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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18
THE RELEASE OF DOROTHY.

Every wef1," said the Scarecrow,
nodding. at shall be just as you say
little friend. Who locked you up?"
The Princess Langwidere, who is
a horrfed creature" she answered.
At this ozma. who had been listen
ing carefully to the conversation,
called to Dorothy from her chariot.
asking:
why did the Princess lock you up.
my dear?"
Because" exp1ainemd Dorothy. "I
wouldn't let her have my head for her
collection, and take an old, castoff
head in exchange for it,
81 do not blame YOU exclaimed
Ozma, promptly Il will see the Prin-
cess at-once, and oblige her to liberate
you"
cried Dorothy, who as soon as she
heard the sweet voice of the girlisa
Ruler of OF knew that she would soon
learn to love her dearly.
Ozf1a now drove her chariot around
to the third door of the wing, upon
which the Tin Woodman boldly pro-
ceeded to knock.
AS soon as the maid opened the
door Ozma. bearing in her hand her
ivory wand. stepped into the hall and
made her way at once to the drawing
room, followed by all her company,
except the Lion and the Tiger. And
the twenty-seven soldiers made such
a noise and a clatter that the little
maid Nanda ran away screaming to
her mistress, where upon the Princess
Langwidere. aroused to, great anger
by this rude invasion of her palace,
came running into the drawing room
without any assistance whatever.
There she stood before the slight
and delicate form of the little girl
| from Or ard cried out:
How dare you enter my palace I'M
| hidden? Leave this room at once, OF
/ will bind you and all your people in
chains, and throw you into my dark
| est dungeons"
What dangerous LADY," MUIR
INJURED the Scarecrow, in a soft voice
she seems a little nervous" replied
! the Tin Woodman.
| But Ozma only smiled at the angry
| Princess.
| sit down. please" she said, quiet
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only will them to be-and new ones
formed in their place we can drop
our old and useless selves and build
anew from the place wherein we
failed. "a
And we can also drop useless bag
gage-and travel the better for it.
Every day We cling to things thf.t
ought to be dropped. and not until
they are dropped do we realize how
unessen;ial they were
But this little talk is about drop
ping the fine things that live in every
one I think that Wait Whitman had
this thought in mind. when he wrote:
81 find letters from God dropped
in the street, and every one is signed
by Gods name.
land I leave them where they are.
for / know that where'er 1 go,
''Others will punctually come for
ever and ever"
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
which Do You Prcfcr9--f.


Which would you prefer, sisters,
husband who is a pattern of morality
but crouch and a tightwad. or hus-
band who is philanderer. but charm
ing, and generous, and considerate at
home?
OF course this is perfectly
academic discussion. Women have
to take the kind of husband. with the
sort of disposition and morals that is
wished on them. Custom. and con-
vention, and the men themselves pre-
vent a woman from openly shopping
around until she finds the sort of a
mate she wants, and then securing
him and marching off with her bar
gain.
+, = She has to take the husband she can
get, and be thankful he's no worse.
and curiously enough she is often pre-
/ scented with this choice of evils-the
man who is faithful but disa greeable,
! or the man who is faithless but agree
able And in whichever dilemma she
finds herself she is apt to wish she was
| in the other.
+ OF course there are men who are
| both good and pleasant. but they be-
long to the rarer phenomena of nature
| with which We have no concern at
present.
To the outsider it would seem that
! a woman with a high ethical sense
could make but one choice in this mat
! ter. and without hesitation, or suisse
quent regrets. she would take the man
! Of high moral principles, who kept
/ In the middle Of the straight and mar
row way.
| Such a man would, at least, COM
mand his wife's highest respect. and
she wefIid be freed from the tortur-
ing jealousy that tears at the heart
of the wife whose husbands rowing
eye is caught by the nutter of every
lace trimmed petticoat. Her maria ge
is sane and safe. Her husband is as
domestic as a house cat. He punches
| the time clock at home as regularly
as he does at thes office.
But, alas, what avails t to woman
to escape one domestic misery If her
happiness Is wrecked on another =?
