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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18
EVERETT ASKS FOR HIS wIFEs
TRUST.
CHAPTER XCvIII.

CHAPTER XCVIII.
After made my confession, I grew
still and cold with fright Everett
looked so stern. so unapproachable,
SO unsympathetic that I trembled all
over while I waited his reply to my
last outburst
L knew 1 had said more than 1
should more than 1 meant to. But
once started, 1 seemed unable to con-
troll the rush of words. And Everett
had been SO nice all the time 1 was
sick, that if I hadn't been still nervous
not perhaps so much because of my
illness, as because of the reason for it
IL should not have given way SO.
GU seem to have thought of ev-
erything," he finally said his tone
cold and impersonaL Even to a
family"
but you see r.
Never mind trying to explain. I
think nderstand-perhaps better
than you give me credit for" knew
by his tone had .someway hurt him,
how cruelty could not realize But
II you Will try to have little more
faith and trust in the man you have
married, you will save both of US
great unhappiness and-sorrow
GU see, dear" he went on after
a moment, 1--WE must consider others
the effect our actions may have
upon them. You think 1 have been
severe, unnecessarily so. Perhaps 1
have. But Sandra. I had a long talk
with your mother when she was here.
She did not like me to marry you, you
know. She is contented> that you be-
long to me nowA She is pleased with
what you have done to make yourself
a really fine woman. Sandra. Don't
spoil it. dear, by showing me that
after all you have gained nothing in
either poise or the ability to tell what
is right and what is wrong"
But r.
Nothing can excuse your reading
letters not intended for your eyes
nothingi There are other things you
have done of which I will talk to you
later. But to read another's~ lettersl
That is inexcusab1e in a child, let
acne in married woman
I felt very small, very mean, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18

Sid Hunts quiet little cuzzin Joe was
setting on Sids frunt steps eating a
appel after skool yestidday and start
ed to go past and then had ideer
and stopped and sat down alongside of
sim, saying, Hello. Joe, wares Sid?
Sumware, 1 guess. sed Joe. And he
keep on eating the appel, and L sed,
Save US the core. will you. Joe?
Maybe, sed Joe. And pritty soon
Pubs Simkins came up and sat down
with us, saying. Hello, fellows hello,
Joe, give me next on the core after
you, Joe? Will you, Joe?
mite, sed Joe.
And he kepp on eating the appel,
being about half way throo. and Lee
roy Shooster came up and sat down.
saying, Hello, everybody, hello, Joe,
after you on the core. vii you, Joe?
don't know, se1 joe
And he kepp on eating the appel,
the core being almost in Site and
Reddy Merry came up and sat down,
sayin, Hello. Buntch, hello, Joe I amt
saw you for a long time. how about
saving me the core, Joe?
I'll see, sed Joe.
And he took about more bites
slow, with me and Pubs and Leroy
Shooster and Reddy Merry all looking
at him anxious, and then he bit off
half of the core in one bite and the
other half in the next bite. sayin, 1
cant give it to everybody.
And he got up and went in the
house, me saying, Gosh, G, tawk about
your tite wads. and Pubs saying, L
wouIdent of ate his old core anyway,
it was all full of derty finger marks,
and Leroy Shooster saying, Its a good
thing he dident try 10 give it to me.
Id of stuck it in his eye, and Reddy
Merry saying, If he ever dasts tries to
get me to take one of his old appel
cores Ill show him whose boss all rite.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
BY JANE PHELPS

