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The Washington times., 1919-09-08
Feeding the Child

Il is the variety diet that sickens
and kills Half the time, when tive
very different kinds OF food are
mixed in the stomach, there Is a
bad result Rich livers eat then-l
selves to death. Frugal eaters live
longest. can work hardest and think
quickest.
The high cost Of living today is
one-fourth high cost Of fussiness.
Keep your children free from the
complex, complicated table service.
You may pay $1.4O for a.meal in .
high-claSs cafe and get practically
the sane across the street IN q
cafeteria next day for forty cents.
Thus you paid q dollar for some one
to wait on you.
Your child viii soon grow fond of
a cereal alone for his breakfast,
and the cost OF the meal at the pres
ent high prices viii not exceed hf-
teaR cents. After such q brealzfast
he viii run TO school with . bound
and be at his best with the racihs-
tisnG. Not later than seven in the
evening he viii enjoy q bowl -
bread and milk, either cold OF tho
ice or warmed below the boiling
point Mush and milk may ~
ternate with this.
A heavy mixed neal OF three OF
four courses Is especially bad for
children, and such a repast % .
blow to the health OF the strong
est indOor-liVing adult As a re-
suit OF this rich eating you viii md
not a few sixty-year-oId men sit
ting today with one swollen, gouty
leg stretched across = chair The
sin@of wong feeding IN childhood
comes to the memory here.
Reduce your child's eating to q
well regulated. simple habit and
you thus lay the foundation for a
big efficient career. Good feeding
means as much as good breeding.
Nourish him with q simple bal
anced routine and he will 90 with
head erect and mind alert 20 the
tasks OF the day. Not only much
OF the illness Of children comes
from foolish and fussy feeding bat
much OF the mental dulness Is 50
accountable.
Oatmeal, bread and milk, corn
meal mnsh for breakfast and sup
per with light meat, egg and vegs-
table diet for the noon meal-hers
is one OF the secrets OF potential
eminenee in your growing boy or
girl
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
The Rhyming
Optimist
By Aline Michaelis.

KNOW a man whose brain is
bound with cobwebs old and
dusty; he never makes the
wheels go round, so they have
grown quite rusty. He has a lazy,
lazy bean with just one idea in il
20 let no vagrant thought careen
about him for a minute, and so he
gets some other folks to do his pri-
vate thinking. He laughs at what
they say the jokes. he winks when
they are winking. When they are
sad. why. sad is he: when they're
serene he's placid. I'm sure no
jelIyfish could be so fiabby and 80
facid. A whole idea he never had.
this man so fraiI and fioppy. He
can't say why he's mad or glad
he's just a carbon copy. He copies
all his joy and play. he copies all
his sorrow: what other fellows do
today. you know he'll do tomorrow.
a villain is an awful chap, at movie
shows I've seen him. His gun keeps
going, snap. ker-snap: he'll take
friend and bean him. He does not
dote upon the truth, in Sabbath
school he never won any prizes in
his youth. nor made he such en-
deavor. He steels away a pretty
maid, whom he would like to WOO
now, or else he's in a rObber raid,
and grabs the ranchman's moo-cow.
Now / would never. never choose to
be a villain cruel, TO lasso girls
with wicked moose. to steal an old
mans Cruel. but here and now l
will affirm, and there's no one can
stop me I'd rather be q wretch or
worm than be a carbon copy!
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
Twice-Told Tales of
Washington
When the Lights Went Out
BY Francis de saIes RYan.

rested men, some hoarse whisper
ing, and then a concerted move to
ward the exit back OF the captain
IL was a moment for quick think
ing.
Held Back af Gun POlnt.
The steel OF the captains Eun
glimmered IN the darkness as be
stepped into the doorway and
warned his prisoners back. At the
same time he directed his officers
TO 80 TO the patrol wagons outside
and detach the lighted lanterns
from them TO light the room.
By sheer personal dominance he
controlled the situation until the
arrival OF the lights. The prison
ers fell back though a number Of
them carried revolvers. and in q
few minutes a dozen officers- car
rytng patrol-wagoH lamps. entered
and the work OF searching the arr
rested men and taking their names
was begun.
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
An Endless Chain.