What comfort is there to a wife in
! knowing that her hu. oand Is hasten
ing home to her from his work if she
likewise knows that he is going to
dispent upon her all the accumulated
nerves, and temper of the day that
he dared not show to customers or
his employer? What pleasure to
know that he never wandered from his
own fireside of evening when he
grouches and gloorps there the entire
time? What consolation can a wife
find in the fact that her husband
never notices another woman when he
has his eye always upon her faults?
Being good man does not neces-
| sarily make man a good husband
! Some of the best men in the world
| according to the traditional standard
of morality, are the worst husbands
A man may be honest and upright,
virtuous and truthful. and yet brea k
his wife's heart by his meancss, his
stinSiness. his nagging. and coldness,
and tyranny.
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HYACINTHS PLEASE SANDRA.
CHAPTER Lxxu.

Walter Kemp called again / was
really glad to see him, and took no
pains to hide my pleasure. He brought
me a great glowing bunch of purple
hyacinths. Right away 1 thought he
was different from most men, and told
him so.
why am I different" he asked.
with an ingratiating smile.
1T would have been either roses or
violets with most of them. Men seem
to think they are the only flowers a
woman cares for
'And it isn't?"
mo. indeed! Why L would much
rather have the hyacinths. There is
something SO individual about them.
Someway it seems that you took
thought as we'll as money to buy
them"
That's a very pretty compliment
and quantity said" he returned. de-
lighting me. 1 was glad to find some
one who thought me at least intelli-
gent.
l called for tea, and we ehatted and
laughed together for an hour or more
Il have not spent so delightful an
afternoon in a long while If ever
Mr.. Kemp said. as heaFose to go. Now
that l know you were not injured,
cannot feel at all sorry for our acct
dent"
You forget poor Thomas, ouI
chauffeur, or are you haTdhearted?
Someway it was easy for me to talk
to him. 1 knew 1 had acquitted my
self well.
Thomas doesn't count in ms
scheme of things-you do" he replied
with a little laugh. but also with q
meaning glanced that thrilled me and
made me blush. was always cross
with myself when I blushed. 1t was
another sign of youth. rIrma Barton
and women of her type didn't blush il
man said something nice to them
or paid them a compliment.
While he stood talking to me, Hett5
announced Mrs. Garry. 1 couldn'1
help but wish he had gone before sht
came: then at the same kne was glat
she would find me entertained by Sc
charming man.
They were acquainted, and chattet
a moment together before he took hi:
| leave. Then she shook her fingel
| playfully at me and said:
! Naughty-naughtyl Kemp has {
| reputation, you know"
mo. | don't know! L find hin
! charming
| -Of course. that goes with the rep
| utation. You never knew an unin
| teresting man to be talked about die
| yon- unless she were a murderer or {
| burglar or something?"
| what do they say about Mr.
Kemp?"
1T isn't so much what they say. a
what they imply. He has had a goot
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The real reason for the farmers OPP
position to the daylight saving law has
been discovered by Thrift Magazine. it
says. 1t was the roosters. They were
not able to get the roosters to adopt
it. The he-chickens insisted on going
to work on the old schedule. In open
defiance of congress, they refused to
knock off the extra hour from their
morning beauty Sleep So, under the
new plan. instead of the ROSTERS wax
ing up the farmers, it became neces-
sary for the farmers to wake up the
BOOSTERS. This. quite naturally,
aroused feelings of mutual antago-
nism. No farmer relishes the task of
going out each morning while the
moon is still riding high in the heav-
ems and cutting a barnyard full of
ROSTERS off the perch. SO there was
nothing to do but repeal the law.
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fortune not to be alive. I'm sorry
for you
..Whyg" asked Tiktok.
Because you have no brains, as 1
have said the Scareerow.
"Oh, yes, 1 have returned Tiktok-
st am fitted with Smith g. Thinkers
Improved Conn., nation Steel Brains.
They are what make me think What
| sort of brains are you fitted with
Il don't now" admitted the Scare
crow They were given to me by the
/ great Wizard of Oz. and I didn't get
| a chance to examine them before he
put them In. But they work>splendid-
ly and my conscience is very active.
: Have you q conscience?
NO" said Tiktok.
| And no heart, I suppose ?" added
/ the Tin Woodman, who had been
| listening With interest to this CONVEX
sation.
NO" said Tfktok.
