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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
Teaching the children To Despisc

Teaching the Children To Despisc
Father.
Among my acquaintance there is
piteous old man who is dying of a
broken heart because his wife has
alienated the affections of his only
child from him.
This father belongs in the ranks of
those who earn their bread by the
sweat of their brows. Life has been
hard to him, but the one rose that has
bloomed along his arid pathway has
been his little daughter, and he has
found no toll too hard to keep her
soft and safe. no sacrifices too great
to make, to give her a fine education.
While the girl was little, she was a
joy to him as she cuddled in his arms
and pressed her rosy little check to his
worn one, but as she has grown older
her mother has weaned her away from
her father and taught her to look with
contempt upon him, so that now she
treats him with GOODNESS and neglect,
and pays him not so much attention as
she would to a faithful old work horse.
And it has turned the fathers world
to dust and ashes.
One would think that a woman who
turns her children against their father,
and robs him Of their love. must be a
fiend incarnate. She would be IL she
she does it without realizing what a
terrible thing she is doing. or how
far reaching and disastrous are its
consequences.
For many other women are guilty
of this same offense. Occasionally a
mother weans her children away from
their father thru a morbid jealousy.
She wants to be all in all to them.
She cannot bear for them to love any
one else, not even their father, as we'll
as they love her. She is filled with
torturing fear that they may even pre-
fer their father to her, as children
often do if left to follow unhampered
their own impulses.
So, with set purpose, she sets to
work to slay their affection for their
father by representing him to them as
cold and callous and anxious to thwar
them, while she is all indulgence and
tenderness and sympathy. Sometimes
mother will even carry her maternal
jealousy to the pitch that makes her
stand forever between the children
and their father. She will never let
him be alone with them for an in
slant, or give him a chance to get ac-
quainted and be pals.
Generally, however. when a mother
alienates her childrens affections
from their father she has no real OBJ
ject in view. She is committing one
of the greatest wrongs of which any
human being is capable, and yet she
literally knows not what she does. (
When she harps continually to her
children on their fathers lack of en-
terprise, and complains that if he
knew how to get along they would, be
able TO live in a fine house and have
automobiles, she is merely expressing
her own discomfort with poverty and
envy of the rich. She does not realize
that she is instilling a lack of respect
for their father in her children's minds
and making them regard him as a
failure whose judgment is not worth
respecting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

and a smoked ham he had been vision
ing did a movie fadeout. However, he
stretched himself to his full six feet
and glared hautily at his prospective
customer"
Those are always my terms" he
said, with dignity. and added:
have never failed on a case"
Mr.. Dillingham; related what he
knew of the robbery. While discussing
business deal with his son-in-law,
which necessitated opening the safe
to examine some papers, he had been
called from the library. Mr.. Petty s
call of Help Stop. thief" had
brought him back on the run, and he
had found the son-in-law lying on the
floor. his coat partly torn off, point
ing to the window and grooming, He
went thru the window"
CHANGING out of the aperture in
question, Mr.. Dillingham; had seen no
one. An examination of the safe had
disclosed that ten thousand dollars
was missing. Have you a clew?" he
asked Clarence, concluding his story.
Detective Caclk smiled systematically
Call the servants" he directed.
One or all of the servants might
have been guilty. and Clarence Archi-
bald CreSton Kennelworth would not
have suspected it, after the straight
forward stories they told. He was
to distrust others.
Pm no good" he confided to him
self. as he trudged down the lane
leading from the Dillingham; domicile.
The sun had just sunk below the
earths rim, and the lane was gray
with gathering darkness except for a
few ~agrant rays of twilight that sifted
thru the interlacing boughs above.
II can see myself crawling back to
father-or starving" said Detective
Cack, filling his pipe. He paused close
to a big tree, and opened his metal
matchbox. but it was empty. Clicking
it shut in disgust, his hLh, came in
contact with the tin hos noe on his
watch chain. A sl.aft OF sht struck
the trinket and reflected against the
tree.
Don't shoot" pleaded a trembling
voice behind the tree. Il give up"
The form % a man, cringing and
tren. bling, skunk forth. Clarence drew
out his electric flash and let loose a
Hood of light Before him stood Mr.
Petty, a travelling bag in his hand
THE ten thousands in the bag, he
said. Il was trying to beat it, but
saw you coming and lodged behind the
tree. When I heard you cock that
gun, and saw the light reflect from the
barrel. l decided il wss time to quit"
FIalf an hour later Detective Archi-
bald Creston Kennelworth, with $500
in his pocket. was RECALLING himself
with smoked ham. Another half hour
passed before he was ringing the door
bell at the home of Magdeline Osborne.
Copyright 1919. nv the Mcclure News
pepper. Syndicate.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

