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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-03
Looking Blackboard In State
Journal Society Column
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

Mrs. Sutton gave a banquet and dance
Saturday evening at Library hall for the
members of her court and number of
invited guests The hall was decorated
with palms and the festival colors. Those
present were: Mr. and Mrs C. s. SUIT
ton, Mr.. and Mrs C. A. Fellows. Mr.. and
Mrs. A X. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. e. w
Guild, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Robinson, Mr..
and Mrs. Il. T. Lewis, Miss Mary Me
Quaker, of Chicago, Miss Jane Nye, Miss
Edna Crane, Miss Emma Dennis, Miss
Florence Horne. Miss Eva Brown, Miss
Ella Ramsey, Miss Susie Wilder, Miss
Mabel Baker, Miss Flossie Moon, Miss
Pearl Prescott, Miss Georgia Brown, Mr..
Edward Dennis, Mr.. Louis Smith. Mr.. J. j.
Falls, Mr.. Austin Brady. Mr.. Fred Cor
don, Mr.. Charles Kleinhans, Mr.. Dean Low,
Mr.. Earl williams. Mr.. Tom King, Mr..
Richard Colver of Los Angeles. Cal, Mr..
Robert Brunn, of st. Louis, Mr.. Il. NJ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-03
How Fat Actress
Was Made Slim

Many stage people now depend entirely
upon MarmOla Prescription Tablets for re-
ducing and controlling fat. One clever
actress tells that she reduced two to four
pounds a week by using this new form Il
the famous Marmola Prescription and
now. by taking Marmola Tablets several
times a year, keeps her weight just right.
All druggists sell Marmola Prescription
Tablets at 75 cents for a large case. Or
You can get them by sending price direct
to the Marmola Co.. S64 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, Mich. If you have not tried them
do so. They are harmless and effective
Advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-03

The following from the Lawrence
Journal-World viii be of interest to
Topeka people who were formerly
students in X. u: Miss Josephine
Lamborn and Mr. Walter Kauder.
former K. U. students, were married
Wednesday. September 20, at St
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-03

Aside to Friend Jozz House:
The handy little WORD gay" should
be understood to be comparative.
When applied to an afternoon tea, it
means that the party was lively and
interesting compared to a funeral, a
lecture by Edward Box, or a travelling
mans mental picture of Sunday in
Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-03

The P. E. o. society will have
meeting Friday afternoon at the home
of the president, Miss LAURA Startz-
man. in Taylor street. The meeting
is called for two o'clock for Red Cross
work. Luncheon will be served at
$3.50 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-03

The following young men, who are
members of the headquarters COM
pany and Battery A, were entertained
at the Phi Delta Theta house by their
fraternity friends: Mr. Arch FARRELL.
Mr.. Harold Spielman, Mr.. Fred Beer
bohm and Mr.. Philip Sproat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-03

Mrs George H. Whitcomb will en-
terrain the NIizpah Bible class of the
First Presbyterian church at their an
nual picnic party Saturday, October
6, at her home, 1921 West Sixth
avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-03

President and Mrs P. P Womer
of Washburn college. will give part,
Saturday night at their home for the
members of the freshman class of the
school.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-29

tons incidentally a new phase Of its wide
influence which is bound to arrest the at
tenton of every good american. Since
the beginning Of the war, 1t seems, 25OO
young men have joined the colors through
the agency Of the Brace Memorial News
bows House in William Street. Since this
country entered the war 300 haveNgone
from the house to sea and mobilization
centres. Moreover, numbers have gone
into munitions and supplies factories.
And on the records of the society are the
names of four army officers and some
1000 soldiers and sailors who in years
gone by were street urchins. homeless. va
grants.
Those familiar with this organization
have long known that it makes men OF
the boys whom it takes in charge. 1t Is
good to know also that these men are
Americans, not too proud to 90 out and
fight for their country. This city can
we'll rejoice in such a record, and be
grateful to the agency which makes II
possible by its splendid care Of the boys
who come to it. Though only phase,
bv-product of the society's regular year
bv-vear work, this wartime development
is particularly appealing. 1t is somewhat
dispiriting to read in the same report
which tells of it declaration that war
conditions are diminishing contributions
to the organization, making it difficult to
conduct its work in these times Of mount
ing costs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-29
THANKSGIVING, 1917

