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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
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So little has ever come of govern
mental probes of one sort or another,
on large as well as small matters, that
not so many people are likely to be
Banguine that much will result from
the big Industrial investigation which
has been begun by the joint congress
sional committee on interstate COM
merce. It's a long road without a
turn. tho, and this investigation may
succeed in laying it's fingers on some
of the sore spots in the industrial and
economic world, in the relations and
differences between capital and labor.
There appear to be many such sore
spots in this country today, and they
present some of the more serious
problems confronting the body polite.
II is doubtful if they can be cured by
some legislative panacea, but some
really wise legislation along the lines
needed ought to help some. And
everybody. skeptical tho many may be.
is probably hoping that the congress
sional investigation will point the way
to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
SIDE T ALM S
That Fine Humility.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

There are certain qualities in men
and women, manifestations of which
sends queer, fine thrills thru one.
One is physical courage; another is
tons; and another (and to me per-
haps the greatest of alb is that splen-
did squareness that honors superior
ity even in a rival.
When two great tennis players
shake hands after the tournament
that has left one of them defeated,
and the one who has lost looks the
other in the eye, and says, 1.-The best
man won" 1 can feel a thrill so
poignant that it is actually physical.
One can even get this thrill by
reading of the great men who have
held this high humility.
Take, for instance, the case of Tur-
genev, the Russian writer. Turgenev
was famous all over the world when
Tolstoi was practically unknown. Yet
Turgenev himself considered Tolstoi
his superior, and tried to make others
realize it by sending Tolstoi's works
to men of letters everywhere When
he lay dying he wrote to Tolstoi: 81
write to tell you how happy 1 am to
have been your contemporary
And vet even then he himself was
still regarded as the greatest Russian
writerl
| 1 wonder if 1 have told you my ia
Vorite story of Thackeray. A young
writer justified himself in some lido
matte expression that had been criti-
cised by saying that Scott also used
it Whereupon Thackeray (who to
me, at least, is infinitely greater than
Scott) replied, 1T does not behoove
either of US to compare ourselves with
that great and good man."
Nor was Scott, himself, deficient in
this fine humility. Far from it. He
was a humble admirer of Jane Aus
tens works and said that he could dc
the big bow-wow strain himself" but
could never produce such delicate and
wonderfully accurate pictures as she.
Edwin Booth once said that a
Christian was one who rejoiced in the
superiority of a rival; and Professor
Phelps, to whom 1 am indebted for the
quotation, comments, IF this be true
how few are they who will enter into
the Kingdom of God
Question-Please publish some
game that would be enjoyed at a party
of boys and girls between 16 and 2E
years old.
Answer-"Jenkins Up" is Away:
fun; also Pit" or Pillow Dex,'
Letters or "Charades." If yot
want more definite information, write
me for a personal answer.-(Copyrigh
by George Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.1


A scar always looks mysterious
The lease on life is a mere scrap
of paper"
1t IS a fine thing to talk religion if
you also live religion.
When a man needs an excuse, he is
apt to need it quickly, and try an old
one.
To a natural loafer, anyone who
wants him to do a good days work is
tyrant.
1t is surprising how many ignorant
people get along as well as clever peo-
pie do.
Most people are sufficiently familiar
with Shakespeare to misquote him &C.
casionally.
A boy may overcome the handicap
of naturally curly hair, but it will
cause him many painful moments.
1t is fine thing to have confidence
in human nature, and you shouldn't
risk it by going on another mans note.
When one musician gets to describ-
ing the work of another. you also get
a touch of real art in the matter of
hammer swinging
Alb Adkins said he lost a good deal
of his enthusiasm when he had to quit
talking about what he was going to
do. and go to work.
While it may be impossible to fool
all the people all the time, enough are
easy to enable clairvoyant to make a
living and other luxuries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
OUT OF THE SILENCE.

