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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
SIDE 7 ALM S

BY RUTH CAMERON.

Hats Again.
A dear old aunt of mine, who had
! been a milliner all her life, used to
say that if a woman had becoming
hat the rest of her clothes didn't mat
| ter so much. A hat she said, was
the frame of the face and as your
face was the most important thing
about you, the thing people looked
at the most, it was most important
that it be properly framed.
At the time L subconsciously dis
counted the value of her opinion by
the ract that she had been so wrap
| ped up in hats all her life that she
had gotten an inflated idea of their
value in the scheme of things.
| But the older l grow, the more I
come to realize that the hat is the
most personal, individual thing in
ones wardrobe. 1t seems to associate
itself more closely with the PERSONAL
!! ity of the wearer, than the suit, the
| blouse or the dress.
Surely you have noticed how poign-
antly the sight of a hat will bring the
vision of the wearer into your mind S
eye.
At the tag end of last summer we
stopped to pay goodby call on an
! old friend of ours. There was no one
about the cottage and we took the lib
| erty of looking in the window, to see
winter. BY various signs it was evil
dent that it had, but on a hook by
the door hung a funny old straw hat
my friend had worn when she weeded
her garden.
How like Mrs. II. that looks, -
said my companion.
Like her." said, lit seems as If it
were a part of her," And indeed so
poignantly did it visualize her for me
! that 1 could hardly shake off the
sense of her presence 1t seemed@as If
| she must be in the next room or in
! the garden.
| And last year when I was helping
my cousin close her cottage she took
| down her mothers hat and looked at
| it, tears trimming in her eyes My
dear" she said. I'm going to put that
away. If an thing should happen to
mother during the winter it would just
| break my heart to see it."
| And yet half a dozen other garments
and little personal belongings of her
mother were about the room.
| So strong is the personality of the
| hat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
TRAVELETTE

