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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

Major General Crowder, provost
arshaI general. has suggested that
the army draft machine be pressed
into service in taking the decennial
federal census, which will be taken
during 1920. General Crowder says
there is grounds for believing that,
since the draft organization registered
1900. 900 in a single day and 24,000,-
OOO men in four days. including a COM
tie survey and classification of their
domestic and Industrial status. the TAX
ing of the national census by that same
organization might be made a work
of days instead of months, as it has
always been in the past. Incidentally
1t might thus be done in a much more
complete and satisfactory manner. But
it will be difficult for the friends of
the plan to overcome the tendency of
the past to make the taking of the
census the means of distributing po-
IiticaI rewards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison Globe.

Real love stammers-it isn't elo-
quent.
Don't try to reason with a hungry
man. Feed him.
Very few of US go hungry for the
sake of an ideal.
For Sale: My stock in a corkscrew
factory. Jude johnson.
You will have no friends if YOU
don't try to make friends.
There is that in some people that
only the ground can take out.
A man, who likes company is as
rare as the woman who likes in-laws.
An Atchison woman smokes cigar
cts, who is old enough to smoke a pipe
An Atchison man is referred to as a
"1eader because he is leading a dou-
BILE life.
Meanwhile we have never seen a
glittering eye outside of novels and
the movies.
Most of us have no trouble in
changing our minds, when the boss
changes his
OF course. all of US would have
made a fortune in wheat if we had
.-just had the money"
A real diplomat is L man who can
enthuse over your new baby and make
you believe he means it,
Emil Elmer: Here is what is wrong
with Bolshevikism. 1t has twisted the
Golden Rule to read thusly: do others
first, before they do you"
The woman who manages her work
by letting somebody else do it, used to
be called a sitter and sender" Now
we refer to her as a woman of execu-
tive ability
About the most irritat ting thing
that can happen is fo~ a man to go
home with 2 grievance against his
wife and prepared to air it. and then
to find company.
Speaking CT averages the people
who ALWAYS have tears in their
voices seldom have real tears in their
orbs. They are the people who take
pride in being gloomy. and they make
l other people miserable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
DINNER STORIES

The father of a family presented
himself at an emigration office and
asked for tickets.
How many are you?" inquired the
aS-nt.
your age and prcN--sion? went
on the clerk.
I've just turned thirty; profession.
CARPENTER; my wife, a needlewoman."
Three of you, you said?" inquired
the man. What about the child
sex and age?''
Boy: seven months"
Profession ?"
The fathers eyebrows were raised
so much that they almost formed
G othic arches on his forehead.
His profession, say?" repeated
the agent.
The astonisked father paused just a
r.oment longer. wondering where red
tape would stop; then as If inspired,
he said:
Bachelor"
"He worships the ground she walks
on said the neighborhood gossip.
Does he love it well enough to
plant a vegetable garden in it for her
benefit?" was the answer.
, my little boy is ill, doctor, Can
you come at once?" queried the father.
Sorry, but I shan't be able to get
around under an hour"
For heavens sake, dof' 1t may be
case of life or DEATH"
"Why, is it as bad as all that?"
Not yet. But my wife's got ideas
of her own on what to do if I should
not find you in, and 1 am afraid she
will do it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

Now if we had the four million i'm
migrants that this country would have
received if the war had not COM
menced; if We had our two million
soldiers home again, if adjustments
had %een made and if we were all
working steadily in the pursuits of
peace; if we had the three to five bill
lion dollars worth of domestic struc-
lures of which we are short, and the
shortage of which is causing increase
in rents; if we had these Things and
were all working steadily; and if there
were no exceptional draft on our prod
uets from abroad. prices might again
be what they used to be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
What Is Your Greatest Defect?-2.

What Is Your Greatest Defect?-2.
Perhaps your greatest defect is be-
ing a waster. You spend money as If
it grew on trees instead of being
coined out of ones very life blood
You have never looked out for the fu-
ture, but let each day take care OF
itself. The pennies have slipped thru
your loose fingers, as if they were so
much water.
Opportunity has come your way,
but ones big chance nearly always
has a price mark on 1t. You couldn't
take advantage of the opportunity
you had to go into business for your
self because you didn't have the money
to swing it. You couldn't take ad-
vantage of the chance you had to
make a neat little turn in a specula-
ton, in which you would have been
let in on the ground floor by friend,
because you didn't have any money
to put into it.
You haven't had a chance toN even
get a better job because you didn't
have cough money saved to risk be-
ing out of employment for a few
months. You can't even take the rest
you need when you are sick because
you haven't the price.
Yet you always have been a good
money maker, and you are headed for
the poor house or dependence on your
cnlldren IN your OLD age because
you've always been a waster All that
has stood between you and riches has
been the hole in your pocket that
you could have sewed up if you had
only recognized the fatal flaw in your
own character.
Perhaps your greatest defect is "a
high temper. That has stood be-
tween you and success in business a
hundred times 1t has kept you from
advancement because a high tempered
man or woman cannot be trusted not
to spill the bans in some moment of
rage. 1t has kept you from executive
positions because those who cannot
control themselves can never control
Others
Worse still, it has ruined yous home
life. Your wife and children appre-
ciate your good qualities, but they do
not love you because they are afraid
of your RACES. If you are a woman
your husband breads to put his key
in the latch at night. Home to him
means just one scene after another
and when you fly into a passion he
looks at you with the same disgust in
his soul that he would feel if he saw
you drunk, ALLOWING in tfe gutter.
Your husband and children NAV
know that you love them well enough
/ to die for them, and that you may
! have every other virtue under the sun.
| but if you give way to your temper
| they think Of you as nothing but a
| shrew and a,virago.
| Let us all consider our defects. And
| correct them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
WORKING VS.. WAITING.