very much ashamed, but yet it did not
at all eliminate my feelings that had
been abused 1t is marvellous how Civ
ing way to ones thoughts crystallizes
them-how self pity swallows up all
other feeling and gives US a distorted
viewpoint. Being sorry for ones self
really works more havoc with women's
nerves than we realize. l know it did
with NINE. and made me also give in
significant matters undue weight.
II = thought 1 = had-the right to
read them" 1 stammered, flushing at
the look my husband gave me. "They
were opened. didn't
THAT will do. Sandra. Your ex-
cuses are both foolish and childish.
Aside from that, they are not honest.
You will please put my keys on my
chiffonier. Also any letters YOU have
that do not belong to you
was almost glad had been burned.
If Everett had found out about the let
ters and nothing had happened to me.
1 know he would have been far more
severe with me. My narrow escape
from a horrible death had made him
perhaps not me-but my actions,
and it made me very uncomfortable
whenever I caught him looking at me.
His avoidance of the subject for an
entire week. his tender care of me,
had bred a hope that he would say
liolhlhS QApicdodAI 10 me. But 1
should have known better. Everett
was not the type of man to pass over
anything he considered vital He
hated a dishonorable action of any
sort, and I do not believe ever had
been guilty of one in his life.
please forgive me, Everett" And
tears rushed to my eyes, you have
been so good to me while have been
sick, and have let Lie invite Rose, and
oh. l am sorry l have displeased you
Everett made no reply, simply gave
my hand. which I had laid upon his
arm, a swift little pressure. But Sc
quickly did he remove his hand, ]
scarcely REALIZED he had touched me
But emboldened. 1 kissed him lightly
Then with one of those quick changes
which always surprised and puzzled
me he crushed me just a moment in
his arms, returning my kiss.
Now run up and lie down. You
mustn't overdo, you know"
(Tomorrow-Rose comes.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

@. Which is the largest corporation in
the United States ?-E. Fl. q.
The Federal R sta.a Board says thai tS
largest individual corporation in this coun-
try.
land receive. and what is each of his chill
dren allowed per year &C. J. II.
A. The civil list of the Royal Family OF
England includes the sum Of $2.3JO.OOO for
the king and queen, with 100000 annuity
for the Prince of Wales: 1t is also provided
that the annual sum OF S5o,ooo be paid tP
ing who attains the age of twenty one,
and 10000 for each daughter who attains
o. What was the highest price ever paid
for dog "A. J. II.
A. The highest price ever paid for o dog
was $4,000. The prize pet that brought
this enormous price was "Cenguar. owned
by Tom Lnwton, Egypt, Mass. This sale
q. DO the majority of Irish farmers rent
their lands al. OD.
A. In 1917 the total number of agricul-
tural holdings in ireland was 572.574. or
these. 367, 05S owned and 205,516 rented.
Q. When was coal discovered in the
United States 1T. II. /.
A 1t was found in this country in 1901.
and was first mined in the United States
in 175c.
Tomas Masaryk, the new ruler Of the
Czecho- slovak Republic7-G. c. Il.
1850 He is siovak. and Vas early am IN
prenticed to a blacksmith. BY hard work.
he became selfeducated. He is we'll known
osophy in the University of Chicago. and
other colleges In the United States. When
was chosen to be the first president.
O.: Where is. Hell Gate" bridge al.
A. 1t spans the East River at Hell Gate.
which Is the name given the narrow part
of the river between Long Island and Man.
haitian.
Q. have some jewelry Il which to sell
for coinage. Where shalt send IT'S b.
A. You should send it to the United
United States assay Office, New York g city, h1:
lou must pay the cost OF sending it. IL
pToximate total value of 500
q. Are Indians supported by the govern.
ments..J. \. y.
says that Indians who are granted land by
the government are. expected to be self
Of government agent, are given whatever
supplies are necessary for them
.. Do the Crown Jewels OF the Shah II
fersia contain among other things n .,lohs
Of the earth made of pure gold IN. r. s.
A. The jewel to which you refer is r1-rt
Museum OF the Palace of Teheran. Ths
giebe contains seventy five pounds Of pure
g ,'dft. ana sd,gs5 gems The sens in the
and France arc set In diamonds; Africa in
rubles India In amethysts and Pcrsfa In
600 ~ S'''''-
@ How can remove mold from
4; Sponge the leather with flannel
cloth dipped In alcohol
Z ANY reader can get the fnswer TO any
neation by writing The Topeka State
Journal Informatissl Bnrent. Frcs'eri,. /
HaEkin, Director. Washington D. q This
nf.er applies strictly to information The
Bureau cannot give advice on legal. mcdis
cal. and financial matters, IL does NOT
attempt to settie domestic troubles nor to
fRr4 -<sf.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
Speaking of Glands.
BY ROY K. MOULToN