OUT OF THE SlLENCE-
And what can you say when the day Is
done
And you've gone to your bed of rest?
When the shadows come and the light has
gone
Ger the rim of the golden west.
And a silvery beam of the moon creeps IN
As IL in an aimless quest?
What do you say
When a kindly voice that you seem to
know
Out of the shadows speaks soft and low,
We'll, what did you do today?" -,
Oh, what can you say when you're all
alone
With the Master of all the tasks?
How much of a sin do you have to own
When the voice of the Master asks
How many things have you left undone
Your studied answer makes?
What do you say
When out of the shadows of the silent
night
The Master speaks with the Masters right
We'll. what did you do today!
Thrice blest is he of the humble way,
Who sinks to his bed of rest
The rest he earned with tOiltng day
With love of his labor blest-
Who hears the voice of his Master ask
and truthfully say my best"
The man who can say
I've trod the way of my best intend,
I've helped friend and I've made friend
To What did you do today"
John d Wells, in Buffalo News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
JAYMAWME JOTS

Woman is rarely mechanical gen.
ius says the Parsons Sun, but she can
accomplish many difficult stunts with
a hairpin.
The Lawrence Journal-Wo-ld
thinks that the judges in a baby show
should also be present when the hero
medals are passed around.
The man who complains of the high
price of groceries, says Herbert Hick-
man in the Florence Bulletin, is usual
ly the last to pay his grocery bill.
There is no substitute for truth, in
sists the Pratt Union, and an honest
man must be guilty of it before he
can make proof and clear his title.
For our part, says the Day Dreamer
of the Leavenworth Post, we think it
is all right for lady's shoes to match
the outside of her purse if they also
match the inside.
A man has plenty of friends while
he is getting into debt up to his ears,
points out the Marquette Tribune, but
he has mighty lonesome time wading
out to the shore again.
Related by the Elk County Citizen:
Carl" said the teacher, "can you tell
me what an inebriate is?" Yes
ma'am," replied Carl. 1T is an ami
NAL that does not have a backbone
The campaign is over, says the Be-
lott Gazette, but we should like to
nave SOIuS DcIllOCEdl captain WITHOUT
looking in the dictionary just what
President Wilson meant when he
spoke of the Renaissance of patriotic
responsibility
1t has been demonstrated, observes
the Usage City Public Opinion, that a
president can be elected in this coun-
try without the east. 1t also creates the
impression that some day a man from
the west might be elected president, a
little matter that has always been very
doubtful in the past.
A junk man went to the home of a
certain Osawatomie family the other
day, tells the Osawatomie Graphic.
He asked the man of the house who
answered his rap at the door, if he
had any old rags to sell. The man
replied that he didn't know as his
wife had been away for a month. To
which the junk man replied: We'll
I'll take all the old bottles you got. -
Observations by Obey Weaver in the
Sedgwick Pantagraph: Worry is q
good friend of the undertaken. . .
The fast man makes the poorest
speed. =. Don't judge a mans
bravery in the daytime. Speak
ing of shade trees, most family trees
are more or less shady. 1t is g
wonder anyone remains sick wher
! there are so many sure cures adver-
tised. kilograms are not such
important things. Many men live
| without ever receiving one. : Be.
hold the differencei For consolation
the widow has her weeds; the widowel
his weed.
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ment will have to be made in Dor
rowed money. If we want the con-
tracts-and we dove will be obliged
to accept loans; and the effect of these
continued demands upon Our capital
market must be taken into serious
consideration when forecasting our
financial future. Home requirements
for capital, it should be noted, are IN
creasing prodigiously; our Industrial
plants and railroads needing large sums
for imperative improvements and ex-
pansion. A great deal of new capital
is already being furnished out of cur
rent large profits, although in many
instances these cannot be depended
upon for meeting such demands, es-
pecially in case of railroads and other
corporations which are not prof1ting
abnormally from the war. are
vast amounts of capital seeking invest
ment, but the combined requirements
of domestic and foreign origin are far
beyond all precedent and must soon
tend to reduce our supply. newt
ably capital will ask and obtain bet
ter terms, and interest rates must con-
sequently rise in due course of time.
Such a movement will naturally be
slow and its workings cannot be al
ways discernible, but the trend in that
direction is unmistakable and unavofd-
able One result of these conditions
is the weaker undertone of foreign
bonds owing also to continued enor-
nous offerings"
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Rumania waited long enough be

