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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21
ALI Under 16 Must Get Permits
To Work.
Mcbride Will Enforce Law
Passed in 1917.
DRUGGISTS TO Be HARD HIT
Boys Taking Places of Men in
Many Places.
Law Says Those With Permits
Can't Work Nights.

Boys in Topeka who are under 16
years old will be compelled to get a
working permit from the school board
before they can continue with the jobs
they have or get new jobs. it was an
nounced today by Paul Mcbride, state
labor commissioner.
This law Is on our statute books
and must be enforced" he said. Dur
ing a recent investigation we were sur
prised to find how little people know
about this law. 1T is not our intention
to throw the boys out of work or i'm
pose a hardship on the merchants who
employ them. ALI thev will have to
do If they wish to continue work is to
get a permit from their school board.
Druggists Arc Disturbed.
Topeka druggists, especially, are
much concerned over this new step.
as men are extremely scarce owing to
war conditions. and scores of boys 16
years old and under are employed at
the soda fountains. Furthermore, they
declare that tho boys are working
short hours and receiving good pay
and that they are far better off at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21
Georgette Crepe and Crepe dc

Georgette Crepe and Crepe de
Chine, Sligo and S1.65-Good quality,
nice line of colors, 40 inches wide,
priced at this store, yard Sligo and
$1.65.
Tub Silks, yd. S1.OO-splendid quail
ity, beautiful new patterns, 80 inches
wide. Our great cash selling system
enables us to offer you this $1.25
quality for S1.00.
Crepe de Chine, yd. 50c-Silk and
cotton, good range of colors, So inches
wide.
Messaline Silk, 75c-A broken line
of colors worth $1.0O; cash selling
keeps the price down to yd. 75c.
Fancy and Plaid Silks yd. s1.79-
Splendid quality of fancy and plaid
silks / yard wide. Cash come in and
we make this $500 silk for $1.79.
Voiles and Organizes, I'd. Csc
Fine, sheer quality, in plain and fig
ured patterns at this store yard Csc.
Girls fine Bingham Dresses, beau
tifully trimmed>in contrasting colors,
priced at $1.00, S1.25 to S1.9S.
MILDLY Blouses, neatly made, in sew
eral different kinds and styles, priced
soc, $1.00 to S1.5O.
Children's Ronipers, 25c-Made of
bingham and percale. A splendid lit
tie garment for only Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21

Women's White Skirts-Made in
the latest newest styles Linen, gab-
ardines and piques-priced from
$1.25 to $3.50.
Women's White Waists, $1.00-
Fine voiles and organizes, large col
lars, lace and embroidery trimmed.
Women's House Dresses, CSC, SLIPS
to $1.9S-Made of good dark percales.
Bathing CapsLGood assortment of
kinds and styles, priced at Csc to SOC.
Children's Bathing Satisfaction
jersey ribbed priced at 79c.
Auto and Sport Caps-Big assert
ment of styles and kinds priced from
29c to $1.50.
Lawns and Tissue Ginghams in
new spring patterns worth 29c. Our
great cash selling system enables us
to make price yard Csc.
Dress Lawns 10c-Good line of COL
ors and patterns; cash price per yd.
1Oc.
Dress Ginghams - New plaids,
stripes and checks. Our low cash
selling price, Csc and 29c yard.
Bookfold Percales-Gingham eff
fects, % inches wide. Cash selling
keeps the price down to, yard 1Sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21
GAVE THEM 4 "SH0WER"
Persons Near Police Station Greet Sol
der and Bride.

A one-act drama that might be-
called Love and War or Married I'm
der Difficulties" was enacted at the
court hourse and police station about
o'clock Thursday night when Rob-
ert H. Pollock, soldier giving his ad-
dress at Kansas City, sKan., and Hazel
Evangeline Haviland were married by
Judge Cav just two or three hours
before Pollock caught a train to
Texas. where he reports for >1fty.
The couple arrived at the court
house after all the offices were closed
They went to the police station and
called up Judge Cav, who promised
to come down and issue license II
they would send fer him. A police
officer standing near offered to take
one of the police cars and bring Cav
down town. The offer was accepted
and the license issued and the mar
rage ceremony performed all in few
minutes.
While proceedings were under way
| in the probate court office the police
men and plain clothes men at the sta
ton were not idle. They were quietly
handing out tips" to residents living
along Fifth avenue and adjacent
streets that the soldier and his bride
would soon come forth and when the
couple walked down the steps and into
mingled with rattle of dish pans and
a shower OF old shoes greeted them
from the nearby lawns. The bride
was from Kansas City. Kan The
groom has been stationed at Camp
| Funston for some time and was spend
! ing a furlo in Kansas City when
| ordered TO Texas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21

