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TTTE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTTRNAIr-MONDAY EVENING, . MARCH 24, 1913-
By FRANK P. MAC LENNAN.
TOntered July 1. 1875. as second-class
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VOLUME XXXV.
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The news la received In The State Jour
nal brildln over wires for this sole pur
pose.
There are so many former wives of
Nat Goodwin that they should hold a
reunion. .-
Mr. Bryan is expected to become one
of the heaviest contributors to foreign
missions. "
Uncle Joe Cannon has gone back to
Danville where his fences are saaiy
out of repair.
Even a national chairman may not
feel financially able to accept an Amer
ican ambassadorship.
"Let the women be heard from,"
says a headline in the Chicago Post.
Well, generally, they are.
Now Johns Hopkins University wants
Mr. Taft. Mr. Wilson had better keep
a sharp eye on Princeton.
The annual egg rolling will take place
In Washington next Monday. The log
rolling will begin about two weeks
later. '
Talking about the robin as a welcome
harbinger of spring, how about those
small hats for women in the show win
dows? The word "buffaloed" may take on
an additional meaning when the new
nickels are played into the slot ma
chines. King Alfonso is going to do Paris,
ierlin.and London, but- apparency he
isn't interested in Havana or A.'ash
lngton. The fly is now in the same fix as
Cipriano Castro. An international
swatting campaign has been started
against him.
Illinois ranks third in population in
the United States but in the matter
of U. S. senators it is at the very tail
of the procession.
It is doubtful, however, that Presi
dent Wilson will be able to induce the
Democrats to adopt the water wagon
as their party emblem.
It will be noted that the Mexican edi
tor waited until he was well out of
Mexico before telling the public how
Madero met his death.
It is fortunate that ?xine Elliott
does not use the same church every
time she marries. If she did the aisle
carpet would soon wear out.
As though John Bull did not al
ready have worries enough with Ger
man airships and suffragettes. Secre
tary Bryan has added his quota.
A Chicago University professor proves
that the mother-in-law Joke is 5.000
years old. But as a joke the Chicago
University professor can't claim any
such distinction.
In announcing a pension system for
Its employees the American Telephone
and Telegraph company says in its
annual report: Nearly 200,000 men and
women who are now giving their best
years to the telephone and telegraph
service of the country, will henceforth
be assured of assistance In the exi
gencies of life, for which not all are
able to provide, and will also be assur
ed of a provision for their declining
years.
Two hundred and seventy-seven sam
ples of butter packed for the navy last
spring and summer were recently op
ened and examined by experts at the
department of agriculture after having
been kept in cold storage for from
seven to ten months, and were found
to be of fine quality, being graded as
"extras." the highest market grade.
The excellent keeping quality of this
butter is attributed to the fact that
it was made from pasteurized sweet
cream.
The navy department has directed
the convening of boards of officers on
Monday, July 14. 1913, for the pur
pose of holding competitive examina
tions of young men between the ages
of 21 and 27 years, for the purpose
of filling the vacancies in the grade
of second lieutenant, United States
marine corps. These examinations
will be held in Washington, D. C, San
Francisco, Cal., and in other cities if
the number of applicants will justify
the expense involved. The pay . of a
second lieutenant is $1,700 per annum,
with 10 per cent additional for each
five years" service. In addition there
are certain allowances in the way ol
quarters, beat and light, or commuta-
tion thereof. The position. If Becured
is for life, or good behavior, and of
ficers commissioned as second lieuten
ants are In line for promotion to the
higher grades as vacancies occur. Of
ficers of the marine corps are required
to serve at sea on vessels of the navy.
and on shore at naval stations in the
United States or in Its foreign posses
sions.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IX ALASKA.
The only territorial legislature In
the United States (continental) has
granted full suffrage to women.
Why Alaska has enfranchised the
women is a question easy to answer.
It wants more of them, and it wants
them on any terms. If suffrage will
make Alaska more attractive to wom
en, they can have it. Jury service is
a burden as well as a privilege, and
Alaska exempts women from such
service. But if they shall ask for jury
service, they will get it without a dis
senting vote.
In fact,, they will get anything if
they will only come and marry the
miners, fishermen, prospectors and
others who are unanimously opposed
to single blessedness.
Alaska suggests a new way of get
ting suffrage a better way than vio
lence, says the Chicago Record-Herald.
Let the women threaten to emigrate
from the states that deny them the
vote to states or territories that grant
It. In this way they will get votes
going and coming, as It were.
SAME OLD MEXICO.
