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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-22

Joe BorreIl has two battles in prospect
On March % he will be a wind.up performer
at the Pennsgrove A. @. against Ben Tayior.
on April 2 he takes on Herman Miller In
Steelton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
Never Hurt Another's
Feelings
BY GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

A persons feelings are the most
cherished and sacred of all his pos
sessions.
1 once heard of a wise Western
farmer who gave the advice to knock
a man down if necessary, but under
no circumstances to hurt his feelings!
That farmer had the right idea.
1t is our feelings that float-or
founder us. So that they should al
ways be kept in the healthiest, hap
piest condition.
Never hurt another's feelings.
Jesus understood human nature as
no one else ever has. When they reviled
and prosecuted Him and spat upon
Him-and crucified Him-about the
only recorded words from Him, were
these: Father, forgive thenn-for
they know not what they do He
never hurt anybody's feelings. Be
cause, you see, He was the worlds and
huma nity's embodiment of-love. And
love never hurts anything or anybody.
Never hurt another's feelings.
How sensitive are feelings! More
delicate in their ability to absorb hurt
than the finest stringed instrument to
radiate sound. Ones feelings should
ever remain unscarred-for they are
the most intimate of ones possessions.
AS personal as ones own soul-are
ones feelings.
Never hurt another's feelings.
Then shall it come to pass that your
own feelings will grow in warmth of
expression and life-and your health
and happiness to flourish-even as a
green bay tree"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
MY HUSBAND AND |
BY JANE PHELPS

with her property as you are" Lorraine
Morton said to me one day when |
was shopping for curtains, and had
run into her at the counter.
-tMeaning?"
Simply that Blanche orion is de-
lighted to monopolize Neil. | was at
Perry's last night. and when she saw
him come in alone she called him to
her at once; then flirted outrageously
with him all the evening. Why didn't
you come too?"
II was dead tired. Wasn't Mr.. Or
yes But that means nothing"
81 guess l shan't worry as long as
he doesn't"
II don't want you to worry. / might
want to do the same thing some dayi
I am rather fond of your handsome
husband myself. you know. I was
only remarking your generosity II is
unusuai--when a man is as attractive
as Neil Most women would be wildly
jealous"
occasionally? l think that would be
terribly silly, as well as almost insult
ing to the man / don't expect Neil
to be tied to my apron strings simply
because I am his wife" Yet. as
spoke. l felt a return of the resent
ment / had felt the night before when
he had SO nonchaiantly left me.
Better tied to your apron than to
that of some other woman. You know.
Blanche considered him her especial
property until he married you"
Hes mine now | said with little
laugh that sounded forced. I knew
Nell had known Blanche Orton for a
long time. and that he liked her. /
wondered If Lorraine knew 1t also.
and IL she thought Nell still was en-
rapport with the lively Blanche
See that you keep him I don't
envy you your job"
On my way home kept thinking
Of that parting speech of Lorraine'x
What did she mean She had said
she did not envy me my job" and
her voice had conveyed even more
plainly than had her words. that she
thought +. might be a hard job. The
idea, That was all she knew about
it She was judging Nell by some OF
the married people she knew who had
become indifferent to each other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
BLANCHE ORION MONOPOLIZES
NEIL.
CHAPTER XVI.

Often when l saw older married
people SO Indifferent l would think
how perfectly awful. how tragic it was
tragic that they accepted each other
oatmeal or their coffee. Perhaps
young married people were rather i'm
beetle about many things, but WASH
it better than being cold and fndiffer-
ent? Across the intimate common
places of married life ran the flashes
of sympathy, the wonderful love that
rose above all. that surmounted all
else When that was worn to indif-
ference, where was the joy of living?
Yet. to tell the truth, 1 wasn't much
given to analysis. One isn't often. at
"a, especially if one is as normally
healthy and alive as was l. We kept
busy, too, Neil and I. or some of my
friends and /, altho the novelty OF New
York had worn off to a degree. and 1
often wondered how people who had
sort of life for years could keep up
their perpetual vivacity and never
tagging interest in the same puerile
amusements- At first I was wildly en-
thusiastic whenever Neil spoke OF go
hing to the play, or to some smart res
taurant for dinner. or on occasion to
some bohemian joint as he called
the sort of places frequented by girls
with bobbed hair. and men with flow
ing necktiess and frayed cuffs But
now / was a bit satiated with these
evenings of noise. forced gayety and
alcohol-inspired witticisms. Yet Nell
seemed never to tire of the gay places.
and was over polite-so / thought-to
the coarse, red-faced men who often
sought our table intrusiyely.
The furnishing of the new apart
ment kept me so busy for a few weeks
that when night came I begged Neil
either to stay at home. or to go out
without me- Yet when he took me at
md Ont frIx Ter
kissing me fondiy and telling me TO
turn in early" i felt strangely resent
full and abominabIy lonely
Il never saw any one SO generous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

The Socialists, who in the -guise of
the Nonpartisan league have gained
control of the government of North
Dakota, have discovered already that
the welfare of the state must still de-
pend on capital as well as labor. The
league, in projecting its ambitious
plans for enterprises owned and con-
trolled by the state has asked for
popular subscriptions to bond issues
for the purpose of financing it's plans.
In other words, it is making an APP
peal for capital, which consists of the
aggregated savings of the people, rich
and poor alike. Private capital would
have taken the same course, and the
only difference would lie in the loca-
ton of the management-indiv
who are spurred by hope of profit to
render services that will be satisfac-
tory, or state bureaus supposedly ami
mated by a sense of public service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
Cruel Domestic WITT.

For instance" said the bachelor,
you are trapped into playing a game
of cards with a husband and wife.
Wife asks what trumps are. or she
plays the wrong card. Or makes some
silly b1under. 1t is the cue for hus-
band to get funny about the entire
feminine sex. and especially about the
poorest specimen of it which he some
how had .unloaded on himself.
What he says makes wife look
like thirty cents. and causes you to
feel like kicking him around the
block. He expects you to laugh. but
however amusing wife batting may be
to the individual who is doing it, it
doesn't hit the funn. bone of those
who are watching a hopeless, CULVER
ing little woman who is biting her lips
to keep back the tears of mortifica-
ton, and putting out every ounce of
her strength trying to be a sport and
look as if she enjoyed it,
"And don't you know other men, all
! of whose choicest stories hang on
some. mistake of their wives? Wife
signed check. Yours lovingly.
Mamie or wife made some bid at an
auction sale. not dreaming she would
get the thing she was running up for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

fare, miss and the girl blushed more
deeply.
BY this time the conductor began to
look foolish. After a pause he again
repeated:
Miss, your fare"
well" said the girl, "they do say
I'm good looking at home, but l don't
see why you want to say it out loud"
Nobody seems to object to prohi-
bition," said the visitor at Crimson
Gulch.
We'll" replied Broncho Bob,
Three Finger Sam is right resentful.
He's gettin' to feel lonesome an neg
lected. It's been near six months now
since any one came around givin' him
heart-to-h heart talks an tellin' him
what a great man he'd be if he'd let
liquor alone"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

suggest the possibility of the March
totals being in excess of the total for
February, which was, in turn, an in
crease over the contracts of January.
While state and municipal construc-
ton works are playing an important
part in the acceleration of business
thruout the country, private and cor
poration influences are responsible for
most of the present building activities
Much road work, especially in In
diana, Illinois, Ohio and Iowa. APP
pears to be held in allegiance in the
hope of an early adjustment of freight
rates on road materials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

Irish potato seed should not be cut
until everything is ready for plant
ing: cut the potatoes, open the fur
quickly, so that neither the seed nor
the soil will become dry during the
operation" says a bulletin issued by
the United States department of ag-
riculture. But practical potato grow
ers. who have not acquired their
knowledge while sitting in a swive
chair. know that potatoes which have
been cut several days before they are
planted come up more quickly and are
less likely to rot in the ground. Be
sides having lost much weight in the
drying proce; they are niue more
easily handled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

The national administration has
iIoisted the express rates, lacked up
the postage rates. elevated the tele-
phone charges, lifted the freight and
passenger rates. swelled the cost of
government and the cost of living to
unbelievable figures and increased the
federal payroll by the addition of
nearly three hundred thousand
names. And yet the people bear it
patiently and cheerfully pay the taxes
because they have the money. But
if business should become discour-
aged by these impositions and hard
times set in there would result roar
that could be heard from one end of
the country to the other The party
in control of the government got a
taste of what is in store for it unless
it change its ways, in the elections
last fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE

Last mite pop picked up the reseever
to the telefone and slammed 1t down
agen looking diskusted and saying.
Wont that idiot ever stop tawking to
that ass? Meening Mildred Jones
next door tawking to her fello Herbitt
on account of the Jones fone and our
fone being on the same wire wich We
wish 1t wasent on account of Milderd.I
and pop tried the reseever about
more times looking more diskusted
each time, and / sed, / tell you wat,
pop, wat if I go next door and ring
the door bell 1 saw Mrs. Jones go out
so Mildred is proberly the only one
home and she will half to anser 1t and
that will give her good chance to
say good by to Herbitt.
My son, that's one of the best Ulcers
I never thawt of. sed pop. Meening
he thawt Ii was all rite Of a ideer.
and / quick ran out and rang the
Jones door bell and pritty soon Mil
, Benny?
Meening wat did / wunt, and
thawt, G. / dident think up enything
to say. Witch / dident. and / stood
there looking at her like -sumbody
without mulch sents. and she sed.
Well, well? You rang the bell. dident
you?
Well who did sed Milderd Jones
Some man, l sed.
Inen wat are you doing neeF- she
sed. and / sed, He told me to deliver
the messidge.
Well go ahed and deliver it. for
goodniss sakes, sed Mildred Jones.
Meening the messidge, and l quick
thawt a minnit. saying. He sed to
tell you maybe he mite be back.
And / quick went back in our house
on account of not wunting to anser
eny more questions. and pop was Jest
going out. me saying, Did you fone
aIlreddy, pop, did she tell him good
by?
Fat chance, I'm going Ground to
the drug store to fone, she told him to
waite a minnit, sed pop.
And he went out looking more dis
kusted than the other four times put
together
Proving that jest because its a good
ideer that don't say it will werk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

According to reports from oblenz,
factories in RhineIand cities began
working on peace business at / o'clock
p. m. of the day on which firing
ceased at II o'clock a. m. And the
old-blooded commercialism of the
German effort to get trade is indicat-
ed by a statement that one of the big
new industries is the making of iron
crosses which are sold to allied SOL
diers in immense numbers at about So
per cross. AS each soldier likes to
remember each of his friends with "a
souvenir, it is probable that in the
allied nations there will be in exist
ence ten times as many German iron
crosses as there ever were men in the
German army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
BILL HOHENZOLLERN.


IL he had loved the green of trees,
The drowsy hum of summer bees,
Ii friends had dare1 to call him Bill, i
He might have been monarch still.
If he had ever stopped to play
WITCH children at the close of day,
Or ridden them upon his knee.
He might not now an outcast be.
If he had ever turned aside
And dropped his dignity and pride,
Forgetting that he was a king,
To do a little neighbOring
With humble men who crossed his way;
If he had even spent one day
In comradeship-he might not now
Have hatred written on his brow.
Had he loved skies and running brooks,
And tangled weeds and fishing hooks,
And learned to call the birds by name,
And fed them crumbs they grew tame
Or had he ever left his throne
To talk with men, he might have known.
Some secrets of the human heart
And better played the monarch's part.
If home had ever meant to him
More than a castle, cold and grim;
IL he had tended 1t with care,
Planted the roses blooming there;
Had learned to laugh and fomp and sing
Been more man and less a king
He might not now in Holland wait
The dreadful verdict of his fate.
That man who worships power alone
Shall suddenly be overthrow;
Who turns away from men and God
Shall fall at last beneath the rod.
He that would seek for world success
Must tread the ways of humbleness
And find in the gentle ways and pure
The royalty that can endure.
Copyright 1919 by EDGAR A. Guest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

Whatever form the league of ma
tions finally shall take it will be DOM
mated by the English speaking ma
tions of the world. These already are
closely united by traditions and aims.
The United States will be in no dan
ger from any league that may be
formed. England is as much interest
ed in the maintenance of our Monroe
doctrine as we are and the war has
proven that she has the backing oil
Canada. Australia and New Zealand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

something to ask you when I come
back-if I come back-but it isn't fair
to say it now. You won't forget me,
dear?"
Where are you going, Jim -
"Why. I've enlisted, of course. just
as soon as I knew we were in the
war"
"Oh, Jim. you've enlisted! You've
enlisted! "Oh, how proud / am of you
oh, finland Jimmie. don't wait
to say what you have to say-say il
now. Jim, for I am going over, too
Jane, my darling!"
Jim, my big. splendid soldier!"
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

According to +. D. Dodge, secretary
of the Toy Manufa cturers' association.
the toy industry in the United States
has reached a gross retail volume of
S4O,OOO.000 annually. And let us not
permit it to go below that figure be-
cause of European and Japanese COM
petition. Let our motto be, "Ameri-
can toys for American boys; made in
America and PLAYED in America"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
s.nce the governors and mayors

Since the governors and mayors
conferred with f-deral officials 1
Washington on the industrial condi-
tons of the country. there appears to
be more determined conviction in
the building industry that present
prices of material and labor are not
going down soon. This conviction is
reflected in the increase in building
activities and const -uction work. In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

