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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24
BED II MlE TALES
TOO MANY TOYS
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON

Too many toysi You didn't think
anybody could have too many toys?
Dear mel Yes. They can and more
over they often do, And that's too bad
too, for too many toys are less fun
than too few. When you have too
many, it's very hard to pretend you
have not enough. while when you have
only a few, it's lots of fun to pretend
that you have some that you haven't.
Mary Jane and her brother Tom
had too many-there was no doubt
about that, They had automobiles and
dolls of all sorts and sizes and kinds
Dolls that had dresses for parties and
dresses for motoring and for bathing
and golf and-any everything. And
engines of all kinds till it really made
one tired to think of setting them all
to going nd gam $50 many games
that Tom and Mary Jane never could
decide which one to play, so they did
mt play any. oh, it's very hard lu
to have too many toys-you see that
for yourself.
One morning in the pleasant sum-
mer time, the children's mother came
out onto the broad shady porch just
in time to hear Mary Jane say, $50
there isn't a single thing to play with"
And to hear Tom reply, Not a single
thingi"
about ~ asked their surprised mother.
Not anything TO play within Why. this
whole porch is covered with toysi"
And right ut that minute she hap
nened TO realize what the trouble was
She looked ehoughtfully at the toys,
then at the two bored children and
then back ut the toys
This is Monday morning. she said
at last land every TOW that doesn't
have something to do with washing
clothes is tc be put away by the time
1 come back, which will be in five
minutes" And she went into the house
u have no idea what she means"
laughed Mary Jane, but it's some
thing to do anyway" and she started
to work. She kept out her doll wash
tub Of course, and a wringer that
was perfectly like real grown-up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

In purchasing the Danish West
indies. says Golfers, we are using
money to get rid of European owner
ship of a strategic point in North
4 merica. We have done this before
On various occasions with France,
Russia, and Spain. The price pro-
pcsed, -omething over $3.50 an acre,
is high, but tine islands are worth a
lot more since the Panama Canal was
built and since long-voyage submar-
ines were perfected. This purchase
was urged time and again by Seward,
Foster. and Hay. three of the ablest
secretaries of state the Republican
party has ever put in office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Things Worth knowing.

To Peel Tomatoes-Run fork
through stem end; light small flame of
gas stove, hold tomato over blaze and
turn slowly. The skin will soon burst
open and it may be easily peeled. This
is much better than dipping in boiling
water, as the tomato does not heat and
become soft, and it is so much more
quickly done.
After White Shoes are cleaned and
dry, sprinkle plenty of talcum powder
over shoes and polish with a soft, clean
cloth, or rub very lightly with the
palm of your hand. This will bring
forth the pretty gloss they had when
new and will keep them soft; also
easy to clean, as the dirt will come off
with the powder. Any cheap talcum
powder will do, but it must be talcum.
Substitute for Milk-Try this when
fresh milk is unobtainable and con-
densed milk turns sour: Beat one or
two fresh eggs and add about twice as
much cold water; mix we'll Baby
will like this in his morning cereal
especially.
To Keep Fish Fresh in a refrigera-
tor without spelling the flavor of other
tops screwed on and set near the ice.
Thoroly Scald Daily all vessels used
for milk.
Coffee Pots should always be
bright on the inside to insure good cof-
tee BY occasionally boiling soap wat
err and washing soda in them they will
be kept in excellent condition.
The Table.
Stuffed Potltoes-Bake eight large
No tons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

with sharp knife and scoop out the
inside with a small spoon. Set aside
the skins for future use. Mash pota-
toes smooth, rub into them tablespoon
tutter, one-half cup of cream or rich
milk, two teaspoons finely minced
onin, teaspoon minced parsley, salt
and cayenne pepper to taste. When
you have worked these into a smooth
mass beat in the stiffened whites of
two eggs Fill the empty potato skins
with this creamy mixture, heaping it
high. Stand the potato cases on end.
side by side, in a baking pan and set
in oven until potato protruding from
the tops is delicate brown.
DINNER and Funerals Cause Dcath.''
Admiral Dewey, in the September
American Magazine, says dinners and
funerals kill more people than any
thing else, and SO he goes to neither.
The writer says:
"A while ago one of his oldtime
friends and associates in the navy died.
The mans family expected Dewey to
act as one of the pallbearers, but he
was obliged to tell them that he adj
hered strictly to a rule against attend
ing funerals.
"a funeral he says, is depressing,
and if 1 went to many would soon go
to my own.
Frequently Dewey receives a din
ner invitation that he would like to
accept. He is tempted to do SO. But
he knows that the only way to have a
rule affective against dining is to have
it inviolate. Otherwise, one would be
constantly exciting the animosity of
old friends for accepting one invitation
and declining another.
There has never yet been invented
a way to eat your cake and have it,
says Dewey; neither can you abuse
your health and have it ."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24
being as a result of his activity and

