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The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIzAbnfH THOMPSON.

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Dear Mrs. thompson: I have been
going with a man of whom 1 thought
a great deal 1 went away several
months and I got a letter from him
while 1 was there. He seemed to care
as much for me as ever, but when I
don't know now whether this is true
or not. Do you think if he were he
would write to me like that when I
didn't give him any cause to?
Do you think he is married and is
trying to keep 1t from me? Should
go to him and ask him If he Is mar
ried. or should let the matter drop
where it is? I would not like to go
with him If he is married. He passed
me on the street the other day and
spoke as he always did.
/ don't think the girl is nice and
that is the reason he Is trying to keep
it from me. The girl who introduced
me to him is not considered a nice girl
now. Do you suppose he thinks I am
like her for 1 am not going with her
now that l have found out what she Is.
Can you please tell me some way to
show I am not like her?
BROWN EYES.
Speak to the young man as you
would to any other friend, but do not
write and ask him If he is married.
Probably he is married If that rumor
is about. Do not say or even think
right. To do so would show Jealousy
and smallness on your part.
He has not given you un- because
of the reputation of the girl who in
troduced you. If he had loved you
he would have ignored that Keep
your own character irreproachable
and he will see that you are not like
| that girl, even if he is in doubt now.
| Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have been
going with a young man off and on for
about two years. Some time ago he
had a date with me, but did not fill it.
L found out later that he took a crowd
| of girls where he asked to take me. /
asked him why he treated me like,that
and he said he didn't remember ask
ing me for a date. He did not seem
! to be angry at me when he left for he
asked If he couldn't come back one
night that week but he just spoke to
cry few days but he never asks for a
| date.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I recently
| took a treatment and Cult chewing
| tobacco and smoking cigars 1 have
not the least desire for tobacco in
any form, but would like to have
something to put in my mouth al
| Please tell me of something 1 can eet
to chew on sometimes Can I GET :
root of some kind of a good flayol
| from a druggist?
A READER.
Get licorice or flag root at a drui
store and chew on that. -
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is a cir
j sixteen years old too young to go q
dances with boys at night?
| Yes.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of men In
Americas Fighting Service

The battalion had been depleted by
heavy losses. for the shrill scream of
the Hun machine gun was everywhere;
but the marines were going forward
none the less to the. capture of Bour-
esche. A conspicuous figure in the
attack was Gunnery Sergt. James Nc
Clelland of the United States marines.
who conducted an auto-rifle group
flank of the town. At last he arrived
at his position. A deadly fire was
poured from the auto-rifles. which
melted away the Hun defenders.
Bouresches was Captured. and among
the first to enter the town was Gun
merry Sergt. James McCielland. Or
rather, II should be Lieutenant James
McCieliand, for he since has been pro-
NOTED. He Is q son of Mrs. Emma
McClelland. 314 West Lincoln street.
Findlay, Ohio
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24
Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns :.
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

September "a, 1893.
The North Topeka 'aIail'' has been sold
Frank A. Root, the present owner and edi-
tor of the ''Mail,s who has controlled the
paper since 1856. has disposed Of the entire
newspaper property, including the job Of
flee, to Arthur Capper. Of the Capital.
z The Mali is one of the oldest papers
in the county. and has been one of the best
paying newspaper properties in the eeun-
ty. 1t is Republican in politics. and its
stronghold is with its country subscribers,
Arthur Capper, who will take charge Of
the paper tomorrow, is one of the best
known newspaper men in tlh. state. and
has been connected with the Capital for
ever nine years.
Mr.. Root, the retiring proprietor Of the
Mall. is one of the Oldest newspaper men
In Kansas. He came to the state in 1S57
and his first work in Kansas was on the
Herald of Freedom, at Lawrence.
David Overmyer addressed the Demo-
cratic FIambeau club at its meeting last
night He told the members of the club 1t
was their duty make war ON prohibition.
H. NJ. Ives. the Democratic candidate for
county clerk, also addressed the club
Yankee Morse formerly prominent
North Topeka business man, who lived fol-
| several years In Salt Lake City, 10 herr
on a visit Mrs. Morse is vith him aud
they will &c on to the Worlds fair.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
Wexid's Highest Paia Wonas WsitnR.
How to Keep Friends.

