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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

artificial limbs make a living by man
ual arts, dress themselves, ride, dance,
and live the lives of ordinary human
beings.
The artificial arm approved by the
medical division has the so-calied
Dorrancel hook. This hook has taken
the place of the artificial glovedE hand
save for dress and state occasions. A
sling over the shoulder controls the
cords of the arm, and the desired mo-
lions are made by different shrugs
of the opposite shoulder. Any man
can become expert in the use of an
artificial limb provided he is patient.
The process of fitting an artificial
limb properly requires some time and
patience. II takes time for the stump
to shrink and get into shape before
the man can wear anything on it.
Usually when the soldier gets well
enough to be discharged he is still
wearing the temporary limb supplied
by the army. When he is ready for a
permanent limb the medical division
orders a manufacturer to make a cast
of the stump and to make the limb.
Artificial limbs are made from Willow,
or some other light; tough wood,
covered with rawhide, and PAINTED.
The medical division states that it in
Structs manufacturers to furnish its
patients with only their best made and
most efficient kinds OF stock.
There were $500. major amputa-
major amputations-two limbs. Only
three men who lost both hands have
come to the bureaus notice. 1t is not
supposed that there were many more
than, this who lost both arms, nor that
any man lost both arms and both
legs.
These amputation figures seem
slight beside the figures on mental
diseases and tuberculosis. 1t is es-
timated that over $4,000 cases of men
tai and nervous diseases were contract
ed during the war by men in our
forces The tuberculosis estimate is
10000 cases. A large amount of the
tuberculosis was incipient cases. ag-
gravated by exposure to weather and
gas, and by influenza. In fact, almost
as great a number of cases would have
occurred, it is said If there had been no
war. The war gave an opportunity of
discovery of these cases, and the gov
eminent has now provided the means
of treatment and cure.
Whatever the eX-soldier's disa bility,
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance en-
deavors to set him literally on his feet
and to leave him with "a good chance
to make a living. That these tenn
porarily disabled men do go back into
the business and social world and
make good, whereas after other wars
they might have been para sites on the
bureau is spending its money wisely.
Moreover, the government feels that it
owes it's men compensation for bodily
and mental disability, and that the
pair of orthopedic shoes, or six months
in a sanatorium, are s much a. part
of the mans due as his pay while in
service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06
Questions-Answers

+ Q. Can you tell me a painless method
for removing splinter from my hand p
A. When n splinter has been driven Into
the hand it can be extracted by steaming.
Fill wide mouthed bottle nearly full of
hot water, place the injured part over the
mouth and press it slightly. The act on
thus produced will draw the flesh down
and in u minute two the steam will ex-
tract the splinter, at the same time decreas-
ing the Inflammation.
q. How many war honors have been
ava fded by the British government i-G. g.
A. The british war office announced re-
Gently that 10000 war houors have been
conferred by the British government. OF
this number 114.000 were military medals.
u. Three years ago l bought a farm TO-.
$500 whiekI sold last week for $1,000 VIII
have to pay any government tax on the
X, B.
a. You would only have to pay an in
tsf Sn 5e PE1 9 T1 F1
would be added to your income for the
year.
Q. Are there any power-driven canal
boats in operation in this country TX. J.
A. All the boats on the New York State
Barge Canal which has replaced the old
the old tow path has been eliminated.
The United States Steamship company pro-
driven canal boats for freight service be-
tween New York and buffalo.
Q. How can tell If piece OF cloth
which purchased is all wool?-K F. q.
A. The Department of Commerce says
that the best and simplest test is to burn
small piece of the cloth. If 1t is pure
wool. it VIII char and roll mp with very
little flame. If 1t is cotton mixture 1t
will burn readily and leave little or no
ashes. Another test is to fray a piece of
the goods. The cotton will break smoothly
at the ends; and the wool will present II
ragged appearance.
@. How should silk poplin dress be
put away 60 as to prevent the silk from
splitting M. T. O.
A. II possible, always keep silk poplin
gown on a hanger. If it is necessary to
keep it in a bureau drawer 1t would be
well to stuff tissue paper In the sleeves
and bodice.
Q, How can ! break my baby of the
habit of sucking its thumb2-M O.
A. One of the best methods for curing
a child of this habit is to apply bitter
aloes. or some other haYmless~ bitter sub
stance on the tip of the thumb. Another
good remedy is to make a mitten without
any thumb, and tie the ehild's hand in it.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau Frederic ].
offer applies strictly TO Information. The
Bureau cannot give advice on medical.
legal. and financial matters, nor undertake
exhaustive research on any subject Ii
does not attempt to settle domestic troH
bles. Write your question plainly an
briefly. Give fun name and address and
enclose twO-cent stamp for return pos.age
! All replies are sent direct to the inquirer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06
Saving the Old Kelly
Household Hints
Recipes for a Day.


Baked Egg Omelet Gan economical
way to use eggs)-Two eggs, one-half
cup sweet milk. one-quafter cup bread
crumbs, pinch of salt. Soak bread in
milk. add beaten yelks and lastly
white beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in
buttered dish about twenty minutes.
Norwegian Pudding-Cook one-half
pound prunes until soft and chop fine.
Add one inch of stick cinnamon. two
cups water. one-half cup sugar and
the peel Of one-half an orange. Sim
mer ten minutes. Add three rounded
tablespoons cornstarch and cook five
minutes. Remove cinuamo and
orange peel, chill and serve with
cream. Delicious and a pleasing varia-
ton in cooking the inexpensive prune.
Cabbage and Celery. Salad-Shred
fine the required amount of cabbage
and celery. Salt lightly and cover
with sour cream dressing. Serve on
salad plates garnished with strips of
pimento, picked beet or bits of pickle
from the mixed pickle jar.
Jellied Fruit Salad-One-haif pound
Malaga grapes from which the seeds
have been removed. one cup crisp
celery that has been cut into pieces.
and one-haIf cup halved English wal
nuts. Mould in lemon Jelio. using
one package. Arrange on head let
tuce and earnish with maraschino
cherries. Mayennaise makes an at
tractive dish and with white wheat
bread has much food value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

The government has withdrawn its
control of the sugar supply and an
nounces it's intention of combining its
activities to hunting down hoardeEs
and profiteers. A frantic search was
made some months ago for concealed
stores of sugar and of eggs, and the
owners of these stores were compelled
to put them on the market. These
proceedings may have been entirely
proper; but by no possibility did they
have any perceptible beneficial effect
upon the high-price difficulty. Eggs
and sugar have both risen in price
since; and the one thing certain is
that those particular lots of eggs and
of sugar are not now in existence, and
therefore cannot by any possibility
ease the present situation, which pos
sibly they might have done If they
had not been forced on the market two
months ago. Furthermore, the guam
titles involved in these seizures. while
represented in figures absolutely large.
were relatively insignificant. Thus
theswhole amount of the sugar forced
out of hiding was, at the last ac-
counts, about five million pounds.
while the shortage of supply with
which the country is now said to be
graphing runs up high into the hun
dreds of millions. AS an influence
upon prices. in the opinion Of The
Review, storage for profit has played
but a small part-and in all proba-
bility such part as it has played has
been beneficial rather than injurious,
since such storage is based on INTEL
lisent calculation of present and
prospective demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

soon must become general. During
the last three years prices have SO ad-
vanced as to make the publishing OF
newspapers a serious problem. Many
consultations have been made neces-
sary. Hundreds of weekly newspapers
and scores of dailies have disappeared
altogether in the consolidation Com
petition for circulation brought the
one-cent daily. That luxury for the
public was not possible when the war
was in full swing. The two-cent daily
newspaper is no longer a good business
proposition, because of the increase in
the cost of white paper and the in
crease of everything entering into the
manufacture of newspapers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

self-condemning voice went on. his
despair seemed to be checked.
She caught Alden's signal, and they
both went out.
Outside the door. he looked down
Fat her with a twisted smile. IT was
afraid the old mans heart would
break. and thought 1 could save him.
Reed told me and I urged him to Tess
up this afternoon, but I didn't think
he would. Now, he has Gee, but
it's a rotten mess. And the only thing
that looks good to me now is you. Say.
will you so to the Park with me this
night?"
She leaned her face against his
shoulder as his boyish voice rambled
bravely on to cover his own emotion;
and then, while his hand patted her
encouragingly, she managed to say
with more quaverins than she wished,
'I-guess-so." which seemed to be
quite satisfactory to him.
Copyright, 1910. by the Mcclure News
peper, Svndicate.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

not very well have faith at all with
out having the ''keep-goin' ION" sort,
Faith Is wonderful.
When things look darkest. faith
looms up That's exactly the favor
lite trick of Faith. And It hunts out
the clean-minded, fine-grained souls.
who have the spirit of dominance in
their blood and who pump it thru
their heart.
went thru a tunnel underneath
the great Hudson river the other day.
and said to myself that the man who
put that idea across had to have faith
aplenty. And he did, ] never get
tired of telling of how, when they
came to Hartman and told him that
1t was impossible to put a bridge
across the Great Salt Lake. he re-
piled: All right. so ahead and DO III"
7 If you have faith enough. all pos
sible things are possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06
SAlNDRA THE. JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

You're not the one L want. They
used to live here. Perhaps they have
moved" She made as if to go.
Perhaps you mean the first Mrs.
Graham? am Mr. Graham's second
wife" : It was the first time I had
willingly said this of myself But
something about the woman made me
feel she had not made a mistake; that
she was in the right house.
What was her first name? Was
1t Leola p"
Yes
she's the one I want to see. 1
suppose he divorced her?'
.'She is dead
That's her picture" she had turned
so she saw the painting for the first
time You say she's dead, that
woman there?"
YES. she has been dead for many
years.
IT might as we'll go. I only came
to show her a, bit of her work" she
paused and, as made no remark she
went on after moment: That
looks just like her. Only the picture
don't show her hair-that was like
yours How hate woman with that
coiored hair! l was happy. had been
married only few months when my
husband met her. She never cared
anything about him-just played with
him. But he was crazy about her.
He took me to Europe to live when he
him. He died a while ago, and in his
delirium he talked constantly of her.
He died with her name on his lips I
was less than nothing to him after he
met the vampire-voman. That was
what she was-a vampire" Then more
quietly: so 1 came back here to tell
her how happy she had made him and
me, just for a bit of sport. or to make
her own husband jealous They said
she used to do II for that Now I'll
go. You look young and good Don't
ever play with human hearts. espe-
cially the hearts of men, 1t don't
pay" and before 1 could think of a
word to say, she had gone from the
room and was out of the house!
Should l tell Everett?
FoE once l decided to be unself:sh.
1t could only bring him pain to repeat
what'the woman had told me, and 1t
might not be true. Yet, as said It, /
knew that it was true. and that fas-
cinating, irresponsible Leola had been
the cause of that wonan's happiness,
just to satisfy her love of admirat ton.
Perhaps, too. Everett knew of this, or
OF. other things like it, and that was
why he had been so strict with me ?
(To be continued.)
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FOOLISH SPENDING.

To spend money foolishly, unneces-
sarily, or to no good purpose, is to dis
rupt the production system and throw
away financial and material resources
needed to reduce the cost of necessi-
ties. On the other hand. 1t is not
necessary to refrain from buying USE
full and needful things. The endeavor
to get along without the things actu-
ally needed is not thrift, but parsi-
mony. Thrift consists of wise and in
telligent buying, wise and intelligent
use OF what is bought, wise and intel
ligent saving and wise and safe in
vestment
The wastage of war, excess of de-
mand over production and extrava-
gance following the strain OF war,
have forced down the market value of
the dollar. AS has been the case after
every great war. prices are up now
and the purchasing power Of the dol
lar is low; but as that situation re-
versed itself in the past, so in the next
few years, with Increased production.
prices are bound to recede and the
value of the dollar to increase. An
old account book Gated 1855 shows
consumers then were paying rs cents
a pound for sugar, 81 pound for tea
and IT Gems a pound for rice.
Withth purchasing poAer of our dol
lars low, it is the part Of wisdomsto put
some of them to work earning inter-
est. until the time that money is worth
more. This should be done by divert
ing some of those spent for high
priced and unnecessary articles of con-
sumption and investing { en- in sound
interest bearing securities. The man
or woman who does not lay the foun-
dation now for future ease and COM
fort, probably never will have another
chance so good.
The existing high returns on indus
try cannot endure indefinitely and
when the decline comes with it's ac-
companying pinch of hard times. it
will be comforting to have senething
to fall back on.
This is not the time to spend dol
lars unnecessarily. They will bring
only half what they are worth. This
is the time to save them. They will
bring bore later on. That is the his
tory of dollars. Values run in cycles.
Five years from now dollar will be
worth more than it is now, probably
twice as much. So saving a dollar
now really means saving two dollars.
Dollars like any other commodity
should be bought while they are cheap.
1t is good business to buy them now
and hold for the rise. 1t is a species
of boarding of which the government
viii not complain.
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The st. Louis Republic has been con-
solidated with the Globe-Democrat
In Ell Dorado two daily newspapers
have been made into one. Here in To-
peka the oldest farm paper in the state
has gone out of existence as a separate
institution. Publishers of more than
so daily and weekly newspapers of
Pennsylvania have advanced their
subscription prices owing to the in
creased cost. OF white paper and other
Items Of production. Three daily
newspapers in New Orleans have ad-
vanced their subscription price from
10 to,2o cents week. This advance
in the subscription price of newspapers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

Weather. Assorted.
Spoarts. Persey Viewer came err
round with a appel last Sattiday aftir-
noon, and a contest was started to see
who could take the biggest bite out of
it, witch it proberly would of bin
very intristipg contest if Persey hadent
of ran away vile the fellows was still
argewing who was going to go ferst.
Exter! Excitement on Account of
Fish! Sam Cross was going home
frum the fish store with a fish raped
in paper last Thersday, and Sid Hunt
ra in his house and got his fishing
pole, and sam Cross took the fish out
of the paper aid put II on the end of
the line and kepp on carrying it home
as if he cawt it somewhere. causing
mulch Excitement and lots of remarks
on the way.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. One day wen Pubs Simkins
was baby he swallowed a pin by
mistake, and now wenever he feels
funny eny place he feels to see il its
the pin, wich it hasent bin SO far.
Sissiety. Miss Mary Watkins put
some of her big sisters red ruge on
her face last Wensday aftirnoon and
ted to do poses, and all of a suddin
she disappeared on account of her
mother having pulled her back and
her voice was herd making cries of
pane.
Pome by Skinny Martin
Nature is Wonderful
Winter comes soon after Fall.
And leeves are lost by the trees,
But cheer up and take the good with
the bad.
Don't the eogs also lose their fleez?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06
"KEEP-GoIN'-oN" FAITH.

Most of US have faith. But lot of
it is the leave Off kind. The real
meaning of genuine faith is wrapped
up in the act of knowing that you
have it every minute-thru thick and
thin. .
If you have fait- you are not going
to be a gutter at any stage OF any
game.
For faith il pretty well defined in
the Bible where it says that 1t is 1.-THE
substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things unseen" You see,
II you have faith. you have something
right off-even tho you haven't 1t.
We are all potential great folks
We actually become great only as
We extend our faith into works Faith
as 1t grows, takes man straight to
the things aimed at. So that you can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

After all, there wasn't so very much
TO commend in the declaration of the
coal mi..ers' union leader that 1--WE
are American; we cannot fight our
government" The inference was that
if the courts had not interviewed, the
strike would have gone on; there
would have been no coal production;
there would have been interruption of
railroad traffic; factories and shops
would have closed for want of
fuel: schools would have suspended,
churches would have closed. and the
people would have suffered, starved
and frozen in their homes. I'VE can
not fight our government" leaves the
inference that they were willing to
fight everybody else regardless of the
extent of suffering and death The
sequel. however. shows that they not
only are fighting the government in
an undetermined way, but the whole
people, who after all are the govern
ment, as well. Patriotism is as pa
triotism does. While apparently sub
hitting to the order of the court, the
leaders made sure that the strike
would continue in effect There is
little doubt that they could have sent
tie miners back to work If they had
desired to do so. They could do it
today. but they prefer to bring suffer
in; and heavy financial loss upon their
fu OVERS and the whole country, in
oir>r to serve their own personal ends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