The carrying thru at this time of
general program Of public works
would result, it is estimated, in giving
men. It would also do much to start
the hesitant wheels of industry every
where. The demands for the produc-
ton of basic raw materials are at a low
ebb owing to the sudden cessation of
enormous war orders and the uncer-
tainty as to the immediate future of
private industry. Let the national
government, the state governments,
and the municipalities engage in
the materials required will Immediate
ly create a strong demand for the pro
duction of iron and steel, and metals
generally, of coal, lumber, cement
etc. The wages paid to the employees
engaged in public works would at the
same time place in their hands pur-
chasing power with which they would
go into the markets and demand the
commodities which enter into ordinary
consumption.
In the various states of the Union
have been postponed because of the
shortage of material during the war.
These should now be completed at
| once. The public highways of this
| country are recognized to be at once a
disgrace to American enterprise and
economically wasteful to the extent OF
/ millions of dollars annually. The case
is perfectly clear, therefore. that the
states should. wherever possible, put
thru extensive road building pro-
grams. Not only is the social value
of such improvements beyond ques-
| ton; but the amount, of employment
given to- labor is larger in proportion
to the total expenditure than in most
other types of public works.
The American cities perhaps afford
the best opportunity for extensive con-
struction projects during the coming
months, altho there are frequently
serious financial limitations Many
building projects were postponed dur
ing the war in consequence of the
shortage of labor and building mater
ials, and many of the cities now. have
funds in hand and are prepared tc
begin at once the delayed construction
operations.
1t has been estimated that the tota,
of public money annually spent in the
United States on permanent improve
ments is about $780, 00, 000-about
| two-thirds of which is spent by this
governments of cities During the
years 1917-1S about $500, Oee, 900 o.
such work was postponed-mainly il
the states and cities. If in the yeal
1919 we should spend this 100000
900, plus the $500, 100000 normal,
devoted to new construction. and add
to that another $500, 900, 900 as an in
surance for the emergency. we nigh
be able to employ on public works
federal, state and municipal, durin,
the year 1919 about 100000 men,
Kansas and Topeka should do thei
) part in starting the wheels of indus
try to revolving. The thing is con
: tagious and would spread rapidly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

A disposition is being mar0ested to
gather up the wreckage of the consti-
tutional convention machine and en-
Geavor to construct therefrom another
less pretentious. The Constitutional
Convention Ltd. is open to more seri-
ous objections than the original and
offers nothing in the way of improve
ment. There is an ever present dan
ger that the advocates of constitution
revision in Striving for too much may
let slip the opportunity to get any
thing. They might better take what
can be had for the asking and let it
go at that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
THE STATE VS.. w

The bill in relation to proceedings
in paternity now before the judiciary
committees of both the house and the
senate calls to mind the recent case of
the State vs. W.
W was a prosperous young
farmer living in the western part of
the state into Whose home an orphan
girl was placed from the state home
In the course of time the girl hat to
be removed to a hospital and there
gave birth to a child. W was
convicted in the district court and is
now serving a sentence in the Kansas
penitentiary.
The wrong to society may have been
righted by this disposal of the case
but the result is that the innocent wife
of W has been irreparably dis
graced, his children made the chill
dren of felon. the illegitimate baby
and its mother have had no provision
made for their support and the state
of Kansas is paying a big bill for the
prosecution and support of this man in
the tentiary-without doing any
good to anybody concerned in the
case.
The present bill under consideration
makes a penitentiary sentence only
the very last resort in these cases. A
private hearing is allowed instead of
arrest of the accused father, and if
he be adjudged to be the father he is
permitted 70 pay for the childs sup
port during minority the same as tho
it were born in legal wedlock.
This bill does away with expensive
court proceedings. with heaping dis
grace on innocent parties and more
than all else. it provides a name and
support for every child born in Kan
sas.
This measure not only is meritori
Gus but practical. 1t is a sensible So
luton of the problem of society that
never ceases to tangle itself in the
courts and promote disgrace and grief.
The bill, supported by DR.. Lydia De-
Vilbiss of the division of child by
giene of the state board of health, is
introduced for no private gain, it calls
for no appropriation, it does not in
crease taxes or cause society any in
convenience. 1t is in the judiciary
committees of the legislature at this
time and most certainly should be re-
ported out favorab1y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

