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The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24
THE CONDITION OF SUCCESS.

Under the above caption the Kan
sas City Star contributes to the world
wide discussion of economic condi-
tions the following:
Whether man is better morally for
! having all material needs provided for
is an old question, but still an open
question. 1t is commonly assumed
that advance in material we'll being IS
an advance in all phases of existence,
but 1t Is vitality necessary to remember
this belief has never been borne out
in fact to the satisfaction of close OBJ
servers of society.
In all arguments having to do with
the "betterment" of a mans condition,
much is heard of higher wages, short
er hours. good clothes, plenty to eat.
up-to-date means of travel and mod
ern houses to live in. The common
belief prevails that if these matters
are properly adjusted, the man will be
rising in the world, happy and con-
tented.
But it is a notorious fact that money
and culture and nobility of character
do not necessarily go hand in hand. 1t
is certainly true that every man Should
earn a living wage. and it is desirable
that people have good clothes, plenty
to eat. means of travel ard comforta-
BILE houses to live in. But something
else is necessary, and this necessity
/ only the individual can supply. Legis-
! lation, huma nita rianisnl, organized eff
what he most needs. what alone will
assure success" or what a prominent
American educator has called 1.-The
durable satisfaction OF life"
AS early as 1S4o, the requisite to
real well being was pointed out to GER
tain groups of laboring men in Boston
by William Eilery Charming. in a lee
ture on 1.-The Elevation of the Labor
ing Classes" The principles which
Charming laid down to these men are
applicable in every way to all classes
Of men in the year 1919 or 1850.
There is but one elevation for a
laborer and for all other men. There
are not different kinds of dignity fol
different orders of men, but one and
the same to all. The only elevation oi
a human being consists in the exercise
growth, energy of the higher princi-
pies and powers of his soul.
"A man may be thrust upward into
a conspicuous place by outward acci
dents; but he rises only in so far al
he exerts himself, and expands his bes
faculties, and ascends by free effor
to a nobler regioh of those and -ac
ton. This elevation is in
deed to be aided by an improvement o
his outward condition. and in turn i
greatly improves his outward lot; and
thus connected, outward good is rea
and great; but supposing it to exist il
: separation from inward growth ant
life. it would be nothing worth. no
would I raise finger to promote it.
While many fingers, and occasion
ally few clubs, are being raised 70
? the promotion of the material exist
ence of man, II would be well for al
concerned to keep in mind the inwar,
} growth and life of which Channinl
: speaks. And the foundation, for thi
: inward growth is the consciousness o
being of use in the world. The ma
or woman who is being of service {
the limit of his capacity. no matte
> what his work or place. has an assure
success and is in a, spirit to eNercis
tthe higher principles and powers o
his SOUL
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

To prevent a further rising of
prices, says the Nations Business. it is
necessary that production be increased
and consumption be decreased. In
Europe and in the United States there
never was a greater recklessness in
Spending 1noney than there has been
prevailing since the conclusion of the
armistice. The ease with which a
larger amount of deprecated money
can be earned has diminished the re-
sDect for money and the eagerness to
save. A willingness to subordinate or
sacrifice ones wishes and pleasures to
the greater advantage of the country,
manifested during the years of the
war. has ended in the present reaction
OF an orgy of brazen self-indulgence at
the very moment when the war bill is
presented for payment. The first
thing to he done is-as prominent
British financier put ito deflate
our IDEAS" The world lives in fools
paradise based upon fictitious wealth,
rash promises and mad illusions.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

General Wood made an enviable
record in his administration of the af-
fairs OF Cuba and the Philippines He
made Cuba what she is today Hav=
ing proven himself faithful in a few
things he is being looked over by the
American people with a view to the
possibility of placing him in charge
of the larger interests OF the country.
one thing is certain and that is that
n man like Wood, of both experience
in public affairs and business ability,
is greatly needed in the White House
for the next four years. The Demo
Gratis also possess such a man in Will
liam G. McAdoo. 1t is charged by
some that he scrambled the railroads
but it is doubtful that anybody else
could have done better than he did in
handling the transportation problem
in war times. Mr.. Hines is a railroad
man but he has been able to show
little Improvement.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

