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The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

But 1 believe that'it is place people
go to while they live. And in this con-
nection 1 believe that human being
lives forever.
And if you keep working out a
happy Heaven, you will never have to
worry about whether it is a place
paved with golden stones or has pearly
gates.
There is one thing sure however
and that is that people are never watt
ed to Heaven ''on flowery- beds of
ease. You have TO work for Heaven
Just the same as you have to work for
bread and clothes and everything else.
In fact. 1 believe that Heaven has to
be STRIVED for
But to get into Heaven you must
have lived the Pass Word. There are
a number. Here are a few: Love-
consideration. service tolerance, un-
selfishness. bigness OF hcart-and this
last, which is the one which holds
them alI-Qthers.
believe that there is a Heaven, all
right
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
CoMpETTr1oN roRBIDDEN.

Everybody, probably, has heard at
some time or other the remark that
competition is the life of trade, but
recent developments GO to show that I
sometimes it is the death of trade
1t seems 10 have been so in the case OF
tho meat packers. Because they were
competing with the Wholesale grocerS
they are to be driven out of the gro
cery business by the courts.
The sitTation takes on the appear
snce OF paradox. A person is hidden
to compete. but'if he develop an ex-
ceptional proficiency in the art he is
held to be a Honopolist-< Successful
competition seems to be ir compatible
With a success in business.
This no doubt. is the way the pack
crs are beginning to consider the mat
ter. They might be expected to cite
the influences of the testimony given
by a Texas grocer in one of the nu-
msrous hearings. This wholesaler.
according to an Associated Press re-
port, complained that .1oss of CUSTOM
ers evidently by the grocers) invari-
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27


II wasn't brave, not a bit!" I de-
ciared as Everett held me in his arms.
L couldn't help saying what 1 did, but
1 am SO glad
Glad about WHAT"
That / said 1t. because i'll hesi-
tated and buried my face on his
breast. 1 had been about to say, "be-
me-" then my pride wouldn't let the
words come, and I finished, because
II pleased you.'
ut did please me. dear Very
much. 1t showed me 1 had not been
mistaken in my idea of you-what you
would do. 1 did not care what that
woman might say; LeoIa has been
dead many years., poor girl. and for
years you have been my wife. But
do care a great deal to know that
have a brave. right-ni1ded wife" He
kissed me again before he let me go.
Curiosity IL nothing else would have
led many women to keep quiet until
they kiew what she had to say. I am
very, proud of the way you showed
your faith and trust in me-"
II only, instead of all that praise of
my action, he had whispered words
OF love: had said he loved me, instead
OF saying he was proud of me-" 1
should had been SO happy that the
incident would have passed from my
mind. But he had not, and the next
day when all stress of emotion had
passed 1 reverted again and again in
my mind to what Mrs. Currie had
limited and wondered what could have
been in that letter Leola had written
her husband that had made her think
1t would change Eyerett's attitude
toward me.
Then I became indignant.
What right had Miss Lane to carry
tales? I never stopped think that had
I been more discreet. Miss Lane would
have had no tales to carry. Several
times she had heard me crying and
am sure had surmised was unhappy.
She was with us a long time before
Leola's picture had been taken down,
and may have espied me looking at it,
the hatred I felt, the jealousy L could
not hide, showing in my face.
Junior was just learning to walk,
and that morning had his first serious
fall, so putting Mrs. Currie. that letter
and Miss Lane out of my thoughts.
He had toddled out of the nursery
when Miss Pierce had stepped into
the next room, and had fallen down
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

on a lady?" said the elderly customer,
severely.
well. the guv-nor told me to do it
when served you," explained the
boy.
He told you to whistler" said the
customer in great surprise.
'Yes'm, He said IL ever we sold
you anything we'd have to whistle for
the money"
The man in the next fiat was pound :
ing on the wall.
Look here" he cried. 81 can't
sleep with your kid yelling like thati
II you don't make him stop, wili!'
Come in, sir-come ini'' said the
kids father. You'll be as welcome as
the flowers In spring!"
what kind of a player is Mr..
Jones?''
Zones, Why, he's a duffer. Can't
play a stroke. Why do .-5u ask"
I'm going to play against him to-
morrow in the visitors handicap
TOO bad. old cbapl I'm afraid
you're in for a beating"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
Is THERE a HEAVEN

