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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05
TRAVELETTE
BIZ NIKsAH
The Brevoort Farms.


Tenth street and Washington
Square, and Fourth avenue and Sixth
avenue, New YORK. City, have been
roughly ascribed as the boundaries Of
what was formerly the Bfevoo-t
farm-the land of Hendrick Bre-
WORT, q doughty old burgher of the
reign of Peter Minuit.
The Breveort farm was responsible
for the incongruous tumble OF thoro-
fares and buildings which battles tho
stranger exploring the city Just north
of Washington Arch. According to
the legend of Greenwich Village, a de-
scendant of Hendrick Brevoort defied
the commissioners to destroy his
homestead, which lay in the path of
the proposed Broadway, or to cut
down a tree which blocked the chosen:
course of Eleventh street. The legend
has it that, tho more than ninety years
of age, Brevoort stood with a blunder-
buss in his gnarled old hands and
threatened the workmen when they
came, to tear down his home. His
was DETECTED at Tenth street, and
Eleventh street between Broadway
and Fifth avenue has never been cut.
Grace church on Broadway was
finally erected on the site of the old
Brevoort homestead. Fittingly enough,
was James Renwick, Jr., descendant
of Henry Brevoort. The First Pres
byterian church on Fifth avenue, and
the Hotel Brevoort of French owner
ship and patronage. also occupy the
sites Of old landmarks of the Brevoort
farms.
Another Henry Brevoort. descended
from the original owner Of the farm.
built a house at Tenth street and Fifth
avenue. Here was given the first
masked ball ever held in New York.
an event of such social importance
that the memory of it trailed along
undiminished for two or three dec
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
By ROY x. MouLToN

A French steamship has docked
with the latest Paris fashions aboard.
The skirts will be (deleted by cen
soD and more effective than ever.
Hose will be to correspond
with the new altitude OF the skirts.
Altho much less material will be
used, the new gowns will be more exc
pensive than
Old stuff? Oh.faw right!
Hindenburg's circus will have to
play the rest Of the season without a
clown.
The firstSborn of All-Highest has
packed his six trunks of medals and
is on a six months vacation.
The kaiser can now work the old
excuse on friend wife for staying so
long in France.
He has been sitting up with a sick
friend.--Ludendorff.
Won Moltke never retreated, which
only goes to show that styles in field
marshals change with the years.
To . Transports.
No argosy of naughty Spain, whose hold
Was laden with = wondrous store Of gold
Which was as precious to the heart a.
thine.
All, we'll may throbbing, armored guar.
Their A Watches aiEss to the eastward DER tn.
deep.
The pirate NAV is grasping to enfold
The treasure trove In man power that you
hold.
IT'S gold. pure gold. no grain of specious
ore,
You carry to that dim and troubled shore
The gold of honest hearts and loyal souls
Embarked toward the worthiest OF goals.
Sail on and show the world your won.
drous find, 5s*
Which is our choicest gift to humankind
hundred million hearts will follow you :
TIL they have seen the parlous Journey
And may you bring across the troubled
main,
Your precious cargo safely home again.
In a geographical magazine we note,
Germany is a low-lying country"
Not punctuated properly. 1t means
Germany is a low, lying country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05

Once more the aircraft service of
the army is to undergo reorganization.
This time it is in the direction of CEN
tralization of authority in one man.
The senate military committee. in its
report on the aircraft situation, rec
commended the elimination of divided
control, and suggested that the class
ificaticn of aviation with the army
and navy was essential to efficiency.
While the change that has been put
into effect by the secretary of wal
does not go to the length of creating
a department of aviation. with a new
cabinet officer possessing equal pow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05

the navy, nevertheless it is long step
in the direction advocated in the SEN
ate report. From united authority at
the beginning of the war. thru a divi-
sion of power among multiplicity of
committees and boards, back to some
sort of Capitalization again. has been
the course we have pursued. 1t is
hoped that the latest change viii bring
the results that the people have ex-
pected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05

Director General McAdoe's edfct
forbidding creditors to hold up the
wages of railroad employees thru legal
process is a righteous one. It is I'M
fortunate that similar rule cannot be
extended to every class of labor. There
has never existed any good reason
why the whole legal machinery of a
community should be set at work to
enforce a private contract between
two individuals, a contract with which
the public has no concern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Peas,lt Butter Recipes.

