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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23

As soon as they heard that mystic
rious sound the four beavers scudded
for shelter in hurry The SOUND
might mean that friend was coming
couldn't be sure which and they
didn't intend to take any chances
not they, They tucked themselves
down in the weeds at the slde oI
Crooked Creek and listened TOT the
sound to be repeated.
Blu. it wasn't repeated The only
noise that could be heard was thS
soft tapping of the water as 1t flowed
thru the weeds and rushes anu .lie
faint whisper of the winds playing tag
thru the trees. Father Beaver was
lust about to whisper, Gould we nave
been Mistaken before going on WIN
his work, when right over ms heau
there sounded the loudest NOISE; All
awful. weird, mournful noise that sent
little priclzles of fear running down
Father Beavers back.
was a funny little splash" as tho
someone had nit the water with
flat paddle: and the funny little
splash was right near where Fathef
Beaver had thought he heard the
swish some minutes before. IN a
second there was another little splash
further up the creek; and then an
other still further away: and then an
other And then silence.
The four beavers crouched low n
the weeds at the euES VI thc NiSef>
and waited Ten minutes they wait
ed and not a sound did 7 ey hear
half an hour; still there was silence
I tell you. the wild creatures learn pa
fence They thought nothing at all
of waiting motionless for an hour Il
safety was threatened. You might
think an hour was a pretty long time
to wait without moving and I'm sure
you'd have prickles in your feet be-
fore half the time was past But the
wild creatures have TO learn waiting
and Iistening-and watching.
But when whole hour had gone
by-Father Beaver could tell the time
bv the faint new moon that was
gradually slipping out of sight-and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
JAYMAW MER JOTS

according to the Hutchinson News,
a farmer near Elkhart has an auto
mobile so well trained that he bitches
1t to a pillow and a disc and it takes
the place of Team of horses.
Noting that there is an automobile
in Iowa for every thirteen people,
the Leavenworth Post in Tres: How
many of the thirteen are lucky
enough to get ride once a week.
Editor Kelley of the Toronto Re
publican pays this deserved tribute to
the Tight Wad: There is this in ia
vor of the Tight Wad-he always has
the money when you call on him the
first of the month.
AS the Day Dreamer on the staff of
the Leavenworth Post suggests:
Sometimes the man who drives the
hearse knows more about the de-
ceased than does the man who
breaches the funeral.
Careless automobile driving is not
confined to Topeka by any means
The Lawrence Gazette notes that To-
peka had six serious automobile ac-
cidents in thirty hours, and then the
Gazette adds: It is the mercy of God,
and not the care of drivers, that pre-
vents an accident every hour in Law
renee.
On recent morning, a NJ nhattan
minister surveyed a transfer wagon
loaded to the limit with trunks, wend
ing its way toward the rooming house
district, tells the Manhattan Nation
alist. Behind the wagon was a small
motor truck, also loaded with trunks.
Three automobiles passed, each one
with one or more new students and
their trunks and suitcases on board
AT both railroad stations trunks were
piled on the platforms to the caves
of the depots. styles change In
trunks the same as in anything else,
remarked the minister. when I
first came to this town every student
came in with one of the old fashioned
zinc-bound affairs. round at the top
and with numerous Outstanding ribs.
The only way those things could DE
stacked up was on their sides. The
hand baggage of that day was the
canvas-covered telescope A Few
years before that, everybody carried
a shiny oilcloth tvalise.' Now every
students that comes in has steamer
trunk, or a wardrobe trunk, or some
ether new-fangled contraptions, with
an interior mechanism like an auto
mobile. And they have the finest
up-to-date suitcases and travelling
bags. all fitted out with the latest
travelling accessories. Times dc
change -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
GLOBE SIGHTS
fFrom the Atchison Globe.l

TFrom the Atchison Globe.
whipping the bully is a popular
performance, but beset with difficult
ties
When a typewriter gets rebellious,
it is about as bad as Mexican or
gasoline engine.
Why worry about the other fellow 3
troubles, when it is so easy to dig up
a few of your own?
Sometimes man thinks he is popu-
lar. when he has merely been selected
as the goat.
Parents excuse a lot of foolishness
on the ground that the youngster Will
only be young but once
1t is difficult for woman to refrain
from looking over at the last chapter
to see how the story came out
A reformer who wants to Fight the
Battles of the Weak, is apt-to expect
a generals pay for his services.
Attending to your own business is
about the most effective means of
Frightening the corner where you are.
In nearly every home there is one
economical member who goes about
turning off the lights the others
turn on.
Talk to any man long enough. and
he will tell you how he could make a
bunch of money if he had little more
capital TO invest
The average man is perfectly will
ing to perspire at a baseball game, but
feels that every church should be
equipped with electric fans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Reports that Germany will send out
a peace dove before very long, pos
sibIy by the middle of October, have
a reasonable ring to them. There is
a. limit to everything, and there nat
uraIIy must be a limit not only to
German endurance but also to Ger
many's resources. In all probability
those limits have not been reached as
yet But. perhaps. it is not going
beyond the mark to suggest that they
are in sight and in plain view of the
German leaders. However, the an
nouncement that Germany is really
in a peace mood is followed by en-
phatic declarations from the camps of
the entente allies that any peace Of
fers from Germany which might be
made thru a third party will be
promptly rejected. And the allies may
well be pardoned for such stand,
inasmuch as they have apparently
reached the stage of the great war
game where they are adequately pre-
pared TO do better than merely hold
their own against the central powers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23