being as a result of his activity and
generosity.
You've really accomplished won
ders, Lashley!" exclaimed Alberta.
Then thank yourself, Alberta; I've
merely taken your tip to make things
happen said LashIey, with a smile.
"Oh, how did you know 1 had said
such unkind things?" A crimson
blush accompanied this contrite ques
ton.
Luckily for me, I overheard your
remarks to your parents about me
one evening, and withdrew my hand
from your doorbel1 and went out into
the night to face myself and see why
you felt a contempt for me. When 1
reached home I found a special deliv-
cry letter telling me my great aunt
had left me all her wealth. 1 told
no one, but went to see her lawyers.
The day 1 returned you left for New
York and I went to work to make
something happen that you would
think worth WHILE
Alberta kept her eyes downcast to
avoid the gaze which she felt Lashley
was turning upon her as the machine
glided along quiet and unobstructed
street.
But you, too, have accomplished
wonders, Alberta" Lashley's voice
became tender and ardent and plead
ing. That place on the Hudson is a
dream. 1 kept the identity of the
owner from you SO that you would
carry out your own ideas entirely, for
I dared to hope that you might some
day consent to share home and hap
piness with me. Do you think that
day will ever come, dear?"
II believe it has come now" whis-
pered Alberta, for I don't know
which L love more, you or that darling
house on the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1915. by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24
FAIR, TIME IS NEAR.

1t is now less than three weeks until
the opening of the Topeka big free
state fair and everything goes to in
6icate performance of the promise that
the 1915 exhibition will merit first
position among those of the entire
country.
From a purely advertising and
broadly commercial standpoint it
should and will prove of inestimable
,slue to Kansas. The livestock in
dustry. for example. will be given more
space and attention this year than ever
before. and plans have been made and
are working out finely by which the
scope of the 1915 exhibit will extend
far beyond the confines of Kansas and
the cream of the herds of cattle, hogs,
mules, sheep and horses from practi-
cally all over the Southwest will be
brought here for show and subsequent
sale.
1t is to be a great fair, a beneficial
fair, drawing thousands of visitors to
Topeka. Many will come Just to see
Other hundreds will come ito see and
to show" Other hundreds will be at
tracted mainly by the race course,
upon which this year will run some OF
the fastest racing stock in the west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

When she came back Tom had Just
finished picking up all but one wagon
I'm going to use that to collect laI,n-
dry, he explained. And say. Mary
Jane. let's go out under the tree ana
open laundry for dolls clothes,"
And off the children scampered.
Mother found them playing happily
had written. SIG
Monday, play with laundry THINGS.
tuesday. clean up the dolls ho,,sa
ana make repairs on furniture: Wed
nesday, bake and cook: Thurs5a,
build bridges and boats: Friday. p1av
scnool; saturday. take a trip And
since Mary Jane and Tom have ,i.,,
ed that way they have always -
something nice to do. Try 1t yoursa1e
some time and see if it ISM a gesss
plan.-eCopyright-Clara Ingram gsSl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

/ During the filling of the silo. there
is danger of death from asphyxiation
by carbon dioxide, says the depart
lnent of chemistry of the College of
agriculture, Lincoln. Large amounts
of gas are produced in the silo from
the green crop. and may collect in
dangerous quantities if coalitions be-
come favorable. To avoid accumula-
fsons of the gas, doors should be left
open as long as possible. Men should
not stay in the silo when the blower
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

is not running. and especially they
should not lie on the fresh silage. If
the work has been interrupted for any
length of time, men should not again
enter the silo until the blower has
been running for a few minutes. This
removes the dangerous gases. In the
case of a pit silo, men should never
remain in the silo when the blower is
not running, and the blower should
always be started before anyone enters
the silo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

America, stand upi Cast off the strain
OF greed that taints a lustrous name of
yore!
Be worthy once again of that brave train
OF soldiers, statesmen, patriots gone be-
fore
Who did what men have never failed to do !;
Who fought and bled and died that men
might be
Free to make good free to be stanch
and true;
Free to make clear the honor to be free!
Are we become poltroons? Has greed for
gold
Put poison in our veins? Do we forget
What we have striven for in days of old.
What men in FRANCE and Flanders strive
for yet?
Is CLINT of coin the only thing to scan?
Is it not still worth while to be a man?
Frederick Hoppin Rowland in Phiiadel-
phia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A child's world is bounded by its
knowledge.
X = 4
The tallest story is usually told by
the shortest speaker.
X y X
The difference between good nature
and bad temper is often a matter of
degrees.
X x y
When the small minded man is
called to account he looks for a |eak-
er person to bully.
= X X
The marks one gets when he tries
and succeeds are few compared TO the
remarks handed to him when he tries
and fails.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24
DINNER STORIES

