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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

or men. He waited for dark lest any
passerby see him. and laugh at his
folly.
When Susie returned, Drowned and
feeling greatly benefited for her holi-
days. her first glance upon rounding
the corner of her street was for her
gardens fate. She knew from re-
ports that scarcely a drop of rain had
fallen in the neighborhood. When
she saw her precious beans, peas and
flowers green, and blooming she was
curiously puzzled, but delighted in no
small degree.
1t so happened that McGnI again
stood at the window when Susie came
homeward and his Scotch heart re-
Joiced- He knew that by fair means
or foul he was going to become more
than merely acquainted with that
small neighbor of his.
II was toward evening when he
heard soft knock at his door He
opened it and there stood Susie her
self with a dainty and very tiny
basket of fresh pulled peas and beans
and few colorfu1 flowers on the top.
She FLUSHED beautifully when she
saw that her upstairs neighbor was a
man and she felt a quick pity when
sne saw that he had lost one leg The
reason for the muffled footsteps came
wildly into her consciousness. He mad
returned from the war with crutches
and was only now beginning to han
die them easily.
oh" she said swiftly, II brought
you up these vegetables from my tiny
garden, but being a man, 1 suppose
you can't cook them. I somehow
fancied woman lived up here" she
added.
How did you know 1 cared for
your garden? 2" McGill asked, by way
of OBTAINING her a moment longer.
1 saw the long rubber tube and
watering can out of your window. .
she promptly replied; then, throwing
convention to the proper place fol
silly convention. she said, IT will COOK
the vegetables for you and you MAY
come down and have dinner with ms
tonight-if you like. 1 see you are q
wounded soldier and all women should
DO all they can for the men who have
fought for them"
McGin laughed quickly and mos
happily. All was going well with hi.
heart beats and he knew that al
would continue well.
L am glad to have fought for wo,
men-such as you" was what ht
said, both then and later when he hat
won her for his own-CCopyright
1917. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

If is reported from Amsterdam that
Germany and Austria are about 10
submit another proposal for peace on
what they consider more attractive
basis. 1t provides for complete res
toration of the occupied portions OF
belgium and France and no indem-
mites. The outlook for peace thus
continues to grow more promising
when the central powers reach the
Doint where they will ask the oppos-
ing nations on what terms they Will
cease fighting, then and not until then
an end OF hostilities may be said to
be in sight. That they will ultimate
" attain this frame Of mind there Is
no reason to doubt. Field Marshal
Haig is Fastening the day in the only
practicable way. Germany must be
threshed soundly and the British COM
mander is doing the job. Peace pro-
nosals from Berlin and Vienna may be
expected from now on with more fire.
uuency and with increasing hberalty
If terms. All that is necessary for the
United States and the entente powers
70 do is to go right on in the direction
which they are travelling. Signs OF
German exhaustion are multiplying
daily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

about a thousand to eleven hundred
deer every year. Mr.. Palmer believes
that this annual crop might be in
CREASED to fifteen hundred. but not
beyond.
On the other hand, in California
1900 deer are killed annually, and
in most parts of the state they are
much less numerous than they should
be. California might double this
production of meat. 1t should be
kept in mind that deer are 'browz-
ers'', that is, live on leaves and buds,
not grass, and therefore do not come
into competition with livestock for
food. The number of deer support
ed by given tract of land does not
in the least affect the number of
cattle that can be raised upon i.
About 10000 deer are killed an
nually in the United States. If the
people of the various states would
awake to the value of these wild an
this number could be greatly increas-
ed-how greatly, it is probably i'm
possible to estimate. Wild fowl and
upland game birds also offer a splen-
did opportunity for scientific conser-
vation There is no reason why every
state should not produce as much
game as its wild lands Will SUPPORT;
except that the need for and pos
sibilities of scientific conservation are
not appreciated.
Questions on the above or any sub
tect upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic j. Haskin. Director.
Washington. D. c., with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for -eply.
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ingenuity. that the applicant had not
voluntarily lett that place.
We'll, ma'am." said the girl, very
frankly, Ito tell the truth. 1 sometimes
forgot to wash the children, nTa'am."
Whereupon there came from the
children in chorus, oh, mother, please
engage herr"
Signor Marconi. in an interview in
Washington, praised American de-
mocracy.
over here" he said, you respect
a man for what he is himself-not
for what his family is-and thus you
remind me of the gardener in Be-
logna who helped me with my first
wireless apparatus.
las my mothers gardener and
were working on my apparatus to-
gether a young count Joined US one
day. and while he watched US work
the count boosted of his lineage.
THE gardener. after listening a
long while, smiled and said:
q If you come from an ancient fam
lily. it's so much the worse for you.
sir; for, as we gardeners say, the older
theN seed the worse the CROP
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TRAVELETTE
The Capitals Fifth Avenue.
BY NIKsAH

