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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Cruel Domestic Witt.

1.-The thing that has kept me from
marrying said a bachelor the other
day, sis the fear of ridicule: I have
a horror of being made figure of
fun, and having a searchlfght turned
on the absurdity of all of my little
peculiarities in order to get laugh
and show what a clever jokesmith l
am married to.
.tAnd my observation shows me that
such is the fate of the married. The
domestic brand of wit is of the flay-
ing-them-alive kind, and is subject to
mo law of good taste, or kind feeling.
1t consists in the husband pitilessly
exposing his wifes every weakness,
and the wife holding up to public
mirth her husbands eccentricities and
mistakes.
81 am not of the heroic mold that
would enable me to endure a wife who
was humorous at my expense. 1 know
I would inevitably arise some time and
Stay her just after she had set the
table in a roar by making me the
point of her joke, SO I have played
safe by staying single. But when L
hear the cutting speeches that people
who are united in the holy estate'make
to each other in public and when 1
see the way in which they deliberately
make each other 1ok like a fool, 1
wonder that husband and wife murder
| is as rare as it is. 4 should think it
would be the favorite indoor sport of
| the married.
''What makes people. who admired
| each other enough to pick each other
out for life companions, desire to
| cheaper each other in the eyes of their
friends and acquaintance? Why do
they want to point out every defect in
/ their bargain to strangers.
+ why does man call attention to
I act no ha haS hi
mate a woman with the f1ustered in
| tellect of hen? Why does a woman
reveal that the man whose name she
bears. and with whom her own for
| tunes are inextricabiy interviewer, is
nothing but painted balloon that her
sharp tongue can prick and make col
| lapse at will?
| Heaven knows My poor intellect
has long ceased to wrestIe with the
| problem. 1 only know that, after hav-
| ing passed a pleasant evening sharpen
| ing their wits at each others expense
and offering each deadly insults, hus.
bands and wives go off home together
and you meet them both still alive tbs
next day, and hear nothing of divorce
4 proceedings. Both of which are
miracles.
i apparently matrimony makes thu
average couple grow an epidermis a.
thick as the hide of the rhinoceros
so that none of the barbed eonjuga
speeches pierces thru to the quick, anC
hence they do not realize how ter
ribly embarrassing they make thing
for the innocent bystander. who doe
. not know whether to laugh at the wi
of the family humorist or weep tear
of sympathy with the victim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

It is reported that "bone dry leg
movies A dry screen, says Film Fun.
means something which borders on
the revolutionary. 1t means, of
course, in it's lowest terms, that no
motion picture will show alcohol in
any form, not even the two per cent
variety. It means that there will be
no more bottles and decanters, and,
means that wine will no longer be
served at banquets in the great hall of
the pastehoard chateau. 1t means
that the handy practice of doping a
hero with knockout drops in saloon
will have to be abandoned, for there
will be no saloon in which to lure him.
1t means that those gay parties in
which members of an artists colony
invariably indulge will have to be
called off Immediately, for it will not
do to say that the scene is the Paris
Latin Quarter, and that therefore a
wine display is permissible. What
ever the scene, the location" will be
| United States. and subject to drouth
without notice. But if there is to be
no tough saloon. the writer continues
if the villain cannot inflame himself
with strong drink, what will induce
him to commit the crime? If the lit
tie, unsuspecting girl from the coun-
try cannot be given her first cocktail
how is the scenario writer to start heI
on the path of perils2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