News from Mexico is the same old
news, with slight variations in such
details as names, dates and localities.
There is abundant evidence that the
country is nearly . as uneasy, unsafe
and distraught as it was before Ma
dero was butchered.
Fighting ia reported, almost every
day, from several provinces. It is
not confined to any one section. The
rebels in the field are led by men of
different types and interests whose
only bond of union appears to be
hatred of the government, as it is
now constituted.
Claims made immediately after
the success of the Huerta-Diaz revolt
in the City of Mexico, that the insur
gents were fast coming to terms and
laying down their arms, appear to have
been without foundation. It is patent
that peace haa not been restored, eith
er in the vicinity of the American
frontier or in the fastnesses of Za
pata's savage bands, not far from the
capital.
Yet peace must come before any
lasting improvement in the general
state of the Mexican people can be
hoped for. Order is the first and great
est need of the nation. If it can be
established, the means used will play
a secondary part in determining the
future of Mexico.
MUNICIPAL BATHS.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, has added to
its list of municipal ownership a pub
lie bath, and has expended during the
past year $60,000 for building and
maintenance.
For some years the importance of
providing a municipal bath had been
apparent, because of the treacherous
undercurrents of the rivers where the
children of the city have been accus
tomed to bathe. Accordingly, a large
bathhouse was erected on the Red
river, at an expense of about $47,000.
It cost approximately $10,000 to main
tain the baths during the year which
ended December 31, 1912, and the
revenue from fees of various kinds
amounted to about $5,500.
The baths were opened on May 7,
1'912, and during the four months of
its operation 61,201 paid for admit
tance and 509 boy scouts and cadets
were admitted free. Of this number
34,505 were men, 6,452 women, 17,
795 boys, and 3,449 girls. The city
charges a fee of 10 cents for adults
and 5 cents for children under 15
years of age. For this fee each per
son is admitted, supplied with a
bathing suit, towel, and a piece of
soap. Before entering the bath each
person is required to take a shower
bath and be examined before entering
the plunge.
The season closed with a carnival, at
which various prizes were awarded for
excellence in certain feats. The suc
cess of the public bath had been so
marked that the authorities are con
templating building another to supply
the needs of another section of the
city.
THK POLICY OF RESTORATION.
In his inaugural address President
Wilson said he had come to restore
and not to tear down, or something
to that effect. His policy of restora
tion has been started by his refusal
to lend the guarantee of the govern
ment to the proposed Chinese loan,
This is clearly a return to the old
time policy of the republic. It is
substantially an abandonment of
"dollar diplomacy" as far as the
orient is concerned.
American bankers must take their
own chances in lending money to the
new Chinese republic, without any im
plied assurance from the United
States that it will assist in collecting
the loan by exerting influence upon
China.
It cannot be questioned that the
statement just issued voices the tra
ditional American- policy of noninter
ference In over-sea affairs and avoid
ance of foreign entanglements. The
plea will be made in reply that Amer
ican commerce will suffer, and that
the time has gone by when the United
States could refrain from assuming
the burdens incident to participation
in the world's affairs. Opinions will
differ as to which is the proper course
to pursue. The majority of Ameri
cans, however, are more likely to ap
plaud than to disapprove of President
Wilson's stand. The trade of the ori
ent is relatively a small matter, in
which only a few persons are con
cerned. What it may be in the future
is another story. When the time
comes for expansion in that direction,
the average American will deem him
self able to hold bis own with for-
eign competitors. At present he is
too busily engaged at home to bother
about oriental trade.
But whether the pocket nerve of
the average American be touched or
not by this new announcement, says
the Washington Post, it is true that
there is no desire in this country to
assume any new political responsibil
ities abroad. There is no sentiment
in favor of extending the already dis
tended Monroe doctrine to embrace
China, even in the shape of friendly
tutelage. If the proposed loan would
have obligated the United States either
to bolster up the Chinese government
or hold a club over it, the adminis
tration has done well to wash its
hands of the proposal.
JAYHAWKER JOTS
John D. Rockefeller is among the
taxpayers at Iola.
Verd Napier claims that even a den
ial. Ltta me nerve of some
people.
Billy Morgan suggests turning the
Kansas blue sky" law onto the high
wot ui living.
A garage burned at Marysville. The
new motor lire wagon, which it held,
was destroyed.
The Hutchinson News says it is a
woman that has started a daily paper
in Iola in opposition to Charlie Scott's
.Kegister.
Jr-redonia has a boy orator. He is
lb years old and is about to under
take a speaking tour of the state in
tne interest of Socialism.