Rumania waited long enough be-
fore getting into the war to be thor
oily prepared for the plunge, it would
seem. But one of the military experts
states that her failure to make much
of a showing has been due to a lack
Of artillery and to inferior leadership
that is utterly without strategic and
tactical theories. However, it wasn't
possible, of course, for Rumania to
brush up on the latter during the two
years the war progressed before she
entered it. Years of training are nee
assary to develop adequate military
leadership.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
BETTER RURAL TEACHERS.

Snort school terms that are made
even shorter by a poor attendance,
which is often tolerated and encour-
aged by unwise parents, are not the
only handicap of the rural school chill
dren, according to the federal bureau
of education, which is now vigorously
leading the way towards the better
ment of the rural school conditions
turnout the country. so that the boys
and girls in the rural sections will
have educational advantages that COM
pare more favorably with those of the
city children. In many instances the
rural teachers fall far short of reach
ing the mark they should.
Indeed, J. L. McBrien, the school
extension agent of the federal bureau
of education, in a bulletin that the
latter has issued on this important
subject, declares that better qualified
teachers are a sore need of the rural
schools.
At least one-third of the rural
teachers of the country at large, ne
points out, have no professional train
ing. The average scholarship in this
more than an eighth-grade education.
There are $4,000 one-teacher rural
schools in the United States. 1t is
conservative, therefore, to say that
there are 10000 rural teachers in this
country with only an elementary train
ing and no professional training. There
is one state in the Union that has
over 1000 teachers, with only a sew
enth-grade education and no profess
schools this year. There are several
states that count their rural teachers
in this class by the hundreds.
Another third of the rural teachers
of the United States have only a linn
tied amount of professional training
and on an average their scholarship
is not above the tenth grade, that is.
a two-year high school education be-
yond the eighth grade. There are at
least 10000 teachers in this class.
A majority of the remaining one
third of the rural teachers of the
country have on the average only a
four-year high school education which
includes from one to two years at
tendance at a state normal school of
the professional work given in the ju-
nior and senior years in teacher-train-
ing high schools, or several summer
terms at summer schools for teachers.
These are the conditions that face
us in the qualifications of our rural
teachers. The problem is how to i'm
prove these conditions. And the fed
eral bureau of education is undertake
ing an important project in its an
nounced purpose to issue a series of
bulletins in an effort to show the
country how to solve this big problem
in American education.
The fact that we have over 10000
rural school teachers without ADEQUATE
preparation for their work is enough
to arouse the public mind on this
question to such a degree that within
the next decade we shah nave a sui.
ficient number of teachers with ar
adequate training for every rural
school in the United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
BED TIME TALES
By CLARA INGRAM JUDSON
GREEDY BILLY RACCOON.

II think I'll run over and have
talk with Policeman Billy this morn
ing" said Toppy Cottontail to himself
one bright autumn morning. Il
haven't seen him in many a day" So
he slipped out from his hole and RAN
thru the woods to the place where Po-
liceman Billy was usually to be found.
Policeman Billyi" called Toppy,
policeman Billyi, Policeman Billy
Raccoon.i There! he ought to hear
that" But there was no answer.
Ri T9pgs 6eled w sfan are
"W-h-a-t?" mumbled a SLEEPY
voice.
why, Billy Raccoont" exclaimed
Toppy, whatever in the world is the
matter with your"
'W-h-a-t?'' mumbled Billy. and he
rubbed his eyes as tho he had been
whats the matter with your de-
manded Toppy energetically. You
talk as tho you were half asleep.
Don't you know this is a. fine. crisp
morning? Don't you want to cor:s
mo, 1 don't" replied Billy, and he
rubbed his eyes as tho he could hard
ly keep awake long enough to say that
much. i've got to eat some more"
Toppy stared. Eat some more :?
You greedy fellow You're so fat
fat I hardly know you-I wouldn'r
have supposed that any one could
change so in just the three weeks that
it's been since 1 last saw you! Eat
some more,i What .you need is to get
out and play and work off some of
that fat"
Billy Raccoon only shook his head
in a sleepy, tired fashion. You don't
seem to understand, Toppy.' he said,
I'm not eating because I'm greedy. I
eat because have to. How else would
live thru all the long winter"
Don't know, Billy" said Toppy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS.

