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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06
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MIR. CATERS d DISAPPOINTMENT.

Thud, thud. Thump, thump. No
wonder Miss Chameleon crept far I'M
der the log by the fern patch! She
well knew that when Mr.. Cater walked
like that. trouble was coming to
somebody
Thud, thump. Thud, thump.
No wonder that the wood-rats hid
tight in the nearest hole! When Mr..
Cater walked that way, they didn't
intend to be seen-not they!
Thud, thump. Thud, thump.
Gruntt, grunt. Thud. thump.
Thump, thump.
Something out of the ordinary must
surely have upset Mr.. Cater, for the
wood creatures had never heard him
make such a fuss about anything. He
snOrted and he fumed and he
threshed his long tail back and forth
through the bushes. Miss Chameleon
had such a narrow escape that she
nearly turned white with fright. AS
he swung his great tail past the very
log under which she was hiding, the
force of the blow rolled the log, and
it was only by a very quick movement
that she saved herself from being
rolled upon-think of that
You would never have guessed, had
YOU been sitting safely up in a tree
where you couIu see ana near all tnal
was going on, that that fierce, raging
Mr.. Cater was the very same fellow
who sat so still at the edge of the
water that the birds thought he was
log Nor would you have thought it
possible for that angry CATER to float
silently down the stream in log fash
ion while he waited for prey. Tha.
Just shows how different creatures are
when they lose their tempers-and Mr..
Cater certainly had lost hisi
For all of an hour he crashed back
and forth through the bushes. Now
here, now there; now waiting a few
minutes, as though to get better bear
ings: now thrashing about aimlessly
as though he didn't care where he
went and who he hit.
Such a hard time as the wood crea-
lures did have waitingi Everybody
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.J
Some people get up in the world.
and others merely rise in their own
estimation.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again, but for that matter lie will do
the same trick.
On the principle that two can live
as cheaply as one, love is generally
starved to death.
Some men are born leaders, some
follow the crowd, and even then only
at a safe distance.
Help others, and you will soon dis
cover that the world is full of people
looking for a boost
When the grocer gives you short
weight it doesn't do much good to tell
him to mend his weighs.
1t is small consolation to the woman
who deserves better husband to re-
aliZe that most women do.
That the race is not always to the
swift is demonstrated by the fellow
who runs away from his opportunities
There is no short cut to fame"
quoted the Wise Guy No, but some
the Simple Mug, who reads all the
pugilistic news.
Mil1y-"You can say what you will
selfish" Billy-"That's right, 1 never
knew one who wanted to keep a ham,
mock all to herself"
Its a good plan to take care of the
pennies" said the careful man. Yes.
but at the same time it isn't always
the sense of humor that makes the
dollars" replied the jokesmith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

And the late Hetty Green holds the
distinction of not only having amass-
ed the largest fortune that the world
has ever known a woman to gather in,
and one which compares more than
favorably with the biggest of the for
tunes assembled by the captains OF
finance of this country, but also OF
not having enjoyed any of it in the
ways that most folk who have much
money do. She was probably happy
in her penurious manner of life. But
please contemplate what she missed,
and what would have been hers for
the mere reaching out and taking or
buying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

Surely tho safe and sane" Fourth
Of July movement has been decidedly
worth while even if it has had a
tendency to take the patriotic tuck
out of the people, as some insist. The
fatalities among the little children of
the nation, incident to the celebration
of the Fourth in the old-fashioned
way where public authority still has
the bars down, numbered only eight
on Tuesday. Not so many years ago
they were up in the hundreds. And
there has been a proportionate reduc-
ton in the number of injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

Kansas has achieved the distinction
of passing the close of a fiscal year
without having paid cent of bonded
Indebtedness or taken up a single
bond In other words, Kansas is out
of debt And Kansas is also without
anything that looks or serves like
system of good roads Kansas, also,
is cut up with countless little and
large streams that run wild whenever
the rainfall is heavy and whose high
and flood waters destroy much valu-
able property an6 crops. Kansas
might better have some debts and
some necessary public improvements
to show for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06
THE HOME PATH.

