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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18
DISCIPLINE IN WAR.

In the army discipline is accepted as
a matter of course. writes Martin
Marshall in Leslies The making of
a soldier out of a civilian is not so
much teaching him how to shoot and
use a bayonet as it is hammering the
individuality out of him and making
him realize that he personally doesn't
court for anything and that his cause
is everything. In the old days disci-
pline was for the soldier only. He
went out and met the enemy and the
result of the war was settled largely
on the battlefields. But with a war
that is fought largely with machinery;
with battle plans that call for the ex-
penditure of millions of dollars worth
of complicated and expensive am
munition in a single hour; with ma
chine guns replacing the high-power
and complicated rifles; with motor
transport and submarines and airships
of various kinds; with new and gil
gantic guns with the Importance of
railway transport, and with all the
other factors of modern war, the sol
der does not fight alone, but in closest
economic touch with every man, wom-
and child of his country. 1t isn't
enough to pay taxes and send your
dearest relatives to the war. Every
citizen has got to get down to hard
pan and do his part if his country is
not to be defeated and overrun and
! obliterated. 1t is incumbent upon the
man of millions to save every cent he
can so that he may loan his surplus
to the government. In a lesser de-
gree it devolves on every one down to
the day laborer to do the same. And
equally it is the duty of every one
from navy to millionaire to produce
something by his own efforts to pour
! into the ravenous NAV of war. Not the
marvellous military machine of Ger
many alone is responsible for the
wonderful showing made by the Cen
trail empires. The discipline Of the civil
population, the old men, the young
boys, the lame, and infirm not able
| to bear arms, and the vast body OF
women, has played its important part
III every campaign. France realized
this early in the war, and there has
been no more magnificent spectacle
of a people assuming a staggering
burden than the French have shown
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18

until light by adding a little cream.
form into balls, scoop out a spoonful
and insert grated cheese, cover and
let brown in oven.
Tho Table.
Potato Boats for Luncheon-Select
even-sized, large. oblong potatoes
with nice clear skin, and scrape thor
oughly. Pour boiling water over
them and let stand ten or fifteen
minutes. Wipe dry and place in oven
to bake. When nice and mealy (test
with toothpiclz), take out and cut in
half lengthwise. Scoop out potato
carefully Ito save shells), put into
hot bowl or deep pan and add the
following: Pepper and salt, parsley
chopped (fine) and butter to taste.
Add hot milk to make it very light
and puffy after a vigorous beating
with eggbeater. Drop this back into
shells Cheap high but do not pack
DOWN and top with stiffly beaten
white of eggs and grated dry cheese.
Put all filled shells in shallow pan
and toast egg white i'm oven. Serve
hot with fresh crabs and mayon-
naise, garnished with sprigs of pars-
ley; bread and butter sandwiches cut
very thin. demitasse and whipped
cream Finish with any desired fruit
cocktail.
Stuffed Apples With Cream-Nine
apples one cup ground pineapple, one
cup ground walnuts, one pint whipped
cream sweetened to taste. Remove
cores fro naples and bake. Arrange
each on lettuce leaf. Fill cavities
with the pineapple and walnuts
ground together. Garnish with whip
ped cream and serve cold.
Quick Rarebit-Three tablespoons
butter, one pint milk. one ten-cent
package sharp cheese; the whole
creamed together and cooked. then
poured over waters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18

Reports that Zapata and Felix Diaz
will give aid to Villa should not be
very disturbing. Zapatas force was
never a very large one. It's a guerilla
band, pure and simple and was active
with its murder and robbery even in
the days of Porfirio Diaz. And Felix
Diaz is in Cuba, so about the only aid
he can give to Villa will take the form
of words. Felix Diaz is unique among
Mexican patriots" He won't even
take a chance of suffering personal
injury. He always does his fighting
with his mouth and from a place on
the sidelines that is far removed
from danger zones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18

