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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
WHAT SHALL WE BURN?

Not only is the gas supply growing
smaller all the time, but the coal
shortage the coming year promises to
be greater than ever before known.
1t is announced that England will
not be able to supply coal to the
ships which pass thru the Panama
canal this year. That work must be
done by American coal mines. This
will subtract greatly from the amount
of coal available for the eastern mar
ket.
The government itself is in the mar
ket for 100 per cent more coal than
| it got last year. Its known require
ments are that much heavier and they
have to go even further and com
mandeer the production of several big
districts in the east. This will further
shorten the supply of coal available
| for the eastern trade
| The eastern railroads are so both
cred by terminal congestion, short
ages of cars and shortages of motive
power says the Black Diamond, they
are in no position to handle the linn
tied business of eastern operators
now. Therefore the mines have a
small consumption of domestic coal
and are having trouble to produce
enough to satisfy the current market
This is tightening the eastern coal
situation.
The mines at Pennsylvania and
West Virginia are beginning to be
short of men. They are losing work.
ers to the munitions plants and steel
! mills. who are bidding higher prices
for greater supply of labor This is
shortening production and reducing
the capacity of the mines.
With the output already committed
| in other directions, eastern mines are
soon to be called upon to supply three
million tons of coal per month to the
lakes.
Western concerns are buying west
ern coal for use in plants that hereto
fore have required the highest grade
eastern fuel
Eastern difficulties have shortened
the coal supply in Indiana, Michigan.
northern Ohio. New York and Canada,
with the result that Illinois and In
diana coal is being shipped into all
of those markets. This is a reversal
of normal conditions and indicates the
intensified eastern demand
Representatives of the French gov
eminent have applied both in Illinois
and Colorado to buy coal for use in
the industrial plants of France. In
Illinois they wanted to buy five mil
lion tons year for the next five
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
EggIcss Cookies.

Eggless Cookies-One cup lard,
one cup sour milk, one and one-half
cups sugar, one teaspoonful soda,
flavoring. flour to roll. Put raisin in
center of each cooky. Bake in hot
oven.
Cocoa Cookies-Three tablespoons
lard, one-half cup sugar. one, pinch
salt, three tablespoons milk. one table
spoon cornstarch. one-quarter tea
spoon OeveD baking soda, one cup
flour, and mix together. then knead in
two tablespoons cocoa; roll very thin
After baking. join in tv rs with the
following frosting: One scant table
spoon water, Cne-half teaspoon va
nilla, confectionery sugar-enough to
make very stiff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

The memory is very useful thing
when it works right, but it often
seems to be out of repair. Frequent
ly it works like a carpet sweeper. pick
ing up things no one has any mortal
use for and passing over others of
great value. The memory can be
trained and a trained memory is more
valuable than a trained nurse or a
trained seal. A New jersey man sew
eral years ago declared that he had a
perfect memory and every. one be-
lieved him till a clever person asked
him to sing all the words of Columbia
the Gem of the Ocean. A faulty
memory is very much like a nose
bleed. 1t can be cured for the while
by putting brown paper under the
lip or tying string tightly about the
finger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

tered baking sheet. Separate yolks
and whites of as many eggs as there
are rounds of toast, add pinch of salt
to whites, whip to a dry froth and
pile high on each toast round. Make
a depression in center of each, drop
in a yolk, sprinkle with salt and pep
per, top with piece of butter. Put
in brick oven to brown the white;
by that time the yolk will be cooked.
Spanish Poached Eggs-Heat Il
fiat saucepan slowly and melt in it
a tablespoon of butter, add teaspoon
of salt, small quantity pepper. small
finely minced onion, some parsley
and sweet herbs. Drop in eggs one
at a time; do not stir, but let them
brown a little. Turn carefully and
brown on the other side. Serve hot
Breakfast Egg Dish-Line pie plate
with thin slices of cheese and pour
over it half cup cream smoothly
blended with one teaspoonful of mus
tard and a tiny speck of red pepper
Carefully break six eggs into it, so
they will keep their shape. Turn the
other half cup of cream in, and bake
ten minutes. The melted cheese will
thicken the cream
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison Globe. ]

