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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01
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Family Vocabulary.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Did you ever realize that there is
such thing as a family vocabulary
in almost every family
The other day 1 was listening to
one of the members of the family who
was talking over the telephone. By
the way, when it is permissible, don't
YOU love to do that? 1t is so interest
ing to reconstruct the other side of
the conversation from what you hear
and then find out afterwards if you
were right Quite like game. To
return to the main road, L heard her
say, Yes, I'd like to come L don
see any reason why l can't, and Will
unless and quick as a flash, before
she could finish my mind supplied the
rest of the phrase, unless something
unforeseen turns up. AND that was
lust what she said.
How did I know? Well, 1 asked
myself that question and answered
because that is part of our family vo-
caDulary. Given these circumstances,
that is what any member OF our ram
lily would probably say.
A day or two later, [ had another
instance of family eXclusiveness IN the
matter of vocabulary.
Some member of the family used
the word "rambunctious." Where did
Won get that word? asked the visiting
lady. Il never heard it before. Did
you coin it for the occasion? 1t GER
tainly was pat cit had been used to
TO describe the actions of my small
nephew when pent up IN the mouse on
a rairy day.
Never heard the word, 'rambunc-
tious' ?" we exclaimed. why that's
common world" And so it does
seem to Us, because it was favorite
word of my mothers. Doubtless. there
are reader friends who will recognize
it as q part of their family vocabulary
just as there will be others like the
visiting lady. who never heard it.
Certain words. like that one, are pc
culiarly part of. the family atmos-
phere. The sound of them will bring
back ones childhood as poignantly
as the most memory freighted fra
GRANGE. Two other words which 1 can
phrase, Now let's spudge round and
get this done quickly" and ''rideout"
in what have you children been do
ing2 This room looks like rideout.''
The flow of family life grooves the
mind into certain ruts as the flow of
rain-water grooves the hillside.
The family menu is one groove
too much of a groove in good many
families.
And the family vocabulary is an
ether groove which also may become
of course it is fine to have as a
family possession words with a flavor
like those I have quoted, but one can
get into too much Of rut in the use
of common words
We ought not to be able to tell what
another is going to say, because we
ought to employ different words for
the same sense from time to time
and keep oursel1 es from saying things
in a routine way
WITH MY LETTER FRIENDS.
OueStiOn-Is a woman safe in the
hands of a man bent on suicide
Should she marry such a one?
AnsWer-If the man is otherwise
perfectly sane and this threat of sui
eide is the only sign of mental un-
balance, she might risk it. But don't
marry him because of the threat, if
you don't want to anyway. Don't let
him bully you into marrying him
That's towards trick-(Protected
Iby the ADAMS Newspaper Service)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01
UNFAIR TO SUPREME COURT.

In the rather acrimonious and some
times violent discussion that's been
aroused by President Wilson's uomi-
nation of Louis D. Brandeis to a place
en- the supreme court, the most I'M
warranted intustices nave been done
that body. And the friends and ad-
mirers of Mr.. Brandeis are the very
ones who have been guilty of them.
They become furious at any susges-
ton that their idol might not be
wholly available timber for this dis
tinguished bench, and in the next
breath they picture this court in such
sorry colors that one might be par
doned for thinking it not fit place
for such a paragon of purity as they
paint Mr.. Bran us to be. Take the
mouthings, for instance, of the IN
dustrial Relations Committee. the pri-
vate organization that is as irrespon-
sibly voluble as was its official 2ore-
bear. the Federal Commission on In
dustrial Relations. A piece Of the
endless stream of literature that is
now flowing from this self-constiSuted
fount of wisdom pertaining to all mat
tiers under the sun and a few beyond
it, possibly, states that 1.-The most in
teresting thing about the storm Of OBJ
position to Louis D. Brandeis' APP
point Aent to the Supreme Court is the
way it has shown up that august boGy
as the guardian and protector of
Privilege and the Established Order
Hands OFF, say the Sons of
Privilege, The Supreme Court is our
property" OF course, the supreme
court needs no defenders. Its actions,
decisions and opinions, speak Xor
themselves But could any sugGes-
tions or insinuations be more outra-
geously unfair? And as they apply
especially to the activities of the SUI
preme court for the last decade and
longer, the supreme court of today.
In a large variety of cases of most
momentous concern, its decisions have
uniformly been in the interests Of the
people, the workers and the consuIn-
ers, as against the demands of what
the bushwhackers of the Industrial
Relations Committee are pleased 20
style the ''Sons of Privilege" Such a
prophet of political righteousness as
William Allen White has repeatedly
pointed out in detail that the supreme
court of the United States is the most
radically progressive department of
the whole government. Such it is. It
has sustained and upheld all the i'm
portant social legislation that has been
written on the statute books of the
federal government and the several
state during the past few years.
1t has sustained all the legisla-
ton for the control regulation
and special taxation of all sorts
of corporations not only by the
federal government but also by the
Individual states as we'll 1t mas
placed it's nroval on the law to tax
incomes 'srhe Property of the Sons
of Privilege Bah. 1t is the prop
erty of the masses and it is ever cham
pioning their causes. Mr. BrandeIs
might well wish to be delivered from
few of his friends. They are doing
him more harm than good. And he is
likely to be confirmed by the senate
for the supreme court vacancy, as lie
should be, in spite of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

News that Felix Diaz is headed in
a roundabout way for Mexico for the
purpose of launching a revolution
against Carranza de facto govern
nent has a most reasonable. ring to it.
It is also only a repetition of the his
tory of Mexico during the past Few
wears that was to be expected. And
the old Mexican story of one revolu-
ton after another will probably con-
tinue as long as Uncle Sam main
tafns his policy of ''watchful waiting, -
which, as matter of fact, is no pol
icy at all, or one that has no destina-
ffou
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01
On the Spur
of the Moment
BY ROY K. MoJLTON.

Learning Ia Mode.
In latter days whene'er man finds that he
He knows that he can get 1t If he isn't
quite a fool
He sits him down and figures out scheme
that's sure to grow,
And then he writes an ad and starts
correspondence school.
They teach horseshoeing now by mail, the
barber trade well.
They teach you how to run motorcycle
aeroplane.
Hairdressing, manicuring and too many
arts to tell;
They even teach you how to run machines
that will make rain.
Short story writing is thing they dearly
love to teach,
Although they do not teach how to sell
the stuff you write
They tell you how to darn sock. or how
to make a speech;
They also reach you how to breathe, to
walk, to chew, to bite.
They teach you how to clean felt hats and
make lot of dough,
Or how to run trunk railroad and make
million cool
If there is anything on earth that you
Just send your check and leave it 10 the
correspondence school,
Nobody Satisfied.
Things are never just as we would
have them. In the city the tired
business man lies down to sleep. but
an endless procession of little demons
are marching through his brain and
he just lies there and wishes he was
living in some quiet little country
town, far away from the turmoil of
trade. How he would sleep then
Over in Pewamo, a typical rural
town. the tired native crawls into
bed and closes his eyes. He would
like to sleep, but he can't, for out
there on the four corners of the burg
is a windmill, owned by the town. 1t
seems bent upon proving that munich
pal ownership is a success, for with
every breeze the big wheel turns,
whether the water tank needs re-
plenishing or not, and with every turn
of the wheel there is an unearthly
sound like the wall of a lost soul
Citizens say the mill needs oiling, but
there seems to be no official oiler in
the place, and so the wheel goes on
squeaking and the tired citizens con-
tinue cursing and wishing they lived
in the city, where windmills are I'M
known.
Bachelors Advice.
To all daughters of Eve who have
leap year intentions a well-known
bachelor offers advice concerning the
habits, characteristics and DISPOSE
tons of various sorts of men, which
is intended to help the girls win their
hearts desires without suffering re-
buff in the process. he says:
Don't propose to a man who has
just a thin upper lip. He'll scorn
you.
Don't propose to a man who has
of his neck. He loves neither home
nor wife.
Don't propose to a man with super
critical eye. He'll make you sorry.
Don't propose to man who has a
restrained, quiet, Indifferent manner
or a purely selfish disposition.
Propose to a man who has full
but not too full lips. He will love
you.
Propose to a man who has good
sized bump at the base of his head.
He's a good family man and loves
wife and home. 5-.r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01
THE LIMIT OF DEVOTION.

THE LIMIT OF DEVOTION.
Dear Heart, III dance with you all night,
From eight to-any hour you please,
But this | swear with all my might,
l will not go to Dancing Teas,
To trip with you is pure delight,
You float like nilkweed on the breeze,
But though / love to trot, all right,
l will not go to Dancing Teas!
Pale, slender youths whose brains are
slight
Can trot all afternoon with ease
But don't class with them-not quite.
l will not go to Dancing Teas,
At nighttime. when the lights are bright
I'll step till l strain my knees;
BY day. I've too much work in sight,
/ will not go to Dancing Teasi
-Berton Braley in Harper's Magazine for
February.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.1