Measured by most of the things which
have meant thanksgiving in the past this
is the saddest and poorest any one no"
living can recall. Even turkeys are scarcer
and higher. The bank account, for most
of US. is lower. So are the larder and
the coalbin. The prospect for the future
is darker. rather than brighter.
The day is chiefly one Of reunion, OF
family greetings, and there are precious
few American tables to-day from which
one or more members are not missing
either already gone overseas or in camp
here. with all the peril to come. Here,
as in other material things, the blessings,
such as they are, make poor show. Ihey
are all negative. We are not starving.
Our brothers and sons and husbands and
friends are still safe.
Yet there are few Americans to-day,
we think, who are not profoundly thank
full. perhaps more keenly stirred by the
dav than ever before in their lives. we
are almost inclined to say that most OF
us have never before realized what true
Thanksgiving Day was.
It is strange revaluation of everything
in our world that has worked out this
change. 1t has come slowly. 1t Is still
coming to many. But the process is I'M
mistakable. We are slowly, steadily gain
ing a standpoint from which turkeys and
dollars and the whole business of merely
living seem very small things to be CRATE
full for or sing psalms over. The loss OF all
seems small in view of what we have un-
questionably gained.
What is it that we have gained, that we
do feel thankful for to-day? That we 1--we
in a country of courage and splendor and
devotion and that we, in our small sepa-
rate ways, are learning to share in that
courage and devotion, we think. Every
one will put the idea according to his own
lights. No one, not the greatest poet, can
saw it to the satisfaction Of all. 1t is not
a thing to be precisely uttered, yet or ever.
There is a warm bestirring, deep in the
heart of each of us. There is silent
dedication taking place day by day in our
Utmost selves.
For these beginnings of new and
glorious life, of sacrifice and loyalty and
beauty, we give thanks to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-29

new and unexpected weapons IN advance OF
war was not thoroughly realized uli recently
by any government except the German. l.
IS unfortunate for the Allies that the Ger
man government realized IL before they did'
because this priority has been potent hght-
or on the German side. In fact, the primer
pal single factors in whatever success Tue
Germans have attained have been the ne"
mortars with which they battered IN me
tons of the Belgian forts. their novel april
ances for trench fighting and their uneX-
pectedly efficient submarines.
perhaps il is not too late to bring against
the Germans a still newer weapon the tor
pedo-p plane; perhaps it may be permitted US
to hope that, as the Monitor was the ehectl'e
answer TO the Merrimac. so the torpedo
plane may be the effective answer TO the
submarine.
Submarine Decline Insufficient
Much hope is felt by the Allies now be-
cause of the apparent loss Of effectiveness
of the submarine attacks. Whether or not
the submarine has been beaten, let US realize
that the submarine is only one OF many ma
val weapons. and that naval strategy recog-
nizes the fact that so long as an enemy
fleet exists as a fighting force, so long as II
remains what we call "a feet in being, II
constitutes a continuing menace, from wnich
an attack OF some kind may be expected at
anv time. For this reason, no mere suosl-
DANCE If submarine activities should blind US
20 desirability of sinking or disabling the
German feet
The reason for sinking or disabling fleet
that is already practically imprisoned by the
british feet may not be obvious; attention
l. therefore requested to a few words OF
explanation.
War is merely an endeavor to destroy by
force an enemys power to make war, either
osensivelv or defensively. II either SIDE
succeeds in accomplishing this the enemy IS
az his rnercv The mere killing and wound
ing Of men does not even tend to accomplish
il. unless the killing which one side does
inhicts greater injury on the enemy than 10
received from the enemy. Now, IN any oa'-
,le the side which loses is more injured III
his ability to make war than is the side
which wins, as | have heretofore proven
mathematically. For this reason, II IS de-
sirable for each side to win as many oatties
as il can, even if each battle is not very I'M
portant in itself. Therefore, strategy directs
attacks against weak points rather than
against strong points, and endeavors hrst 10
ascertain where the enemy's weak points
are.
Now, looking at the government OF any ma
ton. we see that it may be llkened 70
three-legged STOOL because it rests on three
SUPPORTS; economic power, military power
and naval power These three supports are
Joined together, as are the three legs OF a
stool, and are mutually dependent; but II
any one of them is broken, down comes tne
structure. be il stool or a government.
In the case of Germany there is no aim
Guilty in seeing that the weakest OF her three
supports is her naval power, and that, there'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-29
Light on Mrs. Humiston