We only know the Thugs which we
feel Even the things which we see,
do not exist for US unless we can walk
right into them and become a part of
them.
Is there Heaven? Yes, believe
that there is one-a very beautiful and
wonderful Heaven.
But L am not interested in the kind
of streets there. or the sort of houses,
or the conditions that make up
Heaven. For my conception of Heaven
is place in which a human being
may LIVEt
That is why the only Heaven that
interests me is the one-here and now
L walk around in Heaven lots of
time. Because Heaven is found so
many times in the hearts of those
whom 1 know and love And so I get
thflilng snatches of Heaven-there.
everybody may have a Heaven of
his oWn-by making one!
Many believe that Heaven is a place
where good folks go when they die.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

plans of course are made for the re-
ception of the man and woman who
have money and who want to spend it
conspicuously. The sumptuousness, the
splendor and ostentation of the south
ern resort hotels becomes more inn
pressive every year. But there are
also places for the guest of smaller
means or more modest taste. From
the Carolinas south, there are num-
erous hunting resorts Awhere one can
sunshine, and sport without climbing
into a dress suit every evening and
without spending more than few dol
lars a day.
It would be >an oversight not to
mention the migrants who move
southward by water. They certainly
experience the most gradual and, de-
lightfui transition from winter to
summer, as the sea changes from gray
to vivid blue, and the uniforms of the
ships officers from blue to white.
The West. Indies are Just beginning
to come into their own as WinterinS
territory. 1Cuba. of course. has long
been famous. But people are just
beginning to go to, Porto Rico, and it
is Just beginning to offer them the
comfort which the American tourist
requires.
sistent on luxury, he would enjoy
good deal more in the way Of adven-
ture and variety. Santo Domingo. for
example. is not accustomed to enter
tanning the gilded stranger in the way
to which he has been accustomed; but
it can offer him unexpiored jungles
and rivers. wonderful scenery, some
of which has never been seen by white
men, and hunting of an exotic sort
such as for wild guinea fowl and
orchids. =
Our newly acquired Virgin Islands
also offer some interesting days to
the man with an eye for the unusual
and the new None OF these places
will furnish you with a room and
bath in the American sense. But in
any of them you can find a clean bed
and good food and folk who are vastly
more tolerant of your peculiarities
than you are of theirs.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
LitftDefltlXs
NotQ<booK

The Park Ave. Naws,
Spoarts A artists contest too
place outside of Benny Pottses hous ;
last Satidday aftirnoon. all the EEL
lows drawing each others picatur s
on the street with w.te ciawi; to VI
Il enybody could guess who they va
Supposed to be, Pcrsey Weever draw
ing q fearse looking fnce and sayin.;
it was Supposed to be Rcddy sieff:'.
wich Reddy Merry got mad and sod
he would either haff to ipDloGize or
fite. wich Persey Wcevcr neSriy had
to do both.
S:ssiety. Mr.. Charles (PuIs) SIM
kins can play short Ieeces on thc
piano now, being hard to tell x.ich
the best on account OF them clI sound
ing SO mutch alike.
Pome by Skinny 7121Sin.
Watts In A Color
A vite egg and a brown egg laid si,.e
by side.
Both perfec,l without a crack.
And 2 little chickens waWked out OF
them,
And both little chickins was black.
Intristing Facts About Intriscin:,
People. Sam Cross can tern erround
SIS times without getting dizzy, but II
makes his mother and father nerviss
to watch him so he don't get rzutc,
chance to practice.
(Avvertizement.1 Do you wunt
your arifmetick homework done FOR.
you by a fern of experts? One cent
a Example no charge for rong ones.
See Ed Wcrnick and Lew DAVIS.
Lost and Found. Neither.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
sx MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.


Dear Mrs Thompson: Your work
in Heart and Home Problems is no
less than a blessing offered to the
people.
Noting the letter and your reply to
High Fluttin Saliie' inspires me to
commend your answer and hope the
dear girl will accept it as a positive
truth.
Being a young man, 1 have heard
some of the young men talk in refer
ence to sach matter and they always
jolly over the liberal girl while they
praise the girl that is exclusive
am at a loss to know how a girl
can respect a young man exercising
such debasing forces as insisting on
hugging and kissing her as he passes
along. She ought not let him. as he
does not love her at heart Some
times a girl of that character does
marry and finds herself mistress of n
wretched home. Then 1t comes to her
only too late that as her husband has
done to her he will do to others
COUNTRY LAD.
Your letter is most interesting and
convincing. Thank you for your in
tcrest shown in writing.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
rNE REsTTxG PLACE.