Johnny had just started learning
history, and very proud of himself he
was. One evening, as he sat study
ing his lesson, he thought he would
test his grandfather's knowledge of
the subject, SO he asked:
Grandpa, do you know what great
war broke out in 1892"
The old main raised his head from
the evening paper and looked
thoughtfully at the lad. Then a sud
den light came into his eyes.
Why" said he, that was the year
married your grandmother"
And what did you learn at school
today?"
'.Oh, all about the myths and god
desses and things"
And what about them"
ct forgot them-all but Ceres
And who was she?'
"Oh. she was the goddess of dress
making
well, how in the world"
We'll, teacher said she was the
goddess of ripping and sewing"
How do you know those pictures
are worth what you paid for them?"
"I don't know" replied Mr.. Cum
rox. But I'm not worrying When
L get through with the stock ticker
downtown, I don't propose to come
nome anu SluCy d new line Oh market
quotations.
Old LADY, want to get 10 cents
worth of stamps.
The New Clerk-What denomina-
ton?
Old Lady-Fm a Baptist. but 1
dent see as it's any of your business.
rs your wife fond of athletics? %
Not at all She lust wears that
sport suit because she thinks she
looks cute in it,
A little slum child was enjoying his
first glimpse of country life. He sat
by the farmers wife, just as the sun
was setting, watching her pluck a
chicken
He was gravely silent for a long
time, then asked:
DO you take off their clothes every
night, lady2"
r.r:ro~nia 0nS7 facforiaa ornnIorfuD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24
AItho the canvass is onlv one-t

Altho the canvass is only one-third
complete, more than $4,000 Pennsyl-
vania Railroad employees already have
signed a petition to Congress to enact
p law that will make it impossible for
= small minority of railroad employees,
by concerted action, to jeopardize the
positions and earnings of the great
majority. The petition also urges leg
dslation requiring arbitration of rail-
way wage differences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

If the presidential election were to
be decided on the attitude of the can
didates toward national woman suf-
frage, Wilson has all the better of the
situation. A big majority of the states
apparently oppose granting the fran
chise to women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24
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Reversible Opinion.


Hold Binks has said down to the store.
And he has said it DER and DER.
In his profound and all-wise way
He said it just the other day.
And said it with lot of steam
1t bein' his most fav'rite theme
He don't want wimmen fer to vote.
'Twould be a dickens of note
If winmen ever should get hold
And let the vittles all git cold
BY hangin' round the polls for hours
An tryin' to upset the powers
That be in this here mighty land.
He wants us all to understand
He's dead agin' it from the start,
No excl suffrage fer his part
His better half will never mix
Up in no gol-dum politics;
He'll see to that, for he's the boss
He saws the subject makes him cross.
Them is his sentiments, by gum:
The wimmen folks should stay at mum.
That's what he said down to the store;
He'd said it many times before
His style of argument is such,
we think he doth protest too much.
For some of us who have been 'rouno
OF Hod Binks' house when trouoie
rife,
Know purity we'll about his wife.
Hold let's off al, his steam to US,
But round home he don't make no
fuss
You'd think to hear him talk to her
That he was simply Twin fer
To see her vote fer president,
And that he would then die content
Hes fer IT and he's fer it strong;
He's told her that much right along
He's mighty liberal with the saive
And tells her that she ought to nave
The rights men have had in the past
Won see Hold really doesn't dast
saw nothin' that don't please her
whim;
Most all the fellers are like him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY X. MoULToN

Perplexed.
She bought a Rembrandt while away,
A portly dame vouchsafed to say,
To hap s me.
am an idiotic cove,
had to go and ask of her
Its pedigree.
You see, l thought it was a pup;
The social game I'd best give up.
/ try to please;
But l am sure to get it wrong.
L thought Murillo was a song.
When it's a cheese.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

The gas controversy may afford both
Entertainment and profit for the law
yers, court officers and politicians but
IL possesses little interest for the pub
lie. What the people desire is more
gas and they get everything but just
that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

The last German will face the last
Briton if need be-" is the latest de-
fiance from Berlin. But isn't that
admitting something?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

Another big war loan for England.
The British are digging down in
France and Belgium, but when it is
all over they will have to dig up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

Some of us can remember when we
used to think that most crimes were
caused by inability to find employ
rnent and the privations of cold and
hunger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

