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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

of Alexa nder the Great. For ten years
Napoleon had striven 10 reach Great
Britain in his fight for world empire.
To England belongs the responsibility
for his final destruction, because Brit
ain alone, immune from attack, could
give financial and other supports to
his enemies. England was playing the
same role again with the same sue
cess. The war had become q duel
between Germany and Great Britain.
If Great Britain were brought to terms
Germany's other foes might be ex-
pected to seek peace, but unless Brit
ain were struck, or at least threatened
and terrified into a peace, then num-
bers, wealth, and sea power would
ultimately win against william II. as
they had against Napoleon. Here is
the foundation of German strategy
The campaign through Serbia to the
Golden Horn is a blow aimed at Great
Britain, IN effort to strike at the foun-
dations of the British Empire and
compel peace by bringing to reason
the one foe still free from any scars
of German invasion or any wounds
incident to German occupation. In
going to Cons.antinop1e the Germans
OPeheu Il new llelu anu lOoh On d
fresh campaign, because it was the
single avenue of approach to Britain
and until Britain was reached, until
the British Empire was threatened, it
was clear 10 them peace was impos
sible. 1t is necessary to recognize that
German writer's expected and expect
that the threat will have the effect
desired without q protracted cam
paign, they expect TO make peace at
Cairo. not Bombay; on the Nile, not
the Ganges, but to understand the
campaign it must be accepted as q
blow at Great Britain, which is of
small Importance iE the whole war;
if it ends with the conquest of the
Balkans or the temporary domination
of Turkish Anatolia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
Globe Sights
BY THE ATcHIsoN GLOBE.

You know you mean money when
you say success.
If your condition is normal is it
rally satisfactory?
When a man brags on his boss he
has a pretty good boss.
A fat woman may figure in a ro
nance, but it doesn't sound right.
Don't worry, but if you must worry
don't devote it to something you can't
help.
foolishment from artistic tempera-
ment.
A white lie" is told when a man
who is fifty years old says he feels
like 81.
Newspaper folks soon learn who are
the people VINO specialize in asking
favors and giving none.
A little woman who is afraid of a
mouse can frequently handle a husky
husband without any trouble
Three things can make a fool out
of a man: A woman, booze and an
automobile. 1t used to be women.
wine and race horses.
Very few millionaires in large cities
are snobs. The snobs are largely
found in small towns, and are worth
from $40. 600 to $4,000.
When President Wilson feels like
swearing he says, tut, tut" Link
Preston tried it, and says it is like
drinking two per cent"
Alb Adkins says longevity runs in
his family, so hat he has had a
chance to know a number of his an
cestors, which is why he never brags
on them much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
Household Hints



Baked Fish With Stuffing-Clean
a four-pound fish, sprinkle with salt
inside and out, stuff and sew. Cut
five diagonal gashes on each side of
backbone and insert narrow strips of
fat pork (have gashes on one side
come between gashes on the other).
Shape with skewers in form of 81
and fasten skeWers with small Irvine.
Place on a creased fish sheet in drip
ping pan, sprinkle with salt and pep
per, brush over with melted butter
dredge with flour and place around
fish small pieces of salt pork. Bake
in hot oven one hour. AS soon as fat
is dried out continue basting every ten
minutes.
Stuffing for Fish-One cup stale
bread crumbs. one-fourth cup melted
butter, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one
eighth teaspoon pepper, one slice
onion (chopped), one-fourth cup hot
water
Drawn Butter Sauce (to be served
wish fish cup butter, three
tablespoons flour, l u cups hot water.
one-half teaspoon salt. Melt half of
butter with flour and seasonings and
pour on gradually the hot water. Boil
five minutes and add remaining butter
in small pieces. (AlI measurements
must be Icvel.)
To Bone Fish-After cleaning fish
lay on table, place thumb under back
bone, run thumb on down to tail, and
your fish is homeless. Another way is
to cut fish open in the back instead of
stomach, place thumb under back
bone and run it down, and backbone
will come out nice and whole. Drop
fish in seasoned corn meal, fry in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record
The man who is under a cloud sell
dom expects a storm of applause.
Love may be disease, but it isn't
one of the kind you can only have
once.
Many a bachelor sews on his own
buttons who makes no effort to mend
his ways.
If we could all be taken at our own
valuation there wouldn't be room in
heaven to hold US all
1t seems as though where one man
is pushed to the front, a thousand are
pushed out of the way.
Some people borrow trouble in spite
of the theory that it is more blessed
to give than to receive.
Unfortunately the sort of wife a
fellow admires is seldom the sort of
girl he falls in love with.
Don't despise the little things. A
microbe isn't as big as an elephant.
but it can make a lot more trouble.
The average girl gets more happi-
ness from marrying a mere man than
she gets from cherishing an ideal all
her life.
Riches don't always bring heppi-
ness quoted the Wise Guy. per
haps not" agreed the Simple Mug,
"but 1 am perfectly willing to take a
chance"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Wigwag. Lend
me a tenner, will your" Wigwag-
Lend you a terror? Say, what do
you take me for; a grand opera i'm
presarlo2' o.
I suppose they separated because of Il
misunderstanding" Either
that, Or because they understood each
other too well"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
AN nLUsIoN OF EFFICIENCY.