Don't forget when you are looking
for a safe investment, says Anna
Carlson, that Mansions in the Skies
are exempt from taxation.
The Burr Oak Herald is glad to live
in a countr where hot air is used as
ammunition in a political campaign
ratner tnan hot lead as In Mexico.
The Ottawa Herald wants to know
why a two hundred-fifty pound farm
er always sits at one end of the spring
seat wnen ne could just as well sit in
the middle.
Bert Walker says: "I notice that the
man the other fellow calls lucky Is
generally one who spends about $7 in
a raffle to draw something that Is
worth about 65 cents."
According to the Jamestown Obti
mist it all depends. It says: "It may
or may not be best for you to be an
early riser. That all depends on
whether you are a bird or a worm.
Gomer Davies's Concordia Daily
Kansan was eight years old this week
If it keeps on filling a long felt want
a few more years, says the Salina
Journal, it will demonstrate that it has
come to stay.
GLOBE SIGHTS
BT THK ATCHISON GLOBE.
Jude Johnson found Doc Hyde not guilty
again today.
A horse Is an Intelligent animal, and
can swear by laying back its ears.
A man is apt to regard anything as legiti
mate business if he isn't arrested for It.
Most men are so unlucky that, when
they find money, they can find the own
er, all right.
An Atchison man Is sn anxious to be
aristocratic that he refers to his bunions
as the gout.
Farmers are so anxious to get up early
that there will always be a good market
for lanterns.
Neither can you estimate a girl's educa
tion by the number ef college pennants
bedecking her boudior.
Some men play poker. whil others sat
isfy their gambling instinct by buying
second hand machinery.
A man can thread a needle all right.
if he feels the sewing has to be done, and
there is no woman around.
A woman may demonstrate, her economy
by painting the furniture, but that isn't
the reason she paints her face.
Going down there is one way of earn
ing that the Sunny South isn't as chival
rous and hospitable as advertised.
The Wise Guy who remarked that hon
esty is the best policy, didn't say it was
the best paying policy, although he might
have.
While circuses come nearer to their ad
vance notices than formerly, they haven't
reached that point where their posters
are photographs.
There are no available statistics, but
it is improbable that any woman ever
fell in love with a man while the man
was wearing a hunting coat.
Ab. Adkins has a hard time supporting
one family, and is a modest man," and so
homely It hurts. Still, it is hard for him
to get home late at night without being
eccused of leading a Double Life..
QUAKER MI7DITATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
A close mouth is seldom open to sus
picion.
Many a man has a mighty small ex
cuse for feeling big.
In politics every man believes that one
good term deserves another.
How can a mere man be perfect when
even the sun has spots on it?
A woman can't throw a state, but
did you ever see one who couldn't hurl
aenancer
The trouble with the average man Is
that he doesn't try to mend his ways ti'l
he's broke.
It Isn't hard to be a philosopher; all
you have to d0 is to preach what you
don't practice.
Hubbubs "How do you manage to keep
your cook?" Subbubs "By trying to get
rid of her."
The Bible tells us that woman was
made from man's ribs, so she could make
no bones about it.
Don't lose sight of the fact that many
a deliberate truth carries more malice
than an innocent lie.
Tommy "Pop, what are prejudices?"
Tommy's Pop "Prejudices, my son, are
merely other people's opinions."
Blobbs "There is only one thing a
woman loves more than to be told a s
cret." Slobbs "And that is?" Blobbs
"To find it out herself."
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
Never hit a man when he's got you
down.
Revenge generally seeks refuge in -.
small head.
Millinery also shows which way the
wind blows.
Somehow the majority of our good deeds
never get found out.
To require a reputation for stinginess a
man pays a high price.
Justice is whet every man wants, pro
vided he may define it himself. .
You must sprint if you would catch good
luck or outfoot the other kind.
Of course there is risk in marriage, but
every normal man is fond of adventure.
Before making up your mind be sure
that you have the right kind of material
In stock.
After he has failed to make good a
weakling spends all the rest of his time
explaining that he didn't get a square
deal.
The cynical world would be far more
likely to sit up and take notice if more of
the reformers would begin on themselves.
RY THE WAY
BT HARVEY PARSONS.
Friend Zel Hopkins says he Is go
ing to put the lid on the fake employ
ment bureaus. If he can put a crimp
in the yap who makes a living by
trimming a job-seeker out of his last
dollar for a fake position, he will have
mitigated, to a certain extent, the
odium of "newspaper man" which
now hangs' over him. - - . .
