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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

gagged before marriage, which was
corgenial to her and where she was in
pleasant surroundings. because it hurt
his pride for people to think he was
not able to provide for his wife. But
his pride didn't balk at sacrificing
her He wanted her to toll for him.
but he wanted her to do it out of
sight.
This question of whether the self
supporting woman who marries a poor
man shall give up her job or not when
she marrieS is one of the most import
ant that modern conditions have
brought to the fore. Common JUS
tice indicates that as long a wife
must help her husband. she should do
it in the way that is most agreeable
to herself and easiest for her, ard that
if she can make twenty-five dollars
week in an office doing the kind of
work she likes, it is folly for her to
be forced into a kitchen to do five
dollar-a-week work that is distaste-
full to her and for which she has no
training. However, this simple solu-
ton OF the problem is rendered i'm
possible by the vanity of man, who,
when it comes to a choice between his
egotism and his wife, generally offers
up wife.
Nor does the vanity of man permit
him 20 endure the success of his wife
in any public line. About the only
| thing that a women can do success
fully out of her home and still main
tain her husbands affection, is to
make superior brand of pickles or
jam.
1t is the tragedy of a woman's fame
that it seems to consume her hus-
bands love. The minute a woman
becomes better known than her hus-
band, his vanity becomes as two
edged sword that Stays their happi-
ness. 1t is gall and NORWOOD to him
to hear people singing her praises, 1t
is the bitterness of death for him to
know that he follows in her wake,
that he shines in her reflected glory.
No matter how the wife tries to
soften the situation, how she puts him
forward, how good and sweet and low
ing she is to him, he cannot endure
the knowledge that unthinllng fools
call him Mr.. Mary Smith Instead of
speaking of his wife as Mrs. John
Smith. In all the long category of
distinguished women there are not
six who have had the good fortune to
be married to men big enough to sac
crifice their vanity to their wives.
And what Is mans refusal to give
to woman the ballot but the express
sion of his vanity, his suzeranity, over
her? It's the last Pigment of his lord
ship, and that's why he holds on to
it with death grip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

there they stretched out on the floor.
Funny the floor hasn't rugs on it
at ALL said Neddie, as he -flattened
himself out. You'd think they were
expecting u.s."
Yes, it is queer" agreed Jackie.
But. oh! what good joke it is, Ned
die! I'm SURE
Hush! Here he comes.' whispered
Peetie.
They could hear the tap. tap. tap
ping of Uncle Wiggily's red, white and
blue striped rheumatism crutch on the
front steps. Soon the old rabbit gen
tleman looked in the half-lighted par
Tor where the two puppy dogs and the
bear boy had stretched themselves out
as flat as they could.
''Oh, Nurse Jane has been buying
some new rugs said the rabbit gem
tleman. She wanted to surprise me-"
"Ha! This is where we surprise
n1m!. Whispered Neddie to his friends:
growl! Oh, what a joke!"
Neddie tried to get up. So did
Jackie. So did Peetie. But they could
not. They were stuck fast to the
floor. Think of that!
Whats the matter?" cried Jackie,
pulling and pulling.
"Oh, my goodness" cried Uncle
Wiggily, as he put on his glasses Its
my friend Neddie Stubtail, and Peetie
and Jackie Bow Wow, and they are
all SUCK IaSl on the newly Varn1Shed
parlor floor. Oh, they are stuck in
the sticky varnish. That is too bad.
| Why did you come in here, little ami
NAL boys? Didn't you see the sign
Paint on the door,"
"No-we-we didn't" said Neddie,
still stuck fast in the sticky varnish.
I'VE were going to play an April fool
joke on you-pretending we were
rugs, but
| But now the joke is on YOU laugh
ed Uncle Wiggily. But, yer mind.
The painter man left some turpentine,
sitter he finished vanishing the floor,
SO I'll soon melt you loose" and the
bunny uncle did, for turpentine soft
ems varnish.
| The fur of Neddie, Jackie and Pee
tie was quite sticky, even after they
were loosed from the newly vanished
floor, but it wore off after a few days.
And they said they would not play
any more April jokes. But if the ami
NAL crackers don't jump thru the cof-
| fee strainer and make the egg beater
sit down in the teapot next you shall
hear about Uncle Wiggily and the
rain.-(Copyright 1917. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
LET JUSTICE BE DONE.

The railroads of the country have
united in asking the interstate com
merce commission to permit them to
rates, both intrastate and interstate.
The basis for their action is the re-
cent addition of $6O,OOO,00O a year to
the cost OF operation owing to the
Adamson law.
Strong opposition on the part of
shippers doubtless will be encountered.
Recent heavy increases in earnings will
be cited as evidence that the roads are
making sufficient money to enable
them to stand the added expense.
The roads before the war were not
receiving rates high enough to keep
them out of bankruptcy. Since the
war many serious additions have been
crowded upon the expense account, the
additional yearly expense of coal alone
adding, it is estimated, $13O,0OO,OOO
to the aggregate cost of railroading
This is two or three times as much as
the Adamson bill will cost.
| There is another cause of greatly in
creased expenditures which has existed
/ SAlASC tAlO CL1SCI Ol war prices began
to operate, and has been constantly
growing, and that is the added cost OF
materials.
One of the railroads has had made g
carefully prepared statement of the
cost of materials only, used by it be-
tween 1916-17 and 1914-15.
The result shows that the extra cos
of such materials. not including labor
or any other expenses. is over IA pei
cent of gross earnings for the year.
In order. then, says the Bache Re
view, to place the railroads of the
country upon the same footing of earn
ings as before the war, as related onl,
to the item of materials, rates would
have to be increased at least Is PEI
cent.
Conditions have now come abou
where the increasing expenses of road.
have caught up with the income addet
| by larger volume of transportation du,
i 80 szse war conditions, ard the road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

Joffre. Marathon and Thermopylae
have been re-enacted on the Marine
and at Verdun. The heroism of the
French soldiers will endure as long
as history. The world has viewed the
struggle in amazement. 1t was not be-
lieved that the light hearted pleasure
loving French had it in them News
paper readers had gained their esti-
mates of French character from jokes
about happenings on the field of hon
or. The Frenchmen's accomplishments
on the field of battle under Ma
poleon had been forgotten. But never
again. In the future any nation is
likely to think twice before going to
war with France.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

The following patriotic creed is
published in Leslie's and credited to
Vice President Marshall: Il believe
ehere is no finer form of government
Than the one under which we live and
that I ought to be willing to live or
to die. as God DEGREES, that it may not
perish from off the earth thru treach-
cry within or thru assault from with
out; and I believe that. tho my first
right is to be partisan, my first
duty. when the only principles on
which free government can rest are
being strained, is to be a patriot and
TO follow in a wilderness of words that
clear call which bids me guard and
defend the ark of our national cove
nant"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

1t is reported that the government
has asked Carranza to define his posi-
ton as regards the relations existing
between this country and Germany
II the president of Mexico shall make
reply will Uncle Sam be the least bit
wiser? The thing which United States
officials apparently have been unable
70 learn is that the word of any diplo-
mateor statesman belonging to most
of the Latin-American republic, is
absolutely worthless. Especially is this
true of Mexico. If this fact had been
recognized and taken into considera-
ton four years ago, the country might
have been saved much worry and pos
sibIy expense. How is it expected to
deal automatically with people whose
word is unreliable? After all the evil
dence that Washington has of the
Nworth1essness of any utterances by
Mexican leaders, what kind of reply
can be expected?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
THE CALL TO ARMS.

The appeal for men to enlist in or
to enroll themselves for service in the
national guard is immediate and i'm
perative Present enrollment--which
means enrolment now, not later-is
every able-bodied and young mans
contribution to his country's preIara-
ton for defence.
The patriotism, the public spirit of
the unmarried man between eighteen
and thirty years of age who now en-
lists in the national guard. says tie
Boston Transcript, will be unimpcach-
able forever. Not so. perhaps, his wiz
turn out to be who stands back and
allows many married men. many men
with dependencies, now in the national
guard, to answer the call to the colors.
Certainly we cannot censure the coun-
try's want of preparation if we our
selves are indifferent to the enc great
item of preparation that is in our own
individual hands.
There should be an instant response
to the call for men to put themselves
on the roll of service. The state and
the nation must be ready for the
emergency Medical examination,
clothing. equipment-an may be
looked out for now, whether or not
the men are called out. The prompt
filling out of the national guard to
its war strength is the test of the
patriotism which we boast that we
have brought down from our fathers.
Today, in this community, Men
wanted" should be equivalent to say
ing, I'VE have them alI!''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

International commerce made its
highest record in the year 1915. A
compilation of the trade returns of the
principal commercial countries of the
world made by the National City bank
of New York indicates that the total in
ternationa1 commerce of the world in
1916 aggregated approximately is bill
lion dollars against 40 billions in 1873,
the former high record year. The
total commerce of the United States
alone was in 1915 $7.S73, 900, 900
against s4277.OOO,OOO in 1913.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

Tins of the increased cost of living.
The government cost of operating las
cities increased from 562 millions in
1905 to $50 millions in 1915, an ad-
vance of II per cent. and their net in
debtedness increased from Liz mil
lion dollars to 2.246 millions or 10
per cent Considering the increase in
population, it is found that while the
per capita cost increased from $25.57
&c s34.5s or 35 per cent. the indebted
ness increased from s54,94 to $77.s6
per capita or AZ per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
Bedtime Stories
Uncle Wiggily and Neddie's Joke.
BY HOWARD r.. GARIs

Uncle WiggiIy and Needless Joke.
You want to look out for yourself
tomorrow, Uncle Wiggily,'' said Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady
housekeeper, as she gave the bunny
rabbit his breakfast in his hollow
stump bungalow, just before he was
ture.
Look out for myself-why Uncle
Wiggily wanted to know. rs anything
special going to happen?"
You never can tell answered
Nurse Jane. You know tomorrow is
the first of April, and
"Oh, now 1 understand"' cried the
bunny gentleman. Some one may
play tricks or jokes home
Exactly" said Nurse Jane $50
watch OUT
I'll watch out" promised Uncle
| Wiggi1y, and away he hoped thru the
woods, looking for an adventure. But,
L am sorry to say, he had none worth
writing about. True, he found some
little violets just peeping up in the
green moss, and he took them to Aunt
Lettie, the nice old lady goat who had
to have one of her horns pulled out.
But that was hardly an adventure.
And about this same time Neddie
Stubtaii, the little bear boy, with
|
puppy dog boys. were whispering to-
gether behind the cave where lived
Mr.. Whitewash, the polar bear
Wont it be good joke,'' said
Neddie, laughing.
1T sure will. said Jackie. He'll
| be SO surprised"
Wen have to do it when Nurse
Jane isn't hcme,' said Peetie, for if
she knew she'd be sure to tell him,
and that would spoil your joke,
Neddie."
That's so. Well, Nurse Jane is
coming over to our house today to
help my mother sew a bed quilt, so no
one will be at the hollow stump bum
galow. We can crawl in the window,
spread ourselves out on the floor, and
! when Uncle Wiggily comes in he'll
| think we're black fur rugs that Nu- Sc
Jane has bought as a surprise for him,
and he'll be SO astonished he'll Jump
over his ears
"Oh, such fun as it will bel" barked
Jackie. You sure did think up a
dandy joke. Neddie.''
Yes. guess 1 did, spoke the little
bear boy, but he was not at all proud
"Of course" he said. sit won't be
April FOOLS Day until tomorrow, but
that will be all right
"Sure"' agreed Jackie and Peetie,
and then the two little puppy dog boys
and the bear chap, set off for Uncle
| Wiggily's bungalow to play an April
fool joke on him
| This was what it was to be: Neddie
thought that if he and the two dogs
were to go in, stretch out flat on the
parlor floor, when Uncle Wiggi1y came
! in he would take them for new fur
rugs, such as you sometimes see in the
moving pictures-you know, almost
like real animals on the floor.
7 only hope he doesn't step on u.s.
said Neddie.
@-Oh, it won't matter much if he
does. said Jackie. Uncle Wiggily is
very light on his feet since he learned
to do the foxtrot''
Soon the three animal boys were at
the hollow stump bungalow. Nurse
Jane was not at home and Uncle Wig
gily, as you know, was out looking for
an adventure. A side window was
open and through this Neddie, Jack
and Peetie easily crawled. Then when
j they were inside, they thought they
heard Uncle Wiggily coming, go with
out stopping for anything they gave
each one a jump into the parlor and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

must be protected as an emergency
measure.
The roads once asked for 10 per
cent increase in freight rates and were
refused peremptorily. IF that request
had been granted, the whole financial
history of the United States would
have been changed to the benefit Of
every interest of the nation.
The country's second greatest en-
terprise would have been placed upon
a sound footing, instead of parts of it
being forced into bankruptcy and
much of it would have been saved
from the precarious position in which
it now finds itself and which, after
the war, mag become acute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

The spectacle of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty 10 Animals
turning out to prevent the killing Of
a mad deg. would not be more repre-
hensible than are the efforts of the
pacifists TO stem the tide which is
carrying this country into a war for
the maintenance of human rights and
the civilization of the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

England still is short of men for the
fighting line and France is calling to
the colors the class of 1918 There
seems to be room left, over there, for
a few regiments of Americans 1t
would be mistake to attempt to do
all our fighting with money, food and
war munitions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

France recently has ordered 7,0OO,-
10000 cigarettes for her soldiers.
What fighters those Frenchmen might
become if they did not smoke these
defiling. death dealing little pills"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

While the whole world is afire, Bry-
an would have the people of this
country take a referendum vote to
ascertain whether they are willing to
join in the task of extinguishing the
flames
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

1t might be interesting to know
what kipling now thinks of THE bear
that walks like a man. All the civil
lied world is standing off to admire
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

Billy Sunday cleaned up $4,000 al
one performance in Buffalo. Thi:
must make Bryan green with envy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

In the opinion of the Atchison Globe,
when William Howard Taft, presi-
dent of the League to Enforce Peace,
says it is time to fight, that is the
proper thing to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
AN EASTER CAROL.

n
Spring bursts today,
For Christ is risen and all the earth's at
play.
Flash forth, thou Sum-
The rain is and gone, its work In
done
Winter is past
Sweet Spring is come at last, is come at
last.
Bud fig and vine
Bud, olive, fat with fruit and oil and wine
Break forth this morn
In roses, thou but yesterday a thorn.
Uplift thy head.
o pure white lily thru the winter dead.
Beside your dams
Leap and rejoice, You merry ma king
lambs.
All herds and fIocks
Rejoice, all beasts, of thickets and of rocks
Sing, creatures, sing.
thing.
All notes of doves
Fill all our world; this is the time of loves.
Christina Rossetti.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

Since Russia has gone democratic
the term Pan-Slavism is likely to
disappear from the worlds vocabulary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

Mce;raw is to receive $50. 600 a year
for manaeing the Gients. But Billy
Suaday. who quit the national game
for the pulpit, is making more money
than that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
RY ROY Z. MoULToN,

To Our office Boy
Happy, happy little lad,
Whistling all the long day thru,
Does the world look gay to your
Does it greet you with smile
whistiing, whistiing ali the willie
To and fro?
Whistle on, my little man:
Keep it up, in any case;
Whistle louder, if you can,
Till you're purple in the face
Don't YOU care how wild be,
Don't you stop because of-ME.
(And he DON'T)
Today's Sheer.
There are lots of tin willies who
think they have iron wills.
Dern Him.
The worst of bores
Is Jasper Jay,
He says the things
l meant to say.
Our Question Box.
Ethel-The value of the coin you
have is probably very great. There
are thirty thousand others in exist
P S-The Bolivian Buff is the only
insect not known to have young. 1t
is also not known to have been.
Gus-You seem to have several
alarming symptoms. II you don
know what to do with them take them
to any physician. He will make excel
lent use of them.
Eddie-There is one simple way to
improve the memory, and We have
used it with great success But we
forget what it is.
Luke-It is quite stylish to wear
white kid gloves at a swell dance You
will see them everywhere there. In
fact they are on every hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

The spirit of ancient Greece lives
again in France. Leonidas and Mil
tiades appear again in Nivelle ana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
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Copyrighted, 1917. by The Wheeler syndi-
cate, Inc.)

Six-year-old Phyllis was a lively
youngster who brought a note from
mamma to her grandmother one day.
will you come over this afternoon,
dear?" asked grandma.
The little one stopped to think q
moment, then answered.:
Welt don't you 'spect me and
don't you inspect me; 1 may turn up
and 1 may not And away she flew.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

Happy and strong and brave shall
we be, able to endure all things and
to do all things, if we believe tina:
every day of our life is in His hands
Van Dyke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

Men grow easily discouraged be-
cause they know only in part; God is
never discouraged because, thru the
millenniums, which ere in His sight
as but day, He sees all the forces
of His great universe working to-
Sether for good. The omniscience OF
God is the foundation OF the patience
of God.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31

Gods promises are not measured BY
mans deserving but by Gods compass.
sion. If He offered US only those
blessings that we merit, the Bible
would not be the book C. precfou:
promises that it now is.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-27

Vendre all the inha bitants without ex.
ceDtion were brought out and shot.
This shooting was heartbreaking, as
they all knelt d0wnrand prayed 1t
was real sport, yet it, was terrible to
watch. At Hecht ! saw the dead body
of a young girl nailed to the outside
door of a cottage by her hands. She
was about IA or 16 years, old" DR..
Hills quoted from one gofsthe ,afIida-
Wits, Affidavit D-89." thread: after
passing Weerde we met a woman COW
cred with blood, her breasts cut off.
She was delirious.""
standing in the village .of Herr
menil," continued DR.. Hollis, "a boy of
16 and his mother showed me II bull
let marks against the Il. stone wall
where a mother, aged 3,,swith babe
on her breast, with her young sister
and sster-in-law Of 16 and II, were
shot by IL German soldiers. On a
little board In onesruined village l
read these words: Marie. Aged 1G.
Dead Aug. a.. 1915. Vengeance is
mine, will repay, saith Sthe Lord
The hundreds OF atrocities personally
investigated only serve to interpret
Ambassador Morgenthau'ss statement
as to Armenia, that the Turkish sol
diers- and German officers massacred
in Armenia half million people, that
they might move into their farm
houses and little shops and stores
Germany's philosophy, the pastor
concluded, had dehumanized her Off
GERS and men,. He said the.kaiser, and
not the rest of the world, had coined
the word Hun" and had applied it to
his own people.