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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
SIDE T ALM S
Generous but Selfish.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

s'Do YOU know, there's almost moth
ing I envy my rich relatives more
than having me to give presents to,
an original little college girl said to
me the other day.
You see," she explained, I need
so many things and I'm so pleased
with what they give me. 1t sounds
funny to say it, but 1 think some of
them enjoy the presents they give at
Christmas more than anything else
they give or get. Most of the other
people they give to are as well off as
they are, and as hard to really
please"
She ended with a sigh. 1T sounds
terribly ungrateful," she went on,
when I'm wearing a waist and hat.
and carrying a, bag they gave me, this
very minute, but 1 do wish one or
two of them were better at pretend
ing to like what I give them OF
course, they couldn't really care about
it. but some of them pretend real nice.
And others hardly bother to pretend
at all. They want to hear how much
1 like what they gave me and they
sit there looking like a cat having its
back rubbed while I rave, but they
hardly seem to remember 1 gave them
something.
There she finished. m
ashamed of myself L know you
think I'm perfectly horrid.'
But didn't.
For I knew just the type of person
she described.
know one married woman who
gives very lavishly to her father and
mother and unmarried sisters. She
has a comfortable income, but she is
not extravagant about pretty clothes
or nice furniture or any of the things
that she loves-only about giving.
She has the generosity of the giver to
perfection, but in the generosity of the
receiver she is surprisingly lacking.
For one instance, her mother last year
at Christmas gave the children pic
lures for their playroom. They have
never been hung. L don't think she
objects to them. She simply is care
less and does not realize that such a
plain intimation of her Indifference to
what is given her may hurt.
l. Again, l happened to be present
when a poor woman for whom this
same woman had done much. offered
her a gift She did not want to take
it because she knew the poor woman
needed it herself. She protested, the
other insisted; she protested more
! emphatically, and said, You can't af-
| ford it, Then her husband, man OF
much sympathetic imagination, inter
fered and accepted the gift.
Why did you take it?" she OBJ
jected afterwards. You know she
can't afford it. and it means nothing
/ to u.s.
MY dear" said her husband
don't be selfish
"Selfsh!" Indignantly.
Don't try to keep all the pleasure
| of giving tn Yourself"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

and better railways. is fearful of not
railroad commissions, particularly in
the West ard South, have hammered
at railway-rates for ten years, and
still hammer. The Interstate Com
merce Commission has limited powers,
and is SO overloaded with work that
the railway investor sees little assur-
ance of getting both prompt and ade-
quate regulation of labor troubles on
a gigantic scale. with a dose of politi-
cal soothing-sirup.
In spite of all clouds, there is
sun still shining behind them, and the
sun is the economic necessity for more
and better transportation facilities
AT present, the writer goes on to
say, railways are trying to influence
Congress to do away with state regu-
lation of rates and to turn this over
entirely to the Interstate Commerce
commission. But the old state-rights
theory blocks such a change. Never
theless. the movement is well under
way and there is probability that the
present Congress will do something
radical.
Whatever is done will undoubtedly
serve to restore confidence in railway
securities as n safe investment. IT
needs restoration of confidence. and
nothing else, to start a new and great
! MISREPRESENTATION period.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
The United States is feeling the eff

The United States is feeling the Ell
fects of an initiation in the purchasing
medium. As dollars multiply says
the Review of Reviews. the amount OF
food which they will buy tends to de-
crease. The stock of gold in this coun-
trv now is about $2,75O.OO0,00O, one
third of the worlds supply. winch
represents an increase of about Sooo'-
OO0, 900 since the beginning of the war.
More than $500. 10000 in gold has
come in during the present year. AS
every dollar forms the basis of SO IN
bank credits it is readily seen that this
is an important factor in the higher
prices. The per capita circulation OF
the nation has increased around 20
percent in the last two years. now be-
ing SAG a person.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