As a proof of the alleged immortality at
army environments Mrs. Humiston's plant"
bv which she induced a girl minor and a
man not her husband to register at hotel
at Camp Upton, is worth less than moth
ing. The same thing might happen at
almost any eminently respectable hotel in
New York City 1t is not the habit Of
hotel clerks to ask to inspect marriage GER
tifcates of those who apply for lodgings.
The fact that this "reformer' was driven
to such tactics is the best indication that
she has no proof Of her original sensa-
tional charges, for proof of which the gov
eminent is anxiously waiting.
What is valuable in this affair Is the
light it sheds on Mrs. Humiston herself.
She took a girl Of sixteen, given into her
charge by the girls parents, and without
their knowledge sent her off to seek room
in a hotel with a man. AS reward for
the endeavor, she obtained place in a
motion picture studio for this girl. No
harm, fortunately, came TO the child. She
was recognized by soldier, and prompt
investigation by the camp authorities re-
suited.
All this, it must be remembered, occurred
subsequently to the issuance Of Mrs HUI
miston's first accusations against the mo-
rality of the boys in khaki. This hlmsy
evidence" was not hers when she made
her charges. This was to be proof
after the event. This woman is a
member of the bar. She is presumed, be.
cause Of that, to know the nature of evi.
dence and to have full realization of the
desirability of obtaining facts beforehand
when an assault on the character and
conduct of an individual or individuals
is made.
Soldiers are not saints, nor do ordinary
human beings necessarily become sacro-
sanct when they don their country's uni
form. Nevertheless, any servant Of this
country should be free from the attack of
sensation mongers. Reformers, too, are
only human, and frequently a misguided
zeal oertops judgment. Mrs. Humiston's
motives may have been admirable. Her
performance has been deplorable, and its
effects vicious beyond description. A scan
dalous accusation has been lodged, not
against individual soldiers or canton
ments, but against soldiers in general,
facts to sustain which have not yet been
produced by this woman. The charge has
been spread far and wide, and wearers of
the uniform have been discredited, regard
less of their personal character. Yet the
most discreditable thing in the whole
affair has been done and admitted by Mrs.
Humiston herself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-29
THANKSGIVING A. D. 1917
New York, Nov. 20, 1917.

We thank Thee, Lord, on this Thanksgiving
day
That we still reap where we have ploughed
and sown
And though the harvest seem but meagre
pay,
That we no longer feast content alone.
We thank Thee, too, that we have learned to
Where giving means daily sacrifice;
Through sacrifice we've learned a, last to
live
And follow in the steps of Him the Huns
despise.
We thank Thee that our sons stand side by
side
With the heroic youth of bleeding France,
Whose fallen comrades stemmed the shifting
tide
That swept through Belgium like an
avalanche.
When tn Hun first Numbered his unhOy
creed
And wrongs unspeakable besought redress
Thank God, it did not find US drunk with
greed,
Or dumb with fear, or blind to wretched-
ness!
Thank Cod in that stern hour the summons
came
We met II as became a sovereign race;
And conscious Of the glory Of our name,
We flung the challenge in the Kaisers face!
Thank God, the nations dead died not in
vain;
That Lexington survives the dust Of years;
That Gettysburg doth still a shrine remain;
That Freedom lives-baptzed in blood ana
tears!
We know the fearful stake for which we
fight,
We know the costly price that some must
pay
Ere victory croyn the everlasting right
God grant us strength TO face uncrushed
that day!
Though bitter be the cup that we must drain.
Though bloody be the road our feet must
tread,
Though nameless crosses mark each hill and
plain.
Oh, grant not peace till common justice
reign
And Freedom has avenged her martyreo
deadl
WILLIAM Ii. ToMPKINS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-29
Germans and the Red Cross

