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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

right to behave that way at home.
The man who has tightwad father
makes a tightwad husband because
he has been taught that a wife is moth
ing but an upper servant who should
work for her board and clothes. and
that she has no right to handle any
money. The man who has a father
who insults his wife and neglects her
because he has never been taught to
treat women with respect and chiv-
airy.
"On the other hand, the man who
has had a father who was charming
in his home, who was tender loving
and considerable to his wife will make
the same sort of a husband to his wife
because he has had that ideal of
mans duty to his wife taught him
from his cradle. He mas always seen
his mother on a pedestal with his ia
! Their worshiping before her and it
simply would never occur to him that
he could kick his wife into the gutter
metaphorically speaking.
so get picture of your mother
in-law, girls. and see whether you'd
like to wear her expression thirty
years hence before you give your final
answer to your best beau.
There is. however; this one point
| to take into consideration before you
finally say no to the son of the
grouchy man, Get sons attitude to-
wards fathers conduct. If son thinks
I it is the right one, if he admires ia
. Their and doesn't see why things
haven't broken well enough for moth
err because she has always had enough
to eat, roof over her head and such
clothes as father thought suitable for
his position in the world why, then
don't marry that, man even il he is
your last call to the dining car.
But sometimes there is a reac-
ton. Sometimes the son of a man
who has been a hard. cold. mean
husband rebels against the way his
mother has been treated and becomes
throbbing pang of sympathy for her
and for all other women. These men
/ make the best, and tcndereSt, and
most generous husbands in the world.
They try to make up to their own
wives for the indignities that they
have seen their mothers suffer. When
a man talks about poor mother
grab him, girls, and rush him to the
minister. He is a pearl above price.
I'm judging what sort of a hus-
band q man will make a woman
should study his father but in judg-
ing what sort of wife woman
would make, man should observe
the girl herself in her own home cir
Gle. It's when you get girl silhouet-
ted sharply against her own back
ground that her faults and virtues
stand forth plainest.
Hence, 1 advise every young man
in love to visit girl in her own home
, before he pops the question. and OBJ
serve how she reacts towards the
7 family circle.
"Observe if she bosses the family.
and mother anc father stand in awe
of her and reflect that such ones
husband is invariably henpecked. Mo-
. tice if she dresses beyond her means
So shall her husband grow hump
shouldered buying her Gnery- See IL
she let he- mother do the housework
while she reads novels and remember
that matrimony is no cure for lazfness
and seIfishness.
But if she is helpful. IL her little
brothers and sisters hang on her, and
If she is sunshine in the home, she
shall be the light of her Husbands
home.
These tests are infallible for pick
ing out the right husband or wife"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

over three million of our population
cannot speak English. About four
teen million are German born or OF
German descent. and they appear in
every profession and industry and in
every occupation, from those of the
highest skill to those of the meanest
manual labor. Is it, then, remarkable
that every war effort of the govern
n1ent has been hampered in one way
o. another? Shortly after America
entered the war, one of our greatest
authorities on the immigrant visited a
large shipyard and learned that altho
the mana cement knew how many
enemy aliens there were in the estab-
lishment, no investigation had been
made as to the location of those aliens.
1t was found that over forty of the
enemy were in the power plant where
a small amount of destruction might
have crippled the entire yard and that
Equivalent numbers were in other vul-
Iierable departments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21


at is reported to be the intention
Of Director General McAdoo to i'm
pose a charge of 81 for placing a car
OF an industrial siding, and an addi-
tional charge of 81 for spotting the
Car. or placing it - a particular point
On the siding. at would amount
TO q charge of IS per car for service
that has been considered heretofore by
the railroads as paid for by the freight
Yates, 1t is estimated that the in
creased revenue accruing to the rail-
roads as a result of the new system
.wealId- be about $176.O0O,0OO a year.
II the railroads themselves had pro-
posed anything of the sort, while I'M
der corporate management, shippers
dsrobably would have started a revo-
hilton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

A SAMPLE of the German way of
doing things, says the Christian
Science Monitor, is found in the action
of those officials of the Hamburg
American line who were lately sent to
a United States prison. after having
been convicted OF attempting to coal
German warships at sea. When the
German ships were taken over by the
United States government it was nee
essary to repair damages due to the
attempts of Germans to render the
vessels useless. Hence the govern
ment asked the neutrality-suspicious.
officials for the plans of the ships.
These men protested that they were
loyal citizens of the United States, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21
ON SPUR 4 FL MOMENT
By ROY K. MoULroN

