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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25
HELPING TO SAVE
Topeka Women Find Numer-
Gus Kinds of War Economy.
Some Even Wear Husbands
Overalls To Save Dresses.
USE ALARM CLOCKS NO MORE
No, Indeed! They Get Up at z
O'clock without Them.
Husbands Expected To Be Sat-
iSfied With Lean Menus.

Economy! War Economy. The
most hated words of the household!
Long has the husband condemned the
phrase. And recently have the chill
dren deserted their mothers akron
strings to join with the men in their
denunciation Of the facts supported
by the words. The merchants, tho,
have stuck close by the side of tho
housewife in excusing oversights, I'M
reasonable demands and penny pirch-
ing methods. They, too, insist that
war is a terrible thing and that the
husband must suffer.
And the women's clubs are respon-
sible for the whole thing. At least that
is the advice of any sane and human
husband. Not only has the butterfly
that was wont to scintillate in the
social orbit of Topeka promised to
cast aside her fluffies but she has in
vaded the wardrobe of her husband,
stolen his overalls and declared that
the robbery was in the name of war
time economy" That is the first Of
Tense.
Meal Time Excuses.
The second offense that femininity
has perpetrated upon man is eXpound-
ed at every meal. No meat, no sugar.
little bread and tons of rice and oceans
of skinned milk. That is the menu
that has driven frying pans from the
hook and sent them thru the "inspir-
ing air of home" only to collide with
the most fragile vase of the "inspir-
ing" parlor. In a smaller way these
same inspirations have been received
by kids They howl. they fight and
some nearly cuss. But then it is war
times.
The domestic side of the man is once
more assailed in the evening when.
since Adam first took to sitting up
nights. lights have been aglow. Now
in the somber shades of the front
porch or in the dark, husband and
wife once more thresh out war econ
omy." 1t is truly insiring-to the
ne1ghbors. The movies are the only
place where it is supposed to be dark
Home is to be lighted with intelligence
and electricity.
The ideal home, according to con-
current decision rendered by the
amalgamated order of excusing house
wives, war brides and war wives" is
the one where two meatless days each
week, three potatoless days, three
milkless and four breadless and seven
tobaccoless days are observed.
From the womans standpoint,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25

night without announcement to see
whether or not she could loop and
swoop. and dip and curve in such
manner as to spell the abbreviation of
Golden state in fire. She did it When
the flight was over and the film was
developed Cal" written in a flow
ing hand" appeared upon it.
War Flying Old Stuff.
Miss Stinson has thrilled more spec
tators than any other woman aviator
and more than most of the men who
are Tying for exhibition purposes.
Many of the stunts dispatches ascribe
20 aVlators on the west front in
Europe are old stuff to this Texas girl
She is as much at home IN her big
blplane as most girls at the wheel of
an automobile. So thorCly familiar
is she with the machine that in many
tlghts she has neglected 20 costume
Tor them and has stepped into the ma
chine in some soft, clingine afternoon
gown, loosened her hair, waved her
hand at the crowd and climbed
thousand feed in the air before spec
tators realized she was ready to start.
Besides making her own flights in
Topeka Miss Stinson will race in her
biplane with Fred Horey champion
dirt track auto driver of he world
Horey, on the track, will .ttempt to
drive around it at a greater speed
than Miss Stinson who will be hover
ing over him in her plane
Nothing more thrilling will be seen
in kansas this year than the sensa-
tional flights to be made bv Miss Stin-
son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25
WATERS is CONFIRMED
Official o. X. Placed on Food Con-
troll Appointment of Kansan.

Official confirmation of the ap-
pointment of DR.. Henry ]. Waters to
take charge of the food control work
in Kansas has been received in To-
peka. Announcement of the appoint
ment of the head of the state defense
council was made nearly two weeks
ago.
Doctor Waters will be placed in
charge of the food control campaign
in Kansas by Herbert Hoover fed
era1 food director. He will cooper
ate with the federal government in
the work of regulating consumption
and preventing the boarding of
grains and food stuffs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25
Katherine stinson, WORLDS Greatest Woman F1yer.

