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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28
MARY ELIZABETH LEASE.

1.-The spirit of Mary Ellen Lease is
passing" writes Frank Pinet in an
editorial in the Kansas Teacher.
In a desire to turn we'll rounded
sentence the editor of the Kansas
cere and patriotic woman, once a citi-
zen of this state.
Her name is Mary Elizabeth and not
Mary Ellen, but let that go.
What it is particularly desired to
call attention to is the fact that her
spirit is not passing to a noticeable ex-
tent. On the contrary it is embodied
in the pages of the federal statute
books and those of nearly every state
in the Union.
She advocated the lending of money
to the farmers by the government. We
have today the farm loan banks.
She advocated election of United
States senators by popular vote. The
plan is embodied in an amendment to
the federal constitution.
She urged legislation in the interest
of labor. The federal and state stat
utes since have been filled with it.
She appealed to the country for
votes for women. Equal suffrage has
been adopted by nearly half the states
in the Union.
These are only few of the things
that she stood for which since have
found favor with the lawmakers.
Many of those who opposed her have
been accorded places of honor in Kan
sas history, while she is ridiculed 1t
is the way of the world. But there are
few more deserving of the encomiums
of the people than she.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

Apathy and a lack of civic spirit is
shown in the fact that nearly month
has elapsed since petitions for the au-
ditorium bond election were put in
circulation and less than half enough
signatures have been turned in. Any
man who is willing to sign petition
should also be willing to obtain the
signatures of the voters in his own
family and those of his immediate
neighbors Probably no citizen of To-
peka is so unmindful of the city's well
fare as not to want to help along in
this necessary work. That enough
have not done so is due to the com
mon tendency to 'Iet George do it"
George has not done it and it is up to
the rest of Ito get busy. Two hun
dred men or women could obtain ten
names each in ten minutes ana the
thing would be done. There arc
enough persons on the membership
rolls of the Chamber of Commerce to
put :he thing over in q single day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

Israel Zangwill, the distinguished
English author, has announced his re-
turn to the Zionist movement, from
which he has been alienated since
1905. At a meeting in London, held
several days ago. Mr.. Z&ngwin said
that it was almost certain that, at the
end of the war, Palestine would fall
into the hands of the allied powers
This historic event, he said, will give
the Zionists the opportunity to realize
their ideal. which is the establishment
of "a publicly secured. legally recog-
nized home for the Jewish people in
the Holy Land. Mr.. Zangwill ex-
planned that he left the Zionist move
ment in 1905 because he had become
convinced that it would be impossible
to create a Jewish state in Palestine
under Turkish rule. At that time ne
felt it his duty to seek some other land
to which Jews. dwelling in lands of
persecution and oppression, could flee
aad establish themselves on an au-
tonomous basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

Summer boarders are people who
spend several weeks in the country
each summer longing for the trip
home. They are usually very witty
persons and make comical remarks to
the farmer. Aside from the board
they pay him the farmer cleans up
tidy sum each summer by sending the
things his boarders say to the comic
weeklies. A summer boarder can
merely lookat a COW and quick as a
wink he will say something funny.
The farmer puts puts this down in a
book he always carries around with
him. In the course of a couple of
weeks he has several pages of good
jokes to sell at his own rates. If you
board with a farmer this summer say
some funny things to him about the
cows or the pigs. If he keeps a horse
always poke fun at his horse. He will
laugh at the funny things you say.
Then he will go in and open up can
of fresh country peas out of his own
cellar so that when you back to the
city you will miss the country vege-
tables. When you leave be sure and
tell him how you enjoyed the country
eating so that he can laugh some
more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

onions imported in the past five years.
the Canary Islands furnished 100000
bushels, and Australia, on the opposite
side of the globe, about an equal guam
tity. OF the $3.5OO.0O0 worth of eggs
imported since the beginning of the
war, China alone sent nearly $1,000
600 worth. Madagascar is now con-
tributing vanilla beans, and materials
for hat manufacture, and 100000
worth OF peanuts have been sent from
China and Japan, since the beginning
of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28
MONEY FOR FARMERS.

