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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
PEACE PROSPECTS IN EUROPE

AS to the possibility peace, 1
should say at once that neither in
Great Britain nor in France did I hear
any real talk of peace, writes Frank
H. Simonds in an article entitled
Summer Prospects-An Allied Of
fensive. in the American Review of
Reviews for June. As to France
may mention as typical the comment
of former French premier. / asked
him what would happen to any
French politician who actively and
earnestly advoc ted peace at that mo-
ment "Well,'' said the former presi-
dent of the coul Gil, 81 Think that he
would be killed. Very quietly, very
decently, of course, you understand,
but still, killed" AS to the British
view. it was expressed best to me by
sever! men who travelled with me in
railroad carriage; one of them said
and the others agreed 20 this: eff
we men should want to have peace
now, as we don't, the women wouldn't
permit it, This idea Rudyard Kip
ling echoed, when in speaking of the
English women, he said to me: "She
is not like Rachel weeping for her l
child; the English woman is like a
she-bear that has lost her cubs" The
French attitude is very simple to ap-
preciate. Much French territory is
now occupied by German troops; in
the French mind this occupied region
| includes Alsace-Lorraine, which was
taken by the Germans in 1870.
France is fighting to free her soil, to
free all of it, to free that occupied
nearly fifty years ago and that occu-
pied in 1914. At the moment the
French fully appreciate that peace
might be had on terms, that these
terms would not call for the sacrifice
of much, if any, French territory
aside from the colonies. but that il
would mean the sacrifice forever OF
the hope of winning back the ''losi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
PAPER FROM NEW WOODS

That satisfactory wood pulp can be
made from a number of heretofore lit
tie known woods is evidenced by
government publication just issued,
which contains seventy samples of pa
per manufactured by different pro-
cesses, chiefly from woods heretofore
practically unused for this purpose. 1t
is pointed out that the spruce forests
of the country are threatened with ex-
haustion and that the cost of spruce
pulpwood has steadily increased. If
the price of newsprint paper is to be
kept at a reasonable figure, say the
experts, more efficient methods of
converting spruce into pulp must be
developed or cheaper woods substituted
for it. The bulletin goes on to say that
the method of manufacturing ground
wood pulp has changed very little
since it's introduction into this country
in 1857. 1t was with the idea of de-
veloping new methods and improving
the old that tests were undertaken at
the forest service laboratories, at Wau-
sau and Madison, Wis. AS a result,
the relation of the different steps in
the manufacturing process to each 9TH
er has been definitely established and
the merits of each treatment de-
termined. The paper made from new
woods was given a practical tryout by
two large newspapers with satisfactory
results. The test showed that eleven
new woods give promise of being suit
able for the production of news print
paper while a number of others will
produce manila paper and boxboards
Most of these woods are confined to
the west, while the ground wood in
dustry now obtains the bulk of its
raw material from the east 1t is
thought that pulp-making plants must
eventually move to points where they
can obtain a plentiful supply of wood
| and an abundance of cheap water
power. two prime requisites in the
business. The experts say that because
the national forests contain immense
quantities of the suitable woods and
| abundant opportunities for power de-
velopment, they will undoubtedly play
an important part in the future of the
wood pulp industry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

provinces" In the present war above
half a million Frenchmen have died.
Whole districts have been ravaged by
the Germans, not merely as an Incl
dent of war, but wantonly and brutal
~ wasted. I. myself, have visited a
score of villages which were de-
stroyed, not by shell fire, not by mill
tary operations, but merely as the ex-
preston of that German spirit which
destroyed Louvain. All northern
France is filled with the evidences
of German atrocities, in SO far as these
atrocities were assaults upon mani
mate things, churches, homes, public
buildings, and all northern France IS
filled with the accounts of other
atrocities upon women and children.
which are implicitly believed by the
whole French people. Until there is
an assurance that another such storm
cannot break out in the lifetime of
anyone now alive, the French are not
ready to lay aside their arms. 1t is
not true, so far as my observation
goes, that the French are tired of the
war, in the sense that they are eager
for the sort of peace which would now
be had. There is a calm, patient, de-
yond all else the most impressive
thing in Europe today. There is no
passion, there is no threatening, there
is a silence that no one has associated
with thu French character, but
there is also a determination which is
written on the faces of a whole race.
There is nothing to be seen in Paris,
at the front, in the villages and towns
behind the FIRING line that suggests
that the French are in any different
mood than were the people of the
north in 1864. There is the same con-
fidence in ultimate victory that the
north had after Gettysburg, there is
something of the same disappointment
that the north suffered when Grants
great advance from the Rapidan to
Cold Harbor did not destroy Lees
army and another war of trenches re-
suited. But France has seen in YER
dun another Gettysburg, promise or
ultimate victory and of present ma
tional strength.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
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Wild Roses.