Great Britain was show to realize.
Politically one of the freest nations in
the world, rich, socially fnelastic, the
British people had developed a dan
gerous amount of individualism. 1t
was hard to bend their necks to the
yoke of war-indeed they have not
done it as a whole even yet, but the
grim pressure of events is having its
effect. That is what puts gentle,
wealthy women into the munitions
factories to toll at unaccustomed work
for long hours each day. 1t has clad
peers of the realm in jumpers to do
the most laborious tasks. 1t has
prompted the rich and the luxurious
to cut down their expenditures. A king
and many commoners have renowned
alcoholic drinks until the end of the
war. The labor unions have relin-
pushed some part of the advantages
they have won through many hard
fought years, that the production of
th-dealing weapons may be in
creased. With all these sacrifices their
leaders are still pleading with the
British people to submit themselves to
even more rigid discipline.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18

of forgetting where he put his hat,
and expecting his wife to remember,
though perhaps she wasn't at home
when he deposited it; of reading the
baseball news at breakfast while his
coffee grows lukewarm and the grid
die cakes turn into India rubber, and
other pleasing tricks. These are hard
to bear, and it seems to a woman
sometimes as if they were done on
purpose to annoy her. But that is
farthest from her husbands thought;
in fact, he doesn't think about it at
all. That's the reason why he does
it. There is no excuse for such mad
dening tricks, except for the wife to
remember that she has human failings
as well as he. and that in all proba-
bility she has many faults and man
nerisms that are exactly as disagree
able to her husband as his are to her.
And this is not paIliation for such
conduct; it is a sort of tit for tat, a
quid pro quo. And if this thought is
properly assimilated, it both humbles
a too naughty spirit and is a comfort
to poor human nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18
Glob e Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE

Patriotism rarely consists of voting
a straight ticket
There is also the sort of morality
that is due to cold feet
Most men are busy enough not to
want to serve on a jury.
When a man says plain talk, he
means unpleasant talk.
A friend is a useful institution if
you don't use him too much.
Sometimes a line of hot air is dig
nified by calling it a propaganda.
1t seems impossible for one to do
his duty and keep off everybody's
toes.
While one is paying interest he
shouldn't lead too many reform move
ments.
that part of an illness the doctors fail
to understand.
1t wasn't a lack of raw material
which eliminated the shell game as a
side line of the circus.
If equal rights obtained, the woman
would get the same punishment as the
man if equally guilty.
Those who expect too much of
woman's refining influence in politics,
don't know politics very well.
Evil as gossip is, you may have OBJ
served that a gossip never has to post
pone the performance for lack of an
audience.
Well behaved children are admired
more than any other kind. and the
rare specimen in other lines is also apt
to attract favorable attention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18
WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN.

WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN.
When my ship comes in and have riches
OF rubies and diamonds, and bright yellow
gold,
I shall give to the needy, the sick and the
sad
And do all can to make the world glad.
When my ship comes in
When my ship comes in loaded down to
the wales
With its burden of love wrapped up in
great bales,
I shall give love out freely to all who have
Regardless of goodness. regardless of
When my ship comes in.
When my ship comes in from the far away
isles
With its wonderful cargo of laughter and
smiles.
1 shall scatter my treasures all over the
earth
And fill this old world with pleasure and
mirth-
When my ship comes in.
When my ship comes inf I'm not far too
old,
Or my heart is not hard, my sympathy
cold,
I shall do some wonderful things for man
But my doing fear will be in my mind
If 1 wait for my ship to come in.
DAVID BILLIARD HAGGARD.
Phillipsburg, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18
En- ening Chat
Too Much Pity.

