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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

Considering the long and desperate
struggle on the part of the president to
save the treaty intact and on the part
of the senate to save the country from
something unknown but terrible, says
the Grand Rapids Press, we cannot but
feel sorry for our recent allies, who
have invited the most appalling conse-
quences by going ahead and declaring
peace. Great Britain, France Italy
and Japan, in the order named have
formally ratified the treaty. Either
they had no Lodges, Borahs and Hi
ram Johnsons to warn them or they
have calmly imperiled their sover-
eighty, taken on mountainous burdens
and, generally speaking. foolishly
agreed to make the best of things. It
is a pathetic thing to see four great
nations walk blindly into a peace trap.
OF course it is just possible that these
materialistic neighbors of ours are
anxious to get back to business. that
they prefer peace to debate and trade
to partisan politics.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

me of Leola and of herself. Perhaps
1 could make Rose understand that
no longer did Everett seem old to me.
and that would be delighted could
add a few years to my own age, so
gaining in experience
We went directly home after the
play. I thought Rose was disappoint-
ed, but paid no attention James
served us a light supper in the dining
room before we retired however.
Il would have gone to some res
taurant for supper" Everett said. ad-
dressing Rose, but Sandra hasn't
quite recovered, and L thought she
looked tired"
This is very NICE Rose had re-
piled meekly.
My heart was singing for joy.
Everett had thought only of me. l
had looked tired so he had made his
plans because of that 1 didn't care
now if Rose had said he looked old,
or that she liked a young man better.
No, indeed! My husband suited me.
If only 1 could hold him. 1 was so
young, SO ignorant of all that he knew,
it seemed sometimes that 1 must bore
him. And l had once heard him say
he could not endure person who
bored him.
Then, after we had hidden Rose
goodnight and were talking over the
play. one of his emotional surprises
came again TO me- lie caught me IN
his arms and held me so closely that
was almost breathless.
Tell me you love me-" he said
tensely, better than anyone il the
world-even if 1 am so rauch older
Tell me, Sandra.' His eyes were
glowing, and he kissed me again and
again. He was in a mood l did moi
understand, perhaps because he so sell
dom gave voice to his feeltng-any
feeling for me.
Il do love you. Everett Sometimes
1 am q little afraid of you, but 1 al
ways love you. 1 want you to love me
too-love me better than anyone ir
the world or-out of it,
At once he put me from him. Ny
reference to Leola, altho veiled, ha6
angered him.
Good night Sandra. / hope yoJ
will rest We'll" was my answer.
ITO be continued)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
Dorothy Dix 7alks
HOW 10 MANAGE a WIfe.-f.
BY DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

HOW 10 n
The optimistic theory that 1t is the
easiest thing in the world to manage
a wife and Job that any man could
do with one hand tied behind him. Is
one of the little confidence games
with which Cupid takes men in, ana
lures them into matrimony.
Before marriage every man mas
Iifesized portrait of himself as the
Head of the House. dominating sweet
domestic scene in which his wife burns
incense at his feet, and meekly does
his bidding.
orally contemPlates with wonder a
small tintype of a man who pulls OF
his shoes in the front hall when ne
comes home late at night, and tiptoes
in to keep from waking up little two
by four woman of whom he is deadly
afraid
However, in spite of the sad fate OF
others hope still continues to triumph
over experience. and every man be-
lieves that he is going to be the one
mar who has a wife who eats out OF
his hand. Undoubtedly it is a difficult
task to manage a wife. but it can be
done if a man goes about it in the
right way.
There are, of course. certain gem
eral principles of procedure that apply
to all women. The most important of
these is never to argue point with
one When it comes to a talking con-
test no man is match for a woman.
He lacks speed and staying powers,
and she will inevitably talk him to
standstill.
Besides. whenever a woman sees
that the argument is going against her
she tal<es refuge in tears, which are
bit of unanswera bic logic that invari-
ably gives the decision in her favor.
The husband who discusses with his
wife beforehand the thing that he
wishes to do ends up by doing her way
| instead of his own. But women are
never prepared for swift action with
out talk. and therefore the husband
who does things and tells his wife
about what he has done after it Is ac-
| complished, is master of the situation.
and steers the domestic ship whereso-
ever he will.
| The next tip about how to manage
4 wife is always to remember that the
salve spreader is mightier than the
| hammer in dealing with women. If
to pay her for the wounds TO her feel
| ings. If you give her the glad hand
| she will joyfully make a doormat of
/ herself for you to walk upon.
! Therefore, if you want your wife to
possess virtue pretend that she has
it and she would get busy acquiring
| Ii. iPetruchio, who was the greatest
| wife tanner on record, used these tac-
ties. In mapping out his plans to
manage the shrewish Katherine, he
said. Say that she rails. why. then.
I'll tell her plain she sings sweetly
as a nightingale" The most subtle
| scheme for managing a woman was
ever suggested in this. 1t is an appeal
to her vanity that no wife can resist,
/ live up TO her husbands opinion OF
her
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
The Parke Ave. News.

Weather. Various.
Spoarts. A man came down the
street carrying big panes of glass
one under each arm last Satidday
morning, and some of the fellows fol-
lowed him about blocks thinking he
mite either slip or bump into sum-
thing or forget and scratch his he'd,
ony he dIdent. Amung those follow
ing him was Benny Potts. Leroy
Shooster, Puds Simkins, Ed Wernick,
and Sam Cross.
Pome by Skinny Martin
diffrents of Taist
90 Dutchess, lets us take wawk'
the air
VIII do you good" sed Count de
Groth.
IF you'll Excuse me, Count" the
Dutchess sed.
I'D rather take bath
Sissiety Mr. Artie Alexander got
a splinter climbing over his back tents
last Thersday, but he took it out him
self in spite of the fack that his
father is q doctor and all he had to do
was waite till he came home.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Sid Hunt could tell time wen
he was three yeers old. and he is now
and so far nobody hasent ever gave
him a watch.
(Avvertizenent) Why not always be
Cheerful? We will come erround and
reed you joaks out of joak book for
is sents a hour. The Ed Wernick and
Lew Davis Joak Compinny. Ia
Lost and Found-Neither.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

If it were not for the terrible suf-
would come. the Clay Center Times
would like to see the farmers of the
United States go on a strike. 1t says:
Labor wants big wages. short hours.
few days of work and cheap eating.
and If possible labor is going to get all
these things. AS far as the farmer is
concerned, labor doesn't give a rap
what happens. Does anyone suppose
for single minute that labor unions
would go on sympathetic strike to i'm
prove the conditions. of farmers? Not
much. Labor. like capital, is looking
out for number one"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

The people of this country are piling
up indebtedness regardless of the fact
that the obligations may call for pay
ment in dollars twice as valuable as
those now in circulation. Out of 227
American cities of over 80. 900 popu-
lation the expenditures in 1913 of 147
of them exceeded the revenues by
nearly II million dollars. The entire
Indebtedness of the 227 cities amount
ed to $2,66I.451,21S. or $77.53 per
capita. OF this vast sum $1,0O5,OOO,
600 represents the indebtedness of
New York City alone. This is more
than three-fifths as great as the total
for all of the 227 cities. and is seven
times as great as the indebtedness of
Philadelphia. which stands next in the
list with $1S6,1S3,94s.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

I'LL raised 'em, your honor"
sta mmered the prisoner.
Tell me the truth
That's the truth your honor" per-
sisted the crime stained creature. II
reached down thru a hole in the roof
The tourist had been boasting again
in the village inn.
Talking of scarecrows," he said.
why my father once put one up. and
it frightened the crows so much that
not one entered the field again for
over a year"
He looked triumphantly around his
audience. Surely that had settled
these country bumpkinsl
But he was to meet his match.
That's nothing" retorted one
farmer. "A neighbor o. mine once pus
scarecrow into his potato patch and
ii terrified the birds so much that one
rascal of a crow. who had stolen some
potatoes came next day and put them
back
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