THE HOME PATH.
The dusk is falling.
The evening lamps of heaven burn;
Into the home paths then my foot
steps turn
Toward where the soft love-note is calling.
The load is lighter
As, lifted by an unseen arm
Supported; yonder in the fire glow
There burn the 1ove-Hghts, clearer,
brighter,
And nights soft curtain
Drops down to shut the world of sin
Out, and to seal all peace and faith
within,
For love there reigns, and love is certain.
My heart is singing
The notes no other hearts may hear
Save one, and words known only unto
Her
Along the home path joy is ringing.
ID. G. Bickers, in Macon Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

Why talk about the Carranza note
being basis or opening the way for
the bringing about of peace" between
the United states and Mexico when, as
a matter of fact, that has been the Of
fetal status of the relations between
Mexico and the United States this
long while. even if of late, it has been
q variety of peace" which veritably
passeth all understanding. Never an
other peace" like it has prevailed be-
tween another two nations in the
whole history of the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06
Journal Entries

Everybody should emulate time
habit of failing to wait.
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Friends who have to be purchased
are not worth the investment.
Being an actor and being on the
stage are decidedly different propo-
sitions.
And there are many men who do
not realize Just how successful they
are.
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Another almost impossible task is
for a man or a woman to hide his
or her age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

In his Fourth of July address.
Charles Evans Hughes, the Republi-
can presidential candidate, demon
strated that he is quite as skilfuIl as
the best of them in waving the Amer
lean flag, and in the sphere of words,
too, not even President Wilson, past
master in this art, has anything on
him in the exposition of Americanism.
But much more important than this,
Charles Evans Hughes also has a we'll
established record for being a man of
deeds as we'll as of words
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06
On the Spur
of the Moment
In the Future.
By ROY K MOULTON.

LII Tic
Some of the campaign expressions
which will be heard when the su1rra-
gets run for president:
Cat"
"Ain't she the mean thing?"
Her clothes are a fright"
-'She's a huzzy. That's what she
"oh. amt she the spiteful little
MINK"
Il wouldn't vote for anybody who
has such poor taste in hats"
why, the snippy thing"
They say Mrs. -- treats her
poor husband just terrible around
home. Amt it a shame and he's such
a sweet little dear. too" =
Reciprocity.
1 have a second cousin and he lives. out on
But he became quite smitten with the
city's potent charm,
Yes, he did.
His visits to the city he would hail with
greatest glee,
And during those long winter months he
He made his home at my house and he
stayed there constantly,
Yes, he did.
He said Now, Bill, next summer you must
bring all your folks down,
And stay upon my farm because it will be
hot in town.,
He said, "I'll notify you and you must
come right away;
You've got to be my summer guest, you
must not tell me nay"
Did he ever notify me? Did he name the
ff' Yes, he did-NoT.
Speaking of Politics.
Speaking of politics, and every
body's doing it, Everybody's hands US
this little fable: Now children" said
the teacher. IT have been talking to
you about the duty of cultivating
kindly disposition, and I will tell you
a little story of two dogs. Henry had
nice dog, gentle as lamb. He
would not bark at the passersby or
at strange dogs, and would never bite
Williams dog, on the contrary. was
always fighting other dogs or flying at
the hens and cats in the neighbor-
hood, and several times he seized a
COW by the nostrils and threw her.
He barked at strangers and was al
ways making trouble. Now, boys,
which dog would you like to own
Henrys or Williams? '' The answer
came instantly, in one eager shout:
'William's!" Amt it the truth?
there, a Port Huron newspaper says:
LAS usual where a fire occurs, a
large crowd and two dogs, besides the
night policeman, were upon the scene
to render any assistance possible in
saving the furniture and lives, if they
needed saving. The restaurant on the
first floor was soused with water from
soup to nuts and the second floor was
cleaned up as clean as the cemetery
fence, while as to the top floor there
was nothing to burn but the hole.
which was thoroughly consumed"
They'll Be Ripe Soon.
This high toned thing they call "tabb1e
dote,''
BY jing, amt never goin' to git my vote
1 amt daft on that stuff called la carte,
And l could live without it, fer my part.
Them fancy French payouts give me a
pain;
1t seems to me that they amt hardly sane.
But there's one thing that just appeals to
About this time of year, right to L.
L may be some old-fashioned and all that,
And there may be some hay stuck in my
hat,
But there's one thing for which I always
shout
When it has got the butter oozin' out.
1t is food that's surely fit for kings.
It's got the kibosh all other things
That come out of the kitchen. to my mind /;
A culinary dream of wondrous kind.
You ask me what I'll have? l say, bgosh,
Most anything, just so it's summer squash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06
Household Hints
Braided Rugs.