you dear, patient thing" said the
visiting lady, chow sweet you are to
her! I know she's real nice, but if
you'll excuse my saying so, she's
rather trying sometimes. She's an
old neighbor of mine, you know, my
dear. I've known her longer than
you have, if she is your husband s
aunt, and 1 know that, like the rest of
US, she has some trying ways. And
then, too, it's hard to have a third
person always in the house, no matter
how nice they are"
In the hostesss cheeks, during this
speech the color had been slowly ris-
ing. When her visitor finished, she
spoke in the heSitant, word-choosing
manner of one who is trying to say
something difficult in just the right
way.
''Thank you, Mrs. Martin, it's aw-
fully good of you to call me patient;
but do you mind if 1 ask you not to
pity me?''
At that. the visitors color also
heightened.
Il beg your pardon" she said, g"
The hostess leaned forward impul-
sively and laid her hand on her Wis
itor's. "Oh, please, Mrs. Martin, don't
be angry with me. l like you so well,
and we're such friends, don't let me
spoil it. I'll tell you just why 1 said
i
when Philips aunt first came here
to live 1 liked her so much. AS you
! say she has some trying ways, but to
be frank, so have my own people. And
1 knew she had to be here and 1 hao
my mind made up to being happy
with her"
She paused a moment. Then" she
went on, people began to pity me be-
cause 1 had to have a third person in
the house and because she did have
some queer little ways And before l
knew it 1 found I had begun to pity
myself.
and from that I began to feel
critical and antagonistic towards her.
When she did any little thing that !
didn't just like, instead of passing it
over as 1 had before, I made a griev-
ance of it to myself. Things went on
like that until by and by 1 found my
self actually stiffening up when she
came into the room. There were
times when it seemed as if 1 must tell
her how she annoyed me.
and then-well, something hap
pened which made me realize how
dreadful it would be if she found out
how L felt. Why, it would break her
| heart, for she's fond of me and she
thinks I'm fond of her (and 1 ann
and she tries to help and not be any
| bother, and 1 know she does just as
well as anyone who isn't in ones i'm
mediate family could do.
And so, 1 made up my mind to stop
plying myself and get out of the
whole attitude. Lots of such troubles
are just matter of attitude. 1 know
that isn't new, but I never really
senSed it as I did in this case. If l
| take it as a matter of course that she
shall be here I seldom think anything
about it.
| There, 1 didn't mean to make such
a long speech, but L did want you to
! \ n ms Inv / In NJ
anyone to pity me and get me to
! thinking I'm a martyr. And, oh, Mrs.
Martin, do hope you aren't displeased
with mel"
The visiting lady took the hand that
| had been laid on hers and patted it
Indeed, I'm not displeased, my dear, -
she said. you're many years younger
than 1 am, but you've taught me !;
valuable lesson today protected
/ by the Adams Newspaper Service.).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18

One evening Filter was playing
idlv about by himself. All his broth
ers and sisters and cousins happened
to be busy about their own affalrs,
and as Filter had been lucky III find
ing a good supper early in the evening,
he had time to spare before me even
ing games began. He did not know. as
Won and I do, that time to spare"
often means trouble!
.sI've often wondered about that
hollow where Slippy said the Hoot owl
lived" said Filter to himself, as he
stood poised on branch near the old
erapevine home of the mice. Il don't
believe he lives there any more. 1
have listened for several nights now
and not a sign of a Hoot Owl have L
heard. That was foolish tor the mice
to desert so good a home just for an
owl-they'1l be glad to know that he is
gone. Then they can go back there if
they care to-
He listened carefully. Not a sound
was heard through the woods but the
soft drop, drop, as of falling twigs or
Ieaves-that was Filters brothers and
sisters and cousins doing their evening
work. though one would never have
guessed IT.
Il think I'll explore his old hole
I'm sure he's not there, and it will be
a brave thing to make certain"
Now Filter did not realize that it
is never a brave thing TO deliberately
run into danger-just for sport. He
did not have to hunt out the owl
home the mice were satisfied ana
happy in their new home; and down
in the bcttoIn of his heart. Filter
must have known that he was doing
this just to get the praise that would
come when he told the timid mice
what he had done There were many
things that Filter did not stop to
think about, so it's not much wonder
that he failed to consider that ii is
the motive, not the danger. which de-
termines the bravery of an act.
He flew down from his perch and
ran up the trunk of the tree where
Slippy had told him the owl lived !:
straight up the trunk to the hole he
ran. Then he advanced, slowly and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18
Jdyhawker Jots