War finance and war initiation
continue to be the important factor in
the security markets." writes Henry
Clews, the New York banker, in his
current weekly financial review.
Great Britain, France and Russia are
each standing at the door of our vaults
asking for funds to help carry on the
war. Great Britain has just complet-
ed $300,000,000 collateral loan, and
another big loan probably on a credit
basis is not many months distant.
France recently negotiated a $4,000
900 credit in this market, and both
these nations are said to be consider
ing the early feasibility of selling ex-
chequer and treasury bills. which
American bankers would undoubtedly
be willing to handle. The Russian
government will also issue next week
about $4,000, 900 of its new $4,000
900 loan. These operations are not
loans in the ordinary sense of the
term. and are small operations COM
pared with the huge war bills of these
nations, being chiefly utilized to pay
for the immense quantities of NUM-
lions ordered in this country. The lat
est British transaction is another col
lateral loan which will probably tie
up large blocks of foreign-owned
American securities for a considerable
period. thus lessening foreign liquida-
ton. The next British loan promises
to be a strictly credit operation. These
foreign demands for loans bid fair to
continue, since there is no sign of ar
carly termination of the war. and botr
sides are displaying more and more
resolution and preparing for an ever
more desperate conflict with the open
! ing of spring. War contracts, fol
which this country is the chief out
side supply, must continue; and pay.
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ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT

BY ROY <. MOULTON.

The Simple Country Lad.
l met simple country lad,
Now tell me, son. said,
Does this road go to Nottingham"
He raised his curly head.
"Oh, sir" that simple lad replied,
His tones were simple, too;
Some say it goes to Nottingham
But l don't think it true"
For 1 have stood" the simple lad
Grew simpler all the while,
'Alons its side full half day"
He smiled simple smile.
Full half a day and watched it well''
The lad went on, land though
They say it goes to Nottingham
I've never seen it CO."
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JOURNAL ENTRIES
The man who insists he's humorist

The man who insists he's a humorist
usually isn't one.
X X X
1t does not take a long time for
most people to collect their thoughts.
X = X
Another genius is the man who can
sell things which are not worth buy
ing.
X X x
Some people have an idea they
should be commended merely because
they've never been in Jail.
X x X
Most of the people who worry over
the extravaganza" incident to the
possession of automobiles don't own
any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
DINNER STORIES

Papa, the little boy next door
says his father wants to know if he
can use our lawn mower for a little
while
you may tell the little boy, Bob
bic, to tell his father that we shall
be glad to let him use our mower
whenever he likes, but be sure to tell
him. that he mustn't take it out of our
yard
Ethel Barrymore tells this as leap
year story CT tim ely notice:
"A GIRL she said, looked calmly at
n caller one evening and remarked:
George, as it is leap year
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ter. We don't approve of running
around as you dove couldn't live
that way If we wanted to. These
bright autumn days that make you
frisky, only remind me that winter is
getting nearer and nearer and that I
must eat more and more and more, or
III never be fat enough to live the
cold season thru. And tell me this,
Toppy. Do / look fat enough now ?''
But that was a question Toppy did
MT feel able to answer, so Billy want
ing to be safe, started for another
- Clara Ingram
Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21