BY NIKSAH

There is one part of the republic of
Mexico which has had no part in the
revolution, has given neither tribute
or aid to any of its leaders since Diaz.
is as independent as any nation on the
globe. This little known land is the
long peninsula known as Lower CALI
fornia.
The ruling power in Lower Cali
fornia is Col. Esteban Cantu, who was
appointed as governor under President
Dlaz, and who maintains there to this
day little court of the old Cientifico
or conservative party. Both Villa and
Carranza have tried to threaten and
caJole Cantu into joining them. The
reply, when he deigned to give any,
might be literally translated in three
short words ending in ell. Colonel
Cantu has no use for revolutionists
socialistic constitutions and other clap
trap of the common people. He is an
aristocrat, an autocrat and a pluto
crat. While we are making the world
safe for democracy, we would do well
to look into the reign of Cantu.
There are three principal reasons
why Colonel Cantu can maintain this
Independent attitude, toward his the
atrical superiors. One of them is the
Atlantic ocean. Another is the desert
which covers tneewhole southern part
of his realm and which has never
been successfully traversed from end
to end by any wheeled vehicle. The
third and most Important is the
United States to the north. For the
great canals that irrigate the famed
Imperial valley of California pass thru
Cantu's land. BY dynamiting their
concrete walls he could leave that land
of agricultural miracles as arid as the
uplan ds of the moon. OF course he
would net do such a tning-unless the
United States should grant Carranza
the right to send troops around that
way
Colonel Cantu's reign has been a
strange mixture of good and evil He
has promoted agriculture, built roads,
laid out parks. He has also licensed
for fifteen thousand dollars a month
the greatest gambling hell in the
world
Colonel Cantu has an aspiration. He
hopes that some time Lower California
! will be one of the United States.
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copyright, 1919 49,,
When the sun begins retreatih IN '"e"
An, the SirIy antuinn splendor over field
Then nicters half forgotten comes a-driftin
An INV heart is even fuller than the flood
Them ha,f, forgotten picters--I con them DER
Them golden dreams NV paradise that laid
But when 70 Fancy's threshold Memry
comes and clicks the latch,
Foremost NV the scenes that greet me Is
the Wortermelon patch.
oh, the watermelon patch underneath the
When the melons was ali ripened. then
Teller had some fun :
kin see it beggin', begin ytt-that pre-
cious piece NV earth,-
l kin see us kids a-leggin' ii fer all tha1
we was worth =
The fragrant fields NV cloyer-Dtoom VIC
scarcely stopped to pass.
An the bloomin flower-patehes, an the
bloomin chigger grass.
An the bloomin' Unison weeds, near which,
nestled in the thatch.
Like a diamond IN its settin was the wor-
termelon patch.
We would git a buster melon, we would
waller IN the weeds.
We would git in such hurry We womb
swalIer half the seeds:
An ever one We tackled. it was gooder,
Than any We had eaten-an' they seemed
TO satisfy =
They soothin' to Teller, ike the rains
that foller drouth,, 49,.
They was juicy-like an meAer, an tney
melted In yer mouth!
Fer gingerwine enjoyment they jest simn'v
Amt no match N
Nothin' else kin hold candle to a wor-
termelon patch.
Eff am fortunate enough to pass the gates
NV gold.
An in celestial sunshine a melon patch be-
hold:
An eff l mix in politics within that country
fair,
An eff am elected TO the legislature there
When we've spent long. weary hours ms
cussin' latest styles NV wings,
An revision NV the tariff, an a thousand
other things.
I'll suggest we quit hum drumInin -Wnoie
endurn' shootin' match
Jest a'journ an go a-bummin' to the wor-
termeioa patch.
JAMES T.. HIEKEY,
Lyndon, Kan.
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piling the same thing on to us. Cant
you do something"
Il think | can,' was the reply. II
have been thinking it over for some
time, and 1 believe 1 have cure for
it,"
That evening he sent for Elder Blk
by to come to the parsonage, and
when the good man arrived he was
asked:
Elder, would you be willing to see
this village disgrace itself?''
reply.
fou know there is bitter feeling
against the Widow Skinner and her
/ 5oys?"
I've head there was"
L am told that during your mar
ried life you bossed your house with a
strong hand?"
Purity strong, parson-purty strong
Most wives, need strong hand
You had children that have grown
up?"
Three of them. and they had to
mind
gshrd anou anou anou anou anou ano
Elder, your wife has been dead for
many years. Has the idea come to you
to take another
Not yet
matches are made in heaven. 1t may
| he so. If it is so, then a match has
| been made for you"
"Parson, you don't tell mel"
1t looks so to me. The Widow Skin
J ner and her boys need a strong hand
| You've got it. I am satisfied that if
! she had a husband and the boys a
| father there would be a great differ
ence in their conduct. You may not
love the widow now, but you may grow
/ to-
| And it is a match that was made
| in heaven" asked the elder after a
long minute.
Il wouldn't say that. But perha ps
it was"
Is there Widow Skinner now? No
Are there two bad boys of her
name? No.
Is the town of Liverpool going to tar
and feather anybody? No
! Was the match made in heaven? II
! it was the angles knew their BUSH ess
for it has been happy one.-(Copy-
right. 1917, by the Mcclure Newspaper
| Syndicate.)
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The Robbcr Band.

Reddy Squirrel perched himself in
a fork of the big oak tree and looked
around in the woods. He peered to
the right and to the left; in front of
him and then behind him but he did
not seem to see what he was looking
for. He climbed little higher. went
out toward the tip, of the biggest
branch and looked tgaiG. But still
he didn't see what he was looking for
ANYONE could tell that because he
kept looking and looking in such a.
restless fashion. Then he spied
Tommy Jay who at that very minute
came to the hickory tree next to the
oak.
Hello there, Tommy" called Red
dy, "can you find it?'
mol" squawked Tommy GROSSLY.
"can you2" (Tm sorry to say so, lot
Tommy isn't as kind and polite as a
creature with his fine good looks
ought to be.)
Neither can L, worse luck" re-
piled Reddy, shes a SLY one, she is!'
I'll find out yet, you see If L
don'tr' squawked Tommy she need
not think that because she has fool
ed me all summer she can fool me all
the time, sir she needn't!"' And
with that determined saying, he flew
away
/. you have guessed from all this
talk that Reddy and Tommy Jay had
agreed together to do something, you
have guessed about right. But one
thing l am sure of, you never in the
world would guess what it was they
were trying to do-never, They were
trying to find where Jennie Wren
made her nest. yes sir, they were.
Now Reddy Squirrel and Tommy
Jay were the robbers of the woods
They needn't have been so bold and
bad for Reddy had a chance at the
same nuts that the other squirrels
gathered only he preferred to steal
self like a good little squirrel should.
And Tommy Jay could just as well
have lived on worms and grubs and
insects like brother birds did. only
he preferred to rob nests of eggs and
some times of the baby birds. It's
queer that way. how some creatures
and folks seem to get more fun out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26

