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TOp-Pxra niTT.v STATE TOUWAIr- FRIDAY EVENING- MARCH, 21. 1913-
irprka 'tate Journal
By FRANK P. MAC LENNAN
fEntered July 1. 1875 as second-class
r-.atter at the postofflce at Topeka. Kan..
B', "r the act of congress. 1
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Associated Tres and receives the full day
teleeranh renort of that great news or
ranljtarlon for the exclusive afternoon
pwhllcaflnn 1n Topeka
The news Is received In The State Jour
nal brildlng over wires for this sole pur
pose. 3. P. Morgan is returning to Europe
and fresh discoveries of "old masters"
may be expected.
AH the little precedents in "Washing
ton are acting as though they were in
fear of the big president,
A Pennsylvania judge says many up
right gentlemen get drunk. Maybe so,
but can they stay upright?
Perhaps Sir Thomas Upton's latest
challenge for the cup is due to the fact
that sales of tea are falling off.
Sons of great men are not always
endowed with intelligence enough to
keep them out of bad company.
People live longer in cities than in
villages, say German savants. -Maybe
city people are more afraid to die.
The burglar who got Charles M.
Schwab's wallet and found only $?00 in
It, must be a sadly disillusioned man.
The last time Mme. Cavalieri got
married, the glad word was, "Who's
loony now?" Has the new candidate a
witty brother?
Mr. Olney, of Boston, has refused the
embassy to the court of St. James, but
possibly Mr. Murphy, of New York,
might accept it.
Smaller hats are being worn by the
women this year. This may be due to
their Inability to get the big ones into
the voting booth.
A CaiTO dispatch says a princess has
disappeared from the khedive's harem.
Time to drag the Egyptian equivalent
of the Bosphorus.
Grizzly bears are reported to have
become scarce in California and the
Chicago News suggests that they have
been danced to death.
One by one ancient and honorable
Institutions crumble and fall. One
American League manager has forbid
den his players to play poker.
Fortunately, the new statesmen will
have ample time to, have their photo
graphs taken in Washington before the
special session of congress opens.
It will be remembered that the Ti
tanic was "unsinkable." Her sister
hip, the Olympic, is now declared to
he "absolutely" unsinkable. The de
scription is an improvement if not the
boat.
Mr. Olney waited until all the news
papers had printed his picture and
eaid nice things about him and then
declined that ambassadorship. This
looks like obtaining notoriety under
false pretenses.
In attempting to break the senator
ial deadlock in Illinois Mr. Bryan is
evincing a disposition to carry practi
rt nniiticn into the administration of
his office. Perh'aps lie has some dip- !
lomatic jobs to hand out to those
found worthy.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's 1- landscape
paintings all failed to sell when ex
hibited at Philadelphia, though she of
fered them at markdown prices If the
wife of the head of a European state
had done a simila- thing her pictures
would have been snapped up in a hurry.
A bulletin to be issued by the cen
sus bureau shows that In 1910 out of
2 762.522 people in the Boroughs of
Manhattan and The Bronx 45.4 per cent
or over 1,254.000, were foreign born
whites. Over one million -were natives
of foreign parentage, while only 15.8
per cent, or about 436,000 were native
born of native parentage. And yet
these New Yorkers think they are
about all there is of America,
A campaign to form 2.000 "parish
clubs" for the protection of working
girls' and a plan by the local chapter
of the Daughters of the American Rev
olution for a $2,000,000 hotel, with the
same object in view, and with ac
commodations for 1,500 women, are
serious movements -begun in Chicago,
with promise of success. If carried out
they are likely to accomplish more
good than any legislative action that
could be obtained.
The public will forgive almost any
thing, even an offense against decency
and morality b-.-.t the laws does not for-
. Hunca Cleveland's "Golden Rule"
police chief has been discharged for the scores or hundreds of miles of sea or
good of the service after 24 years' faith- shore,
ful work on the force, ten years as But "cyclone" Is entrenched in pop
chief. In turning him out the com- ular usage as the name of the typical
mission Vhich acted cn bis case paid "twister" of this country, and "tor
high tribute to his worth and ef- nado" has a poor chancer -
flciency and called attention to the fact j
that he Is a poor man. The deposed
chief's fault was that he was a victim
of a frailty all too common and got
caught by the husband against whom j
he had offended. I
. glars took from his store. .