See something beautiful in every
living thing.
When you have found your niche
fill it and stay in it. But keep in
wiling folks to come and call on you.
Take time to eat and take care as
to what you cat. Have an inward
reverence for the body in which you
live.
Select only such friends as you
can be true to, thru thick and thin
and CYCLONE
Be always mindful Of the interests
of others. Try not to hurt thier feel
ings.
Never let a day pass without self
examination. Learn to criticise your
self.
Have aims-and keep climbing
up to them.
Never lose heart.
kindness is strength-to be ten
der toward people is to sensitize your
soul. It is a great thing to acquire.
Read something helpful every
day.
Happiness is habit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs Thompson: am a young
married one year. My life has been
all happiness until within the last
month.
Ever since I married, my husband
and : have lived with his widowed
mother and a sister, fifteen, one grown
brother and his twin brother. We
have got along fine until lately, for We
love each other very dearly. but his
sister got angry and called me all
kind of names and we quarreied. She
said i would have to leave. / told my
husband to take me into a house by
ourselves so I could be happy, for all
his folks have turned against me. He
said l was too fiery and quick tenn
pered. Then I cried and he pitied me,
but said he would have TO help his
brothers make living. Do you think
he loves me? Do you think he should
take me away? It would break my
heart to part from him, but can't live
here any longer. His sister and
mother treat me badly. and our quar-
rel started over reading story books.
BEULAH.
Your husband should not have mar
ried you until he was in a position to
make a home for you. Now that you
are married. however. his duty Is to
you, and IL his people make II too I'M
pleasant for you to bear. he should
leave with you and make a home for
you somewhere else. believe he
loves you enough to do this
If you were reading story books
when you should have been helping
them with the work. then you were in
the wrong and should do all you can
to show that you are not a Stacker
with tbs work. So often { daughter
l. law GOES into a home and takes no
possibility with the work. Do not
make this mistake
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18
DINNER STORIES

In an Arkansas river town built
largely on reclaimed land most Of the
houses had TO be built on pillars four
or five feet above ground. One resi-.
dent. with a longer head than his
neighbors. inclosed the space under
his house with pickets. and in the
pen thus made kept his drove Of
scrawny hogs.
do you think II Is heaIthfui to
keep your hogs under the house like
that?" he was asked.
Jaw. do know. stranger, I
reckon So" replied the native, ana
hitched up his overalls.
Never notice any bad effects from
wy no." he drawied. IT been
a'keepin' my hawgs there for four
teen years, an never lost n hawE"
A farmer whose orchard is near q
school for boys was annoyed by the
depredations of the youngsters. Find
ing two boys helping themselves TO
his apples. he escorted them off the
premises. giving each a parting kick
at the gateway. Next day the boys
were lettering near his orchard again.
What are you ecamps hanging
around here for?" he cried IT told
you yesterday what you would get IL
cought you here again.
Yes. sir. we remember" said the
spokesman. We haven't come for
apples this time We came to ask wot.
TO Join our football teamI"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18
GOOD HABITS TO FORM.

Learn to take things as they
come-without regrets.
There are two sides to life-the
shadow side and the sunny side Get
the habit of travelling on the sunny
side.
Speak of the good and wholesome
qualities of people.
When you make a promise-keep
it. When you set an appointment, be
thereon the dot.
Occupy every minute of your
waking day-to a purpose. To the
idle is the Devil most friendly.
Associate with people bigger than
yourself And soon you will be big.
-Shun a wilmer as you would the
plague.
Save at least a>third of what you
earn-and give part of that away
Cultivate a cheerful frame of
mind and keep a fire of warmth in
your heart at all times. Trouble is
always peeping around the corner of
the house in which long face and a
cold heart live.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18
BARTLETT EDMONDS SPENDS THE
EVENING WITH ROSE
AND SANDRA.
CHAPTER xLVI.

