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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
April %. 1892.

April 90. 1892.
J. G. SIonecker has returned from Man
haitian.
Mr. and Mrs. s. S. OFT will entertain
friends this evening at their home $50
Polk street.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilder entertained
about thirty friends last evening at their
home, 412 Topeka avenue.
Mrs c. s. Gleed will be the accompanies
at the concert to be given Monday eve
ming at the Unity church.
DIR. Donaldson underwent a surgical OPP
Grafton a few days ago for a tumor. Drs.
McClintock, Rodgers and RICHTER per-
formed the operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

NO Harm Meant is the title of
Booklet put out by c. w. Ryan, editor
of the Wathena Times. 1t is made up
from the best thoughts of the writer
as expressed from time to time in the
columns of his paper. For his brother
editors who do not always find time to
read the exchanges which come to
their desks it will prove a source of
pleasure as well as mental profit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

. Congress is in no hurry. Altho there
is much business connected with the
war which needs immediate attention.
the house adjourns for three days,
with the announcement that consider
alton of the army bill will be taken
up when it reassembIes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
OLD NICH-ALAs.

OLD NICH-ALAS.
Alas, alas, old Mich alas,
The average man has been an ass,
To let you rule him all these years.
Inflicting burdens, groans and tears.
And he has eyed you all the while,
concealing in his sleeve a smile;
He flOurished his imperial sash.
While raking in your hard-earned cash.
Alas, alas. old Mich alas.
Now you may be turned out to grass,
And nothing have to do but bray,
Until the coming Judgment Day.
J. NJ. CAVANI- SIS.
Chanute, Kansas, March %. 1917.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
To a Bank Book.
BIZ ROY z. MoULToN.

To a Bank Book.
How l have kept thee with tender care
And come to thee at time of need most
sore.
At times in hope, at times in deep despair.
I've looked thee DER.
Long hours. ill-spared from sleep, with
thee I've spent.
With wearied brow I've searched thy
figures through.
Adding thee up to quite great extent,
Subtracting, too.
And if for this you feel the slightest
thanks
When next l labor with you late at
night,
oh, promise me your balance with the
banks
Will come out right,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

America. the birthplace of the aero
plane. now is told that the British,
French and Germans all have better
machines than can be found on this
side. But the French still are using
American made automobiles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

Secretary Houston favors the appli-
cation of the draft principle to the
raising of an army of farm laborers.
The system could hardly be put into
operation in time to do any Sood this
year. In the meantime why not set
to work on the farms the prisoners in
our jails and penitentiaries? Here is
a case where the army already is at
hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

For some years past pupils in the
public schools have been receiving in
struction in saving. Now, the time
Iras arrived for giving them lessons
m producing. 1t is important to the
iSsation that every man, woman and
child not otherwise. needed should be-
come : producer. t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

The biggest family I'm this country has
almost LOCO members; 1t is at Reserve,
nine miles north of Hiawatha Kan Re
serve is a small town of 200 people with
an average Kansas population in the coun-
try surrounding for extra nix miles Yet
in the town and the entire area Of coun-
try within six miles of the town there are
not more than ten families who are not
related to each other by ties Of blood or
marriage. OF these ten families nearly all
strangers who have moved into the
journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

When the Greeks entered Troy by
means of a wooden horse, they initi-
ated an idea which has been put to use
by the British in the present war
Who shall say that the tank" is not
the direct outgrowth of that event?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

The government is cndeavoring as
far as may be to discourage the war
bride" business in this country. Evil
IDENTITY it believes in fighting the pres
ent war before making preparation for
that of the future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
DINNER STORIES

81 will wager a fresh egg that you
will descend from that chair before |
ask you twice.
Done" said the gentleman, who
seemed determined no. to obey the
summons so obediently-
I Come down."
Il will not" was the reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

Perhaps in the end the government
will find some way to make the men,
bers of the 1. w. w. go to work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

Bumps are not all alike and there
is little resemblance between a Bump
on log and a Bump of experience.
Both of them are prominent Bumps.
however, and other Bumps of note
are Bumps on your head and Bumps
in the road. Some people declare
that they enjoy Bumps while others
admit they can't afford betters cars.
If you ever feel that you need
Bump you will find plenty of them all
the way down stairs or in a rooming
house mattress Bumps are almost
as indispensa to babies as graham
crackers. With 4 handful of graham
crackers to strew about the house
and six or eight Bumps a baby
spends a pleasant afternoon. There
are times when it is hard to tell the
difference between Bump and a
Lump. but as the question is seldom
one of much Importance 1t is prob
ably not worth pulling over. Some
people have Bumps and nothing more
on the end of their necks. And the
swelling never seems to subside..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

The man with the hoe" will have
his innings this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

A man with the Group halted a doc
tor on quiet street corner.
Doctor, he said, coughing Vio-
lently, what ought chap to do when
he's got the croup?'
The doctors eye emitted a steely
light at the thought of being buncoed
out of a free prescription, and he said:
such a man, my friend, ought to
consult a good physician
Thanks, DOCTOR" said the sufferer.
as he took his leave. That's what
I'll do, then"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

time"
The gentleman having no desire 10
retain his good pc sition till that period
came down from the chair and his OPP
pOnent won the wager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
Thoughts About Things.

