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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05

These boxes are sent to local libraries
to remain for few months. "a y
Suppose. for example, that a town
of a thousand inhabitants appropriates
two hundred dollars year for the
upkeeD of a library. 1t cannot main
tain much of a library for that amount
of money. But every two or three
months, it can get a box of fifty books
from the commission, and when every
one in the community has read these
books it can send them back and get
a new set. And suppose that town is
in a section which has young but
growing fruit industry. Then IL can
get a set of fifty books on the culture
drying and canning of fruit, which will
be of great practical value to the local
people And if any individual wants
any one book which he cannot obtain
at the local library. that library can
get 1t for him thru the commission.
In some towns which are too small
to have libraries Of any kind. the post
office acts as one, and receives and
loans the sets OF books sent out by the
commission.
This Wisconsin commission also
maintains a legislative reference Ii
brary, where members of the state leg
islature may find copies of laws on all
sorts of subjects. passed In all the
countries of the world. ThereNare men
in this division who can draft sample
laws for the legislators. OF help them
draft laws. Wisconsin is famous for
it's progressive and intelligent 1egis-
lGtion and a good deal Of credit for
this legislation is given the legislative
section of the library commission.
This commission also maintains a
library school. in connection with the
state university, where librarians are
trained; 1t has book selection and
study club" which will furnish any
one with lists of books on any subject
and help him to get the books; and
it has library extension section which
helps communities to establish and
maintain libraries. When little town
wants to start a library. the commits
sion sends down an expert to help in
the organization and the buying of
books, and 1t will give advice on the
same subjects to any library in the
state.
The immense practical value of
books was amply demonstrated during
the war. Many men learned trades
and professions by studying books OBJ
tanned for them by the association.
Books alone. of course. will not always
do, but there are probably few men
in any trade or profession who could
not increase their earning capacities
If the right books were available to
them. 1t is this usefulness of books
in learning, to make living that the
association is stressing. 1t is not be-
littling the, purely aesthetic pleasure
which may be obtained from litera-
ture. But it wants to impress upon
Americans the fact that they need
books in their businesses, and that
there is no reason why they should
not have proper organizations for sup
plying them.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Q; What are the regulations under the
Prohibition enforcement Act y to obtain
wine for sacramental purposes !-B. N
A. An ordained preacher or head of 4
religious sect or diocese may obtain wine
license to the commissioner Of revenue. or
TO the local district attorney. II Is neces-
sary TO file this permit as often MS 1t is
q. How can | wash chiIdren's ribbons
to make them stiff ~. Il.
A. If when washing chiidren's ribbons
they nre dipped into n solution of sugar
and water, they will become stiff on iron
9. Would England nave the power to
force conscription in Canada against the
Viii OF the Canadian government:-A. u.
A: The Canadian Mission located in
Washington says that the British govern
ment would have no power to call con-
fined entirely TO the Canadian government.
O.. What is the extreme depth that can
pc attained In drilling holes for minerals?
IS. NJ.
A, The geological survey says that it
would be impossible to burrow a hole
twelve miles deep, on account of the inter-
nal heat and the pressure at that depth.
Il is not possible to drill deeper than about
Q. How many transport ships were used
during the war?-M. J.
port American soldiers. this number In
Guiding ships Of the United States. Great
young daughter: can you give me a good
formula for n bubble solution I'M. c. z.
A; 4 good formula for soap suds to be
wish to hold is: gill Of glycerine: pint
Of water; o. OF white CASTLE Soap shaw
ings. These are shaken together and al.
lowed to settle. II these bubbles are allow.
ed to fall on table covered with .
WOODEN 10th they last longer
Porto Rico. and what percentage of it Is
per cent OF this is white.
Q. How did the courteous custom of
men tipping their hats originate &c. A.
pulsory act. Centuries ngo people were
obliged to take off their hats in the pres.
ence Of royalty. This custom has gradual.
ly become a courteous act in the part Of
men on exchanging greetings with ladies'.
when was Homer, the Greek poet.
A. The exact date Of the birth Of the
poet; Homer. is not definitely known. Ac-
eordihg e 70 Herodotus, he lived about so
go1ng bnek as far az 1900 n. c.
O. What IS an AIbino ?-P. ii.
applied by the Portuguese to negroes found
or the coast Of Africn. who were mottIed
with white spots Now an Aibino is defined
OF pigments Of the skin. hair and eyes.
Alpinos occur among all races of men
IN m,,sx lsxx,rsme ,.n,n cases they have skin Of
iris
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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
BIZ JANE PHELPS

