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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27
AND THEIR PAY.

Doubling the salaries of teachers
within the next five years, and then
adding so per cent before another
ten years have passed, SO that the
minimum average salary for teachers
will be $1,500-this - the program,
r"ged by DIR. P. P. Claxton, United
States nmissionerf of education.
Doctor Claxton says:
ut is only by very large increases in
pay of teachers that we may hope to
improve our schools appreciably
Small increases of 5, 10 or 20 per cent
will not avail, for they will not be suf-
ficient to hold in the schools men and
women of supo~' ability"
Teachers are now paid less for their
work than any ether ASS of wo. kers,
last few years has in nowise been in
+ erirg with the increase in pay of
other workers, or with the increase in
the cost living. While the cost of
living has Increased approximately 80
per cent--food, So per cent: clothing,
106 per cent; drugs, 103 per cent;
| fuel, SO pr cent; ana house -,,nish-
ing goods. 10 per cent the salaries of
teachers have increased only about IL
per cent. The purchasing power of
the salary of the teacher in our pub
lie schools IS, therefore, only about So
ar cent OF what it was four years ago.
| ry of the better teachers are
leaving tie schools, and their places
are taken by men and women of less
native ability, IS ducati~- and Gu.
ture, and less training and experience.
Many of the places are not filled at
all. As an inevitable result the char
acter of the schools is being lowered
just at a time when it ough+ to be
raised to much higher standard.
Students now entering the normal
schoo' ~-e'-~-e for teaching. it is
pointed OFT. are not of so good quality
as they were formerly, which is taken
to mean that tn standards of :
schools mr. st continue to fall In some
normal schools the enrolment is re-
/ ported far less than in former years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27
HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Beef Casserole-Cut one pound of
round steak in pieces two inches
square. Rub over the inner surface
Of a hot frying pan with a bit of fat;
put in pieces of steak and cook them
first on one side and then on the
other to harden meat and keep in
juicesj put the meat in casserole; add
zone pint of broth or hot water and
set to cook in oven. Brown three or
four small onions in frying pan and
put in casserole; then brown about
one dozen pieces each of potato and
carrot in the fat and add them to
casserole, Add broth or boiling water
nearly to cover the whole, two sprigs
of parsley and salt and pepper as need
ed. Cover the casserole and cook
about an hour or until meat and vege-
tables are tender.
Danish Pudding-Four tablespoon
fuis pearl tapioca, four tablespoonfuls
sugar. rne-quarter teaspoonful salt.
one cupful tart red jelly.
Wash and cook the tapioea in three
cupfuls of cold water over night; put
on and boil until clear, about one
hour; add sugar, salt and jelly. Pour
into mold or bowl, which has been
rinsed with cold water: set in cold
place until ready to serve Turn out
on shallow bowl or deep plate; gar
nish with whipped cream. if desired. or
four marshmallows cut in small pieces
with the scissors) may be sprinkled
over top.
Amber Marmalade-O One large
grapefruit, one orange, one lemon, six
pounds Twelve cups) sugar.
Cut the fruit in quarters. remove
the fiber and seeds from the center;
then shave very fine the pulp, and rind
together. There should be four cups
of fruit; put into bowl and add ten
cups OF cold water. stand away twenty
four hours, then add sugar: boil slow
ly three hours or until it is the con-
sistency of jelly and clear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

The records of the times, says the
Bache Review. indicate that a trend
is developing towards improvement in
the business and financial situation.
The statement of exports and imports
for January just passed, shows a sur
prising increase in our outgoing ship
ments They are s1O,0OO,OOO greater
than those of January, 1917, just be-
fore the wide-open submarine cam
paign began, and when the outward
flow of goods from this country was at
the highest monthly figure ever
reached. The January figures this
year are also far above the average
monthly figures of last year, showing
, the new year starting off with a re-
markab1e upward tread. The figures
of our purchases abroad, on the other
hand. show a decided falling off COM
pared with average monthly figures
for the last two years, and the net
balance in our favor for the month
. foots up to $41O,0OO,OO0. If with
shipping hampered we can do so much
foreign business as the January re-
port shows, continues the Review, the
future of such business, when ocean
freight-room is in ample supply looms
large
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27
HOW is YOUR BA8Y7

