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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25
TRAVELETTE
BY NIKSAH
Cheney.

Cheney. "a
Cheney, Washington, is the proud
home of the Chen@ Normal school.
) Practically tho, sum total of
Cheney's |: esidentSQ section can be
hidden from view by the dust of
passing tin Lizzie.
The chance visitor to Cheney is
usually the parent of some sweet
young graduate who does not want to
go to college, and who selects normal
school" as a promising place to wait
around a couple of years before taking
the final step of promising to boil
eggs every morning for some good
looking cave man till death do them
part.
About once in the life of every class
of the Cheney Normal school. a mod
est young man passes timidly- thru
the schools curriculum. His coun-
tenance usually makes clear the
Christening effect of regular additions.
The couple of hundred girls who
come out with him on the electric cars
each mornin use him as the victim of
257 varieties of feminine vile.
A lunch time the girls transfer the
use of their gentle arts to the delivery
boy at the corner grocery. or the
pompadoured soda clerk in Cheney's
drug emporium.
Twice a year Cheney is revolution
lied by the graduation of three dozen
white frocks. fashioned a la mode, and
one Sears-Rc chuck swallowtail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

To assist in meeting the shortage in
unskilled labor, Secretary of Labor
Wilson has issued a departmental or
der temporarily removing restrictions
on the importation of Mexican labor
to be used in Gel tain specified occupa-
lions. The order became effective
June 20 and provides that during the
present emergency conditions Next
cans entering the United States to en-
gage in agricultural pursuits, in rail-
road section maintenance, and in lig-
mite coal mining will be exempt from
the head tax, literacy test, and con-
tract-labor provisions. imposed by pre-
vious rulings. This is a step in the
right direction, but does not 60 far
enough. The same privileges should
be extended to the Chinese and Japan
csc who are better workers and more
desirable in every way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

lars, nickels. dimes, etc. rolled out on
the desk the clerk said:
This must be the result OF q mum.
Der of hard years savings"
The old woman replied: "Yessuh.
All been a-savin' it to bury maself, but
ah got to thinkin' it oveh an all jus
made up nah mind it would be q
heap bettah to buy Liberty bond to
help bury dat kaisah."
class had become interested in Me.
thuselah. At their urgent request the
teacher related all the authentic infor.
nation recorded in the Bible about
that amazing man. also various anec-
dotes CLEANED from less reliable
sources. In conclusion she said:
Now, is that all? Are there any
further questions you would like to
ask about Methuselah
ia like to know" said the most
Interested youngster of the lot. where
all his birthday presents are buried"
Charley is simply wonderful" ex-
claimed young Mrs. Torkins. Il
never dreamed thai anyone could run
a motor car the way he CAM
what has happened"
I'VE took a ride yesterday ana
went along beautifully in spite of the
fact that he had forgotten some OF the
machinery"
Running without machinery"
Yes. We hid gone at least seven
miles before Charley discovered that
his engine was missing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

Prices OF almost every commodity
and all sorts of securities fluctuate
from day to day but not SO silver.
The white metal seems to be firmly
fixed at 99h cents an ounce, while
Mexican dollars are quoted uniformly
at II cents. Imports as we'll as ex-
ports of silver continue to increase.
the imports amounting to 100000
in May and to $65,000.000 in the
eleven months ended with May. which
is double the imports of a year ago.
Exports of silver during May amount
ed to s46.oOO.coO against s6.ooo,o00 a
year ago and s131. 100000 for the
eleven months ended with May.
against s69.OOo.000 for the corre-
spending period of 1917.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

Straighter transportation routes for
the merchandise which the United
States purchases in other parts of the
world, and more direct movement of
merchandise between producer and
consumer. are among the develop
ments OIL the war A compilation by
the National City Bank of New York
shows that considerable quantities of
merchandise from other parts OF the
globe, formerly reaching the United
States by passing thru several hands,
now come in greater quantities direct
from the countries of production
Formerly the. great European coun-
tries. having colonies scattered over
the world and plentiful steamship lines
connected Herewith, brought first to
their own ports the products of the
colonies. and then re-shipped them to
the United States and other parts of
the consuming world. The banks
compilation shows that imports Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25
GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atchison Cobe.1

