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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10
Ass.
So full of Grit
Is Arthur B.
My goodness but
He CRATES on Me !
SIDE 7 ALM S
Flowers for Every Home.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

In a unique Boston school, founded
to teach the science of homemaking.
where tie girls put their theories into
practice in houses run by themselves,
one of the tasks allotted is to keep
flowers in the house on an allowance
of fifty cents week.
They manage this in various ways.
One girl bought bulbs. Fifty cents
buys ten narcissus bulbs, these will
fill two bowls with starry beauty and
the poisoning lasts ten days.
Another girl whose term of office
as the family florist came in jonquil
time, bought half a dozen jonquils
twice a week. Four of these with the
green blades that come with them
merged in a bowl of water, and made
Ia beautiful decoration for the dark
dining table The other two were
placed in one flower vase on the living
room mantel.
The cleverest scheme was devised
by a girl who was acquainted with
the woods in winter. Two weeks be-
fore her term of office she went out
into the woods and came home with
her arms full of what the other girls
came to decorate she had two big
bronze vases full of NAPLES and wild
ounce and dogwood just breaking
into blossom. She had put the bare
twigS in water in the sunshine ana
they had blossomed
OF course there are many homes
where fifty cents cannot be spared
for flowers, especially in these days.
But if one feels that flowers come
too high, a dull green fern dish with
an asparagus fern will give a re-
freshing touch of green to the dining
table.
| One woman saves even the cost OF
a fern by planting in her fern dish
| a few grapefruit seeds which produce
| very pretty little fern.
In the home where there are sew
! eral wage earners it might be possible
to persuade each of them to give five
or ten cents a week toward having
flowers in the house. In one home
there is a little box into which each
member of the family has to drop a
penny wheE anything is left out OF
place. The proceeds are used in buy
| ing flowers for the dining table.
The modern woman is coming tc
realize that her high position as home
maker imposes the obligation of try
ing to make the home beautiful as
well as comfortable. Surely she viii
be willing to make a little effort and
sacrifice for the sake of having flow
ers, 1.-The sweetest things Gods evel
made and forgot to put soul into
| in her home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10
DINNER STORIES

Sarah. the little daughter of a
clergyman, was asked if her papa ever
preached the same sermon twice At
ter considering a moment, she an
swered:
Eyes, 1 think he does; out 1 think
he hollers in different places
guardsman the other day was dis
cussing politics with two seedy orators
Tell u.s." they asked him, 'if one
day the downtrodden workman was
to revolt, would you fire on him ?"
Never"
You're one of the right sort. You
must have a smoke with us"
Shortly afterward one of them
casually asked:
How many men like yourself can
we count on in your barracks?"
''All the band; they will act as my
self 1 play the big drum. you know"
the guardsman quietly remarked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

The Hearst newspapers thru their
editorial columns continue to clamor
for a negotiated peace. How can
there be negotiated peace when one
of the parties to the negotiations is
notorious for violating her signed OBJ
legations? What would peace
gained in that way be worth? The
treaty would be merely a scrap of
paper" and would be treated as such
whenever Germany felt disposed to
do so. The 6nly peace that can be
lasting is a dictated peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe

Most watchmakers work overtime.
So often there is so much enthun-
iasm and so little work.
When a man says, I'm not sore
but" you know he is
Some people do a lot of wiIdcattinr
without being in the old business.
There is lots of talk about brotherfy
love but really there is very little of it.
When they can't say much elsa
about man they say he is good
hearted
When a man wants TO make a fool
of himself he selects a woman as an
assistant.
There is something wrong with a
woman who always has to be defend
ing her honor.
Talk to the average man long
enough and he will tell you of the
time the doctors gave him up.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned hard.working man who said he
had strong back and a weak heat?
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who carried a knife with
four blades and a cork screw?
An Atch'son negro fisherman re-
turned home empty-handed and was
questioned about what luck he had
had They wasn't eating today" he
: said in answer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Speaking of slackers, what's the
matter with Japan? She is said tc
have a well trained army of $500. 900
men and is in a position to reach the
fighting line much more easily than
can the United States. She could
turn the tide of battle on the eastern
front and could easily land troops at
Saloniki. But Japan is doing nothing
toward winnin~ the war except what
abe is being paid for. If she be given
sufficient inducement she may YET
take part in the fighting but she is not
interested in world democracy. Since
Germany has been driven from ASH
Japan probably would be glad to see
Germany win.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10
TEUTONIC KULTUR.

