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The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20

selves; it's to catch them after they
have. I'm making an exception in
your case. I have written Miss Slim
son the whole story. Yours.
"GRAVES."
Jared gazed with astounded eyes
at the big scrawling message.
In the midst of his astoundment the
door of his office opened. Glancing
up he saw the small, graceful figure
of Avery. Her dark eyes were bright
with a brightness he had not seen
there before.
He rose slowly why. Avery"
She came up to him close, until the
lashes of her eyes, the faint rose of her
cheeks were distinct. She spoke swift
ly. Jared, never knew. You see,
that man wrote me everything. I was
happy because = because Hartley
wrote me that he was successful, and
he would bring mothers money with
interest. You see, I was worried be-
fore about it; 1 heard stories.
Jared, do you really thought
you wanted to be-be just a friend
to me. Tve-I've-do you really care
for me?'
He caught her hungrily to him.
staying her broken speech with his
lips. The village dreamer, for once.
was a man of action.-(Copyrigh
1915, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicata
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
TRAVEL AS AN EDUCATOR.

Millions of people never travel,
writes Kathleen Hills in Leslie's. Ris-
ing day after day, they look out upon
the same scenes. go thru the same
daily tasks and tumble into the same
bed again at night, no different than
they were the day before. Each year
thousands are travelling for the first
time, not only the wealthy, but the
middle class and even the poorest.
They are coming to view travel not as
an extravaganza but as the price of
comfort, health, experience and
knowledge. Ocean liners are veritable
floating hotels with ball rooms, prom
enades and conservatories, while trains
are the last word in comfort with their
thickly upholstered seats and hand
somely appointed dining cars with up
to-the-minute service. The educational
value of travel is beginning to have
the greatest weight. Boys and girls
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
JAYMAwKER JOTS

1t strikes the Salina Journal that
some folks paddle their own canoe as
If it were a raft.
The man who brags about what he
has done knows he is only a hasbeen,
declares the Mcpherson Republican.
Ever see a man peeved because he
didn't get an invitation to a wedding ?
asks the Smith County Pioneer.
homely woman is always worth
three or four pretty ones, says the
Wilson County Citizen, except as to
looks
A bum stomach is more prosaic than
a broken heart, says the Emporia Ca
zette, but any Emporia physician will
tell you that the stomach is harder to
repair.
According to the Lawrence Journal
World, the electoral college is attract
ing a good deal of attention Just now,
considering that it has no football
team.
Do not spend all your sympathies
upon the suffering people of Europe,
urges the Lawrence Gazette. There
are thousands of defeated candidates
right here at home who are in sore
need of your sympathy.
A Great Bend grocery concern
seems to be confident that fur-bear-
ing animals abound in Barton county.
1t advertises that it will pay the high
est cash prices for 10000 skunk,
opossum, coon and coyote hides
When you read about a man who
has done great things in spite of a
lack of education, says the Shawnee
Chief, think of the stories that could
be written about those who might
have done more for themselves or for
others if they had gone to school
iOnper
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
SIDE T ALM S
Hit 1t Again.
BY RUTH CAMERON.