Speaking of Glands.
If I were eighty-siN
Years of age and had worked
My head off all my life
Trying to make a living and had
To keep one jump ahead
OF the prOfiteers-
say, if l were eighty-six
Years of age and had brought up
large family of children
And had educated all of them
And had spent most of those years
Juggling home the salary envelope
And lodging bill collectors
And lodging automobiles
And explosions and hold-up men
l say. if 1 were eighty-siX
Years of age and was just
Getting ready to bid farewell
TO this old earth and to
Enjoy 4 well-earned vacation
Somewhere-no matter where
It might be-and
Some meddling. interfering,
Presumptuous scientist
Should grab me and chIoroform me
And catch some young frisky ape
And remove hts interstftial gland
And graft it into my person
And set ME back sixty years
And make me feel young
And make me start the whole program
All over again
The first thing I would do
Would be to hunt up that
Scientist and tap him
Gently but firmly on the bean
With n bright new axe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18
THE PUBLIC MUST BE FIRST.

Since the whole is greater than any
of its parts, the rights and welfare of
the whole nation must be superior to
the selfish interests of any class. In
dustry must proceed-on the railroads,
in the mines, in the steel mills, and
everywhere else. Obstructionists will
be swept aside and their future will be
determined by their own conduct.
They will not be permitted to set up
an autocracy of either capital or labor
in the United States.
Organized labor. like organized cap
ital. is one of the results of industrial
evolution Such organization, whether
of labor or capital has been advan-
tageous to the country in many ways.
But the power that goes with concen-
tration is constant temptation to pro-
motion of selfish interest with disre-
gard of the rights and interests of the
public. For that reason we have laws
curbing the activities of capital, and
for the same reason we shall have
laws designed to prevent imposition
upon the public thru the power of la
Dor union mismanagement.
Organized capital has wrought well
for American industry. 1t has devel-
oped new methods of production; it
has reduced costs of production by in
-creasing quantity of production, by
Standardization, and by specialization;
it has created new markets for Amer
lean products, thus Increasing the de-
mand for American labor; it made
possible the quick mobilization of in
dustry for military purposes when the
nation was confronted by the emer-
gencies of war.
Organized labor has also wrought
well for American industry. 1t has
fostered legislation for establishment
of better working conditions, for re-
duced hours CT labor where hours
were excessive, for better sanitary
conditions, for Limitation of child la
Dor in the interest of health, and for
establishment of more equitable wage
scales Organized labor has been the
medium thru which the interests of
the workmen were presented before
legislative bodies and the campaigns
for needed legislation conducted,
But not all the commendable
achievements of combinations of capt.
tai on the one hand or of combina-
tions of labor on the other can be per-
mitted to stand in the way of protec-
ton of the public welfare a inst eth
er or both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18

It's that way with a person. With
a neat appearance and a face that is
kept covered with Shines (sfniles)
there is something most inviting and
magnetic
A brain with fresh shine, also,
shows its worth.
And. as with a shoe, you never fully
realize. the quality of your mind until
it is well shined with knowledge and
experimental and lots of work and play.
Behind the mud and wear of a good
shoe are always wonderful shines!
I am thinking of an emigrant boy
who became a great lawyer. And a
farm boy who became the world
greatest merchant You never know
what kind of shine is back of a shoe
until you put polish and elbow grease
to the test therei
Shina2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18

The striking coal miners are REPORT
SIT on the thirty hour week if they
can he guaranteed work for a longer
period every week in the year This
seems reasonable and indicates that
~ least one of their grievances is a
just one. On the other hand it is al
legged that many of them declined to
work even the limited time accorded
by the employers. But if both sides
be willing to agree to a fair and just
settlement there can be no failure of
the conference now in progress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18

II was time that somebody said
something to federal officials on the
'nl-advised agitation of those who
would lead the country to believe that
it is possible to effect an artificial reg
ulation of the laws of economy" and
Governor McKelvie of Nebraska has
done it. II have no doubt" says the
governor, addressing Attorney General
Palmer that the decline in the price
of hogs and corn has cost Nebraska
farmers at least s5O,OOO 900 and yet
no benefit has accrued to the con-
sumers because of this decline"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18