company has been formed in Aus
tralia for the purpose of establishing
an aerial mail and passenger service
to London. The stations are to be
approximately 800 miles apart. The
route is to be from Sydney or Mel
bourne direct to Port Darwin in the
northern territory of Australia, from
which point there will be 300-n-il lie
sea trip across to the island of Timor
in the Dutch East indies. thence from
island to island thru Java and Suma-
ira to Singapore and Calcutta, across
India to Karachi, thence to Bagdad
and Port Said, from which latter point
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

februaTy lo,-1o34.
Chairman c. A. Fellows of the ways and
mems committee Of the city council. has
called a committee meeting for tonight to
consider the Sunday closing ordinance. at
which the Ministerial union will be invited
to be present.
Miss Anna Nellis entertained the Apollo
club this afternoon. EeS
Judge Caldwell will deliver the general
address at the annual commencement of
tlie Kansas Methodist college n March 20.
DIR. J. c. McCIintock will address the class
and Judge Horton will confer the. degrees
There are eight prospective graduates.
Judge Guthrie has begun his course of lee
lures on medical Jurisprudence. He de-
livers a lecture every Saturday.
Sleighing parties may be considered in
the list of "Lenfen diversions" and bob
sieds" are in constant demand. One jolly
crowd was composed of Misses Jessie Small,
Dib Phelps Of BIoomingtoh. Ill. Mar
guerite Bradley, Dora Furman. Henrietta
Thompson. Frame Litflefield. Leila Parma
lee: Messrs- Walter Noble, Harry vaIen-
tine. Harry Weaver. G. NJ. and. c. y. Mer-
rinm. Julius Wedding and Ned Osborn.
The chaperons were Mr.. and Mrs. II. c.
Bowman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST
Preserved Pears
Fried Eggs Buttered Toast
Ounce Marmalade Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Yellow Pea Soup Vegetable Salad
Home Made Bread and Butter
Banana Whip Cocoa
DINNER.
Beef Steak Roll Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Scalloped Corn
Home Made Bread and Butter
Home Made Ginger Bread
Coffee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

After giving the primary election
law ten 3ears' more or less honest
trial, Idaho has abandoned it as far
as it applies to state and congression-
al officers. Probably in the beginning
it looked good to the people of that
state as it did to the voters of Kansas
In this state it seems to have made
few friends and lost many among the
politicians. The manner of choosing
candidates matters little to the plain
citizen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
Tried Recipes.

Beefsteak Roll-Take two-pound
slice round steak, remove bone; make
a dressing of two cups bread crumbs,
one tablespoon butter. one of salt,
small onion; moisten with hot water
sprinklo salt and pepper over steak,
then spread on the dressing; roll meat
Up and tie securely. Put some fat in
frying pan, sprinkle meat with flour
and place in skillet until brown; now
put water on and bake one hour in
mode ate oven.
Soft Gingerbread Go eggs)-One-
half cup sugar. Gu, molasses, one
half cup butter substitute. one tea
spoon each of ginger, cinnamon and
cloves. one teaspoon da dissolved in
one cup boiling water, two and one
half cups flour; bake IN moderate
Z ven.
Banana Whip-Put one quart of
milk on stove to heat, add d cup of
sugar, and when it boilS add two Ia
blespoons cornsta rch dissolved in milk,
three mashed bananas. yo!ks of two
eggs beaten. Pour into pudding dish,
cover top with the whites of eggs and
three tablespoons sugar: put in oven
to brown.
F1reless Cooker Angel Cake---Beat
whites of six eggs until stiff. Add
gradually three-quarter cup sugar and
teaspoon vanilla and fold in gently
one-half cup potato flour. Bake in
fireless cooker about one hour.
Escalloped Oysters--I1ear a quart
OF oysters in. their own liquor until
they begin to ruffle. Skim out the
oysters into warm dish; then take
about half the liquor and add to it a
teacup of milk or cream, two table,
spoons of cold butter Ia little -ess can
be usedl land saft; thicken with q
tablespoon Cor about that amountt of
flour, and let it boil creamy. Into the
bottom of the baking pan, put a layer
of coarse bread crumbs with just a
few small dots of butter: then some
of the sauce, then a. layer of the
oysters, more sauce. Two layers of
oysters and three of crumbs are suf-
ficient. Bake in a rather hot oven
about fifteen to twenty minutes. They
will come out creamy and delicious
| Two or three drops of lemon juice
added to~the oysters will give them a
pleasing flavor.
Vegetable Salad--Soak one envelope
of gelatine in one-half cup cold water
for five minutes; add one pint boil
ing water, two tablespoons vinegar.
two teaspoons salt. one teaspoon SUI
gar When it begins to set add two
cups chopped cabbage, one cup cell
cry. Serve on lettuce leaves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