Did YOU ever play the game called
'Tether BALI? 1t is a sort of second
cousin. twice removed, from tennis.
There is a tennis ball tethered by
piece of cord to a tall pole. The two
Contestants stand on opposite sides OF
the pole and hit the ball with tennis
racauets The object is to wind the
cord up, each of course trying to wind
it up his way.
1t is an excellent game, game
which gives just as much exercise as
tennis and is financially within the
reach of everyone.
But I am not an agent for 'Tether
Ball" 1 simply want to make you ac-
onainted with the game so that you
can visualize a little drama which
witnessed the other day.
Half a dozen young people were
n1aving this game. AS you can read
II 10 a snort in which height
md strength are great advantages
And vet. the champion of the group
was the shortest of the lot--a little,
red-haired lad of about fi1teen, shsht
and rather short even for his age
Two of the other contestants were
six inches taller than he And one
was unuuestionably stronger
Whv. then should he win?
thought perhaps he had been at
if longer than the rest, but found he
had not
So I watched him few minutes
and then 1 knew.
He never rested on his laurels-
The others would give good hit
and then stand back and watch the
ball He would give good hit and
then get into place to hit again.
am going to watch that boy when
he grows up I feel sure that the
habit of hitting again is going to
stand him in good stead.
THE trouble with great many of
nv salesmen," a business man once
said to me, "is that whenever they
make a big killing they have to sit
back and admire themselves for
awhile But I've got one man who
looks on every big sale he makes as
n record to be broken next trip. |
couldn't raise my other men this year,
| but you can bet / raised him..
Laurels are bad things to rest on.
There's a perfume about them that
has much the same effect as lotus eat
| ing.
A boys club asked me for a motto
| the other day. I couldn't think of one
| just then, but now 1 suggest, ''Hit il
agsin." n."-tCopyright by George Mat
: thew Adams1
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison Globe1

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Every once in a while a pretty girl
will admit it.
Sometimes a jury seems to be as
bad off as the defendant.
A boy prefers a picnic to a party,
because there is more to eat at a pic
mic.
A mans notion of a happy home is
on him.
You are often asked to Do Some
thing when there is nothing to be
DONE
1t is always the losing side which
has the most to say about election
frauds.
Neither will energy help you much
if you devote it to rushing wildly
around.
There may be some satisfaction in
revenge. but it is hard to collect any
thing on it
The presentation speech is compar-
atively unimportant if the present is
satisfactory.
The average women is either too fat
or too thin. That is why nearly all
women worry.
A woman doesn't need to whip her
husband to make him afraid of her.
but her children are less timid
Far be it from us to censure the
taste of women, but some very worth
less men are chased a good deal
If a woman can't find Just what she
wants in a big store, she goes horne.
kicks the cat and exclaims. They
haven't a thing in that store
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
BEET-sUGAR BOOM.

Great activity in the sugar-beet in
dustry in this country is foreshadowed
by the recent recordsbreaking imports
public by the federal bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce indicate
that for the nine months ended Sep
tember 80, 1916, the imports of seed
reached a total of 1880. 600 pounds,
which is a million pounds more than
were imported during the complete
calendar years 1913 and 1914 and
nearly double those for the full year
1912.
Before the war Germany was the
chief source of sugar-beet seeds, but
the trade is now in the hands of the
Russians. In the fiscal year 1914 Ger
many supplied nearly 100000 pounds
out of a total of 10.250, 600 pounds,
the remainder coming chiefly from
Austria Hungary Russia and Holland.
In the fiscal year 1916, Russia sup
piled 5,SS1,946 pounds out of total
of 9,e42. 49e.
1t is an interesting fact also. and
one which perhaps helps more to ex-
plain the high price of sugar in this
country, that exports of refined sugar
in the first nine months of 1915 to-
tailed 1885, S,65o.9s4 pounds, or nearly
so per cent more than during the
whole calendar year 1915, three and
one-half times more than in 1914 and
26 times more than in 1918.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Circulation.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

IT has been the opinion of many,
military experts, statesmen and we'll
Informed laymen, that it would be far
better for the future peace of Europe
and the world that the great war
should be fought to a definite concIu-
sion, which could only come, of course.
when one side was able to establish
the undisputed prowess of It's arms
and be in a position to dictate the
peace terms. And there has seemed
to be much force to such a Judgment
until recently. But now that most of
the European belligerents have prac-
tically committed themselves to join
in the American conceived NOV ement
for a League to Enforce Peace after
the war is over, it assured1y seems that
the sooner the war can be ended the
better it will be not only for Europe
but for the whole world. This is es-
pecialIy true in view Of the apparent
fact that the longer the war runs on,
the more pronounced are the indica-
tions that it would take years of the
kind of fighting now going on before
either side is exhausted. So the move
for peace on the part of the neutral
nations that is now said to be under
way appears to be most timely, and It
should bear fruit.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20