Oh, I have known the noisy Town .n1
framped Its parements up and dowr,
1he winds of trade have stung my face AM
blown me here and there:
I've stood and talked with men who srcl,
their golden idols week by week
And trampied on the tgentIer things ,nd
never stopped to care.
Oh, have played the dreary game Of flv,,,
ing for bit 6f fame
ve heard the cheering muItitude-rrd =
have heard Its Jeers:
L know how tired tbose great man -. .,
leaving home and ira avelinp fax u
Know how much they miss the yor.
which come with humber Years.
I've thumbed and worn the boak oe ,;<.
ye learned the pages hot with strife
I've nIayed the lad. md played the vouth
I've laughed and loved and went -'
I've turned from joys that l po..eSsaf ..
tourney East or journey West.
And IN the end I've always wi~t.e1 th..
what I'd lost I'd kept '''~"
The Lord ADORE has shielded me from not,.,,
that might have come to be-
me safely back: o'"uRhe
fut NneresoeTer I've chanced to roao ruv
feaI nas always yearned for home
Ine flowers sought have never hioor,
along q railroad track.
FOR faney nelsnss fsme mne nor yellow gold tn.
They lure him for a IittIeI uhflo h,,.
he must return SHt sooi
Into the peace and calm and bIay .h;di,
where his loved ones star- H~
Inc glory OF fhe world Is found -rh.u.
happy candles burn n"ere
copyright 1919 By Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

There is proSteering on all sides.
It is indefensibIe, reprehensible, intol-
cradle, and a lot else. A good, stiff
wallop should be handed to every man
and every institution practicing extor-
tion-from the corner grocer to the
biggest corporation" The foregoing
is clipped from the Agricultural Re
view and many persons probably agree
with it, from Attorney General Palmer
all along down the line. But why does
not somebody point out some of the
profiteers? II they can be discovered
probably legal prosecution would be
unnecessary. An indignant public
could be relied upon to visit its con-
demnation upon the offender in an eff
fective way. Isn't it a TACT, that this
c-y Of "profiteer" is designed to
cover up our own fault of extravagant
spending which is 50 largely response
BILE for high prices? No merchant can
saccossfully practice profiteeripg un-
less others handling his line of goods
90 likewise. The public sbon learns
where the lower prices are to be found.
The fact is that most buyers do not
ask the price OF a thing until after
they purchase it, and the sellers are
al liberty to charge as much as they
like
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

stairs. He was not hurt. but was bad
ly frightened, aitho not so much as
was. While was brooding. my baby
might have been killed" was the
thought in my mind-exaggerated, of
course. But it seemed again that moth
ing mattered but him. I would forget
that woman who had died SO long be-
fore I met Everett. 1 would be happy.
II was my right.
1 had sent for the doctor immedi-
ately. then telephoned Everett. They
arrived almost simultaneously, Ever
ert white as a ghost, the doctor calm
and unruffled.
Fell downstairs, did he? Well,
my little man. you are beginning to
get bumps early, "the doctor said as
him all over, and decided he had not
injured himself at all, aitho his little
face was still tear-stained from cry
ing.
You are sure, Doctor?" Everett
asked. his voice unsteady.
"Of course I am! The boys as right
as trivet.
THANK God." I heard Everett NUT
ter, then; Il shall send a man at once
70 put a gate at the head of the stairs" Z"
! Wont need it right away. The lit
tie rascal will remember hts tumble
and keep away from the stairs for a
time"
IT shall feel safer to have it done"
After they left suddenly realized
I had not seen Miss Pierce since she
had come running downstairs after
Junior. Now I called, and she came
to me, her eyes swollen. looking pale
and most unhappy.
"Oh, Mrs. Graham, feel so to
blan,ei He isn't hurt, is he? didn't
dare come down while the doctor was
there, 1 was so afraid he would find
som ething wrong. don't see how he
ever had time to get as far as the
stairs" and taking Junior on her arms
she Rugged him close. her tears fall
ing on his face"
ZOOS cy," he lisped, his tiny fingers
wiping her eyes.
So left them, and went back to my
room resolving never to give way to
my unhappy feelings again. I had my
home my husband whom 1 loved
evenstho he, did not love me as longed
for him to-and my precious baby. 1t
was wicked for me to repipe.
, AS have said, it is SO easy to make
and break-good resolutions.
(To be continued.)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
Dorothy Dix Talks
The Vice of Unscifishncss.-a.
NJ DOROTHY DIX
worlds Hirhest Paid Woman Writer