Ike Gilberg has returned from his
journey into the realms of politics. So
far as results are concerned, Ike's re
turn trip was not a long one. Ike was
an idealist, and he can. make trousers
and vests faster and more lasting than
he could make converts to his relig
ion of good will, universal kindness
and equality. Ike is hereby commis
sioned the architect and contractor for
our next new suit which will be con
structed, probably, some time after
the opening of the. Panama canal.
As to the "most promising candi
dates," that is hard to decide on the
spur of the moment. They are all
promising a whole lot.
Reporters handled the case of the
Kansas City man who shot himself in
the head over an infatuation, with
rare circumspection. Not one laid
himself liable to criticism by stating
that the man "blew out his brains."
State Senator Price of Greenwood
has opened another bank, but there
seems to be no takers for the bet that
he didn't do it on his legislative per
diem.
The new liquor shipment laws will
work a great hardship on Topeka
bootleggers. Now they will have to
make all their booze, instead of just
part of it.
Which will be some hardship on
our Topeka bootleggers. Our police
department and our sheriff, who are
friendly and working together to a
common end, keep the bootleggers so
busy doing the marathon that they
have scant time for laboratory work.
Forty three years ago, the peach
trees were in bloom. That fact is
duly recorded, but whether or not a
full peach crop resulted is lost to his
tory. The difference between a start
and finish, (moral), is several sticks
of type in the record of the future.
Experience is the best teacher, all
right, but her tuition fees are even
higher than those, of the "socially
prominent" music teacher.
The Fly has not arrived, but It is
reported that he has bought his. tick
et and berth reservation for the trip.
The condition of Mexico is remind-
ful of the colored gent, denizen of the
"bottoms," who called on a druggist
and observed that he was suffering
with a "missery." He was given both
ends of a Seidlltz separately and a
large drink of water for a chaser.
SAYS UNCLE GAV
Some newspaper "fake artist" pro
duced a tale the other day that was
as false as it was quaint, and which
had, for all that,. more than a modi
cum of truth in it. It was all about a
Kansas farmer's prize milk cow that
lost an eye and her pride at the same
time. Whereupon, says the tale, the
bovine began to worry and her milk
failed. A veterinary surgeon restored
the cow's pride by supplying a glass
eye, and her milk producing powers
returned.
There are a heap of folks on earth
who are just like that imaginary cow.
The rule doesn't always hold good,
but if you could Induce most failures
to improve their personal appearance,
you'd presently find that instead of de
pleting their bank accounts you naa
increased them. The man who gets
down at the heel gets discouraged at
the same time. He begins by recog
nizing the fact that lack of cleanliness
and good clothes made disagreeable
first impressions that are difficult to
eradicate. Unless he be an unusually
strong character, he ends by accept
ing the common, first sight verdict and
admits himself beaten. Then he stops
producing. When he reaches that
state, he needs a new glass eye.
There's an eminently respectable,
bewhiskeerd old fable that made a
little point and just stopped short of
making a big one. it concerns tne
old farmer who upon going to the city
was induced to buy a plug hat.
It then occurred to him that his
coat and shoes were not in keeping
with his .new headgear and that the
attention of a barber was needed to
make the picture just what it should
be. Next it seemed a shame that
one so gaudily clad should ride home
in an old farm wagon. He bought a
carriage. His, tumbled down house
was not in keeping with the carriage,
so he built a new one. All of which
teaches that most men have a sense
of consistency. The story should have
gone farther, for it is a moral cer
tainty that after that new house was
built and the cottage organ installed
in the parlor, the old man had a new
pride in himself which gave him the
necessary incentive to get into touch
with the agricultural college to find
out how to make two bushels of corn
grow on land that had produced only
one bushel before.
Most of us live up to appearances.
Now and then there is a man who can
wear shabby clothes and retain
enough self confidence to obtain a
hearing in the councils of the great,
but these men are as scarce as white
blackbirds.
To be successful most of us must
look successful.' We need the un
questioning handclasp, the ready
smile, the exaggerated estimate of
ourselves that go with a prosperous
appearance. These things form a
considerable part of the capital of
success. A lot of us are in the con
dition of the imaginary cow we need
new glass eyes. (Copyright, 1913, by
the McCIure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Plumber's Revenge.