The farmer in Kansas may own 100
acres of land and a large amount of
livestock and be exempt from execu-
ton for debt. A city man may own a
valuable home If he reside in it and
escape payment of his obligations, but
the laboring man who has nothing but
his daily wage for the support of his
family is subject to garnishment and
can be made to give up 10 per cent
of his wages for debt. Now it is pro-
posed to increase the amount to 20 per
cent by bill offered in the legislature.
Are the people clamoring for that
kind of law?
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mensions; it reaches up for Divine
help; down for human service; and
out for fraternal fellowship.
Because young people have daring
ana Self-confidence and a conQuering
spirit of conservation, the Christian
Endeavor movement has wrought
large works, in I manner that has
commanded the attention Of the world.
The International Christian Endeavor
conventions, for instance, have put
religion on the first page of great
daily newspapers, and have had an
unmeasured influence in giving to
secular society an impression of the
ubiquity and militancy of the church
Dr. Theodore Munger once wrote thai
movements that rescue the church
from our worn methods, Gaining II
back to first principles.
Half the art of living is learning
how to get along with other persons.
The Christian Endeavor society trains
it's members in organized work. BY
its system of committees, young people
learn responsibility. resourcefulness'
and team work They are workers
with one another, as well as workers
with Christ A real social life is de-
veloped in the average Christian En-
deavor sociey, and this, too. has been
an charging, ennobling influence or
the lives of young people
Fruitage is a result of rootage. The
most vital part of a tree is under
ground and out of sight. Its sources
| of strength are secret. So it is with
really effective Christian Endeavor.
The part of the life that counts is that
hid with Christ in God" Prayer,
communion, meditation upon the word
these are not visible to the world
but they are really the most essential
parts Of the Endeavorer's life. Upon
them all fruitful endeavor depends.
No outward activities can be vital and
Astounding.
| Some persons who began to attend
| Christian Endeavor meetings a gen
| Grafton ago are still doing so: they
have fidelity, but seldom force. For
did they possess initiative and discern
| ment they would perceive that a
Christian Endeavor society is a good
place to begin ones Christian activi-
ties, but a poor place to end them. II
is only training camp and not a
| home for old soldiers.
Because Christian Endeavor is For
| Christ and the Church" it is most eff
fectively for the world.
For Christ thru the Church is q
true Interpretation of the Christian
Endeavor motto.
| There are a hundred good reasons
why we should labor with all oul
might, but the chief of them all is
that Christ deserves our best
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison Globe


A few people quote Shakespeare,
and many misquote him.
The minority party is always in a
fine position for fault-finding.
Sometimes it seems that there is no
such thing as a practical Joke
After man lies a certain length Of
time, it doesn't help him much TO
tell the truth.
What has become of the old-f fash
Toned man who wore knitted wrist
You get some idea of art in that
line by hearing ore musician knock
another.
There are very few model husbands
and most of them haven't been mar
ried long.
Human nature is what makes a
peace conference break up in a row
occasionally.
You may have observed that the
man who takes a lot of medicine is
ever very well.
The search for useless information
probably represents the most persist
ent search for knowledge.
A boys social aspirations consist
largely of the hope that there will be
plenty to eat at the party.
On the other hand, there are sheep
who wear wolves clothing by way Of
putting up a strong bluff.
Neither is a man necessarily inno-
cent until proven guilty, even if the
court does take that view of the case.
There are so many good guessers
that a hint is about all that is needed
for a secret to become generally
known.
There are several ways of improv-
ing your time which aren't set forth
in the good advice in the old-fash-
toned copy books.
A man who was married ten years
ago: Il don't care how many laws
they pass infringing on personal lib
erty, because I haven't had any such
thing for ten years"
Sometimes it OCCURS to man thai
| if he could go upstairs and throw him.
self on a bed and cry and shed tears
and become historical that it would
do him a lot of good. Such conduct
seems to do the women considerable
good often one hears a woman say
that a good cry made her feel better
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

Another attempt to exempt mort
cages from taxation is being made in
the legislature. Since the tax comes
out of the borrower the proposition is
not without merit. A mortgage is
not wealth; it is merely an evidence
of Indebtedness. The value given for
it goes on the tax rolls or should do
so and results in double taxation,
which the borrower must pay directly
and indirectly. The city is able to Dor
row money at 4 II per cent because its
evidences of debt are not taxed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
BED TIME TALES
BY CLARA INGRAM ,JUDSON
A FAIRY DREAM.