A railroad operating official of one
of the most efficient railroads in the
United States remarked recently, ac-
cording to The Annalist, that the
countrs, and congress in particular,
might get erroneous impressions from
the series of good railroad reports
which are being published from month
to month. These reports feature very
plainly that the operating ratio-that
is. the ratio of expenses to gross-is
steadily decreasing. 1t appears from
the reports that the railroads are be-
ing more efficiently managed and that
by means of this efficiency they are
turning more dollars into the net earn
nEs column. That impression is
wrong" said the railroad man. THE
operating ratio does appear smaller,
but. the comparisons with former years
are not fair. A railroad in normal
times has a construction program I'M
der way. Such a program always calls
for increases to maintenance expenses,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

Il will" replied the drake. II was
just thinking that If you were not
here the farmer might kill that boast
full turkey for New Years, and then
you could come back and we would
all live in peace forever"
I'm mn said Mrs. Goose, thought
luIiy. tnat suggestion is worth con-
sidering. Where would l hide?"
Down by the river bank" said the
drake, and I'll promise to see that
you have plenty of food"
All right" said Mrs. Goose, maxi
ing up her mind at once. I'll do 1T"
And that is the reason whv the
farmer though he hunted ell over the
Darnyard, failed to find the goose he
had saved for New Years dinner: why
ne kiiied the boastful turkey instead
-NSopyright--Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
AUTOMOBILE FATALITIES.

Is the deadliness of the automobile
increasing or decreasing? This ques-
ton seems to be answered in a very
conclusive manner by the federal bu-
reau of census in making public some
preliminary mortality statistics for the
year 1914, which indicate that during
the five years from 1909 to 1914 the
number of automobiles in the United
States increased more tan twice as
rapidly as the number of fatalities
caused by them. At the close of 1909,
according to figures compiled by the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce, of New York city from
state registration reports, due allow
ance being made for duplicate regis
trations, the number of automobiles
in use in the United States was APP
2roximately 100000; by the close of
1913 it had risen to 1,27o,00O; and
year later at the end of 1914. it was
100000. In the meantime the num-
Der of deaths due to automobile ac-
cidents and injuries increased from
632 in the death registration area in
1909, containing Sc per cent of the
population of the United States, to 3,
623 in the same area in 1914; and the
increase from 1913 to 1914, for the
registration area as constituted in
1913, then containing SIS per cent of
the population of the country. was
from 2,4SS to 2,795. Thus a five year
increase of IT'S per cent-accepting as
reliable the figures compiled by the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce-in number of machines
has been accompanied by an increase
Of BIS per cent in automobile fatali-
ties; and a one-year increase of IS
per cent in number of machines has
been accompanied by an increase of
II per cent in fatalities. Perhaps a
more reliable comparison, from the
statisticians point of view, can be
made between the increase in number
of automobiles in use and the increase
in the rate per 100000 population for
deaths caused by them. This is be-
cause, with a given number of ma
chimes in use in a given area, the ia
talities due to them will tend to be
proportional to the population of that
area. When the comparison is made
on this basis, it appears that a five
year increase of IT'S per cent in num-
Der of machines has been accompanied
by an increase of 25S per cent-from
IL to 4.3 per 100000 population-in
the death rate resulting from auto
mobile fatalities. Similarly, a one
year increase of SO per cent in number
of automobiles has taken place along
with an increase of only 10 per cent
from SO to 4.3 per 100, Doom the
death rate charged to them. One
cause of this proportional decrease in
the destructiveness of the automobile
is undoubtedly to be found in a reduc-
ton in average annual mileage per
machine; but, after some weight is
given this factor. and a suitable mar
gin is allowed for possible error re-
sulting from inaccuracy in the esti-
mated portion of the automobile sta
tistics, the figures still appear to fur
nish ample justification for the con-
clusion that the automobile today is
being driven with more care and more
regard for public safety than it was a
| few years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
Journal Entries

