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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

= 1t appears to have been necessary
TO promise prohibition leaders a vote
on a constitutional amendment in or
der to induce them to keep their
hands off the food control bill. Aside
from its moral and economic value,
adoption of national prohibition will
be fine thing for the taxpayers. Poll
ticians, officials and workers IL the
cause have grown rich thru so-called
law enforcement activities for M ny
years. When national prohibition has
been adopted, the business VI this
class will be gone. Enforcement of
the law win devolve upon federal Of
fioials who work for fixed saIarieR and
know no favorites.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

The decision of the senate to take
up and vote upon the prohibit
tory amendment to the federal con-
stitution probably comes as a sur
prise even to the friends of the meas
ure. The thing which they have
been striving to attain for years is
suddenly dropped into their laps.
The amendment probably will pass
and then will go to the states where
the war has been waged continually,
with ever increasing success. If it
shall be adopted by the requisite
humber of states, those sections of
She country, many of which have had
Prohibition in name only, are likely to
End themselves up against the real
thing. Enforcement of the law will
Become the duty of the federal Off
cials and the politicians will be de-
prived of great source of political
and pecuniary profit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

a box. They scld every box The
same peaches, carelessly packed were
thrown away because people would
not buy them at 10 cents a crate.
This secret of making things at
tractive for the consumer is usually
v ell understood by the average wo-
man. If women were large buyers of
live stock instead of dressed meat,
the woman live stock farmer would
doubtless take her cows to market
same animal offered by man.
The statement is often heard that
women cannot succeed at farming,
because they cannot get men hired
hands to work for them. This sounds
reasonable in theory but has not
proved true in practice. Women
ranch-owners and farmers all over the
country, according to the Department
of Agriculture, have no more trouble
obtaining male labor than do men
farmers.
There is a woman who owns a
large whea. farm. comprising ten
thousand acres, on the Pacific Coast
She is known as the Wheat Queen.
Her production of wheat averages a
profit of between thirty and forty
thousand dollars a year. There is
never any delay or trouble concerning
labor. The majority of the work on
her farm is done by steam, but there
are also several men who do not feel
the least Inundated at working on
one of the biggest wheat farms in the
country, even tho it is owned and
managed by a woman.
An interesting feature of the Wheat
Queens story is that as a very young
girl she did not want to grow wheat
at all. That was her fathers business
She wanted to be an artist. and art is
what she studied at the state agricul-
tural school. But the Wheat Queen
discovered that the cities we're filled
with artists who could sketch a great
deal better than she could. so she
went back to the farm. For two years
she taught the children of the sur
rounding farms how to skerch, but at
the same time she watched the var
ious working processes going forward
on her fathers farm When he died,
she took over its management and
has been running It efficiently ever
since.
Questions on the abovs or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires In
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic ]. Haskir. Director.
Washington. D, c., with 2-cent stamp
e. closed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
SIDE T ALK S
should He Marry Her?
BY RUTH CAMERON.