Hcalthful Desserts.
Banana and Raisin Pudding-One
cupfu1 raisins, one cup stale bread
crumbs. four cups or six bananas, one
half teaspoon salt, two tablespoons
sugar. one teaspoon butter.
Brush casserole with butter. put
half the bananas in bottom, cover with
breadcrumbs and then with the
raisins. which have been stewed and
thickened (add salt to raisins); put
the rest of the bananas on top and
sprinkle with sugar. Cover. put in hot
oven twenty minutes. reduce the cheat
and leave in twenty minutes longer.
Serve warm.
Raisin Roly Poly-One cup seeded
raisins. one cup flour. one teaspoon
baking powder. one teaspoon salt. two
teaspoons shortening, one teaspoon
butter. one-half cup milk, two table,
spoons sugar
Sift flour. baking powder and salt
into bowl. add shortening and rub in
very lightly with tips of fingers. add
milk enough TO make dough to roll
out one-quarter inch thick. Cover
with raisins which have been stewed
thickened and sweetened with one
tablespoon, sugar: roll the same as
jelly roll: place in bake pan which
has been brushed with a little butter
sprinkle top
Recipes.
Farina Soup-One pint boiling wat
er, two tablespoons farina wet with
cold water, one teaspoon salt; stir the
farina into the boiling water grad
| uaIly; cover IL and let boil thirty min
utes; add one pint milk: beat the
yolks of two eggs with two tablespoons
milk; add at the last moment
HsIibut Baked in Milk-One large
| halibut steak. three-quarters cup milk
| lemon Rub fish well with salt and
pepper. lay in baking pam Pour miik
around fish. Basic frequently with
milk during cooking. Serve on hot
| platter garnished with slices of lemon
Corn Salad-Two cups canned corn
1 without liquid. to one cup chopped
cabbage. add dressing made as fol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

lows: One tablespoon flour. one
tablespoon butter substitute; mix to a
paste. one teaspoon mustard, one
tablespoon sugar, one teaspoon salt.
naH cup vinegar; pour over paste: add
one egg beaten light; boil until thick
and serve on lettuce leaves.
Baked Salmon-Make a gravy by
browning two tablespoons vegeta BILE
fat. then add one pint milk butter a
baking dish and line with cracker
crumbs, then layer of salmon and SO
on until pan is filled; then pour on
the gravy. putting cracker crumbs on
top. Bake twenty minutes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

IAN enthusiastic editor has suggested
Charlie Curtis as candidate for the
presidency Nothing doing. Senator
Curtis. in his present position, is too
important to the people of Kansas to
be spared for any other service. They
simply would not know how to get
along without him. Any citizen of
the state having business with Wash
ington sooner or later takes his trou-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Apple Sauce
Puffed Rice and Cream Omelet
Coffee Cake Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Mock Turtle Soup Crackers
Bran Rolls Butter
Stewed Figs.
DINNER
Baked Halibut Mashed Potatoes
Salad
Bread Butter
Oatmeal Cookies Canned Plums
Coffee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

1t will be gratifying to the public
generally to know that the supreme
court of the United States has granted
the state of Kansas permission to
start fire under Burleson. - The
match will not be applied until next
October and the postmaster general
probably will not even be- scorched,
but the circumstance marks a move
ment in the right direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

bles to Curtis. And none, man, wo-
man or child, Republican. Democrat
or Socialist, Protestant, Catholic or
Jew. ever yet has filled to receive
prompt and effective attention. Let's
find some less useful man for the
presidency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

Col. George Harvey devotes the en-
tire space in the latest issue of his
weekly to criticism of the president.
And yet it was Colonel Harvey who
found Mr.. Wilson and pointed him
out to the people of the United States
as the ideal man for their president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

Soldiers returning from overseas
say that in New York the boys never
pass up the salvation Army and that
dollars are dropped into the tambour-
ines more frequently by them than
are dimes and nickels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

Champ Clark. who probably will be
Democrat floor leader in the next
house, is reported to have taken a
stand against the league of nations.
But it happens that the senate is the
body that will deal with the subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

1t is said that William Hohenzollern
is finding the climate of Holland too
chilly for him. number of locali-
ties might be suggested which could
be depended upon to make it warm
for the former kaiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

China is calling for suggestions re-
garding the best method of dealing
with a threatened Bolshevist move
ment in that country. She might
learn something to her advantage by
communicating with Seattle and Bis
bee AriZ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

Apparently the state has gained a
legal victory in the gas litigation.
whether the people would prefer to
pay so cents for gas or have the
privilege of paying 2scents for gas
which they could not get.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

A subcommittee of the peace con-
gress still is wrestling with the
questionFof who is responsible for the
war Nowhere else is there any doubt
about the matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

