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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
EUening Chat
Convincing Ones Self.
BY RUTH CAMERON.


We had been listening one afternoon
to a warm argument between the
Cynic and Molly the little stenog-
rapher lady.
To my regret, I had to leave before
the battle was over. The next day 1
saw the Authorman. Did the Cynic
convince MolIy?' 1 asked
No" said the Authorman; but he
convinced himself"
What do you mean?"
Didn't you notice how lukewarm
he was when he started, and how he
warmed up when Molly began to OPP
pose him? Well, before he got
through he had thoroughly convinced
himself that his stand was right, and
now it will be a matter of pride with
him to stick to it. Haven't you
noticed how many people convince
themselves that way?"
I hadn't before, but I have since
then.
Just the other day I heard a bust
ness man arguing with some one who
was suggesting to him more efficient
method of arranging a certain detail.
The business mans objection had at
first been the instructive objection of
the conservative man to anything new,
but when he found himself met by ex-
cellent arguments he seemed to bristle
out with an obstinate determination to
prove that the idea was not good.
Ultimately he succeeded in con-
vincing himself so thoroughly that
even if anyone had shown him in gold
dollars the money that idea had saved.
l am sure he would have felt it a mat
ter of pride to adopt it.
When you argue, reader friends.
what is your aim, to defend your idea
or to find out where truth lies?
AS your opponents arguments grow
SIR Il inc nf in
yourself to be influenced by them,
grow more ultimate and more de-
termined not to be convinced?
A woman. who has always been
strongly on one side of the big woman
questions, told me the other day that
she was frightened at herself. The
cause of her fear was this
st find myself trying to think up
some convincing sounding answer to
make to the new arguments on the
other side instead of considering
whether they have any truth in them
or not
An excellent cause of fear. but how
few people would ne fair-minded
enough to be troubled by it,
Truth is the greatest thing in life
the core. the essence, the prime factor
of all the realities
The love of truth burns away the
barriers of prejudice and self-will and
leaves the mind open. An open mind
is one of the finest and rarest things
in the world.
With My Letter Friends.
Question-PIease Yell how a man
and there are thousands of him-can
best live and keep a family of six or
seven on a wage of seventeen cents per
hour and nine hours per day?
Answer-If he works six full days
that gives him nine dollars and eigh-
teen cents a week. I don't see how it
can possibly be done If any of my
readers know how to work such a
miracle perhaps they would like to
communicate their knowledge through
me- Protected by the Adams News
paper Service.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
Jayh lots

Smile, when things go tarnation
wrong, urges the Athol Record, buck
your courage with a song, luck can't
lose you very long, if you smile.
Lost Creek, Lincoln county, enjoyed
the unique experience of seeing the
Old Year close and the New Year ush-
cred in with a thunder shower
A friendly tip for everybody from
the Humboldt Union, but more partic-
ularly, presumably, for the girls: This
is leap year. but you had better look
before you leap.
When a seIf-made man continually
reminds you that he is self-made. it is
time, insists the OskalOosa Times, to
keep your eye on him and your hand
on your pocketbook.
a boy likes to bring home prob
lem that will puzzle father, as the Will
son County Citizen says, but his great
est mathematical delight is to find
one which worries the teacher.
Children who never have been COM
PEELED to obey their parents, develop
into young men with little respect for
the law, declares the Lansing Square
Deal. and less respect for others 1t
is only short step from that condi-
ton to downright criminality Who is
to blanche parents, children or So
ciety?
Related by Mrs. Homer Hoch in the
Marion Record: The Sunday school
teacher had explained a little piece
of poetry TO her class which spoke of
doing good deeds and so letting your
light shine to those around you. One
small boy spoke up and said: short
lie Jones Joined church when he was
nine, didn't he?" The teacher replied:
Yes, and l am glad he did" And the
small boy answered: well, 1 amt
seen much light shinin' around Short
lie lately when he played shinney and
football 'ceptin' the stars 1 saw when
l hit the ground"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
MARY sHEPHERDEss

