davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

symbolism and the visage, of Lincoln,
there is nothing distinctively Ameri-
can about the building. It is pri-
marty Greek in design. It looks like
a cross between the Parthenon at
Athens Judging by the picture postals
thereof) and the temple OF Solomon
as described in the Bibles 1t Is unlike
any other memorial which modern
men have raised to their leaders. In
stead. it is an imitation of tempIs
which the great pagans built to their
gods. 1t is intended to express wor-
ship and reverence. 1t Is to serve no
utilitarian purpose whatever. There
is nothing useful in the building ex-
cept a couple of lavatories.
The effort, and the result, has been,
not to give US a better understanding
or a clearer perception of Lincoln the
man, but to defy him, or at least to
convert him into legendary hero,
thing inspires, not sympathy for a
strong man beset by many troubles,
but the awe which We associate with
the supernal. It does not bring us
closer to Lincoln, but removes him to
celestial heights.
This is in accordance with the best
American traditions. We make fun OF
our great men while they live, and
gods of them after they are dead. We
never understand them. The Wash
ington of the high school histories Is
too perfect for human sympathy. You
have to dig into little known docu-
ments to discover that he was judge
of good liquor and bet on cock fights.
In like manner the Benjamin Franklin
that we all know about was simply
too thrifty, too wise and too virtuous
to live. and only few students are
aware that he was a bold bad fellow
among the girls, and the greatest OF
all American hypocrites.
So now good old Abe, the most hu-
man of them all. who could outdo any
drummer at telling funny stories. who
liked hcmeIy surroundings and oil
clothes, Is set up like Greek god in
a great cold marble hall, endowed with
an expression of supernal solemnity.
and deprived even of the spittoon
which in life he found so indispensa-
ble.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01
THE SHORT DAY PRoDI.ENf.

Among the demands OF the striking
coal miners was one for six hour
day. This they early abandoned, but
the effort Of the unions to shorten
the hours of labor is not confined to
the miners. 1t extends to many organ
izatIons.
The argument that shorter hours
are needed in order to provide en-
ployment for all the workers is valid
only as an expedient to help over a
temporary situation. No policy that
raises costs and curtails distribution
can provide more work. Employment
is created, consumption is increased
and the general comfort promoted by
reducing costs. There is plenty of work
for all when industry is well balanced
and harmonious.
In a great factory where thousands
OF workmen are distributed in numer-
ous departments. but working upon
different parts OF joint product, their
numbers must be properly adjusted to
one another or there will be idIeness
In a shoe factory. for example. there
must be no inore workmen making
heels than are required to heel the
shoes made in the other departments,
and the industries Of a given popula-
1t is possible to over-develop a given
industry in proportion to the rest and
it is possible to have q temporary de-
rangement of industry from such a
cause as the war but a general state
OF over production and unemployment
is normally impossible.
In many of the modern industries
the physical labor is light. consisting
Of tending machinery which is more
or less AUTOMATIC. Under such condi-
tions evidently labor cennot render Sc
much service in 8 hou s as in 10, for
the machinery cannot do so much in
hours as in 10, and when labor stops
the machinery stops, Tut the overhead
charges go on. In the industries
where a great investment of capital
is necessary t. ob'"in high efficiency
the overhead is very important
portion of the costs entering into the
selling priceCof the product. In these
cases the question arises of the fea3i-
bility OF having several shifts on the
machinery. but against this there arc
counter influences and particularly the
fact that it requires labor m unnatural
hours. which is unfavorable to health.
always condemned for women, and
more costly in various ways
Competition is necessarily q factor
in such questions. but II competition
and the question of profits were elini-
mated there would semain these coun-
ter considerations ffecting the inter-
est OF the consuming public. The cost
must be paid by the public. which is
by no means a conclusive argumen,
against shorter hours but a fact not
to be forgotten,
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01
slsl5lslsslslsSlslslSE5ES Observation-Disclosures

smile! For he had a smile that was
both whimsical and fascinating. His
humor was like fresh rain. And it
rolled out of him as naturally as air is
breathed.
But the big thing about George
Fitch was that he represented things
He believed in being loyal to his
friends. And in business relations,
all the Inoney in the world couldn't
buy him from an agreement or move
from him a single one of his princi-
piles.
Shortly before his death. George
Fitch was elected to tha state legfsla-
ture Of Illinois. And there he made
creditable record. For, you see, he
was genuine-and that sort stand up
right. no matter where you put them
George Fitch was simple in his
tastes. and intensely democratic His
home life was beautiful He was a
good citizen in his town. Everybody
that knew him. loved him. And so
he Is missed greatly now. But he
lived mighty worth while life
wish that they hadn't needed him
up there" SO soonf
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01
EVERETT JUNIOR.
CHAPTER CIX.