have a strand about as thick as your
little finger. If you wish smaller
strands, make smaller braid, but it
will take longer to sew.
Fasten three strands together and
braid. Sew edges together with an
over-and-over stitch.
Rugs can be sewed in several differ
ent shapes. AS you sew the round
ones you will have to continue to hold
the braid a little full. Hold full only
at the ends in the oval-shaped ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06
Little Hints for the Traveller.

Better than silk kimono or any
other kind of negligee for the sleeper
is a kimono sleeved apron, buttoned
from shoulder to foot at the left of
the front, with a belt across the back
(if you wish), and a good sized
patch pocket.
A pretty cap made of circle of
silk, edged with lace and held in
place with an elastic band, hides my
curriers', etc, and keeps the hair clean
during the night.
A toilet apron made of a towel,
with ribbon ties. Any kind of a towel
will do. Double the towel, fold one
of the halves into three parts and
stitch across the ends, forming two
pockets the width of the towel Stitch
vertically into many small pock-
cts as desired. Line one or more of
these pockets with stork sheeting
or rubber cloth for wash cloth or
sponge Sew ribbons at upper corners
for ties 1t may be worn as an apron
or hung on a hook, keeping all requi
sites safe from danger of sliding to
the floor at a lurch of the train.
A large black silk bag is conven-
fence much appreciated in a. sleeper.
1t will hold the toilet apron, sleeping
apron, cap, slippers and anything else
needed in the dressing room and will
be handy to carry the corset shoes,
etc, from the dressing room to the
berth.
A handy hanger can be made by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

In all probability, the men who are
doing the fastest and heaviest think
ing these days are the members of
the German general staff. And they
certainly have some big and grave
problems to solve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

Kansas appears to be facing some
thing real in the way of a harvest
hand shortage this year, but will I'M
doubtedly worry through somehow.
Still the wheat sections of Kansas are
the places these days where probably
all men who apply, and then some,
will be able to get good pay and good
grub for trick in the wheat fields.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

Governor Capper says the great
European war is failure, that it
hasn't accomplished or settled any
thing that it attempted to settle. But
he might have played safer if he had
added $50 far"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

Pretty nearly time again, isn't it,
for Przemysl to appear in the
news about the fighting in the eastern
arena of the war?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06
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Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news or
ganization, 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. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

was afraid to breathe-aimost-a
they thought he never would go
away.
But finally. after a few last fierce
snorts. he did go ack to the river.
And such n relief as it was,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

Make a booklet from white card
board by punching holes through it's
center. Tie with ribbon or soft
leather. The first pages may be dec
GRATED with pictures cut from maya
zines to illustrate some part of the
brides part in the business world, ETC.
Then devote the remaining pages to
favorite recipes. These can be illus
trated with pictures taken from maya
zine advertisements The result is an
attractive and useful gift
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-06

The wood-rats waited for an hour
after he was gone, for they didn't in
tend to take any chances, but he
didn't come back, so at last they ven
tured out from their hiding place.
DO you know what all that fuss
was about" asked Willy Wood-rat Of
Miss Chameleon
Indeed 1 DON'T she replied, but
L mean to find out" Quickly she ran
up the tree where the wise old owl
lived, and she asked him what the
trouble had been.
Couldn't you te1f'' asked the owl
MIR. Cater was hunting that nice fat
little pig that drank at the river this
morning But he didn't find him.
That was the troublel"-Copyright
Clara Ingram Judson.1
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Special correspondenece of The Star.