How to Keep Fricnds-1.
A wcs<aan wants to know how to
keep friendship.
Why, you keep friendship just as
you do any other precious thing. by
taking care of it, and seeing that 1t
does not get lost. mislaid or thrown
away, and by using it so circumspettly
that you do not wear it out.
A friend is the most valuable pos
session that any human ibeing can
possibly have. To own even one real
friend puts one in the spiritual mill
lionaire class, yet people who are so
that they count their spoons every
night and sleep with their Ingersolls
under their pillows, never take the
trouble to do one single thing to
safeguard friendship.
They seem to think that friends be-
long in the yellow dog class. among
the things that you can't lose. and
they take liberties with this theory.
OF course, it Is a Cheering and a COM
forting faith to believe that you are
so charming and SO delightful that
people will go on loving you an spite
The only difficulty with the doc
trine is that 1T isn't true. : It is a
broken reed on which to lean, and II
is dead certain to collapse under you
in your hour Of need.
Perhaps more friendship is lost thru
lack of politeness than in any other
way. A great many people think that
when you love a person 1t gives you
the right to dispense with all OF the
amenities of life in dealing with them
These are those amiab BILE individuals
who are the pink of courtesy to
strangers and brutally rude to their
friends.
Most of BIS have had experience
with friends who considered that one
of the privileges. of friendship was G
tell us of our faults with frankness
that took the very hide from our van
| ity and to criticise US with a merci.
| lessness that left nothing for our enc
mics to say about US.
A very little of that kind Of friend
! ship goes long ways. None of us
in a world where bitter pills are con-
| tinua lily forced down our throats, vol
| unfairly seeks out the hand that ma!
be relied on to administer gall and
wormwood to us. We sidestep it. and
| seek out strangers who are unac'
| quainted with our weaknesses ant
who do not know us well enough tt
dare tell us of cur faults.
| Vanity of vanities. saith the preach
| err. all Is vanity. Even in friendship
and IL You want to keep your friends
| you must not only keep your adpira
ton for them, you must keep spread
ing the saive. Tell them. of what yoi
love in them, of their fine and nobl,
characters and of the inspiration >yo,
| find in them. instead of remindinl
them of their shortcomings, so shall
you grapple them to you with hoop!
| of STEEL
Another way that friendship is los
Is thru sheer carelessness and indif
ference. We are too lazy to take tn,
trouble to keep the sacred fire burn
ing on the altar. We let people WI
love, and who love us, drift out o
| our lives because we will not max,
the effort to hold them.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

= You may be interested in knowing
how the press associations gather news
at the front Here is note from a
Kansas boy, Jim Howe, who is with
the Associated Press in France: 'I
am sending you a sample of the crepe
paper used by the Germans for BAN
dages for the wounded. 1 found it in
q church used by them as a hospital.
and which they hurriedly abandoned
at the approach of the allies. Appar-
emily some of the twenty-five had
starved to death. l am again back at
the front. after a few days in Paris
] have sent you a German helmet,
which 1 picked up on the battlefield
while on my way, on foot, to a hill
from which L observed the advance of
the Americans. [ witnessed the
american infantry advance until the
German shells became too thick, and
then left hurriedly. 1 was lately in
gas attack, for an hour, and thought
fer aStime my time had come. Every
morning l leave my headquarters at s
o'clock and do not get back until 9 or
10 at night; frequently I do not get
back at all, and spend the night with
the troops"
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24
GLOBE SIGHTS
fFFom the Atehison Globe I

These days it even costs great deal
to stay at home.
An Atchison man, who is married.
is going to war to rest his nerves.
By the way, why is it that more
oney is spent on deaths than on
births?
An Atchison man thinks he is
brotherly because he doesn't hate him
self.
Why are men couceited? They use
electricity every day. but don't know
what it is
Any one who talks too much is a
drunkard. Excess in anything is
drunkenness.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