HEALTH OF THE INDIAN. And now Billy Morgan has joined in
T , fh ,t tnat tn office ' the cry against Secretary Redfields
In spite of the fact that the ollice whlsker8. They remmded the Hutch
of Indian affairs has recently made ina0n globe trotter of populism,
its eighty-first annual report to the Most of U8 Bpend too muCh time
secretary of the interior, it is only in trying to make our neighbors be good
the last few years that the United says the Blue Mound Sun, and not
States government has fully recogniz- 2Sheime 'in trying to make Kd
ed its obligations to the redskin The
present policies endeavor to educate wag lnvented by Dr Naismith, a pro
each Indian in a knowledge of health fessor of the Kansas University, whose
and sanitation which will prolong his idea was to get up a game of de
race and fit him to associate and com- .horned football.
pete with white Americans. They seek A seven-year-old girl living at Fall
either to place each Indian on a piece v1e'rn d a. few day3 aS- Ao J"
...... . , . . mortem examination was made, and it
of land of his own, on which he can waB found that a large pIn had lodged
support his family, or to give him an tn ner vermiform appendix,
equivalent opportunity in some indus- j Kansas is going to spend $40,000 for
try or trade. i a building at the San Francisco fair.
Tho attendance of Indian children That's plenty, says the Abilene Re-
. , v,,, miaainn flector, the Kansans will spend most
in government, public and mission Qf thejr tJme on anyhow.
schools has increased from 24 120 m , Trajns hav& beeQ awfu late the
1902 to 39,397 m 1911; and yet in 1911 j past wlnter, says the winfield Courier.
there were 24,000 Indian children of but what can you expect when it takes
school age who were not in any school, so much time at all the stations for
In the past year special attention has the hobble skirted- women to get on
been paid to the health and physical " - . ' , . .
, , " , T ,. , .. . The Neodesha commissioners have
development of Indian pupils. As in called an election to vote bonda or
all primitive races, alcohol is one of tne independence and Neodesha inter
the Indian's deadliest foes. I urban. The rural elections for the
Tuberculosis is probably the most same purpose will be held the day f ol
destructive disease. Of 42,645 Indians lowing. .
, . j, ,t ,, - e7n , Out at Great Bend the sports are
examined for disease last year. 6 870, , talkin& of gettlng aeropiane for
or 16.11 per cent, were tuberculous. duck nunting; One man did well with
On the White Earth reservation in j his automobile on one trip, but on the
Minnesota 600 out of 3,300 Indians had t second trial the machine was not fast
tuberculosis. In the Blackfeet Res- enough.
ervation in Montana, one-third of "W'lchjta, Eagle thinks that be-
those examined had the disease. Of
the total population of the Colorado
river reservation in Arizona, 20 per
cent had tuberculosis. At the Mescal-
ero reservation school in New Mexico,
where the - climate is nearly ideal, 5
per cent of the children were tuber
culous. Over one-fourth of the In
dians of the Pine Ridge reservation
in South Dakota had tuberculosis.
Even in southern California over 10
per cent of the Indians suffer from
the disease. Yet in all the United
States there is no tuberculosis sanator
ium for adult Indians, and there is
provision for only 175 children of
school age with incipient tuberculosis.
For the fiscal year 1913 an appro- L
priation of $250,000 has been asked
from congress to defray the expenses
of a special health campaign, but only
a part of this has so far been granted.
Full provision for this work is strong
ly urged in a recent issue of the Jour
nal of the American Medical associa
tion, which says that the Indian med
ical service is underpaid and over
worked, and is totally unable In its
present status to cope with existing
conditions successfully.
MOUNT MAZAMA.
The highest mountain in Oregon is
Mount Hood, 11,225 feet above sea
level. Compared with Mount Whit
ney, to the south in California,' and
Mount Rainier, to the north in Wash
ington, each rising well above 14,000
feet. Mount Hood does not appear as
a skyscraper. However, according to
the geologists of the United States
geological survey and other authori
ties, Oregon had at one time, probably
hofn fho dawn of lifo, imnn th earth
. , . . . . . -
a, gieai vuiuanu wiiiuu ivwcxcu ova lai
above Mount Hood as does Mount
Rainier, possibly even several thou
sand feet higher. This was the great
Mount Mazama. But thousands of :
years ago this mountain disappeared
into the bowels of the earth and all
that is left today is the huge rim
around Crater Lake.
Crater Lake Is the caldera of this
extinct and collapsed volcano and is
nearly 6 miles in diameter. The inside : used.
walls of the rim of the ancient moun- She "Would you die for me?" He
t. . . , , . . . 1 "Gladly, if I thought you could ever re
tain are in places nearly 4,000 feet piace tbe loss."
high and almost perpendicular. The j The world is full of people who are run
lake itself is in places 2,000 feet deep ning forty-horsepower automobiles oo
and parts of the wall rise above its
waters another 2,000 feet. A restora-
tion of the mountain in fancy, using
as a basis the angles of the lower
slopes, which still remain, shows that
r. . . . . ."..
ef,x cf"Id J1 have Deen fap from
15,000 feet in height, so that Mount
Mazama was one of the most lofty and
majestic peaks In the United States.
TORNADOES AND CYCLONES.
An uphill fight for accurate Enelish
la holm n.-ar.d - ..
