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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-16
SHAWNEE VESTMENTCO

534 Kansas Ave. Phone $3.50.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
$50 acres IL miles from North Lyndon,
Usage county Frame house. 8 rooms. suH3-s
mer kitchen comfortable outbui1dings,
wells and spring: 80 acres rich valley lapd,
60 acres wheat 20 acres oats, 20 acres sown
to alfalfa, acres splendid bearing apple
orchard. VIII take clear suburban tract
part pay.
WALTER ASHTON SMITH
sol New England Bldg Phone. AQ.s
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FOR sAnE-REAL ESTATE
SIS
PIER MONTM

One acre of rich bottom ground, D rooh
house, built-in china closet. sink D
kitchen. cement cellar. furnace. cisterA.
electric lights. sidewalks, good barn,
chicken house, fenced run, cave. Sc bear
ing fruit trees. ground all fenced blocks
to car line. close to graded school and
high school; farm ground in this nefghbor-
hood sells at $500 per acre Price. 5000;
$50 cash and S25 per month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-16
SHAWNEE INVESTMENT CO

YOUR CHANCE IS IN CANADA-RICH
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you independence: Farm lands, s11 to $50
acre; irrigated Ian is. SO to $50; Twenty
years to pay; s., 900 loan in improvements
Loan of live STOCK. Taxes average under
twenty cents an acre; no taxes on improve
ments, personal property or live Stock
Good markets. churches, schools. roads,
telephones. Excellent clmate-crops an
live stock prove IL Special homeseekers
fare certificates Write Tor free booklets.
ALLEN CAMERON, General Superintend
ent Land Branch. Canadian Parific Rails
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TOPEKA AVENUE .
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FOR SALE OR TRADE =.

Three of the best located lots in the city
close in. large barn with cut stone walls
valuable amount of salvage in partially
burned house. Ideal location for flat site
VIII finance building proposition j
The Washington times., 1918-09-22
Poor Cooks Spoil Our Family Life

not made. The difference between
the trained cook and the born
cook is the difference between the
trained conscientious musician and
the virtuoso.
Oddly enough, some of the most
domestic women don't know good
from bad, while some OF the
busiest professional and business
women are corking cooks.
| met a woman the other day,
attractive and interesting, and she
told me that she was about to try
a novel experiment. a." she said.
am going to cook during the
summer. l shall get a fabulous
salary and have my own sitting
room, bedroom and bath. and as
sistants to do all the rough work.
l simply have to make out the
menus, market and cook"
Bass at Last
And shall you have to take your
meals with the family?" / asked.
81 shouldn't think of such
thing" she replied. Never mix
up society and business"
A little later a friend of mine
was gladdening the moment by
telling me that II the war con-
tinued indefinitely there wouldn't
be any more white paper, and that,
therefore, the writer's of books
would starve.
Not l." l said with the former
conversation In mind. 81 shall
live in plutocrats' palaces and eat
the fat Of the Land ! can cook
The Washington times., 1918-09-22

LAWRENCE DWIGHT, who stopped
me on the street. But now that
Secretary Daniels has made a ruI-
ing on the subject, perhaps Law
renee will be less furious. =
There have been some mighty
bad breaks in your column" says
CHARLES J. ANDERSON, of 1914
Thirteenth street
THE latest one I've noticed re-
fered to the time when it was
necessary to raise an umbrella IN
walking under the Aqueduct bridge,
when it carried the canal across
the Potomac. Don't you know that
the water under the bridge is faith
oms deep and that no one could
possibly walk there except in 3
divers suit. The bridge leaked
eopious streams, it is true, but n
affected only those passing under It
in rowboats and other river craft"
And DR. B. BYNG says there's
only a river under the Aqueduct
bridge. How can any one walk
there?
Boy, page Mr.. BRISTOW ADJ
ANS. He is the gentleman who
made the remark about umbrellas
under the Aqueduct bridge. Not me.
BOB JONES filled out my ques-
tionnaire, which is assurance to me
that the job is D. K. Thanks, Bob,
The Washington times., 1918-09-22