The Topeka men who wrote partly
bald" among the physical disqualifi-
cations on their questionnaires have
fired fever of disgust among the
proud agd sensitive tribe that flour
ishes on our front rows. A bald head
ed man (the writer insists) may be
disqualified along certain social lines
but from a military or physical stand
pcint-NEVER!
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

new movement has been started
here, coming via Chicago. 1t is sug-
gested that civilians be allowed to
wear service stripes on their overcoats
this winter. That is, or course. if he
has worn the coat, more than three
years
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

end to end around the patio and filled
with earth.
The years program ended with b
conservation and liberty campaign.
Studies of certain topics during the
day in the schools were followed at
night by speeches on the plaza and at
the moving picture shows. On Friday
the subject was Make Porto Rico
Self-Supporting as to Food" Saturday
was loyalty day with a conservation
parade and the signing Of pledges by
those who had not already done so.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

ARTHUR +. SHAPLEY, age 35, died
September 90 at his residence, LEO West
Tenth. Funeral Wednesday AFTERNOON at /
o'clock at PenwelIs chapel. Burial at Mt.
Hope cemetery.
EDWARD r. A. Clark died September -
at his residence, 119 buchanan. Funeral
nnHouncements later.
DIR. ALBERT OUTRIGHT age 46, died
Mt his home 1115 North Monroe Monday
afternoon. Tbe body will be taken to
WameRo and the funeral held there
Wednesday afternoon Burial In Wsmego
cemetery.
WALTER O. TUTWILER. age 20. died
at HIS home. 2O5 Elmwood. The body will
be taken to Clay Center for burial.
GENEVA DANIELS. age Is. died Mon
day afternoon at her home. Twenty third
and Jefferson. Funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
MILLARD s. STITT died at his home.
313 Monroe street, Monday afternoon.
Funeral arrangements will be announced
later.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

do when a switchman taps him with
his oily lantern and growls: Say, bo.
hi the cinders up to the head end and
tell the hoghead the haybaler is on,
the tissues are ready >and to keep his
sandy lamps open for the highball
G'wan now. no rusty rails on this divi-
sioni'
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24
vOILAND GOES SOON
Tope!1an Gets Orders To Sail for Y.
II. C. A. Work In France.

Topelsan Gets Orders To Sail for Y.
n. c. A. Work In France.
Fred yoliard has received his SAIL
ing orders. They came Saturday. He
was to have reported to Kew York
headquarters Of the Y. NJ. c. A. but
received an extension on account OF
business matters which had not been
cemnleted. He will leave Topeka,
however. next Saturday. going straight
10 New York, where he will obtain his
equipment and be placed On a ship
bound for France.
yoIlard does not know just what his
work will he but says that whatever
Il is. that IS Just what ne wants to do,
,nd vein stort r'~ht 'n to do it. All he
-vrn's Is IN get oyer there and into
the big game
fsw York Cotton Market.
New York. Sent. 24.-coTTOH-9pet
quiet; middline, 3aS6.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

Ten million men have been regis
tered for the draft in the first two
registrations. Only 10000 arrests
have been made of men who may be
termed "slackers" A big majority of
these arrests brought out the fact that
the men were ignorant of the law or
their age. 1t indicates a wonderful
spirit in America
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

Nearly every Kansas newspaper you
pick up tells of what the Red Cross
canteen service has been doing for the
soldiers that pass thru on troop trains
II this keeps up the boys will hate to
leave home on their enviable hunting
trip.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

pther day. capturing twenty Huns and
killing; forty. The unlucky forty must
have been a little slow-or perhaps
their hands were in their pockets.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

Fourteen states have barred Ger
man from the schools. This despite
the fact the government is teaching il
In training camps and has need for it
II the trenches. However. "kam-
erad' still is understood distinctly by
the Yanks
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

The army barracks are nearly COM
plete at Washburn college and the
dry zone" has not been established
nor Will it be necessary. Moral-more
army camps in Kansas
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

a sign in an Emporia hardware
store reading Keep All Nuts Tight
is worrying Elbert Severance. TT is
an admonition we all should heed"
the Gazette editorial writer warns.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

An Illinois pastor has resigned his
pulpit In the Methodist church to ac-
eept a position as brakeman on the
Illinois Central railroad. what'n he
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

4 Topeka restaurant has changed
tbs name of hamburger to liberty
steak." Maybe that is what Patrick
Henry was thinking about
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

Reports say Bulgaria wants peace.
So do we alive all want peace-and
we are sending men overseas 20 get il.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

At last the business as usuap' slo-
g>-n has been taken from the wall by
the government. 1t was covered with
eobwebs anyway.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

The war news mentions how many
Turks and guns have been captured
but doesn't enumerate the number of
farems
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

The bicycle, we are told-and we
OBSERVES coming back. By next
spring MIR. McAdoo will be taking
them over
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24
The "Old Overcoat.

The "Old Oyercoaf."
I love the War Industries Board,
And follow its instructions.
1t said, Wear your old overeoat-
A rule with no deducti
I searched for that old overcOat.
Obey. Sure, would-do 1t.
1t was all gone but the buttonholes,
The moths had beat me to it.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

That Squares 1t.
Dear Sir-Children have as much
trouble getting into some apartment
houses as the owners of those houses
will have in getting into heaven.
]. G. 7. =
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

Every cloud has silver lining. Tire
knocking out of beer means only z
per cent loss to the sincere drinkers.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY Z. MOULToN
That Squares 1t.

That Squares 1t.
Dear Sir-Children have as much
trouble getting into some apartment
houses as the owners of those houses
will have in getting into heaven.
Every cloud has a silver lining. Tire
knocking out of beer means only
per cent loss to the sincere drinkers.
Nobody ever heard of the new presi-
dent CT Cuba before, and if he doesn't
do more than his predecessor did, no.
body will ever hear of him again.
The "Old Oyetcoat."
love the War Industries Board,
And follow its instructions
1t said, Wear your old overcoat'-
A rule with no deductions.
I searched for that old overcoat.
Obey. Sure, would do it,.
1t Was all gone but the buttonholes,
The moths had beat me to it.
One thing about efficiency which
gives it a black eye is the fact that it
talks too much.
The young lady next door is putting
her furs in the old cedar chest. which
is Always the first sign of approaching
winter.
The other day Hun U-beat captain
got drunk ana attacked an armed con-
voy. 1t is needless to say that. so far
as he is concerned, drinking has gone
out of style permanently.
The kaiser is using women as avia-
tors. He must be robbinS the German
spy industry.
The days Of conservation bring us
the twe-character play, the one-man
top toupee, the jaZzless dance, the tip
less barber, the kickless cocktail and
hundred other dilutions. This war
will leave Mr.. Rockefeller yet with
only a couple of hundred oil COM
panies. -=se.
No Wonder the Cable Says.
War exporting is getting to be an
exact science. II you don't believe it
glance over the following heavy
opinion published yesterday: 80
mo army can face and hope to sub
due a great offensive by entirely fresh
forces without having a force ready to
meet the attack, and Ludendorff
knows this --e -.
with acknowledgement to Robbie Burns. }
Full many kings into the east. I-. lr
Yea t,dI kings Heth s,es5 sd,emd ana ndfh hfh
john Barleyeorn should die. q
They took a plow and plowed him down
Put clods upon his hend a@1t=
And they all swere a solemn oath ss
That Darleycern WAS dead. s-r'- sHs
John Barfeycorn got up again = - Il,
Whenever he did fall. i.,t., -
They tried to kill him many years, -,
| But he outiived them all. rs
Then came a humble president
Ne crown upon his head
, He banned all thirst July the first -.-
John Barleycern was dead.
Mr.. Lou Tellengen was the frs
| man to register in the new draft ant
he got on the first page with it
whereat 10000 other actors hissed
''Why didn't think Of that?"
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

One thing about efficiency which
gives it a black eye is the fact that it
talks too much.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

Nobody ever heard of the new presi-
dent CT Cuba before, and if he doesn't
do more than his predecessor did, no.
body will ever hear of him again.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

The young lady next door is putting
her furs in the old cedar chest. which
is always the first sign of approaching
winter.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

The other day Hun U-boat captain
got drunk ana attacked an armed con-
voy. 1t Is needless to say that, SO far
as he is concerned, drinking has gone
out of style permanently.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

Lords Flowers sausfy. Tel ss7.-
Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is girl
sixteen years old too young to go To
dances with boys at night?
MN =
Yes. g
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

The kaiser is using women as avia-
tors. He must be robbinS the German
spy industry
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

The days Of conservation bring us
the twe-character play, the one-man
top toupee, the jazzless dance. the tip
less barber, the kickless cocktail and
a hundred other dilutions. This war
will leave Mr.. Rockefeller yet with
only a couple of hundred oil COM
panies. -=sa
The Topeka state journal., 1918-09-24

Get licorice or flag root at a DRUG
store and chew on that ses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-26
HANDS ACROSS THE SEA

From "A Traveller in war-Tfme," by
 Winston Churchill, in the March scrip-
 ner.
 6NHE French are lovable, and worthy
 of all the sympathy and affection
 we can give them. But Britain is still nominally monarchy, and our pa triot thinks of It's people very much as the cowboy used to regard citizens Of New York. They all lived on Fifth ave- nue. For the cowboy, the residents of the dreary side streets simply did not ex- ist. We have been wont to think of all the British as aristocrats, while they have returned the compliment by wis., ualizing all Americans as plutocrats- despite the fact that one-tenth of our population is said to own nine-tenths Of all our wealth!
 But the war will change that is al- ready changing it. Tout comprendre e'est tout pardonner. We have been soaked in the same common law, litcra- ture, and traditions of liherty-or of chaos, as one likes. Whether we all be that makes the true patriot; and there is no American so dead as not to feel a thrill when he first sets foot on British soil. Our school teachers felt it when they began to travel some 20 years ago, and the thousands of our soldiers who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-26

pass through on their way to France are feeling it today. and writing home about 1t. Our soldiers and sailors are being cared for and entertained in Eng- land just as they would be cared for and entertained at home. So are their of- ficers. Not long ago one of the finest town houses in London was donated by the owner for an American officers club, the funds were raised by contributions from British officers. and the club was inaugurated by the King and Queen and Admiral Sims.
 Hospitality and good will have gone much farther than this.
 Anyone who knows London will under stand the sacredness of those private squares, surrounded by proprietary resi- dences, where every tree and every blade of grass has been jealously guarded from intrusion for century or more And of all these squares that of St James is perhaps the most exclusive. and yet 1t is precisely in St. James there is to be built the first of those hotels designed primarily for the benefit of American officers, where they can get a good room for five shillings night and breakfast at a reasonable price. One has only to sample the wartime prices of certain hostelries to appreciate the value of this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-26
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

It is dangerous to debate the question of matrimony with a girl because the result is apt to be tic
 Sometimes a man has so many irons in the fire that he can't get any of them hot.
 A man may be the architect of his own fortune. But woman is the archi- tect of her own figure.
 What has become of the old-fashioned boy who used to spend his savings with a tattoo artist?
 A man devotes so much attention to his bad luck that he forgets all about his good luck
 People lie when they claim that they do not care anything for appearances. You never see any expensive lace cur tains on the Kitchen windows that look out on the back yard do you?
 The two lies that are told oftenest are T beg your pardon" and "excuse me-"
 It makes a good cook snort when she sees woman adhering strictly to cook book measurements.
 It isn't nice thing to say. But 1t often happens that the insurance money Is of more value to the family than the husband was
 When girl has corns she wants you to think that it is headache that makes her limp that way
 They can knock money all they please. But 1t makes more trouble for those who do not have it than for those who do.
 The reason man arranges for his comfort and pleasure right now is be- cause he intends to arrange for his sal vation later on when 1t is more cons venient.
 It makes a woman fly into a rage! when her husband is such a liar that he accuses her of having bad tenn per.
 What has become of the old tad who used to say: Tt would take a Rbila-i delphia lawyer to figure that outs
 Maybe the-reason why movie vanapsi e' never displays any originality is be ksa she Is hirod to display other thipEs,