But be our experience in particu-
lar what it may. no man ever forgot
the visitations of that power to his
heart and brain which created all
things new: when single tone of
one voice could make the heart beat.
and the most trivial circumstance -
ISOLATED with one form was put i've
the amber of memory: when we be-
came all eye when one was present
and all memory when one was gone"
Emerson.
l thought of that passage the other
day when a little letter came to me
with the most touchingly unconscious
description of love in II. Despite oh
vious differences. the spirit of the two
was strikingly alike.
This is the letter:
Dear Instructor: Why is 1t that
boy can go with girls number of
years, but at last some girl will come
along and he does not feel just at
ease unless he is in her presence,
me oIner girls he only enjoyed be-
| ing with for the time being, but this
last girl is always on his mind and
heart
is this the girl he should marry? ?"
Can you answer that question,
| reader friend? I'm afraid l can't,
can tell him one thing. It's the
| girl nature is pushing him towards
| Whether. for his best ultimate hap
piness, ne should marry her or not,
that's quite another question.
Coming out on the trolley the other
day ] stood near a boy and girl evil
IDENTIFY in the counting stage. She was
saying complacently: Il always get a
, seat, some people mind crowd but
don't at all. 1 just push in and
get my seat. L use my elbows"
| 1 looked at the boy to see how this
affected him.
/ The same look of fatuous admira-
| ton as before was on his face. Evil
IDENTIFY it did not occur to him to
| question whether this would be the
kind of person he would like to live
with, whether she might not use her
elbows too much in married life to
make it entirely comfortable for the
other party. Her nose was rather
nicely tiptilted and her eyes, tho dam
gerously small and close set, were
bright. These were evidently the
things he saw
Maybe the writer of the letter will
think all this is irrelevant 1t really
isn't as irrelevant as it seems.
It's meant for q suggestion. Per-
maps he Is too far gone to heed 1t.
And perhaps after all his chances
are about as good If he lets the little
blind boy select for him ais if he tries
to use that very limited. very faIlible
especially in such matters) instru.
ment, the human Judgment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchfson Globe. ]

From the Atchison Globe.l
A great man can usually be in
duced to admit it.
You may not be worn out, but
merely hate work.
forced laugh is that of a man
laughing at a joke on himself.
You can't tell how women love
each other by the way they kiss each
other.
Don't be so hostile that you re-
gard every opportunity as a fighting
chance
Alb Adkins says he has considerable
regard for his enemies, they let him
alone so WELL
If a man is a good talker the
chances are he is bum listener, ex-
cepting to himself.
1t doesn't improve whiskers a
great deal to decorate them with what
was served for breakfast
If he keeps it up. the lone bandit
is likely to land in prison where he
win have plenty of company such as
1t is
When Father was a boy he threw
up his heels and whinnied like a
horse, but Today's Boy runs around
like a mad car and honks-
Too many of us are too serious too
much of the time, but that doesn't
mean that a man has to act like a
damphool all of the time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
CONFUSION RULE.

Some elements in congress-and
some outside that body-apparentIy
suppose that by putting a board" in
charge of the proposed system of
food control they will radically
change its character. They look upon
the idea OF a ''board' with more favor
than upon that of food dictator
or administrator" apparently be-
cause they believe that this type of
organization will be less autocratic
and more subject to legislative con-
troll.
Experience has shown that boards
and commissions frequently are
dominated by one man. and that for
practical purposes their powers might
as well be placed in the hands of a
single person. in the first place. A
notable example If this was seen in
the shipping board where Denman's
word became law. and he was able to
hold UP the shipbuilding program
until the president was compelled to
call for his resignation.
Another instance of one man power
is found in the public utilities COM
mission of Kansas. This body Of men
is governed by its chairman, Joseph L.
Bristow. Whatever decision he may
reach on any question coming before
the commission stands. The state
might as well have saved itself the
expense of the other two members
The people have seen so much of
the workings of boards and commits
sions that it is natural that they
should want Hoover to have undivided
control of the food situation Boards
and commissions nearly always are
ruled by their chairmen or else moth
ing is accomplished.
For some years past, the number OF
federal and state boards has been
been multiplying. At first they were
usually temporary investigative bodies
but lately they have tended tr be-
come permanent and to exercise regu-
lar administrative and executive func.
tions. The interstate commerce. COM
mission is one of the Oldest of such
organizations in the federal service
but even it had little more than quasi.
judicial duties at first During, the
past decade its work has been greatly
broadened. Numerous other board.
: lave sprung w during the past five
} or six years. and their functions arr
J in some cases of immense scope The
power of unified control over thest
boards has not kept pace WITH theii
powers. Today some of them are un
der the control of, while other are in
dependent of, an executive depart
/ ment, while a few are more or les,
independent of congress in some di
rections. They are responsible to tn,
) executive, but even his actual au
: thority over them may sometimes b,
: limited in practice If not in theory.
| Public opinion is propably the hes
means of supervising their activities
i but oven that has its limits It i
, still to be seen how we'll this mean
of solving our problems of govern
| ment will eventually succeed cor
, rect popular view on the matter if ar
! rived at soon may save many mis-
takes and many backward steps
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
DINNER STORIES

A Quaker missionary. recently re-
turned from China, tells this story
against himself. AS he sat quietly
reading in bus there entered an In
spector, obviously short tempered.
gruffiy demanding "Tickets." He
came to the Quaker and snapped out
his message. .Oht you want tick
cts 81 Eyes, didn't say so7n Thrust
ing his hand into his pocket, the
obliging passenger produced handful
of accumulated cardbords. Whats
the good of this lot? You don't sup
pose I've time to sort EN- out, do
yoa2" demanded the inspector. Smil-
ing sweetly. the apostle of good will
replied: ''Oh. no; but / have heard
say that if you can collect 5000 tram
tickets you can claim free admission
to a lundtic asylum"
Properly. of course, this little tale
should end there, with a repentant in
spector and the laugh against him. As
a fact, the official thrust the bundle
back into the Quaker's hand. with the
remark: No, no, sir; ! won't rob you
of your chancet"
Father. what kind of boats were
the rams they used SO much in the
Civil WARP"
They were probably the ancestors
Of the ews-boats of today. my boy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

y OF the 172.ssS.ooO ounces of silver
produced in the world in 1915 the
United States produced 72,SSS,oo0
ounces or AZ per cent of the worlds
total, while twenty years ago, in 1896,
we produced but 81 per cent Of the
worlds production. which in that
year was 157,061. 900 ounces. In that
twenty-year period. 1896 to 1916, the
production of the United States has
Increased about 100000 ounces.
while that of other parts of the world
has increased but about 100000
ounces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
THE SEARcHLlGMT
latest News from the Fields OF
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTION
The Potash supply.

When last years American wheat
crop was below normal. there was
rejoicing in Germany. not only be-
cause our exports to the allies were
cut but because the shortage was at
tributed to lack of German potash.
At the time it was stated freely in
Germany that the 1916 crop proved
the dependence of America on Ger
many for fertilizer. Since then we
have made great strides toward in
dependence in this regard. The ex-
perts scout as ridiculous the idea that
the United States cannot eventually
produce its own potash. 1t is said
that the iron industry and the port
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

The public utilities commission after
years of investigation finds that the
railroads are making all kinds of
money and don't need an advance in
passenger rates. The P. U. c. took
that position at the outset and then
calmly waited for conditions to ar
rive which might justify it's conclu-
sions. In few years from now the
I. G. C.'s decision on freight rates also
may be justified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

Little has been heard of Lord
Northcliffe since he came to America.
but he will be held in grateful remem-
brance by publishers. If as now seems
likely. he put the paper trust out of
business. NorthcIiffe has big paper
mills in Canada and a large amount
Of paper already on hand. 1t is an
nounced that he will put his paper on
the market at a figure much below
the trust price. Congress and the fed
eral trade commission have proven
themselves sadly Disappointing as
sources of relief from exorbtrant
prices for news print.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

Z The feeling that Russia will come
back" is widespread. 1t is incon-
ceivable that a nation of 100000 900
people should be dominated by one
having but half that number. 1t is
believed that recent reverses at the
front will serve to bring about the
unity of sentiment and purpose so
much needed in that distracted coun-
try
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

Germany's declaration that the last
ship will be sunk in forty-five months
has no terrors for the Boston Tran
script, which predicts that the ship
ping board will be ready to builC an
other one by that time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

land cement industry can each pro-
duee one-third of the necessary an
nuei supply as by-product. certain
southern iron ores yield eighty pounds
of potash for every ton of iron. and
some of the cement mills are selling
so much potash today that they are
able TO make considerable reductions
in the Price of their cement There
are nun erous other possible sources
of potash to make up the other neces-
sary third for our farms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

1t is reported that mems clothes,
next year, will be made without pock-
cts. This leads the Louisville Courier
Journal to suggest that owing to In
creased expenses there will be moth
ing to put in them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
By ROY K. MoULrON.

So They Say.
In praise of all that ever makes
Us wretched altogether,
In praise of fevers, frets and aches,
OF dull and dreary weather,
We sing a song in praise OF these
We hymn while about them,
For how would pleasure ever please
If we should be without themf
without the sky of leaden hue,
Without the mood of sadness
How could we prize the sky OF blue
Or yet be glad of gladness,
For happiness is oft enhanced
By thoughts trifle dreary,
And misery it's often CHANGED
Has put the cheer in CHEEKY.
Who dwells where skies are ever clear
Their charm Is rarely guessing,
Whose health Is flawless thru the year
He hardly knows its blessing:
Thus wags the world and often tho
Our woes We seldom treasure, p. rlEss
They help US quite a bit TO know szf
The pleasantness Of pleasure. .-91-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

The milkmen say they must have
- cents a quart for milk if they are
TO stay in business. Has anybody
evolved a plan by which the CUSTOM
ers can stay in business? M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30

When the government is so greatly
in need of capable men it seems un-
fortunate that General Goethals is out
Of a Job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Cooking Vegetables.

Cabbage With SauSage.-Slx Sau-
sages, one quart minced cabbage.
one-half teaspoonful pepper, salt II
necessary Fry the sausages crisp
and brown. Take from the frying pan
and pour off all but three table,
spoonfuls of the fat. Put the minced
cabbage in the frying pan and cook
six minutes Arrange in a hot dish
and garnish with the sausages Serve
mashed potatoes with this dish.
PURGE of Cabbage and Potatoes
One pint boiled finely-minced cab
bage, six medium sized potatoes, two
tablespoonfuls butter or savory drip
pings, two teaspoonfuls salt. one-half
teaspoonful pepper, one-haif pint hot
milk. Peel the potatoes and put
them in stewpan with boiling water
enough to cover them Cook just
thirty minutes. Pour off the water
and mash fine and light Beat Il, the
hot milk, seasoning, and cabbage
Cook about five minutes longer.
Spinach with Cream.-One-half
peck spinach, two tablespoonfuls but
ter, one tablespoonful flour. one tea
spoonful salt, one-half teaspoonful
pepper. one-half pint cream or milk.
Blanch and mince the spinach. Put
the butter in a saucepan and on the
fire. When hot add the flour and
stir until smooth and frothy, then add
the minced spinach and the salt and
pepper. Cook for five minutes. then
three minutes longer. Serve.
BAKED Eggplant.-FOr baked egg
plant make a dressing as for stuffed
peppers, except that little more salt.
pepper, and butter are used. Cut the
eggplant in two 1engthwise, scrape
out the inside, and mash it fine, then
mix with the dressing and return the
shells. Place on a pan and in the
oven. Cook forty-five minutes.
The Table.
! Prune Jelly-Make a strip of one
pint water and six ounces sugar, add
| juice of an orange and grated peel of
| a lemon. Wash a pound of prunes in
sirup until tender. Take out and re-
move stones, put through sieve, add
one ounce gelatin (Which has been
soaked in little water) to the strip
when it has been dissolved put in a
few drops of carmine coloring, strain
/ it through muslin. Mix all together
and when nearly cold pour in mold
which has been rinsed with cold wa
ter. Serve jelly surrounded by custard
or cream.
Sour Milk Griddle Cakes-Two cups
| flour. half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon
soda, one scant pint thick sour milk
Mix, and sift soda, salt and flour;
add sour milk and beaten yolks. Fold
in beaten whites Bake on hot, greas-
ed griddle.
Salmon Salad-One-half can sal
mon, one-half cup mashed potatoes
a sliced onion. one-haIf teaspoon salt
a little black pepper and mustard. one
half cup vinegar Mix all together
garnish with hard-boiled eggs ans
serve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
: Misfortunes Never Come singIy.

-
Local relatives Lave been apprised
of the sad fact that John Wirtz, for
merly of here. had the misfortune to
get in a collision with motor truck
and a street car in Detroit last week
having his right arm broken in
bruised. We also understand that
only week ago the stork visited
their home in that city and left he
and Mrs. Wirtz a fine new son and
heir.-Pewamo (Mich.) News.
Consolation.
When one is filled with ills and
groans, when one has cares and ach-
ing bones, when every scene presents
to view but woes and bills far over
due, in short when all the worlds a
place of fretfulness and sorry case,
will only call to mind thu words that
only bass away They lem to have
the proper ring, IL heap OF comfort
they can bring and when the day is
drab and dread they somehow seem
to please the ear: when in wretched
circumstance they may not make you
sing and dance, they may not fill you
full of glee and make you joyful as
can be, they may not do such things
as these, but they will seldom fail te
please. So when you have no shirts
to wear or when you're losing all your
hair or when you're filled with aches
and means or when you can't collect
from Jones. when you are weak with
toothache's ills and when you cannot
meet your bills, when all the weary
worlds askew and you, In short, are
really blue, here is the little piece to
say: This too will only pas. away
Something almost always turns VI
for the man who is hard to turn down
Not a Caser.
How sad the case of Lawyer Breems,
He never earns a penny,
His case is mostly sad, it seems,
Because he hasn't any.
Few people make a Practice of the
| Practice that makes Perfect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-07
Talks on Thrift
Some EFFECTS of the Thrift Habit

Some Effects of the Thrift Habit
Thrift is the foundation Of good
conduct, and every man and woman
who has what we term good char
acter, has it and keeps it by virtue
Of the habit of thrift of money, but
thrift of time, opportunity, health,
the broad thrift-the "wise use of
what one has," lies at the root of
every life that can be called a sue
cess.
The employee who learns to man.
age his personal affairs so that he
saves money, will use his employers
time and material wisely. The man
who is careful about little things will
be careful about the larger ones. If
he keeps careful record Of what he
spends, he will be careful in invest
ing his money. Big traits Of char
acter manifest themselves in little
acts.
AS the man of thrift saves his
money, and sees his bank account
grow, he becomes interested in the
proposition of owning q home; for
every normal man aspires to own his
own fireside. Homes bring content
ment, and contentment better work.
men, whose minds are on their
tasks. And when he owns his home,
he becomes interested in his town, the
tax rate, the public improvements,
the paving, lighting and sewer prob
lens of the community. AS a rent
payer, he has no interest in these
things. Once he becomes interested
in these things he becomes a better
citizen--a real asset to mis- town. The
man who has a bank account is able
to stay with a concern over dull
period and live on reduced wages ii
need be, while the one without must
seek other employment and often
what he can get. According to sta
tistics, 90 per cent of the wage-earn-
ers spend every cent of their earn
ings, and approaching how wasteful
and costly this tendency is, some en-
ployers are now forming savings
clubs of various sorts to make it easy
as well as profitable for their men to
save money.
If, as an employer, you were in
need of a man and had two applicants,
one Of whom was "down and out"
and had nothing saved, and the other
could show you savings bank book
with weekly or monthly deposit,
however small, you would without
hesitation select the saver, because
you KNOW he mas the faculty VI Sell
control. The bank account is evidence
that he can live within his means.
He can deny himself. He can save.
Go into bank and ask for a loan.
Show that you borrowed money be-
fore and paid it as you agreed, it
may be but dollar week, and you
get the accommodation. Go into a
department store and ask for credit.
Show the credit man that you bought
bill of goods, a piano, victrola, a
house on installments, and kept your
payments promptly and up to the
minute and you are Immediately rat
ed safe credit risk.
You never will appreciate how
much this thrift habit will do for you
until you try it out. You may be
careless, irresponsible, Indifferent
wasteful; but If you get the thrift
idea and practice it consistently, ii
will give you a thrift character
which is an asset to any man in any
station in life.