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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
Heart and Beauty
Problems

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am think
ing of joining a moving picture COM
pany, but don't know where to write
Please let me know of some good one.
l am a young man of nineteen. Dc
you think 1 ought to join the army
instead? STRANGER RED.
Get a moving picture magazine and
you can find the addresses of the va
rious companies in it You can tell
yourself which will be the best COM
pany to choose, because no doubt
you have your preferences.
I do not think it is necessary for
you to join the army until you are
twenty or twenty-one, but then
would if l were you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
young girl II years old and am con-
sidered goodlooking- Do you think
it right to go to a party or dance
every Saturday night? r. L.
A girl of your age is too young.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are two
girls IA years old and would like to
know what games are proper for Us
to play at a party of girls and boys
Is it proper for girls of our age to
go to dances and dance with boys
What time should we leave?
TWO GIRLS.
Any games except kissing games
are all right for you to play. You
are not too young to have card
parties.
You are too young to attend
dances at night. If you go to after
noon dances and dance with boys il
is all right.
Dear Mrs. Thompson. 1 am going
with a young man who is at camp
now. l have not known him long
but he writes to me often. Do you
think it would be all right to send
him a box of candy for his birthray
which is next month?
DOUBTFUL.
1t would be all right to send the
candy since he is a soldier. AS q
rule it is not best for girls to give
| boys birthday gifts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
w. R. C. WILL ASSIST
Members VIII Meet Every Two Weeks
TO Do Red Cross Work

Preparing 5000 front line emer-
gency bags for the boys in the
trenches is a task assigned to the
loyal women of Topeka by the ma =
tio1al Red Cross organization. The
pressing need of reaching this goal
of 5000 every week for the next
throe months is impressed on Topeka
women in pleas sent out from Wash
ington.
An opportunity is afforded for
every woman in Topeka to do her
bit" in this work. Mrs. G.. A Sup
pie. president of the w. r. c. No. 81,
has announced that her organization
will meet every second and fourth
Tuesday in the month at Pelletier's
surgical dressing room to work the
entire day on Topeka's quota of emer-
gency bags. 1t is expected other re-
ligious and patriotic societies will take
similar STEPS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
WOMEN IN PEACE AND WAR.

A quarter of a century ago one of
the leading women of America-Julia
Ward Howe-in speaking at the open
ing of a large woman's club in Amer
lea. said that the fate of civilization
would some day rest upon the action
or inaction of the good women of
America. 1t is a curious circumstance
that exactly twenty-five years after
that prophecy was uttered in
Philadelphia, the votes of a few wo-
men in the state of New York were
sufficient to elect four Democratic
congressman and change the political
complexion of the house of represent
tatives-determine the political com
tive body in the world at the most
critical hour in the history of a ma
ton which is now the hope of the
world-a nation which is soon to be-
come the worlds leader
One Of the after-war results of wo-
mans activity during the war is likely
to be a more active participation of
women in all matters of municipal
government. with the result that mu-
7
along better lines, with better results
i The same influence will be reflected
in our state governments, and out OF
this better municipal and state govern
nent there will develop a happier. a
healthier, a distinctly higher mora
level of citizenship than now prevails
and with happy and healthy people
the lure of socialism. the poison OF
anarchy. will lose influence.
| While in a thousand workshops mer
of brair and Drawn, answering the
call are playing their part as real sol
diers of the republic in providing
ways and means wherewith an6
whereby our armed forces can give q
good account of themselves; on a mil
lion farms real patriots are fighting
often gainst heavy odds. to increase
production, decrease consumption and
give OF this surplus born of suffering
new strength and new hope to our al
lies overseas, new force and new pow
er to our soldiers. sailors and ma
| rines; there is another body of citizen.
that has been playing, from the yer.
first dag that danger threatened tn,
nation, a most important. a most vita
part in the nations war work. Thi
is made up of the women of America
working either thru their numerou:
club organizations, which now have
tai membership of over three mil
lion individual units. or working thru
the individual efforts of the individual
woman either in the home circle
where economies inaugurated and en-
forced by them form the real hope O
food conservation, or thru the create
and nobler task of inspiring patriot
ism in sons. husbands. fathers, broth
ers, giving to our fighting forces, thr,
such inspiration. a power IRRESISTIBLE
in its quality, a power which canno
be derived from any other source
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
GETS LOAN MESSAGE
Copeland Advised Employees VIII Pur-
chase Bonds Thru Railroad Channels.

