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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26
A Growing Heart
BY GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

e greatest achievements in the
world are brought about thru the
agency of the Heart.
If child is in danger. a woman
in need. a man to be rebuilt. ii is the
Heart that is given the appeal. And
it is the Heart that acts.
So that in this world of ours. there
can really be no big man or woma n
without a big Heart A Heart that
was once very young and tender-hut
bigness and power.
To a growing Heart is given pecu-
liar leadership. Far surprising that
of a growing brain or body. 1t is a
treasure place. Tho with vaults Sc
cure from thieves who would break
in to steal
oh. there is nothing finer than a
growing Heart-especially if you own
it,
Because it means giving as much
and maybe more-than You take. Ii
means an understanding of the prin-
ciples of life-co-operati ton. helpful
ness. an abiding interest in the whole
in fact. the knowledge that HUI
mainly is as vital to you in all its
claims. as you are to IT
The important thing in progress is
to get millions of Hearts to growing
all at oncei
See how you can train your Hea IT
today Every thought and act of Serv-
ice will do it Every smile will help.
every whistle whistled- every song
suns-will make your heart a better
educated heart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26
THE BOLSHEVIkI.

The dispatches indicate that a Boil
shevik uprising turnout Europe is
threatened. There is a prevalent inn
precision that the Bolsheviki are mere
Is crooks and outlaws. with no pro-
gram other than that of destruction.
Il is true that the first number on the
program is destruction. but behind this
anarchistic scheme is a definite politi-
cal proposal.
This proposal is. in brief, the de-
sfruction of the present so-called cap
ralistic class rule, and the substitu-
Con OF labor class rule. NThe Bolshe-
wiki do not recognize the validity of
private property of any kind. If a
man has by hard work and superior
ability built up a profitable business.
Shat business does not belong to him
i does not belong to the state, it be-
RnGs 10 the employees. and with the
a,lvent of Boishevik control the en-
aloyes are to take it over. peacea bly,
3 possible by force if necessary.
In their program they differ from
the Socialists, who would have every
fling owned and controlled by the
STATE. Also they differ from the An
srchists and Nihilists. who would
sbolish all rule of every kind. The
Bolsheviki would matt tain a sem
nance of law. thru their soviets or
councils or so-caIled workmen.
in Russia. where the employees
hRVe taken over various industries, II
has developed that those who were
willing to continue at work have in
sisted on wages beyond thu earning
capacity of The plant. As result of
this and the inability of any-of their
number to direct the business. most
of the Industrial plants are idle and
fhe machinery is going to ruiz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26

Surely a league of nations is of suf-
ficient merit to stand on its own bot
tom. President wilson's persistence
in trying to make il a rider to the
peace treaty appears not only to be
delaying the conclusion of peace but
to be creating an embarrassing situa-
ton. He is reported to be backed in
his position by England but to be op-
posed by France. Great Britain of
course is not greatly concerned over
the outcome of the negotiations so
long as she is permitted to retain her
big navy and this she will rot sur
render or reduce under any circum-
stances. Much Impotence is being
manifested not only in Paris but in
other parts of the world and the for
eign press is beginning to criticise the
president severely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26

