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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
BUSINESS SLOWING DOWN.

I'm various directions there are
symptoms of slowing down in bust
ness" writes Henry Clews, the New
York banker, in his current weekly
financial review. THE most signifi-
cant incentive to caution has been the
late rise in commodities and wages,
which has so increased the cost of do
ing business as to impose widespread
check upon new enterprise. In brief
the rise seems to have been overdone
for the time being at least, and re-
dictionary tendencies are already at
work. This is noticeable even in the
iron trade, which, though holding or
ders extending into 1917, finds new
demands less urgent and prices in some
instances decidedly softer when COM
pared with conditions a month ago.
New munitions orders are of course
coming less freely, and high costs are
impeding new construction work
while the railroads are combining their
OUTLAWS to necessary replenishment.
In no direction is there any marked
development of new railroad construc-
ton; a fact which is somewhat re-
markable in view of the much i'm
proved state of affairs in the railroad
world. In the drug and chemical
trade there is also a decided reaction
This large, but often forgotten, in
dustry profited much by the war; the
demand for explosives and medical
supplies causing prices for many
articles to soar several hundred per
cent. Now that the reaction is on
precipitous declines have occurred
causing more or less unsettlement in
the entire industry. In the dry goods
and grocery trades there is also q
slackening OF demand, though no gen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30

Another question before the voters
of the city tomorrow is the proposition
to issue bonds for the construction of
IA new city prison. The amount asked
Us not large, $22. 500, and this brings
the total of the bonds to be voted on
up to only 100000. Think of it. a
new auditorium and new city prison
for that sum. And the city Jail bonds
should carry by as big a majority as
the auditorium bonds. Even when To-
Ipeka has the municipal farm for the
proper handling of her petty crimi-
mails, or misdemeanants. she will need
IA decent city Jail for their temporary
restraint. And a new city Jail also
means adequate quarters for the DO
lice force and the police court. some
thing which is far from being in ex-
istence these days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
Household Hints

Date rdding-One cup dates cut
nuts cut in small pieces, one teaspoon
arately, three-fourths cup graduated
ing), one-eighth teaspoon salt. one
teaspoon vanilla, one teaspoon melted
butter Mix sugar, butter. yolks of
vanilla. then whites of eggs beaten
in a loaf or square pan thirty or forty
minutes Serve with whipped cream.
Peanut Rolls-Mix and sift to-
gether two cups white flour, two cups
graham flour, four teaspoons baking
powder, 1 u teaspoons salt. Dissolve
one-half cup peanut butter in u
cups of cold water; stir into dry in
gradients, add one cup chopped pea
nuts and roll three-fourthS inch thick
Cut out and bake fifteen OF twenty
minutes in hot oven.
Graham Loaf-Take two and one
half cups graham flour, one teaspoon
baking soda, one cup sour milk, half
cup sour cream, one-fourth teaspoon
salt, two eggs, and half cup sugar
Beat eggs with sugar, add salt, sour
cream, soda mixed with the milk, and
the graham flour. Bake in slow oven
and serve warm
Spinach (broom of the stomac >
In cooking spinach never put water in
the pot Wash the vegetable thor
oughly and put over a low fire 1t
will create sufficient water to cook it.
self and its virtues will not be thrown
down the sink. Less salt should be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

1t isn't good for one to have his way
all the time.
Don't try to make everybody love
you; it simply can't be done.
A good extemporaneous speaker is
one who doesn't speak very long.
A man sometimes loses track of his
relatives, but not if he is a married
man.
The average person gets into trou-
BILE as naturally as a duck takes to
water.
1t is difficult to take a last years
straw hat and make it look like any
thing else.
Mothers most persistent critic u.s.
ually is some old hen who never was
a mother.
A suspicious disposition and a fond
ness for talking is the combination
which makes gossip.
Some wives take more out of a
house with a spoon than her husband
can bring in with a shovel
Perhaps the meanest man is the
one who wants his wife to do the econ
omizing for the whole family.
When a man loses his money, his
sky has a silver lining if his wife can
cook good enough to suit boarders.
The man who drinks because he is
cold in winter. is apt to take a little
something because he is hot in sum-
mer.
The man who combs long hairs over
his bald spot may be kidding him
self. but he isn't fooling the general
public q great deal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
Euening Chat
Which Kind Are You?
BY RUTH CAMERON.