Wild Roses.
"Hist! Don't say world"
Hushi Not any noisei''
Quiet We're almost therei"
And just then, when everything
seemed to be going so well, who should
speak up but Old Man OWL
''Who-o-o?" he called through the
night. "Who-o-o? Who-o-o? Who-o-o
goes there?'
And of course, it being one of the
rules in that forest that Old Man Owl
must always be answered, the fairies
who were dp-toeing so bravely
through the starry night had to stop
and tell all about themselves.
Fairies go here" replied Clint,
hoping that one answer for all would
satisfy the old owl. But it didn't.
"Who-o-o?" he asked again.
'Who-o-o?"
"Oh, dear, now We'll have to stop
and tell him all about it, sighed
Sparkle, land then it won't be any
surprise at allI''
Clint and Shine both sighed, but
they knew they must obey the owl, so
they promptly said, Three sunbeam
fairies go here, If you please, Old Man
Owl, and We are very busy about a
surprise. Do we have to tell it ?''
"a surprise?" asked the owl, blink
ing in.quiringly. "a surprise for
whom
"A surprise LOT everybody, cTed
the fairies. We've been working on
it ever since the sunset and we
think we'll have it finished by morn
ing Please may we not tell?"
Not tell?" asked the three fairies
hopefully. you see we want sc
much to surprise you, and you'll like
what we are fixing-its going to be
very beautiful"
Let me see - said the owl
thoughtfully; CT like to know every
thing, of course you know that, but
if you will promise to have this sur
prise ready when the sun first wakes
up. SO I can see it before 1 go to
sleep, III let you finish your work
without telling"
The fairies promised to be ready
and the owl went on about his owl
business, which kept him busy all the
night.
When the early morning sun look.
ed over the edge of the world. the ow
FASTENED to the edge of the fores
where the fairies had been the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE

A good start is about all some men
ever get.
Some good takers aren't good for
much of anything else.
Times always seem hard to a man
who has just lost his job.
No moonlight is needed to make a
man foolish if the right woman is
present.
A young man is apt to outgrow the
glee club easier than he does his other
bad habits.
If your kicking does not get re-
suits it may DE because you are kick
ing all of the time.
In practicing self denial SO many
people elect to give up nothing but
elocutionary entertainments.
This idea of making haste slowly
must have originated with the law
yers who make everything else that
way.
In a country town there are always
a number of youngsters who want to
become travelling men and See the
World.
A king may occasionally be chased
from his domain, but history reveals
that they have never been much given
to resigning.
After shaking hands with the gigan-
tic gent with the rock crusher grip
one feels more reconciled to meeting
the person whose glad hand of greet
ing resembles the gentle enthusiasm
of a dead mackerel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
Euening Chat

BY RUTH CAMERON.


How the woman of a century ago
managed to bring up eight or ten
children (besides the three or four
do all her homework, make all the
clothes for the household and perhaps
do the weaving, and still have time to
keep voluminous diaries and read in
terminable novels is a perennial mys-
terry to the woman of today.
| With three or four children and all
the modern conveniences in her
home, she is apt to find herself over
taxed, unless she is one of the per-
cent who keep a helper, and even
then she wonders where all her time
goes to.
The other day I caught glimpse
of one of the thousands of answers
that could doubtless be made to that
question. 1t was muddy day. The
answer was one the feet of several
women. 1t took the form OF Wnlte
To wear those white shoes on
such a day meant the expenditure or
much time and energy before they
that's Just a small thing, but it's
typical of many small things that In
the aggregate make deep dent IN
twenty-four hours a day.
Count the white gloves you see on
the trolley car the next time you go to
town. Can't you remember the days
when we only wore white gloves to
teas or dances or similar grand occa-
sions?
Then there are all the little dewdabs
that we wear about our necks. They
/ are so becoming that we don't see how
we ever got along without them, but
they do take time to keep up.
And what about the hght-coIored
spats and the silk stockings and I'M
derwear, requiring such careful wash
ing and mending, and the fragile
blouses and all the other little refine
ments of fashion that simply gobble
up time.
times they had their time-eating re-
finements of fashion, but, first. the
woman of small means didn't aspire
to them, and, secondly, they were used
to grace special occasions, no for every
day That's the difference.
OF course the care of the wardrobe
is not the only time-eater. The in
creasingly fastidious care of the per-
son keeps pace with it. For instance.
there was a time when if one brushed
ones teeth twice a. day one considered
one had done ones duty. man told
me the other day that he brushes his
five times day and keeps four tooth
brushes going.
one is reminded of the experience
of John Fox, the novelist, in the south
ern mountains. A little boy saw him
at his morning toilet, which consisted
of washing his face and hands in the
. brook and combing his hair. Mister
said the little boy, "ain't you an awful
lot of trouble to yourself?'
Aren't we all of US a good deal more
trouble to ourselves than we used tC
be? Mind you, I'm not saying that q
good deal of the trouble isn't worth
while. But that doesn't prevent it,
, taking time. And if you take more
, time for any purpose, however worth
while, you will have less time left
Q. E. D.-(Protected by the Adam:
Newspaper Service.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