A Springburn woman, who is not
noted for her liberality, had a some
what unpleasant experience the other
day. A corporation workman had
arrived at her house to fix up a "free"
gas cooker, and the housewife thought
to profit by the occasion by having
her parlor chandelier hung. The man
was agreeable and the task occupied
the greater part of his meal hour. His
labor was rewarded with a plate of
soup, which he refused.
The workman, however, was pos
sessed of the stuff of which diplomats
are made. He said nothing, but before
leaving requested a further loan of the
steps, remarking, "That chandelier
isna hangin' richt, an" I" feared o" an
escape." When the woman entered
the room some time afterwards to see
what improvement had been effected,
she discovered the chandelier- Ij'ing
under the table. And she is now await
ing the bill from one of the local I
plumbers. Glasgow News. 1
THE CRUSOIXG OF SPIFKINS.
Young Spifkins had a fortune that had
COmn down from fofa AaA
lie had lived his life in luxury and style;
The beet the market offered was the thing
young Spifkins had
Existence was a matter of his pile.
But Spifkins had a shipwreck on a far-off,
ouumern snore, i
And all his wood and grub he Tiad to
haul:
He'd thought he couldn't live without the
comforts from his store.
But soon he had forgot about 'em all
He found he could be happy in his tattred
pantaloons
He never missed his eollar and his tie;
And restaurants and taxis he forgot, ere
many moons
And. forgetting such, he didn't want to
die.
And so, when some one landed on the Isle
where Spifkins dwelt,
He chased the rash intruders from his
tent; "' .
"I'll not go back," cried Spifkins, as he
whaled them with his belt
T . never knew before what living
meant."
Arthur Chapman.
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THE EVENING STORY
The Oourtright Diamonds.
(By Izola Forrester.)
"One watch, diamond fleur de Iys
setting on back case. Five diamond
rings, .none marked. One diamond
pendant set in platinum, thirty-four
small diamonds. Diamond and pearl
drop earrings." Denny Garrity paused
in his inventory and wipe off his fore
head. "Where did she carry them
all, and did she wear them week
days?"
Walt Jessup did not answer. He
leaned over the paper on the desk,
following with his finger the items as
he read them off for the detective to
copy.
"About $45,000 worth, we estimate
altogether, Denny," he finished up.
"All easy to identify. You've seen
how the house is laid out. There
hasn't been a burglar inside the place.
We never leave the house entirely
empty, and yesterday there was no
one here outside the family except my
sister's secretary, Miss Haywood."
"What's the regular family?" asked
Denny.
"Well, there's Mrs. Courtright, my
sister, and Mr. Courtright's invalid
daughter, Miss Violet, by his first
marriage, and myself. That is except
ing, as I say, Miss Haywood and the
servants. Mrs. Courtright does not
suspect any of them."
"And these are all her own things,
none belonging to the other ladies
mentioned?"
"You mean to Miss Violet or Miss
Haywood? Oh, certainly not. They
are all my sister s personal jewels. She
has not returned home as yet, but is
on her way. Last Saturday she left
here for Lenox. Her maid, Rodensen
a Swedish woman, always carries the
handbag containing the jewels and
other valuables. It seems that Mrs.
Courtright did not discover the loss
until that evening when she unlocked
the case and found it empty."
"It was locked?"
"I presume so, although she has not
written fully. She will be here this
evening, and then you may ask her
yourself. I haven't any theories about
the thing at all. It s all an infernal
mixup, but I think the maid is on, if
you ask me. The jewels were all given
to Mrs. Courtright by her late hus
band, and she thinks the world of
them."
"How about the secretary?"
Jessop flushed and half closed his
eyes.
We will leave Miss Haywood out
of the whole thing, if you please, he
said. "She is to be my wife. Just a
moment."
Down the broad oak staircase came
two girls, one tall and strong, the
other small and misshapen.
Miss Haywood and Miss Violet
Courtright," Jessop murmured. "You
had better wait for me in the smoking
room."
"Violet insisted on my helping her
down to you, Walt," said Kate Hay
wood, her face full of tender anxiety.
we re both so worried about this.
you know. Have you heard any
thing?"
Jessop waited until he had helped
Violet into the easy lounging chair,
and sat beside her, stroking her slim
white hand between his warm palms.
He had always felt sorry for the girl,
ever since Grace, his sister, had mar
ried her father. She seemed such a
fiery, sensitive soul to be imprisoned
In the frail invalid body.
"Not a word," he said cheerily. "But
you must not worry. I am sending out
a full alarm, and a reward is being
offered. Grace will be here soon, and
it is better not to let the servants see
you are nervous. Why did you come
down, Violet?"
