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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
THE HOUSEHOLD
Using Your Arms.
Edited by ANNE RITrENHoUsE

Once upon a time, you know, the
saleswoman who sold you spool of
sewing twist looked at you a little
apologeticaily If she thought to ask,
do you wish to have it sent ?" She
had to have courage to suppose for an
instant that you could burden yourself
with that parcel. Perhaps your bag
was large enough only for a tiny hand
kerchief. a powder puff. and the
change you carried. Surely you had
no pockets in those days, and If you
carried that spool it meant that you
would have to be burdened with
disfiguring paper bundle-disfiguring
even though very small.
Now. when you buy something like
new lamp and shade for your living
room, the smiling salesman asks you:
Shall have it done up in a box or
paper?" or Have you far to go?" or,
il you have companion with you,
Hadn't I better have 1t wrapped in
two packages" He smiles as he asks
the question. Sometimes, IL you have
bought some trifling article like a sew
ing stand or new fur coat. he is very
tactful and says, Shall have it sent
out to your carr" And IL you came by
way of the street car you probably re-
ply that you would just as soon carry
f1t to your car yourself, and then go
trudging away with a bundle that you
would be ashamed to offer to a sta
ton porter.
Women who take the trouble sto ex-
ercise their thinking faculties see that
they are really accomplishing some
thing for themselves and doing a pa
triotic service when they fall in line
with the idea of carrying their own
packages when possible, and thereby
cutting down the delivery service.
Eventually, and really rather prom Ut
~, the economy effected by mining
ing the delivery expense of stores tells
the nripa nf
Perhaps you do not notice a reduced
scale Of prices, but be sure you would
notice an advanced price If such an
economy did not exist, and no doubt
in many cases stores would have to
go out of business entirely The re-
duction in delivery costs was some
thing that would haye had to be
achieved war or no war. It was being
agitated before the war. and the pres
ent crisis has only brought it TO a
climax
Like all the other things we do to
help along the winning of the war.
carrying our own bundles now and
then isn't SO bad as we had thought
1t was going to be. Wearing patched
shoes isn't at all bad. tho we might
have thought so a few years ago.
Women who have given up their
don't feel the disgrace tf going on
foot as much as they thought they
would. and sisters who have gone to
work to help fill the family Golfers. in
the absence at the front. of brothers.
haven't felt the hardship of. turning
working girl" tho they had oeen
bred to feel that the protection of
home was the greatest blessing , wom-
an could have.
You see, It is all a matter Of custom
and fashion So with carrying our
own bundles. It was our pride that
felt the weight Of the bundles. not our
arms. and now the war has made us
proud of carrying things and ashamed
of going empty handed.
Copyright. 1915 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
TRAINING OF STUDENTS
Army Corps To Be Established at
X S. A. C. Next Month.

A unit of the students army training
corps will be established at the Kansas
State Agricultural college next month
This announcement was authorized by
Ad1utant General Mccain, August Is.
The students army training corps IS
a new and separate branch OF the
army of the United States, created
by the president, under authority OF
the selective service act of May 1S,
1917. The corps is intended as an
emergency measure. greatly to IN
crease the scope of military instruc-
ton at colleges and so to provide
larger number of educated and trained
men for the army's needs At the
same time it is intended to discour-
age hasty and premature enlistment
for active service on the part of young
men who, tho governed by patriotic
motives, would serve the nation better
by continuing their education until
called to the colors in due course.
Students receiving military instruc-
ton as members of the students army
training corps will be enlisted, and so
be made to feel that they are already
in the service and performing such
duties as. in the judgment of the mill
tary authorities, are most useful
Members of the corps will be pro-
vided with uniforms by the govern
ment and rifles and other equipment
will also be, furnished.
Students in preparatory or short
term courses may receive the training
on the same basis as other men.
The military training will consist
of ten hours of work per week, of
which six hours will be purely mill
tary and four hours subjects having
military value, such as mathema-
tics. foreign languages, engineering.
chemistry, veterinary medicine, etc.
1t is expected that students in this
corps will be permitted to remain in
college until they reach the draft age,
at which time the college and military
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
IMPROVEMENTS AT HKR1NGroN
Rock Island Starts on Work That
Will Cost S15O,OOO.