Yard Wide Percales in good assort-
ment of light and dark patterns. Cash
selling price, yard Csc.
Awning Stripe Skirting, yard 29c-
A good medium weight summer ma
terial, "a inches wide. Cash selling
makes this 35c quality at, yard 29c.
Children's Bingham Dresses, 59c-
Long waist style, trimmed in con-
trasting colors, ages 2 to 10 years.
Children's Slip-over Play Suits
Made with high bib, attached sus-
penders, price Csc.
Women's Cotton Vests, 612c-
Swiss ribbed, tapped neck and arms.
Seconds of the 1910 quality. Medium
sizes, price SIC or A f0r25c.
Ladies' Union Suits, 35c-Fine jer-
sey ribbed, full bleached, taped neck
and arms. Lace trim or tight knee
styles. Regular and extra sizes. Csc
or 8 for $1.00.
Ladies' Fiber Silk Hose-Medium
weight, "Topsy' brand, elastic tops,
reinforced heels and toes; black,
white and colors, at Csc pair.
Children's Sox-highly nercerized,
plain white and white and fancy
striped, roll tops, sizes Az to 8, pair
29c.
Infants Hose, 1Oc-A broken line
of sizes, black and white only, pr. Zoe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21
SOLD "HARD" CIDER
Restaurant Keeper Here Arrested for
Bone Dry Violations.

Frank Dmbaski, who runs a lunch
counter at 207 Kansas avenue, was
arrested this morning by the police
following the discovery that Dmbaski
was selling cider that appeared to be
harder than permitted by the Kan
sas prohibition statutes.
The police say Dmbaskfs cider was
Of the "barbed lighting variety. He
Is being held while a sample of his
wares are being analysed at Kansas
rniyersitv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21
TO GO ON SUGAR RATION
Supply for Restaurants VIII Be Cut
- Down,

! St. Louis. Mo-. June 21.-Greater
steps in sugar conservation-this time
striking hotels, restaurants and public
! eating houses-are being prepared to-
day by the federal food administra-
ton.
Operative July 1, the nations eat
ing houses will be on sugar, rations,
according to a preliminary announce
ment of the new plans received by
state food administration officials to-
day.
| Less Than Last Year.
Based on reports of their consump-
ton of sugar during 1917, each res
taurant. hotel and eating house will
| be apportioned q part of the nations
supply. That this amount will be less
than the 1917 consumption was indi-
Gated by the preliminary notice.
eighty and possibly seventy per cent of
| the usual sugar supply may be allot-
ed. it was believed here. The state
ment of last years uses is to be made
voluntarily within the next week.
Sugar Sales Limited.
| st. Paul, Mimi, June 21.-Two
| pounds of sugar in cities, five pounds
| in rural districts was fixed by the
J Minnesota state food administration
| today as the maximum for single sales
| The order was based on instructions
| from Washington, understood here to
be nationwide in their scope.
Card OF Thanks.
Il We wish to thank the Court Of
Honor, our friends and neighbors for
the many deeds Of kindness and beau
tiful floral offerings during the ILL
ness and death of our beloved wife
and mother.
+ ]. A. STINSON
\ CORA WILLIAMS
GEORGE WILLIAMS.
II NAE WILLIAMS.
u MR.. and MRS. ROBERT CLUFF.
ADV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21
IRISH ELECT Sim FEINER
Defeated Nationalist for Parliament by
Big Majority.