Books received today: cover the
Top" Under the Bottom" Bunk
ing the Boche," ''Kanning the Kali
SER" Soaking the Subs" Trench
Tattle. - Taking Chance in France"
Taps" "Revei1le," Casing the Ger
mans" "A Rockies Remembrance"
"Slumgullion and Succotash." and
eighty-one others.
We often wonder if every man who
has gone over there has written a
book. If not, now seems to be the
accepted time. We haven't had time
to look into old Charlie Dickens or
Makepeace Thackeray for eleven
months.
They tell US the war burdens will
be greater after the war than now
Yes, indeed. Think of the INSTALL
ments We will be paying on literature.
Trotzky has been appointed food
controller Of Russia. That job ought
to take at least five minutes a day
Q's and AS.
Sir: Can you tell me what the Boil
sheviks believe ina K
So far as we can learn, they believe
in nothing, and live to it blamed we'll.
Dear Sir: How can 1 become an
officer ?-CHARLES D.
Have an uncle who is a congress
man.
Dear Editor: I am knitting a
sweater. I can't remember whether to
knit one. purl two and cast three or
purl one, cast four and knit One.
Which is it?
Yes, we think SO.
1t IS going to be somewhat difficult
to institute a "porkless' day in con-
gress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men In
Americas Fighting Service

Coxswain G. p. .Grice of the naval
reserve force has been officially COM
mended by the secretary of the navy
for a rescue made at great personal
risk. E. P. Rodriguez, a navy yard
painter, was at work on the side of
the U. S. s. Bridgeport, when he lost
his balance and fell between the YES
sci and the wharf He struck his
head in falling, and was unable to
help himself in the water. Altho the
narrowness of the space between the
Bridgeport and the wharf made any
attempt at rescue highly hazardous,
Grice plunged in without hesitation
and seized Rodriguez just as the lat
ter was going down for the third time
Quick work by a surgeon brought the
painter back to life Grice enlisted
at New orleans in June, 1917. He
gave as his next of kin his mother,
Mrs. G. c. Grice. of West Monroe. La.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

the trenches to know that an ac-
quaintance with Mary Pickford or
Theda Bara was awaiting them at the
end of their service period; to know
that Elsie Janis or Elsie Ferguson
had come to France to dance with
them!
Yet even such are the possibilities
of the Miller bill before congress. The
Riviera is certainly an appropriate
background for them There are nu-
merous bathing beaches along this
part of the Mediterranean; pictur-
esque walks about the foothills of the
interior and the climate is wonder
fully balmy. even in winter.
Other plans have been suggested
for occupying the American soldier
and sailor while on leave. but none
have possessed the Charm of the
Riviera arrangement. Some thought
that it would be nice to take them
to Switzerland, where they could have
tobogganing and skiing in the winter
season and Alpine climbing in the
summer. but Mr.. Miller asserts that
this is exactly what they do not
want. They have had enough of
snow ana storms and physical exer-
ton during their months of duty at
the front, and they want to get away
from all of it. Neither, he believes,
would they be interested in taking q
series of Cooks tours, as someone
else suggested. Sightseeing would
only call forth fresh exertion, and
what they need is absolute relaxation
and rest.
Thus the Riviera seems to offer the
best solution, but the government may
yet stall at the expense. After the
recreation camp was on a working
basis, it is estimated that it would
| almost pay for itself, but in the<mean-
time it would cost the government
fifteen million dollars. II do not
know that our government will quite
undertake the job" said Mr. Miller.
1t ought to, but we are the slowest
people in the world ever to under
take anything of this character" At
which another representative assured
him that there were certainly enough
red-blooded men in the house to put
| the thing over.
| Questions or the above or any sub
Ject upon which the reader desires
information. should be addressed the
Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
washington, D. c., with a 3-cent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21
SAFE AND PROFITABLE.

Investment in the stock of the Leav-
enworth & Topeka railroad has the
appearance of being a safe PROPOSE
ton, and one which will prove prof.
table. The property as it stands is
asked for it.
The administrations railroad con-
troll bill has duly passed both houses
of congress without amendment so
far as its main purposes are con-
cerned. All, the systems of the coun-
try are now for all practical purposes
consolidated. Earnings of individual
systems are not important to the
stockholders. If net revenues fall be-
low the average for the three years
Immediately preceding our formal en-
trance as war participant the treas
ury will make up the deficiency. If,
on the other hand, the three-year av-
erage is exceeded, then any surplus
must go to the treasury.
This is quite fair. says Henry Clews
in his Financial Review, since the
business formerly controlled by the
individual lines has become subject to
AOdlAh5 Wy iOPA CoShlclAsOo VI
the director general. But the plans of
the government contemplate placing
the railroads of the country on such a
plane that they will be able to handle
traffic on a wartime basis. The
treasury is to lend its good offices to
see that ample funds are provided for
the purpose of enabling the railroads
to make necessary improvements and
extensions and to provide new equip
ment. This means that funds the alb
sence of which has. in recent years
been such a handicap on railroad de-
velopment will become available al
rates based on government credit.
Hence there seems excellent reason
to believe that when the management
of the railroads is returned to the
stockholders the properties will be in
a much improved condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21
DINNER STORIES

