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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
rIrRN ON THE LIGHT.

Those office holders in the national
administration who parade patriotism
for political purposes are taken to
task by the Hastings (Neb.) Tribune.
whose editor thinks it high time for
the public to show disapproval As
the Tribune points out, whenever
some one criticises the acts of some
officer or department of the admins
tration, the character of defense put
up is to call the critic a friend of the
kaiser"
That sort of thing was attempted in
very brazen manner in the recent
congressional campaign in New Hamp-
shire A spokesman of the admins
tration went on the stump in that
contest and pleaded ror votes for the
Democratic candidate on the ground
that "a vote for a Republican is a
vote for Prussianism and the kaiser
1t was a plain case of trying to use
patriotism for partisan purposes and,
be it said to the credit of the voters of
New Hampshire. 1t did not succeed.
They elected the Republican nominee.
and they didn't do it thru any love of
the kaiser. They did it because they
believe the principles of the Republi-
can party are best and because they
deem the destinies of the nation safest
when in Republican control.
We had another illustration of
the effort to evade just criticism by
false appeal to patriotism, when mem
bers of the senate asked for an in
vestigation of the killing of two Red
Cross nurses by the explosion of a
shell on an American ship. A Demo-
crat member opposed the investiga-
ton and accused the Republicans OF
IAN assault upon the American navy"
In that view. Roosevelt and others
were guilty of an assault upon the
army when they complained Of en-
balmed beef during the Spanish
American war.
But the American people are not sc
easily misled. They will not be de-
ceived. The danger is that aItho they
can see thru the subterfuge, they will
be passive when they ought to rebuke
the effort to hide behind a pretense
| of patriotism
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
GLOBE SIGHTS
tFrom the Atchison Globe.I

From the Atchison Globe.
Leading a double life isn't doing
two mems work.
A cheap suit case looks cheaper
than anything else
No man can put up a stove pipe
without talking about it.
An Atchison woman can knit and
knock at the same time.
A busy man can't afford to stop and
kick every dog that banks at him.
Most married men are usually eth
er home every evening or never home
any evening.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who referred to his NOUS
tache as a soup strainer?
An Atchison man is combating the
high cost of living by saving up for
a secondhand automobile.
A Russian is somewhat like a man
whose wife is away He doesn't know
what to do with his freedom
An Atchison woman has so many
ailments that her conversation sounds
like patent medicine advertisements
Link Preston to his son: BE sorry
for women with hard luck stories but
if aid is to be given them let your
mother give it
An Atchison man lectures, so much
about efficiency to his employees that
they don't get any work done and the
| institution is on the verge of bank
| ruptcy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

In overcoming the forces of anarchy
and rebellion, as represented by Gen
eraI Kornlloff and his following, Pre-
mier Kerenslzy has won the greatest
victory of his remarkable career.
Added Importance is given to it by the
fact that he won it without the she'd
ding of blood. His work should and
probably will be easier for him in the
future. He has proven imself to be
the man of the hour" the man on
horseback" the hero of the revolu-
ton. He promises to become the idol
of a united Russia, and once he has
the whole people behind him there is
little that he cannot accomplish.
Kerensky may yet prove to be the man
who will contribute most to bringing
the war to an end. The popular say
ing that nothing succeeds like success
is as true today as ever it was. Just
now. the eyes of the world are on
Kerensky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
J
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JUST ONE KITTY.


party was given at a house on one of
our handsomest streets.
The shades were all pulled down
and candles lighted the house.
The street was almost blocked with
the many automobiles bringing and
taking away guests.
! And when the door opened for the
people coming and going. the scent OF
sweet music drifted to the cold out
| doors.
Out on the cold front steps in the
dusk of the gathering twilight a tiny
gray kitten sat huddled up in cold
little heap.
not shel For parties meant tn
her mistress was dressed up in a beau
tiful satin gown and had no time OF
thought for play.
! And kitty loved to play!
When the party began early iii the
afternoon she ran outdoors for a pla .
with some neighbor kittens and mai
was fun. of course. but as the dark
began to come one neighbor kitten
said. I'm getting cold; I'm going
! home"
Another said, IT don't think it's nice
to be out after dark; I'm going home
"Oh, please, won't you stay W. me
a little longer" said the gray kitten
] It's lonesome all alone in the bis
out of doors-and in the dark"
"All alone!" exclaimed the first kit
ten practically. why don't you gC
home? There's enough company
there
Enough" said the gray kitten dis
gustedly. there's too much"
That's the way in this world" sac
the sensible kitten. you either hav,
not enough or too much of everythins
and you have to learn to make tn,
best of it. So you might as well g,
home.v
Thus advised, the gray kitten hat
tucked her tail out of sight and care
fully crawled across the yard and III
to the topmost step and there she sa
a huddled, half frozen little mite.
And the guests trailed in and GU
and nobody noticed till one lad,
nearly stepped on the kitten.
Dear mel" she exclaimed, there
a cat
"Oh, it's a cunning half frozen lit
tie Kitten" she added as she ben
down to investigate.
Would you like to get in the house
kitty" she asked kindly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
THE SOLDIERS
ISSUED by the War Department and all
rights to reprint reserved)
TX