yes it's pretty, but it will fade"
some very dainty dress goods at a
great bargain.
She was showing them to a group of
us and the practical one promptly
made the above comment.
After the practical one had gone
out of the room, the girl with the bar
gain said, Did you ever see anything
like the way she always takes the wind
out of your sails? I suppose 1 ought
to have thought about it's fading, but
don't care! I'm thankful I'm not
thinking of that sort of thing all the
time. That's the way she always is
old pessimist!"
Did you ever hear the definition of
pessimist. 1t is-"a person who has
to live with an optimist.''
1 thought of it when 1 listened to
that little passage between the two
girls.
The optimist congratulates herself
on not taking into account the disad-
vantages that are likely to result from
following certain course. One can
well see that steady diet of such
illogical optimism might be difficult
to stand.
There are two kinds of optimism
the optimism that puts its wishbone
mere IT'S DdChDOAt ought " De, ana
the optimism that supplements back
bone with wishbone
In other words, there is the optim-
ism which makes its decisions on a
basis of unreasoning hopefulness 1t
hopes things will come out all right
and does not prepare for any other
outcome.
1t buys the goods because they are
pretty and cheap without considering
the question of durability.
1t takes foolish risks because it
doesn't realize that they are risks.
1 once knew a man who insisted on
taking a boatload of people into the
open ocean in a small boat He was
warned that it was dangerous,-but he
secuted the warnings and called the
man who gave them pessimist. When
the warnings were more than justified,
the optimist at once became the most
hopeless and helpless pessimist on
board.
On the other hand, there is the
wise optimism that weighs and bal
ances both the agreeable and disagree
able possibilities in making it's deci-
sions but having once made them re-
fuses to worry and persistently hopes
for the best.
ITO be fortified against any out
come but to expect the happiest"-
that is the motto of a friend of mine
Do you think the person who has
to live with such an optimist has any
reason for pessimism, or for anything
but thankfulness2
! don't,-Protected by the Adams
Newspa per Service.)
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eral weakness of prices and no general
unsettlement- In these lines of trade
there is a spirit of confidence and
values are well maintained.
Outside Of war influences the crop sit
uation is the most unsatisfactory feat
ure. No serious damage is reported in
any section, but the spring has been
cold and wet consequently most of the
cereal crops are backward and less
promising than a year ago. On the
other hand all fruit crops are far
above the average in condition;
peaches. which promise a poor yield.
being the only exception. Cotton is
about two weeks backward, but con-
dition is good and acreage, according
to the National Ginners' association
estimate. is nearly 13 per cent larger
than year ago. A few warm days will
compensate. for all present drawbacks.
Bank clearings, though still running
over 40 per cent ahead of last year,
are not showing such big gains as in
the first three or four months of the
current yeag. Railroad earnings show
excellent results; gross results re-
ported in April thus far being more
than 20 per cent ahead of last year.
ADr1I net returns are also very SdtlS-
factory if the latest reports of Union
Pacific and Atchison are any criterion.
Traffic on some of the western lines
has been remarkably heavy. which
doubtless will be a factor favorable to
an easier adjustment of the railroad
la Dor problem The net earnings of
American railroads for the nine
months ended March 81 were $685.
900. 900. compared with $3.50. 100000
the same time last year, an INCREASE of
nearly s25O,000. 900. Prosperity such
as this, if sustained, should mean not
only better wages to railroad labor but
better returns to stockholders. The
noticeable public hostility to railroads
is also disappearing; and these favor
able developments would undoubtedly
have been reflected in a more general
advance in the stock market had it not
been for the pressure of foreign hold
ings of American stocks. The proposal
of the British government for an addi-
tional tax of 10 per cent upon Ameri-
can stocks will stimulate foreign sales
and tend to weaken this market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
On the Spur
of the Moment
By ROY X. MOULTON.