TINE Domestic Problem! It is
no longer a little sum in
- mental arithmetic, but a
proposition Of higher mathematics.
Euclid might have solved it, but it
is beyond the powers of mere
woman.
1t isn't only a question Of food
conservation which confronts the
housewives of the country. Food
the raw product-soars. Sydney
Smiths recipe for welsh rarebit,
First, catch your hare" has
taken on a new and deeper mean
ing, First, buy your food"
How simple it sounds! But it
presupposes a number of things,
among others the possession Of the
price. Granting, however, that you
have the price, the next question
that confronts you is how TO get it
cooked. For some time the cook
has been a vanishing lady, and now
she is a mere speck on the horizon.
In these changing times a cook is
as great a luxury as diamonds or
limousines, and no one can be sure
of her. At any moment she may
be proclaimed a "non-essential."
There is something more subtle
than appears at first glance in the
admonition which is flashed nightly
upon the movie screen, when the
bread is passed, say, No. thank
you; | prefer a potato
1t is in most cases the part Of
wisdom to choose the potato. To
The Washington times., 1918-09-22
Just About People

JAMES E. MAYNARD, past COM
mander Of the Spanish War Vet
Grams, says he desires this oppor-
tunity to thank Fuel Administrator
Garfield for "gasless Sundays"
1T has made the streets safe for
democracy at least one day
week" says Jim.
HARRY o. HALL, $500 Fourteenth
street, asks who remembers" the
time when the Capitol grounds were
enclosed with ten-foot picket fence?
At shutdown there would be an IN
welcome call from the Waterman,
"Clo-o-se the g-a-a-a-a-tes," which
would send US young folks scamper-
ing home.
For three Sundays, although I
needed it for business use, have
kept my car in the garage, at a loss
Of money and of valuable time and
at an experience of great incon-
Venience. / have done this with the
utmost good cheer, for the sake Of
the Cause. But, from the number
day, many with men in uniform driv-
ing women-some even in Govern
ment cars-yI am sorely tempted to
take mine out next Sunday for merely
business use. l do not think the
police have a legal right to ask a
man why he is automobiling on
Sunday, but I do think conditions
now justify that procedure"
The above is a quotation from
The Washington times., 1918-09-22

Rhine region: The infantry VIII
soon be a-salting it"
Very seasonable, I say; very
seasonable.
A Bouquet for the w., B. and A.
l have no brief for the W., B. and
A. Company, but / think if You
would investigate the matter a lit
tie you would find the Public Utili-
ties Commission, and not the rail-
road company, is responsible for the
present system Of loading cars at
Fourteenth street and New York
avenue instead Of at Fifteenth street
as was done formerly. In other
words, the Utilities Commission or
dered the change to relieve the con-
gestion at Fifteenth street, in spits
of the protests of the company and
not to accommodate it. Be as fair
as you can and give even the devil
his due.
A CONSTANT READER. !.
The word Stacker" is being used
too freely by some men in Uniform
and by some other people when they
apply it to all able-bodied men who
are within the draft age and not In
the service The stage profession Il
using the term very freely in thefH
performances.
Last night at a local theater, after
a little mediation from one Of the
actresses on the stage, a naval re-
serve fellow called me q Stacker. 7
forthwith, II not Immediately, pro-
ceeded to show him that II l was 4
Stacker land I think / am not), I
could at least put up a good nss
fight And l think now that the
sailor-with all due respect for his
uniform-realizes that every man
who Is not in uniform Is not q
Stacker. Everyone knows what a
Stacker is in the real sense of the
meaning. and they also know that IL
is an insult to anyone to be called
a Stacker when he is not, and any
one who has any spunk In him WI
not stand for such a slur.
The ones that err should be made
to discriminate between the real
Stacker and the man awaiting his
call TO the colors, and I think this
question should be brought to tn.
attention Of ALL NIX
The Washington times., 1918-09-22
Bet your money on the U. S. A.

DcI your money on the ". y. a.
''
diets that the Temporary build
ings" in Potomac Park will remain
there for many years. The commits
sion points at Temporary" govern
ment buildings erected in Paris in
1870-still doing duty.
Youno men 7 krov nh. h.vo
watched the erection ~ .or, n ns
tbese Gtsnnorar,,S s.-U ~
cJsrs that tbs co1s+,,o 81 os'S .a;s nc
Ia The hn;iJ;neS Ill ~ . "a;
nod. that Il S,;II rao,;. ny ~ easas
10 remove The atsrqorsr,,5 " h,,;iS
Inc. Oiiu
Az for me ~, -, H. %. Al
mater 7 1sr,aro ~ A a. ten . ~ 'ns
Conoressn,sn n,Sn Drors se ~ az. al ~
bnij3inos would he taUnnra ma TH stie
tba onIy vay Az .J-.;r;.t-:.;, - -
OF tne government ever got Con-
ess 70 1sree 70 put buildings IN
The Washington times., 1918-09-22
By Mrs. Wilson Wo o d r w.

