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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10

They wandered down queer little
streets bordered on either side by funny
little -one-story houses, until they
reached Hok-a-Pu HAS house.
Inside the house looked rather bare.
0pposite the door. against the wall.
stood a high table with lower table
in front of it. and down each side of
the wall were little tables. each with a
hard. square, wooden armchair at either
side. Rooms opened OF this hall and in
one of the doorways stood Hok-a, a
queer little yellow-faced creature with
wore a loose green waist and a dull
red skirt. On her back was strapped
her tiny baby brother.
Don't you ever get time to play?'
asked Betty. after Gocomeback had in
troduced the two children.
Il did play until I was almost years
DID, replied Hok-a-Pu, ''but since then
there seems to be no time for me to
play. Each morning I gather fuel for
the stove. Then 1 take the OK out to
Craze. After that I tread the water
wheel with my feet SO the wheel turns
Then there's the rice to be pounded.
jump up and down on the end of a long
board, at the other end of which a
hammer ,thunps into a stone basin and
breaks the husks off the rice. gather
rice, draw water, wash clothes in the
river. hammer them between two stones
to clean them and hang them up to dry.
When this is done, 1 must fan the fire
while the rice boils.- Then IL I hurry
I'm allowed to embroider on my new
gown
I'VE children of China never know
what it is to play after we've reached
the age of seven. II we're lucky
enough to be born into a. wealthy family,
the feet of some of US girls are bound
up so tightly at the age of seven that
we can't play"
Lets go home" said Betty, quietly
taking Gocomeback's hand. and when
she sailed into her own back yard Betty
thanked her little elf1n friend and ran
into the house. No one ever heard
Betty complain about washing dishes
again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10
Leeks for Supper.

Leeks for supper.
A wholesome supper dish of leeks
may be prepared in the following man
ner: Choose a. dozen Ieeks about six
inches in length. and. having washed
and trimmed them, boil them in sailed
water until tender: drain them as dry
as possible, and put them into Well
warmed vegetable dish. Pour over them
sauce made by melting one ounce OF
butter and stirring 1t into one ounce OF
flour. Add half a pint OF milk very
slowly, stir until smooth, and boil up
slowly. stirring all the time. Then add
seasoning and a little grated cheese On
the top add little more cheese and
some fine breadcrumbs. and bake IN
quick oven for about eight minutes.
Boiled Bacon or Pork with Peas-Puddins
and Cabbage.
This is a savory and satisfying dish.
and requires one pound OF bacon or pork,
one pound of dried green peas. one cam
bage, sprig Of mint or sage. pepper
Wash the peas and soak overnight Put
the peas and herbs into a pudding clotn
and tie loosely. Place in a pot Of cola
water. bring slowly to the boil. and COOK
for about two hours. Add the bacon or
pork and cabbage, well mashed, and
cook together for one hour. The peas
should be turned into a basin, mashed
well. and seasoned to taste. Serve the
bacon and peas together, drain the CAB
bage well, and serve 1t separately from
the others.
Hot-Pot.
Take the remains of cold beef or NUT
ton and slice it thiniy. Slice up SUFFICIENT
onions and potatoes. Put in pie dish
layer of meat, one of potatoes, one OF
onions. seasoning them with pepper, salt
and chopped parsley. Continue this until
the pie dish is full Put in about half
pint of water and a little butter. cover
with another dish. and put into a slow
oven for one and a half to two hours.
Steak and Onions.
Slice about a dozen fairly-sized onions.
and fry a squarter of a pound of salt
pork On bacon until all the fat Is fried
out. Then cake out the cracking, and
into the hot fat put the onions. Fry
and stir for 20 minutes over a good fire.
then add a teaspoonful of salt. a dash
of black pepper, and one small cup of
boiling water; place over a moderate
fire to simmer for half an hour. BY this
time the water will have entirely evapor-
ated, and the onions will be a nice
brown Having got ready broiled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10
Answers to Health Questions