A portion of the $125, 100000 depos-
tied in the postal savings banks of the
United States has been made available
to help the farmers meet the war food
crisis.
The trustees of the postal savings
bank system have adopted a resolution
making farm loan bonds. issued under
the federal farm loan act, acceptable
at par to secure postal savings depos-
it's. United States government, Phil
ippine Islands. Porto Rico and District
of Columbia bonds are the only other
bonds which enjoy this privilege.
The federal farm loan board is in
receipt of many reports from all parts
of the nation indicating that the farm
er is making desperate efforts to re-
, spond to the nations appeal to in
crease food production, but that he is
greatly handicapped by the shortage
of labor and the high price of seed
He needs more capital with which to
purchase seed and he needs additional
capital to provide himself with labor
saving machinery to overcome the la
Dor shortage. A telegram received by
the farm loan bureau says that in a
single county IN Montana 800, 900 acres
of spring wheat will be seeded if the
cal ital for the purchase of the neces-
sary seed can be supplied.
/ The federal farm loan act was
adopted ito provide capital Tor agri-
cultural development" Applications
for loans have already been received
which indicate that the farmers will
require more than 100000. OOO,of cap
ital thru this agency this year Only 5
per cent will be charged for this
money where, previously. rates of
from Y to Is per cent have been
| charged.
Within a short time the first issue
of the farm loan bonds will be floated
to provide this capital which will be
loaned to the farmers. These bonds
will be sold to investors and will bear
41z per cent interest. These bonds
are 'instrumentalities of the govern
ment'' and as such will be exempt
! from all form Of taxation; they will be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

The Kansas defense council should
turn it's attention to the mobilization
of the unorsanized labor among our
young people. in their respective To-
cahties for greater food production,
instead of trying to spur up the intel
ligent farmers. who have made Kan
sas one of the greatest agricultural
states in the Union. The farmers are
familiar with the soil and atmospheric
conditions in their immediate localities
and will get all that is possible out of
the soil. In every crisis of our coun-
try's history the farmer has saved the
nation. He will save it now, and with
out him Europe could do but little.
He does not require an injection of
pep" administered by some gallery
playing politician.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

THE KID TO THE COLORS.
The Kid has gone to the Colors
And we don't know what to say;
The Kid we have loved and cuddled
Stepped out for the Flag today.
We thought him child, a baby
With never a care at all,
But his country called him man-siZe
And the Kid has heard the call
He paused to watch the recruiting,
Where, fired by the fife and drum,
He bowed his head to Old Glory
And thought that it whispered: "Come"
The Kid, not being a Stacker,
Stood forth with patriot-joy
To add his name to the roster
And God, we're proud of the boyi
The Kid has gone to the Colors;
1t seems but a little while
Since he drilled schoolboy army
In a truly martial style
But now he's a man, a soldier,
And we lend him listening ear,
For his heart is a heart all loyal,
Unscourged by the curse of fear.
His dad, when he told him, shuddered,
His mother-God bless her-cried;
Yet. blest with a mother-nature,
She wept with a mother pride.
But he whose old shoulders Strengthened
Was Grandchildren memory ran
To years when he, too, a youngster.
Was changed by the Flag to a man
w. NJ. Herschcl, in the Indianapolis News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

There is nothing so easy to give as
advice, but it should come from folk
who are practical and thoroly famil-
lar with what they are talking about.
In this momentous period of our ma
TONS history there is the most urgent
and immediate need for the services of
our most efficient men and women in
every channel and avenue of national
endeavor. Naught but merit should
be given the slightest weight; partisan
or other considerations are mockery
in times like these. The mere theorist,
the unframed individual, the seeker of
the limelight is not wanted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

