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The Irish standard., 1919-09-27

The Burr establishment, at Central
and Twenty-third avenues northeast,
funeral directors and embalmers, an
nounces the accession to it's man.
ayers of Christopher Patrick Golden,
young man of wide experience in
this line, who has recently returned
from prolonged overseas service in
the war. He enlisted as volunteer
January %, 1917 in this city and served
six months in the 135th, formerly
First Minnesota Infantry. He was
transferred to the medical department
Dec. %, 1918 and promoted to the
grade of Corporal shortly afterward.
After the preparatory discipline at
Camp Cody he embarked for Europe
October 13, 1918. From that time he
served in England and France until
the close of the war, arriving back in
the United States, May 3, 1919. A few
days later his regiment was demobil-
lied at Camp Cody and Mr.. Golden re-
turned to civilian life and employ
ment. He is now associated with the
Burr establishment of funeral direc-
tors at the address above given. Mr..
Golden has made an excellent record
in the national service because of his
painstaking attention to his duties
The Irish standard., 1919-09-27

Children" said the Sunday-school
teacher, "our lesson today teaches
us that if we are good while on earth
when we die we shall go to place
OF everlasting bliss. But suppose we
are bad, then, Alexander, what will
become of us?"
Alexander: We'll go to the place
of everlasting blister"
That, says Father Finnbarr, is not
a child's remark; it was obviously
manufactured by professional joke
smith
Don't, returns Father Baethin, take
the joy out of life-or the blister
away from Alexander This one hap
pen to know actually occurred:
Teacher: "And the father of the
prodigal son fell on his neck and
wept. Why did he weep, Sara?"
Sara: II guess you'd weep, too,
if you fell on your neck"
The Irish standard., 1919-09-27

While his mother was away on a
visit, young William neglected to say
his prayers. Upon Mrs. Jones' re-
turn there was a reckoning,
why didn't you say your prayers,
you naughty boy?"
"Well, you see it was this way,
Ma: I forgot 'em the first night and
nothin' happened. N than 1 didn't
say 'em the next night an still nothin'
happened. N so I decided wouldn't
never say 'em again if nothin' never
happened"
And then something happened.
The Irish standard., 1919-09-27

Speaking of Shakespeare, says Faith
er flnnbarr, recalls something that
shows unfamiliarity with the bard is
not confined to children.
The Irish standard., 1919-09-27

and his fidelity to the regulations of
the service, and the training and dis
cipline thus required will greatly en-
hance his efficiency in his present posi-
tion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-17

When the history of the World War
is fully written. it will be recognized
without stint. says Henry Clews in his
Financial Review, that without Amer
lean help in men, money and mater
ialsa the war would not have been won.
BY our exports of grain and meats
We have effectually prevented a dis
astrous famine in Europe; our armies
fastened the defeat of Germany; our
ship convoy system lessened subma-
rine losses; our munition plants re-
leased millions of the allies for fight
ing purposes; our ships carried sup
plies safely across; our banks aided
in financing the war: we furnished
great quantities of oil, copper, cotton
and other materials to the allies, and
our government placed the entire
forces of this powerful nation whole
heartedly upon their side. America
has saved the world from the threat
of famine. also the intensified hor-
rors that would have trailed after such
a calamity.
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DINNER STORIES

Sir Hubert Won Herkomer, the well
known artist. who died recently, used
to tell an amusing story of a London
art dealer. This man had two beau
tiful reproductions of the painting,
THE Approaching Storm"
One of these pictures he placed In
the show window, but it did not sell.
At length. in order to draw attention
to the picture, he used the words.
:" The Approaching Storm especially
suitable for a wedding present"
Mrs. Hughes wife of the Australian
premier. is very fond of children and
has a fund OF anecdotes concerning
them.
One she is fond of telling concerns
visit she paid to a certain elementary
school in Melbourne shortly before
starting for England.
Among the questions put by the mis-
tress to her little pupils was the fol-
lowing:
''Supposing we had boarded a ship
last night and steamed a hundred
miles due southwest where should we
be now?" the correct answer being, of
course, "Off the coast of Tasmania -
There was a moment of breathless
silence. and then a tiny girl in the
front row, who had just recently. it
TRANSFERRED. returned from a rather
rough and stormy sea trip, piped out
shrilly:
in the cabin, ma am, sick"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-17
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
NEIL ACCUSES BARBARA OF
TAKING THE LETTER.
CHADTED yCTT
CHAPTER XCII.