Peanut Fondu-one-half cupful
peanut butter, one cupfuI cooked rice.
one and one-haif cupfuls milk, one
egg, one-hah teaspoon pepper and
til stiff Mix all the other ingredients
togethef and fold in the beaten white.
Turn into a buttered baking dish and
lake in a moderate oven for thirty or
thirty-five minutes.
Banana and Peanut Butter Salad
Cut bananas in half orosswise. then
lengthwise Spread the pieces with
peanut butter, press them together,
place on lettuce leaves. serve with
French dressing.
Peanut Bunny-One-half cup Of
peanut butter or butter substitute, Sns
cup milk, one-half teaspoon salt. one.
half teaspoon mustard and dash OF
in the flour. add milk gradually.
When smooth. add the peanut butter
and cook until 1t IL melted. Add sea-
soning and serve on crackers or
toast.
~ Peanut Butter Cookies (susarless)
- Six tablespoons Of fat, one-auarteF
cupful peanut butter, one cupful mo-
lasses, one-quarter cupfuI sour milk.
one-h half teaspoon soda, one teaspoon
baking powder, three and one-half
cups rye flour or war flour Cor enough
to make stiff doush). Mix insre-
Roll out the dough, cut the cookies
with q small cutter and bake them In
a moderate oven.
Peanut Butter 0ravy-One table,
spoon butter substitute, salt. one table,
spoon flour, two tablespoons peanut
butter. Heat butter until golden
brown. Add flour, mixing and blend.
| ing we'll. Then add peanut butter.
/ When thorefy blended add enough
milk to make the proper consistency
For variety sprinkle with parsley
| when serving or add q little beef ex-
fraef
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05

carpet that was out on the lawn. The
tramp stared at the carpet beater.
then at the carpet.
Beat it, exclaimed the lady, i'm
patient at his delay.
The tramp laid down the carpet
beater. and did, as fast as his legs
would carry him. =
whats going on here?" queried
the pedestrian of boy as a wedding
party filed out of a church.
Nothing but the tide going out, :"
replied the youth.
"Norah, my husband is raving over
those lamb chops you sent up. He
says they are raw. and he is acting
like a wild man. said the mistress
'Then shure, num-" said Norah
''if he's acting like a weifd man, raw
mate is Just the food for i'm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05
LABOR AND THE WAR.

The world after peace, said Seere-
tary Daniels in his Labor day address,
will not go back to the conditions such
as existed prior to our entrance into
the mighty struggle. The people will
take on new dignity. What labor
earns will find its way into the pock-
cts of labor, new conditions will i'm
pose new duties. Craftsmanship Of vi
sion will create new opportunities. for
American commerce and guarantee to
labor the bread it has earned.
But President Wilson at the same
time let's it be known that labor must
do its>part and play fair. There must
be neither loafing nor profiteering.
Notable among legislative by-prod-
ucts of the war are the anti-loafing
measures in nine states-Delaware,
Kentucky, Massachusetts,, New Jer-
sey, New York, Rhode Island and
South Dakota in 1918 and Maryland
and West Virginia in 1e17-to COM
pei able-bodied men not subject to
the draft to engage in useful occupa-
lions. The laws in most cases affect
male residents between Is and SO, and
hours and wages for enforced work
are to be maintained at prevailing
standards. Persons temporarily un-
employed because of differences with
their employers, as well as bona fide
students. are specifically exempted by
most laws.
Labor standards in war time have
continued to advance in spite of scat
| "a at 70
for the protection of the industrial
army, and gains thru legislation have
been greatly augmented by presiden-
| tial orders under authority OF con-
gress to meet the national emergency,
according to the summary of labor
laws enacted during 1918 in a score
of states and in congress. just issued
by the American Association for La
Dor Legislation.
| Protective labor legislation, won
thru long years of effort. has proved
a sound basis upon which to maintain
and increase the efficiency and sus-
tanned fitness of Industrial workers.
says the secretary, DR.. Jehn B. An
drews. Recognizing this, the federal
government and the states have al
most unanimously insisted upon up
holding, enforcing and extending Ia
Dor laws. Virginia is the latest re-
cruit in the werkmen's compensation
camp. making forty-one states and
territories now having this form OF
social insurance, in addition to the
model act of the federal government
for its million civilian employees and
the soldiers and sailors insurance act
the most important social insurance
measure adopted by any country"
Three states have passed bills fur
the restricting employment of chill.
Idren. New Jersey and Virgins
strengthened their child labor laws
extending the scope and nature of EN-.
ployment affected, modifying working
lhours and raising age limits Mary.
land raised from II to IA years thu
minimum age at which children ma,
tbe employed during vacations or ma,
| work in canning or packing establish
. ments
The time has come when the work
: ers are to be treated justly but the.
!. must deal justly in return.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05