much overwritten about or tell weird tales
that don't help the reputation of the big
"Once in u while. tho. some man comes
from Kansas to New York and keeps his
eyes open aud his mind receptive to worth
while things. aud then when lie writes
about his visit what he says Is worth read
ing. even to blase New Yorker, That
describes Frank L. MacLennan, editor and
publisher of the Topeka State Journal.
and the contents of his book, A Kansan in
New York
Mr. Macedonian hardly needed to tell
his readers that he wrote his experiences
first for Il series in his own paper His
other newspaper man writes copy for his
paper-sheet nfter sheet turned out and
passed nnt rev 20 the COPY feaaer Mhe
head on it, and let's 1t go, That one
reason why more than 10000 readers have
enjoyed what lie tells about New York. A
more polished style won't carry the reader
along. as his does with such smoothness.
pictures of things and of people in the me-
Besides That Mr. MacLennan is one of
other things i'm New York than broadway
and Wall Street. His book remains very
readable production
Pardon the personality and please
excuse the advertisement but Macy
& Co. New York, have sold out; Crane
& Company, the, publishers have sold
edition. They want few more chap
tiers written, bringing it up to date.
Some people seem to think it is an
| entertaining. reliable, readable history
of the war. the Red Cross, the con-
, servation of food and the incidents of
| travel and transportation during the
eventful year of 1918. Crane & Com
| pany want a half dozen more chapters
in the next edition, covering the sign
ing of the armistice. the death of
! Roosevelt, the fourteen points of the
! league of nations. including the ad-
dress of the president at the Murat
mansion and his other addresses on sea
and land in and around the peace
| table.
| We have the chapters about ready,
in the mind, but we can't dictate them
| from the court room.
| These books are sold for 81 piece.
| We certainly do need the money
| We will have to sell 10000 copies to
! get the $4,000 for this barber plain
| tiff and this takes no account of the
charges that Crane makes for the
printing of them. The writer and
! publisher have received more than one
hundred fine letters from prominent
newspapers and prominent men about
| this booklet, and this is the first notice
! or advertisement, if you choose to call
it. that the State Journal has printed
about the book in its news columns
| excepting one notice, publishing two
extracts that Col. Theodore Roosevelt
| twice mostly kindly wrote the author
about the book. The last letter was
received on the fatal day of the pass
ing of the great American who was
| good to so many people and was an
| inspiration to so many while he lived
and who remains an inspiration to the
| end of the lives of those who knew
| him and during the lives of genera
| tons yet to come. Z. 2. NJ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26
LITTLE BENNY'G
NOTE BOOK i.

Pop wunted to teIefone last mite ana
he picked up the reseever and banged
IL back agen. saying. Confound that
fool Jones gerI. she's bin tawkIng TO
that fool fellow for more than a hour,
and meenwile an honest tax payer
can't uge his fone Meening himself
on account of wen MiIderd Jones next
dore tawks TO her fellow Herbitt on
. the fone they sound as n they're never
going to stop and hardly ever do.
And pop started to wawk up and
down the floor with mad Expression.
seeycr and slammed IL down agen.
saying. Heavenly Dick. and they call
this a free country.
Rely, zed ma. wat he sees In her Is
more thar I can see. heenfDg MIL
dred Joneses fellow. aud 2 sed. I bet
he wouldent gee uutch i'm her all
rite II he knew she was mock need.
and he'll knox IL all rite if he ever
sees her in a Jim nasium soot.
a mock need gsrI deserves no pity,
she has only herself to blame. sed pop.
. And he went over to the fone with
big steps and y cked UP the reseeyer
agep, 81 wing loud as enythiBg. o. deer,
sunlbody seems TO be using the fone.
were you saying about Mflderd
Joneses mock neez?
And then he lisgcned a ninnit, say
inc. 3fy goodni-s. / never herd eny-
body, say good by 80 suddinly IN all
my life Meening sfiiderd Jones had
hung up. proving her mock neez are
her sensitive parts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26

During the past few years, abuse of
old John ID. Rockefeller which once
was a popular pastime, has almost If
not quite died OUT This is due. per-
haps in some measure to such facts
as the following. CLEANED from the an
nual report of the Rockefeller Foun-
dation. an institution financed entire
~ by the Standard Oil magnate:
"Dhring the years 1917 and 1918 the
expenditures of the Rockefeller Foun-
dalton for war work amounted to $17.-
o4e.140. This was more than half of
al the expenditures of the Foundation
in these years. The total expenditures
FOR the period in carrying on the char
tered purpose of the Foundation TO
promote the well-being of mankind
turnout the world was s26,509, no"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY X. MOULToN

Regular Poetry.
Oh 1t takes lot of sand to be soldier.
Against the rushing foe to make Il stand
But no matter how unpleasant
He always answers present
For Il soldiers always got q lot of sand.
OH it takes n lot of dough to be n citizen,
For the profiteers just keep him on the go
He may show timid feeling
When the prices hits the ceiling.
For the citizen hasn't always got the dough.
When he was young poor Uncle Ned
Had funny noises in his head.
Those many noises had begun
Before he had reached twenty-onc.
They worried him thruout his years,
! The docs were baffled. 1t appears.
His was melancholy fate.
He died aged just a hundred eight.
His denth was caused. the doctors said.
by funny noises in his head.
There was young girl in Hohokus
Who was given a fine education,
But she married a barber
Who wore white coats and trousers,
And spent her who'e life at the washboa I'd.
THE time has come" the allies said,
To talk of many things
lndemnities and boundary lines
And cabbages and kings
Saving Souls All Ways at Annapolis.
NOTICE!-Charles Houston, Evan
gelist; Charles Stevens. Champion
Shoe Artists of the world. Shoes dyed
No 1 Market Space.-From Annapolis
Evening Capital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26