At 10 aunt excused herself and re-
tired. 1 sat in the library. pretend
ing to read until half past IL, and
then 1 too went to my room. 1t might
be or 4 o'clock before Neil would
be home. I was tired, and in spite of
my anxiety 1 soon fell asleep and did
not waken when Neil came in.
He was up even earlier than usual
I could see that he was not entirely
at ease, altho he did his best to dis
guise the fact In view of what Fred
erick had said, and the letter Mrs.
Orion had written, l imagined it had
something to do with the business of
the preceding night; that things had
not gone to his satisfaction.
The postman came while we were
at breakfast, and Immediately he left
Neil commenced to speak about the
slow delivery of city letters. 1 tren-
bled with apprehension. Was ne
about to tell of the letter which he
should have had the day before? But
he said nothing, save, in general
way, and once more 1 breathed freely.
After he left for the office 1 wan
dered about the house, too nervous
to set myself at anything. All 1 could
think of was the attitude Neil would
take when he found no letter from
Mrs. Orion was at the office. 1t was
ticed It; it had been too prominently
displayed on his desk.
Lorraine Norton came over about
IL, and never was I more delighted
to see her. She was full of news, and
we gossiped until luncheon, which L
had persuaded her to take with us.
She and aunt got along famously to-
gether, and made it quite unneces-
sary for me to exert myself.
Shall 1 tell Neil the truth. that j
took that letter, or shall 1 deny all
knowledge of it?" This question was
in my mind all day. 1 hated to tell
an untruth, especially to Neil. He
might never trust me again should
he discover it That blonde girl at
his off1ce-had she noticed the let
ter particularly? If so, she would be
sure to tell him; sure to put the
blame of its loss upon me- Someway
1 knew that girl did not like me; old
not even respect me because of my
actions at the office when Neil was
west. 1ntuitively l felt she would be
glad to humiliate me.
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power. for we have been wonderfully
productive and prosperous. In a re-
markably brief period we have
changed from a debtor to a creditor
nation, and the world owes us in ex-
cess OF $4,000, 900. 900; our interest
charges on this vast sum will yield us
an annual income of approximately
$500, 100000. We have bought back
from Europe more than $500, 900, 900
worth OF our securities. and henceforth
will pay to ourselves the dividends
which accrue from these holdings and
which formerly were sent abroad. Our
trade balance is the largest in history
and our exports will undoubtedly to-
tai $4,000. 0O0,O 900 by the end of the
current fiscal year, which ends on the
thirtieth OF this month
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WHERE BoLsHEvIsM THR1vEs.