According to the dispatches from
Amsterdam a woman has been elected
to the Dutch parliament The sue
cessful candidate is Miss Grovenweg,
who was on the Socialist labor ticket.
Under the revised constitution of Hol-
land women are eligible to seats in
parliament, and Miss Grovenweg was
one of twenty women who contested
for election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05

The larger branch of the national
legislative body is planning to take
recess about the middle of this month
to permit the members to go home
and look after their fences. This
means that the house will pass the
revenue bill approximately in the
shape in which it was drawn and leave
the senate to straighten out the kinks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05

A Florida Democrat makes the sug-
gestion that the Official Bulletin
should be discontinued because of the
acute shortage of paper. If the
small amount of real news that the
bulletin contains could be given to the
newspapers of the country it would be
much more generally seen and read
than it is at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05
Names in the News.

The admiralty in Great Britain is
a board OF commissioners appointed
for the management of all matters
pertaining to the royal Navy and mari
time affairs. 1t consists of first
lord, who Is a cabinet minister and
representative of the navy in parlia-
ment. first and second naval LORDS.
controller, junior naval lord and civil
lord, besides numerous secretaries.
Themembers are in direct communi.
cation with each other and with the
civil departments which they control
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05

A peace with the Germans without
their defeat would be as impossible
as an entente with a rabid dog. The
only means of settling matters with a
rabid dog is to kill the dog.-Louis-
Vile Courier Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of men in
Americas Fighting Service

While a most >effective weapon in
combating the Hun, the depth bomb
can be just as destructive to the ship
that carries it, should an accident
cause a premature. explosion.
During a heavy storm. two depth
charges were washed overheard from
the U. S. s. Corsair. Ensign Elwood
L Houtz, U. 8. naval reserve force.
who was serving on that vessel as d
eoxswain, discovered q depth charge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05

cable leading down In the lazarette.
Knowing that il a charge was rolling
around below deck, it might explode
any moment. Houtz gripped the cable
and followed it until he found and Sc
cured the explosive. For his bravery
and presence of mind, he has been
commended by Secretary Daniels.
Houtz enlisted at New York, April 8.
1917. His father, Daniel Daily Houtz,
lives at Salt Lake City. Utah.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05
DINNER STORIES

A tramp expressed his willingness
to do some chores If he was first fed.
When he had finished his meal. the
lady of the house gave him a car
pet beater, and told him. to beat a
Evening star., 1918-01-31
What Fifty-Three Women Spent.

A special analysis was made of the
expenditures for clothing of f1fty-three
women of the 500. The fifty-three wom-
en- selected were strictly self-support-
Evening star., 1918-01-31
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
-BY-
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

1t has been suggested that each of
the nations fighting the Germans should
strike medal to the army mule.
Should a mule get a medal?" was
the question put to certain command
ing officer.
1T doesn't matter" he replied. He
care for anything. If you gave him a
medal he probably would eat it. All
he wants is food and somebody to kick
occasionally"
A news rhymster of England says:
There's an ominous sign
That west Of the Rhine
They are strengthening their line
To attack.
Hurry up, little pard.
With your nag striped and starred,
And let's all kick em hard
And black.
The kaiser is after maxim us swal-
Ter a fresh peace bait But it's us
that'n do the baitin'." remarked an
medium Of the prints, have been carr
ried to many countries OF the world,
though he is but man of the streets
and not one Of those officials whose
every word has portent.
Britain has tens of thousands Of men
whom the people call Chocolate SOL
dlers. These men do not wish to
serve in France and have obtained
commissions which they hope will keep
them in "blighty" for duration"
Germany's spy system. in SO far as
the women are concerned, is largely
recruited from the stage. One of the
instructions and warnings sent to ac-
tresses finding themselves in the kai-
ser's employ reads:
THE agent who betrays her trust
need hope for no further success in
professional capacity. Means will be
found to close every stage door in the
world to her. She shall feel the heavy
hand Of outraged authority at every
step she afterward takes in life. One
false step is sufficient. No agent is
given second opportunity
Once when Prince Won Buelow was
discussing the kaiser's purported at
tempts to win the friendship of Eng
land he said:
THE danger of these ebullitions of
the emperor in search of English
friendship is that they represent nei-
ther his majesty's constant attitude of
mind nor the sense of rule of the Ger
man empire. They are dangerous ex-
| cursions into amiability out of which a
terrible misunderstanding one day NAV
arise"
Notwithstanding the strenuous en-.
deavors of Germany to prevent the
practice, fully half a million food tick
cts are forged each year under the
| compulsory rationing system.
Evening star., 1918-01-31
TROOPS SING ON SINKING
SHIP, STRUCK BY TORPEDO
Rescued Tommies on Destroyer Go
Down Again Later After An
other U-Boat Attack.

