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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

ed. in more practical vein. ANYBODY
can do the shimmy; they don't have
to be taught"
No dance which is essentially vul-
gar can live long, according to this
master of dancing. and as an Illus
tration of this he points to the short
life of the tuFkey-trot. This dance
was an inevitable reaction to the long
years of rather stupid dances, in which
people did nothing but waltz and two-
step. Dancing was INDUCED in by
scarcely any one over thirty when the
turkey-tFot hit the country seven
years ago and practically set the whole
continent in motion. From 1t evolved
the one-step and the fox-tFot which,
being rhythmtcal without being vul
gar, are still. with US. For three or
four years dancing was the most pop
ular pastime known. Everybody
learned the new dapees. from grand
mother down. Then there came a
period when the attendance at the
dancing academies declined; people
began to be a trifie bored and to have
indigestion from so many tea and din
ner dances, and so there came a lull
Just then. moreover, the war became
serious, and II was not without relief
that society damsels gave up dancing
I for war work. But the cabarets and
the photograph companies. which
had made tremendous amount OF
money out of the dancing craze, were
not inclined to sit quietly by and see it
die, so they set about searching for
something new-any NOVELETTE, keep
1t alive.
So came taZz. Jazz was purely ac-
eideAtal. the find of a cabaret man
while visiting New Orleans. Accord
ing to one dancing masters story. this
man was walking thru the poorer
quarters of the city one evening when
the sound of curious music made him
come TO a stop and listen From the
inside of a shabby little restaurant it
came-StranEely discoFdant and yet
rhythmieal. 50 that he could scarcely
keep his feet still. He went inside
and found that the noise or music
or whatever it was, was being made
by a band of four negroes, known as
Razzs band One played a barytone
horn. one trombone. another a cor
net. and another an instrument made
out of the China berry tree, which
he did not recognize but later found
to be common turnout the south.
where the negroes make it themselves.
(Itl is much like clarinet, but has
one peculiar handicap; it can be used
only when the sap is in the wood. so
that after a few weeks it has to be
discarded and new one found.)
The cabaret man realized that he
had found what he was hunting for
something new. 1t was not long be-
fore RAGS band was playing in a first
class New Orleans restaurant, and
from there it rapidly made it way to
Chicago. In some way Mr.. RAGS
name became converted into Jazz,
and thus made its way all over the
world. However. a negro waiter who
was questioned regarding this story
said It wasn't true; that Jazz was a
term familiar in the negro vocabu-
larry and well known thruout Africa
W q MIR
So one can believe whatever he
likes, for it really doesn't matter now
that jazz. and it's favorite child, the
shimmy, are doomed to die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

