constitution
it would be lawful to open a schoo
with Bible reading, then it follows
that reading the Bible, not in con
nection with any act Of worship woul,
not be unlawful. Let us then use i
as reader, for the formation O
character, to make good citizens. !
is not only as a religious book tina
the Bible is valuable. 1T is une1
celled as a compendium of mora
teachings"
"All scholars agree that it is, be
yond compare, the best classic in tn
English language" ...
Readings from The Bible Selecte'
!, for Schools" e. A. Cook Publ. Co
i, 357 River St., Chicago, (35 cents pc
sample copy was complied by Jews
Catholics and Professionals and endor,
ed By. cardinal, archbishop and rabbil
land leading protestants ot I'll denom
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-10-18
10 CENT "CASCARETS"
n BILIOUS OR COsTIVE
For Sick Headache, Sour Stomach.
Sluggish Liver and 6owelo-Thoy
work while you sleep.

Furred Tongue, Bad Taste, Indiges-
ton, Sallow Skin and Miserable Head
aches come from q torpid liver and
clogged bowels, which cause your
stomach to become filed with undi-.
gested food, which sours and ferments
like garbage in a swill barrel. That's
the first step to untold misery-indi-
gestion, foul gases, bad breath, yellow
skin, mental fears. everything that is
horrible and nauseating. A Cascaret
tonight will give your constipated
bowels a thorough cleansing and
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10cent box
from your druggist viii keep you feel
ing good for monthA. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-10-18
Metropolitan Barber Shop.

We are now better prepared than
ever at the Metropolitan Barber Shop
Our aim is to give you first class work
We also keep a full line of choice
tonics, and the famous Pink Blush
Massage cream. First class baths IN
connection.
HUGH CAMPBELL, Prop.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-10-18

We claim to have the largest stor-
age battery charging outfit In the city.
Hedin and Erickson.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-04
CLUBMAN
IS FOUND IN
M|NNEAPOl
r. G. Estee, a Prominent New
Yorker. Disappeared From
Duluth Yacht.
LOST MEMORY AFTER
BLACKJACK BLOW
Not to Rejoin Party; Will Meet
Father in the Windy
City.

Duluth, Minn, June 3.-Rush G. Es.
tee, New York broker and club man,
who seriously, vanished Wednesday
night from Kenneth P. Van Riper's
yacht, Rambler, in Duluth harbor, was
found today in Minneapolis. His pres
ence there was the result of an in
tended robbery and blow in the
dark that affected his memory.
81 left the yacht shortly after mid
night Wednesday evening. and, taking
a canoe, padded about the bay, near
the DOCKS" says Mr. Estee. "Then
| decided to make visit to the shore
and padded to the dock. AS | made
my way along the pier, two men who
had noticed my landing stepped from
the shadows of the piling, near which
they were lurking, and confronted me,
demanding my money.
81 showed fight and was struck
over the head with, believe, a black
jack"
Estee wired Van Ripper he would
not rejoin the Rambler party, which
he joined two weeks ago at Manito-
voc, Wis. The broker said that he
intends leaving for Chicago Sunday,
where he will meet his father, James
lB. Estee Of Montpelier, VT, who was
on his way west to seek his son.
The Rambler will leave tomorrow for
eastern Lake points, following be-
lated departure caused by Estee's dis
appearance. ...