properly to make either of them.
And by the same token there is
nothing better than the simple po-
tato, not au grained or croquetted,
but boiled or baked in its jacket to
just the perfect and exquisite de-
gree of fiakiness.
How Many7
How many people can make an
omelet as is an omelet? How
many can make a cup Of coffee that
is the nectar of the gods and mot
just a nondescript black brew?
There are those rarified souls
who affect not to know where
withal they shall be fed. Well.
"Aspera ad astra" is a very good
motto, but unless your feet are
pretty well planted on the earth
you are going to bob around
among the stars as aimlessly as a
stray balloon. 1t may be a Puri-
tanical narrowness on my part, but
1 have no belief in the mental
qualities OF any one who does not
respect his food.
believe that one of the reasons
why men are more agreeable COM
panions than women Is that the
majority of them know good food,
and many of them can cook It
The greatest scholar l ever knew
was also the best cook.
Cooking is not an exact science;
Il In an art And cooks ara born.
The Washington times., 1918-09-22

take the bread is a peculiarly reck-
less form Of gambling, with ones
digestion for a stake.
Same Everywhere.
1t matters not whether one is
dining in the homes of the once
idle, but now toiling, rich, or at a
smart restaurant, or sampling the
fruits of a modest kitchenette, the
same gummy, gray paste is offered
for the staff of life, the same indie
scribable mess for corn bread.
And one is supposed to be show
ing ones patriotism by eating it
thankfully.
am willing to eat clay if it
will benefit my country. / would
be glad to suffer any form of
martyrdom if l could thereby help
in winning the war. But useless
sacrifice does not appeal to me. It
is a waste of energy. There is not
the slightest necessity for the
wretched bread and cornbread that
are everywhere offered. They are
merely the triumphs of bad cook
ing.
know whereof I speak when
say that excellent bread can be and
is made of the various substitutes
which we have for wheat, and
there is nothing more delicious
than cornbread when it is proper
ly made. But only the infinitesi-
mai nnfnoritY aAams to know how
The Washington times., 1918-09-22
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GOODWIN

hand will sweep away the Iron fence
around the Botanical Garden. ThAG
thing Is the most unsightly and un<
necessary object IN all Washingtoa
unless you make exception Of the
bronze whiskers on the statue Of
General Dupont.
The garden itself should 81
moved to another spot, but the park
should remain. Il should be filled
with benches and opened wide to the
public. It was never intended to b
fenced-in green, and the sooner Va
get nd Of those iron palings the
better.
l5
BERT ST. CLAIR says that On
yesterday he saw for the first time
picture Of Queen Mary without an
umbrella IN her hand. The King
was with her, and II may be that
having located him she dropped the
umbrella.
However, I'll bet q hat Bert vfll
never see AL BURLESON without
an umbrella
srs
WILLIAM TINDALL reminds ne
OF the ever-increasing danger 70
school children on street cars.
propose that We now discuss the
question whether 1t Is feasible q
open the schools Tor some of theml
at $3.50 instead of 9 o'clock. 50 thai
the children who must ride to school
will not swell the already over
crowded car population. 81
Bet yOar money on the U. s. A. ~
sar
Patriotic Washingtonian.
l have a six-room house, win,
two children, and myself We have
four girl war workers rooming win
US and they are not any trouble, N
fact, it Is a pleasure to have them.
It Is like a big family. expect
my wife will take in two more; then
l know will have to move to the
cellar. -
WALTER LEE HIBBLE.
726 Upshur street northwest "a
The Washington times., 1918-09-22
Gossip and Chatter