From the Chicago News.l
Green chauffeurs make fat repair
shops.
The stage is all right; it is the pub
lie that needs elevaping.
Better get busy. girls. It's long
time between leap years.
Men deliberately lie, while women
merely suppress the truth.
You seldom meet a married man
who admits that ne knows it all.
More men are willing to say nothing
than to amputate wood with a saw.
Unless you have unlimited conf
dence in your appetite it's unwise to
order scrambled eggs in a careless
restaurant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

of the still, sunny air Aren't you
glad that storm is over?" said one
fairy And that old Mr.. North Wind
has gone back to the North Pole?"
asked another. "And 1 hope he isn't
coming back again this year" added
third.
But the joke was on those fairies,
for Mr. North Wind was sleeping
right under that very tree. And he
walked ur just in time to hear all that
they said,s Think of that! aas
I'll go away for week. he spoke
up and said. f''if you'll stand out 1sere
and let me look at you," r
So the three fairies bravely stepped
out and let the North Wind see them,
ana then he blew off up north and
they had a fine quiet time.--(Copy-
right-Clara Ingram Judson. )s4,lz57 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01
Journal Entries

Few mistakes are as serious as they
seem at first.
i =
No matter how wise a man may be
he is likely to stage foolish stunt
occasionally.
!. = J.
It's generally in the imagination of
their friends that baldheaded men are
sensitive about it.
= + j
Considering the fact that men are
measured almost solely by their faults,
they make a pretty good showing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

How nice and gentlemanly of Villa
to designate one of his many wives as
his official spouse. And evidently he
isn't planning on spending much of
his time ir the future with any of the
others What they might have to say
on the honor conferred on their rival
might not be pleasant for the bandit to
hear. A woman scorned isn't usually
a pleasant companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

Under a recent ruling of the United
States department of agriculture, eggs
must be 95 per cent good to enjoy the
privileges of interstate commerce.
This, of course isn't a standard for
the Individual egg, but applies to the
bulk of an egg shipment, and it seems
to be a fail one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01
For the Baby.

EGf tIlC E6aDy.
New Way to Put on Diaper-Fold
diaper nearly square, making it
deeper than wide. with four thick
nesses. Catch a little to the left of
center of lower edge and draw up
between the legs, pinning to the up
per left corner of diaper; do the
same with the right side. Then bring
the lower corners around the legs
above the knees and pin, catching
the stockings from underneath with
same pin.
This gives a neat, drawer-like ap-
pearance on the baby, leaves more
room for the discharges, making it
impossible for any to escape, covers
the body from well above the waist
to knees without the uncomfortable
wad of cloth between the thighs
which can deform them to some ex-
tent. This way is especially recon-
mended for the male child.
Tea Puffs-Two and one-q quarter
cups of flour, three cups milk, three
eggs, beaten separately; three tea
spoons of melted butter, little salt.
Bake in muffin tins in hot oven.
Lemon Raisin Pie-The grated rind
and juice of one lemon. one cupful of
chopped seeded raisins, one-half cup
of good molasses, one-half cup OF
sugar one-quarter teaspoon of salt,
one and one-half cups of water and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

Regardless of the merits of Presi-
dent Wilson'S position in respect to
the rights OF Americans on merchant
vessels armed for defense, it assured
ly isn't very consistent with the atti-
tude that has prevailed with his ad-
ministration in warning Americans
out of Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

President Wilson has evidently
knocked his too proud to fight at
titude into a cooked hat for all time
His latest observation in the premises
is: I would be just as much ashamed
to be rash as 1 would be to be cow
ard. Probably his too proud TO
fight announcement was merely an
oratoricaI ebulitiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

Oh. surely, it is not as bad as all
that, But the New York Sun, after
a considerable analysis of President
Wilson'S literary style, illustrated IN
a profusion of correspondence tlnos
him guilty of "adverbial overintensl-
ties" and adjectival protestations' to
an extent subversive to clear rhetoric.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

Presumably the recent visit of Gen
eral Snow 20 Kansas again saved" all
of the wheat crop that wasn't dam
aged beyond repair by the blanket of
ice that covered it for so long. And
the probabilities are that not so much
or the cror in the aggregate was seri-
ously hurt in that fashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

And the recent visitation OF spring
like weather evidently tasted so good
that not a few folk are actually KICK
ing over the present variety. How
ever it has occasionally been below
zero in Kansas at this period of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Spring cannot be so very far away
The players on the rosters OF the
major league baseball clubs are be-
ginning to gather at their preseason
training camps in the southland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

Some of the robins that were in
such hurry to beat it to these parts
are probably afflicted by this time
with severe attacks of cold feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

That Texas girl who is the con-
fessed slayer of one man and the wife
of another At IS has had a rather ex-
citing life for her years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01

F'ULl4 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
gnuizntion. for the exclusive afternoon
Publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The state jour
unl building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01
Household Hints
DINNER MENU.

