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The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27

it had a large new school house ad-
mirably suiteu to the purposes Oh COM
munity organization, anu because IL
had a live ana active citizens assOcia-
ton with competent president.
Mr. Ward anu mis- fellow citizens Of
Park View persuaded congress tn pass
a law providing pay for community
secretaries in the District of Columbia.
Lnis enaDied the community secretary
20 devote all his time to community
business.
Meantime congress had made an ap-
preparation of ten thousand collars 10
be used by the poatoffice department
Ior establishing an experimental parcel
post truck service to bring country
produce direct from the farm to the
city consumer. Mr. Ward persuaded
Mr.. Blakeslee. who had charge of the
expenditure Of this nancy, TO use the
Park View organization as the center
ior this experiment, and q truck line
was esta b1ished, which daily brought
country produce from the farms about
washington to the Park View school
house. Here the community secretary
received it and distributed it among
the neighbors.
The experiment has proved success
ful-hoW successful may be most con-
vincingiy indicated by the statement
that the citizens of Park View are now
getting fresh eggs for sixty-one cents
a dozen when the regular market price
in Washington is eighty-three cents
and oysters at forty cents a quart
, when the market price is seventy-five
cents.
The national system which Is nov
about to be instituted will be nothing
more than an extension on a national
scale of this plan by which the Park
View citizens are beating the high cos'
Of living, and getting fresh countr,
produce direct from the farms. Tha'
1t has great possibilities, of develop
ment is obvious. But the point is that
in its essentials it has already proved
/ practicable. The only thing needed
| to make the national system a realit,
is the cooperation of the various COM
munities in effecting their local organ
iZations.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
What is It that makes Germany 81

What is it that makes Germany so
different from other nations-that ar
rays the whole world against her, Bit
terly and unrelentingly? Probably it
is because she possesses and has devel-
oped and made dominant in her whole
character. the most detestable quality
in human nature--cruelty. Concern
ing this attribute, Professor Jacks OF
Manchester college, Oxford, says:
'Unquestionably the most appalling
fact which the present war has re-
vealed is that the German people,
use the word people advisedly-pos-
sess an instinct for cruelty. The evil
dence for this is cumulative and over
whelming. and much of it is too hor-
rible for the pen to transcribe. Wal
at its best is a cruel business. but Ger
many has exerted herself to make II
as cruel as possible. She has placed
her intellect-her scientific intellect
her political intellect. her military in
tellect-at the service of her instinct
for cruelty. She has not only given
rein to this instinct--as in a sense ev.
cry one who fires a gun at his enemy
may be said to debut she has hello
up the cruelty of her deeds as an as.
pect of them that is to be admired an6
encouraged. Even If we admit thai
the destruction of the Lusitania and
her passengers was military neces
sity, or a great stroke of military sue
cess--and assuredly it was neither
none but a cruel nation would hav,
struck medal. or allowed a medal t,
be struck. to commemorate the event.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Wby They Are Not PopuIar.-1.

Why They Are Not Popular.-1.
A young man, who evidently stands
| we'll with himself, wants to know why
| he fails to make a hit with the fair
sex He says that in looks education,
| moral character, and business position
he is far superior to the man whom
he sees girls going crazy about, but
| that for some reason, unknown to him.
| young women hang out no flags OF
| welcome at his approach. And the
| Information he's requesting on the sub
ject is interesting. II
OF course there are a million differ
] ent reasons why a man may fail to
| fire the tickle feminine fancy. Cen
| orally speaking, however, when girls
| turn their thumbs down when men
! enters the social arena 1t Is Tor one
i of two causes. 1t is either because he
| has nothing to say for himself, or be-
| cause he says too much for himself.
| And both are fatal.
Girls want nothing to do with the
man who has no conversational re-
| sources, who sits up as dumb and un-
| responsive as store dummy, and VINO
makes them work like dray horses to
entertain him.. A pleasant evening is
4 matter of give and take in talk.
The conversational ball must be- kept
in the air. by being nimbly tossed from
hand to hand, and If the man refuses
| to play the game, and expects a girl
1
to keep it going by her own unaided
efforts, he very soon wears his well
come out, for the young woman does
MT see any reason why she should
| exhaust herself making a holiday for
| him.
He adds nothing to the brightness
and cheer of her young life, while as
for anything more serious-goOd
night! She can't see herself spending
| the balance of her existence with a
| dummy for company.
Girls also loathe the man who never
fits in with other people. who gets
| into arguments on every subject from
politics to pie. and who sits up and
| sulks if anybody else happens to drop
in when he is making a call. Having
to keep grouchy husbands fur
rubbed the right way is a hard enough
| job for a wife, heaven knows. It's
| one that a sensible girl refuses to uh-
| dertake for a beau. There are easier
ways to earn your candy and theater
! tickets
But if girls are made tired by the
| silent, sulky man who has nothing to
| say for himself, they are bored to ex-
| tinction by the man whose sole topic
| of conversation is himself. There is
many a man whose idea of giving a
| girl real treat is to favor her with
j two-hour mOnologue about his busi-
| ness; his automobile: the people he
| works with: what he said to the boss
end what the boss said to him: what
he eats for dinner, and the kind of
| clothes he wears.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY K. MOULTON


SWITZERLAND.
/ don't want to travel In Swttzerlands
I'm particular whom l meet,
And a lot of ex-kings
And princes and things
Will be loafing around In the street.
Hotels will be cluttered with royalty,
With royalty looking for Jobs,
With sublime pOtentates
And ex-rulera<of states
And thousands of once-regal slobs.
I don't want to bump into Ferdinand
Selling lead pencils and laces.
And sad Constantine
With his peanut machine,
I'm weary of seeing their faces.
I don't mind subscribing to charity,
Or dropping my dimes in Q cup,
But I've got no boodle<
To spend on a noodle
Who's tried to crimp me with krupp.
! don't care for Charlie of Austria,
I'm sort of exclusive that way.
He can sell souvenirs
For twenty five. years,
And not get jit Of my pay.
/ don't want to travel in Switzerland,
III dodge all those beggars and buns.
I'll do my sightseeing
Among human beings.
I never cared much for the slums.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
That the Germans never for on

That the Germans never for one mo-
ment let up on their inhuman treat
ment of allied prisoners, not even
when they saw that the end was near.
is evidenced by dispatch from Brit
ish headquarters in France telling of
the arrival of the first batch of re-
leased British prisoners. Men who
had been in the prime of life when
they were taken prisoner only last
March were scarcely able to stagger
across the allied lines and numbers of
them dropped dead on the journey
from sheer exhaustion.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
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The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27

demobilized slowly. the public pays for
the maintenance of the soldiers. 1t
would be better to demobilize as
promptly as the military situation per-
mits. increasing the amount of public
work to such an extent as to prevent
unemployment. Such a course would
mean permanent and substantial re-
turns for the money spent, whereas
the maintenance OF men in camp after
the military necessity ceases is a dead
loss
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27

Thousands of memorial trees for the
soldier heroes of the great war will be
planted by the states of the Union
during 1919, says a statement from
the American Forestry association,
which has received heartiest approval
of its plans to honor the soldier dead
from governors, councils of defense,
women's clubs and patriotic organiza-
tions. The plan affords an opportun-
ity to combine beauty and usefulness
with patriotism in a way hitherto un-
developed and should receive the full
est encouragement.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From The column, =
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

November 81, 1893.
The Topeka club has invited a number II
the city ministers to their entertain M, int
Friday night, and win give them the op-
portunity of hearing Generl Forsythe iec-
ture On The Two Salient Events in the
Life of Z Soldier" The Invitations shave
been extended to Bishop Vincent. the ..cy.
Mr.. Blakesley, the Rev. DIR. McCabe. the
Rev. Mr.. Anderson, the Rev. Mr.. Embrae,
Deal CoIweil, and Very Rev. Dean Hayden
of the Church Of the Assumption.
attraction Thanksgiving afternoon and
evening. The Topeka Athletic club on ms
its rooms to the members and their frien Is
at ; .. IN. The Ladies' School Of Physit al
Culture opens its rooms with a reception
and extends Invitation to all. Prof.
Wetherell gives n matinee dancing party
from ; TO 6. and intends mailing it quit. a
society affair.
Willie wikidal, well known to all fire.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
THE FUTURE OF PRICES.

