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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29

nette's car came, to take her back to
her city home, and he announced, with
a sQuaring of his shoulders, that he
should go with her. Il might lose
you," he whispered, land I have only
just found you.'
The chauffeur, close-helmeted and
sitting far down in his driving seat,
was remote from them. Wrapped in
warm robes and touching elbows in
the darkened hood of the car, without
speech, the silence and nearness
wrought upon them.
Are you warm?' His voice was
thick as he asked the commonplace e
question. Pulling off his glove, he
reached out to draw the robe around
her-his hand met another bare hand.
which fluttered tentatively and then
lay, palm to palm, with his. Gently
the mans arm went around her shout
der. his lips lowered, touched other
lips-and chung.
The mating thought and the nesting
thought are one. Out of the whirling
world about him came Annette's voice,
softly eager:
"Oh. Grandmother Hale's house is
mine!'
ut shall be our haven-always wait
ing for US, sweetheart" He antici-
pated her longing thought. ITO think
Of when we are alone under the desert
stars, to come back to- for rest. We
will make it the port where our
Thanksgiving ships anchor!"
Copyright, 111S by the Mcclure News
paper Sypdicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29
BRITAIN DAY.

Three hundred mayors thruout the
country have been asked by a New
York committee to take steps for the
special observance of Britain day on
Saturday, December 7, and for services
in the churches and other observances
for Sunday, December 8.
The mayor of every city having a
population of 5000 and upward has
been invited to join this nationwide
demonstration of American friend
ship for the British nation and people.
Public meetings are being organized in
many places. and band concerts and
other special entertainment features
will be given.
F'raternal and patriotic organiza-
lions. as well as commercial clubs,
churches. Y. NJ. C. AS, environments
and other bodies are being invited to
observe this occasion by special meet
fAss. and the outlook is that thousands
of such gatherings will be held thru
out the country.
Topeka should not and probably
will not be behindhand in proper OBJ
servance of the occasion. America
and all the remainder of the civilized
world owe much to England. The
British people are our people and it is
fitting that the reunion of the great
English family brought about by the
war after a century of, estrangement
should be celebrated. Twisting the
tail of the British lion. once a more or
less favorite pastime of American
stump speakers, has been abandoned
forever.
England's sacrifice in the war was
bitter one. AS announced in the house
OF commons recently. the British loss
in killed was 65s.00O, wounded totaled
over 100000, while missing. includ-
ing prisoners. were $4,000. The to-
tai casualties were over 100000.
This sacrifice was made for us as well
as for Britain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIzABErHj THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs Thompson: L am a young
married woman, the mother of two
| children. My husband does his best
working to provide well for US. but t
has never been his. fortune to earn
more than fair wages. With the high
| cost of living it keeps US scraping to
| make ends meet.
want to help, but having the babies
to care for keeps me from doing work
that other refined women do. I have
said a number of times I would love
to help by doing small washing and
! ironing week and my husband does
MT want me to, as he feels L am not
able to do SO much. Besides there is
feeling of pride when 1t comes to
washing.
We have subscribed so cents a num-
Der of times to the Red Cross and
other organizations and are buying
| thrift stamps. war saving stamps and
one bond. We want to help every cent
we can spare for our country, as we
do not want to be looked upon as
slackers. Still we cannot spare much.
1 cannot sew.
II could get a washing from one
first class family I would be glad to
do it all for our country and still it
would be helping my family. Do you
think there is any way I can get a
washing or two from nice families and
still not have the public know?
GIVING FOR DEMOCRACY.
You could get washings from an
employment agency or by advertising
in the newspaper thru a blind adver-
tisement which does not require the
disclosure of the name.
1t would be more satisfa Glory for
you to take care of children when
their mothers go away for a day or
an evening Get the names, of various
mothers and call or write to them.
Do not be foolishly proud about this
matter.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: used to
GO with a fellow who was certainly
fire>to me in every respect. He was
also Very much admired by everyone.
He used to take me auto riding al
most every evening last summer and
then all of a sudden he stopped COM
ing and started to go with another
girl. I don't know what did to Of
fend him. 1t has been two months
since l have heard from him at all.
Shall 1 write or call him UP and ask
what is the matter? MIA
DO not write or phone him. 1t Is
evident that he became more inter-
ested in the other girl or he woald
not nave given you up so completely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29
America seems destined to wield a