A young woman of a pink COM
p1eXion but of heroic build applied to
the moving picture director for a
position an extra girl. She pre-
sented him a personal letter of in
PRODUCTION. Long years ago, it seems,
the director knew her father and
mother. AS he gazed at this plump
Juno the light of memory came into
his eye, but still he was not quite GER
tain about something.
Let me see,'' he unused, which
side of the house do you resemble the
most?"
'Sir." she cried, in accent far from
mild. Il don't resemble any side of
any old house,
The children in the first grade
were asked to write a composition,
choosing their own subject. This was
little Jimmy's piece:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST
Strained Orange Juice
Fried CLAIMS Watercress
war Mullins Coffee
Mock Sausage Apple Rings
Quick Graham Bread with Honey
Watercress
Cocoanut Custard
DINNER
Boui1lon in Cups
Chicken Turnover Green Peas
Stuffed Potatoes
Tomato Salad Apple Betty
The Table.
Two-course Dinner Ito serve o.
Take one pound good hamburg, boil
five minutes in two quarts water.
Strain off broth and make a rich soup
of rice, barley or any kind liked, sea-
soned with salt and pepper and celery
if on hand. This is first course For
second course take the hamburg and
mix with three cups of rice cooked
soft, season with salt, pepper. nutmeg;
add a little milk. Put in baking dish.
cover with butter or meat fryings and
bake one-half hour or till a nice
brown Serve with potatoes and
stewed prunes and you have a very
good meal
Dessert CT SaIa0-OrangeS and
bananas cut into small pieces, equal
amounts; add juice of one lemon.
sugar well and allow to stand an hour
at least Serve as a dessert with
spongecake or angel food. Or serve
on lettuce leaves with a rather sweet
mayonnaise dressing to make a de-
licious salad. A few ground English
walnuts or even peanuts will add
greatly to the flavor.
Sugarless Ginger Cookies-One egg
one cup New Orleans molasses, one
half cup melted lard, one-half cup hot
water, one tablespoon ginger; two
thirds tablespoon cinnamon, small
pinch salt, ere scant tablespoon soda
flour to make soft dough- Use ore
half tablespoon ginger and add one
half teaspoon Glove and one cup
raisins and rolled oats sometimes and
make drop cakes instead of cookies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21
GoyERNNENT RATE MAKING.

The helated decision of the inter-
state commerce commission in favor
of an advance in railroad freight rates
in the section east of the Mississippi
and north of the Ohio and Potomac
ton of last June, is doubtless intend
ed to clear the way in part for the
governments adjustment of rates on
the whole system of interstate lines,
so far as necessary for its own service
and the general benefit of the coun-
try's business during the war The
application for an advance in rates to
the extent of Is per cent was made
last summer before the needs of the
war situation were clearly developed
and long in advance of the adoption of
the policy of government control.
The partial compliance with the pe-
tition for relief last year was far from
satisfactory and left the roads seri-
ously hampered in preparing for the
special service certain to be required
for the government in getting mater
ials to various industrial centers and
distributing their product to promote
the special activities of the govern
ment which was already pledged to
the war on the allies side in Europe.
The necessities of that situation and
the imperative need of a way out of
it by government action was largely
due to the way the railroads had been
hampered by restrictive laws and the
ma nner in which the authority of the
commission for regulating rates had
been exercised. They had been I'M
able to raise needed capital for the ex-
tension and improvement of their
lines and terminals and of their gem
eral equipment for transportation,
storage and delivery, because their as
sured income was not a sufficient ba-
sis of credit to obtain the needed cap
ital When the time came for the spe-
cial war service to the government
and it was actually required, the rail-
roads were not only unprepared for it
but they we're in no financial condi-
ton to make the needed preparation
When the partial relief was granted
by the commission last summer, says
the New York Journal of Commerce
it was with singular lack of fore
essary.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has now partially made amend.
before its main activity in the regula.
ton of rates is to be superseded by the
going into effect of the government
control act. To certain extent it.
ruling just announced will prepare the
way, but it by no means settles the
rate question for the war period L
merely improves the basis upon which
the government authority is to pro
coed and to make it's adjustment O.
rates.
The act of congress as finally passed
makes this adjustment subject to re
view by the commission, but it has tn,
rates prescribed by the director gen
eral. under the advice of the president
: take effect at once and be subject onl,
to their own readjustment while tn,
) commission Is making it's review anC
| exercising it's supervision
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

