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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06
WARTIME THRIFT.

The people of the United States are
learning to save as they never saved
before. The first liberty loan uncov-
brought forth 100000 and the third
100000. We have from $4,000, 900
to 100000 holders of war savings
certificates. Such figures give evil
dence not only of our enormous re-
sources, but also of our prudent de-
sire to safeguard them. They I'M
doubtedly are convincing on the sub
ject of the supply of money after the
war.
War induces economy and incu1-
Gates thrift. Certain classes, such as
wage-earners, receiving high pay may
spend more than they have been &C
customed to spend, but they also save
more. It is probably misleading to
credit tales of extravaganza or attach
too much importance to SUCH super
ficial indications of high expenditures
as appear to abound on every hand.
In war. food supplies are conserved to
an almost unbelievable extent, and
frugality becomes a habit. During
our civil war, for instance, the savings
bank deposits in the northern states
almost doubled, while the number of
than 40 per cent.
Undoubtedly the will to thrift" on
the part of our population, says the
| Wollman Review. has never been ap-
preciated. We look at Switzerland
which is credited with leading the
world with savings accounts for more
than 55.4 per cent of her population.
the level of 70 per cent. The number
Of accounts in mutual savings banks
| and stock savings banks in the United
States represents only about II per
cent Of our population. This calcula-
ton, however. ignores 100000 saw
ings accounts in national banks
100000 in state banks and trust
companies. 100000 accounts in
building and loan associations and
100000 postal savings accounts. MOI
do the figures take into consideration
the amount of insurance in force in
this country. which is placed al
S37,Soo, 600. 900, while Great Britain
France and Germany combined have
only $500, 000,O 900.
The amount of actual savings, in.
Guiding time certificates of deposit il
the $4,000 banks of America, represen
2 total of more than $500, 900. 900 il
26,500.000 accounts. The amount O
such deposits in England is $1,250,
100000 in $500. 900 accounts Franc,
is credited with 100000 account
having deposits of $1,000. 900. ant
Germany with $4,000, 900 accounts ant
lsavings of $4,000. 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Try These.

ATJ 4ACDCs
Potato Scones-Take cold mashed
potatoes, moisten with cream and
work in sufficient flour. with which
baking powder is mixed. to make .
firm dough, adding pinch of salt.
Roll out the potato paste. sprinkle
with dry flour, roll in beaten egg.
again in flour. cut into rounds and
bake in hot griddIe for ten minutes:
butter while hot and serve.
Ginger Drops-One cup shortening
(any fat or OLD, one cup molasses. one
cup brown sugar, two eggs. one table,
spoon ginger, one ia blespoon soda dis
solved in a cup Of boiling water. five
cups of barley flour. Drop in table,
spoons on well-greased, tins and bake
in moderate oven.
Rice a la Maigre-Fry one grated
onion in lard, add one-half cup OF
cooked cold rice. two hard-cooked
eggs. Make a white sauce of corn
starch and milk AID add one table,
spoon, then add raw yolk of one egg.
salt, pepper and paprika (the sweet
kind). Stir all together over fire TIL
very hot then turn out on hot meat
platter, pour over this one cup OF thick
tomato sauce very hot). Garptsh
with three baked tomatoes. two hard.
cooked eggs. and sprinkle with parsley.
This will serve five persons.
Stuffed Apple-Select tart apples
Core, pare and fill the cavities with
stoned dates Bake until tender
turnout in a hot oven. bastiug once or
twice with a little sugar and water
syrup. Serve for breakfast or luncn-
con.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06

HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIzABETH rMoMrsoN.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am q
young married woman of twenty
years. was married when nothing
was deeply in love and now find 1t
was nothing but a mistake. have
two children. one three years old and
one ten months old. My husband
isn't home except at meal time and
comes in at all hours of the night,
and sometimes not until morning. He
tells me he is at work and / go and
see for myself and find he is not
Do you think he goes with other
women? He never goes anywhere
with me and I have all the care of
me to do? BERNICE.
You must get out and mingle with
people SO that you will not be de-
pendent upon your husband for your
pleasure in life. Invite young women
to your home for lunch or tea and go
out with them evenings to the picture
show and other entertainments. You
can get some one to stay with the
children for the evening and since
your husband is away every evening
he surely cannot object to paying for
the help. 1t would do him good to
come home occasionally and have to
get his own meal. because you are
, away having a goo1 time Dress as
well as you can and do not consider
the expense too much II your hus-
band can afford to enjoy himself every
evening, he can also afford to buy
you pretty clothes. Do not worry
about other women He may spend
his evenings with men.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am young
girl and would be pretty if / did not
have trouble with sites. What can I
do for this? LITTLE BEAUTY.
The best thing to do for a sty is
to battle the eyes frequently with
| warm boracic lotion Give grains to
one ounce of water). and apply at
| night a piece of boracic lint wrung out
of boiling water; cover with piece
of jaconet and a pad of COTTONWOOD
| on top, fix with a bandage.
| If troubled with many sites consult
a physician.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06
INFORMATION FOR ALL READERS OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.

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vice, nor make exhaustive research.
The war has forced so many changes in
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Keep in touch with your government
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds Of men In
Americas Fighting Service

Straight into the face of SEEM
ingly impenetrable machine gun bar
rage they charged. a shouting. fight
ing, plunging platoon Of the s6th'
company. U. S. marine corps. under
First Lieutenant James F. Robertson.
Their objective was the town of Bour-
esches. where the Hun had settled
himself to fight like the cornered ami
nal he was. Man after man went
down. but the platoon. cheered on by
the shouts and the example Of Lieu
tenant Robertson. continued to plough
thru that scathing maze of bullets. At
last, with twenty odd men, heuten-
ant Robertson broke thru the barrage
and fought his way into the town.
the Germans fighting and retiring be-
fore him, foot by foot. From house to
house Lieutenant Robertson and his
men drove the minions of the kaiser.
At last. the town was cleared-only to
resound again to the rattle of guns
as the Germans counter attacked. But
it was in vain. Lieutenant Robertson's
men had taken the town, and they
held it. Because of his valiant con-
duct. the lieutenant has been award
ed the distinguished service cross. HIS
home is at 1903 Larrabee street. Chi
cago, Ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06

1t is reported that the government
is about to go into the market and
buy up all the sugar held by refiners
and beet and cane sugar producers.
The sugar will be held for time and
then resold to the original holders for
the price of the new crop. which will
be higher. The profit will be alb
sorbed by the government. and the
consumer will get none of it. The
net result of the transaction will be
slight increase in the retail price of
sugar to the public. At the same time
the refiners are to be allowed an in
crease in their margin of profit of Is
cents, from s1.30 to $1.45 per hundred
pounds. The resulting addition to the
cost of living will be ascribed, as
usual, to the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06
DINNER STORIES

A soldier in one Of the environments
below the Mason and Dixon line called
up for examination was asked:
VINO is your nearest living rela-
tive?"
What do you mean, mister?"
st mean your nearest living kin
folk"
oval, that's my aunt"
'In case of death or accident who
shall be notif,ed?''
MY mother" was the Immediate re-
ply.
But you told me few minutes
ago that your aunt was the nearest
relative you have" protested the Of
ficer
You asked me who my nearest
kinfolk was. didn't you? Wal, limits
my Aunt Liz. She lives just two miles
from here. Mother lives five"
Tommy {who has been blown into
a water-fifled hole)-Hurry up. mate.
I don't want to lose my prisoner.
Rescuer-Prisoner! Why. where II
e.?
Tommy-Tm standing on i'm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writsf.
The Shining Virtues.-1.


A correspondent asks this ques-
''What particular quality should a
woman look for in the man she mar
ries?"
Assuming that the prospective
exa mination in the higher moralities.
and that he was financially able to
support a home, what is the particular
quality that would make him most
livable aQd lovable thru the long
years of matrimony? For, alas. it is
Possesses all of the virtues. has none
of the amenities of life.
If were a girl picking out nus
band, should first satisfy myself that
the>man was not engaged in the agri-
cultural pastime known as sowing
wild oats. and that he had demon
strated that he could make living
by his own unaided efforts. and then
I should concentrate my attention on
finding out whether he was sympa-
thetic or not.
1 count sympathy the crown jewel
in a husbands diadem. When a man
has that he Is the miracle worker who
turns the bread and water of domes-
ITCHY into wine and angel food for his
wife, and makes her whole married
life, no matter how much work, pow
erty. or hardship it has in it. a grand,
sweet song.
sympathy in a man means under
standing. 1t means appreciation. 1t
means pity. 1t means a man being
able to get the woman's point of view.
and to see life from the feminine
angle. and when 4 man can do that.
woman can forgive him every other
sin under the sum. and II he can't do
it. all of his other good qualities are
as tipkling brass and sounding GYM
balls.
do not believe that there are many
men who are Intentionally bad hus-
bands. or who marry girls with the
deliberate purpose of turning their
lives into cinders. ashes and dust. 1
think that most men would like their
wives to be happy and contented, yet
there ara very few happy or content
ed wive, and the reason OF it is that
| they Have married men without SYM
| pathy.
The man without sympathy cannot
| put himself in his wife's place, and so
! he does not realize how dull and drab.
how dreary and monotonous are the
| days Of the woman who does her own
| homework, and takes care of brood
| of little children. Therefore, he scolds
her for being peevish when she COM
plains, and thinks her unreasonable II
she wants a little diversion, and to
stir from her own fireside of an even
| iEg.
If the man had any sympathy he
| would realize how nerve racking is
the grind of the tread mill where one
eternally prepares food that is eaten
| and forgotten; where one sweeps
floors that are Uttered the next mo-
ment; where one perpetually darns
socks and sews on buttons, and washes
little faces, and where the incessant
cry of M-o-o-ther never dies out OF
the air, and clutching little fingers
never let go of ones skirts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06
MARCHING INTO RUSSIA.

The allies are now marching into
Russia from the north. They are al
ready seventy-five miles south of
Archangel, where our marines Joined
them. The Germans have called upon
sumably, in any case the Germans
themselves will try to attack. And.
from the map, the new Murmansk
railroad, paralleling the Finnish Dor
der as it does for almost its entire
length, seems to offer the most vul-
nerable of open flanks.
1t was built in less than eighteen
months when. after nearly two years
of war, Russia found the absolute need
of having an ice-free port on the Arc
tic. II runs from Svanka, the main
line junction east of Petrograd, six
hundred miles north to Kola. Its last
two hundred miles is within the Arc
tic circle, and Kola is the worlds only
Arctic railroad terminus. To build
the Murmansk in year and half-it
was finished in November, 1917
100000 men and $4,000 horses were
put to work. And in one sense 1t is
an American railroad. For it was
built with American materials.
Three years before the marines
reached the White sea, our ships and
our freight-handIers were going there
with rails and construction machinery.
When, no pick would open the frozen
ground, great fires were built to thaw
it for brigades of American steam
shovels. When it was found impos-
sible to get supplies thru from the
south for the construction camps,
America was drawn upon for the need
eG flour and bacon. And, from first
to last, 1t was found possible to let
everything rest and depend upon
American business system.
When a railroad is to be built in
record time, work must begin simulta-
neously along almost the whole line.
And the tools and rails, the bridge
work and supplies must be delivered
as near as Is in anywise possible to
the particular section for which they
are designed. When the right-of-way
was located. 1t was found that at vari-
GUS points on the road there were ad-
jacent points on the coast of Kola bay
and the White sea where it might be
possible for ships to make landing.
If they could do it, and make their
deliveries exactly as per a previously
arranged schedule. whole months
could be saved. And our ships did it.
Despite German submarines waiting
for them outside, and icebergs i'm
peding traffic within, they made their
deliveries as per schedule. Not a day
was lost, nor a meal. The bacon and
the steel arrived together. If the
M'Irnansk now promises to be one OF
the most useful roads on earth, Amer
lea c,,n claim at least a part of the
credit for its being there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06

The government spent more than
$1,000, 100000 last month, much of
which sum was devoted to the prose
cution of the war. The necessity
which demands that every American
citizen subscribe to the next liberty
loan to his utmost ability is obvious
Each. day every American soldier in
France is confronted by a great duty.
Our army there has great task to
perform for. our country. for the
world. for civilization, and for human
ity. Our soldiers are doing their duty
with a courage and fidelity and eff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06

Several years have passed since the
ground was in SO good condition for
the planting of fall wheat as it is at
this time. The government has guar
anteed the farmer $2.20 a bushel for
next years crop. There should and
probably will be an unprecedented
acreage. The price holds until next
July. war or no war, so the wheat
grower runs no risk of a decline in
price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06

enforced, SO also must be the square
deap' between employers and en-
ployed, between producers ana the
public, between the rich and the poor.
the favored and the friendless. There
is widespread discussion among the
army oficers and men, during the
spaces Of time when talk is the only
possible recreation. of the new and
nobler social order that is to follow
the war THE rising tide lifts all
ships" Far. far more than the de-
feat Of Germany is being encom-
passed on the fields OF France.
Getting the Main Idea.
Conventional churchiapity will be a
war victim. All the long catalog OF
man-made sins will be burned up In
this world conflasration. Self-com-
placency and consciousness will cease
to be characteristics of pious people.
Sectarian strife will stop. Professional
ecclesiasticism will sink into eclipse.
The pettiness that has SO long been
associated with organized religion Will
pass away.
Something else is -coming-some-
thing so big and vital and important
that it will compensate for all the
losses of the war. Men will say tnat
it is coming out of the war: really.
tho. it is coming out of the Bible and
out of the nature of God. That great
something is a new sense OF the IN.
tolerableness of evil and the indispen-
sableness of Righteousness. .
This is the main idea: Unless II
grips the churches, they also will pass
and God will express Himself thru
other agencies. Somehow. anyhow.
the divine day Of essential goodness
must dawn. Truth. as spoken between
men and women. as well as written In
treaties, will have a new seal ana
sanction. Chastity. for men and wo-
men both, will come to take the place
| indicated for it by the New Tesla.
ment. Good will and helpfuiness will
supersede se1fishness and strife. The
common welfare will take its rightful
and paramount position. Personality.
| il, every man and every nation. viii
enter into a new inheritance of re-
spect. Conrad eship will take the
place of conflict.
| In the pursuit and guarding of these
aims, there will be a new militancy.
Religion and Righteousness will be
synonymous. Saccharine and self
conferred Spirituality will give way
to a robust devotion to the holy will
| of God. The comrades of the Cross
will be crusaders. Right will be ro-
| bust The Crucified Christ will be
understood not only as sacrifice. but
also as Conqueror and King.
| Surely we are justified in expecting
that the war after the war. the con-
summation of hopes that have per-
tsisted thru times darkest night. will
be a new conquest of evil and a new
| enthronement of good-good that is
vitalized by the pulsing presence of
the Spirit of the living God. If any
| vast design whatever is traceable in
! the world cataclysm. this surely is it
| God vindicated in a new world order
wherein Righteousness is the rule.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06

President Wilson wants to suspend
the immigration laws in order to let
down the bars to refugees from for
eign countries. Is the plan intended
to include the Huns? Doubtless many
of them would be glad to escape to a
country like American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
NV RnY II MoTnT0N
Bulgaria and Turkey are quarrel
ing again.

Bulgaria and Turkey are quarrel
ing again.
A rift in the loot?
Why not tax chins?
Ten per cent for a single chin, 70
per cent for a double chiny and 80 per
cent for triple chin.
Would not that settle the food thing
on an equitable basis?
Another thing we positively refuse
to worry about is the reported scarcity
of table Injuries in Sweden.
This also goes for Holland, Norway,
Denwark and Spain.
Not forgetting our old friend Mexico.
A Little Slice o. Life.
The girl cigar clerk
Was having rough weather
She didn't know whether
oCla ,rSa.S was light e,o OF dar Madu,or
Was chewing tobacco
Or a non absorbent pipe.
Some customers ba1ted her.
One brute asked her for
Some nice vanilla cigars
And some pineapple snuff.
To powder her nose
And there was no mirror
And she had missed lunch
And the crowd kept growing
And her feet hurt.
Some one asked for panatellas
And she told him
1t was not a lingerie shop.
Then came a fussy old guy
Who wanted certain cigarettes.
But she didn't have his kind.
Take these. They are better"
She said, showing some others.
what do you know about it?"
Demanded the crusty old crab.
MY four brothers all smoke 'em.
That's what 1 know about It,"
She replied, little wistfully.
"They are all-over there.
That's why 1 am selling CIGARS
The old man coughed and said:
"Give me $40 worth of those sis.
I've got three sons over there"
Every man there began buying
And the cash register sounded
Like the Swiss Bell Ringers.
The news was passed around
And now Lucille is the only
Cigar clerk on that street
Who can sell cigars and
The waiting line is block long.
The Germans are the greatest win.
ners in the world when they are win
ming and the poorest losers In til,
world when they are losing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06

cheney that thrill every heart. Each
day every American citizen at home
is confronted bySa great duty. a duty
as imperative upon him or her as the
duty of our soldiers is upon them. The
American people have great task to
perform. 1t is to support to the limit
OF their ability our army, our navy,
our country at war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06

The attempt to blow up the federal
building in Chicago should cause
Judge lands to reconvene his court
and add a few years to the sentences
recently passed upon I. w. w. mem
hers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06

The Germans are the greatest win
ners in the world when they are win.
ming and the poorest losers In the
world when they are losing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-10
COMMITTEE TO HEAR
Mr.. K0NTA TUESDAY
In Inquiry Into Purchase of Wash
ington Times and Political
Activities of Brewers.

The Senate judiciary subcommittee ap-
pointed to investigate into the purchase
of the Washington Times by Arthur
Brisbane and the political activities Of
brewers in this country at a meeting
today decided to hear Alexander Konta
of New York on Tuesday.
A letter by Mr.. konta to Bernard
Dernberg when Dernberg was conduct
ing German propaganda in this country.
in which Mr.. konta surveyed the New
York newspaper field, was sent by A.
Mitchell Palmer. along with documents
bearing on the purchase of the Times, to
the subcommittee. MIR. Konta asked the
subcommittee to be heard before the
coming election, declaring his entire 10y
atty to the United States.
The subcommittee will hear other
witnesses also, among whom will prob
ably be Mr.. Brisbane and c. w. Figen-
span, of whom Mr.. Brisbane borrowed
the money to be used for the purchase
of the Times. Former District Attor-
ney HumeS of Pittsburgh has been
sent to obtain the papers bearing on
the political activities of the brew
erS which are in the Office of the dis
trict. He is now serving in the judge
advocate generals office. After the
committee has received these papers,
it will determine further on the course
of the investigation.