II now appears that the delivery of
the first issue of Liberty Loan bonds
has been purposely delayed Sc that
they might be sprung on the public on
The eve of the call for the second loan.
Why didn't the treasury officials say
SOP Nobody will be deceived. Why
try any sharp practice with the peo-
pie anyway? 1t is both unnecessary
and useless. If official Washington
could escape from the belief that the
people must be drummed. coaXeds ca
jOled, prodded and deceived into doing
their patriotic duty, it would be bet
ter for all concerned. Every effort
up to this time, to stampede the public
has failed and probably will continue
10 do so. The citizens in every walk of
life have shown willingness to do
whatever is demanded of them in
order to win the war. They will con-
tinue to do so. But they are not chill
dren and it is unnecessary for the gov
eminent to act IS tho they are. More
over. they do not want to be preached
to all the time. If the federal officials
will perform their duty as well as the
remainder of the people are perform
ing theirs there will be no need for
any squirting to action anywhere
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Governor Capper of Kansas is or
ganizing a movement to introduce
four-minute war orations to audiences
at the movie shows. The movie pro-
prietors will furnish the audience and
a pitcher of ice water. Four minutes
in each hour during the performance
will be allotted to some local orator
and the lawyers the preachers, the
journalists and all others who can
make or think they can make a four
minutes speech without sfainting in
front of the audience will be offered
an opportunity to sound their bazoos.
If the movie patrons show a highly
developed sense of endurance the plan
will be tried on the cabarets, the
lodges and the public schools-Los
Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
FORMING NEW PARTIES.

A movement to form new liberal
party is we'll under way, according to
an article contributed to the Century
magazine by Harold Kellock. The
organizers of the new party hope to
consolidate the progressives, the pro-
hibitionists, the farmers nonpartisan
league of the west, the national wo-
mans party, the single-taxers and the
seeding element from the socialist
party. together with such Democrats
and Republicans as may be in sym
pathy with the party's principles,
which. apparently, will be those of a
modified state socialism. A convention
has been called to assemble in Chi
cago. Oct. 3. Probably it is useless
to remind these reformers that poll
teal parties are born, not made. Their
growth comes up from the people and
not down from self constituted lead
ers. Political campaigns are won or
lost on one main issue and not on a
multitude of isms such as may be ex-
pected in a platform formulated by an
aggregation such as that planning to
assemble next month.
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THE SOLDIERS
ISSUED by the Wnr Department and all
rights to reprint reserved.)
XVIII

Since regimental and company Of
ficers have full responsibility fo- the
efficiency of their teams they are
given corresponding authority in pro-
noting men from the ranks to posi-
lions as noncommissioned officers.
For all practical purposes their judg
ment as to the men under them is
regarded as final
One point as to which you may feel
assured is the earnest desire of every
officer to give promotion to the men
who are best qualified-in other
words, to select the men who nave
cultivated the soldierly qualities and
in addition show capacity for further
officers are fully as much interested
in promoting men on the basis of
merit as any of the men are interested
in securing promotion. For the
officers own burdens are lightened
and their success is increased almost
in direct proportion to their ability
to promote the right men.
The first rank above private is
corporal. The corporal should be a
real leader. He is expected to be
more familiar with the various man
uals and regulations and with the
duties of the men in the squad than
pected also to use his influence
strongly toward building up soldierly
qualities among these men.
Among the qualifications which all
noncommissioned officers should pos
sess ten have been selected by one
military writer as being of the first
Importance.
CThese ten qualifications will be
printed in tomorrow's article.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
Canning and Preserving.

