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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAK OCTOBER .29, 1912
STcpehs tate Journal
By FRANK P. MACLESNAN.
fEnt erred July 1. 1875. u second -c!as
matter at the postofflce at Topeka, Kan.,
under the act of congress.
VOLUME XXXIV No. 259
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The open season for Maine hunting
guides is now at hand.
Cheer up! There will be only one
more week of the political turmoil and
confusion.
Anyway, this country owes a vote of
thanks to Felix Diaz. He didn t start
his revolution at Juarez.
Nor do the young Turks appear to
be as fierce and successful In battle
as did the old-fashioned variety.
Speaking of moonlight nights, could
there be any finer ones than those
which have prevailed hereabouts of
late.
A nna rent! v the worst part of the
campaign is about to come. Reading
Pa turned out 3.500.000 clears last
week.
Even the baseball lemons come high
The Philade'phia National League
club is for sale and the price mark is
one million dollars.
It is true that the old-time dollar
went a great deal farther than the
modern dollar. It is also true that it
was harder to get.
Twelve per cent of the students at
Princeton are working their way
through college. The others, probably,
are working their dads.
Incidentally, Columbia university
seems to be continuing a most suc
cessful career without anything that
savors of a football course.
All of the wiseacres among the old
est inhabitants are shaking their
heads these days and mournfully sigh
ing: "We'll pay dearly for this nne
weather later on."
Governor Wilson says he would pre
fer to go to bed early on election night
rather than to sit up and hear the re
turns. But the betting is about W0
to 1 that he doesn't.
On Tuesday, next, it will take the
voters only a few hours to settle the
matters that the candidates and their
active friends have been laboring on
most strenuously for many months.
Presumably the Bull Moosers are not
worrying much because their national
committee already faces a deficit of
aome J40,0rt0. Brother George Perkins
has a check-book of inexhaustible pro
portions. Not being able to catch the hold-up
men, it seems that the Chicago police
are striking at their base of supplies.
A stranger was arrested in the windy
city recently because he had $320 In
his pockets.
If Lieutenant Becker thinks his con
viction of murder in the first degree
Is "legal butchery." it would be in
teresting to know how he would char
acterize the cold-blooded killing of
Gambler Rosenthal?
President Taft is exactly right, as
usual, in his declaration that there is
no' reason to fear that the immigra
tion of the better class of Europeans
will result otherwise than beneficially
to these United States.
It Is interesting to note that the
total of national campaign funds of
the Republican, Democratic and Pro
gressive parties is only about half the
size of the fund used by the Republi
can national committee in the Roose
velt campaign of 1904.
Among the jokesmiths there is cur
rent a report that Schrank, the would
be assassin of Colonel Roosevelt, is to
be dealt with lightly by the Wiscon
sin authorities, because under the laws
of that state the imposition of a $50
fine is the extreme penalty for shoot
ing a Bull Moose out of season.
From the repeated calls that the
Kansas Bull Moosers have made for
campaign funds, it is apparent that the
enthusiasm for that cause among the
voters of the state is not sufficiently
strong to open up their pocketbooks
in a. liberal fashion. And the demands
of Mr. WThite and his assistant lead
ers have really been modest. They have
only wanted a few thousand dollars all
told.
Governor Stubbs told an audience at
Parsons that he Intended to vote for
Colonel Roosevelt but he was not going
to tell anyone else how to vote. It Is
wholly unnecessary that the governor
should do so. William Allen White is
attending to that little matter for the
Bull Moose leaders In Kansas. He Is
assiduously circulating another hand
picked ticket throughout the state,
telling the voters just how they must
discharge their duties at the polls.
But it is likely that most of the voters
in Kansas feel fully competent to mark
their ballots according to their own
ideas and without any suggestions
from Mr. White.
WAR BOWS TO TRADE.
That commercial and financial con
siderations constitute the most potent
force in the preservation of the peace
of the world is again pointed out con
clusively by Henry Clews, the New
Yf.rk banker, in a discussion of the
Balkan situation which appears in his
current weekly financial review. After
po'nting out that there has been some
heavy European liquidation of Ameri
can stocks, precipitated by the Balkan
war, Mr. Clews writes:
"For various reasons it would seem
as if the. Balkan troubles had almost
exerted their full effect on this market.