Unfortunately common sense is not
common.
A crouch doesn't hurt anybody half
as much as it does yourself.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who did tricks on bicycle?
A girl will strive as hard to land a
no-account man as she will to land a
prize.
A liar is a man who says he doesn't
care for praise, and does not worry
about criticism.
When an Atchison woman is not
talking she is yawning. That means
her mouth is open all the time.
The world over, there isn't much
constructive criticism. altho there is
plenty OF criticism.
Even a poor talker is an interest
ing talker II he knows what he is
talking about.
A man who stays at his own home
at nights cannot get into trouble. The
easiest thing in the world to do is to
keep out Of trouble.
Jude johnson is very sick. and the
doctors think he has workorfightis.
He seems to be very nervous and
scared about something.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25
RALsTON's BAD BREAK.

When Samuel L. Raiston, q former
governor of Indiana, as chairman OF
the Democratic state convention at In
dianapolis, took occasion in his intro
ductory speech to laud the administra
ton of President Wilson and nomi-
nate that gentleman for a third term
he made a break which was silly and
unca.led for. Both the country and
the administration have their hands
full in carrying the war to a success
full termination and this Is no time for
starting q political diversion.
The country is at war with a foreign
power. and its people are united in
the support of its cause. It is not a
matter of domestic politics or partisan
judgment or support. The administra-
ton is constantly laying stress upon
that fact and protesting to avoid par
tisanship in the choice of agencies and
from all loyal citizens and leaders of
whatever faith. The presidential cam
paign of 1920. with the selection Of
candidates and platforms. is two years
away and has nothing to do with the
present situation or the loyal support
of the executive authority.
What the situation will be in 1920
nobody knows and there Is no occa-
sion to consider it now. To do so.
after the manner OF the cheap and
narrow politician, says the New York
Journal of Commerce in commenting
on Ralston's speech, is calculated only
to do harm to the administration by
giving partisan aspect to its support,
and 70 ALLEVIATE or weaken that Of
those who are not of his party. I'm
der present conditions and in the con-
flict tha. is going on there is no poll
tics and none should be injected. Suf-
ficient unto the day is the evil or the
good thereof.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: have a
dear girl friend who asked my advice
in her love affairs. AS didn't feel
capable to advise her I decided to
write and ask your advice.
My friend is 20 years old and has
been going with q man who is friddle-
aged and has been a widower for sew
eral years. She is well acquainted
with him and knows him to be e very
good man. He came to see her to
church quite often when he began to
go with her and for about two months
and then he began to get careless or
Indifferent and came only one in four
or six weeks. It has been about six
months that he has been coming that
way and always on weeks days She
has gone with q young man 81 years
old a few times and likes him very
well, but is not very well acquainted
with him. Do you think it is advis-
able for her to go with both?
M. A. s.
think It would be advisable to &c
with both. It would be unwise to give
up either on account OF the other I'M
less she becomes engaged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25
OUR NEW ALLIES.

Latest reports from the front indi-
cate that the Austrian invaders of
Italy are being hurled back. The re-
treat which has begun on the lower
Piave may easily become a rout. Flood
and famine have become the allies of
the entente.
The hunger drive on italy which
was to have been a plumber drive. is
an AFFECT failure, q colossal sacrifice
of human lives and innocent blood.
Kaiser Karl, the pitiful weakling. vas
sal Of the German mailman. is thoroly
discouraged. He has much to, dis
courage him; he will have more.
The Austrian capital alhAady is
echoins the revolutionary thunders of
a hoodwinked populace, as the Paris
boulevards Of 1889 reverberated the
tocsin sound and the maddened shouts
of inturiated thousands.
Hunger knows no law; fears no
punishment. The cry for bread has
never been stilled by the roar of guns.
It's long lane that has no turning
in peace or war. The central empires
are discovering 1t. For nearly four
years the Hun has had things pretty
much his own way. He has sacked,
plundered. slaughtered wholesale, van
dal-like and ruthless. He has brought
hitherto peaceful world to grief and
sorrow, and his own people to fam
Inc.
1t is impossible to doubt now that
starvation, gaunt and terrible, liz
sweeping thru Germany and Austria
Hungary.
For more than three years the pop
ulations have been kept barely olive.
Gradually the pittance handed them
and which merely held body and soul
together. has been reduced until it has
reached the vanishing point. For four
long and fearful years they have been
promised victory and plenty; they
have been nourished on mirage, to the
saturation point with lies, until they
are now finding out the delusion.
Hence their wrath, wrath which will
become terrible bloody vengeance
when 1t gets under full Roadway,
which seems not far off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

but do you know, I'm never going to
laugh at another OF those letters. I'll
answer anyone OF them and I'll spend
more thought on them"
you'll answer them! What have
you got to do with them?" she de-
manded.
Bob had to confess.
ITO think that you deceived me So,
Cleo began, but the smile on Bob's
face silenced her. wen bo quarrel
ing again in a minute" she laughed.
land we've decided quarrels are fool
ish, haven't we?"
"You bet we have" he answered.
Lets kiss and make up for good"
Copyright, 1913, by Mcclure Newspaper
Eyndicate.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
How to Choose a Husband.-1.

How to Choose q Husband.-1.
A group of young women ask my
advice about choosing a husband and
desire to know what type Of man is
most desirable to marry. =
Inasmuch as custom does not per-
init woman to pick out the man she
fancies and pop .he question to him,
the phrase, Choosing a husband" is
a paradox in itself and is full Of bitter
irony.
All that the average woman can do
in marrying is to follow the old fash
ioned rule that used to be given to
children for good maaners-taka what
is set before you and ask no questions.
And that is particularly true of these
war times when husbands become
more and more a rarity and luxury.
Still, If a woman can't propose, she
has at least the veto power in matri-
mony. She can always say mo" and
before she decides to bestow her heart
and hand upon man she should con-
slider we'll Inequalities he possesses,
My first piece of advice is. don't
choose a nah for husband just be-
cause he is handsome. Beauty is a
woman's prerogative, and when a man
possesses it he is poaching on her pre-
serves. Your handsome husband will
monopoiize the mirror, appropriate
most Of the clothes money for his own
octlOOl ana Deileilty AnC De SO ABSORBED
in contemplating his own good looks
that ne will never have time to notice
yours.
IT is better to be admired than it is
to admire. and the woman who desires
to have a nice. comfortable, calm voy-
age across the sea of wedlock should
never pick out q pilot because of his
good profile o. ambrosial curls.
My second piece of advice is not to
choose a man because he is fascinat-
Ing. The arts that hypotized you will
be equally potent with other women,
The fascinating man is born sports
man. With him the chase is every
thing. It's the bird on the wing that
he is eternally after, and as soon as
he has brought it down he loses inter-
est in 1t. No barnyard fence can be
built high or strong enough to keep
him in.
Don't pick out a man for a hus-
ticaliy. 1t gratifies a woman's aesthe-
tic taste, but it shows too much expcr-
fence. The man who has presence of
mind enough to quote poetry, who
knows just when and where to gently
encircle the adored one with his arm
and draw her to his manly bosom, has
rehearsed the scene before. 1t is the
throat, and who blurts out any old
thing when he proposes who means
every word he says. Besides, matri-
mony puts an end to love making, and
1t is folly to marry man because he
was a star performer in a role in
which he will never make another APP
pearance.
Don't choose a man for q husband
just because Of his money. You can't
get happiness without money. Neither
can you buy happiness with money
There's no safety equal to that which
wealth brings. and no people are 50
bored as those who have eaten and
drunk their fill, and have come to the
end of things that money can buy and
have nothing else.
Besides money IL the most evanes.
cent thing on earth. It is the will
o. wisp of life, and a woman who has
married for money and then lost it il
n spectacle at which the gods mus,
laugh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
By ROY z. MoULTON