LONDON. January 31.-A nurse who
was on board the Ara gon when the YES
sci was torpedoed writes: when the
stern was down in the water and the
bows were in the air the troops on
board were singing"
The nurse. with other sisters. pre-
viously had left the doomed vessel in a
lifeboat which succeeded in picking up
many of the men who had escaped
from the Aragon on life RATS. Later
according to this nurse. the destroyer
which was escortinG the Aragon was
torpedoed right amidships.' She
went clean in half. said the nurse
she was close by and had picked Ut
hundreds of~'Tommies They had to
go down again, and that, to my mind
was the worst of all
According to the narrative Of the
nurse. the Aragon was torpedoed soon
after leaving tplace not namcO. with
destroyers as escort. The day follow
ing the landing of the survivors, the
nurse writes, another ship, with forty
nurses on board, was torpedoed at ex-
actly the same place, sinking in five
minutes.
Evening star., 1918-01-31

! summer skirts S. to 50: party dress
| (worn for two years., SO.
! .If close economy is necessary,
skirt at about IS may be worn with
separate waists i'll lieu OF a Slo one
piece dress; a dress waist. worn
with suit. may be substituted for an
evening dress: OF a winter coat may
be worn for three seasons. or an even
| ing dress for three or four years. In
E; view of the range of choice. 1t appears
| that a woman may reasonably oe eA-
pected to secure outside clothing for a
good appearance at an expenditure oi
/, from % to So.
las regards articles. of dress other
than outside clothing. the necessary eS-
penditures would be distributed rough-
ly as. follows: Hats. SO to S1"; SHOES.
s12 to Si1: gloves, $50 to 50: stockings,
So to 81 coIsets, 81 to. So: underwear,
~ to $40, and miscellaneous. approNi-
mately $40 Allowing for individual va
ration in prices and choice, this means
an annual expenditure of from $50 TO
$50 for these articles. which as rule
have to be replaced each year.
Combining these two amounts-out-
side clothing $40 to SIS and other ar
ticles of dress $50 to $60-the total
yearly expenditures would range from
| s120 to sT35, averaging approximately,
say. $125.
"In arriving at this sum, the assump-
tion has been, of course. that the WORK
ing woman purchases most of her ward
robe and need not devote her evenings
and Sundays to the making of her own
clothes 1t is to be expected that such
woman will spend considerable time
repairing, and to some extent, making
over her clothes, but it does not seem
rea sonable to demand that woman.
with full days work to do. should
spend her f-time working overtime at
what would really be second job. =.
| The Investigate ton does not bear out,
the report states. "the generally current
opinion that the wage-earning women
of Washington as a class are inclined
/ to gross extravaganza in the matter OF
clOthing'
Evening star., 1918-01-31
WAGE-EARNING WOMEN IN D. C.
NOT EXTRAVAGANT IN DRESS
Approximate Yearly Expenditure of $125
Necessary to Be We'll Dressed" Investi-
gator Finds 600 Women as Examples.

