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The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-25

said, carrying Billina away toward tne
palace.
to 'sociate with them," replied BIZ
lima. 'It is that cross old Princess
who is to blame, But was raised IN
the United States, and won't allow
any one-horse chicken of the Land OF
Ev to run over me and put on airs
as long as I can lift claw in SELF
defense"
1--WE won't talk about 1t any more"
Soon they came to the Cowardiy
Lion and the Hungry Tiger, to wnom
the girl introduced the Yellow Hen.
"Glad to meet any friend OF Doro-
thy's," said the Lion. politely. ITO
Judge by your present appearance
you are not a coward, as I am
Your present appearance makes
my mouth water" said the Tiger.
looking at Billina greedily. My. my!
how good you would taste II l couid
only crunch you between my jaws
But don't worry. You would only
appease my appetite for a moment;
so it isn't worth while to eat you"
Thank you." said the hen, nest
ling closer in Dorothy's arms.
Besides. it wouldn't be right" con-
tinued the Tiger. looking steadily at
Billina and clicking his jaws together.
"Of course not" cried Dorothy.
hastily. 'Billina is my friend. and
circumstances"
''I'l try to remember that" said the
| Tiger; but I'm a little absent-minded,
at times.
Then Dorothy carried her pet into
! the drawing room of the palace,
where Tiktok. being invited to do so by
| Ozma, had seated himself between
the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman.
| Opposite to them sat Ozma herself
| and the Princess Lanswidere, and be-
| Cl haV mt nh a
| for Dorothy
Around this important group was
ranged the Army of Or, and as Doro-
thy looked at the handsome uniforms
| of the Twenty-Seven she said:
why. they seem to be all officers.
They are. all except one." an
swered the Tin Wodman. 'I have in
my Army eight Generals, six Colonels.
seven Majors and five Captains, be-
sides one private for them to COM
mand. I'd like to promote the pri-
| vate, for I believe no private should
ever be in public life; and I've also
noticed that officers usually fight bet
ter and are more reliable than COM
mon soldiers. Besides. the officers
are more important looking, and lend
| dignity to our army"
mo doubt you are right" said
Dorothy. seating herself beside Ozma.
And now" announced the girlish
Ruler of Or, I'VE will hold a solemn
conference to decide the best manner
of liberating the royal family of this
fair Land of Ev from their long i'm
prisonment.
copyrighted by L Frnnk Baum for the
George Matthew Adams seryice.)
Next week we shall hear Of ''The Royal
Family of Ev" and the conference Ozma
held to decide how they should be rescued
from imprisonment in the land of the Nome
King.
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THE HUNGRY TIGER.

The first thing Dorothy did was to
rush into the embrace of the Scare
crow, whose painted face beanaed with
delight as he pressed her form to his
I straw-padded bosom. Then the Tin
Woodman embraced her-very gently,
for he knew his tin arms might hurt
her if he squeezed too roughly.
These greetings having been ex-
changed, Dorothy took the key to Tx
tok from her pocket and wound up
the machine mans action, so that he
could bow properly when introduced
to, the rest of the company. While
doing this she told them how useful
Tiktok had been to her, and both the
! Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman
shook hands with the machine once
more and thanked him for protect
ing their friend,
Then Dorothy askeda "'where is
BiIlina ?"
Il don't know" said the Scarecrow.
''Who is Bnlina?"
She's 4 yellow hen who is another
friend of mine." answered the girl,
anxiously. II wonder what has be-
She is in the chicken house, in the
| back yard said the Princess. MY
| drawing room is no place for hens.''
Without waiting to hear more Doro-
thy ran to get Billina, and just out
side the door she came upon the
| Cowardly Lion, still hitched to the
| chariot beside the great Tiger The
| Cowardly Lion had a big bow of blue
ribbon fastened to the long hair be-
tween his ears, and the Tiger wore
a bow of red ribbon on his tail, just
| in front of the bushy end.
| In an instant Dorothy was hugging
the huge Lion joyfully.
I'm SO glad to see you again," she
cried.
"I am also glad to see you, Doro-
I hI-' Caid i1z1 a. n
| fine adventures together. haven't we?"
I Yes, indeed" she replied. How
are you?''
LAS cowardly as ever,", the beast
answered in a meek voice. Every
| little thing scares me and makes my
| heart beat fast. But let me introduce
to you a new friend of mine, the Hun
CRY Tiger
oh! Are you hungry?" she asked
| turning to the other beast. who was
I just then yawning SO widely that he
| displayed two rows of terrible teeth
anyone.
! 'Dreadfu11y hungry" answered the
Tiger, swapping his jaws together with
| a fierce click.
Then why don't you eat some
| thing ?'' she asked.
| Its no use" said the Tiger sadly
| I've tried that, but always get hun
| CRY again.
''Why. it is the same with me-" said
1 Dorothy. "Yet keep on eating
But you eat harmless things. so il
doesn't matter" replied the Tiger
For my part, I'm a savage beast, and
have an appetite for all sorts of poor
| little living creatures, from a chip
monk to fat babies.
How dreadful said Dorothy
| isn't it, tho?" returned the Hun
cry Tiger. licking his lips with his
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SHOULD WORK BOTH WAYS.

Samuel Gompers, head of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. has pre-
sented a new issue in tangible, definite
ers must have the right to quit he
has given strength to the popular de-
mand that every man shall have the
right to work. No one has COM
planned of the exercise of the right to
quit; the fault is with those who deny
others the right to work. Let any
man quit who wants to, but he should
not compel others to quit. Let any
man lie idle who wants to. but he must
ing produced by others who continue
to work. The idlers must not be per-
mitted to live off the workers.
When almost 80 per cent of the
1000 workers in the Inland Steel COM
pany of Indiana Harbor voted in IA
V r of returning to work and were re-
fused that right by radical union lead
ers it looks like an unfair stoppage
of not only production but of justice
as well.
With absolutely no demands from
the laborers in this plant being made
when the orders for general steel
strike were issued the company was
unjustly forced to close its doors. The
principle of collective bargaining, so
earnestly acclaimed by labor, was al
ready recognized by the company in
! it's plan of an industrial council A
minimum wage, a share in the COM
pany's profits and favorable working
conditions were already in effect
What more did the men want? The
facts are that the workers in this
plant had no grievances to offer. Yet
because they were in steel they were
forced by radical leaders to walk out
on an employer who-had treated them
fairly.
The rights of union workers are a
cause worthy of being championed, il
they do not infringe on the rights OF
others. For union laborers, who have
certain principles to maintain. tc
strike and demand recognition is their
personal right-and often a moral OBJ
legation beyond questioning. And in
the same light of right men outside
the union should have the privilege OF
refusing the incurred obligations OF
union action and of remaining at Their
work as long as they do the same kind
of work that they were doing before
the strike. Nothing seems unfair in
such a proposition.
But to allow threatening strikers tc
force almost 90 per cent of the work
men OF plant to lie idle and theil
families to suffer. simply because the.
are in the same industry as the strik-
er, is to carry the issue beyond the
limits measured by right and reason.
! ableness. Especially is such actor
unjust when workers have no griev-
ances of their own and already pos
Tsess the very things for which the
unions are striking.
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SUGAR SCARCITY.

Among the many CAUSES for the
shortage of sugar. real or apparent.
now prevailing is prohibition. 1t is
asserted that the country has gone
on sugar spree"
A series of compilations by the
National City bank of New York COM
pares our sugar consumption in 1919
with that of previous years. They
show that the quantity of sugar con-
sumed in the United States in the fis-
cal year ending with June, 1919, was
greater than in any year in the history
of the country and the sums paid for
it double those in the year preceding
the war.
The quantity of sugar consumed by
our people, says the banks statement,
aggregated nearly 5000, 900. 900 pounds
in the fiscal year 1919 against about
s, 600, 900, 900 last year, and $500. .00O,-
900 pounds in the year prior to the
war. The 1919 consumption is ABOUT
double that of 1900, altho the popula-
ton meantime has increased only 3S
per cent. The average per capita con-
sumption in 1919 was SO pounds
against n pounds per capita in 1915,
79 in 1916 and SO in 1900.
The sums paid for sugar by our
people in 1919 were far in excess of
those of any earlier year. The aver
age import price for the raw product
brought in from foreign countries
averaged little more than 5 cents
per pound as against an average of
q cents per- pound in 1914, and the
Sums paid by the consumers for all
sugar purchased during the year will
approximate s1,Oo0,OOO.OO0 as against
a little more than ene-third OF that
sum in the year prior to the war.
About one-fourth of the nearly
9, 600, 100000 pounds of sugar con-
sumed in the United States in the fis-
cal year 1919 was, according to the
banks statement, produced in the
United States, another one-fourth was
mainder drawn from foreign countries,
chiefly Cuba. About three -fourths of
the quantity produced in our own
fields was from beets, and only one
fourth from cane, while all of that
brought in from our islands or from
foreign countries was produced from
cane.
1t must be apparent that we cannot
eat our sugar and still have it on
hand.
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the bow had sensed trouble of some
kind, and the frantic gestures of the
excited persons on the yacht directed
his attention to an object in the
water. 1t was Jimmy Reynolds, who
had come to the surface after the first
immersion.
Without hesitation, the young man
threw out the clutch, called to some
one in the stern to take the wheel,
ieaped to the gunwale of the boat
and propelled himself over the side.
A few brisk strokes and he had Jimmy
Reynolds by the hair.
The Marquis of Downsberry must
have located his Benjamin, and Ben
jamin in turn must have carried his
order to the captain-or else the cap
tain acted on his own initiative. Any
how, the yacht had stopped. The res
cuer, with the. rescued in tow. at once
headed for the yatcb and soon was on
board.
"Marvin!" cried Evelyn Haskell in
a bystander's ear. It's my brothers
partner"
The next day Mrs. Haskell's beam
in intensity-if a beam may be in
tense. She rushed to her daughter s
room and proceeded to hug her at
least five times before she announced
breathlessly:s
Evelyn, you win! The marquis has
picked you Tor his Drlde- JustSthlnk:
You're going to wed royalty"
Evelyn did not appear excited. She
was seated before a dressing table
combing her hair, and she continued
with the task, altho she did look up
and smile. Surely it must be a smile
of exultation, thought Mrs. Haskell.
DO tell,' said Evelyn languidly.
''That is very interesting, but, mother,
will you be so kind as to send the
marquis my heartfelt appreciation,
and Inform him that he will have to
make another decision in favor of one
of the other possibilities? Just tell
him this one is an impossibility. I'm
going to marry Marvin Stonewell.
Royal blood is all right. but prefer
an American-some. one who can do
things for himself 1 thought the lit
tie cruise wouldn't do any harm, and
I acted as hateful as 1 could so the
marquis wouldn't pick me for his
victim"
(Copyright, 1919 by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Incl
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Get Your Own Number.

Not long ago a famous little come
dienne died, and it was said by those
who knew her best that she died
broken hearted and disappointed be-
lize her ambition of becoming a sec
ond Bernhard. She had studied, and
toiled, and sacrificed, trying to do the
thing that nature never intended her
to do. and because she had failed at
achieving the impossible, all of her
success was as dust and ashes in her
teeth.
think of the woman who got no pleas
ure out of making people laugh be-
and who hated her own dainty little
figure and saucy piquant face, be-
cause she could never turn them into
the gaunt masque of tragedy.
For in all the world there is nothing
more pathetic than misdirected ambi-
ton, the frantic reaching out for
something we can never get, the futile
struggle towards a goal that we shall
never reach. It means so much
wasted effort, so much fruitless work,
so many blasted dreams and dead
hopes, the barren rock of so many
lives that would be full of successful
achievements, and prosperity. and
happiness, if only men and women
would find out the thing they are
capable of doing, and do it. instead of
wasting ln6 years III lIylnS " QO the
thing they can never do.
And those of us who live in large
cities, see this tragedy of the near
genius so often.
We see the girl who has a sweet
little voice. which would have enabled
her to have made a good living at
home by teaching music, and singing
in the village choir and giving an oc-
casional concert if only she had been
satisfied to do the things she could do.
But she was not. She aspired to be
ing a grand opera singer.
So We have seen her going from
high priced teacher to teacher who
took from her ruthlessly the money
that was blood money wrung out of
her poor family back home. We have
seen her youth fade, and her beauty
go under gruelling hours of practicing
and insufficient food, and at the last
we have seen her sink into being one
of the haggard, worn women who sing
for their dinners in cheap cabarets
while they look vainly for the concert
position they never get.
And We see the men and women
with a little talent for writing who
starve along, year after year. in
dreary hall bedrooms, while they
haunt the offices of magazines, and
newspapers, and theaterical managers
with the stories and plays that are
not quite good enough to be accepted.
Copyright, 1910, by the Wheeler Syndicate,
Inc)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-25
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
Ry JANE PHELPS

want her to come while the strange
n ess. the resentment was on me.
What a welcome 1 received Mother,
father and the boys all were so de-
lighted to have me home. and SO nice
to Everett that 1 was as gayly happy
as a child. Then after Everett had
gone, the boys and girls-Rose in the
lead-hoeked around me. They did
ask questions, some of them embar
RAISING ones-questions / should have
perhaps answered foolishly, had Ever
ett not warned me-. But 1 knew 1 ac-
quilted myself fairly well when Rose
Grandon said one day:
You certainly have changed, San
dra- You are so quick at replying.
say such clever things. You talk a
good deal, but you haven't told us
much. Do tell us something about
Mr.. Graham's Number One. You
know you wanted to know about her
so badly when 1 was there" which
speech proved how foolish 1 had been
to take Rose into my cnfidence.
tI know that slic was very beauti-
ful, very accomplished, and a great
favorite in society. only hope I
quietly. but how hard 1t was to speak
of Leola as l had no one could i'm
agine.
We'll. wouldn't play iecond fiddle
for the sake of any man or any So
cial position. I'd rather marry one of
the home BOYS, and I'm not keen on
them either
made no answer, bat as 1 looked
at the crude, ordinary looking and
acting boys and then thought of my
handsome. distinguished husband, a
man of the world. a new feeling of
respect for Everett came to me. 1t
would take years of experience and
polish before any one of them could
hope to compete with him.
(To be continued.)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-25

The present apparent shortage in
the sugar supply probably is due to
the interference by the government
with the law of supply and demand,
more than to any other single cause.
In normal times the price of sugar
fluctuates and is always maintained at
a point where consumption will equal
the available supply. If that supply
be Iessened or the demand increase
then the price rises and consumption
is checked. If the demand falls off
or the supply be increased then the
price is lowered and consumption is
stimulated
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Folks
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THE COST.
If the goal IL, worth possessing it is worth
its price in pain.
If you have a dream worth holding it's
worth struggling to attain.
For the joys that last the longest, as the
distant bends are turned.
Are not the easy splendors. but the joys
which You have earned.
IL you'd reach the mountains summit you
must have the will to climb.
II you'd rise to fame and glory you must
work and bide your time.
For the victory that's sweetest when life's
full returns are in,
Is the one that tried your patience and took
all your strength TO win.
II you hold n high ambition you must
be prepared to wait;
You must trudge the road of courage and
must bear the blows of fate;
You must face your years Of labor and
press forward with n smile
For It's how you've fought to gain IT, that
will make your goal worth while
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-25
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am a young
woman of twenty-three and have been
married. We have been separated for
a year and over now.
l. am going with a very nice young
man who loves me. He has told me
on several occasions and shows he
does He is twenty-five years old
am not sure really love him. but
at any rate 1 don't want to hurt his
feelings He doesn't know I have
been married for 1 have always gone
by my maiden name.
1 am planning a trip west Should
1 go away and not tell him and not
come back. or should I tell him be-
fore 1 go?
He says nothing can make him love
me less. only more. / fear he will
change when he knows what 1 have
been keeping from him
Do you think he will love me still
when he knowss
YOUR FRIEND.
You should tell the young man the
truth before going west. Then you
will have a clean record and can
come back without hesitating 1
hardly think the young man will cease
to love you when he knows the truth
Love is deeper than that. II you are
not already divorced, I would advise
you to get one.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-25

was, while the screeching of the
chickens nearly deafened her.
But suddenly the bunch of feathers
stopped whirling, and then, to her
amazement. the girl saw Billina
crouching upon the PROSTATE form
of a speckled rooster. For an instant
they both remained motionless. and
then the yellow hen shook her wings
to settle the feathers and walked
toward the door with strut of proud
defiance and q cluck of Victory, while
the specified rooster Amped away to
the group of other chickens, trailing
his crumpled plumage in the dust as
he went.
"Why, Billina," cried Dorothy, in a
shocked voice: have you been fight
ing7''
'I really think L have" retortel
Binina. do you think I'd let thai
speckled villain of a rooster lord il
over me, and claim to run this chiciler
house, as long as I'm able to pech
and scratch? Not if my name is
Bill"
''It isn't Bill, it's Billina: and you're
talking slang. which is very undis' s'n'-
fed" said Dorothy, reprovingly
Come here, Billina, and I'll let yor
out; for Ozma of Or is here, and ha:
set US free"
So the yellow hen came to the door
which Dorothy unIatc ched for her K
! pass thru. and the other chickens si
lently watched them from their cor
ner without offering to approach
nearer.
The girl lifted her friend in hel
arms and exclaimed:
"Oh, BilIina! how dreadful you look
You've lost a lot of feathers, and on'
of your eyes is nearly pecked out, ant
your comb is bleedingi"
That's nothing" said Billina. Jus
look at the speckled roosteri Didn'
I do him up brown?''
Dorothy shook her head.
" 'T don't prove of this. at ALL" she
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-25

Prices of ransom for Americans
held prisoner in Mexico have advanced
along with the cost of living. Jen-
kins. whose release cost $25,000 last
summer. now is being held for $125.-
900. Our government has made "ear-
nest representations" to the Mexican
capital. as usual in such cases. Our
Mexican policy must be regarded as a
huge joke by Carranza's people, and
we are in a fair way to become the
laughing stock of the world. We
should busy ourselves with making
over Mexico before we consider be-
coming mandatory for Armenia or
any other country.
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Here are other things that never
happen: Success without work, hap
piness without giving it, health with
out taking care of what you have, the
having of friends without being one,
and the appreciation of money, fame
or good fortune without earning each.
Let US tread healthily along. Let
us be brave in what we have to face
taking it as a matter of course that
we have the chance.
What a world of glory and happi-
ness We miss by passing up what is
already in our laps, Let's be glad that
we are well today. and if we are i'll
tomorrow, or have misfortune, then
we will be doubIy armed to face any
thing
Let's forget all about the things
that never happen and make things
happen that will make the world sun
nier.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-25
THE PARK AVE. NEWS.


Weather: Fellows getting more
used to skool, but not fond of it.
Spoarts: Last Satidday morning the
fellows was going to meet in frunt
of Benny Pottses house at o'clock
and take a 8 mile wawk before brek-
fist jest for the exercize. but the wawk
was called off account of too few of
them being there, Persey Weever being
the ony one. It is thawt by meny to
of bin jest a put up job to get Persey
up erly.
Intristing Facts About Intristing
People: Ever sints Puds Sin1kins saw
band martching past in frunt of
some soldiers last week he has bin
wishing be was taking trombone les
sins instead of piano lessins-
Pome by Skinny Martin
Watts the Use of Worrying?
I had a awfill fever,
My temperature was 20S,
But keep rite on playing hop skotch,
Because otherwise I felt CRATE.
SissietN A site lemmmade and
cake party was held last Wensday mite
at, Miss Maud Jonsons house, the most
popular game being the one to see
who could draw the best pig with their
because his pig looked the most like a
pig, but because it looked the leest
like enything elts.
(Avvertisement.) Swimming les
sins tawt in your own bath tub, with
either warm or cold wattir and no
danger. Rates. sents a lessin or 4
for a dime. See Artie Alexander.