THE COURTsHIP OF a SALESMAN.
A salesman wooed lady fair. like Goods
upon shelf
Unto the maiden of his choice he sought
to sell himself.
And he was glib and smooth of speech, yet
frank and honest. too.
And all the art of craftsmanship he under
Against the competition of the world he
had to stand,
For there were many seekers for the favor
MY dear said he. Il offer you not hand
gone looks or wealth:
The line l represent on earth is noted for
its health:
1t has had better men than 1 to carry on
And they have built for character instead
of fleeing fame.
As one of than | offer you my future.
That ] sh;ill make it just as fair and good
as l know how
Others may promise more .han L. much
more may others give.
l can but offer unto you my best the while
l live.
You'll pay greater price for ME than
some one elsr NAV ask.
But do not judge the liquor by the labels
the cask.
High hopes and young ambition now and
dreams of joys to be.
Are all l have to sell 10 you, but love l
guarantee.
Il will not fail you in the test 1 will not
wound your pride.
will not bring you down to shame if you
become my bride.
When trials come I'll bear>the load. l, ma
not bring You fame.
Nor wealth nor friends of high degree but
if your love l claim
Ill try to bring you happiness. whatever
else may be-
And here the maiden blnshed antf said :
You've sold yourself to me-
Copyright -919 by Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26
MY HUSBAND AND |
BY JANE PHELPS

but a suite of half a dozen rooms
opening into one another! one or Two
men, evidently bookkeepers. were
bending over their desks. and a couple
of very pretty but overdressed. over
coiffured blondes were also pretend
ing to work at their typewriters. but
in reality were watching me as l made
my tour of Inspection.
Did Mr. Forbes leave any word as
to when he would return l asked
one of the girls
'.No--he may not come back today
with i toss of the head.
Every well, then / will leave no mes
sage" Suddenly il struck me that L
would not tell who | was. l would
have a little joke with Neil about it.
Wont you leave your Nance she
asked, rathef c: gerly, 1 thought
No. it is irnmaterial"
i smiled to myself as ! went down
in the elevator l would have some
! fun with Neil about my visit. But my
smiles were soon dissipated by
thoughts which 1 seemed unable to
control.
! Why was il necessary for Neil to
| have such wonderful offices? The girl
| had said that he often remained out all
I day What did he do that kept him
away? There was nothing really bus
/ inesslike about the offices. although so
! solidly furnished. Everything looked
so new. SO unused.
| recalled fathers dcsk-dusty. ut
tered with papers and mail How he
would never allow anyone to touch
Z things because he might ret something
mixed if they did. / sighed as l
/ thought how different Neil rad things.
! Poor father. he wouldn't know what
I to do in such offices. l imagined he
would feel strangled. choked with lux
ury.
| was using my new car for the first
time. A lovely town and shopping car
I Neil had ordered for me. / drove
/ home thru the park. going quite out
I of my way to 90 so. Fut It was love-
" iay and hated to so indoors
lust as drove along the mail. I saw
Nell and blanche Orion in "A taxi COM
ing toward me. I shrank back in tho
! corner. PERHAPS If they didn't see me.
! the car would pass unnoticed. | need
mot have worried: neither of them even
4 So much as glanced toward they
/ posed.
| (Tomorrow-r'ah learns of a business
! luHcheon-Bla Orton Is there. \
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
BARBARA VISITS NEIL'S NEW
OFFICES.
CHA TER XXI