The Inter-RaciaI council, an organ
ization for carrying on a systematic
campaign to Amerieanize the aliens
resident here, reports thru one of its
agents, seeking to trace the causes of
the spread of Bolshevism, especially
Among Russians. a condition prevail
ling in city of 10, 900 inhabitants in
New Hampshire.
According to the report, included
in the total of population there are
10000 French. 500 Russians, 1000
Swedes, few hundred Poles and Ital-
ians, and 400 Americans. There are
1000 voters. OF the 500 Russians.
one is naturalized citizen and two
| others of this nationality have taken
out their first papers. There are night
schools and a Y. M. c. A., but only
seven Russians have evinced any de-
sire to learn English. 1t is reported
fby the local Chamber of Commerce
that the mill owners declined to pay
for the time of their workers while
they were studying English.
The Russians, who were studied
most closely, are drifting into some
thing akin to Bolshevism. Their main
discomfort is said to be due to a week
ly deduction of rs cents from their
wages to pay for the construction of a
Russian church. which a mill company
erected at its own expense, expecting
to be reimbursed by the workers. AT
that. the Russians are said to be mega
lively satisfied with conditions as thew
exist. most of them evincing no in
terest whatsoever in politics Seventy
five per cent are illiterate in their
own language and only two or three
know anything besides shop Eng
lish.'
They work conscientiousIy during
the day and then go home to discuss
Russia and to read Russian language
/ papers. They know nothing of Amer
lea and do not care. Fully IS per cent
OF them are ready to return to Rus
STA as soon as the opportunity offers
About forty copies of Russian daily
papers reach them every twenty-four
hours. OF thisanumber about thirty
| five are Bolshevik in spirit and intent
Only four or five loyal American Rus
sian papers reach the city daily. The
Russians are not interested in Ameri-
canization because they consider their
residence here as only temporary.
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stands-even when he cannot explain
why he understands.
When one has Faith. the whole
world takes on an air of fineness and
there is given spring to a mans step
which moves him irxesista biy-on and
on.
When one has Faith, even the in
firIhities of the body take on a diff
ferent cast in the mind of a man. In
other words. such a man may be
"down-but never out"
I think it is the Bible which says
that Faith is the substance of things
hoped for-the evidence of things un-
seen," SO that when one has Faith. he
sees in front of him. instead of be-
hind He sees visions-and then ne
goes ahead and formulates them into
lasting works for the benefit of peo-
pie.
When one has Faith. you might as
well try 10 put the sun out of COM
mission BY shooting at 1t, as TO wipe
out a man bound to his Faith.
When a man has Faith he is diff
ferent- And when a man is different
every body knows it.
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ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY K. MOULToN

Now they are trying to make hos
pitfalls more home-like. They can do
this by having a player piano and
two or three phonogfa phs on every
floor. a swearing janitor and a dumb
waiter that squeaks-
My wife is a most remarkab Bile
woman. 1 have never told you much
about her, but we might as we'll all
be acquainted, as we are all friendly
and everything. She can knock
twenty years of her age any time.
and do it at the slight expenditure of
SIS. which is something less than one
dollar a year, or about the same rate
1t costs to get a player piano on the
installment plan.
three days. which has always been a
at dinner parties, funerals and other
social events in our neighborhood,
where people talk about other peo-
pies ages and pass cute little quips
and bon-bons. For fourteen years I
have been just living on those three
days.
Well, the other day >she went to a
hen party where the aggregate cost of
makeup of the party was in the neigh
borhood of $3.50, and somebody there
told her she looked not a day over
twenty-three.
She came home on the run. nego-
tiated the stairs three at a time, and,
bursting into the apartment, gasped {:
Now, you big stiff, I've got some
thing to tell you for the first time in
fourteen years. and I'm darned If /
don't make you listen to it,
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lay evidence around. But I noticed
the door between his and this copper
company's office had been used. l
tried the door and it opened. 1 found
myself in the inner office of the COM
pany-while in the outer office Andy
was talking to a man. They said
something about the clubs money.
Then 1 lit out"
and he's in with them?" Jasper
looked at Summers, Mortified. "Stiil
waters run deep. don't they?"
And generally muddy" put in
Ethel, CURLY. But of course, if
you've made up your mind
1--WE all haven't" interrupted Jas
per. with an almost imperceptible
wink at Summers. zone of the board
in there now. He's been shouting for
your victory loan ever since first put
noisiest member of the club, and the
fellows don't pay much attention to
him, but Billy's-"
Got good sense, anyhow" she re-
torted. holly. And I'll tell him so
this minute"
You'll find him in there now" ad-
vised Jasper, dryly.
The lone member in the board room
staring modify out of the window,
started as a step sounded on the floor
near him. and without turning
SroWled, Jazz, tell me, do you actually
think Ethel hates me because she
thinks I'm a blatter?"
"Of course. if you'd rather ask Jazz
=" he heard some one say. and then
he jumped to his feet and caught her
smiling. into his arms.
Not at ALL" he yelled delightedly
mo proxy voting in this board room
You've heard the question. All in
favor please say aye"
But he cheated. For how could she
frame her trembling lips to answer
with his own pressed tightly to them :
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-17
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Enslaved Husbands-1