E. L. Copeland, treasurer here for
the Santa Fe. late this afternoon re-
ceived a telegram from w. G. Bierd.
chairman of the railroad presidents
liberty loan committee, which stated
that all railroad employees subscrip-
tions to the third liberty loan issue
should come thru railroad chs nnels
This message is interpreted here to
mean that employees must subscribe
thru their railroad treasury offices
The message. however. says nothing
about cities wherein employees are
located not getting the credit for their
purchase. nor does it say that bonds
must be bought at the railways head
quarters of their federal reserve dis
tricts. Topeka liberty loan officials
are taking the report that Topeka will
lose credit for its railway employees
subscriptions up with Kansas City fed
eral reserve officials in an effort to
ascertain whether or not they are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Word has been received in Topeka of the
death of Peter ID. Pierson. at Los Angeles:
Calf. this morning: he was the son Of Of
the Swedish Bethel church of Topeka. The
body will be brought to Topeka for burial.
Funeral announcements later.
J. f. SMALL. 81 years old, died Tuesday
evening at his home i'll Shorey. The fune rai
will be held Sunday afternoon at 2.p
o'clock from Penwelfs chapel; Burial IN
Topeka cemetery. The funeral viii be in
charge of the Odd Fellows and the knights
T. B, SWEET, q years old; died wednes-
day night at his home. 81 Topeka avenue.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon. Burial in Topeka cemetery. No
flowers.
MRS MARIA CROSBY HAMMATT, -
years old, died Wednesday evening at her
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock from the home, The body will be
shipped to Hampden, Maine, for burial.
The funeral of Isaac Morris. % years old;
who died at Cotton. Calf; will be held
the Tecumseh NJ. E. church. Burial in
Bethel cemetery.
at his home. 635 Watson avenue, The
funeral will be held tomorrow morning al
10 o'clock from the home. Burial in To
peka cemetery.
SQUIRE g. CANTRILL. 6s years old
Of Harveyville, Kan, died this morning
at a local hospital. The body will be
shipped to Harveyvilie for burial
PHILIP GEORGE BROWN. - years
old. died Wednesday morningSat the home
of his daughter, Mrs. George Smith. %
Polk street. The funeral will be held to-
morrow morning ut 0 o'clock from ths
Church of the Assumption. Burial IN Mt
Calvary cemetery
Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel. s27.-
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
EAT SPUDS AT C. OF C.
County Food Demonstration Will Tell
Business Men What to Eat.

Diners at the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday noon are to be shown thru a
practical demonstration just what can
be done with potatoes as substitute
for wheat in making up dishes for the
dedication of men in war times. Miss
Mary Ward, county food demonstra-
tor. announced this noon that she had
made arrangements with the Chamber
of Commerce to put on what is to be
called a potato menu at the Cha
Tuesday noon.
There will be a demonstration table
of potato dishes in the Chamber of
Commerce dining room. 1t Is hoped
that the demonstration will influence
the men to eat more potatoes and less
wheat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
LAW VS.. JUSTICE
market