tertained for them. and some of Ever
etts older friends did also. We went
to the theater and the opera. and
everything that could be done for their
pleasure, Everett did. 1 was grateful.
But as soon as they left, all my old
forbodings returned Eperett did not
love me. thought, leaden-hearted.
l had said it a hundred times. And
now L began to wonder what hap
pened then when a man didn't love a
woman and yet was married to her.
III never let him leave me never
give him a divorce" l said to myself.
scarcely knowing what a person had
to do or leave tndone to he divorced.
Il would rather he would beat me
than be so Indifferent. 1t would be
better to have him cruel, than to
feel he was loving her all the time.
I've not lost him never have really
had> him." 1 assured myself The old
wonder as to why he had married me
obtruding-as to why he wanted to
marry me, 1T is too late to do any
thing. He loves Leola." thought
Had l thought of it at all. l would
have said-beforei 1 married Everett
that married people are always happy
1t was something l., girls of my age,
are apt to take for granted. If had
married man OF my own age, might
have found it at once-as l expected.
But 1 think all girls are more flat
attention, especially a charming man
of the world like Everett. We are
thrilled by their knowledge, flattered
that they notice us.
1t isn't until after they are married
that the youth of one makes for un-
happiness. even tho they have every
thing money can buy and a home
everyone envies. 1t isn't only-as l
have found out-that the older man
cannot understand the young girl.
1t is more often that the young girl
cannot either understand the older
man or appreciate his point of view.
So they go on blindly until they re-
sign themselves to their unhappiness
or until something opens their eyes to
what the other is trying to he and do.
Another thing 1 have found out
it is usually the wife who is blamed
if there is trouble. Especially if a
man is socially prominent and liked
by his set.
(Tomorrow-second wives are sensi-
tive.)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05

also an increased demand for other
precious stones. Notwithstanding the
fact that prices for some qualities have
risen from 200 to 20 per cent within
five years. Tn people are purchasing
as never before. The re-
cent advance in prices have had appar-
emily little effect upon the demand.
The nationwide movement to build
new roads and to provide for exten-
sive highway improvements will be an
important factor in further increasing
the demand for automobiles.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY *. MOULTOS

Reciprocity.
1 had second cousin and he lives out ON
q farm.
But he became quite smitten with the city's
potent charm.
Yes. he did.
His visits to the city he would hail With
4 greatest glee.
He made his home at my house and he
stayed there constantly,
Yes, he did.
He said: Now, Bill. next summer you
must bring all your folks down
And stay upon my farm. because 1t VIII be
hot In town.
Yes he did.
He said: 'I'll notify you and you must
come right away;
You've got to be my summer guest; you
must not tell me nay"
Did he ever notify me: Did he name Es
happy day:
Yes, ho did-NoT.
General GaribalCi cables from Italy,
where ne is making movies for this
Russians that what they need is a
Charlie Chaplin. What a lot of US
need is, a Charlie Chaplin salary.
Joe says Santa Barbara has not -ons
dry. There are two bars in the town
to remain there forever unless they
change the name.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear, Mrs. Thompson: I am a
young man of eighteen and fairly good
looking. L live in the country and
would like to know how / could get
acquainted with the city girls and
boys of my age.
VIII going to dances help? When
at a dance i'll a strange town where
you don't know anyone, what could
doeto get the girls to dance with me?
l am just learning to dance. Should
tell them so when dancing? l have
got so 1 can L. nee fairly good.
If you wanted to take girl home,
would you begin by asking her how
she got there? x. Y. u.
To get acquainted with Ncity boys
and girls attend a city church. or, as
you suggest, go to dances. If you are
a stranger at the dance. go to the
party giving it and ask him to in
troduce you to different young ladies.
He will gladly do so.
Do not explain tina: you are be-
ginner. Your dancing needs no ex-
PLANTATION. If you say that you are
new, girls Will hesitate to dance with
u, and if you simply do your best
they will think you know all about it
and will not hesitate to dance with
you.
Do not ask a girl how she got to a
dance. Simply say, May L take you
home?"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05

There are not many wage disputes
which could not be settled by talking
it over" says the Des MOines Capital.
But the steel strike and the coal strike
are not that kind. The strike leaders
do not want them settled, unless they
can supplant the present operators in
the control of the industries or force
the government to take them over.
which would be a step in the same di-
rection. The Capital cites the case Of
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., and his en-
ployes. But those same employees now
are on strike altho they have no griev-
ance whatever.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
wRECKING THE UNIONS.

