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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
The Hudson River Division Takers

You'd think it grew on trees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

The way some folks use up white paper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe. ]

lFrom the Atchison Globe.
If a man is only half-killed in an
accident, his friends laugh at him
Only few of the fault-finders are
good enough to draw pay as critics.
More people are suspicious than are
superstitious, and that's a good many.
You can't tell how we'll a man lives
at home by the fault he finds with
hotel grub.
OF course time is precious, but 1t
wouldn't be if one had to devote it all
TO sleep.
You have doubtless heard a failure
say he did his best, but the chances
are he didn't.
A married man soon gets to feeling
like an attorney whose objections are
always being overruled.
There are a number of loafers who
spend their spare time urging the i'm
portance of industry.
1t may be all right to tell your trou-
bles occasionally, but don't give a
continuous performance.
A boy ought to be willing to work
as hard at home as he does in a gym
nasium but he never will be.
When the gas is low, and his blood
is CONCEALED, Pa would like to know
who on earth can see any beauty in
the frost on the window pane.
If a man is nervous, he doesn't want
to be startled, and is, while the en-
thusiasts who crave excitement think
there never is anything going on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

"a An old and popular theory mas oeen
Exploded by L. T. Hussey, state IRE
ma rshal. in a recent bulletin issued
from his department.. 1t is the one re
harding the combination Of mice and
matches. The bulletin says: The
popular belief that many fires are
caused by mice gnawing the heads OF
matches is without foundation Many
tests have been made to ascertain the
facts in the case and every test has
rended to show that a mouse will not
unaw a match head. In making these
tests matches were thrown into a cage
trIl of mice and left there for days
Not a head was touched. To make the
esperiment more thoro the mice were
left for a long period without food,
hut with the same result. In fact,
every possible means was used to in
al ce the mice to gnaw the match
heads, but in vain. OF course 1t IS
POSSIBLE that in a few rare instances
fines have been started in that way
hut certainly not enough of them to
make it the serious feature of. the
match hazard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
CHEERING SOME ONE on.

Don't you mind about the triumphs,
Don't you worry after fame;
Don't you grieve about succeeding.
Let the future guard your name.
All the best in life's the simplest,
Love will last when wealth is gone;
just be glad that you are living,
And keep cheering some one on.
Let your neighbors have the blossoms,
Let your comrades wear the crown;
Never mind the little setbacks
Nor the blows that knock you down.
You'll be there when they're forgotten.
You'll be glad with youth and dawn,
If you just forget your troubles
And keen cheering some one on.
There's a lot of sorrow round you
Lots of lonesomeness and tears:
Lots of heartaches and of worry
Thru the shadows of the years.
And the world needs more than triumphs
More than all the swords we've drawn,
1t is hungering for the fellow
Who keeps cheering others on.
Let the wind around you whistle,
And the storms around you play:
You'll be here with Drawn and gristle
When the c0nquerors decay
You'll be here in memories sWeetened
If the souls you've saved from pawn
II you put sfde.the victories
And keep cheering some one on
Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