A W., B. and A. man sends word
to me that if he catches me out in
Maryland he will give me licking.
Well, all l hope is that he won't
make me ride in one of his cars.
A Pittsburgher complains that
small steaks cost S1.10. For good
ness sake, where? I'd like to get
off as cheap as that:
But the QUESTIONABLE has spaces
for the names of three children only.
What's going to become of a man
who has eight?
Perhaps the army allowance is
only three children.
Gosh, how this rationing habit has
spread.
Public Utility Perfection.
Two young men and two young
women attended a dance at Lloyd,
Md, Saturday night and planned to
take W., B. and A. local back to
Washington. Out there one has to
flag the train with a lantern. They
tagged it all right, but the local
motorman, after slowing up, saw
only four passengers and refused to
stop.
Grand service! For which we are
asked to permit our streets to be
used as FREE parking spaces.
At Eighth street and Michigan
avenue, IL o'clock Saturday night
two soldiers from Camp Meigs, due
in camp at II M, waited thirty min
utes for Brookland cars which re-
fused to stop. One car that shot by
was empty. The soldiers eventually
started to camp afoot.
Grand service!
Perhaps if the street railways will
fix up their tracks and give 100 per
cent service the public wouldn't
grumble so much.
At present the two lines do not
operate together to the best ad-
vantage of the public.
A brilliant writer on the Wash
ington Herald says:
British hiers are peppering the
The Washington times., 1918-09-22

After Long Struggle, China Was Relieved of the
Curse of Opium. After Dreadful Period of Gin
Drunkenness, During Which Hogarth Made His
Famous "Gin Lane" Cartoon, England, by Heavy
Taxation on Spirits, Diminished Drunkenness Some
what.
Now, Here in the United States, the Alcoholic
The Washington times., 1918-09-22

Drug That Has Cursed Millions, the Deadly Destruc-
tive Whskey, Responsible for Drunkenness and Misery,
Is Passing Away, Shadow Leaves the Land with
the Drifting of the Clouds.
There Has Been No Better News Published in
Many Day Than This
WI4ISKEYS RULE is ENDING.
The Washington times., 1918-09-22

Perhaps if the street railways will
fix up their tracks and give 100 per
cent service the public wouldn't
,y7,r,hla an rnuch
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-14
Best Security in the Work..

A Az per cent United States gov
eminent bond after the close of the
war-perhaps not Immediately after,
but during the course of few years
should sell as high as ITO, and the
investor in 500 bond at par would
thus. get 10 per cent profit in addi-
ton to the regularly paid interest at
Az per cent during the interval.
Few Of my readers recall the re-
markable profits made by the pur-
chasers of government bonds during
the civil war. British investors took
large quantities Of these while they
were at a discount and at the close Of
the war enjoyed profit of from 80
to 40 per cent on their purchases.
Most of my readers can recall the
Spanish war of 1898 and the per
cent war bonds issued at that time.
They were so greatly oversubscribed
that they sold almost at once at a
premium of per cent. Within year
this premium was doubled and some
purchasers realized as high as IL per
cent profit on their investments.
So I say, there is nothing safer or
better for investment with chance of
handsome profit than the Az per
cent Liberty bonds. Peace cannot
long be deferred. When it comes a
Az United States bond ought to com
mand a premium in the worlds mar
kets.-McAdoo.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-14
Potato Prices Down.

There is no Improvement in the
local potato market prices are prac-
tically shot to pieces. Topnotch quo
tations for Triumphs are $3.50 per
cwt., while other varieties range all
the way from 81 to $1.4O, and there
is no apparent indication Of an adj
vance.
Receipts at the warehouses, how
ever, remain steady and some Of the
buildings are approaching point Of
congestion caused by light shipments.
Buyers cannot afford to ship at the
prices offered at the big central mar
kets. .. so.
In consequence Of the low prices
prevailing in the Princeton market
large quantities Of feld-run potatoes
are being hauled to the starch fac
tory, which is paying from 60 to 80
cents per cWt. From the present out
look the plant will, in all probability,
continue to operate until spring.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-14
Profit Sharing plan.

Profit sharing is being widely dis
cussed in England now in connection
with the nations war activities, and
much consideration is being directed
to experience in France a society or
ganized for the purpose Of promoting
profit sharing, and this society has
been recognized by the government as
a public utility 1.
In the French profit-sharing plans
generally benefited funds are institute
ed to provide for emergencies in the
life of the workers. Ordinarily work
men do not receive their share of the
profit in cash, but in the form Of "a
fund, which goes to purchasing shares
in the business or to old age pensions.
There are various systems Of profit
sharing in vogue in France. One Of
these gives a percentage Of the net
profits over the wages, the manage
ment, and the various benefit funds.
Another bases the percentage on sales
or,total business done.
Still other forms base the amount
given the workers on the dividend
rate, the amount of capital, or as a.
bonus at the discretion Of the en-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-14
Americas Monster Gun.

