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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-31
An Anecdote of Lincoln.

Philadelphia Ledger: Lincoln's
first experience in drilling was with
his company in the Black Hawk
War. 4 could not for the life of
me- said he, remember the proper
word OF command for getting my
company end-wise so that it could
get through the gate, so | shouted ::
This company is dismissed for two
minutes, when it will fall in again on
the other side OF the gate"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-31
CHURCHES AND LODGES.

The Jewish Ladies Aid Society
will meet at o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon at the Temple.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-31

A regular meeting Of the Wood
men Circle win be held at 2:SO
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
FOR ALL READERS OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.

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fered the unlimited use OF the largest IN
formation bureau in the world
This Service Bureau is located in the ga
tionnl capital, where it is ~ immedi1te
touch with all the great resources OF the
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1t can answer practically any question
you want to ask, butt cannot give ad-
vice, nor make exhaustive research.
The war forced SO many changes IN
the daily life of the American people hat
the services of this information bureau will
be invaluable to all who use it.
Keep in touch with your government
at all times. 1t can help you in a thou
sand ways il your wants are only made
known.
The State journal pays for this splendid
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ers may take free advantage of 1t. You are
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Write your request briefly. sign your
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fifth issue of government war
bonds is promised. probably in April.
and the amount suggested is $5,0O0,-
100000. If terms of peace be agreed
upon at an early day the governments
construction and manufacturing pro-
gram will be considerably curtailed
but expenditures upon the army and
navy will necessarily remain very
large. 1t must be remembered that
the proceeds of TIM fourth loan were
to a great extent anticipated by the
treasury and already expended. the
seven offerings of treasury certificates
having brought in s4.665, 100000. 1t
Is evident therefore, that a great deal
of money must yet be raised for the
war, both on our own account and for
our allies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30

cavalry or the aviation wing. Which
do you adviser"
1.-THE aviation, most decidedly" Doc
tor Rainey replied.
The young sportsman smiled.
"Ah, you've seen me fly, have you?"
he said.
NO. said Doctor Rainey; 1--WE seen
you ride
A sergeant having in charge a
squad of recruits was drilling and ex-
planning to them the use of the rifle.
The lesson covered instructions in how
to load the rifles and blank cartridges
were being used. At the order to
stand ready" all the men placed
themselves in the correct position to
await the command of fire at will"
One rookie failed to comply. He
lowered his gun and asked, which
one is Will?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30

jars of it. He said they nearly got
plum buttered to death. and as soon
as he was out he wanted some pretzels
and pickles, to sort Of counteract the
plums, but he'd sent all his money
home and he thought maybe I'd trade
off some pretzels and pickles for
few of the jars of plums. Well,
knew I could always get good price
for it from some of the city folks that
come here in the spring, SO I took it.
And in one of the packages I found
this note. I knew the boys were going
to be taken care of at the club-and.
we'll, felt it was providentia1 the way
that letter had come to me. I thought
that maybe it was meant to be just
that way. I knew you were maybe
missing me a little, SO I thought I'd
surprise you.''
And on that eighth Thanksgiving
Dorothea told the patient Peregrine
that her affairs were settled at last.
Copyright, 1918 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.) .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From nae eoEunns ;.

November 50, 1898.
The Topeka Athletic association opened
its new gymnasium in the Masonic build
ing at 3 O'Clock this afternoon. The rooms
and furnishings for gymnasium are
the most complete in the state, and the as
sociation starts out under the most favor
able circumstances. About 225 active MEM
bers have signed the roll of membership.
Mrs. John E. Lord will entertain a few
friends next Tuesday evening for Miss
Irene Nichols of st. Louis.
One Of the society events Of the year took
place last night at Library hall. 1t was
the presentation of the play Of Barbara"
and the farce Of NY Neighbours Wife"
by some of Topeka's best known young
people. The play was for the benefit Of
Ingfeside.
the star In the presentation. Mary Nc
Cabe appeared as Little Lealand," Marc
Robbins as Cecil Norton" and A. w.
Dana as Nathaniel Finnicum."
At 10 O'Clock this morning at the home
of the brides parents, 1414 North Topeka
avenue, the Rev. G. W. Browning per-
formed the ceremony which united In mar
riage MiSs Matilda Ella Spencer and Mr..
Albert B6ilotte-
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Gemmel spent yester
day in Atchison.
Miss Bertha Knowles entertained q few
friends last evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
GERMANY's WHINE FOR FOOD.

II anybody be inclined to heed Ger
many's whines Sor food, his attention
is called to the German government $
announcement that the daily bread ra-
ton will be increased one and a half
ounces on December 1, bringing the
weekly allowance to four and a half
food to the Germans we are entitled
to know what became of their 1918
harvest. which they boosted was IS
per cent better than 1917.
Information reaching members of
congress from soldiers in the Ameri-
can forces abroad and from officers
and men who have been German
prisoners tends strongly to indicate
that the reports of a PROSTATE and
starving Germany are carefully pre-
pared propaganda and that as a mat
ter of fact the German nation is not
short of supplies of any sort to any
great extent.
Belgium was devastated, her people
enslaved. her children dying. her most
precious possessions violently taken
from her, for four years. and in all
that time all her people. from the king
and queen down, did not complain of
their lot as much as the Germans have
since the armistice was signed.
France for fifty-one months was a
battlefield, her capital endangered, her
sons sore pressed by the invaders but
France never lost courage or whim-
pered.
Serbia was wiped out, the victim of
atrocious crimes, and she kept her
courage.
Russia, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria,
Turkey-all have been beaten in the
field and forced to surrender. and ev-
cry one of them has behaved with a
certain amount of resignation betok-
ening courage.
But Germany howls like a whipped
cur. cringes before its conquerors,
weeps crocodile tears. begs, whines.
All the yellow the dye works in all
of Germany ever TUNED out, says the
New York Sun, couldn't make her yell
lower.
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eral Introduction. 1t has often been
said, and lately it has been empha-
sized. by persons who speak from ac-
tual knowledge of conditions, that the
entire railway system of the country
should be rebuilt and re-equipped. IL
linois awaits simply the official decla-
ration of peace before entering upon
the expenditure of $50, 100000 on good
roads. This sum has actually been
voted, and every one of the other
forty-seven states in the American
Union will in some degree follow the
example of Illinois in providing for
large expenditures on highways dur
ing the next five years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
The PhiIandering Husband.-2.


And all of these arguments against
double when there are children. AL
most any kind Of home is better for
children than no home. Almost any
kind of a father is better than no
father. As long as household is kept
together the children have advantages
of education. and of getting a start in
the world that very few mothers can
give them single handed, and so feel
that a woman with children should
endure almost anything rather than
break up her home while her children
are small.
Naturally, It is folly to tell a woman
with a faithless husband that he is
not worth grieving over, and that in
losing him she has lost little. Love
and jealousy are not amenable to rea-
son. nor do women care for a man in
proportion to his worth.
But it can be said for the comfort
OF these women that their husbands
sin is often not nearly SO black as it
looks to them. Men and women love
differently. They have different codes
of loyalty. A woman Is an individual
list in love. She loves but one at a
time. and sees no other man but the
one she loves.
A man loves diffusedly. Even when
he has installed one woman in the
citadel of his heart. a dozen fancies
play about the door and he has eyes
for every skirt that flutters across his
path. A woman who Is disloyal is
false all the way thru. A mans dis
loyalty is often only skin deep. There
| fore, 1t is contradictory but true, that
a man can really love his wife and
| esteem and admire her above all other
women even while he Is INDUCING in
a flirtat ton with another woman.
And in the end he will come back
| to his wife y she has the patience to
wait for his return, and especially If
she has the wisdom and the fortitude
! philanderings as a joke. instead of
| making a tragedy of it.
| There are many bonds that draw the
| husband surely back to his wife. One
| of these is the marriage tie. The mere
! fact that a man has picked out a wom-
an from all the balance of the world
| for his wife. that she bears his name,
! that she is his. sets her apart from all
| other women and crowns her with a
certain glory in his eyes and appeals
| to him as no other woman can.
Then time fights on the side of the
wife. The man with rowing fancy
| keeps rowing. He is no more true to
lady love than he is to his wife. In
time he wearies OF every new face. and
| then he comes back, at last, to the one
faithful soul who has had the courage
! to endure.
Whether the wandering husband is
worth waiting for is for the individual
| woman to decide. But he will surely
come home in the end.
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ODE TO AUTUMN.

ODE TO AUTUMN.
Oh! Autumn. fairest Autumn, with ever
changing hues,
Thy beauty. with rapture my soul i'm
bues,
And draws 1t up to higher planes Of
thought
As in awe, gaze at the wonders God
hath wrought.
All, no artists hand can paint skies so
diyinely blue
Though the hand be ever SO skilled and
true,
Nor fleck the blue with clouds SO fleecy
white
That simmer and shine with Heavens
own light.
No famous masters can paint like thine
Nor blend his colors with tints so divine
Nor cast the wondrous charm, no tongue
can tell
That enthralls my soul with its mystic
Mrs. HuidaH e. Forsdick, Oberlin. Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30

THE Woman Patriot" and like their
opponents are distributing tons ana
tons of propaganda.
Whatever the outcome, it is evident
that the suffrage question is begin
ming to be an irksome one to politi-
clans. They are having constantly to
shape and reshape their minds in re-
gard to it, and invent plausible rea-
sons why they vote for or against it.
Millions of dollars have been spent.
millions of leaflets have been printed
and countless millions of words have
been spoken to achieve woman suf-
frage or to defeat it and the politicians
have a feeling that it is about time
the issue was settled once and for all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30

1t is safe to say that If all the mu-
milton plants in the country today were
equipped for ordinary production they
would find orders awaiting them suf-
ficient to absorb all the labor the gov
eminent may release. and as fast as it
is released. European demands upon
America, suggests the Christian
Science Monitor. viii be fully as great
in peace as they were in war. but If it
were possible for Europe to supply its
own needs from this time on. the work
that since 1914 has been waiting for
settled times in the United States
would employ all the Industrial energy
of the nation. 1t is estimated that in
building construction alone contracts
running into the billions of dollars
have been awaiting the lifting of fed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30

Instead of ending with his execution
December 13 the case of Thomas J.
Mooney promises to occupy public at
tention for some time to come. The
efforts Of his friends to obtain his
freedom probably will not be relaxed,
even tho his sentence has been COM
muted. In exercising clemency, Gov
ernor Stephens declares that he sees
no reason why Mooney shall not be
punished but offers no explanation of
the causes which impelled him to
change the form of punishment. The
Mooney case probably will continue
to be an issue in California politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
QUICKER ACTION NEEDED.

The anomaly of electing senators
and representatives thirteen months
before they take their seats has been
emphasized again by the result of the
recent elections. Unless the president
choose to call an extra session of the
Sixty-sixth congress next summer the
men chosen by the people in the re-
cent election to represent them in
Washington will not have an oppor-
tunity to do so until the first Monday
in December. 1919.
Perhaps the most disastrous conse-
quences of permitting such an absurd
election and qualification of members
of congress occurred in 1860. Had the
congress elected in November of that
year been able to take office one
month later the Civil war might have
been averted. But Lincoln and the
new congress did not assume the reins
of government for four months after
the election. During that time the
southern states completed their plans
for secession. They could have been
forestalled and the conflict avoided If
the delay in the change of the nation
al administration could have been pre-
vented.
The need of a change in our system
has been recognized FOR years and
various bills and resolutions have been
| introduced to effect a remedy. Each
time, however, complications have
arisen that have prevented the enact
/ 80 ~,
end of one congress and the beginning
of another is to be changed it will in
volve corresponding correction of
the length of the terms of two presi-
dents. two vice presidents, about 100
senators and $40 congressman. Such
a change would require a very care
| fully framed amendment to the con-
stitution. which would then have to
be ratified by three-fourths of the
states. The evident difficulties in the
way have discouraged all former ef-
forts to correct the evil
But altho it may not be practicable
to attempt the elimination of the en-
tire interval of thirteen months thai
now exists between election and quail
ification it is quite within the power o.
congress to pass bill fixing the date
for the regular meeting of the frs
session of a congress on the SECOND
Monday in March instead of the frs
Monday in December. Such an ar
rangement would not interfere will
the terms of any elected official; i
would shorten by nine months tn
time that now elapses before a senate
or representative can assume his seat
1t would remove from the individual
who happened to be occupying tn
White House the power to dictat
whether the people should or SHOULD
! not be properly represented at Wash
ington; and it would send to the ma
/ tional capital men elected under Ger
/ tain issues while those issues were still
t alive and capable of affecting the wei
5 fare of the country.
( The constitution of the United State
r says. THE congress shall assemble a
; least once in every year, and sue
Y meeting shall be on the first Monda
, in December. unless they shall by La
s appoint different day." Hence it
; entirely within the jurisdiction of cor
: | gress as to when it shall assemble.
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SINGLE SENTENCE SERMONS.

SENTENCE SEhMONSs
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows
US truths.-Bailey.
All fulfillment of harmless happiness 10
progress-R. w. Chambers.
When thou hast thanked God for every
blessing sent,
What time Will then remain Tor murmero
and lament?-Trench
Have mercy upon me, 0 God. according
to Thy loving kindness: according to the
multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out
my transgrcssions-Psa. 81 Il.
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice.
A humble and Il contrite heart.-Kipling.
We learn wisdom from failure much
more than from success; we often dis
cover what will do by finding out what
will not do; and probably he who never
made mistake never made discovery.
Samuel Smiles.
Thoughts shut up, want air, and spoil
like bales unopened to the sun.-ioung.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
GLOBE SIGHTS
(From the Atchison Globe.l

When a carpenter wants a rest he
files his saw.
Every night we feel like saying:
well, where has the day gone to-"
There are a lot of people who
should get into action at home and
shoot weeds.
1t is not the nature Of a politician
to suspend politics until after he gets
a good, sound political whipping.
The kaiser and Hindenburg used to
say they would eat Christmas dinner
in Paris. 1t begins to look as tho
they won't eat Christmas dinner any
where in 1919.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30

The losses of this war have been
enormous. In both life and property
the loss has fallen chiefly upon the
allies. The losses of life cannot be
made good but the losses of property
can. The German people should make
reparation to the last dollar-to the
restoration of the last brick and stone
displaced by German bombs and shells.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30

Probably little public interest will
be excited by the naming of Ameri-
can delegates to the world peace con-
ference. There is a feeling that the
course OF the delegates from the
United States will be dominated by
President Wilson and Colonel House
so it does not matter who are made
the figureheads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30

Attention is being called to the fact
that fifty-nine members of congress
who voted for the zone postal system
were defeated for reelection on No.
vember Z. Isn't it possible that a
united effort on the part of the press
might drive Burleson from the cabi-
net? Probably there is not a news
paper or magazine in the country that
would not be willing to help If it were
thought that it could be accomplished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
Henry Ford departed from the Me

Henry Ford departed from the Met
ropolitan opera house when the war
work committee attempted to hold
him up for a contribution to the fund.
Yet he acquiesced fully in the attempt
of President Wilson to hold up the
voters of Michigan for a contribution
to the Democrat majority in the
United States senate. Human beings
continue to be influenced by the fact
regarding whose OK is gored.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
DINNER STORIES

Dr. Llewellyn Rainey, director Of the
overseas war library, was entertained
at dinner by a group of Johns Hopkins
students ON the eve OF his departure
for the front.
A very rich young sportsman, af-
flicted with the malady known as
swelled head, said to Doctor Rainey
during the fish course:
I'm going to volunteer, doc. but I
can't decide whether to take up the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am an
orphan girl and have always had a
hard time of it. In school the teach
ers always naggei at me. could
not get my lessons, The school chin
dren all made fun of me until 1t
threw me into a nervous breakdown,
and have been nervous ever since. I
have been sick for the last twelve
years until I am just miserable. Ny
sister treated me mean. We always
fought, but she was well thought OF
and the people all blamed me. but OF
course 1 came out all right and she
sees her mistake, but it has turned
me against her.
have got into the habit Of think
ing about my past life until it makes
my face have mean EXPRESSION.
Please tell me some way can forget
my troubles or will go wild.
WORRIED.
You must stop worrying about
yourself and think about making
other people happy. Life is very
generous in its returns for what we,
put into it," You have been sick 10
long that you have got into the very
bad habit of feeling sorry for your
self. Try loving people for a change.
Love your sister and see how quickly
she responds. The trouble you and
she had was not one-sided-it was
partly your fault. Love and smiles
will soon blot out the disagreeable ex-
preston.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: 90 have
boy friend whom L have gone with
Few times and I love him. dearly,
Lately at night whenever he saw me
on the street he followed me and then
asked to take me home. Do you think
1t was right for me to go with him? =
Co He has gone to war now, but
has not yet written to me. Do you
think it would be all right for me to
go with other boys altho the night be-
fore he LEFT he begged me not to go
with others? DOUBTFUL.
% If you were not introduced to
the boy by some friend, you should not
have allowed him to take you home.
(2) You should feel perfectly free
to go with other boys since you are
not engaged to the one in France.
Dear Mrs Thompson: 1 have been
going with a young lady whom / adj
nire very much. One night I had an
engagement with her which I wanted
to break and 1 lied out of it. This
lie has always troubled my conscience.
Shall tell her about 1t now?
OSCAR.
1t will hardly be necessary to ex.
plain now. 1t is too late for the truth
to help in this case But never lie to
| her again A
The Eternal Femfsine. 50
The fact may seem most strange y soms,
Yet tits generally understood, sa5 q
That a mouse makes skirts go higher
-Cir-Ciprla.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30

Two non-essentials have been de-
veloped by the war in the opinion of
the Buffalo News. These are the old
time business autocrat and the old
time labor demagogue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
Converted Dress.

Take short Dutch waists that lit
tie brother has outgrown. and stitch q
gathered skirt to this with belt. for
the smaller sister. Lots of wear can
be derived from these with very little
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON
Important Headlines.

"He Will Go to Paris"
HE Cannot Get Away"
'"They Will Both Go to Paris
Domestic Matters Keep Him at
Home"
"Trip to Paris Is Now Sure"
HE Will Go in February"
TOO Busy to Leave Washington"
will Attend Peace Conference"
"Trip Is Yet in Doubt"
"Will Sail on a Battleship."
Cant Get Away This Year"
-"Plans for Trip Now Complete"
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A Discovery.

A D1SCOVery.
Joe Carr, a Flatbusher, with more
or-less reputation for sagacity, has
made q startling discovery. After
years of research in the subject at an
expense to himself Of 10 cents a day,
he has discovered the difference be-
tween an express and a local. The
local spends its time stopping at sta
tions and the express spends it's time
stopping between stations. IT don't
wish to cast any asparagus upon any
body at ALL" says Joe, but 1 think the
public ought to know this" Much
obliged, Joe.