in bank to her credit, delicately put
there by Old John before he went.
Kathleen had promised herself not
to touch it, no matter what her ex-
tremity. She could not take his
money, making him no returns. Now
her resolution wavered. Suppose she
lent herself a. little? She was reason
ably sure she could pay it long before
the Bellinghams came back. Then she
would owe no more than kindness. And
so much depended on building up q
business that would save her and hers
from being a milestone around the
neck of an ambitious and struggling
young lawyer.
While she debated and reasoned
with herself~her good angel, as she
fancied, brought the lawyer on the
scepe-Charley Brayton, vivid. hand
some, ardent, eloquent, in all things
the exact antithesis of Old John.
1t was rather a shock to find her
working and working in a fashion SO
unusual. He SHE'D violently when she
first asked him to go with her upon
her rounds. but pulled himself to-
gether and accepted. Then, after she
had talked to him of prospects and
potentiallties, he grew not merely re-
conciled but enthusiastic. He saw a
great opening-only capital was need
ed. Why not organize and sell stock
to get it, keeping, of course. stock
control for himself? When Kathleen
SnOOk hef nedQ, saying WITH d Dedutl-
full blush, IA friend-has lent the
money 1 need-in advance" he grew
ever eager, crying quickly. Use it? of
course you will, You must, in fact.
Who is the Good Samaritan"
When he heard he laughed know
ingly, whistled, then said, nodding:
Il see. Strikes me, Kath, the gentle-
man is equal to an endowment Spend
his money for him, dearest-a1 he
will provide. Thus you will please
two excellent men. And never hurt
their feelings by talk of repayment"
Il know you are talking to hear
yourself" - Kathleen answered. IF
did not She stopped, her lips
trembling. Brayton looked at her
amazed.
IF you did not-what?" he de-
manded. "Of Counsel know old John
is daffy about you-but don't you see
the compliment to him, in being will
ing you should take from him ?"
II do noti" kathleen said. Per
haps it is hidden blythe dishonesty:
Take this, please!''- She slipped off
his ring, and setting Tom and Jerry
trotting hard toward the station three
miles away. Il shall send your bag,
she added, her head high
Brayton stared, gasping. What
have 7 done?" he demanded. Kath-
leen turne upon him face set and
white. ut is not what you have done,
but what you are she said. "A man
willing to trade on-another mans
affection for-his betrothed wife"
Kathleen is single still So long as
that is true old John Bellingham will
keep a lively Copyright, 1917.
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

The pneumatic rubber brain which
has to be blown up with hot air every
day expands into madness when the
air is a little too hot and imagines it
self a cousin of the Lord. Then if it
has an army to back it, the swelled
brain kindly offers to take the Lord
into partnership in the butcher bust
ness. 1t is a type of insanity with
which the world has been familiar for
ages. Most of the Roman emperors
had it, William, the Godful, has it,
So has all that pneumatic throng of
Prussian princes. 1t has always been
hard on the plain people. Whole races
have been disemboweled by it. The
pneumatic brain is and always has
been the deadli EST foe of democracy
To a man who can imagine himself
the cousin of God the life of an ordi-
portant than that of a Plymouth Rock
rooster. Nothing is of any Importance
except his plans
The pneumatic brain is well known
to us here. Certain American princes.
reared in idleness and hot air, have
had 1t. Harry Thaw had it and seems
still to have it, England has deprived
the brains of her princes of their
pneumatic and military attachments
and made them safe and harmless.
Germany is ruled by a group of Harry
by prodigious armies
They have the world by the throat.
Is America not to do her share in
shaking off these ancient enemies of
democracy-these deadly vermin that
lnfest the heavenly throne and i'm
peril the health and comfort of the
world. Is America to be a Stacker
and neglect its duty to its God, its
own people and the whole human
race? 1 hope not
What We need is universal training
which will develop the manhood of
rich and poor and fraternize it ON a
basis of plain living and hard work
1t will do more for America than all
the colleges have done. We need q
common aim that is above money.
which is, indeed, the defense of the
sacred. God-given aims of democracy.
decency and sanity. There can be no
peace for honest men while a maniac
criminal has a throne and an army
Therefore, get us ready to take our
proper place in the army of the Lord,
you chiefs and captains who are still
lingering in the paths of ease and
dalliance.
IRVING BACHELLER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28
GLOBE SIGHTS
LFrom the Atchison Globe


