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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
Globe Sights
By TIE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

Guess work gets by as judgment if
it succeeds.
Some operations are necessary, and
some are customary
Don't you just naturally dislike a
person who laughs too easily?
Nor is there ever much of a howl
at the length of the preachers vaca-
ton.
What the class in oratory needs
most is a few lessons on terminal
facilities.
An optimist is a man who is good
natured when there isn't much oc-
ca-sioE for It.
A girl doesn't mind a hole in her
stocking so much if it is in the toe
of her stocking.
Don't do that" seems to be the
most popular slogan where there are
children in the home.
Hope is also that noble institution
which aids man a good deal in the
matter of kidding himself.
The automobile can never expect as
many special privileges as were form
erly accorded the family horse.
When a man hasn't very manv
tr1Imphs, which applies to most of
us, he is apt to exaggerate them a
bit ="
Let any man get far enough away.
from home, and he becomes quite an
important person if judged solely h1,
his converse ton
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bility. challenge the intellect as far as
it can go. and further They reckon
i'll who leave these out of any system
of training of the young. If the charge
be that study of literature is not a
purely intellectual discipline, herein
lies its peculiar glory, and the peculiar
opportunity that comes through it. 1t
is the attempt to make the word edu-
cational synonymous with intellectual,
and the word intellect synonymous
with reason, that has been the crown
ing academic curse of our country and
of our time. Conscious of a larger
need. we must protest against the
over-mastery of certain alleged intel
lectual disciplines. which, busy pri-
marily with the problems of the ex-
ternal world. do not even challenge
the deepest in mere intellect. The pc
culiar service of great literature lies in
the fact that it is greatly intellectual,
and it is something more, bringing
home to the individual the profound
est problems of human destiny with
that mastery of resources known only
to great art.
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the nation really needs for the world
role it must play-but it must be a
larger preparedness. naturally, than
one merely contemplated for the ade-
quate defense OF this nation alone, and
only such a one as Mr. Glynn declares
the Democratic party to be bent on
undertaking.
So there seems to be a rather wide
divergence of views among the spokes-
men of the Democratic party as to
their party's policies and pretensions
on the eve of the political struggle in
which their party is to fight for its
life.
This is pretty good evidence that
the party is going into the campaign
on legs that are woefuIly weak.
If the leaders of the Democratic
party cannot present a united front or
a united opinion as to the things for
which the party stands. how can they
expect to impress the voters that there
is substance to any of the party's sug-
gestions, its plans, or its promises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
GFrom the Chicago Nevs I

GFrom the Chicago News.1
And a short answer turneth awav
friends. away
Salary paid to an infants nurse is
hush money, 49,
He's foolish lawyer who will ouote
poetry to a jury.
orators who deal largely n quota
tons speak volumes.
Fast friends should be slow to speak
i'll of each other.
A good talker is pleased when he
encourages a good listener.
Give some women time and thev'u
turn into gaudy butterflies
A man may be able to argue with
woman, but it never does any good
A man with one idea is sometimes
worse than man with no idea at all.
Poverty enables a man to save a lot
of money-by not having it to spend.
A patient usually has more conf
dence in his doctor than the latter has
in himself.
The early fly that falls into a board
ing house milk pitcher is reasonably
sure of a watery grave.
When you see a pretty domestic in a
home it's sure sign that the head of
the family isn't henpecked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

One morning Clint and Shine wan
dered into the far corner of the forest
and there they found great pile OF
rocks.
these rocks" said Shine. Wen flnd
nothing pretty here. What would
grow in rocks 2?
"Nothine would of course replied
Clint But still it will do no harm to
look. You remember we didn't think
much of that green moss on the tree
bark. and it turned out to be most
interesting plant with long, hlgh-
sounding name-Protococus- 1
can say it myself, I will never forget
That's different" said Shine
when we discovered Protococus we
could see it plainly; Only we knew
these rough rocks we can see moth
ing. Come on. Clint, let's go over and
play in the sunshine" For, you must
know, of all the fairies in the fairy
kingdom that was the forest. Clint
and Shine were the warmest friends
of the sunbeams and always had a
good romp with them in the morning.
Very we'll I'll come as soon as l
look over this one pile OF rock right
here" said Clint, and he hastily
scrambled up to the edge of rock and
peered over
"Shine, Shine, Come here and
look." he called as soon as he looked
over the edge of the rock.
Shine knew by the way he spoke
that ne had seen something interest
ing. so he lost no time in climbing up
the pile of rock after Clint and lean
ing beside him over its edge. It's lucky
they were fairies and could not fall
for they were SO interested in what
they saw that 1 fear they leaned over
pretty far.
.'Fernsr' exclaimed Shine
"A whole fern town added Clint
"And aren't we glad we found il %
Lets go down and talk to them"
said Shine and quick as a flash, the
fairies scrambled down the other side
of the rocks and stepped into the mid
die of fern town
such place to live." cried Clint.
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QUAKER MEDTATIoNS.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record-1
tongue-tied.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
peck of trouble.
Life is never a burden to a woman
so long as she carries her age well.
Let your light shine before men, but
it isn't necessary to have a red nose.
Knaves and fools are generally peo-
pie who haven't sense enough to keep
from being found out.
When it comes to kissing. it is
doubtful if a girl admires a man who
keeps a stiff upper lip.
Before a man is treated as one of
the family he wants to know some
thing about the family
You never can tell Many a fellow
who isn't very strong carries around a
big opinion of himself.
Most of US seem to think other peo-
pies burdens would be a cinch, if that
was all we had to bear
The man who doesn't know his own
mind naturally isn't on speaking ac-
quaintance with his own opportunities.
"A rolling stone gathers no moss -
quoted the Wise Guy Il wouldn't
mind that if it didn't go down HILL
added the Simple Mug.
Muggins That little shrimp
doesn't look like a hero, does hep
Buggins-"Great Scott, no! What has
he ever done2" Muggins-"He's been
married six times
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looked so good he decided to try and

looked so good he decided to try and
buy it and stay there.
That night, as he sat by his fire in
the cabin, he wrote a letter to Marion.
He began by telling her that when he
left her he never expected to see her
again unless he felt he had made HIM
self worthy enough to ask her to be
his wife, and he was too discouraged
at the time ever to hope for that. But
now, he wrote, he believed he saw a
chance here if she would come and
help him. He pictured the life they
might live together there and asked
her If she could give up her home in
the city, her friends and her work and
come to him.
Marion stepped off the car on a
cold. murky night and walked the long
block to her home. She was more
tired than usual, for it had been a try
ing day and there had been many let
tiers to write long after everybody had
left the office. She found a letter at
her plate on the table and she read it
through twice Then she quickly left
the table, returned to her room and
write to Joe: Come and get me -
Copyright. 1916, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
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Jayhawker Jots

AS the Wilson County Citizen OBJ
serves: Much of the gossip is untrue,
and much of the truth is unknown.
Get acquainted with your next door
neighbor, is some excellent advice
from the La Harpe Enterprise. AS it
suggests, you may like him.
One of the localities in Clay county
answers to the name of Pete's Creek.
Another is called Parallel, and then
there's another that is labeled Indus
try.
J. r. McNabb is quoted by the LIE
Roy Reporter as making the sage OBJ
servation that two of the hardest
problems with which a little town is
confronted are to keep for any con-
secutive term of years a brass band
and a baseball team.
What's the brick-Iaying record in
Kansas? The Athol Record reports
that quite a record in brick work con-
struction was made in its town recent
ly when more than twenty thousand
bricks were laid for the new barber
shop by two bricklayers in fifty eight
hours.
P. Casper Harvey, the Golden Belt
Spectator for the Hays Free Pre- OBJ
serves. man tired of Kansas is
tired of life. Advice is good
When IL ~ what you are gong TO DO
The preacher is only a degree
above the teacher in pettiness
Retaliation is an expensive pastime
and is progress backward. 1t is
great satisfaction to get out of a PIN
pie. Love lives on errors that
it forgives.
1t is so easy to put confidence in
strangers, suggests the Jewell County
Monitor, and it cites convincing evi-
dence to prove its assertion: The
other day C. H C1eaver noticed that
he had new customer for SOAP A
lady whom he did not know had call
ed several times and purchased the
same kind of soap-the kind that he
sells for sc a cake. Later he learned
that she was selling the same soar
around town for SOC for three cakes
| a nice little profit
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LOVE UNSPOKEN.
In days when love and were young,
My heart for joy was fain TO sing;
Only my sorrow finds a tongue.
Remembering.
o love- my love, with yellow hair,
o love, my. love, with eyes of blue,
How could know, how could l care.
Ere ] knew you?
o love, my love, but never mine,
/ would not If l could forget:
Through the dim years your face shall
shine
Upon me yet.
You will not miss the love take
In those oblivious years to be,
And heaven forbid your heart should break
For such as me!
You will not see me through the night
That darkcDs under alien skies.
But still my heart will keep the light
OF your blue eyes
Philadelphia Ledger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

Inasmuch as President Wilson has
written the platform to be adopted by
his henchmen at st. Louis. the pros
poets of the women getting straight
out and out national suffrage plank
in it are not very bright. 1t is only
recently that President Wilson has
been so much as lukewarm towards
the principle of woman's suffrage
and he is a states Fighter to the last
ditch on the proposition. However,
the delegates to the convention might
have the temerity to kick over the
traces on this question. 1t would be
Excellent politics for the Democrats
to put a national womans suffrage
plank in their platform since both the
Republicans and the Progressives
passed out only half-loaves in this
sphere
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Household Hints
Things Worth knowing.