The greatest drawback the pork
packing congressman have to endure
is that they have not yet found a way
to utilize the public squeal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

This fellow sits up nights to think
what he can make his patients drink
to cure them of their ills; he fills a
glass of horrid dope, that tastes like
coal tar mixed with soap, to alternate
with pills. At other times he takes a
knife and threatens then and tt ere
your life. with unconcern supreme;
with chloroform upon a towel he
chokeS attempts to scream. He says,
"Oh. no. you will not mind, I'll aim
to be so very kind" and then proceeds
to TRIM he sinks his lance clear to the
bone, you'd give a million could you
own one chance to wallop him. But
you are anchored to the tab1e-bound
around with two inch cable and so
what chance have you? You may well
sink back and groan and let him cut
and scrape the bone until the says he's
thru.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

The weather forecasters are some
times uncertain in their predictions,
but when they speak of mean tenn
perature or mean" humidity they
usually mean exactly what they say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

A new penitentiary in Illinois is to
have all outside cells, comfortable and
sunshiny. with glass roofs and washed
and heated air; in fact, with all the
comforts and luxuries of home. Must
be making a bid for immigration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

Apparently nothing can shake Pres
-fdent Wilson's confidence in his ad-
visers. Senator James Hamilton Lewis
was sent on the trail of Mr.. Hughes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

Perhaps it was the experiences of
Secretary Daniels in putting the gag
on naval officers that scared Mr.. Bry-
an out of the cabinet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

The high cost of living is still
mounting, and so is the high cost of
sending certain kinds of men to con-
gress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

The Cleveland Leader attributes DR..
Eva Harding's decision to run for con-
gress as an Independent to wounded
pride and ambition" But the Leader
does not know DIR. Harding. She dear
ly loves a fight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

The war is blamed by one of the
Pittsburg newspapers for an increase
in the price of stogies. But why
"bIamed ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24
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one; and the clothes-line. Then she
tossed lot of the other toys into her
dress and took them to the nursery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

Things Are Not What They Seem.
Hogddone's confectionery is the
place to buy your groceries, cured
meats and fish. = The Kanogan
(Wash.) Independent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

Clifornia has 10e57 factories employing
more than 100000 persons
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San Francisco Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-24

Stuffed PotItoes-Bake eight large
potatoes until done. Cut off the tops
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-01
NEGROES VINO OWNED SLAVES.

We have before us an article from
the pen of DIR. Calvin d. Wilson, of
Glendale, Ohio, but for a number of
years the wellknown pastor of Church
willie Presbyterian Church, which treats
In an illuminating way the subject of
slaves heldin bondage by colored people
prior to the late war. DIR. Wilson has
done much of this research work for the
United States government, and his
articles always show unmistakable
signs of painstaking investigation and
accuracy,
The fact that colored people quite
frequently held slaves was scarcely
known outside of the slave states. and
almost forgotten there. In many cases
these masters did not hesitate to i'm
initiate and often exceed the severity of
white masters, with the added stigma
that they were often dealing with those
near to them by the ties Of blood and
kinship.
When President Lincoln signed his
Emancipation Proclamation he thereby
reduced to comparative poverty many
eolored slave masters as they, like the
white masters, thereby lost the most
valuable portion of their property.
In some cases these slaves were pure
negroes, but not infrequently they were
mulattoes, who for purposes of slavery
were classed as negroes, according to
Cooker Washington's phase. "a drop
Of African blood makes him fall to their
pile"
This class of slaves were to be found
in every slave state in the Union, and
In some sections were numerous. Some
Of the holders became such by Inherit
ance through relatives, some by gift,
and some by purchase; and many touch
ing incidents grew out of the business.
The records of Hartford, Conn, show
that Prince, a free negro Of Stonington,
Conn.,, bought slave woman named
Binar. on October 6, 1888, while a serv-
ant was sold to negro in Boston on
Nov 2s. l724. Near New Bern, N. c.,
Rose Petepher, a free negro, married
slave. he ran away and lived in the
woods for years when she finally bought
him. ito take possession when she
could find him." He soon showed up
and they then lived together and pros
pered. In the same neighborhood
young free negro (his mother being
free but his father slsve) bought his
fathers freedom. Everything went
well until the father exercised his
paternsl right to reprove his son, where
upon the youth hunted upa slave trader,
sold the old man for high price TO 20
TO the far South. the young man saying
boastfully ''the old man has gone TO
the corn fields about New Orleans where
they may learn him some manners.
John @. Stanley, mulatto slave of
North Carolina, was born in l772, his
father awhile man, his mother color
cd slave from the West Indies, bought
through 9 northern slave trader. she
having come originally from Africa.
In his boyhood days be was apprenticed