Practically all varieties of the goose
bone weather prophets seem to have
agreed that an exceedingly mild win
ter is in store for the country gener-
ally. And the gas consumers in these
parts are certainly hoping so. But no
kind of consumers ever seem to have
much luck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21

y Turkey day will probably be con-
spicuous this year for the absence OF
the birds from which it takes it's name
from many of the family tables that
they have regularly adorned in times
mast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21

y Think of the suspense that those
most interested and the people of the
country as a whole would have been
in had the determination of the presi-
Dental election hinged on the result
of the vote in Minnesota
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There is a great demand just now
for materials from which to make
paper, and the housewife will do well
to save all waste paper. 1t is surpris-
ing how much accumulates in a short
time. A fair price is paid for it, and
the economical housewife should turn
it into money.
Many burn their waste paper be-
cause buyers demand that it be baled.
The baling process is simple. A
home made baling press may be easily
constructed.
Obtain a good-sized storebox, and
make slot a few inches wide length
wise on the bottom. Lay in the box
three or four stout pieces of Irvine,
lengthwiSe of bottom and parallel to
each other a few inches apart, leavin,,
ends extend over the ends of the box
long enough to tie over bale after box
is filled with paper.
Having done this, provide lining
for the box. This may be an old piece
of cloth, carpet or tough wrapping
paper, which fit to sides of box over
strings. leaving long ends extend over
ends of box, as with strings. Each
day deposit waste paper in the box
as it accumulates. pounding it down
to make it compact. When the bog is
full. draw the ends of the lining over
the top and fasten the strings secure
ly. The slot in the bottom of the box
will enable you to force the bale out
Newspapers and magazines need not
be baled, just tied into bundles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21

p Inasmuch as over-eat1ng is the
cause of much sickness, the possibih-
ties are that the present high cost OF
living in this country will be a vigor-
ous agent in the promotion of the
health of the general public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
Health and Beauty Hints.

Badness Badness cannot be cured.
So it doesn't make much difference
what we tell you to do for it. Try pour
ing the best grade of maple syrup thru
the holes in an old boot. This, at
least, has never been tried.
Sneezing in Very Young-The dispo-
sition 10 sneeze immoderately should
be overcome in small children. They
only do it to annoy because they know
it leases. 1t indicates a wilful nature.
vinegar. This softens the nasal car
tilage and makes only the mildest,
one-syllable sneezes possible.
Warts-How many have you? Warts
up to the number of Of six may be re-
moved by covering them with sauce
a cool place. This doesn't work often
tho and it's hard to do. What do you
want to get rid of them for anyway?
Freckles-It is hard to cure freckles
in temperate climate. The natives
of torrid climates, especially Africa,
are seen never to have freckles and
they probably wouldn't be bothering
us for recipes if they did. Where did
you catch your freckles? We don't
know cure for freckles and We d
probably print it under Snake-Bite if
we did.
The Fighting in Poland Put This
Paper Out of Business.
Three hundred business men of this
and other cities gave a banquet to-
night to George N. Graham, the for
mer sporting editor of the North
American and former sporting edi-
tor of theuiWtlt-. fill, riETAOIN-The
Sporting News.
Oh, Yes, She Did!
Ungrateful girl Tonight when Ned
Brought her such lovely roses,
She didn't thank the boy at all
q overheard them in the halD,
She took the flowers and merely said
"Oh, my, how cold your nose is"
The LOafer.
you'd hardly say your paw likes
work,
| He's lazy as can bei''
'Oh, paw likes work but then he likes
1t done by NAV and me!'
Necessity may be the mother of in.
vention but a look at the patent Of
| flee report shows that 1t is often faith.
cred by lunacy.
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! According to the extremists in that
direction, President Wilson's re-elec-
tion was due primarily to the fight
ing pacifist sentiment in the United
States. In other words. everybody
seems to be explaining what happened
on November I to his own fancy ana
-purposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21

Now for a retort courteous that will
have a kick and a punch in It. The
American Union Against Militarism
characterizes a certain distinguished
citizen as the Bernhard of Oyster
lBay."
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thoughtfully. 81 hadn't thought of
that. Can't you find yourself some
thing to eat as do?"
mo. / can't" answered Billy. You
forget that my family sleep all win