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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31

before her. She says she hates to let
her order come in first, as she knows
you must be in a hurry. AS for her,
she can't work at Red Cross, she
doesn't see how people do, for one
simply can't do that and do ones
housekeeping as It ought to be done.
You don't take her place after that
remark but assure her that you are
quite unwilling to keep her away from
home when you know how busy she
must be, and then you wait your turn
and you go to the Red Cross rooms
glad that you are going to find some
women there who somehow manage
to keep their houses going as they
ought to go and still find time to wind
bandages and work on hospital gar
ments and knit on the sock machines
and pack all the things in boxes to
send to headquarters to be shipped to
the boys that need your help.
When you stop to think of 1t. the
woman who satisfies herself that she
does her work as it ought to be done
is really serving no one but herself
yet 1t never occurs to her that she
is in any way selfish. Her husband
might assure her that he wasn't bit
happier because all the silver was
polished twice every week and because
the tops of all the pictures got their
weekly busting and she might be
really convinced that he wasn't. In
h6T ueaTL OF n6dIIS Snc pTODdD1y IcSlS
that she is serving some high Ideal OF
duty in doing things as they ought to
be done rather than give in to the
instinct that bids her do her bit at
Red Cross. army canteen or other war
activity. To her there must be some
inexorable goddess of homework who
watches day and night and sees be-
hind pictures and in store closets
where other eyes do not penetrate
And she is serving that goddess and
no one else.
Now the really wonderful thing
about 1t is that there are so few wom-
en- in any community who haven't been
able to take a sane. progressive. adap-
table view about this matter of doing
their housekeeping as it ought to be
done, and some of the women who
have found most time for outside work
are women who thru the shortage of
domestic labor or thru actual finan-
cial stringency have been obliged to
get along short-handed as far as do
nestle service goes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31
toilet would be exasperating to the
point of high irritation.
MONDAY.

LhO 4Op AOdt SCEVcS as a ETOCk.
Women were never pressed for time
as now. There is no leisure class.
There are slackers at heart, who pre-
tend to be busy as bees, who talk I'M
ceasfngly about vague committees on
winch they serve, and who are the
loudest in their denunciations of those
who do not give or serve. How much
they actually give and serve is a ques-
ton for the satirist
But these slackers at heart are not
good examples of the race. They are
the brilliant, leaping bubbles that rise
on every current of life in every CEN
fury. The women who are actually in
the current. who are serving and CIV
ing, ars almost maddened by clothes
that cannot be adjusted with ease and
comfort.
stgners appeal. It is to them that GER
tain forms of top coats, made of thin
material. offer an admirable chance to
be well dressed at short notice. These
coats need not be removed in the
house. and yet they serve as a protec-
tive covering over frocks when cold
days arrive. In that double capacity
they suggest themselves as an economy.
Taffeta and Satin Used.
These coats are in black, beige, dull
myrtle green and batsleship gray. They
are made of soft chiffon, taffeta or
satin. Others are of crepe de chine,
sufficiently lined to keep them from
being translucent.
The sketch shows a coat worn by a
war worker. 1t is of heavy black satin
lined with thin China silk. 1t serves
in many capacities 1t has wide sur
plice collar of white satin. and to make
it a bit more ornamental its hem is
finished with a fringe of monkey fur.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31
HUNS GREAT 'KIDDERS'
Told Public Foch's Reserves Had Been
Entirely Exhausted.

New York, Aug. s1.-Long before
Marshal Foch began his brilliant
counter offensive on the Marine, the
Germans had been told that his re-
serves had been exhausted. This IL
shown by a Wolff bureau dispatch
published in the Berlin Tageblatt
which described the fighting about
Chateau Thierry.
The hope of the entente regarding
a decisive Intervention of the great
army Of maneuver has been definitely
shattered. The proud army of re-
serve which the war council of Ver-
sailles played out its trump exists as
such no longer" read the dispatch.
The great victory of the crown
prince has shattered considerable
part of the enemies fighting force
and has resulted in the dissolution
and complete dispersal of the Foch
army of maneuver. The tremendous
losses suffered by the entente on the
extensive fronts between Ypres and
Rheims will be difficult to replace
This was published in Germany
about month before Marshal Foch
struck the Germans on the Marine sa-
hent and drove them back to the
Vesle. It probably shows why the
German public was so greatly sur
prised by Marshal Foch's brilliant
stroke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31
BLAZE BEST ROUTE
Gang of Men Now Marking
Midland Trail in State.
1t Is Big Coast to Coast Trunk
Line Highway.
WASHINGTON SAN FRANCISCO
Road Has Been Improved in
Many Sections of Kansas.
Albert Nagle Says Line Is
Great Tourist Carrier.
WASHINGTON SAN FRANCISCO