There Is no well grounded reason to
apprehend any grave disturbances be
tween the great powers resulting from
the Balkan outbreak. The recent re
verses to Turkish arms have naturally
had a detrimental effect, inasmuch as
they weaken the latter's prestige and
tend to lengthen the war. B it the
time is rapidly approaching when hos
tilities will have to be suspended owing
to the approach of winter. It would
not be surprising if peace were re
stored by December, if not earlier,
largely on account of climatic consid
erations. Moreover, financial influences
are inevitably coming to be the con
trolling factor in this war. In these
days war is chiefly a matter of finance,
and the allies opposing Turkey cannot
continue indefinitely a loss of a million
dollars per day, the present estimated
cost of the war. The Balkan states, it
should be carefully noted, have limit
ed credit. They cannot borrow exten
sively in the European markets for
war purposes, and their home re
sources will be ouickly exhausted. Two
weeks ago Servia's war chest held less
than $15,000,000, and this has already
been seriously depleted by the mobili
zation of 200,000 men. Turkey, on
the other hand, has much better credit
than all the Balkan states combined.
In case of necessity she might be able
to float a foreign loan. But there are
even more important considerations
than these affecting the war. The in
terests of Austria. Germany and Rus
sia are all on the side of peace. These
countries are each actively engaged in
unusual industrial and commercial de-
elopments, and their great banks are
fully occupied in financing such opera
tions. Their funds could not be di
verted from the latter for war pur
poses without precipitating grave
financial and commercial disorder.
England also, which through London
controls the money bags of the world,
Is unqualifiedly opposed to any seri
ous international ' disturbance. Her
great bankers could not be induced to
end money to any great power for
war purposes. Humanitarian consid
erations would have little Influence
compared with the great commercial
considerations which center In Lon-
on, and are more emphatically
ranged against armed conflicts than at
ny time in the world's history. In
short, there is little prospect of a Eu
ropean war. Peace will be maintained
argely for commercial reasons; and
hatever the final outcome of the
struggle between the Balkan states
and Turkey there is no longer any
question but that the contest will be
strictly localized. Not improbably an
djustment will be reached between
Turkey and her enemies in the form of
compromise that will work out to
ward an even more lasting peace in
that part of the world."
A FIXE FALL.
There has been nothing serious to
omplain of this fall In the way nature
has dealt with the farmers and,
through them, with the country.
Enough rain has fallen to keep the
astures green and the wells and cis
terns from running dry. Sunshine
and warmth have given the late crops
fair chance to reach full maturity.
Fruit has not been materially dam
ped by frosts. Winter wheat has had
good start. Fall work of all kinds
has gone on with little interruption by
nfavorable weather.
This good fortune is bringing a fat
year to a comfortable close. The great
basic industry of agriculture is fin
ning the season In a way which
eaves 1912 high up among the years
best known for big crops and favor
able conditions'. There is no other
factor in the general state of the coun
try which means more to the Ameri
can people. There is no sign of the
mes which is a more trustworthy
promise of great and continued pros
perity. MR. TAFT OX THE TARIFF.
"I am aware that the current be
neath all political agitation is a voice
riticizing me because I approved the
Payne-Aldrich tariff," says President
Taft in an interview in Harper's Week-
and he continues: "The platform
upon which I was elected president
contained a revision plank, and I
committed myself to it as intending
ownward revision, as I stand thus
ommitted to it now. But so long as
,-e carry me larm mm politics, or
politics into the tariff, it cannot be
hoped to solve this great economic
question. I succeeded, so far as such
things are possible in actual practice,
in removing political influence from an
economic subject.
"Th statistics of the three years of
the Payne law show that there was a
substantial reduction in many sched
ules. The law provided for future
revision by giving authority to the
president to create a nonpartisan
board of experts to make a world wide
Inquiry Into cost of production and to
develop and systematize other tariff
data. Under the operation of the
Payne law, prosperity has been grad
ually restored since the panic of 1907.
There have been no disastrous failures
and no disastrous strikes.
The per-
centage of reduction below the Dingley
till is shown in the larger free list and
in the lower percentage of the tariff
collected on the total value of the
goods Imported. The figures show
that under the Dingley bill, which was
in force 144 months, the average per
cent of the Imports that came in free
was in value 44.3 per cent of the total
importations, and that under the
Payne bill, which has Been In force
35 months, the average per cent In
value of the imports which have come
in free amounts to 51.2 per cent of
the total; that the average ad valorem
of the duties on all importations under
the 12 years of the Dingley bill was
4 5.8 per cent, while under the 3
months of the Payne bill this was 41.2
per cent, and that the average ad
valorem of the dutiable Imports un
der the Dingley bill was 25.5 per cent,
while under the Payne bill it was 20.1
per cent. In other words, considering
only reductions on dutiable goods, the
reduction in duties from the Dingley
bill to the Payne bill was 10 per cent,
and considering both free and dutiable
reductions, it amounted to 21 per
cent."
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Nor are there so many folk who
bow gracefully to the inevuaDie.
Tf worrv helDed In any way there
might be some excuse for indulging
in it.
sm nonnle are BO constituted
they'd refuse to be happy if they had
the opportunity.
