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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-18

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-18

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-18
BRACELET WATCHES

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-18

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choice Of ladies' or gentle
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-18

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-18

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19
TRAWELETTE
HankOw.
BIT NGKSAH


China is a much misunderstood
country. Altho we are rapidly getting
a more accurate idea of 1T, the persist
ent picture in the minds of everyday
America remains one of swarming
nopulation. of enormous overcrowd-
ing. of packed narrow streets. and
muddy rivers covered with house
boats. Reports from the great north
ern plains from the southwestern
mountains, from the deserts OF centrai
sia which show that huge stretches
~ the land are primitive and lonely,
come with a shock of surprise. But
the current mental picture of China
is not all incorrect. Crowded China
does exist, and Hankow is its most
perfect example
Half a century ago an amiable Eu-
ronean traveller estimated the popu-
lation of this teeming inland center at
eight million souls There mas never
beeu a census of Hankow, but this fig-
IRE is probably about a hundred per
stating an impression, certainly, OF
the most populous city in the world
Here YOU find the jammed streets. the
teeming alleys, the waterfront popu-
lation crowded on fran platforms
reared on shaky piles, the surface OF
the river hidden by a mass of boats,
each loaded to- the limit with people
who here eat, drink. sleep and other-
wise lead their lives in the station TO
which it has pleased Providence to
cali them. Every now and then a
flood sweeps down the Yangtze river,
and tens of thousands of these lives
are snuffed out. without any percept-
! tbIe effect on the numbers or the spi-
rits of the remainder.
Hankow is also a cosmopolitan city
with numerous foreign concessions.
where dwell commercial colonies
| from all Europe. II rs a great BUSH
ness point for the interior. In the
hey-fay of the English tea trade and
/ the clipper sailing ship scores of beau
tifuI vessels piled from London in the
! Hankow trade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

The Germans appear TO have aban-
doned entirely their air raids over
England. Also their submarine cam
paign shows signs of weakening. 1t
would be a mistake to assume that
these conditions are indicative of any
serious disorder in the Teutonic war
machine. The probability is that the
Germans are merely Matching some
new form of deviltry. For devising
and executing original stunts in bar
barism and fienishness they have
never been equaled. So it is safest
not to put our trust in the apparent
slowing up of activities in the air and
under the water. The Germans are
resourceful and if they decide that
one form of warfare is not getting re-
suits commensurate with the efforts
pat forth they may be confidently OK
pected to try something else. Let US
not start any celebration until the re-
turns are all in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

all last week-end?" he asked.
He was surprised to see her blush
crimson.
"Oh, that was Jim" she answered
carelessiy- He comes down every
week
ITO see you?"
But he isn't coming down this
week. is he?" bud felt very sure of
himself.
II don't know" The answer
swayed his confidence just a bit, and.
try as he might, he could not force her
to any further admission. He went
home that night rather doubtful as
to the winning of his wager. but on
Friday the girl was on the beach as
much as they had spent those pre-
ceding. She told him Friday night
that she wouldn't be on the beach Sat
urday morning. however. and bud
went home wondering. He admitted
to himself that he was on the brink of
falling in love; that the girl wasn't
exactly his kind, but that she was good
ano charming just the same; and that
he wanted to cut Jim OUT not so
much for one hundred dollars as for
his own SatiSfa ction. He wanted to
see more of Nellie
On Saturday morning he lolled
about the hotel, wishing that it was
time for him to go to the beach. He
watched indifferently as the postman
left a bag of mail at the office, and
approached the clerk without interest
to ask if there was anything for him.
He was rather surprised, however to
find among his letters a small laven-
dar envelope addressed in a handwrit-
ing he did not recognize. And he. was
more surprised than ever when he
read the contents For the letter was
from Nellie Drake, very brief and to
the point
I'm sorry that I won't be able to
meet you on the beach this afternoon
or tomorrow" it said. But Jim is
coming down for the weekend. 1
hope I'll see you before you go home.
Maybe If you could stay next week,
perhaps"
But Dud sighed and crumpled the
letter in his hand. He knew that there
would be no next week for him.
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19
Heart and Beauty
Problems
BY MRS. ELIZABETH "HC MPsON