Probably no more scathing indict-
ment of the German nation has ap-
peared than that recently in the Bos-
ton Transcript. Taking for his text
| the deliberate drowning of the crew of
the Belgian Prince by the captain of
a U-boat, the editor writes:
Apparently there is no "frightful-
ness" either new or old, which the
Huns of the Hohenzollern Horde will
not practice. They have invented
many new deviltries, sickening to hui
mainly, but when their internal in
genuity gives out, they have recourse
! to records of the dark and cruel past
In the blood-stained annals of the
Reign of Terror, of Wallenstein and
lilly. of Alva, and of Timour Leng,
there are abundant suggestions for the
extension of twentieth century leu
tonic Kultur.
The latest infamy is borrowed from
the doings of Carrier at Nantes. The
''noyades" of that criminal maniac
have generally been regarded as
among the most abominable deeds of
the Reign of Terror; for which reason
they may be supposed to have ap-
pealed strongly to the apostles of
Kultur for present emulation. So it
came to pass that they were taken as a
model by the gallant German officers
of a U-boat, upon the latter's success
full attack upon the steamship Belgian
Prince. The vessel was torpedoed,
and began to sink. The U-boat came
alongside, destroyed the wireless ap-
paratus of the doomed ship. smashed
the ifeboats, and took away the life
preservers. You will not need them, -
said the gallant Germans to the crew
of the Belgian Prince, "for we shall
take you aboard our U-boat." Surely
enough, they did so. The prisoners
were taken upon the deck of the
U-boat, then riding high above the
surface, and the U-boat steamed
rapidly away from her sinking victim
When a sufficient distance had beer
reached. or when the stricken hull
had disappeared, all the German.
went below and closed the hatche,
behind them, leaving their twoscort
prisoners on deck.
And then the U-boat was deliber
ately submerged, two hundred mile
from land. No doubt as she wen
, down, leaving the men on her decl
to drown, her gallant commander ant
his comrades made their cabin rim.
with shouts of Deutschland uebe
Alles!" and with exultant mirth; sucl
) as that with which the hyphenate,
= Huns in New York theaters and res
5 taurants greeted the news of the sink
ing of the Lusitania and the rnurde
Of American women and children
9 Doubtless, too, the chief Hohenzollerl
: Hun will congratulate the U-boa
I commander upon his glorious feat
and present to him commemorative
medal.
1t Will be morbidly interesting I
3 observe which other ancient horror
r next adopted and adapted to presen
Y requirements by the self-styled partne
: of the Almighty. There are severa
E the use of which has not yet been re
/. ported. The iron boot the thumb
screw, the rack, implement, and tn
q Iron Virgin. Would there be an
occasion for surprise if it becam
1 known that these were being EN-
ployed by the Hohenzollern Huns?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Study and Prevention of tuberculosis.
in summarizing the work of the state
legislatures during their last sessions,
finds that out of As legislatures in
session, 3s enacted anti-tuberculosis
laws and II passed laws relating to
county tuberculosis hospitals. The
only law-making bodies that failed to
take action in this direction were those
of Alaska, Arizona, New Mexico, Porto
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10
HOUSEH1ID HINTS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Steamed Prunes. German Mullins.
Scramb led Eggs.
Pear Marmalade- Coffee
LUNCHEON
PURGE of Bean Soup with Toasted
Squares.
Beet Greens. Bread. Butter.
Plum Jelly. Cookies
DINNER.
Macaroni and Cheese.
Beets with Sour Sauce.
String Beans.
Sliced Tomato on Lettuce.
Egg-Tomato Salad-Take large ripe
tomatoes; cut off stem. scoop out cen
ter. fill with hard-b boiled eggs and
crisp celery chopped fine. Serve with
mayonnaise dressing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Liberia has declared war on Ger
many and Argentina has sent the Teu-
tonic nation another ultimatum The
indications are that the central pow
ers soon will not be on speaking terms
with any other nation on earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