[From the Atchison Globe
Don't loaf all the time you are
waiting for opportunity to knock.
There are a great many people who
mistake a charge for conviction.
Women overestimate the danger
there is that their husbands will be
stolen.
You can't always tell for sure. and
that soulful expression may be due to
biliousness.
Don't feel too bad because you are
denied the personal liberty to make
a fool of yourself.
What has become of the o1d-fash-
toned man who carried a lead pencil
above his right ear?
Sometimes the finishing school"
seems to finish what little common
sense they had to start with.
If mothers had complete control
of their sons, there would be a lot
more preachers than there are.
An optimist is a man who thinks
he has discovered a five-cent cigar
as good as the ten-cent brands.
Leave it to the average under
graduate, and he would rather make
the track team than the debating
team.
A man never wants to sleep as
much as when he can't go to sleep.
And in several other ways man is a
contrary cuss.
A man is about to use the hammer
when he says. I'm not worrying
about it, but the inconsistency of it is
very plain"
The man who finds entertainment
at his lodge, probably wonders why
you want to go to the theatre We
members of the we'll known human
race, don't understand each other as
we'll as we should
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
SIDE T ALM S
If We Only Understood.
BY RUTH CAMERON

Gould We but draw back the curtain,
That surrounds each others lives
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we should find it better
Pnrer than we judged we should,
We should love each other better
If we only understood
Some time ago letter friend asked
me to print that poem.
At that time, 1 did not think it was
quite universal enough in its appeal.
But 1 have changed my mind.
And here is the most powerful of
several arguments that accomplished
that process.
A middle-aged and still very attrac-
tive woman lost her husband. She
had two children to support and no
particular technical training. She went
to the big city near which she lived
and applied for a position with one
of the shops. The position given her
was that of a shopper. That meant
that her work was to go about in the
other shops, comparing values with
those her own store offered, and get
ting ideas of various sorts. OF course,
she had to dress like lady of leisure
and appear to be merely shopping.
Also, she was not supposed to tell even
her friends of her connection with
the store.
The result was that some of them
put the worst possible construction on
her position. One day a woman. who,
in the days of her prosperity. had been
among her best friends, seeing her in
a shop. looking at some expensive
thing, remarked in a deliberately audi
BILE tone to her companion. well, I
wonder who is supplying the money
for her"
II was working hard all day. she
said afterward. land then coming
home at night to do homework and
sew for my children, sometimes until
midnight. And that was what the
people who had been my friends when
/ lived in comfort chose to think of
me-
Hard, wasn't it?
Yet things as hard as that happen
every day.
That was only one of many expert
ences (my own and other people's)
that showed me how much we need to
realize that I'VE should love each 9TH
er better if we only understood"
Surely we all commit acts that we
know might be wrongly construed by
those who DO not know all the condi-
tons. Why, then, cannot we then
have the patience and forbearance not
to Judge others so hastily?
! Or better still, not to judge at all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
THE THINKER.

Back of the beating hammer
By which the steel is wrought,
Back of the workshops clamor
The seeker may find the Thought
The Thought that is ever master
OF iron and steam and steel,
That rises above disaster.
And tramples it under he'll
The drudge may fret and tinker,
Or labor with lusty blows,
But back of him stands the Thinker,
The clear-eyed man who Knows;
For into each pillow or saber.
Each piece and part and whole,
Must go the Brains of Labor
Which gives the work a soul,
Back of the motors humming,
Back of the belts that sing,
Back of the hammers drumming,
Back of the cranes that swing.
There is the Eye which scans them,
Watching thru stress and strain,
There is the Mind which plans them
Back of the Drawn, the Brain,
Might of the roaring boiler.
Force of the engines thrust
Strength of the sweating toiler
Greatly in these we trust,
But back of the stands the Schemer.
The Thinker that drives things thru:
Back of the Job-the Dreamer
Who's making the dream come true,
By Berton Bradley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

If the railroad trainmen are de-
termined to strike, perhaps it would
be as well to let them go ahead and
get it out of their systems. A more
frying situation for the railroads, than
to be continually threatened with Il
tie-up can hardly be imagined. Paral-
ysis of the country's business would
he certain to bring the public into the
controversy. with the possible result
that it would be settled in a way that
would last for a while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MoULTON

Spring Poem.
All hail the coming of the Spring,
No longer now in mood of dole,
Well worry, fret and everything,
About the price of coal.
All hail the coming of the Spring,
Now will have a little dough:
Our overcoats when hooked will bring
At least two bits or so.
All hail the coming of the Spring.
With fewer aches and fewer ills.
Perhaps the mail will cease to bring
So many doctor bills.
All hail the Spring. It's very nice
To think that now the hen will try
And lay more eggs and then their price
Will be not quite so high.
And Hail the Spring-Oh, by the way.
She brings us blossoms, birds and bees
It's only decent just to say.
A pleasant word for thesei
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
BED TIME TALES
TIL. FIRE CAVE.
BY CLARA INGRaM JUDSON