Among the expensive diplomas in
the school of experience is the mar
riage certificate.
Few persons are willing to take
blame for anything if there's tne
slightest chance of shifting it to other
shoulders.
JAYHA WKER JOTS
The "battle" at Vera Cruz was very
crude thinks the Ottawa Republic.
A man doesn't have to aim very
high to hit the dollar mark, points
out the Fort Scott Republican.
TCnnsas. reDorts the Ottawa Herald,
has raised a little of everything this
year including a nanasome nurouei
of mortgages.
Now there is a demand, points out
the Leavenworth Post, for the man
who can make four ears of corn grow
on a cornstalk.
'This is the time of the year," points
out the associate editor of the Engle
wood Leader-Tribune, "when candi
dates for office begin talking to death
what little chance they may have had."
The greatest tragedy of married life
is not divorce, as you may have im
agined, says the Ottawa Herald. It is
when Pa breaks his suspenders, the
baby wakes up crying and the biscuits
fall all on the same morning.
Many years ago, when Senator In
ealls was in the senate, oleomargarine
was a bone of contention, recalls the !
Wichita Eagle. The debate led In
galls to utter one of the those epi
grammatic sentences which made him
famous. "I have never, to my knowl
edge, tasted oleomargarine, said In
galls, "but I have stood in the pres
ence of genuine butter with awe for
its strength and reverence for its
antiquity."
This story, from the Hiawatha
World, has been construed in a num
ber of quarters as detailing the suicide
of a mule: There was a Sunday
school picnic held some time ago out
at the old Betz farm on the road to
Fairview. There was a swing in use
that day and the rope was never taken
down, which omission proved fatal to
the life of a $150 mule belonging to
Mr. Regier. The mule got its head
and neck tangled and going round and
round tightened the rope until It was
choked to death.
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.
Why is a bowling tourney?
Who Invented the idea that horse radish
is good to eat.
There is so much forensic oratory that a
good deal of it is wasted.
A long distance investment In real estato
is one way to discover the waste places.
Honestly now if you are on the losing
side aren't you against freedom of ths
press?
There is a large variety of fools, but
the boy tough probably is the most dis
agreeable. Some of those who cannot sing the old
songs should also refrain from trying the
new ones.
In a little town, It Is fairly easy for any
stranger to work himself over into a Man
of Mystery.
No man can add much lustre to his
name or fame by sitting beside a great
man on the lecture platform.
While the woman may not be blamed
as much as the man, she has to wait a
good deal longer for forgiveness.
Jude Johnson has resigned his job to
look at the falling leaves. Jude is so sen
timental his family is starving to death.
A little girl Just naturally knows what
is the right thing to wear, but a boy has
to learn it after he begins noticing the
girls.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
Many an old settler refuses to settle.
Industry Is the magnet that draws
things our way.
Anyway, a first class baker Isn't a com
mon loafer.
A student of languages should never
patronize speak-easies.
Some people can look so far into the
future that they can't see the past.
A man is tolerant of another man's bad
habits if they are similar to Ms own.
It is so much easier to tell others how
to do a thing that it is to do it yourself.
aa black th are palnt.
ed or as white as their tombstones would
indicate.
If DeoDle were credited with their good
intentions the recording angel would have
to work overtime.
Some people couldn't hear the shrill,
small voice of conscience even if it were
shouted through a megaphone.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.
The only cook that will stay is tbe cook
that can't cook.
Working for a living Is much easier
money than marrying it.
A baldheaded man can be specially
proud he has such a fine mustache.
Nothing makes a millionaire feel so poor
as to know somebody he could help with
a few dollars.
Every time a woman sees a crowd run
ning her way to a fire she's scared it's her
petticoat showing.
ON THE SPVR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROT K. MOULTON.
When Grandma Was a Girl.
They had no rats and Marcel waves
or wasplike figures then.
No high heeled shoes or patent rouge
made to deceive the men.
No purring language, mincing walk, or
gay peroxide curl.
No chafing dish flubdubbery when
grandma was a girl.
No bachelor maids, no culture clubs,
no time spent in the gym.
No thought of torture physical to
make them lithe and slim.
No low-neck gowns to give them grip
when In the social whirl;
No bridge whist made them nervou3
wrecks when grandma was a girl
No sufrragets. no cigarettes, no
cooking '.hat was vile.
No bonnets trimmed with cocoannts
and lettuce were in style.
No brainstorm shooting by a weak and
, sentimental churl.
No talk of soul affinities when grandma
was a girl.
No incompatibility of temper told in
court;
No cases of desertion and no suits for
nonsupport;
No family skeletons exposed, no rec
ords to unfurl:
In fact, folks were quite sensible when
grandma was a girl.