They do things differently in Can
ada. There the government has fixed
a maximum price of $2.40 a bushel
for wheat. In this country the farm
err will be guaranteed 50 and will be
permitted to get as much more as ne
can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Senator Wadsworth wants the adj
ministration to take the people into its
confidence and tell them how their
money is being spent. 1t is unlikely
that this course would reduce the ex-
penditures a dollar but it would give
the fault finders added opportunities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Governor Capper will go to Chicago
to assist other governors in regulat-
ing the price of coal. Unless he sue
coed better than he did in regulating
the price of gas. no important reduc-
ton in the cost of fuel can be ex-
nacted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

AS another means of conserving the
food supply why not abolishA the bill
boards and save the flour that is used
In making paste?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Champ Clark wants some other song
substituted for the Star Spangled
Banner; something, he says, that peo-
pie can sing. Probably that famous
''Houn' Dog" song would suit the Mis-
SOurian
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

will blame me horribly, but couldn't
bear just to teach school for the next
twenty years as you have done. Phil
and 1 have eloped. 1 hope you will
have pleasant trip back home
Lovingly, MOLLIE- -
copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Speaking of the we'll known irony
Of fate" suppose the big German
steamer Vaterland shall be used to
transport American soldier to France.
Wouldn't that make the kaiser an
cry?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

( 1t is suggested by the Los Angeles
Times that what the country needs
more than it does food control is fool
control.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT

Strange.
Says wise old Ignatz Breezy
Our language is a card
For, when it rains so easy.
We say it's raining hard -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
1T makes my reason totter,''
Said Adoniram Brice;
''They talk about hard water,
But when waters hard it's ice.''
Newark Advocate.
Said topper Simon Sweezy,
Whose thirst is hard to slake,
Tho water gives quite easy,
It's very hard to take"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10
Relations.


There are two sorts of relations, dis
tant or removed and close. AS a rule
we prefer the first sort and when they
are the wife's and their visit has run
into the third week they can be re-
moved enough. Sometimes one feels
that they can't be removed at all.
Close relations are usually wealthy
aunts or uncles. These are quaint old
characters They enjoy a joke about
their wills and the state of their
health. If there are any children in
your family and you are being visited
by rich old relative prompt the chill
dren to make some artless remark in
his presence. Like 5sstF'ather says it'd
be our luck to have you pull thru an
other winter" The old gentleman
will likely enjoy the humor of the
situation and chuckle for some while.
1t is not well to be too kind to rich
relative, however, as he may infer that
you have an eye on his sock. Treat
him a little harsh1y at times and he
will admire it in you. All of the other
kin he visits are so eager to please
that it makes him tired. So he will
leave you more than anyone. OF
course he may be too old to figure it
out this way and your method may not
work. But if you have two or three
rich old relatives you might try it on
| one of them. Pick out the one with
| the feeblest mind and the least money
Ass.
So full of Grit
Is Arthur B.
MY goodness but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Good habits are as easily formed as
bad. 1t requires no more effort of
will to grow into the custom of doing
noble and beautiful things than it
does to become the slave of disagree
able habits We are slow to recog-
nize the truth-tho it is the truth.
nevertheless that the habit of benevo-
lence, for instance, is as easily formed
as the gossip habit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Manners are the minor morals
writes one. The agreeable good per
son is no more good than the boor.
besides being twice as influential for
righteousness. Brute speech, morose-
ness and an abrupt manner are by no
means necessary accompaniment of
goodness; in truth, they reveal a lack
of highest religion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Less brains are required to say bril-
liant, bitter words about people than
to say brilliant, kind words. The
cynic's wit is easiest and cheapest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Many proverbs remind us that the
spoken word and the sped arrow can
never be recalled. The irrevocable-
ness of speech is its most dread quail
ity. Gunshot wounds may heal, sword
thrusts may leave no scar, poison may
be eliminated from the body but a
deadlier weapon than any of these,
the human tongue, inflicts wounds
that are permanent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Scandal is all evil; not jot of good
comes from it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