August fire losses in Kansas were
the heaviest that have been reported
in several months. In other words,
Kansans are not swatting the condi-
tons bred by pure carelessness that
are responsible for a large percentage
of the fires. 1t is as easy to rid a
premises of the conditions that are
likely to cause fires as it is to rid
them of the conditions that make it
easy for flies to breed on them. In
many sections and localities in Kansas,
great progress has been made in the
last few years in getting rid of the
flies Aren't similar efforts worth
while to cut down the fire loss?
Losses from fires are dead losses, even
tho man who suffers a fire loss is
wholly or partially reimbursed for it
by fire insurance company
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
VACATIONS FOR COUNTRY FOLK

Vacation hints seem always to be
made for the special benefit of the
city dweller. writes Kathleen Hills in
Leshe's. Yet those living in rural
communities are as much in need of
a change in climate and scenery once
or twice year as are the masses from
our congested centers of population
While there are joys in abundance in
the country awaiting the city dweI1er
at all seasons, the cities during the
fall and wintef offer most diversion to
those who live the year round far
from the madding crowd
The ruralite is realizing more and
more each year that his growth and
development. and his standing in his
community for that matter, are de-
pendent upon his ability to keep in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23

Possibly one of the most attractive
features of being the presidential can
didate of the Republican party is that
the latter pays all of the formers
campaign expenses. Otherwise, only
a very rich man could afford this
honor. and a very rich man would be
unavailable for it inasmuch he
would have not the slightest chance of
getting a sufficient number of votes to
run even a close second; the people.
you know are so suspicious of riches
unless an opportunity comes their way
to annex them for themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
DINNER STORIES

1.-The best thing about this trip
said the retired merchant as he lay
back luxuriously in the comforta BILE
chair on the porch of a S12-a-day
hotel. lis that it is not costing me a
cent?
..How's that" asked an envious
spectator.
IT'S all coming out OF my heirs. =
said the man smiling happily.
when that bad boy threw stones at
you why didn't you come and tell me
instead of throwing back at him %
said the good little boys pious mother
Tell you ." said the good little boy.
why. YOU couldn't hit a barn door
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Take a slice of raw ham, not
smoked, soak in boiling water for
One-half hour; cut in small slices, put
in sauce pan with two-thirds pint
of veal or chicken broth well strained,
the liquor from one quart of oysters.
one small onion minced fine, a little
chopped parsley and pepper. Let
these simmer twenty minutes, boiling
Skim, add one scant tablespoon corn
starch mixed smoothly with milk:
when it boils add oysters and one
ounce of butter. Let it come to Il
beat one egg, add some of the hot
broth. When cooked stir it into the
pan, season with salt and pour over
the oysters. Some like it with lemon
juice over it.
Oyster Loaf.
Take a cent loaf of bread, put in
oven to heat thru. With sharp knife
cut off top of loaf; take out center,
leaving shell.
Fill this Shell with hot fried oysters
and a few pickles; put on the top and
serve on platter garnished with let
tuce or parsley.
Serve hot coffee with this and IT
makes a delicious lunch
Oyster and Grapefruit Salad.
Parboil one and a half pints oys-
ters, dram, cool, and remove tough
muscles. Cut three grapefruits in
halves crosswise, remove pulp, and
drain. Mix oysters with pulp, and
season with six tablespoons tomato
catsup, four tablespoons grapefruit
Juice, one tablespoon Worcestershire
sauce eight drops tabasco sauce, and
one-half teaspoon salt. Refill grape
fruit skins with mixture and garnish
with curled celery.
Peach Dishes.
Peach Coffee Cake-When bread
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23