The Vice of UBsclfishncss.-S.
The self sacrificing wife makes just
as big a mistake as does the self sacri-
ficing husband. 1t is the self sacri-
ficing wives who make the mean. ty-
rannical husbands. Amy woman can
take any man short of a he-ansei, and
by q persistent course, of pamperinS
him, and giving In to him. and prefer
ring him above herself, turn him into
an overbearing. selfish brute.
Nor is the self sacrificing wife the
help to the husband that she thinks
she is. Chief among the women who
things, and who force men TO get wha
they want for them. Many a lazy.
easy .going loafer has been turned into
n hustler by a wife who is ambitious
to dress as well as the woman next
door. 1t is the daughter of the horse
leech continually crying More,
Morel" who is the spur in the side OF
her husband.
The place where self sacrifice gets
in its most deadly work. however. is
with our children. because the ternpta-
ton to protect them and save them
from every hardship. and give them
the best of everything. is The very es-
sence of parenthood, especially with
mothers.
There is no tragedy more pitiful
than that of the poor. old mother with
work hardened hands. s.-vho scrubs and
cooks while her daughters lie on the
couch and read novels. or that of the
parents who toll and stint themsclvc.
that their boys and girls may go 30
college and belong to college fraterni-
ties, and come home with college yciis.
and the net result of whose sacrific
are children who are monsters of SCI
ishness, who have & contempt FOX
them and are aslla of them.
These parents forget that there :.
something that is better even than
education. and that is character. and
that when they do not teach Their
children to climb UP on their poo-,
bent shoulders, they are deprivinG the
young ones of a moral stamina and
strength that will carry them farther
in the world than a college degree will.
The truth of the matter is that the
danger that we run, of doing an irro-
parable injury to those we love by
sacrificing ourselves to them is very
great, and it is necessary for Us ~
know where to draw the line betwee1
an enlightened selfishness. and ni7,sirs
a doormat of ourselves for others to
tread upon.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

honestly; suppore every Miss Smith
in the world has a Cousin Ella .
do you know" exclaimed Howard
enigmatically, 81 shouldn't be a bit
surprised if. some day, you had two
of 'em."
That's how it transpired that Smiths
New, Years resolution came to be kept.
Cousin Elias do not ask their young
male relatives to be nice to foriorn
young women stranded in a great city
after the young male relatives be-
come married men.
(Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
peper. syndieate.l
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

Complaints against high prices will
continue until prices come down. But
let US suppose that by. some strange
economic freak the United States
could he translated back to the old
price level of 1914 and the same credit
result probably would be that we
should find that our boasted prosper
ity and increase in wealth had evap-
GRATED over night. Very few of US
would feel half SO rich as we do now
and walls about hard times and low
prices would far surpass those now
heard regarding high prices.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

Another hat has heen thrown into
the presidential ring. It is that of
Senator Robert L. owen of Oklahoma.
Those who assume the responsibility
declare that there is no favorite. son
business out it but the senator
enters the race entirely on his merits
G; his public record.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
Mans Fayorite Dessert.

Mans Fayorite Dessert.
Prune Pie-Wash and soak one
pound of prunes over night in water
| enough to cover them. Cook in the
same water until tender. Line pie
plate with rich paste and fill with
the, prunes ;,n some of the liquid.
reduced by simmering to small
amount. Sprinkle With one-quarter Of
a cup of sugar and one tablespoon OF
lemon juice
a rather quick oven, as the filling has
already been cooked. Sprinkle with
powdered sugar.
Orange Meringue Pie-Two table
spoons cornstarch, one-half cup cold
water, one cup boiling water. Cook
constantly, then remove from the fire
and add the juice of three oranges
and the rind of one, a cup of sugar
and a speck of salt. When cold add
the beaten yollks Of three eggs.
Turn the mixture into a baked pie
whites to which have been added four
tablespoons OF powdered sugar, Put
in very slow oven and brown
slightly.
Apple Pie-Four or five sour ap-
pies, one-third cup sugar, one-quar-
ter teaspoon grated nutmeg, .speck
salt, one teaspoon butter.
Line pie plate with paste. Pare,
core and cut the apples into eighths,
put row around plate one-half inch
from edge, and work toward center
until plate is covered. then pile ION the
rest of the apples. Mix sugar, nutmeg
and salt and sprinkle over the apples
Dot over with bits of the butter.
Wet the edges OF the under crust
with cold water, cover with upper
crust, and press edges together. Bake
forty to forty-five minutes in a mod
crate oven. Cinnamon may be used
instead of the nutmeg.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

public mind. 1t is that it no longer
can be permitted that employer and
employe shall get together and fix
wages without regard to those who
must ultimately pay them. President
Wilson'S coal committee should keep
this in mind when it meets to take
up the problem of adjusting differ
ences between miners and operators.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
Household Hints
Menu Hint.
PREAKEA ST

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Grapes
Cereal and Cream
Bacon and Hot Cakes 81
Syrup Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Deviled Egg Salad
Rye Bread and Butter
Apple Pie Cocoa
DINNER.
Watercress Asparagus Soup
Beef Pie, Creole Style
Baked Potatoes String Beans
Junket Coffee
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

Lenins is having troubles of his
own. In recent message to the So
Wet he declared: "The peasants have
become lard owners and now side with
capitalism against Bolshevism." II
every man in this country were
home owner. and he could be if he
would. we would have no serious labor
problem to solve.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

The government points with pride
60 the dissolution of the Standard Oil
monopoly and the fact that competi-
tion in the oil business has been es-
tablished. But do we buy oil cheaper,
in conseouenceR
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

when the railroads have been re-
turned to their owners, March l. what
will become of the widely heralded
"Plumb Plan?" VIII 1t be abandoned
or merely placed in cold storage?e
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

In the face of loud complaints of
scarcity of cars the freight business
handled by the railroads in recent
months has shown a decline. This
fact seems to point to bad manage
ment somewhere.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
Moulton Musings
ny ROY X. fIOULToN.

A Prescription.
Wouid'st thou be wise
And-tho a pauper-rich?
miserable son of Adam,
Would.st thou happy be?
Wherefore:
In thine own soul
Set up altar
(To some sweet daughter Of Eye)
And worship with your love
Till thy heart burst
And its shrine crumble,
Know then, that she be
But woman
And blame her not
Since now, thou art man
Tempered high-pcrforce cold and dry,
Rich in memory,
Wise in idolntry,
Blessed. IL twice or thrice
A Fool.
-Beattie Jacksoa.
We have always been deeply in
terested in the accounts of Fifth ave-
nue. weddings, and have deyoured
every word that Dolly Madison. Choiiy
Kniekerbocker and Beatrica Sparevib
have had to say about thenN'but there
was a wedding in, Rushyille. Ind, the
other day that, according to the fol-
lowing account, shipped from the
News" of that o..-y, has every other
wedding ever heard O. backed off the
boards and painting for breath:
The bride and groom presented
a regal spectacle, never equaled
since the proud Cleopatra sailed
down the perfumeG lotus-bearing
Nile, in. her gilded pageant to meet
Mark Antony while all the world
stood agape at the unheard- of tri-
umph. To dscriLe the brides cos
tune beggars the English language,
: and ina gination falls faint and feeble
before the Herculean task. She was
gorgeously arrayed in a calico house
dress. and a pair of lace curtains -
floated like a dream about her
figure"
One flash doesn't make a successful
career in anything, any more than one
swallow makes a summer or one VIC
tory wins a war. But the trouble with
a lot of people is that they think it
does They can't see you've got to
fight every darned battle Just as hard
as the one you happened to win. If
you don't they won't build any victory
arches for you.-George NJ. Conan.
The excess profits tax has developed
the job of bookkeeping into one of the
real arts.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
Dinner Stories

As he weighed out the sugar the
grocer's boy whistled Justify.
"Don't you know that 1t is very
rude to whistle while you are waiting
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

Copyright 1913, by the Wheeler Syndicate
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