CHAPTER XXI.
Neil often spoke of Blanche Orton'S
money.
"A woman with as much dough as
she has can help man in many
ways,"-he had said when someone told
of how she had started her brother on
the road to fortune; and how it had
been her money that had furthered
many schemes of Orton's.
II wish 1 had money to bring you.
Neil" l never had thought of ii be-
fore That is. not until l heard him
speak of Mrs. Orton's money.
I'll make money enough if people
will. let me alone.' His answer had
been gruff Il wish you had a little
of her pep. You might influence
some of these FOOLS
Il 4would' do everything 1 could to
help. if you would let me-"
But you won't drink, and make
them feel easy. You are too conven-
tional for the men 1 have, to deal
with.''
1t was the first time he ever had
spoken so to me. l thought it an alb
surd idea that people. women, had to
be SO unconventional to be of help TO
theirs husbands.
You see, Bah. l am making money,
doing a good business. But l want 10
do more Il costs us like the devil TO
live. ] want to put over some really
big deals. get as many of the fat
things as | cam / hate piking. And
there are lots of big fat things to be
had, but q man doesn't get them by
sitting in his Office. You have got to
go after them. And what gets one
man, drives another, away
l had been in Nens office but q
few times 1t had been a common
place office enough. But he had
moved and l never had seen the new
rooms So onetday l thought l would
surprise him by dropping in upon him
unexpectedly. He had Just gone into
business for himself.
l was the surprised one Neil was
out. but the offices were there-Very
much there. Great. luXuriously fur
nished rooms, all oriental rugs and
cleaning mahogany. Not one or two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-26
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRs- ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: We Are two
girl friends One evening two of the
boys came to see us. They wanted us
to go riding, but we refused because
it was too bad night-the roads were
muddy and the evening was cold.
They have not come back Since.
What you'd you do in case like
this? Would you let the boys go or
try to win them back?
THE TWIN ETHELS.
l would let the boys go. You might
just as well. because if they cared
very pluch for you, they would not
give you up for so small a reason.
Dear Mrs Thompson: I am twenty
one years of age and l am going with
a girl who IS the same age. She seems
to- be in love with me and l care for
her only as a friend. Please give me
some advice about what 1 ought to do.
a FRIEND IN NEED.
Go with more than one girl and
then none of them will have reason
to think that your intentions are SER
ions
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result, oh, the wrecked lives that
might have been saved if only a girl
could be brought to see that getting
married is as serious a matter as pur-
chasing a hat, and that she can use
the same tactics in both cases to as
sure herself of getting what she wants
and to prevent herself from being
cheated.
Yet a girl viii not take even this
simple prccaution against the certain
ty of misery OF disastrous marriage.
She gives man the once over. and IL
he has curly hair and Douglas Fair
banks teeth. and a winning way with
him. she doesn't even try to find ouJ
whether he is masque rading under
an assumed name. or has a wife and
children somewhere else or not.
She marries him. and when she gets
! her information about the kind of a
man she is tied to, il is too late to de-
her any good. You cannot pick up a
paper without reading OF some respec-
table girl who has unknowingly mar
Red an x-convict; or some woman
who has bound herself for life to "A
bigamist. or some woman who finds
that her husband Is secret drunkard
or dope fiend. or comes of family
of lunatics. yet there is not one OF
these maria ges that could not have
been prevented by the girls having
looked into the mails record before
she married him.
Think of a girl. like my correspon-
dent. marrying a man without know
ing whether he has enough money to
buy little engagement ringi Sounds
as If she should be committed to an
asylum for the feebie minded for her
own protection. doesn't it? Yet mil
lions of other girls act Just as fool
! ishly and with as little common sense
when they marry.
The success of any marriage de-
Ponds very largely upon the money
making capacity of the man who is
at the head of il. In spite of this
probably not one girl in hundred
ever has real honest-to- goodness
{ talk with her sweetheart before mar
rage about money matters, or knows
Just exactly what he earns. They TIA liz
vaguely about love in n flat and of
how he is going to protect her from
the cruel world. and when she ascor-
tains after the wedding that he
doesn't make enough to pay the
butcher. baker and candie-sticLS
maker, and that she has to toll like a
slave. 1t knocks loves young dream
/ into smithereens
Don't marry strangers, girls Don't
marry any man until you have fouu.I
out everything about him that il is
possible to know. When YOU ha We
your facts In hand you will be able
TO Judge whether he is Mr. Right for
I you or not. But sou cart tell by
] guessing.
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srrices Of farm products continued to
cllmb last week. Corn, wheat oats,
rNe. cattle, hogs and hay scored big
advances. Provisions of course fol-
lpwed. Prairie hay was quoted in
Kansas City at S35 a ton and alfalfa
At S37. How IS it possible for living
costs to decline in the face of these
Conditions Until living costs come
down wages must remain at the pres
emit high level. or advance. with no
possible reduction in the prices of the
Products of industry
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DINNER STORIES