Dear Mrs. Thompson; I am as in
terested a reader of your column as
1.-The Camel, Not the Gnat,'' and there
fore 1 hope you will give me room in
it to reply to him. ! agree with your
helpful advice to young people. Kiss
ing. in my estimation, is a vulgar and
plebeian habit, but not on the same
plane with dancing. Nearly all the
ministers daughters and sons of our
city attend the dances. In several
churches and church buildings dane
ing has been allowed.
To look at it in another respect.
dancing under the proper conditions
adds grace to the figure of the young
person; 1t takes the angles out of him.
Probably Mr.. Cameis boy will grow
up awkward and develop a hump on
his back like that of his pious father
from the lack of training to guard
against awkwardness.
hope all of Mr.. Camers. arguments
are not based on dancing one reads
about in cheap fiction.
Remember, Mr.. Camel, we are here,
not to judge, but to be judged.
THE GNAT END OF IT.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ! am seven
teen years old and have a very dear
boy friend with whom I have been
going to the theater recently. What
should / do when scenes are staged
which are shocking to me but which
seem immensely enjoyable to him?
Is it all right for us to sit in a
swing on the front porch together
at night alone?
/ will appreciate your advice very
much, my mother is dead and my
father is never at home at night.
M. NJ. c.
would be careful to go only to
theaters of refinement where / would
be least likely to find Objectionable
plays But If such things come up,
ignore them.
No. it is not advisable. 1t is not the
thing in itself. but what it may lead
to. you know. Sitting close together
on the swing is conducive to spooning.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Some time
ago a young lady visited me from
another town. She stayed at our
house three days. I am going to
that town in a few weeks Would
it be all right to stay at her house
while / am theref She has invited
me several times, but not lately.
BERTHA.
Let her know you are coming To
the town and If she invites you. then
it will be all right.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: WIN vo,,
please inform me where tinfoiI that
has been taken from smoking to-
Dacco packages can be sold and about
what 1t sells for? Ar
Take the tinfoiI to any dealer In
scrap metals AS the price Of tin H.
quite high at present and .ilfojI
that Is wrapped into a ball is ca siIv
meited, you ought to get somewlsers
AROUND Iofty cents pound for IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

In a recent address to the Oklahoma
SocIety of Engineers, George A. Rick
err of Chicago sketched what might be
called THE Railroad of Tomorrow.
That railroad. he said. will be a per-
manent highway over which gasoline
driven trucks will carry the products
of farm and factory. Such railroads
are now in operation in this country
The historic service of this type of
railroad in the war. as cited by Mr.
Kicker. is we'll known. The hard
surfaced pike and gasoline truck saved
eVerdun.
The speaker did not intimate, says
an editorial in the Oklahoman, that
the railroad of costly steel rails strung
over costly ties, laid on a costly road
bed, over which thunders costly roll
ing-stock between super-costly termi-
nails. would soon be scrapped. But why
not? The old stage-coach driver
doubtless imagined that his chariot of
torture would rumble on and on for
ever. It's not so long since the master
/ of sailing fleet snorted contemptu-
ously at the notion of floating iron
But-chauffeur succeeds caballero
Paul Revere's steed today is a flivver.
Nothing is permanent but change.
Our railroads are now doing admir-
able work. But evolution has its stern
gaze directed towards them, just the
same. Physically, the transportation
system of steel and steam lacks a flex-
asthility which inheres in the highway
and the gasoline truck. And, apart
from the physical limitations of the
steel road, modern railroading persists
IN continuing obsolete customs and alb
s.surd fictions which are. in truth, an
achronistic letters. The great natural
arteries of commerce-our rivers
have been atrophied by the railroads.
Rates have been devised to keep the
rivers idle. The so-called water rates
have been tribes to strangle the rivers
The way those water rates have been
awarded, to the arbitrary advantage
of one city and to the arbitrary dis
advantage of another city, is of course
an imposition. which has worked. and
still works, to the public detriment
There is the complicated system OF
tariffs, numbering millions. There ara
something like $4,000 classifications
The qualifying rulings and regulation.
issued daily would make good sized
book. Those qualifying rulings are, il
effect, but special rates for specia
packings or special descriptions. 1t i.
impossible to conceive of anything
more utterly unintelligible than an ex
pert's testimony in a railway rat,
hearing. Yet a freight rate ought t,
be a simple thing. 1t should be deter
sained by just three things-weight
- bulk and distance.
Whether the hard-surfaced roat
and the gasoline truck put the steam
road out of business depends upon TIL
steam road. But whatever the steam
roads do. or don't do, the permanen
s highway and the gasoline engine ar
going to be an important factor in tn
s transportation of the future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