Everett never had been thoughtful
Il did not know it was in him. AL
tho I recalled that whenever I had
been Ill he had been considerate.
Perhaps he thought when I was well,
l didn't need consideration.
Without my knowledge he had sent
for mother and she came about two
weeks before my baby was born. j
was so delighted to have her. Now
unhappy again. When 1 held my boy
in my arms I forgot all the mean
things that people had said wflen
Everett married me. I forgot his
neglect, and was as happy as the day
was long.
5 Mother remained with us until
Everett, Jr., was two weeks old, then
she went back to dad, who never was
happy if she were away from him
Everett had hired a competent nurse
and after mother left she took entire
charge not only of me but of the baby
At first it seemed only natural that
this should be SO, but by the time the
baby was a month old l had COM
menced to resent her rule and Ever
ett's insistence that she should be
obeyed.
He is my baby! ought to have
something to say" complained. The
nurse was a woman about ty-five
years old, rather austere. and terribly
determined. Dad would have said
she was set in her ways"
She seemed to think 1t was bad
for the baby to be cuddled or rocked
And il 1 started to walk about with
in my arms, she was as shocked as il
had committed murder.
When 1 spoke to Everett about 1t
he said:
'-You are too young to know any
thing aboue raising a child. Miss
Lane has been a nurse for years.
insist that you do as she says"
Il wasn't too young to have the boy
if I am too young to have anything
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
BY JANE PHELPS

to say aboutA himi" 1 retorted. more
hurt than angry. And Miss Lane
never has had baby; she doesn't
know how dreadfully mother wants
to love and cuddie her very own
child"
Miss Lane has had wide expert
ence. She has cared for many babies,
and the doctor assures me is one of
the very best nurses on his list-a
long one. l have hired her to remain
permanently-that is, until she refuses
to stay longer I hope you will be
careful not to say or do anything to
make her leave u.s.
You mean she is to stay right
along? l thought we would have a
nice young nurse a girl like Hetty,
for him when he was a little older"
II shah run no risks with my son.
We shall retain Miss Lane"
Our conversation ended for the
time, but my heart was filled with
resentment toward Miss Lane. and
also toward Everett. He had said: "I
shall run no risks with MY son." Just
as if the baby belonged entirely to
him. He might have said '-our son.
1 thought, my eyes filling.
Was my precious baby to be another
cause for unhappiness between us, in
stead of the JOY I had supposed he
would be? 1 loved my darling boy
passionateiy. And to have Everett
shut me out by saying MY boy" and
to have that woman who didn't know
how it felt to be mother of a baby tell
me what I couldn't or could do with
him, was maddeninE.
Il won't stand iti" I muttered, yet
knew down in my heart 1 should
have to stand it, just as / had had to
endure other things in my life because
Everett willed 1 should.
wondered dumbly If other wives
had such emotional ups and downs as
1 had-if others had to have the sweet
periods offset by periods of unhappi-
ness caused by inharmony with their
husbands
(Tomorrow-Sandra rebels at Miss
Lanes command.}
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

Professor Garfield's declaration that
the public shall not pay for any ad-
vance in the cost of mining coal marks
the first time that the whole popula-
tien of the country ever has received
any consideration IN a controversy
between employer and employee. Up
to this time when an employer of
labor has been forced to increase the
pay Of his employees he has passed
the added cost on to the consuming
public. Modern industry is SO COM
plex that any undue advantage gained
by one class is often-indeed, usually
gained at the expense of others. II
for instance, those engaged in the pro-
duction of an essential article succeed
in obtaining wages in excess of the
general standard, or of exacting unfair
profits, then in effect, by increasing
the price of the commodity concerned,
they tax every consumer and 30 OBJ
tain a benefit at the expense of the
whole community. This, the fuel ad-
ministrator says, he will not permit
in connection with the production of
coal.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01
GEORGE FITCH.

