davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
The Lady in the Victoria.
By ROY x. MoULToN

The Lady in the Victoria.
q A melancholy case has come under
Our observation. 1t Is the case of
man who must, of course, be name-
less. He is the driver of one of these
dissipatad looking, -swayback victorias
which ply up and down the avenue
one of those vehicles in which you lie
down and sit up at the same time.
This man had steered his aged ship
up to the curb where the horse could
lean against lamppost and rest, He,
the man, stood over against the build
ing muttering sweet nothings to him
self. and mopping his streaming brow
with a red handkerchief.
We approached and asked him IL he
was not in trouble.
'Trouble?" he said. "Llsten. do you
see that woman in my victorian"
We looked and saw her-a ponder
Gus woman. who filled two-thirds Of
the back seat.
Il can't make a dollar" complained
the man. II have to haul that woman
everywhere I go. You see, she Is my
wife. I married her two weeks ago
to get home, but she makes her
home in my victoria. She is very jeal-
Gus and says If haul any ladies she
must go along with us. Result is that
everybody thinks I have a load and
nobody gets in. I made 81 one after
noon last week when she went to see
His story reminded us Of the bur-
g1ar whose wife wouldn't let him go
| out nights, and told him so.
Love is a wonderful thing" we
| added.
'1t- hasn't anything on marriage y
| he muttered, mot a thing in the
world"
Come, Elmer" shrilled the lady in
the victoria, and Elmer sprang to the
| high seat, pulled the horse away from
| the 1amppost and started on his tenth
! journey UP the avenue looking for q
fare who would be willing to ride with
his wife.
Today's best slogan comes from the
American line in France:
Keep the Hun on the run"
| Forget "Sammies'' and "Buddies'
| and e.Amexes" and. "Johnnies."
| They want to be called "Yanks."
| A bullet in the gun is not better
! than two in the boche.
Reported shortage insIeather ma!
eventually cause a hardship to severa
million straphangers in this country.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07

The deacon had taken his double
barreled shotgun to town to be re-
paired. The gun reposed by his side.
Once inside the buggy, the deacon
decided that here was a chance to do
little personal work.
Placing his hand on the shotgun,
he turned toward the man and said: +:
Are you prepared to die?'
Not by a long shot," the man re-
piled as he jumped from the buggy
and made for the woods at top speed.
The conductor bent over the edge
of the seat and said politely:
Il got your fare, didn't I?'
81 believe not. I think saw you
ring it up replied the facetious pas
senger
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07

1t is reported that the Crown Prince
of Bavaria will be withdrawn perma-
nently from the front because the in
terests of the Bavarian dynasty forbid
his exposure in a situation which is
the Bavarian crown prince advised
against the big Hun advance earlier
in the year and the results have
proven that he was right and the High
Command was wrong. And the H. c.
resents being placed in the light OF
having made a mistake.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
wOrid's Highsst Paid Woman wr1hsr.
The shining virtues.-2.


The man would know that he would
environment, and SO he would plan
little trips. little surprises to bring
freshness and brightness into his
wifes life, if he could. And If he
could not he would let her know that
he considered her a headliner among
the saints and the martyrs. and that
he understood her, and appreciated all
that she did ond suffered.
that she did ana suffered.
know that what women crave above
everything on earth- Is simply and
merely sympathy. A woman is per-
fectly willing to be nailed to her cr@>-..
if her husband is standing by and
shedding tears Of pity over her. She
is satisfied to wear shabby clothes, II
she knows that her husband Is sorry
for her, because she isn't bedecked
like the queen OF Sheba, and that 1t
hurts him not to be able to give her
diamond tiaras and ropes of pearls.
It is the lack of sympathy on the
part of the husband--the feeling that
women have that their husbands don't
know, or care, whethef they have to
work hard or not, or are shabby or
not, that women resent, and that make
them bitter and dissruntled wives.
1t Is the lack of sympathy that
makes men humiliate their wives by
making them come to them for every
penny they spend. No man could en-
dure to be financially dependent on
anyone else, no matter how generous
that other person was. No man would
i be willing to spend a lifetime toiline
| in the service OF another person and
get only his board and clothes. and
such perquisites as that other person
chose to best9w upon him.
Yet hundreds OF thousands of men
| keep their wives in that degrading po-
sition because they lack the sympathy
to realize that women feel about
money and financial independence ex'
| actly as men do.
| Husbands do not suspect 1t. but
most wives are terribly lonesome. They
have no compa nionship at home. Theil
i husbands do not even try to talk tt
them, or pretend to be interested II
| what they are doing. When the aver.
age wife tries to tell her husband
( about the things she cares for3 or at
! tempts to voice the inner 1ongings o.
her soul, he yawns in her face ant
| turns to the stock market. He isn't IL
| sympathy with thing that she is do
| ing, except her housekeeping, and ye
people wonder at the prevalence O
divorce.
It is sympathy that binds peopl'
together. 1t is sympathy alone tina
can bridge the chasm Of sex, and un
less a woman finds in a husband {
sympathy that IL as broad and en-
during as the pity of God. upon whicl
she can throw herself in time of need
marriage is bound to prove more o
less of failure to her.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07
GOVERNMENT RA1LRoApING.