An alleged fear that the packers
would gain control of the entire food
supply of the country, with resultant
serious injury to the public, is said to
lie responsible for the governments S
action in forcing them to relinquish
a large part of the business which
they have built up. 1t may be recalled
that Il, few years ago similar alleged
fears regarding the railroads brought
about legislative and judicial action
which wrecked many of the best prop
critics in the country and brought the
roads to their present deplorable
state. For this destruction of trans
portation systems the public now is
paying and will continue to pay. Prob
ably it also will be called upon TO pay
dearly for the "dissolution" of the So
called. packers combine. It Is noted
also that proposed railroad legislation
now contemplates permitting the rail-
roads to do many things which pre-
viously they have been condemned for
doing. 1t is not improbable that the
time will come when everybody will
he ready to welcome the packers back
TO the control of the stockyards and a
resumption of their activities in the
handling OF food products other than
meat
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
EY Mrs. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am en-
gagged to a boy working here. but his
home is IN another state. His mother
is aware of the fact. Should l. cor
respond with his mother? 1 am to be
married Christmas and l have never
met his mother BOB.
Your fiance's mother should write
to you first. Doubtless she doesn't
realize that you would enjoy letter
from her welcoming you into the fam
ily- I would wait, however. until she
does write.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: When q
young man calls to take u girl for Il
ride, should she ask him in If she is
ready to go, or should they start i'm
mediately. If she does ask him in,
who should suggest going?
ANXIOUS.
When the young man calls he should
be invited in while the girl puts on her
wraps. If he comes in. sits down and
does not seem to know how to sug-
gest going. she might say: shall ]
get my wraps so that We can start?"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

the passage of the Edge bill reawak-
enins export buying of grain and hog
products. a slight decline in the Week
ly Food Index notwithstanding this
was due to lower quotations for dairy
products, eggs, beef and potatoes
lowered prices for hides and leather
and to crown all new high record vol
ume of holiday trade, are cited as
among the outstanding events making
for unusual activity at this season of
the year.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24
GOOD COMES OUT OF EVERY
THING

In the end, wrong kills wrong All
evil is-less good. So that, graded
into infinity. the greatest wrong de-
velops finally into highest good
Someone recently wrote and asked
what there was that could be counted
as benefit from war. And this is
what l would say-the LESSON
Down thru the years. there is a con-
slant tearing down-and building up.
Ruins inter-lace the history of all
progress-but better things rise from
the very embers of these dead scat
terings.
Do not expect. however. to get a
true perspe ctive by looking at any
thing at close range
Christ crucified. John Brown walk
ing to his gallows Garrison being
dra SEed thru the streets of Boston.
Lovejoy being shot beside his press
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24
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these are but the suggested pictures
of great historical ragedies-which so
evolved as to whiten the skirts of
civilization for all time
To all of US at one time or other,
life CRATES hard and bitter. But it is
at such times, above all others. that
We should muster out finest faith to
fight on.~
Never forget-that good comes out
of everything.
And the quicker you dismiss all
revenge and malice from your heart
the sooner will happiness start its
warming ways thru the veins and
arteries of your. spirit life. For good
is always aching to get back home.
Worry not at all what has hap
Dened in the past. Nights keep COM
ing on all the time But there is al
ways dawn to follow each and every
night-no matter how dark,
Good comes out of everything.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