The Kansas Industrialist sounds this
warning to skirts" Shoes will be
higher this spring.
AS the Barber County Index puts it:
March came in like a lion and has
been acting as a whole menagerie ever
since.
And many a man who loves his
enemy says the Lebanon Times.
carries it around with him in a pocket
flask.
Noting that st. Patrick's day falls
on Friday and is in the light of the
moon, the Madison News predicts a
record-breaking crop of potatoes this
year.
F. Lalodge of New Hope, Chase
county, doesn't have time to say much.
The Chase County Leader reports that
he sawed wood on Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday of a recent week.
A Seneca man claims he has an
$4,000 watch. Once upon time he
traded a lot in Abilene for the watch.
A hotel was built upon the lot, and
the other day it sold for $4,000.
The girl never lived who believed a
man when he said she was the first
one, declares the University Daily
Kansan. And in SO per cent of the
cases, the girls diagnosis is correct.
A suggestion from the High School
reporter of the Russell Reformer: If
]
it is to have a boil on your arm, try
wearing wrist watch for half day.
There is a scarcity of beans for gar
| den purposes, says the Blue Rapids
Times, and as every other calamity is
laid at the door of the war, it is prob
able that the soldiers are firing them
| for bullets
It's readers are advised by the Grant
County Republican that those high
mounds of yellow or white seen over
the country are not Indian mounds
nor distant views of Pixies Peak, but
are piles of grain lying on the ground
until it can be hauled off.
| Alice Murdoch of the Ell Dorado
| Republican, wants to know if the old
fashioned girl is wanted back again.
And Herb Cavaness of the Chanute
| Tribune suggests that before a deci-
sion in the premises is reached Miss
! Murdoch should specify whether she
/ refers to the one who wore hoops,
! the one who wore curls, or the one
who frolicked along with a hustle.
Says Obey Weaver in his Sedgwick
Paragraph: The joke was on the
robin and not the grounding this year
49,. Be careful when you meet a man
who lets you do all the talking ....
Biting into an apple and finding a
worm is bad enough, but finding halt
a worm is worse. When you
think how easily people jar loose from
/ their money, dom you feel ashamed
of the fact that you don't get more
| of it.
An editor cannot be too careful in
attending to his P's and Q's and other
letters, as the following from the Leb-
anon Times indicates:
One letter caused us to tell pretty
big one in last Fridays paper. We
said J. G. Brown and wife were the
parents of a baby boy, when we
should have said ]. F. Brown and wife
southeast of town. We are not alone
however. Gene Eldred keeps a bunch
of nice little pants at the shoe store,
and as soon as he read the local,
wraps up a pair of the pants and sends
them to J. c.. Brown for the new son.
| Thus far we have both escaped, but
there is no telling what will happen
when ]. c. and Mrs. Brown meet US.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18

ing when Mrs. Jordans exclamation
cut him short.
"Oh mother, are you homer" This
is Mr.-Jasper, the jumper, didn't you
say? He came in a balloon and he's
helping me with dinner
But Mrs. Jordan had fled. Her face
was enough to make Abner himself
fly to the kitchen to investigate the
trouble. Whats wrong - whats
wrong?'
He stood for an instant as had his
Then, ''Whoo-ee. If
it amt the judge! What's happened
and what in time are you doing?"
Helping to get my own dinner
You See-plague take the old icing. t
won't stick. 1 came Unexpectedly.
The parachute man got sick and, my
room being next to his in the hotel,
did what 1 could for him and offered
to fill his contract today He needed
the money and it's cinch to do it.
came of a family of athletes, you
know. If you'll be so kind as to lend
me horse I'll get to town and change
to company clothes, and perhaps when
return I'll get a chance to show
Miss Jenifer that I'm not all but
foon. 1 really do know that Homer
past was a poet and Homer present
is grand opera singer, Miss Jordan
We'll, keep it to yourself if You do,
she laughed I'm going to have you
show me the best way to make fudge
Copyright, 1915, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.I

