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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO KNOw."

June IA. next Friday. will be Flag
Day 1t will have special signif-
icance this year. People turnout the
country will be expected to observe
the day by flag raising ceremony
and in other patriotic ways. For the
first time in the history of America
the flag is being carried in European
countries by legions of fighting Ameri-
cans. For the first time men of all
nationaiities who have adopted Ameri-
ca as their country are banded to-
gether under the flag, in foreign lands
There are many thousands of many
races in America who have those near
and dear to them in these ranks. and
who would welcome the opportunity to
join with older Americans in paying
tribute to our flag and in pledging
loyalty to the great cause for which
we are all fighting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10
AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY.

The United States government,
backed by practically unlimited CAPT.
tai and resources has opened the big
gest savings bank in the world. 1t is
inviting deposits of $4,000, 100000 this
year and offers the depositor an inter-
est rate of per cent per annum. COM
pounded. The people of Kansas are
asked to place 100000 of their
savings in this bank.
Placing m iley in the government
savings bank is a good proposition
from every point of view. 1t means
that for every dollar deposited the
bank will return to the depositor.
January l, 1923, approximately Sill.
Certificates of deposit are in the form
of War Savings Stamps and War Saw
ings Certificates and are given out to
cover both principal and interest for
the full time.
Depositing money in the government
savings bank not only yields a good re-
turn to the depositor but it enables
him to perform patriotic service to
the country by aiding it to win the
war against the powers which seek to
enthrall the free peoples of the world
June % has been set apart as the
day for completing the drive for the
$4,000, 100000 which the government
is soliciting. Every depositor will be
given certificate of deposit, which
he can lay away, safe in the knowledge
that the bank cannot break In four
and a half years his money will be re-
turned and will be to him like a leg
acy or a remittance from home. He
will have the feeling that it is so much
velvet"
Opportunities such as the govern
ment is offering are rare and nobody
can afford to overlook this one There
is no other investment now offered
paying 4 per cent, that is so safe as
this one. Liberty bonds are selling
below par. in the market. War Saw
ings Certificates can be cashed at any
time, at their face value with three per
cent interest added.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10
DINNER STORIES

IT have come here" said the angry
man the 81 ,erintendent of the
street car line. ito get Justice; JUS
tice. sir. Yesterday. as my wife was
getting off one OF your cars the con-
ductor stepped on her dress and tore
a yard of frilling off the skirt"
The superintendent remained cool.
We'll. sir" he said. II don't know
that we are to/blame for that. What
do you expect to do? Get her a
new dress?"
mo. sir. do not intend to let
You off so easily as that. What
propose to have you do" he said. lis
to match this silk"
The an ericAn in England affords
caus- for -.ch perplexity and aston
ishment to his English kinsmen.
va ee sol Ter was being shown
over an old church where hundreds
people were buried.
"a great many people sleep be-
tween th~se walls" said the guide.
die ting inscription-cov red
floor with a sweep Of his handt.
?" said the cammy. Same way
ov' n OF country. why don't you
get a more interes. g preacher?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: have two
working. One Of them was engaged
Mexico for his health. He had tuber-
culosis. He never made much money
here, but now he Is making a great
deal and he is in good health. He has
been examined and the doctor says it
will be perfectly safe for him to
marry. He has asked my daughter
to come to him in Mexico and says
he will send her money as soon as
she says she will come. I do not
want her to go. especially as this boy
has had tuberculosis. She says she
is going in spite OF that and she
knows It will be all right. What do
you thin? WORRIED MOTHER.
Since the doctor said it would be
safe for the young man to marry. I
would take his word for 1t. II the
young couple expect to live in Mexico
there is very little danger.
Dear Mrs Thompson: Is it con-
sidered right fo- girls to go with
boys who drink II they act all right
around the girls? They are consid-
cred nice boys in the neighborhood.
CARRIE.
Girls should not go with boys who
drink. There are 20 many fine boys
who do not that 1t is un wise for girls
to waste their time with boys VINO
can never mean anything to them be-
cause Of that very badly and useless
habit. Besides. girls cannot be too
careful of their regulations.
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ton giving qualities in at least the
larger newspaper composing rooms.
The picture given with this article
shows the Ludlow Typograph in oper-
alton in the upper right hand portion
of the cut Back OF the operator is
the steel matrix cabinet especially de-
signed for Ludlow matrices.
In the lower section of the picture is
a. Ludlow stick with some OF the
matrices removed and group OF
Ludlow slugs. The molding part OF
the slug is not seen because 1t Il on
the oppo site side of tn. matrix which
is pictured. The small letters shown
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Bananas Milk
Poached Eggs n la Creme on Toast
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Fried Potatoes With Eggs
Corn Bread
Nut Margarine
Home Canned Apples
Tea
DINNER.
Clear Tomato Soup
Spaghetti Garnished with Thin Slices
of Liver
Peas Baked Potatoes
Salad (AlI Available Greensl
Custard Pudding Coffee
Rice and Date Pudding (from above
menu)-Two eggs. one-half cup SUI
gar. one pint milk. one tablespoon
cornstarch, one cup boiled rice, one.
half pound dates.
Beat eggs and sugar to a cream.
add milk and eornstarch mixed with
a little water. then add the rice ana
dates. Bake in a quick oven until
set and brown.
Old-Fashioned Johnnycake Mix
and sift two cups meal and one tea
spoonful salt. Stir enough boiling
water into meal to make a thick
drop batter. Add cold milk to make
a pour batter. Cook by tablespoon.
fuls on a hot creased frying pan liks
ordinary griddle cakes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10