We are having our troubles today
and shall have more, just as we have
had serious troubles in the past when
it seemed as il the end of all things
was at hand. But the country and it's
institutions came thru all right, and
they will com. thru this time because
the heart of the people is still sound.
In plain truth, says the Grand Rap
ids Press, 1t is not the country so much
as trades unionism that now stands
upon the raw rim of disaster, looking
down into the depths. The people in
general will manage to get along
somehow, no matter what the hard
ships entailed, but because of the self
ish and reckless course of an inside
coterie of despotic leaders they are
losing their faith in the justice and
sanity of the labor movement and If
that be lost the setback will be of the
gravest.
When the great war ended it was
felt the world over that the worker
had come into new era. Every
where the sentiment was that he was
entitled to a real voice in industry and
a larger return from his labor. The
great need of tn hour was increased
production to balance the waste of
war and no hide-bound capitalist or
aggregation of capitalists could have
stood in the way of the workman's
becoming a real partner in industry.
This opportunity today is being fritz
tered away by q few radical leaders
who to perpetuate themselves in pow
er have sIyly or openly developed the
present strike mania, lessened produc-
tion and sought to gather into their
own hands autocratic control of the
employees communication with the
employer.
These men are of a parcel with Fos-
ter of the steel strike, whom his friend
Margolis characterized as a borer
from within-that is, one who finds he
can more easily convert trades unions
to bolshevism from the inside than
from the outside-and IL they do not
wreck trades unionism in the end 1t
will not be their fault.
| The many strikes in which signed
| agreements have been broken. the
Boston police strike. the steel strike
| now fading out and finally the coal
strike for a six-hour day and five-day
week-a strike called at the verge of
/ winter when it would bring cold and
hardship to every home in the land
all these have so alienated public SYM
! pathy that all organized labor suffers
for the sins of the strik, bosses.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
THE FIGHT OF THE WILL.

The leader power in your makeup
is your will. without the will to do
and be, life would be stripped of its
garments. and everything would then
appear black and barren.
Your will keeps up a constant di-
recting watch upon your thought, in
fact 1t even shapes your thought
So that the fight of the will be-
comes, not only a thing of action, but
also a glorious experience in which
all its elements enter to thrill the man
or woman into forward tasks.
Nothing inspires as does a trained
will.
Like swimmer, allowing the waves
Of the ocean to caress his body, then
taking them headlong, knowing that
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
BUSINESS AND THE STRIKE.

Bradstreets, which possesses facili-
ties for keeping in close touch with
sentiment in business circles, thruout
the country, takes what might be
called a cheerful view of the labor
Situation. The latest bulletin on the
state of trade" says:
With two very troublesome strikes,
those of the steel workers and the
IOngshoremen practically defeated and
two great lines OF business, iron and
steel and export and import trade
slowly but surely winning out, the
business community. except as In the
case of strike-ridden Now York city,
which is said to have 100000 men idle,
and a few other cities. faces general
strike of soft coal miners between the
Alleghanies and the Pacific coast with
really remarkable equanimity. For
this steadiness under fire, several
reasons may be advanced. To cite one
it may be said that the frequency Of
labor troubles this year has as it were,
hardened business. Another is that
the country generally seems to have
made up its mind that the labor agi-
tators must be taught a lesson
With public opinion aroused by this
threat against the nations industrial
life, governmental, safe and country
authorities have been quick to plan ac-
tive resistance such as the unlens pro-
DaDly never DeIOre experienced ne
invoking of the nations war making
powers to conserve coal. protect those
who wish to stay at work and keep
the country's railways and ships NOV
ing gives promise of bearing fruit.
Finally there is taking form the
thought that all the union miners Will
not be foolish enough to follow bad
leadership into a still worse position
and there is the idea also that non
union mine outputs plus that of sensi-
BILE union men will allow of enough
coal being produced to carry the coun-
try along until such time as the shut
down mines can be reOpened by new
workers or by those who break away
from union leadership.
The preliminary steps taken to put
control in one mans hands, that of
the director general of railways, guar
antees that the forces of law and order
will be modified and supplies of coal
conserved pending the application of
remedial measures similar to those
put into effect when the country faced
open, foreign and secret domestic foes
alike and successfully managed the
shipments of men and supplied to
Europe in the bitter winter Of 1918.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
WISDOM FAXERs.

WISDOM TAKERS.
l make no great claim to a measure of
fame,
/ never have Studied in college.
I'm not one to boast as / stand at my post
That L have surplus of knowledge.
1 can't train my eyes TO look that is wise
When the talEfest- is wholly above me,
l can't make the bluff that-Tre studied
the stuff
For the sake of what others think Of me.
When they say: You have read what Old
Solomon said >"
And I'm manner superior quote II,
| don't answer Yes" but l freely confess
That l never knew Solomon wrote 1T.
When some orator tall says, you'll surely
Those marvellous words from Old Squat
lem"
If to me the stuffs new, don't say that
do.
admit that do not recall 'em.
Should you mention a book, not by word
or by look
VIII lead you to think ] have read It
III say off the bat, mo, haven't seen
that
Tho it lowers my standing and credit
Tho uniformed | am, 1 win not play the
sham.
And don't care how others may take 1t
WisdoH's nice TO possess but l venture
the guess
There are too many fellows who fake It
Copyright 1913 by Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
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his skill is able to master their su-
perior power, SO does the will work
How wonderful is your will? For
our wills are no more competent than
we make them to be.
A will grows strong thru training
the more you work 1t, the easier does
ii perform its tasks. And unlike the
muscles of your body-after much
work-the win does not become ia
tigued by much use. Rather 1t de-
lights in those things which call for
its greater tests
The fight of the will is something
to hearter the other members of ones
great body machine. for as It fights,
1t increases its power.
Have a real willard whatever way
you desire to go thru life, will be
opened up TO you grandly.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05