We're very unsettled in our
fat" said the worried-looking man
at the club
what's the trouble:" asked his
friend.
Well. our children keep the next
door neigh bors awake. so they pass
the time by playing the plano; that
makes the pet dog next door to
them bark, and that keeps the chill
dren next door awake, and there's
so much noise through the building
that there's no chance at all Of our
children going 20 SlsSS,"
The Washington times., 1919-09-08

w and green and clouds Of
gray appear TO cast their
shadows on the scene and make
the prospect drear, it's easy to fore
see a storm, but some folks make
things worse. The words they use
in their alarm are cheerful as a
hearse. They say: I'm sure we
shall have snow and all the flowers
will freeze. The gayest words they
seem to know would make good ele-
gies. Perchance on many an Au-
gust day or many a day Of fall the
clouds may lower upon our way,
the winds may blow a squau: but
still to me no cause appears to hint
the sun has quit his proper place
among the spheres and failed to do
his bit. The fiercest storms NAV
swiftest pass. However dark they
seem the rain will freshen flower
and grass. and soon the sun will
CLEAN. In fact. l. always like to
think in dark and stormy hours how
soon things would go on the blink
If ii were not for showers How
ever hard the raindrops rain, how
ever swift they fall in torrents down.
my window pane, have one nams
for all. Although like cats an
uO6S II PONAS upon the trees ana
flowers, I laugh at every cloud that
lowers and say. I'm fond Of show
ersT II every time a drenching
rain washed up my wheat and
spuds, I'd weep with all my might
and main and don my sackcloth
duds, il would not help said spuds
along nor cut the cost Of -four. and
so I tune up on a song about the
festive shower. I'd rather call q
squall a shower than call a shower
a squalL II robs the storm Of haE
its power to heed it not at all.
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
By Dr.. VIM. A. McKeever.

- NE mixed meal per day is
enough for the children to
make them sleek and fat
and healthy-provided you know
how 70 feed them twice per day at
other hours.
Morning: Oatmeal with sugar
and ha1f-and-half
Midday: A mixed neal wen bal
anced.
Evening: Bread and milk. or
mush and milk.
A man can break rock and thrive
on the foregoing bill Of fare. An
intellectual worker can likewise
grow brilliant on IL. Such a daily
repast Is good enough for the Presi-
dent.
There are q dozen kinds Of good
cereals on the market. Keep a half
dozen Of these on the pantry shelf.
rotate them and teach your child to
enjoy a goOd-sise bowl Of one va
riety, with seasoning as above, and
give him nothing else for that meal
One mixed meal per day is enough
for the schocl-boy or girl, and even
then the variety should be simple.
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
The Connoisseurs.

concerto" Yes" ENJOY it, No"
why, / heard it was very good.
1T may have been for all / know"
What was the natter" 1.-Two
women who sat behind me kept up
a constant line of chatter during
the whole affair" What did they
talk about-the ending Of the war;"
mo; they were telling each other
how much they loved music"
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
BabY's Name.

A family discussion was being
held for the purpose of choosing a
name for the new baby. Il think
EsmeraIda is too sweet" said one
of the infants aunts. alfredo is
better and more uncommon" said
another. How would Alvina do?"
asked a third. Scarcely" said the
fond father. You seem to be get
ting away from the idea that this
is a baby and not a new brand OF
cigars!"
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
A Clean SWeep.

Mr.. Jones, a newcomer to the dis
trict was trying to buy a morse.
He was directed to an old vilIsger.
do you want to sell a horseF
he asked.
We'll, in a kind O. way I do re-
piled the owner cautiously. May
ask whar, you live. sir?"
What has that to do With it.?
queried Jones.
Well" explained the c. Intry-
man, Il amt goin' to sell th7G theer
'oss to onyone who lives less than
two hundred miles away from here
When I sell that 'Oss ! want 70 git
rid not only of the animal. but o.
all conversation appertainin' -
him
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
ITO have under arrest and to

ITO have under arrest and TO be
in the same room with sixty
= FIVE bootleggers. many Of
them armed, and to have ali the
flights 20 out, leaving the room IN
total darkness. was the experience
OF Capt. James Hartley. OF No. .
Precinct, on the night OF December
IL, 1918.
The captain directed a spectacu-
lar raid on the "bOotleggers' speg
ciar' train on that evening. and
picked his sixty-fve men as they
stepped OF the train A long line
Of patrol wagons was ready and
carried them to No. 8. where all
were lined up In a big room. pre-
paratory to being searched and
registered on the police blQtter.
Captain Hartley had just lined
his prisoners up when the electric
lights all over the city went out Of
commission There was q shut
fling Of feet on the part Of the ar
The Washington times., 1919-09-08

and then, to the Amusement OF the
proprietor, burst into hysterical
laughter and quilted the shop.
What did she say to you?" de-
manded the proprietor of the assist
ant. I'VE haven't had any rain
lstely."
The Washington times., 1919-09-08

have not had any for a long time
The proprietor began to work him
self into a rage. Fixing his eyes
sternly on the assistant, he said to
the customer. We have plenty in
reserve, ma'am plenty down
stairs" The customer looked dazed
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
Unfortunate interference.

A shopkeeper, who was constant
ly scolding his employees for their
Indifference in the matter of pos
sible sales, one day heard an as
sistant say TO a customer, mo, We
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
All About Winds.

THE Weather Bureau desgnates breeze OF four to five
miles an hour as gentle breeze; from ten to fifteen
miles as pleasant breeze from twenty to twenty-five
brisk wind; from thirty to thry-hve high wind;
fifty miles as Storm sixty 70 seventy miles, great storm
and eighty to 100 miles as a hurricane
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
This Day IN History.

THIS is the anniversary Of the surrender in 1864 OF New
Amsterdam by the Dutch to the English The name
at changed to New York in honor of the Duke
of York. The Dutch bought the whole Of Manhattan
Island from the Indians for twenty-five dollars in 1925
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
By Beatrice Fairfax.
She Is Two Years Older.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: /:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 Gm twenty-one and in love with a
man nineteen. He has told me that
he loves me. Now, Miss Fairfax
have never told this young man my
age. He believes I am his age
Whenever the subject OF marriage
comes up he always says that he Is
young yet and intends 70 see more OF
life before he marries. As ] have
written above, ] love this young man
and ] would gladly wait forever for
him. but everyone tells me that I am
q fool 10 bother with him, because he
Is too young. and that II I waited a
few years for him he would still be a
young man and would be looking for
some younger than l. UNITE.
Two years difference in age is
nothing at all One Of the happiest
couples ! know the wife is twelve
years older. Nineteen Is certainly
too young for q man TO marry, and
his decision 70 wait is sensible.
II you care enough about him, why
not wait and see what Developments
come ia the next few years? The
difference in your ages is so slight
that 1 do not think Il makes any
difference whether you tell him or
-eas
The Washington times., 1919-09-08
HINTS FOR THE
HOUSEHOLD
BY Aline Michaelis.

7 HEN clouds Of black and blue
and green and clouds OF
graV aDpear IN easf fbafr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
NINE SHIPS SAILING
Bring About 1900 Officers and Men
Back From France.

Washington, Feb. departure
from France of nine ships which will
dock at New York, Philadelphia or
Newport News in the next three weeks
with Approximately 400 officers and
1900 men from the American expe-
dictionary force was announced today
by the war department.
The transport Madawaska, Bordeaux
for Newport News, is due February II,
with field and staff, headquarters COM
pany, supply company, medical de-
tachment and Batteries A. B, c, D and
E, of the 47th regiment coast artillery;
field staff, headquarters company.
supply company, medical detachment
s26th regiment field artillery (s4th
division).
/ The transport Cape Roman, La Pal
liece Rochelle for Philadelphia, is due
February 10 with Bordeaux GONZALES
cent detachments 8, 9, 10, 81, 81, So
Of the 327th field artillery (S4th d.
visiony; casual company SO (New
| York; and group of sick and
wounded.
The transport westeagle, Bordeaux
for New York, is due February 81,
| with detachment of casual COM
pany 26 Qowa).
The transport Meraukee, st. Ma
zaire for Philadelphia, is due February
10. with six casual officers.
The transport Bremerton will dock
at Baltimore instead of New York;
the Maartensdijk will dock at New
York instead ofSBoston and the West
ern Ocean at Newport News, instead
Of Baltimore.
The cruiser Seattle. Brest for New
York, is due February 10, with a med
ica1 detachment. first battalion head
quarters and companies A. B. C. OF
the 163rd infantry (41st division. Pa
| cific coast troops); 1f6th supply train
Camp DIX; medical detachment. head
| quarters and supply attachments and
companies A B. c. of 116th (branch
of service missing); battery C. (f1fti-
eth regiment, CAC); casual company
| 235.
| The transport Pattori Maru. Bor-
| deaux for New York is due February
| u, with one casual officer.
| The transport Ancona sailed from
Marseilles. January 90, with six casual
officers. Its home port and date OF
arrival are not indicated.
| The cruiser Charleston, Brest fol-
New York, is due February 10 with
| field and staff. headquarters and sup.
ply company, medical and ordnance
attachments and batteries A. B; D. E
and F. Of the Fiftieth regiment coas,
artillery; casual company 22S (New
| JerSeyl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
MAY LEAVE RUSS
French Still Are Silent on Fro
posal of Americans.
English Get Ready To Take
Their Troops Out al

Paris. Feb. 4.-With the French still
silent today on the American proposal
for immediate withdrawal or All alleq
troops from Russia, the BRUSH WeTe
of their forces. whether the French
aecede or not.
While the American proposal. which
was exclusively announced by the
United Press, was based on poiitlcaL
contingencies, British acceptance OF
the plan was influenced principaliy py
the military situation. The American
peace delegation had learned thru 1ts
agents that Premier Lenine and For
eign Minister Tiehitcherin were dis
posed to accept the associated powers
proposal for a, joint conference ct
Prinkipos, providing the conferences
were preceded by complete allied
evacuation.
This was said to be the sole reason
for the American suggestion, which in
clGded French withdrawal from the
Ukraine. On the other hand. the Brit
| ish already had decided on evacuating
northern Russia because OF the IN
creasingly dangerous position OF ITS
troops in that region.
In British military circles, it was
admitted today that the only question
of physical difficulties will determine
whether their troops will come out by
| the end of April or sooner. The MUIR
mansk contingent can be moved I'M
mediately with comparatively little
difficulty, but in the Archangel dis
triet there is already considerable
| barrier OF ice and 1t is recognised
that a quick movement would be at
| tended with great danger. The troops
involved include four thousand Ameri-
cans and twenty thousand British and
Canadians. There are also great
quantities of supplies and material in
| that region which the allies have no
! intention of abandoning. However, the
| military prohIepn has been carefully
| studied and plans are reported to have
| been completed, even to the number
and size of the ice breakers that will
| he reOllired
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

The government guarantee of wheat
prices stimulated production, but the
after effect may become serious. Ar
gentine wheat is now selling about
S1-25 per busheI below American
wheat. There are ample supplies of
grain in sight everywhere. Australian
wheat is on the same price basis as Ar
gentine wheat. Argentina has 100 to
$50 million bushels carried over from
last years crop. The new crop now
being harvested will be- still larger.
Cargo space is increasing rapidly.
Australia is also harvesting a big crop.
India comes in in March and April,
then our own crops and then Canada.
The rest of the world is not going to
bring up its price to please the United
States. The same principle applies to
corn. There is dollar difference be-
tween the price of corn here per BUSH
ell and the price quoted in Argentina.
Embargoes on imports and an artifi-
cial, government guarantee can mean
only one thing if long continued: a
glut of food-stuffs in this country
which would produce a violent reac-
ton against the interests of agricul-
ture. In the meantime the consumer
is compelled to buy bread and flour on
this artificially maintained price basis
in order to protect Uncle Sam against
the consequences of his own actions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
HUN HAS RIGHTS
So Says M. Erzberger, Talking
at the German Capital.
Makes Another Howl at Actions
of the Allies.

Basic, Feb. Speaking before the
colonial society at Berlin today,
Matthias Erzberger., one of the German
armistice commissioners, protested
against Germany being deprived of
her colonies, according to dispatch
received here from the German capi-
tai. He is reported to have said:
'1f we no longer have troops or
arms we have Cur rights The allies
have accepted Mr.. Wilson's fourteen
points as Germany has. Mr.. Wilson
demands broad and impartial regula-
tons for all colonial questions, but
the allies are seeking to impose the
will of stronger nations, without TAX
ing into account the rights of Ger
many.
'Depriving Germany of all her colo
MES would contain a deadly germ for
the league of nations even before that
league is born. We understand it has
been proposed to internationalize Ger
man colonies under the administration
Of the league of nations. We ought
to categorically repel such PROPOSE
ton or claim the same treatment fol
the colonies of all other powers
President Wilson's program gives
Germany an inviolable right to hel
colonial territories"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
ARREST AUGUSTA |, W. W.
New Invasion Into Oil Fields Is
Blocked by Authorities.

Augusta, Kan, Feb. 4.-Another I.
w. w. invasion has been threatening,
but police officials are determined that
the disturbers will not secure foot
hold. Eight men. carrying /. w. w.
literature and cards, have been arrest
eddy the police, and Chief OVERLY has
given orders to keep close watch
for all suspicious characters.
Literature taken from the men ar
rested carried & creed, which stated
that I'VE must not accept the slogan"
"A Fair Wage but must declare that
capital and labor have nothing in
common and that capital must be
overthrown, so the workers must or
ganize both for the overthrow and for
the conduct of industries after they
are overthrown,"
Two of those arrested. Tom O'Day
and ]. Grasbach, were ordered taken
to Wichita by District Attorney Fred
Robertson, and turned over to Sam
Hill, deputy United States marshal.
They were out on bond for trial on
charges of violating the espionage law.
George Thomas. Thos. O'Connor.
Tom Connolly. Joseph Higgins, E. Me-
breed, arrested as they alighted from
a Santa Fee train, carried I. w. w. lit
erature and were held.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

The way to maintain good times and
flush conditions is to keep business go
ing. We must keep the dollar turn
ing over and over. We make money,
in a business sense, by spending it, not
by saving it. Saving has it's uses, and
its virtues are indisputableA but there
is a time TO save and a time to spend.
Stagnation is not prosperity. It is
business death. We should not be
alarmed because our dollar will not
buy as much as it used to do; neither
are we justified in waiting to start en-
terprises, for the day when the dollar
will buy as much as it did in 1893, or
even 1915. Those days may come
again. but when they do, we will be
far less able as a community to I'M
dertake the expense of public improve
ments than we are today. We are
thru with the war; we are entering the
channels of peace; the road to pros
perity lies invitingly ahead. Action is
demanded. We should not remain
asleep at the switch. nor let the rising
sun of a renewed prosperity find our
train hopelessly blocked on a side
track while the rails on the main line
rust from disuse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
NEW EASTERN PERIL

Paris, Feb. A warning against a
new eastern peril was contained in
President Wilson's speech before the
chamber of deputies Monday afternoon
according to opinion revealed in gen.
eral discussion of the address today.
!. IT do not need, to point out to you
that east of you in Europe the future
is full of question: he said. Beyond
the Rhine, across Germany, across Po-
land. across Russia, across Asia, there
are~questions unanswered and they
may be for the present unanswerable-"
The president intimated that the
league of nations will be the great
protector against, future aggression,
not only Of France but of all other
nations. 'EAll nations" he said, must
be ready for any terrible incident of
injustice. The thing is not incon-
ceiva BILE"