Her Path of Flight.
AT 1000 feet in the air.
2-She started to loop"
3-She rose and swooped a second
time.
4-Looping the loop completely.
5-She regains her former level.
6-And traced the descending spir-
ais of a corkscrew. three times around.
when suddenly, to the terror of spec
tators
7-she turned her machine head-on
towards earth.
S-For 1000 feet her biplane dived
as straight as a plummet.
9-Then she swerved into a grace
full curve and alighted smoothly near
her hanger.
Who is It? Why it's 2O-year- old
Katherine Stinson. the highest priced
woman aviator in the world, who will
thrill spectators at the Kansas Free
Fair to be held in Topeka September
10 to 15.
The flight pictured here is one
made by her at Sheepshead Bay last
the World Magazine by Norah Meade,
a special writer. Miss Stinson has
made dozens of similar flights. but it
just happens that no artist ever be-
fore attempted to put her line OF
flight on paper.
Out in California. one dark night,
path of flight because il was marked
by trail of fire. She had torches
on her big biplane and went up at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25
Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns o!
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
August rs, 1892.

August rs, 1892.
George Fladd will go to Chicago today.
The city fire department viii appear In
the Labor Day parade. The entire parade
is expected to be three miles long
A small party was given Friday evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George Park
hurst In Potwin Place in honor of Miss
Frankie Nelson, of Kansas City
Prof. Louis Heck of Topeka is director
of music with the Eckert Opera company
on the Pacific coast.
T. J. OConnell is IN Nebraska. He is
said to be slowly recovering.
Keep your hands off all wires, A young
man was killed by contact with a guy
wire to an electric light pole.
Topeka needs a union depot.
The Sunflower club will meet tonight to
complete its organization
Dan Garden is jailor at the city prison
in the absence of Tailor Jester in Kansas
City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25
Kansas Free Fair


All roads lead to Topeka the second week in Sep
tember-the week of the Big Free Fair week brim
full of entertainment and instruction for
Der of the family. Plan to spend weeks vacation in
the Capital City The fair ground gates stand OPEN
Topeka bids every Kansan welcome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25

Ten acre display farm machinery in OPP
ration. Tractor exhibit and blowing dem
daily. A most interesting and
instructive department for every farmer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25

Friday and Saturday Harry Carey
will appear in Straight Shooting"
taken from THE Virginian." Mollie
Maline co-stars with Carey.
This weeks run at the Gem will
close tonight with Dorothy Dalton in
The Flame of the Yukon" a tale of
northern dance halls and Cf fighting
men and pretty women
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25

which is usually just the other side of
right. many men believe, war econ
omy'' is a great thing. They arise at
Z o'clock in the morning, without the
aid of an alarm clock to save the
energy of silencing the demon in the
morning hours, descend to the kitchen,
in uncleaned skillets (water is saved
here as well as time>, warm up pota-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25
THEPA BARA
DIRECTION WILLIAM FOX

Theda Bara will appear Monday and
Tuesday at the Gem in Gold and
the Woman" The play tells of an
Indian curse which becomes felt thru
four generations. Miss Bara is seen
as a Mexican adventures.
Wednesday and Thursday Mar
guerite Clark will star in Pretty Sis
ter of Jose"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25
BARTLETT WILL SING
Feltenstein Orchestra VIII Give Con-
cert at Gage Park Again Sunday.

