The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16


And lastly whispered the sage,
who by this time had sunk to a pitia-
BILE state of exhaustion, lastly and
not leastly there is the First Family
clique. which knows nor age nor kind.
If you inquire of a friend If he knows
one of these he must reply 7 know
her or I know of her. Otherwise
he is not-altho Topeka has no So
cieu Set and the First Families are
not always the ones who most IRE
quently lay covers"
And forthwith there was a great
cliquing in the air as of many persons
in animated talk. And they carried
him out, the victim of an oyerheated
August Imagination
OF course every one knows a lot
about the Kansas Free Fair which
comes early in September But DO
they all know one feature OF tins
years plan-every day will be dedi-
will be good roads day and there will
be 89th division day and so of course
there must be a Woman's day. 1t VIII
come on Friday, September IL. TINS
does not mean that the women Will
have no part in things on the other
days, for they will, particularly in the
Peoples Pavilion, which Will be USED
every afternoon as a place for the
Mother and Daughters club to demon
strate methods of canning and pre-
serving. But on IhlS particular ItooJ
Women'S work and place in ar1alrs
will be recognized and the speciai
meetings to be held in the Peoples pa
vilion morning and evening Will be
given over to the woman. There VIII
be special music and talks by several
of the prominent women OF Kansas.
Mrs w. A. McCarter. president OF the
Woman's club, will preside.
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The fact remains that the older gem
Grafton has a different idea of the
English language than that held oy
sometimes they understand when they
pretend not to Just for the sake OF
discipline. A Topeka girl yesterday
was waxing very enthusiastic over
some matter and said emphatically,
I'm simply mad about il"
why daughter" returned her calm
mother. II don't think you should say
that without knowing more about the
situation" and then an explanation
followed. A rather elderly woman
prominent in politics and CLUB circles
of the state. was asked by fresh
young man the other day if she hadn't
been a side kick" of Carrie Nations.
She registered bewilderment and he
had to tell her he meant pal,
sympathizer, a companion-aw you
know a side kick! And there are few
women over forty who understand
the meaning of hard boiled except
when speaking of eggs.
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Editor State Journal:
Ever notice the difference between
the women of the upper set in our
town and the women of the middle, or
working, set? No! Is that so?
Neither did I.
Missus and I, tho. used to have
kind of a notion that there was I'M
questionably some sort of an unbridge-
oh HaS "a nd
the maids and matrons of the So
called upper set and those whose
minds find some useful work to do.
Unbridgeable? Not, by any means,
exactly that-but its bridgeability de-
pendent upon the number of simoleans
the male members of the family were
able to garner. no matter particularly
how, you understand; or the number
of same in prospect upon the impend-
ing demise of some hard-working and
! tight-fisted progenitor.
BY sticking around long enough we
happened to sort of inherit a little
better and softer Job than some of our
friends and neighbors and, you know.
a temporary spell of mental aberra-
| ton carried US into the belief that
there might be-that there was, in
| fact-something different about us
something superior.
Pshaw! Circumstances over which
we often have no control frequently
|
way-and which is principally the So
cial gauge or measurement. And If
| this be socialism then 1 am a socialist.
| But as a matter of fact 1 am a thou
sand miles from being a socialist.
It is not a matter of superior knowl-
edge, nor a matter of superior breed
| ing, nor is it a matter of superior edu-
cation-many of the women we know,
and who have no entrance into So
called society, converse as brilliantly
! on any subject as any female MEM
| Der for whom the portals of society
are flung widely open. Nor yet is 1t
a matter of personal charm.
Oh, We god of mainland more par
ticularly of woman! For a real mans
a MAN with the average male of good
| with the average woman And right
there is the inception of the fire that
/ smolders in this free and equal land
| of ours. and which breaks out into
/ blaze hero and there, and which may
| develop into a confla grafton. It's not
u matter of the mems demanding
more money because they can't live.
or for moneys sake. The trouble is
J not as much the high cost of living
as the cost of high living induced by
the perhaps natural desire of our
| women to close, or to cross. the social
gap; not knowing that they are on
/ the right side of it now. which is by
far the happier side.
Very truly, A MERE MAN.
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! ON A COLD. GREY STONE.
A long slim shaft of grey white
light. pierce thru the trees on a moon
| lit night. and falls upon a cold grey
/ stone and there's name in a darker
tone. 'Born April third, in seventy
! four, died last year" and you read no
| more. Then you stop and think of the
coming day, when the gang walks slow
and you're laid away, it's coming soon
and it's got your goat. you'll ride the
Styx. in that old boys boat So why
sit there and look all sad, fussing
some and making things bad. Get out
in the air and look for the sun. laugh
and smile, make the old Blues run.
Don't be a crouch and grabbed jay,
| laugh with the dawn and you'll laugh
all day. Don't spill your trouble, all
o. the street, and weep and wall to
all you mee-- Just try to help make
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