Once upon a time a fire fairy lived
in a cave in a big fireplace.
Where was the cave:
Oh, under the biggest stick in the
fire there is always a cave for the
flame fairy queen.
Look and see some day-see how
white and glowing it is-all red and
yellow and white.
This particular cave was under a
big, big log. The fireplace was so
large and the log so big that the
flame fairy queen and all her fire
All day long the fire had burned
till the cave in the log was big and
comforta BILE to play in.
Il don't want to stay in here all the
time enough" said one fire fairy. Il
want to run out and play in the big
fireplace And see that bit of paper
over there: l want to play with
that"
"All right" laughed the fire fairy
queen, run along and play with IL,
only don't forget the way homer!
II WON'T replied the fire fairy con-
fidently and she started off.
Have you ever watched fire fairy
leave her safe home cave and start
out to explore in the big wide fire.
place? No?
She started out carefully. creeping
along and along over the bark on the
big long sometimes standing up
straight and tall, sometimes stretch
ing out flat and slim on the messy
bark.
once. though. she came to a notch
in the bark and almost got lost. Then
she waited and drew a long breath
and jumped.
Jumped over in big leap-past
the notch and with hop and a skip
past the log onto the scrap of paper
lying in the corner.
And then the fun, Up and down
Over and under the paper the fire
fairy rant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

The thunder crashed and pealed
between flashes of lightning and
binding dashes of rain. One of the
darkies thought maybe a little strong
language would ease his mind; but his
companion demonstrated with him.
Look heah, yo Charles Richard
yo' quit yo' cussin'. Don't yo' know
dat Gawd's got yo' completely in His
power jest now?"
She was undergoing an exanlina-
ton and when the physician adj
vanced toward her with something
microscope and a toasting fork she
asked what it was for.
ITO see down your throat with"
idea how far l can see with this in
strument.''
Then it was that the lady got off
the mark like a key of dynamite.
Where are you going?" asked the
physician in surprise.
I'm going down for a new pair of
stockfngs-there's a hole in one of
these L have on
Little Faith was possessed of a
most friendly disposition. To satisfy
her need for companionship she de-
manded speech affectionate and often.
One night her brother was studying
his arithmetic lesson assiduously After
calling to him several times without
receiving reply. she appealed to her
father to stir him up.
George is busy her father said
81 know replied Faith, but he
might at least have said. Shut up.'"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
Boston Beans and Brown Bread

Boston Baked Beans-One quart
navy beans; let soak ,over night in
cold water. In the morning wash,
drain and rinse in fresh water. Put
on to boil with plenty of cold water;
add piece of soda size of bean. Let
them come to boil. drain again, cover
with water once more and boil fif-
teen minutes. Drain again, put in
earthen pot, add one tablespoon salt,
one tablespoon molasses, one table
spoon sugar; cover with boilingy wat
er, add small pieces of pork on top.
Cook until Drowned.
Boston Brown Bread - One cup
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
Sandwiches.

Picked Egg and Olive Sandwiches
Boil four or five eggs hard, and
have them in vinegar over night
which has been sweetened and heated.
Have one dozen olives pitted; chop
with the picked eggs.
Use salad dressing for holding the
mixture together; very little will be
required.
Use white rye or whole wheat
bread sliced thin, and buttered. Have
a lettuce leaf between the slices of
each sandwich. with the egg and olive
mixture over the lettuce.
Mothers will find these sandwiches
nice for the lunch of the children, as
well as for the grownups
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

1t is being predicted that the war
will end the coming summer. Mean
time preparations are going forward
on the western front, for one of the
biggest fights the world has ever seen.
The result of the impending battle
may be the fulfillment of the predic-
ton Also, events which may bring
an end to hostilities are transporting
in Asia. right now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
A good beginning for a h

a good beginning for a boulevard
encircling Topeka can be made when
the new road thru the state hospital
grounds is opened. There is oppor-
tunity for a beautiful drive along the
river from Kansas avenue to a con-
nection with the brick road which
now extends from the brickyard
bridge to the Sixth avenue highway.
A connection with the proposed extern
sion of the Tenth avenue paving
should not be delayed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

AS result of the election which was
held last Sunday in Mexico Carranza
becomes president de jure instead of
de facto. What difference that will
make remains to be demonstrated. At
least it gives the nations of the world
an actual government with which to
deal 1t is not unlikely that he will
hear from some of them as soon as
they have time. There is long ac-
count to be settled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns of
TIE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
March II. 1892.