The wires carry the news that red
eral Judge has sent county judge in
Dallas county, Missouri, to Jail because
he refused to obey court order winch
called for levyfng a tax to pay OIL
some old railroad bonds. In Missouri
a county Judge is what would be called
a county commissioner in Kansas.
Similar procedure has been going
on for forty years in a number OF Mis-
souri, counties The trouble dates
back to the years Immediately follow
ing the close of the Civil war. AT
that time nearly all the property own
ers in these counties were disfran-
chised owing to their participation in
the war on the side of the south
During this period of disfranchise-
ment promoters entered these counties
and by means of the votes of carpet
baggers and those who paid no taxes
and never expected to pay any, sue
ceeded in obtaining the issuance OF
bonds running into millions of dol
lars for building railroads. The bonds
were sold to innocent purchasers
and the roads were never built. Nat
urally the property owners have OBJ
jected to paying the bonds and have
utilized every possible means at their
command to avoid payment.
At first a method which operated
successfully for years was about like
this: The county court would refuse
to make a tax levy to meet the inter-
est on the bonds. Suit would be insti-
tuted against the county, and finally
would reach the higher courts. a
writ of mandamus would issue.
whereupon the county court would
resign in a body. The governor would
appoint successors and the entire
route would be travelled again.
After many years of this sort of
thing some counties compromised with
the bondholders. and paid a small
amount rather than continue the
fight But it seems that Dallas coun-
ty is still holding out. Can anybody
blame the people for resisting pay
ment? Somebody must lose and pur-
chasers of the bonds probably can at
ford it as well as can the taxpayers
Much property was lost to its own
ers in the years Immediately follow
ing the war because they were unable
to pay the taxes legitimately levied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
HOLD your BONDS.

one who subscribes for a liberty
bond and gets credit patriot for
doing 50 is not acting periodically if
he Immediately sells that bond; that
Is. unless he imperatively needs the
money. says Secretary McAdoo. 1t is
not the mere subscri ption th~t helps
the government. it is the actual loan;
shifting the bond to some one else
does not help.
The same objection lies in exchang-
ing liberty loan bonds in trade. Mer-
chants offering to take liberty loan
bonds in exchange for merchandise
are doubtlessly actuated by patriotic
motives. but such transactions tend to
defeat "a primary object of the bond
sale. the encourag ing of thrift and
the discouraging of expenditures
Bonds so exchanged are in most cases
Immediately sold on the open market
which tends to depress the market
price and affects adversely the sales
of future issues.
Secretary McAdoo expressly states
that there is no desire on the part OF
the government to prevent or interfere
in liberty bonds.
1t is one of the great objects of the
treasury department to have these
bonds held as permanent investment:
by the people and paid for out of saw.
fings. thus at once providing funds fol
the government and conserving labol
and material.
There are the soundest reasons fol
! holding liberty bonds Their quota,
tions under par on the stock exchang,
means a loss only to those who sell
y The financial history of the United
States shows that in times OF peac,
all of its bonds have gone above par
some as high as 1S9. The tremen
dous growth of our resources and o
f'ur trade. our domestic trade alon,
I, having increased from $500 900. OOt
% $4,000 100000 in the last foul
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
LOCAL MENTION

Ralph E Bush today filed a petition
for divorce from Lillian NJ. Bush.
He charges gross neglect of duty.
She has told him time and again that
she doesn't want to live with him,
Bush claims in his petition, and now
he is taking her at her word. Bush
wants the custody of one of the three
minor children and expresses a will
ingness to provide for the other two.
They were, married Sept Is, 1906
DIR. Lyngar, Dentist, 500 Kan. Ave.
ADV.
Oscar Gay was arrested in the river
district today with five pints of
liquor in his possession. The police
made the arrest.
Lieut.. ]. J. Smith, of Camp Funston.
stopped off in Topeka a few hours to-
day on his way back to camp after a
visit to his parents ME-. and Mrs. E. E.
Smith. at Pasadena. Cal The Smiths
formerly lived at Ottawa, Kan.
Safety razor blades sharpened better
than new. 25c-35c doz. Brunt- Martin
ADV.
Cheap joy riders rode around the
city in Harry Endlich's Oldsmobile
just as long as the gasoline supply
lasted Then they abandoned the car
it was found this morning The ma
chine was stolen Wednesday night
from in front of the Endlich home,
11S5 Fillmore street.
The 7-months old baby abandoned
two weeks ago at the Union Pacific
station by Edith Waldren, who says
she was betrayed by her uncle. was
placed in the hands of the juvenile
court today by Probate Judge Ralph
II oh wi a
detention home until the girl proves
; herself capable of taking care of it.
A final decision as to what to do with
the mother will be announced later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
ON SPUR f 81 MOMENT
BY ROY II. MOULFON
Work.

