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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-23
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Don't Complnin.-2.


Nothing is more curious than the
fact that the whining woman seems
to have no realization of how disas-
trous may be consequences of her
complaint. 1t is, for instance, a COM
mon thing to hear a mother complain
ing about the way that her children
act.
All of US know women who will sit
down and shed maudlin tears as she
tells us that she does not know wha.
Is going to become of her children.
who show her no respect or affection
after all the care she has taken OF
them, and the sacrifices she has made
for them.
She will say that she can't do a
thing with Janey who, she fears, is
getting into bad company, and who
goes about with a married man, tho
She has warned her against the dan
ger of such conduct, and who was out
until / o'clock the night before, and
wouldn't tell her where she went. or
she will declare that Mary is lazy, and
selfish, and extravagant, and graps
the best of everything for herself. or
she will bemoan John as a drunkaro
because she smelt beer on his breath
Then she is Mortified when the re-
mort gets out that Janey is hayward
and people begin to look at her
askance. And she wonders why no
Young man wants TO marry Mary. AND
she can't understand how John got
the reputation of being sot. Very
likely none of the aspersions that their
mother has cast upon her children
characters are true. But for the sake
of the fun of telling her. troubles, che
jeopardized the prospects of her sons
and daughters by prejudicing the pub
lie against them.
There Is really nothing so amazing
as the things that women tell you
when they begin to complain. They
drag shameful secrets from their
graves. They relate family scandals
that you would never have known en-
cept for their telling. They will even
flaunt before your eyes their own
dingy past in order to enjoy the NOR
bid pleasures of self-pity.
why they do it no human oeiug
can ever imagine. 1t does no good.
None of us can make over the life of
another. Each heart has its own bit
terness and must bear it the best it
can, preferably in silence and de-
cency
1t is only cowardice that makes us
want to unload our sorrows on others.
and force them to bear our troubles
in addition to their own. There is no
excuse for this. and so I say to all
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5SSSSSSSSsSSSSlS lSSslslslslsaslSGsl

he once exclaimed: Whats in a
name ?"
The unknowable is always anony-
nous. 1t may be very great and very
wonderful. tho still without a name.
Some of the finest poetry ever writ
ten continues from age to age "Au-
thor Unknown"
Our big deeds drop us, quite soon.
as their creator and author. For they
are really bigger than we are-having
come from many sources. embodyfng
little from the great All. Mere Ian
guage is little. And, in time, the
most important name fades and dies
In the Museum of Natural History
in New York City. you may view the
skeleton of the greatest animal ever
discovered. 1t occupies a whole room
But no man knows its original name.
Anonymous Is written into every bone
of its great frame
The good grows into greater good
Every thought and deed goes on, into
a million changes. perhaps-but Moth
ing whether of good or i'll. ever quite
dies. Its Influence floats into and be-
comes part % ire path % Eternity
So. do the TPING-and ~ happy
n doing IT, For the good that men
do most certainly lives after them
or and on and onf
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MY HUSBAND AND. |
BY JANE PHELPS

pay at the present. It's mighty little
considering how you have shaved for
me the past two years."
mot entirely for you" Neil smil-
ingly replied. Uncle Sam was my
employer too, and he urged me on
you know"
Can you live on five thousand a
year for time until l can get my
affairs back on a paying basis pay
ing for me-" He looked from one to
the other of us. as If 1 too might
have something to say.
Il both can and will. And Mr..
Frederick I never have been able to
tell you one-half of how grateful
am to you to express my feelings for
what you have done for us. l am
offered me one thousand / should
have taken 1t and remained with you"
Il believe it, Forbes. Altho you
aren't being quite fair to yourself in
sticking to me. Chase offered him
ten thousand. Barbara"
gasped, Anton Chase was one of
the big manufacturers of the country.
That he had offered Neil. a man who
had been accused of being dishonest
only a few years before, a position of
trust proved how thoroly Neil had
reha bilitated himself in the business
world. That he had said nothing to
me of the offer proved how truly he
recognized the help Frederick had
given him, and his determination to
prove his gratitude.