who have been to the best schools help
complete their education by seeing the
world or such parts of it as their time
and circumstances will permit. The
grown-up who is wise realizes the
broadening influence of travel ana
counts each day well spent that brings
him new experiences in foreign fields
No one can fail to. be upIifted by see-
ing some of Gods masterpieces or the
handiwork of man in picture. sculp-
ture, cathedrals and splendid public
edifices. Nor is it necessary to leave
ones own country. There is plenty to
see and learn in our homeland, If we
will only go in search of It.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
Helpful Hints to House Cleaner.

Here are several cleaning sugges-
tons which may be new and helpful
to many housewives
During this trying housecleanins
time, try washing the windows and
mirrors with a chamois skin in place
of the old way, with a cloth
Glass cleaned in this way does not
require any polishing or drying and
leaves a highly polished surface.
Either warm or cold water can be
used, adding a tablespoonful of vim
egar to each half bucketful of water.
Soap should not be used. Wipe glass
first with rather wet chamois. then
wiring out the chamois again very dry
and wipe off the water from the win
dows
When the glass is thoroughly dry,
you will have highly polished surface
with very little labor and in about
half the time it requires to wash them
in the old way.
This also applies to all glass on pic
lures etc.
For cleaning windows or bath tubs,
dampen a cloth with gasoline and rub
surface thoroly, then rub with a clean
CLOTH Makes an excellent cleanser,
To wash a chamois skin use luke
warm water and any good white
soap. Rinse in several lukewarnl wat
ers, then let water drip from it, Do
not wiring.
Stretch out on a flat surface to dry
and it will be like new.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
BED Ii HMIlE TALES
RELIEF COMES FOR sLIppy.
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON

Poor little slippyl She thought her
time had come for sure. And no
wonderi 1 guess anyone would think
that, if they were held in, the claw OF
a cruel hawk, high above the ground
and no help in sight, But, fortunate
ly, there is often help coming-even
if we cannot see it. Slippy was to be
saved.
off in the corner Of the cornfield
was a Man -With-a-Gun who had come
to the country to shoot rabbits. (Don't
you hope that Toppy Cottontail re-
members that hunting season is on
and that he must be careful? i dob
While he was waiting for rabbit to
show up he thought he would take p
few practice shots. And right then
Mr. Hawk flew up above the trees
with Slippy held tight in his claws.
Now the Man With-a-Gun didn't see
Siippy, nor did he hear Slippy's
cries for help, but he did see Mr..
Hawk There's a shot for me- he
said to himself. and .BANG" went
knew that right away, for Mr.. Hawk
relaxed his tight hold on Slippy and
down the little mouse fell-down-
the branches of n
great beech tree
If Mr.. Hawk had been above the
open ground when he was hit by the
hunters bullet, Shppy would have
fallen to the hard ground and there
would have been no more story But
that bad luck didn't happen Mr..
Hawk was right above beautiful
beech tree and the fall to the topmost
branches didn't do any more harm
than frighten Slippy- But then, Slip
nv was so frightened already that a
little more or less didn't make much
difference.
Slippy dug her little claws into the
bark of the tree; held tight and took
three long full breaths. Just to think
that I'm still a1fve,'' she whispered to
herself as tho she could hardly be-
Iieve it even then, land just to think
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Just as soon as most folk get out of
debt they proceed to get in again.
X X n
Only a very few people don't get
the credit they deserve. Too many get
more.
* x X
They've been defining love for CEN
turtles and a satisfactory job hasn't
been done as yet.
x X
Hanging is too good for most of the
fellows who get up at parties and at
tempt to sing comic songs.
y X x
If people talked only about the
things on which they are fully in
formed there would be much less con-
versation.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
RED CROSS SEALS.