ing, were living away from home and
were between the ages of nineteen and
| thirty five years.
Eighteen of the fifty-three were en-
ployed in stores. seventeen in govern
ment work, thirteen in business Offices
and five in telephone Offices. Most of
them were living as boarde s in work
ing girl homes, private families or
boarding houses; but few were rent
ing rooms separately and doing their
own food purchasing and cooking.
| The total yearly incomes including
| earnings. incomes ofa other sou css
and gifts of new clothing; of ties"
ii1ty-three women ranged from s2:,S
to Sl,o36. and their yearly expenditures
for clothing ranged from ST. to $500,
| the report shows.
The approximate yearly expenditure
of $125 is somewhat higher than the
| minimum standards arrived at by other
investigations in other cities. Part of
this difference. the report declares. is
due to the increased cost of clothing
since those Investigations part to the
higher clothing standards arbitrarily
set by conditions in Washington city
and part to the fact that most of the
other investigations "have been illiberal
! in their estimates of the clothing nee.is
of woman and optimistic in their
estimates of clothing costs" according &
to the report.
Cost of Being Well Dressed.
The average cost of being vel:
dressed. on the par; of the fifty-threc
women. ran like this. according to the
report: Outside clothing (suits. coats,
sweaters. dresses, waists, dress skirts),
$575S; hats, $l1.59: Shoes S14.o0; gloves,
$3.3o; stockings. S5.53; corsets, .$3.41;
! underwear. Sis, and miscellaneous.
$14.27.
Pointing out that "self-respect and
success in life depend in large measure
upon proper clothes,'' the report says
that a larger proportion Of wage-earn-
ing women in Washington than in
other cities must make smart appear
ance in dress in order to feel them
selves decently clothed.
The report then summarizes the ap-
proximate cost of clothing for a work
ing woman, who is WELL but not ex-
travagantly dressed:
LAS regards external clothing. ii
would appear that the average wage
earning woman who is well dressed
usually chooses these items of her
wardrobe from the following priced ar
ticles: Suit or coat (alternate years),
s25 to $50: shirt waists. S. to SIS: one
piece dress. SIS; wool skirt, IS to $40;
Evening star., 1918-01-31
MAY LIMIT q. s. CONTROL.
House Committee to Begin Final
Consideration of Railrnad Ril1

Final consideration of the admins
tration railroad bill by the House in
terstate commerce committee will be-
gin tomorrow morning. Sentiment in
tn" committee favorable to provision
limiting federal control of railroads to
from six to eighteen months after the
war has crystallized since the Senate
committee inserted such provision.
The Senate committee yesterday con-
sidered Senator Cummins' amendment
for reduction in the standard Of COM
pensation to be paid the cArriers
Evening star., 1918-01-31
Violates Food Control Act: Fined.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, January 31.-A
three-thousa nd dollar fina has been i'm
posed upon the Canton. Ohio. branch of
the General Baking Company by the
United States food administration. for
violation of the food control act The
action was taken upon the recommen-
dation of Fred {. Croxton, state food
administrator. whose special investi-
gator, c. II. Mayhugh. discovered that
o. c. Yant. manager of the Canton
plant, had sold to twenty-e eight en-
ployes 100 pounds of sugar each and to
other employees less amounts.
Evening star., 1918-01-31
MA Anderson Convicted Of Murder.

oulx one sBROMo ouMINE.s
- TT t1e eszatzAk an To- fu1 mama LAxAe
Nv1 SR0H0 oUINn1 Io1t 65R AS1atWe ~
Evening star., 1918-01-31
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYS.

William W Atterbury. director gen
eral of transportation for the Amerl- :
can expeditionary force i'll France,
born at New Albany, Ind, ffty-two.
Rear Admiral Washington Lee Capps,
U. S. N, late head Of the Emergency
Shipping Corporation, born at Ports
mouth. Va, f1fty-four
Representative Irvine L. Lenroot OF
Wisconsin, born at Superior, Wis, 1or-
ty-nine.
Rev. Charies-W. Lyons. S. j., presl-
dent of Boston College, fifty.
Willard d. Straight. recently sent to
France to supervise the work OF the
overseas branch of the war risk insur-
ance bureau, born at Oswego. n. y.
thirty-eight. j..
Rupert Hughes. noted novelist ana
playwright. born at Lancaster Mo-, for-
ty-siX.
Nathan Straus. philanthropist. sew
enty.
Evening star., 1918-01-31
GEN. WOOD DOING WELL.
Reports Regarding Others Who
Were Wounded in Explosion.

PARIS. January 31.-Maj. Gen. Loon
ard Wood. United States Army, who
was wounded recently while visiting
the French front, is confined to the
Ritz-carlton Hospital. where he is re-
ported to be doing well. He expects to
be out in about a week. He is suffering
from a flesh wound Of the arm, which
is painful, but not dangerous.
Lieut.. Col. Charles E. Kilbourne,
chief Of Gen. Woods staff, who was
wounded in the face, may lose his right
eye. Maj. Kenyon A. Joyce, who was
wounded in the arm, is improving.