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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Next Monday the country will cele-
brate the birthday anniversary of him
who is, as time passes. coming to be
regarded as the greatest American of
them all-Abraham Lincoln. AS a
model and an inspiration for American
youth he is being placed ahead of
George Washington. This is not due
to any disIoyalty to or lack of appre-
citation of the father of his country,
but probably proceeds from the fact
that the life and accomplishments of
Lincoln are fresher in the minds of
the people.
A prominent Ohio jurist is reported
by the st. Louis Globe Democrat as
saying that a years study in colleges
of the life and writings of Lincoln
would be better worth the time than
giving it to the campaigns of Caesar,
the utterances of Roman orators, and
the poetry of VergiI." That Lincoln is
becoming more than a merely Ameri-
can classic should be noted in the
fact that he has since the war began
been almost more quoted than any
other among English-speaking peo-
pies. He was found by Premier
Lloyd George to have stated better
than any other the purposes which
actuate the Entente Allies: I'VE ac-
cepted the war for an object, worthy
object. The war will end when that
object is attained. Under God I hope
it will never end until that time
The need of deeper study of Lin
coin, by adults as we'll as children,
ss,ys the Christian Science Monitor, is
made evident by the growing fire.
quency with which students of the
great rail-splitter apply his sayings or
his acts to present-day conditions In
May, 1856, when a tremendous issue
was forcing itself upon the nation, he
made, at Bloomington, Ill, what has
sometimes been called his 'lost
speech" 1t was not lost, however, all
tho no notes were taken of it at the
tune. In later days it was pieced to-
gether by those who heard it. In this
speech Lincoln appealed to every ele-
ment in his party and in his country
to stand for the right, regardless of
pressure for compromise or expe-
diency, closing with a remarkable per-
Grafton. at the end of which he
stretched forth his long arms in invi-
tation to all his countrymen, declaim-
| ing with irresistible force:
Come as the wind comes when for
| ests are rended:
Come as the waves come when ma
vies are stranded"
quotation which, five years later, in
spired the strain:
I'VE are coming, Father Abraham,
five hundred thousand strong.'
Abraham Lincoln. says the New
York Times, was one of the keenest
politicians OF his time. Even while
! his political experience was still
parochial, he had been able to think
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

board of education has issued a pam
phlet under the title Publicly Pur-
chased Textbooks" Mr.. Loeb shows
that Illinois and Indiana are the only
states north of the Mason and Dixon
line that have no free textbook sys-
tenn. In eleven states free textbooks
are mandatory for all grades in both
elementary and high schools; in four
states they are mandatory in the ele-
mentary schools only, and in fifteen
the system is permissive at the dis
erection of the district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

nationally both as to means and re-
suits. in a way utterly beyond the rest
Of the coterie of middle western poll
ticians to which he belonged. We are
not here speaking of his statesman
ship. but Of his political understand
ing.
The most extraordinary thing about
him was his unparalleled power of
growth, so that a few months or a
year of experience gave him the
equivalent in development of what
years of it would have given or failed
to give to other men. and this power
of growth was manifested as much in
his poIiticianship as in anything else.
The man who defeated himself for
senator so as to defeat Douglas two
years later for president was the man
who played the Abolitionists and the
border state Unionists off against each
other until there was no longer dan
ger to the. Union in emancipation, and
who created a state out of a desert
when an additional vote wa, necessary
to the cause of the Union.
We cannot think of anything more
sure u engage the imagination and
quicken the pulse of American youth,
says the Saturday Evening Post, than
the study of Lincoln. 1t is the heart
OF Americas story, red and warm. He
saw the human side of the politics of
his time, and that is all there is to
progressive politics. 1t is all that
democracy, as a political movement,
involves. The boy or girl who thor
| oily knows Lincoln's life has received a
liberal education in the political his
/ tory of the United States-and some
thing of even higher value than that.
1t is an education, moreover, that
would attract and not repel youth, for
| it visibly breathes the life which youth
finds about it outside of the school
room
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

Pearls are reported to be rapidly
replacing diamonds in popular favor.
The explanation offered by importers
and dealers of the more rapid percent
age of growth in the importation of
the pearl is that pearls are more in
favor" than formerly. In fact prices
of pearls have advanced even more
rapidly than those of diamonds. The
average value in diamonds per unit of
quantity has increased about 20 per
cent in the past year, while in pearls
the increase has been about 25 per
cent in value per unit of quantity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10
Reflections of a Hopeless Idiot.