America seems destined to WELD a
powerful influence in the approaching
conference which is to arrange terms
of peace. This is SO because it Is rec
ognized that the United States has no
ak to grind. We entered the world
war with no selfish ambition for Eu-
ropean or colonial territory. Terri
torial lines are of interest to us only
as they represent impartial justice and
stand for the freedom of peoples. 1t
is with just pride that America is able
to say We have as high and clean pur-
pose now as we had in the Spanish
American war. We then told Cuba,
when we had freed her from the OPP
presser. to work out her own saliva
ton as a free nation. We paid Spain
$20,OOO,0OO for the Philippines after
we had conquered them, and told the
'Filipinos they, too, should have COM
plete independence as soon as they
showed Themselves qualified for self
government. When China paid us in
demnity for the Boxer outrages, we
turned it all back and told her to use
1t for the education of her youth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29

The marked increase in the impor-
tation of tea into the United States
lends interest to a statement made by
British tea grower, that world con-
sumption of tea is now exceeding pro-
duction by reason OF the reduced con-
sumption of alcoholic liquors in many
of the principal countries of the world.
Prohibition. he said, is so increasing
the consumption of tea that the
worlds demands, especially after the
reopening of Russia. must far exceed
any possible production for some
years to come" Whether legislation
of this character in the United States
has or has not affected the consump-
ton of tea. it is at least a fact that the
tea imports into the United States are
now far in excess of any preceding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Apple Sauce.
i1ashed Potatoes. Scrambled Eggs
Oatmeal with milky.
war Bread 1uNc sqttes; Coffee
| Mashed Potato Cakes. Omelet
Dreamed Carrots.
Biscuits. Honey
Tea
ru;. DINNER.
fried Squirrel. Mashed Potatoes.
Baked Cabbage.
Sliced Cucumber.
Bread. Butter.
Pumpkin Custard.
Luncheon Sandwiches.
molnaton-Equal parts of dates,
raisins and figs chopped very fine
Powdered sugar moistened with ex-
tracts of VANILLA
Beef-Rare beef with Worcester
shire sauce.
cheese wlth~mustard and olive oil and
finely minced almonds, blanched. Din
leaves of lettuce in oil, putting cheese
ON loaf.
Sponge Cake-sIice of sponge cake
with grated chocolate with powdered
sugar.
Capers-Two tablespoons capers,
three hard-boiled eggs mixed with
salad dressing. Graham bread
Prunes-One cup mashed stewed
prunes mixed with peanut butter and
teaspoon brown sugar and one-half
teaspoon lemon juice. White bread or
pound cake sliced thin
Oyster-Finger rolls. split. filled
with oyster sauce. Oyster s6uce:
par oil one pint oysters. drain and
use oyster liquor in mixing one-half
pint of drawH butter sauce; season
with celery salt. cayenne pepper; add
oysters, chopped fine, cook two
mi utes. Serve warm or cold.
Raisin-White bread. buttered; put
layer of seeded raisins and add one
half peanut on each raisin. or layer of
peanut butter.
Onion-Minced Spanish onion mixed
with minced ham. with mustard
sauce. Rye bread.
Cheese Butter-Beat one-haIf Gun
butter, six tablespoons dry sharp flaw
ored cheese, one teaspoon mustard.
one teaspoon ar1chovy paste or sauce.
two teaspoons Worcestershire spread
between slices of buttered bread.
Green Pepper-One-half pound
Geese mixed with salt, three green
peppersi remove seeds. put thru meat
chopper, mix and spread on rye bread.
Chow Chow-Spread slices of but
tered bread with chow chow mixed
with minced ham,
Shrimp-Yohks of two hard-boiIed
eggs: mix in a bowl with two table,
spoons shrimp paste. two of butter;
pepper. salt and spread on buttered
white bread.
Sardine-Wash, remove oil. SKINS
bones. split and spread on thin but
tered toast; add tiny bit of salad
dressing. They are nice minced with
hard boiled eggs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29