This is l. brief tribute to a friend
whom 1 loved. There is no particular
reason why I should write it at this
time, excepting that any time is an
appropriate time to pay a tribute to
character.
George Fitch was a humorist. He
was also a magnificent friend. Added
to this. he was real American in
type, fine and clean and noble
My friend died only a few years
ago at the age Of thirty-eight- And
1t is largely because I miss his inspir-
ing influence that I have the desire
to tell how splendid he was. His
career had hardly started. yet mil
lions had laughed at his incompara-
Bile Siwash stories and little daily ees-
says.
Here are a few of the things that
made George Fitch great. He had
wholesome mind. There was nothing
coarse about his thinking. His heart
was very mellow-he felt. not In
terms of dollars. but OF human need
used to try very hard TO be
funny to Gsorge-just to see him
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01
THE sIMPLER LIFE.


Go for the honors IL you win.
And treat the stony heights to fame;
Fight for the rich rewards of skill.
And seek life's Jeweled crown to claim.
But as for me. II plod along
Where humble people line the way
And find my joy in simple song
And common pleasures day by day
Fight for the glory of the great
And clamor for their brief success;
/ know little swinging gate
That leads to lasting happiness
/ would not shfrk my duties here.
Nor fail the purpose of my birth.
But / would live from year TO year
And claim the lasting joys OF earth
1 choose to tread the simpler ways,
Where men and women nod and smile,
Not over eager for mems praise.
Nor over fond OF pomp and style.
But glad when can play the friend.
And proud when men are friends to me.
Contented that I've time to spend
With any man vho'er he be.
I choose to know nv children well.
To live my little life at home.
To take from toll resting spell,
And LET who VIII forever roam.
III find beneath my roof tree gay
The sweet and simple joys that live,
And reap along the humble way fs-
All that a span Of years can give.
Copyright. 1919. by Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

1t is upon Article x of the League
covenant and upon the Lodge reser-
vation affecting it that the president
and the Democrats part company with
Senator Lodge and the Republicans.
Very well. says Senator Lodge. let US
put it up to the people. The Lodge
reservation which the president de-
nounces as cutting the heart out of
the treaty nullifies any obligation of
the United States TO preserve the terri
torial integrity and political indepen-
dence OF any member as against ex-
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

The government of France will re-
turn the railroads OF that country TO
their owners on the day that peace
shall be declared. II we waited for
such conditions in this country. taxing
the people for the support OF the roads
might continue indefinitely. Our law
even provides that the government
may retain the roads 81 months after
the end OF the war. Fortunately for
all concerned, Uncle Sam has had
enough of the railroad business and is
not disposed to exercise this privilege.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

ternal aggression, refuses to bind the
United States to interfere in any con-
troversy between other nations. and
declines to permit American troops
to be used except by express authori-
zation of congress. In other words 1t
would make US signatory to an agree
ment to preserve the peace Of the
world but in the carrying out of such
agreement we would have no part.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

My. cuzzin Artie stayed at my house
all mite last night and I woak up
about o'clock this morning and
tickled Artie on the end of the nose
he got tired of thinking It was a fly
and woak UP. saying. Hay. that aint
funny. do you think that funny?
Yes. sed. wich did, and Artis
sed. Ill tell you a good game, lets play
this is hospital and we're both in IT.
leg amputated and got 2 legs ampu-
tated.
Aw. you always wunt the most. sed
Artie, and sed, All rite then you can
have the legs off and Ill Jest have
one. I aint selfish.
And 1 got a little hunk of wife
chawk out of my pants pockit and we
rubbed it on our faces to make our
selves pale looking and we both laid
there making noises like 2 men hav-
ing fearse panes. and pritty soon the
doore opened and pop and ma came
running in. me and Artie jest keeping
on making panefIll noises
wy, they're both as pale as a sheet
they must of eaten sumthing that
poisoned them or sumthing. sed ma
Crate Skott. watts the docktors fone
number? sed pop. And ne came over
to the bed and looked at me close and
rubbed one finger over my face. say
ing. Confownd the blasted little devils.
they've got chawk on their faces. BEN
ny. Benny. Me opening my eyes. say
ing, Sir? Me? and pop sed, Watts the
big ideer at this time of the morning.
Were playing hospital. 1 sed. Artie
go legs off and / got one on
Well how many hands have you got ?
sed pop, and 1 sed, 2. and pop sed,
No you haven. you've got g. And he
gave me sutch a rack some place
yith his hand IT bert all the way throo
the covers, and then he gave Artie q
krack and him and ma went back to
sleep.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01
Dorothy Dix Talks
How to Get Thcrc-f.
DY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman write


A young woman who Is just start
ing out in business asked very sue
cessful business man the other day
il he would point out to her the way
TO success
-''N hat must a girl do to get on in a
business Officer" she asked, some
stris stay put at the same sa .ary and
an the sslme position year after year"
she said, while other girls climb up
TO private secreta:yships, and to being
he;AdS of departments, and places NoT
Importance with good salaries. When
talk it over with the girls they always
speak of pull and favoritism, and hint
at scandals between the boss and the
favored one. don't believe this, and
what l want to know is what a girl
must do in order to advance herself
What quqality is it in her that at
tracts her employers favorable
notice?"
There is no royal road TO success"
replied the man, 'and this is true of
woman Just as much as lit is OF a
man. There is no sex in work, and
fitness is the only thing thai enables. a
girl to get good place and hold it. 3
She must know her Job down to
the bottom. She must be reliable, and
dependable, and she must have energy
and grit, and determination. She must
like her work for its own sake. for
L We never KNOWN anybody, eltner man
or woman, to make a success of
the thing that his or her heart was
not in. If you do not like your work
and do not take pride in doing 1t,
and in your craftsmanship, you had
better get out and try something else.
You will never get anywhere in it,.
aside from the fundamentals of
business. however. there are a lot of
points that are worth the Considera-
ton of every girl in business because
they score for her or against her
The first of these is time The girl
who works with her eye on the clock
never gets to the top of the ladder. In
my office the work is supposed TO
commense at n quarter of nine. OF
the forty girls L employ there are
thirty y-nine who never get in until the
clock strikes nine. Then they spend
five or ten minutes IN the dressing
room primping and powdering their
nose:.
4 noticed that the forticth girl was
always at the office by hale past eight
or earlier. and that she never dreamed
OF leaving at night until the last bit of
work was done. Her work is really
no better than that of several of the
other eom-late-and- -go-early girls, but
have advanced her over all of their
heads altho she has only been with
me six months and the others have
heen with me for years
>~I
rf<xl.t ..x,
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01
MouItcn Musings
Wat Was the Hardest Days Work
YOu E,Ycr Did?
BY ROY X. MOULTON.


lam newspaper reporter. and the
harde:t days work 1 ever did was try
ing to salve the dramatic critic for two
fakes to a musical show.-T. L T.
The hard It da- :, W k ever did
was the time tried to argue an cleo
trio lighting company out OF 23 cents
on my bill.--J. w. Togarty.
Tn, hardest days work I ever did
was trying to make some chewing gum
got out of a venting machine stick
ogether.-Mabclie D.
We have often wondered what
Mack Sennett's bathing girls will do
when the cold weather comes ori.ss
It is wonderful how many of those
nut sundaes n man cannot consume
when he is out to make a night OF it.
Old Irving Davis Says:
Home is an oasis in the desert of
life. =.
women are not very wealthy in
their own right. il the old saying,
'.silence is golden" still holds it's own.
They say that love is blind! Wen,
divorce is some eye-wnsh. - a
1t depends. when men talk about p
voinnn's Cooks" whether they are
speaking of her face or to her face. >
Don't blame the garbage man II Fre
is absentSminded and forSets you. He
is probably writing play.
waiter Pulitzer says: "One reason
why money is called dust Is beeduse
most people are blinded by it,
The young lady next door says:
what If there is no coal? Can't we
burn gas or 1--we in Seam-heated
apartments?"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

The rush of the young men of Kan
sas to enlist under the banner hoisted
by Governor Allen brings back mem
ories of the days following our en-
trance into the Great War. Whenever
4 patriotic duty is to be performed
Kansans can always be relied upon to
take their places in the front rank.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

President Wilson kept US out of
war" but William o. Jenkins may get
US into 1t, if we do not let his case
drop. Mexico may grow impatient
over our fault finding and decide to
punish US. 1t is still believed that the
government would defend It's citizens
If attacked on this side of the border.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