DINNER MENU.
Cream of Carrot Soup
Crackers Dill Pickles
Stuffed Veal Roast Cranberries
Escaloped Potatoes
Combination Vegetable Salad with
Roquefort Cheese Dressing
Graham Pudding, Hard Sauce
Coffee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-01
MIR. NORTH WIND GETS HIS WISH.

quiet too; and Mr. North Wind still
slept the sleep of the tired.
About noon of that second quiet
day. three little fairies poked their
ncc7- o-'t of hiding and took q i,~saffl
Arizona republican., 1916-12-21
DIED TO A MARTIAL AIR

A battalion of French chasseurs stationed in tho Vosges was attacked and a short but lively battle ensued. The commander. favorably known for many brave deeds in action. was rid ing before the gront of his battalion: by his own example inspiring his men on 10 greater valor. He was mcrtally wounded. When # was discovered that his case was hopeless and life was ebbng away. he was asked If he had any wish.
 Yes. let the buglers come said the dying officer. Sound the march of Sidi Brahim.'
 The buglers placed themselves around the dying chief and sounded the glorious march while life was go- ing out, and he died while the strains of the martial march were on the air.
 The name of "Sidi Brahim" Was given to that march in commemora- ton of the desperate defense offered by three companies of the chassuers of the Montanga column. attacked by Abd -el- Hader during the Algerian conquest on September 22 and g. ISi5. Most of the little column was massacred. The survivors took refuge in the Mosque of Sidi Brahim. a near by village. where they held out. with out food or water. for two days and then cut their way back to the French camp.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-21
THE STARS

To go into solitude, man needs to retire as mych from his chamber as from society. l am not solitary while read and write. though nobody is with me. But if man would be alone. let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate him and what he touches. One might think the atmos- "he-e was made transparent with this design, 10 give man. in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities. how would men believe and adore: md preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city Of God which had Deen shown, But every night como out these envoys Of hearty and light the universe with their admonishng smile.-Emerson
Arizona republican., 1916-12-21
LOVE ME LITTLE. LOVE ME LONG

Love me little, love me long, Is the burden of my song: Love that is too hot and strong
 Burneth soon to waste Stll l would not have thee cold Not too backward. nor too bold; Love that lasteth till 'tis old
 Fadeth not in haste. Love me little, love me long, Is the burden of my song. If thou lowest mo too much, Twill not prove as true q touch. Love me little more than such
 For 1 fear the end I'm with little content. And q little from thee sent Is enough. with true intent
 To be steadfast. friend Say thou lowest me, while thou live to thee my love will give. Never dreaming to deceive
 While that life endures. Nay and after death. in sooth. to thee win keep my truth. As now when in my May of youth
 This my love assures. Constant love is moderate ever, And it will through life preserve. Give me that with true endeavor-
 will it restore. < suit of durance let it be, For all weathers-that for me For the land or for the sea:
 Lasting evermore. Winters cold or summers heat, Auiumn's tempest on it beat; It can never know defeat,
 Never can rebel: Such the love that l would gain. Such the love. I tell thee plain. Thou must give. or woo in vain:
 So to thee-farewell.
 Anonymous.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-21
BY LOUIS HART

The Coyotes took the Tempe Nor nal baske- bah tossers into camp by the score cf 2S-25 at the Armory last night. IL was a rough and tum- hle game from the first whistle To the last
 The Phoenix High students made a very poor showing in attendance at tFe game Tempe Normal out cllssed them in roofing. Out of the thousand students in P H. S, fifty were present. while the visitors ""h at least a hundred. The High school faculty made a better showing ,"a.i the students, there being nearly twenty of the Profs. and their wives at tue game.
 Phoenix High outclassed their op- ponents in nearly every stage of the game. but at that they played poorly The team vas poor in judging dis tance and failed in placing the ball in the basket Lyall. Doyle. Wright anc Chaney starred for Phoenix while Bond Goodwin starred for the Normal.
 The game was the toughest played this season. The referee was an customer and in the east they play the open game. The first half opend without urnnires. The whole game
Arizona republican., 1916-12-21
PHOENIX TOSSERS TAKE TEMPE
 TEAM INTO CAMP AFTER FIGHT

woCld have been played without these officials if the players could have behaved themselves Tempe started the rough stuff and Phoenix finished it. Il ended with the officials being placed pack in the game. Harry L.. Osborne of Phoenix umpired the first part of the last half and Coach Sctaeff-r Of the Tempe Normal um- pred the rest of the game Both of ficials were more than square
 As far as team work vas con cerneG both teams played together. hut PhceuiX tCok the shade over their opponents with tricky and Drainv plavs r}ut eo~n both ""a-'- were trying to lay each other out for the count and werc successful sv,e.... times. The game as a whole wa- the fastest that has ever been played in the Armory.
 one of the prettiest spills of the evening was made by Captain Wright of Phoenix when he get into squab- hle with Goodwin of Tempe. Good - win got too near Wright's shoulder Wright lifted his opponent over his head and threw him about five feet In the air
 First Half
 The first half opened win Doyle cf high md Bond. Of Normal. at