Everybody should begin to save his
pennies and nickels. Henry Ford de-
clares that he soon will begin making
cars to- sell at from $3.50 to $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

r Textile plant workers of New England
demanded 81 hours pay for a 4s-hour
week. and when 1t was refused. LOCO Rus
SLAMS. 1.509 Italians. 1000 Belgians and
200 other foreign employees Joined in de-
handing a strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY <. MoULToN
ALittIe Slice o, Life

A Little Slice o. Life.
The other night
Some thoughtful burglars
Broke into the grocery store
And stole everything in sight.
They left the s.fe and the phone and
The account books and cheese case.
But otherwise the store was as clean
AS tho a Kansas cyclone
Had passed thru its midst.
1t was the first laugh
The people in that neighborhood
Had enjoyed since the war started,
And the world was made safe for
Profiteers.
The next night the neighbors
Got together on the common
In front of the wrecked grocery
And held celebration
Including a large bonfire =
And speeches and musScN
BY the Silver Corpet Band.
The only drawback was
That the burglars were not present
To receive the ovation
Which was all ready for them.
An invitation has been posted
Asking the burglars to return
In the near future
And visit the butcher shop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19
DINNER STORIES

Poor man. said the inquisitive old
lady Il expect you'll be glad when
your time is up, won't you?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

Wanted-Second-ha hand bar fixtures.
not under twenty feet long; drain
board and two refrigerators. w. D.,
Charleston, w. Va.
Here Comes the (Soldier's) Bride.
There doesn't seem to be any rea-
son why every clergyman and justice
in the country should not own an
automobile. if reports which are COM
ing in from all parts of the country
are true Some of them have been
obliged to post the following signs:
Don't crowd. Take your turn
Mote the exits. In case of panic
or cold feet, walk (not run) to the
nearest exit. Don't try. to beat your
neighbor to the street"
your number will be flashed on
the electric signboard in front of the
church when your turn comes.
mot responsible for your hats, over
coats or good resolutions"
Watch your step and move forward
in the aisle"
"Office hours from a. m. to 1870
p. m. only. We charge for counsel
The efficient marrying expert OF
today keeps a shorthand writer tt
make out the marriage certificates
and a modern cash register to ring VI
the sales In some instances the eff
feet of war upon industries may be
considerably in doubt, but it has siver
| the marriage industry the creates
| boost it has known since 1865. 1t Is
! the post graduate course in herolsm
o. RattIing the Skelton. q 4
| The Shelton family, it will be re
membered was the family that occu
| pied the Morton house, on the edge
of the town, and after getting in deb
to all the tradesmen in the towI
moved away between night and morn
ing.-MercyvilIe (Iowa) Banner. r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-19

Will the Moon Shine in West Virginia
Wanted-Second-h hand. bar fixtures.
not under twenty feet long; drain
board and two refrigerators. w. D.,
Charleston, w. Va. -r
Arizona republican., 1919-08-26
WEATHER FORECAST

Arizona: Tuesday unsettled. We'd nesday generally fair and somewhat warmer.
 Colorado: Tuesday and probably Wednesday fair, except local showers Tuesday southwest portion; warmer northeast portion Tuesday.
 New Mexico: Tuesday and probably Wednesday fair; warmer Tuesday.
 Southern California: Fair, cooler in interior.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-26