1t is announced from Washington
that the government has no intention
OF receding from its position in the
Jenkins case. By the way. what is the
governments position in the Jenkins
case9
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledgs-.t

A fellow columnist who boldly crftl-
cizes a singer for his pronunciation or
certain words set in the lyrics, OF a
well-known comic opera enlists our in
terests and inspires our admiration
We should like to know how he man
aged to detect the faulty pronunciation
of the singer. We have listened 70 the
vocalizdtion OF many of the lyrics OF
light musical entertainment. But, due
to the fact that we were never able to
distinguish one word from the other,
1--WE are curious as to the manner or
method employed in detecting the
faulty pronunciation of which the
columnist complains.
Generally speaking. we go on to say,
since we wish to spread the thought
upon two or three paragraphs. it taxes
our poor powers to determine what
the 'show'' itself is all about. To
be able to disengage the lyrics of light
musical entertainment from the murk
of vocationalization with which their
of vocalization with which their in
terpreters surround them seems to us
a rare gift.
In fact, 1t is. we should say. feat.
as delicate and as difficult as that OF
segregating the voice of the first basso
in a. male quartet AS a matter OF
form. every male quartet has first
basso But except on the rare oc-
casions when he Is vouchsafed a solo
number nobody knows what he does
Conversation.
s.TIello. Bill"
Hello, Bobi What about that?"
What about what?"
What about what you said ?''
''well. what about it?"-J. H c.
Court proceedings in New York have
developed the fact that Mary Pick
| ford gets $1,0s0,000 a year. Write
you own ticket. We merely furnish
the scenario. We do not develop the
films.
The action of the w. c. II q. in
| planning a crusade against tobacco
| indicates that the women have again
| men. When, we desire to ask, when do
| the women plan to take up the task
of reforming the women?
! While the late Mr.. Shonts has come
| In for some criticism on that score,
| it cannot be said he left his widow
| entirely unprovided for. The portrait
| OF himself bequeathed her in his will
is valued at $4,000.
The fact that they locked ex-
| Congressman Lundeen in a refrigera-
| tor car was cruel and unusual. in the
respect that it is likely to aggravate
further a certain physical misfortune.
| lEx-Congressman Lundeen you may
remember was one of those who suf-
fered from cold feet from the very
beginning of the war.
! Upon one point, at least, we are able
| to reach a conclusion. 1t Is that the
! embattled agriculturists OF the hinter-
| land were less deeply stirred by the
| appeal of the president in behalf of
| the league of nations than the special
correspondent of the New York World
| led US to believe.
Meanwhile the presidents own con-
cern for the breaking heart OF the
| world Is no longer so acute as an or
ganic cardiac affliction would ap-
pear to warrant
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

There still is something to be thank
full for. There is,pe strike in the gas
ana oil fields. but It might be well to
knock on wood.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

Meanwhile the presidents own con-
cern for the breaking heart OF the
world Is no longer SO acute az an or
ganic cardiac afflictions would ap-
pear to warrant
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

In fact, 1t is. we should say. a feat.
as delicate and as difficult as that OF
segregating the voice of the first basso
in a. male quartet. AS a matter OF
form, every male quartet has a first
basso. But except on the rare oc-
casions when he Is vouchsafed solo
number nobody knows what he does.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-01

Upon one point. at least, we are able
to reach a conclusion. 1t is that the
embattled agriculturists OF the hinter-
land were less deeply stirred by the
appeal of the president in behalf of
the league of nations than the special
of the New York World
led us to believe.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-12
PAJAROS QUE vUELAN
DEL HOGAR

Hipolito Reyes y Marcelino vi
rraure Munoz, Sc hastiaron de la
vida del hogar y decidieron bus
car nuevos ehorizontes, huyendo de
sus respectiyds casas paternas. Hi
p6lito tiene doce amos y es hijo
de Antonia Reyes, natural de San
Lorenzo V vecina dc la calle Ra-
mos de Santurce. Marcelino cs
un joven de Is amos, y su padre,
Rafael Munoz, reside Ell la calls
dc la Fortaleza ndmero Is. Hippo
Ito seg1n afirmaciones de los ve-
cinos, tiene las facultades menta-
les perturbadas. La policia de San
Juan tiene ordenes de arrestar a
estos dos muchachos eD donde
quiera que los hallare