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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
THE LAST GALL.

The time has come when every
American citizen must stand up and
be counted. It must be known wheth-
err he be for or against the govern
ment If he be against means will be
found properly to take care of him.
If he be for it he must make his po-
sition manifest by his works He
must do his part toward winning the
war.
The man who does not or cannot
perform other service can lend his
money if he have any. This applies
particularly to the business man. This
is no time for slackers of any sort.
The patriotic people of Topeka are
determined that there shall be none
if they can prevent it. To every sub
scriber to the second liberty loan will
be given a sticker to be placed on his
door, certifying that he has Joined the
national army of financial hackers.
Absence of one of these stickers from
d OuSlASSS hOOS0 VIII lCAA ITO ONtA SUI y
When it is remembered that the
men at Camp Funston are not only
giving their lives but their pay as well
to the service of their country there is
no apparent excuse for those who re-
main at home taking care of their reg
ular business to refuse to hand over
their share on the cash which the gov
eminent needs.
Drastic means for compelling every
man to do his duty are not due to ne
cessity so much as to a sense of JUS
tice. There are enough loyal people
in this country to supply all the mon
ey the government needs, but they
have reached the point where they
are determined that those who refuse
to do their part must be made to do it.
Government officials, public speak
ers and the newspapers have done
everything possible in the way of
pointing out the path of duty to the
financial Stacker. 1t he won't see it
the time has arrived when he must
be forced to see it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atchison Globe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globe.l
If you can't recall what you know,
you don't know it.
If a man doesn't neglect his wife's
kin, it isn't his fault.
A mans sympathy is as easily over
drawn as his bank account
You are at big disadvantage in
bucking the other fellows game.
Gossip is denounced by everybody,
including those who indulge in it.
One frequently thinks he is doing
all that he can do until he has to do
more.
Almost always one feels that he
should have done little better than
he did do.
Occasionally a man imagines he is
lion because he roars a good deal
around home.
The average mans triumphs are so
rare that he should be allowed to
eloat a little.
What has become of. the fash
toned man who wore a night cap. and
also drank one?
You can't tell for sure what's in a
name, if it is the name of some new
soda fountain beverage.
If the conversation is between
young things, the chances are some
young man is being discussed
Unless you have been in this BUSH
ness, you can't realize how typo
graphical error looms up after the
paper has gone to press
A man is growing older when the
skin on the back of his neck begins
to resemble the rough and rugged
cutieie of a horned toad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

the end of the Gally feud. Right here
Wallace and have settled old scores,
and 1 want to tell you, it's time the
Gap Joined the march of progress and
buried the feud forever. You shake
hands with me. Gally, if you don't III
beat you up until you do. for WERE
going to be friends from this day on.
Wonderingly the Gap beheld the two
shake hanls as Bruce left the stump.
minute more, and he was beside
Nance, where she stood apart from the
others.
Can l help you on your horse?'' he
asked I'm going to see you home"
Nance lifted her tear-wet face to his,
capituiation in her eyes,
I'm mighty glad you won, Bruce"
was all she Copyright, 1917. by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
SIDE T ALM S
Advice.
al RuTH CAMERON.