Pardon me-" said the army cook,
for military chefs are prone to adj
dress then underlinGs courteously.
but l prithee tell me where you
learned to peel potatoes so artistical-
ly? l observe that you do rot cut off
the cuticle in great hunks, as aias,
too many do. but loosen bit of the
skin of the tuber and then deftly strip
it all off. You must have had much
experience in skinnings e'er entering
upon a soldiers life ,"
Il did, thank you, sir replied the
accomplish member of the kitchen
police. Before 1 decided to make
the world safe for democracy l was
i country banker"
Elsie Alder. the foreign prima donna
who came first to this country TO APP
pear in Around the Map is now on
Il tour of the middle west She labor
ed under the belief that she had mas
tered the English language until in a
restaurant. attached to a small hotel
she ordered bacon and eggs.
DO you want the Eggs under~-or
over? - asked the waitress.
Miss Alder stared in confusion.
Il meanS' continued the waitress,
edo you want them looking at you or
away from yOu2'
Again Miss Alder hesitated I
Say. demanded the waitress tes-
tily- cant you tell me whether you
want them sunny side up or not?''
Miss Alder changed her order to
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bination and monopoly to eliminate
waste have been followed by govern
ment regulation to protect the public
from the monopolist. 1t may be that
the suggestion which some one has
facetiouSly made-that the movies be
taken over by the president and run by
the postmaster general-has a certain
prophetic vulue.
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MEMBER OF THE AssOCIArED PRESS.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the for republication OF all
news dfspatches credited TO it or not other
wise credited in this paper and also the
lOa.aI news published herein.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-30
GAYETY THEATER.

Headed by strong cast of favo-
rites. Peter S. Clark's famous 'Oh.
GirlH' company comes to the Gayety
Theater next week. This years We
hicle is a two-act extravaganza, en-
titled Friendly Rivals which is
guaranteed to supply all the laugh
stimulant that an audience with a
craving for good comedy could de-
sire. Those appearing in the more
important roles are Johnnie Jess.
Fannie Vedder, Danny Murphy,
Mamie Mitchell, Blanche Rose. Wal
ter Pearson, Jessie Taylor and Ed
die Hill. As might be implied from
the company name. "Oh, Girlw the
chorus plays an unusual part in the
general success of the organization.
comprising a bevy of beauties pos
sessed of unusual talents as sing
ers and dancers, and who know how
to wear to the best possible advan-
tage the striking costumes provided
for them. The settings represent
the work of well known scenic ar
lists and include representations OF
Times Square, New York, a midnight
cabaret, a famous roof garden and
a conservatory.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-30
Business Men to Talk
At Ad Club Meeting

In view Of the large number Of sc-
ceptances for the dinner meeting Of
the Advertising Club Of Washington
at Rauscher's this evening at go
0 clock. Secretary Charles J. Columbus
anticipates an unusually large attend
ance.
President Lester LRnsburgh recently
selected a program committee consist
ing OF e. c. Rogers. Ernest c. Hast
ings. Dom V. Smythe, George B. os-
termayer and Charles J. Columbus.
For its official program the committee.
among others. will present N. Y.
Schlegeu. publisher OF the Martins
burg CW, Va Journal who viii talk
on The Publishers Viewpoint
William Tyler Page. author OF Tho
Americans Greed" will tell how De
went 10 the fountain heads OF the
government or material that com
prises one OF the best patriotic docu-
ments which thousands OF school chH-
dren all over the United States arr
memorizing as part OF their train
ing.
Advertising will be the subject o.
/ J. Tommy Lyons. service manage
Of the Baltimore sun. Mr.. Lyons.
with his years OF knowledge IN the
advertising business. is fully equipped
TO talk on this subject