ten days; returned in a storm that
broke in torrents of rain as she neared
Jim Chapmans gate. AS on that first
day, she ran up the walk and into the
house. Looking into the sitting room
she saw Jim move slowly toward the
window. On the floor the child was
gathering up stray leaves OF what
looked like a manuscript and in her
lap was a bundle of letters. Kate
turned to Jim with a smile:
1T is to be hoped Mrs. Grundy has
been driven to the back of her house
by the storm, else my reputation may
suffer. To be blown twice within
fortnight thru your doorway, Jim, is
certainly food for gossip
There was no mistaking his gladness
at the sight of her, who. cares for
gossip" he asked That you should
have come back is all 1 can think of
now. 1t was good of you to change
your plans for me-"
stantly.
That was not what 1 meant, Kate.
l am always muddling things. 1 have
been trying so hard to reach your
mind, across the miles between us,
with my earnest wish for your return
what brought you
That was odd" she said thought
fully. Il was hardly conscious why
changed my mind. L merely felt 1
must come home-that L was needed"
You are. /"
Il want the pretty lady to read to
me- small voice interrupted. Read
this she said persuasively, holding
out letter. And 1 want you to hold
me. Uncle Jim don't know how to
snuggle. He just lets me sit on his
lap and I fall off,
Kate picked the child up and took
the letter from her. why, this is ad-
dressed to me-" she exclaimed.
Jim gave start and glanced to-
ward the drawer of his library table.
A bunch of keys hung il the lock
"Margery,' he said, sternly, have you
been meddling?"
The childs lips trembled, but she
answered bravely. Il asked if L might
play in the drawer and you said yes,
Uncle jim" Then she threw her
face.
Never mind, child" he said hastily,
and turned to Kate in explanation.
THAT letter was written years ago
ceived no reply. When 1 came home
the table was the only piece of furni-
ture 1 found in the house l found the
letter in the drawer. Why it was not
mailed l do not know. but chance has
! thrown it into your hands Read it
and give me tho answer to the ques-
| lion 1 then asL1I. He turned to the
window, looking with unseeing eyes
out into the storm.
1T isn't much of a love letter. but
l doubt if I could write a better one
today 1 never could say much about
my feelings, Kate, but they are there,
all right
She was silent so long that he at last
turned to her.
! Il know that now, jim. Holdin :
the child close she looked at him with
shining eyes. II have been wishing !;
| had received the letter when it was
written, for We have lost five years of
happiness" --(Copyright. 1917, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
SIDE TALK S
BY Ruth CAMERON.

The Mistakes They Don't Make.
Did you ever see a salesgirl make
out a slip?
+ You think that's an extraordinary
question.
But don't mean just look at her;
mean see her.
For that is, one of the innumerabie
little activities that go on under our
eyes so often that we never really see
them.
We've all watched the shop girl in
our favorite shop make out slips a
hundred times, and then we've
l don't believe one woman in a hun
dred,-no a thousand,-couldt tell what
the clerk has to write on the slip.
I am sure 1 couldn't
That is. not until recently. The
other day when L was shopping, some
thing drew my attention to the process
and I studied it.
And this is what the girl in that
particular shop had to put on the slip
for every purchase: even if it were not
The number of the department.
The sales number.
The date.
The number of pieces in the pur-
chase.
Whether the article was charged or
paid for.
Whether it was carried or sent.
The purchasers address, including
name with initials, street and num-
Der, town, state.
And finally the price which has TO
appear in three different places.
All this has to be done as fast as
fingers can fly while a customer very
likely an impatient one, is waiting for
her bundle.
When the purchase is not a charge.
money must be carefully handled
Frequently a would-be customer in
terrupts to ask some question (Which
very likely should have been address
ed to a floor walker) and is highly
! indignant if 1t is not promptly an
swered.
And then we find fault because now
and then there is a wrong item on the
bill or package is delayed and
marvel at the mistakes the clerks
/ manage to make"
To my mind, now I stop to think OF
it, there is a far greater marvel tha
that.
The mistakes they don't make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
STATE JOURNAT-THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY

be improved, he is met with chorus
Of condemnation from the conserva-
tives."
So long as the general education
board confined itself to giving away
million dollars a year to existing
schools and colleges few people found
fault with it except those who failed
TO receive its benefactions. When the
board began to study the school sys-
tenn and to suggest improvements it
was met by the objection that its sug
Gestions were impracticable. When
it announced it's intention of doing a
little experimenting on it's own hook
to see if they were impracticable it is
denounced as an enemy of society.
DIR. Abraham Flexner, who is col
laborating with Former President Ell
10; in the establishment of the new
school. proposes a curriculum with
fcurfold basis, namely science, indus
try, esthetics, civics, ALI of which he
regards as character-building studies.
lie would have every boy and girl
taught to speak one foreign language,
t" play upon some musical instrument
ard to read more widely in ancient
and modern history and literature
than is now customary.
To quote again from the Independ-
ont:
There is very encouraging pros
rect that the new school may assist
liz solving some of the educational
problems that now perplex US and to
s;tve the effort, time and money now
lost thru antiquated methods and mis-
fit types of training. Such expert
montation cannot easily be carried on
in the public school system because a
school of novel type would not fit into
the system. Private schools usually
cannot undertake it because it in
wolves heavy initial expenditure with
no assured return. So we must look
for the most part to independent
schools like this for that experimental
ton without which no progress is pos
sible. Our only fear is lest the Mod
ern School be too successful and get
stuck in its own groove like some of
its predecessors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