It's easy to misplace things, includ-
ing blame.
! = j.
A girl with pretty ways doesn't need
pretty face.
I. = !
Even carrying a tune is too big a
burden for some folk
!. + j.
Few humans are as happy as they
try to make out they are.
& =. J.
If many human hearts were large
enough they'd make excellent cold
storage plants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

81 don't see why you fret about not
being killedl' said puzzled Mrs. Hen,
as the turkey began again on his daily
complaint. What difference does it
make if you were not chosen for the the
Thanksgiving dinner? Aren you glad
to be alive?''
"Oh, / suppose I'm glad to be liv-
ing" replied the turkey, doubtfully;
but it does make me cross to rcmem-
her that L was not chosen as the best
creature in the barnyard! 1 don't be-
lieve that the turkey which was picked
out for the feast that day was one bit
better than $50 there!"
'tAn right, then, he wasn't" cacl1led
Mrs. Hen; but do stop fretting about
it,
Now of course that was good ad-
vice, Mr. Turkey Gobbler knew that
But like most good advice, it was not
used Mr.. Turkey still fretted and
complained and generally made him.
who. as everybody knew. weighed five
pounds more than he did, was hon
ored by being killed for the Thanks
giving dinner.
Finally the barnyard creatures
could stand his complaining no
I'VE must do something about that
turkey gobbler," said Mr.. Drake one
fine morning. Il can't endure his fret
4 was just thinking the same
thing myself said the biggest Mrs.
Hen. do you think of anything the
farmer might Kill him for2"
The barnyard was unusually silent
for a few minutes while every
creature Cbut the turkey who, of
course, was out of sight and hearing)
thought and thought
Christmas will soon be here" sug
geSted the drake.
but the family will eat a little pig
then" said everybody else in a chorus.
And then comes New Years Day."
added the drake.
You know that's my time" said
Mrs. Goose, proudly.
Il know it, replied the drake:
but I'm just wondering if you really
care SO much about that day. after all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

see why you failed to fall in love. He
thought it might be the needed spur"
You tell him to supply the needed
cash and I'll supply the spur" said
Ted firmly. Poor old Put! 1 thought
he looked pretty wan and blank to-
night. Where are the orchids?"
Home. Mother put them down
stairs. he loved them. 1 took these
in my room"
do you really care even that much,
Amy"
More" she whispered.
Il guess I've found the needed
spur said Ted. Its up to Uncle
Chris now."-(Copyright 1915, by Nc
CIure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
VISION.
PROVERBS % Is.

VISION.
PROVERBS % rs
Behold thy people perish, Lord,
Thy lands are swept with fire and sword.
Men Stay till slain themselves they lie,
Nor know, nor care, nor question why
Famine and fear and shame are borne,
While homes are wrecked and hearts are
torn.
The weak are victims of the strong
How long, o Lord? o Lord, how long?
Then fell the answer, clear and low
My nation knew, my nations know,
That where no vision is comes death!
For this a people perisheth!
| breathed my spirit into men
To give them prophet-sigh and ken.
Know We. this great, unshriven host
Who dies, each soldier at his post,
Who pays its toll of bitter cost
Is witness of the vision lost
There llust be famine. fire and sword
Until the vision is restored"
Mrs. Edna 6. III. Ives, in The Christian
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