Inc CapitaPS Fifth Avenue.
Pennsylvania avenue in Washington
is usually listed among the worlds ia
nous streets. but to the Washington
ian this avenue has not half the i'm
portance and attractiveness of F
street, the recognized parade ground
of the fashionable on sunny after
moons.
f street in Washington is an insti-
tution0like the monument. the gov
eminent clerk. and band concerts in
the parks. 1t dates back far enough
to tax the memory of Washington's
few oldest inhabitants, but no records
of its origin are filed in the city hall.
According to tradition, the treasury
officials and clerks of half a century
ago started taking a walk at their
lunch hour. For some reason, proba-
bly, the length Of time allowed, the
promenade lasted from Fifteenth and
+ streets to Eleventh and F, four
blocks, never farther. Furthermore
the strollers invariably chose the
north side of the street, which was
sunny at noon.
F street in that day was chiefly lined
with residences, with here and there a
tavern, coal yard, or a small shop;
but in the course of time stores took
the place of dwellings in downtown
Washington. Property on the north
side of street became valuable
largely by reason of the F street pa
rade, and lots on that side of the
street sold at a premium while the
south side remained neglected Store
keepers on the north side looked down
on the questionable creatures across
the street. and met high rent bills by
raising their prices, which the FASH
ionable world cheerfully paid For
by this time, the F street parade was
not confined to government clerks,
but had taken in the society girl, the
man about town, and other persons of
wealth and leisure.
Today the character of the \shops
fits in with the atmosphere of the
street, which, demands summer furs
and winter chiffons, the swacger
stick and the sport suit There are
no hardware or furniture stores, no
warehouses or real estate offices.
Lace shops, Japanese shops, furriers
and milliners esta Adjustments, tea
rooms. flower and candy stores cater
to the varied throng
The president likes to mingIe with
the F streeters occasionally and Visit
the shops in company with Mrs. VIII
SON. Diplomats and congressman are
too common to be noticeable But
along with the world of fame and
fashion the treasury clerk still walks
street with the unconcerned air of
one at home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

Tlis following editorial item clipped
r. N the Christian Science Monitor,
published in Boston, the center of cul-
IRE and knowledge, will be of interest
6 the people of Kansas and Nebraska:
Keith Neville, Democrat, governor of
he state ofKansas, and reputed young
st state executive in the American
lnion, has been appointed colonel of
he new Nebraska Seventh regiment,
nd has announced that he will re-
Ign his high civil post to assume the
Military command"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

Those who are complaining that
the American people are in state
of apathy and display little interest
in the crisis that confronts the nation
should remember, says the Los An
geles Times, that the regular army has
been raised to it's maximum strength
of 800, 900 men, that the marine corps
has more than trebled its strength,
and that volunteers for the National
Guard have come forward so rapidly
that over $50, 900 of the state organ
.izations are today under arms. All
told about $4,000 men have been Sc
cured by the enlistment of volunteers
alone, to say nothing of the selective
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint.
(Meatless Day.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced Peaches
Dreamed Eggs Buttered Toast
Coffee
LUNCHEON
Macaroni and Cheese
Sliced Tomato
Bran Mullins and Butter
Iced Tea
DINNER
Fried Fresh Herring
Drawn Butter
Potatoes (boiIed with the skins on1
Baked Corn
Home Made Bread
with Nut Margarine
Apple Pie Cheese Coffeo
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SIDE TALK S
The Most Beautiful Woman.