One of the chief merits of the new
IN the recent government test. 10000
rounds were fired from the Browning
heavy duty gun with only three stop
pages. one being due to a defective
cartridge. When given a breakdown
test this same gun fired $685. shots
before its gear succumbed. AS all of
the parts are standardized and inter-
ohangeable, they are now being turned
out in large quantities, and it is prom
ised that they will soon be in the
hands of the Americans at the Euro
pean battle front. The effect on the
Teutonic shock troops sent against the
American forces in mass formation
can be better ina gined than described
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

= The senate committee on commerce
has been conducting a general inquiry
INTO the activities of the shipping
hoard, with especial regard to the ex-
eessive cost of the Hog Island yards.
One of the directors of activities at the
Yards showed a truly American spirit
when he said to the committee: Let
Us build these ships first and put us
iss Jail afterwards"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21
GLOBE SIGHTS

[From the Atchison Globe
There is always hot water handy TO
set ones feet in
It's painful when some folks treat
you like you were one of the family
I've been in the kitchen all day."
is a remark familiar to most hus-
bands
The great trouble with family skele-
tons is that they are not all hidden
away in closets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

Perhaps it was necessary for Social
ism to have try out somewhere in
the world, in order that its adherents
might be convinced of its inadequacy
in meeting the needs of civilization.
It's victim may as well have been Rus
STA as any other country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

that the ships plans were in Germany.
The government. therefore, was
obliged to make the repairs without
the plans. When, recently, the gov
eminent seized the Encouragement
can offices all of these ships plans
were found in the safe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

Frequent dispatches from the front
Indicate that the Huns will not stand
Before American artillery fire. Amer
lean naval gunners long have been
noted as the best in the world. Many
of the guns in use in France were
taken from our old battleships. There
Is a probability that they are being
manned by naval gunners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

Japan has decided that the German
submarine is no longer a serious men
ace in the Mediterranean. The Japan
Mail Steamship company has decided
to resume service on a pre-war scale
One fleet will operate between Port
Said and Yokohama, and another fleet
will operate between Port Said and
MarseilIes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

There is one man in this country
who. if he had been president, prob
ably would have taken over those
Dutch ships long ago and talked it
over with Holland afterwards. The
reader will be allowed only one guess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

(Copyrighted. 1917. by The Wheeler Synds-
cate Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-21

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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-04-19
Rice a La South Carolina.

No food regardless of its merits, will
appeal to the consumer unless 1t can
be made into an attractive dish. In
this country rice usually comes to the
table as an uninviting, glutinous mass,
except in certain sections of the South
ern states, where il is served with each
grain distinct and separate. making a
very tempting and appetizing dish. A
platter heaped with loose, flaky ker-
nels Of rice is not only pleasing to the
eye, but satisfying to the APPETITE. IL
is very probable that the attractive APP
pearance of this dish on the South
Carolina table has had much to do
with the popularity and usefulness of
rice in that state.
In seeking information on the art OF
cooking rice, no mistake is made In re-
ferring to South Carolina. where the
true value of this cereal has been APP
preciated for over two centuries. A
Carolina housewife would advise the
using OF one pint of rice, after thor
ouc,i washing, which she considers i'm
portant, Ito a quart and pint OF wa
ter" and teasnoonful Of common
salt. "This is to he boiled over quick
fire for ten minutes, stirring OCCASION
ally Then pour off all or nearly all
the water; cover the vessel and put
over very slow fire, and allow 1t to
steam for Is minutes at least, stirring
occasionally. The rice will be soft or
grainy. according to the quantity OF
water left on it when put to steam, and
the length of time allowed in the
steaming The larger the quantity OF
water and the shorter the steaming.
the softer will be the rice"
OF course, other methods are used in
boiling rice or at least notifications OF
the recipe given, but it must be re-
membered that the results should not
be glutinOus mass and that success
depends upon the proper amount OF
water used and the length OF time In
steaming.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-04-19
Help Save Sheep.

The dog rightfully holds a strong
place in the minds and affections of
men. The owner Of good dog finds
in him a most faithful friend. But II
sometimes happens that the dog most
highly esteemed Is also one that kills
and worries the most sheep and Is the
most cunning in obscuring the evil
dences of his guilt. A well-bred dogs
habit of lying innocently asleep in the
front yard during the daytime is not
proof that the same dog does not kill
sheep at night. Because of the eco
nomic loss occasioned by sheep-killing
dogs, and because such dogs bring the
whole of their kind into bad repute.
the true admirers and friends Of this
animal should help to further any
steps likely to result In the limitation
of the activity of these discrediting
members Of noble race. One of the
most practicable methods of accom-
plishing this result seems to be I.
place upon dogs such tax as will re
duce the number of superfiuous one.
and result In fewer being kept by Der.
sons who cannot or will not give them
the attention necessary to prevent thu
formation Of habits and associations
that lead to sheep killing.