Mr.. Fords former peace pals are
having such a good time of it and
showing such inclinations to STICK TO
their job of joy-riding around the
northern neutral states of Europe
that it is beginning to look as though
the junket would cost its promoter no
less than full million dollars. Fortu-
nately. he has the money. and the lit
tie old Fords are running out OF MS
factories as usual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

Orange trees laden with snow in
southern California, twenty-four de-
grees below zero temperatures in Wy
oming. Il four-foot fall of snow in Ari-
IONA, billiards. in the eastern section
of the country-and in Kansas the
sun is shining with almost springlike
warmth. But there is no telling what
the weather may be in Kansas fifteen
minutes hence. and the worst as we'll
as the best in the weather line is al
ways around the corner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
On the Spur
of the Moment
A Remarkable Device.
BY ROY K. MOJLTON.

One of our anonymous friends has
sent in the prospectus of a new ma
chine that he has just invented. He
calls it the most ingenious contriv-
ance ever sprung upon an unsuspect-
ing public"
by the simple twist of the wrist -
according to the gentleman's claim,
1T can be converted into any one of
the following useful articles: Jack
plane, monkey wrench, stove litter,
glass cutter, scroll saw, safety razor,
battle ak, bottle washer, button hook,
cherry pitter, ice tongs, belt
buckle, horse clippers. lunch basket,
handouts, bit stalk, flour sitter, auto
crank, ink stand, nail file, corkscrew,
vacuum cleaner, curry comb, boot
jack, carpet stretcher, nutmeg crater,
potato masher, screwdriver, meat
chopper, rolling pin, tack hammer,
ring, fountain pen, pipe cleaner, pad
lock, shoe last, music rack, flower
pot, egg beater, cold chise1, catsup
strainer, fish scaler, oil can, paper
weight, rat trap, and cigar clipper,
and its very presence in the house
wards off flies, rats, mice and other
vermin, including bill collectors and
book agents"
IF this machine will do all that is
claimed for it, our anonymous cor
respondent has a fortune made. No
home could possibly be without it,
as it will apparently do everything
but secure a divorce.
Uncle Abner.
If there were more fellerS workin'
and fewer fel1ers savin' the country,
the country would be able to save
itself, in time.
A feller's opinion of the oatmobile
depends a good deal on whether he is
ridin' or waikiki.
No matter how much civilization
thnrn will a xxyaI q LOT
of old-fashioned chumps who will
wear stiff bosom shirts.
And a lot of others who will cling
to the derby hat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

One record was established in 1915
that was of exceedingly poor adVant-
age to this country. During lts
twelve months, fewer miles OF new
railroad lines were built than in any
wear since 1864. There are many
narts of the United states, too that
are in sorry need of railroad develop
yoent. Maybe the railroad baiters will
get wise some daY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

Every community TO it's tastes, of
course. In Early county Georgia, they
celebrated the exit of the Old Year
with a race war which resulted, as
usual. in a number of negroes losing
their lives And we hold up our hands
in horror at the atrocities committed
by the Turks on the Armenians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

All Of the imaginative American
newspaper men are not assigned 10
covering the European war, either on
The spot or in the secret recesses OF
home offices One of them reports
that in eating and drinking the Ola
Year out and the New Year in, Chi
eapoans spent millions for booze and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

Remembering its experience with
one, Doc Cook, the University OF
Copenhagen will undoubtedly exercise
considerable care in the matter OF
pinning medals or comforting degrees
on the remnants of the Ford peace
marty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
Kansas Comment
SMALLER ARMIES.