CHAPTER ALNl.
Everett always claimed that dinner
was a function and so our evening
meal was rather formal. He also had
insisted that the same formality must
be observed whether he were at home
or not.
you will ruin the servants il you
change the service simply because /
am away" he had told me.
saw by Roses face that she was
impressed. While the food was SIM
pie, it was perfectly served, and the
linen and silver were faultlesS as
usual. A lovely centerpiece of cut
flowers added to the appearance of
the table which was-lighted by shaded
candles.
She started to enthuse, but stopped
herself. I think she saw by my ac-
lions that there was nothing unusual
done because she was with me. 50
made no comments until we had fin
ished and were seated in the library
slipping our coffee and waiting for
Barrett Edmonds. Then she said:
"All this elegance fairly takes my
breath away, Sandra. 1t is perfectly
lovely. tho. I would be so proud
would blow up-I know 1 would"
lone gets used to it very quickly
1 tried to say ii in a blase manner
1t was awfully childish, but because
Rose had predicted l should be I'M
because Everett was as old as father
I wanted her to see that 1 had much
more than she had dreamed of. and
that 1 had come to take all as a mat
ter of course-which wasn't one BIZ
true as I was very proud of all the
luxury with which Everett surrounded
me and had. not yet become accus-
toned to it, or to my perfectly man
! aged home-thanks to Mrs. Gray.
"Oh, l don't knowi I don't believe
I would" Rose returned. And dc
you know, Sandra, 1 haven't made VI
my mind about it. 1 thought 1 had
this afternoon, but really 1 am not sc
sure"
What on earth are you talking
about? Made up your mind t.
WHAT"
about all this" with a comprehen-
sive gesture which some way took ir
the entire house. And whether ii II
better to marry a man for Other
things. things like you have. or fol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Appnrently even the German people
have heard the crash OF their idols.
Frank Fockeie. Leroy. Kan, Report
er. Is receiving letters from his rela-
tives In Germany. One of them, after
recounting the horrors thru which the
family has passed, says: But all OF
this would have been bearable had 1t
not been fdr the disastrous ending of
the war. Now / ask. myself: Why did
our noble Heinrich. our gentle Lorenz'
why did young Fritz of Wanne, why
did so many, many fine young men
shed their blood and give up their
lives? why did so many thousands OF
children have their dimly glimmering
life lights put out when they had
hardly entered this world? Why this
hunger and why this misery? We
poor Germans. once so proud! Ever
and again ask myself; How could
those men who caused this war bring
SO much misery upon the world?
They should have known. was
proud of Germany. but am not proud
of her now. 1 feel like crying over
our degradation which we have ap-
parently merited. but which in reality
was rnerited by the big men But we
have to carry the burden"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18