. , J ' y
scientific authorities on the weather
who object to having the tornadoes
which rip through towns, now and
then, or carry away isolated farm
houses, called "cyclones." The distinct
tlon made by the experts in meteor
ology is plain, but the public is wedded
to the "cyclone."
The word has gained wide acceptance ness." Second Ditto "Is his busincciJ
in describing the furious local storms fVZg ZSTZlg&e four?
which rush forward along a more or teen hundred children." Life. j
less direct path while they whirl with . , . . , , '
. "What makes Willoughby look so woe
far greater velocity on a cent which begone? Disappointed in love?" "Yes."
may be only a few feet in diaritter. If "Who got the girl?" "He did." Birm-
a boy's top is spun on one end of a jinshm Age-Herald - -
board and the board is tilted so that . ,.The onic4,r said the idealist, "ought to
the top slides quickly along it all the seek the man." "Yes, replied the con
while revolving at high speed on its spicuos patriot. "But Judicious adyertis-
. - . ing makes the man easier to find. ,
point, the onward sweep of the tornado . Washington Star.
; is closely imitated. r !
I It is the spinning motion which Is ' "Whv don't you want me to marry your '
swiftest and mot destructive Th ad- daughter?" "You have no money." "But
swiftest and most aestructive. ineaa ! have Dralns." -Maybe so: but you don't
vance of the storm may not be as prove it by wanting to get married, youn?
rapid as that of many a comparatively t man." W ashington Herald.
harmless gale. The twisting motion is
estimated at not less than 200 miles an
hour in the worst tornadoes.
The true cyclone of the West Indies,
the China Sea and other parts of the
tropics, is entirely different. Its force
is spent in a furious wind that seems
to blow almost straight ahead, while
the great storm revolves, more or less
fully, around a circle the circumfer
ence of which may be many hundred
miles. A tornado wreaks its fury on
a strip of land usuallj- only a mile or
less in width. The cyclone sweeps
JAYNAWKER JOTS
Mr. Mourning of Altamont is
mourning the loss of $100 which bur-
. t t h commission and that of
holding a 66-day session of the leg-
lslature with $6 per, it won't be hard
to figure which the politicians will
support.
The Columbus Commercial club has
offered $50 as a prize to the deputy
county assessor whose district shows
the largest percentage of increase in
population over last year. The money
is probably intended says the Iola
Register, to cover the extra work in
volved in enumerating the graveyards
and other usually neglected precincts.
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THK ATCHISON GLOBE.
Why is a popular song popular?
FTnarte .-.l I' naarln all Vi litv ml,.
takes.
However, we know several old dogs that
have learned new tricks.
About all Jude Johnson does is to swell
the volume of applause.
'-'he rule is that the man who doesn t
want to quit says it doesn't hurt him.
The general rule is that the Cause isn't
getting along as well as its supporters
imagine.
If there were enough new restaurants,
we should do all our eating in such estab
lishments. Give some men a $1 job and they will
spend $2 worth of time walking around
and looking.
Neither is there anything to the theory
that good habits are as hard to break as
bad ones.
Being homesick is bad enough, but it is
a pleasant diversion as compared to get
ting sick of home.
Onions are a healthful food, and some
thing should be done to make them tasie
better. Luther Burbank please write.
Another advantage of Higher Learning
Is the ease with, which a college student
can be disorderly without getting drunk.
As the son of a pioneer I endured some
(hardships; I spent some time in a stud-
ents' boarding club where economy seem
ed to be the clarion note." Rufe Hoskins.
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
about wome5 tiI, ne marries one.
Some fellows are not satisfied to kill
time unless it belongs to some one else.
The world's idea of a man who is doing
well is not necessarily one who is doing
good.
Strangely enough the people who are
most useful in life are not those who are
"ve-norsepower salaries.
Whiere a man used to paddle ' his own
canoe he now finds it necessary to hire a
mechanician to run his motorboat.
. Sillicus "Do you believe any man is
rl,ch enouf.h .to d T absolutely as he
pieasesy cynicus "Not if he s married.
W!gg-"Skinnum boasts that every dol-
lar he has was made honestly." Wagg
"If that s the case he s worth about t'8
cents."
"Oh, love is sweet," gurgled the maiden
plied the masculine brute. "It's made up
largely of taffy." - I
Mugsins "Do you think the foreign
heathen appreciate our missionaries?"
Buprorins "Well. I think the missionaries
would be more appreciated if we sent
them canned."
hVMOR OF THE DAY
..-st Bank Official "I just loaned Bu!
eer fiftv thousand dollars on his busi-
"Fashionable people surely do get
things mixed up." In whet way?" "Whit
should be a horse show they make a dre's
parade, and a dress parade they call
grand opera." Baltimore American.