Reflections of a Hopeless Idiot.
haven't many worries except that i
would Like to know how to invent
something that would take the place
of whiskers. am experimenting with
an old lady here who doesn't need
hers
there is a pile of scrap-iron Behind
the Palace and I found some new
friends there yesterday. there are
lots of bolts and nuts and we Are
getting to be CRATE little pals.
could stop the war if i wanted to- i
would go over there and tell them
they were wanted on the phone.
yesterday 1 saw a man acting up like
lot of us do here and L asked him
what was his trouble and he said he
was trying to live within his income.
can you beat it and they got me here
in the Spook academy.
The next time 1 get loose ime going
to get Job as a salesman in a quick
hash joint and they'll never notice
line crazy.
if you want to know how to get to
where live ask any cop he knows.
bite his nose and he will probably
escort you here in person.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10
MORE THAN HALF "DRY."

Only twenty states in this country
will he without statewide prohibition
shortly. Oregon and Tennessee have
just Joined the dry column, and both
branches of the Indiana legislature
have passed a bill which has to be adj
justed in It's details before enactment.
No doubt of its adopt N is enter
tanned. Oregon ard Tennessee prohib-
it not only the sale of liquor within
their borders, but its shipment into
the state as well.
Florida, Utah and New Mexico are
yet to act in conformity with the
pledge of their elected officials to
enact bone dry legislation" When
this has been done the wet" states
will be reduced to twenty: New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Connect
cut, Massachusetts,, New Hampshire,
Vermont. Rhode Island, Texas, Mis-
souri,, Louisiana, California, Nevada.
Wyoming, Wisconsin, Maryland, Illi-
lois, Kentucky, Ohio and Delaware.
OF these twenty states, the majority
have local option laws of one kind or
another restricting alcoholic trade.
In numbers of states, therefore, the
"drys" are in the majority, as result
of last falls elect:> ns The bulk of
the nations population, however. is
still in wet territory. 1t will undoubt-
edly remain there, says the New York
Mail, so long as New York, .Pennsyl-
vania and Illinois remain local option
states The Bryan prohibition cam
paign is dependent C the south for
its greatest support, as the list of
dry" states shows. Down south the
question is largely one of negro con-
troll. Drunkenness among negroes
has terrorized many sections and is re-
sponsible for the stringent anti-liquor
laws there.
While the far west has joined the
south in the movement, there is no
evidence that the big states of the east
are 1isely soon to do so. They seem
to be content with existing law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10
ON THE SCREEN.