London, June 21.-Arthur Griffith.
the Sim Fein leader who recently was
arrested in the Sim Fein round up in
ireland, has been elected to the house
of commons from East Cavan. He de-
feated the nationalist candidate by a
vote Of 1898 to 1851.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21

IS pairs Misses and Chdren's White Shoes and Slip
pers-Sizes up to regular $1.50 and $500 values
while they last pair CSC.
Ladies' Pumps, Oxfords and Strap Slippers in kid, pat
ent and gunmeta with low, medium high heels, priced
from SITS to $3.50.
full line of Ladies' Comfort Shoes and House Slip
pers. We guarantee to please and satisfy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21

so pairs Ladies' Shoes and Oxfords-Szes 21s, and
312 worth $500. Close-out price S1.48.
so pairs Misses and Chdren's Black and Brown Strap
and Lace SlippersToday and tomorrow only at pair 9Sc
60 pairs Mems Heavy Work Shoes-Sizes g. 61a, T. 7,
10 and II worth $3.50 to $3.50; choice $2.9S. A r.
White Mercerzed Cloth, Reignskin Shoes-Shoes, Ok
fords and Pumps, at SIPS to $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-21
Exceptional Shoe Bargains

Season Specials of Broken Lines at Saving Prices
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-11

to Birmingham large number of visitors, many of whom have achieved national fame. The public is not only invited to attend the sessions of the congress, but are urged to do so.
 The discussions will have a direct bearing on "win-the-war" problems, and as the government has placed its stamp on this years programme of the congress not a few of the speak CTS will come with message fresh fir m the seat of government.
 It is felt that no matter how busy the men and women of Birmingham may be there will be no lack of ap- preciation of the Child Conservation exhibit or of the efforts of the lead- CTS in the Sociological congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-11
RADIOGRAM
Devil to Kaiserl

Decoded by Eugene H. Blake, of the
 Vigilantes.
 Have just invited expression from lead- ing Hadens on anniversary your getting America into our war; Genghis Khan sends congratulations on one more year superbestiality but fears this may be re- ferred to a peace conference Alexander the Great says no man can wish for more worlds to conquer with hundred million Americans in balance Frederick the Great urges fooling Americans into quick German peace; Pharoah fears in- creasing plaques of hunger, disease and world hate unless you stop; Louis Six teenth says watch your home; Nero con- siders American dock fires clever; Na- poleon Bonaparte suggests making sure Russia considers you a liberator and not an emetic; Attila sends congratula- tons that your spies and fire bugs still infest America; Catherine de Medici says one St. Bartholomew's night may De safe, but you can't run slaughter too many years; Abdul Hamid sure you can finish Armenians, but says Americans are armed. think America slow, but dangerous; Don't know whether to con- graduate or not. DEVIL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-11
THE TANK

Ian, Hay, in "All In It."
 -lNN0WN in the forest something Fl stirred But it was not the note
 of bird, as the song would have us believe From the depths of the wood opposite came a cracking sound, as of some prehistoric beast forcing it's way through tropical undergrowth. And then, suddenly, out from the thinning edge there loomed a monster-a monstrosity. It did not glide, it did not walk. It wal lowed It lurched, with now and then a laborious heave of it's shoulders. It fumbled it's way over low bank mat ted with shrub. It crossed ditch, by the simple expedient of rolling the ditch out flat and waddled forward.
 In it's path stood young tree. The monster arrived at the tree and laid it's chin lovingly against the stem. The tree leaned back, crackled and assumed q horizontal position. In the middle of the clearing, 20 yards farther on, gaped an enormous shell crater, present from the blindly, to emerge, panting and puffing, on the farther side. Then it stopped. A magic opening appeared in it's stomach, from which emerged, grinning, British
 Certainly the omniscient Hun received the surprise of his life when, in the early mist of a September morning some weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-11

, later. line of these self-same tanks burst for the first time upon his in credulous vision, waddling grotesquely up the hill to the ridge which had defied
 the British infantry so long and so bloodily-there to squat complacently
 down on the top of the enemys machine guns, or spout destruction from her own up and down beautiful trenches which had never been intended for capture In fact, Brother Roche was quite plain- tive about the matter. He described the employment of such engines as wicked and brutal, and opposed to the recog- nized usages of warfare. When one of
 these low-comedy vehicles (named the Creme-de-Menthe) ambled down the main street of the hitherto impregnable village of Flers, with hysterical British Tom mics skipping her on the back, he ap- pealed to the civilized world to step in and forbid the combination of vulgarism and barbarity.
 "Let us at least fight like gentlemen, said the Hun, with simple dignity. Let
 us stick to legitimate military devices
 the murder of women and children, and the emission of chlorine gas But tanks mol! One must draw the line some where!'' But the ill-bred Creme-de- -Menthe took
 no notice. None whatever. She simply went waddling on-towards Berlin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-11
Popularity of the
 Third Liberty Loan