Aren't you proud of your hus-
band?" he continued lightly, the sit
uation was becoming tense with feel
ing. II should be If 1 were in your
place. But you must talk it over with
him Barbari-. 1t will mean quite a
difference to you as well as to him."
he added without giving me time to
reply to his question.
Indeed l am proud of him. And I
need no time to talk IT over. He has
done exactly right in every particu-
lar. We shall feel very wealthy now
with the salary you offer, because it
will be all ours to use as we please.
We don't owe a penny, and so can
begin to live riotously."
You are a. real wife, Barbara. If
more men married women like you
there would be fewer divorces; fewer
unhappy homes. God bless YOU both, -
he finished solemnly for him, then
said goodbye. leaving my cheeks still
burning because of his compliment.
Frederick is right, Bah. You are
true helpmeet," Neil said as we
turned back into the house when we
could no longer see Mr. Frederick or
his car.
(Tomorrow-Plannin a new lffel
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I think q
great deal of a man and he says he
loves me also. But he is not the type
to show 1t unless asked.
How shall 1 govern myself in order
to have him show his affections?
am a type who wants attention.
PLEASE.
You and the young man do not
seem suited to each other. II you
always have to make him show at
fection for you, you will not be happy
with him. Also If he has to be af-
fectionate when he does not want to,
he will not be happy with you.
Perhaps If you leave the matter
entirely to him and Go not make any
effort to make. him show his love, he
will do so of his own accord. Try
this, and If he still remains cold. give
up hope of affection from him.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: What can Il
do or eat to make my finger nails
grow fast and what can I~do they
will not break off so easily?
IN DOUBT.
If you manicure your nails daily
and keep the cuticle well pushed back
they will grow faster. Every night
rub the nails with sweet oil or olive
oil and they will tougher and break
less easily; at the same time they
will become smoother and prettfer
from the use of the oil.
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PROSPERITY ASSURED

The striking factor in the business
outlook. says Henry Clews in his FL
nancial Review. is the assured pros
perity of the wheat belt, resulting from
n bumper crop and the government
guarantee of $2.26 per bushel. part of
which comes out of the taxpayers
pocket, and is therefore a shifting
rather than production of wealth.
The outlook for other crops is fair
as to yield. High prices. however, will
more than offset any diminished out
put. so the prospects of unusual agri-
cultural prosperity are undimmed.
The wheat crop is roughly valued at
over $500, 100000, and the entire
harvest at over $40. OOO.OOO.OOO. which
would go far toward meeting our ma
tional outlay for the war.
Interior merchants are stocking up
with more confidence. he says, tho
high prices and great credit expansion
occasionally induce a desirable mixture
of conservatism. In the industrial
field steel seems to occupy leadership.
Enlarged demands for export, for rail-
roads, for oil, shipping. building and
other industries are inevitable, and a
number of plants are running 10 per
cent of capacity and over. which is
more than at any time since the loss
of war contracts. Building is be-
coming more and more active owing to
urgent demand for housing and office
room; and the call for new industrial
plants is only less urgent than might
be expected because a large part OF
war construction on these lines is be-
ing taken up by peace industries.
Conditions in railroad traffic are
| improving; the volume in the grain
districts having already visibly in
creased. In merchandising lines pre-
parations are in order for an active
fall trade. Labor is well employed
despite the large number of men back
from the war. The unemployed are
few. and advices from many directions
report a scarcity of help.
A considerable number of alien la
borers are returning TO their native
lands and more are expected to follow
The outward movement is swollen by
those held back during the war. The
certainty of obtaining better work and
wages here than in Europe will. how
ever, 1t is believed. be a deterrent upon
any excessive efflux.