Recent dispatches relating to the
Russian situation indicate that Ker-
ensky has lost his grip on the ma
ton. II this be true it illustrates
once more the futility of trying to
handle a revolution with gloves The
necessity for man like Korniloff and
the application of his methods IS fur
ther accentuated. The Russian peo-
pie demand a real leader and one is
certain to appear sooner or later. The
French Terror may be repeated pc
fore order can be established. What
ever the price of a democratic gov
eminent. Russia must pay it and the
establishment of a free and orderly
political body will be worth all it may
cost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

can as a possible source of botulism
is worse than regarding every dog IS
source of hydrophobia- Moreover. for
the very timid, there is the comfort
ing certainty that the exceedingly
slight danger is completely eliminated
by recooking the canned food for
short time before eating it.
The long and short of this whole
matter of canned food is, that there
is no more danger from eating it this
year than there was in any other
year. There are always a few cases
of illness traceable to bad food-not
only to canned food, but to spoiled
meats, to fish to bad milk, to oysters,
and a number Of others There are
also cases of injury and death caused
by street accidents, but we do not
on that account stop using the streets
Most of us never give the matter
thought; those who are, perhaps
wiser, proceed a little more carefully
This question. of canned foods should
be regarded in the same way. Select
the products for canning carefully
Don't can fruits or vegetables that do
not seem firm and sound. Put them
up carefully. If they are spoiled
when you open them, throw them
away. This will not affect the great
mass of perfectly good canned prod
ucts on the nations shelves. If you
want to take extra precautions, re-
cook canned foods a little before serv-
ing lhem- ana remember lndt ou1
mothers and grandmothers, and theirs
before them, followed the practice OF
putting up fruits and vegetables,
and there is no more danger" now
than there has been for the last CEN
fury. Remember. too. that home can
ming is big help in winning the war,
and get behind next years canning
campaign.
Questions on the abo'"e or any sub
-iect 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 Scent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

Our nominal peace with Austria
puts US at a great disadvantage in
dealing with Austrian subjects in this
country who are under suspicion. of
espionage. Not being enemy aliens
they may not be informed or proceeded
against except upon legal evidence.
which is none too easy to get in most
cases. If we should declare war
against Austria. as we ought. those
now under surveillance could be at
once taken N hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

ell you see, SAID the hOpeIu1
assistant, seeing his masters eyes
upon him, Its on account of the
scarcity of tapeworms."
Travellers who enjoy reading on
railway journey will appreciate this
story.
A passenger wanted to read, but a
man opposite would persist in trying
to talk After several brief replies
the reader became irritated.
THE grass is very green, isn't it ?"
said the pleasant young man
Yes was the answer; such a
change from the blue and red grass
we've been having lately."
A case of new-laid eggs upon his
back. the toiler made his way along
the pavement
Guess what happened?
It did,
RuefulIy the man regarded the scat
tered debris of shells and running
yolks Then he proceeded gingerly to
collect the few eggs that had re-
manned unbroken.
A passing pedestrian volunteered a
cheering word.
MY poor mani" he exclaimed.
Have you dropped your eggs?"
The ruckless one scowled.
"Oh, no, sir" he answered acidIy.
NO. indeed. I'm just giving a free
demonstration of our new system OF
open air cooking. I'm making an
omeIetl"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

be expended by the Chinese govern
ment in educating Chinese youths in
the United States. When China enter
ed the war, all the Allies waived the
payment of the Boxer sindemnitfes for
the time being. but the United States
stipulated that the sum expended on
sending students to this country
should continue to be forthcoming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

The women will get the ballot in
this country and they know it. Yet
few of them continue the farce of
picketing the Whits House gates for
political purposes and incidentally are
delaying the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19
THE SEARCELIGaT
latest News from the Fields OF
SCIENCE. EI5UCATIoN. INVENTION
Chinese students.


The number of Chinese students at
American universities is on the in
crease. In August alone, "a students
left China for American colleges. 1t is
not generally known that when the
United States waived its claim to the
Boxer indemnities. a stipulation was
inserted under which a certain pro-
portion of the indemnity money must
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint
>~BREAKFASr
Stewed Prunes. oa+r,..s
Toast Coffse
LUNCHEON
. Italian Rlsotto with Rfce ana
Tomatoes).
Stewed Pears. Wafer.
Tea
DINNER
Cream of Vegetable SCUM
leftover Vegeta bies1
Kidney Bean Roast
Stewed Corn.
Lemon JelIo Sliced Bananas
Top Milk
Slice four bananas into a ser.a..
dish and pour over them contents ~
double boiler. Serve cold. This VIM
serve seven or eight people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19
DINNER STORIES

What is the price of white tape?"
asked the lady.
Five cents per yard said the as
sistant.
That's very dear" said the lady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