The rational. imperative demand of
advancing civilization is that stand
ing armies and bristling navies should
be decreased. That the industries of
nations be not wasted to such an
enormous extent in the support OF
things that terd 10 destruction.
That right, rot might,
Shall rule mankind
And be acknowledged stronger.
The United States of America
should lead the nations of the world in
this good work. 1t is in position to
do so. Failing or refusing to so do il
forfeits the glorious position which
under God it has been placed as the
foremost nation of civilization. The
demand for a mighty navy, larger
army and deeper devotion to the saw
age instincts of war is perversity, and
should oe frowned upon by right
thinking people. America should be
advancing toward higher civilization
and not be scared and stampeded
back into the borders of barbarity.-
Douglass Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

The notion picture ribbon is the
only unit that is standard in every
country. according to a statement
made recently before the University
club IN Washington by c. Francis
Jenkins. He pointed out that railway
gauges, for example, vary in differ
ent countries; that units of value. vol
ume, length, weight all differ, but
the motion-picture film is the same
the world over"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

Probably a good deal of the merry
making in the metropolitan centers
that was incident to the advent OF the
New Year was as unrefined as 1t was
,rnconfined
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

Is. And the singing of MY Country It's
of Thee by the Swedes as the rem
nants of the Ford peace party left
their land might also be construed as
a delicate hint that the peace doves
would do well to beat it for home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

What has become of the oid-fash-
toned man who used to fight when
called a liar? At any rate, none of ms
species was on deck during the closing
scenes of the high school sorority case
trial in the local district court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

Not only is the great state OF Kansas
out of debt, but she is also without
good roads and other important pub
lie improvements that would be de-
-eidedlv worth while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

of woman suffrage" I'm for it" replied
Senator Sorghum. And if women get
the vote l hope they'll go a step further
and take the privilege away from a lot
of the men who have been misusing it
WashingtOn Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
THE LEFTOVER TURKEY.
N Gaara InSsranJpdson

Wouldn't you like to live all tho
year?"
Whatever do you mean by that"
demanded Mrs. Goose. Explain your
self"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03

In the matter of promptness' noth-
ing could have been more SO imam the
arrival of the January thaW.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-03
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.
The sun., 1916-01-02
socIETY's CALENDAR OF THE WEEK.

the Museum Of French AT ballroom Of the Ritzcaron
MoNDAY-Mr Baebys musical morning, Waldorf Astoria l1h5
by Draper benefit Of the Speedwel
Country Homes New Colony Club 81 East street,
William Porter dance 70. Miss Helen Porter Sherry.
MRS Ernest dinner dahce ior her oaughter MISS
Mss MsS3n A. Psen.en es E. Eshsy-sh,rd
Mrs George McAlpn. East Nnstisth street. dinner for
Wedding Of Heoiss Graham Thomas
geon Maiden Oman u N. Church of the incarnation
Of MI: Bl.neh: Typs daughter Of James
afternoon at home
Calhoun Thornton and Mis Lucille Thornton 525
Csmpbe Thompson theatre party and supper FOR Miss
Mr.. Frederick Edsy West F1fys.h dance
p;Ssi 20 e., Pin street. I'll. dan.
..nt for M:s Emma Pssbody o'
MIS- "n:s rs sna Skating part, for Mis-, Dor
ohy Norris s4i:" Of Ps!sdsphs
t. M TSsSa. Thea.
tire party for Miss Grace Brised.
Mrs Lancaster Morgan luncheon for Mrs. John H. Baantne
Dance arranged by Mrs F. Mcneil Bacon W. Mar
Dance to aid the Iooms ssnitsrium Guild Colony Club
Reception and dance aid Of st. Vincents Hospital the B
Harold Brown dance for Miss Audrey Hoffman
aid diocesan missions home Of Mr.. whsslaw Reid
Mrs. William T. carrngton $40 Park afternoon a.
vixsnts -2d dance to aid the Kp' Bay Boys Club
Rupert 40 East ssvsntys street. luncheon
Ms Charles H. s:bn ss East Fortsth street. dinner and
M. Leeds theatre for her niece Miss Con-
Otto H. Kahn. ball to introduce their daughter
First Of the Friday Evening Dances tn.
. Vanderbilt
The sun., 1916-01-02

and also the moro notable Of New
York social leaders. 1t is by no means
uncommon to see three generations
at a dance and the number Of grand
mothers who are giving entertain
ments for their granddaughters 10
really quite remarkable.
At these entertainments the motner
Of the debutante is not expected to be
nearly 80 prominent as are the grand
mother and tho granddaughter. but
she too invites her friends. so that tho
three generations are we'll represented.
This is quite a new phase Of New York
society and would go far to prove that
the remark often heard that American