Twas Ever Thus.
l tell you what your friends come round
and slap you on the back.
And friends you never knew before give
you a hearty whaek.
The things they say all make you feel
just like you are king;
They listen and they laugh right out when
you say anything
There's nothing in the world too good for
you," that's what they say
They tell you that the world will talk
about you some fine day;
They go and kill the fatted calf whene'er
you heave in sight;
They spread the pleasant salve on you
and surely spread it right;
They're proud to know you, yes, they are,
and flatter they should.
Your friends besiege you day and night
When you are
Maxim
Good.
You never see a single soul you know
from morn till night,
You gaze around quite anxiously, but no
one heaves in sight:
You wonder where those friends nave gone
you used to know SO well;
You somehow miss the hearty laugh when
your best yarns you tell.
Nobody slapS you on the back or treats
you like a king;
You cannot find an audience; you feel the
dreadful sting
OF failure in the atmosphere and cannot
tell just why
The flattering friends of yesterday are
wont to pass you by.
You miss the glad acclaim they gave, the
ever welcome shout;
For very few will stick to you
When you are
Down and
Out.
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TOMMY ExPLo RES THE TUNNEL.

Soon after breakfast on the morn
ing after Tommy Tittle-mouse and his
little mate had been so frightened by
the house cat while they were digging
into Mully Mole's tunnel, Tommy said
to Mrs. Tommy, 1.-The house cat never
comes out into the yard in the early
morning; let's finish that digging
while we have a good chance. Only
this time, we'll take no such risk as
we took yesterday We will take turns
at digging and watching. First 1 will
dig and you watch, and then you may
dig and 1 will keep guard. In that
way we will be able to work without
worrying about danger"
Mrs. Tommy thought that a fine
plan, so she settled herself at the end
of their log and watched and listened
faithfully while Tommy dug at the
grassy ridges left by Mully Mole.
Before she had had time to grow
tired of her job, Tommy crept back 10
her
Il don't think you will need to dig
at ALL" he said, happily. 1T was easy
work this morning 1 have broken
through the covering and 1 find that it
is all just a you guessed. Those are
not hills; they are tunnels. just as
you said. Come quickly Let's run
and explore. / will go ahead and YOU
follow me-
Not so fast. Tommy not so fast"
said Mrs Tommy. with a wise little
shake of her head. "Remenbe the
trouble we had yesterday and what
narrow escape that was You go and
explore and l will watch here by the
hole and warn you of any danger.
Much as Tommy wanted his little
mates company. he had to admit that
hers was the best plan.
Very WELL said he, that's what
we'll do. And as soon as / find some
thing good or interesting. I'll come
back and let you know about it"
So Mrs Tommy sood guard at the
entrance Tommy had made into the
tunnel. and Tommy disappeared into
the dark hole.
such a long time was he gone that
Mrs Tommy began to be afraid Time
seems twice as long when one Is wait
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record. ]

LFrom the Philadelphia Record
A woman shopper may order a cake
of soap scented, and still take it with
her.
If you want to make a small man
feel big, get him to stand on his dig
nifty.
You never can tell. Many a woman's
diamonds are past, althouh she has
the dough.
Some people are guilty of sins of
omission who are too lazy for sins of
commission.
The duty of a church is som etimes
to get the people together, and then
to keep them apart
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again is a saying that shouldn't be
too good to be true.
The race is not always to the swift
but it is just as we'll to keep up with
our running expenses.
If you have an axe to grind. you
will generally find little fiattery will
act as the best motive power
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
quoted the Wise Guy That's moth
Ing" added the Simple Mug. Neither
did faint bank account"
THE love of money may be the root
of all evil says the Cynical Bachelor.
but a man has to marry il to have il
brought home to him
Blobbs-That fellow Bjones seems
utterly lacking in a sense of humor.
Slobbs-That's right There is no
more fun in Bjones than there is in a
comic post card"
Mrs. Newlywed-'-I believe every
thing my husband tells me Mrs. Wig
wag-How long have you been mar
ried? Mrs. Newlywed-I was mar
RED last Monday. Mira Wigwag-I
thought so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
Jayh awker Jots