Director General McAdoo has just
announced another big increase in the
wages of railroad employees and still
others are promised. Figures recently
made public by the interstate COM
merce commission give some concep-
ton of the financial loss the govern
ment will be compelled to sustain
with continued operation of the rail-
roads unless the conditions shall
undergo a marked change.
During the six months of federal
administration of the roads ending
with June so the total operating jim
come was $173,194,OO0. In the same
period last year, under private man
agement, the income was SASS, 900.
These figures represent a loss to the
government of approximately $685.
100000.
The positive earnings of the roads
in June, 1917, amounted to s9S,909.-
600, but in June of this year there
was a deficit of s5S,959, 1000, showing
a loss to the government of about
100000. 1t is explained that
much of that deficit is due to the
back payments of increased wages
but after deducting that item it is
found that the roads earned only
s74.0S4,00o in June. OF about SIS, ,o00.-
600 less than in June of last year. Ir
the same time the revenues of ths
roads increased nearly $5o,000,000 ir
June. 1918, over June, 1917. In order
to get a correct comparison of the
two months, the latter figures should
be added to the loss in earnings, show.
ing that under government contro
and operation the railroads of the
country ran behind to the extent o.
S75,000,000 in one month alone
The steps the director general O.
| railroads has taken to add to the in
come of the roads. such as increase
in freight and passenger rates, de
r1urrage charges, spotting charges
ETC., are expected to reduce the gov
ernment's loss considerably in tn,
future. To the extent that that defici
| falls below the fixed return to tn
| stockholders the government ha
guaranteed, it must be liquidated il
| the form of increased taxation.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07

To work with increased energy and
efficiency so that our national pro-
duction may be increased: to econo-
n1ize in consumption so that more ma
terial and labor and transportation
may be left free for the uses of the
government; and with the resultant
savings to support the government
financially is the daily duty of every
American. It is a duty that will be
met by American whose heart is
with our soldiers in France, who
giories in their courage and fighting
ability and their success
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07
TRAVELETTE
By NIKSAH
The silver Sea Horse.

The Silver Sea Horse.
Washington has come to take the
Silver Sea Horse as a matter of course.
like Burmese weather or overcrowded
street ears. Yet occasionally. IT is
still talked of in departmental cloak
rooms. and discussed, now and again.
over fruit. lemonades a. hotel rrof
gardens.
And Gladys!" says he blonde w9r
worker, late OF Nebraska City. to the
girl who has the typewriter next her
in the bureau of military evasion,
"the quaintest placei Efwin and I
were there last night. I wish you
had been with us--it was that inter-
esting.''
"Yes?" remarks gladys, politely.
Yes, such atmosphere and such
people. Painters and newspaper en-
and BoheHiians of that sort. No light
| in the place except few candles, and
| the freehand drawings on the wall
| which yon can only half see. And ths
| cutest little cups for the ginger ale
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds Of men in
Americas Fighting Service

Machine gun fire was clattering from
both sides of Bouresches. From the
town itself hurtled terrific barrage.
And thru\ all this the Ninety-sixth
company of the Marie corps was
fighting and plunging toward the
capture of the village. Suddenly, the
form of Second Lieut.. John D. Bow
ling disappeared. The first lieutenant
turned hurriedly. where's johnny"
he called. The word passed along.
Lieutenant Bowling las needed.
Where was he? In answer, there
came a slight rustling of grass. then
the weaving form of a man who
sought to stagger to his feet. A second
more and Lieutenant Bowling was
running forward again, his teeth
clenched, his face white with the pain
of boche bullet in hish shoulder. But
the word had passed along, and bullet
or no bullet, Lieutenant Bowling had
answered. It was such courage ss
this that enabled the United States
marines to capture Bouresches, and
drive the Hun back just that muef
farther toward Berlin. Lieutenant
Bowling is the son of ]. d. Bowling
ST., of Upper Marlboro. Nd
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07
THE GERMAN COLLAPSE.

the first Battle of the Marne. On
September 6, 1914, nobody could fore
see that the world was to pass thru
-FOUR years OF the most desperate
struggle between armed forces, ever
recorded, and that the contest inaugu-
rated by Germany would involve more
than q score of the nations of the
earth.
In the history of the World War,
writes Frank H. Simonds in the Re-
view of Reviews. July and August of
1918 must hereafter be memorable. In
them we met a peril as great as the
peril of September, 1914. We met the
enemy at that Second Marne which
the Russian collapse had made pos
sibies for him, and we defeated him
even more completely than in the
first. Thereby we liquidated the Rus
| sian liabilities, and thereafter, thanks
to the supreme genius of Foch, we re-
| gained the offensive and began the
long task of winning our decision by
one of the most brilliant victories in
the whole course of the struggle.
: Since July IS the Germans have
lost nearly 10000 prisoners, and
| thousands of guns. They have been
driven out of hundreds of square miles
of conquered territory. They have
lost two great battles-one, a battle
which destroyed their own great
strategic venture. the other a battle
in which, at last, Foch, taking the Of
fensive, has won one of the most bril-
liant and complete successes of mill
itary history.
On the material side the case is even
worse. At the outset of the campaign
the Germans possessed a superiority
OF not less than thirty divisions on the
west front. This superiority had been
sufficient to give them a decisive ad.
vantage at the critical time and place
in three momentous engagements
Five great battles had, however, de-
prived them of the best of their pick
ed troops. America had put il
Europe not less than 100000 fight
ing troops, the equivalent of eighty
German divisions, at least half a mil
lion of which were beginning to PLAY
q part, and of the latter an equivalen
of fifteen German divisions had beer
used at the Marne.
Numerically the tide has turned
the Germans are outnumbered. Ma
terially they are at a disadvantag'
because they milked their division
! to construct certain number o
storm divisions composed of the bes
, of all divisions. and precisely these di
, visions have borne the burden of fiv
terrific struggles and are now calle'
upon to limit the extent of a defea
: which has just come in the sixth ma
| jor engagement of the campaign.
, their numbers be still great, the Ger
mans are now practically withou
fresF. divisions. Their storm troop
( are decimated and there has come t
: Their army the same dangerous spiri
, of depression unmistakable in tn
French army after the failure at tn
e Aisre and in the British army afte
Y the bloody shambles of Flanders la:
e autumn.
e The collapse of Germany is at han
q and may come at any time. Th
d longer it is postponed the faster
-lwili travel.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07

Disclosures of the presence of
Americans engaged in building rail-
roads in Italy. says the Omaha Bee.
suggests another of the anomalies of
war In days not SO very far gone. we
have been accustomed to watch TONY
the Wop' tamp the ties and maui the
spikes on American railroads. He
has constructed the roadbed and laid
the rails, and afterwards has manned
the handcar and attended to the mani
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07
THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JoURNAIsATURDAY EVENING, sEP
THE WATCH ON THE RHINE.

1aE W AVN O1N ne 1sAAASsASs
{SIightly revised.)
A shout resounda like thunder peal.
Der Yanks! dey COON right on our heel
Der French vos coming thick und fast
Und Johnny Bull smash thru at last.
Dear vaterlsndtr der 5ig vos up;
I'VE run 'steen hundred tousahd strong
We pring vat We don't leave along.
Der hell We raise in Belgium yet,
We haf to pay for now, you bet.
Dear Vater1andt, We vos an ass;
Der foe, he vos der better class.
,.'Midt efery drop of German bloodt
We shvim der dear Rhine's gentle flood
Tho We hat rifles in our handts,
We tink der Yanks COON on our landts.
Dear Vaterlandt, We been a chump;
Dey fix to hand us Won big bump"
eve shvear allegiance on der Book;
We shvear some more on our own hook.
We move right quick along der Rhine.
Who cares for Hindenburg's blank line?
Dear Vaterlandt. dey called our bluff.
Get busy und call off der stuff"
h, W. J.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07

fold duties of the humble section
hand. Now he is soldier. fighting
the kaiser for Misrepresentation OF his
home land, and. the young American
is doing for Italy the service that Tony
and his kind did for America.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07
DINNER STORIES

Deacon Jones had been a member
of the villa ge church for twenty
years, and in all that time he had
never converted anyone At length,
a revival was cond Icted one winter
and the deacon decided to get busy.
He was driving home one night
from meeting when he was stopped
by man who asked him for ride.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07

Mosquito tanks are a form of tank
used in the French army, patterned
after the larger ofies but easier to han
die. They are heavily armored. and
on the nose is a device for cutting thru
barbed WIRE Each tank is also equip
ped with a powerful searchlight.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.


BREAKFAST.
Steamed Prunes
Oatmeal with Top MILK
Rice and Raisin Muffini
LUNCHEON.
presS ssasRe ana suss Rsta'0ss and rrSs Gafe cak.
DINNER.
Pork Chops with Escalloped
Potatoes
Cold Slaw
Barley Bread and Butter
Chocolate Cornstarch Pudding
Tea
Cakes and Ffostings.
wheatless Cake--Cream together
one-quafter cup butter substitute.
eggs Cone at q time). beating each egg
in well: then add one cup oat flour,
one cup barley flour. quarter.cup corn
starch, three teaspoons baking pow
der, whites of eggs stiffly beaten. This
portion will make three layers.
Raisfn Icing-Cook one ana one,
half cups light corn syrup until Il will
thread. Pour gradually while hot on
stiff1y beaten whites Of two eggs. Add
one cupful chopped raisins. Beat con-
stantly until cold.
Orange Cake-Four eggs, whites
i half cup Of butter. beaten together.
Add one cup Of sugar slowly, ana stir
until It creams Now ada oge-half
| cup Of milk, two cups -four with one
and one-ha1f teaspoons Of baking
| powder. Bake In four tins. Take Tor
| frosting the Juice Of two oranges. one
half pint of sugar and one esq. Beat
all well together and spread between
| the layers. The topsof this cake can
be frosted ana coloreH according to
I taste.
| six teaspoonfun cocoa .ffour will do)
| into d small sauce pan with cupfui
| of water and boil together until thick
and smooth. Then cool and ada
beaten yolks Of two eggs, two. cups
sugar, two tablespoons butter
(meIted). one cup water. three cups
flour, two teaspoons baking powder
| Flavor with vanilla. Put together
with boiled icing. This makes two
large layers or three small ones.
Tried Recipes.
Barley Cems-ohe tablespoon vese-
table fat. one cup brown sugar, one
well beaten egg. one cup thick sour
milk one cup each sifted wheat ana
barley flour. scant half teaspoon salt,
one-third, cup seedless raisins. three.
quarters teaspoon cinnamon. one-third
teaspoon nutmeg, one teaspoon paK-
ing powder, half teaspoon soda. Cream
fat with sugar, add well beaten egg.
spices, raisifis and alternately sour
milk and flours sifted with salt. bak-
i. ing powder and soda. Beat weli, pour
into creased gem tins And bake ahout
twenty-five minutes in moderate
oven.
Corn Puddfng-Green corn. one
half dozen ears: milk. one pint; eggs
two; butter. one tablespoon tauer
. meiting): sugar. one-ha1f teaspoon.
unless corn IL very sweet, salt ana
pepper to taste. Crate or scrape corn
| from cob; add seasoning. sugar ana
! melted butter. then the yolks >of eggs
wen beaten. the milk and lastly the
! stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Bake
| in moderate oven until set fAbout haii
> an hour), testing a. one would Q
u eustard.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07

"Can We save 40,o6o.000 tons of
coal?" is a headline in an exchange.
We certainly can If we will turn the
after over to the janitors Of apart
ment buildings.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-07

Many have been predicting that the
war will end in 1919. but Marshal
Foch may have decided not to wait SO
long.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-07

ARMY Makes Record Meat Purchase.

Chicago.-The largest single order
for bacon and canned meats In the
history Of the WORLDLY, ooo,Voo
pounds Of bacon and 134, 200, 900 pounds
Of canned meat-has just been placed
by the Quartermaster's Department,
u. S. A., for the American Army over
seas.
Louis F. Swift, in commenting on
this today, said the order will take
the bacon from approximately 1,9OO,-
600 hogs, and II other work were
dropped to produce it, would be equiv
alent to the total bacon production OF
the five largest Chicago packers for
nearly FIVE weeks. However, six months
will elapse before delivery is to be COM
pleted. Mr.. Swift said:
"At the current prices on the day,
last week, when the purchase was
made, the packers would pay the live
stock producers about $S0,0OO,OOO for
the necessary hogs and over 5O,0O0OOO
for about 100000 cattle required. The
cattle will cost US twice as much, and
the hogs two and one-half times as
much as in the pre-war period.
The whole order will be made up be-
fore the first of the year. despite the
| fact that, even before this purchase,
one-fourth of the packers facilities
have been devoted to filling military
demands. In order to get out the
canned goods the packers will find 1t
necessary to employ night and day
shifts of Gamers. Notwithstanding
the fact that the products are being
rushed forward thus hurriedly, not
single complaint has been received OF
meats delivered to the armies abroad
The FIVE packers are now killing
about 100000 hogs weekly to keeI
abreast of martial and domestic needs.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-07
Watch Your Stomach
In the Summer Time

it is good news to tell you that
tens of thousands are now using
EATONIC-for all stomach and
bowel ailments caused by too
much acidity with such truly Won
derful results that every one
should always have it in the house,
EATONIC Tablets stop the cause Of
indigestive and dyspeptic ailments By
neutralizing the poisonous fluids, acids
and gases largely the result of super
acidity. This makes the stomach
pain-free and ready to perform ID
proper work.
You can have good appetite In hoo
weather to eat the things you Like
when you want them II you take one
or two EATONIC Tablets after each
meal. Such quick, wonderful relied
would seem unbelievable but for tho
fact that thousands of sufferers every
where have received marvellous results
from EATONIC. Obtain a large bon
of EATONIC Tablets from your own
druggist who you know and can trusA,
If they fail, 60 back to him and he viii
gladly refund your money. Do Tho
today. You will then know what reae
stomach comfort means in hot weather.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-07

Hot summer days upset the
strong stomachs as well as weak
ones.
Your vital forces reach their
lowest level when the weather is
the hottest. Then the danger is
the greatest.
You can't guard your stomach
and bowels too carefully through
the long, hot season. Don't take
any chance. Indigestion, sour
stomach, that wretched, bloated
feeling, belching, food repeating,
pains that claw at stomach and
bowels and an endless train Of
stomach ills that make life mis-
cradle are greatly aggravated in
the hot weather.
This year Of all others-it is
vital that we keep our strength
and full power at work. The ex-
ira war work, change Of detail
must be looked after because they
hit US in the stomach. And now
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-07
keep the Garden Going.

Don't let the garden loaf after the
crops planted In the spring have been
gathered. Plant new crops for fall
harvesting and get the maximum bene'
fit from your food plot.
In most sections of the United
States nearly all the common garden
vegetables can be planted early in Au'
gust with plenty of time for their
maturity before the first killing frost
in the autumn. AS late garden crops
which may follow others the following
are suggested:
Beets, Brussels sprouts. late cab
bage, caulifower, celery. sweet COTE
kale, peas. spinach and rurnips.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-07

to plant small areas to Rocky Ford
seed. The result-in 1917 farmers OF
this section sold 90 cars of cantalOupes
with gross returns of over $4,000. Re
ceipts per acre ranged from $3.50 to
$3.50.
The farmers began to appreciate the
value Of their land, started sowing
winter crops. called upon the county
agent concerning silos and began look
ing about for cattle for their farms
Land that had a slow sale at $25 an
acre jumped in two years to $75 an
acre, according to report to the United
States department of agriculture. MOI
least important, through the canta
loups enterprise the county agen
gained the confidence of. the farmer
.Gf the entire county In his work fo
better farming.