JUST now the pubic Is greatly inter-
ested in the probable future trend of
prices. Until there are available data
on which to base conclusions, hesita-
tion on the part of many investors and
business men may be expected. The
views of a man who keeps his finger
on the business pulse. therefore, may
prove interesting and even valuable.
1t is quite evident that the era Of
war profits is ended. says Henry Clews
in his Financial Review; some decline
in certain copmodities may, therefore.
be expecteI A few lines of cotton
goods are already lower. he continues.
and there is a general belief that COM
modities have reached their high
point and should hereafter decline to
more normal levels, which If not too
rapid would stimulate consumption
and aid in preserving a more natural
and substantial degree of prosperity
than was the case during the war.
Commodities. it is realized, are much
inflated, and bankers are alive to this
situation and seeking to prevent
dangerous speculation by careful dis
elimination of credit.
In one direction, however, there is
little prospect of lower prices. and
that is in food. Mr.. Hoover has al
ready predicted high prices in this
direction. We are blessed with an
abundance of nearly all staple foods
in this country, such as cereals, meats
and vegetables, but large sections of
Europe devastated by war are on the
verge of famine,>and immense guam
titles must be shipped abroad to meet
such demands. AS long as this con-
dition Of approach to famine lasts. no
great decline in the price of food is
possible.
The most serious effects of indus
trial 'demobilization may fall upon
labor; for thousands will be dis
charged from the army and from gov
ernment work, now that the necessity
for munition making is ended. Thou
sands more, who have been obtaining
wages beyond all expectations in reg
ular industries, are also threatened
with losing their jobs. Probably most
kof these men have saved little of their
war work wages, and they will natur-
ally be everse to accepting lower pay
| elsewhere. If these changes come
gradually. discomfort may be avoided;
if they come suddenly and re-employ-
ment be difficult, trouble may ensue
The problem of finding employment
for those who gave up their Jobs for
the sake of obtaining war wages, is q
serious one. and should have the earn
est and early consideration of bott
national and civil authorities There
is no doubt plenty of work waiting fol
workers; but the task of bringing job:
and men together in these times OF
dislocation will be most difficult
From now on there will be less com
plaint as to the scarcity of labor, ye
there will be no immediate surplus
nor is 1t likely that there will be an!
great reduction of wages. except in in
dustries which can no longer earn tn:
exorbitant profits. out Of which thes'
excessive wages came.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27

AS result of the war, it is reported.
the supply of mems suspenders. 1t
begins to look as tho the average
American must soon swap his trousers
for the old Roman toga or the blan-
ket of the Indian.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
The Food Card.

Food cards will be next in our in
trinsic scheme of existence, If present
plans hit on all twelve cylinders in
perfect rotation and rhythm, which
will, in a manner of speaking, put q
crimp in the old nose bag.
Food cards are in use in England,
and they cause distress to only one
class Of people-those who read the
comic Jokes about them in Punch"
and ''Tit-Bits." 1t seems when food
cards came out several persons tried
to eat them, don't you know, thinking
from the name that was what they
were for-haw-haw-and all that
tommyrot.
A food card really should be taken
seriously, for it is a serious institu-
ton. A man learns this when he
goes on a trip without one and has
nothing to eat but his words. But
certain family arrangements may be
made which relieve the difficulties.
If you are fond of meat, have a
nother-in-law who is a vegetarian
and use her meat card. Take good
care of this mpther-in-law and don't
let her go and live with anybody else.
1t is also a wise precaution to raise
all the children to be- vegetarians.
Their meat cards will help keep father
going. Summing up the entire stu
alton, il people stick to the food cards,
they will not eat more than twice as
much as is good for them. and a lot
of indigestion and gout specialists will
have to go out Of business.
The food card. long may it wave.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27

Certain persons who few years
ago were firmly convinced that Mr..
Taft was untitled for the presidency
now are discovering that he would
com mission
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
1uenters Of Eagles cigar store. with whom
below the Knee Sunday. playing football.

Miss Jessie Small entertained the follow
ing young ladies at thimble party yestsy-
day afternoon: Miss Marguerite Bradley,
Dora Furfnan, Henrietta Thompson, H''r-
tense Kelley, Leila Parmalee, Maud Stacey
and Gertrude Keller.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27

1t is reported that popular senti-
ment is gagged by the president from
newspaper clippings. Why then does
he continue to retain Burleson in the
cabinet?
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
Concerning Sleep.

"Where do I sleep next?" queries
Albert C. Jones of the 140 infantry.
35th division. and he drops forthwith
into rhyme in the following fashion:
i've slept in cradle and I've slept
in arms when l was a baby safe from
alarms; I've slept on the prairie.
shooting the goose, and slept in
the bush, hunting the moose; I've
slept Oh steamboat, my head
on deck; I've slept in a church.
with a crick in my neck; I've
slept in wide fields under the stars
and I've slept on trains in ancient box
cars; I've slept in beds of purple and
gold, and slept in Flanders in mud
and in cold. I've slept in a dugout
with rat and with mouse. and in
France I have slept in a fairly good
house. I've slept in a barn in an
empty horse stall, and I've slept in
old sheds and on no bed at all. I've
slept in a billet on a floor of hard
brick and I've slept on a bank along
side a creek. And now I'm sleeping
on stretcher of wire, and pray that
my next sleep will be near a fire. I'm
tired of wet and of mud and of cold.
Oh, when can I sleep in the old home
fold?"
The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27

have had"
Some good news? Did you, real
ly-did you. mother? Wen-welI-
we did"
And that was the way Mary Lou
broke the news. Her aunt rushed to
the side of the invalid, but she was
smiling happily thru her tears. do
you girls suppose" she asked. CROP
ing for her handkerchief, that you
could go giggling and whispering
around the house .or hours without
my suspecting something? So I just
got my nerves ready for the news my
self. And now f you'1l bring the
things to me I'll beat the eggs for the
pumpkin pies, and perhaps I may be
able to help with the turkey dressing,
too
And it was a busy trio who broke
their food pledges more than once as
they talked over -he miraculous es-
cape of Tommy from German
| prison; how he had written and writ
ten, but his letters, like many anI
| others never came; and how it was
all going to end SO happily. for he
was to be home on sick leave with
| his Lieutenant Knoop, and they both
were to be with them tomorrow.
| Suddenly Mary Lou, with a groan
hands before her crimson face. walled
.Oh. mother. Auntie! How am ]
ever to apologize to Lieutenant
Knoop for my silly tonboyishness!
I'll never be able to sit down to din
ner with him. I'll have to run and
| hide
| But she didn't Indeed. when she
saw them coming she forgot all about
her determination to run away. She
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-18

Bessemer, March 17--(Special.)- 1.-The grand jury for the spring term Of the Bessemer circuit court will be or ganized tomorrow morning by Judge J. C B. Gwin and immediately after re- ceiving the charge will begin their du- ties It is stated that there will be large decrease in number of cases to be investigated by the inquisitorial body, as a number of cases having their origin under the Jurisdiction of this court have been, investigated by the grand jury in Birmingham and the cases tried there.
 Delinquent Bessemer property owners are being warned by city officials and notices are being posted to the effect that all delinquent taxes unpaid by March q will be turned over to the chan cery court for advertisement and sale for unpaid taxes.
 The chemistry class of the Bessemer High school senior class visited the Rob- ertson furnace to witness the process of making iron. The chemical analysis of iron making was the topic of the class, ana it was deemed advisable to further instruct them by viewing the actual mak- ing of iron. Miss Alice VanDervoot and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-18
WE WS OF BESSEMER
gaIss BERNEY GILLEN, Correspondent:

Miss Averett. both teachers in the high school accompanied the class while I. G. Ammens, who had previously lec- tured to this class, took charge of them upon their arrival at the plant and ex- plained the different processes by which iron was made.
 A patriotic service was held at the First Presbyterian church this morning at which time the service flag contain ing 2S stars was raised Commissioner J. R. Hornaday of Birmingham made a splendid address on this occasion. The services were most impressive and were largely attended. Following Mir Horn ady's address, the service flag was raised by Dr. George D. Waller An excellent musical programme of patriotic airs was rendered and Miss Blanche Bradley sang a solo,
 The government is recruiting a large number of laborers for work at Parrish and the labor agents are making their headquarters at the government build ing and large number of application are being made daily.
 Mir. and Mrs. l.. Hode Eastman left yesterday for Alliance, Ohio where they will reside in future. Mir. Eastman is vocalist of note and for several years has delighted local audiences with his singing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-18

General Pershing's staff. who have been wounded or otherwise capacitated for active duty at the front will be assigned wherever possible % duty in Washington during their period of re- cuperation, their services and experi- ence thereby being of continuous value.
 In this connection, it was learned. that in accord with the practice found desirable in Europe, incapacitated line officers will be gradually placed in charge of all training units. replace ment divisions. and other military agencies in the United States which re- auire the supervision of trailhed mili- tary men. That process already has begun with the assignment of a num- Der of major generals physically un- fit for service in France to division training in this country.
 Secretary Baker already has an- nounced that a similar policy of hay ing direct information from France would be followed in the makeup of his new war council, composed of a group of senior officers of the war department. Major General Crozier, chief of ordnance, is In France on this errand. The secretary himself is learn ing at first hand the size of the prob lem that faces the government in meet ing foe at a distance of more than 5000 miles,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-18

MT. Johnson of Kentucky Georgetown, if l remember correctly, was incorporated under the British crown in 175G and when the District of Columbia was established lit took in the city of Georget own. Until the act Of February 2l, 1871, yhe city of Georgetown was separate municipality, and by that act its corporate existence was repealed.
 Mir Kearns. It is now known as part of Washington City is it not?
 MT. Johnson of Kentucky. It is part
 of the District of Columbia MT. Kearns. Is 1t not part of. Wash ington City?
 MT. Johnson of Kentucky. It Is not a part of Washington City. because there is mo "city of Washington" Mir Kearns. Then where ar eve at I? O.aughter.J
 Mir Johnson of Kentucky. I appreciate the fact that the amendment that ] have just offered does not in any wise affect the bill, and I am making it only for the purpose of inviting the attention of the committee to it, so that next year. when the bill comes to be made up again, it may be made ID using the words "District of Columbia advisedly and not inadvisedly using -'the city of Washington in lieu of thu District of Columbia"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-18
MEN FRESH FROM FRANCE WILL RUN
 WASHINGTON END

Washington. March 17.-Mai. Gen. Peyton c. March. chief of staff. an- nounced today that plan had been approved whereby staff officers on duty with the American expeditionary forces will be systematically ex- changed for those on duty in Wash ington. the ultimate purpose being to posed entirely of officers who have been through training in the latest ele- ments of warfare.
 It is intended to have General Per shing return to this country in de- tachments of 80 the officers who, in his opinion, have assimilated the de- tails of modern warfare from actual association with front line operations on tue American sectors.
 The first increment will be from the officers who have been longest in France. These will be replaced by an equal number of officers trained here in general staff work as it ap- plies to the war department and an interchange of information would be established between the department and the fighting forces, which officials believe will be productive of smooth administration and competent staff work on both sides of the water It also will produce a degree of CO., ordination for both ends Of the 5000 miles of transport lines that could not be achieved under any other plan.
 Presumably, qualified officers of