AS H. of the Hutchinson Reforma-
| tory Herald denes it: Character is
what you are; reputation is what peo-
pie think you are.
Still the talk of getting up an hour
| earlier in the morning is all right, says
Joe Howe in the Dickinson County
| News, only most of the fellows who
advocate it most vigorously won't have
to. In fact a great many of them
need not get up at all.
| Told by the Pratt Union Some
young girls in an auto one day re-
Gently saw two young men walking
along the sidewalk and they drew up
near the walk and said: Are you
fellows tired of walking?' The men
at once thought the girls were a little
fresh and that they had struck a
snap, when to their surprise the girls
said, We'll, then, run awhile and
drove on, remembering Lots wife.
Hoboes are pretty smart guys, all
right. The Clay Center Times reports:
Hardly ever do any tramps come
around to the back doors of Clay Cen
ter now except on Sunday. Other days
they know they will be sent to the city
marshal who will give them work on
the rock pile to earn something to
eat. But on Sunday they can't be sent
to the rock pile to earn a meal, so they
come around begging on that day. 1t
| is a testimonial to the value of the
rock pile.
Observations by Obey Weaver in his
| Sedgwick Paragraph: Crabs and
misers hate to shell out A false
friend is worse than a fair foe. 4.
It's easier to make a tool of a dull
man than of a sharp one. We
are too altruistic over duties and ego
tiStic over rewards. The efforts
of some people to look pleasant are
positively painful. Somehow.
Our relatives that we are proudest of
never seem proud of us. If a
man owned the earth he would try to
dodge the tax collector just the same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
DANGERS OF FLY PoIsoNs,

In Farm and Fireside is an article
telling the dangers to human beings
IN many fly poisons. Most of them
|coEtain arsenic-a deadly and rapid
poison In view of the extent to
which such poison is kept in saucers
about many houses during fly time. let
bus bear in mind that the pranks of
children never cease In the past two
|rearS seventy-two cases are on record
|cf children being poisoned by playful
~ drinking the contents of saucers set
|out for flies. Some OF the children
|died but most OF them. having prompt
-aaeical treatment, recovered. Michi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30

Topeka needs a much larger audi
|torium to maintain its place as the
convention city of the several large
organizations that prefer to meet here
rather than in any other locality in
Kansas. And such an auditorium will
mot only save these big conventions
lfor Topeka but it will also be certain
Ito attract other large conventions
here This is the material aspect of
the proposition that will be submitted
to the voters of the city tomorrow.
And this would be a sufficient reason
for the bond issue to carry, even were
there no other, because these conve1-
lions are wonderfully profitable TO
Topeka in many ways But there is
another matter involved in this pro-
posed civic improvement, and it is
one that is of really serious concern
to the people of the city. The audi
|torium is the place where they gather
themselves for all of their big do
|ings" On many occasions each year
|Topekans pack themselves into it to
the extent of it's capacity. 1t is used
for many of the big festivals in which
their children participate. And the
present auditorium is as a finder box.
|Only give it a little start and it would
be n mass Of roaring flames within
minute or two. Isn't it worth while
for Topekans to have this structure
rebuilt and made absolutely fireproof?
Here is a stable door that it would be
well for Topekans to lock in time, and
they have an opportunity to do so at
1.-THE bond election tOuOrrow
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presented himself at Bob's front door
and asked for his host. He was ush-
cred into the living room and asked
to wait. He knew the family well and
proceeded to wind up the Victrola and
put on his favorite tunes. Presently
Mccormack was singing Believe Me
if All Those Endearing Young
Charms" and George was humming
the air. He was thinking of the girl
Bob was to help him to find, the girl
he had produced, but not identified.
Mccormack sang:
Thou wouldst still be adored as this
moment thou art.
Let thy loneliness fade as it WILL
And around the dear ruin each wish
of my heart
Will entwine itself verdantly still"
And George whispered softly,
Amen
There was a sound, soft, almost in
articulate, and he turned.
In the doorway. in an exquisite
frock of filmy white net, stood the
girl with no identity. the one Bob had
promised to help find. He had done
amazingly we'll! George advanced a
step and stopped, remembering sud
denly how low he stood in the young
lady's estimation.
Margaret. in turn, was quite as per-
ceptibly stunned. $50 this is Bob's
things come out" And she Redeemed
at the thought of her conduct of the
day before.
She held out her hand. My broth
er won't be down for a minute. He
told me to see that you weren't bored"
she said.
your brother?"
Yes, my brother Bob"
II don't understand. I've been here
often in the last year and"
''Oh. I've been in California until a
week ago. Sit down, won't you, and
we will talk it over"
But Bob said he didn't know you
when 1 took your picturei''
His idea of joke, 1 suppose! But
is that how you got my picture? And
why, please. did you use it the way
you did?''
Because" he hesitated. Because
1 was desperate to discover your iden-
tity. 1 fell in love with your likeness
and the advertisement was only ruse
to find out who you were.''
80 you two have got together at
last" exclaimed Bob. blowing in just
then. THANK heaven, there's one job
off my hands" -(Copyright, 1916, by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30

