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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

marry him, and the only man in town
at the time accredited with power to
perform the ceremony was a justice of
the peace.
one of less steadfastness of purpose
the outlook ould have been discour-
aging as he went to her, his hands full
of letters. that for the moment alb
sorbed him, but not to such an ex-
tent he did not feel her hand travel
down his coat sleeve and come to rest
l. the broad palm opened to receive it
She spoke impatiently as the letter
still claimed him.
40, when does the steamer leave ?"
He looked up at that Tomorrow
why?''
could I go?"
'Of course 1 would not leave you ="
She seemed to weigh something in
her mind before speaking again. ther.
said wistfully:
1T would be lovely to live in that
old-fashioned house and have such a
wonderful garden"
You are going to live there. Harriet.
What is more. you are going to walk
its wonders by moonlight l have ar
ranged with Judge Harris to call this
evening and marry us"
Judge Harris, There is no question
of marriage now. If there was, do you
/ think | would consent to be married
my own church? ?"
LAS We are situated, there is no
help for it, he answered quietly. "Y GU
must reach Johns Hopkins at the ear
lest moment Marbury is on the hos
pital staff, and you cannot be in bet
| ter hands,"
| 80. 10! What do you take me for ?
I cannot accept such a sacrifice, even
| if l were willing to be married by a
| justice of the peace"
There is no question of sacrifice
| 1t is something deeper. Be sensible
| You cannot travel with me unless you
bear my name"
Sensible! 1 think 1 lost my senses
| last night when you kissed me-" she
said under her breath. But he heard
and at once kissed her again.
Two years later Josiah Chapman
crossedAthe piazza of his oId-fashione6
house in the Green Spring Valley and
called his wife thru the open door
Harriet 1 have brought an ole
! friend home to dinner. Come anc
welcome him"
The echo of his voice had scarcely
died away in the broad hall before she
came toward him, slowly, haltinsly
| and aided by crutch, but erect anC
walking. Facing her. a gentleman
waited with outstretched hand. Fol
an instant she paused in surprise, ther
laId her own hand in the one held gu
to her.
All" she said with the utmos
plea sure. mo one could be more wei
come at Yarrow than Judge Harris
Against my wishes he made me a yer,
happy man.'-Copyright 1917, b,
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

more. aliens from San Francisco and
Ellis Island are arriving every week
In addition to repairs made in the
hotel, the alien laborers have con-
structed an officers barracks, with a
capacity for 100 officers; seven sea
mems barracks, with a capacity OF
$50 each; eight lavatories; large
warehouse, an office for guard officers,
a dining room and kitchen, hfteen
sentry stations, and three-fourths OF
a mile of ten-foot barbed wire fence
with electric lights at certain inter-
walls.
Moreover, the aliens built the foun-
dations for their own water, sewer
and electric-ight systems. Needless
to say, they have had plenty TO DO
German intrigue has not f1ourlshed as
usual at Hot Springs, North Caronna
1t hasn't had a chance to. The ON
GERS are so busy directing the work
of new projects, and the men are SO
busy doing the work that there is no
opportunity for Matching schemes to
help the kaiser And this, IN spite OIL
the fact that the officers camp is con-
Quoted largely on the honor system,
there being only seven guards on duty
at a time. But then the North Caro-
lima wilderness is a great safeguard to
mans honor in a matter OF TINS
kind, escape being distinctly imprac-
ticable.
Furthermore. why should these
enemy aliens wish to escape? They
are wen-fed, well-housed and kept oc-
cupfed; their health is carefully
watched by a United States health in
spector; those who are married may
see their families once a week, under
the supervision of a government OF
/ Ger; they are paid for their labor, and
the only restriction placed upon them
by the government is that they must
not attempt to communicate with their
country. To see that this requirement
is lived up to. an officer of the de-
partment of justice is on hand to eX-
anime all incoming and outgoing mail
1t seems too bad, however, that
these enemy aliens cannot communi-
cate with their respective countries
and inform them as to how they are
being treated in this country 1t
might make the central powers trif1e
ashamed of some of their practices
and insure a reciprocal leniency to-
ward American aliens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY.