TN plant them for you for next
year." said the wind. I'll plant them
anywhere you say
"Oh goody," cried zhe sunflover
clapping her leaves gayly in the
breeze, lets plant them in a row
along the alley
So all day along the wind stayed to
help the sunflower Up and down
the alley he blew the seeds and the
sunflower swayed back and forth and
shook out more seeds as fast as he
could.
Then the wind covered the seeds
with leaves and the snow kept them
snug and warm thru the long winter
In the sprsngtime, every one of those
seeds came up
And in the summer. every ona
doomed, till the alley looked as If
sunny faced soldiers were marchioy
up and down.
And the sunflowers were never
lonesome any NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
right-Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

ort the food and the tramp turned
to go.
''Welli well"' asked the farmer.
what made those holes in the back
of your pants?'
''Backsliding." replied the tramp as
he hurried on.
A truly eloquent parson had been
preaching for an hour or so on the
Immortality of the soul.
L looked at the mountains he de-
claimed. and could not help thinking,
Beautiful as you are, you will be de-
stroyed, while my soul will not 1
gazed upon the ocean and cried,
Mighty as you are, you will eventu-
ally dry up, but not l."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
Makcover Economics.

A sunflower once lived out in an
alley all alone
OF course there were fences and
garbage cans and weeds and trash
boxes but those are no company for
nice bright sunflower and so he was
very lonely.
As the summer passed. many blooms
came in the garden and made the sun
flower more lonesome than ever
81 wouldn't mind living in an alley
half so much if only more sunflowers
lived here too" he complained to him
self one day Just see that garden
there, roses and cosmos, daisies and
dahlias all having a beautiful time to-
gether. l believe I'll ask one of them
to move
He waited while to get his courage
M and then called, Mr.. Dahlia,
wouldn't you like to live out here by
me this is a nice roomy place
The dahlia gave a disdainful sniff
NO, thank you." ne replied,
don't care to move-didn't you know
| am a beautiful garden fiower?-they
could not have a proper garden
without me"
oh" exclaimed the sunflower,
very much subdued, you see, L just
want company.
And to show that ne didn't mind the
dahlia's pride a bit, the sunflower
smiled and smiled-so eheerfvlly that
the sun looked down and said, II IN
going to stay with you today"
"Oh, I'm so glad" said the big sun
flower. what shall we do all day.?
Lets ripen your Seeds" replied the
sun, you have been keeping them
shut up long enough
So they set to work and ripened
seeds all day long and when evening
came and the sun had gone, the big
flower was very happy to think of all
the work he had done that day-and
he forgot there was such feeling as
lonesomenesS-
The next morning he remembered
the busy day before and wished he
could ripen seeds again-but you see
they were all ripe.
Just then along came Mr.. Wind.
Good morning, Friend Sunflcwer,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
February Is, 1892

February 10, 1892.
Ed Cartilage, wife and child, left for a
visit to St Louis this afternoon
John Limeburner- solicitor of the Advo-
cate. went TO st. Louis today to meet a
brother.
Hon. George T.. Peck General Forsythe.
Major Edgerly and Major Whiteside have
returned from Denver where they have been
attending the meeting of the Loyal Legion.
Seymour Davis. Topeka's we'll known
architect. captured first prize in the con-
test for the 100000 Kansas building at
the Worlds Fair
John J. Ingalls's article on Kansas will
appear in the April Harper's-
Mrs. ]. w. Thurston has returned from
Chicago.
One of the best lectures ever given in the
city was given by Judge John Martin in
the Christian church last night A packed
house listened attentively to his discourse
on Civilization West Of the Mississippi"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

