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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15
EVENING STORY
The Time Clock.
By IZOLA FORESTER.
Tell her 70 CANA ir, % nrdnrna II

By IZOLA FORESTER.
Tell her to come in" ordered Hell
en-. and gave her attention fully to
what the assistant sales manager was
trying to tell her.
What you need here is a good all
around business manager, Miss Ran
dali. You're tired out from overwork
and need a rest"
Helen laughed, glancing up at the
clock.
"a fine chance have ever to rest.
Mr.. Warner. See that the Altoona
agency is punched up. They fell be-
low last month. And you'd better get
after the Fort Wayne bunch, too.
Tucker thinks all he has to do is draw
his salary"
The door opened and closed behind
her, and she saw Warner look up in
surprise at somebody behind her chair.
Then the newcomer stepped around
the desk. and she saw six-foot-one of
sound soldier standing before her in
the marine uniform.
Yes? Helen asked. ibid you wish
to see me?"
st answer the ad. Shipping clerk,
it said. I think can fill it all right"
Helen stared at him. He was tanned
and self-possessed, steady eyed. well
poised, and yet she noted the lines of
Warner went back to the outer office.
and she questioned the applicant. He
was from Texas. he told her. 1t was a
long way back home. and he had to get
work at once at something.
what were you before you went
away?" she asked him.
"Sales manager for Searles & Saun-
ders in Austin"
Helen pursed her lips. She had been
"forelady" in the white goods stock
room then. Fortunes of war had
placed her perforce at the big oak
desk in the main office, and she was
tired out. Tired of being a hustler,
tired of business and time clocks and
the steady, everlasting drive of mer-
camille life.
she asked.
IT like to win out at anything" he
said shortly. TITS the making good
that counts"
You can go down. and tell Warner
it's all right. He'll introduce you to
Doran, the manager of the shipping
department. I'll tell Mr.. futile took
you on"
All that afternoon she thought of
him. He was so different to the men
around the office. Even futile him
self, when he came in as usual, about
8, after lunch at some uptown hotel,
seemed futile beside him. She meas
ured him with new appraising glance
when he came toward her smilingly.
Don't work too hard, grille. How
are they coming today?"
"All right" She bent over her pa
pers. "Say, Mr.. futile, could I take
my vacation early this year? I'm
tired out"
Take it when I do, in July. and
I'll see that you get a good rest" He
sat down on the corner of her desk,
| smoking comfortably. my sisters
got little bungalow down at Rock
away. suppose you stay there. I'll
let you and Nell have a car, too. I've
| told her about you. Told her you'll
| probably be partner here before you
got thru; how about it?"
Helen rose impulsively and laughed
back at him. It was not the first
time he had intimated that he had his
plans for the future, and before. in the
tired days she had almost listened. 1t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
81 MRS. ELTzABErH THOMSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am mar
ried and try to do everything for my
husband, but he is the kind who does
not appreciate what is done for him.
He spends his money and time in
pool rooms and 1 can either sit at
home or got out by myself.
Do you think it would be all right
to sell my furniture and leave him? I
have a baby boy and it would be hard
for me to pick up and leave him on
that account.
On account of your child 1t hardly
seems wise for you to leave your hus-
band. You took your. husband for
better or worse and now stick to your
Do not stay at home all the time
and be miserable. Make women
friends. 1t will do you good to
mingle with people and get relief
from the atmosphere OF your home.
Try to live your life as happily as
possible. altho you have not the CO.
operation of your husband. Perhaps
he will come to a realization Of his
duty to you and his child and will
grow more faithful as the years pass.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am en-
gagged to a fellow who is a little young
er than I. have gone with him for
doubt as to my love for him. There
is another fellow who wants to go
with me. Should I break the engage
Inent with the first fellow and go with
the second?
II I quit he said he would not take
my ring which he gave me. Should
wear it anyway? PEGGY.
I think you should break your en-
gagement since you are not sure of
your love. 1t is not fair to the man
to continue a Ioveless engagement.
Send back the ring and insist that
he take it, even IL he sells it and gets
the money back. Since you are break
ing the engagement you have no right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15
SANDRA ASSERTS HER RIGHTS.
CHAPTER XVII.
s.ssss ~
s.y.,.A T.

