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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14
MY HUSBAND AND |
BY JANE PHELPS

moments" I said, then hurried into
a suitable gown.
This is a surprise. after the way
you talked yesterday" 1 said to him
after we had EXCHANGED greetings.
Il really never expected to see you
again
LAS bad as that?" his gray eyes
held a twinkle.
lust as, bad as that!''
81 had a few spare moments this
morning and l could think of moth
ing better to do with them, nothing
1 so longed to do, as to spend them
with you. So 1 took my courage in
both hands and made a call at this
unearthly hour-for New York"
"Oh, but 1 am SO glad you did!
was just wondering what l should dc
to pass the time. 1 woke with a
headache was afraid he would
notice how tired I looked-"and was
just thinking l would order the car
and take a ride. L am so glad you
came before did So"
81 have my car outside. Won't you
let me take you for ride? We can
talk just as well, and the air may dc
you good"
The idea appealed to me and
hurried to put on my wraps. For a
time, in the car, we did not speak.
it blew so refreshingly upon my ach-
ing head and tired eyes that 1 was
glad to just lean back and enjoy the
ease it gave me.
''Feeling better?" Mr.. Frederick
asked after a bit.
VERY much better, thank you
at is sad about Orton."
Every. But he has been an invalid
so long 4 suppose Mrs. Orion was in
a way. prepared for tiff we ever can
be prepared for DEATH
"But-he did not die of his old
trouble. Haven't you heard any
thing about it %
No. That he died last night. is
all I know"
"Oh, yes. he died very suddenly.
The morning papers were full of it.
Pneumonia, / believe"
Il haven't seen pa r this morn
ing" L replied. wondering why Neil
had thought it necessary to remain
out all night to comfort Mrs. Orton,
when her husbands death could be
nothing save a relief to her.
That he had been with her, L never
doubted.
Tomorrow - Mr.. Fredericks words
worry Barbara.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14
DINNER STORIES

After a grand review of German
troops at Potsdani. the kaiser called
out to the officer commanding the
Prussian guard, in a voice loud
enough to be heard by all the distin-
guished guests who were grouped in
front of the palace: Pick me out a
hundred men from the Prussian
guard" Then, taking the arm of
king Edward VII, who was there he
said, Come with me- He escorted
King Edward very delicately round
the hundred men and then said ban
teringly, We'll, do you think YOU
could could find a hundred men in
England to beat them2''
Il don't know so much about that
promptly replied the Late king. but
I could easily find fifty who would
try
In a small village in ireland the
mother of a soldier met the village
priest. who asked her If she had had
bad news. Sure I have" she said.
Pat has been killed.
"Oh, I am very sorry" said the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14
DOROTHY DIX TALKS.
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Why Some Women Don't Marry.
A man is greatly disturbed because
he thinks he observes that women are
developing a tendency towards cell
bacy. He says that nowadays girls
don't look forward to marriage as the
GROWING glory of their lives, and he
considers this attitude toward the holy
estate most unfeminine and decadent.
Also he desires to know why this is
thus.
Undoubtedly girls are less anxious
to marry in these present times than
their mothers were in former days,
altho there still appears to be no diff
ficulty in persuading any maiden to
make the journey to the altar when
the right man comes along and under
takes to do it.
But. generally speaking, my CORE
spondent is right when he says that
the wedding ring has lost most of its
glitter in the eyes of the average
young woman, and that if she could
have her choice between being wife
and mother or a movie star, or a
popular actress, or the head buyer for
the cloak and suit department, with a
trip 10 Paris every year, she would
pass up the domestic role in favor of
the part with the spotlight on it
There are many reasons why mar
riage is not now the goal of every
woman's ambition, and the acquiring
of a husband the chief object of her
life, as it used to be. The principal
mothers time there was not anything
for a girl to do except to get married,
and there was no place in the sun Tor
!, q female except for married women.
Matrimony was the only gainful oc-
cupation open to perfect lady, ana
her marriage certificate. her only caro-
of admission to any interesting way
of living. A spinster, no matter how
wealthy, could not have her own
home No matter how intelligent, she
was not permitted to follow her own
inclinations, nor have her own opln-
ions. No matter how old, she could
not receive her own friends alone nor
go about unattended. She was doomed
to be a debutante at 60, and always
the fringe on somebody's else
| family.
AS for making a living, every job
| to which she could aspire was SO
mental and ill paid that it is no won
der that poor, dear grandma conclud-
ed that the easiest work she could do
/ was working man.
Modern conditions having relieved
| girls of the necessity of marrying Tor
| a meal ticket, they no longer do II.
| The average woman can support her-
self quite as well as the man she is
! likely to marry will be able to do.
Furthermore, she can do it by work
/ ing in a nice. clean office or store
where Interesting things are happen
| ing, instead of toiling over COOK
stove and wash tubs in a dull two-by-
| four kitchen. Also while she makes
her own money she enjoys the pleas
ures of financial independence, which
Ia one of the most satisfying emo
| lions that ever swell the human
| breast.
| copyrighted. 1919. by the Wheeler syndi-
| cate, Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14

The state of alarm which prevailed
some time ago regarding a scarcity of
Jobs for returning soldiers seems al
most entirely to have disappeared. In
its place has come the fear that there
will not be enough hands to do the
work which is to be done. The an
nual clamor for men to work in the
harvest already has started in Kan
sas. Opportunities for more than
$50 men to obtain farm jobs are re-
ported by the federal employment
agency in this state and the number is
increasing daily. Virtually all parts of
the state, it is said. will need labor
from outside sources. This is espe-
cially true with respect to the central
and western parts of the state. wages
being offered at present by farmers
who are in urgent need of help range
from s35 to $50 month with room
and board for single men and from
$40 to $50 month with house. COW,
garden and other concessions to mar
ried men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14

then smooths il over and then plants
the seed, does not give consideration
to the hard work, for his mind sees
weeks and months ahead-when the
ripe product of his toll is ready for the
harvest. He sees his sweat. and pic
lures his tired bones, in food for him
self and children and a substantial
balance at the bank, to secure him
against the rainy day and misfortune
A man strives because the mere
striving in itself. is thrilling.
Everything in nature reinforces ev-
cry other thing. It's the same with
courage. Make up your mind that
you are going to be game and that you
are going to stick thru. and Immediate
ly, every element in your nature PUSHES
to you and becomes your friend and
makes you do the thing you most de-
sire to DO
Take heart, Pc courageous, No
matter under what circumstances you
breathe, or think. or Hve,-you can
do it,
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REST TINE.
Glad I'm living nowadays.
With the world with sun ablaze;
Glad tie Lord has favored me
Once again to live to see
Tulips nodding at my feet
And to smell the clover sweet:
Cad that l can hear the birds,
Singing. without need of words,
Songs of joy in every hand
That the soul can understand.
Yesterday a robin hoped
TO my window sill and stopped
And beside the crystal pane
Started up glad refrain;
Poured out all his melody
For the whole wide world and me;
Sang his gladdest repertoire.
Paused for breath and sang some more,
And / stood and heard him thru
And / thanked him for 1t, too.
Now the daisies are awake
And the buds begin to break;
Now the ivy starts to creep
And the roses from their sleep
Stir themselves, and likewise l
Stretch beneath the patch of sky,
And go forth to find once more
Life as radiant as before.
Out with birds and shrubs and trees,
l can live my reveries.
Winter hedged me in with care
Kept me from the pathways fair,
Wore me down with burdens grim,
Like the elm trees branch and limb
Meeting every wind that blows
was naked to my woes
Now the robins sing once more,
L can wander from my door.
And with NIL earths loveliest
Find day of perfect rest
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14

A new source of alarm has devel-
oped. 1t is feared in financial circles
that the 100000 foreigners in this
country will return to their native
lands taking all the money in the
United States with them. Probably
the danger is exaggerated. They can
not all go at ice. When a few of
them have gone across and written
hack 10 America a description of con-
ditions in the fatherland. it is not I'M
likely that the exodus would stop.
Let us try to imagine what would
happen to a man who lands in Rus
STA or Germany with money in his
pocket. 1t would not last so long as
It would in Los Angeles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14
SUPPLYING THE WORLD.

The official figures of February's
foreign trade show that the United
States is now selling goods to the rest
of the world at the rate of nearly six
and one-half billions annually. The
record set in the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1917 is in a fair way to be
surpassed by that of the year now in
progress. American goods are being
carried in American ships to the four
corners of the globe, and sold in mar
kets which would have seemed too
distant for attainment a few years ago.
This growth is all the more remark
able, says bulletin issued by the
Guaranty Trust company of New
York, because so much of the world is
still closed to shippers. No goods are
going to European Russia. Germany.
and up to now. Austria, formerly
among the largest buyers are getting
only a limited amount of foodstuffs.
Moreover, the shortage of ships is still
marked, and goods are piled up at ter
minals awaiting bottoms in which to
carry them overseas. The worlds
wants are almost boundless, and it
seems that the European countries
which are usually the chief COMPETE
tors of the United States will not be
in a position to attain their full pre-
war production for months to come.
There are. of course, still num-
Der of features in the world and in the
domestic situation, continues the
writer. which make for uncertainty in
the mind of the observer who does not
look beneath the outward semblance
some parts of Europe. the prevalence
of high wages in falling market. and
the understandable unwillingness of
many foreign buyers to purchase be-
yond their immediate wants, the abb
normal position of exchange, particu-
larly with relation to England, France
and Italy, and the instability of freight
rates-all these things tend to perturb
even the exporter whose business was
never better, and whose prospects for
the future are best.
The fundamental soundness of the
position of American trade is proven
by its very ability to triumph over
these temporary disadvantages. There
is no denying the worlds need for
goods. npr the ability of the industry
of the United States to supply a part
OF that need. The adjustments yet to
be made are many. But they are the
concern of statesmen and financiers;
they are problems in government and
mathematics. and not in production
and consumption.
The productivity of the world is adj
mittedly higher than before the war,
and its earning power and buying
power are greater. The conditions of
government, but the needs of peoples
are permanent. The figures issued by
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce of the United States. indi-
eating the great growth of the export
trade of the nation, give little appar-
ent reason for any permanent depres-
sion.
In spite of all the uncertainties of
the reconstruction period, in spite of
the embargoes and restrictions, in
spite of the falling price of commod-
/ tiles and the lack of ships, the export
j for February reached a total of $751;
! 100000. This indicates a total for the
fiscal year ending June 80 of no less
than $4,000. 100000, which surpasses
by more than 200 millions the total
for 1917, the record year heretofore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14

The salvation of the world, says
Henry Ford, depends on its getting
back to work. However much men
may dislike that word, however much
they may feel that it savors of slave
driving, however much they may be-
lieve that it is the slogan of those who
want to make money out of others,
the fact remains that work is at once
our greatest defense. our best guar
anty for the future, and our most po-
tent deliverer from the confusion in
which the world now finds itself You
have to put oil on the wheels before
they will turn, he adds. If you stand
around insisting on a guaranty that
you get your oil back with profit be-
fore you put it on, the wheels will
never turn. 1t is the same way with
the oil of enterprise, which, under
present conditions. is capital. You
have got to pour it on the wheels and
get them running. Until you do that,
no production. no employment, no So
cial health, none of the blessings OF
returning peace is possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14
COURAGE.


We need courage more than we need
anything else in all this workout
side of our daily bread.
Courage lost-alI is lost. Even the
incentive to keep the body alive. flick
ers and goes out, when courage wanes-
Oh, the greatest thing that you can
do today is to take courage, and after
you have secured it. start this power
to WELD things for your personal
benefit. Then give it away-radiate
it-drop it where you may, for, from
this elimination will come back still
greater courage for you in your fight
We all want to be courageous. Some
times it's pretty hard, but If 1t were
easy to be courageous-then you
would not be courageous at all.
You have to make an effort even to
breathe-even tho that effort is un-
conscious. The law of life is the law
of effort-of striving-of aspiration
The man who plows UP the dirt and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14

Live hogs established a new high
record on the St. Louis market Fri
day. selling for $20.s5 a hundred. on
Saturday pork was quoted at
more than $50 a barrel. and lard
at almost $40 during the week
Yet there are persons sitting around
waiting for prices to come down
before making investments or start
ing improvements. 1t is impos-
sible that costs of labor and material
can decline while food remains at ex-
listing figures and production is below
world requirements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14

The crop of wheat to be harvested
in Kansas this year is estimated at
approximately 20O,00O,00O bushels.
The amount of money the farmers will
lose by being compelled to haul this
huge crop to market over dirt roads
will reach a staggering figure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
NV Pny Y MOIu.roNf

The First Robin"
1 stirred uneasily in my sleep,
Twas midnight or thereabouts-
l heard noise, an unusual neise,
An intruder was emptying my desk
Noiselessly, reach for my gun,
He rushed at me-we grappled,
He broke away. and with one marvellous
Cleared the window and made his escape.
Then realized the meaning.
THE first robin of the spring."
Jesse Mittelmann.
And What, by the Way, Is a Success
full Widow?
I have been a successful widow for
thirty years, and now 1 am asked by
man of sixty-two to become his wife.
What shall 1 reply letters to Laura
Jean.
From Which We Infer He Was the
Original Inhabitant.
Mr.. Pettibone was the initial first
pioneer in this section, coming here
before anybody else.-Mercyville
(iowa) Banner.
They may do lot of things to the
dear old Monroe Doctrine, but as yet
no one has thought up a way of put
ting it into motion pictures.
"Hun Ships Turned OVERHEAD
line in Evening Mail.
No good that way, well say.
st. Louis preacher says damn" is
not blasphemy, but it always sounds
like blasphemy when a preacher
uses it.
Both Guilty.
1t seems to me it isn't right
To jug first class chauffeur
For running down upon the street
A thirty third rate loafer,
When any long tongued gossiper
Can run good people down
And still retain the freedom of
The town.
ALBERT Francis Green.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14

priest Did you receive word from
the war Officer"
No" she said. II received word
from himself
The priest looked perplexed, and
said. But how is that?''
sure" she said, here is the let
ter: read it for yourself .
The letter said. Dear Mother-I am
now in the Holy Land"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14

Blackberry Jam Cake-One cupfuI
or sugar, half cup shortening. pinch
SAT-. three eggs. whites and yoTks
beaten separately. four tablespoons of
sour milk. two cups OF flour. Gun
blackberry jam. one teaspoon of soda
dissolved in milk. teaspoon each Of
cloves. cinnamon. allspice and nutmeg.
Braised u e rs To GU e-Wash
tongue. put into kettle with boiling
water Simmer gently for two hours.
rake out OF water. remove skin trim
OFF rough pieces at the roots and re-
move bones Tie tip of tongue IN
thicker end. Put two tablespoons Of
butterine In frying pan and brown
IL: ADD one tablespoon of flour mix.
aoo one quart OF stock. one onion. one
carrot one turniD. five sprigs OF
parsley, two bay leaves. tablespoon OF
worcestershire sauce. tablespoon cat
sup. Put in oven for one hour. bast
ing often. When done dish tongue
remove strings. Thicker sauce. Serve
with Drowned potatoes.
Rhubarb Jello-To one package of
lemon jello add pint Of cooked rhu-
barb thome canned or fresh). Dis
water. add rhubarb, pour into wet
moIds. Serve with cream or whipped
cream
Tiny Beet salad-Mix one Gun Of
sliced tiny beets. one cup sliced
celery and one-IlaIf cup Of English
walnuts, with one cup of rnavanr1..Ise
dressing. serve on heart leaves of let
tuce-
Tuna Fish Sa1ad-One can tuna
f.sh, two tart apples. one-haIf bunch
celery. one quarter cup nut meats. one
hard boiled egg, nlayonnaise dressing.
Serve on lettuce leaf garnished with
pimento.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Oatmeal Milk
Baked EGGS
Bean Mullins Preserves
Cocoa
LUNCHEON.
Chile Concarne with Buttered
Crackers
Fruit Salad Water or Buttermilk
DINNER.
Roasted Round Steak and Brown
Gravy
Baked Irish Potatoes
Home-Dried Sweet Corn
Lettuce
Boston Brown Bread and Butter
Home-Canned Peaches White Cake
Coffee or Postum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-14

Now that the war is over the bureau
work has turned to the development
of the instrument for peace time uses
In this connection it is thought it may
be of great value to mine rescue crews
entering mines for exploration and to
locate miners entombed by disaster.
The tests so far made in the vicinity
Of Pittsburgh show that a man pound
ing on the coal rib with a pick, piece
OF timber. or a sledge can be detected
! and located from a point 600 to 1900
feet distant. This distance depends
greatly on the character of the coal
which the man is pounding. and in
tervening rooms and entries seem to
have surprisingly little effect upon the
distance or the determination of direc-
ton.
Pounding with a sledge can be
heard from two to three hundred feet
thru the mine cover depending upon
the quietness of the day outside. since
any wind greatly interferes with the
successful operation of the instru-
ments- 1t will at once be seen that
when mines are not too deep they
can be explored from the surface
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
POSTCARD CENSORS
NEEDED FOR FLORIDA
miami Metropolis.)

In a c0mmendable effort to discour-
age the selling of postcards in Flor
ida carrying pictures that are not
complimentary to the state, the Flor
ida State Live Stock Association last
January passed a resolution that was
worded as follows:
Whereas the sale and distribution
OF postcards and illustrations pur-
porting to show Florida razor back
hogs, piney woods rooters, rattle
snakes, piney woods cattde and alli-
gators lying in wait for pickanninies
or feasting upon them are destructive
advertising for the live stock devel-
opment in Florida, therefore be it
Resolved That the Florida State
Live Stock Association, in convention
assembled at Kissimmee. Jan. IA to
is, 1919, protest the sale and distri-
button of such postcards and illus.
trations and urge upon all chambers
OF commerce and other civic organi-
cations in Florida their hearty CO.
operation in discouaging such unfay-
cradle advertising for their respective