from the Chicago News.1
All potatoes have eyes. and some
have specs.
Only fool has the nerve to boast of
his good sense.
A shanty on earth is worth mora
than q castle in the air
About every ten years an old joke s
given a new lease of life.
Stepping on a banana peel has en-
abled q lot OF men to go their length.
1t is easier for some men to smile in
4 saloon than after reaching home.
A mars intellect doesn't seem to
have anything in common with his
happiness.
Don't blame girl for assuming a
striking attitude when she's trying to
make a hit.
Even the man who is tired of this
world is seldom in a hurry to move
/ on to the next.
Men can't understand why women
worry over trifles ana women can't
understand why men do not.
When there is a famine in the mat
rimoniai field at home q girl goes to
some other town to study music or
: teach school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18
Household Hints

What To Do With Leftover Potatoes.
1t is surprising how many people
throw away cold mashed. potatoes as
unpalatable. Once we realize the
many ways in which they may be
utilized and made palatable, we will
not only use the leftover ones, but be
sure and make enough so as to have
some left.
Potato and Nut Croquettes-Two
cups cold mashed potatoes, one
fourth cup of bread crumbs, one
fourth cup of cream, one half cup of
nut meats, yolk of esq. Cook
crumbs, cream and egg until thick,
then blend with potatoes, add nuts,
season well, shape in croquettes, roll
In cracker crumbs and egg, and fry in
hot lard.
Potato and Egg-Fil ramikins
with mashed potatoes (use dots ii
butter firsD, then scoop out enough
so that an egg may be placed in the
center OF each. Season, and bake
until egg is done.
Potatoes in Sweet Peppers-Use
leftover potatoes and mix with a few
olives (crt fine), celery, nuts and, if
add. Use just suggestion of onion
and some cayenne pepper. Fill pep
pers and bake until tender.
Potato Fondue- Add some milk or
cream to the cold potatoes and heat,
then beat until very light, add the
yolk of an egg, also the white beaten
stiff, separately Put in casserole
and cover with half cup of cream
and sprinkle with dry bread crumbs
Bake.
Potato and Cheese-Beat potatoes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record. ]


Fortunate is he" says the Cynicai
Bachelor, whose first love is his last"
You never can tell. Many a golden
opportunity becomes furnished from
lack of use.
A man has got to be pretty high up
to be above suspicion and above re-
proach.
The world takes the average man
for what he is worth, but it doesnt
take him very far.
Just because a man is a rounder
it doesn't necessarily indicate that he
moves in the best circles.
When a fellow is down and out
everybody knows it. You can't lose
your money and keep it to yourself
Even sound advice may be picked
to pieces, and you may find that it is
three parts sound. and one part advice.
A skeptic is man who goes into
a scheme on the ground floor and i'm
mediately looks around for the fire
escapes.
Wigg-'I wonder why artists mod
els have such poor regulations ?'
Wagg-''Tm sure I don't know. They
are seldom as bad as they are paint
ed"
Nell-"They have been married
only a few months, but they don t
seem to agree very WELL Belle-''No,
they are continually quarreling about
the best way to make each other
happy"
"A little learning is a dangerous
thing" quoted the Wise Guy. 'Oh. 7
don't know" said the Simple Mug
TT has its mission. If it wasn't for
the young man just out of college, the
rest of the world wouldn't realize how
little it knows"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-18

In Mexico, at any rate, money would
seem to be unable to make the mare
go very far. Villas currency has been
absolutely worthless for some time,
except when a Villista is in a position
to demand its acceptance at the point
OF gun. And the Carranza dollar
now has value ranging from a half
cent to two cents in American money
All of this is pretty conclusive evidence,
II any were needed, that money must
have something behind it to make it
worth anything besides the mere fiat
of a government.