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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13
THE CENTRALIA AFFAIR.

The mob which hanged the I. W. w.
secretary in Centralia, Wash, follow
ing the killing of four returned Amer
lean soldiers may not have got the
man mainly responsible but probably
they made no serious mistake at that.
The Centralia affair doubtless will
tend to reduce MONEYS chances of
escape, if he had any.
The incident at Centralia is particu-
larly unfortunate, coming, as it does.
at a time when sober thought and ac-
ion are SO necessary to the future well
fare of the country. But if the gov
ernment cannot protect its citizens
from the attacks of foreign assassins.
it can hardly expect that the citizen,
ordinarily law abiding tho he be, will
submit meekly TO seeing his neighbor
shot down in cold blood and without
provocation.
The temporizing policy pursued by
the government toward the Bolshevikl
within our borders is bringing results
that might easily have been foreseen.
II we would not have the Centralia
incident multiplied indefinitely, it will
be necessary to rid the United States
of all but true citizens. Any man who
has not declared his allegiance to our
constitution and flag must be regarded
with suspicion and his place in this
country should be made vacant. 1t is
far better that the government should
attend to this matter now than leave it
to mobs to attend to later.
hand in dealing with organizations of
workers. Let it be equally firm with
bands of men who do not work. The
I. W. w. should go and go quickly if
the peace and dignity of the United
States and American institutions are to
be preserved.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

Fifteen thousand children of school
age will be killed in accidents during
the next year, announces the national
safety council. Last year more than
10000 children were killed accidental
Is, the greater number of these deaths
resulting from automobile and motor
truck accidents. Assuming that the
casualty list will increase in direct pro-
portion with tine increase in the num-
Der of motor vehicles in use it is the
opinion of the officers OF the council
that this situation is now one of the
most serious problems before the
country. In an effort to reduce this
annual slaughter OF children the coun-
ell has decided to reach the keymen
in the traffic world-the chauffeur
and the traffic policeman. This will
be done thru schools or conferences
for chauffeurs and policemen in
each of the thirty-seven cities in which
there is a local council of the organ
ization.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

our parties are often late ones and
he
"Oh, I knowi I don't play a good
game at all, and he would be embar-
happy that she was going to be mar
ried and that cause of my jealousy
removed, 1 could think of nothing else
also glad to exonerate Everett from
what always had been neglect in my
thoughts, but which my pride would
not let me acknowledge as such to
Mrs. Barton.
Then that's settled. hope we may
be good friends some day. even tho 1
am old enough to be your mother"
she said smflingly. as she rose to CO.
She looked so absurdiy young, so styi-
ish and so dainty, that l laughed
heartily and told her she didn't look
day over twenty-five.
Thank you. my dear I am going
to kiss you for that" and she blew me
kiss from the tips of her fingers as
she stood in the doorway.
I settled back among the pillows
with a happy sigh. 1 would tell ISv-
erett she had called. but I decided not
to tell him what she had said. I imag-
ined she wouldn't want me to. and
plain things as she had. 1 was hurt
that Everett left me, to play bridge
or to spend the evening having any
sort of pleasure in which / could not
JOIN. But Idll .AoL tel neT see II. anu
SO was pleased WITH myself What
she had said about Everett-that he
cared for me perhaps more than he
had for Leola--was compensation
enough for one day.
1 had yet to learn that married peo-
pie are far happier if they aren't con-
stantly together. too intimately asso-
ciated. That a man gets tired. a wo-
man stale, unless they occasionally
separate. Sometimes now I think ii
we could all live once, then go thru a
process of reincarnation so that we
might retrieve our blunders we would
be a race of supermen and women
Then I thought if a person loved an
other, it was only the natural thing
20 want to be with that other every
moment-to share their thoughts and
to exclude. anything which even occa-
sionally kept them apart.
We have to live to learn to live-is
| a true saying, but unappreciated by
| youth.
To.norrow-Irma Barton's story.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

This aftirnoon me and Puds Simkins
was wawking home frum skool feeling
glad of it. and we saw a sine in a big
grocery store saying on it, 2 willing
boys wunted to werk after skool
hours.
G. Puds, me and you, were 2, sed.
And we went in and told the man
we was the 2 boys, and he sed. 1 jest
fired because they got the striking
fever and wunted a raise before they
were here munths, are you boys will
ing workers?
Yes sir, sed me and Puds.
That's good, Ill give you each so
sents an afternoon, you can start in
rite away on those boxes over there
agenst the wall. I wunt them piled
in that corner, sed the man.
Wich me and Puds started to do,
the boxes looking pritty heavy and
feeling mutch heavier Puds saying.
1t says canned soop on the boxes,
1 sed.
And we both moved about more
boxes each, me saying. Jim1:,:@.'
crickits, it feels more like canned
rocks.
If Id of known this I wouldent of
bin sutch a willing werker, sed Puds
And we moved 2 more boxes each.
and then 1 sed, Hay this is too hard
let's don't werk for less than as sents
a aftirnoon.
All rite, you go up and tell him,
I sed.
No, you, it's my ideer. I don't make
them up and tell them too. I sed, and
Puds sed, Well then you come with
me while 1 tell him. and 1 sed, All
rite, let's take our coats and hats in
case he don't like it. Wich we did, the
up sugar in bags, =sayin watts the trub-
Bile. wy the delegation? Meening me
and Puds and Puds sed, We decided
We wunt rs cents a aftirnoon
I've decided to kick7your pants both
out of heer. sed the man. Wich he
jumped rite over the counter and tried
to do, missing us both by at least a
yard on account of US running so fast
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

Organized labor thru recent unjus-
titled strikes, has lost much of pub
lie sympathy and esteem. 1t can re-
gain its former standing by purging
itself OF the radical element which has
always been present, tho not danger
ously dominant until recent months.
Labor unionism has suffered the ex-
perience of every class that places
selfish interest above ~ubl'~ welfare
or that permits a considerable part of
its membership to sacrifice public
welfare fo~ mercenary ends.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

What has become of the old fash
Toned storc'-' yer who counted all his
customers as personal friends?" in
quires the Des Moines Register. He
was gathered to his fathers several
years ago. His store was in Topeka,
he kept his own books and it was his
habit, when the place was full of Gus
toners, to climb down from his stool
and walk from end to end of the room
shaking hands with every person pres
ent. He would then return to his desk
and resume his work. His memory is
4 ella ssic of. the past
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
rhe xaIne of Good Nfanncrs.-1.

The yaIue OF Good Manncrs.-1.
Not long ago I had as my Wis Wis
at breakfast on a dining car. sin
gularly handsome and attractive
youth He was well groomed and well
dressed, and had about him that look
CT alertness, of wakefulness, of COM
potency, of being able to make his
! way in the world, that marks the
young American headed for success
was rejoicing in him as spiendid
type of young America when the
waiter brought in his breakfast. He
upon them by siicing a neat segment
of the white from each side Of the
yolk. This left the yolk of the egg
unbroken, and the youth, dexterously
balanced this upon his knife blade,
and, executing a wide sweep with his
arm. proceeded to shoot the tidbit into
his mouth with skill that nothing
but long practice could have accom-
plished.
1t was as fine a bit of sword swal-
lowing as L ever saw. srd for tables
\ around every one sat fascinated by
the sleight of hand performance.
Then 1 sighed and said to myself:
Il know your story. now my young
| friend. You are a boy who coples
! from very humble stratum Of society,
and of poor and uncultured parents.
/ You have exceptional ability and you
! have raised yourself to your present
position by your energy, and industry
and initiative. But you will not go
! much farther. and the thing that will
halt you is your lack of manners, be-
cause no amount of talent is going to
make people invite man who eats
with his knife to the tables where big
things are decided between the soup
and the demi tasse."
! Then / looked at the young fellow
again and marked the perfection OF
his clothes-the cut OF his tweed coat,
| the harmony between his shirt and
necktie and handkerchief and stock
| ings and l thought:
| You have had enough intelligence
to observe the way in which successful
men dress and to copy their clothes.
| Nothing could induce you to wear a
hat that had brim a quarter of an
inch too much or too little, or that
curved at the wrong angle. And you
would be caught dead rather than
found wearing a red necktie with a
purple shirt.
II wonder why it is that you have
never thought it worth while to imi-
tate the manners of we'll bred men,
and copy the way they eat, and sit.
and stand, you do their clothes?
| Is It because you think a mans man
ners are no factor in his success? ? Why,
son. they are the most valuable asset
that any man can have! A man. 8
manners make or break him in ninety
nine cases out of a hundred"
And I remembered a little story
that a big business man in New YORK
had told me a few days before. He
said:
fWe're going to start a branch of
our business in another city and OF
course it makes a splendid oppor-
tunity for the man who is made man.
ager of it. For a long time we have
had in our employ young fellow
whom / have been secretly grooming 3
y for the place. He knows the business
down to the ground. He is energetic
and progressive and I thought pos
sessed every quality that we needed
for the situation.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13
c1Eg5a5
lN6lHkS
1p
E23arIG Guez
PUMPKIN PIE.

RthfhlN PIE-
Let all the world run riot in the aftermath
of war,
Let kings come trembling from their
thrones and princes be no more.
What matters it to me today that times
out of Joint:
There still exists one golden bliss to which
/ proudly point:
The world is sick with madness now, /
hear the grumbIers sigh
But thank the Lord still can get a wedge
of pumpkin pie.
The murmnrs of mems discomfort are
heard thruout the land.
The strikers mob the factory doors and
toilers idle stand:
No man can tell what lies ahead nor what
the morn shall bring.
The world Is topsy-turvy now, but still
smile and sing.
For spite of change and sudden shock and
anger's hue and cry.
still can sit and eat my fill of golden
pumpkin pie.
Let little men still rave and rant and caviI
as they win
Let pessimists with tongues of gloom say
all the world IS IN.
III keep my courage to the last behind my
humble door
I'll greet my children with kiss and romp
upon the floor.
And I'll forget the storm outside and let
the brirkbats fly
And be content within a world that serves
me pumpkin pie.
Copy right 1919 by Edgar A. Gnest)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

navy at present. The sailor sees the
world, and is given an opportunity for
study and for learning things that he
would have under almost no other cir
cumstances. The mature man, how
ever, is likely to take the job which
pays him most Immediately rather
than listen to the call of adventure,
experience. educational opportunities.
So it is the boys who are coming into
the navy. It is from them that the
navy is to create the personnel which
it is to maintain in the immediate fu-
ture.
The plan is to put these youngsters
into training stations on shore for
three months when possible. The
life of the sailor Is not one for
which the experience of the average
American has given him much school
ing. 1t requires, for example, the
couple of months to get a man used to
his clothes. That occasional swing in
the front porch hammock in the sum-
mer time which comes to the average
boy, hardly accustoms him to sleeping
in a strip of canvas which encloses
months for the vigorous settling up
exercises which he gets to put the
snap of trained muscles into his bear
ing.
But when there is need of haste the
men are sent to the fleet with but lit
tie shore training. Where fifty per
cent of the personnel is trained, the
other fifty per cent of raw men may
be so interspersed that knowledge will
be put on them at every turn and they
will become useful seamen in a sur
prisingly short time
Commodore Foote of the navy took
over a crew of raw landsmen, during
the war, about thousand of them,
and operated the President Lincoln,
back and forth in the war zone. These
men were but eight months in the
service when the President Lincoln
was sunk by German submarine. Yet
the seamen kept their heads like vet
Grams, and there was no single hitch
in putting out the boats and abandon
ing ship. The American youth is
quick and versatile and takes to sea-
manship readily.
There is a bill in congress which
provides an increase OF thirty per cent
for officers and fifty per cent for men.
1t seems that congress is looking with
favor upon it. The other day the
North Dakota, of the Atlantic fleet,
came to port and there were seventy
three petty officers, trained men,
aboard whose enlistments had expired.
Not one of these men were re-enlist-
ing. They were asked if they would
re- enlist if the proposed increase of
pay was available and seventy-one said
they would. Thus is it held that the
obvious need of the navy, if its per-
sonnel is to be mainta ined, is an in
crease in pay that will compare in a
degree to the increases that men are
getting on shore.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

Resumption of building is said to
have allayed considerable industrial
unrest in St. Louis. High rents will
be hammered down within the next
six months real estate men declare,
and housing congestion will be re-
lieved. The Chamber of Commerce
has under way a $4,000, 900 housing
proposition. which it is believed will
care for the overflow of renters.
what the St. Louis Chamber of Com
mcrce is doing chambers of commerce
IN other cities could do.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

Our young men who escaped the
bullets of the Huns in France are be-
ing shot down by. the Huns here at
home without q chance to defend
themselves. The I. W. W. at Cen
tralia, Wash, started something that
they will find it hard to stop. Ameri-
cans will not adopt the methods of
these assassins. but they yill find a
way equally effective to protect their
own lives. This country is not yet ready
to be Russianized.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

There is an adaee that all things
come to him who waits. It's truthful
ness is Illustrated by the fact that Col.
William J. Bryan has lived to see sill
yer restored to the ratio of 1e to /
and little better than that. From a
position of being ridiculed and hoot-
cd at the silver dollar has reached a
place where it is worth in the metal
market more than the gold dollar.
When the law of supply and demand
is given full play all man-made laws
must take a back seat.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13
AN ESSAY ON WHIsTTING.

whistling is an act of feeling. not
necessarily a noise, or a piece of
musicL
To whistle you have to use your
two lips. They have to be puckered
up into a sort of odd oval-ane then
you have to breathe your soul thru
them. There is usually some sort of
noise. And If folks don't like. it, it is
all right for them not to.
Whistling is one of the oldest of arts
And one of the finest.
Unhappy people never whistle, any
more than well people go to doctors.
For whistling, you see, is one of the
happy tricks of life.
Whittier made the whistling boy inn
mortal when he wrote:
BLESSINGS on thee, little man
Barefoot boy. with cheek of tan.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

Eight governors of as many south
ern states will meet with tuberculosis
experts from the National TuberculO-
sis association in Chattanooga, No
vember 2s. in an effort to cut the tu-
berculosis death rate in the south and
to endorse the Red Cross Christmas
seal sale. Both the governor of South
Carolina and the governor OF North
Carolina will be there. What will they
say to each other this time?
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

Samuel Gompers says the employ
ers are trying to arrange things so la
Dor will be idle half of the time.
Maybe Samuel is right. But it is GER
tain that a lot of employees have been
trying to arrange things so that labor
will be idle all the time.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13
With thy turned up pantaloons-
And thy merry whfstled tunes -


And thy merry whistled tunesI'
The greatest misfortune that a boy
has before him is to lose his whistle,
And I believe that many a mans and
woman's misfortune began-with the
loss of their whistle.
A whistle doesn't cost anything.
Because it Is born with us all. We
only have to dig it out at the start
then to keep it well oiled with cheer
and good works-and not forget to use
it.
The greatest men who ever lived
knew how to whistle.
There is nothing to break, or rust,
or wear out-or anything-to a
whistle And you don't ever have to
think about tucking it into your case
when you plan a long journey. For
your whistle is as much a part of you
as your eyes, or arms. or heart
It's a wonderful thing to get in a
little whistling every dayi
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

Where there exists desire to work
and carry on business way always
can be found. In Germany. for in
stance. raw materials and money are
scarce and foreign exchange rates are
almost prohibftive. but German fac
tories continue to operate. To illus
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

We are Americans. We cannot
fight our government" declared John
L. Lewis, head of L. NJ w. A, in an
nouncing the decision to call off the
strike. There spoke the true Ameri-
can, who when it comes to question
between loyalty and self interest never
hesitates Irnc.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

Congress, in it's attitude toward rail-
road leg'~'ltion, is Hkened unto an old
hen by the Chicago News, which says:
ut dawdles. clucking wisely. until the
motor car is almost upon it. then
dashes madly across the road. flutter-
ing its feathers and gasping for
breath"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

If aliens shall soon find the doors
of America swinging outward instead
of inward as regards themselves. they
have no reason to be surprised. Amer
leans are being driven into a bad tenn
per.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13
Recipes for a Day.

Recipes for a Day.
Waffles-Put two cups flour in mix
ing bowl. add one-half teaspoon salt,
four teaspoons baking powder. Beat
yolks of two eggs, one and one-half
cups milk, four tablespoons butter or
substitute (take half oleo and half
lard). add this to dry ingredients,
beating thoroly, and lastly add the
stiffly beaten whites.
Pour this from pitcher in center of
hot, we'll creased waffle iron.
Peaches in Gelatine-Make a clear
gelatine; when nearly set fill in a dish
alternate layers of gelatine and canned
peaches; cover top with whipped
cream
Graham Gems-Two cups butter
milk or sour milk, three tablespoons
one tablespoon sugar, one teaspoon
soda, one egg. Add white flour and
graham flour.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.
RREAKEAS ST

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Oatmeal Prunes
Toast Butter
Coffee Milk
LUNCHEON.
Corn Chowder
Macaroni and Cheese
Baked Apple
Bread Butter
Tea
DINNER.
Sausage Boiled Potatoes
Mashed White Potatoes
Hot Corn Bread Butter
Grape Jam
Tea Milk
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13
DINNER STORIES

"Go on and howl into that" said the
distracted father of twin infants. as he
held them. yelling at the top of their
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

The vets have won victories in
Ohio and New Jersey. Now, what will
they do with them?
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

Father. said the sharp small boy.
81 saw a deaf and dumb beggar in the
street this morning and he had an
impediment in his speech
"A deaf and dumb man with an inn
pediment in his speech" exclaimed
father, Don't talk nonsense. Lance
lot
But he had. father insisted the
boy. zone of his middle fingers was
missing"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

Copyright, 1919. by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Inc.)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13

The men who are coming into the
navy today are very largely young
sters. 1t is not to be expected that
earning capacity would enter the navy
and accept navy pay. To be sure there
are recompenses for service in the
The Meeker herald., 1919-04-12
Methods, Episcopal Church Notes

The regular services at the Church
next Sunday. Attend them all. You
will find hearty welcome and a
CHEEKY ''come again"
Our special Pre- Easter services be-
gin next Sunday and continue all the
week. Every evening at eight o clock
and evangelistic message. Good
music. And you are urged to evil
dence your interest by attendance at
every service.
or course 1t is expected that every
member will arrange to attend.
Surely we ought to sacrifice for this
time Of service. The pastor is per-
fectly willing to do everything In his
power for this Church, but he is
counting on you. Make yourself n
channel Of blessing; pray earnestly
for others; for the uplifting of our
membership; invite your friends to
attend. write to those you cannot see.
Lay aside social engagements during
this season of refreshing, attend reg
uiaiiy all the meetings, consecrate
all your talents.
On Friday evening the Ladies Aid
attend In a body.
Thursday evening the Sacrament
of the Lords Supper.
Watch for our unique Easter pro-
gram.
H. l.. EIsToN. Pastor.
The Meeker herald., 1919-04-12
Never Again
gram.

One hundred years before Christ
100000 Germans invaded France,
numbering, burning, pillsging as they
went. At Aix-en-Provence they were
stopped and defeated. They sued for
peace and swore they would never do
it again. Sixteen years afterward
24O, 600 Germans invaded the Jura
districts Of France. Six years later
400 600 Germans invaded the terri
tory between the Meuse and the Disc.
They were beaten. They swore they
would never do it again.
Sixty years before Christ the Ger
mans invaded the left bank of the
Rhine. Two hundred and thirty
years after Christ the Germans in
vaded. France. They were beaten.
They swore they would never do it
again. Twenty years later another
invasion, another defeat, another
solemn pledge. ''never again" In PA
A. d. the Rhone basin WAS invaded
by the Germans; in 275 northeastern
France. In 30l Langres was pillaged.
The invaders were beaten and they
swore ''never again" In 35l they re-
conquered the left bank of the Rhine.
In 1854 they devasted Lyons, in 800
Besancon. In 364 they invaded and
plundered Belgium.
Here is the chronology Of the sub
sequent invasions: 372, 3s2, 400, 4lO,
4l3, 800, s58, 97S, 1924, l2l4, 1913, 1921,
1923, 1886, 1914, 1862, 1853. 1867, 1868,
1878, 1887, l636. 1874, 1875, 1907. l7Os.
l744, 1892. 1914, 1916, 1870, 1914. Thirty
three invasions in little over fifteen
vasion every fifty years.
Wiener they were successful, the
Germans celebrated with unspeaka-
BILE atrocities. Whenever they were
beaten they swore they would never
do 1t again.
lie Matin, which prints the above
statistics, recalls that three days be-
fore the outbreak Of the world war,
Herr Haase, the German Socialist
leader, solemnly declared at Brussels
that the German proletariat would
oppose the war to the utmost. Three
days later Herr Haase voted for the
war budget.
Four and q half years ago the Ger
mans again invaded France. Again
they were beaten. And now they
swear they will never do it again
New York Tribune.