United States consular agents in
China report that there is an ever in
creasing demand in the Celestial re-
public for American-ma6e shoes. But
tie probabilities are that the China
men are not wise as yet % prices that
American shoes are now fetching.
As soon as they get informed on this
point, the chances are that they won
be so keen for this variety of Ameri-
can wares. 1t may be, though, that
American made shoes are sold fo- less
in China than they are at home. That
has occasionally beef TIE case with
other Americana manufactured things
that are placed on TO eign markets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

The pretty custom of -endering an
officers salute to all veterans of the
Civil war when they are recognized on
the street, started tv the enlisted
men of the United States Marine
corps. may be made compulsory for all
enlisted men of whatever service arm
if the joint resolu- n introduced into
the lower branch of congress by Rep
resentativc Dyer, of Missouri, passes.
Sergeant Edward A. Ca1lan, of the
Unite1 States Marine Corps, is the
autl. =, of the resolution which would
require the enlisted men of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps SO to salute
the veterans of the war from 81
ia '65
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

Apparently, a policy of "Watchful
Waiting is the only one that can be
followed by the multitudes all over
the country who are so intensely in
terested in what will be done by the
Republican national convention. There
are any number of the political wise,
or those who so consider themselves,
who are cocksure as to what will not
be done at Chicago. But there doesn't
seem to be a single one of them who
will hazard a forecast as to what is
going to happen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
THE NEW WALL STREET.

None of the large bankers in Wall
Street today dominates all the others,
writes Henry Gushing in the June
Worlds Work. They compete or they
work together, but no one man is
master In Wall Street you will find
more men of ability, or resourceful-
ness, of ambition than ever before.
They typify the new Wall Street in
that they accept, some tacitly, some
with open approval, much that Wall
Street in the old days regarded as UNI
warranted infringement of the rights
of money. Wall Street does not yet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

night before; and what do you sup
pose he saw? Rosesl Beautiful, fra
grant pink roses! Hundreds of roses
growing everywhere!
Wherefore did you get them:" he
cried in amazement.
The three sunbeam fairies danced
out from behind the rose-cOVered
hedge and answered him. I'VE
thought you'd like those roses" the.
said. I'VE gathered them in the sun
set last evening, and all night long
we worked fixing them on the
bushesi''
And that's the way wild roses came
to be-the fairies gathered them in
the clouds and fastened them on the
bushes by the roadside for all the for
est people--and for you and me
Contradiction Ingram Judson)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
Jayhdwker Jots

1t occurs to the Caldwell News that
the swat the rooster" slogan seems
to have been largely in the interest of
poultry dealers.
Some young men are ardent believ-
ers in preparedness, insists the Downs
News and Times. They never start out
without a good supply of cigarette
papers.
Here's a lot of wisdom in q few
words by Mrs. Tom Thompson of the
Howard Courant: Criticism may be
sincere but not intelligent. 1t may be
honest without being truthful.
The Beloit Gazette has discovered a
school teacher in Beloit who has this
array of names: Dorothy Nina Alma
Jane The Gazette confesses it
dasn't mention the last name for fear
of getting killed.
Our barber thought he would have
to charge 80 cents for a shave if it
did not rain soon, reports the Corbin
correspondent of the Wellington Moni-
tor-Press, as the mems faces were get
ting longer and longer every day on
account of the dry weather and it took
longer time to shave them.
The hailstones that are visiting Kan
sas in such profusion these days evil
IDENTIFY have nothing on the strawber-
ries of Doniphan county in the mat
ter Oh size. lie bcdINIilS OSPOIlo-
ent of the Troy Chief reports: Straw
berries are ripe and are as large as
hens eggs.
An chronological Jingle, by the
Caldwell News:
The chiggers chug
And the lightning bug
Fits by in a blaze of light;
And the green bugs get
All our crops, you bet
Till miss lady bug comes in sight.
This is what happened, says the
Atchison Globe, to an Atchison man
today who tried to be agreeable and
agree with everyone: mercy, isn't ii
windy and disagreeable? asked the
first person he met 81 should say So
replied the man. GLORIOUS day?" said
the next person. You bet," replied
| the man. Hot and sticky, isn't it p
gasped a fat woman. and the man re-
piled sympathically: Yes, it is
| Lovely fresh breeze, don't you
think?'' smiled a Young Thing, an6
the man floated off by her side, an6
stopped trying to be agreeable; just
| did it naturally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