There is good suggestion in the
remark of the Pottsville, Pa, Journal,
that we must Crush German con-
ceit." The trouble in the past has
been that we have nourished German
conceit. We have sent our students
to German universities. We have sent
our musicians to Germany to finish
their training. We have accorded a
special merit to everything that bore
the brand Made in Germany" We
sent our invalids to German mineral
springs when We had better ones at
home. We have praised everything
that bore the German stamp. Why
shouldn't Germany be conceded? As
the Pottsville Journal suggests, we
should crush German conceit, and the
best way to do 1t is to show our con-
tempt for the results of German "kul-
trr."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29

If the administration desire to pop
ularize its management of the rail-
roads 1t should at once begin the
making Of those improvements. and
extensions designed by the owners of
the roads and held up by lack of funds
and by the war. The public is paying
largely increased rates for freight and
passenger service and would like to
see results in addition to the mainte-
nance of the already established traf-
fic facilities. Government operation
must show improvement over the old
way.in order to commend itself to the
people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29

The government has ordered that
work arrested by the war now pro-
coed on postoffice buildings in thirty
seven cities of the United States.
Bids on this work are to be submitted
in January. This is a good beginning.
If states, counties and municipalities
will follow the lead of the federal
government and proceed at once with
contemplated public Improvements,
there will be no lack of employment
for all who desire to work. The COM
ing year should witness the construc-
ton of Thousands Of miles of hard
surfaced roads in the country. Now
is the time to get busy. while money
is plentiful and labor is available. No
difficulty need be experienced in TAX
ing up the slack resulting from the
change from a war to a peace basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29

regiment of soldiers on the right. a
posse of policemen on the left, and a
crowd OF peasants on the bridge in the
center. Now, ,how many supers nave
your"
Two. SIR"
To which he composedly replied:
THAT will do beautifully"
President Wilson is fond of telling
a story about an old teamster. This
old fellow said to the treasurer OF the
concern one day:
Me and that off-horse has been
workin' for the company seventeen
years, sir"
"Just SO, Winterhottom, just So"
said the treasurer, and he cleared his
throat and added: Both treated well.
1 hope?"
The old teamster looked dubious.
Well" he said, 1--WE wus both
token down sick last month, and they
got doctor for the boss, while they
locked my pay"
$50 you resigned?"
Yes; 1 couldn't stand the way the
firm treated me-"
What did they do?"
TOOK my name off the pay-sheet."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29
GLOBE SIGHTS
CFrom the Atchispn Globe.1

A turkey costs about as much aAa
COW.
Some tongues are made out of sands
paper; others are made out of velvet.
Occasionally 1t seems that a man
has nearly to die before he can live
properly
The best people are those who don't
think the are any better than any.
body else.
The hens have not yet sighed an
armistice. and eggs are worth more
than a nickel each.
What has become of the old fash.
Toned Democrat who thought every.
thing was coming his way
There is no such thing as the hen
that laid the golden egg, for It's =
rare hen that lays a plain egg now
days.
There il a type Of man who thinks
It shows he's progressive to make pre-
dictions that airplanes will soon Be.
come as common as Automobiles
Jude johnson, who recently re-
turned from the Battle of Midland coI-
ie2e. is now declaring that his great
regret is that he did not have two live
to give to his country. ~ >
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29
REIMBURSEMENT BEGINS.