Violet opened her eyes and looked
not at him, nor at the dark, vivacious
face of Miss Haywood, but at the great
sparkling log in the huge fireplace.
"I didn't want to be alone, and Miss
Haywood wanted to know if they had
heard anything. I wish Grace were
here."
Jessop dropped her hand and rose
at the humming of a car up the
drive.
"Guess you've got your wish, VI," he
laughed.
She turned her head to watch him as
he stepped to the outer hall, Kate
Haywood at his shoulder. From the
shadows of the smoking room Dennv
Garrity watched her, and he saw the
strange, frowning wave of pain that
pinched the girl's face when she thought
she was alone.
"Guess Walt Jessop's too popular
'round here," mused Denny, gravely.
"Folks can lose worse things than
diamonds.
Then he saw Grace Courtright as
she came leisurely into the great liv
ing room, her fur cloak thrown open,
her face rosy and handsome from her
ride up from the station. She had nut
her arms impulsively around the fragile
figure In the low chair, and Denny
thought it seemed to shrink from the
contact.
"Why, child, how ill you look," she
exclaimed. "Walt, I'm afraid you and
Kate have been to happy to think of
VI. Now, don't all tell me of the rob
bery at once. Rin for tea, Kate will
you please? Walt, hadn't Mr. Garrity
better have some refreshment?" Then
as the two men were safely out of
hearing, she leaned forward, and looked
directly at Violet. "What is it, dear?
You seem 111."
Kate hesitated, then went softly out
of the room. She had never understood
the queer, bitter nature of the girl, a
bitterness so strangely interwoven with
a love of all that was beautiful In
art and music. Yet vaguely she had
sensed her isolation in that happy,
healthy, vigorous family, after the
death of her father. Perhaps too. she
guessed what Walt never dreamed of,
why Violet rarely looked him in the
eyes..
For an instant Mrs. Courtright hesi
tated, too. She wished she had taken
Violet with her. The girl was moody
and apt to be morbid. Then she reached
over impulsively, and took her close In
her arms. Violet clung to her almost
convulsively, for the first time, and be-1
heavy, dry, heart-break-
ing sobs.
"Dear, don't, why, Violet. I can't let
you"
"Oh, let me alone," said the girl. "I
want to tell you before they come back.
Those rings and the other things I
took them out of the case on your
I ""losing taDie, and locked it again,
j while you were downstairs. Rodenson
was in the other room, and she did not
open the case again."
Hut why" began Mrs. Courtright,
staring at the delicate. Impassioned
face Of the e-irf YiaTrw Vio- "ITIIa hnm
face of the girl before her, "Violet, how
couia your
"Oh, how could I?" Violet said mis
erably. "I don't know. I felt all at
once the injustice of life, how you had
everything that had been my father's,
how he had never seemed to care for
me much after he met you. And some
how those Jewels always typified it all
to me. I hated to see them on you."
"I'm very, very sorry "
"Are you?" Violet smiled up at her.
"I haven't told you all. I was 111 that
day, and I think Irresponsible. I took
the jewels, all of them, into my room.
There was a fire In there, an open one,
and I laid them one by one on the
burning logs. They were taken cut with
the ashes afterward. Is It too late? I
have heard diamonds will not burn.''
She was sobbing between the words.
As Kate and Jessop came back to
gether, they stopped at the picture the
two made. It was the first time Walt
remembered having seen his sister take
Violet in her arms. She was soothing
her,- stroking the soft, fair hair tender
ly, sympathetically. -
"Walt, dear," Mrs. Courtright re
marked, "you may tell Mr. Garrity a
mistake has been made. The jewels
are quite safe. I never wear them
anyway except on very special occa
sions. They are always kept in the
safety vault in town, and are there
now."
Violet gave a quick smothered ex
clamation, but the cool hand on her
head never stopped its caressing.
"And the ones that are gone are
paste?" asked Walt. "By Jove, I'm
awfully glad for you."
"It will be a; shock to the thieves,"
laughed Kate.
Violet raised her tear-stained face.
"Perhaps a blessed one," she said
Mrs. Courtright smiled. "
"I shall divide the real ones with
Violet now. The responsibility Is too
great for one to carry." (Copyright,
191S, by the McCIure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
2
EVENING CHAT
bt Rmra CAjnaROH.
The Lnw Cost of Service.
iThe other night we referred a dif
ference about the spelling of a certain
word to the dictionary. Although the
decree of the dictionary did not suit
the majority, it was of course accept
ed without question. And as we laid
the book and the subject aside, there
came to me a realization of all that
unquestioning acceptance meant. The
reason that we accepted that verdict
with such absolute faith was that we
knew that our question had been an
swered by a committee of learned men
who had' devoted years of labor to
studying that and similar problems for
us. We knew that we had in them a
corps of faithful and intelligent ser
vants and so we gave the matter into
their hands with perfect faith that it
would be properly attended to.
Do you remember in your First
Reader the story of the boy whose
uncle promised him that he would
serve him a pudding which a thou
sand people had helped to make?
When it came time for dessert, some
very simple pudding was brought on
and the little boy thought he had been
deceived; but before his uncle had fin
ished telling him of the men and wo
men who had helped to cultivate and
transport the rice and spice and sugar,
etc., that went into the pudding, he
was convinced that he was really eat
ing what a thousand people had help
ed make for him, and was as aston
ished and Impressed as his uncle could
wish..
As I laid aside the dictionary, after
availing myself of the efficient service
of those learned and studious men,
that First Reader story came back to
me and I, too, was suddenly impressed
by a realization of the innumerable
servants who wait on the humblest of
us.
They say the cost of service Is high
today. In some ways it was never
lower.
My dictionary is a small one. cost
ing about $3. It will last meat least
ten or fifteen years and I shall surely
use It hundreds of times in that per
iod. Does not that make the cOBt of
service pretty low ?
A man in Boston writes a letter to
a friend in San Francisco; he buys a
Btfmp and posts it. With the pur
chase of that two-cent stamp he buys
the services, not only of all the men
who actually handle that letter and
the bag that contains it, but also of all
the firemen and engineers, the brake
men, the mail cart drivers, etc., who
will help to bring it to its destination.
Think of the number of servants
represented by a public library full of
books. For the writing and correct
ing and printing of each one of these
little volumes there was required the
work of innumerable men, both brain
wise and hand-wise. And all of these
are your servants.
Think of tne numner 01 men ana
women who become your servants
when you pay five cents for a tele
phone call.
These are a few or our servants, dui
only a few. You can think of plenty
more for yourself. After all It's quite
a wonderful world we are living in, in
this twentieth century. Isn't it?
"I want some concomitants with my
oyst-rs." "Just out of 'em, sir, but I'll
bring you some crackers and pickles in
stead. Baltimore American.
"I understand your wife is financially
interested in vour business. es." ".
silent partner. I suppose?" "Well er
that's what she calls herself." Boston
Transcript.
Fair Worshiper "What Is that sad.
sad air you're playing. Professor?" Tns
Professor "Dat iss Beethoven's "Farewell
to the Piano." I see dose instalment peo
ple coming mlt der van." Puck.
,' Mother "Tommy, if you're pretending
to be an automobile, I wish you'd run
over to the store and get me some but
ter." Tommy "I'm awful sorry. Mother,
but I'm all out of gasoline." Judge.
That." said Mr. Dustin Stax, "ia a
magnificent art treasurer." "How do you
know? By the painter's signature?" "No.
By my own signature on the check I gave
the dealer." Washington Star.
""Why did the elopement fall through.?"
"We hd a signal arranged. She told me
to come to her window and make a noiae
like a robin. I did so." "Yeii?" "Then
aer father popped out an made a noise
like a shotgun. "Washington Herald. ,
gan to sob.
HVMOR OF THE DAY
E
KANSAS COMMENT
THE CASE OF THE CROW. "
' The bird editor of this newspaper
learns that the government Is issuing
a new bird book in which the value
of specific birds commonly deemed
harmful is discussed at great length.
The bird editor feels particularly'
interested to see what Uncle Sam
will say about the erow, a species of
1 hirH tarhlnh 4 .. 1 a i . 1 , .
bird which is outlawed by the majority
oiaie legislatures, and has generally
been considered fair game for the
farmer's boy.
Bird experts say that the crow,
contrary to his normal nature in wild
life, has grown to acquire a most ex
ceptional sagacity. He lives under
constant apprehension, consciousness
of danger, and has acquired an alert
self-reliance that makes him an inter
esting figure.
A farmer's boy once told the writer
about his dealings with Mr. Crow.
When the boy took a gun, the black
pirates wheeled in wide circles far
over his head. When he went out
with a stick they loafed In near by
trees and jawed Jeeringly.
One day he started out with the
wooden gun which he used In military
drill in school, but the crows paid no
attention whatever. Their hunted
life has made them as elusive as a city
street Arab.