owning up like bad boy who boasts
proudly of his devilishness.
Il suppose she'll leave all her
money to you If you do as she
That's likely what will happen"
All the time she was so distracting-
iy beautiful [ wanted to kiss her. L
knew l was fool, but l played it out
with an odd look do you know
think I will take you up, Mr.. Jen~
nings"
Things were going differently from
the way / had expected. I'd never
dreamed she'd do what she did.
l stood awlkwardly in the road.
Somehow l couldn't move
Wont you take me home?" she
asked.
1 took her up to the big house and
she asked me to wait while she re-
paired the damage to her toilet
In few minutes, a girl came down
not my girl, another. tall, statuesque
and dignified.
She came in and held out her hand
How do you do. Addison" she re-
marked pleasantly. It's years since
I've seen you. The last time L believe
you stuck burrs in my hair
The room was whirling. Are you-
1 began II thought you were-will
you please tell me who the girl is |
ran into just now and nearly killed
Grace Tilden. my companion,''
.'Ye gods."
It's o'clock and I'm afraid to go
to bed I can't wake up and face Aunt
Persis.
And yet down in my heart I'm, dis
tractingIy happy.
A week later.
] have re-read my confession and
the jokes on me.
I fell asleep in my chair that night
and the telephone bell on my table
woke me at eight in the morning. Aunt
Persis was talking to girl. | knew
the voice and listened! l had to with
so much at stake. The girl was my
fiancee-the one who had the ring.
Miss Persis.'' she said, sit will do
him good to let him think he's engag-
ed himself to Grace Tilden. We plan
ned it in a hurry to change places while
he was waiting for me downstairs.
He's terribly blunt and honest, but
adorable, Miss Persis. / think I've
loved him since he chased me with the
burrs Don't give US away ct, please
The jokes too good and he deserves
punishment-
hung up as Curtis came in.
Jolly old world this Copyright
1916, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS.

Having awakened to a realization
that vocational training is one of the
prime necessities of an industrial ma
ton. Indiana is taking time by the
forelock and has begun a statewide
vocational survey to determine how
she may most effectively train the
youth to do their part in increasing
the productive power of their state and
nation.
With the passage by congress of
what is known as the Smith-Hughes
Vocational Education Bill-already
thru the senate appropriations
amounting to more than $1,000, 900
will be available to those states which
are ready to comply with the stipula-
tions of the act.
This legislation. among other things,
will provide money toward the pay
ment of the salaries of teachers of
vocational work and toward the ex-
pense of the training of teachers of
vocational subjects.
The Indiana survey, which is under
the direction of the state board of
education, is seeking to ascertain to
what extent the worker can get on in
his job; to what extent the indus
tries may give special training which
they do not now provide; and to what
extent the schools can be a factor in
providing that training.
1t is also being planned that the
findings and conclusions of this survey
will serve as the basis for the discus
sions at the annual convention of the
National Society for the Promotion Of
Industrial Education which will be
held at Indianapolis in February. next,
thus bringing to focus on the In
diana problem the widest possible CO.
operative judgment and advice in de-
termining just what forms of voca-
tional education will be best suited to
that states needs, and to the needs of
other states as well as many of the
industrial problems that Indiana faces
which are common to those of several
of her sister states.
Charles A. Greathouse, Indiana's
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, who is said to be largely respon
sible for bringing about this survey,
has this to say of its prospective re-
suits: "Out of the findings of this
survey and the recommendation
which will come, Indiana expects to
develop a program of vocational edu-
cation which it will take several years
to work out completely but which will
put Indiana in the forefront of the
American states in the development
of comprehensive program of indus
trial education: In an age of keen
competition in which only the fittest
can survive, it behooves America tn
do its utmost to give its children an
equal chance in life with their COM
petitors in the other great industrial
countries of the world -
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estimate that which one desires and
to underestimate that which one has
got. See the young husband as he
watches his newly-acqui ed wife enter
a friends drawing room. His anxiety
which he often inadequately conceals.
is touching. Aforetime the entrance
of that same young woman into a
drawing room never caused him the
slightest apprehension on the con-
trary, it filled him with delight and
Thanksgiving. Then, her imperfec-
tions, if she had any, somehow consti-
tuted a perfection. If she was tact
turn, her silences were beautifully ex-
pressive. If she gabbled, the stream
of her chatter was delicious. If she
was awkward, a secret grace was in
her awkwardness. But now that he
has got her, the vain fellow is intense
ly afraid lest she may fail to prove to
the world the excellence of his taste"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23

When the Germans, some weeks ago
were making successful inroads on the
defences around Verdun, the an
nouncements were frequent from
Paris that the French positions which
the Germans captured were of little
consequence and practically no stra-
tegic significance. But ever since
these places were lost to the Germans
the soldiers of France have been
fighting valiantly and almost inces-
sanity to regain them, and whenever
they happen to wrest one of their
old positions from the Germans. as
they did recently in the Thiaumont
sector, the French war office labels
the success as one of commanding
proportions And if these positions
have no military Importance, it must
be no more than the moral force and
effect that goes with their retaking
that makes the costly efforts to get
them back so worth while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The poor man not only thinks he
gets the worst of it. He often does.
* * X
Sometimes the price of what passes
for happiness is of painful proper
tons
X * =
A little encouragement is another
of those things that $50 goes a great
way.
4 X x
The man who pays his way will
have q much pleasanter Journey if he
be polite.
X X *
Were time really money, all the
loafers would be wealthy and it also
happens that few of the biggest
ones are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
The Hickeyville Clarion.
NJ ROY X. MoULToN.