Herington, Kan, Aug. 19.-The
Rock Island has broken ground for
series of improvements that will en-
tail an expenditure of $4,000 in all.
1t includes an eighteen-stal addition
to No. roundhouse, making it COM
plete circle, and providing stalls for
the largest engines, 102 feet long.
There will be five stalls with drop
pits for the repair of the largest en-
gines on the Rock Island, and the
only facilities of that nature on the
system west of the Mississippi. The
improvements will double the force OF
machinists. boilermakers and other
shop employees, if they can be had.
Some twenty-five such workmen are
needed now. Other improvements
will be a model "laborers' village" for
housing Mexican employees and their
families. which will be grouped to-
gether on a little street, kept in good
sanitary condition, and under health
officers supervision. Repairs to the
station, recently damaged by fire, will
cost $4,000. There will be steam
heat, hot water for boilers. and an ex-
tension sewer system. reaching all the
offices and yards. All betterments are
to be done before cold weather. Pay
increases of 20 per cent under fed
eral management makes the monthly
payroll something over 100000 every
thirty days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
THIN PEOPLE
SHOULD TAKE
PHOSPHATE
Nothing Like Plain phosphate to
Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh and
to Increase Strength, vigor
and Nerve Force.

Judging from the countless prepare
lions and treatments which are contin-
ually being advertised for the purpose
of making thin people fleshy. develop
ing arms, neck and bust, and replacing
ugly hollows and angles by the soft
curved lines of health and beauty, there
are evidently thousands of men and
women who keenly feel their excessive
thinness.
Thinness and weakness are usually
due to starved nerves. Our. bodies
need more phosphate than is contained
in modern foods. Physicians claim there
is nothing that will supply this deficiency
so we'll as the organic phosphate known
among druggists as bitro- phosphate,
which Is Inexpensive and is sold by most
all druggists under guarantee of salts
faction or money back. BY feeding the
nerves directly and supplying the body
cells with the necessary phosphoric food
elements. bitro- phosphate quickly pro-
duces welcome Transformation in the
appearance; the increase in weight fire.
quently being astonishing.
This increase in weight also carries
with 1t general improvement in the
health. Nervousness, sleeplessness and
lack of energy which nearly always accom-
pany excessive thinness, soon disappear.
dull eyes become bright, and pale cheeks
glow with the bloom of perfect health.
CAUTION Although bitro-phosphate
Is unsurpassed for relieving nervousness,
sleeplessness and general weakness 1t
should lot, owing to its remarkable flesh
growing properties, be used by anyone
who does not desire to put on flesh
Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
EXPLAIN SEED LOANS
Defense Councils and Farm Bureaus in
Joint Meetings in Kansas Towns.

Defense Councils and Farm Bureaus in
Joint Meetings in Kansas Towns.
Manhattan, Kan, Aug. 19--Plans
for the selection and appointment of
seed wheat committees in those coun-
ties of Kansas asking for government
help the purchase OF seed wheat
have been completed in a conference
of county agents, extension workers,
and representatives Of the United
States department of agriculture this
week at the Agricultural college.
Those plans have been approved by
Leon NJ. Esta brook, assistant to the
secretary of agriculture and chief of
the bureau of crop estimates, who has
been detailed to represent the depart
ment of agriculture in the making of
loans. and whose headquarters will be
at Wichita.
A committee to see that these plans
are put into effect has been named by
E. c. Johnson, director of extension,
and chairman of the committee on
organization of the state council of
defense. This committee consists of
A. c. Hartenbower, superintendent of
Institutes and extension schools; E. E.
FriZell, farm labor director for Kan
sas; H. n. Vinall of the United States
department of agriculture; c. C. Cum
ningham of the Kansas experiment
station, and G. E. Piper, assistant
county agent leader.
Joint meetings of county councils
OF defense, farm bureaus, and other
farmers organizations, for the pur-
pose of acquainting all who are inter-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
NO SUGAR FOR SOCIALS
Food Administrator Recommends Wa.
termeolns as Money "Getters..'

Food Administrator Recommends Wa
termeolns as Money "Getters.'
Wichita, Kan, Aug. 1s.-No extra
sugar can be obtained for Red Cross
benefits, church socials or other
worthy objects. according to the Off
cial Bulletin: Of the Food Administra-
ton, which has just been sent to coun-
ty and township administrators of the
state.
The bulletin says:
MANY applications for sugar certif-
icates for benefits have been received
and all are necessarily refused. be-
cause we must provide sugar for the
more important business OF feeding
the soldiers and the civil population
of America and the allies. 90
at is permitted to obtain sugar for
benefits by levies on memberships of
churches or Red Cross organizations;
but 1t is better to provide refresh
ments for such socials and benefits
which do not require sugar.
ice cream can be made with syrup.
The watermelon season is here and
the melons may take the place of
drinks which require sugar"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

troubles. - Mrs. ELSIE G. LEWIS, 20
Vernon Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Such conditions as Mrs. Lewis suf-
fered from may be caused by a fall or
a general weakened rundown condition
of the system, and the most successful
remedy to restore strength to muscles
and tissue and bring about a normal
healthy condition-has proved to be this
famous root and herb medicine, Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If you have disturbing symptoms you
do not understand write Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The
result of their 40 years experience Is at
your service. Er
(Advert1st mentl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

ested in securing loans will be held at
two O'Clock in the afternoon on the
dates given, at the following place:
Jetmore, August I'll; Dodge City. and
Norton, August %; Cimarron, Ness
City, Belleville, and Colby. August % !;
Santa Fe. Dighton, Concordia, and
Hoxie, August "a: Kinsley, Beloit, Hill
City, and Cove. August 26; Osborne,
Stockton, Wakeeney, and Meade. Au-
gust 81: Minneapolis, and Lincoln,
August %.
A representative of Mr.. Estabrook
will be present at each of these meet
ings to explain the details of the plan
and local committees will be selected
to supervise the government loans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
|. W. W. IS FOUND GUILTY
One Hundred Members Face Prison
Following Trial in Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. 1e.-One hundred of
the Industrial Workers of the World
were found guilty as charged in the
Indictment" by the jury after one
hours elaboration, at their trial for
conspiracy to disrupt the nations war
program, late Saturday. Arguments
for a new trial will be heard this week.
The defendants, including William
D. C"Big Bill'') Haywood, general sec
rotary treasurer of the I. w. W.. the
highest position in the organization,
face a maximum penalty of twenty
seven years in prison and a $4,000
fine each.
Federal Judge K. NJ. Lands. in his
charge to the jury. withdrew the fifth
and last counts of the indictment,
which charged conspiracy to violate
the postal laws, and particularly that
section excluding from the mails en-
terprises in the nature Of schemes to
defraud.
The remaining four counts of the
indictment specifically charge viola
ton of the espionage act, the section
of the criminal code prohibiting inter-
ference with the civil rights of citi-
zens, the selective service act and the
conspiracy statute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
The Horrible Handicap
of Poisoned Blood.

This remedy has been in general use
for more than fifty years 1t is purely
vegetable, and contains not a par
ticle of any chemical. and acts
promptly on the blood by routing all
traces of the faint, and restoring ii to
absolute purity.
Some of the most distressing cases
of transmitted blood poison have
yielded to the treatment of S. s. s.,
and no case should be considered in
durable until this great remedy has
been given thoro trial S. s. g.
acts as an antidote to every impur-
ity in the blood. You can obtain II
at any drug store. Our chief med
ical adviser will take pleasure in Civ
ing you without cost any advice that
your individual case requires. Write
today to Swift Specific Co.. 433 Swift
Laboratory. Atlanta. Ga.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
TOO WEAK
TO FIGHT

The Come back" maj was really never
wn-and-out. His weakened condition
because of oyerwork, lack of exercise.
improper eating and iv.n1 demands slim
giving appetite and the refreshing slice p
essential to strength. GOLD MEDIA.
Haarlem OIL Capsule1, the National Rem
are wonderful. Three of these capsules
each day will put mar on his feet before
from uric acid poisoning. the kidneys.
gravel or stone in .ne bladder, stomach
arrangement or other ailments that befan
the over-zealous American. Don't wait I'M
til you are entirely 1own-and- out. but
take them today. Your druggist will
gladly refund yor- money If they do not
help you. Accept substitutes. Look
for the name GOLD MEDAL on every box.
three sizes: They are the pure: original.
imported Haarlem Gil Capsules.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

Chemise tunic of white crepe de chine
ornamented with bands of open
work forming wide squares. ARA
bian girdle finished with deep silk
tassels at side.
down If we abide by the first law of
the fashion of the hour. No matter
how we achieve this narrowness. we
nevertheless accept it, unless we wish
to be defiant or indifferent.
There is no reason for INDUCING in
either of these emotions. Good taste
demands conformation with the pic
ture of the hour. and ambition de-
mands that we do not appear entirely
careless of our appearance, even under
the stress of war.
One might write a chapter on the
fact that the second year of the war
has produced a greater endeavor on
the part of women to live up to the
demands made by optimism, cheerful
ness and bravery. They see that the
soldiers like us better for it, and they
realize that these qualities, as ex-
pressed in our general appearance,
add to the morale and well being of
a nation.
Tunic a Glorified Sweater.
The prevailing idea of not wearing
sweaters as much as one-piece frocks
unless cold weather demands them,
has brought about desire for TUNES
i
to the dressmakers. Whether or not
it will decrease the sale of worsted
sweaters, one cannot tell, but there is
room and to spare in the wardrobe
of every woman for several tunics, as
well as a good sweater. 1t is diff
cult to make one garment serve many
needs and temperatures.
The tunic Of the hour is quite inter-
esting because of its length, and also
because it is fashioned from fabrics
and colors that have nothing whatever
to do with the skirt.
AS an example of this method of
using up tunics for all occasions, there
is an exploitation of white crepe de
chine which is fashioned in a garment,
complete in itself. that only needs to
be slipped over the head and adjusted
at the shoulders. The separate skirt
beneath it seems to be of little conse-
quence.
The sketch shows a well dressed
| woman wearing one of these white
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
GIRLS! USE LEMONS
FOR sUNBURN, TAN
Try itI Make this lemon lotion
to whiten your tanned or
freckied skin.

Squeeze the Juice of two lemons mo
a bottle containing three ounces OF
orchard White. shake well. and you
have a quarter pint of the best freckle.
sunburn and tan lotion. and complex
ion whitener. at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of Orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face. neck. arms
and hands and see how quickly the
freckles, sunburl, windpurn and tan
disappear and how clear, soft and
white the skin becomes. Yes, 1t is
harmless Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

authorities will decide as the the serv-
ice for which the student is best pre-
pared. He may be continued in COL
Iege, sent to an officers training
school or to a military camp as a
private.
An important feature of the mill
tary training in this corps will be a
six weeks camp for rigid and inten-
sive military instruction with the pay
of a private.
Units of the students army training
corps will be established in most of
the larger educational institutions of
the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

crepe de chine. medieval chemises
which is unlined and has a row OF
white crochet buttons, down the side.
The neck is cut in a slightly round
decolletage. The girdle is unusual in
its width. because it departs from the
conventional string belt and grows into
the glory of a Bagdad sash. It is
knotted at the side, with tassels.
The skirt beneath it is black satin,
but this tunic is often worn with a
checked taffeta skirt, one Of dark blue
serge or one of deep Burgundy red
Saf rim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
Topics which have been discussed in a broad
comprehensive way by Pictorial Review

HELEN RING ROBINSON
the first woman senator in the
United States contributed a
series of PARTICLES preparing
Women for the Ballot" and urs-
ing q broader interest in civic
and national issues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
The Innocent Suffer Even Unto the
Third and Fourth Generations,
But Relief Is Now

1t has long been accepted as mat
ter of course that the sins of the faith
ers must be suffered by innocent pos
terity. yet it is hard to become recon
ciled to this condition. The heritage
Of physical infirn1ity is a handicap un-
der which thousands must face the
battle of life.
Scrofula is probably the most notice.
able of the transmitted blood disor-
ders, tho there are other more severe
diseases of the blood that pass from
one generation to another. No mat
ter what inherited blood faint you may
be laboring under, s. S. S. offers hope.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

MABEL POTTER DAGGETT
the frat woman to be sent abroad
to study the changes in woman's
life caused by the war, pointed
out in nine articles the deep bear
ing these changes will have on
womsn's life in the future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

IDA CLYDE CLARKE
Pictorial Reviews Washington
Editor, through Pictorial
Reviews Bureau in Washington;
has contributed in the most prac-
teal way to women's national
service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

WHICH SduseQ . gem
eral rundown con-
dition with head
aches and pains in
my side. My sister
induced me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham $
We G e table Com
pound. ] found it
h elpe d me very
much and such a
splendid tonic that
l am recommend
ing it to any woman
~ rSr-nstAo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

Miss Grace Lemons Informal COMPANY
last Saturday evening for Miss Sallie Corn
ing and Miss Christine Feebles. was a
pleasant affair. The guests were Misses
Nina Sheafor,. Libbie Hazlett, Norma Smith
Daisy Lakin, Lillian Whitelock Bessie
Stewart. and Messrs- Floyd Baker, Warren
Akers, Harry Hazlett, Robert Cunningham,
Ed Dennis. Bert Hazlett, David Lakin and
Bert Lemon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
HAIG is DECORATED AGAIN

President Poincare Presents British
Leader With Military Medal
Paris, Aug. 19.-President Poincare
personally decorated Field Marshal
Haig with the military medal. accord
ing to dispatch from the front to-
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
READY TO TRADE PRISONERS.
Austria Willing to Follow Out Pro.
posal of Vatican With Italy.

Amsterdam, Aug. 19.-The Austrian
government has replied favorably to
the vatican's proposal that Austria
take the initiative in proposing an ex-
change of prisoners with Italy on the
basis of man for man for all who have
been in captivity more than a year,
according to the Vienna Reichspost
Italy's attitude has not been learned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

the following speakers for the meeting at
the court house Saturday evening, TO organ
lie bimetallic league David Overmyer,
J. G. Waters, Governor Orborn, Judge
Guthrie, DR.. Lathrop, D. C. Tillotson. The
meeting is for all Tho favor the continued
use OF both metals in the currency Of the
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

ARTHUR T. VANCE
Editor of Pictorial Review,
has constantly through his own
editorials urged a broader recos-
milton of women's awakening
and their share in national
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

Eddie Gross's little friends surprised her
with party on the 10th The guests were
Florence Wilson, Pearl Harves Maud
Haryes, Ellie Zimmerman, Ina Driesbach,
Maggie Wilson and Fairy Plutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

100000 WOMEN
in war industries
alone
EOS, 900 in canneries
275, 900 In textile mills
2f2, 900 sewing machine
operators
10000 In knitting and ho-
siery mills
100, coo women mechani-
clans
100, 900 in munition plants
400, 900 making military
equipment
95, 900 shoe workers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19

Miss Winnie King and sister Mabel left
last evening for the Worlds fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
MRS Lewis
OF BROOKLYN
Tells How She Was Made
Well by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. K

Brooklyn, N. y" For one year I
was miserable from q displacement,