The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-07

| from a seeral weeks isit in Hiawatha
life for the pretty girl in Washington.
They say the boys over in France
are childish in their delight over clip
| pings from the American funny papers.
| So if you haven't the heart to write Il
| cheerful letter just send a line and
| clip some funnies like Bringing up
| Father" or Mutt and Jeff" and send
| them. And you better clip them from
| your home papers as the soldier boys
may be like a Topeka man who says
he simply can't enjoy any kind of
news in paper other than those from
| home. When he is out of town he
feels he hasn't even had the official
war news until he reads it from the
one of the high brow professions and
! has a prefix other than Mr." before
| his name, too.
Did you hear about the automobile
accident e week ago Wednesday
crowd is right for they were all in one
carr started out south of town for a
] breakfast in the early morning? They
were speeding along the road at a
rapid rate when the ditch got too
! close to them and their car rolled
over into it, splitting part of its gay
young occupants and frightening the
rest of them almost to death. Some
| way telephone messages of the dis
aster soon reached the paternal ances-
| tors in town and some the anxious
| mothers arrived on the scene with
! their wreck cars. We haven't heard
| what happened then, but we ina CINE
the girls were chaperoned back to
| town and that the roast was not steak
] that morning.
One of the girls played good joke
on we'll known Topeka bachelor not
| long ago. This man has the reputa-
ton of never carrying on a. Irritation
! in his home town. He is model of
propriety as far as playing around
with the good looking girls down
| town, but some way this girl had
| heard that if no one was to know
| about it he didn't exactly scorn a lit
| tie Irritation. So she called him over
| the phone one night about 10 O'Clock
| and jollied him until he found her wit
; quite interesting and offered to come
! over, a1tho he had no idea to what
,, part of town he would be directed.
! "h, no." answered the sweet femi-
| nine voice, 81 couldn't have you come
here, but I might meet you on
naming a certain corner. Well chap
eroned, she went down within sight
of this corner and sure enough here
was our hero riding round and rourd
the block and peering in all directions.
Don't yod think it mean of James
father to turn on the porch light right
over the swing when Jane has COM
pany without SO much as even wIis-
ting? Jane is always apologizing for
the conduct of her father. He even
calls her at 10 o'clock these nights
and I think he is the only man in
town who does that. He should be
thankful he has a popular daughter
instead of trying to brighten all her
beaux away when girls with well be-
haved fathers can't get any. Still,
people say he is such a wise man. I'd
! a m lyr1nr xxyI7o ieraf hot FL
see his wisdom would take some one
with an older head than that of
Il AGATHA.
/. The program for the dedication OF
the large service flag for all the native
, sons of Kansas in the service is one OF
the interesting things of the opening
day of the fair. The flag will be hung
in the government pavilion where il
will remain during the fair. Follow
ing the parade the program for the
dedication will be given at the fail
grounds and includes: Music by the
band; song, America, - by the quar-
tet composed of native sons and
: daughters; the invocation; the address
|. of the evening by Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood; music by the quartet, Mrs
Cora Wellhouse Billiard for the native
daughters; music by the quartet; ac-
ceptance by Gov. Arthur Capper; 1.-THE
|
and the quartet, the audience joining
| X x *
TRIBUTE TO FRENCH PATRIOT
! A touching tribute to the courage
and patriotism of the French, who
ST bravely strove to withstand the
Teuton hordes during the early part
! of this war, and who, despite fearful
sacrifice and suffering. are still cour-
sCusly doing their part toward the
winning of the war. is contained in g
recent letter from Capt. Willis A. Gar
vey, one of the Topeka boys on the
i front.
The representative American you'll
has an instructive gallantry. which
coupled with his inborn appreciation
of all that is truly great and noble
causes him to pay unfailing defer.
| e,Ice to these qualities whether they
be found amid distinction and rank
| or in the very humblest circles.
The following extract is taken from
A>tte written by Captain Garvey
July 2, 1918:
France. July 2. 1918.
4 We Americans haven't had tn,
cnance. until the past month. to real
i y Go much of anything. And as it il
we don't really know at war is yet
True. we have done some work
\ and lost some men and some sleep. Blu
/ we haven't had our homes destroyed
all our property destroyed. the great
er part of our male srelatives killed