In attacking the high cost of living
the cry constantly goes up for more
laws, more penalties, more probes.
more reports. more recommendations
and from Secretary Redfield more
teams of demonstrators TO teach
housekeepers to get away from beef
steak by cooking fish. The chairman
Of the ways and means committee says
taxes viii be higher in the future rath-
er than lower. 1t takes rot of mon
ey to conduct all the government In
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

cheated if he ventures upon the perils
of business, so he sticks to his land
and plants corr
Mr.. La Flesche believes that the
Indians great lack is power of organi-
zation. The Indian is intelligent and
often has the highest qualities of char
acter, but he cannot form an elab-
crate plan and carry it out. That, in
the opinion of Mr.. La Flesche, is the
reason he was Defeated by the white
man. The Indian held the white man
east of the Mississippi for two CEN
turtles. He would be holding him there
vet, and the advance of civilization
would have been delayed for centuries,
if the Indians had been able to com
bine under one leader, Mr.. La Flesche
has had picturesque career. He was
born in the Omaha tri De about 1850,
when it lived on a reservation, but still
lived in the aboriginal way, hunting
buffalo and trapping. In 1875, as a
boy of 1 5. he was sent out as run
ner to locate herds of buffalo, and sue
ceeded in finding a herd after travel
ing a hundred miles n eighteen hours
on foot. That was the last buffalo
hunt OF his tribe.
Several years later Mr.. La Flesche
was called upon to act as an inter-
prefer before the senate committee ou
ing some injustices done the Ponka
tribe. Senator Kfrkwood of Iowa be-
came interested in the young Indian
and secured him a position as copyist
in the bureau of Indian affairs Mr.
La F1esche remained there many
years, adjusting himself with some diff
ficulty to the humdrum life of civil
iZation.
While employed in the Indian office,
he became interested in studying the
history. religion and folk lore of his
tribe. the Omahas, and collecting a
great amount of material on the sub
ject. The merit of this work was rec
ognized by the Smithsonian, which
published Mr.. La F'lesche's researches,
and employed him to do similar
work for the, Usage Indians. Upon
this he is still engaged. His knowl-
edge Of the language, and the great
confidence which the Indians have in
him, qualify him exceptionally for the
work. He says that of the 2,100 Usage
Indians there are only 500 of pure
blood. and that in few more genera
tions it would be impossible to gather
the story of aboriginal life which he is
now writing.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

Q. Has horse meat ever been sold as food
in the United States ?-R. G. A.
A.. During the war a eomparntiyeiy
foreigners In New York. At the present
time the Bureau of Markets snys that beef
@ horse flesh. and very little, II any, my of the
latter Is being sold.
Q. What is the highest governmental
country.
A. During the war Doctor EmmIt J.
Scott was appointed by the president as
This probably was the highest office ever
held by 9 colored man in this country.
Of the potash they contain &C A T.
A. The Bureau of Soils says that cigar
ashes are valuable because of their potash
tanned there would be an opportunity for q
good market Cigar ashes would bring np-
proximately S25 ton
O. Do, people eat acorns?-N n. l.
A. The lndiansto of the Pacific eopst re-
g1oh. from northern California to Mexico,
eat acorns in considerable quantities Dried
and pounded. they are made into a sort of
mush. and also into bread. Acorn meal 10
usually bleached to free It from tannin
contains. In certain parts of Italy acorn
meal. with the addition Of two-thirds
ground grain. is made into hrend.
q viii the government refund the tar
pAih on ilquor IN the event that the dealers
are unable to disnose Of it before January
A; The Internal Revenue Bureau SAYS
mar the law does not provide for refund
~ the tax paid liouor In the event
that II is not sold nv the dealers before
into effect.
O. Is senator Henry Cabot Lodge Q
SpirituaIfst III s
4. Senator Lodge il not spiritnaiist.
- What president receifed tho larf-pst
Iooulcr vote for Dresident w T. O.
A Woodrow Wilson received the inrgest
popninr vot@ eyer given q candidate for
president ~ She Tnited States in 1916. The
vote was 2: :l2a.do6. One reason for this was
the fact that SO many women voted.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

Some time ago it was announced
that the Presbyterian church of Amer
lea had established a department of
publicity in New York City. 1t is be-
LeVed to be the first church in the
country to undertake Systematically to
educate churches up to regular news
paper advertising. This department
has just opened a western office in
Chicago, with Mr.. Herbert H. Smith
in charge. The special work of this
office will be the development of the
plan of systematic newspaper adver-
tising by the churches. Already
Presbyterian churches. it is reported.
are doing a great deal of newspaper
advertising and are responding rapid
ly to the work of the department of
publicity along this line. So great has
been this response that it has become
necessary to open the western office
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

Laugh. and the world laughs with
you,
Weep. and you weep alone
For this sad old earth
Must borrow its mirth-
But has trouble enough of its own"
Everything was invented for a pur-
pose. nevertheless. And trouble has
its place. Without it, we would not
know how to fac life.
have never met any one who did
not have their troubles, nor any one
who was not anxious to get rid OF
them. And 1 have experienced the Of
fering of troubles to me-"on loan" bu
the bushel, But the most unprofita BILE
operation on earth is to borrow trou-
BILE.
Go into debt to help some one or to
serve a good end-but leave the trou-
BILE borrowing business alone.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
ANTI-FOREIGN. A

4
Said Jim McGee in a talk with me: I'm
nobody's fool, you bet,
As a working man. 1 follow the plan of
wantin' what / can get.
1 work for pay, an I'm free to say that
moneys a thing | like,
But l do object to a dialect in the fellow
that calls a strike!
I'm willing to fight when I know I'm
right. an the fightin' is on the
square
There are times I shirk when ought to
work, but I guess am human there.
I've been to school and I amt fool; III
get while the getting's good.
But the Flag of the Free is the flag for
me an I'm wantin' that understood !!
I'm stand IN the ranks with trueblue
Yanks. but not with the Huns or
Greeks.
I'm thru with the cuss that would make a
fuss and only a jargon speaks.
As a working man, I'm American, today
and tomorrow too,
And 1 won't respect any dialect that tells
me what / must do,'
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

The public's mind. says The Re
view. is growing clear on several
points. The Boston police strike de-
fined in it's mind one point beyond
which the right to strike does not ex-
tend. The steel strike convinced 1t
that it could not afford to tolerate on
the part of few revolutionary mind
ed leaders an assertion of power which
they did not possess but hoped out of
the resulting turmoil to obtain. 1t
put up with a transportation strike
in New York for one day. but to trust
to that tolerance another time would
be rash. Toward the threats of the
future it is beginning to set very de-
termined face. How is the game to go
on II one little group after another
picks up its toys and goes home? The
public proposes to see that the game
goes on. 1t is not in the least inclined
to listen to the few who want to get up
a brand-new game.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

The senate found time, in the six
months that 1t was in session, to join
in voting appropriations of $1,000
100000 and that is about all. The
French treaty that it was so anxious to
set a hold on remained untouched
from the time it was submitted in July
TO the date of adjournment.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

Every man has or should have the
right to work. His right to remain
idle is open to question. The fact that
he does not like his job is no excuse
for ceasing to work. He should obtain
another job more to his liking. Just
now there is work in abundance, at
good wages, for ALL
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

The government had just begun TO
makeNa little Sfnoney in the railroad
business when along came the coal
strike and caused a partial shutdown
in transportation activity
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
Household Hints
Menu Hint.