Then" continued the Tin Wood
man, Il regret to say that you are
greatly inferior to my friend the Scare
crow, and to myself For we are both
alike, and he has brains which do not
need to be wound up, while I have
an excellent heart that is continually
beating i'll my BOSOM"
Il -grat-u-late yeu," replied
| Tiktok. Il cannot help being your
| inferior for / am a mere machine
When 1 am wound up 1 do my duty
Dy going Just dS Ifty -
made to go. You have no Idea how
full of machinery l am"
- 1 can guess" said the Scarecrow
looking at the machine man curiously
Some day I'd like to. take you apar'
and see just how you are made"
DO not do that. 1 beg of you,
said Tiktok; for you could not put
me Together again, and my useful
ness would be destroyed"
oh! are you useful?" asked the
Very" said Tiktok.
In that case" the Scarecrov
kindly promised. II won't fool witt
your interior at all. For / am a poor
mechanic, and might mix you up
Thank you" said Tiktok.
Just then Ozma Fe-entered tho
room. leading Dorothy by the hant
followed closely by the Princess Lang
widere.
copyrighted by L. Frank Baum for tn
George Mathew Adams Service }
Next week our story will tell of 9Th
Hungry Tiger" and of Hilliuas disgrace
full escapade in the Princess Langwidere'
chicken coop.
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way to liberate your aunt and cous-
ms. But first you must liberate an
other prisoner--the little girl you have
locked up in your tower
of course said Langwidere.
readily. 81 had forgotten all about
her. That was yesterday, you know.
and a princess cannot be expected
to remember today what she did yes
terday. Come with me, and 1 will re-
lease the prisoner at once
So Ozma followed her, and they
passed up the stairs that led to the
room in the tower.
While they were gone Ozma's fol-
lowers remained in the drawing room,
and the Scarecrow was leaning against
a form that he had mistaken for a
copper statue when a harsh, metallic
! voice said suddenly in his ear:
"Get off my foot. please. You are
| scratching my polish
"Oh. excuse met he replied, hasti-
ly drawing back. Are you alive? 2"
mo" said Tiktok, tI am only a
ma chine. But 1 can think and speak
and act. when 1 am property wound
up. Just now my action is run down
and Dorothy has the key to it,
That's all right" replied the
| Scarecrow. Dorothy will soon be
! free, and then she'll attend to your
! works. But it must be a great mis-
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amendment. The secretary of the
league urges that the advocates of the
merit system were centering their at
tack on that part of the bill which
specifically exempts from the opera
ton of the civil service law and rules
persons authorized to issue permits,
and agents and inspectors in the field
service" AS the bill carries an appro-
priation of s3,5o0,oO0. hundreds and
probably thousands of places, it is
said, are consigned to the patronage
system.
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1EgEst
lE6lHhS
zp
E29a<IGns

DECISION.
1 would not. If l could, grow great
And rob my children of their pay;
Il would not bid them stand and wait
For laughter till some other day;
1 would not leave them here alone
To learn from strangers what Is true,
The wealth of all the world to ewn,
The greatest deed on earth to d0s
/ would not build my fleeing fame
Upon my chi,dren's bitter tears,
And leave them fatheriess to claim
Great wealth In far-eff distant years;
/ would not spurn their plqas TO know
The joys of childhood and be glad,
And let them unattended grow
For all the gold that could be had.
If while romP with them in play
l lose the crown that I might wear,
Or fortune passes down the way,
| shall not be Il slave to care.
For better poverty and strife
And little fame when ! am old.
Than TO have coined their joys Of life
Into n selfish sum of gold.
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRs. ELIZABETH THoMPsoN.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: What do you
girls ring and then does not return it :?
Ny girl friend and I were at show
and her boy friend and another boy
were at the same show. They took US
home and we all went to my girl
friends house for while. Then the
boy took me home On the way he
,teased to wear my ring. L gave it to
him, thinking that he would give it
back the next time he came to see me.
He has not come to see me and l don't
thing he will. He has had the ring
seven weeks.
What shall ] do? Shall I write him
a letter and ask him to bring the ring
to me? My girl friend has not seen
her boy friend since that night either.
WORRIED.
Write to the boy and ask him to
kindly return the ring. 1t will not be
necessary to suggest the means by
which he can get it to you. Doubtless
he will respect your request and will
find a way to get it to you.
Dear Mrs Thompson: Is it proper
to tip your hat in d street car?
G. H. B.
The etiquet for tipping a hat holds
good in the street car as well as on
the street.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Would you
advise me to have my eyebrows made
narrow? My cousin from New York
has come to see me and she has the
prettiest eyebrows 1 have ever seen.
They are so arched and perfectly
shaped. I would like to" have eye
brows like hers. She says she knows
how to remove the superfluous hair
and she can do it for me. Shall have
| it done? ROSE T.
i would not have anything done to
my eyebrows If 1 were you. The hair
will come back thicker and coarseI
and will make the brows ELISHA ped
| | have seen brows edged with short
bristling hair, and they were anything
! but attractive.
/ me to furnish you with the address
! you have requested. The young lady
| did not give her address when she
! wrote Besides, it is contrary to the
! policy of my column to serve as 6
matrimonial agency and 1 do no.
make it a practice to exchange ad'
! dresses.
I would suggest that you become
associated with a Y. NJ. c. A, whert
you will make men friends. They will
assist you in becoming acquainted
| with girls.
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

O. Physically, how big man was Theo
dore Roosevelt Il. l..
A. Roosevelt was between five eft six
and five feet seven inches tall. and usually
weighed around two hundred pounds.
Q. What Is the distance from Chicago
ILL.,. TO Bahia, Brazil, and what is the
fare? ID. II.
A. Chicago is $500 miles from BAHIA
One way rates between New York ard
Bahia are: LIST class, S325; md class, s170;
q. is influenza contagious?-T. II.
A. The public health service says that
it may be caught from people who she,
and cough. from common drinking cups.
or where people are herdicd together A
new official flu bulletin. can be secured
thru our Washington information bureau
by anyone who sends two-eent stamp.
for return postage. also give name and
q How can 1 make my eyebrows heav-
A The public health service says to- in
crease the growth OF eyebrows: pure olive
oil should be rubbed in regularly each
night.
man mark in American money ?-B. T.. T..
A. The mark has deprecated from the
value OF 2;.S cents. its value before the
war. to about four cents:
Q. Is it trne that owing to n strange
grouping of six mighty planets next lie
cember. the United states viii be swept
by n most terrific weather cataclysm p
A. The naval observatory says that
planets and the grouping Of planets have
pht rio conditions of the world. Hence
there is no need to lie alarmed about ii
weather eataclysm next December.
Q. BY what other names 10 pbetopiay
known I'D. q.
A. Moving picture. movie. motion pie-
ture. cinema and cinematogfaph are all
used in referring to a photopiay.
q. Can you tell me anything about the
"show boats or xeioatiHg theaters. that
used to operate or the Mississippi fiverf-
A. Hrfore the days of the moving pic
lures there were a number of steamboats,
that Travelled Up and DOWN the Mississippi
with musical shows. These generally e8f-
sisted Of blackfaee nlihstrels. During
recent years they have almost entirely sis
appeared. The last af these boats to oper-
ate WIS called the sunny sonth.r
q. Who wrote "Tixie' ?--L. y.
A. The song Dixie was written b7
| General Albert Pike who servtd IN the civil
commanded n regiment IF Cherokee In
diahs in tile MexicaH wnr. ''Dixie' was
the favorite marching song of the.soutbefn
/ froops.
/ (Auy reader ran get the answer to any
I question by writing The Topeka STATE
/ journal Information Bureau. Frederic !.
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Those Senators who apparently have
sought to amend the peace treaty.
knowing all the while that it would
not be amended, now will try to save
their faces by obtaining reservations.
Any reservations which may be made
will not affect the treaty and will not
be worth the paper they are written
on. They will receive no attention
from the other parties to the PACE 1t
may be that obstructionists will be
permitted to make their reservations,
which will do no harm and no good.
The treaty apparently is safe and the
people would like to see it ratified
without further delay.
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a wild Night In Oshkosh.

Charles Wark. a young man of
youthful appearance. slight in build
compared with the woman and gray
as to hair, was al the piano. He I'M
derstands perfectly how best to ac-
company the prina donna. He knows
what volume isarequired, what shading
is able. how much of 1t, and he
follows every motion of the singer to
detect her next requirement in the
matter of piano support. He not only
knows these things. but he does them.
That Is why he Is such an excellent
acconps mist. He wore evening
clothes. The plano was finished in
black, one of the low coEcert type of
instrument. with little outward turn,
on the top of which the singer rested
an arm oecasionaily.-Oshko North
western.
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The Park Ave. News.
Weather. The less it is like sumfnir
the more it is like winter.
Sissiety Mfr. Charles tPuds1 Sim
kinses new shoes skreek so loud wen
he wawks that everybody knows
whose coming witfou looking. Mr..
Simkins says he likes skreeking shoes,
but 1t is thawt that that's Jest wat he
says.
man with a green necktie dropped 2
quarters on the pavement last Satid-
day morning, and sed he would of
if Reddy Merry hadent of helped him
look Redd Merry denied it. however.
saying the man jess sed it out of jel-
lissy.
Pone by Skinny Martin.
Being Pretty Awffeu.
Wen Mrs. Hopper come to call,
Her music she always brings.
And she proves she still has all
her teeth.
Every time-she sings.
ADVERTISEMENT Perhaps you de-
serve a medal and haven't got one.
We have a CRATE cullection of medals
of all shapes and sizes for SCENTS
apeeee up. The Lew Davis and Ed
Wernfck Medal Compiny.
Intristing Faeks About Intristing
People Leroy Shooster is thinking OF
being a animal impersinator wen he
grows UP. initiating the different
sounds of different wild and tame ami
mas. but his parents wont leeve him
practice in the house eny more
Lost and Found
Lost-Nuthing.
Found-The same.
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The federal trade commission wants
the government to take the packers
cars ana turn them ever to the rail-
roads. The reason for this recon-
mendation is that the big packers own
80 per cent of the cars, and thus have
All advantage over the small packers
and the Wholesale grocers.. Unless the
ownership be unfairly used to make
the prices Of the packers products ex-
cesslte. it might not prove advisable
to do as the commission asks. 1t is
easy to conceive that the transfer OF
the cars would result in less eff
cient distribution of food. Certainly
the main thing is not the welfare OF
the small packers and the wholesale
grocers but the welfare of the public
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AS has been expected by unbiased
observers everywhere, one after an
other the proposed amendments to the
peace 2aty are being defeated. Pro-
ponents of these amendments have
known all along that they could not
win. Any amendment to the treaty
would be equivalent to rejection of the
entire document. Senators know this
and probably none really desires to
defeat the treaty. The fight for
amendments and reservations is being
carried on in the hope of gaining par
tisan political advantage. Opposition
to.-ts1e treaty as it stands has been
made Il test of Eepubiicanism and the
Kansas senators are found voting with
their party associates in opposition to
the known views of the people of the
state. But if the time ever come
when the treaty really is in danger it
may be confidently expected that they
Will vote for its ratification. But is it
not ABOUT time for the senate to stop
playing horse with the country?
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had so mitch hair that 1t looked more
like a wooden mat than a dog.
which end is is cad, Tom ?" asked
one.
"BIowed If know" was the reply,
but. ere I'll stick a pin in him. ana
you look which end barksi"
: Mrs. Carriers maid had been mss~
ried three months. and she was visit
ing at her former rnistress's house.
well. Emma" asked Mrs. Carter.
how do you like being married %
"Oh. it's fine. ma'am. getting mar
ried: yes'n. it's fine" replied Emma
But Tor. ma'am,' she added, "ain't
1t tedious?"
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THINGS WE DROP.

We are dropping something all the
time. And somebody is picking up
or. at least, giving a glance TO all that
we drop.
None OF US hold anything for very
long. It's how we hold it while we
hold 1t that counts.
1t matters 8 great deal. however,
where we drop what we have earned
or iearned--or held.
If we drop the best that we are. 1t
should be -dropped-everywher But
il we eliminate that which keeps US
from attaining our best, then that
should be dropped as far away from
folks as possible-and buried.
:. A thought. word, prayeri We
can drop these where we will. and
their influence will go on forever.
Our habits may be dropped-f we
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We should not sell our environments
until we decide on our future policy
as to military training of youths says
the St. Louis Times. All cost many
times what they would under normal
conditions or what they would bring
now