The government is taxing so many
things that it is becoming a question
whether it is more patriotic to con-
tinue spending money as before or by
reducing expenditures to curtail I'm
Gle Sans revenue receipts. Living
costs are mounting so rapidly and
there are so many calls for money to
provide for various war needs that
one may feel called upon for instance
to give up the purchase of theater
tickets. But in doing this he would
be depriving the United States treas
ury of an important source of reve-
nue..
Then there is the matter of railway
travel. In order to keep passenger
travel at a comfortable level and to
keep it from making too great de-
mands for equipment THAT should be
rightly used for war purposes. no spe-
cial low rates on transcontinental
journeys are in effect
Still it is not to be wondered at that
there should be a rise in the cost of
travel in these days of high prices
Everything else costs more, why
shouldn't travelling? Even now the
railroads get only $3.50 for the 5000
mile round trip from coast to coast
while the government gets the remain
der of the 1852 one pays for a ticket
as its return under the new war tax
act. And where the Pullman used to
cost $36 for the transcontinental trip
it will now cost $3.50. to cover the
10 per cent war tax on Pullmans
The inconsistency of the present
situation in the railroad world, is fur.
Their emphasized by the fact that some
railroads are about to start an active
campaign to induce persons to trave
less, while others are planning rev
and attractive features for capturing
travellers other than soldiers.
One hardly knows, these days
which way best to show his patriot
ism says Leslie's. by staying at HON,
and needing the cry to economic. Oh
by travelling and-keeping money in cir
! culation and business on the move
So it's wise. it would seem, to act one.
pleasure till things are more settled
1t is certainly not the part of wisdom
in these days to put everything or {
starvation basis. The prosperity O.
the country largely depends upon tn,
prosperity of the railroad and vaca.
ton travel will contribute to tina
happy end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
sTYIFITEVER you WANT TO KNOW

A plan to concentrate responsibility
overs appropriations in one joint com
raittke of congress is proposed in a
measure prepared by Representative
Leonfdas C. Dyer of Missouri His
scheihe is to have five senators Sc
lectad by the president of the senate.
and five representatives selected by
the Speaker. who shall have full and
complete authority to submit all rec
omr44ndations touching the appropri-
ation. of money to congress. Other
comlhittees are specifically forbidden
in NlF Dyer's measure to bring in APP
propriation bills. The bill is an ap-
proalth to the budget system of APP
pronEiations about which so much has
been said in the past, and its passage,
he elaims, should result in keeping
the amounts authorized more in line
with the available revenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
GLOBE SIGHTS
tFrom the Atchison Globe.l

[From the Atchison Globe.
Some of those who solicit the hard
est give the least
Gossip is like war-a good deal
easier to start than to stop.
jude Johnson is SO hen-pected he
never says Il" He always We"
Every man thinks his stomachache is
different from any other stomachache
in the world.
A financial genius is a man who can
make money out of a bush league ball
team.
A spendthrift may not know the
value of a dollar but he must realize
it isn't worth as much as it used to be.
Some people never give anything
much but their moral support-they
are so conceited they think that is
enough.
What has become of the man who
used to say that the easiest way to
read a mans character was across a
poker table?
There is something suspicious about
the business man who keeps his door
locked the most of the time he is in
his office.
An Atchison man says his wife has
done more work for the Red Cross
during the last three months than
she has done al home in ten years
When there is wedding in a small
town it nearly always is said one or
the other wasn't very crazy about get
ting married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
IA Roekefeller Foundation /

The Rockefeller Foundation has an
nounced its general financial budget
for the year 1918. as approved by
trustees at their December meeting.
The budget shows the war relief ex-
penditures for the year 1918 will
reach $5.O5O. 900. with the possible ad-
dition- of 100000 which can be ap-
propriated from the principal fund of
the Foundation. The budget esti-
mates as approved, show that the
Rockefeller Foundation is devoting
itself largely to the two allied fields
of work: Promotion of public health
and advancement of medical educa-
ton. Due to the war. the Foundation
is at present devoting very large part
of its resources to war relief, to work
for the welfare of American soldiers.
and to other work in connection with
the war emergency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