In a recently completed survey.
tn deith rat. of infants In one
section of an American city was
271 to tn. 1000. while in another
I, was only fifty yet that. city
ewes the same duty to one baby
as another.
Tn average deaths in one city
a,e 134. In another they are
oniy e:.>hty-four.
single ward In certain city
has bee ah,e to reduce it's infant
olnrtality to thirty-nine deaths to
the thousan,. birth. Most OF the
Conditions responsible for this low
death rate could he Reproduced In
rtneI wards 4. the parents took
the same trouble and knew what
e DO.
The state Journal will place n
the hsr Dis o. any reader the litera.
ture - the United States Public
Health service on the care of the
~ BY.
Writ. your request plainly. en-
close Scent sta mp, and address
The Topeka State Journal fnfor-
nation Puresn, Frederic ]. Has
kin. director. WASHINGTON. d C.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

In discussing our many and various
troubles, says Forbes Magazine. let us
not for a moment forget that, COM
pared with our blessings, these trou-
bles are but as spots on the sun. It
ints out that the business N'erld has
troubles-lots of them. War con-
tracts nav been cancelled by the bill
lion; importation of important classes
of merchandise has been temporarily
forbidden by Britain; labor costs are
high and labor troubles are rife; trans
lportation is both dear and poor; the
$4,000, 100000 tax bill which has just
been signed bears heavily upon both
Individual inc )mes and corporate prof
its; the Bolshevik clouds are causing
uneasiness here as elsewhere; the
ordering of merchandise is half
hearted, timid; the cost of living has
been in no hurry TO climb down: the
2;nminence of prohibition is adding to
the woes of the liquor interests and
also a few million thirsty citizens; the
railroad outlook is no clearer than
mud Mr.. Burleson is holding on to
our telephone, our telegraph and our
cable systems with the air of a nine
teenth century car: and we don't
know how long a million or more Of
our boys will be kept on sentry duty
in Europe. Yet-well. after all, what
are our troubles compared with those
of most lands? We have come thru
the war virtually unscathed. Few of
our young lives have been laid down
on the battlefield. We have greater
wealth than ever before. Our place
in the world has risen UNNECESSARILY.
Not one dollars worth of damage has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

cooperate with the public it seems
only fair that the public should re-
taliateS by aiding the postoffice. Many
requests have been made of the public
that mail be dispatched in good
condition-properly sealed OF tied,
stamped, and addressed plainly. If the
opinions of postmasters of the country
could be obtained, there is no doubt
that they would unanimously agree
that nearly half of the letter writing
population of the United States need
writing lessons or a typewriter. When
real cooperation between the postal
system and the public exists, the serv-
ice will be better than it ever was in
the flalcyon days before the war"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the columns OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

February 20, 1894.
Charles p. Elliott manager of the Grand,
will start ON the road next week with u
new company for the presentation of Ten
Nights In n Bar Room" 1t will be given
performance in Topeka some night next
week and will play only to one night
stands. Hal" Nelson will be made
the advance agent OF the troupe. He VIII
advertise il as the greatest show earth,
endorsed by the press and the clergy"
The Good Literature and Reading Circle
was entertained last evening at the resi-
dence of o. ID. Skinner on Jackson street.
e. G. Nicholson read a paper on Current
Events" The Rev. w. II. Hutchinson read
historical papeE and the club discussed
Julius Caesar"
Miss Grace Sherard of Atchison who has
been visiting Mrs. Lewis DoiInan returned
home yesterday.
Misses Marian and Jennie Innes of Law
renee, who have been the guests of Miss
Lula Mahspeaker, returned to their home
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

be one that turns perfectly good and
amiable women into furies who are
tearing at each others hair, and sta b.
hing at each others hearts, nobody
knows. 1t is merely so. Women who
are broad and tolerant, courteous and
angelic to every other human being
on earth trea their mothers-in-law or
their daughters-in-la law like fiends, and
this state of affairs is so almost uni
versal that one wonders that any man.
who values his own peace and happi-
ness. is ever fool enough to try the
experiment of having his wife and
mother live in the same Mouse. Tying
the Kilkenny cats up together in a
bag is an innocuous proceeding conf
pared ia il
At the bottom of the trouble be-
tween the mother-in-law and the
daughter-in-law is the fact that
neither woman is big enough to rise
to the height of getting the others
point of view, still less of taking the
mans outlook on the situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27
DINNER STORIES