Approximately $40 kindergartens
were opened last year in public
schools that never had them before,
according to a recently completed
survey by the bureau of education of
the department of the interior. This
means one extra year of education for
about $4,000 children" the bureau re-
ports, land as the boys and girls of
this country average only a little over
five years in school, the value of this
additional training can not be over
estimated"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

In the first state report of its kind
ev er issued in America, the official
Legislative commission of California
fdvors legislation for compulsory
health insurance. 1t concludes that
thru it's beneficial effect upon two
thirds of the population, health insur-
ance would mean a tremendous gain
in public health. Health insurance of
wage earners would mean tremen-
Gnus step forward in social progress"
The best and the cheapest insurance
III the world is to be. found in follow
ing we'll established rules for the
preservation OF health. The tendency
to call upon the public to pay for ones
--ewn indiscretions is continually crop
ring out in some quarter. Common
sense and education can work greater
sood than all the laws that can be en-
acted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
THAT MODERN SCHOOL.

The Modern School, which it is
proposed to start in the Teachers col
ltge at Columbia university already is
bringing down upon itself the con-
demnation of those who rebel at the
thought that there can be improve
raent in our system of education
THE American people spend a bill
lion dollars year on education" SAYS
the New York Independent How
much of this money is wasted or ILL
spent, how much of the time of the
millions of young people undergoing
education is wasted or in-spent no.
body knows. Yet. when somebody
proposes to try. at his own expense,
to find out if and how schooling can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

1t is estimated that the people of
the United States spent 1921, 600. 900
for ice cream last year. Isn't it about
time for some of the ardent reformers
who go about the country telling other
persons what they should do at so
much per tell to start a crusade
against this reckless expenditure of
money? The theory of the busybodies
that anything the people want they
should not have certainly might be
made to apply to ice cream. Why
should anybody eat ice cream when
the price of a dish of it would buy a
loaf of bread? And just think how
many babies could be fed on the milk
wasted in its manufacture! Think
how many missionaries and local re-
formers the vast sum would support,
Ice cream is not necessary to health
or as a food. Persons have even been
known to eat too much of it and be-
&C me ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

Uncle Sam may be forced to go into
Cuba again to restore order He has
standing promise out to stay next
time. Surely the Cubans have not
forgotten. When the Stars and Stripes
goes up on the island again it prob
ably will go up to remain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
WHATCHAMA COLUMN
ELEPHANTS.
BY "GNI."

The wonderful thing about an
elephant is his nose.
He can wave it. He can wrap it
up and down his back with it. And
if he happens to be travelling in a
stock car he can send it out for air.
Think what a man could do with
a nose like that. When his wife
smelled smoke he could sit where
rooms. And when it came to
Dutch lunches he could hang his
nose out the window and enjoy his
limburgher in peace
oh, for a wandering nose,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

Why this war on the meek and low
~ cigaret? If the use of tobacco be
harmful to the human race why not
prohibit its sale in any form? Why
make the cigaret the goat? Use of
tobacco in this form has been de-
clared by some of the highest medical
authorities in the world to be the least
harmful of all. 1t also is the least ex-
pensive. Possibly the supporters of
the anti-cigaret bill. in the legislature.
smoke pipes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT

81 eoY q. MOuLToN.

Francis Bushman.
Your many graceful arts and wiles
Are quite too numerous to list EN-;
Your lovely hair and charming smiles
Anpear to thrill the female system.
You heave your quite heroic chest,
~9ou sigh bit in fervid fashion.
And in your eye there is expressed
A very choice display of passion.
Your many moods, tho grave or gay,
Tho frolicsome merely frantic,
Are always, as the women say,
so very Cultured and Romanticr'
Your acting charms the trails, in fact
So do your signs, your smiles, your hair,
too
don't believe I've seen you act.
What's more, 1 don't believe l care to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Sandwiches.

Tasty Filling Take about one
pound boiled ham, three sweet
pickles, five sticks of celery; grind all
these thru a food grinder, then mix
all together with mayonnaise dress
ing. This will make about two dozen
large size sandwiches and will keep
for several days in a cool place.
Fish-Take any fish, remove bones,
mix with boiled dressing. spread be-
tween white bread. Be sure to have
it well seasoned
Nut Cheese-Chop English walnuts
fine, mix with equal amount of grated
cheese, moisten with cream to con-
sistency which will spread. Season to
taste Spread between the slices of
bread.
Date-Stone one pound clean dates;
chop one cup seedless raisins. place
in double boiler with cup boiling
water and cook half hour. Remove
flavor with vanilla and mix with
cream to desired consistency; spread
between slices of graham bread.
Fig--Cook well chopped figs with
small quantity of water in double boil
er until a paste is formed; add a few
bread and sprinkle lightly with finely
chopped nuts
Cream Cheese-Mix cream cheese
with pimentoes, olives or pickles
Chopped fine) and spread between
brown bread
Makcover Economies.
To Make Bedroom Shoes From old
Cloth-Get a gym" shoe pattern, cut
shoes like pattern; allow extra for
will make fine soles; pieces of shoe
string will do for tying.
Use for Old Socks-Lay on board
and iron the socks into shape as they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

we may not get into the war now
tn progress, but it is evident that we
shall be ready for the next little old
war that comes along. The number of
applications for enlistment in the va
-ricus branches of the government SER
vice is increasing daily, and the build
iEg of forts and warships has taken
en- new life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

Perhaps the increase in the federal
revenues from the tax on liquor is due
10 the fact that much whisky and beer
has been spilled in the streets in the
prohibition territory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

The investigation of the high cost
Of living, the Atchison Globe aptly re-
marks. may reveal several interesting
Incidents. but it won't reduce prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15
DINNER STORIES

Atramp knocked at farmers door
and called for something to eat.
"ArC you a Christian" asked the
good-hearted man.
Look at the holes worn in the
knees of my pants. What do they
prove?'
The farmers wife promptIv brought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

The injection of the Cuban revolu-
ton into the news dispatches has
given the editors an entirely new lot
Of names with which to wrestle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

came from the store. Lay baby
stockings on the sock, close up on
instep; iron baby's stockings on the
socks. Now cut around baby's stock
ings (allow for se2ms), sew on sew
ing machine and you will have as nice
stockings for the baby as if you pur-
chased new ones. Make the seam
narrow and it will not hurt baby's
feet.
Take Any Wooden Undershirt Gold
ones), cut out underskirt for baby
or older child; make all in one piece
by cutting neck lower and cutting III
at the sides, leaving straps over the
shoulders three inches wide. Use
sleeves for patches if necessary. Finish
neck, armholes and bottom with "a
buttonhole stitch fuse san silk, and
baby will have a very comfortable
skirt.
The Table.
Meat and Rice Loaf-Two cups COLI
| beef (cooked) chopped fine, two cups
| cold cooked rice, enc egg. two table
| spoons butter, tablespoon chopped
parsley, half a small onion Chopped
fine), salt and pepper Fry onion IN
butter until a ligh, brown, put in the
rice and meat, and stir well. Remove
from fire. add egg well beaten with
out separating yolk and white, ana
parsley and seasoning. Pack IN but
tered baking dish. When baked brown
turn onto a hot platter and pour over
| a sauce made Of tomatoes strained,
thickened with a little flour and sea-
soned highly.
Flank Steak With Tomatoes-One
steak skinned and scored, three or
! four onions, four slices bacon, one
! qua TT lar tofnat toes cooked and season.
| ed as for table. Line >earthern crock
with bacon, lay in half of steak, cover
with sliced onions salt and pepper.
fold over other half, repeat onions and
( oil h..
of tomatoes Cover and bake one and
! one-half hours
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-15

Now it is proposed to introduce mil
itary training into the schools-teach
tie young idea how to shoot.