There is more hope of a prodigal
than OF an envious and suspicious
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

The soul should be master of the
tongue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

Gossip puts bitter drops into all of
life's sweet draughts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

The very fact that scandal is a COM
mon sin makes it a great one 1t
stands in the way of Christian growth
1t mars the symmetry and beauty of
character 1t hinders that love be-
tween brethren which is the fulfilling
of the law of Christ and the pre-
requisite of the coming of his king
dom. Let US not call any sin small
which bars the progress of Jesus; and
this scandal surely does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10

He is twice strong who is gentle in
his judgment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
BETTER THAN CALOMEL
Thousands Have Discovered DR.. Ed.
wards Olive Tablets are Q
Harmless Substitute

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the
substitute for calomel-are a mild but
sure laxative, and their effect on the
liver is almost instantaneous. They
are the result of DR.. Edwards deter
mination not to treat liver and bowel
complaints with calomel. His efforts
to Danish it brought out these little
olive-colored tablets.
These pleasant little tablets do tho
good that calomel does, but have no
bad after effects. They don't injure
the teeth like strong liquids or calo-
mel. They take hold of the trouble
and quickly correct it. Why cure the
liver at the expense of the teeth
Calomel sometimes plays havoc with
the gums. So do strong liquids. 1t
is best not to take calomel. Let DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets take Its place
Most headaches, dizziness and
that lazy feeling come from consti-
patton and a disordered liver. Take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets when you
feel "loggy" and heavy" Note how
they clear" clouded brain and how
they "perk up the spirits. l0c and Csc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

Harry Faithful, according to
his wife, is not what his name
implies. She is suing for a di-
yorce in Judge yesterdays court.
Try our Mlnce or Cranberry
Pies. Duenwald's, 1112 Broad
way. adv.
Mothers of the Troop ID boys
are planning big time when the
troopers get back.
COMMERCIAL BINDERY &
PRINTING co. Main AT. adv.
Commissioner Petit announces
he is planning to buy small car
for police department to be used
as an emergency car by the night
shift.
Cut flowers and floral work
Hinz. florist. So. 7th and X. adv
Austrian Benevolent societ!
will give benefit ball for thu
Austrian Red Cross society.
President Holland of the Wash
ington State college to speak a
the Open Forum at the First Con
gregational church Sunday night
Tacoma Gun Store re-opens fol
business at 1903 Pac. av. adv.
Big berry crop predicted fol
1917 in Puyallup valley.
Four arrested for speeding Il
county Friday by Officer Chill
berg.
Opposition being shown to bill
providing for the government
monopoly of the wireless.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
PAVED ROADS TO
THE PARK PLANNED

Tourists to Mt. Tacoma and the
national park will be able to travel
one-third the distance from Taco
ma to the park entrance over
paved roads at the end of the year,
If plans OF County En- gineer White
for the Improvement OF the noun
tain road are carried out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
HOUSE APPROVES
"PORK" MEASURE

WASHINGTON. d. O., Jan. 30.
The $3S, 900 omnibus public
buildings bill which passed the
house yesterday after sharp fight.
appropriates $4,000 to buy site
and erect a building at Hoquiam;
$275,000 to erect an immigration
station at Seattle, and $4,000 to
purchase additional land for Nc
Neils Island penitentiary.
The bill was denounced on the
floor of the house as a pork bar
rel" measure. The final vote was
234 to go, with CVdgressmen
Humphrey and Hadley voting for
il and Johnson, Dill and La Fol-
lette against 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
Here and Elsewhere