Music lovers who desire to attend
the Feltenstein orchestra concerts at
Gage park should take advantage of
the opportunity Sunday afternoon or
evening as the season is drawing to a
close and there will probably be only
few more opportunities.
Mr.. Feltenstein has arranged pop
ular program for Sundays entertain
ment. one of the 1eadiog features of
which will be a number of vocal solos
by b. P. Bartlett, well known Topeka
singer. Following is the program:
Afternoons to 5.
Coronation March. Kretchmer
valse De Fleurs (Nut Cracker Suite)-.
$3.50. .Tschaikowsky
Melody in F-Paraphrase. Rubinstein
Love in Idleness-Serenade. Allan Macbeth
INTERMISSION.
Cavalleria MISUNDERSTANDING.
Vocal Soio-Seiected. Baritone
Mr. B. P. Bartlett
Dance of the Skeletons-Descriptive
The Only Selection. .......V. Herbert
Nights to 10.
Funfculi Funicula-March. L. DenZa
0rpheus-Overture. ...-.......J. Offenbach
B afsf Egyptian a partsj A I nanfei
Mill in the Forest-Descriptive.
IiNTERMiSSioN. ~ --U- :
II Troyatore-Sesection. -........-.G. Verdi
MI B. P. Bartlett -''
Sweet Observation-Disclosures. :. .Theo. Bendix
Naughty Marietta-Selection... Herbert
Hubby-"Hubbs is no kind of UNI
pire. He's no judge of fouls" Wife
"Why, hubby; I'm surprised to hear you
chickens in the neighborhood. "-Baltimor
American.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
Mozart's Musical Memory.

Mozart had wonderful memory
of musical sounds. When only four
teen years of age he went to Rome
to hear the famous "AIiserere" of
Allegri. Being aware that it was
forbidden to take or give a copy of
this renowned composition, Mozart
gave the strictest attention to the
music and on leaving the church
noted down the entire piece. A few
days afterward he, heard it a second
time and, following the music with
his own copy in his hand, satisfied
himself of the fidelity of his mem
DRY. The next day he sang the
"Niserere" at concert, accompan-
nying himself on the harpsichord,
and the performance produced such
a sensation in Rome that Pope
Clement XIV. requested that this
musical prodigy should be presented
to him at once.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
Prices Still Rising

The prices of shoes have SCARED
and may go still higher. Why buy
new shoes just now? We ask only
reasonable charges for expert work
in shoe repairing. We do not cob
BILE shoes but rebuild them and do
not nail any shoes that have welts.
O'ConnelPs Shoe laboratory.
46-tf Opposite Lloyd's Cafe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

A raging ioness that refuses to
rage has been kicking up all sorts
of excitement around Champaign and
Monticello, ILL.,, and hundreds of
armed men have been securing the
country in a desperate effort to keep
at safe distance from the tooth
less jaws of the beast. The poor
thing is probably wandering about
hunting for the cage from which it
escaped.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
A Frank Critic,

Louis XIV, who, like many hum
bic rimesters, somewhat overrated
his poetical powers, showed a copy
Of verses to Boileau and asked his
candid opinion Of them.
"Ah, SIRE" said the poet, 81 am
more convinced than ever that moth
ing is impossible to your majesty.
You desired to write some poor
rimes, and you have succeeded in
making them positively detestable. -
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
OPAL Feels Climatic Chances.

The opal is a stone with temper"
The diamond rises superior to climate,
as does the ruby, the emerald and the
sapphire, but the opal is of such deli.
cate organization that, when exposed
to severe cold, it loses color, and under
the influence of excessive moisture be-
comes dull. 1t is curious fact, how
ever, that the temperature Of ones
hand will cause 1t to resume its won't
ed fire and brilllancy, as will also be
the case when it is exposed to the d.
rect rays of the sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
Novelty.

The enormous influence of novel
ty-the way in which it quickens
observation, sharpens sensation and
exalts sentiment is not half
enough taken note of by us and is
to me a very sorrowful matter.
And yet, if we try to obtain per-
petual change, change itself will be-
come monotonous. The two points
Of practical wisdom in the matter
are, first, to be content with as lit
tie novelty as possible at a time,
and, second, to preserve as much as
possible the sources of novelty
Ruskin.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
DUsTLEss DUST

The Geman Government is making
desperate efforts to throw dust into
the eyes of the American pepole and
thereby hull them to fancied security
and consequent inactivity. Nine
tenths of the lurid stories about
peace that come from Berlin are
nothing but diplomatic dust. But it
is dustless dust, for it will not
slacken our prosecution of the war
in the slightest degree. The war
will be fought to a finish, and that
day will also see the end of Kaiser
dom and autocracy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
New York's Funeral BARGE.