Once upon time. some little fairies
hid up in a big pine tree.
I'm tired of this cold gray world"
said one. II wish the sun would shine"
so do t. said another, its SO
stupid when the flowers are gone, the
grass is dead and the sky is always
cloudy"
II don't think the sky needs to make
so much difference" said a third fairy.
1.-The sky is often gray and dead look
ing in winter-maybe if we tried to
be extra jolly we wouldn't mind"
Il don't see anything to be jolly
about" objected the first fairy.
You DON'T" exclaimed the cheerful
fairy well then let's make the world
look different SO it will look pleasant"
That's a good idea" they all shout
ed lets think how to do it,
So they thought and they thought
SO very hard that they went to sleep
(You know yourself thinking is sleepy
work sometimes.)
And while they slept some big fluffy
snow clouds blew down from the great
northwest
The snowflakes in the clouds saw
the sleeping fairies in the big pine tree
and decided they looked so sober and
dismal it was time to play them joke.
So down from the piled up snow
clouds the snowflakes tumbled down
onto the dingy gray earth.
First they covered the tips of the
trees. the tops of the bushes and parts
flakes came and more till the houses
and trees, yards and bushes were COW
cred with downy whiteness and the
whole earth looked fresh and beauti-
full.
And the fairies?
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the girl went East, and the party scat
tered in all directions
The girls family had not come home
from Canada and she undertook the
opening of the town house, the proc
ess of renovation and getting the sill
yer from safe deposit.
She had long, quiet evenings alone
after busy days, and she lived over
her wonderful time in the mountains.
There were camera views to go over,
some of the man. Hes so different
from most men," she unused, 80 big.
He's been all over the world, he says.
1 suppose he builds bridges and tun-
nels mountains and constructs dams
and aqueducts. for he would never be
content to spend his time doing little
things"
One evening after looking thru her
travel book again she decided to go
to bed. Hulda, the cook, had gone to
her room on the third floor. and she
was alone. She made a round of the
rooms, fastened windows, swapping on
locks and turning out lights. I'll DO
glad when dads home to do this she
said to herself Three more days
alone!"
Then she returned to the library to
switch off the table light before going
upstairs.
And there stood a man with black
mask over his face and an automatic
ready for action.
OH said the girl standing quite
still.
Keep quiet said the intruder.
land 1 won't hurt you
And the girl kept very quiet; in
in truth she slipped in a heap to the
floor. for she had tainted.
I'm a fooli' mans voice was the
first thing she heard when her senses
came back. She was on a coudh and
Hulda was rubbing her face and
hands. She thought she knew the
voice.
shes all right. bless the Lord"
cried the old colored woman. What
for did you scare her so?"
Yes, what for did 1 scare her sop
The girl sat up. ''You,' she cried.
Yes, l." said the main grimly, the
man with whom she had Travelled
over 800 miles of mountains.
And here I've been thinking you
did big, wonderful things to help the
world, and you're a-a-''
"A burglar? No, I'm not really.
Listen. / just got back from the west
today. this evening, and ] couldn't go
to sleep until I had located your house.
1t was too late to come in, but / just
wanted to know where you lived
When l was passing I saw man
working at the side window, so I got
the corner policeman and we nabbed
him. Then 1 thought of something.
just a fool notion of mine to test your
courage further, for 1 didn't believe
you when you said you were afraid
of burglars. You know what it was.
1 played burglar Forgive mel"
And 1 played baby" she said
ashamed.
You are adorable, and I love YOU"
said the man.
Then it's all right sighed the girl
happily. but it's the first time I ever
right, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
81 BOY x. MoULToN.