st. Regis hotel in Seattle sold
to II. F. Ostrander. prominent
shipper.
Lumber, Sash, Doors. keystone
Lbr. co. adv.
Fire house burns at Fosston,
MINI. Fire started from a stove
by which firemen were thawing
out frozen hose.
Ask Bill Fehse-he knows.
Olive Branch Cigar Store. VIM.
II. Fehse, Prop. Hotel Donnelly.
adv.
Potatoes sold Friday for the
highest price st. Paul and Min
nesota have ever known.
Walter Berg Staty. Co., 800
Bernice Bldg. Main 2237. adv.
Klondike's gold yield for 1919
amounts to $4,000,O0O, and 1917
yield will be still larger.
John +. Brazelton, prominent
politician of Montana commits
suicide in Chicago.
DIR. Cozza, dentist, 2O1 Provi.
dent. adv.
From a survey of opinions OF
employers of the country, report
shows that all agree on universal
military training of some sort for
the nation.
Miss Tasia Athanasiades award.
ed $4,000 damages from Peter
Farmasonis in Seattle for failure
to carry out proxy contract to
L AIRY her. Peter wrote the
contract while Miss Athanasiades
was in Greece.
Sheriffs OF state to meet In
Olympia Jan. 23 to %.
| A Bachelor Maids club meeting
OF Philadelphia was broken VI
when 1t came time for the cleo
tion of officers, by the lusty yells
of tired babies. Nearly three
fourths of the club members are
married now, and have children
The club broke up and was reor
ganized for a married woman's
club.
Toledo to tax dogs of the town
! Planning public market da!
in Ellensburg.
J Pacific Fruit & Packing 90
buys II packing plants in Oregon
Chehalis citizens to contest ex
ira taxation for paving.
| Oregon legislature has bill t,
make a constitutional amendmen
giving every man right t,
work, and providing work for tn,
unemployed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
ASK DAMAGES FOR
FATHERS DEATH

Suit for $4,000 damages
against the Carlisle Packing Co. as
the result of the death of Viska
Vlastelica from burns received in
gasoline explosion, Is being
heard in the superior court. II
was brought in behalf of his minor
children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
60 ""
Humphreys Seventy-sev'
en- For Colds, Influenza,
G Ri

When Grip prevails,
everything Is Grip.
1t is hard to tell an attack OF
Grip from a hard stubborn Cold
that hangs on, nor is 1t OF i'm
portance as "Seventy-seven" is
good for both.
To get the best results take
"Seventy-seven" at the first chill
or SILVER.
If you wait until your bones be-
gin to ache. It Will take longer.
At Druggists, 20 cents or mailed.
Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co.,
los William Street. New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
KAISER TO TELL
OF LIBRARY NEEDS

City Librarian J. B. Kaiser, in
vited to address the Ministerial al
lance at their meeting Monday
evening, will explain the library
controversy, taking as his topic:
"The Library-What 1t Does and
What 1t Needs"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
REEFS FUNERAL TO
BE HELD TUESDAY

The funeral of Rev. w. II. w.
Rees will be held at 1880 p. m.
Tuesday afternoon from the Ep-
worth Methodist church. Rev. 8.
s. Sulliger, superintendent of the
Tacoma district, will. be in charge
of the service. The body will lie
in state Sunday at c. C. Mellin-
gers and from 10 a. m. to 1880 p.
m. Tuesday at Epworth church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
DONE ENOUGH FOR ENGLAND
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

19.-One political sensations
speech
Lucien Cannon.
Eng
land.
point view of
everything else for Engand?" he asked
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
MOOSE AUTO STAGE

MOOSE AUTO STAGE
stand-CrOft Hotel. 1910 Pacific nv,
Tacoma and Yelm, Lakeview. HILL
hurst. Greendale. Roy, McKenna,
NJ. Il. Miles.
Lv. Tacoma-10:30 a. m, and n.
m; Sunday 5 a. IN. and $3.50 o. m.
Nv. Yelm-7:30 a. m. and ID. m. :
Saturday night 1920 and SundaY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

In a new electrical toy a tiny
human figure dances in response
to tunes whistled or sunk into a
telephone receiver.