When the heron's in the high wood and
MA, the last long burrows sown,
With the herded cloud before her and her
sea-sweet raiment blown,
Comes Mary, Mary Shepherdess, a-seeking
for her own
Saint James he calls the righteous folk,
Saint John he calls the kind,
loose bind,
But Mary seeks the little sous that are
so hard to find
All the little signing souls born of dust,s
despair.
They who fed on bitter bread when the
world was bare
Frighted of the glory gates and the
starry stair.
All about the windy down, housing in
the ling,
Underneath the alder bough, linnet-light
they cling,
Frighted of the shining house where the
martyrs sing.
Crying in the ivy bloom, lingering at the
Grieving in the hollow dark. lone along
Mary, Mary Shepherdess, gathers them
again.
And o. me wandering women know, il
workhouse and in shed.
They dream on Mary Shepherdess with
doves about her head,
And pleasant posies in her hand, and sor-
row comforted
Signing: There's my little lass, faring fine
and free.
There's the little lad 1 laid by the holly
Dreaming: There's my nameless BARN
laughing at her knee.
When the bracken harvest's gathered and
the frost is on the loan,
When the dream goes out in silence and
the ebb runs out in foam.
Mary, Mary Shepherdess, she bids the lost
lambs home.
If 1 had little maid to turn my tears
away,
If / had a little lad to lead me when I'm
All to Mary Shepherdess they'd fold their
hands and pray
Marjorie L. C. Pickthall, in the Christ
mas Scribner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

from the Philadelphia Record.1
Love is blind, but it can make GOO
goo eyes at money.
The Bible tells us to turn the other
cheek, but don't be too cheeky.
Many a henpecked man has a
mighty poor opinion of his wife's hus-
band.
The difference between genius and
talent is that genius dreams, but tai
ent wakes up.
The beauty about having no money
is that you don't have to bother about
saving any of it.
Even opticians and dentists don't
always give an eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth.
ANY burglar can crack a safe, but
he would hesitate before attempting to
open a car window.
1t takes mighty mean man to pray
for rain just because he knows his
enemys umbrella is in pawn.
Life is full of mysteries. For in
stance. why do the people who preach
eternal happiness wear such long
faces?
Blobbs-.I understand you have a
perfect passion for puzzles" Slobbs-
Yes 1 even study our railroad time
tables and read magazine poetry"
The wise man turns up his sleeves
and goes after a job, while the fool
sits around and waits for the Job to
come to him.
Discretion is the better part of
valor." quoted the Wise Guy Yes,
half the virtue in the world is in the
possession of people who are afraid to
take a chance" added the Simple
Mug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
Household Hints


If you wish to make your dining
room more cheerful on winter days,
put five or six morning glory seeds in
a small flower pot Cone nice size for
the table, and when they come up
make a small rack for them. With a
little care in watering and twining
them around the rack you soon have
pretty little plant. There will be from
one to five blossoms on it every
morning, which will look wonderful
ly bright and cheerful on the break
fast table on cold. winter mornings.
When the sun is not too bright they
to stand the cold well. as they are not
easily frozen.
Honey in Cooking.
Honey Fruit Cake-Four cups
flour, one-half cup butter, three
fourths cup honey, one-third cup APP
pie jelly, two eggs. one teaspoon soda,
one teaspoon powdered cinnamon, one
teaspoon nutmeg. one-half cup raisins,
one-half cup currants, one-half cup
chopped candied orange peel, one
fourth teaspoon salt. Warm butter,
honey and apple jelly, remove from
fire, add eggs beaten, then soda dis
solved in warm water. add spices,
flour and fruit. Turn into buttered
tin and bake till done.
Honey Jumbie-Two quarts flour.
three tablespoons melted lard. one
pint honey, one-fourth pint molasses,
one and one-half tablespoons soda.
one tablespoon salt. one-fourth pint
water. vanilla extract to taste.
Honey Shortcal1e-Three cups flour,
two teaspoons baking powder, one
teaspoon of salt, one-half cup short
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15