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II ia not another "groundless rumor."
as mentioned by Mrs. Arthur Frank, but, alas,
a plain fact that in many Fifth Avenue
concern everything is done by Germans and
sympathizers TO cripple the good work Of the
Red Cross. In those estab ishments are
working German females; too many, indeed,
who like their mates are worthy Of the
Kultur
rumor well spread just now by those
females is that soldiers must pay from So to
SO for sweaters made Of wool gladly fur
nished free of charge by the Red Cross to the
girls. It is, of course, an Infamous lie, an
other piece of Bocheism; if you prefer, but
well calculated to discourage hundreds Of
girls willing TO do their bit for the boys, even
after a hard day at work.
Searching inquiries as to the truth of this
rumor are bound to give hardly result, for
the good reason that in many instances the
forewomen filters or diapers Of the concerns
involved being Boches or sympathzers, it
will mean an immediate discharge for the
girl helper daring enough to open her mouth.
And every one acquainted with the modes,
fashions and dressmaking in general knows
very well how to-day, with the present crisis
in those trades, it will be difficult for the
guilty" girl, to find another position.
The writer. vouehing for what he states
believes it would be good thing for tho
Red Cross, which he considers the most
humanitarian institution in existence. to have
posted at once in every workroom n plain
notice on the matter. He suggests also that
the names OF firms refusing such Il poster
should be given publicity and boycotted. II
would be also another good thing that once
in while delegates Of the Red Cross should
vet workrooms and give the girls a little
lecture on the sweaters question.
HENRI DE LAFITOLE.
New York Nov 20 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-29
Cancellation in Ireland

The hopes encouraged by such reports
as we get of the progress of the Irish con-
vention are in large measure modified by
what we hear of the actual state of affairs
in Ireland, and a speculative future full OF
promise is disturbed by a troubled and
ominous present. 1t is for this reason
that, although it is recognized on all HANDS
that no hurried compromise could possibly
be of the slightest use at this time, there
are increasing signs of uneasiness at the
difficulties encountered in coming to a de-
cision of some kind, and increasing doubts
as to the usefulness of a decision of any
kind.
The people of Ireland understand very
well why the government is resolved TO
deal leniently with the disaffected sort
during the deliberations of the convention,
but what they are asking with some anx-
iety is whether it will be possible to re-
store reasonable order if a decision is
long postponed, and what policy the gov
eminent intends to adopt supposing no de-
cison is reached or supposing a decision
Is proposed which proves wholly unac-
ceptable.
There may be some hope that if license
enough be granted to the rebels the people
will ultimately turn against them. So far,
however, the rebels seem rather TO be gain
ing in power and almost daily they defy
all constituted authority in a way that
causes grave misgivings in those who re-
member the events preceding the insur-
rection of 1916. The courts are treated
by them with open derision, and no Won
der. The other day twenty men were sum-
noned TO answer charge Of Illegal drill
ing. They refused TO appear Warrants
were issued. and when at last the prison
ers were placed in the dock they refused
TO take off their hats, declaring that they
did not recognize the jurisdiction Of the
court" On receiving a sentence of inn
prisonment with hard labor they laughed
derisiveiy and said they would not do hard
labor, whereupon the magistrate very
obligingly changed his mind and decided
that as they were "men Of good character"
hard labor would not be imposed. Where
upon they left the dock triumphantly sing
ing the chorus Of "The Soldiers Song"
This is merely an incident, showing how
Indifferent the rank and file are to the
nominal measures used 10 keep them in
order. AS 10 their leaders, they seem for
the present 10 enjoy complete immunity,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-29
The Future of the Torpedo-Plane
By Rear Admiral Bradley A. FSke, u. D. Navy
An Address Delivered Before The Aero CLUB OF VEN IN

fore. il is against her naval power tia. a..
main effort of the Allies should be dir.e,.I
The German navy lies behind defences which
II seems. cannot be broken through BY dir.c,
attack. but. like the walls Of fort IN n.
olden days. they can be flown over by a.,o.
planes. just a the walls of fort could h.
climbed over by scaling ladders.
In the case of Germany. although h,
navy is her weakest support in the war. /,
will be the most powerful single agency Tia,
she will need when the war is ended Co,
many's whole aim in bringing on the warn,
to secure Pan-Germany. but Psne.,.
many without a powerful navy is incone.,.
able. All of Germany's marvellous econor,
plans. all of her wonderful army, in case h.,
navy is disabled or destroyed, will suppor
the German government just as efeetusly
as two legs alone can support STOOL b.,
no more so.
The value of navies was not clearly recoe.
nized until Mahan made Us realize it. Mshsn
has passed away, but the light he lii s,l
shines. By that light we see that the North.
ern States made the mistake in our Civil
War of devoting their main effort to the
army; we see that, if they had done the re.
verse and devoted their main effort TO the
navy. merely holding the Southern army IN
check. they would have blockaded the South
so quickly and so completely that her mean,
for making war would have been taken away
from her almost Immediately. We see, also.
that Russia made like mistake in her war
against Japan and that If Russia had mere
w developed @ navy sunerior 10 Japan's she
could have blockaded Japan so tightly that
Japan would have been absolutely isolated
from all the world. In our war with Spain
we made no such mistake, and therefore We
fought the war with the maximum Of De.
cisiveness and the minimum loss Of tin.
and blood. a loss of time and blood so small
as to be nconsiderable, in proportion 10 the
vast and permanent results achieved
Sink Ships if Possible
In order to realize the potency Of naval
warfare we must first realize that the var
value Of naval weapons, including the sui.
marine and the torpedo plane, does not.r res.
so much on the injuries they can infct
on the difficulty with which those injuries
can be repaired. Ships that are sunk. or
even disabled cannot be repaired as quickly
as shore stations can, nor can they be re.
placed, like men; and, since the effort Of
warfare is merely to reduce the enemys
ability TO make war, and since modern naval
units carry much greater concentrated
power than military units do, naval battle,
decide issues more quickly and irrevOcsby
than military battles can, as the naval bat.
ties Of Manila and Tsushima prove. No
military defeat now possible could iniur
Germany as much as would the destruction
of her feet, because that fleet could not pos
sibly be replaced and without it Germany
could not even pretend to hope to achieve,
the ambition for world dominion with which
she started the war or have single plausible
reason to give her people for continuing to
ware il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-29

in spite of the Prime Minister'S recent
warning. Obviously the purpose is 70
avoid any unpleasantness, but 1t Is no
less obvious that if satisfactory settle
ment is not reached by the convention
there will be a great deal Of unpleasant
ness when the failure is manifest to all.
For then the government will have no
choice but to put down disaffection by
force. In the meantime the rebels grow
in strength, and seeing they have an
nounced that they will accept no decision
offered by the convention, it is clear that
they are the gamers by all delays.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-29

tactics of obstruction and misrepresenta-
ton. first. in winning weak members OF the
Board of Estimate to a policy OF delay, anu
second. in inducing the Legislature during
it's final rush hours, and later Governor WHIT
man. TO approve the so-called Ottinger-EIeh-
bogen bill, which contained mandatory terms
absolutely precluding any amicaole improve
nent nlan. This law provides that the rail-
road must surrender and move off from the
rght-of-way it owns outright, wnlcn IL
bought and paid for and has used for pubic
service for over sixty years, transferring lts
tracks to other ground for occupancy upon
lease with periodical revauation, with sec
ondary provision requiring that the company
submit to conditions that easily might sub
ject it to confiscatory double taxation during
changing city and state administrations.
Apparently any possibility OF relief or I'M
provement must await the repeal OF TINS ao-
surd state law, adopted in haste amid the
clamor of political self-seekers.
The alternative, which is inevitable and
not by any possibility to be avoided, despite
the claptrap public announcements and grand
stand plays being made by those public ofi-
Gals who have hoisted themselves to power,
or who countenance the obstruction, is many,
many years of litigation, much of which must
cover points already adjudicated and decided
in favor of the railroads right TO own prop
erty it paid for
The public has been cheated, deceived and
tremendously injured by these successful
takers. and this will soon be generally real
lied. Just as they were unable at any open
hearing on the questions involved to make
good their wild Misrepresentation and to
Yin the solid support OF any but the preiu-
diced, of the uniformed or the unthinking,
to whom their appeal was solely one Of fall
sity and anti-corporation prejudice, so they
now are unable to give the City of New York
any part of the great benefits guaranteed in
the plan won by the courageous. loyal and
wise labors of Mitchell, Prendergast and their
supporters. A WEST SIDER.
New York, Nov. %, 1917.