@t - AA1AOEbA lAEAs
1t is no easy task to be
A little fellows doting dad: IA
Sometimes the duty seems to me Is
The biggest job man ever had.
To cut away mountain ridge
Or sweep a river from It's bed
Or close a thasm with q bridge
On which man may safely tread,
Are works 'stupendons. but I bold
That these the skillfnI mind can plan
Bnt he must needs be wise to mold
A little boy into q man.
The engineer can calculate
Precisely what his steel will bear,
me builder knows the very weight
That res-s upon HIS girders there
buf who eau read the wrong from right
:. And sift the COED from all the bad
So that man of truth and might
snail blossom from little ladf
one careless word tboughtiess deed
. Which he may chance to hear or see
May In the future be the seed
Of ruin and its misery.
There IL SO much that he must learn
so many things that he must know.
Al every little bend aud turn
He mist ise taught the way TO go.
We cannot nicely calculate
The weight that he IA fit 10 bear
ar guess what cruel storms Of fate
snail change HIS eiadness to despair.
Win all that we can know and sec,
The biggest task mans ever had
since life began. has been to be
The father Of little lad
Copyright 1910 by Edgar 4. Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

The coal strike is beginning to react
seriously on labor, both organized and
unorganized. turnout the country. 1t
idle or working only part time. 1t is
inevitable that labor shall suffer along
with everybody else for Its own mis-
takes. The people of this country and
the industries also are interdependent
and an injury to one is an injury to
all
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MouHon Musings
BY ROY X. koULroN.


They Like IT.
The actors of England and Sweden and
France, ss
Come travelling over the wave;
The dancers Of Russia are glad of the
To twirI in the land of the brave.
They sigh for their own native shore.
And call US .GnculturedsS and "brash";
They smile at our manners our ways and
our lore,
But still--they come over.
Oh, yes, they come over
To get our commerciaIized CASH.
Don't Miss This!
Come one! Come all, To the
neiGhborhood dance to be held Satur-
day evening in Fireman's hall Don't
dress.-Fonda (Wis.) Free Press.
Answers to Questions. ,du
j. N-Dr. Eliot never wore pink
pajamas in the classroom.
A. w. T.-Colonel House does not
wear wrist watch.
James Tan excellent breakfa st
food can be made of an old straw hat
run thru meat chopper.
Saving the Old Kelly.
Dear Roy-A very novel young man
In our neighborhood has Very novel
way of saving hats. The inside hat
band reads, Not Yours" il B.
There isn't much use having a cold
any more
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Occasionally a strike meets with
public approval One of this kind is
the hunger strike of the Reds" If
they will but keep it up they can de-
pend upon a full measure of popular
support
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When we get eighty or ninety we'll
meant and excellent contributions to
this column every day. we can't use
all of them at once. Cheer up, broth
ers and sisters. Some of the gas sent
in last spring will be along directly.
Our beautiful and accomplished secre-
tary reads them all and enjoys them
and then turns them over to US hun
dred at a time.
You are not enthusiastic about
that star"
Nope"
yet she's a stage beauty"
s'She may be a stage beauty, but I
once saw her off the stage"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

In the opinion of the Detroit News
para grapher. Lodge, Borah and John
son have been doing their bit to make
1920 safe for Democracy
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Dinner Stories

Boss, kin you raise my saIary?"
why, jimmy
II beat you to the Office every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

Centralia has facilities for dealing
with the /. w. W. denied many other
western towns. Great forests cover
the countryside adjacent and rope is
plentiful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06

A westerner with whom we recently
talked. while praising his section Of
the country. both for it's beauty and
its utility. frankly admitted It's lack
of some of the essentials. ut IS" he
explained. twenty-five miles to a tree
and twelve to a telegraph pole. 1t
sometimes takes US the better part of
a day to dispose of a cattle rustler."
The West no longer Is a country OF
exceeding leisure. 1t has begun to
count time.