4 strike of consumers seemed GER
tain to come and the telegraph an
nounces that it has arrived in New
York. Eouseholders in large numbers
declare that they will use no milk on
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
until the price comes down. No surer
way to reduce prices can be found
than to refuse to buy. There was
much that we learned to do without
during the war. Practice of the same
sort of abstinence now would speedily
bring reduction in cost of the arti-
cles under the ban. altho it might put
up the cost of the substitutes. 1t will
be remembered that during the war,
when the government advised US to
cat rice. in order to- save other food
and money as well. the price of that
grain promptly started skyward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18


The things that are, were the dreams of
old,
The work of the few brave men and bold.
There's little we own and enjoy today,
Not a bulb of light or a level way,
But stands proof of the faithful few
Who dared to dream of what men might do
Never by many are marvels wrought;
BY one or two are the dreams first caught
The thronG will follow the easy way,
Content to live with its yesterday,
And the dreamer. shaping a better plan,
Must bear the jeers of his fellow man.
The dreamer must toll when the odds are
great
Must stand to failure and work and wait.
He must keep his faith. tho he stand alone.
Until the truth of his dream is known
For the crowd must follow its well-fixed
groove.
1t is hard to change and it's hard to move.
Dreamers have charted the open sras
And broken the vaults of the centuries.
Dreamers have dared what the man. feared
And conquered in spite of the men who
jeered.
For the Joys that are and the things we
know
Were the dreams of the few in the long ago
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
rhe insanity of Motherhood.-2.

The Insanity of Notherhood.-2.
1t is this mother craziness that ac-
counts for so many other mad Things
that women do, too. There is the mat
ter of self-control. for instance. II
you should talk to any woman in full
possession of her faculties. she would
agree with you that the most impor-
tant thing that any mother could DO
would be to bring up her children to
be masters of their own souls.
she would agree with you in the
hypothesis that the boy who is taught
to keep an iron hand on his temper
will never commit murder; that the
boy who learns in his childhood to
curb his appetite will never become a
drunkard: that the boy who forms the
habit of industry in his early youth
will never be an idler, or a loafer, or
a pauper.
She will agree with you that the girl
who learns to control her. tongue Will
be blessing instead of curse to tsse
man who marries her; that the girl
who was taught to follow the right
instead of the impulse of the moment
will never be one of those for whom e
police call is sent out.
All these things the woman knows
abstractly. but Dementia Materna has
so added her poor brain that she does
not even attempt to apply her knowl-
edge to her own children. She lets
her Johnnie and Susie rage and howl
unrebuked. She lets them make them
selves sick gorging on candy. She en-
courages them in being slackers. she
breeds selfishness in them by sacri-
ficing herself to their whims. She
weakens their strength by saving them
from every hardship
She does everything on earth that is
possible to unfit them for the battle
of life that she knows they are bound
to fight. She bends and breaks the
weapon on which their salvation de-
ponds. and she does this in love. Not
hate. There can be no greater proof
of insanity than this.
What are the mothers thinking of.
we hear continually asked. to let their
daughters go half naked to parties and
balls? What are the mothers think
ing of who let their daughters receive
the attention of married men and men
; of evil reputation for the sake of the
automobile rides, the theaters, and
dinners, and good times these men can
| give the girls?
The answer is, these mothers don't
think at all. They have Dementia
Materna. They are crazy. They are
SO obsessed by their passion for their
| children that they can't see that their
daughters are in the same danger as
other peoples daughters are, or that
! their girls are just as weak and foolish
as any other girls
| It's a terrible affliction this Dernen-
tia Materna. And it's incurable. Mores
! the pity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18
LABOR AND THE FARMERS.

For two years organized labor has
been counting the VARIOUS national or
CARNATIONS of farmers. They have
represented that the unions control
1000, 600 votes and they argued that
with the support of the 100000
farmers of the country, they could
control state and national elections,
dictate to congress and make city life
so unpopular that there would be a
fIocking back to the farms. All this
was expected to increase the value of
farm lands and to rebound to the ma
terial advantage of the farmers. The
National Grange has just been added
to the number of farmers societies
which have rejected the overtures of
the American Federation.
When the annual congress of the
American farmers convened this year
the radical labor leaders were there
in force. Some of them had obtained
seats thru the use of proxies and they
precipitated a general debate over the
welding of the two organizations. The
Bolshevist emissaries were on hand to
explain that it was in this manner that
t
sured. But the arguments of the radi-
Gals did not appeal to the farmers.
The longer they listened the more con-
WINGED a majority of the delegates be-
came that the Soviet movement was
a menace to free American institu-
lions.
Two sets of resolutions were intro
duced, one by the agents of the Soviets
and the other by the conservative
sentative resolutions were adopted by
a ten-to-one vote and the dream of the
radicals became a ni,htmare. The
resolutions adopted hit straight and
! hard at the whole policy of radical la
Dor unionism. One resolution reads:
We know that the forty-four-hou1
week cannot feed the world. and we
| proclaim that it cannot clothe it
/ Those who advocate the short day in
\ industry chou1d not expect the farmer
to work "six hours before dinner and
six hours after" with before breakfast
and after supper thrown in.
The delegates said they were willing
to aid honest organized labor" But
they Denounced in scathing terms 1.-The
treason of false leaders who for pay
and price would scuttIe the ship OF
state and rear the red flag of Bolshe-
vism over the ranks of an outraged
and fallen republic"
Honest organized labor" was de-
fined By the mover of the resolution
as labor that was willing to perform
an honest days work, that seeks to in
crease and not diminish production
The radicals. who held their seats or
proxies. rose and left the convention
and declared they would disrupt the
whole organization. But the delegates
showed no symptoms of alarm. They
passed another resolution placing the
congress on record as opposed to al
strikes"
The only organization of agricul-
turists with which labor unions have
made any Roadway is the Nonpartisar
League and that is body of farmer:
run by politicians and self seekers. Il
the Federation wants to hook up with
the farmers of the United States il
must offer a more attractive program
than it has yet produced. First of al
it must give up strikes. With these
the farmer is wholly out of sympathy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a man
80 years old and have been married
for nine years, but my wife has been
dead fourteen months. L have three
children.
I have been going with a beautiful
girl for six months. She takes great
interest in me and I am deeply N
love with her. She has been going
with some one else and she thinks
well of both of US, but she has quit
him now and is going only with me.
L love her and l want her to marry
me, but L can't make her believe it,
She takes great interest in my go
ing to church every Sunday. Please
advise me. J. w f.
The girl probably realizes that she
is too young to marry a widower
with three children. She seems to
care for you or she would not give
up the other young man. Since you
loye her, court her for a few months
without mentioning marriage. At the
end of that time she will know her
mind better and can decide whether
or not she loves you enough to marry
you.
In regard to church. surely it will
rot hurt you to attend. If L were
you I would try to please her in this
respect.
N~A .. AoAiPsoA- Do you tnlhk
a fellow who gets acquainted with
girl thru flirting would have much
respect for. her? Would they make
good life partners?
How can girl who is backward win
the love of a man? RUBY.
Flirting is not safe way to make
the acquaintance of a man. There
have been times. however. when a man
and woman have met thru circum-
stance and not introduction, that both
respect each other just as much. Your
question depends entirely upon the
character and personality of the girl
and man in question. If the girl is
really worthy and flirted when her
better-self was not uppermost, and if
the man is kind and appreciates the
goodness in the girl, she has nothing
to fear afterward, and they would
make as good life partners as if they
had met in more conventional way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-18

In addressing meeting of steel
strikers wives in Gary, Ind. T. j.
Wind, organizer for the American Fed
Grafton of Labor said: zone thing
about L. H. Gary is that he never
herded your husbands to the polls and
forced them to vote his way. If they
voted for the capitalistic parties it was
their fault We have in our govern
ment something that makes it superior
to ali others and that is the system
whereby we can elect the men we
want to govern us and if they do not