Advice.
I want to tilt at an accepted be-
lief to-day,-that it is not wrong to
give advice carelessly because peo-
pie almost never take the advice they
ask for.
advice is the one thing which
everybody likes to give and nobody
likes to take" is a typical epigram,-
that is something that people ac-
cept as true because it is easy to
remember"
But is it wholly true?
Aren't we swayed by what other
people think we ought to do more
than that admits.
AS 1 look back I can see many a
place where what people thought 1
ought TO do upheld me.
To take a humble instance. Once
upon a time when 1 was d newspaper
or three weeks before Christmas I
had only had the position about two
months and / had been saving hard
for two things, to get myself a much
needed winter outfit and to buy some
nice Christmas gifts. 1 had not
saved enough to do both and L was
in quandry. Should L buy measly
Christmas presents and get the suit
or should L wear my old clothes, buy
the lovely Christmas presents [ had
Planned and get a new suit when 1
landed the new position of which
met friend on the street one
DAY and l put it up to her She was
the Kind of person whom 1 expected
10 ADVISE me to do what [ selfishly
wanted to do,-get the suit Instead
she gave me a surprise by saving.
Get the Christmas presents" And
L did.
The sequel is rather interesting.
landed the new position and after
CHRISTMAS, when prices were down.
l happened upon the prettiest suit
l ever owned or expect to own. Had
L bought before Christmas / should
doubtless have gotten something
commonplace
That is one of many times when 7
was bolstered un by good advice to
90 the unselfish thing.
caslonS when 1 weakened by some
one who deliberately chimed in with
the advice my selfish self was giving
me. s'e
IL was always a temptation to do
tnat when people ask advice. II
gives one a temporary popularity.
But 1t isn't real friendship. Refuse
TO ADVISE at all if you wish but if Won
speak, don't be careless in your adj
vice giving. Remember Won NAV
speak at just the moment of indie
clslon when your word will tin the
scales one way or the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

Waiting for Germany to revolt is
worse than waiting for dead mems
shoes. The spirit of the German peo-
pie will become attuned to revolution
only when they see their armies
pressed back upon their own soil,
when the All Highest is no longer
able to resist the thrusts of his enc
mics, when hunger and cold and i'm
minent peril have taught them that
trust put in princes is in vain. The
way to produce revolt in Germany is
by carrying on so vigorous a warfare
that the German people will no longer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

Every purchase of a liberty loan
bond not only supplies the sinews of
war but it shoots a fact into the Ger
man mind-the fact that the Ameri-
can people are behind the American
army and behind the American presi-
dent, and that there is no end to this
war except the achievement of the
ends for which America is fighting
Every purchaser of a liberty loan bond
does something to end the war. does
something to shorten the war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

man picked himself up he heard a
drowsy "Right-o! from one of the
other residents in the house The vic
tim of the accident complained of the
carelessness of the individual who had
put the bath on the stairs, and was
astonished to hear his landlady
lchuckle.
THAT was Mr.. Brown" she ex-
planned genially. Els such 'eavy
sleeper that only a noise like some
body falling downstairs can wake
i'm. That's what e calls is alarm
clock!"
Apropos of a widow who. dying,
requested to be buried near her five
husbands. Booth Harrington said:
1T must have been this widow
that they tell the story about
According to the story. widow
and her latest capture were advanc-
ing UP the aisle of a flower-deco-
rated church to the music of the
wedding march, when every light
every single light in the placement
OUT
Mr.; Harrington paused with an
'And-what hsppened." asked the
listener.
They kept right on" said Mr..
Harrington THE widow knew the
way"
THE kaiser is a queer customer"
said Jacob Schiff. New York banker
and philanthropist. during a Cooper
Union debate. The more the Ger
man people ask of him the less he
gives them.
THE way the kaiser has treated
the German people about this bust
ness of universal suffrage reminds
me of the Blue Mill
The hands of the Blue Mill, you
In ~e1 -
him they wanted shorter hours.
g Very we'll said the owner Your
wish shall be granted. men. Wen
begin with shorter dinner hours"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
THE SEARCELIGEF
latest News from the Fields Of
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTION
New Concrete Houses.

Concrete as a building material goes
thru many forms and phases Not long
ago interest was centered on Mr. Edi-
sons proposal that concrete houses
could be built very rapidly and cheap
ly by pouring the material into stan
dard moulds. A. later development
consists in building the concrete house
by molding the concrete into pIanks
and joists, and using them In much
the same way as wooden planks. 1t
is said that this method is less ex-
pensive than the block system. The
'pianks' are REINFORCED with steel
wire, and the floor joists with steel
bars. The projecting bars are used
to lock the parts together, instead
of nails
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
..WHATEYER YOU WANT TO Know"

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Bureau at Washington furnishes readers,
free Of charge, accurate and AUTHORITATIVE
answers 20 questions on any and all SUP
ieets concerning which information can
Be had from the unparalleled resources OF
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ments and the great library OF congress:
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FORMATION BUREAU,
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n R-Tnauirers should be careful to OBJ
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"a above and not to Topeka, otherwise de-
lay and needless expense are incurred
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
ON SPUR f 4h MOMENT

To sIithering Sob Sister.
To Helsingfors
With wars,
With ruthlessness and kulture germs
And terms
And protocols and annexations,
And the million new vexations,
And the CAB of higher prices,
And the trouble in thick slices,
Peddled out each day
And the ills that flesh is heir to.
Tell me not of
And bomb dropping air machines
Can the talk of coming famine.
1t is twaddle.
Stop the damnin'
OF the times you find yourself in
And the way you blow your pelf in.
Stuff the gloom and pull a smoker;
Matter quicker
To go crying to your pillows.
Tell with all the
Weeping willows.
All the soldering and sorrow
VIII not end our woes
Very true that war is Sherman.
Equally so to the German
Only worse.
SO why nurse
Sordid gloom and call the hearse?
Pull your freight and
Pull it quick.
Calamity jane, you
Make me sick.
With forebodings you have got
You're helova
Patriot.
Our good friend, Joe Bush, the
North River poet, has sent in a poem
entitled, 81 Love the River" Any
body desiring to read the same can
obtain a copy of it by sending postage
and addressed envelope
The Pink Pup, a wer-known Bow
cry cafe, is charging 10 cents for
whisky now, instead of 5.
The patrons claim that no drink of
whisky in the world is worth 10 cents.
And they may be more than half
right, at that
J. ogden Armour. according to re-
port, predicts the end of the war by
spring. and more uniform business"
But the uniform business is pretty
good now. Most everybody has one
or two.
The beefless day probably will be q
big success as soon as we can learn to
stop beefing about it,
An actor friend of ours is a perfect
specimen of physical manhood. He
stands over six feet in his isles and
is built like a cement bridge.
Physically. he is RoIls-Royce.
Histrionically, he is Ford. He had
been out of work all summer and
grabbed at a chance to go to ,troup-
ing with a Tom show this fall. He
played Uncle Tom. He has just sent
US a clipping from an Ohio paper
which says:
Mr.. appeared last night in
Uncle Toms Cabin Anatomically
he was great, but Uncletomically he
was terrible"
Efficiency.
Bite off more than you IAN chew;
That's the way to do il
Bite off more than you can chew
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

It has not been necessary to invoke
the draft to get subscriptions to the
liberty loan in the new national army.
The drafted men are not only showing
a willingness to fight but also to help
pay the cost of the war. The men at
Camp Funston already have bought
liberty bonds to the amount of over
a million dollars. Surely those at
home who are not called upon to fight
will show an equal spirit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

The japanese government has
loaned $SS,O00.OOO to Russia, taking
treasury bills of the provisional gov
eminent for the amount Japan
shows a willingness to- do her bit
which Should be encouraged. She can
loan money, she can furnish NUM-
tions. she can provide ships. she can
supply men for the trenches She
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

The date on which the public will
obtain lower prices on food has been
fixed at January 1, 1919. This prom
Use at least possesses the merit of be-
ing definite. 1t also affords ample
time in which to prepare for the
change. 1t is too far away to permit
of a cessation of consumption until
the happy day shall have arrived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

Now that milk has gone from
cents to Is cents in price, it must not
be thought that the increase is all
profit. Every item on this list has
jumped in proportion. The milk
business is like any other business
whose products are affected by the
war. Only the end of the war will
stop the rise of its costs and hence
the rise of its selling price.
Even so, the department of agri-
culture considers milk if used eco
nomicallys> one of the cheapest foods
now on the market The consumer
usually does not think of milk as
food. Usually, he thinks of it more
as beverage luxury to be dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
DINNER STORIES

A new ledger had arrived at Mrs
Jenkins and, like the majority of his
fellow boarders, he had to be early
astir The first morning he stumbled
over a tin bath on the top stair
Ledger and bath rolled with a fright
full clatter down the stairs. and as the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

go to death for the support of mo-
narchical ambitions. All the little
manifestations of discomfort in Ger
many just now are symtomatic. it
may be, but they do not mean any
thing upon which to pin hope of an
early peace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

A meatIess Tuesday in Baltimore is
declared to have been great success.
BIeatless days also have been tried out
in Boston, but no decline in the price
of meat has been noted anywhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

In order to continue the war much
longer Germany needs food. fuel and
victories. None of these things is in
sight in sufficient quantities to save
her. Her successes around Riga will
have no effect on the result of the
war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST
Grapes.
Oatmeal. Top Mix.
Toast (Nut Margarine).
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Macaroni Tomato Sauce.
Stewed Prunes.
Tea
DINNER.
Rolled Round Steak en- Casserole.
SteWed Corn.
Lettuce and Grape Salad.
Crisp Crackers.
Half Cups Coffee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

The salaried man who desires to es-
cape the revenue tax should get him.
self elected to congress. congressman
who receive $500 year do not pay
a cent on that part of their income.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

Common salt and water make a
capital gargle for a sort throat, and
this lotion also relieves tired eyes.
Add a pinch of carbonate of soda
to fruit when stewing This takes
away the tartness and less sugar is
required.
A pinch of salt placed on the tongue
and washed down with a cup of hot
strong tea is an excellent cure for a
sick headache.
When scrubbing >Iinoleum add a
little parafin to the water 1t takes
out dirt and grease and gives limo
leum beautiful polish.
Wash tea leaves before you use
them to sprinkle over a carpet II
used just as they come from the tea
pot they are likely to stain anything
with a light ground.
To keep bread fresh soak a small
new sponge in cold water, place II in
a saucer and stand the saucer in the
oreadpan. The bread will remain
moist for several days
Before putting a bright pan on the
fire rub it over with a little dripping.
When washing up use soapy water
and when dry rub with a soft duster.
by this method your pans will keep
bright for weeks
Colored handkerchiefs require care
in washing and should first be soaked
for ten minutes in a basin of tepfd
water to which a teaspoonful of tur-
pentine has been added. This will in
sure them retaining their color.
Add a teaspoonful OF glycerin tn
lade about fifteen minutes before
boiling is completed, and the pre-
serve viii be beautifully clear and
transparent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

Camouflage has been defined as:
Most of the talk about reducing the
high cost of living"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

to lie about pretending to like a gift
that they loathe. Finally, beloved,
remember it is more blessed to give
than to receive. Especially at a war
Christmas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
ounce and Cranberry Jeny.

One pound ounces and one pound
cranberries. Core ounces. cut IN
small pieces, add cranberries. cover
with water, cook till tender. Put IN
9eIly bag and drip over night In
the morning take one Gun mice ana
one of sugar. Boil fifteen rninufas
The color of this is nice and II is
fine with cold meats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

Copyright. 1917. by the Wheeler Syndicate,
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
Efficiency.

Efficiency.
Bite off more than you .:an chew:
That's the way to do il
Bite off more than you can chew
And then-chew it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20

Our good friend, Joe Bush, the
North River poet, has sent in a poem
entitled, 81 Love the River" Any
body desiring to read the same can
obtain a copy of it by sending postage
and addressed envelope.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19
CAREFUL IN
STAGING FILM
Troubles Of Storekeepers VIII be
Shown Here Before Members
Of keokuk Retailers
League March n.

On Tuesday evening. March 81, at
500 o'clock, the people Of Keokuk
will be given an opportunity TO see
one of the most popular films being
shown on the road today.
The Keokuk Retailers league has
arranged to exhibit on that night the
National Cash Register film entitled.
THE Troubles of Storekeeper and
How to Correct Them" This three
reel feature is accompanied by an
expert lecturer. who explains al the
details, making it a complete story
and one we'll worth hearing.
About year ago, the National
Cash Register company decided to
carry the story of THE Troubles of
a Storekeeper" to the people through
out the world by means of motion
pictures. and arrangements were i'm
mediately made to have this film
taken. Expert actors were put to
work, and. after many months Of
hard work and preparation. the ex-
film has finally been produced. and
is being shown throughout the coun-
try. 1t is received with enthusiasm
everywhere. Thousands have seen
1t and have taken the opportunity to
see it again. There 10 lesson in
every passing picture. and q splendid
story IS carried throughout the whole
film.
Every merchant, and clerk. Of
stores in this community should see
this film. The entertaining feature
connected with 1t will pay ono for
the time spent In addition. other
films viii be shown. These films
have been shown before many con-
ventions and gatherings, and in every
received.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19

q
DODGERS TRIM
BOSTON RED SOx
wiIbert Robinson's Squad. Mostly
Rockies, Hests sex With
Worlds Series
Lineup.
MAYS POUNDED HARD
Shore Did Not Stand Up Much Better
Before Dodgers stick Artist
Didn't Need Wheat !
and .sten9el.
!, MAYS POUNDED HARD

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. Ma-c.; 20 g. M;.hers
Robinson is at least in belated hap
DIV frame of mind today. even If ne
couldn't have the sensation last faH
HIS Dodgers have to their credit a
victory over the Boston Red SoX
the worlds champions, and they tooS
it with one recruit pitcher working
with two older ones, recruit al
shortstop, a recruit in right field
and a shortstop playing third base
Against this the Dodgers had the
full strength Of the worlds series
lineup in action.
1t may mean something and 1t may
not. but it is quite interesting To
note that the Red Sox star hurlers
were in action against the Dodgers
and that the latter piled up total Of
IL hits, amassing seven runs. In the
eighth inning the collapse was com
plete, for five runs were across with
Mays working.
In the main, it was Mays fault, FOL
he allowed three hits, stuck the bal
in the ribs of three, handed fret
transportation to one and watched {
long sacrifice fly account for one
tally.
The other Red hosed heavists die
better, but between the two Of them
Ruth and Shore, they managed to le
the Dodgers sneak pair Of runs ant
nine hits.
1t must have been one great day To-
the Dodgers and bad ono for Zacl
Wheat and Casey Stengel, who havt
reached Hot Springs to talk it ovel
with Charles II. Ebbets. The out
field trio only one of them a regular
did a mighty fine job of showing
Stengel and Wheat that baseball viii
go on, probably after they hay'
grown old, and unable to chase n!
balls.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19
people at our

Of ten million black people at our
very door,
He pointed with pride to the loyalty
and patriotism of the negro people
He cited how the negro had fought IN
all our wars and how he remained
loyal to his masters family. even
though his master fought to keep him
in bonds. He said the negro had never
[assassinated president, nor have
they ever called railroad strike. In
the face of . great national crisis
mo. no. We love America too dear.
ly for that And we will do nothing
to mar our record for patriotism, that
was born on Bunker Hill. the very
night the foundation OF this republic
was laid, and whose last, but not final
chapter was written upon the sands
Of Mexico by our fighting Tenth cav.
airy"
He told Of tho seruggle Of the ne
gro for an education. He also told OF
the magnitude of this problem. He
told Of the fnadequacy OF the public
school system for negroes In the
south, and how the responsibility OF
their education rests upon the other
schools OF the south, that are doing a
similar work as Tuskegee.
Then he made an eloquent appeal to
the white race for a helping hand In
the development of the negro race.