There is little boat on the East
river, New York, known as the Fidelity.
which is the funeral barge of $3.50 per-
sons a year. Every morning, rain or
shine, it steams up the East river on
its daily tour of the various hospitals
and institutions. Bodies of those who
have died are returned to the morgue
to be left from seven to ten days, wait
ing for a claimant. There are about
120 week, 4S0 a month, or an average
q 5,760 year.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There 10
only one way 10 cure deafness. and that 10
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infiamed condition Of the mu-
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tube When
this tube IN infamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing. and when II is
entirely closed, Deafness Is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condt-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out Of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which 10 nothing but an in1amed condition
OF the mucous surfaces
We will give one Hundred Dollars for any
ease of Deafness (caused by cstarrh) that
eannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Coed for circulars. free.
z. =. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo, Ohio
sid by Druggists, Use.
IKE Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
WHAT IS A MANI
Break a Thousand Eggs and You VIII
Hava His Contents.

What is a man? How much is he
worth from a scientific viewpoint?
According to one way of looking
at it a man is worth about $3.50 a
day from his shoulders down and
anywhere from $4,000 to $1,000
900 a year from his shoulders up.
This may be said to be the estimate
of the average successful business
man.
The scientist, however, looks at
the question from another angle,
says the Popular Science Monthly.
According to him, man is worth
$2.45 for illuminating purposes,
since a man weighing $50 pounds
contains about $500 cubic feet Of
oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen in
his constitution, which at 70 cents
per 1000 cubic feet equals the price
above; also a man contains enough
carbon to make $3.50 lead pencils,
enough phosphorus to make $780,
900 matches or enough to kill 500
persons and enough water to fill a
thirty-eight quart reservoir.
Furthermore, it makes no differ
ence how sour a man may look he
contains about sixty Jumps of sugar,
a great deal of starch, chloride of
potash, magnesium, sulphur and by
drochloric acid in his system. There
are fifty grains of iron in the blood
of an ordinary man, enough to make
one spike large enough to hold his
weight.
What is a man? This is the some
what cynical answer Of one scientific
man:
Break the shells of 1000 eggs
into huge pan or basin and you
have ingredients from which to form
him from his toe nails to the most
delicate tissues of his brain"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

The strangest of European frontier
lines is that marking the boundary
between Hanover and Holland, where
1t crosses the Rhine. A row of pom
toons lies across the river, chained
bow and stern. Inasmuch as the d.
viding line runs through from stem to
stern, the eastern halves of the boats
are painted in German colors, the west
ern in Dutch. The effect is most
striking.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
Wanted His Penny Back.

A Pittsfield (Mass) mother told her
little son to drop his penny in the
plate when the man came round in the
church. He did as he was told. The
man didn't come back and the young
ster began to ask the reason why. He
became quite noisy in his demand to
know when that man was going to
bring back his penny. Mother quiet
ed him as best she could and after
church explained.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
First Title of VANITY Fair"

Brighton, England, holds memo
ries of Thackeray. 1t was while
staying at the Old Ship that he
commenced a novel which was to be
called Pencil Sketches of English
Society" One night as he was ~
ing in bed a better title suddenly oc-
cured to him.
81 jumped out of bed" he told
Miss Perry afterward, "and ran
three times round my room, utter
ing as l went, Vanity Fair Vanity
Fair VANITY Fair"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
Hs.sn Toon 10 Cnancen

The other day Helens mother pre-
pared a lunch which Helen carried to
school. When she returned home that
day Helen said: 81 didn't eat any
lunch today, mamma; somebody took
it from my desk" The next day Helen's
mother again prepared lunch and in
structed her to be more careful with
it this time. So on her return from
school when her mother asked: '.Did
anyone take your lunch today?" Helen
shook her head and replied: mo,
they couldn't; sat on it."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
Men Who Wear Combs.