I5yg.
Troutman's ice house Soldier creek
burned to the ground this morning
Ex-Governor George w. Click was in the
city an hour or two today on his way to
Salina where he will deliver an address
before the Democratic clubs of the Fifth
district: He is confident that fusion will
come about.
Chester l. Long, the bright young lawyer
who wants to represent the Seventh dis
trlct IN congress, read law with Johnson
Martin and Keller eight years ago and
was the most talkative member of the Sat-
urday Night club.
THE Two Sisters" at the Grand last
night was a very entertaining melodrama
There WAS tenor who sang Iullabies in
higher voice than most sopranos. He was
called back so many times that he finally
sang The Picture That Is Turned Toward
the Wall which effectually dampened the
ordor of his admirers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

once more the courts have decided
that Harry Thaw is crazy. AS be-
fore he is convicted on the testimony
of his mother. The public has been
convinced of his insanity ever since
he shot Stanford White. Probably he
soon will again be at large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

We have a law which provides a
penalty for interference with the
United States mail. Apparently Eng
land feels under no more obligation to
respect American law than does Ger
many. The Halifax authorities have
seized and kept a whole cargo of mail
destined for the United States. Does
nobody respect us except China?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Egg Dishes.

Egg Soup-One quart good chick
en- stock, one cup cream or rich milk.
one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon pep
per: pour it boiling hot on beaten
yolks of four eggs diluted with one
half cur of milk Serve at once in
bouillon cups Do not set on fire af-
ter eggs are stirred in.
OK Eyes-Cut rounds of bread.
toast to a pale brown, dip in hot milk.
butter generously and place on but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

Look. can dance and sing and
clap my hands!"
And, just to show she could, she
whirled and danced with gay happi-
ness.
But the paper wasn't big like the
log. In a minute it was gone: MOTH
ing was left but some crumbling
ashes
And the fire fairy vanished.
Where did she go:
Oh. fire fairies come and are gone
nobody knows where they are from
or where they go. Do you2-(Copy-
right 1914-Clara Ingram Judson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

y declaration of war against Ger
many by China. is likely to prove less
effective even than that of Japan,
which country already has driven the
Teutons out of Asia. One cannot help
Wondering: What is the idea?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

years, this coal to be shipped by way
of New Orleans. In Colorado they
wanted to buy fifty thousand tons a
month, for an indefinite period, this
coal to be shipped by way of Calves
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

Apparently Germany at last has &C
quired all the war she wants or can
handle. She is reported to be anx-
'ious to avoid hostilities with the
United States. But at that it must
be conceded that the kaiser is a glut-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
Caramel for Cake.

Mix together one cupfu1 light brown
sugar, one-half cupful sweet cream,
and one tablespoonful butter. Boil
until thick and beat until cool. Flaw
or with vanilla. A white icing may
be used if preferred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
DINNER STORIES

Two negroes were caught in a ter
rife thunderstorm in the south and
took refuge in a barn, but before they
could enter they were completely
drnnnho6
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

Mexico showed wisdom in making
no provision for a vice president. 1t
removes one incentive to assassination
which has been resorted to at times
in that country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

sweet milk, two cups sour milk. two
thirds cup molasses, one cup wheat
flour, four cups corn meal, one tea
spoon soda. Steam three hours.
Brown few minutes in oven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

The sixty-two blocks of paving to be
laid this year is slightly below the
Topeka standard in amount but it will
help.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

1t will not require the services of
a plumber to locate the leak on the
Zimmerman note It is announced
that Count Won Bernstorff is preparing
It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

If DIR. Grayson succeed in pulling
the president thru this cold perhaps
il will be regarded as additional proof
of his fitness to become an admiral.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

The Bug.
In his eye n look of yearning
And a strange. unholy CLEAN,
On his brow fever burning.
He is frantic it would seem.
Anyone will notice that he
Does appear Il trifle batty.
For observe his hasty caper
And his frenzy, so to say,
AS he grabs the evening paper
And in such an eager way;
Oh, the flame that in him RACES
As he reads the sporting pages,
He. as well as all his brothers,
Is a most pathetic sight,
Tho he seems perhaps to others,
To be not exactly right.
Tho he has n silly laugh he
Isn't quite completely daffy!
Men of sane and sober faces.
Men as fine as this one here
Are among the many cases
Who about this time of year.
Almost seem to lose their reason
Thru the baseball training season.
TOday'S Sheer.
Lots of women seem like a sort
effeminate men. And so do lots
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

Washington's Iegi; 'ature is now
graphing with the kansas plan of
. expediting the process of vote-count-
ing at the polls A bill. modelled after
the law which originated in Kansas,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14
Banana Salad

Fill deep bowl with alternate lay
ers of bananas. stoned prunes and
fresh lady fingers. Add little wine
for flavoring and fill the bowl with
custard and put whipped cream on
top. The prunes may be stuffed with
nuts if desired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-14

Other fire fairies came. too, as the
paper cracked and burned
This is more fun than hiding in
the safe Goals of the log cave!" shout
ed the fire fairy gaily.
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1917-09-06
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