I'd like to see Iago in the movies;
I'd like to watch him plot all round the
stage,
And to see stern vengeance hook him when
at last it overlook him,
And he persisted with a howl of baffled
rage.
But the censors won't permit it in the
pictures.
For Iago. they declare, was low and
mean,
And the baseness of the scamp1- set very
bad example
For the boys and girls who see him on
the screen.
I'd like to see J. Caesar on the film;
I'd like to see him realize his bunch
That, in keeping with the warning, on a
certain bright March morning
He would get a fatal dose of Roman
punch.
But the censors, who pass judgment on
such matters,
Are opposed to scenes Of violence and
crime.
They declare that they're unwilling to per-
NIT such claret splitting,
So they've barred the Caesar drama for
all time
-Inigs, the "Idiotorial' colyumist, in the
Louisville Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10
SIDE TALK S
Which Would You Rather?
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A letter friend writes me that she
and one of her girl friends have had
a discussion, and asks what I think
about it.
The point under discussion is this:
Which would you rather have. (does
not that phrase always remind you of
the momentous choice between a pony
and cart and a gold watch studded
with diamonds?) a husband who was
constantly telling you how much he
but who didn't show his love by his
actions.
Or, husband who was good to you
but never mentioned the fact that he
loved you or gave you compliments or
little caresses.
It's like the old first reader story
OF the two daughters, one of whom
said Il love you" and then was selfish
and careless. The other said nothing
but was a good girl.
The first reader leaves us in no
doubt which of the two was to be
considered the model child.
But with husbands L think it is a
little bit different.
1t is a little easier for a mother 10
take child's love for granted
Besides mothers demand less love.
God made them that way because he
wanted to have one creature on earth
who wouldn't bargain and barter
about love, but give it freely.
To be sure the husband who says
81 love you" and then gives his words
the lie by his selfishness is not a sat
isfactory person. You have to keep
yourself blindfolded to keep from
realizing that that kind of an 81 love
YOU is a counterfeit.
But there are many women who
seem to be able TO buy a kind of hap
piness with this coin.
Indeed it seems to me that, strange
as it may appear they are happier on
the whole than the women whose hus-
bands are good providers and even
tempered but who omit the little
amenities
OF course the matter depends some
what on the form the husbands sell
fishness takes I presume even the
blindest wife could not be satisfied
with caresses if drunkenness or in
| fidelity or a habit of Losing his pay
thru a hole in his pocket went
with it
| On the whole it seems to be that 1
wouldn't want to say definitely nat
/ I'd be satisfied with a husband lack
I ing in either quality. I'd have to say
with the li-tlest Ruggles "a little of
both if you please and I'm much
obliged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10
rs YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From, the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

February 10, 1882.
Mr.. Geo. w. Cable who will lecture in
and registered at the Copeland shortly be-
fore noon Mr. Cable is a good looking
little man. He wears a brown beard and
a Prince Albert buttoned up closely. Mr.
consider DIR. Sewer my best novel;
Washington Adverse reports were
made by the finance committee of the
of circulating medium by issuing treas
ury notes based on gold and silver coin
and bullion. introduced by Senator
Peffer) For the loan of money to farm
The cycling club has disbanded due to
lack of interest on the part of the mem
bers.
The big crowd that met John L. Sullivan
at the Santa Fe depot on the 2:10 train
from the west got little satisfaction for
ped off the train than he hurried TO John
MeBees hack and was taken to the
Throop. With him were his manager and
one of the ladies of the company, a small
blonde. Mrs. Maggie Sullivan Sullivan
himself wore a dark suit and gray over
coat At the Throop he hurried into room
There the reporter found him.
How do you like Australia compared
1.-The place is no good" Sullivan replied.
Then he looked out the window toward
since was here in 1882 giving exhibitions
with Taylor, Mccoy. Gillespie and Carl
Smith. 1 kind of like the town.
J. ]. Diekey. superintendent of the
Western Union for this district appointed
today A. III. Hixson, of this city, manager
of the Topeka Western Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Uses for Butter Co.oring.

So many want to know a substitute
Tor eggs. A good one for the yolk is
a few drops of butter coloring and a
level tablespoon OF cornstarch; use
just enough of the butter color to give
the yellow you wish; it is perfectly
harmless, is it IS made of dandelion
blossoms or of carrots.
You can often get the required yell
low by grating dark carrot, then en-
close in a piece CT cheesecloth, pour
in boiling hot water, press with the
back of spoon and use the water.
You can use tie carrot colored
water to color butter by pouring At in
the cream just before starting TO
churn.
You can buy a 25-cent bottle of but
ter color at the lrug store and it will
last long time. When making mock
chicken gravy of potato water, just
add few drops of the butter color II
the wet flour for thickening; this, with
the butter you nave put IN the potato
water after pouring from the cooked
potato makes a rich mock chicken
gravy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

If the receiver of the L. & T. signed
a paper without knowing its contents
in Judge Pollock's court, as has been
alleged, it indicates that the public
utilities commission was unfortunate
in its efforts to obtain business man
TO operate the railroad. In CONNER
cial life it is unusual. to say the least,
for men to sign documents of the
contents of which they are ignorant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

A movie show depicting the late
buffalo Bill shooting glass balls will
soon be on the screen, it is reported.
a companion picture showing the
noted scout shooting highballs might
prove equally interesting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

European neutrals probably are de-
tered from joining the United States,
in tresenting the submarine order, by
the fate of Rumania. Holland, the
Scandinavian countries and Spain are
not willing to invite an incursion of
the Teutonic hordes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

The new congressional from the
west is said to be strong on embroid-
cry. But she will find several gentle
men in congress who are also experts
in fancy work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

If you have planned to read stars
and the night is cloudy so you can't:
take piece or paper, put dots all over
it like the stars are dotted over ma
heavens and take a pencil and connect
the dots that will make letters Then
when clear night comes YOU can
more easily find the letters in the sky.
AFTER you nave hunted and found
your name and some other names. IooL
IN the southern sky. up over the tons
OF the houses and you will see, in big
letters, for all to read. a single word.
BEDTIME - Copyright - Clara In
gram Judson.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

flypaper. Take sheet of it and
place a piece of cheese about the
center of it, put it near where the
rats can get it and in a short time
you will have the rat, as the more
they try to get off the worse they get
fast. A small piece of paper will
catch a mouse. 1t takes one piece for
each tran.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

Another period of watchful waiting
has been inaugurated at Washington.
The administration is watching Ger
many sink ships and waiting for her
to sink one OF ours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10
By BRINK ERHOFF.

cold water. These pruneS will have
delicious flavor and a rich~sirup. Be
sure not to get sirup too thick. 1t
should be of the consistency of the
maple strip.
Prune Salad-With a spoon remove
sections of oranges and grapefruit
without any of the tough fiber. Ar
range on individual plates. over the
top place halves of Malaga grapes and
small pieces of stewed prunes that
have been well drained. Whip little
cream stiff and beat in one tablespoon
sugar and one tablespoon any good
boiled salad dressing. Pie this mix
ture in a little mound in center of
salad
Prune Bread-Wash one cup prunes
and soak over night. In morning
stone and chop. Mix with one quart
flour, one pint graham flour one ta-
blespoon sugar, one teaspoon salt.
Add one yeast cake dissolved in luke
make soft dough. Allow to rise and
when light stir and pour into tins.
Let rise again and bake. This is es-
pecially good for children.
Prune Spice Cake-One and one
half cups prunes cut in small pieces,
one-half cup raisins. one-ha1f cup mo-
lasses. Cook together slowly for ten
minutes, and cool.
Cream one-half cup shortening
with one-half cup sugar, add two eggs
beaten, one-Iourth cup milk and the
Irune mixture. Mix well and add one
and one-half cups flour sifted with
one teaspoon baking powder, a little
salt, one-half teaspoon cinnamon and
ground cloves. Beat well and bake in
moderate oven. A moist cake that
Will improve with age One egg may
be used by adding a little more milk
/ to take its place.
Things Worth knowing
Any one operating a furnace with
| coal will find a 10 cent pair of can
! vas gloves quite a help. Keep them
near furnace and when you put coal
I on the fire you will have the gloves
| handy to slip on; even if you pick up
a big lump your hands will not get
| soiled.
To Catch Rats or NIice-Get sticky
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

What we want, says the New York
Mail, is not the destruction of Eng
land or of Germany, but the destruc-
ton of that for which they fight. They
fight for the right to hold the world
in bondage. Let us fight for the right
Of the world to be free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

It looks as tho it were up to Uncle
Sam to remove the germ from Ger
many.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

Utah has Joined the ranks of the
bone dry" states. Possession of alco-
holic liquor is made a criminal offense
in law which will become effective
August l.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

Then after you are used to hunt
ing letters and can find them quickly,
take words and see who can find the
most words in ten minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

Up to date nobody has started
description paper for a founding
hospital for Wall street war babies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

Bolivia stands ready to hold Uncle
Sans hat while he goes to the mat
with Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

"Ia like q SPoi 10 put hts
SaA. Me-. Sa1d 1Hl1e MableJ,
"yOU'11 fGnd some IN, ire
OInny 3~roOh,f.
I 1efI Tkem Or. The Table,
Health Note.
Never holler "F'ire,'
When you're in a crowd
Or your next new clothes may
Be a nice new shroud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

When U-boats and Z. S. boats meet,
then will come the tug of war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

The time has now arrived when we
are too proud not to fight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10
The Table.