"Bv George, I don't know what we are
coming to! It's getting harder and hard
er to meet one's ordinary obigations."
"What's bothering you? Taxes?" "Taxes
nothing. Tips!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Your stomach is so affected that I fea.
we shall have to operate for its removal. '
"All right, remove it; I never use it any
how. "You never use ItTs vvnat ousmesi
are 'you
X am a poet uouswu
vost.
Y 1SE WAY
BT HARVKT PARSONS.
China wants to borrow $125,000,000
from United- States or anvone else who
wants to make the loan. That, one
might be pardoned for remarking, is
bof tatChlnt,whanted thVt ssr
ber of taels, it would be easy. It takes
o.wuv uiaL uuiuucr iu iucis i uwAts
cnange ior a quarter.
Chicago woman says women convicts
,.,, ! , , . . ,
should be allowed to wear corsets, be -
cause they lose their self respect when
i they lose their waistlines. The Chi
cago woman probably has a waistline I
and lots of self respect, but her at-1
tention should be called to the fact that!Re t t Bce th ma
oume oi ine rmest women or tne woria
are shaped like a dill pickle.
And it might also be well to call her
; attention to the fact that not all women
convicts are denied the right to be
squeezed in the middle. Some of them
wear straight Jackets. .
Leavenworth animal trainer was
clawed by a leopard. Bets are seven
to three that it was a lady leopard.
The Turks are claiming anothei vic
tory, but as claiming victories is one
of the favorite outdoor sports of the ;
Turks, they will have to produce some
aurKisn tropnies Detore tne claim is
generally accepted.
No matter how ornery a man may be,
i ,,-e v, .,,':
his wife always gives him credit for
good Intentions.
Owners of the Southern Pacific rail-
road of Mexico, are asking the Mexican
scrappers to please return what is left
of the railroad they borrowed some time
ago, as they might have occasion to use
it some day. But recovering a bor -
rowed railroad in Mexico is about as
easy as recovering a borrowed umbrella
in the united States.
fjrnno -IiiIca nimfh. Introduced Into
Washington society by Mrs. Champ
Clark, is said to be growing In popu -
..,,.i e i
hit wi'th the sel'ers of fancy booze who
have grown rich In catering to Wash
ington society.
A soft answer may turn away wrath,
but the damp elm club and the cuss
word beats the soft answer when it
comes to dealing with a book agent-
Ex-Governor Hoch thinks the Repub
licans should Get Together. They have
tried to Get Together, in several in
stances, and were prevented only by po
lice interference.
The First Robin of Spring no doubt
realizes, by this time, that he made a
i . . . -
mistake In not bringing along a sleep
ing bag and camp stove.
ON THE SPVR
Ot THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON.
Maud Muller.
Maud Muller, on a summer's day,
Raked the meadows, sweet with hay.
A manager rode o'er the hill,
A manager of vaudeville.
The finest raker she, I ween, "
That manager had ever seen.
He watched her for a little while
And openly admired her style.
He said a fortune she could make
In vaudeville with her old rake.
He made an offer then and there
Unto this maiden passing fair.
She packed her suitcase, said goodby,
And to the city she did hie.
Her raking stunt upon the stage
Quite soon became the howling rage.
Of course it was a patent fact
That there was nothing to her act.
But still they paid, quite strange to
say.
To see the maiden raking hay.
She made the thousands stare and
gape,
She simply got by on her shape.
She owns a high power auto now;
To spend her coin she knows not how.
This may sound very queer, but still.
It is the way of vaudeville.
According to Uncle Abner.
Mrs. Anse Frisby has got a new
vacuum cleaner and her husband says
he thinks she must try it on his
clothes while he is asleep, for he
nev-or naa a isnt when he wakes no.
Jed Fink's wife nearly shot him by short, curling strands of auburn hair,
mistake for a burglar the other night No one, to have seen Anna Seward
when he went home with his whisk- i then, would have pronounced her dis
ers shaved off and tried to get in at j contented or unhappy,
the back door without beine heard. Eleven miles or so were made In
There never was a time in the his-
tr, nf th world whun anmn feller
didn't think he was on the verge of
making a fortune through the medi-
um of a perpetual motion machine,
Hank Tumms says the nearest thing
t-ha ha b-nnrca r.r io Viia rcif'a
hrA,u,'. ion? wio wifa's
brother has been eating with him for
19 vears
Grandpa Bibbins says of course it
c o rat thinv tr, ho in rnnd anirita.
but he would a blamed sight rather ,
have the good spirits in him. i
It seems as though an accountant !
ought to be a good man to select can-
didates for the musical corned v chor- i
uses, being an expert on figures.