The fight between the baking pow
der companies using alum and those
that do not, which has been in prog
ress for a generation past, still con-
tinues. The United States department
of agriculture finally has been in
duced to take a hand and. following
experiments by a number of noted
chemists extending over a period of
six months. submits the following con-
clusion: Alum baking powders are
no more harmful than any other bak-
ing powders, but it is wise to be mod
crate in the use of foods that are
leaveneed with baking powder"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05

Present indications seem to point to
a long delay in reaching final action
on the peace treaty. Political enemies
of President Wilson in the senate still
are seeking for a place to alight, but
with little hope of success. 1t is ap-
parent to them as well as to every
body else that the treaty will be rati-
fled as it stands or it will not be rati-
fled at all. They are unwilling to
shoulder the responsibility of defeat
ing it outright. but would be glad to
defeat it thru amendments or reserva-
tions which would enable them to hide
behind a cloak of alleged patriotic
concern for the welfare Of the country.
But they cannot dodge the conse-
quences of their course. If the treaty
finally shall fail of ratification, the
Lodges, the Borahs and the Johnsons
will be held responsible by the voters.
This is what this group OF senators Is
trying to avoid. They desire to de-
feat the treaty without being caught
at it.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05

1t is charged by labor leaders that
the army defeated the steel strike. 1t
also may defeat the coal strike. But
the army's activities merely extend to
the preservation of order and that is
what an army is maintained for in
time Of peace. The labor leaders
probably are right in their content IN.
Without a resort to disorder, intimida-
tion and destruction OF property. no
strike that is untustified can win.
There was no justice behind the steel
strike and there Is none behind the
coal strike. This is the popular ver-
dict and the people usually are right
in their conclusions. In a democratic
government like ours the majority
must and will rule. While there has
been no expression of popular senti-
ment thru the ballot box, there can be
no doubt regarding how the public
feels toward the coal strike. The
miners themselves recognize that they
are in bad with the public, and for
that reason cannot hope to win.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05

Lawyer Plumb says he has a plan
whereby the railroads could be oper-
ated much more economically and ef-
ficiently. Lawyer Brandeis also had
similar plan; he said government
operation would result in a saving of a
million dollars a day. This amount
seemed worth while. so to show our
gratitude. Brandeis was given q high
government position for life. and his
Tlan put into effect. Last July, gov
ernment operation of the railroads
cost five million dollars more per day
than private operation had previously
cost.-Ed Howe.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
LittQDeflflXs
Note.BooK

l was thinking about starting to do
my homework in the setting room last
mite and pop was reeding the sporat-
ing page with his feet up, and ma was
darning holes out OF socks, and 1 sed,
Watts you think, ma, watts you think,
pop, me and Puds Simkins had q
fearse fist f4te this aftirnoon.
Wich We did. and ma sed. Benny.
aren't you ashamed to brag about
sutch a thing?
No mann, l sed. Wich I wasent,
and pop sed, The boy is quite rite,
nuthing is more manly than to de-
fend oneself in a just cause.
Benny wouldnent know a just cause
If one came up and bit him, sed ma
You rong him. wat was the fite all
about Benny? sed pop, and l sed, 1t
was fearse fite, Pudses nose started
bleeding and so did mine, and
wouldent of started using my feet IL
he hadent of started to ferst, G. pop,
you awt of bin there.
1 don't dowt that. but my question
remanes unansered, wat righteous
sentiment impelied you to take up
arms. in other werds wat started the
scrap? sed pop.
You awt of saw us. pop, 1 sed, Puds
started to butt with his he'd and
watts fare for one Is fare for all. and
we was both butting with our heds
together. and it was fearse, G. you awt
of bin there. pop.
For the 3rd and last time wat was
the fite about? sed pop.
Puds called me sumthing, or may
be l called him sumthing, ] gorget
wich, sed
Rather indefinite. to say the leest
sed pop. however. we'll let that pass,
wat did he call you, or wat did you
call him. whichever it was?
L forget. I sed.
o. go out and play, sed pop.
Wich 1 did.