With the opening of the Red Cross
Seal sale today, every state and thou
sands of cities, towns and villages are
entering a competition to see which
will sell the most seals per capita to
aid in the prevention of tuberculosis
in their communities. Over 100000
0O0 seals have been distributed for
sale.
The cities, towns and villages have
been divided into ten classes accord
ing to population, ranging from coo
to 100000 and over. Pennants will
be awarded by the American Red
Cross and The National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
losis in each of the classes. Similar
pennants will be awarded to states
selling the most seals per inhabitant,
the states being divided into three
classes according to population.
Last year, Hershey, Pa, sold more
seals per capita than any other city
or town in the United States, reach
ing a total of 29.o4. In Rhode Island,
2.29 seals per capita were purchased
by the people of the state, a record
sale among the states.
In addition to the pennants, a spe-
cial honor certificate will be awarded
to any community which sells five or
more seals per inhabitan:.
1t is hoped that this rivalry among
cities and states will stimulate the sale
of Christmas seals to JOG, ,O00, 900. This
will mean $1.OO0,000 for this fight
against tuberculosis in the United
States
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
FOREIGN TRADE RECORD.

A compilation made by the foreign
trade department of the National City
bank of New York indicates that the
foreign commerce of the United States
in the calendar year of 1916 will ap-
proximate $4,000, ,00o.0 900, or one-fifth
of the entire international trade of the
world. 1t will be SO per cent greater
than that in 1915 and double that of
1914, the figures for these years being
$5,326, 100000 and $3,903,O00, 900, re-
spectively. The excess of exports over
imports in 1916 will approximate
$4,000, 100000 against $1,76S,884,O0
in 1915. s324,34S.0Oo in 1914 and
$691 APP, 900 in 1913.
Complete figures for the commerce
of the entire country in the nine
months ending with September are at
hand, and also those of the port of
New York, an index of the trade of the
entire country, for the month of Octo-
Der. The figures for the nine months
ending with September, 1916, show a
total commerce of $3.50, 900, 900
against $3.50. 600, 900 in. the same
months of 1915 and s2,s77,OO0,OOO in
lIle corresponding months OF 1871 e. the
1916 figures being thus SO per cent
greater than those of 1915, and double
those of 1914.
The October figures of the port of
New York indicate that the total trade
of October will equal and probably ex-
ceed that of September, and should
the two remaining months of Novem-
Der and December show totals similar
to those of the past two months for
which complete records are available
| the total trade for the year would ag-
gregate nearly or perhaps quite
| $4,000, 100000, while the excess of ex-
ports over imports seems likely to be
fully $3,00O,000,OO against $685.
| 10000 in the fiscal year 1915 and
$1,769, 100000 in the calendar year
1915. Both imports and exports will
make new record in the calendar
year 1916. Present indications, based
upon nine months figures for the en-
tire country. and an additional month
for the port of New York are that the
imports for the full calendar year will
aggregate $2,5oO, 100000 against So
100000 in the fiscal year 1915 and
$1,779, 100000 in the calendar year
1915. Exports seem likely to approxi-
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
A BIT OF PRAIsING.

u
You like a bit of praising when you've
mastered something well.
You like the fragrant roses and the lime
lights cleaning spell,
And SO does she; she hungers
For a bit of praising, too,
In her quiet work-a-day world
Just the same, perhaps, as you.
You like to feel you've finished what you've
started on with skill,
And You like to hear your fellows say you
haven't done so i'll.
And so does she; from your lips
She would love to hear the thing
That would set her bright eyes beaming,
That would make her spirit sing.
1t seems to keep you jogging and to fill
you with the steam
That makes the daily effort like a mile
stone in the dream.
And just as you have hungered
For the praise that men may give.
t
She hungers for your praising
That her heart may sing and live.
The BenZtown Bard, in the Baltimore
Sun
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Cranberry Dumplings-Make sauce
of one quart cranberries cooked until
soft with one and one-half cups wa
ter; strain, add two cups sugar and
cook until sugar is dissolved and
sauce is of good consistency. Mix and
sift two cups flour with one table
spoon sugar, four teaspoons baking
powder, one teaspoon salt. Put in
two tablespoons butter and mix to a
milk. Shape into rounds with bis
Serve Immediately with cranberry
sauce.
Steamed Pudding-One cup brown
sugar, one cup flour, one-half tea
spoon salt, three-fourths cup boiling
water with one heaping teaspoon of
soda IN it, one egg. Mix the flour,
sugar and salt; add the beaten egg,
then the water with the soda. Steam
in medium sized cake pan one hour.
Should be dark brown when done. This
does not make heavy dessert.
Peanut Graham Biscuit-Sift to-
gether two cups white flour, one cup
graham flour, three teaspoons baking
powder three teaspoons sugar one
teaspoon salt. Add one or two table,
spoons peanut butter and mix with
milk or water to make dough to roll.
A half cup of chopped peanuts is a
great improvement but not absolutely
necessary. Roll quite thin (one-half
inch) cut with small cutter and bake
in quick oven. This will make twenty
four small biscuits.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20

Are General Pershing and his force
going to have to fight their way out
of Mexico when the time for their re-
tirement comes? If not, why the ship
ment to them at this time of large
quantities of artillery shells and many
rounds of small arm ammunition?
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
DINNER STORIES

The tragedian boasted that nature
was his only teacher.
THAT expression of surprise that
you assume in the second act of your
latest PLAYS that copied from ma
ture, too?" and admirer asked.
tIt is,' said the tragedian But 1
had no end of trouble in getting it.
To secure that expression l asked an
intimate friend to lend me $25. He
refused. That caused me no sur
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20

II MFR. Hawk had been above the open
ground when ne was hit by the
hunters bullet, SIippy would have
would have been no more story.
began to wonder how she would get
down to earth. She peeped around
the tiny branches, and she looked
down TO the ground. 1t seemed to be
long, long way off You see Slippy
had never been in tree before and
she knew nothing about climbing
fieId-mice don't.
And just then G. Squirrel peeped
out at her and said, "Good-morning,
Stranger, / don't seem to remember
ever having seen you before.''-(Copy-
right-Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20

Fame is not without its annoyances.
Montana's congresswoman-elec is so
reluctant to have her picture taken
that she must needs remain a volun-
tary prisoner in her home in order to
escape the moving picture men and
press photographers who are patrol
ing the neighborhood of her house in
order to "snap" her.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20

Maybe the sinking of it's conveying
tug by the submarine merchantmen,
Deutschland, was an unconscious re-
version to type on the part of the
latter
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20

sugar, vinegar and cook three-quar-
pints
New Cabbage Salad-Remove OUT
side leaves from a small, solid, white
cabbage. Cut out center and shred
with a sharp knife.
Let stand in cold water for one hour
Wrap in cloth to dry.
Mix with equal parts celery, one
fourth cup of chopped pimento and
one cup of grated cream cheese or sea-
Soned cottage cheese.
Moisten with boiled dressing and fill
cabbage she'll
Garnish with strips of pimento OF
with parsley
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20

Who says that all women are impa-
tient? A Chicago woman waited
eleven years after filing her suit to OBJ
tain her decree of divorce.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20

that hawk has gonei I'm alive. and
I've learned my lesson-Ill never be
careless again-neveri" And then sh~
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
Telegraph report of that great news OF
eanizatlon, for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The Jews is received in The SITE Journal
Building over wires for this sole purpose.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
seasonabre. Tasty salad and Pickles

Delicious Pickle-Use one peck ripe
tomatoes, one-half peck of green to-
matoes, one dozen red peppers, one
dozen green peppers, one dozen large
cucumbers, two small heads cabbage,
two punches of celery, one gallon vine
gar. one-half ounce turmeric powder,
four tablespoons white mustard seed,
one teacup grated horseradish, eight
teacups sugar. Chop all, let stand
over night in salt, drain well, add
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
She Must Be.

''Is she a pretty girl asked Lee
Laronge of Harry Hiles;
Say, is she pretty! Listen, she
Looks good in present styles.