When Cheek meets Cheek each is
expecting the better of it.
Why don't we talk about the war
and the nigh cost of living?
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned novel heroine who pinned away?
Too many girls think they are mer
maids, and they should cover up more
It is also evident that some mothers
don't raise their sons to be useful
A man may sometimes start a flirta-
ton, but he can't go very far with it
alone.
This is also a great season for the
statesman whose speciality is viewing
with alarm.
The fact that the other fellow is
larger sometimes helps one to con-
troll his temper
There are many things more i'm
portant than knowing where to get a
drink in dry town.
Rufe Hoskins, who has served in
two wars, observes that a lot of pa
triotism is of the vocal variety.
Thomas A. Edison has done won
ders, but as yet no one has invented a
perfectly satisfactory pencil sharp
ener.
One trouble with the crook is that
he is conceited and thinks he is much
wiser than other crooks who have
been caught.
AS much as a woman admires her
son, she is seldom satisfied with the
way he washes, or with the woman
he Selectes for his wife.
One can't help but laugh at any
man or woman who is very proud, be-
cause it is so noticeable that proud
people die and become dust as well as
we ordinary dubs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28
Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From, the columns OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

April 20, 1892
The new Washburn catalogue shows an
enrolment of 300
DIR. and Mrs Henry w. Robey enter
tanned friends Tuesday evening at their
home us w. Sixth street
her home on Topeka avenue last night.
About sixty young ladies and gentlemen
were present
w w Mauspeaker received word yes
terday of the death Of his father at Beat
rice, Neb.
The Junior Four Kindred will give a
dance at Library hall Friday night
John J Ingalls, will lecture in Topeka
May 90
German statisticians have been figuring
upon the probable effect Of the newest
weapons in the next war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

II alOnB WIN the rest
Cut what OFF," demanded the
butcher in blank surprise.
Your hand,' was the gentle reply.
you weighed it with the sausages,
and 1 like to get what I pay for"
you look as if you had been kiss
ed by a breeze from Northland," said
a poetic young lady to a pretty
friend, whose cheeks were glowing
with color. "Oh, MOI" was the
laughing reply; ct was only a soft
hei- from Baltimore"
The financially involved manufac-
turer was obliged to sack porter
who had been for forty years in the
service of the firm.
I'm sorry, John, but you will have
to CO." he said.
I'm sorry, myself" said John. IF
Il had known it wasn't going to be
steady job / wouldn't have taken it,"
The new minister was shaking
hands with a new member of his con-
gregation, a girl fresh from Sweden,
and said, cordially: Il would like to
know your address, so 1 can call on
you"
oh" said the girl fnnocently. Il
haf a man."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

SalaQ DreSS1nS-PuI three egg yOtkS
into bowl, add one-half teaspoon OF
salt, one teaspoon sugar and dash of
paprika. Beat until thick. Add a
little lemon juice, then add cotton
seed oil, one teaspoon at a time, until
one and one-half cups are used. Thin
with lemon juice when it gets too
thick to beat.
Fried Smelts-Clean, wipe, dry, salt
and set aside until ready to cook. Dip
them in beaten egg and cracker meal
and fry in very hot butter or fat. Can
be served with ''tartare sauce" if de-
sired.
Fricadella-One pound raw fresh
pork, one-half cup stale bread crumbs
one teaspoon salt, one salt-spoon pep
per, one-half teaspoon onion juice.
two eggs. Chop pork very fine, add
seasonings and bread crumbs, beat
eggs and mix all thoroughly. Shape
in small cakes and parboil slowly to
thoroughly cook. Garnish with pars-
ley or lemon.
Apple Honey-Pare and core three
quarts tart apples run thru the grind
er, using medium knife. Save all
juice. Boil one quart water and as
much just as can be poured Off the
apples. two quarts granulated sugar,
one stick cinnamon. juice of two
lemons. Cook ten minutes, pour boil
ing hot over apples and set aside for
three hours Place in granite kettle
over moderate fire and coook until
clear and thick; remove from fire and
stir in one teaspoon lemon extract:
seal in pint Jars. Care must be taken
in making the honey 1t must be
constantly stirred so it won't scorch.
as it burns easily.
Rhubarb Pudding-Put into but
tered pudding dish a layer of bread
crumbs that have been soaked in a
pint OF water to which have been
added the juice of a lemon and half
cup sugar. Sprinkle crumbs with bits
of butter and put over them a thick
layer of stewed rhubarb well Sweet
ened. Now add more crumbs ana
more rhubarb, and proceed until the
dish is full. Sprinkle top of pudding
with dry bread crumbs dotted with
bits of butter. Bake covered half
hour. Uncover and bake fifteen min
utes longer. Eat with hard sauca
favored with powdered nutmeg.
Nut and Cheese Roast-One cum
grated cheese, one cup chopped Eng
ish walnuts, one cup bread crumbs.
two tablespoons chopped onions, one
tablespoon butter, juice of half lem
on, salt and pepper to taste. Cook on
ION IN butter and a little water until
tender. Mix other ingredients and
molsten with water in which onion
was cooked Pour into shallow baking
olsh and brown in oven.
Overnight Cookies-One cum ba let,z
moiasses, one cup light brown sugar
one cup sweet milk, two-thfrds c,,,,
shortening, three level teaspoons GIN
ger, three level teaspoons soda. one
leVei teaspoon salt. Put moIasses-
sugar ginger and soda in dish. Beat
until quite light; add shortenin1 sa1.
then milk, flour to make as sf;ff -
sponge cake Beat thoroughly. set
over night In the morning add
enough flour to handle, roll cut. bake
IN moderate oven.
Strawberry Cake-One cun s,,g.r
hall cup butter and lard fnixedo
yolks of two eggs one Gun canned
strawbeI ries, two cups flour. one tea
spoon baking soda. Use egg whites
for frosting. Bake in layers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