If IT BE TRUE.
If it be true my dear, il 1t be true
That souls may come again when men
are dead.
Look for me with the first light fall of dew
When autumn days their fragrant fresh
ness shed.
Look for me toward the sunset, burning
red
Beyond the hills while skies glow deeper
blue;
And heavy in the snow lies the valley bed I;
Look for me then, aud ! shall come to
you
Yes / shall come, beloved, as that bird
Which flies across the suns last linger-
ing light:
First touch of darkness shall reveal the
sight
OF my wide wings; and as we stood and
heard
That last lark's song, all, listen for me,
dear,
And God, who lets me sing, will let you
hear!
Sara King, in Scribner's Magazine.
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Journal Entries

The longest way round is also
often the most expensive way there.
+ {. i
When a man depends upon that
chimerical thing called luck for
success he isn't likely to achieve it.
4. = =
If wishes were horses and beggars
could ride they probably wouldn't be
satisfied unless they had automo-
biles.
i.
Why is it that some women get so
much satisfaction out of the thought
that all troubles in the world are
heaped on their shoulders?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30

Z This is also a proba bility. If every
voter in Topeka who would not object
to paying increased taxes at the rate
of ten cents a year on each thousand
dollars valuation for the reconstruc-
ton of the auditorium would take the
trouble to go to the polls tomorrow,
the bond issue to provide for this es-
sential civic Improvement would be
certain to carry by an overwhelming
majority.
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i know something has eaten him
up, sne walled softly; Il know
But just at that very rninut.
Iommy crept out Of the tunnel Sot
bruised. frightene1 or hurt Tornr1v
as she feared to see: but a gay. sat-
isfied looking Iitrfe fellow.
Come with mel Come ufth r,..-.
ne said eagerly. the best eatirz you
ever found, This tunnel Heads ri~Lt
BACK to the popcorn patch and las
that the gardener planted orly 80
week" '1st
Happy 70 think everything wns
turning out SO well. Mrs Tommy fol-
lowed Tommy to the tunnel ana
PACK 70 the feast he had found
Copyright-Clara Ingram JudsonS
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More important even than being in
favor of the bond issue to rebuild
and fireproof the auditorium is that
you should make it a point to go to
the polls tomorrow and register your
public spiritedness and civic pride
with a ballot expressing your senti-
ments
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gan now has law regulating the sale
Of fly poisons. But matter of this
kind is often successfully COPIED with
# the attention of intelligent people
is simply called to the danger. We
are not condemning fly poisons. but
simply urge care in keeping them out
Of the reach of youngsters"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30

Some big doings. bigger than any
thing that has occurred before, will
have to happen in war-ridden Europe
during the week beginning June if
|it is to divert the attention of the peo-
|ple of these United States from what
|will be Transporting at Chicago that
week.
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