When driving a nail into a plaster
wall, dip nail into hot water first.
This will not break away the wall.
Travellers Ink-White blotting pa
per is saturated with aniline black and
several sheets are pasted together so
as to form a thick paste. When requir-
ed for use, a small piece is torn off
and covered with a little water. This
makes a good writing ink. square
inch of paper will produce enough ink
to do considera BILE writing and a few
pads would be all that an exploring
party would need carry with them. AS
water is always. available the ink is
readily made.
Keep a jar of Drowned flour handy;
it makes delicious GRAVES, and when
fish or meat are rolled in it before
frying they will be found more tasty
than if plain flour were used Two
tablespoons added to soups is a de-
sirable addition
Renovating Leather-Mix little
vaseline with black ink and go over
the surface with a piece of canton
flannel.
New and Easy Way to Polish Sill
verware-When you are ready to
wash dishes, put water in dish pan
Gas much as wanted), put in all sill
verware and sprinkle soap powder
over. Let come TO a boil five minutes,
then rinse with clear water and wipe.
This prevents the silver being
scratched or worn by rubbing with sill
yer polish.
Sandwiches.
A New Sandwich-Make salad
dressing with one egg, one-half cup
vinegar DILUTED with water if too
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Journal Entries

Good resolutions are just as easy to
make as they are to break
= = +
All work becomes monotonous at
times but living without working is
more so.
i 4. &
This is most satisfying. The snobs
of society seldom if ever amount to
else.
r + !
Among the many unfulfilled pre-
dictions are the forecasted occa sions
when the world was coming to an end.
= +
Another good plan that is seldom
followed is to be sure the other fellow
is wrong before you find fault with
him
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from the garden and carrying a brok-
en- doll by the leg.
What's the matter. darling?" she
asked tenderly.
"O-o-o-oh. mo-o-other," howled the
child. 'Willie's broken my do-oIl,"
he do it?''
f; Ill hit him on We head wiv- it,"
was the slow response
:. Why does Howler when he is de-
Tending an alleged criminal always
make such idiotic arguments?"
That's an ingenious scheme to win
sympathy for his client HowIer fig
ures that any juror who listens to one
of his speeches will never believe that
man capable of engaging his profess
slonal services has sense enough to
commit a crime
In San. Francisco they tell of re-
sourceful clergyman never at a loss
for a retort.
He was once called to the bedside of
very wealthy but stingy man, who
thought at the time he was diving
If" he gasped to the clergyman.
IF 1 leave several thousand to the
church will by salvation be assured %
Whereupon the dime responded:
Il wouldn't like to be too positive,
but it's well worth trying"
Landlady-That new boarder is
either married man or a widower.
Pretty daughter-Why, ma, he saws
he is a bachelor. Landlady-Well, 1
don't believe it. When he opens his
pocketbook to pay his board he always
turns his back to me.
Lady said Flooding Pete, could
you spare a hungry man a meal O.
victuals %
You go away from here. or I'll call
my husband
rs that there stoop-shouldered man
plowin' corn in the next field your
husband?'
Yes. it is
Il take back what said. I've got a
heart in me, have. If you've got a
meal o. victuals for a poor starvin'
man. give it to your husband
IT never could see any sense in
bridal couples going away on we'd
ding tour as soon as they are mar
ried"
''Oh, it isn't such a bad idea 1t
gives them a chance to get tired of
each other so they can begin to enjoy
life in a rational way"
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1as Considering the reckless abandon
with which the representatives of De-
mocracy in the seats of the mighty at
Washington have ignored and broken
SO many of the essentially important
pledges that were made in the pa-ty's
platform for 1912, it doesn't really
matter SO much, does it, what prin-
ciples and promises may be written
into the platform that will be adopted
this week at st. Louis? The people,
except those among them who are
blindfy partisan in their allegiance to
the Democratic party. cannot be ex-
pected to place much reliance. in them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
DIsCIPLINE OF LITERATURE.