The man trying to keep a family on
"a. salary. says the Los Angeles Times,
needs no lecture on conservation. He
can give the experts pointers on how
20 do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

slippery soap on the bottom of a
bathtub which is filled with water.
According to report from Berlin,
MANY German women of high birth
are giving their hair to the govern
ment to aid in submarine warfare.
The hair is used in making driving
straps for the U-boats.
1t staggers the ina gination to think
what Senator Vardaman, PaWnee Bill
and DR. Munyon could do for this
country.
And what cute driving straps for
submarines those pink whiskers of J.
Ham Lewis would make.
you cannot know too much about
food. or Doc Barnard in the Even
ing mail.
We can't even know enough about
il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

The world is getting tired of waiting
for Tolstoy's man from the north
who is to put an end to the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19
ON SPUR f FL MOMENT
Letters From the People.
By ROY X. MoULToN


R. x M: l been down here for
some time now and hell is no joke.
Take that from an expert.
I have been patient, and I have
never felt like busting out and start
ing something back in dear old ran
ders until just lately.
1 hear the crown prince has been
calling himself the second Napo-
leon Scacre bleu! What have 1
done? One more crack like that, and,
believe me. DO, this place will never
hold me. 1 will come back to earth
and bring my present abode with me-
Yours, n. BONAFAf@ f.
New York state has recently been
in the throes of a suffrage campaign,
which resulted disastrously to at least
one person Old Obed Hamberg, OF
Utica.
Obed had a lamp chimney which
was twenty-eight years old ana 1of
several years he had used it as an
ear trumpet. 1t was claimed by Obed
that no one could break his lamp
chimney but one night recently ne
went to hear an equal suffrage cam
paign speech. He got into a front
seat and fastened the lamp chimney
to his ear.
He was holding the chimney and
was nodding assent to everything the
feminine orator said until she scream
ed: Down with the tyrants," and the
conclusion broke the lamp chimney
into forty-seven pieces. Obed is now
against the idea of votes for women
and he voted No"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

The Topeka State Journal Information
Bnreau at Washington furnishes readers.
free Of charge, accurate and 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.
accompany each inquiry. State clearly the
Information wanted. write plainly and ad-
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL IN
FORMATION BUREAU.
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n B.-Inquirers 1hOtad be careful TO OBJ
serve two points: Enclose 3-cent stamp
and address their letters to Washington,
as above, and not 20 TOhekn. otherwise ue-
lay and needless expense are incurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

The Village Cut-up.
r. K. M: 1 have lamped the fol-
lowing sign in Mattoon, ILL.,:
DIR. CARVER,
Physician and Surgeon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

Submarine menace: A cake of
slippery soap on the bottom of q
bathtub which is filled with water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

This last process suggests the name
of ''vacillus botulinus'- a germ in
fair way to gain some small reputa-
ton. In recent number of a medical
journal there appeared an article on
''botulism," a disease which may be
contracted by eating spoiled canned
food. Owing to the nationwide inter-
est in canning, the article on botulism
attracted an attention that would have
been impossible in any ordinary year.
and the fact that it appeared in
medical journal led it to scare hun
dreds of people on the subject of
canned goods. One man here Cancelled
an order for ten dozen cans of COM
mercial canned goods after hearing
about it; a woman wrote to the au-
1 thorities lamenting the fact that she
had hundreds of quarts of canned fruit
/ that looked perfectly beautiful that
| she was afraid to eat after hearing
\ the mystic name of botulism.
It should be clearly understood that
botulism is one of the very rare mala-
I dies. The chances for getting it by
| eating canned goods. say the experts.
/ are rather less than the chances of
/ dying from lock-jaw every time you
] scratch your finger. To regard every
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-04
GUNS ARE USED ON GERMAN RIOTERS
House Kills
C0f1SOrPQrf
OF Spy Bill

Washington. May 1.-The in
fiuence Of President Wilson's ap-
prevail of the newspaper censor
ship sector OF the espionage bin
failed to save II IN the house fo-
day and &c was stricken lrom the
bin 10y q y0fo oI 220 to 167.
The vote came after administration
leaders had fought hard for the sec
liou under a hos fire OF attack and
Chairman Webb Of the judiciary com
mErlee had told the house he had lust
heard from President Wilson that the
section was necessary to the defense
ana safety OF she country
After eliminating the newspaper
censorship section as approved by the
administration from the espionage
bill, the house today by q vote Of 185
I'd lS& inserted new section which
makes it necessary to shGw that pub
location Of prohibited information has
been cl value 10 the enemy before
penalties of the law become effective.
Under the new section very wide dis
erection 10 prohibit publication Of in
formation would be lodged i'm the pres
ident. who wouId prohibit publication
by proclamation. An overwhelming
defeat of the section as drawn by the
administration forced the acceptance
of more liberal provision.