Special correspondence Of The Star
LONDON, December II. 1916.
~ ACH year there are published in
IL London, and the public: is per-
mitted to buy. a series of royal
ChriStmas cards. These are issued for
the king. queen. Prince of Wales and
Queen Alexandra. 1t is the custom for
the sovereigns to select historic or
other appropriate paintings. and from
these the Christmas cards are made
This year the kings card is silent
Night" from a painting by Bernard F.
Gibble 1t shows a patrol boat, repre-
senting the silent but watchful British
feet interceptins a suspected snip
Queen Mary's card is from Howard
Davies painting of queen Elizabeth Re-
viewing Her Troops at Tilhury." When
the armada threatened England With
invasion, Queen Elizabeth reviewed the
troops stationed at Tilbury under the
Earl of Leicester. AS she rode through
the lines the queen appealed to the
martial spirit Of her soldiers. exhort-
ing them to remember their duty. At
Evening star., 1916-12-24
C. CHRISTMAS SEASON WITH
WATERNLIEN OF THE POTOMAC

TN all parts Of the country Christmas
is a season of home coming, but
there are perhaps no persons to whom
Potomac watermen. Their homes are
in most instances in the river counties
Of Virginia and Maryland, and the week
including Christmas and New Year
day Is one Of great festivity throughout
their community.
1t is a tremendous hardship to Po-
tomac waterman when he finds himself
unable to reach his home on Christ
mas. The men on the oyster vessels,
however. very frequently face this mis-
fortune, for. like lettercarriers and
other Christmas day workers. their
busiest time is at this season.
The holiday trade in oysters is a large
one. beginning as it does day or two
before Christmas, when the dealers
stock up for the week. This means, of
course. that the oyster craft lying at
the wharves Of the city find it neces-
sary to remain there several days, and
even longer should the ice in the river
prevent travel.
The crews of the runboats carrying
oysters to the Washington market are
somewhat different from those of YES
sells that make larger ports. They are
men with homes and families either in
Virginia or Maryland. or in Washing
ton itself.
The stories of treachery and shang-
haiing, and even murder, that have been
circulated as customary incidents in
the life of an oysterman are now al
most traditions to the oystermen of
this port
There is enough of adventure and
chance. however. to make their every
day living novel to the man who goes
out In the morning and returns home
from work at night. In fact, there is
TOO much that's uncertain, especially
regarding the Christmas season. In the
opinion of many of the oystermen.
I've spent more than one Christmas
day on the water" said one old river
captain. Its not much fun to be
wharf when you want to be home 1
remember one Christmas when thought
l never would get home. and l didn't
until after New Years. We were on
the river. with the ice packed around
us. and everything calm and cold. But
what made home seem farther off than
ever was the fact that my jib was
broken. and there was nothing we
the ice to move. Sometimes an oyster
mans life is pretty hard. The cabins
on our boats are comfortable enough,
but we have to work at all hours in
the day and night when we can get a
wind. This is especially true of the
men on the lay boats. They can only
dredge for oysters when the wind is
blowing, and sometimes they go to
work at IL o'clock at night"
The business Of the oystermen Is
carried on by two distinct sets of work.
ers. The runboats. such as are now
at the wharves, are usually each man
ned by crew of three men. They are
built with great holds for carrying
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Getting Americanized.