but it is expected that this matter will receive favorable attention at the next meeting of the board September 2.
 OLD OFFENDERS IN COURT Juana Rosales, charged with being an inmate of a disorderly house and Jose Aeesta, charged with running a dis orderly house, were before Judge Thomas yesterday afternoon in police court. Both pleaded guilty to the charge, and as it was their second of- fense were given 50 days in the city jail or fine of $50.
 DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED = The body of the man who was taken sud- denly i'll on the city nall plaza Sunday afternoon and who died a few minutes later in the Sisters hospital. has been identified as that of John Brown of Leadville, Colorado. The cause of death has been diagnosed as heart trouble by the attending physician. A brother who lives in Leadville has been notified.
 BRING DAMAGE SUIT - Suit for $1000o, half actual and half punitive was filed by E. l.. Waldron yesterday against G. c. Davis. Waldron alleges that Davis hit him over the head with an axe helve at Gilbert July 22 of this year, and that by reason of this assault he is permanently injured, impaired and disabled. Waldron is a carpenter and cabinetmaker. M J. Doughertv is his attorney in the case.
 THESE WILL MARRY = Marriage licenses were granted yesterday by the clerk of the superior court to Ramon Sanders, 39, and Angelita Gonzales, 23, both of Chandler; William Gum, 21, of Jerome, and Etta Beaie. IS, of River side, California; Carvero Cardiel, 29, and Maria Hernandez, IS, both of Phoenix; Joe Ldzarrgo. 20 and Rosauro Bonillas, 22, both of Phoenix; Allen NJ. Creighton. 27, and Frances De Scott, 1 25, both of Phoenix
 STORM DAMAGE AT CASA 1 GRAN NDE-Word from Casa Grande yesterday tells of a terrific windstorm that struck that town Sunday night
 following the storm in Phoenix. Mucf 1 damage was done at Casa Grande by
 the wind, the most serious being to 9 i garage, the roof of which was blowr I off. The damage to this garage was
 estimated at $1,000. Roofs were alse
 damaged to a number of residents
 chimneys blown down and other dam. l age done.
 WIFE ASKS DIVORCE = Lora I Williamson filed suit for divorce
 against J. E. Williamson yesterday The plaintiff states that she was mar
 ried to the defendant in Ranger, Texas July 5, 1900, and that one daughter Gillieford. a minor, is the only issue of the marriage. Her husband is the
 proprietor of a bottling works in Flor
 ence, she states, and asks that she be granted custody of the child and pay
 ment by the husband of $30 a montf for it's care and education
 JIM BANKS HERE AGAIN = Jin Banks. colored, who has given thu police more trouble than any three mer
 in the city, arrived in Phoenix agaiE yesterday in spite of the fact that hs
 had s0-day sentence in the city jai waiting him if he ever returned here Banks was picked up and in his pos Session was found a ticket to Prescott l He explained he had been run out O Tucson and he was on his way ts Prescott to go to work in a barber Ishop. He was accompanied to a trair last night by an officer and seen wei on his way to the northern town.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-26
Mails Letter i'm Fire AIarna Box
 Clalng! Clang ]!

Mailing a letter in a fire alarm box brings strange results, as Mrs. J. R. Bingham of Laveen found out yesterday afternoon. She ap- preached the driver of baggage wagon near the corner of First avenue and Washington street yesterday afternoon and asked the direction to the nearest mail box. The driver nonchalsntIy waived his hand and said .over there"
 Seeing a box attached to pole and supposing # was for letters, yet never having seen mail box before without slot in #, she started to find out how to deposit her letter. A mere touch on the door of the box, it was open, and somehow or other the alarm was turned in.
 She soon discovered she had made some sort of terrible mis- take, for with screeching of sirens and changing of bells, the biggest automobile, painted violent red, too, came swinging around the cor ner and hasty firemen were rudely inquiring where the fire was, and when it was discovered there was none, heatedIy asking who sent in the alarm.
 PatroIman Strathy explained to Mrs. Bingham the extent of her mistake.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-26
PHOENIX TRAVEL TO COAST 1T PRESENT
 ENTIRELY CUT 0FF

The railroad situation, so far as Phoenix is concerned, has not inn proved As to train service between here and the coast there is none un- less one counts on taking train to Barstow that may possibly connect with one to Los Angeles, or may leave one in that village to find his OWL transportation Connections for San Francisco are still good, however. It ] is absolutely out of the question to try to get to the coast by the Southern Pacific, it is not being done.
 Going east is still possible Some regular connections are still being made with the Southern Pacific east bound trains, made up along the line this side of California. The Santa Fe | is still selling through eastern trans portation via Ashfork but they are not guaranteeing a direct connection for anywhere in particular.
 The Ashfork train left on time, as did 1 the train for Barstow, both Santa Fe. On the Arizona Eastern, the train due to leave at s.30 D. m. got out on time and connected with the eastbound from Yuma. The train due to leave at $50 this morning leaves at 8 o'clock a. m., I instead
 ] A returned Phoenician agrees that the railway strike has tied up the steam railway situation in Los An geles pretty tight. but the business of the Pacific Electric from which the trouble started, is at present little af- fected. On many of the lines it is giv- ing a 100 per cent service, and on no line is it at present below 75 per cent. The strike or walkout or resignation of the men on the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe had it's origin in the refusal of three switchmen to transfer Pacific Electric cars to the Southern Pacific. | They were discharged on the spot and then the walkout began. First there
 was a demand for the restoration of these men and for the reinstatement of the Pacific Electric employees who had been previously discharged.
 Notwithstanding the trepidation in Los Angeles occasioned by the strike, public sentiment is strongly against the strikers and against the yielding
 of the railway companies to their de-
 mands, he states.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-26
GOOD NEWS, HUNTERS
 CAME WILL BE PLENTY