you. Bill dear?" she said. Il hope
you win -
Don't you forget your promise if I
do" answered Bill firmly.
The company offered to settle for
five hundred, and Bill smiled. The
acknowledgment of liability pleased
him, but he wanted more. Casey him
self came around and ordered him 20
get off the case, but Bill had had the
papers made out for Kitty with Edith
appointed as court guardian, and it
cut the old man out.
The day of the trial the last one to
step into the crowded courtroom was
old man Ronalds. He sat in a back
seat and listened to his boy open the
case. Kitty nine years old, thin and
freckled, sat beside her mother and
Edith. When she started amid dead
silence for the witness chair, dragging
her foot as she walked, Ronalds put
his hand over his eyes. But he took it
down again. Bits voice rang out in
the courtroom. and the company's
lawyer. stolid old ex-judge. came
back slowly But just the picture of
Kitty was enough, and everybody in
the town knew the case as well as the
lawyers. Bill slammed in heavily on
the Waterman demanded by the citi-
zens on the school crossings. and his
best witness was the motornan on the
other side. Under Bits cross exanin
alton, conducted almost gently. he lost
his head and called out that it wasn't
his fault anyhow. He said there wasn't
man in the cars that didn't dread
those down grades, and thier orders
were to keep to schedule time.
bill WINS said the old man. under
his breath, and his eyes sparkled, too,
az he watched the boy stand there,
hammering down the arguments of old
Judge Wallace.
The verdict was three thousand dol
lars. Some blame attached to Kitty
for lack of care in playing on the
streets. they held, but three thousand
was a fair and moderate amount.
Edith had one arm around Kittys
shoulders when Bill walked over. He
didn't dare look even at the old man
himself But he was being congratu
lated by everybody on his first case
and his courage in pushing it. Edith
smiled up at him, her blue eyes full
of happy tears.
"Ill marry you at Easter, Bill" she
said softly
And suddenly old Ronalds made his
way toward them. and took Bits hand
in a firm grip, one hand on his Shout
der.
"AlI to the good, Bill" he said. I'D
drop criminal practice, if 1 were you.
You're doing well. I'd have lost ten
cases just to hear you hand it to Wal
lace. He beat me to the legislature
twice.
There's a wedding ahead. dad"
said Bill. "She says I'm not a loiterer
| any more. I'm going to pay back
every dollar you've let me have now
and stand my own feet. 1 hope
this won't put you in wrong with the
company"
Company? Sir. I took my stock
out of it last week." answered Ronalds
1--WE been trying to get those watch
men on the crossings for two years,
and I knew they'd get into trouble.
I'm out of it, and thinking of going
| back into law practice with you, Bill
| if you like the idea. 1 like your prin-
ciples.''
Bill smiled first at Edith. then at
his father. This beat the victory over
the street car company.
"We'll change the sign tomorrow,
dad he said, ito Ronalds & Ronalds."
Copyright. 1915, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
Clio b Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

Very few political bricks are buried
Your enemies are always slow to go
broke.
While some men are nothing more
than honest.
The only places some men are held
up are in their homes.
One way of increasing your viz
tues is not to exploit your virtues.
Very few women require the flow
ing bowl to develop their flow Of
speech.
Almost any denomination can prove
it's contentious beyond the shadow of
a doubt.
Considering the price of the aver
age evening dress, there isn't a great
deal of it.
Probably you are not as corrupt as
some aristocrats because you don't
dare to be.
Marching in the parade won't get
you very far, compared with the dis
lance travelled.
Heard in a lawyers office: A mans
second marriage is the triumph of
hope over experience.
Paint will protect house from the
weather but women shouldn't put use
to it in lieu of clothing.
If a town is alive the police are go
ing to be busy. An empty Jail ism I
much boom advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15

They have to be prcviced before one
man can sell them and another buy
them. Speaking freely. there are four
ways in which dollars can be provid-
ed: BY the shipment of goods to this
market; by the resale TO US Of AIneri-
can securities; by the sale of foreign
securities here. or. in other words, by
borrowing here; and finally by the
shipment hither of gold. the only cur
rency of universal standing. All of
these methods have been resorted to
by Europe, but still the supply of dol
lars created in these way; falls short
of the demand. Hence the rise in the
price of dollars abroad. If dollars
rise, quoted in the currencies OF other
countries, it follows. of course that
those currencies quoted in dollars fall.
The shilling. the franc, the mark, the
lire. and the ruble came to be worth
less in New York for the very same
reason that the dollar came to be
worth more in London, in Paris, in
Berlin. in Rome, and in Pctrograd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
THE WORLDS NEW MONEY.