fear Everett would object. He did not
ret know that Barrett had escorted
fRose and me to ths theater the night
he came back. He would be sure to
find It out. and 1t might make him
unpleasant to Barrett-a thing 4
couldn't endure to consider. had
seen the effect of his actions upon
Rose, and / wouldn't let him demean
me before anyone else-espeeially be-
fore Barrett.
What have You been doing all
day? What have you read?"
'.Nothing-to both questionS.~ was
my apathetic answer.
you mean that YOU have neither
read nor practicedE"
NO wonder you are frstful aud
unhappy. Moping about doing moth
ing. 1 shall lay out a course of read
| ing and study for you at once. and
shall expect you to adhere strictly TO
| IT.
I made no reply.
Where had you and Miss Grandon
been that evening l came baek?"
ITO the theater."
by yourselyes?"
No"
who was with you:"
MFR. Edmopds."
"IIow did he come to ask you?"
we met Rinl Whlle out In the
motor. I introduced him to Rose. and
then he asked il he might help en-
terrain her since you were away"
Il forbade you TO go out to places
| of amusement while l was away; "a
/ receive calls-yet you deliber~ tely
ignore my wishes I am very glad
your friend had sense enough to 60
home" AS he finished It seemed az
If something broke in me and l ex-
claimed:
Il am glad. tool You dent sup
pose I wanted her to stay and see how
awfully unhappy you make me. dc
you? AS it is shs will tell everyone
at home how / am treated-how you
insulted her! ! wanted terribly to &c
home and see father and mother and
the boys. Now 1 never want TO &c
home-I'd rather die! There isn't one
| of the boys or girls in the whole town
who wont pity me for being married
1hey all said 1 wouldn't be happy il
married you. that you would not let
me say my soul WASH my own But
! didn't believe them. / do now,"
| CTomorrow-Everet invites Ed.
! monds to supper0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Q. How can discharged soldier get a
bronze victory button;@C. c.
A. Al discharged soldiers are entitled
bronze victory buttons recently authorized
for honoFably discharged soldiers may be
procured from any supply officer OF any
military pots, camp or station. including a
recruiting station, upon presentation OF
O., Who Is the strongest man In the
A. wladek Zhyszko, Of Poland. IL con-
SideEed the strongest man in TIE world.
Q. 1Iave PeFshinG and March been made
permanent genernls:-J. l..
been given Pershine. lie received his
commission shortly after landing In New
York. A bill to make March a permanent
O. Can you tell me som Ting about the
Lost Colony of 1aeoY-R. ".
,,; "A; The famous Lost Colony Of American
leigh In 1851, and consisted Of $50 meE aud
women. fhey landed at Roanoke. Va. AZ.
daughter Of dovsrhes White. The ehi'd,
who was named Virginia. was the first
white child born IN the new country, Soon
England with ships to obtain supplies for
the colony. He was rot able % return to
Roanoke again until 1904 nj tine meantime
The eolonists had DISAPPEARED and the be-
lief Is that they were msssaered by the
Q. What is the origin Of the term "Por-
J. H.
A. This term o. applied to steak had Is
origin in New York City many years ago
from the manner Of serving this particular
cut Of meat inNthe so called Porter Houses
where porter and ale were sold.
O. Where was the body of Christopher
Columbus buried IL u.
A. After being Transferred numerous
times. the remains Of Christopher Column
bias were finally buried in the cathedral
az Seville. Spain.
o. Why does the compass always point
toward the narth III. l. n.
A. The compass always paints toward
the porth magnetic pole from the northt rn
hemisphere Similarly its points IN the
direction of the SOUTH magnetic pole from
the southern hemisphere.
g.. Has an American who served in the
British army lost his citizenship t--B. J.
the British army ana took the o-th Of
allegiance to the British flag he thereby
Lost his American citizenship. Su~h
person can be r~@tered ~ eifizenahlr by
taking the oath Of allegiance TO the INIT d
States in any court With power 90 natural
ne aliens.
amy reader can get the answer IN any
guisuon by writing The Topeka State
Haskin. DlFector. WsshiRRtan. n. &. This
offer applies strictly 70 Information. The
bureau esnnat give advice on legal. medical
sBd finaneisl matters Ia does not Attempt
20 settle domestic froubics nor to under
taxa exhaustive research On ary subject
write your question plriniy a.sd brieflr
Give full name and address and enclose
iwe-cent stamp for return postage. All
replies arr cent direct 90 the inauirier.D
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25
SALVATION Army cAI1..

Once again the People of Kansas are
called upon to give their sore TO help
those less fortunate than. they. This
time the call is not for soldiers overs
seas, but for the poverty burdened
family next door, the broken man on
the street. che girl who finds her
dreams, of life shattered, the boy
whose feet are SLIPPING into paths OF
crime. the lame. the halt, the blind
the least ofrthese."
It is the call of the Salvation Army
for money to, carFy on their work for
others. They ,aue asking Kansas for
$4,000. all of which will go to be
used within the state
No plea for aid ever falls on deaf
ears when it is made to this band of
workers: no path is so dark they can
not make light, with their work.
Their work is eminently practical. but
is carried on with spirit of Chris
tianity- which places humanity far
above statistics They are asking
nothing for themselves. only for the
means TO help the man who may be
down. but is never out
The Salvation Army gave its all TO
the soldiers during the war. 1t is now
asking to he placed in position where
it can resume the. works of peace. to
be restored to footing even stronger
than IL held before the. war swept it
out of our cities to the battlefelds of
France The returned soldiers. in rec
ognition of the work of the Salvation
III. IaTr-
tire resources into this campaign. they
ask for help for the Salvation Army
which gave its best to them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25
EVERETT QUESTIONS sANDRA.
CHAPTER In.