Potpie and Dumplings-Cook meat
until tender, season with salt and pep
per, add potatoes sliced about an inch
thick Cor use small potatoes, which
do not need slicing). Have just enough
water in to boil up over the potatoes
when boiling fast, but not enough 40
boil over the dumplings when they are
put in, or they will not be light AS
soon as potatoes are in take a pint of
flour, sift it with two small teaspoons
cream of tartar, one of soda Cor two
heaping teaspoons baking powder),
add one-fourth teaspoon salt and ruD
IN a teaspoon of butter; then add milk
enough to stir very thick, so that when
dropped from the spoon the dump
lings will keep eheir shape. By this
time the water should be boiling Now
wet the spoon, drop dump1lngS on top
of potatoes, and cover kettle tightly
In fifteen minutes the potpie will oe
ready to serve, and the dumplings Will
be light as a feather
Rice With Pimientos and Cheese
| One cup rice, one cup pimientos, one
cup grated cheese, one egg, one and
one-half cups milk, salt and pepper
to taste. Wash and cook rice in boil
ing salt water, drain; add cheese,
pimientos cut in small pieces, egg well
beaten. milk, salt and pepper Turn
into buttered baking dish and bake
in q moderate oven twenty minutes.
Apple and Raisin Salad-Cut three
apples in small strips, add one cup
table raisins previously soaked over
night in cold water and dried on a
cloth. one small stalk celery cut fine.
Toss all together and serve on lettuce
leaves with mayonnaise dressing.
Leftover Boiled Potatoes need not
be thrown out if the family does not
like fried potatoes Just put them in
boiling water for n few minutes until
they are heated thru, add a little salt
to water, then serve any way you
would serve fresh boiled potatoes and
the family will not know the differ
ence. If you have only a few. add
them to the fresh ones just before they
are done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

Best Way to Stew Prunes-Wash
and soak over night in plenty of wa
ter. Let simmer in same water on
back of stove until very tender For
ore pound of prunes allow two very
thin slices of lemon and one-half cup
sugar. When prunes are done remove
from juice and thicken with enc tea
spoon cornstarch dissolved in a little
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

A WORD TO THE WIVES: A
WOMAN WITH HORSE SENSE
DOESN'T NAG.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

THIS dark GeN1leman you see,
Rudus Alexander Iarnly -
He Is wicked as can be.
Hes Ehe WraS Sheep OF
his Family ~
This Day in History.
Fifteen years ago today an I'M
known man in Boston died from a
severe injury at the base of his spine.
1t is thought that he was a book
agent.
Etiquette.
At q swell affair when
Dancing with a widow,
If you want to please her
Always call her "kiddo."
A WORD TO THE WIVES: A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-10

J. J. Dickey. superintendent of the
Western Union for this district. appointed
today A. H. Hixson, of this city, manager
of the Topeka Western Union.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-24
Quite Reckless

The barber was finishing lathering
a customer, and was talking volubly
as usual.
Eyes, sir" he said, I'VE have to
mind what we're about here. Every
time we cut a customer we are fined
a tanner and IL we make an ugly
cash 1t costs up a 'bob'!"
Then, picking up and brandlshing
razor, he added: But I don't care a
hang today. I've just won 'quld'"
--Tit-Bits.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-24
Completing the Record

A small boy who had recently
passed his fifth birthday was riding
in a suburban car with his mother
when they were asked the customary
question:: "How old is the boy?"
After being told the correct age
which did not require a fare. the con-
ductor passed on to the next person.
The boy sat quite still, as If ponder
Ing over some question, and then
concluding that full information had
not been given, called loudly to the
conductor, then at the other end or
the car: "And mothers thirty-one!--
Minneapolis Tribune,