Since the introduction of an amend
ment to the revenue bill which would
make congressmen's salaries subject
to tlre excess profits tax, Senator Ken
yon has introduced a bill to lower the
salaries. The Kenyon bill would make
the sa1aries $4,000 instead of $500
and would bring them $1,000 below
tn taxable limit There appears to
be no way of escape for the national
lawmalSel He is beset on all sides
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
Heart and Beauty
Problems
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: (1) When
introducing a girl and boy which is
correct, to call the boys or the girls
name first?
a boy to go with her to party and
should she write to him or call over
the phone?
g When a boy calls on a girl
should she go to the door with him
SWEET SIXTEEN"
% The boy is always presented to
the girl, SO you might call the girls
attention and then say you'd like to
have her meet your friend, and then
90 1t depends on the circum-
stances. If it is a party to which
girls get the invitations, it is proper
to ask the boy, but if it is a case
where boys are invited and they are
supposed to invite girls to go with
them you must be sure that il will
not look as if you were trying to make
the boy take you Wien he really
would prefer to take someone else.
At most parties given for girls and
boys 6 years old, either may ask the
other and it will be all right.
go Yes.
Dear Mrs Thompson: My little
girl is just finishing high school this
year and she is going with the boys
at the school a good deal She wants
party dresses and gowns for the high
school dances and all sorts of things
that / never had when | was young.
| didn't have the advantage of much
education and l don't know whether
l am doing right in getting these
things for her. or whether they are
leading her to her downfall Do Won
think l am wise mother or am
just a fool to give her everything?
A D. s.
If you can afford the nice dresses
and things, it is all right for you to
give your daughter the advantages
that you yourself did not have When
girl is finishing school she naturally
{ begins to go out among the young
people more and she likes to have
. nice clothes End he dressed wen. II
you are careful and watch to see what
sort of boys she goes with and where
she goes and how late she stays. the
good clothes alone will not bring her
downfall Now is the age when vo,,
/ ought to talk TO her ard inform her
of the more serious things of life
Even tho you never had nice things
when you were young, it must give
you some satisfaction to think Won car
] get them for your daughter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
DINNER ST RTES

How is Robert getting on at col
lege?" asked the minister, who was
being entertained at dinner
'Splendidly," said the proud faith
er, who then went on to tell of his
sons various social, athletic and
scholastic successes, and the minister
said it was a fine thing to be college
bred That evening little James, who
had been an interested listener, said:
Papa, what did Mr.. Brown mean. by
college bred ?"
''Oh, that" said papa, who had
been looking over his sons bills, sis
a four yea1s' loaf
Jack Jones was showing his father
and mother the sights to be seen on
one of our latest battleships The
old lady, after asking numerous ques-
tons, suddenly spotted a squad of ma
rines lined up ready for inspection
by the officer She pounded sudden
ly on the sturdy seaman and said:
Whatever do they keep a regi-
ment of soldiers on board for?''
The old man turned round fierceIy
on his wife and said:
Maria, don't show your ignorance
SO much. You ought to know very
well what them marines are for: they
are kepe for the sailors to spin yarns
to-"
After his third days attendance at
school Billy was relating at home,
stories of his classmates naughtiness.
That's bad" commented mamma.
: Didn't the teacher have to correct
you %
NO" Billy assured her She had
, to speak to all the class but me this
afternoon
That's queer" remarked papa. a
bit suspicious. What did she say -
She said reported Billy: Now,
children. we will all wait till Billy is
in order,"
! An official of the board of health
/ in town not far from Boston noti-
fled a citizen that his license to keep
a COW on his premises had expired.
In reply to this letter the official re-
ceived the following communication.
Monsieur Bord of He'll Just
get your motifs that my licens keep
my COW has expire l wish to inform
you, Msier Bord of Helt, that INV
cow she beat you to it-she expire
tree week ago Much oblige. Yours
with respeck, PIE"
AS Mr.. Jones unIaced his boots he
remarked casually to his wife: Have
you heard about the catastrophe
which happened at the Smiths house
tonight 2''
NO What was it, asked Mrs.
Jones.
Jones paused for an aggrayatiug
moment to pull on his slippers before
he replied: why, Mrs. Smith gave
the baby a bottle to play with. and
while she was ort of tie room il fell
] from the cradle and broke its neck"
What The poor little baby2''
shrieked his wife
NO: the bottle" replied Mr.. Jones,
with fiendish chuckle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

After January 1. 1918. thousands of
perspns will be called upon to pay
an ilcome tax who never paid an in
comb tax before. The period between
January l and March l will be par
tally employed by all unmarried per-
sons having net incomes of $1,000 or
moro, and married persons who re-
ceive $4,000 or more a year. in re-
porting that fact to the government.
No F1quisitor will call at the homes or
offices Of these persons for the infor-
NATION. On the contrary. they must
do the calling and make their reports.
The experts at the internal revenue
offices will extend every aid. If there
be NO internal revenue offices handy.
the pew taxpayers may go to the coun-
ty saRt and at the court house find
tie needed aid in making out their
reports. They will be given until June
/ tol bay the tax
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
THE SEAIRCHLlGMT
Latest News from the Fields of
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTION
Paper Clothes.

Germany has been experimenting
extensively with paper clothes. follow
ing an old practice of the japanese in
applying the paper to this use but
without much success. Latest reports
have it that while paper is impractical
for the chief garments of the Teutons,
they are finding it satisfactory in GER
tain minor capacities, notably in the
manufacture of belts and suspenders.
In the belts, it serves as a substitute
for leather, which is even scarcer than
cloth The paper for this purpose is
braided into fine strands, and these
are combined into a flat plat for the
finished article. The belts are said to
be very strong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19


She stands alone beside the gnte-
Where oft with him she stood before,
And seems hear his voice relate
Life's sweetest story Ger ana err
A hand she feels upon her own,
Uncon sciously tender glance
She gives, then starts and STANDS alone,
The lover sleeps-Somewhere IN France.
She could have kept him IL she would
His heart and soul were all her own
But true love knew and understood
That Honor is its own true throne,
She heard the bugles' blaring sound
And whispered,-"Go and take your
chance"
There mid the scenes of war he found
Eternal Professionalism in France.
She knows not where that spot may pc
On barren plain, in hidden dell
On wooded hill. beside the sea-
The lips that would will never tell;
She knows not what his last words were
! The thoughts that come with Deatht
advance,
And yet she feels they were of her,
/ Those last fond ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN
France.
by lie Roy c. Henderson in Cartoons
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

Ia the summer and early fall Doc
tor Garfield advised consumers not to
buy coal or buy for present needs
CnlHt awaiting a regulated market
Nows the Louisville Courier Journal is
diretting attention to the fact that
DOcter Garfield is not paying the
plumber who repairs the frozen water
pipes, in homes in which Doctor Gar
el2s advice was adopted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

There is a new type of official in
California. He is the squirrel in
spec4Pr. The idea seems to be to pre-
ven9Wild squirrels from devouring wild
nuts dn order that the latter may be
conserved for the soldiers. What Cal
iforpia appears really to need is nut
Inspector.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

Il two 'Tghtless nights" week are
a good thing, why would not seven a
week be better? If electrical light
ing be a waste of fuel why not stop
the waste completely instead of par
tally? Business houses can find 9th
er means of advertising while the war
lasts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
WHY?


These half-baked American citizens,
Who ran away from Germany and
came to this country
And make decent living and bring
up
Their children where they could
have chance,
And who are now crying their eyes
out over Germany
And pulling secretly for her to win,
Why didn't they stay over there?
Why did some of them risk their
lives to, get
Away from the same brond of kul-
tur they now admire SO much?
Why don't they go back now?
Nobody's keeping them.
Gone But Not Forgotten.
The oId-fashioned party who cholled
on a piece of beefstead.
The good cook who used to fry the
fish in butter.
The man who used to give his boy
a bean bag to play with.
The fighter who used to cure a
black eye with fresh pork.
One of the pleasant and conscling
features of the general war condition
is the almost total failure of the goose
berry crop.
The Baltimore folks have certainly
done their share toward making
America safe for THE Star Spang:ed
Banner"
Maybe in a few years New York
and Chicago will get wise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

There are said to be more than
5000 languages in the world exciu-
siveipf the one man uses when he
slips and falls on an icy pavement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19
ON SPUR f 4E MOMENT
BY ROY X. MoULToN

BY ROY

More Sherman.
Dodgin' of the shot and shell.
That's what Sherman labelled hell.
What would that old hero say
If he had to, day by day,
Everywhere he CHANGED to roam,
Hear .he enemies at home
Knocking everything in sight:
Doubtless that old boy was right
War is hell for those who fight.
But it's also pretty tough
To stay home and hear the stuff
That we've got to listen to
From the prOpa gandists who
Want 10 get their names in type
Say. when is the hemp crop ripe:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

Missing.
Say what has become of the HindenburS
line,
The one that no army could break:
Say what has become of the Dragging so
fine
The Huns months ago made us take?
Say what has become of invinciblesness-
That pig-headed. bullying thing!
Yes what has become of the Whole sorry
mess
OF staggering kultur? Ask Byng.
Ey the way, what is Field Marshal
Haig going to give the kaiser for
Christmas?
AttiIa the Hun. a son of a gun.
He went down thru Europe upon the dead
run.
He captured each village
For murder and pillage.
He made the world sadder and wiser.
He played a grim game
But still. We must claim.
He didn't have much on the Kaiser.
A New York actor has been con-
victed of swindling a taxi driver
Tread lightly, judge, this ham de-
serves an iron cross.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

AS the government needed all the
labor it could get to promulgate the
war the plan was to have the aliens
construct their own quarters and add
to their own maintenance as much as
possible by cultivating a part of the
100 acres A special staff, including
Alfred Hampton, director of intern
ment; F. w. Berkshire, supervising
inspector. and special immigrant in
spector, Roger O'Donnell, was put in
charge of this construction work, and
the erection of the first barracks be-
gan.
Meantime, the aliens had appointed
a committee from among their own
members to deal with the government
All complaints, suggestions and re-
quests were made by this committee
The department of labor decided that
each alien who hewed and cut and
built for the government should be
/ paid for his labor, at the rate OF
twenty dollars a month. A foreman
was to get twenty-five dollars month
No alien is permitted to receive all OF
this, tho An officer may not receive
more than ten dollars a month, a sea
man not more than five. The rest is
put in the postal savings bank to his
credit or spent for him by the author
! tiles according to his instructions. Nc
alien can buy his clothes direct from
any establishment, for example, but
! directors office.
The internment camp at Hot Springs
is rapidly nearing completion. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-19

cups flour. three-fourths cup corn
meal. three teaspoonfuls baking pow
der, one teasponful salt and one ia
blespoonfui sugar. Work in two ia
bIespoonfuIs butterine. Beat one egg
thoroiy and mix with one-third cup
milk Stir into dry ingredients Shape
as Parker house rolls and bake in hot
oven
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-05

in-law, Mrs: Sophia Sterling. returned
home Monday.
Mrs. w. r. Hunnewell left Monday
for a two-weeks visit with relatives
and friends in Portland and Boston.
Irwin Chapman. a member of the
Coast Artillery in Rockland, is passing
a few days here with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. John Chapman.
Mrs. Belle Linn of Hartland, who
has been visiting in the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. l.. II. Blanchard, re-
turned home Monday.
Miss Jeanette Stephenson OF Port
land formerly of this town. who has
been the guest of Pittsfield friends a
few days. left Monday for a visit with
relatives in Freedom before going to-
Dark Harhor where she has position
for the summer.
Friends will regret to learn that Mrs.
Caroline Spollett. who left few
weeks ago for her cottage at Etna.
had the misfortune to fall several days
ago and received injuries caused by the
shaking up.