At a certain British naval base a
well. known officer was slightly gun
deaf and could not always follow the
niceties of a conversation. Sometimes
the results were distinctly amusing,
and, being one of the best tempered
men in the world, Lieutenant Gundeaf
himself appreciated the fun as much
as any one in the party.
The lieutenant was invited to dinner
one evening at the admiraPs house,
which stood in it's own grounds on a
hill When he arrived his hostess,
after shaking hands exclaimed; "Oh,
Lieutenant Gundeaf, 1 cannot ina CINE
where my poor dear dog has gone.
He went out all by himself this morn
ing and I cannot find him anywhere"
The lieutenant Immediately replied.
He is coming thru the garden. 1
saw him a moment ago, and he was
in mess dress"
He thought she had referred to the
admiral.
D. w. Bradley of Oakland, who has
hunted illicit whisky stills in the south
as an intern4t revenue officer, is re-
peating story that he read recently
in an eastern publication about the
Tennessee moonshiner who was seeing
his boy away for France in an army
contingent.
I'm glad to see you goin' son." the
old man said. Give the Germans
-. You know I don't feel about the
old flag as I did when I was fightin
in the Confederate army"
THE only fault 1 find with the
story" says Bradley, sis that all the
moonshiners I've known were Union
men, and if they fought in the Civil
war they fought with the northern
Army"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

Olga, leaning toward him. eagerly.
after I'D made you love me. / fig
ured on marrying you, Steve.''
OF course her friends said she was
a fool-her talent and culture wasted
that they could never have anything
in common. but the other night saw
them at a restaurant and a certain
question keeps recurring to me, What
is this wonderful thing that has hap
pened to Olga Mivchlakoff
Copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

The unions of railway employees ask
to be allowed to operate the railroads
with federal aid. Probably the
Grange and the Farmers Union would
like to take over the operation of all
= the farms on similar terms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

been done by an enemy bullet ia our
whole land. Our sources of 'produc-
ton have c-ganded tremendously.
Had Germany won the war, where
wonld we now be? How would it be
going with US?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

10 So long as Burleson is in control,
says the Manufacturers Record, we
need never expect better postal facili-
ties nor telegraph and telephone facili-
ties. There can be no relief until the
Cay when his domination ends, and
may heaven grant that the end be not
far awayi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

Probably Norway wishes now that
she had Joined the allies in the war
against Germany SO, that she could
put in claim for damages, on ac-
count of the hundreds of her ships
sunk by the Huns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

Robert NJ. Sweitzer has been nomi-
mated for mayor of Chicago by the
Democrats. The fact that he had
60, 900 majority over his opponent in
dicates that he IS no cheese"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27
Farmcr Chained TO His Roll.

This plot trickled from Minnesota
news:
Farmer johnson came to Mime
apolis with a roll of $1sa in bills as
bait and landed four pickpockets
with it.
The first two got flash at John
sons roll as he walked down the street.
the end of the full-grown roll protrud-
ing from his vest pocket. They went
for the bait-hook, line and all-but
pulled with a sudden jerk.
One end of a well-forged chain was
fastened to the roll of s125, the. other
end fastened to johnson. johnson
turned the pair over to the police.
The following night two more city
sharks reached for the roll, and a few
minutes later were occupying cells.
Some of the peace commissioners
threaten to pack up their doll rags
the available language when he de-
scribed war.
The ooIong hounds are in a state
of fluttering excitement for the tea
rooms are being raided. Ny word!
AS the dear old lady sand, ITO what
are we coming to? ?"
Has anybody heard what is going to
become of the dear old Prohibition
party?
Nat Goodwin left an estate of only
$4,000; but considering the fact that
he was married five times, we think
he did extremely well to leave that
much.
To show that the canning season is
always with US, we are glad to an
nounce that Charles NJ. Pickle is the
undertaken at Sweetwater, Tenn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
~x~r- r>y
BIZ ROY <. MoULToN

It costs ten billion dollars a year to
run this government. The govern
ment must be operating three of four
secondhand automobiles.
The London health board rules
state:- During epidemics Of influ-
enza, it is important to spend as much
time as possible in the open air. 1t
is advisable for the public to stay
indoors"
A Magyar sojeurning in New York
says the American beauties lack
aristocracy. Always have to have
somebody from away off somewhere
else some and tell US the news.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

Secretary of War Baker says that
the thing for everybody to do is to go
to work. There are a lot of men who
have been trying since November II
to get out of the army who agree with
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-27

The indications now are that the
Kansas boys will be home in time to
help harvest the states 100000 BUSH
Ell wheat crop
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
ECUADOR WOULD ?
NOT COMPROMISE
BOUNDARY DISPUTE

QuayaquiI, Ecuador March 15-It was
officially announced today that the re.
port that Ecuador had asked President
Wilson to act as arbitrator in her boun-
without foundation. 1t is explained such
a step might be considered as seriously
compromising the governments position
with the Ecuadorean congress before It
had had a chance to pass upon the
league of nations project.
A Paris dispatch March 10 reported the
foreign minister Of Ecuador had request
ed President Wilson to arbitrate the
Peruian- Ecuadorean boundary dispute
The expectation in Paris, however, IL
was said. was that President Wilson
would prefer to submit the question to
the league of nations.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
GERMANY Will
Be FORCED
OF Using TAO
SUPREME COUNCIL At PEACE
MEET PLANS TO ExCLU0E GER.
MANY FROM CHINESE CITY.

Paris, March 14-By The Associat-
ed Press. The supreme council Of the
peace conference has virtually de-
cided to include In the preliminary
treaty Of peace q requirement that
Germany shall relinquish her lease
hold Of Using Tao and all properties
and concessions on the Shantung Pc
ninsula.
No attempt It was understood will
be made at the present to render a
decision as to the ultimate possession
Of Germany's rights. which Is now
the subject Of controversy between
Japanese and Chinese delegations in
Paris. The former holds that Japan
acquired the lease hold by right Of
conquest over the German forces there.
although she is visiting to permit the
ultimate stauts Of the shantung Pc
ninsula to be determined by the peace
conference. China contends the lease
was automatically cancelled by the ex-
pulsion Of the Germans. who original
ly acquired It by force and that the
property reverts to China
It is expected the final adjustment
will be made in the definite peace
treaty or by the league Of nations,
unless, in the meantime. the principals
to the controversy reach a mutually
satisfactory agreement.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
WEST BY MILL

The schooner Haekiey Is ioadins
here this week:
Quite a large crowd attended the
party at the home Of Miss Mary Whir-
ley last Friday night: Those from
Millville were: Misses: Gladys Padgett,
Minnie Jones, Beulah Stokes and
Messrs: Gilbert Jones, Edith Bullard.
Lloyd Williams, Walter Scott. Alva
Williams and Mrs: Stokes: Acting as
chaperene: Those from the mill werei
Misses Mary Whirleyi Annie Mae
Dyksj Pearl Richburg. Claudia. Flor
ence and Alice Boyett, and Mrs. Lee
Hichburg, Mrs: Q. H. Boyett. Mrs. L. E.
Spencer and Mrs. l.. NJ. Nelson's
Messrs. Cabef Whitley. Dannie Clan
ton, Theodore Boyett, Honor CLANCY,
VIII Booth, Mark Scott. all reported
a nice time. Cake and Ice cream were
served.
Misses Mary Whitley, Claudia Boyett
and Mrs. L. e. Spencer, Missrs. Lee
Youngbloed, Theodore Boyett attended
q party at the home of Miss Minnie
Jones. at Mil1ville last Wednesday
night.
Mrs. Hollis, Mrs. l.. M. Nelson.
Misses Pearl Richburg, Annie Mae
Dykes. attended the show at Panama
City last Wednesday night.
Buren, Sashett was calling In BAY
Harbor last Tuesday night.
Mesdames G. H. Boyett. L. p. Spen-
Ger and NJ. NJ. Pickens, and Misses
Claudia Boyett, Mary Whitley were
shopping in st. Andrews last Monday
evening.
Mrs. Hollis and Mrs. Booth were
shopping in Panama City last Thurs
day.
\ A baby boy arrived at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Sonnie Clanton last
Thursday morning.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
ALLIES FIX PLAN
TO RATION HUNS
AT GREAT CONFAB

Brussels, March ia monthly ra-
ton for Germany OF $4,000 tons OF
foodstuffs was fixed by the allied COM
mission. The Germans observed that
this ration was smaller than they had
and were pessimistic as to
the arrangement Of satisfactory finan-
cial terms.
After Vice-Admiral Wemyss Of
Great Britain, chairman Of the allied
delegation, had presented the condi-
lions decided upon by the entente, the
Germans asked to be allowed to with
draw for consultation. Then they
formed three sub committees to deal
with questions Of finance, food sup
ply and mercantile marine.
In the evening the Germans asked
to be given the use Of q telegraph line
to Weimar.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
ARGENTINA PLANS
ANSWER TO ALLIED
CONFAB INVITATION

RuenOs Aires, March 15-The neu-
trail ministers were informed that Ar
gentina will answer the invitation
from Paris to join the league Of ma
tons, which Foreign Minister Pueyr-
redon said was accepted in principle
by his country. He said, however,
that some cahnges would be sug-
gested.
Senior Alvear, the Argentine minis
ter at Paris. has been instructed to
sound the delegates to the confer
ence and especially neutral observers
regarding those changes. No details
of the suggestions will be made known
until Senior Alvear acts. After the
conference the foreign minister cabled
instructions to Senior Alvear.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
GOVERNOR OF
VIRGINIA TO
PROBE PRISON

Richmond, Va, March Ex-Governor
Davis said today that the letter recently
received from E. Z. budding, of the
Prisoners Relief Society. of Washington.
charging that DIR. Asa w. Chamberlain,
an aged inmate of the Virginia state
prison had been subjected to brutal
treatment, had been turned Ger to the
board Of directors of the penitentiary.
Asked if he advocated flogging men
in the penitentiary as method of pun
ishment. the governor replied that he
was devoting consideration to this and
other penitentiary questions, and that he
did not care to enter at this time. into
any public discussion, that he hoped soon
to reach a decision after conferences with
responsible officers.
The Virginia code names the governor
as an officer whose approval must be
had before the infliction of such punish
ment can be made.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
RIGHT TO COMMANDER
BOATS Is QUESTIONED
BY OWNERS OF COUNTRY

New York, March 15.-Reports that
the government contemplated comman-
deering boats and equipment as a re-
suit Of the strike of the harbor workers
prompted today the sending of identi-
cal kilograms to Secretary of War Ba-
ker and Secretary of the Navy Daniels
by the Boat Owners Association ask
ing them to deny the likelihood of such
procedure, and the boat owners de-
clare that in the event that such ac-
ton is contemplated they will be dis
posed to ascertain what rights they
really possess.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
LUTHERANS WOULD
GIVELOAN BONDS
TO SUPERANNUATED

New York, March 15.-LutheranS in the
United States. it was announced here to-
day have undertaken campaign to raise
So, O00, 900 or more for the support ca
superannuated ministers professors.
teachers, and their dependents by means
of liberty bond gifts.
It is estimated that members OF the
denomination possess about $4,000, 900
worth of bonds and the aim of the pro.
ject is to obtain bond donations whic>-
are to be deposited in endowment
fund and the income used only In the
work Of relief.
Beginning March 80. it was stated. 50,-
900 workers will visit the members Of
the church to receive offerings.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
PEACE
TREATY WITH GERMANY
WILL BE DISCUSSED

Paris, March 15.-The military terms
of the preliminary peace treaty with
Germany will be discussed by the SUI
preme council when it meets this at
ternoon at o'clock. President Will
son will attend the meeting.
The conferences in which the presi-
dent took part after his arrival yes
,terday were general and related chief
ly to the German peace terms. No
specific action was taken.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
BRAZILIAN DELEGATION
AT PEACE CONFERENCE

Rio Janerio. Friday. March 14.-Epita-
clio Pessoa. head Of the Brazilian dele
cation at the peace conference. adised
the government today that this country is
represented on four subcommittee of
the conference those of navigation. pat
emit rights, claims and treaties.
Belgium IL the only other small pow
err represented on more subcommittee