Yes, she was pretty, but she didn't
look real. She looked as If some one
had taken a body and painted a face
on it"
That was the vivid description with
which Molly, the Stenographer Lady,
furnished us after having witnessed
the cabaret show.
She" was one of the star per-
formers-a little doll-faced lady with
pink cheeks and yellow hair and
round eyes and a Cupid's bow mouth.
She was unquestionably pretty in
the accepted sense of the word.
And just as unquestionably she
didn't seem real.
Nor was that wholly the effect of
her painted cheeks or scored eye
brows. The artif;ciality was some
thing deeper than that of paint and
powder.
Her whole face had an effect of
unreality and artificiality about it
1t was like a house done by cheap
decorator. 1t didn't look lived in
1 thought of Molly's description the
other day as I passed down one of the
show streets of a big city, where pref
ty women are wont to parade.
So many faces there were like that
so many meaningless, stylish faces
that looked as if they had been bought
instead of grown.
The sameness of it actually gave
me "a sense OF mental nausea.
The first two or three had looked
pretty to me, but I couldn't even see
any prettiness after that.
And then l saw a woman standing
on a corner, evidently waiting for
some one She was a woman As or
so. She had gray hair. She wasn't
pretty, ana | felt like thanking heaven
for it.
Her features were a bit irregular,
but strong an dkind. Her skin wa
clear and healthy. Her eyes were
bright. There were lines in her face
-humor wrinkles about the bright.
gray eyes. lines of kindliness and
Strength about the wide humorous
mouth.
She looked as if she had found out
how to add the salt of a saving
sense OF humor to the pottage of
daily living.
She looked as if she had lived and
laughed and learned. and had trou-
bles and borne them with patience
and fortitude, and learned the SUI
preme lesson of sympathy and suf-
fering.
1 can see that face now when I
shut my eyes. Pretty? No, but, oh.
50 refreshing after all that pretti-
ness!
Maybe you will think I am foolish.
but if / had had prize to give to
the most beautiful woman / saw that
day. she would have received it,
And wouldn't she have been sur
prised2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

The total value of the mineral pro-
duction Of the country in 1915. was
more than $s.47O,OO0, 900. increasing
81. 076. 100000. or As per cent, over the
So, 39S, 100000 recorded for 1915. and
exceeding the former record year,
C913) by more than $1,000. 900, 900,
according to figures compiled by the
United States Geological survey. Prac-
ucally all the minerals shared in this
Increase, gold being the only one of
the more important products that
showed a decrease in value, tho silver
and anthracite showed decreases in
quantity but increases in value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10
ON SPUR 4 FL MOMENT