The quartermaster corps is the bus
mess manager of the army. 1t fur
nishes food, clothing, and most kinds
of equipment; provides horses and
mules; arranges for transportation;
takes charge of money; buys supplies;
pays troops; and keeps on hand stores
of supplies.
The importance of all this work can
hardly be overstated. Napoleon said
AN army travels on its belly" mean
ing that soldiers must be we'll fed and
well supplied if they are to fight eff
fectively. This is even more necessary
today than it was in Napoleons time.
In modern warfare the scale of fight
ing and the quantities of supplies are
SO tremendous that the duties of the
quartz rmaster corps are multiplied be-
yond any previous experience.
The officers of the quartermaster
corps must be able business men.
Many of them have held important
business positions. The enlisted men
of the corps are skilled in such occu-
pations as blacksmithing. painting,
driving teams and trucks, baking
bread, and the like.
OF the same general character is
the ordnance department, which
furnishes the guns, ammunition, and
other supplies needed for fighting.
Several times during the present war
whole armies have been forced to re-
treat or have suffered severely be-
cause of the lack of munitions. The
quantity of ammunition used daily is
enormous. During the French often
sive of June. 1917. 100000 shots
were fired from artillery guns.
When the three fighting arms and
the nine staff corps are all brought
/ together under one control they form
what we may call the fighting
team"
+ The smallest unit in which all these
branches of the service lis represented
is known as a division. Under pres
ent regulations an infantry division
is made up of three infantry brigades.
one brigade of field artillery: one reg
/ iment of cavalry: one regiment of
engineers; one battalion of signal
corps; one squadron of airplanes; to-
gether with field trains and combat
trains carrying rations. baggage. am
munition, and all kinds of supplies.
A division, therefore. is in itself o
complete small army. When at full
strength it includes 1884 officers
and men. A field army is made up
of a number of such divisions.
Next article will be about uniforms
and insignia I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

1t seems that what might reason
ably have been expected has happen
ed. The farmers are declared to be
holding their wheat for a price above
that fixed by the government. When
Uncle Sam established u selling price
for wheat he made no provision for
forcing the producer to take it. In
the meantime the consumer continues
TO pay the same old price for bread
The price-fixing business seems to
benefit nobody but the farmer and he
could have handled the proposition
without help just as he is doing In
the matter of coal the situation is
much the same. The operators refuse
TO mine it at the governments price
and no way has been found to compel
them to do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
DINNER STORIES

The bride was found in tears.
clutching her little woolly dog Muf-
fins and at intervals moaning to her
self
Sweetheart, sweetheart" said her
terrified husband. what is the mat
ter? Tell me; what is the natter"
"Oh-h,'| she walled between agon-
lied sniffles. Mullins is going to be
sick-I know he is. He bit a piece
out of a peddler's leg today
did I understand you to say that
this lad voluntarily confessed to
playing truant?" asked a scno.I at
tendance officer. addressing the
mother of small and dirty boy.
yes, sir. he did, the woman re-
Piled 81 just had to persuade him q
little, and then he told me the whole
thing voluntarily"
How did you persuade him ?"
We'll, first / gave him a GOOD hid
ing" said the parent. land then I
put him to bed without any suppes
and took his CLOTHES away, and told
him he'd stay in bed till he confessed
what he'd done. and that ] should
punish him again in the morning
And in less than half an hour he told
me the whole story of his own ao-
cord"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