Work.
bright ss day days of Spring
] hate to work
At anything
And in the torrid
Days of Summer
/ canot work
I'm on the hummer.
And then, OH then
Comes luscious Fail,
The time when |
Can't work at all
and in the Winter
] somehow feel
That l can never
Turn wheel
L. c. Y. wigwags in that he found
G. II. Chesterton's appetite of Ty-
ranny" on the cookbook shelf of the
public library.
Don't let G. X. ever find that out
or Hoover, either.
At the Smith college dinner it was
said that women were developing
abilities nobody ever supposed they
had. One who went to district to
take care of babies finally became an
expert mechanician, But there is
nothing strange about that. Any other
continuance ought to be easy to one
who knows how to manage baby.
If you get a hard cold now, it will
hang on all summer-Medical item
If you get hard coal now, it will
hang on all next winter Remember
that.
Mr. Baker Urging Greater Wal
Efforts" -Headline.
Talking to himself?
When man marries he doubles the
life of his tires and cuts his gasoline
bills in two, for he will not have to
take her out riding as often as for
merly.
But there are other arguments in
favor of marriage as well.
We will furnish them on applica-
tion-in plain addressed envelope.
Tuesdays and Fridays are "meatless
days.
In the beanery we patronize at noon
| time.
On those days they serve hash.
Perhaps his partner Colt, is not
exactly as efficient as he would like
Him to be, but the kaiser intends to
I let the old firm name stand. at least
until the war is over. d
! Prof. David Starr Jordan has dis
covered that the priestfish is a whole
some substitute for beef.
Why doesn't somebody suggest a
! substitute for fish?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04

. Since the Huns began to lombard
Paris from a distance of seventy-six
miles, inventors of long range guns
are bobbing up all over the world.
Unless the guns directed against the
French capital accomplish mores than
they have done up to this time, these
inventors are unlikely to receive much
encoura cement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04

The big strike in Kansas City has
come to an end and the strikers have
little to show for it, when compared
to their loss in wages, not to mention
the damage to the city. Strikes rarely
pay a profit to anybody. They come
high but workers seem to think they
must have them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04

The Huns have permitted the moon
light nights to go by without making
an air raid on London. Possibly they
are too busy or believe that they can
kill more women and children by
sticking to their long range gun with
less danger to themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04

years. warrants the belief that our
government bonds are the soundest
investments in the world, and with the
restoration of peace conditions Will
command a handsome premium in the
market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
LIBERTY BONDS DOWN

New York. April "A slump in
liberty bonds developed on the stock
exchange today. Coming on the eve of
the drive for the third loan. specula-
ton was rife as to the cause of the
drop.
The biggest drop Was in the second
issue. These bonds sold at $500. The
converted bonds struck a low level at
1923 Bonds of the first issue drop
ned to 1896.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04

The great battle on the western
front has come to a halt. The Huns
probably are bringing up their big
guns and preparing for another thrust.
But that is a game at which two can
play. When they are ready, they will
be likely to meet a still warmer recep-
ton than they did two weeks ago. It's
Hindenburg's move.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04

Sawney. my rates are So a day, Amer
lean plan,-cash in advance and catch
as-catch-can-you take what you get
and like it or leave it. just as you
please. And no drawing maps. solving
ciphers or composing national an
thems on the walls of your room with
lead pencil,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
DINNER STORIES