The public utilities commission is
showing signs of weakening on the gas
proposition. That body's official or
gan announces that the commission is
being urged to drop the litigation. If
it will do this and permit the consum-
ers and the gas company to get to-
gether. so that the former can obtain
an ample supply for their needs, much
may be forgiven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
RV ROY 4. MOUITON.
The Brighter Side.

Ire DflSnleT ol1C.
OF course, there's no denying
A rain of shot and shell
Would be a little trying
And bothersome, as well,
And if the foe should serve us
With bombs that loudly burst,
Twill make MS rather nervous,
AT any rate, at first!
But when we leave our labors
To heed the country's call,
Before We flourish sabres
And ba ~onets and all,
Before we are attaining
Our places in the ranks
Wen have year of training.
For which, our fervent thanks!
Twill put us in the fettle
And marching to the wars,
Wen show the proper mettle
8Amid the battles roars;
However, cruel and stealthy
The foe, if every lad
Is feeling fine and healthy
1t won't seem half so bad!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

The Germans are offering a new ex-
PLANTATION of their recent tactics. 1t
appears now that they permit the
British to drive them from their posi-
tons in order to be able to make
counter attacks. The HindenDurg line
seems to have become the Hindenburg
WIN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

At the first opportunity offered
American gunners have given a good
account of themselves. The first shot
fired at a German submarine scored a
hit. Many similar reports may be ex-
pected with confidence. The kaiser's
dream of American unpreparedness is
due to receive a rude awakening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

engraved by the United States bureau
of engraving and printing and protect
ed by the United States secret service,
and will be issued in denominations of
$25 and upward so as to appeal alike
to small and large investors. A ready
market for these bonds means more
capital Immediately available to en-
able the farmer to meet the present
emergency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28
DINNER STORIES

The customer picked up knife
from the counter and handed it to
the butcher, with a friendly smile.
II don't really want it," he said,
but If YOU will cut it off. l will take
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

When the 1000 wooden ships that
Goethals will build are completed we
might construct pontoon bridge
across to England and go over with
motor trucks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28
hlS NoeirOe5 whose name Is

1t is a pleace| to eat, of course. and vet
It's rather crude to call it cabarET:
Still, when the walters do their usual lob
One feels better name where cabaROB:
1t often seems to be a cabAWRYi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

The lady of good family was show
ing her ancestral home to her small
son. She pointed with special pride to
a bust of her father.
And that Bobbie," she said, lis
your grandfather"
Bobbie looked somewhat perplexed
rs that all there was of him?" he
a SIxai
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28

The spring offensive of our allies
has become about the most offensive
thing the Germans have encountered
since the beginning of hostilities.