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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-28
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: anna mar
ried woman with grown children
have a farm of two hundred acres
that came to me from my fathers
estate.
My husband and I have never been
congenial. He is what would be
termed a sport. l have always work
ed hard, and have had hard time to
keep the farm that was left to me.
Of course he oversees the farm and
uses all that he makes. He gives me
no share at all
L am supposed to make enough out
of the butter and eggs to keep up the
table and other expenses. That would
be all right If ne were good to me,
but he has always been insanely jeal-
Gus and without cause. l never go
anywhere unless he goes with me, and
have never given him any reason to
doubt me/in any way.
My health is not good and l am
working too hard. / never have any
money to get medicine and he thinks
there is nothing the matter with me.
But l am simply a nervous wreck.
There is an orphan boy, a friend OF
the family's. who has been with us
for a long time. He has a home in
in my home. He left here last winter.
Now he has written to me and offered
me home with him. He has always
called me mother and said he would
take care of me in my old age. He
Is as near to me as one OF my own
sons.
Please tell me what is best a
DISCOURAGED.
/ do not consider It best for you to g.
be imposed upon any longer. Tell
your husband that you must have
more money or you will get rid of the
farm and leave. You could rent it to
some one or sell it. This would give
you the money to use for yourself.
When your father provided for you
in his will he did not intend that you
should suffer Willie your husband
reaped the benefits of the farm.
Unless your husband gives you what
you need put the farm in the hands
of some one else, or sell it, and go to
the orphan boy who wants you in his
home.
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DINNER STORIES

The best efforts to make a home at
tractive sometimes fail.
Recently a district visitor in the east
end of London asked the wife of a
notorious drinker why she did not
keep her husband from the pubic
house.
WELL she answered II ave done
my best, ma'am, but e will go there"
Why don't you make your home
look more attractive
I'm sure I've tried ard to make
it 'omelike, ma'am," was the reply
I've took up the parlor carpet and
sprinkled sawdust on the floor, and
put a beer barrel in the corner But,
lor'. ma'am, it amt made bit of diff
ference"
An old farmer who. by hard work
and parsimonious habits, had got TO-
gether a little fortune, decided that the
time had at length arrived when he
was justified in ordering a family car
riage. He went to a carriage build
er's and described in detail the kind
of a vehicle he wished to buy.
Now, I suppose you want rubber
tires?' said the carriage builder.
NO, sir" replied the old farmer in
tones of resentment. My folk amt
that kind. When they're riding they
want to know it
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LTFE'S TOURISTS.

Over the road we're touring, travellers one
and all.
Seeking the towns Of gladncss ere ever the
night shall fall;
Some of us driving wisely, some of US
jogging along.
Some Of us racing madly, needless of right
wrong.
But ali of us going somewhere. yes all in
the self-same chase.
Seeking the volume of pleasure and the
charm of happy place.
Over the road we're touring, now on
level way
With never danger near us or troubla
to mar the day:
Then n turn and the road grows heavy
and into the miro we swing
And the wind blows cold in our faces and
the rain has bitter sting.
Then some of us lose our courage and
some of us blindly steer
And some of us turn a byway and wait
for the road to clear.
Over llfe's road We are touring, and there's
many n hill to climb,
And many detour rugged TO make IN the
course of time.
And many an hour Of trouble that each in
his days shall know.
And the swiftcst shall sometimes falter
and find that his pace is slow:
But the wise and the brave and faithful
that have driven life's road with care.
Shall come to the towns of gladness and
rest in the valleys fair.
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

O. Is corpulcnt person necessarily a
heavy caters. A. II.
A Yes. The experts tell us that the
person who carries too much flesh eats
too much food. Flesh can no more be built
without the materials that constitute 4,
than n house can be built without bricks
tIon of the amount Of food taken into the
system, any person can reduce his weight
to the nroper figure.
Q. Who was Horace Greeley IS. Il. J..
A. Horace Greeley was the founder.
editor. and proprietor of the New YORK
Tribune. one Of the greatest editors in the
United States, n strong advocate Of anti
slavery. He was the nominee for pr, sident
Of the Federal Republican party and en-
dorsed by the Democratic party in 1s's'
o. Has the 30Ith field artillery regi-
ment been assigned for early convoy homer
4. The so7th field artillery regiment
has returned TO this country and is To-
Gated at this time at Camp Dix. n. J;
wild pigeons that formerly lived in this
A. The North American Wild pigeon was
exterminated by hunters. what was SUP
died Mt the Geological Gardens In Cincin-
natl In 1914 When this country was first
numerous that they would darken the
skies flying overhead. They would Hight
SO dcnsely In forests MS to break great
limbs from trees. The birds were beautiful
and very excellent eating. The ease with
which they might be killed led 10 Z cir
determination when the country settled mp.
named the vaterland which taken
over in the early part of the war by the
A The Yaterland the largest ship ever
built. was renamed the L. s. :. Leyiathan
and has been used extensively to transport
troops % France. and Is now bringing
the largest number Of soldiers of any
transport in the United States service.
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MY HUSBAND AND |
\ BY JANE PHELPS