to control the distribution of food,
fuel and other necessities 1t is known,
however, that rather deliberate nego-
tiationS are now under way between
all the great commercial nations OPP
posed to the central powers with
view to seeing that all are supplied
according to their needs.
Italy is short of coal. She does not
produce any herself and Austrian and
German submarines in the Mediter-
ranean have been cutting off her sup
plies from Wales and the United
States. Her food supplies, moreover,
are not sufficient for her wartime
necessities. Russia as grain to spare
enough almost to make up the world s
deficiency. The control of Constanti-
nople and the Straits by the central
powers, however, has kept this sur
plus from reaching the outer world
which needed it SO sorely. Russia
needs manufactured goods, particu-
larry railroad equipment. Great Brit
ain and France-particular the for-
mer-need staple foods, particularly
meats. Argentina, on the other hand,
has meat and grain to spare, but she
needs manufactured products.
1t is now proposed that the big
populous nations which have the
greatest stake in the war get together
and thoroly canvass the world situa-
ton as to food. Then, by friendly
policy of give and take, of exchanging
surplus for surplus they can equalize
and stabilize living conditions among
their respective peoples. and it is an
absolute certainty that no people, bel
| ligerent or neutral, will survie this war
| untouched by it's losses and injuries.
OF course such an eminently sensi-
| BILE and progressive agreement as this
will not come to an end when the
! peace treaty is signed. Like grea1
many other economic reforms, forced
| by the abnormal conditions of the
great struggle, it will undoubtedly re-
main, and be extended in principle
perhaps to the whole world.
Questions on the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
| formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic ]. Haskin. Director
Washington. D. c., with 2-cent stamI
enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Cantaloupe.
Corn Flakes. Top Milk.
Hash. Buttered Toast. Cocoa
DINNER.
Cold Sliced Beef surrounded by
slices of Tomato and Cucumber.
Escalloped Potatoes.
Buttered Bets
Spinach with Sour Sauce.
Bread. Butter.
Orange Whip.
LUNCHEON.
New Lima Beans creamed-
Potato Salad. Brown Bread
Radishes. Cherry Sunshine.
Apple Tapioca. Oatmeal Cookies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

source of her imports, while the Meth
erlands held third rank in her export
trade, and China third rank in the
countries supplying her imports The
United States ranked fourth in the
countries from which Russian imports
were drawn in 1913. and fourteenth in
the list of countries to which the ex-
ports were sent. Russian official fig
ures show that merchandise from the
United States formed 9 per cent of her
imports in 1911, 8 per cent in 1912
and per cent in 1915.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

spring fever-feei as moony as =
year-old. Let's get the car and run
out to Mayfair Inn for dinner. just US
two" His voice was as firm ana
snappy as fine steel. And Mrs. Irons
knew the clear, fearless look in his
eyes She put her arm tenderiy
around the telephone.
'.All right, dear. I'd love it. / think
I've got spring fever. too. I'll get
ready right away. It's nice of you to
think of it
After all. the world was just right
Tomorrow she would finish the attic
and there were some other things to
go to the rubbish man-(Copyright
1917, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
FIGHTING ON CREDIT.

y
many quietly but efficiently prepared
for war and entered the contest which
she precipitated upon Europe and the
world with her arsenals filled with
arms and munitions, her warehouses
filled with food and her treasury and
her banks plethoric with gold. Three
years of war have depleted her sup
ply of arms and munitions beyond the
power of the Krupp factories to re-
plenish them. Her reserve supply of
food has been exhausted; the gold in
her war chests has vanished and her
credit with the neutral countries has
disappeared. The neutraIs demand
gold for what they sell to Germany.
and as she has not the gold they will
no longer sell to her. Bankruptcy is
perched like bird of night upon the
ledgers of German merchants and de-
feat has weakened and DISCOURAGED
her armies.
For forty years the German people
nave entertained the belief founded
on the previous war with France. and
sedulously cultivated by the military
the university professors and the Pan
German writer's. that Germany would
win any war in a few weeks and the
conquered country would paw an in
demnity that would cover the costs.
In other countries there Is a reluc-
lance to engage in war because Of
the enormous expense certain. but
Germany has not dreaded war on that
account; it has even looked upon it
as a source of revenue. The French
indemnity was greater than the war
costs to Germany, and before this war
broke out the Germans were talking
ABOUT the twenty-five or thirty
billions of indemnity they would get
out of France the next time there was
war; the last time they let France
off too cheaply
Thls conviction that war costs moth
ing but is rather a source of wealth.
says the New York Journal of Com
merce. accounts for the docilitv of the
German people under the bellicose in
struction of the General Staff. and the
an-Germans. The government did
not dare undeceive the people by i'm
! posing heavy taxes. 1t borrowed
|
meet current expenses. Its war debt
cannot now amount to much less than
s25,00o,0o0.000. The interest calls for
more money than the national budget
before the war, and this is only part
OF the debt. Every buyer of govern
ment bonds has been able-has been
urged and almost communicable hv-
pothecate them. and any other assets
that he has, even including the house
hold goods. for money to buy more
bonds with. Debt has been piled upon
debt, and so far as a very ingenious
and persistent and inquisitive govern
ment can accomplish it, all the assets
OF the people are being acquired and
burned up on the battlefields. Moth.
ing can save the country from abso.
lutte bankruptcy, public and private
except huge indemnities from its enc
mics, and he must be a very unen-
lightened German who inagines that
there is the remotest possibility OF
collecting cent. Surely ~the end is
near.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

Recent events in Russia lend inter
est to a statement compiled by the Ma
tfonal City Bank of New York. show
Ing the trade of Russia with the Unit
ed States, and with her nearer neigh
bors in Europe The figures show
that despite the rapid growth of our
trade with Russia prior to the war we
supplied less than 10 per cent of her
imports. and took but about l per cent
OF her exports. OF Russian exports in
1918. aggregating $76O.0Oo. 900. over
one-third went to Germany. and of
her imports of that year. aggregating
sss7.oOO. 900. practically one-half were
drawn from Germany. Great Britain
ranked next to Germany as a market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
ON SPUR f Fl MOMENT
The Point of View.
BY MORRIS MILLER.

The Point of View.
The world is but a place of dolts and bores.
And life is very dismal, drear and trite,
A weary round of drab and dreary chores,
That seldom yield the slightest of de-
The Joys Of life are hollow, false and few.
One yearns to stow away upon the shelf
For all the world is duh and dreary, too,
When you are dull yourself.
And lffe's round of gayety and fun,
The daily toll we neither loathe nor fear
All life 81 is flied with pleasure and delight,
Our fellow men are kinder for the spell
And all the world is cheerful, gay and
When We e. are bright. as well.
When life as you may know it, fails to
Or when the world you see is dull and
gray,
And yet have failed to brighten up the
When things appear to be, from where
Unjust and wrong and quite unfair to
And il you've failed to change the world
Then change your point of view.
Holes.
Things would be simplified a lot IL
all the holes in the world were made
together into one big hole. This
l..
tneed a hole and it would soon be
found that a great many holes are
unnecessary.
Lots of time is spent in sewing up
or filling in holes every year that
might be used to better purpose. Since
the use of automobile tires the aver
age expense of hole is much greater
than formerly. After paying out
money every year for the repair and
upkeep of holes one often feels that
| it would have been a happier world
| If nothing had ever had a hole in 1t.
The hole in the doughnut has a
certain sentimental value and the
doughnut would have a small sale
without it 1t is curious that the hole
in the doughnut is widely celebrated
while the average pretzel has several
holes in it but little is ever said of
| them.
Holes get into some things such
as socks and bank rolls while some
things get into holes such as rabbits
and poker players.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

Meow, meow eagerly responded
the kitten (Which, as everybody
knows, means yes, yes'').
So the lady turned back and let the
kitten in.
Hurriedly through the door kitty
slipped past musicians and guests
alike. up the stairs and into the safe
quiet of her mistress room.
The lady. with a smile on her face,
started home. IT believe" she thought
to herself. II really believe that kit
ten doesn't like parties"
And the kitty. safely hiding upstairs
though he same hing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

Chairman Bristow of the public
utilities commission holds that "a rail-
road should be required to provide
equipment to properly serve the COM
merce of the state and communities
which it is chartered to serve" 1t
might be added that a railroad also
should be accorded an opportunity to
earn enough money to provide this
equipment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

SEPTEMBER.
The goldenrod is yellow,
The corn is turning brown,
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.
The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun.
In dusky pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun.
The sedges f1aunt their harvest
In every meadow nook,
And asters by the brookside
Make asters in the brook.
By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summers best of weather
And autumn's best of cheer.
Helen Hunt Jackson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

Says the Los Angeles Times: The
best that can be said about gum chew
ing is that it is an extravagant and
wasteful habit which might easily be
overcome by those addicted to it,"
The same might be truthfully said
about tobacco chewing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

Twice have preparations been made
to apply the senate's new rule for
cloture, but each time it has been
rendered unnecessary by a unanimous
consent agreement. 1t would seem
that the cloture rule was efficacious in
the same way as starting for the dem
lists is with the small rov with an
aching tooth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

The German drive along the east
ern front apparently has stopped
while the kaiser patiently waits for
Russia to whip herself. Besides he
probably has heard what happens
to those who break into a family row.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

The steer and the hog are now en-
gagged in a race to determine which
shall occupy the highest place in the
market quotations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

The Susan B. Anthony amendment
to the federal constitution has been
reported favorably by the senate COM
mittee. The White House picketers
probably will claim credit for this
action
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

Lens is proving to be as hard nut
for the British to crack as Verdun has
been for the Germans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

as, she would a teething baby" said
the old lady, land if she does she lives
happily ever after
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

A Special Selection OF
Wormen's Silk Hosiery
will be attractively priced for
Monday.
= BLACK SILK HOSE
per pair Sl.AU
Three pairs for $500
BLACK OR WHITE SILK HOSE
(strongly reimforced)
per pair Sl.55
Three pairs for S4.35