Billy Morgan of Hutchinson comes
home from France and finds the state
house calm and collected despite the
efforts OF the gas companies to force
a three-way rate on to the Kansas
consumers. when 1 left here a
threat Of this kind would have Jared
the foundations of the capitol" Nor
gan says. ~ find instead that there
is even a disposition to accept the Do
herty suggestion and let 1t go at that.
re gods, how the state has changed"
From all appearances, Billy is right.
No one seems to be disturbed over the
proposition. Apparently the people
will have to do their bowling when
they pay the bills. When the public's
officials fail to protect the public
must wait until the next election.
Then they are inclined to forget. How
ever, with the horizon flaming with
gas and telephone rate hikes. there
Will be something to remember at the
booths.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Last mite vile I was asleep, a mus
keeto bit me on the nee because I had
it sticking out of the covers. and
weak up to rub the bump. and vile
was going to sleep agen I herd the
stairs skreek down stairs as IL sum-
body was coming up slow, me think
ing. G. berglars, gosh, @. holey
smoaks.
And lissened hard as 1 could. and
every once in a vile there was ano-
Their skreek. me thinking. I'm going
down and tell pop. gosh. holey snoaks,
G.
And I snuck out in the hall and lis
sened and 1 could still heer the
skreeks and I slidd down the hanis-
tiers so 1 wouldent make eny skreeks
myself. everything being dark as eny-
thing, and 1 went in pop and mas
, room and stood by pops side of the
bed saying. Pop. pop. pop.
WITCH nobody dident anser, and I
sed. Hay, pop. pop. skreeks on the
stairs
wich jest then ma woke up, saying,
Who is that, is that you. Benny. wat
on earth are you whispering about at
this time of the morning2
There's skreeks on the steps, sed.
Who? Wat7 sed ma. And Jest then
man came in the room, me think
ing, G. heer he is. Meening the ber-
glar, only who was 1t but pop, ma say
11E- well Wlliyum FOtte, itG a wonder
you wouldent stay out all mite.
Watts you got in your hands, pop,
your shoes? / sed, G. pop, / thawt
you was berglar making all those
skreeks. and I came down to tell you,
and ma weak up.
Very brfte Of you. very brilliant.
very smart. now Suppose you go back
to bed and think up some more dam
idge. sed pop. And he gave me a
krack some place with one Of the
shoes he was carrying and I quick ran
up and got in bed agen and the ferst
thing I knew 1 was asleep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY K MoULroN

Ed you ever attend a Breathing
Seance? asked Walter Pulitzer. Wen.
IL Is quite the latest fad and you'll be
able to attend one next wtnter-it
you're very good and watch out. Here
ward Darlington, authority on psy-
chics. spiritualism. Indian lore. etc.
etc, told us the other night at q
Breathing Seance given by Nine. Mo-
vello Davies. the high ptiestess on
Correct Breathing. that in Japan an
artist always takes breathing exercises
before he engages on a new landscape.
which accounts for the wonderful
rhythmic quality of the japanese ar
lists work We don't think American
artists at present go in for any breath
ing exercises. judging from some
specimens of their work recently seen.
But said specimens have taken our
breath away all right
Dippygrams.
It's hard to pull the wool over q
black Sleeps eyes.
Women never knew what superior
creatures they were until men in-
formed them.
Life is like cigar---the nearer one
draws TO its end. the finer or ranker
II gets. according 10 how cheapiy Il
was purchased in the besinner.-H.
Thompson Rich.
Statistics: II all the one dollar bills
printed in this country in one year
were laid end to end. they would reach
from Alpha to Omaha.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Q. Did President Wilson attend David
son college In North Carolina. and II so.
why did he not continue his course there
until he graduated?-J. II. n.
A. President Wilson was sent to David
son college in 1873. While there he became
sick and was forced to return home to
recovered his father decided that he should
go directly to Princeton, instead of re-
turning to Davidson.
Q. VIII you inform me If the finger
print system Of Identification is consid-
cred infallible III. c. L.
A. This system Is now usually consid-
cred 70 be the most accurate means Of
Identification known. There is said to be
Of any two peoples finger prints being
exactly alike.
Q. What is the origin Of the name
weeping Willow as applied to trees: p
A. The explanation generally accepted
Is that the name is derived from the as
ISOLATION of the willow tree with Israel
who hung their harps upon 1t and gave
themselves to tears because they were
o. If man is furloughed to the reg
ular army reserve, is he entitled TO medical
trentment?-D. F..
A. A man is not entitled to medical
treatment unless he is on active duty.
Q: What was the cause of George Wash
A. The cause Of George washington's
death is generally considered to have been
pneumonia.
Q. I manufacture sausage and scrap
! pie my farm and sell IL around the
| neighborhood. Should l have a Hcense?-
| e. w.
A. The matter Of license for selling
/ food Is purely local You should COM
municate with your local license bureau.
q. II an American soldier Inarries a
/ French girl and comes back to the states
/ without his wife, does he have TO get q
/ divorce to marry again IF. X
| A An American soldier who marTies a
/ French girl and then returns to this coun-
\ try without his wife, would have to obtain
/ divorce from the girl in France before
he could remarry.
] Q. How shall I go about finding the
value Of a very old Bible which / possess ?
is. S.
| A. Take 1t to the nearest chief librarian,
| or some reliable antiquarian authority.
only an expert could give an opinion.
after seeing IL.
| Q. l have several hundred acres of
good lowlnnd birch. l should like to know
! " its best value Is for cord wood M. +.
| A. On account Of this wood being used
so extensively for furniture, you can I'M
doubtedly market Il to much better advan-
tage than to sell II as firewood.
ANY reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau Frederic J.
Hnskin. Director. Washington. u. c. Give
full name and address and enclose two
] cent stamp for return postage. Re brief.
All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

A student at X. U. flew to Lawrence
in an airplane for the purpose of aid
ing ~, st brothers in rushing" new
members cor the exclusive Greek letter
organization. Meanwhile the univer-
sity fights every two years TO put thru
a legislative appropriation Of few
thousand for this and a few thousand
for that. 1t is the high life" at Law
renee that prejudices legislators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

We are reminded by a reader that
we have not as yet fixed the status OF
''vamping" offhand, we should say
the imitation is as deadly as the genu-
inc A man never knows whether IL is
real or assumed until his wife tells
him. Left to his own devices. he sell
dom can differentiate between the
porcelain and the peach.
The column strings along with
Percy Hammond in his contention
that the knee is a joint and not an en-
tertalnment; but Mr.. Hammond will.
we imagine, have difficulty in estab-
fishing his viewpoint on Broadway.
Meanwhile we do no blushing for
the stage. And we shall do no BLUSH
ing for it until 1t discloses man CARRIED
ing spectacle we could not witness un-
ashamed.
The contention is set up that Mr..
Townley. lately convicted of teaching
disloyalty, will pose as martyr. Which
may or may not be true. But Mr..
Townley may apprise himself OF the
| full value of his security by noting
what Debs and Berger got on it.
With liquor outlawed. we begin 10
be curious as to the nature of the tu-
ture alibi for deviltry. Liquor was the
peg upon which those who got into
trouble hung the responsibility for
their misdeeds and thereby stirred the
sympathy OF the unthinking.
Bone dry" will also expose the fai-
lacious nature of the claim that the
chronic tippler would be, a brilliant
and successful citizen il he could "let
il alone"
We note with considerable interest
the fact that those who voluntarily
establish the moral metes and bounds
beyond which their fellow citizens
may not go have decided that the use
OF tobacco is an immoral practice
Every man does a little detective
work to the extent of trying to locate
the soap in the bottom of the bath
tub.
Eph Wiley says II there were a
school TO teach gentlemen to be lady.
like. his son-in-law would attend 1t.
The neighbor women say Mrs, Tug
Watts cries so much over her work
that her cooking requires no season-
ing.
We do not go so far as Mr.. Ford In
his contention that history is bunk. .
put when properly nursed 1t is nearly
always good for a laugh. Do you re-
member the Autographs Of the second
Bryan campaign, in which a yeoman
was depicted as laborously making his
way uphill with a soldier on his back?
The trouble with the fellow who is
so disagreeable that he says IL to
your face" is that he is likely TO boast
about 1t afterward.
AS one who has been thru IL in q
limited way. We chance the opinion
that the New Jersey man who COM
mitted suicide because of prohibition
acted prematurely. For the time
being prohibition Is an Inconvenience,
not a tragedy.
Rigid enforcement of prohibition
depends much less on law and its
officials than upon public sentiment
Effective enforcement comes when a
preponderating public sentiment de-
mands it, and not much before that
| time.
You remember Noah7 He was the
daring navigator who permitted two
Mexican hairless dogs to sneak aboard
the ark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

The gulf storm spent itself in the
mountains OF Mexico. Even nature Is
unable 10 carry her wrath very far
into Carranza's country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

School marms in Indiana went on a
strike because of non-union instruc-
tors. This Is teaching a bad example
10 the pupils who may organize for a
flve-hour day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

= In Russia they are probably read
Ing with horror the news dispatches oil
the Boston riots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

transportation by motor may be
more economical but where, oh where
does the consumer come in?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Il doesn't seem-to be a question of
whether or not a pair of shoes is
worth si4. The problem is, how much
Is the SI4 worth?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

When ma wipes her hands with her
apron to meet pa coming home from
work payday she says: We'll, John,
how much back pay today?"