Our war machine is being rapidly
| dismantled. If we did not dismantle
it ourselves it would dismantIe itself,
for the war is over, and many leisure
ly plans for readjustment are being
upset by the rapid march of events.
This readjustment is essentially eco
nomic and financial in it's effects.
With the rehabilitation of war in
dustries. says the Wollman Review, la
Dor seeks new fields. Non-essential
plants take on labor and with the rise
in their production commodities be-
come more plentiful. -
Non-essentiAl plants cannot pay war
wages. Their demand for raw mater
lal will not be SO urgent. Consequent
ly it will take less money to do bust
ness.
This does not necessarily mean that
business will be less active or that it
will be less profitable. Taken singly it
means that the dollar will be worth
more-that it will buy more goods,
more labor
, The country naturally wants to see
the progress toward dollar of greater
dislocation, and with the minimum of
inequity. especially toward labor. In
order to bring this about prices of
commodities would have to lead wages
in the decline. These are factors that
no one can govern. Economic forces
are not fully subject to human control.
Commodity prices are tending lower.
The government has forbidden short
selling of cotton presumably in order
to help maintain prices. Importers
find themselves heavily overbought on
many products. Prices c. many COM
modities, particularly from .>e Far
East. are down as much as 20 per cent.
Thus it is possible that the decline in
the cost of living may equalize the fall
in wages.
All this means a release of money
for normal enterprise. Merchants will
buy less and therefore will borrow
less. Manufacturers will find their
cost of operation reduced. Their re-
quirements for working capital will
not be so large. Business may find it.
self on peace footing long before it
believed such a thing.to be possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29
Is YEARS AGO TN Topeka
From DE eolumns :.
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

November 20. 1903.
The last number Of Arthur Capper's
North Topeka Nail contains an article
on Col. J. W. ~ Hughes for governor.
Col. Hughes is quoted as saying. 81 know
very little about 1t except that a large
number Of Republicans have told me they
wanted me to be the next governor"
VIII Sells will rent the Oakland audi.
torium for winter quarters for his circus,
II he cnn lind some way Of heating the
structure.
w. II. Ryns and Miss Ida Ryus of Kan.
sas City, will visit Miss Berthe Ryus foP
n few days this week.
Miss Mary McCabe Is confined to heP
home by the grippe.
Miss Gertrude Roberts gave very
pleasant Thanksgiving party at the Ma
tional hotel In honor of her friend, Miss
Carrie Titus OF Kansas City. The guests
were Misses Carrie Titus, Carrie Clark
son and Glenna Cross, and Messrs George
Rust, Al Evans, A. H. Connolly and Frank
Edison.
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year. compilation by the National
City bank of New York shows that
the quantity of tea imported into the
United States in the fiscal year 1918
was ISL, 100000 pounds against 1O3,-
100000 pounds in the Immediately
preceding year, and III 200, 900 in the
high record year 1909. The value of
the imports of the fiscal year 1918 is
also so per cent greater than in any
earlier year. aggregating $31. 100000 in
value. against an average of about
$1S,000.000 per annum in the preced-
ing five years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29

The federal employment service at
Washington has been working itself
into a frenzy over the greatness of its
task of finding Jobs for the men and
finding men for the jobs when tn
army shall have been demobilized.
There is no need to worry. There will
be work even for the incumbents of
the employment service II they will
resign their places on the government
payroll. The country is going ahead
as never before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
The Philanderins Husband.-1.
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer

The Philandering Husband.-1.
get great many pathetic letters
from women who tell me that their
husbands are paying attention to other
women. and who ask me what they
shall do about it. I wish that there
was something I could say to comfort
these poor soul tortured wives, but
there is no panacea for hurt love and
outraged pride and dignity, nor is
there any magic by which wife can
conjure back q husbands rowing
fancy.
The only two courses open to a
woman under such conditions are
either to get a divorce, or to possess
her soul in patience. and cultivate
philosophy, and there are difficulties
and drawbacks in the way of either
procedure. Nor can either one be
guaranteed to ease the pain in her
heart and fill the emptiness in her
life.
OF course. when a woman who has
been perfectly~good wife to a man,
who has adored him and borne him
children, who has sacrificed, saved and
toiled for him, and who has had no
aim nor aspiration since her wedding
day except just to help him and make
him happy and comforta BILE. finds cut
that he is false to her, her first, i'm
pulse Is to rush to the divorce court,
But, alas. divorce is only a specific
FOR the surface ills of matrimony. II
only cures in mild cases, such as in
compatibility of temper and uncon-
genlality and similar trif1fng troubles.
When a woman does not really love
her husband divorce will bring her
happiness, but when she loves him
with her whole heart and soul di-
voice leaves her manned and stricken
for life. 1t is a remedy that is worse
than the disease
Also woman may be opposed to
divorce on conscientious grounds. Or
she may have enough practical sense
70 see the wisdom of making the best
OF pad bargain and not throwing
a eooo nome away after a lost bus-
band.
FOR no matter how little hold
woman may have Upon her husba nd's
anections. she has a legal clutch on
MS pocketbook as long as she re-
mains MS wife. He is bound to sun
port her, whereas he is not compelled
~ pay anmony unless he is a man
Win property that she can attach.
heretore, a Woman does well to
take counsel of prudence before sho
rus herseif OF philanderin1 hus-
oand. When one cannot get the first
prize one must satisfy oneself as hest
sne can with the second prize. and
certainly home. a settled position in
society and pretty clothes are con.o-
laton prizes not to be lightly thrown
away. One does not compare them
with husbands love, loyalty and ten
oerness, but they are better than nov
erty and a hall bedroom and shabby
ciotnes, also without husbands
love, and loyalty. and tenderness. For
In either case the husband is gone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
By ROY X. NoULToN

Doing Her "Bit."
With manlike logic said he this
Unto his lady fair:
Fer long you've scorned my proffered
You vowed you did not care.
Yet now, today. know not why.
A kiss You proffer me.
, My joy IS thus mixed up with a sigh
or sheer perplexity.'
Replied the maid. you men must e'er
For cause and reason sift-
You would the butterfly lay bare,
Or analyze; gift.
yield my lips of ice
Because I'm bound each day to make
-wALTER PULITZER,
The fIu~gerrh is the only form OF
animal life that can travel faster than
Boston to San Francisco in less tina n
eight minutes, if reports are true.
There was only one spoiled ballot
IN the bunch" reports the Andale
Globe" concerning the recent local
poll, which shows that the voters are
getting next to how to vote the>pres-
ent form of ballot, and that 1t is about
time for the legislature to change the
thing again."
The old pessimist is still on the job.
Now his squeal Is that it will be five
years before the boys can come home.
Lubovska, the Russian impression
istic dancer. is convinced that Amer
lea will be the art center of the world
in future and that Russian dancing
will go extremely well here. Maybe,
but We don't stand for the old knock
about team, Lenine and Trotzky, in
vaudeville.
Chicago University professor con-
dennis kissing. saying it is a relic of
the dark ages. They certainly do dig
up some interesting relics now and
then.
AS We sow so shall We reap"
Germany sowed bolsheVism in Russia
They say Trotzky has left Russia.
But don't worry. He won't come here
This country is going dry soon.
Junkerism has been junked -.
"Courting costs money" says an old
friend Of ours, especially divorce
courting"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29

A league OF nations to enforce peace
is a certainty If America, England,
France and Italy so will. Other ma
tions can come in or stay out. on the
terms which these four submit. The
end in view would be the same. No
nation or combination of nations
could stand against the united power
OF these four when welded in the
interest of right and justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29

1t is reported that the pope is plan
ming to leave Rome for a residence
elsewhere. His attention is called to
the advantages of Topeka, where rents
are not high and'where a new modern
hotel is in process of erection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-29
DINNER STORIES

Look here" said the irate diner,
there's fly in the butter
THAT isn't fly" commented the
waiter; ut is a moth. And that isn't
butter; it's margarine. Otherwise your
assertion is correct"
certain stage manager, noted for
his ambitious demands in regard to
scenery and stage effects, yet who was