If you are thinking of building. says
-the Manufacturers Record. don't de-
lay on acc 1unt of present prices. Ma
terials are not likely to be greatly re-
duced in cost for long time. Labor
tcosts are chi fly responsible for pres
ent prices of materials, and in no in
telligent or influential quarter is there
any expectation or desire that wages
are to experience a drastic cut any
time soon, If ever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

It has been estimated that the aver
age period for which our soldiers have
gone unpaid is six months; the allot-
ments to their families are far in ar
rears; insurance adjustments in some
cases. seem nowhere in sight. The cit
izen soon may begin to wonder what
has become of the money he has put
into liberty bonds and paid in income
taxes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

Endive Salad-Take coarse outer
reen leaves AMI cut fine. Serve with
following dressing: one tablespoon
ham fat or bacon. two tablespoons
vinegar. one-quarter teaspoon salt,
enc teaspoon finely chopped onion,
one-half teaspoon sugar, dash pepper
Fry bacon and onion slowly until light
brown. add vinegar. other ingredients
and two tablespoons water. Pour over
salad -ie.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

The presidents demand for a $780,
Zoe, 900 naval appropriation, made just
as the question of general disarma-
ment was being discussed. seems to
indicate that the conferees are not
playing tabIe-stakes..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

the choice of several developed aerial
routes to London are available, 1t Is
planned to complete the trip in $50
hours
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15

A glass tank, accurately marked, has
been devised by an Illinois inventor. which
delivers gasoline to motor tourists in such
manner that the purchaser may see the
exact quantity he is getting.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-21
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Don't forget our special sale on
aluminium, and wellerware. A few
days only. Gourley-Logan Hardware
Company.
John A. Griffin, cashier of the Ex-
change National bank of Tampa, ac-
companied by John B. Sutton of Tam
pa, is in the city today in connection
with property interests in this city.
Mr.. Griffin has recently taken over
seven very desirable lots in the Welsh
subdivision. Mr.. Griffin is favorably
impressed with this locality and
speaks in the highest terms of its pos
sibilities. These gentlemen returned
to Tampa this evening.
K & X
WANTED at once-Small stationa-
ry gasoline engine. ]. 1. Blake.
* q q
They jailed him, they stole his girl,
but. they could not subdue his fighting
blood. See this at the Royal tonight.
~ * -
* * q
]. E. Jackson has imported seed
from South Carolina and declares he
will have the finest crop of peas ever
grown in Florida.
- * *
See our new stock before buying. L.
D. Vinson. 5-6-tf.
r q q
Miss Marie Louden, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G. A. Louden leaves tomor-
row morning with Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Cadwallader, for Fostoria, o., where
she will spend the summer.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-21

4 4 X
Attention is called to the attractive
offerings being made in the ad of the
LOOMS Basket store. This popular
business house is fast taking the lead
in the grocery trade of the city.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-21
MISS DORIS MEYER WEEDS

The following from yesterdays
Tampa Tribune will be of interest to
our readers. Miss Meyer was very
popular here where her parents now
reside:
"a quiet wedding was solemnized
yesterday at 11:30 a. m. when Miss
Doris Meyer of Tarpon Springs and
Mr.. Harry Muller of New Orleans,
were married at St. Johns church by
the rector, Rev. L. |. Insley, in the
presence of a few relatives and close
friends.
"The bride is niece of Mrs H. P.
Kennedy and Mrs. c. L. Gentry of this
city, and was popular teacher in the
George Washington junior high school
a year ago. This year she is teaching
at Miami, but during a visit to Mrs.
Kennedy, decided to marry Mr.. Null
Ter, who came on from New Orleans
yesterday. Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. S. Meyer, reside at Tarpon Springs.
The young people will make their
home in New Orleans, where Mr.. Null
Ter is employed"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-21
CIGAR INDUSTRY TO TAR
pom SPRINGS; OLD COMPA-
NY ABSORBED BY NEW
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lose what they have, which is major
part of the proposed investment.
The Leader trusts that the citizens
will take hold of this matter and as
sist the gentlemen who have come to
US together with the local business
men who are interested, to push it to
a successful issue. We will keep the
public informed as to the progress that
lis being made; and in the meantime
let every business man of this city
keep in mind the paramount import
ance of the move.
The following is a list of subscribers
to the stock of the new company up
to 2 o'clock this afternoon. Many of
our leading business men have not
yet been seen, and it is expected that
the required amount will be easily
available. The Leader will publish the
list as it grows: