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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
BUSINESS OF LIVING
Patty Finds Gus ker Hero Near the
Front Line Trenches.
By MRS. EVA Lee NARD

Dear Folks at Home:
Il got no letter last week. 1 hope
it only means that the mails are de-
layed more than usual. Mail has
been coming quite regularly lately
and that has spoiled me for waiting.
Here's hoping that 1 hear in a day or
two.
Have told you about our inter-
esting Quaker ambulance driver? I
do not think 1 have. He is a very
conspicuous figure, for he wears his
big Quaker hat with his khaki and
he has a gray beard. That makes a
man conspicuous in these days of
smooth faces.
Il inquired who he was when he
first came to the hospital, for I liked
his face, SO placid and gentle. 1t
did not fit in with the nervous wor-
saw around me. Why, that is good
old "Noncombatant" Foster they re-
piled, the best old soul in the am
bulance corps. He is q Quaker, and
you know they do not believe in war
on principle, and they think it wrong
to bear arms. However. he hates the
Boches so cordially that 1 believe he
would join the army if he were
young enough. He was determined
to do something and as he is an ex-
pert driver he finally got on as am
bulance driver. But that is not all
he does. That was the wedge that
gave him the chance to show what
he could do. He is a regular father
to all the wounded boys He writes
their letters and hunts up interesting
books for them to read, brings them
flowers and dainties All the faces
light up when he comes into the
ward
Every load of wounded is a spe-
cal strain on his sympathy, 1 sup
pose He will call out every few
minutes, Cheer up, lads. We are al
most there. Then a bed and solid
comfort ] suppose every young man
Is dearer because of the one that is
gone.
'One of the patients told me some
thing or his life. 1 suppose Mr.. Foster
took a liking to him and wanted Ar
interest him one time when he was
in considerable pain. 1 cannot ac-
count for the confidence on any other
ground, for he is the most retirina
man you ever saw. He is a widowel
and lost an only son, a fine young mar
OF twenty-five or whereabouts, a short
time before the war was declared.
Another one of his Tommies told
me that fragment of a shell knock
ed off the old gentleman's hat one
gay while he was helping on the am
the firing line during battle and the
work is very dangerous
I told him. continued the sol
dler, that he was too old to be do
ing such dangerous work, but ht
| picked up his hat with a smile anf
said; think young men are more
useful than old ones in these days
and II can save some of the youns
ones l shall not feel utterly useless
Bless his heroic old soul l saw
that is the stuff that Quakers ar,
| maze or, no wonder they were dis
gusted with the slackers who triet
to Join their church that they Nigh
| get out of military service
1t is time to go on duty. coed
pye- four loving PATTY"
(To be continued)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
THE SOLDIERS
ISSUED by the War Department and all
rights to reprint reserved.)
XIX

Among the qualifications which all
non-commfssioned officers should pos
sess the following, by military author
tiles, are regarded as of first impor-
lance:
l. Proficiency as guides in close
order drills, and particularly as col
umn leaders in route E-arching
2. Aggressive leadership, especially
in drilling, marching, and fighting
8 Ability to act as instructors
4. Thoro knowledge of the elements
of field service.
5. Thoro knowledge of interior
guard duty.
s. Skill in range finding and in esti-
mating distances so as to assist men in
firing accurately.
Z. Proficiency in leading patrols.
8. Ability to prepare written mes
sages that are clear complete, and
concise.
9. Ability to sketch and read maps
This list will suggest some of the
lines along which non-commissioned
officers should work, whenever they
have the chance. Many of the nom
commissioned officers in the national
army will be chosen, hot only because
of the knowledge or skill they already
possess, but also because they show
capacity for further development and
for leadership.
Tomorrow: The Nine Qualities of
a Soldier.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
GLOBE SIGHTS

LFrom the Atchison Globe.l
More people dodge work than dodge
responsibility.
Some men never have anything but
good prospects.
There is usually more conversation
than information
Many of those on easy street are
made uneasy by taxes.
No furniture is good enough to
look good on a moving van.
When a woman is a martyr she
wants everyone to know it.
Every married man knows there
are a lot of unwritten laws.
Link Preston to his son: Head
every possible subscription list rather
than circulate it"
Most men who are swe1l-headed
try to make themselves believe they
are really dignified.
There are SO many ways of losing
money that laws will never be able
to protect all the suckers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
WHY BUSINESS HATS.

One of the most prominent invest
ment bankers in the country, com
menting upon the present lack of
snap and energy in the conduct of
business for other than war purposes,
says that general business, like the
stock market, is dlrtIng along with
out much leadership. Consider the
large number of men," he said, ''at
the head of their respective lines of
business, whose services have been
Communicated for war purposes. The
great constructive brains of the coun-
try are today intent on war and not
on business War, not money making
or the building up of new enterprises
has become the business of the coun-
try"
OF course a vast volume of business
must be transacted to take care of
the needs of our 1OO.000,O00 inhabi-
tants, but the zest seems to have dis
appeared from business, with the
holding in allegiance of that great
constructive force. the determination
to increase and develop. Capital is
reluctant to embark upon new enter
wealth CONSUMPTION" and price fix
ing will proceed to a point which will
deprive investments of a satisfactory
yield The risks at present seem too
great for progress along any of the
staple lines outSide the munitions
/ field.
| One of the most Depressing influ-
ences of all, says the Iron Trade Re
view. is the stupendous sums into
which the cost of war is mounting.
The way congress handles billions is
appalling. But, no doubt, after a
few prices have been fixed, and manu-
facturers and merchants have been
given am opportunity to see how eff
fective the policy will be, more active
business may ensue. Forward buying
| has been held up for about two
months, until now there are require
| ments to be covered in many lines
which are mounting to considerable
proportions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
TRAWELETTE
The Passing Eskimd
BY NIKSAH


Some philosophers are discussing in
has been a good thing for the human
race, some of them eve nterming it a
disease. One argument in the affirm
alive may certainly, be drawn from its
effect on uncivilized peoples when
they first come in contact with it.
The North American Indian, from
Canada to Mexico, has degenerated
in quality and dwindled in mum bers
as a result of its blessings" and now
DR.. Grenfell of Labrador writes that
trading posts are bringing disease and
whisky among the Eskimos, so that
they are dying out and losing their
best qualities.
The unspoiled Eskimo, according to
the testimony of all fair observers, is
"a man of most admirable character.
He is peaceable, patient full of graft
tude and magnanimity. The explorer
Mcmillan tried in vain to explain to
the Eskimos the causes of the great
war. which is the latest manifestation
of our civilization. When he told
them the white men were killing each
other over the ownership of certain
lands, the Eskimos asked, t'Why don't
they divide it %
DIR. Grenfell tells a story of an Es-
kimo for whom he set a broken arm.
ears later he met the man. who pre-
scented him with beautiful pair of
skin boots which he had been carry
ing about with him, in the hope of
meeting his friend, for more than two
years.
The decrease of the Eskimo is due
to the fact that the white man inn
ports diseases but not the medicine
and doctors necessary to cure them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
Argentina seems to be about to cas-

Argentina seems TO be about to cast
her lot with the nations opposing
Germany. The South American re-
public has not the provocation for
entering the war that the United
States had-not yet. But the govern
ment at Buenos Aires probably
realizes that it is only a question of
time when the rights and the honor
of the country will demand that she
take up arms against the pirate among
nations and that nothing can be
gained by delay. Germanys prospec-
tive new enemy is reported to have
well trained army of 100000 men. If
the entire force can be made availab BILE
Tor service at the front, it should be
of considerable assistance to the arm
les already in the field. There is no
longer any danger that the aggrega-
tions of nations opposing Germany
viii run out of men. The thing of
greatest need is to keep up the sup
ply of arms ammunition and food. The
most optimistic Teuton can scarcely
hope to win, in face of the odds
against his country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

tween elementary and secondary
schools, altho in France higher educa-
ton has always been accessible to poor
people. The preparatory schools are
not expensive. The most popular re-
form in France at present, however,
has to do VII physical training.
Physical training scenters are being
established in all parts of the country,
even where the schools have been mus
tered into the military ser yice. For
the first time health and hygiene in
the schools are being placed above
the three RS"
But this does not mean that France
is neglecting the three RS either.
Hospitals and military depots are be-
ing moved from school houses as rap
idly as possible, and he schools again
thrown open to the children. In viii
lagos where the school houses are still
needed for military affairs, private
houses have been turned into tempo
rary schools by the women. one
woman kept her school of thirty five
pupils together for over a year during
the German occupation of her prov
ince. If a boy played hockey, she
and IF a parent wanted to take his
boy away for employment in a fac
tory, she usually talked him into
changing his mind
Furthermore, France has had the
additional burden of educating Bel
first year of the war five hundred Bel
gian children were sent to the interior
of France to be taken care of. They
were divided into forty eight school
colonies and placed in charge of
teachers. The course of instruction
followed as nearly as possible that
of the Belgian public schools before
the war, and the expense was shared
by the French and Belgian govern
! ments. The older girls of these colo
MES do the sewing and laundering,
and prepare the meals. The older
| boys contribute to their support by
| working in the fields during spare
| hours but such employment is not
| allowed to interfere with their school
| work.
Thus Europe is awake to the value
| of education as it never was before
| All the mistakes made at the begin
| ming of the war are being rectified as
| quickly as possible. The minimum
| age limit for the employment of chill
dren has been restored, in some in
stances increased, and the number OF
| hours children are allowed to work
has been decreased by law. They are
! being kept in school, and the schools
themselves improved. All of which is
a significant and valuable lesson fol
the United States of America.
| Questions on the above or any sub
| ject upon which the reader desires in
| forma ton should be addressed the To
| peka State Journal Information Blu.
reau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director
/ Washington, D. c.. with 2-cent Stang
enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

War has made Uncle Sam the big
gest buyer of food in this country and
the board bill for his soldiers will
be 100000 a day." Charles 'Lathrop
Pack, president of the National Emer-
gency Food Garden commission of
Washington told the food conference
of the American academy of political
and social science. We are to have
two million men under arms shortly
according to the best reports At forty
cents a day it will be seen what that
means. True these men ate before be-
coming soldiers. but they have sudden
~ become non-producers and they
! must be fed. 1t is reported that the
reserve stock of foodstuffs at each
camp is s125.OOO and there are SO
camps in the country today. That
means that food valued at s4.125.OOO
Is taken out of the regular channels
of trade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
IT rs WELL WITH THE child.

1T is WELL WITH THE CHILD.
The word has come-On the field OF battle.
Sorrow is mine but there is no more dread
am his mother. See. / do not say
Il was; he is not was, my SON. IoHaS
He rests is safe, is well; he is AT ease
rom pain, cold, thirst, and fever OIL "is
ease. so,a
And horror of red tasks undone or done
Now he has dropped the load De oore' my
son. =, <..~s
And now my heart is lightened OF All Tears
Sorrow is mine and streams OF loneIy teais'
But not too heavy for the carrying Is
The burden that is only mine, not MS
At eventide 1 may lay down my head,
Not wondering upon what dreauiuI DTu
Perchance-nay. all but certa1nly-ne lieS'
And with the morn l may In turn arise.
Glad of the light, of sleep, of fooo, nov Nc
Is where sweet waters and~greeh meauo"s
be ,.s
And golden apples. How it was he dieo
/ know not but my heart Is sausfled'
Never again of all my days Will one
firing anguish for the anguish OF my son.
Sorrow is mine but there is no more dreao-
The word has come-On the field of battie'
e Atlantic Monthly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

rUghl / wish / was a mayor"
The mayor beamed.
Really" he said. And why do
you wish you was a mayor like me?'
Then 1 wouldn't get smacked IL I
ate things with my knife" said the
small boy innocently.
War Jokes are the standard medi-
UNI of conversation among the Eng
lish. This is from the north coun-
try
Rain was falling steadily as the
weary cyclist plodded on through the
mud. At last he spied figure walk
ing toward him through the gloom.
Gladly he-sprang off his machine and
asked the native:
How far off is the village of Pop
pIetons" :
Just ten miles the other way. sir"
was the reply.
THE other wsy.v exclaimed the
cyclist. But the last sign post 7
passed said it was in this direction"
"Ah" said the native. with a know
ing grin. but. ye see, we warped that
there post round SO IS to fog those
ERE zepplins."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

Congressman Frank w. Mondell of
Wyoming. has found a new way to
impress upon the public the huge
ness Of the deficiency appropriation
bill just passed. Mr.. Mondell has fig
ured that if we were to count dollars
at the rate of five per second. and
continue the count for ten hours each
day, it would take almost 100 years to
reach the number of dollars that the
bill authorizes to be expended. He
estimates that the total amounts to
one-sixth of all the farms and ranches
of the country, with all their stock,
machinery and buildings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
EIXING COAL PRICES.

1t is disturbingly evident now, that
the price fixed for sort coal is a mis-
take which promises to produce
widespread hardship. Last year the
total supply of fuel was insufficient
under the influence of a fixed price
which is too low, the result promises
to be most unhappy.
The real facts are, says The Bache
Review. that stimulation of production
was especially essential in this one of
the four or five commodities in the
forefront-of war and domestic needs,
and the course pursued has had just
the opposite effect. Production is re-
ported to have fallen off 5000, 900 tons
in the month of August. A different
course in price-fixing was pursued in
anthracite, fair price having been
allowed to the producers varying with
the circumstances at the different dis
tricts. The result is that anthracite
production has increased.
While the larger companies might
be able to make a meagre profit on
bituminous coal at 50, at very many
of the smaller mines expenses exceed
this sum, and many of these opera
tors have closed their mines.
Manufacturers all over the country
are already feeling the bad effects of
this shortage in coal and are running
on unsatisfactory reduced schedules.
Merchants are consequently having
great difficulty in getting orders filled,
and delay in shipments is the order
of the day. 1t is impossible to under
stand why such action with regard to
coal was taken. The price originally
first tacitly agreed to, by the larger
producers and the coal committee, of
SO, was fairly satisfactory, and if ad-
hered to would have obviated many
of the unfortunate results which have
will increase as the winter draws
near. Once production at a mine has
stopped 1t is matter of difficulty and
delay to renew it
Some idea of the lack of proportion
of this coal price may be gathered,
continues the Review, when it is con-
sidered, as is stated, that this level OF
| cents for copper, to $SS for steel, and
to IL or Is cents for cotton 1t can be
imagined what effect reduction to
such figures would have on produc-
! ton in these commodities and it is
now seen how far away coal is from
what maturer elaboration has accord
ed, for instance, to copper, of % Y
cents per pound.
| Price-fixing is supposed to be in the
Interest of the consumer and the
lower the price the better he is
pleased. But merely knowing that
coal is down to Sc md not being
able to get any, is of no benefit to him
The demand for coal far exceeds
the output of all the mines. Risine
prices induced many new exploitation.
of coal properties, sand under thi.
stimulus of possibility of big profits
| hundreds of new coal operations hat
been started in the South. This kline
Of enterprise. which would undoubted.
ly have increased production mater.
Tally. has been given a black eye. NJ
new operations of the kind will bt
| undertaken with coal at an impossi
bly, low price
What we needed in coal was ire
mendously increased production, which
higher prices would have induced
What we will face at the Government
price is the possibility of a destructiv,
coal famine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Raisin Pie-One cup sugar. one
cup chopped raisins, one cup sour
milk, one egg. Stir all together and
bake with two crusts.
Elderberry Pie-Nery few people
und erstand how to make elderberry
pie owing to the lack of sugar in
making them. To one quart can of
elderberries add two cups sugar; stir
in two tablespoons cornstarch- This
makes two large pies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

And so they had hunted. Such tire
some work as it grew to be too. They
searched in the tree trunks, in the
bushes and even among the grasses
though they might have known the
wrens didn't nest so low, but no sign
of the nest did they find. No wonder
they got tired and cross But they
never guessed what Jennie Wren had
done.
Before she left. she carefully pull
ed to pieces her nest and scattered
it to the winds. Think of that I'D
have to build new one next summer
anyway" she said. land if l destroy
this before go. they'll not find where
I lived" And they didn't. aren't you
siad2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

per cent in quantity and of nearly
per cent in value compared with the
figures for 1915. The average price
per thousand, however. increased
from s4S.S5 to $51.O9. -Four of the Is
producing states, Maryland. New
Hampshire, North Carolina and Wis
consin, showed increase in quantity
and value of sales.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
THE SEARCMLIGMT
Latest News from the Fields of
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTION
More Concrete Used

Steel is going up, and concrete, as
result is coming into wider use.
Railway bridges, for example, which
used always to be of steel are now
often of concrete. beautiful con-
crete railway bridge is being built
across the James river at Richmond.
Virginia. and it is much prettier than
a steel bridge For like reasons, con-
crete is replacing wood in mining
structural work, where it has the
great advantage of being waterproof.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

The saying, that which cannot be
cured must be endured" will lose it's
force if the American Association of
Progressive Medicine be permitted to
carry~out its program. The organiza-
ton will seek legislation making law
ful the execution of aged, infirm or
suffering persons who desire death
Its members argue with some show of
reason that criminals, altho not known
to be incurable. are put to death and
without their consent. Some difficulty
may be found in obtaining an execu-
toner. but the association seems not
TO have considered that phase of the
subject. This possible contingency
was illustrated by an old farmer some
years back. who after listening to re-
citals by his neighbors regarding the
wickedness of his boys. remarked: II
know my boys are mean and they
ought to be killed, but hate to do it"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
ON SPUR f AZ MOMENT
BY ROY X. MoULTON

Sorrow.
MY love has cost me much, alas,
And so l weep and pine,
My love has cost me much because
l took her out to dine.
Ny love has cost me much and so
l sorrow and lament
Ny hope 1 fear is spent, but oh,
1 know my roll is spent.
How could 1 know, she seemed so slight
So spiritual and such,
But heavens, what an appetite =
My love has cost me much
-Eddie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27
DINNER STORIES

The small boy watched the mayor
as he sat at his parents dinner liable
with round eyes of wonder Every
movement of the civic gentlenan's
knife and fork was noted. Then sud-
denly the child gasped out:
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the most platonic of friendships with
a young woman, or show ordinary
civility to a beautiful young girl with
out his wife having her heart torn by
every demon of jealousy and wreck
ing her fears and suspicious upon his
defenselesS head
These and hundred other reasons
make it folly for a man to marry a
woman ten years older than himself,
and a crime for her to marry him.
Cradle snatching is a dangerous pas
time, both for the snatcher and the
snatchee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

Stone for street paving seems to be
giving place to other and more de-
sirable substances, altho the quantity
still is large. According to figures re-
ported to G. F. Loughlin. of the U. S.
Geological Survey, department of the
Interior. there were sold in 1916 a.
595, T96 granite paving blocks. val
ued at s2.2Ss. 4s6. a decrease of nearly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-27

The 1918 wheat crop in Kansas NAV
De safely regarded as having passed
one danger point. The heavy rains this
month make it certain that there can
be no winter killing.