To the charge that the study of lit
erature is not an intellectual discipline
we can answer that the great master
pieces of literature bring us face to
face. no less than do the greatest
Philosophical theories. with the pro-
foundest questions of human destiny.
writes Margaret Sherwood. in the June
Atlantic. The problems presented alike
by philosophy and by tragedy. con-
corning human ate. human RESPONSE
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Austria is probably hoping that Ger
many will hurry up with her help to
stop, if possible, the big Russian drive
that General Brusiloff is conducting
SO successfully. But Germany would
appear to have about as much on her
hands as she can take care of these
days in and around Verdun.
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What has become of those old-fash-
toned drouthy periods for which Kan
sas used to be rather famous? They
were exceedingly conspicuous for their
absence last year. and are apparently
going to be more so this year. But
then you can never judge what the
weather will be next month or the
month thereafter by what it now is
or has been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

Nor will there be many who will
doubt the story to the effect that
Uncle Sans secret service agents I'M
earthed evidence which shows that the
Carranzistas promised safety and pro-
lection to the Mexican bandit gangs in
their operations along the border.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

So rapidly are the Russians forging
ahead in the eastern war zone that it
should not be long before Przemysl
figures again as the bone of conten-
ton between the Russians and the
9ustrians and also as jawbreaker for
those who like to discuss the war news
fhey read
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ears SO he could hear what the sferns
might say.
We like to live among the rocks"
he heard Mother Fern saying. "Only
stupid ferns try to grow anywhere
else, We choose the rocks because
they hold the moisture for u.s. We're
thirsty family, let me tell you, and
the rocks knew it. Many a drink can
We get from their cracks and crew
ices when at any other place in the
forest we would go thirsty, But you
will have to excuse me-" she foofin-
ued. for this is my busy day. have
dozen brand new babies TO Iool<
after Come again and III tell Won
more 'o1
Aotner Fern went on about her
business and Clint and shine hsa -
wait till another time to hear more -
(Copyright-ClaraI Ingram Judson.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

June is not only the month of
brides and roses in Kansas. 1t is also
the month of obstreperous streams
and the little and big floods they pro-
duce. Kansas boasts a good deal
about the safety and security of her
banks, but this boasting does not re-
fer to the banks of her creeks and
vf.,ors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14

If Miss Democracy denies a renom-
nation to Vice President Marshall. he
may reach the conclusion that there
Ssn't as much luck as there's cracked
sap to be in picking up stray pins
wherever they may be found Or
maybe the ones he's been gathering
OF late have been pointing in the
wrong direction.
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DINNER STORIES,

"O-o-o-ohi Bo-o-o-ho-o-o,"
AS the childish vail rang through
the house the anxious mother sprang
to her feet. Rushing into the hall,
she met her little daughter coming in
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THE MAGIC EARS AGAIN.

Il don't see why they chose TO grow
among rocks. Anybody can zee that
rocks are hard and stony. I'm going
TO ask about it" And without wait
ing p minute. he pulled out his magic
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strong), one teaspoon salt, one tea
spoon sugar. one teaspoon flour. one
teaspoon prepared mustard. Boil until
thick Mix one pint pimento and
through food grinder, one very small
onion run through grinder. Pour
dressing in and beat good (onion may
be omitted if desired).
The Table.
Potato Rusks - One cake com
pressed yeast, Gne cup mashed pota-
toes, one cup granulated sugar, one
cup flour, one cup of the water in
which potatoes were boiled. one-half
cup lard. Mix together and let stand
over night. Add three well beaten
eggs and pinch of salt. Let raise until
dough can be handled nicely, like
bread. Make into biscuit and let
raise until very light. Bake. 81
Rsisin err am = One-fourth cup
one-fourth cup sugar, one tablespoon
butter, three tablespoons toasted
bread crumbs. Add sugar and egg
TO crumbs, beat well. Add cream or
milk. butter and raisins. heat to
mold, chill and serve with or with
out cream. Raisins are an ideal food
and should be used more in our cook
ing. Graham bread is much improved
if one adds a cup of raisiL5 to every
loaf. A fine sandwich is made by
spreading peanut butter on white
bread and a layer of seedless raisins
on this
Cheese Fingers-One pint of dried
flour, one-ha1f pint grated cheese,
one-fourth pint of water, two eggs
(just whites). two tablespoons butter.
one-ha1f teaspoon salt, one-fourth tea
spoon mustard, just a speck of cay
enne pepper, If very strong, If not,
one-fourth teaspoon; roll thin, cut
l. L. e-tw
ter inch wide and six inches long.
Bake in moderate oven.
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