The only solution for most of our
economic difficulties is to produce
more and increase the supplies of ne
cessities in order that prices may fall
and lower the cost of living. says a
Wall street financial authority. But
how can cost of living be reduced
when the government is propping it
up at every possibly weak point?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

the excitement of the thing; or wife
/ called in the police to hunt for the
baby, whom she believed to have been
kidnapped, and who was found asleep
on the sofa.
| SILLY domestic happenings. but
when dressed up and given the proper
| touches of caricature that made the
| woman look a brainless idiot and that
brought the blood surging to her face
| in shame as callous fools guffawed
over it.
And women are just as cruel to
| their husbands, as men are to their
wives. about making them look ridfc-
ulous- Don't you know plenty of wo-
i men who criticise their husbands pro-
nunciation in public and make fun of
their southern drawl or western
twang? Haven't you heard wife say
| of her successful self-made husband.
| oh, you'll have to excuse him. He
| hasn't gotten over his logging camp.
| or slack pile manners yet?
. Don't you know wives who reveal
| the intimate things of mans daily
| life, and because it is good fer a
| laugh, reveal the secret of his tOupee,
the fact that his teeth are only his
| by right of purchase. that he Is fussy
about his diet and MORALLY afraid OF
germs?
| IT wonder if these husbands and
| wives never realize that the most
deadly weapon in the world is ridi-
| Guile, and that you can stay love with
| it quicker than with anything else.
We can forgive any other offense
against us more easily than we can
being made to seem absurd and fool
ish, a laughable figure of fun.
| Good sense and good feeling should
prevent married people from ridicul-
! ing each others peculiarities and mis-
takes. If they don't good taste should
prevent them from husband and wife
| batting in public because it is pain
full and embarrassing situation for the
| bystanders."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

Good fighting weather is approach
ing and it may be confidently expected
that business will pick up turnout
eastern Europe. Apparently the in
habitants of that part of the world
have not vet had enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

1t is reported that of the presidents
cabinet only Palmer and Burleson re-
main in Washington. And the latter
could we'll be spared. not only from
the capital but from the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

The legislature has passed a law
which enables Topeka to acquire her
long desired system of boulevards.
There remains time to do much work
along this line before next winter.
Here is a chance for the Chamber of
Commerce to get busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
DINNER STORIES

A girl from the country got into
city street car.
The car had not gone far when the
conductor said affably:
your fare, miss
The girl bIushed.
The conductor repeafed. "Your
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

The Kansas 1919 legislature prob
ably will be remembered longest for
the laws which it did not pass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20

The Catholic clergy of southern Hun
gary. in petition to the Hungarian
church council. condemn the rule of
ceifbaey as anti democratic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ aRs. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: One even
ing coming home from church, which
is about a block and a half from my
home, two boy friends caught up with
me and asked IL they might walk
along. We stood In front of my home
and talked for about half an hour.
Mother thought ii was dreadful
because there were two of them.
thought nothing Of 1t. as they are
both friends and very fine boys.
think one of the boys understands
that ! would not go with him and L
thought he just came along with the
other hoy for fun
What should girl do If invited to
go to certain place with a boy. IL
she knows she Will go. but docs not
want to go with aim? II she re-
fuses and later gets an invitation can
she accept it f she wishes TO?
THANK YOU
1t was all right for the boys to
catch up with you. but you should
not have talked to them in front Of
your house. At such time invite
them to come in, and If they refuse
say good night and go In yourself.
The fact that there were two boys
should make no difference
Say. Thank you. can't" He VIII
not know why you can't ard thsn
you will be free to accept another in
vttation- If he presses you for .
reason. tell him. Because" Be
cause" Ia an aggravating answer. but
II Is what women resort to wnen they
do not wish to explain.
Dear Mrs. Th5fnpso when a
young man takes a girl to church or
the movies. should she ask him o
come in when thsy get back homer
THANK YOU.
If il il not later than Ie o'clock. II
Is all right for her to invite him in for
a few minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST
- Malaga Grapes
Prepared Cereal Coffee Cake
Marmalade Coffee
LUNCHEON
Farina Soup
Corn Salad Graham Bread
Butter Lemon Gelatine
Baked Salmon Baked Potatoes
Dreamed Parsnips
Caramel Pudding Coffee
Candies.
Famous Fudge-To two cups of SUI
gar add three-quarters cup milk and
put on stove to boil. In the mean
time dissolve six tablespoons of cocoa.
one teaspoon vanilla and butter size
of an egg in hot water. and add to the
previous solution. Before taking from
wheat broken in small pieces. Re-
move and beat five or more minutes.
The result will be a fine, wholesome
fudge.
Popcorn Candy-One-haIf cup New
Orleans molasses. fill cup with corn
syrup. Add two cups of graduated
sugar, one tablespoon butter. two of
vinegar. Cook like taffy.
Take from fire. add one-half tea
thick layer of popped corn, press in
pan. Before quite cool mark in
squares. For three quarts of corn.
Scant measurements make suffi-
cient dressing for two boxes of puffed
wheat Crisp before using and the
oldest to the youngest member of the
family will enjoy it.