Recent ornithologists, admitting
that the crow pulls fresh corn and de
stroys birds, say his diet of mice,
snakes and beetles gives him a credit
to the good.
The crow finds that germinating
corn is softened and cooked, the starch
partly turned to sutrar. He rei-ardi it
as a kind of entree prepared for his
benefit- You can't make the farmer
believe he is a friend. One agricultur
ist who placed a large quantity of
fish offal on his land as fertilizer said
that the crows dug it all up and ate
the seed. He could smell their breath
all summer as they flew honking over
his depleted fields. Still you can tar
corn seed. If Mr. Crow gets ahead
of the farmer he has the better brain.
WInfield Courier.
TOM KELLY WANTS HIS MONEY
"A peculiar situation is developing
up in Miami county. A few years ago
when T. T. Kelly was making his sec
ond race for state treasurer he was
charged with having defrauded Miami
county out of $1,324.99. After the
campaign had passed and the men In
volved had cooled off the matter was
heard upon its merits In court and
the court said he had not taken a cent
that belonged to the county. But
while it was hottest Kelly had de
posited the amount claimed with the
county treasurer to make good the
debt in case the court should decide
that he did owe the county. Before
the case was finally concluded the
statute of limitations made it legally
possible for the county board to hold
Kelly's money and they did hold it.
When he filed a claim asking his
money back he was confronted with
this defense of time limit, although
the court had declared him entitled
to the money because it said he did
not owe the county anything when h
paid the money In. Mr. Kelly is now
having petitions circulated all over
Miami county asking the board to
allow his claim and pay back his
money. Over 2,000 persons have al
ready signed the petition. Sedan
Times-Star.
FROM OTHER PENS
FUTURISM.
Unrest and disturbance appear ti
cxtcni to all peoples and places in
the. world today It Is as if an atmos
phere of universal restlessness had
settled down in the last few years and
was enveloping all countries. The
theory of the impelling power of
thought enters in to explain this. It
points out as the world swings through
space it enters new heavenly areas
that have existed for millions of years.
Through these same spaces the great
power of the universe and tens of
thousands of centuries ago swept other
other worlds, asmind is what haa
once been thought and done remains
forever as an influence, so what was
done in those unknown worlds that
passed this way in the prehistoric
times what was thought thenhas
been left in space to influence any
passing body. Our world is now
possibly entering into one of these
areas, and the impress of the thought
of that aeons-old period may be influ
encing our whole method of thinking.
The effect is shown most visibly in
every realm of art and may be the
reason for what is called cubism.
post expressionism or futurism. This
furore is extending to architecture
and to designs in dress and furniture.
Line drops away from color and mass
are made the medium of conveying
ideas. In some cases it is a striving
after full expression of feeling in
others the effort to make motion and
power visible. May this not also be
the basis of the swing all over the
world to new progressivism ? The pol
iticians, the perhaps unconscious re
flectors of the minds and thought of
the people may be involuntarily influ
enced by the wave of thought through
which our world is passing in space.
At any rate, this is as good an ex
planation as any of the curious and
perturbed frame of mind of the whole
world today. wnatever tne explana
tion, the effect exists, and it becomes
necessary to meet the condition, to
aralyse it, and to formulate rules for
its guidance and its just expression Us
law and procedure and to restrain it
within the bounds of reason and com
mon sense, else it may develop into ft
wild, crazy stampede ending in a de
struction. The Bache Review.
PROFIT IN CO-OPERATION.
A co-operative store established in
Montclair. N. J- a year ago has Just
paid its stockholders 6 per cent on
their capital stock, set aside 5 per cent
on the stock as a reserve fund and
paid rebates to its customers all
stockholder-! of 5 per cent on the
gross amount of purchases. This
looks like success, even in comparison
with the recoras oi tne ion-iso-lished
English co-operative trading
societies. ,
The Montclair store has dealt in
groceries, fruits and vegetables, and,
for six months only, in meats. As
much as possible goods were bought
of original producers. At first the
sales were only $2,600 a month; at the
end of the year they amounted to more
than $100,000 a month. The original
capital was only $6,000, distributed
among 200 stockholders..
Co-operative trading depends on
good management, which in competi
tive business has been costly. Perhaps
the Montclair co-operators have been
unusually fortunate in their manage
ment, but no one can deny that there
is too great and unnecessary expense
in the ordinary retail distribution of
foodstuffs under the competitive sys
tem. If co-operation can be made as
successful in the United States as it
has been In England, the cost of liv
ing can be reduced for many people.
Chicago Record-Herald.