plan to enter society. No wonder he
had advised me to wait until he had
seen Mr.. Powers-he had said that he
might. Why didn't 1 think to ask
him I wouldn't fail to do so next
time he came. He. everyone. had a
great respect for the big banker, and
his opinion.
I started to order the car. then
halted. The cars, too. were they not
Was not Neil criticised for having
them also? No, not until l knew
more of what was true, and what
false would 1 use the cars. l would
walk.
1t may have been a morbid streak
in me that made me choose the old
est, plainest dress in my wardrobe.
Then 1 took little Robert in his GO
cart and walked for an hour. When
L came back l felt better physically,
but my mental distress had been in
creased
had met Lorraine Morton. She
turned and walked with me, looking
in surprise at my costume.
"Where. oh where, is the stylish
where has she gomez" she sang out
at me.
Lorraine, will you answer me L
question. and answer it truthfully?" 1
asked without preamble.
If L answer it at all i will tell the
truth" she bantered. L was sure she
had no idea OF what l was going to
say.
Are people talking of our extrava-
gance, our new house, cars and all
the other things when they speak of
u.s." l couId not say Neirs name. 1t
stuck in my throat.
Why-Bar bara-" Then: Yes
Barbara, they are, / never should
have told you. had you not asked.
But they say he taxes the money
given him to invest, and uses il to
make splurge, to live on. l am
sorry you aske1 me. / am afraid you
will connect me only with disagree
able things"
Il wanted the truth"
Il know you haven't been TO blame,
Barbara. You didn't know"
Il have been to blame 1 should
have made it my business to know"
Tomorrow - Barbara plans re-
trenchment.D
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THE PROMOTERS WIFE
SAD, DISTURBING THOUGHTS
FOLLOW.
CHAPTER LXXN.

fOIlfON
CHAPTER LXXV.
1 sat for an hour without moving,
stunned by what Mr. Frederick had
told me. I went over our converse
ton, every word seemed fairly burn
ed into my memory so fearfully had
they hurt me. That Neil, my Neil
the father of my boy, should be dis
honest; should knowingly cheat and
deceive people was almost unbear-
able. Yet once more was l filled with
distrust, once more had veered en-
tirely around in my thoughts.
had been SO sure that in this last
analysis Neil would prove himself all
l thought him; that in this talk with
Mr. Frederick I should learn that all
my fears, all my forebodings had
been useless, that the cruel gossip l
had heard had been nothing but gos-
sip and without foundation, that the
rea ction was terrible.
Can 1 ever believe in him gain
Can 1 ever be happy" l said aloud
as I got up and weakly, like an old
woman climbed the soft carpeted
stairs to my room. the room which
had so delighted in, and which now
1 looked at almost with loathing as
recalled what Mr.. Frederick had said
People were blaming Neil for living
as We did-perhaps they were also
blaming me. Maybe they thought l
wanted him to be dishonest SO I
could have a handsome home, cars.
and all the luxuries we enjoyed. The
thought was torture.
l deliberately made round of the
house. Even into the kitchen did I
go, impressing upon myself the lux
ury with which I was surrounded.
Could IL be true that Neil was really
taking money from widows and or
phans to buy all this? / tried to re-
flute it in my mind; tried to say no,
he hadn't done SO, Everything we
had had been honestly earned, hut |
Couldn't. In the light of what Mr..
Frederick had told me, ! couldn't!
1 knew he would not willingly hurt
me, that while he was blunt he was
also kind. He had probably softened
much: things perhaps were worse
than he had told me. No wonder he
as well as Lorraine tried to save me
from the modification which would
have been mine had 1 adhered to my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-28
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING

That the majority of Americans on
quitting school do not know at what
work they will make a livelihood is a
generalization apparently justified by
an investigation recently made in Bal
timore, Nd. by representatives of the
United States training service of the
department of labor. With a view to
finding what proportion of people en-
gagged in earning their living are at
tasks for which they prepared them
selves or which they intended to enter
on leaving school, more than 500
workers were interviewed in that city.
changed their occupations more tina
once. Seven per cent had changed
their occupations four or more times.
One man interviewed carefully re-
viewed his past and found that he had
engaged in thirty different kinds of
gainful employment since quitting
school.
These figures are cited to show that
the average worker. not having pre-
pared himself for the work he is now
engaged in, can profit immensely by
Industrial training such as the training
service is promoting. It is pointed out
that training departments in industri i
plants fill a gap in our Industrial sys-
tenn which is urgently in need of atten-
ton. Training, such as this branch of
the department of labor is promoting.
is designed to give all workers, of
whom these 500 persons in Baltimore
are typical, practical efficiency
which makes them better producers
and earners of better wages.
Special emphasis is placed on the
fact that instruction received in train
ing departments Is of immediate value.
Unlike training taken a consideFa Bile
time in advance, there is practically
no chance of its being for naught on
account of unexpected changes of oc-
cupation. These training departments
are for the benefit of poor and medi-
ocre workers and also for ambitious
workers who wish to broaden their
skill and so fit themselves for ad-
vancement. Already more than SOC
plants in this country have installed
training departments, according to
latest reports.
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Senator Curtis has been given a
place on the senate finance committee,
one of the most important in that
body His constituents long have rec
ognized in him one Of the most valu-
able representatives the state has ever
had in the upper house. They will be
pleased to see that his worth is rec
ognized also by his colleagues in the
senate. He has been chairman of the
committee on Indian affairs for a long
time and also a member of the COM
mittee an appropriations position
among the most desirable to be at
tanned. Senator Curtiss advancement
III the esteem and confidence of the
people of Kansas and his fellow sena-
tors has been won, not by brilliant ora
tory or playing to the galleries, but by
hard work and faithful service. The
persons in Kansas to whose personal
affairs he has given unstinted atten-
ton are numbered by thousands.
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shades at over $25 each; umbrellas
parasols and sunshades, over 81 each;
fans, over 81; house or smoking coats
or jackets, and bath or lounging
robes, costing over $3.50; mems waist
coats. sold separately from suits, cost
ing over IS each; women's and misses
hats, bonnets and hoods, in excess of
SIS; mems and boys hats. in excess
of IS; and mems and boys caps in ex-
cess of 81; mems wOmen's, misses and
boys boots, shoes. pumps and slippers.
not including shoes or appliances
made to order for any person having
a crippled or defOrmed foot or ankle.
in excess of $40 a pair; mems and
boys neckties and neckwear, in ex-
cess of 81 eacha mems and boys silk
stockings and hose. above 81 per pair.
and women's and misses silk stockings
above 81 per pair; mems shirts in ex-
cess of SO each; mems, women's.
misses and boys pajamas, nightgowns
and underwear, in excess of So each.
and kimonas, petticoats and waists.
costing over SIS each
Already, certain loepholes have
been discovered in escaping some of
these taxes. Men. with small necks,
have suddenly taken to buying boys
shirts from stores which hold a liberal
view as to what constitutes boyhood.
Others, who have cherished a hither-
to undying affection for the union
suit, are now buying their underwear
in two pieces to avoid the tax, and
shoe stores report a sudden, enormous
demand for made-to-order shoes from
persons alleged to be suffering from
various sfOot deformities, including
bunions. Women's wear stores COM
plain that their sales have fallen off
since the new tax went into effect,
that their patrons are buying lower
priced merchandise in order to avoid
the tax. and that, as a consequence,
they will have to put the price of their
entire stock up to meet the loss. This
has already been done in the case of
women's silk stockings, which in the
past week have risen an average of
20 cents a pair.
On the other hand, many stores
selling popular lines of goods report
that they have had no falling off in
their sales since the tax on luxuries
began. that their patrons have paid
it amiab bly,. Indeed, the demand for
some of the bigger luxuries, such as
automobiles, and jewelry, taxable I'M
der another section of the revenue
bill, is reported to have increased
rather than diminished. But from the
shoe stores, the soda fountain men
and the National Retail Dry Goods
association, the protest is sustained
and >vociferous.
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Economy was forced upon the
Emitted States by the necessities of the
war and in no other line was a better
result shown than in the salvage of
machinery: Discarded and worn parts
were placed and machines as good
as new had long second life. Most
people have the correct impression
that machinery played greater part
in this war than in any previous con-
flict but few realize how many new
things were invented and how many
old things were improved under the
stimulus of immediate need.
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was getting dressed and yawning
this morning. feeling more like yawn-
ing than wat 1 did like getting
dressed, thinking, G, 1 wish 1 dident
could go back to bed and stay there
indefinite.
Wich jest then I had a ideer, and
1 went in my sister Gladises room
with one stocking on and one off.
and Gladdis was still asleep looking
over to her bewro and put some pow
der on my face and kepp on rubbing
it in till ut jest looked pale without
looking like powder, and then 1 went
back to my room and layed down
agen, and jest as 1 was almost asleep
ma came in, saying, Well for soodniss
sakes. do you realize wat time it is
Meaning it was late, and I sed,
don't think I better go to skool to-
day. ma. 1 feel pale.
My goodniss. you're wife as sheet.
watts the matter? sed ma.
1 feel pale. l sed.
Well you serteny look it'll hurry
and get you some spirits of ammonia
sed ma. Me thinking, spirits of am
monia. G. And 1 sed. No mann, ma.
monia. think 1 need rest, that's all
1 think 1 reed.
You need good stiff dose of spir-
it's of ammonia, 1 know wat you need
sed ma. And she quick went out and
came back with il in a glass, me
thinking. wiz, spirits of ammonia.
holey smoaks. spirits of ammonia
Drink it down fast and YOU wont
notice it. sed ma. and 1 sed. Maybe
all 1 need is a little more circulation,
ma. maybe il l rub my face a vile
Ill be all rite. And 1 quite took one
end of my blanket and rubbed my
face hard as enything. may saying
Well, 1 declare. you do look better
for mersey sakes. watts that on. the
blanket? Meening the powder that
had came off of my face, and she
looked at it close, saying, Well, upon
my werd, sutch boy.
Meaning me, and she made me
drink the spirits of ammonia enyway
and then get dressed and go to skooI
jest as II nuthing was the matter
with me, witch nuthing was.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hints.
BREAKFAST.
Steamed Prunes in Rhubarb Syrup.
Corn Flake with Top Milk.
Jelly omelet. Toast.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Fresh Caught Fried Pike.
Lemon Slices.
Warm Baking Powder Biscuit.
Fresh Rhubarb Sauce.
Tea.
DINNER
Tomato Soup with Young Green
Onions.
Round Steak.
Cakes Baked with Cabbage Leaves.
Fresh Vegetable Salad.
French Dressing.
Cherry Jello with Whipped Cream.
Sweet Waters. Coffee.
Steak Gladstone pound ground
round steak. two cups rice, which is
hot and steamed; eight to twelve good
clean cabbage leaves, celery or onion
for seasoning as desired, with salt and
pepper. Two tablespoons drippinSs or
butter. Select a good. small cut of
steak with some nice creamy colored
suet. Grind it yourself, removing
sinew. With it grind four stalks of
celery or two green onions, or both
are good. as desired. Mix all ingredi-
ents with rice Form into balls. Wrap
with two or three cabbage leaves, sea-
son slightly. Tie with string to hold
shape. Place in a creased pan and
add one-half cup of boiling water, a
little at a time. to make gravy. Basic
at least five times while baking in a
moderate oven for twenty-five to
thirty minutes, as desired.
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makes factional feelings out of place
Kansas will send a delegation of Re
publicans," concludes the Union. All
this being accepted, what's the matter
with Taft? Factionalism defeated
him for reelection. In the absence
of factionalism he should win easily
Let all who believe that the endorse
ment of Taft or Wood would not start
a fractional fight say AYE" contrary
mo" The noes have it.
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Is YEARS AGO In TOPEKA
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

May 2s, 1925.
Secretary Coburn of the state depart.
ment Of agriculture is back today from a
six days trip to the southwest.
He Inspected the principal irrigation
plants. including the state station near
Garden City, also those at and about
Dodge City. and attended a very enthusi-
nstic irrigation convention Mt the latter
place on Saturday.
WIN. Sims. II. II. McMas,er and Scot,
Kelsey. the special commissioners ap-
pointed by JuGge Hazen TO appraIse the
lots adjoining the court house on Van
Buren, street have made their report. Carl
Jockheck and Mrs. Helen Schaffer wanted
$1,000 for their lots but the appraisers
said $1,000 would he y fair price for them
The lots have recently been assessed at
SOC.
Mrs. Robert Pierce will leave this week
Tor the east to spend the summer.
Mrs. II. o. Garvey and Mrs chsa
Svenrcr will give reception 81 the home
Of MIRA Sarvey, Friday afternoon Of aext
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TAKE TIME.

Only one thing can be done we'll at
a time.
This is fact that cannot be dis
puted. Many people feel, however.
that they can do dozen things at
once and thus show their ability as
being unusual and striking.
But as a matter Of record, the big
doors Of the world have always been
those who did one thing at a time
and sought to do that one thing better
than it ever had been done before.
Take timei
Everything does not have to be fin
ished today. Altho there are kmany
things in the life of every man and
woman that should be done at once.
But with you who haye those things
to do must rest the decision as to how
they must be done.
The main thing is to do the things
that have to be done at once, bearing