but the expression in her eyes belied
her words. "Are you quite sure that
your splendid good fortune hasn't
turned your head completely, Mr.. Bra
den. It seems to me that it is rather
unusual upon such short notice to tell
chance acquaintance that you love
Them
katharine, stop."
"But don't you think yourself it's
a little sudden? You and I hardly
know temporizing.
you do know-you must know.
Look at me, Katharine, dear. Tell me
you love me-"
She hesitated an instant. then whis-
pered softly, Yes, 1 do love you
And her cheeks were almost as
rosy as the japonica blossoms.-(Copy-
right, 1915, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
LOCAL MENTION
Framing and silyerinr. Coz c.s
Kansas Ave.-Adv

Framing and silyerinr. 20. 90.
Kansas Ave.-Adv.
Because the law does not snec,fv
any amount necessary for prospective
congressman to pay in filing a 5eoiar
alton OF candidacy, Attorney Csena-.,
brewster wrote an opinion TO-DAY -
ing no fees could be collected Nv *.
secretary of state from conpressio,,a9
dspirdhts- county commissioners must
pay per cent on their maximum sal.
airy, Wnlle surveyors escape vyjtho,,.
paying fees because their .omnsrss
ton is on fees and not saIa ries
Royal Neighbors, attention, sor,.
Inn ooing at camp No. 14s Lincoln
Post hall this evening.
Mrs John Mowers will entertaf, a.
Kansas Ladies' club at her horna eos
Woodlawn avenue, Thursday nornIn.
from 9 until IL o'clock. ' ''''s
Call 1877, Howard. for pronsr
er sharpening.-Adv. iAo"-
MRS o. c. Knowles, of Wellin1to-
ana ner daughter, Miss Jean. are bere
visiting Mrs Louis Gartsite.
Harry Jones of Chicago is the CUES.
OF Mr.. and Mrs Harry Miller Of ~
West Eighth avenue. 'Af
For Sewer Pipe, Phone sss.
Whelan & Co.-Adv. d %.
S. t. Howe of the state tax COMMITS
sion was admitted to practice -, Is.
the state supreme court today w
Bailey of Wichita, and Alexandar
Henory OF Mcpherson. are others al
rnitted to practice by the state sunre,o.
court. oPie ine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal away
from homo during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day to any
address at the rate of ten cents n week or
thirty cents n month (by mail only. Ad-
out of town the State journal will be to
you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on these
short time subscriptions, to save bookkeep-
ing expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

love the income tax. but it does find
great deal that is good in public
regulation. and 1t grants that the pub
Tic mas a right to know a great deal
more about corporations than the
public in the older days was supposed
TO have any interest in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

Apparently the Turks and the Rus
slams in the Caucasus are only play
ing at war, compared to what their
confreres are doing in and around
Verdun. The Turks are enthusiastic
over the size of victory for their
Caucasus contingent that resulted in
the capture of so Russians and two
pieces of artillery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

In a brief address to Washington
class of young girl graduates, Justice
Hughes declared that the United
States flag means America First"
but, of course, he was as silent as has
been his wont on the steps that the
United States must take in order to
make the meaning of its flag a fact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
Journal Entries

Overcoming the difficulties of life
is what makes it worth living.
]. + j
1t costs some girls quite a tidy sum
to maintain their compilations.
1. = I.
Neither have the mules anything
like a monopoly on contrarineSs.
i. + i.
Another rarity is the family without
some sort of a skeleton in its closet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
Fooled Them to the End.

(Richford note in Tioga County
Herald.)
He was a man of perfect health,
and it was his boast that he never
had employed physician, and it was
quite remarkable that his death came
so suddenly, that although a physician
was called life was extinct before he
arrived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

Yes, Mr.. Voter, this is also the year
in which a full state ticket will be
elected in Kansas on what is likely to
be a bleak day in November, even if
little or nothing has been said about
the important matter so far.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07
To Have Public Hearing.


New York, June 7.-.MoNEYmoMercantile
paper 81 per cent. Sterling. 60 day bills,
4.T2A: demand. 475% cables, 4.1G5
Francs. demand, sol: cables, 1904. Marks,
demand. I6A !; cables, 16ss. Kronen, de-
mand. 1874 cables, 131a Guilders. de
G.3S; cables, 6-3T- Rub1es, demand. 305s
cables. 81 Bar silver, 665sc: Mexican dol
lars, 51a%c. Government bonds. steady
railroad bonds, firm. Time loans, firm
60 days, 2a4@3; 80 days, 3@3A &c months,
AM315.
Call money. firm: high, 49, low. ,2sz
ruling rate. 315 last loan, pa; closing bid
3 offered at 31.