not come about. But it is emphasized
that the atmosphere between the two
organizations is distinctly friendly.
There are few more significant
things in American political life to-
day than this tentative effort on the
part of labor and the farmers to get
together. For long time, it was
never - thought of. The farmer
imagined that he was a capitalist. He
could not see the identity of his in
terests with those of the laboring men.
Now he has begun to see. The board
of farm organizations has refused to
affiliate with the federation of labor
because it does not want to adopt such
an aggressive political attitude as the
labor organization has taken. and not
because it does not sympathize with
labor.
Most .agrarian movements have
come to grief on controversial aues-
tons, said an official of the board.
I'VE do not want as yet to express an
which do not concern us directly. We
are for the Capper-Hersman bill be-
cause We need the law. We opposed
the Lane bill, because we did not be-
lieve it was sound. We intend to have
something to say about the choice of
the next secretary of agriculture. We
want strong government control of
the packers. But we have no railroad
policy, no land policy, no policy with
regard to coal and other natural re-
sources. In word, we have no polit-
ical platform. Political power is
based on economic power. We are
now engaged in federating our eco
nomic power" ,>
There is vast wisdom in the last two
sentences
The political power will come later.
So in all probability will the affilia-
ton with ORGANIZED Ia hOr
The chief difference between these
two groups is really in their attitude
toward the land question. Labor is
in favor of q land law which will pro-
vide for the reclamation of arid, cut
over and swamp lands by the govern
ment, the making of these into
equipped farms, and their leasing to
individuals, or else their sale under
provisions which would prevent spec
ulators from getting hold of them.
Such a law would give surplus labor
an outlet to the land, and SO tend to
keep wages up, as in the old days
when a good homestead was to be had
for going west. 1t would also tend to
drain the congested portions of the
great, cities, and so remove much OF
the fostering human material which
makes for unrest and revolutionary
propaganda.
a land program because they fear il
would result in reproduction and
hence lower the price of farm
products.
There are some among the agricul-
tural leaders who do not agree with
this view. They point out that If the
government created farms it would
have to create proper machinery for
the disposal of their products. AS a
matter of fact, ali the land COLOMBIA
tion schemes have provided for mar
keting systems. In this way, they
claim. colonization would promote co.
operative movement which is proving
to be the farmers salvation. And
there is really no danger whatever o1
an overproduction of food. Our ex-
port market can take care of the sur
plus. A marketing system designed
and controlled by the producer rather
than the middleman is the thing need
ed, they say. 9r,
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

Favorable features, says Brad
streets. constitute a large majority of
the unusually full list of important
trade and industrial happenings last
week. Resumption of coal production.
enlarged fuel shipments. removal of
gil restrictions on light. heat and ship
bUHkering. reopening or speeding up
of closed or partially idle mills, fac
tories and furnaces. active buying of
tron and steel. augmehting of untitled
orders. further advances in these and
other metals. sharp cold weather slim
ulatins buying of heavy wearing -aP-
parel, rally in foreign exchange and
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24
Moulton Musings
nv nov II AfnIJT0N.
The oIe-Lesxed Chicken.

The OIe-Legged Chicken.
We are not at all astounded
To note the current news story
To the effect that n New York man
Has raiset( G one-legged chicken
Hen savants and poultry scientists
Are very much excited. but why:
One legged chickens have been
Very common in our life.
For nearly 4 year we had one
Every Sunday for dinner.
At first We were puzzled
Recause back on the farm
Every chicken we had seen
Had two perfectly good legs
After several months 1t transpired
That our maid. yciept Myrtiils,
Had young gentleman friend
Who droptled in every Sunday
Just before dinner was served
And camped out in the kitchen.
Our butcher informed US
That every chicken he gent
Had two legs. Every chicken
Arrived on cur table with one
1t was n ease Of deduction.
Consulting the lives of ---.s
Sherlock and his pal. Watson. .-s-ir
1t became very simple.
The Deughboy's Protest.
st gets my goat" the soldier said,
ITO hear a person say
That firms should give us jobs ahead
OF ether men today:
Why they should GIVEsus anything
Is More than | can see,
For we have EARNED jobs when we brin
Our country victory
II. Ben1anin Faucett.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24


sition for skool Illustrating the Kriss-
mas spirit. Wich 1 did, saying to pop,
Pop. do you think this compensation
Illustrates the Krissman spirit enuff? ?
And 1 red it out loud, this being it,:
The Boys and .the Dime.
Once theer was 3 boys named Ed,
Edger and Edwerd respectfully, and
one day vile they was out taking a
WaWk with each other they saw a
lost dime laying in the street and they
all made grab for it and Edger got
it on account of having the shortest
Ilegs to stoop with and the longest
arms to reetch with, saying Herray, l
found a. dime.
The heck you did sed Ed, you
picked it up, meybe, but I found half
of it, dident [ see it as soon as you
did and maybe sooner?
Well how about me? sed Edwerd.
III bet 1 saw it the soonest of eny of
US, watts you think I got glasses for ?
And they started to fite a fist fite
about it and they all got black eyes
and buddy noses and was getting
more wen some man came up with a
worried Impression, saying, Did eny of
you boys happin to find a dime2
Yess. he did, sed Ed. and E6 Vyerd.
Yes. l did, sed Edger honestly. And
he gave the man the dime, and the
/, 3 sutch honest boys all at the same
time. heers 10 dollars to divide it
among you.
Wich they divided it by getting 8
dollars and 33 sents ard a therd of a
sents worth of jelly beens.
Honesty is the best policy. sed Ed
ger, peece on earth good will to men,
wimmin and childeFM
The end
Do you think it illustrates the Kriss-
mas spirit enuff. pop? 1 sed
| Well. I sippose it could be verse,
! sed pop.
Wich it proberly could
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24
Household Hints