When there is only a bit of love
there are many scraps but seldom a
peace
Married men don't always make the
best husbands Sometimes married
women make them.
The most Dignified man who ever.
lived was the one who didn't look
foolish while shopping with his wife
There are few more exciting mo-
ments in the life of the small boy than
when his mothe.' comes to pay a call
on his teacher and sits a while before
the class.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

Co. lovely flowers and tell her if Won care
OF all my love, of how my heart doth
throb.
OF how | sigh and moan oft in despair,
OF how | sob;
And if you care, pray let her know tine
TRUTH
That am young. that l am passing fair
That | have dimples, specs, a golden tooth
And lovely hair.
Tell her how | would brave the Arctfc-s
chill.
OF how thru raging flames I'D gladly go
For her sweet sake-oh, tell her, il you
will,
All that you know,
All that you know. of ali that I'D endure,
OF how her face l never will forget,
All that you know, save this, alas that
you're
Not paid for yet,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

The young husband laid down his
piece of cake and regarded his wife
across the table.
'Dearie." he began diplomatical-
ly, Il suggest that there is something
wrong with this cake. 1t really doesn't
taste very good
That's your Imagination said the
wife, with a triumphant smile Il
made 1t exactly set forth in the
cookbook, and the cookbook says it's
delicious"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
TOday's Snecr.

The Blue Streaks that were made
to the Marriage License Clerks seem
to have been mostly Yellow ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23

The Exclamation Point we praise,
For tho indeed, it's small.
1t gives point to things that have
No other point at all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
II. Also, cards were distributed ad-

steer. Also, cards were distributed ad-
vising the newcomers as to the impor-
lance Of getting, and keeping, on good
terms with the white people.
The results have been excellent; and
they continue. The league is still
necessary. The migration keeps up, and
colored people from the south are still
settling in the Michigan metropolis.
This example could, and should, be
widely copied. Some step of the kind is,
indeed, necessary to insure against tur-
bulence growing out of radical change
of base as from the south to the north
by people unfamiliar with travel and in
experienced in the ways of busting
business and social life. Without such
guidance they are apt to offend unin-
tentionally, and with it they will make
the more rapid progress.
The question as to whether the col
ored people would consult their welfare
by remaining in the south has interest,
and, while not new, is at this time at
tracing much attention. But "a con-
dition, not a theory" must be faced.
Higher wages are lure to which both
whites and blacks yield; and this is a
time of high wages-in some lines of
work, skilled and unskilled, the highest
ever. Both races have the right of
change from one section to another
may follow their inclinations, and go
anywhere fortune seems to beckon. For
this reason these migrations are likely,
for a time at least, to continue, and
while they continue should be watched
and differed with care everywhere, as
at Detroit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Washington.

1t may be true that for many years there
has been officially no such thing as the
city of Washington, as Chairman John
son of the House District committee re-
Gently pointed out to the President, and
that the legal entity constituting the
National Capital is the District of Co
lumbia. Nevertheless, it is a matter of
regret that the President should have
chosen the longer title for signing the
executive proclamations. The "City of
Washington" should be retained in off
cial parlance. 1t has been the executive
date line for many years, and it has
never been subject to question. A proc
lamation is just as effective whether is
sued from the District Of Columbia or
the City Of Washington. Even though
the city was by some form of law
merged as long ago as 1871 it has re-
manned sufficiently in existence since
TO justify the retention of the odd formu
Ia that designates it as the capital OF
the nation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
The Colored Migration.

Detroit is among the northern cities
whose population has been materially in
creased by the migration of colored peo-
PIE from the south. Its coiored popu-
lation is. now fully twenty thousand, the
majority recently attracted by offers of
work at good wages. There has been no
disorder. The newcomers have been alb
sorbed by the business activities of the
city, and are getting along well. Ad-
ditional labor was needed by thirty
ing community, and these people are
filing the bill
But the matter was not left to chance
Plans were laid and carried out by those
familiar with the situation, and solici
tous for the welfare Of both white and
black.
A league was formed, with the object
Of providing the newcomers with night
schools and wholesome recreation" and
finding them permanent employment
The newcomers were registered, SO tina,
the league could keep track of them and
et seasonable times give them the prope,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Kentucky and Bone Dry.

Would bone dry Kentucky jar you?
bly, will be asked to submit to the peo-
pie bone dry amendment to the state
constitution. Both vets and drys are
said to be DESTROYS of a showdown at
the polls. The question has long been
a disturbing one in both business and
political circles in the commonwealth,
and the voters want it settled and put
out of the way.
Mr. Bryan has just completed stump
ing tour of the state in the interests of
the drys. He addressed large audiences
everywhere, and at some points received
ovations. He has long been popular in
the state. The favor he established
years ago as champion of silver he still
retains now that he is making prohibi-
ton the sole subject of his addresses.
The financial phase of the question is
conspicuous in the Bluegrass country.
Great sums of money are invested in
distilleries, and large numbers of men
employed. Hence a change to bone dry
would neeessitate wide economic re-
adjustments. Still despite all this, the
drys have for some time been making
notable progress. The moral phase of
the question has appealed SO strongly
that over hundred counties in the state
are now dry. The vets retain local con-
troll only in those counties where large
urban populations demand tipple in bar
rooms.
Prohibition has divided both political
parties. The most eminent wet demo
crat is Henry Watterson, who declares
that no democrat can be prohibition
list, while the most eminent dry demo-
Graf is Senator Beckham Eminent re-
pubiicans are found on either side.
Naturally, there is much interest mani
Tested in the state in the Senate's food
control debate. The prominence of
John Barleycorn in that has brought
everybody to attention. When he ap-
pears to sink, the drys rejoice; when to
swim, the vets rejoice. When the colo
mel enters the eonference-or rather
when his fate is submitted there-Ken-
lucky will wait with impotence for the
verdict
The campaign which will follow the
action of the general assembly should
be one to remember. In land flowing
with stump oratory; with every orator
in fettle and in action; with everybody,
men, women and children, enlisted on
one side or the other of the cause, every
day, every hour, every minute, will con-
tribute something to either the gayety
or the gloom of the contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Holding Up the Aviation Bill.

Opposition to the aviation bill. which
passed Inc House IN short order last
week and has been unanimously an
proved by the Senate committee on
military affairs, has developed in the
Senate on the part of a very small group
of men who have already established a
record for putting obstacles in the way
Of the successful prosecution of this
war. 1t has been announced that thew
will debate the bill at length and do all
in their power to delay its passage. bas-
ing their opposition on the ground that
the measure empowers the President to
draft men into the aviation service. 1t
is generally recognized that in this war
aircraft is playing an important and
increasing part, and that victory NAV
be won by the side that at the critical
time places the largest number of we'll
managed airplanes in action. In order
to be available in season to be effective
the great American air fleet must be
started at once toward construction.
equipment, manning, training and trans
port. 1t will take many months to build
the number Of planes necessary, to pre-
pare the fields acquired for training and
to develop the men needed for manning
the fleet. Every day is precious in this
war, and every possible hour should be
saved in the legislative processes through
which the United States is preparing
itself for service. Legitimate debate is,
Of course, unavoidable, but debate sole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Sixty DAYS on the Farm,

Between the sentences imposed upon
the militant pickets arrested at the White
House in the first two instances and
those given yesterday to the latest as
sortment of lawbreakers is a difference
of some l 400 hours, and a very decided
difference in conditions of imprison-
ment. Instead Of going to Jail for
quiet, unprisonlike detention of about
forty-two hours under three-day SEN
tence, the pickets who have persisted in
disregarding the law and the police
warnings have gone to the workhouse,
to be clad in uniforms and set to work
and given regulation prison fare. What
was sort of picnic becomes veritable
punishment. This is what should have
been done in the beginning, save as the
first mild sentences may have been jus
tilted as warnings Of what persistence
would entail.
If in the face of this positive appi-
cation of the law other pickets go forth
and seek to proclaim their cause by IL
legal methods steps should be taken to
prevent unseemly demonstrations in the
courtroom, such as those that marked
the latest trial during two days. 1t is
part of the propaganda that these women
are so wrong headedly conducting to
bring disrepute upon the court. They
want to ridicule the processes Of gov
eminent. They want to make a specta-
Gle Of the trials. 1t is known that the
day before the latest case was called
post cards were sent out in large numbers
to supposed sympathizers with this
cause urging them to be present at the
Police Court. This was deliberate de-
sign to pack the courtroom, and could
have been for no other purpose than to
applaud the arguments and deride the
prosecution of the cases. Yesterday the
judge properly rebuked this demonstra-
ton, after having shown a remarkable
degree Of courteous patience with the
women.
If more women break the law in this
manner, despite the lesson just admin
istered, the courtroom should be cleared
of all but the counsel, witnesses, defend
ants and the representatives Of the pub
iic in the person of the news reporters.
These trials, if they are to become sus-
tanned feature Of Police Court proceed
ings, should not be made absurd by
methods that would not be tolerated for
a moment in other cases, there or in any
other court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Counterfeit Uniforms.