S4AA4 A1As A%AAs
The next morning at breakfast
Everett read his paper in silence He
looked so stern did not dare inter-
rupt him. Before he left for the
office. however. he said:
II shall be at home early. Try and
meet me without red eyes,
Yes. Everett" was my inane re-
ply.
Read or practice as you like" Again
answered:
Yes. Everett" I seemed to have
lost all the courage I had the night
before. and could only say the most
ordinary thing to him-evideutly
what he expected. however, for he
gave me careless kiss and said:
That's a. good girl"
A good girl" I didn't want to be
a good girl. I wanted to be like Leola.
impulsive, indiscreet so he would love
me as he had loved her.
II won't be good! I'll be Just as
bad as know howl I said violently
the street "Leola wasn't good, and
you cared much more for her than
YOU do for me. 1 just will not be
good" stamped my foot ehildishly
as turned from the window.
II wonder did he ever order Leola
" say AAoOOAos anu 6HC OOCS GU
him?" I asked the question aloud.
IN bet she didn't" l resumed my
soliloquy. And 1 won't be treated
so. I WON'T" and again the ready
tears flowed.
As look back. think that had il
not been for the ideas had formed
of Leola, her attitude toward life and
toward Everett. should have been
far happier than 1 was. and probably
should have been content to do the
things Everett told me to do. But
constantly Leola. her terrible indis-
cretions, of which knew nothing. and
had no means of finding out. were in
my mind. But more than that was
the jealousy caused because 1 had
been told of Everett's love for her,
which I believed was greater than
that he gave me.
1t was only a little after five when
Everett came in. 1 had spent a mis-
cradle day. doing nothing he had ad-
vised, but walking aimlessly from one
room to another, trying to kill time.
1 thought of calling up Barrett
Edmonds. but didn't quite dare for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

Here is a new reason why clothes
are so high. The manufacturers and
designers spend time and money in
thrilling the wildly beating hearts of
the rah-rah boys with new creations
each season. Instead. why shouldn't
the clothes maker turn out sensible.
serviceable clothing that can be worn
for cover and warmth and not for dis
play? The waste of money on dec
GRATED apparel. appealing TO the idle
drug store strutters, is borne by the
average man who buys 10 look neat
rather than natty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25
BEFORE BREAKFAST.

Days trot by so quickly. Almost
before We realize it.ftheir curtains are
drawn like those of the playhouse
where but a few hours before we
laughed or cried.
One BY one do the days appear. and
as regularly do we lead our tired
bodies into new nights
Evening with its gold-blue sun
plays; dusk with its fading. soothing
haf-tones: and night with its star
sparkling skies
But morning with its trumpet calls
and its wide, warm sum
What you are in your day IL how
you feel-before breakfast
How great Il thing to say as you
sense each separate day-birth: Thank
YOU. Cod am glad for life today"
The happiness that you breathe be-
fore breakfast Is the suggested meas
ure and tone OF what your day II Eo-
ing 20 be before Its close
Your smiles your hopes. your
plans, your whbed-foF joys. are seeds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25
Figures

Figures
If you know enuff figures YOU can
start at l and keep on counting till
you get tired or sumbody elts doe and
tells you to shut up. The only figure
less than l is 0. being so mulch less
that nobody don't hardly ever pay eny
attention to IL. The more Os you
put in a row by themselves. the less
use they are.
Wen people counting backwards
come to o. they know they either haff
to stop, counting or start fofwerds
agen. This is it's cheef use.
Figures is very useful in helping
people TO tell time. Enybody can see
ware the hands of a clock are, but
they cant tell wat they're doing there
A persin that dident know figures
could wawk thru a store full of clocks.
and wen he came out he would haff to
ask sumbody wat time it was.
II it wasent for figures you
wouldent know wat page of q book
you was up to, If you subtraek the
number you are up TO frum the num-
Der on the last page. the anser will be
the number OF pages you still haff to
read. in case enybody asks you
Some Of the things you do with
figures is add. divide. subtrack, null
get Some Of the best people at fig
ures are the worst people at every
thing elts- This proves there's always
room for improvement.
Fracktions are hard bubble tointed
figures that its no use trying to do
on your fingers They are so easy
10 make mistakes in. its a wonder
more people don't
Peoples shapes h also known as
their figures. Bo~legged figures are
the most intristinE 70 look at, the most
unpopular TO have. and the most i'm
possible TO change
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid woman WVi'se-
s,rikins a Ralancc-s.


And Mrs. b. can set over against
her childiessness her Injuries, her lack
Of anxiety. her physical ease. her
travels, perhaps even that she and
her husband are closer together and
have a tenderer love for each other.
since they must needs be all and all 70
each ether. than are the couples who
have children, and whose chief inter-
est is in the children.
And there IL Susan. who thinks
that she Is aceursed of fate because
she has to earn her own bread and
butter. She was telling me the other
day how she hated her job. or any
other Job, because abe loathes work,
and she was plying herself because
she had to get up in the morning at
an early hour and 20 70 4 sturrr ea9
office, and pound away all day on
green-eyed when she spoke OF the for
tunate women who had their own
home and nothing TO do but TO stay IN
them, and do their ewn houSework.
"'Oh! don't know that you are sc
badly off, I said TO her, Perhaps IL
you'd Just audit yoas accounts with
life you would not find DOT that you
are so badly off as you think. You
hate to work. but In reality work Is
the most thrilling smHsemeRt Ia the
are never half long enough for the
things you would like 20 do How
would you like to be one of those who
yawn thru tnterminable hours with
nothing worth while to do. nothing to
think OF but just the dreary pastime
of killing time?
You earn your own money and
/ can spend 1t foolishly IL you choose.
| How would you like to have to go to
some man for every penny. and have
I'D 49, "A eT...e
| quarter rs gave you week before last?
Your employer is bound TO treat you
with cfvtlity, or else you can up and
| leave. How would yeu like to have a
life boss that you could not leave
without scandal and divorce no mat
ter how he treated you. Take 1t from
me, that being your own meal ticket
has Its advantages that squares II off
with the holy estate.
Il once knew a woman who had the
\ misfortune to marry when she was
very young. a man who turned out to
| be brute and a bully. He ragged
| heF thru years and yea RS of marriage
that was a literal he'll on earth TO her.
He was cold and harsh and cruel and
Vindictive. but she came out of her
ordeal sweet and serene, and with a
word Of cheer and smile for every
one.
How did you do it. 1 asked her.
oh. she said. 4 had my compen-
satfon. My tears washed my eyes so
clear that could see into the hearts
| OF others as l never could IL had not
wept. My own anguish qulekened my
sympathtes with the agony of the
world. and ] found out that suffering
Is the growing pains OF the soul
have lived so deeply that am sorry
for the women who have always ha
everything happy and easy and soft
| with them II seems to me that they
| are still GA the outside of life while I
| have been in its heart
And that's the secret OF happiness
Just balancing our accounts with
fate"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

4 long time ago Doctor Crumbine
gave out a recipe for pink cheeks. He
advised girls to buy pot of rouge
and a rabbits foot, Bury them in
the country about two miles from
town and then walk out every day to
see II they are still there" he sug-
eested. The lotion" has travelled all
over the United States, from newspa-
per to newspaper, but still the girls
bury the rouge in their checks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

Every time walter wilson state
bank commissioner. makes a report
the Kansas banks break another rec
ord In three months. from May until
August. deposits IN the state banks
jumped thirty-four millions. And
along with the deposit gains is shown
an Increase IN loans. II this Is what
b. known as the period Of reeonstrue-
non.~ the banks viii admit that "a
most enjoyable time was had"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

II used to have big sale on SIS
Photographs but now my customers
Hneer at EN-" Topeka music dealer
said the other cay. They are buying
the 500 variety now" what this
country needs is a board OF control
over Injuries. The peoPle are not
complaining OK S1CO monographs or
$500 diamonds. They are yelping over
30 cent bocfstcals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

hollow ehested. red-nosed ruin with
alcoholic sore throat. hardened
all over me- He struck himself on
the chest. What do you suppose.
dear friends, has brought about this
change in me%
He paused impressively. and in the
deep silence a voice asked;
What changer"
Startling.
Pinkerton: During the days of the
Dog Star. heat prostrations were be-
coming frequent!
Winkerton: Yes. it sure looked
Sirius.-Cartoons Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

OF course. for politeness sake, wen
admit that there Is Il ear shortage. but
Curing tais SUGAR shortage did il ever
occur TO you thEt sugar is potential
alcohol? July 1 was a great day for
the sugar Interests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25
MUST sTABILIzE NECESSITIES.

Lumber
Coal
A large percentage OF the cDuntry's
necessities of nfes depend upon the
above named articles.
A greater part of living hinges on
the. strength of the market on these
eight leading products.
The government knows this. The
great corporations know II. All in
dustries know it. You know it, WE
know it.
WELL want about it? you. ask.
Sterilization.
That is the answer.
AS The State journal sees it, the
only action that the United States gov
ernmsnt can take to reduce and main
tain a fair cost OF living is to stabilize
the corn. the cotton. wool. steel
leather, lumber and coal Wheat. al
ready has been controlled.
Until the government makes a
sweeping enclosure of the market on
these commodities. never will or can
the prices be fixed satisfactorily.
Everything we wear COT a neehful
naturel. everything that pertains to
prosperity, Improvement. growth and
maintenance rests back upon these
eight articles.
Take clothing and shoes. We all
know that there h absolutely no Pea-
son for these climbing prices. They
are preposterous, inconsistent. and
abusive. The retailer is not to blame
we all recognize this fact. and to
the honest merchant we apologize for
the TRADES and reproaches upon his
integrity. He Is helpless before the
ma the manufacturer
| must lay his blame on wool and cot
| ton.
| 1t is not necessary TO analyze all the
effects on our homes and our bust
ness In connection with the eight
requisites.
Any reader OF The State Journal can
take these articles one at a time and
figure tasm into his daily expendi-
lures.
Instead Of wasting time and money
and effort on usually useless investiga-
lions and probes and researches, let
the government stabilize, essentials
then we VIII know just where we stand.
We won't rush to the store and buy a
$14 pair of shoes. today for fear they
viii 30 to ans or $40 tomorrow.
And along with this action, let there
be a stabilizing OF labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

Instead Of shooting Off the FIRE
c5aclers one at time and forever
keeping the public in a state Of alarm,
why not touch Of the whole bunch,
declare a general strike Of all the dis
Satisfied over the country. and get it
out OF cur s,a-, mg
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

II a school teacher wishes TO, go to
a convention he or she IS granted a
one and one-third rate. II poor
man wishes to rush te the side OF his
dying boy he must pay full fare plus
war tax
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

It appears rather unusual to see the
cattlemen Of Kansas in Chicago fra
ternizing with the big packers. There
is logic in their cooperation. II prices
drop the cattlemen suffer. when
prices soar the cattle raisers profit.
But between the cattlemen and thu
packers you viii find Mr.. Average
Man struggling for air.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

. 10 t. hoped that that great institu-
tion. the KniAhts and Ladies OF Sc
curity. viii 80 rIEht shead m It's good
work and not allow executive politics
o. Interfere with it, betterment plans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25
DINNER STORIES

Said a government official: 81
stopped on a street corner the other
evening to hear a prohibition tub
thumper. He thumped his tub and
yelled: Cd. strs.t
=" Friends. dear friends five wears
ago was a disease-rotted wrecla
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

1t is rumored that General Perish
ing will marry the widow OF. one OF
his colonies in France. All is fair in
love and war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

no ms love your enemy creed vas
placed into actual pra tice these days
iho streets Wcuid be crowded with
amoTpus men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

what the railroads need Is q larger
collection Of Eood old fashioned bred
in-the-ranks division superintendent
and a less influential leadership OF
polltlcianA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-25

Doctor Brown Sees Hope" writes a
Topeka headliner. Just how was she
dressed?