Fisn and game conditions in Ari- zona, particularly in the White noun tain section, are very satisfactory, ac- cording to a statement issued yester- day by the state game warden, Joe V. Prochaska, after his return from two weeks trip into the mountains.
 There seems to be plenty of game in that section, with the exception of the almost absolute absence along the roads of the main routes of squirrels and cottontails" said the game warden. This in my opinion, is because of the habit of tourists passing across the state carrying guns and shooting at everything in sight, from squirrels to signs. It should be stopped, but we have no way Of stopping it.
 There will be plenty of turkeys when the season opens in October, in fact, they seem unusually plentiful. am having lot of them trapped to transplant to the Catalina, Pinal, Chiracahua and Graham mountains.
 aTn the Sitgreaves country we saw plenty of deer. In Winslow I talked over the elk hunt which is to take place October IT to 31 and for which 100 permits will be issued. People up there who are familiar with condi- tions think the matter is being handled properly
Arizona republican., 1919-08-26
IN OUTDOOR BOWER
 PROMINENT COUPLE
 ARE WE'D AT SUNSET

Amidst a bower of palms and ferns at the home of the brides parents on Northern avenue. Miss Frances Scott and Allen T. Creighton were united Tn marriage last evening. The wedding IS one of considerable interest, as the bride, although she has lived here but a few years, has a wide circle or friends, and the groom is one of the leading young ranchers of the valley.
 The ceremony was held on the lawn, which was completely screened in by a lattice work of palms and fern. Just at sunset the strains of Lohengrin's s wedding march were heard by the as- sembled guests and the bride came down a rose-b -bordered aisle on the arm of her father, Henry Scott A fern covered arbor had been prepared under which the ceremony was performed.
 The Rev. John Creighton of Bakers field, California, an uncle of the groom, performed the beautiful ring ceremony.
 Following the service a wedding sup per was served on the living porch where a pink and white color scheme was carried out. Only the immediate families and few close friends were present.
 The brides gown was of white georgette over satin and she carried a shower bouquet of Cecil Brunner roses. She is the daughter of Mir and Mrs. Henry Scott Her former home was in Monrovia, California.
 MT. Creighton is the son of Mir. and Mrs. William Creighton, and has been a life long resident of the valley. He has extensive farming interests here.
 The young couple will be at home after September 15 at the groom g ranch on the Orange road where he has erected new bungalow
Arizona republican., 1919-08-26
RIGHTS IF CHILDREN
 PROGRAM IF SOCIAL
 SERVICE FEDERATION

The social service federation of the First Baptist church. corner Third ave- nue and Monroe street, will hold its first regular session in the lecture room of the church tomorrow night, opening at 8 o'clock.
 Mrs. W. Warner Watkins will have charge of the program. and the topic of the evening will be, "The Rights of Children, or Our Obligations as Chris tion People to the Children of our City, nation and the World
 There will be several interesting dis cussions opened along practical lines in which all who are present will be welcome to express opinions, or to state what they are willing to do for the coming generation, not financially, but in helping to carry out what they be- lieve to be Christ's plans for the chill dren who are to take our places as His future representatives.
 Not only all the members of the First Baptist church. but everyone who is interested in the subject to be consid- cred, are cordially asked to attend this session.
 Come prepared to present problems and to enter heartily into the discus sions on the various needs of child life, and be prepared to offer suggestions