rom tHe EHlchsN ] ElEbn".
The craze for uniforms has become
virulent among those who are not SOL
diers and do not intend to be soldiers.
Doormen. elevator boys and chauffeurs
are all putting on khaki. In their re-
gala they are hard to distinguish from
officers and enlisted men. We believe
this indiscriminate use of uniforms
closely resembling the military pattern
should be stopped. 1t Is penal offense
to make any representation OF our cur
rency, but it appears that non com
batants can rig themselves out in imt :
tation of our lighting men with i'm
punity. Companies employing uni
formed men should insist on patterns
and colors that are easily distinguish
able from the soldier uniform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
The Rainy Season.

No one in this region can complain of
lack of moisture during the present
| season. The precipitation during the
spring and summer has been persistent
and at times excessive. A day withou,
shower is rare, and some days there
are two or three showers and storms of
violence are not infrequent. Apart
from the interference with outdoor
pleasuring that this unusually frequent
rainfall causes, the effect on the food
crops may be unfortunate. These per-
sistent rains make the weeds grow and
put the gardeners and the farmers to
the necessity of unremitting labor to
keep their fields in order. The corn,
which needs rain at certain stage. has
now about reached the point where it
should have hot, dry weather for devel-
opment. The rain has interfered in
some cases seriously with the harvesting
OF the wheat. This grain must be cut
promptly on ripening, and then must
cure for a time in the shocks on the
ground. Some damage has been caused
by the rainfall following the cutting of
the wheat, through sprouting of the
grains in the shocks. But, on the whole,
the conditions are excellent, and if the
rains which have been so abundant will
now cease, save for an occasional mod
crate shower, for a few weeks, the coun-
try will be blessed with tremendous
crop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
" for the purpose of delay is unpatri-

" for the purpose Of delay is unpatri-
otto. The Senate now has a cloture
process, and If the opposition to the air
craft bill persists it should be applied
promptly, so as to insure the passage of
this measure with the least delay COM
patible with this unwarranted opposi-
ton, the real object Of which, the Ameri-
can people are prone to suspect, is the
handicapping of this government in the
prosecution Of the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Those Joyous Assurances.

What joyous things we used to say!
Cold storage is a blessing which
Safeguards us 'gainst a hungry day.
II won't make anybody rich"
What joyous things We used to say.
The telephone Will surely mean
Long distance talk without delay.
Our tempers Will be all serene"
What joyous things We used to say.
Inventors vowed that war should be
so overwhelming in dismay.
Men would not dare to disagree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
The Day of Reckoning.
rom the New York World.

From the New York World
A new German chancellor cannot add
single soldier to the hard-pressed
armies of the empire.
A new German minister of marine
cannot add single gun or ship to the
grand fleet that has been bottled I'D
by the superior sea power Of the allied
navies.
A new German foreign minister cam
not add single grain of wheat or a
single potato to the scanty food sup
plies of the German people.
So much for the ministerial crisis
and its effect upon the conduct of the
war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18

A number of circumstances must be
regarded as direct reminders to Crown
Prince Willie that he cannot regard
this war as an enterprise for his per
sonal benefit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18

Berlin has been seeking to assuage the
feelings of Argentina Germany's. con
fdence in her ability to do as she pleases
and make It all right afterward remains
mistaken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18

The police judge has done all in his
power to show the picketing ladies
enough conversational attention to com
pensate for the somewhat taciturn dis
position in loftier official life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
The Non-Producer.

The idler eats; and hangs about
Most every form of earthly biz;
Though human beings go without,
The old potato bug gets his.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Generous Deception.

"Why did you tell Mrs. Fluf1ins that
play was very serious, intellectual en-
tertainment You know it is shocking
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. ~
carefully described it in a way that is
sure to prevent her from going to see it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
A Disappointed Admirer.

"What is your wife's opinion about
woman suffrage7"
"Well," replied Mr.. Meekton, "I'm
kind O disappointed. She takes any old
banner they hand her and just stands
around without saying word on the
merits of the question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18

Russia naturally has some remaining
questions to settle concerning internal
affairs. But it is evident that she does
not intend to allow them to interfere
with the fighting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18

The assumption that there is no city
of Washington will not make the slight
est difference in the demands on the
municipal taxpayer.