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced Bananas Cereal and Cream
Grilied Lamb Kidney
Bacon Garnish Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Potato Omelet
Lettuce French Dressing
Spiced Pears >coffes
DINNER
oyster Cocktail
Celery Radishes
Beef Tenderloin
Mashed Potatoes Buttered Beets
Apple Roll Coffee
Good Puddings.
Apple Pudding. Steamed or Baked
Peel and slice apples into a deep
dish: put over them a dough made Of
one cup of flour. one teaspoon baking
powder, one-haf spoon salt; wet with
sweet milk. Mold lightly and spread
on top OF apples. Steam or bake. II
sour milk is used use soda instead Of
baking powder.
Sauce: one-haif cup butter. one cup
sugar. little nutmeg. one and one-half
tablespoons flour moistened with cold
water.
Put butter. sugar and nutmeg in
saucepan with a bowl OF water. When
il boils adds the flour mixture. Cook
until smooth Sprinkle more nutmeg
on after 1t 10 turned Into bowl Serve
both hot.
Banana Cornstarch Pudding-Take
one quaft milk. when near boiling
add two tablespoons corns.arch dis
solved in a little cold milk. allow il 10
thicken and add two eggs well beaten
with two-thirds cup sugar. stir wen
and take il from fire. When cool
pour It over bananas. (six or eight).
and put in pudding dish
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

The end of the world has been post
poned. If it will wait until Senator
PoinGexter has been nominated for the
presidency We may all die happy yet.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

The indications now are tba+ +b.
point Is going to be raised. We should
nke ruling on IT in ample time to
adjust ourself to destiny.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

me newspapers say liquor men will
continue to fight. The newspapers are
mistaken n There isn't any fight. II
is out of ammunition.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

How dare we? There are times
when we throw discretion to the
winds We once polsed fun at Ben
Hur."
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

1t is, as We have indicated, an alb
struse question pertaining to personal
conduct. and we wish the advice OF
others in the matter.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

1t may interest you to know that
Theda fsara, when she posts a letter,
sticks the stamp in the lower right
hand corner of the envelope. And then
again it may not. But. having no
gift of humor. we strive to give the
column the personal touch.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

Likely. the Philadelphia court which
held that "pagging' is not proper
ground for divorce was right about IT.
There is little disposition anywhere to
soften the blow to the man who can't
stand punlshmenf
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

We areircminded,-i in the connection
oI the case of the Pittsburgh SALOON
Aecper VINO some years ago traded five
luarts of liquor for "A Fragonard tam
estry worth a fortune. Interest in art
treasures has become so keen in re
cent years that the saloon keeping
gent, If he is willing to part with the
tapestry, might be able to get his five
quarts back
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24

Mr. Camp, as do most other men.
grows mellower with the years. Thei e
was a time when no Middle Western
player could make" his team
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-15
Arrival Of the Austrians.