We're Civilized Now.
My granddad was a figurer. He was man
One always heard the rattle of the dollars
In his jeans.
regarding thrift.
He claimed that getting rich was just a
habit, not a gift
He said: Just practice saving and, behold,
the trick is turned"
But nowadays there are some things that
granddad never learned.
He didn't have TO pay buck for one small
piece of steak,
Nor put a mortgage on the home for beans
and pie and cake.
He didn't have to pay for everything ex-
cepting air.
And when he bought his shoes he didn' t
pay fifteen pair:
That lecture ON the art of thrift was fine
advice to give
He didn't pay all that he made, and then
some-just to live.
The Letters of Sensible Society
Woman to Her Daughter.
(Being a slice out of the life of Mrs.
Van CORTLAND Park.)
My Dear Anastasia:
Our social position here is trem-
bling in the balance. Your father has
made another of his bonehead plays,
IL may use the expression. Really,
he is becoming quite impossible.
Mrs. T. Wellington Butts, whom 1
have spent two years cultivating, gave
vited. 1t was at Sherrys, and quite
exclusive.
Your father, who is a pestiferous
patriot, waited until everything was
quiet, and then asked Mrs. Butts how
her daughter was getting along. This
is a matter which is never mentioned
in the best circles nowadays, for the
daughter, you know, is married to an
enemy count. 1t was quite a match
at THE time.
There was good skating all around
the table from that moment. When
they freeze up and snow on you In
this town you know it. When our
hostess said Goodnight" she didn't
add land goodbye" She didn't have
to. 1 could read the goodbye" in
her face.
Your father has all the social di-
plomacy of Cherokee Indian. He
spoiled two years of hard work in two
minutes. 1 wouldn't give a nickel for
my chances in this town nova vic
tim of misplaced patriotism. With
love, MATER
Patriot: One who minds his own
business. pays his bills, loves his coun-
try, keeps out of fool movements
and lets the government run the war.
How would pea-green do?
'Wanted-A bright colored woman
for housekeeper"-Gra Rapids
Press.
Songs.
cannot sing the old songs;
1 haven't time to try.
There are ten thousand new ones
I've got to learn or die.
They're so-cGlled patriotic
Put up the hammer Hush
It's not good form to knock them,
Tho they are mostly mush.
The soldiers will not sing them
Amid the bombs and mines:
They will not chant or humble
The Woody, floozy lines.
They'll sing the good old war songs
When hiking and in mess,
And can the silly flubdub
And cheap damfoolishness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10
THE SEARCMLIGHT
latest News from the Fields of
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTION
Soldiers PiarfO.

The musically inclined soldier may
now be able to take a piano with him
to France-not the baby grand that
stood in the front par1or at home, but
a new one recently invented for him
by an English firm. This piano is
quite small and but a little heavier
than the average suitcase While the
strings are not as long as on the usual
instrument, this is a piano and the
fighting man can play on 1T any,
thing he wishes from the Beethoven
Moonlight Sonata" to Poor Butter
fly"
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place where they had a chance they
have been checked. In tbs hopeless
condition they are about to enter upon
another long hard winter. Spring
should bring the whole horrible war
business to an end.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

The Germans have begun to quarrel
mong themselves. This fact is an
Their evidence that they see inevitable
les on land and sea and in the air,
hey see nowhere anything but failure,
wen on the eastern front. the only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10
DINNER STORIES

The children happened q, be pres
ent when mother received an appli-
cant for the position of nursemafd
why were you discharged from
your last place ?" asked the mother,
when she had ascertained. after much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

Pershing has been made general
before going into the fight. When he
wins a notable victory what can his
country do for him to show it's appre-
citation? There is no higher rank to
which he can be promoted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

Already loans to our allies exceed by
more than $500, OOo,O 900. the proceeds
u the first liberty loan of $4,000, OOO,-
.lo0. The money is being supplied Wy
he issuance of treasury cert. .icates
md from taxes collected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

The Louisville Courier-Journal
wants Uncle Sam to give the Philip
pines to Japan. What have the Nip
ponese done to us that we should try
o involve their country in trouble?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

Australia is not conscripting men for
the army, but she imposes a special
tax of large size on all who are elig-
ible TO enlist and do not do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10

so that when the food was all gone,
the guests found their hunger gone
al the So me minute. That was lucky,
wasn't it, Father Beaver wiped off
the last trace of honey from his
mouth, and as he did so, an idea oc-
Cured to him. Mother Beaver had
thought of a party and it had been
success Why shouldn't he think of
something new and wonderful and
surprise everyone? Well, why should
MT (Copyright-Clara Ingram
Judson)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-10
Wings worth Knowing.

To clean tops of stoves nothing 10
better than stick about foot long
and an inch or two inches wide, with
piece of emery cloth run up one
side and down the other and tackled
in place. 1t is just rough enough to
take off the grease and dirt and te
easily washed after it is used.
To Set Colors in Wash Goods
Soak goods two or three hours in
pailful of water to which two table,
spoons turpentine have been added.
Salt may be used instead of turpen-
tine. II colors of cotton goods run
in washing. rinse several times in
water in which EPSON salts have been
dissolved tone level teaspoon salts u
each gallon water.D
When sewing snap fasteners or
hooks and eyes on anything, try sew
ing hooks or raised part of fasteners
on under side and see how nice thingu
will look after ironing.
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The Table.

