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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

Every one who appreciates that his
own selfish welfare as well as the nd
TONS most precious interests are III
orally at stake in this war unquestlon-
ably will do his full duty in the thlro
liberty loan campaign. The Amerl-
can people understand as never before
that this is their war and that they
are supporting it with their lives, their
fortunes and their honor. The COM
piete collapse of the Russians mas
aroused US to a realization of how
much depends upon us if the world Is
indeed to be made safe for democracy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
A HERO EVERY DAY

Altho his ship was saved, Lieutenant
Commander Richard Mccall Elliott,
jr., U. S. N, lost his life in a col
lision in foreign waters. On March
19 last the L. S. S. destroyer Manley.
of which he was in command, collided
with a British man-of-war. The i'm
pact caused the explosion of a depth
bomb and the young officer was
killed with three of his men. The
explosion also damaged both of the
vessels. Lieutenant Commander Ell
lott already had a distinguished rec
ord for bravery in the service. In
Az ri, 1915, he was on duty on the
destroyer Alwyn when it blew up. At
that time he went below into a flood
ed boiler room and rescued several
wounded men. Lieutenant Comman-
der Elliott was born in Philadelphia
in 1888 and entered the navy as
midshipman from the Eighth con-
gressionaI district OF Pennsylvania in
1905: was appointed an ensign in
1911: a junior lieutenant. 1914; a
lieutenant in 1917 and appointed tenn
porarily to his last rank while aboard
the U. S. S. Man1ey. His next of kin
is his widow, Mrs. John Elliott, 9S1
Park avenue, New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
; GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.1

GFrom the Atchisen Glebe.I
You are SO fond of your opinions
you should let others enjoy theirs.
So many good figures are DISPLAYED
now that it takes more than that to
make a show.
IAN IDEAL" said a clever Atchison
woman today, lis the camouflage of
the real thing
man followed by more than one
dog could be convicted of vagrancy
without further evidence
The man who would like to but
hasn't the nerve, doesn't want to see
any one else have a good time
Uncle Link. who was always going
to do something when .pring comes
on, now is going to do it after the war.
There are two kinds of patriots
those who do their utmost for their
country's sake and those who do their
utmost for publicitys sake.
1t used to be that people talked a
good deal about what would happen
after the war, now people are not
interested as they don't think the
war will ever end
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
Heart and Beauty
Problems
n1 Mrs. xLIzAsErH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am giif4
of IS. For three years / went with
man ten years my senior. Al
party one night I met a boy or Il
and went with him year. learned
to love him.
Then the older man wanted to
marry me. He had money and an
automobile, and / am sure he loved
me, but 1 loved the boy. / asked the
boy what to do and he said the other
man could take better care of me
than he could and j could have
nice home and things 1 had been used
to having. The boy only makes SIS
a week. He thought / wouldn't be
satisfied on what he could give me,
and SO he told me to marry the other
man.
% He said he loved me too well
to have me live in poverty with him.
Do you think he loved me?
CD Do you think it looks cheap
for two girls the same size and age
to dress alike? MARGUERITE.
"a I do not think the boy loved
you. If he had he would have been
more ambitious and asked you to
wait until he could earn enough
money to make a good home for you
You should not marry the other man
since you do not love him.
90 1 like individuality too well to
approve of two girls dressing alike
1t does not necessarily look cheap
that depends upon the selection of
the clothes. If they are In good
taste they will not look cheap.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a.
widow lady 48 years old and have a
mother and daughter. 1 have made
this my home for a number of years
and 1 want to move, but l can't get
a house. II seems / can't get on any
more 1t is hard for me to live. as
the cost of living is SO high. j have
been thinking of leaving this town.
Please advise me if you think it
would be best for me to change and
go to another town. IN DOUBT.
The cost of living is high every
where. / would advise you to get a
position as housekeeper. In this way
you could have a good home and
ing your expenses paid. II you cam
not get a good position here you can
ir. almost any other town of any size.
Dear Mrs Thompson: Is it proper
tc wear low-cut party dress at an
Informal dancing party?
You will have to judge by what the
other girls are going to wear. Often
low neck dresses are worn at informal
dancing parties 1t is always in bet
ter taste to go too simply dressed
than over-dressed.
Dear Mrs. thompson: Should girls
write soldier boys they don't know?
Il so, low many? TRUTH
Girls really ought to know a little
hit about the boys with whom they
correspond. If the correspondence
has been suggested by a friend 1t is
all right. There is no limited number
to whom a girl should write. Such a
thing should depend upon her own
judgment and inclination
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
ON SPUR f Fl MOMENT

If the German army does come over
here, it will have a heck of time
getting back. Round trip tickets have
gone out of style
And we used to shudder over the
doings of the Terrible Turk.
Huh! Compared to modern kultur-
lists, he was an absolute pacifist.
The submarine commanders never
yell over the Top"
No, indeed. Under the Bottom"
An American scientist travelling in
South America has discovered a
queer-looking bird with whiskers- He
is seeking a name for 1t.
Why not Tirpitz?S
He got up in the morning with a
crouch.
He looked at the headlines of his
paper.
He wanted to find out what had gone
wrong.
He found that almost everything had.
He went downtown with a sore head.
He didn't speak to his blond stenog-
rapher
He was darned good and sore at ev-
erything.
He received a visitor about -noontime.
He found the caller had liberty bonds
to SELL
He said he wouldn't sbuy a liberty
bond.
He was dead sick of war and all its
business.
He listened to more long arguments.
He finally bought his first liberty
bond.
He put his hat on the side of his head.
He strutted down the street like a
thorobred.
He wanted to punch somebody in the
He yelled: ITO hell with the kaiser.
He is a nut. We can lick his whole
family
He went and bought two more liberty
bonds.
He tried to join the army, but was too
fat
He went and bought three more lib
erty bonds.
He seemed to feel better every minute,
He wanted to whip every pro-German
in town.
He thought it was his own personal
war.
He went home and kissed his wife and
| He gave her hundred bones to spend
He was never so good-natured before.
| He is running the war now and buy
ing more bonds.
| He will fight it out to a finish
Gravy goes well with potato
| This statement is officially issued by
| 1AO oCPdi NhtCiAI VI Is
one of those valuable food hints. And
the taxpayers paythe expense of pub
fishing it.
The pamphlet also says "a mixture
| of fish and potatoes makes fishballs.' IS
We are learning something every
day. If the war keeps on long enough
| we will be a wise lot.
Buying a liberty bond is good for
| the soul. 1t doesn't help the country
| half so much as it helps the individual
| who buys it. As soon as he buys a
| bond, it is his personally conducted
war. He is a better patriot than ever
| before. He is a partner in the bust
| ness. 1t helps his digestion, his tenn
per and his general disposition.
| It is stated now that Felix Diaz is
| the most dominant figure in Mexico
That, by the way, is our idea of zero
in dominancy.
| Nat Goodwin's fifth wife has inst
sued him for divorce, which recalls
the old 'Plasm OF Wife:
Wives of actors oft remind us
We may lose our wives some time
| VINO IN parting leave behind them
! Vain regret and one thin dime
| In the opinion of some statesmen
in Washington, true loyalty consists i'm
not hurting the feelings of a jobholder
| by warning the public of dangers
ahead
| Who is a miser
Helps the kaiser
| BUY A LIBERTY BONDt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

It is encouraging to note that the
army of the allies in Macedonia at last
is on the move. The Greek contin-
gent is reported to have crossed the
lagos. A sweeping and overpowering
advance northward, by the Macedon-
ian army would end the war quickly
Austria and Germany could not cope
with an enemy at the back door and
one in front at the same time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

The f1otation of the third great war
credit by the government of the
United States. says the Christian
Science Monitor, should be, and prom
ises to be, distinguished from its pre-
decessors in two important respects,
namely. the rapidity and volume Of
the subscription. When the first loan
was launched the nation. with a
vague, or at least an indefinite, knowl-
edge of it's financial capacity, ap-
preached its task with something akin
tc doubt as to the outcome, only to be
surprised, If not amazed, by the re-
salt When the second loan was Of
fered. popular thought, still insuffi-
GENTLY informed with regard to the
nations money resources, questioned
its ability to repeat the first achieve
nent, only to be again astonished by
the total announced. But when the
present, or third. liberty loan was Of
fered, the American people, having
found themselves, accepted the call as
a matter of course. and proceeded to
respond to it with entire confidence in
their ability to make it successful
even beyond the expectations of the
treasury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

According to reports received from
retail dealers by the bureau of labor
statistics, retail prices of food for the
United States for January Is, 1918,
show an increase of per cent as COM
pared with December Is, 1917 In
the year from January Is, 1917, to
January Is. 1918, the price of food
as a whole increased IS per cent. All
articles show decided increases, with
the exception of potatoes, which de-
creased 6 per cent. Corn meal shows
the greatest price change an increase
of n per cent. Bacon increased 81
per cent, lard SO per cent, pork chops
A per cent, ham AZ per cent, milk
35 per cent, hens 20 per cent, butter
rs per cent, eggs % per cent, bread
g per cent, sugar Is per cent, and
flour II per cent. A comparison of
prices as between January, 1918, and
January, 1918, shows that corn meal
increased 1876 per cent. lard ia per
cent. potatoes 107 per cent, flour 100
per cent, bacon 81 per cent, pork
chops SO per cent. eggs 81 per cent,
bread sc per cent, sugar 63 per cent,
hens 81 per cent and milk 81 per
cent. Food as a whole advanced e3
per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

off a month. But the women resent It.
We're not tired they say. And look
at them-they are not tired can
for a bit of extra work-they stay ana
get it done, and pour out of the WORKS
singing and laughing. In one factory
near here, for nearly year the wo-
men have never had holiday. They
won't take one. What will our men
at the front do if we go holiday-mak-
iDg2'"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

Every purchaser of a liberty loan
bond performs a distinct individual
service to his country and to the men
fighting in France. The purchase or
a $50 liberty bond will protect 1000
soldiers from smallpox and SIS from
typhoid. 1t will assure the safety OF
i wounded soldiers from lockjaw, the
germs of which swarm in Belgian soil.
II will render painless 400 operations,
supply two miles of ndages-enough
to bandage 555 wounds! 1t will care
for 100 injuries in the way of first
aid packets" 1t will furnish adhesive
plaster and surgical gauze enough to
benefit thousands of wounded soldiers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
Tasteful Eggs.

Tasteful Eggs.
Bake large potatoes till almost done
cut off round piece at the side the
size of dollar, scoop out whole and
mix pulp with cream, pepper and salt;
replace, leaving enough space for a.
raw egg; drop the egg in carefully so
as not to mix yolk with the white. a
light sprinkle of SALT dash of pepper.
then replace lid: bake until eggs have
cooked as delicately as if lightly
poached
Lily Salad-Hard boil one egg for
each person to be served Cover a ME
plate with crisp lettuce leaves; cut
white OF each egg in ten pieces length
wise, to form petals, without cutting
thru to the yolks. Cut the yolks in
hal1 and place one half in center of
pla,e' rounded side up (use leftover
yoiks in salad). Lay petals around
yolk, spreading out to form a flower
make a ring potato salad outside pet-
ing.
Potato salad-six potatoes boiled
dnu peeieo, cut IN dice or small pieces;
nal1 an onion chopped fine; two nj
s shentos cut in small pieces; some
shredded Lettuce; the egg yolks cut in
pieces and little parsley.
salad Dressing-One tablespoon
to VI hour, sugar and butter; one
VI salt ana dry
tard little pepper, half cur vine-
gar, one egg. Cook until thick in
double boiler III
I,dlsih-fineapple = Cheese Salad
euI pineapple into strips. pile them log
Iashlon, with steamed raisins in Re
tween. Top them with cream cheese
ana ralsin balls ornamented with nuts
FOR dressing beat thorolv two
eggs adding one-half cup water. one
raIi teaspoon salt little white pep
over fire in double boiler until II
thickens without curdling. Add enoueh
top milk to make the dressing creamy
Potato Biscuit.
one cup fresh mashed potatoes
one cup white flour one-haIf teasnoon
salt, two tablespoons drippings, four
teaspoons baking powder, one-fonrtb
cup of milk '''
Mix the mashed potatoes and drin-
pings add flour, sifted with salt and
baking powder. When these are thoro-
iy mixed add the milk; shane with
spoon and spatulate or roll out to one
half inch thickness and cut with a
biscuit cutter
Cook one pound of pork with some
fat until tender. There should he
one quart of stock. Take meat out
OF stock and thicken with corn meal
Put in an earthenware vessel, press
down and let it remain until cold
When ready to use, slice roll in flour
and fry brown. Meat used this way
VIII go three times as far as meat used
alone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

to continue your friendship with her
and be a welcome guest in her home,
but when a man friend marries you
bid him a fearful farewell. for matri-
mony is a bourne from which no man
returns to his old friends And where
he has gone you cannot follow him.
The wife is boss of the home and
not all the court decisions in the world
can break up her monopoly. or induce
her to go fifty fifty in it with a mere
husband, who does nothing but sup
port it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

for it, said the grocer.
Just what 1 was thinking myself.
Mr.. Green. I jest dropped in to ask
eff We could trust me for some gro
ceries."
The recruits were not doing very
we'll at rifle practice. Look here.
cried the instructor, what's the mat
ter with you fellows? There hasn't
been a hit signaled for ten minutes
II think we must have shot the
marker, sir" replied one of the men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
INFORMATION BUREAU
FREDERIC J. HASKIN, Director.
Washington, D. c.
AMERICANS ARE SAILORS STILL
Have You Ever Been a Sailor?
Do You Want To Be a Sailor?

If the answer to either of these
questions is yes, the United States
board needs your services. Incl
dentally, you have a chance to
enter upon one of the great
American businesses of the future
merchant shipping.
If you want to know how to en-
ter the United States merchant
marine, write the Topeka State
Journal information bureau. Fred
eric j. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, D. c., and enclose a three cent
stamp for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

boy that used to win all the debates?"
He got married and hasn't won
debate Since!"
Tom Callahan got job on the Sec
ton working for a railroad The su-
perintendent told him to go along the
line looking for washouts.
And don't be as longwinded in
your next reports as you have been
in the past" said the superintendent;
Just report the condition of the road
bed as you find it. and don't use a
lot of needless words that are not to
the point. Write like a business let
ter, not like a love letter.
Tom proceeded on his tour of in
spection. and when he reached the
river he wrote his report to the su-
perintendent:
'Sir-Where the railroad was. the
river is"
you've given up drinking, / hear"
said the grocer to the town bum.
"Ain't teched a drop in month.
admitted the old fellow
well. you certainly deserve credit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

as a Stacker. I am SO proud of you,
now
Before he left her he had accepted
an invitation to call the next night
I'd go thru twice what 1 have to
have a girl like that proud of me-" he
said to himself, as he was walking
home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

Now if the government can find ar
ether Charles NJ. Schwab to place at
tae head of the airplane industry. the
country will have made a fair start
toward winning the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced Oranges and Bananas
Fried Whiting
Potato and Cereal Gems Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Tomato Rarebit in the Chatting Dish
Rye Bread Toast
Compete of Fruit
DINNER.
Potato and Celery Chowder
Shoulder Chops of Mutton
ItaIlan Macaron1 Winter Squash
Spinach Salad
Potato Plum Pudding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

The two old college chums had not
met in some years and were interested
in talking about the days Of their
youth and devilment. At last one re-
membered an old friend whose later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

1t has been proposed that April 6 be
hereafter observed as Liberty day-a
legal holiday. The real Liberty day
will not come until the allies have die
tated the terms of peace. That will be
the day to celebrate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20

by American citizens. He accordingly
obtained approval for plan by
which two coastwise passenger ships
were commissioned as school ships
for the training of these inexperienced
men. Two more such training ships
have subsequently been commissioned,
and a fifth is being fitted out on the
Pacific coast. Several thousand ap-
prentices are learning the business of
sealnen on these vessels. The course
lasts from one to- two months. The
men are put thru a rigorous daily
regime, which lasts from in the
however. several hours for recrea-
ton, and one of the favorite amuse-
ments is the singing of old-time sea
chalties of the American merchant
marine.
Names in the News.
Blighty is the name used by the
British soldier to refer to England
and home. The word is derived from
the Hindustani "belati." meaning "a
foreign country In the form vile
ity'' it is colloquially used by the ma
tivcs to refer to England. The Tom
mics picked up this word and
charged it into "blighty;" The
Blishty of the French soldier is
Paris, which he affectionately calls
"Panam.'
Questions on the above or any SUBJ
Ject upon which the reader desires
information, should be addressed the
Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau. Frederic ]. sHaskiT. Director.
Washington, D. c., with a Scent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
EVENING STORY
Carrier Cora.

BY VINCENT G. PERRY.
Copyright, 1918, by Mcclure Newspape,
Syndicate.}
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-31
Japanese Hero Worship.

The japanese are a hero-wOrshiping
people who treasure their own past.
American history has none Of the pic
turesque atmosphere that adOrns feud-
al Japan, still an actually In the lives
Of many Of the grandfathers of young
people now In school. Through their
tales, history is fresh. No alchemy
compounded Of modern disillusions
can convince the young japanese that
the glamor Of the past is not all gold.
The rich brocades and gorgeous attire
Of the feudal lords of the Tokugawa
days. the beautiful elaboration of tenn
pie and palace, the exquisite art and
craft productions, the ritual Of elegant
ceremony attached to court life, the
ancient ideal Of Bushido, or knightly
conduct. everywhere encountered In
illusions to heroic and loyal deeds, all
lend their vibrancy to old Japan.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-31

No matter what ails your child, q
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your little II is out of sorts,
half-sick, Isn't resting. eating and act
iHg naturnlly-look, Mother! see IL
tongue Is coated. This Is q sure sign
tkat the little stomach, liver and bow
els are clogged with waste. When
cross, irritable, fevertsh, stomach sour.
breath bad or has stOanac h-ache, diar-
rhea, sore throat, full of cold, give q
teaspoonful OF california Syrup OF
Figs" and In a few hours all the con-
stlpated poison. undigested food and
sour bile gently moves ont Of the lit
tic bowels without gripping. and you
have a well, playful ctLld again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this hnrmless fruit laxative" because
1t falls to cleanse the little one's
liver and bowels and sweeten the stom-
ach and they dearly love Its pleasant
taste. Full directions for babies, chill
dren Of all ages and for grown-ups
printed on each bottle.
Beware Of counterfeit fg syrups.
Ask your druggist for n bottle Of "Cal-
ifornia Syrup Of Figs :" then see that
1t Is made by the california Fig Syrup
Company."-Adv. 4
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-31
Potato Water Substitute for Soap.

Soap Is almost unobtainable In occu-
pied Belgium. and the housewives are
accordingly seeking possible substi-
tutes. TO them a chemist, through
the medium of a Brussels newspaper,
gives this advice: Pour the hot water
In which peeled potatoes have been
boiled owe the linen to be washed.
Allow 1t to soak until the following
day, then rub 1t as you would in a
lather, but without adding soap or any
thing else. The linen will come out of
the tub perfectly white"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-31
The Wall Of the Injured.

Two brothers, Angus and Duncan.
who worked Il small farm. had the
misfortune to lose by death their sisI
ter, who was their housekeeper. They
tried to do the homework themselves
for n time, but It wasn't n success. So
n day Angus, the elder, snid to his
brother: Duncan, Wen need to look
ABBOTT an see If ye Gamma get n wife,"
INA, na." replied Duncan; you are
the oldest, Angus. an the farm be
longs to YOU"
But you are likely to live longest,
Duncan continued Angus, 80 you'd
better be the ane to tax Il wife"
"Oh, ay!" said Duncan ~reslgnedly;
ITS aye the same way here; when
ever there's any thankTess job to be
done It's me that has to do It,"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-31
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver
and bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thou
sands upon thousands Of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root, a physicians prescription for
special diseases, makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect il
soon realized in most cases. II is o gem
tie, healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi-
UNI and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., B%inghamton, N. Y, for o
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.