PARIS. May 14.-.(By The Associated
IPress)-Karl Renner. Austrian chan
ccllor. brought his peace delegation and
attendants to St. Germain. mar Paris,
today. and at a later date will appear he
fore the representatives OF the allied
and associated powers to rcc"lr" the
conditions which will spell peace Tor
! the f:-rnor empire
! A notable feature Of tho reception
/ was the absence CT G"rrnaaS who had
requested permission to greet the Austrl-
ans The project OF the department. NJ.
Chalet met III" Au%triens courteouSly
i and although there was no official hand
shaking. many members nf the party
were greeted by unofficial handshakes
+. from old acquatntahcc$.
! The delegates then proceeded under
military escort to tho villas &rt aside
! for them.
Chancellor I;cuncr was a0pa rcntly in
excellent spirits He sm:lcd cngaEingly.
; In the course oc his remarks he sad.
among other things:
! IT hope 7 may 70 away with as JOY
/ full heart as 7 bring.
! 81. CcTrr"ir vas at it's lrvcf"st TINS
afternoon when tho Austrian delegation
/ was received. Although strict mlit"ry
rcgulut Ions were enforced and the
crowds 81 villagers held back by sep
itrics from the railway station H;'d IN"
.h"dy avenues thrnugh wh."h III" h"l"-
gates were hurried /" thur "h.Gr"T
; place such precautions w"r" unn"rcs-
sary for the crowds displayed mild curl
oSity. rather than hostility.
) rho brilliant. warm day "nhan"sd IN"
, beauty Of the historic town. wIr:t vii
) las were cmbowrrrd in blaming lilac
! h,.ler- with chr"trut ;;rcv"S III full
! flower.
! Under official escort tho corresponds
: rnts and others were renhuct"d mo-
niously To the station through s.r,.rts
; from which other traffic hr.I been hur-
! rcd. II seemed like :: fr:. Gay. uncon-
! nccted with war ana IT." good spirits ur
! III" crowd awaiting In" .Au''triauS Hp-
r"arcd to hc shared ly thrln. FER ihry
emerged smiling from heir special rain
II VAS u cosmopolitan crowd which
! awaited the delegation and the Ercn,h,
English. italian. Japau"S" and American
, journalists and officers. Some uf the
| AuStrians gaz"d inqulrinrFr from the
! windows MS tn" train entered tin sta! !uu
| uncertain Of their reception. hut Cham
| crllor R"nucr was sure If has GROUND
and welcomed the friendly spirit dis
/ played with h"arinrss which WIS re-
! ciproca' cd in It measure 10y those as
seInblcd.
Professor LammaSoh WIS accompanied
BY his wife and daughter and there were
| several women secretaries who were
shown the greatest courtesy. The Aus
trian newspaper men and snbnrdnatcs
were quartcred in one of tho rcquistion-
ed hotels.
After their arrival at the villas the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-15
German Note on Prisoners.

rARIS May lt.--Th" answers If tho
council IF fuur to the German notes un
prisoners; of war and labor subjects wHr"
Delivered this afternoon
a note on PREPARATIONS d"rS moi pro-
trst against the payment Ivy Germany
for the devastation wr"uEh; in Belgium
and northern France. which. IL says.
Germany is ready t. do willingly. II i:'
added .liuw"vrr. that Germany Will moi
pa. rcpariti"n for this damage ON .tlH'
principl" thai She WAS responsible for
Ia" war.
The German nate on the question "f
prisoners Sal%:
"'rh" German p"nc" delegation notes
with satisfaction that The project rec
uruiZr.: III" nrinripi" If tn" return of
priynu,r,. If war and civilians with tn"
lcust puSSihl" delay. The d"!cgaI ion
deems that all tn, details uf TIN cNrCu-
tirIi of this measure ought to j." sub
mittcd to u special commission.
"pirrrIur;tI discussions between III"
commission and nearly all IN" h"lliE"r
cnl= cnrrrrn.na: prisoners "f war hay"
been considered. even during hr%itliticS.
Ms the surcSt means nj solving III" DIFF
iicultics. 1t ought today tn be all the
easier to reconcile the different view
points and clear UP certain ooscurities
still existing on certain details Of the
problem.
For instance. as result of the d.
versity of the viewpoint Of the law in
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-15
TRY FOR PEACE
amelioration Of the peace terms given
Germany.
Continued From Page one.)

amelioration Of the peace terms given
Germany.
One of the last notes Of the Germans.
which ideals with the economic clauses
OF the treaty. asserts that enforcement
Of the terms will mean tho ruin Of
Germany. Another note touches on the
Saar valley arrangement. the transfer
Of German territory to Belgium and
the evacuation by Germany Of Schles-
wig.
No protest Is made by Germany TO
affording rcparationS for damages 10
Belgium and northern France. but one
Of the ontcs asserts that Germany will
not pay for damages on the principle
that she was responsible for the war.
member each from the BriHsh,
French. American. italian and Japanese
delegations has been appointed by the
council of four to deal with the object
ions and proposals of tho German
plcnipotentiarics.
Efforts arc being made by the British
peace delegation for the pooling. on
the basis Of tonnage lost during the
war. OF former German merchant YES
sells seized by the allies. Such distri-
button would materially effect the own
crship of German vessels. including
some Of Germany's greatest tranS-At-
lantic liners interncd in the United
States prior to this country's entry
into the war. and which later were seiz-
ed Poland is making claim TO some
Of the warships surrendered by Germ
any.
The italians are declared to be land
ing large forces on certain portions or
the Dalmatian coast and are rorury1ng
the ridges and mountain passes to the
east.