In India men wear combs in their
hair much more than women do. A
Singhalese gentleman wears what
we know as the circular comb and a
very ornamental back comb of tor
toise she'll 10 gather his curly locks
together. He wears a full beard
also, but his servant must trim his
own beard and is allowed to wear
the circular comb only.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
The Law and the Fact.

"Your case would have been strong
er, Mr.. MCGUIRE" said lawyer, "if
you had acted only on the defensive.
But you struck first. If you had let
him strike you first you would have
had the law on your side" yes"
said Mcclure, "Oi'd have had the law
on my sOide, but Old have had him on
me stomach, pounding the lOife out av
me-"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

The Kaiser, we opine, might just
as well save his breath and the
millions he is paying in substituting
foreign correspondents. When the
war is over the allies will dictate
their own terms and His Kaisership
will walk up and humbly receive the
crumbs that are tossed to him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
Origin of a Hymn.

The origin of Coward, Chris
tian Soldiers" Rev. s. Barring
Gould's famous hymn, is thus told
Some Sunday school children were
to march from one village to an
other, and as Mr.. Baring-Gould
knew of no suitable hymn for them
to sing on the way he sat down and
wrote one, which he never dreamed
would attain such worldwide popu-
larity.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

There is not a man on earth who
does not experience thrill of
pleasure at the smile of a pretty
woman. If he doesn't he is not a
man-we won't own him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
poqs Reared for Human Food.

Among the Chinese a particular spe-
cies of dog is said to be reared for
the table. 1t is small dog of a grey
hound shape, with muzzle much more
elongated than in terriers. The flesh
of black dogs is preferred to that of
animals of any other color on account
Of the greater amount of nutriment
the black dogs are supposed to pos
sess.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

Yes, Alexander the Lord loves
you, but He viii not chase you all
over the country trying to pound it
into your thick skull.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

Don't bank too much on the
smiles and kisses you are going to
get from the French lassies, son.
The fighting is done in the trenches,
and not on the boulevards of Paris.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

Again, we remark, Uncle Sam is
slow at starting, but he pushes the
breeze, and kicks up the dust, and
raises hum-hum when he does get
to going.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

1t is becoming apparent to any
school boy that the more Congress
talks of food control the less it
knows of what it is talking about.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

Lord, but this town must be get
ting good. 1t has been an entire
week since anyone came in to re-
quest us to omit some juicy item of
news from the paper.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31
CaiIv Thouuht.

Why tell me that a man is fine
speaker if it is not the truth that he
is speaking? If an eloquent speaker
is not g. eahlng the truth, is there a
more hOrrid kind of object in crea-
ton ?-Carlyle.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

Uncle Sam, it is minated, may
pay his soldiers in French coin.
Our delinquent subscribers may con-
tinue to amble our way with the
good old American plunks.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

This more daylight campaign is
of little amount to the average
country editor. He'll have to whoop
it up day and night Just the same.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

The circumference of the earth is
said to be 25,OOO,OOO miles. Who'll
Join us in a hike?
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

No, brother, you shouldn't let up
on the specializing hog, or he'll have
your shirt soon.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

Occasionally, through charity,
we permit Senior Carranza to squeeze
a word or two onto an obscure
page.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

The cost of everything is still
soaring, and Congress is still twad-
ding, and the specializing sharks are
still sucking the warm blood of the
nation. -I
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

Liberty Bonds of any denomina-
ton will be accepted at par on
subscriptions to this paper. Pay up!
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

Whatever you do, don't cast your
bread upon the waters. A sub
might get it.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-31

The Advocate ISLANDS for Good
Printing" '' :.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-02
Letter to
DR.. kllmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. 7.


NO'O S'HhE1V koEFthHHHp"AsOOI u VIII DO GOK
You
Sent ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention the Harrisburg Daily
Telegraph. Regular fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores.