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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

old. You wouldn't think I was forty
seven, would you? No; Pm not mar
ried now, but / have been twice. Am
ready to try II again whenever I get
settled and have a chance to look
about"
This radiant personality was fol-
lowed by a tall Irishman. who bowed
profoundly at the door and stood adj
dressing the young woman in charge
OF the bureau with his hat held dra-
matically across his chest. He was
going in search of a job" he ex-
planned. and he wondered if the bu-
reau could supply him with a clean
collar. "Nothin' like a clean collar"
he said, Ito land you Job" The
young woman searched in the drawer
lars of various dimensions and let him
pick out the size and type he wanted.
At this the man became almost fearful
in his gratitude.
II haven't been behavin' myself"
he declared in some embarrassment.
hut I'll be all right as soon as l get
steady work"
That's all right" said the young
woman. but I wouldn't go in search
OF a job in that condition II / were
you. Wait until you're sober tomor-
row morning, and then see whot you
can do"
This incident illustrates the cheer
full and matter-of-fact manner in
which the women running this bureau
meet all types and conditions of men.
"As soon as a man is released from
the army he is inclined to feel that
good time is coming to him." caid
Mrs. Tolman in discussing this phase
of her work so usually he spends
the first couple of weeks after his dis
charge in having it. Then some morn
ing he awakens to the fact that his
money is gone, and that he is badly
in need of a job. All right the thing
to do then is to help him get one.
Don't sit around blaming him, as SO
many self-righteous individuals do.
but think of the months he spent
over there in the trenches or in base
hospital"
One unfortunate feature OF this
common reaction to release from the
army, is that so many men, discharged
in camps about New York, spend all
their money here, and then do not
have any left to take them home.
They decide to stay in New York,
therefore, and this decreases the num-
Der of jobs for the men whose homes
are in Manhattan or Brooklyn.
Mrs. Tolman was interrupted in this
explanation by the entrance of a good
looking young woman of shy manner
who said she had been sent by GER
tain private.
"Oh, yes, you're his fiance. aren't
you ?" inquired the assistant, "and
you've come to get shopping cards for
discounts on furniture"
"They are to be married next week"
she whispered to the visitor as she
made out the cards. land we are help
ing them turni. h an entire apartment.
But they could have been married
month ago If this man had been able
to obtain a job"
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ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY X MoULToN

''Pnssing the Buck"
The farmers blame the middiemen
For what we pay for truck"
While mildiemen say that the price
1s all the groceris luck.
The grocers pass It back again
And thus 1t goes around
dizzy ring Of dealers, but
No remedy 10 found!
Now comes a warning that our shoes
And other clothes will bring
Much higher prices In the fall,
Along with ev'rything!
The maker Of the shoes lays blsme
Upon the tanner. and
The clothing manufacturers
Say wool-you understand!
nut ultimate consumers seem
To be all ont of luck.
As there's no one for them to soak
They cannot ''pnss the buck
IT. Benz Faucet.
A short time ago / noticed an ad-
vertisement in one Of the lucent
magazines which interested me. 1t
SEND US ONE DOLLAR and we
will tell sou how to amass a great
fortune"
The more 1 read the advertisement
the more 1t was impressed upon me
thatthis was just what l wanted to do.
L
my life. and amassing a fortune would
be a new experience to me.
magined that IL would be a pleasa mt
experience as several of my neighbors
who had amassed fortunes seemed to
be enjoying life.
My wife had often told me that I
should amass a great fortune and
this magazine advertisement happened
along just at the psychological mo-
ment. / wasn't doing anything else at
the time and l felt / could expend a
little energy on this matter without
having it detract from my other busi-
ness affairs. Amassing a great for
tune! Strange. indeed. that l never
had thought OF 1t until / read the
mn sazIne advertisement.
! sent the dollar and broke the
news TO my wife. I'VE are about to
amass a great fortune" said l. ''Of
course. II will change our social status
twelve cylinder set. whereas hereto
class"
OF course my wife went out i'm
mediateiy and spent $500 for clothes
and placed a mortgage on the house
and bought a larger automobile than
the peanut rooster which we had be-
fore we thought of amassing a great
fortune.
In due time we received a letter
from the firm which had advertised
in the magazine. The letter read:
Dear Sir--we snid we would tell you
how to amass great fortune. The
way to amass a great fortune il to
make a great deal Of money and hang
onto IT.
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COMMON SENSE NEEDED.

Hirom johnson in a speech satur-
day said: "oh. II Roosevelt we're
only herel"
Every one recognizes the influence
OF Roosevelt-even after his death
but 1t is no time now to bewail the
lack of one man to guide the coun-
try's course.
After ALI America has grown be-
yond the one-man government Our
form OF living demands that each man
take unto himself the responsibilities
OF his destiny. Also each man should
charge himself with interest. COM
pounded. in the destinies of his city,
his state and his country.
A Roosevelt would provide a leader.
to be sure. But in general we need
moro Rooseveltism in our homes. our
offices. sur shops and our state and
municipal control.
In other words, we need more plain
common sense and the courage to up
hold II.
Laws are made to control the trend
OF public action. We elect men to fill
offices that stand for the enforcement
OF the laws. The maximum part of
life. however. is the ordinary living
that requires work. play and sleep.
The conditions facing this country
today are not altogether the enforce
ment of laws They are conditions of
work and play. Easy money has
made work subject to play. We are
working less. playing more-and then
we wonder why living expenses are
soaring.
Men are entitled to recreation No
one class should. by the exploitation
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am eighteen
years old and have been going with a
young man one year my senior for al
most two years. During that time he
says he has grown 10 love me and says
he has reformed since he has been go
ing with me. l told him 1 returned
his love and am sure 1 do now. We
both finish high school this year. but
both know we are very young to think
so much of each other.
There are many other boys and
girls each Of US could go with, but my
friend says he would rather go with
me and I feel the same way about him.
We have neither of us gone with any
one else for some time. Altho 1t would
hurt my friend greatly and I know II
would hurt me, / feel as tho II is my
duty to break our s:rong bond Of
friendship. Should? Or should 1
let 1t go on as 1t is?
We have only this one more year OF
school to be together and will proba-
bly, part after that not to meet for a
long time. 1 do not intend to get mar
ried for four or five years. Would 1t
be all right for us to go on this one
more term of school as we have. or Is
IT my place to stop our "schoolmate'
love affair? ROSE.
1 suppose I should tell you to break
your strong friendship and go with
other young men, too. l feel, however.
that you should do what you want to.
AnalyLe your feelings in this matter
and be honest. believe. from the
atmosphere of your letter. that you
really want to go with other young
men. too. DO so. then. even If he re-
bells.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am a very
young boy of Is and 1 love a girl who
is IA. Sometimes she is as nice as
she can be to me and other times she
doesn't even speak to me when she
passes me on the street. I have al
ways treated her as nice as 1 know
how.
VIII you please give me some ad-
vice as how to treat her? Should 1
leave her entirely alone except to
speak to her when / see her. OF no.?
ANXIOUS.
You are too young to have a girl.
Speak TO her pleasantly but do not
force a friendship.
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Q. Why were SO many coal miners idle
this summer:-J l.. J.
public pure5asS ennl chisfY during inet co ohg
weather. As the coal mines have no IA
cilities for storing coal they suspend opera
lions until they receive further orders
Q. Who wrote Tho the mills of the gods
grind slowly. yet they grind exceedingly
man by Frederick Won Logan in his poem
'Retribution.'' The substance Of thesewords
have been used by many poets. a notable
isms."
O. What will remove iodine stains from
vanished wood A T.
A. Strong ammonia waterwill remove 10
dine stains.
O. Has the United States made any
treaties with England since the Revolution
A. The United States has made num-
her of treaties with Great Britain since
the Revolution. including several conven-
lions dealing with naturalization. patents
and copyrights The most important of
the treaties were the Clayton -Bulwer treaty
Of 1901. both In connection with the build
ing Of the Panama canal.
Q. How many languages are spoken in
the world at the present time ?-J. W. A.
A. 1t Is estimated that about 1000 Ian
grages md dialects are now in use.
der who dies at sea ~. n
A. When a soldier dies aboard ship his
body is. when possible. carried on 70 the
PbIt anu ne 10 III fOlliIaTF
ceremary, or II the port happens
to be in the United States. his
remains are sent hime. IL his relatives
so desire. II the ship is In mid-ocea the
soldier is buried at sea with military hon
orr.
@ Are women reconstruction workers
still needed 2-E. n.
A. Young women trained in occupafional
therapy are urgently needed for service in
army hospitals rs reconstruction aids. wo-
men who are teachers of crafts. and those
trained In academic and commercial sub
jects, ere especially needed
q Please furnish n recipe for making
JOHNNY cake IL. II.
A Sift one quart Of Indian meal into a
pan; make a hole in the middle and pour
In pint Of warm water. adding one tea
spoonful Of salt: with spoon mix the
meal and water gradually into a soft
dough; stir II briskly for a quarter of an
hour more. till IL becomes light and
spongy: then spread the dough smoothly
and evenly on a straight flat board ,plaee
the board nearly upright before an open
fire and put an iron against the hack to
support ii bake we'll When done cut into
squares Send. hot to table. split and but
tered.
Amy read can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka STATE
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. Director. Washington. D.. G. Give
fun name and address and enclose two
cent stamp for return postage. BE brief
All replies are sent direct to the inQuirer.l
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Slaves

slaves
Before all men was created equal.
some of them was created unequal.
being the slaves.
A slave had to do everything his
master ordered him, weather he felt
like IL or not. wich he genrelly did
ent, and II he sed. Hay. watts you
would say, Sure you are" Wich he
was.
Slaves used to pick cotton in cot
ton fields, and IL they dident pick il
about a mile a minnit n overseer
with boots on cracked 'em with a big
whip, and every time they objected
they got another krack for acting as
IL they was born equal. and the re-
suit was they dIdent ubject.
II slaves had children, the children
grew up to be slaves Jest because they
was slaves children. and II they had
children their children grew up to he
slaves because they was slaves chill
dren too. This proves that meny of
our trubbles is jest a matter of habit.
wife men could tawk back to
each other on account of being equal.
and slaves could tawk back to each
other. on account of them being equal
too. but IL a slave wunted to tawk
back to wife man. the neerest he
could come to 1t was to tawk back
to another slave.
After a vile the slaves started t.
educate themselves on account of
wunting to see wat II felt like to know
how TO reed and write. and one day
they saw in the papers that they had
all bin set free. so they all stopped
werk and startod to rejoice.
This proves that nuthing can take
the place of education.
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We are stimulated by those Of our
friends and companions who think.
The man or woman who clearly and
honestly thinks. Is on the road to GER
tain success When a natioi. stops
thinking, 1t dies and is followed by
one that does think. Every process OF
unfolding in this world among men
must continue 10 be fathered by Sc
rious and earnest thought.
In any emergency the first thing 10
do Is to-thfnk!
The greatest thing that any master
of education can do. is to teach one
how to think. For to think is the
beginning OF all action
And II Is the WAY in which you
think that stamps you as one of worth
or worthless.
Think correctly and you are bound
to talk correctly. Think cleanly and
you are sure TO live cleanly.
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ROSE EXPRESSES HER OPINION
OF EVERETT.
CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XIX.
When / saw Everett I was so as
tonished l lost what little wit l ever
possessed, and instead of answering
1 just stared at him.
well, why don't you speak {!
Where have you been until this time -
again looking at the watch he held
in his hand.
ITO the theater." faitered.
who said you could go TO the
theater? thought 1 expressly told
you IN my letter to go to bed early"
Everett. don't you see Rose. Rose
Grandon--you met her out home you
know"
Yes I remember Miss Grandon."
he inclined his head slightly. as with
a faint good night Rose slipped past
US. up to her room.
In a way was glad she had gone,
that she would no longer be wit
ness to my humiliation. In another
way 1 wished she had remained.
Everett might have been less unrea-
sonable.
Neither OF us had replied to Roses
good night but as soon as she had
gone Everett said:
Come into the library"
followed meekly. but I didn't feel
one bit meek inside. He had been
away for days, hadn't told me what
he was doing or anything. He had
mt even kissed me- Father always
kissed mother several times II he had
been away over one night.
l stood opposite him after he
switched on the lights.
why didn't you obey me?" he
asked sternly.
'Because-because- Everett, I
haven't done anything wrong. I
only"
when 1 tell you to, remain at home,
to retire early. expect to be cbeyed.'
But 1 am not a child- 1 don't
know where 1 got the courage to
speak up as 1 did. 81 was lonely. !
asked Rose to come and stay with me
while you were gone. I couldn't read
or do anything, 1 was so lonesome.
And after she came We had to do
something. am sure that you
wouldn't have talked 20 Leola the way
you do to me. I am ashamed to have
Rose go home and tell how l am
treated" 1 stopped. frightened almost
to death I had not meant to mention
his first wife-to this day 1 don't
know what made me do IT, But 1 was
SO hurt and angry.
Everett had turned q rasty gray
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

An instructor OF the University of
Michigan was sent to the University of
Illinois to prepare posters and circu-
lars illustrating the inadequacy of
compensation fer college professors
He received eighteen dollars ($1s) for
the five days he worked on these mat
ters. while the carpenter who con-
structed the signs and standards bear
ing this information received five dol
lars (35) a day. or twenty five dollars
($25) for the same period.
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cross of my life" returned the en-
sign.
Muriel arose and moved away. 81
must get back to my charges"
But when may 1 cali?" Queried
Ensign Richard Aikens. as the girl
started up the path.
Muriel did not answer till she came
to a large bowlder around which she
must pass.
ASK the ouija board she called
out-ana ran laughing up the path,
campwArd.
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure Fews-
pepper. Syndicate.)
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rs YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From he columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

september u, A60t.
The meeting Of the Pioneer. Society 81 the
First Congregational church will take piace
NJ the church Tuesday from , IN 10 p. N.
A supper for 900 or more people viii he
served free from 10 8 p. m. by the Chrie-
tian Endeavorers
program of music and addresses has
been prepared and there will be remi-
niscenccs by the old settlers.
The corner stone Of the court house con-
tnins 10i papers snd documents, which
includes near everything In the county.
Misses Nina and May Thomas gave a
card party lost eveycninR for Miss lila
Iix Of Hot springs. Ark. and their home
IN Potwin was charmingly arranged for
tho occn sion.
The gnesis were Misses AriIe Ewsrt.
Henrietta and May Thompson. Vera Low.
Lillian Trfft. Ada Ward. Mary Roberts,
Louise Smith. Maud and Lolita Ifarnpv
Edna Crane. Mabel Quielpv. Ada TInpkla.
Miss Amsby ~ YpsiInnti Mfch. villa Rod.
gers. blanche Dlenst: Mes~rs Warren
Akers, Howard Wood. Clay Lyon. Albert
Hoby. VIII Eish. I'd Keilafn. RaEse Tsen-
nett Ralph Moore. WIN TAYLOR Tom
Clements. willard Scott. oscar Woolverton.
I'd Dennis. Dean and Homer Low. Maytin
Snow and Fred 0illett
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

The sound and word of what we say
doesn't always square with what we
think
1t is so much safer and happier to
take a longer time to thing than TO
talk. And as we older grow, we learn
this. There Is nothing more impor-
tant than the way we think
In the same way that our actions
have an influence upon those who are
near to US. SO do our thoughts have
an inside influence upon our thoughts
yet unborn. We are our own best or
worst companions.
Thoughts are deeds,
The way that you think is the way
that you are. The philosophy of a
sound mind in a sound body is one
of the greatest in life. Clean thoughts
are indicative of q clean and healthy
body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
WHO or ChiIdrcn.-f.

Wife OF Children.
A favorite subject Of discussion in
debating societies used to be: should
a man save his wife or his mother, IL
both were drowning and he could
only rescue one?"
An equally interesting question is
whether a man owes a greater duty to
his wife or his children.
This problem has been poignantly
and dramatically put before us by the
CHICAGO man who recently chose
death with his wife rather than life
without her. leaving three poor help
less little children to their fate
This devoted husband was crossing
the railroad tracks with his wife in
front of a fast express train. Thru
some accident the woman's foot be-
came wedged between two planks so
that IL could not be extricated. See
ing taht her doom was sealed. the
man stepped in front of the fast com
ing that her doom was sealed. the
wife. and with her clasped in his arms
they were both hurled into eternity.
In its splendid heroism, in its proof
of love so great that il counted no
cost. in its chivalry, the deed belongs
more to the realm of romance than
this sordid and practical world, but
for all of that the mans act was a
crime, a glorious crime that makes
one think better. but still a crime for
there are times when the hand and
not the heart must determine the
right or wrong of our action.
Great as is a mans duty TO his wife.
it seems to me. that it does not com
pare for an instant with his duty to
his children. and that il there comes
time when he must sacrifice one
or the other. II is the wife who should
be the victim. not the children.
Every marriage is a contract into
u fvUn nj
own free will and accord. They
choose each other. They assume GER
tain obligations towards each other.
True they are more OF less in each
others power and their happiness
and well being lie in each others
hands. but the essence OF the whole
relationship is that ii is voluntary.
1t was not forced upon them nor
are they powerless IL either one de-
faults on the bargain. or IL either one
desires to break UP the arrangement.
But when a man brings children
into the world he gives hostages TO
fate. He has assumed an obligation
that only death can end. He has
thrust life upon them. He has brought
them, without their desire. into the
world. and it is his supreme duty to
care Tor them. and protect them, and
to fit them as well as 1t is in his pow
err, to make good and useful men and
women.
Children have a right to look to
their father for food. for clothes, for
education. for a decent environment
! in which to grow up. fer love and ten
derness and protection, and IL he does
not give them this he has defrauded
them out of their birthright. His debt
to them is a debt OF honor that he
should be all the more punctilious
about paying because their hands are
too weak to COLLECT 1t.
A~@@ A-L
Copyright. 1919. by the Wheeler Syndicate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

Il know what the newspa pers say.
but actually do not know what is
going on"-Ed Howe in the current
E. W. Howe's Monthly. Ed Howe is a
newspaper man of many years ex-
perience. He has a son who has been
with the Associated Press in Europe.
Surely the Howe family has not adopt
ed a new code OF newspaper ethics!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

Maurice Packard. professor OF elm
ical medicine OF New York Polytechnic
Hospital Medical school. has written
an impassioned argument against the
misconception of the Jewish charac-
ter at the time OF Shakespeare. Shy
lock Not a Jew" is the title of his ar
gument and Shylock is shown to be
a perverted caricature rather than a
true picture of the Jewish nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

Employees FOR a New York silver
smith demanded a % per cent raise
and the employer offered to sell them
his plant at its appraised value on easy
payments. The employees refused. the
owner refused to grant the increase
and the plant has been closed down.
Employees are out Of work. capital is
worthless. production is shut off. Then
We wonder why prices go up!
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n the members OF the state public
utilities commission have occasion to
use the telephone while in a hurry
they will be able to demand better
service from the Bell interests before
they allow an advance in rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

The American Union Against Mill
tarism is sending out singing litera-
.ture against the army under such til
ties as Abolish West Point" Smash
the Regular Army" Abolish the Pro-
fessional officer" and Smash the
Army Caste" The "bosses" in all
lines OF business are going thru trou-
blesome times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

One Of Topeka's meanest men says
women don't smoke because they
haven't nerve enough to scratch a
match as It should be scratched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

The Anti-Saloon league (oh, yes,
there is still such a thinG) has organ
lied to support as president the can
diuate who promises to enforce the
prohibition amendment What else
could president do?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22

The lawnmowers are singing again
for the first time in Mr.. Average
Mans yard since early In the SIMMER