From the Hlckevville Clarion.
Deacon Pringle, one of the pillows
of our church, was over to Chicago
last week and was took in by a long
lost cousin who sold him a gold brick.
William Tibbits, who had bought
many of them, says it must have
been some slicker who wasn't any
relation to the deacon at all. Deacon
fotubbs will probably get even by sell
ing it to the church for twice what he
gave for it, like he did the coal stove
with the big crack in the bottom. It
is pretty hard to get ahead of a dea
con or a railroad agent.
A bugologist or taxidermist or some
other scientific feller of that sort told
Hod Peters he had found a rare old
relic on Hod's farm. Hod said he
didn't know what it could be unless it
was the mortgage.
The Hotel Hickeyville now has run
ning water in every room. The roof
sprunk a leak last Thursday night.
A feller who has got a pate de
foi grass appetite with a codfish in
come has one foot in the penitentiary.
the other in the poorhous.?, and hi3
face is turned toward the setting sun.
Elmer Jones is the most comical
young man in this town. He crop
ped a cat in the town pump a month
or so ago and now they a' talking
of starting mineral baths in our midst
and making us a health resort.
Uncle Ezra Harkins says he lets
hfs whiskers grow so as to get them
out of his system.
There ain't much use bein' a nat
ural blond if you are an actress, be
cause nobody will believe it.
Miss Euphemia Perkins, our poetess
of passion, is writin' a play for Charle3
Frohman. By jing! I wonder what
Frohman will say when he finds It
out.
SAYS UNCLE GAV
He hath attained great wisdom who
hath much goods and is not a slave to
his servants. The captain of industry
who can gaze unflinchingly into the
maw of an investigating committee
stands in fear and trembles before the
"terrible Tux." For what shall it pro
fit a man that he hath gained bonds
in bundles and clips his coupons with
a ripsaw if the women of the house
hold are constantly reminding him
that a Geneva waiter in a despiked
spiketail always raises his eyes when
the head of the family calls for ham
and eggs.
One of these days there is going to
be a revolution in this country and
the streets of our cities are going to
run red with the blood of the Geneva
oligarchy. The brawny fisted Ameri
can who goes forth to get his good
hard dollars by the burning of brain
and the busting of anti-trust laws is
going to sign a new declaration of in
dependence and rid the landscape of a
few supercilious gentlemen who never
tasted a square meal until they came
to this land of the brave and erst
while home of the free to stand be
hind chairs and tame its tamers.
Meanwhile, their necks are under
the yoke and mother and daughter sit
on either end. All this comes of the
worship of the great god Ostentation.
It's no use to have money unless one
does "quite the prdper thing." To pro
pitiate this bugaboo, one must act as
if one has had money always, and to
act as if one has . had money always
one must dine as the waiter sees fit.
The worst downtrodden city in the
world is New York, and the heel of
the oppressor is the heel of the waiter.
For how are the new rich and most
of us who are rich are new rich to
know what to do and how to do it
without accepting the guidance of
those who have served the elite? And
who, pray, does not fear the sneer of
his mentor Better an indictment by
the federal grand jury for smuggling
than a flicker of the eyebrow of Paul
the irreproachable, because one desires
coffee with one's salad. Paul was a
hostler in Paris before he learned of
the promised land of easy marks and
magnificent tips, but mother and the
girls don't know that, and dad, who
whipped the trade to a standstill on
homely diet, can't have his ham and
eggs.
One of these days dad is going to
get mad. When he does, he'll heave
an old-fashioned bootjack at the smug
image of the great god Ostentation,
turn its high priests and priestesses,
miscalled imported butlers, maids and
waiters, out to make room for a less
formidable breed, put his foot through
the modern American motto, "Thou
shalt not shock thy servant," and re
store to its ancient place of honor that
musty yarn and cardboard sentiment.
God Bless Our Home. And there 11
be a noticeable accent on the "our."
Copyright. 191 2-. by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
VAFFYDILS
BT V. KOAli.
If Jack Johnson had a cigar named
after him would the cigar box?
(Take this seat, old lady!)
If a driver drove his team up In
front of a store and left it standing
'til he came out would the steamster?
(Pass around the lid, boys, here
comes the cop.) r
When a horse turns around does the
wagon wheel?
(Let's shoot him at sunrise. He's
the boob that put the chest in chestnut.)
THE LEAVES GIVE THANKS.
All the cheerful little leaves
Were lying mute and slain,
l neir tender summer faces
Marred with age and pain.
Through the threadbare forest
Strode the windand rain.
I wept because the sky was gray,
Because the leaves were dead,
Be.ca"se the winter came so fast.
And summer's sweet was sped;
And because I, too, was mortal
All flesh is grass," I said.
E"t while I was lamenting
The woods began to sing.
The voice of all dead leaves came up
As when they sang in Spring:
FraiBe God." they sang, "for Winter
And stormy harvesting:
"Praise God, who uses old things
To serve the new things' need
And turns us into earth again
That next year's roots may feed;
Roots but for us and our decay
Would shrivel in the seed.
"To the thousand thousand summers
Our summer has been thrust,
But the snow is very gentle
Above its rags and rust.
Lie down, lie down, oh, brothers,
With the thousand summers' dust."
Georgia Wood pangborn, in the October
Scribner.
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THE EVENING STORY
To Bo Decided.
(By Joanna Single.)
Despite the holiday flutter of anti
cipation in the office, dusk and de
pression came together for Mavis Cor
ley aa she closed her desk and pre
pared to leave with that quick order
ly intelligence that made her a. val
uable secretary. She dreaded holi
days. Still more she dreaded being
questioned by her workmates on tae
matter of celebrating the day.
In the dressing room she slid swift
ly into her dark blue coat and hat,
tucked her curling dark hair into place
beneath a trim veil, and slipped down
the side stairway. She had a pre
monition founded on experience that
Keith Lowry would be not far from
the front entrance.
With a little feeling of escape she
went a block or two out of her wav,
and instead of taking a car set out at
a swift walk for the very comfortable
boarding house which had shelterea
her for a year. She was nearly there
when a man's swift step came behind
hef.
"Well!" exclaimed the big, bland
young fellow, "how did you manage
to get past me? I wasn't guilty of
waiting at the door, you know, but I
had a point of vantage where I was
sure I could see! Well, I have you now
for a minute. Will you go to the
game with me tomorrow, and then to
supper and the theater? Take any .ne
else you like along but I'd rather
have Just you!" He thrust a Ions
flower-box safely under his arm. "I
have a few buds here. Are you going
with me?" He had not given her time
to reply yet.
Oh,' she said. "don't give ma
things! Tou know I can't keep fair
ing even flowers all the time! I don't
give you anything In return " eho
spoke almost vehemently, "not even '
Not even liking? Not even a
hope. Mavis?"
"Oh, I do like you: but that's all.
You promised not to talk about any
thing else, you know." Turning a
corner a chill wind stiuck them, ai i
in tne crowd he cam rrotectinglv
close and took her arm a moment.
"I won't, then, but it's hard work.
Look here's a. moment, r must break
my promise this onct. H-re you are
working homeless. Here I am work
ing, and with a home all ready for
you, but homeless myself becauss you
won t come to it: Tnitu: about it. Is
it fair?"
"It is fair I told you I could never
do it. It is you who are unfair not
to accept my decision." He tightened
his hold on her, and something within
her began to let go, to cease resisting
him. "I am not going to so anywhere
with you tomorrow, Keith. I am go
ing to stay at home alone all day. and
do as you ask think about it. Then
I will give you an answer you shall
accept as final. Don't ask me to go
out. Don't do anything but let me
alone."
"Well," he said in th dark of the
gate, "I have one thing more to sav
I love you, and love you Mavis! Re
member that real love is a warm
cloak against the big world's cold.
And I've no right to, but I am going
to ask if you care, or have cared, for
some one else? Is it some one who will
make you happy?"
She hesitated.
"I don't mind telling vou. T am I
trying to forget him. I thought he I
cared as much as I but he doesn't.
He could make me happy. He belongs
to the old lite when I had father. I
can't talk about it. Let me go in."
"Remember that I do care, and
always wil'. I'-n a reality d'n't give
me up for a shadow, Mavis."
She broke from him and ran Into
the house.
The next day Mavis deliberately
mourned foi Henry Morton, makir.g
no pretense r f pride to herself, ne
re-read his lctterc, iet his photographs
up before her, wondered how ha cotild
have failed to come back to her after
the foolish Kttio quarie! when she had
sent him away. She had even written
a ;iot!: saving she was sorry. He had
not answered. Pride rankled at tho
inoviorv. su. 1 ' was great- thin
pride.
It was a wretched way to spend a
holiday. By dinner time she was half
sick and did not go down, accepting
the tray which the really concerned
landlady sent up. By 3 she had cried
herself asleep and did not wake until
dusk was falling. Then she sat up for
lornly among the pillows and decided
that she could not offer Keith Low-y
half a heart he was too fine, too gen
uine and sweet and loving. Her heart
warmed at thought of him. But she
would refuse him. Then the landladx
knocked at the door and thrust in her
head.
"Mr. Lowry to see you. Rays take
your time, but he'll stay till he sees
you. Wants you to dress to go cut.''
She slammed the door and lumberei'
away.
Mavis thought a moment, and thn
rose to bathe and dress. She was
young, and even tears could not make
her less than lovely, though her eves
were a little swollen and tired. Shi
might as well have the matter of Keith
over with, and she would honor him
by looking her best.
Down in the parlor he waited, and
when she came in he rose to meet her,
lowering his voice.
"Look here. Mavis, I've been a great
brute! We won't think of anything
but being happy tonight. We'll go
out to supper and then to the theater,
and you can have a whole year to
think in. I don't want you tj de
cide. How do you like these violets'
Where shall we eat " He bombarded
her with gay, commonplace questions
until she was laughing herself.
When they had decided on Morriii's
for supper, she ran upstairs for a gay
er hat and better gloves, and they were
off.
Mavis was a bit feverish, a great
deal relieved and very lovely at tne
candle-shaded table, with Keith lean-
Ing across to admire her. But as he
talked she knew she must tell him to
night in fairness to him. She won id
never be guilty of dangling then her
eye caught the people at a table just
behind Keith, and her face werv.
white.
"What is it, dear?" whispered Keith.
She shook her head at him. and
though her lips moved, no sound came
from them. Her eyes were stiU held
by Henry Morton's. He half rose in
his seat and the two rather over
dressed girls with him asked him
ui coscu fill IS Wlljl tu)n.cu ......
shrilly (if he was "seening things-al-
WW-vs J
Keith turned his head a littl
and
Henrv Morton rose and came toward
them. Tall, good-looking, careless, he
came straight to Mavis, who seemea
not to see his outstretched hand, mid
gave him a queer little smile and a
bow.
"You're looking fine. Mavis," he
said, not familiarly, for he still had
the manner of a gentleman, but w'th
a half-possessive tone of astonisnea
admiration.
Keith's eye blazed blue fire, and the
girl sDoke in a little flurrv.
"Keith," she said, "this Is an old
friend, Mr. Morton. I knew htm
ages ago at home. Henry, this is Mr,
Keith Lowry my fiance." Tha men
shook hands and then a stiff little
pause ensued, but Mavis, womanlike,
bridged it over. "I am very giad to
see vou again." she said. "You are
looking well. Have you heard from
the Williamses lately? No? Keith, give
me a little more salad. Perhaps we u
meet again since you're in town."
Somehow Henry Morton knew he was
dismissed.
Keith Lowry was very still and con
ventional a moment as he served the
salad. Then he spoke In a tone which
might have discussed the weather.
"Mavis, is that the man? Were you
saving your pride, or do you mean
"Keith!" she said tensely, motion
ing away the waiter with his Ice vater
he never was the man! Just one
glance at him undid all the old hypno
tism I " her eyes met his, plead
ing, confessing, loving.
"Beloved!" he breathed the word
fervently, but in a voice so low that
the waiter might have suspected him
of praising the salad! (Copyrighted
1912, by McClure s Newspaper ondi
cate.)
EVENING CHAT
BY BOTH CAKBROH.
"It is true that I am an alien.
But my son my son Is Themistocles."
Euterpe.
A mother came to me the other day
complaining bitterly about her eighteen-year-old
daughter.
It seems that when the mother was a
little girl she loved books and study a. id
dreamed as her most precious dream thut
some day she would go to college. Some
day never came. Instead she had to give
up even finishing her high school course
It was a very bitter disappointment and
naturally made her prize education even
more highly, as we always do the good
things we miss.
And so it was that when this woman
went into a home of her own and one
day they laid her baby girl in her arms,
her first thought was, "she shall have
the finest education in the land." And o
the mother began to dream her dream of
college all over again, for this precious
new incarnation of herself.
Of course you know the rest. After
eighteen years of saving and planning
and dreaming on the mother's part, tne
girl does not want to go to college. To
her it Is unjust and unreasonable that
her mother s-hould insist on tying her
down to four more years of the study sl:e
hates. To the mother it is the most b.1
ter trial of her life: she sees her daughter
throwing away what to her is an un
speakable precious opportunity, and sne
endures the disappointment of her dreams,
a second time.
Only those who have had some such ex
perience in their ilves can know how
much tragedy is wrapped up m that sim
ple story.
The extent to wMchfather and moth
ers enter into their children's lives is
both beautiful and terrible.
It Is truly wonderful to see how much
personal pride, how much renewed am
bition they feel in these reincarnations
of themselves.