The dollar has for many months
been selling at a premium in practical
ly all the countries of the world. saws
the AnnalIst. That is something
which never happened before. What
does it mean One Thing which it
means-no one fact can be cited in
full explanation-is that from being
a debtor nation we are becoming a
creditor nation. On the business pass
ing these days practically all the world
owes us money and owes us so much
that it is hard put TO it 10 find ways
of paying US. Dollars, therefore. are
in great demand, for debts incurred
here can be paid only in dollars. The
demand has outrun the supply and so
the quotations for dollars in English
shillinss, in German marks, in French
ana Swiss francs, in Austrian kronen.
in Italian lire, in Russian rubles in
the currencies of almost all countries
are much above normal. There are
other reasons why it takes more shiil-
inGs and more marks ard francs to
buy a dollar than it used to. but if we
consider at the outset the influence
exerted by supply and demand we will
get a clearer view of an intricate prob
lem which is much simpler when re-
duced to its primary terms. Other
countries need dollars. of course. only
to pay for things bought here. Dollars
cannot be spent in Germany or in
England any more than shillings or
marks can be spent here. Dollars are
not to be had out of the thin air
abroad any more than here at home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
An ARMY OF SOME SIZE.

Switzerland's military preparedness
is such that she can mobilize an army
of 100000 men on her frontiers within
AS hours. OF course, the distances in
Switzerland are short and her from
tiers are not so far from any part of
the country, but the point is that her
military plan practically gives her a
mobile army of half-million men,
Were the same military system adopt
ed for the United States. it would mean
that this country would have an avail
able army of no less than l 1000. 900
men, which ought to be large enough
to satisfy even the most rampant of
the militarists. The population of
Switzerland is only a little over
100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15

dest palm shifting. he cannot fetch so
much as a single curtain call. Some
how we cannot help but feel sorry for
the encore ffend in these days, much as
we used to hate him before the film
shows came. He was an honest, hard
working soul. and he blis.ered his
hands in expressing approval of what
he looked upon as art. Besides, he
exemplified the doctrine of getting a
lot for ones money. If he could
stretch a two-hour performance to
two hours and forty-five minutes,
through the mere act of bringing one
palm against the other and securing
certain dynamic effects thereby, he
could not be blamed for feeling that
he had extracted the ultimate from
his two dollars and had proved nim-
self to be a true economist He filled
his place well and noisily. but if the
legitimate drama does come back full
panoplied, as it's devotaes prophesy.
let us hope the encore fiend does not
come with it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
ENCORE FfEND IN ECLIPSE.

The inroads of the film on the au-
diences of the legitimate theater quite
naturally lead onto the query: What
has become of the encore fiend?''
saws Arthur Chapman in Judge, and
he goes on: One can imagine how i'll
at ease this variety of fiend must be in
the presence of those silent dramas
that go right along, as surely as fate
without an instant's pause. How it
must irritate this proud soul not to
be able to smite his mighty hands to-
xether and call back the performance
for an encore at the slightest pretext
Tor NOWADAYS though he try his mad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15

For several days after the good
snow melted off the ground. Tommy
Tittle-mouse was restless and eager to
get away from the barn. His pleas
ant little trips under the snow and the
choice variety of food which he man
aged to gather here and there on the
ground made the plain fare of grain
seem very munotonous. Especially
was he eager to get back and eat some
more of that fine apple-tree bark that
was so good!
So it was a very happy little Tommy
Tittle-mouse who peeped out of his
hole in the barn some six days after
the warm, snow-melting days, and saw
more snow falling. Look" he cried,
1.-THE snow is coming again! Now
can go out again and run around as
please without fear of the owl or the
hawk" He whirled gaily and looked
to Mrs. Tommy for an enthusiastic
response.
Rut Mrs Tommy was not even look
ing! Tommy was so surprised he
darted off in search of her Along the
piled-up logs he crept- Around the
corner of the grain bin he peered, but
not a sign of Mrs. Tommy was to be
seen 'sWhere can she have gomez"
wondered Tommy. She wouldn't
venture out in this snow, / am sure.
And there is no place else in the barn,
unless she has gone to the chicken
room" He thought a minute as he
looked around the deserted grain
room. NO. of course she isn't in the
chicken room. because she don't like
to go there; but 1 guess I'd better look
to make sure.
Cautiously he crept into the chicken
room. Not that he was afraid of the
kindly chicks-Mrs. Hen and all her
relations were good friends of his. But
he always feared he might see people
feeding the chickens, and, to Tom
my's mind, people meant trouble, so
he felt safer to keep out of sight.
Carefully he peered around the room.
3. there was Mrs. Tommy, over in
the far corner of the room
Come here" squeaked Tommy Gag
erly. Il want to tell you about the
snow. Soon 1 am going out to get
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
THE CRUEL. CRUEL WAR:

Real protests against the war may
now be expected from the women of
Germany. Because of a threatened
textile famine the government has is
sued a decree against white sales,
and the reduction in prices on these
goods as well as on all woven and knit
goods and clothing is forbidden. The
German women have been worrying
along pretty well under the stringent
rules and regulations that the govern
ment laid down to make some of the
essential food products go as far as
possible, but life is likely to become
intolerable for them on their being
denied the privileges and pleasures OF
bargain hunting. War is, indeed, a
crue; monster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
Kansas Comment
FILMS FOR CHILDREN.


From different parts of the country
We hear occasional reference to the
matter of films for children. but this
is a subject which has not yet been
considered seriously by the producers
of motion pictures nor has provision
been made by the leaders in the indus
try to produce and distribute film
subjects of this nature. This has been
due neither TIC indifference nor neg
1ect, but primarily to the fact that
these men have had more than
enough to do in producing regular
features in the overwhelming rapid
development of the business during
the past eighteen months. This be-
ing the case, briefly and frankly
stated, 4 splendid thing for women
( to do is to make the best use pos
sible of the pictures already on the
market suitable for children. In the
first place, it should not be supposed
for a moment that every motion pic
ture should be seen by children. No
sane parent would think of putting
into the hands of children any books
without reference 20 their contents
The screen is only another form of
literature, and parents and educators
have some responsibility IN consider
ing the screen lessons which children
are permitted to see There are al
ready on the market a number of
f DeautiIul PRODUCTIONS especially suited
to children. besides travel pictures,
I which are always desirable. Parents
who will make a careful selection
/ from the offerings at the local theater,
and who may perhaps request their
exhibitor to show additionally other
pictures-such as Cinderella, for ex-
ample-will be able to solve, at least
( in part, the problem of providing
their kinder with satisfa Glory mo-
j ton picture observation-disclosures
Bend Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15

One feature of the Bryan Mexican
policy that stin continues in business
at the old stand is the warning of
Americans out of Mexico. And it
should have been patent long ago to
every American who might have legit-
innate business or property interests
in Mexico that he need expect no pro-
lection from the American govern
ment, as it is constituted at present,
in case he should deem it necessary to
go about his business below the Rio
Grande. proud boast of American
citizenship is now an idle one almost
any place in the world beyond the
confines of these United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15
Journal Entries

The fellow who makes good first
usually makes good last.
1. = i
mans reputation is seldom what
he thinks it should be.
I. : j
The man who smiles in adversely
probably doesn't feel as cheerful as
ne looks.
There wouldn't be so many towards
in the world if bravery were always
rewarded.
Undoubtedly not a few folk fail to
mind their own business because they
haven't any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-15

Tommy. don't you think these feathers
will make nice soft nest -
"Um-m, guess they will" replied
Tommy indifferently; but why bother
about the nest? It's plenty soft
enough to suit me-"
Maybe so, maybe So said Mrs
Tommy: but / mean to make it softer
just the same. See the pile of feath-
ers and bits of down 1 have picked
out? And now that you are here Won
might help me carry them home"
of course Tommy helped her get the
tiny feathers home to the snug little
nest they had gnawed out of the big
boards. There Mrs. Tommy busted
herself tucking the feathers where
they were most needed, and Tommy
scurried off into the new fallen snow
-(Copyright-Clara Ingram Judson.)