S11<AI LIN
Who could the original of all these
pictures be? I had deciphered a name
on the back of one of those I found
in the bureau drawer: "Leola. ="
What an odd name! Did Everett al
ways know women with odd names?
I can't explain the emotion that i'm
PEELED me to say over and over:
"Leola and Sandra, Sandra and
Leola."
Then it came to me. This Leola
must have been Everetts wife, the
first Mrs. Graham. But why had he
not taken her pictures down? 1 would
not stand it. 1 would ask him who
she was. and If was right, every sim
gle picture of her should be banished.
It was bad enough to be the second
Mrs. Graham without having to be re-
minded of it all the time by pictures
of my predecessor
I was sitting in the library when
Everett came in. I had tried to read,
and also to practice little, but could
do neither. All 1 could think of was
that lovely pictured face. At first 1
thought I would ask Hetty. But he
had warned me not to question the
servants, so 1 made up my mind to
wait up and ask him when he came in
What are you sitting up for?" he
asked. I was so absorbed in my
thoughts, I had not heard him. l
thought I told you to go to bed" He
spoke exactly as he might have done
to some 10-year-old child who had
displeased him.
'T couldn't go to sleep when you
were OUT
why"
81 guess because I am lonely. The
house is so quiet. 1 never have been
alone. you know"
AFRAID of the dark?" The sneer
was unmistakable
''No-not of the dark"
go to bed at once, and remember.
Sandra, I won't have you sitting up
when 1 am out. Do not let it occur
again." He opened the door into the
hall: Good night"
Meekly I arose and went upstairs
Not until I was in my room did re-
member that 1 was going to ask who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY K MouLroN

Over and Over Again.
He posed as a wit and he absked in his
And told funny stories when company came.
With laughter each guest doubled up Ike
But not a smile widened the lips of his
Her face wore look Of mixed sadness and
She'd heard his jokes over and over again,
Proposing.
Jim Barnabee loved Matte Lane
out he was shy on sand. He never
could set brave enough to ask her for
her hand. At times they'd talk of love
and Jim would get right. UP to the
point an. then his nerves would fail,
and he'd grow weak in every Joint.
1t went along in this way, well. two
years or thereabout. The words kept
stickin' in his throat. refusin' to come
out But finally the climax came:
twas Just month ago when Jim an
Mat sat IN box one evenin' at a show.
Twas in the second act, I think, a
man came out an sung a song called
Won't You Marry Me?" 1t got Jim
unstrung. Would you believe II. Just
about the time the song was thru Jim
Mat says Yes" She meant 1t, too.
An Ohio man shot himself the other
day. He had. after twenty years of
labor. just invented successful nom
refillable bottle. and on the day the
Thing was perfected the country went
dry.
STR Robert Bridges. the English poet
laureate, Is in a terrible fix. II he
doesn't get busy and write a poem
about the war they are going to take
his annual salary OF $500 away from
him. Can you imagine a quiet gen
tleman sitting down in cold blood and
writing a poem about the war when
forty or fifty of the wisest men in the
world couldn't dope 1t out in six
months at Paris?
Dear ROY agree with the Ameri-
can admiral who says: TT was a fine
old hen that Matched the American
Eagle."-Robby Spec.
flying.
My onnibe flies over the sea,
Buy bonnie flies over the sea
But. somehow, I've got n small notion.
I'd want good boat under me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

The mistake of the human mind
declares the Christian Science Moni-
tor. Is its trust in 'isms" and its in
veterate tendency to separate into
camps OF antagonlstic "isms." Meth
er capitalism nor socialism, neither
Bolshevism nor imperialism is going
to save the world. But whatever of
principle there may be in any of these
will prove helpful and indestructible.
As the world learns more OF principle
and gradually realizes more clearly
the power of mind. 1t is beginning to
grasp more definitely the meaning Of
law, and to understand how it has i'm
posed limitations upon itself by the
cries of law, such as that OF supply
and demand. which are really, and
have again and again been demon
strated to be, outside the realm of law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

The extent to which we are shipping
foodstuffs abroad is indicated by the
fact that during the fiscal year ended
June 80 we exported OF breadstuffs
1921 100000 more than in 1918. OF
meat and dairy products we exported
an increase of 4Ss,OOO,ooo. In value.
the total of meat and dairy products
for the last fiscal year was $1.167.84O.-
900, as compared with $679,S35, 900
with the preceding year. Yet Presi-
dent Wilson tells congress that the
high cost of food is due to profiteer-
ing. The president himself chiefly is
responsible for high prices. He was
right in saying there is plenty of food
but Europe is taking 1t out of the
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

While President Wilson was abroad.
engaged in a futile effort to regulate
the affairs OF the world. conditions at
home passed beyond his control or
understanding. He has thrown up his
hands. acknowledged his inability to
handle the situation and called upon
congress to rescue the country from
the sea of difficulties in which It Is
foundering. The United States is
sadly in need of = president like Lin
coin. Cleveland or Taft. We need in
the executive office less of ideaIism
and more common. everyday business
sense. The president accomplished
nothing at Versailles that could not
have been done better without him.
Lloyd George guided and directed the
work Of the peace commission and
would have done no more or less IL
the president had remained at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

Mr.. Parkins came to see my sister
Gladdis after suppir yestidday, and
they was in the parler and was set
ting out on the frunt steps Jest set
ting here, and wondered wat Mary
watkins was doing. thinking, G,
wish she was allowed out mites, after
suppir. WITCH she amt, and I thawt.
G, / know, Ill go Ground and call
on her, Jest like Mr.. Parkins.
WITCH I started to do, and wawked
past her house times thinking maybe
she mite come to the parler window or
sumthing and see me without me hav-
ing to ring the bell. Wich she didn't,
and / thawt, Well. il I'm going to do 1t
mite as well do it, II I'm going to.
WITCH 1 did, wawking up the frunt
steps like sumbody not afraid OF eny-
thing, and ringing the bell, and Mrs.
watkins came to the door. saying. o,
its Benny Potts, good eevning, Benny.
Good eevning. I sed, And stood
there looking at her and she stood
there looking at me, and I sed, Is
Mary in?
wy yes, would you like to speek
to her? sed Mrs. Watkins.
Nam? I sed. and she sed, say, do
you wunt to sPeek to her? and 1 sed,
Yes man. is she in?
Ill call her, sed Mrs. Watkins. And
she went in and I kepp on standing
there wondering weather was glad
had came or not. and Mary Wat
kins came down stairs. saying, Hello,
Benny. did you ring the bell?
Yes, sed. And stood there look
ing at her and she stood there look
ing at me. saying. wy? Meening wat
did 4 ring 1t for, and 1 sed, Do you
meen wy did 1 ring IT?
Yes sed Mary Watkins, and sed
o. I jest rang it And we stood
there looking at each other, me being
sure I wasent glad 1 had came, and
after vile sed, Well, haff to go
now.
And I quick wawked down off of
the steps and went home and sat on
my own frunt steps again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

AN OLD MAN DISCUSSES MARRIED
Lord, we've had our little wransles, an
we've had our little bouts,
There's many a time. reckon, that we've
Ny tongues tribe hasty an my tempers
An Mo si r. let III me tell you, has sting
But I couldn't live without her, an it's
plain as plain can be
That in fair or sunny weather mother
needs man like me.
I've banged door an muttered angry
words beneath my breath.
For at times when she was scoldin'
mothers plagued me most to death.
But we've always laughed 1t over. when
we'd both cooled down bit.
An we never had q difference but a smile
would settle It
An IL such thing could happen, we could
share life's joys an tears
An live right on together for another thou
sand years.
Some men give MP too easy in the game O.
They haven't got the courage to be worthy
of a wife,
made their lives a mess, y.
Cos they couldn't bear the burdens that
are mixed with happiness.
So long as folks are human they'll have
: many faults that jar,
An the way to live with people is to take
them as they are.
We've been forty years together, good an
an bad, an rain an shine
I've forgotten mothers fauits now an she
never mentions mine.
In the days when sorrow struck us an we
shared a common woe
We Just leaned upon each other, an our
weakness didn't ,show.
An learned how mich I need her an
how tender she can be
side o. me.
copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

