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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS - =.
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.


Dear Mrs. Thompson; Some time
ago I got a pimple on my nose. the
kind with the yellow center / opened
itsand squeezed 1t. and ever since it
has left a small red pimple there and
it doesn't go away. 1t worries me
very much to think It will stay there
forever. Do you know of a remedy
that will make it disappear?
WORRIED.
The electric needle will positively
remove the red scar left from the
pimple. II you do not wish to go to
this expense get lotion made from
fifteen grains of boric acid and two
ounces of witch hazel. Apply this
frequently and see If 1t has any effect.
Massage will aid considerably the
passing of the scar.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Should a
girl thank a boy for paying her car
him, and how should she thank him
for a box of candy or any favor that
he has cone her. such as accompany
ing her to the train?
BILLIKEN.
If he has invited her to go some
where 1t Is not necessary to thank
him for paying the carfare. She
should thank him for the whole eve
ming by saying that 1t was very pleas
ant. When receiving a box of candy.
she should say, Thank you" When
she has been accompa lied TO the train
she should say. at was-xery kind of
you to take me to the train"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17
TRAVELETTE
4 BY NIKsAH
Ourga.


Ourga is one of the most religious
cities in the world. It houses the Liv-
ing Buddha, the second most impor-
tant parsonage in the Monaghan reli-
gious world; Il has some thousand
prayer wheels scattered about its
streets; and it possesses a figure of
weighing one hundred and twenty
All this atmosphere of oriental
saintliness has a SOLDERING effect upon
Ourga. 1t is a quiet, unsmiling place
absorbed in prayer and meditation.
Pilgrims come from all over Siberia
and China to derive renewed inspira-
ton from the smoothly smiling face
of the giant Buddha. and to catch a
glimpse OF his living representative.
Residents of the holy city do not
believe in hurrying to business or
pleasure. Even If their time were
much more valual :. they would still
consider it imperative to stop at each
prayer wheel on the street and give
it at least one turn. To pray really
effectively one must not stop at one
twist of the wheel. The proper way
is to walk round and round, turning
the wheel until dizziness and exhaus-
ton call a halt. AS eacI turn is a
prayer, it is reasonable to suppose
that more prayers are offered IN
Ourga every day than in any other
city in the world. The wheels are
never idle.
Caravans may come in from across
the desert, and bartering may go on
in the tents and huts of the market
place, but Mongo1 Ourga thinks pf
itself only as the holy city where the
pious preserve an air of gloomy aloof-
ness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

is diseased or abnormal, and that the
kind of crime he commits is deter
mined by the grade of his intelligence.
The laboratory, therefore, addresses
itself especially to the diagnosis OF the
criminals mental state, and to the
testing of his intelligence. 1t has been
found that the great majority of GRIM
inals suffering either from dementia
praecox or from psychopathic consti-
tuition, and that most of them are be-
low average intelligence.
Dementia praecox Is a specific brain
disease caused by a lesion therein,
which is generally hereditary In
acute cases it is easily recognized, but
in less outspoken cases only an expert
diagnosis can detect 1t. In all cases
1t is an active instigator to crime
Many cases of dementia praecox are
confined in asylums when the disease
is at an acute stage, and released
when the symptoms disappear, but
there are rarely cured. The disease Is
practically incurable.
One type of dementia praecox rem
ders the victim unable to resist his
impulses, and many murder and sex
crimes are committed by these suf-
ferers. Another type deprives the
victim of ethical sense. The swindiel
and confidence man are often of thi.
type.
Psychopathic constitution is gen,
hysteria, and various forms o,
epilepsy. Other forms of insanity
such as manic-depressive. and para
nota are found occasionally among
criminals.
For example, during three years
1892 cases between seventeen and
twenty-one years of age were exam
ined in the boys court at Chicago. o
these 1S3 were found to be of aver
age intelligence. all others below
Previous arrests were recorded of 181
Seventy-five of these offenders sui
fered from dementia praecox, compli
Gated in eight cases by alcoholism, il
eleven by moral defect, in two by sex
juvenile paresis, drug addiction an,
hysteria. Sixteen of the 1873 case
showed psychopathic constitution
many of them with complications
Such is a typical groyp of the NOR
| intelligent young offenders, brought t
the bar of Justice" Just about hal
of them were insane.
And it should be remembered tina
! this group of 1873 included all of tn
All of the others were more or les
feeble-ninded, averaging between
eighteen and nineteen years of age
and having the minds, for the mos
part, of boys from eight to twelv
years old. Thus the criminal is seel
IN an overwhelming majority of case
to be an adult with the passions, de
sfres and responsibilities of an adult
but the mind of a child, and that oftel
impaired by mental disease. Crime
simply the inevitable defeat of thi
| handicapped wretch in the struggle O
life, which imposes a severe test Oh
the fittest of us.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

There is an old adage, that when
thieves fall out honest men get their
dues" It is called to mind by the
report that Bulgaria and Turkey are
Quarreling over the spoils of war, re-
gardless of the probability that there
will be nothing to divide. Besides
this, there is reported to be a row ex-
listing between Turkey and Germany.
The Mitteleuropa house of cards
seems about to collapse. Germany's
allies are beginning to see that she is
doomed. and It will not be surprising
at any time to see them forsake her,
in the manner that rats are said to
abandon a sinking ship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

Everybody expects to bear heavy
taxation as one of the necessary Incl
dents of our part in the war. Most
people are saving in other respects in
ordo-. to be able to bear an increased
burden of taxation Most people are
also saving in order to buy bonds and
war savings stamps, as a means of
helping the war. While there are q
few exceptions. it may be safely as
serted that as an almost universal
rule the people are gladly taking up
the task of fighting the Hun and pay
Ing the expense. 1t is with much sat
isfaction, therefore, that they read
newspaper accounts of the excellent
work being done by the government
and by our soldiers IN the field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison Globe-1

In business lot of careless men
kill their engines.
Pep will either make OF RUIN a man
quicker than anything else
An Atchison man changes his mind
oftener than he does his shirt.
Be sure that You haven't got poll
tics confused with patriotism.
Unless you have run a restaurant
you don't know much about real work
When you are driving a horse on
hot day, how willing it is to stop.
While the rankunfile of the people
are doing their bit, the profiteers are
doing everybody they can
An Atchison man has figured in so
May church rows his wife has put
a service flag in the window.
The German government says the
United States is money-nad. Still,
nearly every German in the United
States today came over with the view
of making a wad Of money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17
COMING OF NEW FACTORIES.

Perhaps the location of two new
factories IN Topeka, arrangements for
which now are under way, may mark
the beginning OF movement on the
part of manufacturers to seek the
smaller cities.
The small municipality has many
advantages over the large city in the
matter Of location of the factory.
Workers at a distance from the cen
tiers of population can secure more of
the conveniences of life on the same
communities. Therefore, factory own
ers would do well to locate their plants
In small communities rather than in
the great >centers of population.
This is no glittering generalization
adapted to fit local conditions or de-
sires. It Is the thoughtful statement
Of Interstate Commerce Commissioner
McChord.
The problem Of factory location is
receiving more attention and study
now than It has been accorded in the
past. The housing and the propin-
guilty of the operatives are becoming
valid and vital considerations. The
appealing processes of the brother
hood of man are having their effect,
and the comfort and education of the
employe are matters OF interest and
concern. It is now generally conceded
that under conditions giving perma-
nence of employment workers ought
to live near the factory that thea may
avoid long rides night and morning
The transportation facilities of great
cities cannot keep pace with the need;
City workers lose much of the bene-
fit they should derive from a short
working day by being Obliged to de-
vote much time morning and evening
to riding in crowded street cars.
OF necessity. then. consideration
turns to the smaller city. There, as
far as housing and propinquity GO
conditions are ideal, or may easily be
made SO. Then arises the question OF
traffic relations This is when geo.
graphical and railroad location comes
into question.
That question Is adequately an
swered by mary a small city. 1t Is
answered affirmatively and emphat-
ically by the city OF Topeka. The
factories that Commissioner McChord
| advises to seek sites far from the con-
gested centers and in the healthful
environments Of the smaller cities will
find ideal conditions and prospects ir
this city, with it's varied and close
railroad connections. The movement
IL a good one for all concerned. It is
the nearest to a general welfare cam
paign that has recently been started
To the smaller cities with the fac
tories. And-don't forget that To-
peka has all of the qualifications.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT.
BY ROY K. MOULToN