There is a woman who lives near me
whose little daughter has a very fire
musical talent. I enjoy hearing the lit
tle girl play, but I enjoy even more
watching the mother's face fairly glow
with happiness as she sits and rocks and
listens. The mother has had many losses
and disappointments. She was bred to a
life of culture. luxury and ease. She is
living a painfully narrow and toilsome
existence. And yet, as she sits there
rocking and listening to the second gen
eration fulfilling her own dreams of
musical accomplishment, she looks per.
fectly happy. I would give much to be
able to paint her portrait then.
Young people, you cannot realize too
keenly how much it means to the older
folks to have you fulfill their dreams.
But you older folks, you also cannot
realize too well tnat young people have
their own ltves to live. Tney are a pan
of you, you say. Aht yes. but rememDer
that they are partly and the bigger pai-t,
themselves.
Grant that they mav be willing and able
to fulfill those unfulfilled dreams and
ambitions of yours.
But grant also that you may have for
bearance and patience and understand
ing when that is not possible.
A Fable of Fate.
Fate cannot be evaded. A grand
vizier asked his master, the sultan,
for permission to depart at once for
Smvrna.
"You may go, vizier." the sultan
answered. "But why this sudden de
parture?" "Alas! sire," said the grand vizier.
"I have just seen the angel of death
among the throng befcre your throne,
and he looked at me so long and
strangely that I am sure he must
have come for me."
"Go, then: go at once," the sultan
said, and after the vizier's departure
he beckoned the angel of death to
him and asked:
"Why did you gaze so strangely at
my grand vizier?
"I was only wondering," the angel
answered, "why the man was here,
for I have orders to kill him late this
afternoon in Smyrna." London Opin
ion. QUAKER MinUTATTOXS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The best brand of happiness Is the home
made kind.
The only way to be perfect Is to follow
the advice you give others.
The people who jump at conclusions
must regard life as a hurdle race.
Many a man who has no use for cats
will feed the kitty In a poker game.
No, Maude, dear; when you bid a seam
stress good-bye it isn t necessary to say
"So long."
It's the easiest thing In the world to be
good natured if you haven't anything else
to do.
A man begins to worry when he realizes
that he hasn't enough hair to take its
own part.
It doesn't take a dressmaker to tell you
that a wedding gown never costs as much
as a divorce suit.
Ever notice that the fellow who tells a
girl he would die for her wants to take
his own time about doing ft?
Blohbs "Closefist Is the sort of man
who Is always looking for a needle In a
haystack." Slobbs "Too mean to buy ono,
eh?"
"There Is no effect without a cause,"
quoted the Wise Guy. "How about when
a woman changes her mind?" asked t.e
Simple Mug. j
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KANSAS COMMENT
VOTING A WAT FROM HOME.
According to a law passed at the last
session of the legislature, any quail":-!
elector may vote away from home should
he be necessarily detained away from hi
home precinct. The old law provided
way for railroad men to vote away iron
home, and the legislators two ver sro
evidently held that while railroad men
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matter of rights In regard to voting. The
ia.w reaas: -it snau De lawrul for anv
qualified voter of the state of Kansa
having complied with the law In regard
to registration where such is required,
who may, on the occurrence of any gen
eral election, be unavoidably absent from
his township or ward because his duties
or occupation or business require him to
be elsewhere in the state, outside the
county in which he resides, to vote fr
county, district or state officers, membw
of congress and electors of pret,ident ani
vice president of the United States in anv
voting precinct where he may prest-nt
himself for that purpose on the day of
such general election, under the regulj
tion prescribed in chapter 180 of the laws
of 1901; provided he shan not have voti
at any other voting precinct on the same
day. As a part of the same chapter, sec
tion 3S14, laws of 1909 is amended to reaJ
as follows: "All such envelopes shall t"
the Judges of election, be filed with t.-e
county clerk of the county where surU
vote was cast not later than the day fol
lowing such general election, and aia
county clerk shall immediately mall them,
postage prepaid, to the county clerk o?
the respective county where such votes
belong." Newton Kansan-Republlcan.
IS IT "DU CYGNET"
The controversy now being Indulged In
among Kansas editors In regard to the
correct spelling of the Marais des Cynges
or "Marais Du Cygne" as some content,
appears to revert to the question of
whether there was only one swan or sev
eral swans on the marsh when the
Frenchman named the river. Tbe old
timers Insist that the proper wav
"Marais du Cygne." copying probably
from the poem of Whlitier on the massa
cre in Linn county in which he poetlcallv
speaks of "The low reedy ferlands, the
marsh and the swan." The O. T.'s, If thty
follow Whittler, are correct for the sin
gular is the old way of spelling it. if
however, there were more than one swari
on the marsh when the stream as
named,, "des Cygnes" would be the prop
er name. But in all probability a sw.sn
never saw the river that runs through Ot
tawa. Whoever gave the stream Its name
was probably looking at a flock of fa i
ada geese or sand hill cranes when no
named it. Now what will you do in a
case of that kind? The Frenchman who
decided upon the name didn't know sand
hill cranes from swans and most of the
people who use the name of the rler
don't know whether It spells "swan" or
'swans" so history will not suffer what
ever style of spelling is used. The state
maps and books almost exclusively une
the spelling "des Cygnes" and unless you
want to be a stickler for form and ad
here to the singular number, it would be
a whole lot less trouble to let the cast
rest. Ottawa Herald.