ERANCKLYN RUTHVEN was discus-
ing. at the Knickerbocker Club IN
New York. the difficult question of the
hyphenated citizen and restricted i'm
migration.
Il am in favor of reasonably restrict
ing immigration" he said. You de-
clare that the immigrant quickly
adopts our ways. Well. i reply that
he quickly adopts our worse ways.
sure enough-and even there he often
enough goes wrong.
You remember the story of the two
immigrants who. entering an American
cafe for the first time. saw the Amer
leans drinking lemonade through
strawS.
They pounded on the table. and the
immigrant who was treating gave this
order 10 the waiter:
"a bucket of beer and two gaspipes.
If you please.
Evening star., 1916-12-24

oysters and a tiny cabin for the con-
venience of the men. The name sug-
gests the duty of the vessel. which is
to make the trip between the dredge
boats and the wharves.
The dredge boats or layboats are an
chored in the lower Potomac or in the
bay, to remain for the oyster season.
beginning September Is and lasting un-
til April Is. The crews of the lay
boats average about twelve men, all
under contract to remain during the
entire season. 1t is around the lives of
these men that so many stories have
been woven.
i've seen A few rough things in my
time" said another captain, an oyster
man whose home is now in Washing
ton. but most of the stories of
things of the past, especially around
here. / remember some twenty years
ago, however an old man on one of the
layboats. He was too sick to work.
but there was no way of getting him
home and putting another man in his
place. so the mate stood over him with
a club and made him help with the
dredging. At that time there was al
ways a mate on the layboats whose
duty 1T was to see that the crew work.
ed. He was usually a powerful man
and he carried his job by force. 1t was
needed. though, with the crews they
had
Many of the captains used to go to
what was called the sailors boarding
house, in Baltimore especially, and
there sign up their men. These were
frequently the buns of the city, and
they had a little trick of shipping on
one vessel and then deserting to como
back TO the boarding house and ship
over. This meant a couple of dollars
for the keeper of the house and several
dollars paid in advance to the men. 1t
was no wonder a captain had to use
force to hold his men.
Even now, though conditions have
improved and the boarding houses have
been done away with. the layboats are
usually anchored some fifteen miles
from shore. where no man has a chance
to swim. Sometimes this close confine-
ment of the men has resulted in mu
tiny. and from time to time. here in the
Potomac, a captain has been found dead
on dredger.
THE stories of shanghaing were
many of them true a number of years
ago. The captains as ell as the crews
were a rough lot. and if a man was
found in port drunk. with no one to
look out for him, he was frequently
carried on board ship and woke up to
find himself ten or twelve miles down
the bay with no way of getting back
or of communicating with his friends
or family.
Sometimes 1t was said that at the
end of his trip he was paid off with the
main boom In plain English this
means that he was knocked into the
the crew. But those stories are like
the tales Of pirates, things of the past.
for today, while the life of oyster
man has still many hardships. the
crews are better cared for and in re-
turn are steadier and work harder.
Even now the captains of a number of
the dredge boats are bringing their
crews to Washington for Christmas"
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Resigned Happiness.

MI ISIS HELEN WOODROW BONES
AVS told at tea. story about q
Washington nanny.
The old nanny" she said. was
visiting the Virginia homestead. and
asked the daughter of the house:
Missy. when is you gwine ter get
married"
Indeed. Aunt Sukie.' said the young
lady. I can't tell you. I'm twenty-six
now. Perhaps I'll never marry
"Well. missy said the old woman in
soothing tones, 'dey do say dat ole
maids is de happiest critters dey 10,
once dey quits struGgiin'.'"
Evening star., 1916-12-24
A Good Time.

c ENATOR LODGE tells story OF .
~ Christmas newsboy feast.
"A newsboy at Christmas dinner
so his story runs--''looked up from the
enormous turkey leg he was chewing
and exclaimed:
What a good time I'm havin:
The fremont street spinster whe
was waiting on him had long tried to
correct him of his habit of dropping
his 'gs. She now said:
&c" Bobby-you forgot your g"
The boy chuckled. and. as he re-
turned to his turkey leg. he obediently
repeated: