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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

TO THE FLAG.
Unfurli Unfurl!
Oh. Flag of Minei
And let the wide world take
This message from your Tapping folds,
Americas awake."
The eagles sleep
Is DER at last,
And now his wings are free
To cleave the sky and send his cry
Across the land and sea!
Until the end
We pledge you now
The oath our fathers gave:
That while we live with strength to give,
Triumphant you shall wave.
Unfurli Unfurli
Oh, Flag of Minei
And let the wide world take
This message from your Tapping folds,
Americas awakei''
John, Kemble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

A few years ago the use of convict labor
for road building was confined most ex-
clusively to a few OF the southern states
where, it is safe to say, the use of this la
Dor was planned with the intention of Sc
curing highway improvements at little
or no more cost than was necessary for the
housing and feeding of the prisoners in the
prisons. In these early cases the gang
system was generally used, the men work
ing in stripes, usually in chains and under
guards who were heavily armed. But
state after state has taken up the utiIi-
zation of convict labor in recent years I'M
til it is now common in all sections of the
country. With the growth of the use of
this class of labor, conditions from the
prisoners standpoints have improved ma
terially.-Engineering Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

In the light of events that are trans
piring in the war zone, it is becoming
evident that Germany expended her
military and munitions resources at
Verdun. Nowhere has she been able
to maintain successful offensive oper-
ations since she abandoned the at
tempt to cut her way past that for
tress
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

Carranza is now the de jure as we'll
as the de facto president of Mexico
His first act should be to suppress the
German trouble makers within the
borders of his country. They can do
him and his people no good and may
accomplish much harm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
DINNER STORIES

Susan's mother had placed a dish of
candy on the top of the piano, where
she supposed it would be out of her
little 3-year-old daughters reach. But,
returned a little later. she found
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
Dorothy DiT Says
BY DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer

A strong woman may love n weak
man to the death, but weak man
long loves q strong woman after he is
married to her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

The largest maker of paper fasteners in
the world is an English concern which an
nually manufactures over 10o,000,oO0 of
these articles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Watercress Good Spring Tonic

Now is the time TO think of taking
spring tonics, and what's better than
watercress, which is certainly deli
cious? The following are a few dainty
ways of preparing:
Water Cress With Lemon Sauce
Clean freshly picked cress, sprinkle
with salt and lemon juice, pepper and
powdered sugar. Serve with steak.
Nut and Cress Sandwiches-One
tablespoon shredded cress, three ia
lemon juice. Mix ingredients and
spread on thin slices of bread.
Boiled Cress-One peck cress, one
fourth pound bacon cut in cubes, salt
and pepper, lemon juice, two hard
boiled eggs, few little onions. Pick
cress over wash well. Boil bacon in
pint of water, pour it over cress in Il
kettle. Cook over slow fire until ten
der. Drain, season with salt, pepper
and lemon juice. Serve on platter
The Table.
Custard Cake-One cup sugar.
four tablespoons butter. one egg,
three-fourths cup sweet milk, two
teaspoons baking powder, two cups
flour. Flavor with lemon. Bake in
layers. Custard filling: Beat yolk of
one egg, half cup milk and two tea
spoons cornstarch. Boil till thick.
Flavor with lemon. When cool spread
between layers Use whites LOT IIosI-
ing top
Drop Cookies Made From Spoiled
Cake|Soak cake in lukewarm water
until thoroughly dissolved, then add
one-half cup molasSes, in which dis
solve one-half teaspoon baking soda,
add one-half cup shortening (butter
and lard), one teaspoon mixed spices,
flour enough to thicken SO they drop
nicely from teaspoon You can make
them from any spoiled cake, light or
dark
Sugar Cookies-One cup white SUI
gar and one cup brown, one cup lard,
two eggs, one-haif teaspoon salt, one
tablespoon vanilla, one cup sour milk,
one teaspoon soda. Beat all together
sift one teaspoon baking powder with
the flour (enough 10 handle easily,
roll out, sprinkle with sugar, cut out
and bake. These are delicious and
will keep indefinitely.
Graham Bread-This recipe is ac-
curate and one can't go wrong: One
half pint milk scalded and cooled to
lukewarm, one-half pint lukewarm
water one quart graham flour, one
and one-half tzaspoons salt. two ia
blespoons lard, two tablespoons mo-
Iasses one-half yeast cake Break
yeast in cupful lukewarm water, add
yeast rises to top. Add molasses and
lard to the warm milk, and the salt
to the flour. When yeast is ready,
add all the liquid to the flour and
knead mixture until smooth and elias
tic. Keep dough as soft as it can be
handled. therefore add the flour spar
ingly. Place dough in warm place
and let stand until light. When light
mold dough into loaves. filling creased
bread pans about half full. When
raised bake in moderate oven about
an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

Nijinsky, the famous Russia n
dancer, is of course a good musician.
At a reception the other day NJ.
Nijinsky listened without wincing to
a pianoforte performance, more Wig
orous than skillful, on the part of the
daughter of the house.
m. Nijinsky, how do you like my
little girls playing?" the hostess asked
her guest of honor
All madame" M. Nijinsky replied
in his quaint English. st think your
daughter haff a VARY firm tread
Professor Copeland of Harvard, as
the story goes, reproved his students
for coming late to class.
This is a class in English compo-
sition," he remarked with sarcasm,
mot an afternoon tea"
At the next meeting one girl was
twenty minutes late. Prof Copeland
waited until she had taken her seat.
Then he remarked, bitingly:
How will you have your tea, Miss
Brown
Without the lemon, please" Miss
Brown answered quite gently.
A certain magistrate had the repu-
tation of being very hard on Migrants.
One of these came before him charged
with lettering, and after he had plead
ed guilty the magistrate put some
questions to him, which he answered
ready enough.
Have you any visible means of SUD-
port?"
Yes, your worship" replied Joe, as
quick as lightning Then. turning to
where he perceived his wife in the
audience, stand up, larry, so that his
worship can see Won
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

Susan sitting on the floor RECALLING her
self with the candy.
why, Susan! How did you get
the candy?''
"Oh, 1 climbed on the stool, and
then on the piano keys, and then
said, Now, if 1 die before 1 wake,
pray the Lord my soul to take and
got the candy, all right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

Copyrighted, 1917. by The Wheeler Syndi
cate, Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

Germany says she has no U-boats
on this side. Whose submarine was it
that shot a t the Smith?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

Mrs. L. A. Ryder is visiting/in Atchison.
the guest of her mother, Mrs. Charles VOL
colt.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-13
CUBS HAVE PUNCH WITH BAT
BROOKLYN SHOT TO PIECES
BY Mark Shields

IL IS NOT expected LndL MI WllCIlSll
will win any pennant with his Cubs
the coming season, but in their ex-
hibition work the North Siders- ap-
pear to be a much better team than
the one that took the field last April.
The club is hitting the ball viCiOusly
against coast league pitching, and
the pitchers out that way are well
along in condition and capable of a
few curves. Right now they are more
puzzling than were the Philly pitch
ers at the same time last year when
he Cubs fell seven times.
Deal seems to have put consider
able punch into his work and should
brace the infieId, both on attack and
defense. He hit 300 in the Federal
league and repeated last season in
the American assn. He should bat
better than .275 in the National, and,
IS batters rate nowadays, that is no
average to be sneezed at.
Pres. Weeghman is said to have
been after RisbeTg, the sensational
SOx rookie, but was turned down by
Pres. Comiskey yesterday. This has
given rise to the belief that Weegh-
man is convinced Doyle will be out
Of the game for some time and he
wants an able man for his place.
PunctUre that idea.
The Cubs closed their stay in
Southern California by beating Yer
non. 10 to 4, Yerkes, Deal and FlaCk
getting three hits each. COnifrey,
the Bronx third baseman, was left
with the Vernon club.
Intelligent training methods are
showing remarkable results for the
new White SOX plan. The players
are advancing much faster than they
have in previous years and by the
time the exhibition game season
opens next Saturday Manager Row
land will have a better line on his
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-13


managers to secure.
And the players will be in better
physical condition. They have not
been forced against minor clubs. No
big Ieaguers like to be trimmed by
the smaller fry and this often results
in putting forth strenuous Efforts be-
fore the men are in condition. AS it
is, the boys are playing among them
selves and do not mind a slip now .
and then.
The present intention of Sox Of
ficials is to carry a small army of
players through the first month of
the American league season. Some
good prospects have been picked up
and all will be given a thorough trial
before the axe falls.
Outfield material is stronger than
for many seasons. Jackson and Hap
Felsch have their jobs cinched but
the right field assignment is a fight
between LieboId, Eldred, Murphy and
John Collins, with Haas an outside
possibility. Eldred and LebOld, be-
cause of their diminutive stature,
which make them good Iead-Off tim
Der, are being given especial atten- -
ton. Both have been hitting vigOr-
Ously and each is a fielder of parts.
1t is an open fight, but more than
an even bet that John Collins will not
again be the regular right fielder.
Neither in fielding nor batting did
Collins come up to expectations in
1916, and his long reign in the gar
den is coming to an end. This is a
blow to some people who were tout
ing Shane as the best outf1eIder in
the league, when any close observer
knew such judgment was bunk.
Zeb Terry is being groomed as an
infield undeTstudy. He is already an
excellent shOTtstOp, and is now being
drilled at second base. With Nc
Mullin to protect third in emergen-
cies, the SOx will be strongly fOFti-
ed nth --ogov.vvo y,,o Forfa1
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28

There are some bad men and incom-
petent Representatives on The present
board.
If we were 10 cry our eyes out under
the small system. ve couldnLget any
worse. but the chances are We would sub
stitute men for them with better idea
of just what is expected of aldermen
A smaller common council would re-
fleet the. intelligence and superior Iudg-
meut of Detroit as faSt-groVing city
taking its place up-uear the top IN the
census and industrial reports.
To keep on under the present system
would be a reflection both upon our in-
teligence and our Judgment and would
Indicate everywhere that oar growth is
no. a healthy one
Let's revise the charter and then. first
thing, .ets revise ,ne makeup Of our
board of aldermen
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28
It's a Crime For Any
one [ nder Il TO Smoke
Cigarettes In Public

Man merchants have been sHr
prised 20 earn the provisions ~ the
cigarette law They have thought
the axe ~ which they could be pur
chased Vas - years instead Of b.
The fact That n IS also a crime Tor
anyone under 81 years ~ age ~
smoke them In any public place or
on the streets and alleys is also
surprising 20 many. as well as The
section which makes The party liable
who allows minor 70 use cigar
cites on bis premises
Further ono ~ Tho leading law.
yers ~ Eesfern Michigan informs
the writer hat under tho common
Law any father who found his son
had acquired the cigarette habit
could sue merchant or proprietor
OF = cigar store or poolroom Tor
damage and collect N he could
prove thai such person sold c.g
arettes to hts son Bedding Ban
ner
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28
Pointed Paragraphs

You esnt get foot notes on, Of a
shoe horn
FEW people aolld be satisfied II
thr.r dreams came 'rie
ermon 'hat ie long drawn out
naturai' narrow
fh. in pouant event in many =
man l.ff is An accident ~ birth
Women frequently jump az con
ola ion THAT are anything oui alarm
ina
Tho oniy way 20 get hen out Of
don ro 90 .los bat sho6'er
Crc ona'lf ou see woman e
hat tNal feallt does look ike one.
Ane man NAV make his mark In
rr world blt b. isn't always a
mars af esteem
Gris az rhe present Aay imagine
more dienfed 20 be a bread
simmer than "a h~eadmaker
eamfho7 the average man doesn Z
lerf called upon io repent until aft
r bf had hccn caught With The
aord
the easiest thing in The world
fpr Ht-r 20 get engaged 90 a wid
ow rren u be- really doesn't
uesn f
Ianallv a man remains In thr
bachelor class because he is skepti.
eai f0 fhe ability ~ woman 20
support hm
f must make 4hc Gamer az = s..
5000 agt0moblf feel cheap when
chased yellow cur that wouldn =
arnr p cents az sausage factory
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28
The The
And Advice to Investors
II The Times Prints u, TIE Times Believes u
And Advice to Investors

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Address The Admirror, Times, Detroit Mich.
he hatdolars Of
quote advertisement
which reality
simple
TIE advertisement snguary silent those other ingredients
lead
agricultural experiment station found hat this preparation Is weak
considerable
hu and amount Of infusion with possible traces Of
hardin
SO here eoncoeon masquedng sulphur and sage mixture
on
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28
In the Days News


Ha .far who is o. address
t-r rrrrfUrr .nf the American
ranttr- a..> faffan today on nc
sIn...t Hg. 'ruiturai prod Icfion ~
atart eerrefar5 ~ aEriruitfirn
.f r.f HrIrr. states Tho native
hr has lived FOR mans
IiI.r.Is and has been more
Irre public lie since hIa gradu-
FROM Harvard in 1873 Mr
r.ran not fheorlaf ard the
rHr fr gives IN agricultural prob
haaed IN know edge and
.f.r.r sense ITO owns large farm
rraf Gloom uRt0H. Ill which III man
leFf .n ar. &c. prime piles and with
Hnarr .aI success So no KNOWS from
.raUrIrH. PERSONAL experience Wlaf
fa.tHr md writing about and
f.r boo furu she's the public.
Goo rrf fa lntyfsae food prudur-
r ard create mtre efficient Use ~
fara PRODUCTS is baesd 81 knnrl
f1er nrf uu theory.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28
What War Costs and
What the Money Used In
War Is Spent For

Doubtless the reader when ne picks
up his new >paper and sees that the war
department Is asking tor hundreds OF
millions Of dollars, wonders what 10 is al
about
He can understand the cost Of raising
and eQulpplng armies, the cost OF trans
porting them. and the cost of giving them
rifles. big guns and ammunition
But be is not apt TO think now much
more Is necessary, especially when an
army is sighting on foreign soil 5000 miles
sway from America
Here Is what some of these appropria-
tionS mean
In sending our armies 20 France. we
are trying to put Just as little burden up
on the French people as possible
This means that every pound OF food.
every gun, every shell. every cartridge
will if possible. be sent over there from
our American supply depots
Somewhere in France al the port of
entry designated for the American army.
this country VAIL have 20 build big piers
to accommodate our ships
II will have 20 erect tremendous ware
house. IN which-the goods unloaAed from
the ships viii be stored.
From this port up 20 the part Of the
trenches American troops are ultimately
to occupy, the United States engineer reg
iments will build network Of railways
TO carry supplies and men back and forth
We can't afford 20 cripple the efficiency
Of The French armies by using French
railroads. Those must be left clear for
French needs
It will be the same thing with automo-
bile roads. We will build our own.
At various points We Will have supply
depots near the firing line We Will have
big base hospitals. There viii be vast
machine shops in which 20 repair rail-
road engines, artillery Of all kinds, auto
trucks Of every description. armored cars,
hospital ambulances, airplane motors.
An army Of men Will be working be-
mind the lines, and they viii have TO be
housed. They will be the men who Will
handle the supplies and who will work in
those immense repair shops
American industrial cities, created sole
" for the duration Of the war. will spring
up al various points in France
And the bigger part We play n finally
smashing the Germans the vaster will
be the American railways, roads. shops
and warehouses.
These things are as vital ~ the war
as the men in khaki themselves With
out all these preparations behind the
lines, the army could not exist for three
weeks.
This big building program has already
been started. Regiments Of American ar
my engineers are busy behind the lines
al present
Once al IS secure and IN ship-shape or
der in the rear. once food and SUPPLE and
the other necessaries can he sent forward
IN steady stream the men 100 olive drab
VIII be ready ~ step into the trenches
and take-Hp The battle for denocrary,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28
From Another POmtOf NeU

Bureau OF labor statistics hoN that
food prices are 0n-the decline Nowhere
else, that we know Of, Is ttr-re anything
like a similar showing
Would the bureau Of labor be kind
enough 10 tip us OIL 20 where it buy. It's
butter?
Detroit opens the final series today
with Philadelphia How that announce
ment 20 one time would have caused US
70 SIT up and take notice
She drops the painted china,
And she drops the sugar bowl
As maids go, she's the bmit.
And shes trying 20 the soul
For the Red Cross She is knitting
Turning out sweater which
Will make some soldier joyful
Now and then She drops q stitch
Police Commissioner Couzens and Pros
ecuting Attorney Jasnowskrhave met but
failed 10 reach an agreement Further
10y IN the underworld
Russia will be getting into this war
next
Hard boiled eggs. we read. may be
canned
We are in favor Of It
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28
The Soap Box
BY Or. FRANK CRANE


N tNopyrlBhts 1918. by Frank Crane)
A good deal of uneasiness has been ex-
pressed over the activities of soap-box
orators in various American cities. A
soap-boX orator has come to mean an in
dividual burning with a desire for self
expression who, being unable to crowd
into the newspapers. or hire a hall, or Sc
cure "a pulpit, ulends box on the street
corner and sprays his ideas over the
heads of such of his fellow citizens rs
may have the leisure and find the incli-
nation to stop and listen.
The chosen themes of these unattach-
ed apostles are usually those that are un-
popular or considered for one reason or
another dangerous, as all the platforms,
pulpits, and other elevations suitable Tor
public speaking. where the conventional
and popular themes are treated, seem TO
be occupied. About the only place left
for the earnest soul who believes that
women should wear trousers, or all banks
turned into lunch counters, or AL tramps
pensioned at the expense of the wretches
who work for living, is the soap box.
Let him have it. The soap box is one
Of our palladiums. 1t is a necessity and
a good thing 1t ranks along with the
freedom of the press and the United
States senate.
For the reason that it is the escape
valve for those heady and threatening
gases that invariably generate in the
body polite If gas keeps on forming.
and there's no outlet, something is going
to break
If any man believes this war is wrong,
that the kaiser is right, that eonscrip-
ton is wicked, that il is perfectly proper
TO sink Iusitanias. bomb hospitals, and
enslave BelgianS, and so on, il is infinite
~ better that he stand up in the street
and say so out loud than that he smother
il in his bosom until he becomes fit
instrument for poisoning policemen or
burning an orphan asylum.
Let EN- talk! The American people
are not afraid to hear anything. We
don't believe in suppression 1t never did
any good. 1t was the policy Of czar-rid-
len Russia and s. the policy of kaiser
ridden Germany and infamous Turkey
Most Of the present troubIe-makers
axpatiate on Che crimes of England. But
they've been az it ever since I can re-
member and respect for Great Britain
has been growing in this country stead
ily ! don't believe the England baiters
ever did any harm Quite the CON
trary.
The a. p a orators who used to thun-
der against the Catholic church never
hurt the church any The sufTragettes
who carried Kaiser Wilson" banners
never accomplished anything bat to raise
disgust at themselves The frenzied
speakers against government and capital
and religion or anything else most people
support and believe in, are not injuring
anybody
Let EN- alonel It IS to laugh No
cause gains by sitting the voice Of the
cursor. This is a free country, and an
overwhelming solid public opinion is not
to be gained by Expressing the minor
ity but by giving it rope enough to
hang itself
or course, no one should be allowed
to incite TO crime, to resisting the law, or
TO menacing life or property.
But opinions are free as air. And the
way to make an opinion potent and ire
sistible is TO keep il free.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28
The Unhappy Teuton
; az ssRToN sRALEY

When The Prussisn isnt buy with hts spying
or transmitting plots for murder through a Svede
or when caught amid his schcming and his wing
Hes highly moral person yes indeed
When his most ambitious detected
And fs shown that aV him is junk
when bic CORES pondence rs collected
And we've got his crooked letters by The trunk
20 indulges IN extra righteous spasm
And excoriates the methods that used
And he elbows a sudden wild onfhusiasm
For The code 81 human conduct he's abused
For bic Teuton minds unable 20 determine
That BIT % clever sleuthnR the ely
Though ts eminenty proper for a German.
isn't wicked for his try%
Though he holds himself ponsible man
tho kaiser. HE murders nd les,
lie regards piece % spying hy HE foornan
With attitude ~ virfuous surprise.
And 20 'twiK righteous indignation
Because his foes do things that he has dona
And facing universal detestati6n
The Prusesns LOT Is happy
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28
After Marriage

he used to vow he loved the
ground she walked or
The ancestral domain. eh.
Yes Pretended he loved The
ground she walked on and now he's
trying 20 mortgage lot OF it'
Maud Jack Is telling around that
you are worth your weight in gold
Edith Foolish hoy Who's ne
telling ~ to-
Maud His CREDITOR
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-28

Englishman vcrr chatting over
a drink the pos Utilities At war
between their two respective
countries. when the German
exclaimed "Why We could
g0bble up England before
breakfast
Very likely" replied The
Englishman. but think what
long time you would be digest.
ing IT.