A poor, down-trodden husband.
whose wife has succeeded in making
drudge of him, has written me
pathetic letter in which he asks me IL
1 think 1t is a mans duty to do the
Homework in addition to doing his
own work.
t'.I am a young DOCTOR writes this
victim of woman's tyranny. Il work
very hard at my profession and come
home exhausted in mind and body. but
my wife insists on my taking care OF
the children. and doing the sweeping,
busting and washing the dishes She
is a strong. husky woman. far more
able to do the work than / am. Do
you not think that she asks too much
OF me?"
certainly do. and my advice to the
husband is to- go out on strike, and re-
fuse to do a hands turn about the
house. There are just two excuses
that justify a woman in turning her
husband into an understudy of a cook.
chambermaid and nurse.
One is when she is too sick and Fee
BILE to do the work herslf and they are
too poor to hire maid.
The second is when the man Is toe
trifling and inefficient to do real
mans work in the world, and all that
he is good for is to peel potatoes. scour
pots and pans, and dust the parlor
mantelpiece.
OF course when man volunteers
| for kitchen police duty, that is an
, other question. There are some men
who like to cook, who prefer the vacu-
UNI cleaner to golf, and who would
rather wheel the ambulator than
sit behind the wheel of an automobile
| Every man to his taste, and a consid-
crate wife will no more drive a hus-
band with the soul of a chef away
I from the gas range than she will
| drown an undomestic spouse in the
| dish water.
The thing that we like to do is nc
labor. 1t is a rest and diversion. and
| II a man delights in coming home
from his store or office and cooking
up dainty little dinner. and tuckine
the children into their little beds
while his wife lies on the couch and
reads the last six best seller, let him
| go to it. Heaven knows 1t is an limo
cent diversion, and he might be worse
employed.
| Unfortunately, however. this partic-
ular brand of husband is rare. Most
men want a ready made home, and a
hand cooked dinner, all prepared foi
them when they return from their Ia
bors Furthermore they want the fin
ished results. and not to be annoyed
with any of the processes. Still less dc
they want to be shanghaied into hav.
ing to take any part in the operations
! themselves.
A man thinks that II he earns the
money to support the house the wife
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-17
MY HUSBAND AND |
BY JANE PHELPS

II will tell the truth il he\ asks
me-" l said aloud. + was alone in
the library. Lorraine had gone, and
aunt was dressing for dinner. l had
dressed early and hurried down. If
Neil came in / preferred to see him
alone. always supposi,ig he had missed
the letter.
1t was only a little after five when
I heard his key in the door. 1 picked
up a magazine and tried to act indif-
ferent. Little Robert was sitting on
the floor with a picture book:
I Send him away" Neil said stern
ly 81 wish to talk TO you"
I called the nurse and gave Robert
to her. Then as innocently as l could
1 asked:
What is it. Neil? Anything hap
pened ?"
Yes, something has happened.
Why did you take letter from my
the chance to deny taking it. He
knew 1 had.
Because I recognized the writing"
I spoke in a low voice which 1 vainly
tried to keep steady.
That is no reason. What did you
do with the letter."
Here it is" 1 had kept it about
me, not quite daring to destroy it. Neil
took the letter from me, looked at
it, then said in a rage:
$50 you opened and read it, did
you? You pretend to be so punctil-
ious about what 1 do. and you stoop
TO do thing Il servant would not do!
l am glad l have found out the sort
of wife have. Talking to me about
what 1 should not do, what is honor
able or dishonora Bile. and you doing
something that the lowest kind of q
crook looks down upon. Opening and
reading a letter not intended for you.
No-don't speak! But from this time
1 absolutely forbid you my office. 1
have told the bookkeeper and stenog-
rapher that you are never to go inside
of my private office again. And
You told them that?" scarcely be-
lieving.
81 certainly did and emphasized the
fact. Another thing! Don't you ever
dare find fault with anything I choose
to do. I never want to hear you
preach to me about business methods.
or anything else" as he finished he
turned and before could answer
went on up to his room.
had made him despise me, and
had learned nothing. 1t would be a
lesson to me. Little did I know what
anguish my foolish act was to cause
me.
CTomorrow-Neil refuses Bah his
usual caress)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-17
BUNfPING BUR1EsoN,

, Once more Postmaster General
Burleson has been compelled to back
up" His action in regard to the feleg-
raphers strike indicates that he still
| is the head of the wire service, re-
CARELESS of his announcement of re-
turn of the wires to their owners.
The postmaster general announced
on June that he felt it his duty "to
return the actual control of opera
tons of the country's wire systems
to the owning companies. He stated
that his orders for such return did not
affect questions of rates and finance
with which congress may decide to
deal. On the following day Mr.. Burle-
son announced that it was a mistake
to construe his order as directing the
actual return of the properties to the
owners. Only the government oper-
ating board was done away with and
the companies operating their lines
would still report to the wire control
board. In other words. responsibility
for service to the public was laid upon
the owners Of the telegraph and tele-
phone companies. but Jurisdiction
over the rates charged and the condi-
lions of operation were withheld.
The significance of the postmaster
generals order. according to Percy
Thomas. international deputy presi-
dent of the Commercial Photographers
union, lay in the fact that trouble was
| brewing between the telegraphers and
the companies and that responsibility
for operation was shifted by Mr.
Burleson to the shoulders of the un-
prepared owners upon the eve of
proposed nationwide strike
The telegraphers demand the right
to belong to a labor union, without re-
striction; the right to bargain collec-
lively thru the trade unions repre-
senting the telephone and telegra phi
workers, reinstatement of all workers
discharged in recent times for legiti-
mate trade union activities; increases
in pay sufficient to meet increased
cost of living since 1918; and rules
governing working conditions where
| by the rights of the workers will be de-
fined and justice to them guaranteed
The public having been compelled
! to pay higher rates for service, prob
J ably feels that a part of the increase
| should go to the workers
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Yestidday our frunt hall was full
of mud rite after l had came in with
out wiping my shoes, proving 1 must
of did it, making ma so mad all aftir-
noon that she was still mad at mite
saying, Now mother, now mother, be
broad minded. boys will be boys.
And dert will be dert, sed ma.
That's rite, boys will be boys and
dert will be dert and never the twain
shall part, be broad minded. mother.
sed pop.
If you had had to eileen 1t up you
wouldent feel SO broad minded about
1t, sed ma. Meeping the dert in the
hall, and pop sed, Serteny would, we
must remember, mother, we use to
be boys once ourselves, figuratively
speaking, and If we are not broad
minded in our treatment of Benny
how do you sippise he will treet his
own boy in after yeers wen he has one
of his own?
/ hope he will treet him to a good
spanking If he tracks the hall all up
with mud. sed ma, and l sed, No mann.
no nam, I'm never going to spank him
or keep MIN in mites or enything.
Well, well, lissen to the broad mind
ed little chip of the broad minded old
block, sed pop. and ma sed, 1t sounds
very wonderful, very wonderful in
deed, l must say, and if he has a
meershum pipe wen he grows up, and
his little boy drops it and brakes it
in half, 1 wonder how broad minded
he will be about that?
Watts that? wy drag in a meerchum
pipe? sed pop Me thinking, G, gosh,
holey smoaks. And ma -ked If YOU
will look on top of your chiffoneer
you will find some very intristing
looking peeces. Meaning of a pipe,
and pop sed, Benny, If you broke my
rneerehum pipe
No sir, it fell out of my hands vile
I was trying to blow soap bubbles
with it and broak itself it dident fall
very hard, pop, I've dropped it harder
than that lots of times and it never
bfoak, sed.
Yee gods, sed pop. and ma sed, You
can go out and play now, Benny
you lucky boy TO have sutch broad
minded papa.
WITCH I quick started to do, and pop
sed. Not SO fast there, you COMPOUNDED
pipe rocker. waite. WITCH 1 did and
pop looked at ma, and ma sed, Hee
hee. and pop sed. Go ahed. out of my
site.
Not saying it very broad minded.
but me not caring how he sed it jest
so he sed it.