We see by the papers that footpads
ara c-ottino' miUn numerous down to'
,J c " ' - -
New York. Uncle Ezra Harkins asked
wnai iney was ana nanK x urrnria saiu
j j .ii i,
luuiyaua was pnua 1 1 1 l icucib puv uu
thoii- f.t r thoir xmiiri snenir in tbe
hniiaa at nli,ht ixritVimit wnlfin' im thlr
wife. Uncle Ezra is going to send
down for a pair.
Adv"e to TTnnr"?
When your wife makes a hat for hep-
self with a total expe.iu.drt ui t..u,,
don't fail to admire it, no matter what
it looks like. Don't admire it so
strongly that she will grow suspicious,
but admire it Judiciously. Don't tell her
it is the most beautiful creation you
have ever seen, but one of the most
beautiful. i
When your wife's relatives come to 1
spend a week or two with you, try to
make things pleasant for them. Let
the furnace go out and forget to order
r6,, and ?ceri?a- i
Whistle merrily when you come up
the front steps late at night and make
all the noise you can getting into the
house. That will show her that you
have no reason to conceal anything nd
that your conscience is perfectly clear
whether it is or not.
On the Wagron.
It's a long and lonesome ride
On the wagon:
And monotonous beside.
On the wagon.
But you don't see cows with wings
Or a green giraffe that sings
Or a rattlesnake that stings
Or a pink bobcat that springs
Or a grizzly bear that clings
Or a thousand other things,
On the wagon.
THE WILSON GIRLS.
Now, let us hastily proceed
To find out how they dress their hair.
Whose poems they prefer to read.
And where they buy the hats they wear.
What do they think
Of Maeterlinck,
And when was each one born and where t
Is Ibsen one whom they admire?
,-5?? any. of he lovely three
iS? 3sr$$s
. oh, who, we pray.
i an ten li they
Take milk and sugar in their tea?
How tall Is each and what's her weight?
, nmiie ine colors oi mcir
! D , they consider Wagner great?
Are they demure or otherwise?
lease name the colors of their eyes;
Please forward news
About their shoes.
And be specific as to size.
, Anrt MSS th. word from zone to zone.
Let there be not the least delay
In having all their actions known;
They must prepare
; To some"times juat De let aione.
To cease to care
Exchange.
The Militant Maid.
(By Ella Randall Pearce.)
Mrs. Seward looked anxiously at the j
aoor wnich her attractive
youngest
; daughter had Just closed behind her.
; and continued to look lonsr after the
1
i buujus ul iirm, capping louisieys nau
I riif?H awav in tVia ilatnnAA Then Virr
,.,.. . I. ,i
troubled glance shifted to the paternal
head of the family, who was cosily in
trenched behind his newspaper.
"Fathar. T dnn't nnnrnvA of rhis
BOrt of thinir at all. I think von
we ought to protest."
"What is it?" asked Mr. Seward,
. without looking up.
j "That's just it are you blind?"
; Mrs. Seward spoke a bit testily. "It's
Anna. Don't you know where she is
going?"
"Going for a walk, she said," re
plied the newspaper reader, compla-
i Cenciy.
''Yf: but do you know where and
wljy - , . ' .
The intensity of Mrs. Seward's tones
! f 'ajmed her husband s attention at
last.
"Well, mother, what is it? What's
Anna up to that makes you so upset?
I don't understand."
"Ah, that's what I thought. You
don't understand. Yet our daughter
j js out now practicing for a 'hike' to
the capital, as she calls It. She's join
ed a club: she s a suffragette!
Then Mr. Seward threw back his
head and laughed until his glasses fell
uiud: jsuirragette r xes, yes, i ve
heard her talking about it lately.
Pshaw! It's nothing but a notion."
"Father, I'm surprised at you! Do
i we want Anna's name in the papers,
i.Qn1 A ntio. Va -1 1 - tn fir all jti a tVia nniin-
and Anna 'hiking' all over the conn
try? She says she's going with tho
club tomorrow; she's been training for
the past two weeks. She walked ten
miles yesterday, and she's off again
today. Why, she'll make herself
sick."
Mr. Seward looked thoughtful.
"I wouldn't worry about Anna's get
ting sick in that way, or doing any
thing discreditable, mother. If she's
taken a notion to join the female suf
frage party and hike along with them,
there's no harm to it,".
"Oh, but, father, that Isn't all.
There's something at the bottom of
all this. Anna's discontented-already;
that's why she's turned to the excite
ment of club affairs. Our little girl's
unhappy; she's not herself since Mor
gan Giles went away. You know Anna
was always so gentle, so domestic. It
isn't like her to be militant."
"Well, if walking will help her any,
let her walk," said Mr. Seward, as he
returned to his paper; but a shade of
gravity had fallen over his genial face.
Anna, his little daughter, discontent
ed? Unhappy? That was a new, dis
agreeable thought.
Mrs. Seward resumed her needle
work with a sigh. Since the day of
the lovers' quarrel, when Morgan Giles
had left the Seward home forever,
as he had avowed she had noticed
with much anxiety the growing unrest
and fitful moods of the girl.
Unaware of the disturbance in her
home, Anna Seward swung buoyantly
through the streets of the town, and
out upon the suburban highway. She
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THE EVENING S10RY
was the picture of youthful health sonal bit which she has been saving up enced by clamor, by flattering at so
and bloom. Her close-fitting costume especially tor me. Nor am I the only cials given by Mrs. Clark, or by sten-
revealed lines of supple grace; her
dark blue eyes were sparkling; the
breeze that tossed the white feather
of her can backward, loosened the
good time, and after a brief rest, the
traveler started on her homeward
way. All went well until Anna
: reached the outskirts of the town
again. Just as she was crossing the
wide driveway that encircled the
riark toward which her footsteps were
leading, a bie touring car laden with
a gay, reckless party, bore swiftly
i down upon her. Anna stopped ab
: ruptly. took a startled step backward,
placed her foot on a loose stone, ana
as it rolled over, she came tumbling
to the ground. .-
The motor car had been brought to
a standstill, and one of the party
came back to her assistance; but Anna
had drawn herself to a seat beside the
driveway. ,..,.,
"I'm all right." she said, laughing
, 3 1. . f
nervously; and. it was not until after
e'J v-t1 . . , . iV . r
srnna thi tho p-i rl realized that she
- -
was really injured.
Anna same nacK on tne iron seal,
conscious of increasing pain ana me
fact that the afternoon glow was shift
ing lnio LHt3 BlaJ UA iwiiifciiu
three times she tried to stand on the
- : ...... .3 aha waa Vi n 1 nl nda
JAlma waited. It seemed, after a
while, that the big gray car was to
be the last that would pass that way
before night set in. After a time she
grew uneasy. The road was rather
lonely at this turn.
"I guess I will be out of the march
tomorrow," thought Anna grimly,
Another hour dragged by. Sounds
of passing on the driveway within the
Park could be heard, but no one came
? on e teL,ad- Soon the
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Merced the darkness. The lonely girl
realiy apprehensive. Even if
nyone should come now, she would
be timid about hailing a, stranger in
the nitrht. The nain in her crippled
foot became intense, and she had to
set her teeth sometimes to bear the
sharp pangs without crying out.
Then came a gay whistle out of the
shadows, lilting like a bird's song.
Surely It would be safe to hail one
who could whistle in that way.
"Boy! Boy!" cried Anna. "Oo-oo-here."
The whistling lad approached won
deringly. Anna told her story, and
he scurried away like a rabbit. A few
minutes later he was back with an
old fashioned buggy and a driver.
"He came to see pa, and pa's out,"
he explained, breathlessly. "But he'll
drive you home, and I'll bring the
horse back. I told him it'd take two
of us to get you home."
"He" came toward the seat by the
roadside, and the girl gave a little
scream. "Oh, Miss Seward, is it you?"
said Mors-an Giles, stifflv. "T ca.me
down to see this boy's father about j
some carpentry work. I never
guessed-
"If you had, I suppose I'd been left
. here all night." Anna's tones were
iuu uosen 10 sound very angry, "i m js.ansas. sut a rather cursory exami
sorry I'm so helpless, Mr. Giles." ; nation of their so-called miscellaneous
I suppose that means you're sorry appropriation bill shows that they were
lSS.t0 ""P' my helP Yel-" on0 their Job all the time. No more
sharply, I ve got to carry yo'u to the , convincing proof could we have of It
.fjSn- ir- TM1 ma,. ., , ' than this item from the bill of "The
Anna but the first' she" FWelity OU Co- . "
iMiSZ!j0LC::V" ?a furnished the legislature of
,ed her up in his arms masterfully.
' He did not speak again during the
lone drive fhrnmrh th. norir Anno
cast a few shy glances at his stern
profile; his broad shoulders looming
beside her; his strong hands on the
reins. Suddenly a sharp twinge made
her utter a little gasping cry, quickly
suppressed.
"Shall I stop at the doctor's?" asked
Morgan, gruffly.
"Nohome, please." .
He turned his head. "I'm sorry
you're suffering. But what were you
doing so far from home and alone?"
Anna's heart leaped. He was in
terested, at least. Her mood softened.
"I was finishing a fifteen-mile walk.
My club starts for Albany tomorrow."
"Your club? Albany? Tou mean"
"Yes, I'm working for the cause. I
have a mission in life, now."
fie did not see her face, but her
vnir- ,nnH i "-i.- ...
. . . . v.u.mi i.Lixf, ucaiiie iia
uncompromising statement Mnrirnn
Giles sat silent a moment. The -little
figure beside him stirred uneasily.
Would he accept her words as a final
ity? Then a man's laugh rang out
freely, mirthfully.
"Anna Seward, is that why "
"No, it isn't!" she said crossly. "I
thought of that after after you went
away."
"But you told me to go. You said
you would never marry; you would
not allow anv man to dictate to you."
"Oh, oh, but that was about quite
a. different matter. And you were so
high-handed. I I just couldn't stand
Another silence; then young Giles
brought his lips close to the girl's in
clined ear.
"And, now Anna, now?"
The lights of home flashed out. The
man sprang down, and wrapped his
arms around the unresisting girl; her
head dropped to his shoulder.
"And, now?" came his urgent whis
per, as he carried her to her door.
Her arms clung closer as her voice
answfed him in mocking petulance.
What can a girl do when she is
-"fi" anu can i walk or run
away, Morgan?
ne naa just time to kiss her hur
riedly before the door was opened.
(Copyright, 1913, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Memory Cupboard.
Do you keep memory cupboards in
j EVENING CUAT I
! BT KLT3 CA3CBROX.
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"""" " to put the things; and wash it and distribute it. But it is
that will interest your various friends? all in the day's work, and the manner
rr,i- . . i . I. ..... . ....
xue uuicr aay i met a woman whom
I usually see about half a dozen times
a year. As soon as our greetings were
over she said warmly. "I'm so glad to
Ksee you. I wanted to tell you about
a letter I had from Miss L., you re
member, the lady who visited us last
she" went Tto ten nf" Md ' verattrVcUvr The
wfrdT Sric t v, i, f some kind buzz of spoilsmen fills the atmosphere
words Miss L- had been good enough around it. The salary is $5,000, the
to write about my little talks, and work what the director chooses to
which, needless to say, made the rest of i make it. Speaker Clark has a can
the day bright for me. didate for this position, and Mrs.
Now, she had received that letter Clark is "said to be using all her in
some six weeks before, and she had fluence for her husband's choice,
been saving this up to tell me all that Some Democratic politicians insist that
time. the job should be given to a man. The
That is what I mean by memory cud- Present director is Miss Lathrop of
boards. Chicago and Illinois. She was ap-
I never see this woman hut tnat ,ii. pointed on her record as a pirticular
has something in h rrTVl lv al a"d unselfish charity worker
board fSr m nt of.r memofy cupT . and investigator of matters relating to
board for me. Of course it isn't al- pubiiC health and public welfare. We
ways a compliment. Sometimes it's a , gear that she is serenely attending to
new nonsense rhyme, because she her duties. The worrying and talk
knows I enjoy these products of a pe- ing, the planning and speculating of
culiar genius. Sometimes it's a piece candidates for her position, and of
of news about some mutual friend,
Sometimes a suggestion of a topic that
I might enjoy using. But she always
brines Into our conversation snmo nsr.
one thus honored by any means. I torian demands ror a masculine ai
happen to know that she does this tor rector. The bureau Is new; Mis
all her friend
Do you wonder that she has just as
many inenas as sne nas room ror
and then a lot more?
I think this woman acquired the habit
of keeping memory cupboards for the
' f ake, f .her mother ho was a serai-
invalid for years. She has told me
that she used to be always on the alert
to pick up any little incident, or piece
of news or information to take home
to the shut-in. And I suppose that is
how the gracious custom first became a
! habit with her.
Little things like the repeated com-
pliment, the interesting bit of news, the
j carefully remembered nonsense rhyme,
can give a great deal of pleasure. For proverb which said that the busiest
in addition to their intrinsic value one thing in creation is an old hen with
is also pleased by the kindly spirit ; one chicken. It's the same way with
that stored them up. I human beings. The person who do
There are some people who never but little does it with a lot of unnec
have interesting things like this to tell: essary hustle and bustle and running
there are other people who occasionally to and fro. The effective worker, who
give pleasure that way, more by chance really has a great deal to do, since no
than intention; and there are a few
mull lllteiuiuiit iiw mcic aic a. "
, who deilDerate,y keep these memory
cunbnards
I cupDoarus
To which class do you belong?
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
Dead men make no sales.
A rolling stone gets the hard knocks.
Give a pretty girl a mirror lest she get
lonesome.
Few men so live that when they die the
undertaker sheds tears.
Some automobile owners are hard
pressed to keep the wolf from the garage.
The difference between a hospital and a
sanitarium may be from $20 a week up.
Though a man with money be a bad egg,
people seldom take offense until he ta
broke.
No. Cordelia, so far as we know the
hookworm has never been educated 10
hook a woman's gown up the back.
Things are not always what their names
would indicate. For instance, the vacuum
cleaner is never used to clean vacuums.
Sometimes a girl who marries a man to
reform him succeeds so thoroughly that
he wouldn't marry again if he lived to oe
as old as Methuselah-.
Personal.
An-rious Wife You say every time
your husband comes home he smells
of whiskey. Dear Madame, do not
i mo. "r,V- ' ; " :r"
,-orry. it ne oniy ' """that slams and bangs its way througn
whiskey will never hurt him. Drink
ing it is what does the damage.
Cuthbert You ask us wha.t to wear
when you go to the theater. Well, we
would advise a coat, vest, trousers,
shirt, collar, necktie, cuffs, socks and
shoes. There may be others who
think differently but this is the usual
order.
KANSAS COMMENT
IMPORTANT APPROPRIATIONS.
We have not had time nor an op-
various appropriations made by the
first and last Democratic legislature of
. .
I ,w ? knew that the legislature had
plenty of waste, both of time and mon-
ey' but w did not know the Fidelity
'l company supplied it. We suppose
the grease was used to lubricate the
legislative machinery and the oil to
make the Waggener-Orr machine run
smothly. It always takes oil for trou
bled waters. When we think of it we
can only stop and wonder at the mod
esty of the amount, $41.26 for oil and
grease for the legislature of 1913.
They were not so parsimonious, how
ever, when It came to a matter of pre
paring their record for Inspection by
the people. For here we have the fol
lowing item: "West Disinfecting Com
pany, for supplies furnished tb,e legis
lature of 1913, $94.15." That 1s about
a dollar apiece for each Democratla
member of the legislature. We are In-
fnfl h -iio,i h..i .1.
; J i . njaiviaua l 1 1 c l
dollars worth of disinfectant will de
stroy the odor of the most putrid rec
ord. We want to commend the wis
dom of the legislature In providing a
liberal amount of disinfectant. Arkan
sas City Traveler.
FROM OTHER PENS
WATCH IT GROW.
The" parcel post will be remembered
as one of the monuments of the Taft
administration. It was not established
by congress until late in the adminis
tration, but it has grown and developed
in the two months of its existence in a
way remarkable among government in
stitutions. No branch of Postmaster
General Hitchcock's department has
shown a faster growth.
The extension of the service to the
city branches, and the creation of a
C. O. D. feature, are its two latest de
velopments. Now it will be possible to
send a parcel to a buyer anywhere in
the country and have the amount due
collected and remitted by the postofflco
department. Ten cents will have to be
paid as a fee for collection, and not
more than $100 will be collected. This
C. O. D. feature is an innovation in the
work of the government. No doubt it
will do good service.
Along with the frequent stories of In
novations in the parcel-post . service
come stories of experiences like that of
the postmaster in Milburn, N. J. He
found that a can of maple syrup had
burst in transit, and it took him nearly
a day to sort that bagful of mail, steam
in wnicn tne employees oi xne post-
I office department have taken hold of
i and perfrm!d a niw. branc,n of P?8t"
ffe, lar 18 mUCh t0 the'r credlt--
Buffalo Express.
SPOILS STRATAGEMS AND MAN.
The position of director or tne cnn-
their backers, leave her calm. We
imagine that the spoilsmen are reck-
onine without the man at the White
House. He is not likely to be influ-
Jainrop is me ubiu "iramii i u
right place to give the bureau a name.
a province and prospects of real use-
fuine83. Ninety-nine big red apples
to one that Misa Lathrop will remain
where she Is in spite of all the brain
storms of the spoilsmen and their
wives cousins and aunts. Chicago
Record Herald.
SAYS UNCLE GAV
There are a good many folks who
think they're doers when they're only
stewers. In Puckyhuddle we had a
""Ch person is ever wiwioui re-
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sary noise and the useless movements.
He can't get results unless he does,
and he's got to get results. It takes
energy to make a noise and a great
show of Industry. The doer applies
his energy where it will be of use, the
stewer where it will attract attention.
"What's the fellow doing?" some
one asked Old Doc Houser one day.
Indicating the village ne'er-do-well
who was busily stirring about his
barnyard.
"Nothin," " snorted Doc. "He ain t
doin' a thing he's :st busy."
That's the stewer in a nutshell.
There's no limit to th3 activity of
the stewer. He ourns up energy at
the rate of ninety miles an hour. He
attracts more allontlon ian a .Vni
real workers, and unless ym l-.i.k at
his assets you -irs likely to p-int him
out as a shining example of hustle
and efficiency. The troubte Is that
he has the first quality without the
latter.
There Is little room in the l usiness
world for the stewer. The casual ob
server may be deceived by his exces
sive and showy acti-'Jty, but the busi
ness man wants results. By dear ex
perience he has learned that noise and
work don't go well together. The ef
fective machine usually runs without
clatter. It is tne tar-gone rauieirau
its task, and that principle applies t
the human rattletrap as well, as to th
inanimate one. xu worK is always
than half done. The iracLical mmn
knows this, shows the stewer the dor
and goes to look for a doer. (Copy-,
right, 1913. by the McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)