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Baked Apples. Cereal and Cream.
Broiled Ham.
flashed Brown Potatoes
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Leftover Meat Dish.
Lettuce.
DINNER.
Liver Smothered with Onions.
Mashed Sweet Potatoes.
Bacon Garnish. Creamed Cabbage.
Romaine Salad
Apple Dumplings. Coffee.
Desserts
CHINA mon Loaf Cake-Three- quar-
ters cup of sugar. yolk Of one egg,
four ia tablespoons of shortening Cream
until light lemon color and then add
one and one-quarter cups of flour.
two teaspoons of baking powder, one
half cup milk, one teaspoon of Gin
namon extract. Beat to a smooth bat
ter and then cut and fold in the stiffly
beaten white of egg. Pour into we'll
creased loaf-shaped pan and bake in
moderate oven for forty minutes. Cool
and spread with following mixture:
Six ablespoonsN sugar. one tablespoon
of cornstarch. Sift to mix and then
ada one teaspoon or lemon juice ana
sufficient boiling water to spread.
Mark off into slices with a knife
dipped into hot water.
Fig Pudding-Place in a mixing
bowl one cup of finely chopped suet.
two cups of bread crumbs. one cup of
flour. one tablespoon of baking pow
der, one-half teaspoon of salt. one tea
spoon of nutmeg, one teaspoon of Gin
namon. one cup of chopped figs, juice
of one lemon, grated rind of one-quar-
ter lemon, one cup of syrup and three
quarters cup of hot water or milk.
Mix thoroly and pour into a vell-
creased mold Cover the mold "a
one-pound coffee can makes good
mold for this pudding}. filling the
mold about .three-quarters fun of the
mixture. Pace in kettle and fill to
about two-thirds of mold with water.
Bring to n boil and cook for one and
one-hah hours. Serve the pudding
with cream or vanilla sauce; it may be
reheated or fried.
Fried Fig Pudding slices of
leftover pudding about thrce-quarters
of an inch thick and then dip in batter
and fry golden brown in hot fat.
Serve with lemon sauce.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
Dinner Stories

How did you get the turkeys the
officers found in your possession ?"
sternly asked the police magistrate.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
Moulton Musings
BY ROY *. MOULTON.



Life is so romantic,t $50 the poets sing)
"and sweet;
Bridget slapped my face, one day, on busy
Bleecker street.
In all my days 1 never saw the girl as nice
I'd have staked nv life for Bridget-but
she never cared for me.
Mike Clancy was homely gink, eantanker-
sin;
He often loafed and seldom worked and al
ways smeIled UI gin.
By change he met my dream ideal and,
hailing her as kid
Said he: Become my wife, Next after
she did.
Life is fraught with irony. AS Shakespeare
says, 'All wrong
There's little knowing when we'n weep or
when we'll sing song.
Here's Bridget, after twenty. years Of cheer
She chloroforms her husband and DE-
MASDS to be my wife!
james Lawler.
'I have one ambition in liee," SAID
Walter Pulitzer to a friend the other
day. Before L die l want to he able
to writ my letters as fast as the moH-
ing picture hero writes them"
Automobiles are SO scarce in this
country that. every mile or two, there
is some family that doesn't own one.
Seven Stages of LocOmotiOn.
Aged Baby carriage. Aged s.
Express wagon. Aged 12-Bicycle
Aged 20-Motorcycle. Aged 30-Run
about Aged 40-Touring car. Aged
50-Limousine.
Yes, indeed, but why omit mention
of that very prominent vehicle the
patrol wagon? That means of loco
motion is liable to happen at any age
after twenty-one
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

Automobiles are SO scarce in this
country that, every mile or two, there
is some family that doesn't own one.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

The Indian who is given his allot-
ment and turned loose to shift for
himself usually succeeds fairly we'll,
according TO Mr.. La Flesche. He says
that the Indian has not the white
mans business ability, but that he
usually has sense enough to hold onto
his land and farm it. 1t is generally
the educated Indian. he says. who is
cheated. This Individual often thinks
he is a match for the white man be-
cause he has the same training, and
he often loses his wealth as a result
The ignorant Indian knows he will be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

tus of the day. who has drawn the
great daily prize of a quarter of a
million dollars-nothing less. And this
is to go on daily for two years. For
two years we are going to produce
millionaires in France at the rate of
one a, day. That should be something
to arouse envy, even in the fatherland
of millionairesi The project is a gov
eminent prize loan or lottery, in which
the tickets will be 500 each. Besides
these fabulous daily fortunes, there
will be many other large prizes. and,
what is beyond my financial magma
ton, even the unsuccessful purchasers
will get their money back in full at
the end of 90 years.
This lottery is not for us new idea,
but never has it been exploited on such
scale. One has only to visit the
restaurants and stores of Paris to be
persuaded that there is a vast amount
of money in circulation. 1t is also ap-
parent that no ordinary investment
will tempt the spenders of this surplus
cash. For the chance of becoming a
millionaire we are expected to give
up our extravaganza and, although it
is not safe TO judge Paris by ones per-
sonal experience. the number of peo-
believe that our financial experts are