The People in the Papers.
Come, let us twang the lifting Tyres string,
And pipe poetic lutes like everything;
Oh, our dulcimer we'll strum
Till put it on the bum,
For the people in the papers now we sing !!
Oh, the people in the papers every day.
Where were actors ever half so good as
Every morning, every night.
They amuse and they excite.
They astonish, frighten, cheer US and dis
may.
Every day. we read their doing and their
pranks.
All such goings-on as busting trusts and
How they beg, berate and bury.
So let's sing a song of gratitude and
'naNA'
Every single day they're up to something
Every day we read of everything they do
Follies, noble deeds or crimes
Fights or-(anything that rhymes,
They are at EN- just to tickle me and you.
oh. the people in the papers every day.
All the world is but a stage and. life's a
And the day may come indeed,
When, appearing in a lead,
You or l may get the plaudits-who can
say?
Our Question Box.
w.
family on one head. But you could
easily raise a large lump on it.
Mrs. Wadde-Your little darling
Precious doggie probably caught the
diphtheria from the child you men
ton. Better shoot it in the head at
once. The child, of course.
Henry-If you don't know what to
do with your gray hairs pick them
out and give them to some young
man of your acquaintance. He will
be glad to give them to his father.
Today's Sheer.
To understand how illiterate Ala
bama is consider the many song writ
ers who want to go back there.
The Neighbours Lad.
1 view my neighbours lad with tears
And ponder on the passing years.
But such a little while ago
/, too, was sporting in the snow.
| oh, neighbours lad, while youth endures
Seize all the joys that now are yours
Let not one golden moment fly
| Unloved, uncherished, past thee by.
| LIES fairest days are with thee now,
It's joys-That little Heather i-OWi.
L pluck the snowballs from my
And view my neighbours lad with tears.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

Right in the face of the governors
prosram of fewer boards and officers,
Hughes of Rocks, has introduced a
bill for the establishment of state
board of censors with fat salaries
About all a law of that kind would &C
complish would be to place more pat
ronage in the hands of the states
chief executive officer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

The piano tuners are seeking pro-
lection at the hands of the legislature.
Pure piano tuning apparently is re-
garded as one of the crying needs of
the state by Highlands of Harper
who has introduced a bill to bring it
about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

The Bethlehem Steel company is
paying dividends at the rate of 40 per
cent per annum. No wonder it was
nnderbid by a British concern on a
government ammunition contract. I'm
Gle Sam naturally objects to paying
profits like that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

Surely some other means could
have been found for advancing Doc
tor Grayson's pay from $4,000 to
IS, 600 a year, and which would have
synchronized with the policy of pro-
noting naval officers in the regular
and legal way" says the Oakland, Cal,
Tribune. But why should the govern
ment pay the presidents doctor bill
anyway?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

The president would be justified in
having the whip over the shoulders of
the congressional idlers,' says the Chi
cago Post. Yet when he has done
that in the past he has been made the
object of the severest criticism in
ne nv quarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

Johnny B, who has seen eight
summers go by, not very long ago de-
veloped a fondness for playing hook
ey'' from school. After two or three
offenses of this kind he W. taken TO
task by his teacher.
johnny she said, "the next time
you are absent l want you to bring
me an excuse from your father telling
me why you were not here
81 don't want to bring an excuse
from my father protested the boy
why not?" asked the teacher. her
suspicion plain
''Cause father ISN'T any good at
making excuses. Mother finds him
out every time"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
DINNER STORIES

The prison visitor on his usual
rounds noticed that a new man oc-
cupied a cell that had been empty for
some time.
My friend he began, may I ask
what brought you here?"
THE same thing that brought Won
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

If congress can succeed in prevent
ing brokers from manipulating the
stock market on the strength of war
news. it might turn it's attention to
the Chicago board of trade. The
slightest rumor sends wheat up or
down by long jumps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