The high cost of food. clothing and
shelter. says Mr.. Clews is an important
factor in the outbreaks of unrest
which appear here and there in the
form of strikes. Such conditions are
the inevitable result of five destructive
years such as-the world never saw be-
fore or ever imagined possible. The
only effectual cure for such a famine
is more economy and more product
Only on such lines can the worldwide
vacuum be filled. Initiation does no
seem to have run its course and high
prices coupled with imperative recon.
struction insure prosperity for many
months IL not several years ahead.
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ANONYMOUS.

came across a very beautiful SEN
timent the other day. Here it is:
Forgiveness is the perfume that the
trampled flower casts back upon the
foot which crushed it."
The author 1 do not know. because
1t was merely marked-Anonymous
1 took the noble sentiment and
stored it away in my heart, for that
is the place for such sentiments. But
what started me 20 thinking was the
fact that the single word "Anony-
nous" was placed at the end of that
lovely pharse.
thought of that wonderful poem
by Gray, "Elegy Written in a Coun-
try Church Yard" which paid such a
great tribute to the unknowns of the
earth, in the sea and and on the land,
and I said-it is the thought and the
deed that really endures-
Our greatest dreams, the highest
truths. the deepest wisdom, the strong
est longing of our heart; are really
anonymous.
Even the great SHAKESPEARE musl
have thought Of the utter futility OF
a mere Identification for a man, for
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sand dollars. His contempt for this
collector who loved a bargain better
than he loved art is something enorm-
Gus.
Szukalski played a unique part in
the great war. He was drafted and
taken to Camp Upton, n. Y. He re-
fused to drill. fight or do anything
else. His major, an intelligent man.
asked him if he objected to fighting
on religious grounds He said he did
not object either to fighting or to kill
ing on any grounds. but that when he
did any killing he was going to choose
his own victim and do it of his own
free will. Therefore, he said. he would
not fight in war, which would COM
pei him to kill men he had nothing
against personally. Under this state
ment he was not a conscientious OBJ
jector. The major couldn't find any
thing in the laws to cover such a case
Szukalski told him he ought to be
proud to have a man in his company
who objected to war on such high
philosophical grounds, instead of OBJ
jecting because of mere religious
superstition. The major couldn't see
that either, but he could see that Szu-
kalski would not make a soldier, and
he could not see any use of torturins
the man. After about two months, the
artist was sent back to his studio. He
says that he was not mistreated in any
way, that he had a good time at Camp
Upton doing as he pleased. and made
a number of friends among the Off
GERS and men. He was unchanged
by his military experience except that
he fattened up little on camp food.
Szukalski did not fight in the war,
but he has made a hard fight for his
art. He refuses to do any sort of work
merely for money. For a while he had
SO little to eat that he tainted on the
streets from weakness. He is humor-
Gus and undaunted. but there is a
touch of bitterness in his humor. He
feels that the world has acknowledged
his ability but refused him a living.
His strange garb and long hair are
his method of wigwagging to the world
his recommendation as to where it
may go.
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MEDDLE AND MUDDLE.

1t is rumored that for the last six
months high officers of the American
army have been drawing up plans for
Mexican campaign by United States
troops
Since 1910 Mexicans have murdered
S17 United States citizens, and there
has been no reparation made. This
number is said to be of official record,
and it is thought there have been
many other murders of which there
is no record. Citizens of Britain,
France. Spain and other European
countries also have been put to death
in defense of their properties by ma
rauding bands of Mexicans.
In the face of these facts, the state
department continues to write notes
to Carranza. Our early German policy
is being repeated in our relations with
Mexico.
The Administrations policy in Mex
leo. says the Providence Journal, has
been one of persistent NEEDLE and
muddle. We have "waged peace"
against our uneasy neighbor, as Col
onel Roosevelt picturesquely put it
settled goal in mind. Our attitude has
been purely opportunist. We have
ranged from watchful waiting to hos
tile invasion-at Vera Cruz. An in the
meantime matters have gone from bad
to worse
Americans resident in Mexico have
been slaughtered. their property has
been ruthlessly taken from them, and
where there has not been active civil
war there have been terror and DESC
lation. Carranza, the mild-eyed philos-
oper. who sits in the seat OF nominal
power at the City of Mexico. has
about as much conception of his re-
sponsibilities as a child would have
lie is a visionary and dreamer-when
he is not plotting against US.
We cannot trust such a government
as he and his associates have set up.
We cannot leave to them the business
of haling to punishment the invaders
Of our border territory.
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THE PROMOTERS WIFE
NEIL HAS THE OFFER OF TWO
POSITIONS.
CHAPTER CXXIII

CHAPTER CAA1II-
After Mr.. Frederick left I tidied
up, Neil insisting upon drying the
dishes. Then we sat in the living room
talking of our guest, his kindness, and
the feeling of security he had left be-
hind as far as the immediate future
was concerned.
Neil had told HMM reply to his
questions-that it had taken every
cent we had in the world to pay our
debts. We were poorer than when as
boy and girl we started out together.
We had worn our clothes until now I
was really shabby, altho had insisted
that Neil be properly dressed because
of his position. We lived in a rented
house. not even owning the furniture.
We were both over thirty years old.
and save for his unhappy experiences
Neil had nothing to show for the years
of hard work. When 1 thought of this
I wondered that he was as cheerful as
he was; that he did not more often
give way to discouragement.
What are you going to do now.
still live out here?" Mr.. Frederick
asked.
Yes, Bah likes it. it is good for
Robert, and we can live more cheaply.
Quite consideration
Have you decided what you will
do?" 1 looked in amazement from one
to the other. Was Neil to lose his
pace Win was soon en-
lightened. Mr.. Frederick had seen my
look of surprise. and added: Hasn't
he told you, Barbara? Chase has
offered him a fine position, at a much
larger salary than the position with
me warrants. My resources have been
pretty well drained, and my western
interests have suffered by my long alb
sence-he was one of the governments
dollar a year men-I should like to
meet Chase's figures, but can't"
Yes. 1 have decided. / said moth
ing to Bah because there was nothing
to say. 1 shall remain with you as
long as you can find a place for me-
Thank you Forbes. 1 never need
ed faithful service as 1 do now. Such
service may mean the saving of my
fortune-what is left. and my business.
I know of no one else whom could
leave in charge. I shall have to de-
pend as entirely upon you for this
eastern end as have during the
war. Ny time must be spent on the
coast 1 am almost ashamed to offer
you the salary have decided / can
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Senator Mccormick. of Illinois. has
commenced his senatorial career with
a practical measure. long overdue, that
should receive the favorable consid-
Grafton of his colleagues without any
very extended debate. The senator's
proposition is to take the United States
out OF the catch-as-cateh-can class in
public expenditures and place It upon
a business basis. and to this end he
has introduced a budget" bill pro-
viding for the COORDINATION, revision
and unification OF the annual depart
mental estimates" Conveniently a
bill also has been introduced provid-
ing for the creation of the office of
controlIer-auditor general and two as
sistants. who shall have charge of the
audit work now undertaken by various
departments and officials. and of the
handling of the annual budgets and
the checking thereof. the three princi-
pal officials OF the new proposed de-
partment to be appointed by concur
rent resolution of congress. There
also is pending a proposal to appoint
a committee to formulate a plan for
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charged for. imperfect vision. AS
matter of fact the fellow made the
most frantic efforts to avoid the draft
and when every claim for exemption
was denied and he had unsuccessfully
appealed to his congressman and sem
ator, he went into a blue funk and lost
pounds of weight in a week. Up there
at the camp he was sick-real sick.
His surgeon looked him over and fin
ally passed him up to me- I wasted
hours on him trying to arouse his
sense of manhood, and then. in utter
disgust, 1 ordered his discharge He
would never have been of the slightest
use to the army. The thing he was
suffering from was ineradicable. in
growing cowardice. No one knows but
you. I'm telling you, not only for your
own little fool sake, but for Floyd's.
