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The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-12-21
HERE AND THERE

Fr1Qay. DeCeHDtT Il, 1911.
HERE AND THERE
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs z
L. Allen of Cave Springs died recent
ly.
Mrs. James Scantlin, 49 wears Of
age, died recently at her home at Ora
vett
Mrs. George Cooksey, 80 years of
age, died recently at her home at
Winslow.
Bob Gage, 40 years of age, died re-
Gently at his home near Snow school
house in Carroll County.
Frank T. Chadwick died last week
at his home southeast of Rogers, bav-
ing been i'll for some time.
Mrs. Orphia Langham, SO years of
age, died recently at her home four
miles northeast of Berryville.
Mrs. Elizabeth Torbett, wife of Rev.
J. H. Torbett of Bentonville, died re-
Gently at the age of 70 years.
Z. T. Cartside and Miss Madge
Woods of Rogers were married at
Bentonville last week by Rev P. Car
nahan.
Claude l.. Pickens of Grove, Okla.
and Miss Genevieve Alfrey of Sloan
Springs were married in Bentonville
recently.
Mrs Nancy Centers, "a years of
age, died recently at the home of her
daughter, Mrs James Gardner, near
Prairie Grove.
Prof. A. n. Perdue, former state
geologist and member of the faculty
University of Arkansas, died recently
at Memphis, Tenn.
Rogers high school students mad
two half holidays, Monday and Tues
day of last week, due to frozen pipes
of the heating system.
Grandpa Dodson announces the ar
rival of son Wednesday at the home
of Harrell Dodson in Haskell Okla
homa.-Harrison Times.
Bentonville people were without
lights Tuesday night of last week as
result of an accident to some of the
machinery at the light plant
IL 70
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-26
FATHER EXPLAINS

'Pa, what is meant by the 'psy-
Geological mOment'?"
Have you never seen your mother
ask me for a check, SOM"
ooh, yes, pa"
"And did you ever notice that she
always waits until have had a good
dinner and she has brought my slip
pers and has pulled my easy chair
around to the light and struck a
match for my cigar?"
Eyes, pa"
''Wen, that is what is known as the
psychological moment for making a
domestic touch"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-26

fNllN I I'M CENe= NNSlNg-ENl VI
The Railroad Lunch Counter
The railroad lunch counter is a
place to eat when you're not hungry.
You'll be much hungrier by the time
your order is taken. The only peo-
pie that eat in 'em are strangers in
town.
When the stranger arrives, natur-
ally he's excited and isn't account
able for what he does. But at that,
a strangers first appearance in R.
r. lunch counter is his last time. The
ones that visit the same r. R. lunch
counter twice are the reason why we
have immigration inspectors.
All the help in the r. r. lunch
counter are busy scrubbing and
polishing the place. They keep the
coffee urns, apples and grape fruit
polished so highly the light blinds the
walters vision so he can't see the
customers. The cook in R. R.
lunch counter must have q cinch but
maybe he's out with the rest Of the
help polishing up the place.
The prices are, moderate-tO the
owner Of the place. But then the in
nocent stranger might mooch in with
a twO-bit piece and by the time the
meal appeared the two-bit piece
would have drawn enough interest to
pay for the meal"
From the way things look around
a R. R. lunch counter the proper
place to eat would be in the shoe
shining parlor.
--O-O--
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-26
-O-O
DISCREET APPROVAL

"DO you approve Of votes for wom'
en- in your district"
eyes, replied Senator Sorghum.
con what grOund?"
Because they are mighty likely to
get the vote whether I approve Of II
or not, and I'd like them to think as
kindly Of me as possible. Washing
ton Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15
!TRAWELETTE
By NIKSAH


Santa Lucia mountain hangs over
Santiago city in the ancient and hon
orable republic of Chile like a great
sentinel over a toy village The noun
tain dwarfs the town. Smothered in
lush growth of greenery, it is a sort
of natural Hanging Garden. The peo-
pie of Santiago, with their Latin
quickness of appreciation for natural
beauty, and their Latin readiness to
spend money on gratifying their ap-
petite for esthetic satisfaction, have
built roads and walks and bridle- paths
all over the seamy sides of old Santa
Lucia, so that it is an unequalled
place to stroll and drive.
To the couples and the family par
ties vending to and fro along the
winding roadways. the voice of Santi-
ago far below floats up in a faint, far
off musical murmur- If it is night
and moonlight, the squares OF the city
are picked out with diamonds of arc
light, and the tre1nulous strains of a
band steal uncertainty thru the eve
ming air like fairy melodies. No won
der the emotional Chileno draws a
long breath, and swears that as heaven
is his judge, there is no place on earth
! to equal the beauty of Santa Lucia
This moonlight stuff. as Broadway
would say, is all right for the senti-
mental; those with a more sociable
appetite for gayety find it in stop
ing at the little refreshment booths,
in listening to a stray guitarist who
whines out the songs of the country
side. Over all there is an atmosphere
of soft-spoken courtesy, of light-heart-
ed gayet. and epicurean thought1ess-
ness for the morrow that is highly at
| tractive to the visitor from the prac-
| teal north Only now and again
some sudden quarrel flames out
among the exquisitely dressed and
hammered young eaballeroS that
changes the face of things in a. twink
| ling Then one remembers that Santa
| Lucia. under it's lights and trees and
| pleasant ways. is at bottom most
uncertain-tempered volcano.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15
DINNER STORIES

A story is going the rounds con-
corning the inquiry in London into
the best method of checking extrava-
gance in restaurants and hotels, says
PeaSon's Weekly.
Among the witnesses before the
committee was a certain stolid-look-
ing waiter. The particular article
of food under discussion at the mo-
ment happened to be margarine, and
one of the members asked. incident
ally;
How do you call it in the restau-
rant margarine or mar
jorine' %
Neither. sir blandly replied the
waiter; we calls it sbutter'.'
After witnessing the wonderful per-
Torrance of a blind pianist one Irish
man remarked to another:
BE the powers that's the best mu-
sic 1 ever heard with me two ears -
HE does pretty well for a blind
man. doesn't he %
HE does. indeed. but L was just
thinking of wan thing"
Whats that?"
at wouldn't make any difference
to him if he wasn't blind"
why not p
We'll, / was watchin' him all the
evening, and he never looks at the
piano, anyhow"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

About everybody else having tried
his hand at bringing about a world
peace, the pope has undertaken the
task. 1t is improbable that he will
come any nearer to success than have
those who have preceded him in the
effort. 1t is improbable that there
can be a cessation of hostilities until
somebody has been whipped. 1t is idle
to talk of peace. to argue about
provinces, frontiers. colonies, while
the German maintains his right to
seize what ne desires-to kill whom
and when he pleases and to abrogate
every law, human or divine, which in
terferes with his appetite or his lust.
The issues. which were Joined at the
beginning of the war remain unchang-
ed. A return to the status quo ante
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

the wringer and then he's ours to
bite as much as we please"
So all the mosquitoes buzzed
around and they all perched on the
wet sheet, near the rubber rollers,
ready to help the bunny gentleman
push it thru
Are you all ready?" asked Uncle
Wiggily.
All ready" answered the captain
Then here we go!" cried the
bunny.
With that he gave a half turn to
the wringer handle and then, all at
once those mosquitoes hollered ike
anything.
"Ouch. oh. dear! oh. my! wow,'
they cried.
And no wonder. For Uncle Wig
gily had suddenly turned the wringer
and he caught every one of those
mosquitoes by their front toes be-
tween the hard, pinching rubber roll
ers of the wringer, just as Nurse
James paw was caught.
And the mosquitoes couldn't get
loose, and Uncle Wiggily sent for :he
dentist, who pulled out every one of
their biting bills, and then they
couldn't hurt the bunny rabbit, nor
any one else. After that MIR. Long
ears let them fly away.
So it's a good thing the bunny
wrung the clothes for Nurse Jane,
and if the stick of cinnamon doesn't
beat the strawberry shortcake VIXEN
it races after the fried potatoes, I'll
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
playing Copyright, 1917,
by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15
SIDE TALK S

BY RUTH CAMERON.

In almost every marriage there Is
one person to blame.
don't mean to blame for the mar
riage. as that might sound. but for all
the little inevitable irritations and in
conveniences and misundersta ndings
and mishaps of the daily life that one
returns to after the first rosy glow of
of common day.
Ordinarily this person is the woman.
/ think it is partly woman's econ
omic dependence, partly her inheri-
ted passivity of temperament which
makes her more patient about accept
ing blame
You know the old saying, Men get
and forget. women give and forgive"
But I met a couple the other day
in which a woman had gotten the
whip hand.
We were on train which was very
late. They were about to miss COW
eted pleasure engagement In most
of the families 1 know the woman
would have been to blame for this.
Her husband would have been storm
ing about, not actually putting the
blame on her-he couldn't very we'll
but giving her general sense of
guilt, and the woman would be trying
to soothe him and divert his mind.
But in this family the woman un-
doubtedly had the upper hand. She
it was who sat back in her seat with
knitted brows while the man tried to
cheer her up.
We were talking about this couple
after we reached home.
Wasn't she lucky?'' said the Au-
thorman's Wife.
The Authorman smiled to himself,
bit sardonically I thought.
Probably he's so crazy about her
| that he can't bear to have anything
bother her. said Molly, Economically,
Il do hope my husband will be Ike
I that.
DON'T" said the Authorman sharp
. ly.
/ "why?'
Because it won't mean that he
| loYes you more"
What will it mean?"
When either person is always
! blamed by the other il means just one
| thing,-that the person who gives the
blame has the less just and less kindly
disposition. l wouldn't want you to
! be that one, sister"
Cant there ever be a marriage
where no one is blamed for things ?"
wondered Molly wistfully.
"Of course" said the Lady-who-
afways-knows-som and there
are going to be more of them as soon
as women take their position as mates
and companions, and both men and
women learn more about the princi-
pies of justice and tolerance"
Bravo" said the Cynic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

Why the militant suffragettes do not
picket congress instead of the presi-
dent has never been satisfactorily ex-
planned. constitutional suffrage
amendment would have to be passed by
the two houses and the joint resolution
conveying the same to the states would
not be sent to the president for his
signature. Congress has the exclu-
sive authority to act in this matter
and. constitutionally speaking. the
president has no part in the business.
1t may be these women want to get
even with the president for being
elected despite their opposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

Iron and steel exports as a whole
have made a wonderful growth-by
far the greatest in their history-fn
the past two years. In the fiscal year
1915, the first year of the war, exports
of iron and steel and manufactures
thereof actually declined. having been
in 1914 1851. oOO. 600. dropped to s226.-
100000 in 1915, advanced to 1921, 900, =
900 in 1916, and approximately
81, 12O. 100000 in 1917 In the first
year of the war there was, therefore,
a drop of SIS, 100000 in the value of
iron and steel manu- features exported:
in the second year of the war there
was an increase of 100000. 200, and
in the third year another increase of
about $500, 100000. bringing the Unit
ed States to the head of the worlds
list of iron and steel exporters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Wash your silk hose every time you
take them off and they will wear
longer.
Just after removing the washing
from the line, turn the fine spray of
the garden hose on them then roll
them up and put them in the basket
This saves the second handling to
sprinkle the clothes.
After being worn for some time the
feet of white stockings are apt to be-
come stained or discolored and ordi-
nary washing fails to whiten them.
Leaving them hanging out in the rain
over night will often entirely remove
the stain
The Table.
Nut Bread-One egg. one-half cup
sugar. one cup sour milk, one-half
teaspoon soda. two cups bread flour
one teaspoon baking powder, scant
teaspoon salt. one-haIf cup ground
walnuts, ten dates. Beat egg, add
sugar. add soda to milk, add milk to
eggs and sugar and stir we'll Add
baking powder and salt to flour. add
to liquid, then stir in nuts and dates.
first washing dates and cutting into
large pieces Bake in slow oven
Rice Cakes-Two cups cold boiled
rice salt to suit taste, one egg
(beaten). two heaping tablespoons
flour. Beat together well. then fry on
griddle or skillet like you would pan
cakes. by the spoonful, to a golden
brown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

When the United States enlisted in
the war with the determination to
make our democracy and other
democracies safe it did not pause at
the enormous cost in money and the
possible cost in lives.
The United States. is spending now
more than twenty-seven million dol
lars a day. We are doing pretty we'll
And we are told that this year war
will call for ten billions. If the esti-
mate is ten billions, make your own
guess what the total will be-after
deficits have been made good.
At this rate we are spending every
ten days enough to build the Panama
canal over again. We shall spend the
first year at least ten times what the
national debt was when the war be-
gan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

The food bill is vastly more far
reaching than is commonly supposed.
1t is not mandatory, yet bestows upon
the president of the United States
power to regulate industry on a scale
and with a completeness never before
exercised in any country of the world.
Mr.. Wilson may when he chooses, it is
pointed out by Henry CIews. in his
Financial Review. completely regulate
nearly all of the great industries of
the United States. Our railroads are
already under practically government
regulation. and shipping is gradually
approaching the same control. The
government has recently laid its hand
upon the export trade, and it is now
proposed similarly to regulate the i'm
port traffic of the country Along
with these measures comes the power
to regulate prices. Truly. war is a
one-man business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

often made of earacul trimmed with
Hudson seal.
The woman who can afford it may
have a great variety of furs. The
shops this year are showing an un-
usual variety Of fur head gear. Close
fitting toques in military shapes are
predominant; but there are also clap
crate evening hats. One of these has
a crown of white eFmine with q bTim
of silver brocade.
Red fox is a favorite material for
scarfs and capes. These are being
made less artificially than they used
to be, and more of them are being
worn in natural colors. In fact, fash
ion shows a tendency in this regard
to revert to what it probably was in
cave dwelling days. for some OF the
neck pieces are little more than
a dressed skin thrown about the
shoulders.
That furs will ever go out of fashion
is not to be feared. They have
fascination for the feminine mind
possessed by no other material Doubt
hood of the race when furs were the
only material available.
Dealers here say that if the war
continues a few years more, New York
will be firmly intrenched as the fur
market of the world.
Questions on the above or any sub
Ject upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Washington. D. c.. with 2-eent stamp
e. closed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15
GLOBE SIGHTS
TFrom the Atchison GIob,

From the Atchison Giobe.l
Don't mistake conversation for IN
formation.
The mere fact a man knows his
faults is no sign he will try to correct
them.
Alb. Adkins says he has an old aunt
who is the kind who enjoys going to
funerals.
So often you see a man trying 10
excuse his weakness by being SEN
tiInental.
You may be entitled to the benefit
of the doubt but the chances are you
won't get it.
Some old-fashioned folks are sure
religion is waning because IL isn't as
uncomfortable as it used to be.
There is a whole lot of truth in the
time-worn saying about a baby in the
family that "a man never knows what
it means until he has one"
A farmer tried to get an Atchison
colored man to go out on the farm and
work for him. The coiored man asked
him what time he got up in the morn
ing The farmer said o'clock.
There amt no such hour on my
clock" said the coIored man as he
turned his back and walked down the
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15
ON SPUR tie III MOMENT
BY MORRIS MILLER.

Indeed.
oh, some may call him stern and cold,
And some may call him queer,
And some may pan the honest man
That we are praising here.
But we will strum the poets Tyre
And hum a roundefay-
To please a within. in praise of Him
Who hasn't much to say
For tho He's silent as a rule
And tho his words are few,
He doesn't make the ear to ache
As many others do.
He doesn't buster in a fit
Ger matters that are slight,
He doesn't pirate from soon till late,
From morning till the night.
We prize him more than those who bleat
And prattle all the day.
Who talk a lot but who have got
Not anything to say!
Play.
Play is an activity seen chiefly in
the young. The play of the adult cat
is not so sprightly and gleeful as that
of its young and this is true of the
human or any other order of cunning.
The most striking resemblance be-
tween man and the ape is the love of
play in early years. The infant ape
very often behaves so heedlessly as to
little. promise of growing up to a use
full manhood The young ape acquires
a more dignified bearing however ar
the age Of two or three, which is some
twenty years in advance of the young
human. The adults of any species
would do well to carry the love of play
into their older years. The playful
spirit would do much to enliven the
days tedium if people would cultivate
1T more A days work at the Office
would be. more tolera BILE with inter
walls of play. Life would be please nter
for all if more men would have bean
shooters and squirt guns in their
office desks.
Not everyone who gets the bounce
is able to rebound.
Tee Much
To wear the red and white and blue
Is now proper thing to do;
The little flag upon our coats
The finest sentiment denotes.
And ali and sundry then can see
We're patriotic as can be.
But one we'll never wear and that's
These red and white and blue cravats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15
THE SEARCHLIGET
Latest News from the Fiefts OF
SCIENCE, EDUCATION. INvENTIOS
New EIectric Heater.

In spite of the hot wave. electrical
supply companies are already plan
ming their appliances for next winter.
One of their designers. however. was
apparently influenced by the prevail
ing temperature, for the new heater
for which he is responsible looks al
most exactly like an electric fan 1t
stands on a similar base. and draws
its current thru a similar flexible cord.
1t mas a wire guard in front closely
resembling a Vanguard. In place of
the revolving fan, it carries concave
polished reflector with a heating ele-
ment in front In operation, this de-
vice sends out currents of warm air
Just as the fans send out cooling
breezes in the summer months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

The street car situation in Kansas
City brought about by the strike, en-
phasizes the necessity for the city
operating its own transportation sys-
tenn over its own streets. A corpora
ton which cannot deliver the goods
should go out of business or be put
out of business. The peoples rights
should not be trifled with while en-
ployers and their employees are en-
gagged in a quarrel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

Publication of the kaisers note to
President Wilson only adds testimony
in the case already made out by the
prosecution All the world outside of
Germany knows who is responsible
for the war and why it was begun. 1t
was useless for the German emperor
to try to saddle the war onto his
cousin George. The king of England
has nothing to say about making war
or peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

beIIum will not suffice. 1t merely
would mean that at some future time
the struggle would be renewed. 1t
would leave Germany the victor. be-
cause she has established dominion
over Austria Hungary. Bulgaria and
Turkey which cannot be wrested from
her by treaty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

The corn which was able to with
stand the July drouth should yield 100
bushels to the acre The corn crop in
the past has frequently been cut short
by a dry August. The weather this
month has been ideal for fields which
had not been previously damaged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

Bank clearings in Topeka last week
reached we'll toward the four million
mark. totalling $3.S64,OOO. This rep
resented an increase of s3.1 over the
corresponding week year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

Their friends at home will be graf
flied to learn that number of To-
peka young men made the team in
the tryout at Fort Riley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

The reason for exempting one eyed
men from military service needs ex-
PLANTATION. No man uses more than
one eye when he shoots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

The average citizen can't help won
dering why Maxim, when he was in
venting silencers, overlooked the op-
portunity afforded by the motorcycle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

Prices of cattle and hogs have been
advancing steadily ever since the pas
sage of the food control BILL 1t looks
tho Mr.. Hoover has a busy season
ahead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

The kaiser finds himself in the sit
uation of having started something
that he CAM conveniently stop. how
ever much he desires to do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-15

The Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau at Washington furnishes readers,
free Of charge, accurate AMI authoritative
answers to questions on any and all sub
jects concerning which Information can
be had from the unparalleled resources of
the various federal government depart
ments and the great library Of congress.
2-cent stamp for return postage must
accompany each inquiry. State clearly the
Information wanted, write plainly and ad-
dress.
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FORMATIONS UREAU,
Washington. ID. G.