The presidents peace speech has
given the senate the finest opportunity
to talk political bunk" it has had IN
long time and the members are plan
ming to make the most of the chance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

Is it Senator Nighswonger's idea
that county officers cannot be trusted
to keep over night the public funds
which come into their hands?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

woke up from long nap and smiled
on the fresh white world.
Sunbeams danced and frolicked
thru the trees and awakened the Sleep
ing fairies who opened their surprised
eyes and found their dreams come
e, - Copyright = Clara Ingram
Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

Opinion generally seems to be that
the Danish West Indies are not worth
the price paid. The same thing was
said of Alaska.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
GRAM aDGJDSON

They slept and dreamed that the
dingy gray world was visited by a won
derful fairy queen, who waved her
wand and by her fairy magic, changed
the gray to whitel
When the morning came the sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
The Table.

biscuits and one cup walnut meats
thru the meat grinder. Mix with two
eggs and one-half cup milk; add salt.
Bake twenty minutes and serve with
tomato sauce.
Baked Bacon on Potatoes-Take as
many potatoes as wanted (six for four
people) and twice as many slices of
bacon. Wash potatoes and cut each In
halves lengthwise. Lay these in
baking tin, dust with pepper and salt,
and place one thin slice of bacon on
each half of potato. Bake until pota-
toes are tender (about half an hour
and bacon nicely Drowned. Serve hot,
decorated with parsley. Fine for
luncheon dish,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Excellent Meatless Dinner.
Raised Biscuit Spiced Apples
Cooffee Pudding Cookies
Tea or Coffee

Raised Biscuit Spiced Apples
Cooffee Pudding Cookies
Tea or Coffee
Poor Mans Roast-Mix together
one can kidney beans (mashed), one
fourth pound cheese cut fine, a few
crackers rolled; moisten with enough
milk so mixture can be formed into a
loaf. Bake one-half hour and haste
with melted butter. Serve on platter
and garnish with parsley or lettuce.
Spiced Apples-Boil for ten minutes
one-half cup vinegar, one-half cup
water, one cup brown sugar, two-inch
stick of cinnamon, one-half teaspoon
ground cloves and allspice mixed, add
one quart of pared and quartered
apples; simmer until tender but not
broken. Serve with roast.
Coffee Pudding (without eggs)-
Scald one pint milk and one cup
strong black coffee cleft from break
fast), mix one-half cup sugar and two
tablespoons cornStarch with a little
cold milk and add to scalded milk.
Cook ten minutes slowly. When cool
add a little vanilla and pour into mold.
This is very satisfactory meal and
should be enough for four persons. No
potatoes are needed, but may be used
If desired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
BY w. T. ELLIS

For January % is Reverence of Jesus
for His Fathers House. john
2:13-22
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Youth Come to Its Own.


Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the
Young Peoples Societies-Chris-
tan Endeavor, etc.-for January
2S: Fruits of the Christian En-
deavor Tree."-Rev. 22:15.
This meeting marks the thirty
sixth anniversary of the formation of
the Christian Endeavor Society. The
occasion may even be termed one of
general public interest, for the young
peoples movement in the churches
has undoubtedly been one of the vital
factors in the life of the present gen
Grafton. A warm, intense and suffi-
cient motive has been impaired to the
lives of myriads of otherwise careless,
needless, drifting youth, by this
movement which has often been aptly
designated as The New Crusade" A
vista of life's largeness and worth
whileness has been impaired to them.
They are more. and they do more.
because of Christ an Endeavor.
Whatever helps soul to look
al oua and bevond nUp Immediate
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Whatever helps soul to look
above and beyond it's own immediate
boundaries is surely of God
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Christian Endeavor has three di-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26

There are a hundred good reasons
why we should labor with all our
might, but the chief of them all is
that Christ deserves our best
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mensions; it reaches up for Divine
help; down for human service; and
out for fraternal fellowship.