According to statement by Albert
Maggie, commissioner between Manhat-
tan and Kansas City for the National
Midland trail, the work of outlining
new routes and marking the poles on
the roads is progressing rapidly.
The Midland trail reaches from San
Francisco to Washington, D. c., and is
marked turnout the entire route with
two six-inch orange stripes with a six
inch black stripe between the two
Aorange stripes.
Work is now being done on the
road in Douglas county east of Law
renee. When Kansas City is reached
attempts will be made to find some
new road by which Kansas City may
be entered easier and more COM
fortably than is at present possible.
Maggie says that every road now used
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31
BACK TO MRS. CALLAHAN
Young Mexican Couple, After Weeks
OF Trials, Return for Aid.

Mrs. Myrtle Callahan, secretary of
the Proyident association, has had the
unusual experience of SO winning the
heart of one of her protegees that she
has returned to Topeka solely because
Mrs Callahan Is here.
The child wife and her young hus-
band are a Mexican couple whose
path of true love has been even
rougher than the proverb indicates
The story goes that some time ago, a
Mexican family in Topeka numbered
among its members a young daughter
who contracted quick consumption,
and died after an illness Of a few
weeks. Soon afterward. the mother
became afflicted with tuberculosis of
the knee. She was bedridden, and
another daughter of the household, a
girl of about fourteen, began to drift
after the fashion of unguarded young,
girls. She was finally reported to
the authorities as having run away
% years of age. The clipping pair was
brought back, the girl placed in the
detention home, and then thru the
efforts OF Mrs. Callahan, who acted
as interpreter in the case, the couple
were married at the court house.
Back to Own Land.
Then the mother of the girl asked
might die in her own land and among
her old friends. After the family re-
turned to their home land, the young
married couple set out for Joliet,
Ill, where the husband got a job. 1t
was not long until Mrs. Callahan re-
ceived a letter, written in Spanish,
from the girl wife, saying that she
was Ill in hospital. suffering from
appendicitis; that she had no money
to pay for an operation, and that sh,
would not be allowed to leave the
hospital until her bill was paid. Mrs
Callahan then wrote the doctor who
was attending the girl, and asked
that he treat her without charge
No more was heard of the young
people until this week, when Mrs
Callahan looked up from her desk
one morning and saw them standing
before her. In their native tongue
that is music, and in the mute Ian
guage of their soft, dark eyes, the tw
presented their case. They explained
that the mans father had died since
they left Topeka, and that his mothe-
they were obliged to help the girls
invalid mother in Juarez, while both
the husband and wife are threatened
with tuberculosis. With the assistance
of the association, the husband has
found work.
After he has served long enough to
save enough money to get away. he
hopes to take his wife to Arizona to
a climate better suited to her condi-
ton.
why did you come back to To-
peka ?" Mrs. Callahan asked the little
Mexican girl
Because you were here" was her
eager answer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31
LAY CORNERSTONE.
/. o. o. f. Home at Eureka Lake
Under Construction.
MarshalPs Band of Topeka
There for Big Ceremony.
ADDRESS BY GENERAL WOOD.
Affair Presided Over by Grand
Master Penwell, Topeka.
Largest Meeting of Odd Fellows
in Many Years.
ADDRESS BY GENERAL WOOD

The corner stone of the new Re-
bekah odd Fellows home for old peo-
pie at Eureka Lake will be laid Sun
day. September 1, at o'clock in the
afternoon. The new home is being
constructed on practically the same
ground occupied by the old one which
was destroyed by fire.
Marshall's band of Topeka will go
TO Eureka Lake for the ceremonies and
will furnish an afternoon concert.
General Leonard S. Wood will give an
address. DR.. Charles Arson Finch,
past grand chaplain of the grand lodge
of Kansas will also speak. other mu-
steal numbers are listed on the pro-
gram.
The ceremony of laying the corner
stone will be presided over by L. NJ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31

Penweu of Topeka, grand master or
the lodge. The meeting will close with
the singing Of America by the entire
assembly.
Great Gathering of Odd Fellows.
Many automobile parties are ex"
pected to take advantage of the OPP
portunity to enjoy the trip over good
roads up to Manhattan and then on TO
Eureka Lake which is only short dis
lance on from Manhattan AT the
grounds there Will be plenty of space
for parking autos. Interurban cars
running from Manhattan to Junction
City, thru Camp Funston, will take
visitors that come by railroad directly
to the entrance to the grounds Ice
water and refreshments will be In
abundance.
1t is expected, according to L NJ.
PenwelI, that this will be one of the
largest meetings of odd Fellows in
the state. Lodge members from Ne
brasi1a, Missouri, Colorado and Kan
sas have signified their intention OF
attending. Jasper Fink, on the COM
rnittee on arrangements is making
plans for handling a large crowd.
II is hoped and expected that all
lodge members who own motor cars
will attend If the car is not filled with
members it will be greatly appreciated
II each owner of a car will arrange to
take some other lodge members along
on the trim.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31
ROY THOMPSON ENLISTS
But He Doesn't Know How New Navy
Rule Will Apply.

Roy Thompson, president of the
Thompson Hardware company, re-
ceived a telegram Thursday announc-
ing he had been accepted as a Yolun-
teer in the navy. Thompson says that,
on account of the order forbidding
further enlistments. he does not know
whether his application is affected or
not. However, he offered himself for
the navy before the new order was
made, was examined in Kansas City,
and rejected at Washington on ac-
count of being light in weight for his
height. Afterward, he was notified
that the matter of his weight would
not bar him from the service, and his
last word was that he was accepted.
Roy Thompson, the son of w. A. L.
Thompson, founder of the Thompson
hardware business in Topeka was
brought up in this city; is a graduate
Of the Topeka high school and took
his college work at Yale university,
from which he was graduated some
years ago He belongs to one of the
wealthy families of the city. He was
married some years ago to Cornelia
Gleed, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles S. Gleed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31


hem finished with black monkey fur.
Those who are called to canteen
work at o'clock in the morning.
those who are called to trains in the
ambulance service at IL at night.
those who are due for heavy work at
Red Cross rooms at 8 in the morning,
those who are serving breakfast at Of
ficers' clubs at in the morning, can
not take an hour for careful scrutiny
of their clothes and the adjustment OF
a dozen details.
There are women to whom careful
and meticulous dressing is second ma
ture; they could not hurry il the
Judgment trumpet were sounded; ,
they would adjust every hook and eye.
every bow, and especially the veil on
their hat, even If they knew they had
to rise upward thru the ether.
These women are in the minority.
It is not that they love dress so much.
but they move in a slow and careful
manner and they must be neat They
have the advantage of looking per-
fectly turned out at all hours of the
day; but to impatient souls upon
whose heels time is always pressing.
these hours given to exact and pre-
else adjustment of each detail of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31
FAT RATION IN HOLLAND
Reduced to Slightly Less Than One
Ounce Avoirdupois Daily.

Washington. Aug. 31.-The fat ra-
ton in Holland has been reduced to
slightly less than one ounce avoirdu-
pois daily for each person. and fur
Their reduction is in prospect, accord
ing to advices of the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce. This
ration not only includes butter eaten
with bread, but also butter, margarine
and other substitutes used in cooking.
The production of butter in Holland
Is about half of that of two years ago
when there was enough for all ordi-
nary purposes. The Dutch govern
ment has given notice that the fat ra-
ton may have to be cut to half an
ounce before next spring. The butter
shortage is attributed to the lack of
fodder which cannot be imported.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31
THE HOUSEHOLD
"As It Ought To Be Done"
Edited by ANNE RIrrENHoUsE

You would hate to call her unpa-
triotic, yet she surely isn't doing what
she ought to do to help win the war.
Perhaps you meet her in the mar
ket-everyone goes to market person.
ally these days in order to order with
greatest thrift-and you tell her that
you begrudge the time you are taking
from your work in the Red Cross
rooms, and she stands back with
flourish and begs you to be waited on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31
DRESS
Top Coats Are Used as Redingotes
Over Simple Frocks, and Often Are
Sufficiently Ornamental to Serve as
Complete Costumes.
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.

New York.-The cape is more fash
ionable than the top coat, but the lat
ter has its uses. In economical days
it can be made to serve as complete
costume. That fact tickles the fancy
OF every woman. There is an immense
effort to save time aSswel1 as material
in this war, and wherever women are
foregathered you will hear them dis
cussing methods of saving a half hour
in dressing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31

Too much sugar is used the Ameri-
can table, with consequent loss of variety
and piquancy of flavor. The nutty flavor
of grains, the natural sweetness of corn
Dread, the distinctive flavor of fruits and
the real coffee taste are too often smoth-
cred with sugar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31

Syrup made by reducing the Juice OF
grapes, apples or pears to one-seventh of
the original volume can be used in pre-
serving, in canning or on the table to re-
place sugar to great extent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-31

Penweu of Topeka, grand master of
the lodge. The meeting will close with
the singing of America by the entire
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21
HOW TO c.
SPANISH INFLUENZA
BY DR.. L. W. BOWERS.

Avoid crowds. coughs and towards,
but fear neither germs nor Germansi
Keep the system in good order, take
plenty of exercise In the fresh air and
practice cleanliness. Remember a clean
mouth, a clean skin, and clean bowels
nre q protecting armour against disease.
10 keep the liver and bowels regular
and to carry away the poisons within.
It Is best to take a vegetable pill every
other day, made up Of May-apple, aloes,
jalap, and sugar-coated, to be had at
most drug stores. known as DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. If there Is a sudden
onset Of what appears like a hard cold.
n should go to bed, wrnp warm. take
a hot mustard foot-bath and drink copi-
Ously Of hot lemonade. II pain develops
IN head or back, ask the druggist for
Anuric (anti-uric) tablets. These will
flush the bladder and kidneys and carry
Off poisonous germs. To control the
pains and aches take one Anurlc tablet
every two hours. with frequent drinks
of lemonade. The pneumonia appears
In a most ~treacherOus way. when the
influenza victim is apparently recover
ing and anxious to leave his bed. In re-
covering from q bad attack of influenza
or pneumonia the system should be
built up with q good herbal tonic, such
as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, made without alcohol from the
roots and barks Of American forest
trees. or his Irontic (ircn tonic)i tablets.
which CON DO obtained ut most drug
stores. or send 10c. to DR.. Pierce's Inva-
lids Hotel. Buffalo. N. Y, for trial
package.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21
hla Souvenir.

Ordinarily a soldier doesn't appear
at the leave center with any more bag
gage than the law allows. One man
arrived with a pair of extra socks
and a rife. Why the rife2 This was
bis explanation:
ITS a souvenir. Oh. II still shoots
oil right, and I'm going to use it for
the rest Of the war, and after that
well, this is n rifle no supply ser.
geant is ever going to get hold Of"
He exhibited the stock. There was
a nick ar inch deep at the top.
Machine gun Ear scissors. Shows
how near q bullet can come without
getting ~you."-Stars and Stripes.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21
kuttur AGAIN.

How can. the Germans boast to us
nbout their kultur and their old Ger
man Colt while at the same time bomb
ing babies and torpedoing hospital
ships?"
The speaker was a senator.
1T was a German" he added, "who
once pulled out his chest at a Krupp
banquet In Essen and declared:
Modern civilization, or kultur, gen
tlemen, has not reduced crimes. II
has just changed a lot Of them into
virtues"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot. reach the seat OF the disease.
lCatncyh Ia q local disease, greatly infiu-
knced BY constitutional conditions. HALLS
'CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh.
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces OF the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
rs composed OF some If the best tonics
known, combined with some of the best
lof the ingredients in HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE IL what produces such won
IdeTful results In catarrhal conditions.
Druggists Use. Testimonials free.
#. ]. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo. o.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21
The FRUGAL Goat.

Kidder-Say, my boys goat got In
the garage and ate a lot of electric
bulbs and wire.
Kidd s'pose you're going to hand
me that old stuff about wanting q light
lunch?
Kidder-Ob, not at all. He did II to
keep down current expenses.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21
UPSET STOMACH
PAPE's pIAPEPsIN At ONCE ENDS
6oURNEss, GAS, AcIDITY,
INDIGESTION.

Don't stay upset. When meals don't
1t and you belch gas, acids and undi.
gested food. When you feel Jumps OF
Indigestion pain. hatulence, heartburn
Or headac che yon can get instant relief
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21
tC0ntinued Next Weex.)

Because II have seen a lot of statues
Of my friends. made after they were
dead, and have neyer 10 one that l
thought bore los resemblance to the
original" Chauncey DePew a had
his own statue, which he has pre-
scented to Peekskill. his birthplace.
made during his lifetime. He even
unveiled It himself.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21

Des Molnes is wondering. since no
foreign language may be used In. any
public meeting. II Mary Garden may
sing In French. and Cali Curci IN
Italian, ~ per schedule. 4
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21

o.. Here's Pleasant Pellets put an end TO
sss and indigestion. Clean house" Aav.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21

No waitingl Pape's Dlapepsin will
gut you on your feet. As 500 as you
eat one Of these pleasant. harmless
tablets all the indigestion. gases. acid
ity aud stomach distress ends Your
druggist sells them. Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21
Little Mistake.

Little Mistake.
Il saw your husband passing the
sowler the other day"
"My husband never goes near a So
,Oon. I'd have you know"
II didn't say he did. All I saw him
do was to walk by the bulldog next
door,"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21

A6PNISA new one. Hsrpers Fibre Broom and
sNAS Ten.pee Brush Set combined. Saves
eroo@ exRensei nghtens housework; easy seller:
sn"srsesesssess hsrpsr BrusA works, Dsp& o, Esirasid. i,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21

Most particular women use Red Gross
Bail Blue. American made. Sure to please
AZ all good grocers. Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21

United States In 1917 produced 9e.-
"a, 474 barrels Of cement.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21

American soft coal production In
1917 was 551, 790.563 net tons, 10 per
cent more than In 1916.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
STATE PRESS
Greene and National Prohibi-
ton.

We have read in full Congressman
Frank L. Greene's defence of his vote in
the national house of representatives
against the resolution submitting to the
legislatures of the several states an
amendment to the federal constitution
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
Intoxicating liquor as Il beverage, three
newspaper columns in length. Under
ordinary conditions some task, but in this
instance a real pleasure. The congress
man does not believe in national prohibit
ton by sny method. Unless his ideas
have greatly changed he does not believe
in prohibition for his home city of St.
Adams. While his defense establishes
that his record on liquor legislation is
consistent, it reads some like special
pleading, yet we are we'll enough &C.
quainted with the congressman to know
that this opinion or any other he may
entertain is entertained honestly. He
cannot bring himself to vote against
principle he believes in even if he knows
that his action may affect his future
political career. =,
We believe, however, that in voting
against national prohibition the congress
man has Numbered, and does not rep
resent the sentiment of his state or his
district. To use sIangy phrase, he has
fallen down. He has shown lack of
vision. He has not shown himself big
enough to rise above lifelong convictions.
He has seen hand writing on the wall
but he fails to rightly interpret all that
he sees
No, Congressman Greene, Vermont is
not In favor of state local option when
1T Is opposed to national prohibition.
Thousands voted against state prohibi-
ton who will enthusiastically vote for
national prohibition. Wait and see.
The people of both Vermont and New
Hampshire should make sure that the
men they send to their legislatures
year hence will vote on this great question
of constitutional amendment az they
want them to vote. If that precaution
is taken there is little doubt where
Vermont and New Hampshire will be
counted. Bellows Fails Times,