New Mustard Pickle-One quart
each of the following: Carrots, cell
cry, little onions, pickles or sliced Gu
cumbers (peeled), cauliflower, green
tomatoes (sliced), yellow or green
beans (cut). and one pint lima beans.
Put each in a separate dish Except
celery in salt water over night. Next
morning cook each one Except pick
les) in weak vinegar until done-not
soft. Some take ten minutes, others
from twenty to twenty-five minutes;
cook each separate. Then put two
quarts of vinegar on to boil in granite
kettle and when it boils have the fol-
lowing paste ready: Six tablespoons
one-half cups graduated sugar, one
, cup flour, one level tablespoon tuner
leone level teaspoon red pepper. Add
the vinegar slowly to the paste and
cook, and don't let it burn Then put
all vegetables in paste and cook slow
ly ten minutes. Paste is quite thin,
but it gets thicker when cold. Seal
hot. Makes about ten pint cans.
Elderberry Jelly-Elderberry jelly
alone is a delicious flavor and so good
in winter for colds. A tinful of apple
juice will make it less strong if one
does not like the full flavor, but is not
sufficient to make it jelI, the proper
ton being one-fifth apple. For the
full flavor, purchase ten cents worth
of tartaric acid at the drug store and
when the Juice and sugar begin to
thicken (using a tinful of sugar to
tinfuI of juice), add one rounded tea
spoon of tartaric acid to four tinfuls.
In few minutes the jelly is done
and of the same consistency as cur
rant jelly. Test a spoonful in a
saucer. as usual. If the apple juice is
used. use less of the acid in proper
ton.
Mushroom Catsup-Use the larger
kind of mushrooms known as UNI
brellas or "fops." They must be very
fresh and not gathered in very hot
weather or the catsup will be less apt
to keep. Wash and cut the mush-
rooms in two or four pieces and place
them in a wide, flat jar or crock in
layers, sprinkle each layer with salt;
let them stand twenty-four hours.
take out. press out juice. bottle and
cork juice. Put mushrooms back
again and in another twenty-four
hours press them again, bottle and
cork juice. Repeat this for the third
time. then mix together all of the
juice extracted; add to it pepper, all
spice, one or more cloves according
to quantity pounded together; boil the
whole and skim as long as any scum
rises. Bottle when cool. Put in each
bottle two cloves and a peppercorn-
Cork and seal Put in a dry place
and it will keep for years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
GLOBE SIGHTS
tFrom the Atchison Globe.I

JFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Conscience gets more of the credit
which belongs to cold feet.
There are people who can be dis
agreeable without saying anything.
Nothing else seems quite so dis
gusted with life the circus camel
When a woman leads a man a dogs
life, that doesn't mean she pets him.
She does a lot of trimming, but
very little with braid. Get it, Stephan
You may have observed that women
deplore shocking stories, and read
them.
You know how your enemies feel
about you, but you can't be so sure of
your friends.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who called a wheel bar
row an Irish carriage?
Once there was a man who won a
reputation for courage by being so
scared he couldn't run.
Talk to any man long enough, and
he will tell you of some great man
who used to go to school with him.
Reporters apparently do a lot of
1oafing but there probably never was
one who knew how to play solitaire.
A young man was sent down town
by his mother to get two chickens,
but those he got he couldn't take
home.
Nearly every man has his desk clut-
tered up with papers which he is
saving, but probably will never have
any use for.
A mean Atchison man says he car
ries his wifes picture in his watch
case to remind him she will be watch
ing the clock when he's out late.
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INSURANCE FOR SOLDIERS