7N HERE is enough accumulated
 U wealth in the United States to assure the ready absorption of many Liberty Loans of billions each. Cor porations and individuals with fat bank accounts are prepared to sub- scribe with exceptional iberality.
 The Third Liberty Loan of three billion dollars could easily be placed with the rich in large denominations; but all government bonds based on war necessities should be widely dis tributed. Patriotism should be the paramount motive and the $50-bond should be in such demand as to make this issue the most popular of all great loans.
 The treasury department empha- sizes it's desire that the bulk of the Liberty Bonds be purchased by the people in small denominations; and those who subscribe are asked not to trade in their securities. Buy bond and hold on to it. That goes with pa triotism.
 The terms of payment are so liberal that few men or women there be who have any income at all but can sub- scribe. And it is a cheering fact that the wage-earners of Birmingham are in abundant evidence among the purchasers of Third Liberty Loan Bonds. Every dollar loaned to Uncle Sam will be paid back with interest, but best of all it will help feed and clothe our soldiers and aid in win ming the war.
 The Third Liberty Loan campaign began only last Monday and it is estimated that already more than half the city's quota has been subscribed. Jefferson county will not only Ego over the top," but it will do it in a comparatively short space of time. The sooner the greater will be the moral effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-11
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS


 some men remind you of onions. They are useful and they mean well, but they arc always coming between friends. Every wife knows that if her husband would learn to say mo" occasionally he would save money.
 We can remember when there were no telephones in this country. And. strange as it may seem, there was just as much useless talking going on as there is now
 Do not put in your Sunday afternoons in visiting other folks. While you may be lonesome. the fellow you visit migh. like to be that way
 You have to bite the blush on the face of a peach before it tastes sweet But it is different with the blush on the face of a girl.
 If man happens to remember one paragraph of the constitution he feels that is his duty to argue about the whole document.
 Every man claims that he is honest and impartial But the reason why we have to have courts and judges is be- cause you couldn't trust any man to try himself.
 After a girl has flirted with every man in town and finally landed sucker she regards flirting as immodest and even indecent.
 A woman's idea of a no-count hus- band is one who is so easygoing and good ratured that he won't even quarrel with her.
 A man can't see any difference be- tween a complexion and skin. But it IS different with a woman.
 Every cloud has silver lining. No matter how sick a small boy may be- the fact that he doesn't have to go to school is some consolation.
 A, colored boys idea of hard luck is to be just white enough so it shows when his face gets dirty
 Some folks get a heap of pleasure out of telling their troubles to other people A girl would rather be pretty than be intellectual: because she knows that there a-r more fools than blind men in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-11

Sailors call ships of the second, third and fourth class the "crab fleet" Sad I der still, it isn't long before first class battleship is relegated to the "crab fleet"
 The dramatic critic of the Cincin- natl Times-Star says "The Very Idea" made a first-night audience gasp. All signs point to brisk business at the box office. Milwaukee can easily be isolated from the rest of the United States by building high wire fence around 1t and charging the fence with elec- tricity.
 The German crown prince has been trying to create the impression lately that he has no time to listen to opera singers brought from Berlin to amuse him.
 # # # American engineers will not be ger mitted to do all the fighting in this war Our regular soldiers. win be in it with both feet before long.
 # x *
 While Congress is trying to make a distinction between tweedledum and tweedledee. the great guns continue to roar in France.
 Russia's promise to have an army Of ,5o00 900 men in two months reminds us of von Hindenburg's promise to be in Furthermore, the money you invest in Liberty Bonds is going to be whole lot safer than the loan Uncle Sam made to Russia.
 In saying Georgie Creel is "smeared all over with treason" Senator Penrose probably emptied the vials of his wrath.
 # # !.
 Some of those German prisoners photo graphed by the cameraman positively refuse to Took pleasant"
 # * #
 Mir Marshall evidently aspires to go down in history as our most humorous vice president.
 Maybe you can stand the shock Of learning that Mary Pickfords real name is Gladys Smith,
 * # *
 The bolsheviki threaten to declare war on Japan. They are gluttons for punish ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-11
Civil Service
 and Government Needs