Announcement from France shat
American 16-inch naval guns, manned
by naval gun crews, have come into
action with the Americans at the
front, disclosed that through efforts
Of the ordnance officials of the navy,
General Pershing's forces are now
equipped with the most powerful and
hardest hitting weapons yet used in
the present war, ashore or afloat, SO
far as is known.
The 16-inch rifles are similar to
those designed for use aboard the
newest American dreadnaughts. They
are SO caliber bore, more than 66 feet
in length, and weigh approximately
100 tons without their carriages.
Without question they are the long
est range guns in use except the Ger
man super guns, which are regarded
merely as a mechanical freak. The
iprojectile weighs close to ton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-14
The Way to Treat the Kaiser.

AAAC W ~ W AU V0V G1lO A046CIs
Germany says it has chad enough
Soft-hearted ones are pleading that
when a man cries quits, it is not
necessary to keep on pounding his
face in the dirt. Perhaps not in
ordinary cases, but this is different.
There is an old story in point. Two
men had high words and came to
blows. One Of them was notorious
liar, and the trouble had grown out Of
his proclivity. The liar was knocked
down and was being we'll hammered by
the other fellow, who sat astride him
and pinned him to the ground as he
dealt out punishment
give had enough" the liar cried.
"Quit; let me up; I'm licked; I'll be
good. .
The man on top paused just long
enough to say: maybe you are
licked, and maybe you will be good.
But you are such blankety-blank liar
that I can't believe word you say
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-14
Outside View of the Yanks.

OUTSIDE view OF the 8nkS.
It is difficult to write Of America
fighting men without seeming to wal
low in fulsQme fattery. The more
one sees and knows them, however,
the greater ones admiration and lik-
ing become
For the best part of year now we
have had a succession of them at
tached to us for instruction in flying
and for patrol work. Absolutely with
out exception these young Yanks have
proved themselves splendid chaps,
.full-out" at their job, acceptable in
every way in the mess.
A good many people the kaiser for
one have sort of rooted notion that
the Americans are a wild west kind
of crowd with no discipline to speak
of. AS a matter Of fact they are all
for discipline, though it is Of sane
and reasonable description. Hat slap-
ping and hot air are not rampant with
them.
IF have to write to one Of our
people up top I don't have to end by
saying, 7 have the honor to be, sir,
your obedient servant II just sign my
name and let it go at that" said one
Of them chaffingly to me the other
day. We can be businesslike without
running the risk of being called up
for 1impertinence.'
Anyone who has been much with
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-14
these Yanks Will agree that @mper-
+;nnnro1s &c q hort +hn Loot %hinne fhnx,

these Yanks will agree that, 1eimper-
Thence" is about the last thing they
are ever guilty Of. On the contrary,
they are only too anxious to respect
our experience of war and to learn all
they can from us. They are taking
matters far too seriously to indulge in
any of that old fictional bombastic,
lick-creation spirit.
They frankly pick our brains for the
benefit Of humanity-to beat the
boche and we are glad they can do
it.
Very coldly determined to beat the
boche they are, too. / have not met a
single American who talks Of wiping
Germany off the map or nonsense of
that sort, nor have l met one who is
animated by the ridiculous "Gott
strafe" spirit Of the Hun, but every
one have met has got his teeth
clenched to teach the enemy such a
lesson he will not forget.
eve may, or may not, fight our way
across the Rhine" said one, "but we're
certainly going across it TO sign that
peace treaty"
There are lots Of things they cannot
get over here in plenty-ice water,
their popular brands of Turkish cigar
cts, and certain fruits, for example
but that does not appear to trouble
them greatly.
All their messes are "dry," and most
of them have nowhere special to go
when on leave-no 'sBlighty." But
they are not down hearted or glum.
They will be "all right presently"
Splendid chaps, the Yanks!-A
British Officer in London Mail.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-14
The Right Spirit !.

8 If it would do one soldier holding
the battle line for Uncle Sam bit Of
good, I'd eat no more wheat for the
rest Of my life" In this emphatic
statement ]. J. Ryan, secretary Of the
National Retail Grocers' association,
hit directly at the slackers who COM
plain because their use Of wheat and
sugar are restricted. The occasion
was the meeting Of the Toledo Retail
Grocers' and Butchers association.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-14
Had the Wrong Number

Did you ever get . proposal, aun-
tie ~
Once, my dear. A gentleman pro-
posed over the telephone, but he had
the wrong number :, Tit it Bits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-11-14

ployer. Certain companies are able to
share with their workers any savings
they may make in the cost Of pro-
ducing goods. NJ. ss3e.#ss.