MRS. I. A. H. A OWL you please
tell me what to do for stiff joints7
A-Electricity. massage. manipulation,
Swedish movements, orthopedic exer-
cises and dry heat may help to assuage
the pain, while a search should be
made for the real cause of your trouble.
S. r. OWL you please tell me where
can purchase lanolin?
A-You can purchase lanolin at any
1rst-class drug store.
MRS. ED. N. OILS a skip heart cur
able?
what poultices do you advise ro<
appendicitis?
A-This is perfectly natural many per-
sons hearts skip once in awhile.
2-An operation is necessary for aD-
pendicitis.
s. E. NJ. Ar you will send a
stamped. self-addressed envelope with
your query repeated I will be very glad
to give you the information which you
desire.
DR.. Hirshbcro 4DtI ans1oer qpestfons
for readers of this paper on medical,
hygtentc and sanitation subjects that are
of general interest. He cannot Gltodys
for individual cases. Where the snbjec
is not Of general interest letters 1UiH be
Gnstcered personally, II q stamped and
addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address
ALL INQUIRIES to DR.. L. x. Hirsh-
berg, IN care of this office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10
WORDS of WISE MEN

Put nor your trust In money, but put
your money in trust.-Holn1es.
Every man truly lives SO long as he
acts his nature or some way makes good
the faculties Of himself.
Sir Thomas Broom.
Everything is heaving and great events
are pending. and it is hard to study Gem
esis when all Is now Revelation.
yocobus
1t is only people that have lost their
own self-respect who imagine that others
are sighting and endeavoring to injure
thern--Mrs. II. s. c.
In the subtle alchemy Of Hope, the
slightest possibilities are ever trans
muted into golden probabilities and in
evitable certainties.-Roand Table.
No one should ever express an opin-
ion about another unless he is willing to
put his name to it and to have 1t ac-
cepted by the community as ANAL
Judgment. based upon full knowledge Of
all the facts. If voluble men and wom-
en- would take this attitude, the easy
going judgments which pass current in
familiar conversations would cease to
be-
Hollow trees are always the stiffest,
but the mightiest oak, If sound, can bend
The more exalted a man Is by station.
the more powerful should he be by kind
ness There Is no policy like politeness
since a good manner often succeeds
where the best tongue has failed. Polite
ness is most useful to inspire confidencs
in the timid and encourage the deserv.
ing.-Aagoon.
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duty will be promptly returned home
upon ccnvalescence.
Divisional and regimental hospitals
will unite to collect the wounded from
the trenches and mo Mans Land" They
viii give temporary relief at dressing
stations. From there, wounded men will
be transported to field hospitals. Later
they will be shifted to evacuation hos
pitals-then to base hospitals. It is pos
sible the field hospital may be eliminated
later. owing to the rapidly of motor
ambulance transportat ton between the
front and evacuation hospitals.
Every Detail Complete.
The evacuation hospitals will be 10
Gated about 10 miles in the rear. There
women nurses are employed in special
relief teams. 1t is expected that sur
geons will be at evacuation hospitals to
operate upon soldiers with abdominal
wounds
Maj. Finney has worked out a plan by
which surgical cases will receive co-or-
dinated treatment at each successive
hospital from the trenches to the rear,
thus obviating any possibility of errors
OF treatment due to the second surgeon
not knowing what has been done by the
first surgeon.
The surgeon-generars department, so
far as it relates to operations, has been
divided into various classes-restorative
ana mead surgery, internal, general sur
gerry and medicine, X-ray laboratories
and mental diseases.
DR.. G. E. DeScheweinits of PhiladeI-
phia is in command of the branch of
head surgery. which includes the won
derfu1 work of facial reconstruction.
Among the array of Americas other
foremost surgical talent incorporated in
the new department are: DR.. George w.
Grille of Cleveland, DR.. George Brewer,
DIR. Sam, Lloyd. Dr. C. L. Gibson. DIR.
Charles H Peckall of New York, DIR.
E. N. A. Besley of Chicago, DR.. r. H.
Harte of Philadelphia, DR.. F. A. WASH
burn of Boston, DR.. E. D. Clark of Ind
annapolis. DIR. Fred T. Murphy of ST
Louis, DR.. r. T. Miller of Pittsburgh,
and DR.. R. A. Hurley OF Detroit.
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nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

If you had a very good friend
leaving for war would you allow him
to kiss you?
am asking you becaus@well,
did it myself. and ever since I've
wondered If I did wrong.
A SOLDIERS SWEETHEART.
A Idle RS SWEETHEART:
~ That's rather big question, my
= dear, and one which I feel must
be governed by ones own heart.
Now, when there are so many things
to tempt us to be more affectionate with
those we love than there ever used to
be, 1t seems to me that perhaps slight
overstepping of the rules of conven-
tionality might be tolerated by even the
most strict OF course, I am taking 1t
for granted that you really are in love
with the young man, and that he is in
love with you. and that there is some
tacit understanding that in the future
you will be more to each other than
just friends.
But to kiss men just because they are
on their way to the front is as disgust
ing as can be, to me, and cannot bring
any great joy to the men, But when a
girl sees the man she really loves start
out on that journey IL hardly seems that
she can be criticised severely for a
farewell kiss, does it?
Annie Laurie 1oiE tceIcore letters OF
inquiry on subjects Of feminine interest
from young tconlen readers of this paper,
aud toiII reply to them it these columns.
Letters to Miss Laurie should be 1d-
dressed to her, care this ofics.
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<sDOING NY BIT'
Suggestions Individual Ways Help Win the War

cereals are about twice as valuable as
the refined cereals. Also the whole
grains and their products are most i'm
portant sources Of roughage-which aids
in carrying food from the body-and of
at least one of the valuable growth-in-
ducing substances.
This subject may seem somewhat diff
fcult' for the housewife who never has
thought of her work as one that re-
quires special study beyond the mere
preparing and serving of food. But this
brief suggestion of what lies beyond
simple cooking may be helpful in induc-
ing you to study the subject to the ulti-
mate benefit of your family and your
self
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Watering Your Garden.


How do you water your garden? Do
you use a watering can or a hose7 Or
do you simply let nature do its own
watering and leave success largely to
luck? 60 %
Upon the correct amount of water the
success of your war garden depends.
But the problem isn't one of gauging the
precise quantity of water required. 1t is
rather making sure that your plants re-
ceive plenty of water, for it rarely hap
pens that too much water is given, more
often too little is supplied. An over
supply Of water is automatically carried
away by the natural drainage Of the
average soil unless greater quantity
falls at once than can be drained away.
The average gardeners problem Is see
ing that plenty Of water is supplied.
In gardens where the soil is of a sandy
texture it is especially necessary to sup
ply water artiflcially. Even in more
retentive solids it is necessary to apply
water during periods of dry weather.
In very small gardens. of course, the
watering can and the hose serve the
purpose. But even with these the ten
dency is simply to wet the top layer of
soil while the ground underneath is left
dry. The proper use of these watering
implements thoroughly vets the earth
underneath. The wise gardener tests
the soil after watering to make sure
that the water has gone down. A thor
ough soaking once or twice a week is
better than superficial sprinkling every
day.
The overhead method of irrigating is
used extensively by some of the more
up-to-date market gardeners. Three or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10
Diary of a Fashion Model
Bv GRACE TEORNCLIFFE
SoLuing the Problem Of a Sun,n1ery Velvet Frock.

q row of gray velvet buttons. The lower
sleeve is of gray rnaline. 1t is this COM
bination of gray transparent fabric with
the heavier green velvet that makes the
frock look light and summary despite
the fact that we usually regard velvet
fabric suitable only for the colder
days.
OF course. the color scheme is so I'M
usual that no hat of another color could
possibly be suitable The introduction
of another color would spoil the whole
effect.
Therefore, the hat that completes the
costume is literally one to match. 1t Is
a small toque with tam-o'-shanter
crown of green velvet of the same ma
teriai as the frock. Pleated folds of
gray maline, matching the sleeves, sur
round the crown of the hat. No other
trimming is used.
The hat is merely a soft background
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10
LETS Ask Mother
BY FLORENCE HOWARD

4 PICNIC luncheon in the open
~ would just suit me today"
= said Dad. but still I like a
good meal and comfort when eat
ing"
We've got a scheme all worked
outi' Nellie exclaimed. Lets ask
Mother to tell us her plan"
We'll take the trays with u.s."
said Mother. 81 purchased dozen
lightweight trays for this very pur-
pose. They save the necessity of a
table, and we can serve the meal as
daintily as we please-have the COM
fort of home and the open, too-and
will rest comfortably while We cal"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10
BY Gene1ieUe Keuble
SUNDAY AND MONDAY,
AUG. Hip.

AONs
Sunday is strongly under the spiritual
ray of the mystical. Neptune. exaIting
the spiritual faculties and turning the
forces within. Inspiration. revelation
or psychic embodiment or experience
come under this impetus to those evolved
to the mystical plane of consciousness.
To others the day is not so propitious.
although literary pursuits. are encour-
aged.
Those whose birthday It is should Gull
uvate the higher faculties. A child born
on this day will be interesting, possibly
unusual and perhaps cratic.
Monday should be day of application
and accomplishment with several of the
astral positions uniting for success and
prosperity. Old distractions and disap-
pointments will be set aside. making
way for new projects and new friends,
as well as for changes, removals and
travelling. all of which should be of de-
cIded benefit. although any tendency to
rashness, disputes and litigation should
be subdued. Ofsettif9g these business
advantages. however. some affiiction
threatens in domestic and affectional
lines, and unusual care should be used
to cherish and protect these.
Those whose birthday it is may have
q year of change and travel. with sue
cess. if disputes and law are avoided \
child of this day viii be steady, reliable
and popular, and viii succeed.
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y AAtAiS tAdsci cAAII-4OuAO DStlS III
tears.
Whats wrong now?" he asked mer-
rtly. Break your dolls or something?"
Betty shook her head and wept the
more
What them" asked Gocomeback.
Surely you're not crying because
Mamma asked you to do the dishes?''
But I don't want to wash the dishesr'
exclaimed Betty. II want to playr'
Tut! tut!" cried Gocomeback. VIVA:
would you do if you lived in the home
of my little yellow cousin Hok-a-Pu
Hia7''
Who's she?" said Betty quickly.
why, my little yellow cousin from
Gilman replied Gocomeback. 81 was
just on my way to visit her when I
found you crying. How would you like
to come along with me?'
Betty. always glad to take a trip with
Gocomeback. jumped up with a laugh
and caught hold of his hand-away they
flew over mountains and seas until
they reached the land of China.
Queer looking buildings. five and seven
stories high and eight-sided, rose into
the sky, each story smaller than the
one below, with their roof corners
curved and ornamented. These Gocome-
back told Betty were pagodas.
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nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

We are two girls, age Is. who are
- great chums. and we are asking you
for your advice.
We are considered very beautiful
and attractive girls. and have many
admirers. But please don't think US
conceited.
We have fallen In love with two
with them three times every week
for nine months, and have learned to
love them dearly.
They have asked US to marry them
before they ''go over" We have cor
responded with their people, and
think them perfect
Now, dear Annie Laurie, as we
have no one else, won't you please
consider our problem and give US
your best advice?
$50 MIG and BOB.
n ZIG and BOB: am not willing te
| VI say that think girls of Is ought
to marry even under the circum-
stances you mention, for it does seem
to me that you still have a couple OF
years of girIhood coming to you.
Do the parents of the young men fee
that 1t would be right for them t.
Are the young men willing tc
make an allotment TO you from their
pay? 1t won't be enough to live on, sc
you will have to be>prepared to support
yourselves while they are gone, you
know
And are you willing. while they are
gone, to give up the good times thai
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10
NEAR ANNE LAURIE:

DEAR ANNE LAURIE:
I am under the impression that
you have helped many poor I'm
fortunate girl out of loves difficult
ties. and I'm sure you can help me.
What must I do? have a young
man friend. 20 years old. whom I
dearly love. and he does not speak
now. I fear some one has told him
a falsehood or it is because in pass
ing his home several afternoons
did not speak, but I was merely Jest
ing him. He has accused me several
times of speaking shortly. and SO
has his mother.
Do you think I should go to him
and beg his pardon, or let him come
to me first? And. dear Annie Laurie.
is it not the girls place to speak
firstf
Do you think he could really like
me and keep me In this suspense. or
do you think he is only trying to get
me back. and wants to make me
prove my love?
I go with several young men, but
1 like this one best
FoRsAKEN BLUE EYES.
BLUE EYES: Surely il
wasn't very polite of you to refuse
to speak when passing his home
and he probably did not appreciate tbs
Joke at all. If I were you I shouldn't
try to make him speak now. but should
speak in a polite and friendly manner
when next you meet. and then see how
he actsi
It may be. as you say. that some one
has told him a-falsehood, but it may
also be that it is your own name,
which has chilled his liking for you. Il
you know his mother well, why moi
speak to her about it and explain that
you don't mean to be unfriendly, but
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OF gray and green suggesting the color
scheme of the crown, but In no way de-
tracing from its unusualness by any
ornate trimming Often a carefully
trimmed costume is spoiled by being
worn with a hat SO generously trimmed
that il distracts attention from the
gown to the hat, and makes the gown
appear too ornamented. The heavily,
trimmed frock is beautiful only in juxta-
position to the unobtrusive hat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10
!! Secrets Of Health and Happiness
| low the Red Cross and the
Army Care for Our Wounded
By DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERc
A. B., M. A., M. D. tJohns Hopkins University

IN the 10th of May, 1917, President Wilson
j ated the Red Cross War Board, that national
government agency has from that time appro
prtated 100000 month for army hospital equipment
The objects of the board have been:
To establish and maintain hospitals for soldiers in
the American army
To establish and maintain canteens, rest houses
recreation huts and other to supply the
soldiers with such comforts recreaons as the
army authorities may approve
To establish and maintain in France canteens rest
houses recreatons and other supply comforts
and recreation for the soldiers armies of our ALI
To distribute hospital equipment supplies of all
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Four Selected Recipes
Bv ANN MARIE LLOYD

steak. place it in the pan with the
onions, cover it over the top with some
of them, and stand IN the oven for five
minutes. Then place the steak on
hot dish, and heap the onions over The
above is one of the best recipes for this
old fashioned dish
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you might have? If you were older
shouldn't write to you this way, but
your extreme youth makes me wish to
ask you to hesitate and think well be-
fore you take the step.
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that you were playing little Joke. and
now see your mistake.
I don't believe it will do any good to
beg his pardon, but II may settle mat
tiers in a friendly, satisfactory way If
you behave in womanly fashion here
after, dear.
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By ALBERT BARRETT sAYREs

more feet above the plants a line of
pipes is placed on posts. These lines are
placed every 20 or 30 feet, and are
equipped with nozzles three feet apart.
With such a system in a garden large
enough to make the initial expense
worth assuming the amateur gardener
can stride far ahead of his neighbors in
the quality and the quantity of his
produce.
There is, of course, the trench method
water supply led by a pipe to the high
est spot in the garden, from which
trenches lead the water down the slopes
between the hills or rows. Or "a slope
can be given to the trench itself and the
water run from the shallow beginning
to the deep end.
Whatever method Is now employed it's
still early enough to experiment with
others and so to learn for next season
the very best method for your particular
need. Remember that the best time to
water your garden is early in the morn
ing or late in the afternoon-in other
words. at times when the sun is least
strong.
Serving Cereals for Energy.
While it is generally known that
cereals are the cheapest food for en-
ergy, 1t is perhaps not SO well known
that cereals aren't as good a protein
source as their composition might indi-
cate. For this reason the cereal diet
should be supplemented by the more
available proteins furnished by milk.
eggs and meat.
It is said there is very little differ
ence In energy value between whole
cereals and the refined products. But
whole cereals are superior as source
of several important food substances.
As sources of necessary food, ash-con-
tanning lime. phosphorus and iron-whole
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HoSpiLdiS lOI SOiOlcTS OIL Tue AMERICAN or
allied armies.
To engage in the care of the sick and
disabled soldiers. to provide shelters and
health for destitute children and adults,
and to guard against tuberculosis. and
other dread scourges.
The Red Cross was buSily engaged in
organizing hospital units long before any
of Americas fighting heroes reached
"over there for active service Six base
hospitals were established. among them
the Harvard. Hopkins. Columbia, Yale
and Chicago units. These units were or
gained before the Americans reached
the battle grounds of Europe. Within
three months after our entrance into the
war this national war organization pro-
vided Is such base hospitals in France,
and had many others making ready"
Fer each base hospital there has been
provided at least % physicians, IS to IS
Red Cross nurses, dentists, $50 enlisted
persons of high-elass university or medi-
cal training and frequently. in addi-
ton. large Independent ambulance
corps. Fifty such base hospital units
were ready by Sept. 1, 1917, and their
number has been growing rapidly ever
since.