To cultivate a happy bearing. a
low. clear voice, and a good reputation
as a listener.
To lead but not to boast.
TO keep SURPRISING your best
TO do one thing at time. and
that regardless OF reward.
To keep your eyes on jobs ahead
and not those behind.
TO be calm and brave. IL in the
right. tho the big crowd walks off.
cit will come back!)
TO stick by your friend. come
what may. il his heart Is square.
To bear no Ill will toward any
one. even your enemies. (Oniy big
people have enemies.)
TO be broad-minded and tolerant
TO do the best that you know how
and leave the rest-with no regretsi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15
Presldent wilson advocates an =,

President Wilson advocates an ex-
tension OF the government program OF
controlling the food supply OF the
country. And right here is where the
American people should become inter-
ested. Political control OF food sup
plies will do one OF two things: 1t will
cater to the farming element for their
vote and the bait used win be politi-
cally increased prices for livestock.
which the consumer will pay. Or it
the city dwellers' vote looks best the
political control will favor decreased
prices at the expense of agricultural
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15
HOAfELY VIRTUES.

HOMEIY VIRTUES.
(Which aren't so homely. after ailD
TO say please"
TO be kind and considerate OF
other people
TO respect misfortune and old
age.
To be honest. even tho you don't
make as much money as the other
fellow-right off.
TO be slow to criticise.
TO be quick to forgive
To see the good in people-first
TO trust everybody until they
prove themselves unworthy, not as a
business proposition, but as a personal
privilege.
To carry around clean thoughts,
inasmuch as thoughts are deeds"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

districts. whichever course shall be
pursued. political interference with in
dustry and the law of supply and de-
mand will increase instead of decrease
the cost OF any commodity. We have
sufficient proof OF this statement in
the United States today to justify the
belief that political interference with
the packing industry would be no ex+
ceptIon to the rule.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15
DINNER STORIES

A politician who is a great walker
was out enjoying his favorite recrea-
ton After going a few miles he sat
down to rest.
Want a lift, mister7" asked a good
natured farmer driving that way.
Thank you" responded the politi-
clan. Il will avail myself of your Of
fer"
The two rode on in silence for a
while. Presently the farmer asked:
professional MANI"
Yes" answered the politician, who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

a. r. Garretson. former head OF the
Brotherhood Of Railway Conductors,
denies that congress was coerced into
passing the Adamson law. How would
Mr.. Garretson classify a threat to tie
up the transportation business OF the
entire country? II this be not coer-
cion, what is it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

Almost everybody perhaps. would
be glad to see a return to normal con-
ditions or conditions approximatinE
those in existence pricr to the entry
OF the United States into the war.
Every strike. every advance in wages
with its attendant increase in prices
Of the necessaries of life. every lessen
ing OF the hours Of labor helps to re-
tard a return to these conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

Secretary Daniels wants the govern
ment to have a monopoly OF the wire
less telegraph. Persons who have
seen the results OF government mo-
nopoly OF railroad management. gov
eminent monopoly OF telegraph and
telephone operation, and government
boarding of food will hope that here
after the government will have as lit
tie monopoly as possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

The actors strike has extended to
Chicago. The saying of the Snowman
in Dickens's Hard Times" that the
people muth be amuthed' it seems is
being ignored utterly by the striking
performers. but we still have with US
the movies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

The Buffalo News man finds that
there are two great causes making for
prevailing unrest-low wages and
sticky underwear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

stroker on the transport Imperator
was informed on his arrival at Hoboken
that oil had been struck in large quantities
on his eighty-acre farm In Teras. and was
said he would use the money for the
benefit of the people Of the world and
He enlisted in the navy for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-15

My onnibe flies over the sea,
Buy bonnie flies over the sea,
But. somehow, I've got small notion.
I'd want q good boat under me.
Evening star., 1919-03-28

About $500 officers and enlisted
men of the American expeditionary
forces are listed as still missing by
Gen. Pershing. in a report to the
War Department. This compares with
1s1.SOO missing British troops and
100000 French soldiers listed in
French reports.
NO accurate estimate of unreported
deaths can be given" said Gen. Per-
shings report. There are, however,
approximately $500 missing to be ac-
counted for, all of whom have been
reported to Washington as missing.
Reinterment of bodies removed from
isolated graves to centralized ceme-
teries is furnishing additional identi-
fication of deaths hitherto reported
"a missing. This is especially true
of reburials of bodies originally
buried by allied units to which Amer
lean troops were attached, Identified
ton being either incomplete or i'm
perfectly registered at interment.
consideration should be given to
the fact that the method OF warfare.
as we'll as the extent OF terrain
fought over. lent exceptional diff
culties to discovery and burial of
dead Burial parties frequently COM
pleted their mission under heavy fire,
and it often could only be done under
cover of darkness, thus making
possible. Reburials are now furnish
ing means of Identification in a great
ma ajority of such cases. For this rea =
son grave registration and chaplain
reports are being again Investigated.
| AAmall pesceutAgeof.such.f feports>in.
Evening star., 1919-03-28
CONCERT ON APRIL 3
FOR BELGIAN BENEFIT
Trinity College Will Give Musical
Entertainment at National
Theater.

Reports have recently come to Trim
ity College of the destitutbon and suf-
fering among the children of Belgium.
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur,
who conduct Trinity College. have
their mother house in Namur. where
the sisterhood did heroic service dur
ing the war in providing shelter. food
and education for these children. The
King and Queen of Belgium have
especially commended their work as
of first Importance to Belgium as a
nation. not only because it touches
the human-i interest side in caring
for the children who are innocent
participants and sufferers in the war.
but because these children must be
the ones to rebuild and preserve Bel
gium nation.
The reports that have-come to Trim
ity college tell of the destruction of
the converts and schools where these
children were being cared for. that
the sistcr-2uar rdians are now desti-
tute and the children starving. in
need of shelter and clothing. Direct
appeal was made to the sisters in re-
ligion in America to come to their
relief.
To provide fund tn care for the
children of Belgium a concert is to be
given under the auspices of Trinity
College in the New National Theater
April , at 4:30 pm. at which the best
musical talent in the east will con-
TRIBUTE to the program. Patronesses
Tor TINS concert include some of the
best known women in Washington So
ciety.
Evening star., 1919-03-28
ARTH UR PETER, Attorney.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
trirt Of Columbia.-In EIuity.-The Wash
fn2ton Loan and Trust Company. q corporation.
Trustee: Annie Belle Jett. Administrators Of
the Estate of John Pierson Walker. deceased:
Annie Belle Jett. Administrative Of the Estate
Of Charles 4. Walker. deceased Annie Belle
Jett. Annie Belle lett Trustee. Plaintiffs. VS..
Andrew Walker. infant; Mariner ]. Walk
er. an infant: Hattie Belle Walker. an infant ::
Fairfax Walker, an infant. and Ruth Walker.
an infant. Defpndants.--In Equity No. 36557.
The object Of this suit is to have the terms
Of the last will and testament Of Mariner A.
Pierson. deceased. construed and to have the
interest, IL any. Of John Pierson Walker. de-
ceased, under said will. determined and de-
rreed and in addition. that the Washington
Loan and Trust Company, the Trustee named
in said will. be informed and instructed as to
its duties trustee under said will and in
particular to whom it shall pay the income
and principal Of the trust fund referred to in
said will to which the said John Pierson
Walker. had he lived. would have been en-
titled when he reached the age Of twenty -ons
years. On motion Of the plaintiffs, it is this
Goth day of March. AID. 1919. ordered that
the defendants. Andrew Walker. Mariner J.
Walker. Hattie Belle Walker, Fairfax Walker
and Ruth Walker. infants. cause their appear
tieth day. exclusive of Sundays and legal hol-
days. occurring after the day Of the first pub
lication Of this order; otherwise the cause will
be proceeded with as in case Of default. Pro-
vided a copy of this order be published once .
week for three successive weeks in the Wash
ington Law Reporter and The Evening Star be-
fore said day. JENNINGS BAILEY, Justice
tSeal.) true copy. Test: J. K. YOUNG.
Clerk. BY +. e. CUNNINGHAM. Asst. Clerk