The public utilities boards and
state railway commissions are dying
hard. The members are afraid they
will find themselves out of jobs They
are asking Director General McAdoo
to permit them to retain a share in
the management of the railroads The
request is unlikely to be needed. These
boards and commissions have had
much to do with placing the trans
portation, business of the country in
the embarrassed position in which the
director general found it when he
took over it's management.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10

the breast. There was a fiutter OF
white, and behold. pigeon lay
stunned with the impact, in his lap.
Here was romance. Jerry. keen for.
adventure. spied the tube and extract
ed the note. and thus received by Dan
Cupid's special delivery. Betty's heart
broken message.
Jerry's leave of absence came just
when Betty arrived home. There was
no preliminary. He just gathered her
in his arms and kissed her.
How did you know. dear she
asked. curiously.
"A little bird told me-" he confessed.
Copyright 1913. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON

In the apartment next door
Lives an efficiency expert.
And he Is a wonderful guy.
He admits 1t very readily,
With or without provccation.
When his typewriter breaks down
He comes in and has me fix It.
When his clock needed billing
And paid IS for the job.
The cook quit him suddenly, T.
And he sat down and had good cry
He had his income tax report
Made out by our 3anitor,
Who is also a notary public;
And when he eats spaghetti
He cuts it up and eats It
With a spoon. EFFICIENCY
Thou are jewel.
Just to show that people really are
thinking of many things besides war.
we would like to report that Jed w.
Finch's Street Carnival and Fair has
just left Bayonne. N. j.. to tour the
OF things. Jed took with him this year:
One petrified mermaid.
One rubber-skinned man.
One what-is-it.
Two educated chimpansees.
One trained seal.
Two goldfish. -. q 80
One balloon.
This is the largest company he has
ever taken on the road, which shows
his faith in Americas ability to win
the war.
There are two many temperamental
folks in this country who continue to
take a Teutonic view OF q marriage
contract.
They claim 1t is only a scrap OF
paper
The other day an actor In New
York sued for divorce because his wife
hadn't spoken to him in four months.
The lady had fifteen offers of
marriage the next day.
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which they ran and the molds which
cast the slugs constituting the base
of the letters, were made larger; now
possible to set on the typesetting ma
chimes, or Mergenthaler linotypes as
they are called, every line which ap-
pears on the first page of this paper
today, headings and all, the title line
in old English, 1.-THE Topeka State
Journal" being the only words on
the page not set on the linotype ma
chimes.
This expansion Of the linotypes for
news meant also that a large amount
Of advertising would also be set upon
the linotypes. This has been done.
of course.
There still remained, however. large
display lines, and even the larger faces
in the body of the display advertising
which were set by hand. Reference is
made here to such lines as appear in
the advertisements today of Pelletier's
on the third page. Crosby Bros. on
the last page, and the display adver-
Using of other merchants using larger
than news type or the largest type set
upon the linotype machines.
During the last week or more near
ly all of the body display lads" ap-
pearing in the State Journal has been
set on linotypes as has been customary
for some years, but in addition there
to the larger display lines, referred to
above, have also appeared, not in in
dividual letters set by hand, but in
slugs or solio lines cast by what is
known as the Ludlow Typograph.
Two of these machines were pur-
chased by the writer during his visit
to New York in April. They were
promptly shipped and received and
for the last three weeks Mr.. S. G.
McAninch. an expert from the factory
of the Ludlow company, whose SELL
ing agents are the Mergenthaler Limo
type company, has been In Topeka
constantly. day after day, installing the
"Ludlows" and inst:ucting the print
ers in the ad room how to assemble
the matrices and operate the typo
graphs.
On Friday the typographs being In
good running order and the men suf
ficiently acquainted with them to man.
age and operate them with some skill
and speed. the machines were accent
ed and Mr.. McAninch left the citv on
other business for the Ludlow com.
pany.
Like all new machinery, there will
be some delays and some troubles de-
velop from day to day, but the eff
cheney will gradually and constantly
increase.
While nearly every line is now set
in slug form. TO matter what its size
and cast by machinery. there are still
a few words and few lines in the
paper of display advertising which are
set by hand by the assembly of indi-
viduai types or letters.
Two specialtjes of the greater eff
cheney of a newspaper office by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10

display advertising each day. The
State Journal on its biggest days now
rarely carries over fifty or sixty col
umns OF advertising, and outside of
Fridays paper the display advertising
will not average to exceed thirty col
ur1ns.
To be sure, the State Journal thinks
it should carry more display advertis-
ing, but for some reason, while the
rates for advertising in Topeka are
much lower than in cities and papers
Of the class Topeka occupies, the
amount of display advertising carried
by the merchants is notably less
Newspapers about us at Kansas City.
Sioux City. Des Moines, Duluth, Daven-
port, st. Joseph, Hutchinson and At
Gibson carry more display advertising
than the Topeka papers do. It is un-
fortunate but nevertheless true. In To-
peka there are few advertisers that
might be classed as large advertisers:
there are~severaT but not many who
are in practically every day with gen.
orally what might be called large
spaces.
A big practical advertiser in a news
paper regrets that there are not more
big advertisers. He is not selfish
about it; he does not want a monopoly
of the big ads. This is the way he
reasons: If his competitors take big
spaces similar to his own. it will make
more business, not only for them. but
for him because he will take his
chances if the Topeka merchants get
together with big spaces to bring the
people of Kansas to our splendid
stores in Topeka rather than let tn.
Kansas City papers have almost a
monopoly of big advertising every day.
inducing Kansas people to go to Kan.
sas City instead of Topeka. But time
will probably teach our merchants to
be what is termed more liberal adver-
tisers. The more big advertisers
there are in town and the more con-
stantly they keep hammering away at
the people of Kansas who read the
Topeka papers, the more the business
of Topeka merchants will expand and
grow.
The outside circulation of the To-
peka papers in Topeka trading terri
tory is larger than the local circula-
ton, large as it is. The Topeka circu-
lation and advertising are not suffi-
cient. in either the Capital or State
Journal, to pay the expenses of pro-
ducing and publishing the paper. 1t
takes outside subscribers and advertisr
ers to even meet this great expense
One reason for this Is Topeka papers
are better, and consequently more ex-
pensive to issue. than dailies printed
in even larger cities-but would the
Topekan have our standards reduced?
The Ludlow typograph is a pioneer
invention; it is claimed to be the most
noteworthy improvement made in
many years in the composing of dis
play type. 1t is finished. substantial
and perfect machine. It has complete
ly proven its versatility and satisfac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10

on the matrices in the stick" are
merely indicators to show the matrix
or mold on the other end Of thu ma
trix and to enable the operator to
quickly and readily read what he has
set.
In the lower right hand corner are
shown several individual matrices
with the molds exposed on them and
the indicator, figure twelve, shown on
the fourth one. Between the "stick"
and the four individual matrices are
shown lines cast by the typograph.
True simplicity characterizes the
Ludlow Typograph. which is now intro
duced for the first time in a daily
newspaper office in Kansas. This
simplicity Of construction and opera
ton is such that it is very easily COM
pretended. Its use is not limited by
the ability of any one operator; every
compositor in the shop has access to
the typograph. making use of it as his
individual! need for display type arises.
The matrices are plainly indexed so
that the compositor may Immediately
locate any desired face.
The Ludlow system eembodies no
radical departure from the fixed prin-
ciples of typesetting familiar to every
compositor. The machine Is so easily
understood that the. printer requires
only brief instruction in its operation.
The Ludlow matrices are substantially
made of solid brass and are practical
ly indestructitle.
There is a large saving in floor
space since our installation of the
Ludlows. A large number of bulky
type cases, frames, storage cabinets
and sort boxes have been removed out
Of the composing room to the store
room. These frames. cabinets and
equipment were Of the very best steel
construction. but were of use only for
hand composition and are now useless
in the State Journal office.
In putting itself in the line of prog.
ress in the conduct of a daily newspa-,
per. the State Journal has Joined
number of the largest and most pro-
gressive newspapers in the country in
installing the Ludlow typograph.
The Cleveland. o.. Press has the
same number. two. of t,pographs as in
the State Journal composing room. yet
the Cleveland Press averages daily
135 columns of display advertising.
To be fully equal to the facilities of
the Cleveland Press and the 1876 COL
umns day, the S ate Journal needs
purchase no more Ludlow Typo
graphs. simply additional matrices
Among the other newspapers which
have installed the Ludlow are: IN
dianapol,s News. San Francisco News,
Portland Oregonian. Cincinnati Post.
Toledo News-Bee, Chicago News and
the Philadelphia North American.
There is no typograph as yet used
in any daily paper in Missouri, Nebras-
ka or Colorado: in fact. the State
Journal. with the exception of the
San Francisco News and the Portland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10
GLOBE SIGHTS
tFrom the Atchison Globe

DOWNRIGHT profanity is more popu.
lar now than the German Ianerare
II man really has a soul. IT..
about all he has that amounts to anv-
thing.
II you do not like, things nowadavs
keep 1t to yourself. The very walls
have ears.
Before you ask a reporter to write
hint item about some one. Iook
yourself over.
successful preacher must knov
as much about men and human -.
ture as about theology.
Since Oskaloosa is in Kansas. vhv
doesn't the Oskaloosa attorney. M.
Casebier, change his name2
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1t will be much easier for US to
solve our economic pre- blems and ad-
just ourselves to new conditions after
the war if all the people have invested
their savings in War Savings Stamps
They will feel that they are stockhold-
ers in that great corporation known
will take more interest in its welfare
and its development than ever before
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10

especially at night. Some of the state
laws which are endorsed by the de-
partment make 1t lawful to kill any
dog when found at large and unat-
tended between sunset and sunrise on
a farm where sheep are kept. Others
provide that the dogs may be killed
when found at large and unattended
without collar bearing q registry
number. Many state laws now make
it a misdemeanor punishable by fine
and imprisonment to keep q dog
which Is known to have killed sheep.
All over the country. the sheep-killer
and the stray dog are being outlawed.
The dog laws of Pennsylvania and
West Virginia are cited as models by
the department OF agriculture The
Pennsylvania law OF this year pro-
vides that all dogs must be licensed,
and that unlicensed dogs shall be
killed by county officers. Licensed
dogs are held for ten days when
caught at large and then killed. All
dogs are required to be kept either
confined or chained when not in use
and accompanied by their ownors be-
licensed dog that enters a field may
be killed by the owner. of the field.
and even licensed dogs may be killed
II found worrying livestock.
This law Is much more stringent
than those Of most states, but lie not
| unfair when the amount OF damage
done by stray dogs Is taken into con-
sideration. Not only are sheep des-
troyed, but also poultry and wild
game. and gardens are often scratched
up and otherwise injured by dogs.
Then. too, dogs consume much food,
and a rigidly enforced license law
| tends to limit the number of superflu-
Gus and useless ones that are kept.
The dog. like everyone else in war
time. must prove his usefulness il he
would eat.
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A KANSAN IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER XVI.
Machinery for Greater Efficiency-II

Hand-set type for news matter went
out. so far as daily papers were con-
cerned and important weekly ones.
when the linotype came into general
use. some years ago.
At first no headings. or only small
ones, were set on the machipe, just
the straight, plain news matter or adj
vertisements Of legal or solid char
acter.
Later came the headings and the
larger size matrices; the channels in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10

Americas counter offensive follow
ing the destruction of Red Cross hos
pitfalls by German aviators, consisted
in subscribing s170,00O.0oO to build
new ones.
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The state pubic utilities commits
sion has wired to Director General Nc
Adoo protest against an increase in
freight rates. Why not call a mass
meeting and pass a set of resolutions?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10
Names in tho News.

Names in tho News.
Parole-pronouncedl pah-roll-is a
formal pledge given by a prisoner Of
war that he will not attempt to escape
II permitted to go about without a
guard. Breaking ones parole is looked
upon. in civilized warfare, as a cow
ardly transgression.
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possession of the Ludlow Typographs
are due to two facts: First. that unlike
the setting of individual type in dis
play Advertising where the typograph
casts the letters. words and lines. there
is no distribution. The slugs are SIM
ply remolded and cast over again into
new world and new lines. Second, the
type is new every day and consequent
ly clearer and sharper, presenting a
more beautiful appearance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10

The two typographs purchased by
the State Journal are sufficient to take
care of as much as 1875 columns of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10

There is no typograph as yet uset
in any daily paper in Missouri, Nebras
ka or Colorado: in fact, the Stat,
Journal. with the exception of tn,
San Francisco News and the Portlan,
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Ito Be Contlnued.)
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
Urges Baptists to
Press Fund Drive
During War Crisis
A. c. Bedford Says Church
Must Do Its Share in
Grave Hour

Alfred c. Bedford. president of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,
urged leaders of the Baptists' 81 .ooo.-
ooo campaign yesterday not to relax
their endeavors. Retrenchment in war
activities at such crisis meant losing
the war. he declared. He spoke at
meeting called in the Emmanuel Ban
tist Church. Lafayette Avenue and St.
James Place. Brooklyn.
I'VE are assembled to-day during one
OF the greatest crises of the present
var" he said. "Put have no fear as
TO the outcome of the German drive
The British lines will bend, but thew
Will not break. Their lines will hold
until American forces can ge. there.
II you retrench now, you lose. and
we must go on with this war. Just as
industry is essential to the wars suc.
cesstul prosecution. so is the Church
essential to our boys in this hour of
crisis.
This war has brought for the first
time the unification of industry. Tho
oig men of our country are giving
OF their time and of their resources
We are meeting the war with unheard
OF taxes. We must pay these cheerful
~. The taxes are not burden, but a
Tree will offering of the American nao-
pie to our government. If we shonId
retrench now, it would mean that W.
would lose the war. Now is the t;n,e,
for US to put our every resource he
hind the Church and the government"
Confident of Victory
An equally confident, determined
note rang in the addresses of the other
speakers, who included Orrin R. Judd.
district manager of the campaign in
Long Island; Dr.. Fred P. Haggard. ma
tional director; James c. Colgate,
treasurer of the committee; the Rev.
Dr. Curtis Lee Laws. and J. Howard
Ardrey. The campaign will end on
April I, when collections for the fund
will be taken up in virtually every
Baptist church in the city.
I'VE must raise this $1,000, 600" said
Dr. Haggard, mot because we are Bap-
fists. but as Baptists. We are doing
it rs Baptists, but not for Baptists.