Germans rich and poor are urged
to go barefooted this summer to save
leather. Would like to see the kaiser
and his six sons start this movement.
Photographs of the imperial and
princely hoofs ought to bring, tidy
sum.
First coIored Gent: IT dom believe
it am constitutional TO to draf a man
an make him fight"
Second Colored Gent: Boy, they
dom make yo' fight. They just sends
yo' to France and put yo' in a trench,
an when the Germans charge at yo',
ment whether yo' better fight or
not"
A magician was playing a small
town in Pennsylvania last week. He
did an illusion act with his wife in
which he made his wife disappear. A
man in the audience jumped up on
his seat and yelled: Say, professor,
I'll give you $1,000 il you'll show me
how to do that
Sour krOut.
A food expert desires US to publish
the fact that there is no harm in eat
ing sour krout as long as it is spelled
that way, and not ''sauer-kraut." The
change in spelling has eliminated the
last trace of German horribleness
from this delicious dainty.
The expert tells us that sour krout
is easily digestible, the cellular It's
sues being greatly softene by fermen-
tation. 1t is a wonderful food.
The Germans, according to this eX-
pert, cannot eat sour krout because
the cabbage crop there has failed
Therefore, "if Americans do not eat
it, who will %
Ask Gus an easy one. We don't know
who will, but we know one who won't.
Trade item says substitute TOT
corset strengthened is sought. How
about q soldiers good right arm?
We have a friend who is a stage
carpenter in a vaud Vile house in a
large city and he has the highest con-
tempt for non-essenti occupations.
He claims he hasn't much to do, but
what he does IS important
81 play supe and work the cues for
a sketch" he said. Then hang the
drop for a sister act, work the light
cues, manipulate the automobile ana
bark like q dog for an auto act, pull
the euylines in a trapeze act, and at
tend to my own duties. Outside OF
that ] have nothing at all to do. It's
a cinch."
Referred to Nat Goodwin.
Dear Sir: "I am going to be mar
ried and 1 don't know just how much
to slip the minister Would ten bucks
be about right, or would it be too
much or not enough? I have a friend
who always pays five, but 1 think he
10 piker. A. L. l.
"she was a charming Junk bride"
says a geographically incorrect re-
port Of a wedding at Albany.
By the way. what is a Junk bride.
ANYHOW? Does that refer to the pres
ents?
Or did you mean June bride? Elk
plain. please
Those Strenuous Relatives.
Ralph Wilson and Claude Beach
were home over Sunday from Purdue
university, where they are in army
training for a visit with relatives
Valparaiso (Ind.) Vidette-
Germany is said to be in the midst
Of a cold wave. But she will be struck
by a hot wave soon--a wave OF Yanks.
Senate has passed bill to expose
all war profiteers. How about pass
ing a bill to punish them, If we may
ask a fool question?
The housekeepers idea of heaven IS
place where hashed-brown potatoes
will grow in the garden; where cherry
pies will grow on trees and where the
woman at the head of the table may
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

In Minnesota, the Nonpartisan
League leaders are being ordered by
the loyal citizens to move on. It is
unlikely that these emigrants will head
for Arizona since they doubtless have
heard what happened to their breth-
rem of the I. w. w. in that state. The
government is busy with the war and
perhaps 1t is Just as we'll that the peo-
pie should attend to these little details.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

rubber. tin. vegetable oils. hides.
spices, manufactures of jute and many
other less important articles. are ar
irving in increased quantities from
the colonies in which produced. and
decreased quantities from the govern
ing country in Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

Most people in the country. despite
the fact that we are at war, are max
ing more money than ever before.
That s all the more reason why we
should save now and buy war savings
stamps. We have the opportunity to
help the government and to provide
for our own future. Never forget the
investment features OF war savings
stamps. When you buy them you be-
coma . stakeholder in the United
States, the best corporation in the
world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

In consequence Of the frightful
wreck on the Michigan Central, which
caused the loss of fifty-eight lives and
the injury of $50 persons. the govern
ment may become intimately acquaint-
ed with another phase of railroad op-
Grafton. Claims for damages probably
will reach a high figure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds OF men in
Americas Fighting Service

Not only on his >21st birthday. but
on the first anniversary of his enlist
ment into the service, death came to
a young hero of the navy aviation
corps in France. Edward Augustus
Smith. Jr., quartermaster. first class,
U. S. N, was killed April 80 in an
aeroplane accident. Accordink to re-
ports from abroad, his body was not
recovered. A letter to his family,
written Just before his death. tells Of
his assignment to scout work on the
French coast. In his eagerness 20
serve his country. Smith was among
the first to enlist in this branch. IT
the service. His father, DR.. e. A.
Smith, resides at 1905 West North
avenue. Baltimore. Md.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Hominy with Dates. Top Milk.
French Toast. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Corn Bread with Molasses and Milk.
Baked Bananas. Cookies.
Tea.
DINNER.
Planked Cod Steak.
Carrots. Bets Potatoes.
Barley Bread and Butter.
Fruit Jelly.
Rico Dishes.
Rice Peanut-Butter Loaf-One cup
full raw brown rice, one egg. two table,
spoons chopped parsley, one table,
spoon minced onien, two and one
quarter teaspoons salt, pepper and
paprika, one cupful peanut butter.
steam rice until tender in double
boiler, using about four cupfuls of
water and one teaspoon of the salt.
When tender, add to the rice the egg
well beaten. peanut butter. parsley
onion and seasoning. Place in an
oiled loafpan and bake about forty
min, - in a modera. oven. Serve
hot.
Rice and Raisin Muffins-One-
quarter cup rice Cooked, four ta-
bfespoons vegetable oil, one-half tea
spoon salt, three-quarters cup barley
IlOuT, three tdOl0SpoOuS HhOAocoSss ~
cup wheat flour, two and one-h6H
as .,oons baking powder, three-quar-
tiers cup milk. one-half Teaspoon Gin
namop, one-quarter cup raisins, one
egg, three tablespoons molasses.
Beat the egg until very light, add
to it the milk and rice. Stir in the
dry ingredients which have been
mixed and ,sifted. Add the Toured
raisins, molasses and oil. Eake in
creased muffin tins from twenty to
thirty minutes in a moderete oven.
Luncheon Rice--One cup rice, two
cups milk, two teaspoons margarine
two eggs. one and one-half teaspoons
salt, four teaspoons barley flour. one-l
quarter teaspoon cayenne pepper
Cook rice in boiling. salted water
until tender; drain and pour cold
water thru It. Add flour. salt and
cayenne to the eggs and beat until
smooth. Heat milk, add butter and
pour over the egg mixture. Cook IN
a double boiler till slightly thick
ened. Pour over boiled rice and serve.
Tried Recipes.
Baked Bean SaIad-For leftover
beans. run thru grinder any leftover
Cut up a few slices OF beets. add little
celery salt or onion salt. Place on
lettuce leaves.
Maple Syrup candy-one cup pow
dered sugar, three Tablespoons cream
(evaporated). one-quarter teaspoon
salt. one-half cup maple syrup. one
half cup chopped nuts
Boil all together until 1t forms
soft ball when tried in cold water; take
from stove add nuts and beat unit!
creamy: then drop from teaspoon on
waxed paper.
Things Worth Knowing.
To Freshen Calf Book-B.nding
wash binding lightly with sponge
glue dissolved in one pint of water.
| one tablespoonful glycerine and hit
tie flour paste. Rub tie leather care
| fully with channels when dry.
Rid the Chimney of SCOT by burn
| ing potato peeling in the stove or fur
mace This simple method will be
! found particularly useful in stoves in
which soft coal Is burned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

The Austrians chose an unfortunate
came up and cut them off from their
base. Once they get under good head
way toward home it is doubtful that
German reinforcements will be able
to stop them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

The man or woman who Is asked to
buy War Savings Certificates is not
or her earnings as q charitable contri-
button. Eacn is asked to invest, at
an interest return no savings bank
can venture to offer. in the best Sc
cured investment which the world
presents today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

that he can supply 500 tons of shark
hides annually.
Heavy net seem to be the best
means of taking sharks, but they may
also be harpoo ed, shot and taken
with hook and line.
Names in the News.
Neutrality-suspicious. me trah
yrz-a gneral term in Franch for a
machine gun. Originally it referred
to form of gun invented in Bel
GUM, which combined a number of
gun barrels designed to discharge
small missiles with great rapidity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

Young Teddy" doubtless has
brought Joy to the heart of his illus
trious father by his action in the fight
at Cantigny. where, altho gassed in
lungs and eyes. he Is reported to have
refused to retire from the. fighting
line. OF such is the American army in
Europe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-25

Business as usual appears to be
the rule In Oakland, Calf. Recently
Al DRINKS were let out of Jail to re-
lieve the congestion.