IF
FROM OTHER PENS
GIRLS.
The hero of Albert Edward's novel, "A
Man's World," tells of a new and inter
esting use whinh he has found for tne
telephone. He had been straining his eves
for a long period of time and one ua
they suddenly gave out. He seemed to
tally blind. He was alone in the room
and, full of horror at his plight, he eronej
and stumbled to the telephone to call a
physician. 7 lie story proceeds: "Cen
tral," I said, and I remember that my
voice was calm and commplace. "Will
you give me the Eye and Kar hospital.' I
can't look up the number. I'm blind."
bure ' came bark the answer. -It mur
be hard to be blind." A clutch came t-
my throat. It comes to me now as 1 wrl'e
about it, comes every time I hear people
complaining that modern industry na
robbed our life of all humanity, has turn
ed us into mechanisms. Such talk makes
me think of the sudden sympathy whlc.1
came to me out of the machine. When
ever I am utterly blue and discourage, i I
go into a telephone booth. Hello. Cen
tral," I say. "tell me something cheer
ful. I'm down on my luck." It has nevr
failed. Always some Joking sympathy bs
come out oi the machine and helped r..e
to get right again. We have no douht
that the little device would work, what
ever the rules and regulations of the t-tts-phone
company. Nothing has ever bee.i
devised, praise be, which will turn a g;rl
wholly and entirely into a machine. Hlii
Is a girl first of all. If an appeal for
help comes, she shows it that way. I':i
der other circumstances, she shows it ir
other ways as when, in packing crackers
into a box, sh romantically .sorlhtiles h i
name and address upon a slip of papr
and sends it off into the world, with a
secret interest In her heart In the pos
sible outcome. Chicago Post.
ADVIPING COLLEGE "INFANTS."
With almost heartless Indifference ff.r
the feelings of those most Important iu
divlduals. college freshmen and sopho
mores. President James, of Illinois uni
versity, speaks of them as "Infants." Ant
he continues: "Many failures in college
work of the first two years can ge direct
ly traced to alcohol and tobacco. Seniors
and juniors might build up an excellent
tradition if they would prohibit freshmen
and sophomores from smoking and drink
ing." President James believes there Is
a time and place for all things, and he
warns his charges that they can leaxn to
play poker at any crossroads, whereas
what they can do better at college thn
anywhere else Is to develop their intel
lects. This will probably seem hard to ffl
"infants," whose ideas of Importance a'e
concentrated in a pipe, a glaring hat ban !
and a knoweldge. of "draw," but it Is
good, soud doctrine. Just the same. New
York American.
HVMOR OF THE DAY
"Husband I feel that we ought to give
the people next door a dinner or some
thing." "Why so? They have never done
anything for us in a social way." "Yes.
they have. I learn that they fed our cat
whils we were away." Louisville Courier-
Journal.
"There Isn't one man in a million who
would be so mean to his wife and chil
dren as you are." remarked the wife,
bitterly. "Now that's what I admire In
you, dear," ventured the husband, slow
ly "you have such a head for figures."
Harper's Magazine.
Tramp Can you advance me the amount
of a drink? Gent Certainly, here's a
dime. Tramp (with dignity I I beg your
pardon, sir, this Is only a dime. 1 never
drink 10-cent whisky. Washington Post.
Mr. Franklelgh I have a nervous head
ache tonight. Miss Queeler I've heard
that r.iusic will cure anything of a ner
vous origin. Shall I sing for you? Mr.
Franklelgh Oh, It doesn't ache as bad as
that Musical Courier.
"Mordeeai Judson," roared Colonel
White, who had been aroused In the mid
dle of the night by a suspicious noise In
his poultry house "Is that you In there,
you black thief?" "No, sah!" humbly re
plied a frightened voice. "DIs is muh
cousin. Ink Judson, dat looks so much
like me and steals everything he kin
lay his dog-gawn hands on. Ah's at
home dis minute, sah, uh-sleeping de
sleep o' de Jest." Puck.
"Do you think standards ore mtit.i,
more rigorous in politics?" "Undoubted
ly," replied Senator Sorghum. "It la no
longer possible for a man to get a local
reputation as a statesman simply by
wearing a Prince Albert coat and chin