Real americans.
Chief Spotted Cow and Iron Man,
And al their copper brothers,
And fight Oh with the others.
The shrill cry of young Aces Full,
Grandson of ancient Sitting Bull,
Rings out with that of Sun Hangs Low
Descendant of Geronimo.
And mingled in that Berlin race 49,
Are heirs of old Rain-in -the-Face.
Who aim to bring from over there :
A sample of the kaiser's hair.
Another Battleship Lunched."-
Headline in California paper.
oh, the appetites of some of these
bulldogs of the sea!
Over there seems much nearer over
here than it did year ago.
The army mule is no coward but
he always works his most frightful
execution with his back toward the
enemy.
After paying $1.65 for a piece of
steak the size. color and consistency
of a motorman's glove, We are more
than ever of the opinion that some
body is making money in this coun-
try, even in war times.
every family in Germany has
been bereaved by this war."-The
kaiser.
Except one.
We're coming Father Woodrow,
Seven million strong.
We're coming with spirit
That will push the Huns along,
Are the old boys happy?
Well. listen to their song,
While they are marching to Potsdam.
Those sadidest words: "Too old to fight"
Are heard by us more.
We're going 20 battle for the right
Upon a distant shore.
When we get thru with kultur.
l. There amt going to be no core"
While we are marching to Potsdam.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

A peculiar situation Is in formation
with respect to the automobile. The
ways and means committee proposes a
heavy tax on the sale, or ownership,
they have not definitely decided
which. of cars, while the war trade
board has decided to cut rubber i'm
ports nearly in two, and autoists are
cautioned to save tires. Should the
war last long enough, we might have
the anomaly of a man owning a car
and paying stiff tax thereon, and yet
7,einf without tires to shoe his gas
wagon-and taxed on an idle car.
Again. many a man owns flivver
who could not afford to own decent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

horse and buggy. while auto trucks
have become q necessity in the mer-
chandising and hauling business. If
the flivver and the truck are to be
taxed, why not tax other means of To-
comotion7 According to present plans.
a farmer owning q truck to deliver his
produce to market will be taxed for
the truck, while the farmer who de-
livers By team and wagon pays moth
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17
Two years, sir" she said.

Two years, SIR" she said.
do you like it?''
"Shure, it's well enough" answered
Mary. -
But. Mary" the judge continued,
you have many privileges in this
country which you'd not have in Ire
land. Now at home you would never
be in a room with justice of the
supreme court and chatting Familiarity
with him"
But, shure, sir" said Mary, quite
in earnest. you'd never be a. Judge
at homei"
'Tt says here that a wealthy west
ern man has left five hundred thou
sand dollars to the woman who re-
fused to marry him twenty years
ago." said Mrs. Babb. as she looked
up from the newspaper she was
reading.
That's what call gratitude"
commented Mr.. Babb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
BIackberries with Whole Milk
Rice and Egg Omelet
Cornmeal Mullins. Strained Honey
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Dreamed Cauliflower
Sliced Tomatoes on Lettuce Leaves
French Dressing
Rice Bread Fruit Tapioca Pudding
DINNER.
. Salmon Loaf. Dreamed Potatoes
Baked CornmeaI Pudding with =
Lemon Sauce -
Coffee. ozf- -17t Twcf
Things Worth Knowing. =
Dry Hop Yeast-In the morning
take a generous handful of hops. boil
one-hah hour in a quart of water un-
til all the strength is extracted.
Mix four tablespoons of flour with
aelittle cold water; place in a gallon
crock. Strain hop water (boiling hot)
upon flour, stirring all the time to
be too thick pour a little cold water
over the hops and strain into the
flour. Stir well and set aside to EooE
Have half cupfuf more of good
yeast soaking and when the batter IL
cool enough to hold your finger COM
fortab1y in it. stir the yeast into it.
add a tablespoonful of sugar and let
rise to bulk. then stir In enough white
corn meal to enable you to form into
cakes. Pat out with your hands. Law
on shelf on white paper to dry. Turn
over next day and every day until dry
enough to break in small pieces. Let
stand one day and night. when yeast
VIII be ready to use, or leave n In
cakes, wrapping in waxed paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

The Hun general who succeeded In
extricating the crown princes army
from the Marine pocket has been
called upon to pull Rupprecht's forces
out of the Picardy hole. Retreat ex-
perts have come into great demand on
the German west front line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

Forlorn Hope is the name given to
certain forms of desperate service for
which volunteers are sometimes called.
1t is rarely needed in offensive opera
tions, but in defensive warfare it is
frequently necessary as in attacking
some formidable position. blowing up
a bridge under fire. or holding a posi-
ton against desperate odds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

The people of this country seem
willing to Go anything the president
asks of them except to vote as he di-
reefs. The candidate for congress in
Alabama, whom he denounced, was
nominated over all competitors by q
two to one vote
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

Otto H. Kahn has been in Europe
and visited the fighting line. He ex-
presses the opinion that the turniRg
point of the war was reached when a
small force of Americans stemmed the
tide of German invasion at Chateau
Thierry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

Lenine and Trotzky, it is reported,
have retired to the protection of their
Hun partners at Kronstadt. The gov
eminent which must flee from the
wrath Of its own people cannot long
'7dure. The Bolshevik rule in Pus-
STA has about reached its end. What
sr change may follow it cannot
bring about condition worse than
that which now prevails.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17
DINNER STORIES

A certain judge of a state supreme
court had been appointed and was
well satisfied with himself
Mary" he said to the Irish wait
ress at the hotel where he was,
you've been in this country how
1ong?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

vestige Of romance and put out the
little flame of fancy that might have
grown into a great passion. For we
cannot love those at whom we
laugh, and who have been made
ridiculous in our eyes.
Thus does the family humorist be-
come a pest and one that should be
suppressed, for valuable as humor is
in the family circle. we want only
those who laugh with US. Never those
who laugh at US.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-17

Dr. Hickson states that psychopathy
determines crime. intelligence the ma
ture of it. By this he means that a
man is criminal because his brain
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-05
HAD THOUGHT FOR OTHERS
Second Traveller Decidedly More Con.
slderats Of His Fellows Than
Was the First.

At the information booth In a large
railroad terminal traveller asked for
a timetable, which he looked through
until he came to the particular table
he wanted. This table he cut out with
his pocketknife. and then he put the
booklet with this table now gone out
Of 1t back on the counter.
1t seemed a thoughtless thing to do
because, lying there as 1t did with its
outer cover smooth, somebody might
have picked it up and carried it off
thinking, naturally enough, that 1t was
complete, to discover its real condi-
ton only when it was too late.
But this misfortune really befell no
one, for moment later another trav-
eler standing near, who had seen all
this done and who was perhaps more
thoughtful than the first. picked up the
torn timetable and carried it off to
drop it in the nearest waste paper re-
ceptacle.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-05
FIRST THOUGHT IS ISOLATION
Aviator Lonss for Sound Of Human
Voices When He 10 Soaring Far
Above the Earth.

I became conscious Of a feeling Of
loneliness, writes James N. Hall, in the
Atlantic. I remembered what J. b.
had said that morning. There was
something unpleasant in that isolation,
something to make one look longingly
down to earth; to make one wonder
whether we shall ever feel really at
home In the air. I, too, longed for the
sound of human voices, and all that I
heard was the roar Of the motor and
the swish Of the wind through wires
and struts-sounds which have no hui
man quality in them, and are no more
'companionable than the tapping Of the
waves would be to man adrift on a
raft in midocean. Underlying this feel
ing, and, no doubt, in part responsible
for it, was the knowledge of the fall
libility of that seemingly perfect
mechanism which rode SO steadily
through the air; Of the quick response
which that ingenious arrangement Of
inanimate matter would make to an
eternal and inexorable law, if few
frail wires should part; Of the equally
quick, but less phlegmatic response Of
another fallible mechanism, capable Of
registering horror, capable, 1t is said,
of passing It's past lif in review in the
space Of a few sect ids, and then
capable of becoming lually inanimate
matter.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-05
MISS DYKES HOSTESS TO THE
P. w. S. C.'s

On Wednesday afternoon Miss
Ethel Lenore Dykes entertained the
members of the P. w. S. C.'s and :
few friends at her home.
During the afternoon Miss level
Hall entertained the guests with sew
eral vocal selections, accompanies
by Miss Ethel Lenore Dykes on the
piano Late in the afternoon Miss
Dykes, assisted by Miss Hall, served
delicious refreshments.
Special guests enjoying Miss Dykes
charming hospitality were: Misses
Margaret Louise Fisher, of Cincin-
matt, Ohio; Miss Lucille Evelyn Har-
Der, of Nashville, Tenn; Miss Einora
Florence White, of Montgomery, Ala.
l he following members were pres
ent; Miss Jewel Hall, Miss Laurine
Chapel. Miss Mamie Marguerite Car
ter, Miss Make \Peavy, Miss GLADYS
Clifford Bishop and Miss Ethel Le--
more Dykes.
Club Reporter.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-05
Chinese Plant Statuettes.

Chinese gardeners sometimes plant
statuettes of tiny men firmly In
pots, just like real plants, and then
train hive evergreens to grow up over
these statuettes. The vines thus form
ii kind Of robe for the statuette men,
their white faces and hands protruding
from the green leaves.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-05
Mr.. Amos Tiff, of Triton, was a
visitor in the city Wednesday,. ~


Mr.. Amos Tiff, of Triton, was a
visitor in the city Wednesday,. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Brown have
purchased the Jim Paulk residence,
corner of Lee and Jessamine streets,
and they win begin housekeeping
shortly.
Mrs. Hubert Wise has returned to
her home in New York after pleas
ant visit to Mrs. z. N. Davis on South
Lee street.
Mrs. D. V. Thompson, of Camilla,
is visiting Mrs. Felix w. Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Gilbert have re-
Gently moved to Fitzgerald from At
ianta and are making their home at
the Lee-Grant hotel.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-05
Guano Sacks bought
far cash by Casper Hide
& Skin Co. If


Mr.. James Littiefield has returned
to Fort Oglethorpe after a pleasant
visit to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N.
IN. Littleheld, and friends.
Mrs. Cora B. Wilson and her guest.
Miss Matte Pounds. of Bluffton, will
weave tomorrow for short visit to
relatives in Abbeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Culberson. OF:
Commerce, Ga, are visiting their son
lMr. Aubrey Culberson, and family at
their attractive home on East Roam
olle drive
Mr. and Mrs. o. A. Cook have nov
ed to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Bowden on South Main street where
they are keeping house.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-05

Mesdames R. L. Hilliard, F. H. Hill
lard and Misses Esther Osborne and
Lula Smith. left this morning for a
short visit to Atlanta.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-05

Editors l. J. Whitehurst, of the
Abbevllle Chronicle, and c. w. Ham,
OF the Rochelle New Era, accompa-
MED the Oldsmobile motorcade from
their county to the auto show this
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Green, of Alb
bevllle, were the guests of Mrs. Cora
B. Wilson today.
Miss Ruby Parrish has returned
nome from an extended visit to rela-
tives in Florida.
Miss Minnie Kennedy, of Nashville,
tcnn.,. supervisor of all the Sunday
Schools of the South, is the guest of
Mrs. K. E. Lee on South Lee street
during the, Sunday School convention.
Mrs. James A. McInnis and little
son, of Ocilla, are spending a few
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. S. Dorminey, on South Main.
Mr. Edgar Patterson has returned
TO the University OF Georgia, Athens,
after spending the Easter holidays
with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Williams and
little daughter, Sarah Frances, and
Mrs. R. M. Pryor returned home
Thursday afternoon from a visit to
their sister, Mrs. R. L. Miller, in
Graceville, Fla. They made the trip
in Mr.. Williams car.
Mr.. and Mrs w. C. Ctensl1aw are
making. their home in the Holtzen-
dorH Flats with Mr. and Mrs. T. M,
Walden.
Mrs. Mitchell Gwinn and littl.
daughter have returned tc Atlanta.
Mrs. Ambrose Beckham, of Macon,
IS visiting her sister, Mrs. James Lee
P1ttman. Mrs. Beckham was formerly
Miss Alice Shepard, of Abbevillc, and
was frequent visitor to Fitzgerald.