The pension and insurance bill now
pending in congress, is an attempt to
determine and announce in advance
what provision the nation will make
to care for the veterans of this war
and their dependents. 1t is well that
action has been taken thus early The
duty is one that the nation owes to
its soldier citizens and their families.
To enact the law now will be a source
of mental relief to men at the front
who naturally feel concern as to their
own future, in case of injury, and the
future of their dependents in case they
return incapacitated or do not return
at all.
There are three features to the bill,
two Of which are new. In addition to
the pension for the injured soldier or
his dependents, there is an insurance
plan under which a soldier may take
not to exceed $4,000 of life insur-
ance al premium of approximately
So per thousand. The other new
feature is a provision for an allow
ance to soldiers dependents while
he is in the army or navy. Since the
selective draft law contemplates the
exemption of men with dependent
families, this latter provision will ap-
ply almost entirely to those who vol
unteered and to those who were draft
ed but waived exemption to which
they would be entitled on account of
dependents.
By providing that the insurance. in
case of death of the insured, shall be
paid in installments. precaution is
taken against the evils which would
likely result from payment of a lump
sum insurance, likely to invite extrav-
agance and later appeal for in
creased pensions. Probably it will be
found impracticable to establish an
insurance system as a substitute for
pensions, for, with the losses paid and
spent, the dependents would soon be
looking to the government for pen
| sions as tho no insurance had been
paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-26
Lady Motorists.

No one objects greatly to being
chased down side street by a lady
motorist. If there are a few people
about to laugh with you in your
amusement the incident is all the
more enjoyable.
On a crowded street, however, when
you are hurrying about your affairs
it is annoying to be picked out by a
lady motorist when you are too busy
to give the time to it. Nobody likes
to have to drop everything and skip
about with an electric in spirited chase
just to please a lady who is a perfect
stranger
Things are getting to the point
where lady motorists expect too much
of the average pedestrian. 1t would
be more reasonable in the lady if she
would first ask her victim if he can
give her a little of his time in which
case she would like to pursue him half
block. This would be fair to every
body. Young lady motorists in road
sters dart into cross streets with no
regard for the rules of the game and
some day when someone is chased I'M
fairly he will raise a holier and pc
destrians everywhere will lose all pa
tience and refuse to be chased any
more.
One thing we like about President
Wilson's utterances on our part in
the war is that he has never claimed
a partnership with God in our vent
ure.
With a half-dozen European rulers
giving Gods opinions and claiming
God as silent partner we will prob
ably have to fight it out on our own
hook.
When it is over everybody will
know who God backed
1t will all come out in the wash.
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'Succoth," or the Feast of Taber-
nacles. falls on the 18th day of the 7th
month. Tishri, which this year coin
cides with Monday, October 1. The
festival lasts eight days. the final day
being known as the Feast Of Conclu-
sion. Only the first and last DAYS are
regarded as sacred. "Succoth." is a
harvest festival. In scripture it is
known as the Feast of Ingathering''
and Is ordained in Exodus XXIII-1 6
and XxXIV-22. 1t Is associated with
the journey of the Israelites thru the
wilderness. In Leviticus XxIII-42 If
is commanded that the Israelites
dwell in booths seven days" in COM
memoration of the fact that Israel
dwelt in booths when God brought
them out of Egypt
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Trenches that may be picked up
bodily and moved around from place
to place is the invention of United
States marines stationed at Quantico,
Va, who use this novel apparatus for
practice in hand grenade throwing
Sections about 10 feet long, with a
parapets that stands 8 feet above the
head of the grena der, form a skeleton
framework of pine, shaped similar to
the regular trenches. From inside
these portable trenches they hurl the
grenades over the top and into other
trenches, placed about so feet away.
to represent the enemy trenches. The
practice grenades are non-explosive.
but are of the same weight and size
as those used by the allies
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picion. Thus a great American ex-
plorer is widely quoted in the press as,
saying that our domain must ulti-
mateIy be from the Panama canal to
the Arctic circle; and a newspaper
man with a long string of degrees
after his name writes a book in which
he solemnly states that we must own
all of Mexico and Central America in
order to insure the safety of the canal.
Such opinions are not representa-
tive of anything except the individuals
who express them, but translated into
Spanish they set back for many years
the cause of Pan-American cooper
alton in trade and international af-
fairs, which is the true American
ideal. 4.
A conference in Washington for the
discussion of Central American union
would be a great encouragement to
that ideal.
Questions on the above OF any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
forma ton should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Informal ton Blu
reau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director
Washington, d. c.. with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for reply.