TN the call for soldiers and the ll clamor for ship carpenters and skilled laborers for ammunition plants the departmental service has been somewhat overlooked. k The government is in need of thou sands of men and women for office work, and civil service examinations are being held in Birmingham and other cities for the purpose of secur- ing applicants qualified for the places they seek.
 There is such pressing demand for these helpers in winning the war that competent individuals are subject to draft. But it is the wish of the ad- ministration that all persons who might eventually be forced to serve volunteer for service now.
 The United States has been dis tricted,' so to speak, for the civilian draft. The apportionment for Bir- mingham is fifty stenographers or ac- countants now and eight per month after this month.
 The meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night in the interest of civil service examinations was not only largely attended by rep resentative citizens, but the propor- tion of experienced workers in count ing-room service was most encourag- ing.
 Civil Service Examiner Linden P. Smith stresses now more than ever the Importance of those persons "tak- ing" the examination being mentally equipped. The government wants stenographers and bookkeepers-an army of them-but it will accept only those who are proficient. Incidentally, it is suggested by Ex- |aminer Smith that applicants who are mot up to the department standard, but are willing to strive for improve ment, obtain temporary employment lin "home" counting rooms, and try for department positions later on. H * T It is stated along the Great White Way that MrsA Goodwin No. has filed suit for divorce. We confidently pre- dict that Nat will cash in his checks
 before he reaches No. 9. * * x The old-fashioned woman who, used
 to potter around in the spring trying
 to raise hyacinths is now growing something that will look appetizing on *he dinner tah'~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-11
THE BELLS OF BELGIUM

1 From the Minneapolis Tribune. 6H1HE Belgians have been robbed ef III the last of their famous bells to l = advance the cause of 'kultur' and | to help make a gory Roman holiday for 1 the Prussian war-mongers. Church bells, monastery bells, town bells, home bells all are gone.
 l What cared the Hohenzollerns that l some of these bells had been ringing their resonant messages since the Mid dle Ages? Why should they have a heart for Belgian traditions and memo
 ries that clustered about these historic metal casts? There was killing to be ldone-the killing, mayhap of some who had hardened to and been thrilled by the bells of Belgium There were churches, cathedrals and monasteries to be smashed 1 to ruins-some of them rearing their inn soil. There were vineyards to be torn up, roads to be jumbled, forests to be splintered, fields to be made desolate, villages to be wiped out. For this work of <skultur'' there was need of shells and other destructive steel monsters. The metal of the Belgian bells would do we'll to fashion these engines of war and
 death.
 Hear the mellow wedding bells Golden bells!
 What world of happiness their har- mony foretells!
 The Belgians hear them now only in fancy as they hear again the rustic of nuptial garments, the soft-spoken words of the troth at the altar, the God
 bless" of the benediction, the sound of jubilant feet in the outward way to life
 and happiness.
 Hear the tolling of the bells Iron bells!
 What a world of solemn thought their ] monody compels In the silence of the night How we shiver with alright As the melancholy menace of their tone!
 For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is groan.
 These are the memories that pressed
 hardest when the Belgians saw their beloved bells lowered from towers and carted irreverently away to railroad sta tions to be borne to Germany, never to
 come back. Here and there one caressed them with a billet and got back only a muffled tone, only the ghost of the liv- ing voice they gave out in their genera ticns of proclamation service. It was
 as if the bells mourned with tho people the wrench of parting.
 "Our beloved bells are dying" said they who heard the last faint call from the metal lips and turned to gather up
 the other treasures of brass and bronze
 which the Germans declared forfeit Tor the sake of ''kultur.'
 An aged mother bf6ugnt her crucifix. "See.' she said, II have brought you my all. It is our Lord crucifix. But this I tell you-you Germans are worse
 than they who killed our Savior. For they did nok demand that Mary should
 furnish the nails wherewith to cruelty
 her son. but you-you make us Belgian
 mothers bring you the wherewithal to i torture7 and kill our own flesh and
 blood!'Y
 z whai an infamous mission for the bells