Since the movin' pitcher business
started Hoboken, \. j., has been the
scene of about everything that has
ever happened in the world from the
fall of Rome to the European war
A good many statesmen are built
on the bungalow style of architecture
no attic to speak of.
1t beats all what lot of bum cook
ing a Teller kin eat when he is in love.
grow so long that they hang in the
soup.
One of the fellers who amt con-
tented to sit and let trouble over
take him, but feels as tho he must
RIM down the road and meet it, is
the Teller who writes love letters to
another feller's wife.
There are a lot of matinee Idols and
vaudeville strong men in this coun-
try who couldn't make $40 month
on the section.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23

None of the men in the trenches of
Europe are compelled to drink enough
of the wine that is red to make them
see things" Germany is sending
forth a new style aeroplane that is de-
scribed as looking exactly like a flying
whale. In fact, they are calling them
war whales.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
SOME LEMON PICKERs. MAYBE

Arnold Bennett the famous English
novelist. has an article in the October
Woman's Home Companion in which
he talks about how men feel when
they are engaged or married. They
realize they have married human be-
ings instead of divine goddesses. Ben
nett says: The process of reasoning
is not scientific, and inevitably it must
bring disillusion, which means COM
piications. The disiIlusion is precip-
itated by the universal instinct to over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23

Presumably if somebody had esti-
mated the attendance the bigges:
day of the Topeka free fair at $4,000
persons instead of only 1900, the
estimates of the attendance at the big
gest day of the Hutchinson pay-as-
you-entcr fair would have been placed
at 100. 900 instead of only 10000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
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
ganfzatfon 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, 1916-09-23

softly, What do you suppose that
was?'
If We had been in our old home"
Mother Beaver whispered back Il
would have thought that that awful
noise was an owl. It was something
hke an owls call. there's no doubt
about that. But / never heard an owl
that could brighten me So.
Maybe that's just because we feel
strange mere, suggested Father
Beaver. growing Drawer as the 81
fence ntinued. But what was the
other noise -
And again they heard that soft
swish in the water-this time close
to their hiding PLACED Copyrixht-
Clara Ingram Judson)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23

dough is light and ready for the tins.
take enough dough to fill a pie tin
when rolled out one inch thick. Work
tablespoon of sugar into dough, roll
when light, slice peaches and stick
into dough close together, sprinkle
with sugar and little cinnamon
Bake half hour
Peach Cobbler-Make rich biscuit
dough; have it one inch thick But
top thick with sliced peaches. sprinkle
well with sugar. add little CHINA
mon on top of sugar. Bake half
hour. Serve warm.
Peach Short Cake-Make ricn
biscuit dough, have it about one inch
thick, bake twenty minutes in hot
oven While hot, split and butter
each layer well. Have ripe, juicy
peaches sliced thin and sugared:
spread between layers and on top.
Serve warm with sweet cream.
Peach Brown Betty-Three cups
bread crumbs, nalf cup melted but
ter, six large peaches sliced thin, one
cup sugar. Put buttered crumbs IN
baking dish in layers with peaches,
making the last layer of crumbs.
Sprinkle each layer of peaches with
sugar. Bake half hour. Serve warm
with sweet cream. This will serve
six people.
Peach Bavarian Cream-Dissolve
one rounded tablespoon gelatin in
half cup of boiling water, add ha.f
pint soft peaches chopped fine, juice
of half lemon, one cup sugar; let
stand in ice water and when ii
thickens fold into it one pint Of
cream whipped stiff. Turn into mold,
set on ice about two hours. This will
serve eight people. Prepare Bavarian
cream with other fruits. as pineapple,
strawberry. etc, n same manner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23
BED T lMlE TALES
STRANGE NOISES
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON

still there had been no sound, the
beavers began to feel that the danger
was past. And in few minutes more
Father Beaver ventured to whisper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-23

Not Naming Any Names.
There was a dame in our town
Whose appetite was hearty;
She always made her hostess froI
When she went to a party.
ROY X MOULTO
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Nor would it be at all surprising if
these British land battleshiPs,'' the
armored and gun-mounted caterpillar
motor cars ;-bout which so much is
being heard these days. should prove
to be another big flash in the European
war PAN Nothing much has been
heard of late about Germany's famous
42-centimeter howitzers that attracted
so much attention during the carrier
stages of the war. Indeed, there are
some military experts who insist that
Germany was never possessed of such
a gun, or that if she has one of that
size it cannot even come close to doing
the execution or the damage thai has
been placed to it's credit
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