"Uh-huhr a trifle grimly replied
the landlord of the Petunia tavern to
the horse faced guest who had just
stated in an uncompromising tone and
at considerable length his desires as
to apartment and service. well. Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04

lixion. of friends. even of relatives to
ruthlessly rob them.
You can cite a dozen widows whom
you personally know. who have been
induced by the deacons in their
churches to invest their all IN phoney
stocks, or to back schemes so trans
parently fraudulent that The pro-
moters would never have dared to pro-
pose them to a man. You have seen
the sudden affection that Cousin
Thomas develops for poor Mary until
he borrows all of poor Mary's money
without any security.
You know that women consider
good investment the one that pays
the biggest interest without reference
to its stability. You know that wom-
reading or understanding it, because
it seems to them discourteous to be
suspicious, and what does little
thing like writing your name amount
to, anyway?
Mr.. Husband and Father you can't
make women over mucmas they may
need it and much as you might like
to. But you can protect your own
wife and daughters from their own
folly in money matters, and save them
from starvation and want by tying
up what you leave them in trust, SO
8 ms small enough for them to know
how to handle.
As for leaving your daughters
property in trust so that their hus-
bands can't spend it, and the girls
can't give it to them. remember this
the right sort of a husband will be
glad for his wife's property to be set
tied on her so that she will be safe
no matter what happens to him. And
if he's the wrong sort of a husband.
the wife especially needs TO have her
money SO tied up by law that her hus-
band can't get his greedy hands
on
Mi Ike your will today Mr. Husband
and Father. And leave your money
to your wife and daughters IN
TRUST
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
Try for Another Gasoline Wen.

Lincoln Center, Kan. April 4.-Less
that two miles from the gasoline well
which caused such a stir two years
ago. well will be sunk by the Ma
tionaI Oil & Refining Co. on the John
dudley farm. section 9-11-S. it was
announced today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04

Finding that they cannot reach
Paris by April 1. this year. the Huns
apparently have decided to take a
rest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04
Mackcnscn Goes to West Front!

Paris, April 4.-Field Marshal
Mackensen has left for the west front.
according to a Zurich dispatch pub
lished in the Petit Journal today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-04

T. B. SWEET. "a years old. died Wednes
day night at his home. 231 Topeka avenue
The funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon. Burial in Topeka cemetery. NJ
flowers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-08-16
IT'S "A PRIVILEGE

To enlist in the Navy and enjoy its advantages
in quick promotion, and learn trade while you
are paid we'll.
Officer Training Camps are open to you where
in three months you can win promotion, pay and
petty officer rank that would otherwise require
: or years service aboard Ship It's privilege,
lifetime opportunity.
Besides in the Navy you are sure of your three
squares a day. and good bed at night. 1t is
your fight, get in it in the Navy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-08-16
IT'S YOUR DUTY

Because the Navy needs you to help get sol.
diers across; to get food across 10 your brothers
in France. They are depending on you for life
and victory. Are you going to stand back, wait,
and let them want?
Or, are you the red-bIoOded American who, see
ing we all have part in the war, will step up
and say Here am; | want those fellows over
there to win"
One REAL MAN who enIStS now is worth six
others who come in later.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-08-16
do it at OnCe-Today...

EVERY one of you men 18 to 35 years old
- is either vital part Of our war machin-
cry cog clog in it's wheels. There is
middle ground. You either help you hinder.
1t is your duty to enlist in the Navy which
needs you right NOW and it is privilege.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-05
Observation-Disclosures

ty cents per sample. Administrator
Deems has announced tho following
regulations relative to handling the
new wheat crop:
The farmer Is permitted to take his
wheat to the mill and have it ground
into flour, not to exceed supply thai
will last him over thirty days. based
upon six pounds per capita, providing
he will use substitutes, and sign the
pledge card same as was in vogue
early this year.
The minimum price for Nc. hard
wheat, t. o. b. Chicago, is S2.26 per
bushel.
A farmer can sell his wheat to the
highest bidder.
A farmer can sell his wheat IN any
market that he chooses; there is no
restriction.
A farmer, at the present time. can
hold his wheat as long as he wishes.
1t may be, later on, that the govern
ment may deem 1t advisable to requi-
sition the same.
A farmer is permitted to retain his
wheat for seed.
A farmer Is permitted to sell his
wheat for seed.
A farmer can ship his wheat direct
to any market without license