Bread Cake-One cup thin bread
sponge, three-fourths cup sugar, one
fourth cup butter. enc. cup -four, ona
grated nutmeg. one egg, one-haIf cup
seeded raisins Mix butter end sugar
together. add sponge and beat well.
Stir soda, raisins and nutmeg into
-four and add to batter. Beat egg
light and add last. To make Dough-
nuts buns or rusks use English cur
rants instead OF raisins. Bake the
cake at once. Let doughnuts, buns
and rusks rise
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-07-06

Mons. Francois Dussard Of Paris has
made an apparatus that produces light
that, although Of great brilliancy, gives
OF less heat than any form of artid-
cial light. In the Dussard system a
ring Of small tungsten-Alamen lanps
Is mounted ON the rim Of n whee, Or
disk. When the disk Is revolsed By
u motor, all the lamps are successfully
lighted In such quick succession that
the effect Of continuous stream Of
light Is produced. Each bulb Is sup
piled with current for 50 small frac-
ton Of q second that the slight amount
Of heat generated is quickly dissipated.
Owing to the interval Of rest that each
lamp enjoys, It will stand much
stronger current than that for which
It Is normally adapted, and with less
current will produce far more bril-
liant light than the ordinary electric
lamp. 1t is believed that the new ap-
paratus can be used with advantage
In motion-plcture machines, for the
light can be placed close TO the tlm
without danger Of setting IL ON lire,
and thus greatly increase the clear.
ness and the sharpness Of the picture
on the screen.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-07-06
AMERICA AT WAR.

The of July found America engaged This war Is not
our choosing people and have used every non
of much
ooed suffering sister nations Europe But while
tra Injunction peaceab with all do believe peace
purchased al the sacrifice of those
that she
Having all honorable with
Germany have unshahed the sword and shall do what
the
We task before nation Before final peace
declared will all probability have paid her toll IN sacrifice
Blu which
and holy and that worth all that We shall
the alter And let remember also that while
should feel
gs compelled marshal
While should arnt long for counry should out
who have forced this uSunday School Visitor
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-07-06
Safety Razor With Lamp.

An Englishman, weary Of bloodshed,
has bethought him Of means of en-.
tightening the gloomy and otherwise
dangerous ritual of the shave. He has
invented miniature electric lamp pro-
vided with an adjustable clip and fiex.
ible cord which may be attached to the
razor and light the path of the blade
through the tough bristles of the hu-
man face. With his lamp attachment
one may plunge fearless into the black.
est depths Of three-days' growth Of
beard and emerge from the ordeal I'M
scathed. The lamp Is attached to a
conventional type Of razor by sim.
pie clip. II travels with the blade OF
with the motion of the hand. BY look.
ing into the mirror the man shaving
himself can determine just what prog.
ress he Is making and whether or not
he Is going to come through the oper.
alton with his two ears intact.-POpu-
lar Science Monthly.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-07-06
IN THE PHILIPPINES, TOO
Baseball for Boys az Well ~ Girls
Taking q Firm Hold In the
Islands.

Many things intended to prove that
the Philippine islanders are coming
into accord with the customs OF the
ruling nation have been set forth In
the last year or two, but few, II any,
of them have had the force Of q state
inent by the superintendent Of educa'
ton in the possession, In which he
says that when the schoolgirls Of tip
as and Oroquieta played a match game
Of baseball recently. the grandstand
would not hold the crowd OF specta'
tors. The game was not advertised, he
says. and yet the attendance was 200.
Baseball, for boys us well as girls. II
appears. Is bringing representatives OF
the different tribes, formerly hostile,
together In friendly rivalry. There Is
one serious omission In the statement,
however. Nothing is said Of the um-
pires. 1t would be pleasant to learn
that they are treated with greater con-
sideration IN the Philippines than In
the United States-Christian Science
Monitor.