Good day. I've got to see a patient
another patient. You've been pretty
sick, too"
But Beth made a quick recovery.
And when sheand Floyd meet Terrell
now she smiles at him-a very queer
little smile.
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.l
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Yestidday 1t was SO hot that the
easiest thing to do was perspire, witch
everybody did. and us fellowes was
wawking along saying G, maybe It
amt hot-gosh, If it was eny hotter
than this, good mite, and different
things, and all of a suddin Sid Hunt
sed, G, Pubs, holey smoaks, look at
the man tainted frum the heet up
agenst your house.
Meening a fat man with a brown
derby and no collar and tie laying on
Pubs Simkinses pavement with his
eyes shut tite and his mouth open
loose, and us fellows ran up and stood
there looking at him, Skinny Martin
saying, Wen a persin faints, the ferst
thing to do is loosen their collar. ony
he amt got eny collar. SO how we
can?
We cant. sed Sam Cross, and Ed
Wernick sed, Maybe II we loosened
his shoes it would do some good.
And he united one OF the mans
shoe strings and Ed Davis united the
other one, but it dident do eny good.
and sed. Maybe wat he needs is
more air, wat do you saw we all blow
on him?
Witch we all did, getting up close
and all blowing on his face together
without enything happening, and Lee
roy Shooster sed. If we had peece
of ice we could put it down the back
of ice.
Ill go in and get a peece out of the
ice box. sed Pubs. And he an in the
house and came out with a hunk Of
ice and put it down the back of the
man neck. being such big hunk he
had to brake II in 2 peeces and then
put 1t down, and pritty soon the man
started to wiggle his shoulders and
look dissatisfied without opening his
eyes. and the fertilizer down the ice
went the more dissatisfied he looked.
and after vile he opened his eyes
and grabbed ahold of the middle of
his back, proving ware the ice was,
and Jest then he saw all us fellows
standing there and started to look
mad as enything. and Skinny Martin
quick sed. Its all rite, mister its ony
ice, you tainted frum the beet
o, did, did ]. Ill show you II a
honest man cant lay down to take a
little nap on hot day without being
assaulted by lot OF hoodelun1s, sed
the man. And he jumped up and
chased us block and a half Shaking
one hand at us and holding the other
one at the bottom of his back, show
ing ware the ice was.
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Q; What 6 the origin Of the term r.
boat ~ applied TO submarine I'll. J. L.
"under- sea- and its use was probably de-
veloped in the interest Of brevity.
q How does the recent flight by Al
cock. the British aviator. compare with
the time heretofore required to cross the
A. Alcock crossed the ocean in sixteen
the twensv-six days II took Columbus N
accomplish the snme feat in 14a2 The
and the famous RIA in two DAYS.
c,s;;.. Wnic r. OF the wei known secret So
A The membership Of these organizs-
lions II ms follows. given in the order Of
their importance Free Mosaps, 1.saa o55:
odd Fellows 1.6OGJ4G: Lovni order az
Men. 400 $50: EIks. 453.516: ROYAL Arb
soo. l22s5o; Knights Templars 2i3,-
raincoat7-J. X. ""
49,. a Gasoline 20 used win injure the rub
Green raineoat is to Law the coat out on
iat surface end srrub lightly with
sost. h ana water. DO not wiring. Put on a
9: MaS a naval officer in foreign port
accept personal presents?-G. $. L.
Officers m ptesents are often given naval
ana are ALWAYS gracionrIv accented Thee
Is law however which prohibits the off
Ger from retaining these presents person.
government
q Who baked nork and beanr?-G. r.
a An eccentric Engiishmnn. Daniel
Ipsv Csood. IS Accredited With this accom-
nlishment. The first Friday IN each July
he would assernhie = nartv ~ friends rn-
ger m OK IN the forest md Toast fhom on
bacon ard beans From this festival grew
the popularity Of the dish.
tAnv reader can ret the arewer 10 INV
QUESTION by writing The Trnrta Stats
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Inquiries are confidential the rrDifen cling
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