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WILL BE THREE
 VOLUMES OF ACTS

Little Rock, Aug. 2.-The one act and the one resolution passed by the special session will be printed in one of the volumes containing the special acts of the regular session. The vol ume of the general acts has been printed, containing 522 pages. There will be about $500 pages of road and special acts, to be printed in three volumes. Secretary of State Terral has not decided what price is to be placed upon the Acts. All the books must be sold, and if one wants only the volume of general acts, he must pay for all of them.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-08-02

Jack Adams, state president of the Arkansas Federation of Labor, has been appointed member of the state executive committee for the Centen- nial. The enthusiastic support of or ganized labor is assured for the Cen tennial
The Prescott daily news., 1919-08-02

WANTED-Calves at once. See or call A. G. Stuart. 24d2
The Prescott daily news., 1919-08-02

Go to church tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-08

ing upon period in which we must
compete with all the other great ma
lions for foreign markets in which to
sell our surplus goods. Shipping
across the seas is going to reach a
fairly uniform cost. That will be a
fixed factor. The variable factor will
be the cost of getting the goods from
farm and factory to seaport In a
word, the nation which has the most
efficient inland transportation. by rail
and water, is going to win in the strug-
gle for foreign trade. And in the case
of a great continental country like the
United States. producing many of its
products over a thousand miles from
salt water, this development of inland
transportation is of especially vital inn
portance.
By canalizing the Black Warrior
river and equipping 1t with barges. the
United States government is giving the
nation an object lesson. The steel
mills of Birmingham are now connect
ed with the sea by a cheap water
route, which will'enable them to COM
pete in any steel market in the world
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MY HUSBAND AND |
BY JANE PHELPS

when with others. At least it seemed
SO to me.
So above and beyond everything
else I had the feeling that If l could
keep Neil and Blanche orion apart l
would have no cause for anxiety.
As | have said, I had begun to plan
a social career. At first it was with
baby Roberts future in view. But 1
soon wanted it for myself 1 would
show them that ! not only had
money, but that I had position. 1
urged Neil to buy house on a fash
ionable street little east of the Ave-
nue., and hire expensive decorators to
do it over. Then, when it was ready,
I INDUCED in a perfect riot of spend
ing, assisted by Lorraine Morton, who
had exquisite taste.
Nothing was too good for me. In
deed, it was a task to find things
which were good enough. Lorraine,
who was one of the elect socially had
assured me that she would sponsor
me in such a way that I would soon
have a select circle of friends
was delighted that we were able
to crafty my expensive tastes. How
little 1 realized that money does not
really get people anythingi l could
not have believed then, so wrapped up
was 1 in worldly things, what firm
ly believe now; that more married
people are separated by wealth. espe-
cialiy if it be quickly acquired, than
by the direst poverty. AS long as
there is necessity for struggle, hug
bands and wives bear that struggle
together. Their lives are so entwined
by necessity, that they never get far
from each other in thought or in ac-
ton. Everything that affects one also
affects the other 1t is a matter of
mutual concern how every dollar is
spent.
But with a plethora of money their
interests are apt to diverge. Each
makes new friends who, while not per-
haps intending to, help to lead them
farther afield in their lives together
Before they realize it he is going his
way, she hers. They have no little
problems to talk over; they neither
earn, save, or spend together. They
forget to consult each other over the
things they do, the money they spend;
it isn't necessary. So it had been with
US in all the small things of life, and
it was fast becoming so with the big
things. For, while 1 planned my cam
pafgn 1 was SO interested that I all
most failed to notice when Neil re-
manned out, or what time he came in
(Tomorrow-The interior decorator
takes charge of the house,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-08
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 have been
married seventeen years and have no
My parents were very strict and
when I was a girl 1 was only allowed
to have young men from church for
my friends. After graduating from
high school I went to work and in
this way met a fine young man whom
learned to love. He came to see
me, but my parents opposed my hav-
ing anything to do with him because
he smoked. He asked me to marry
him and thru their influence 1 re-
fused
Later I married a man from
church who was recommended by my
parents. ! have been very unhappy
with him, as L might have expect ed,
because I did not love him. He is the
kind of a man;who has LADY friends
away from home. He takes them
places and carries on open flirtations
which continually humiliate me-. Be-
sides this he compares me with the
girls and asks me why 1 don't dress
the way they do.
1 dress differently because 1 have
different tastes. 1 think they are
loud and they think I am too plain.
Shall I get a divorce3 L am very
unhappy and do not like to live with
man who is untrue to me-
ELLA S.
Probably both you and the girls
have faulty tastes; they are too ex-
| treme and you are too conservative
Ask some woman whose judgment
| you respect to go shopping with you
some day. Tell her frankly that you
want another persons opinion to help
| you make your selections. Many mar
| ried women make the mistake OF
wearing clothes which cause them to
| look old and somber.
Clothes make such difference
that doubtless your husband wills no.
| tice the change and will not make
| further unfavorable criticisms.
/ 1t is not right for him to go with
other women, but if he has not enough
personal honor to refrain, you will
| have to rival the girls. This may be
difficult unless you have learned tc
love him.
I do not favor divorce. You mar
| ried, knowing that you did not love
and now you should make the best OF
your position. Tell your husband
| however, that you would like a di-
vorce, and if he wants one, too, such
a course would be justifiable.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am a yount
| girl, just beginning to entertain boy
| friends. Would it be proper for my
sister to invite a boy friend of mine
and me to Sunday dinner?
BRUNETTE.
Yes. 1t will be all right for her tt
| do so.
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pound parties to make up his back
salary. Just before the last one she
begged eagerly:
Cant I take something, too, muv-
yer"
mo; if father and take something
that will be plenty"
But the child could not bear to
give up the idea, so she ransacked the
whole house for something suitable.
Finally she appeared before her moth
er with a worn and faded dress of
her own.
please, muvver, can't I take this?
See, it's not speck of good for any
thing" she urged.
ST was endeavoring," says the
teacher of a night school in a coun-
try town, Ito .instill into the minds
of certain of my discouraged pupils
some notions of ambition"
"'Do you know L asked of a dis
reputable looking lad of nineteen, that
every boy in this country has a chance
to be PRESIDENT
"Is that SOP asked the boy. reflec-
lively Then he added, Say. teacher,
I'll sell my chance for a quarter
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THE PEACE TREATY.

Germany now knows the price she
must pay for her attempt to rule the
world. The terms of peace are hard,
but none can say that they are unjust.
The seed she sowed at Versailles in
1871 has produced a harvest of a
thousandfold. Instead of her coveted
spot in the sun she has been given a
spot under the eye. There is. left to
her no means of escape from the con-
sequences of her crimes against hu-
mainly and civilization. She must
take what is offered to her or do
worse.
Germany could not have been in
worse plight had she surrendered un-
conditionally. The humiliation which
she sought to escape has overtaken
her and perhaps in increased measure.
Few victors do not feel compassion for
an utterly PROSTATE foe. Germany re-
moved herself from that class, by con-
tinuing to maintain the pose of a po-
tential adversary. She Will emerge
from the conflict shorn of pride. pow
er and self respect.
An individual in the predicament of
Germany probably would say to his
creditors: Take all 1 have and do
with it as you will. Doubtless it would
be the easier course for her to take
and might prove extremely embarrass-
ing to her enemies.
By the terms of the peace treaty
Germany must surrender Alsace-Lor-
raine, the Saar valley, Schleswig, Dan
zig and all her colonies. She must cut
down her army to 1000 men, reduce
her navy to a dozen ships, dismantle
many of her forts, open the Kiel canal
to the commerce of the world, and
compensate the victorious nations in
money for a large part of the destruc-
ton of property for which she alone
is responsible.
The Huns will become hewers of
wood and drawers of water for many
years to come for the enemies they
made. And it is fair and just they
should do so.
The terms of the treaty are likely
for long time to be a more potent
factor in maintaining the peace of the
world than any other, not excepting
the league of nations. At least the
settlement should go a long way to-
ward preventing the Inauguration OF
future unprovoked and unjust attacks
! by any nation on its neighbors.
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A retired Kansas newspaper pub
Usher who built UP one of the best
paying newspaper properties in the
state declares that when a woman
spends SIS in a store she pays IS cents
toward the cost of advertising. This
is another of those reckless state
ments which persons make without
the figures to back them. Everybody
knows that as a rule goods are bought
more cheaply from the stores that ad-
vertise than they are from those that
do not. And the reason is simple.
The advertisers business is so much
greater in volume that he can carry
it on at a smaller margin of profit and
pay for his advertising besides. The
Ladies' Home Journal has been con-
Quoting an extensive advertising cam
paign recently but the subscription
price and the advertising rates of the
magazine remain unchanged. There
is no fallacy greater than the one that
the purchaser pays the advertising
bills The merchants who do not ad-
vertise pay the advertising expenses
Of those who do.
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THE PROMOTERS WIFE
Bah PLANS A SOCIAL CAREER
FOR HERSELF AND HER BOY.
CHAPTER LVIII.

SI1AI L En- Gf441.
When Neil returned after taking
Lorraine home, 1 thought would ask
him where he had been, and who he
had been with. But he scarcely had
taken off his coat before he said:
II can see by your face that you
want to talk, Bah, but 1 am in no
mood for conversation. / had a very
unpleasant evening, and II you don I
mind 1 will go Immediately to bed"
My wits went wool gathering. 1
forgot everything l wanted to say and
meekly returned:
Very well, won't talk if you don't
want me to-"
Il certainly don't-not tonight"
He had said he had spent an I'M
pleasant evening. I was positive he
had not been with Blanche Orion be-
cause of what Lorraine had said. II
he were really tired and worried 1
did not want to add to his anxieties
in any way 1 had read often, in
stories of married life, that when a
man came home tired, the best, the
only thing, a. wife could do WAS to
keep still. So I kept still.
1t takes a women a long time to
get onto all the little kinks in her
husbands nature. I had not yet be-
Neirs. But one thing l had soon
learned: If he were either tired or
sleepy, it was of no use to try to talk
to him. might talk, surely; But he
paid not the slightest attention, and
would often leave me in the middle
of a sentence.
1 wondered what the business could
have been, that it should have given
him a disagreeable evening. That it
was anything but business, L never
dreamed because 1 thought I knew he
had not been with Blanche orion. Just
why 1 should have believed her the
only woman who might Interest Neil,
I could not have explained, but the
fact remained. Aside from Blanche
Orion, l had never felt the slightest
twinge of jealousy of any other wo-
man, altho Neil was a great favorite
with them, and was always Joking and
| carrying on as mother would say.
But there was something about him.
about his manner when with Mrs. Or
ton, that was entirely different than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-08
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Tried Recipes.

Bean Dumplings The amount
must vary according to the size of
your family. Add at least three times
the amount Of water that you have
cold beans. Add salt and pepper as
needed and if any pieces of salt pork
are left. cut small and use with the
beans. Have these in deep basin. Cow
er top with baking powder dumplings
and cook in steamer.
If cooked in kettle or basin on
top of stove, the beans settle to the
bottom and invaria bly, scorch.
This dish is really a good one for
supper or lunch. -1i;J
Bean Salad-Upon a bed of shred
ded lettuce place little mound of
cold beans. The less broken they are,
the neater the appearance of this
dish. Over each portion dip mayon-
naise dressing.
When lettuce is not convenient the
beans may be combined with shred
ded cabbage or celery. placed in the
salad plates and used as with lettuce
In any form the salad is good.
Orange Salad-Peel and slice thin
three oranges and two apples. Separ-
ate into bits and serve on lettuce with
mayonnaise.
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thruout the country is still below nor
NAL and housing conditions are daily
becoming more acute. While doubt
stiI is expressed with regard to the
ultimate solution of price problems,
belief is becoming more general in
building circles that costs will remain
at present levels with a tendency to
go higher. This is Enthusiastically the
situation with regard to labor. which
is by far the most important element.
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GRANDMA's TEETH.

GRANDMA'S TEETH.
Last night when went up the stairs
/ came on grandma, unawares,
And she was in the bathroom, and
She had her teeth out IN her hand
And she was scrubbing just the way
The servant scrubbed the floor today.
I couldn't hardly b'lieve my eyesi
1t surely-was a good surprise,
Coz / supposed that teeth grew in
An had to stick right to your chin,
But grandma had hers out, and she
Could scrub them right where l could see
Then with her finger and her thumb
She put them back into her gum,
And when she saw me standing there
She said: MY goodness, what a scare
You gave to mel l never knew
A boy to be as still as you."
Ma makes me brush my teeth at night
And mornings, too, TO keep them white,
And l must keep my toothbrush flat
And can't see what I'm scrubbing at,
But could scrub them shiny, too,
If mine came out like grandma's do.
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
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THE TRIUMPH OF JAPAN.

In an editorial discussion of the dis
position of Germapy's former interests
in China the Christian Scienc Mont
tor says: Three gentlemen seated
around table in Paris have deter
mined the fate of thirty-six millions
of people in the Province of Shan
tung. on the other side of the globe.
If this is not the most curious exam
pie of self-determination the world
has ever seen, it would be more than
interesting to know what is. Philip
the Second and Louis the Fourteenth
were mere pettffogging politicians in
comparison with this, nor could Fred
erick the Great claim to be heard in
the same court
But the Monitor should not lose
sight of the fact that these three
gentlemen" were confronted by a con-
dition and not theory. Japan is in
possession of Shantung and has mani
Tested an intention of holding on
against all opposition. In face of this
situation what could the three gen.
tlemen" do other than they did
True. they might have taken the same
course toward Japan that they did
toward Italy, regarding Fiume, but
they were less favorably situated for
enforcing their decree.
Italy can be starved into submission;
not so Japan. In the case of the latter
enforcement would mean a fight and
the world is not yet ready for another
war. Japan considerably conceded q
way of escape from the dilemma BY
promising to restore Shantung anG
Kiao Chau to China at future date
unmentioned She had been refused
racial equality and of course was en-.
titled to some reward for her part il
the war.
Japan simply stood pat and tool
the pot, without showing her hand
Neither was it necessary to show hel
teeth.
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Scene. Europe. American soldier
chasing a Germin soldier.
Germin soldier. Hay, dident you see
by that newspaper we jest ran past
wasting time chasing me wen the wars
all over?
American soldier. You cant bleeve
everything you see in the paper. How
do 1 know it wasent a Germin prop
pergander paper?
Germin soldier Hay, I'm getting
out of breth. 1 Wouldent mind if the
war was still going on, but nobody
wunts to get out of breth for nuthing.
American soldier. If you're getting
out of it you better quit wasting so
mulch of it by tawking with it.
Ferst Swiss noCtral soldier. Hay,
the wars over.
Germin soldier. That's wat I told
him. but he keeps on chasing me eny-
how.
End Swiss nootral soldier. Hay
don't you know the wars over?
American soldier. Maybe it is and
maybe it amt.
Ger1nin soldier. Holey smoaks, are
the other Americans as stubborn as
you?
American soldier. Stubberner.
Germin soldier Then I'm glad
they're not all chasing me.
American soldier. All hah, I've
cawt you at last. You're my prizzner.
! Germin soldier. Wat a relief.
| Ack 2.
Scene. Inside the American lines.
| Genrel. Its too late for prizzners
now, thank you, jest the same. The
wars over.
Germin soldier. Wat did I tell you,
| you big stiff?
American soldier. Jest for that
fresh remark Ill chase you an the way
back agen.
| (Which he does).
The End.
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Build now. is a Slogan that should
be accepted by every business interest
that can in any way promote activi-
ties in this great industry. declares S.
! w. Straus & Co. From the standpoint
of sound business, it is more prudent
to build now than to await the uncer-
tainties, probable higher costs and
more restricted labor market of the
future. 1t is, moreover. matter of
splendid patriotism and public service
to lend all possible help in the pres
ent crisis. New construction work
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.


Are we so poor of spirit that it
takes fear to overcome our selfishness
and greed? We subscribed, and over
subscribed, to the liberty loans because
the submarines of the enemy menaced
our shores, and our boys ''over there
would have been as sheep led to the
slaughter without our aid. In time OF
danger we stood together, as one man.
of one mind, determined to defend the
country to the last man and the last
dollar. Surely now that the danger
is over we have not so soon forgotten
the splendid, unselfish loyalty that
united us, and gone back to our in
dividual self seeking where each is
for himself and the devil take the
government.
Nor should we forget that while the
fighting is over in its largest sense, the
war is not over yet. 1t will not be
over until every soldier is back at
home, until every wounded man IS
made as well as medical skill can
make him, until every ship is safe n
| its own harbor. until common daily
| life swings back to normal, and every
war debt is by way of being paid.
All of this takes money, millions and
millions of dollars. Uncle Sam needs
| his children's help just AS much now
as he did during the war. and every
man and woman who does not stand
| at his back, and assist him to the last
| penny is just as much a renegade and
| a gutter as he or she would have
| been to refuse him while the fighting
was going on.
Therefore it behooves us to make
| the victory loan an even greater sue
cess than was the liberty loan. We
should make it a great and glorious
| success as an expression of our ma
tional gratitude. We should make it
a success as an expression of our
gratitude to God because in His mercy
1 tn to-. .
acting from us the cruel price that our
| allies had to pay. b.
| We should make the victory loan a
| success as the noblest monument we
| can rear to the memory of the seventy
| thousand boys who lie sleeping on
the battlefields of Europe. They did
!. not count the cost. They paid the
price for peace. They gave their lives
| for it. Shall we then begrudge our
few paltry dollars?
Let those of US who had no sons,
or brothers, or husbands TO give to
our country in her hour of peril put
| every cent we can rake and scrape
together into victory bonds so we may
feel that we have done what little we
could for our country. Let the fathers
and mothers whose sons are coming
nome safe to them, buy victory bonds
as a thank offering that their dear
ones nave been saved. And let those
who have given their flesh and blood
to make the world safe for democracy
buy victory bonds and thus do one
thing more to make other wars i'm
possible. so that These dead shall not
have died in vain"
Americans, the eyes of the world
are upon you, watching how you will
meet this last great call upon your
patriotism, Show them that we are
great and invincible in peace as we
are in war
And, after all, it isn't so much that
Uncle Sam asks of you. Patriotism
with good interest isn't such a bad in
vestment even from a financial stand
point.
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With the coming of the motor truck
the merchant has become interested
in hard surfaced roads equally with
the farmers and the drivers of pleas
ure cars. The merchant is able to
take advantage of new sources of sup
ply to buy his stock under favorable
have obtained delivery by the slower
and costlier railway express and
freight service. With motor trucks
he can then redeliver to his customers
And give better service over a larger
territory. Automobile delivery will in
crease his business. lessen his costs
and increase his profits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-08

George Washington was not think
ing of a victory liberty loan campaign
when he wrote the following: Where
is the man to be fund who wishes
to remain indebted for the defense of
his own person and property to the
eXertions, the bravery and the blood
of others, without making one gen.
erous effort to repay the. debt of hon
or and gratitude?"s But the applica-
ton to existing conditions must be
apparent to all.