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The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
BY JANE PHELPS

THE first Mrs. Graham. She has
a niece in Ohio-her only relative.
believe. Mr.. Graham thought she
might like the picture. even tho she
had never sen the original. He asked
my opinion and l agreed with him.
1t is an ornament aside from any
sentiment connected with it,
''Why not send her the things in
the attic also?" / asked, my spirits
fairly bouyant with relief
She is very wealthy. She neither
needs, or would wear. them. I asked
Mr.. Graham the same question. you
see"
Then we'll get rid of them to-
morrow"
AS 1 dressed for dinner I would
memory of that note My mercurial
spirits had arisen wildly when I found
all my suspicious regarding the pic
ture unsrounded; and had I been able
to Danish thought of the passionate
love-words in that note L should have
again felt the joy / had experienced
the night of my homecoming when
/ first noticed the removal of the
picture. added to all Everett had done
for my comfort. AS il was / surely
was relieved. and when Everett came
in he remarked upon my changed ap-
pearance.
II shall insist that you go out more
often. Sandra. You have the cars;
use them. You are looking quite like
yourself tonight" Then he chatted so
pleasantly with me that / almost for
got had decided he did not love me
because he had not said such wonder
ful things to me as he had to Leola.
1t would seem that, as time passed
and 1 found out one after another
of my causes for jealously disappear
found that they were unfounded
| i would have become less sus-
picious. But in spite of repeated reso-
lutions to that effect, no sooner would
one cause be disposed of than another
would Immediately crop up and again
make me miserable.
have always -pitied the jealous
man or woman. 1 know by expert
ence how often they suffer
(To be continued
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
Litt1DeflfaXSs
NotQsDEo0K
THE PARK AVE. NEWS

Weather. ThaWtS- OF krlSSmaS.
Spoarts. A setting down race took
place last Satidday aftirnoon, the OBJ
ject being to see who could go frum
the lam post to the TELEGRAPH pole and
back to the lam post setting down on
the pavement and not using enything
but ther- feet and their setting posi-
ton. Skinny Martin won by half a
pavement, and of the racers wore
holes in their pants and 3 had thin
places that will ,proberly be holes
pritty soon.
Announcement. After a meeting
Sundey aftirnoon on Puts Simkinses
frunt steps, the following annountsed
that they would drather not get eny
useful presents this Krissmas sutch as
clothes: Benny Potts, Puds Simkins.
Artie Alexander, Leroy Shooster, Sid
Hunt, Ed Wernick, and Lew Davis.
Skool Notes. Reddy Merry got Ex-
cellent in conduck on his report this
month for the ferst time this year.
saying it must be some mistake and he
is going to kick about it..
Sissiety Jest as Miss Mary Wat
kins was going to get up on her pony
for her horseback riding lessin last
Sattiday the pony hit her in the face
with his tale, Miss watkins saying j.
was a meer axsident, however.
Pome by Skinny Martin
Jest Before the Licking.
I shelled 80 Inglish wallnuts
For my mother to put in a cake,
And wen I$realized l had ate more
than half the insides
How my neez together did shakei
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
SWINGING TO ALLEN.

Two weeks ago a conference OF gov
ernors was held in Chicago relative
to the coal situation. At the same
time cabinet members we're passing
out cigars to labor leaders, lawyers
were engaged in endless litigation in
federal courts in an endeavor to up
hold the legality of the Lever act and
the papers brimmed over with edi-
torials demanding quick settlement of
the coal strike. Governor Henry ].
Allen of Kansas did not attend these
conferences. nor write long winded
editorials. He was too busy. The
governor was mining coal.
In a brief lapse of time Governor
Allen has become a national figure.
He is being lauded to the skies by
newspapers in every state in the ma
ton. For months he has been occa-
sionally mentioned as vice presiden-
tial possibility in 1925 now he is even
talked of for the White House. If a
dent by the Republicans, Governor
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts is
billed for his running mate, but If an
eastern man is awarded the nomina-
ton, the hotel lobby politicians slate
Allen for second place.
In an era rife with unrest and dis
content, the astute statesmen, as a
whole, are shying away from indus
trial questions and discussing the
League of Nations or the protective
tariff. But Coolidge, during the Bos-
ton cop strike, showed that red blood
and not yellow flows thru his veins
and Allen, in the realm where Alex"
ander Howat is the recognized car of
the slate pickers. showed himself to
be of similar caliber.
Such conservative sheets as the Bos-
ton Transcript and the New York
Evening Post, read largely by cultured
fasteners who think that the Indians
roam the plains west of Philadelphia,
have devoted many columns to the
Allen plan of getting coal. The New
ork Times one of the most influen-
tial organs of the Democratic party,
put Mr.. Wilson on the second page in
order to give Governor Allen the best
columns of page 1.
Kansas was admitted to the union
in 1861 and in nearly sixty years has
never seen one of her sons in the
White House. or vice president, or a
cabinet member or an ambassador to
a first class power. Aside from the
military men like Funston. Mills and
Harbord, the Kansan to reach the
highest place in public life was the
late Justice Brewer of the United
States supreme court. That is why
Kansans everywhere are beginning to
boost Governor Allen for vice presi-
dent. or rather to further the boosts
given him by Republican chiefs of
other states.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

Doctor Garfield has resigned from
his office Of fuel director because he
could not have his own way in con-
nection with the settlement OF the coal
strike. Probably his retirement will
not be mourned. The fact remains
tlat Doctor Garfields way did not end
the strike and the presidents way did.
The people want coal and they want it
now. They are not looking so far into
the future as the good doctor is. If
the operators attempt to hike the
price. as Doctor Garfield fears they
will do they will be taken care Of in
their turn. The public is "rearin' and
ready to 60" and in the future will
not tolerate encroachments upon its
rights as it has done in the past,
whether they proceed from organized
labor or organized capital. They may
even demand that the government re-
tire from its partnership with organ
lied capital. by which it shares in the
loot. thru the medium of its excess
profits taxes.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

an ordinary brick. We would keep a
constant stream of boxes laden with
these bars bound for the Golden Gate
for shipment to the Orient We did
all of this. 1t took a year to do it.
But we glutted India with silver and
averted a crisis.
Now the Orient is buying silver di
rect from U.S. No longer is the silver
business done thru London. New
York is the silver center of the world.
Probably England, which produced no
silver, will never become the silver
center again. Probably the Orient will
bid direct thru America. America is
interested in good prices for. silver
which England was not. Possibly per-
manent nigh prices for silver may re-
suit from these changes.
And dead towns of the west are
coming to life as a result of the; silver
boom. There were towns In Colorado
and Nevada and Arizona. which,
under the Influence of silver in those
wild. rich life that has no parallel in
history as a bacBgrc N for motion
picture scenarios. From aA the west
country comes the word that the dead
bones of those deserted silver towns
are beginning to rattle again. The
stir of life is among the ruins. Clouds
of dust are rising along the trails that
lead across sagebrush plains. The
mining. engineer. present day sue
cesso1<of the prospector and his burro,
is astir in the silver country. There is
no need to look for new mines. They
are going back to the old shafts that
yielded wealth when silver was above
dollar With the advance in mining
processes in the last four decades, the
chances OF profits are many times
multiplied.
There is the Crescent mine, at
Eureka, New. where Ray Baker, di-
rector of the mint was born. In its
palnly days it produced sixty million
dollars worth of silver. 1t has been
idle for thirty years. This winter
the Crescent mine is being lrefinanced,
and re-organized. A ten million dol
lar company is just beginning to pump
new life into it. New machinery, new
methods, new railroads. are to tap
the old sources of silver. The Cres-
cent is but typical. The same thing is
taking place at many points. Eureka
cares not how fanaticaf Brahnans of
India or Mandarins of China may
hoard its product. 1t, will pour out
the metal and profit the more. Thus
will Oriental hoarders make occidental
profits. with America getting the
major share.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5lSsElslSlslslssslsl95lSl1

Time brings new things every hour
and day Your failure to use your
eyes is sure to cost you many a hoped
fof thrill. Whereas the idling of your
mind and hands bring only regret and
remorse.
Get up. go out. Search. Find some
thing to do-right where you are
As the spirit of the great Cecil
Rhodes began to creep into endless
sleep, these were the final words that
dropped from his lips: SO little done
so much to dor
Always haye-somethins useful
to do
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

The latest report of the state board
of agriculture shows Kansas well in
the front in it's output of farm crops
for the current year. Neither drouths
nor floods have availed to put her out
OF the race. In the country at large
all former records of crop values have
been broken. 1t is estimated that the
farm value of the principal crops of
the United States for 1919 will amount
to more than $I4,117,OO0.o 900, COM
pared with $12.11S.9OO.0OO the value
Of the corresponding crops produced
in 1918. and s11.632. .SO0.OO0 received
I'm 1917. This an increase in crop
values this year. compared with 1918.
of over s99s.OOO. 600. or about per
cent. and nearly a billion and a half
more than was received for the same
crops in 1917. If the farm value of
livestock products be added to the
crop values for this year. the total
value OF all farm products will pass
the SIS, 900. 900, 600 mark. This sum
is larger by over $1,000. .Oo0.O than
the value received by the farmers of
the country for all crops and livestock
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

Senator Capper must look to his
laure-s. Another special friend of the
fslmer has appeared in the political
field. lie is Governor Lowden, of
Illinois. The governor is quoted as
saying: In these troublesome times,
I often wish I wer the governor of
a state whose only citizens were farm
ers. would have much less trouble
if were. The farmer is the greatest
staDilizer in this country and if it
were not for our 100000 farmers
] would despair of the future of
America"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
Questions-Answers

Q. How many persons filed an income
tax last year IN. j.
=, A. The treasury department says that
filed in/191S little less than one-half
of the total returns showed an income OF
between one and two thousand dollars
year. There were 227 personal returns with
an income from one million to five million
year, and four returns showed an annual
income of more than five million dollars
Q. Is Cuba dryg and how long do you
have to reside on the Island to become
citizen FL. +.
A The Cuban Legation says that the
Republic of Cuba Is not under prohibition
at the presen" time. To become natural
lied Cuban citizen, it is necessary to reside
five years on the island. andrto have been
resident two years before making a
decia ration of intention.
Q. What is the height record for gas
A. The record for height by gas
balloon WIS made in Berlin. Germany. ION
attaine,I he height of 50, ,424 feet
Q. Name some of the heaviest officers Of
the Revolutionary war?-E. f.
Der of huge men General Washington,
himself shed zoe PSpnes swf One b Of the the
ESQ. while Col Michael Jackson weighed
o. What are some of the things that
have produced the largest fortunes in the
world .-E. G.
A Oil made John D. Rockefeller the
rlcneSt lnin III tne NDEfQ. ot1eF 1ElDES Jlal
made large fortunes are gold. diamonds.
steel, real estate, railroads and coal.
Q. Will you give me u good definition
for home! 1T. T.
A. Some years ago a London publication
offered a prize for the best definition of
home and received more than five thou
sand answers, among which were the Sc !:
Home is the blossom of which heaven is
the fruit" The golden setting in which
the brightest jewel is MOTHER 1.-The place
where the great are sometimes small. and
the small sometimes great" Where you
are treated best and grumbie most
o. Tell me some of the important ma
tional events of the year 1S45:-Q. u.
| A. Congress passed resolution for the
annexation OF Texas to the United States.
and President Tyler signed it, slavery was
to be permitted in Texas. Preparations
were begun for war with Mexico The
Mormons decided 10 migrate westward from
Illinois. Florida and Texas ere admitted
| TO statehood The United States Naval
Academy was founded at Annapolis
@. Which was the first American colony
/ to buy slaves :-R. f.
A. In 1919 a Dutch ship Of war sold
slaves to jamestown. Virginia in exchange
! for provisions. This is the first sale of
slaves to the coionists on record.
| (Any reader can get the answer to any
Journal IHformation Bureau, Frederic i
Haskin. Director, Washington IL c. This
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! search on any subject, nor to settle domes-
/ tic troubles 1t cannot give advice On legal
medical and financial matters Write your
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The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
Dorothy Dix Talks
Widows.
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Widows.
Then there will be the comfortabl
widow. She owns her own home, and
has a tiny little sum of insurance
money. Besides which she under
stands how to give the sort of a din
ner that man like, and where to
put the drop light SO that it doesn't
shine in his eyes while he is smoking
To perceive the art with which she
makes one comfy makes a man feel
suddenly as If he was an orphan and
homeless. Here is a woman, he re-
fleets, who would appreciate the bless
ings of getting a good husband. and
would know how to properly cherish
him. The man who married her
wouldn't have to wrestle with wash
ladies, or browbeat janitors, or poison
himself on restaurant cooking. 1t
! looks to the man like taking a paid up
policy on domestic bliss to get such
wife. and, therefore. the comfortable
widow may have any settled. middle
aged man who is fussy about his eat
ing, for the taking.
Then there will be the diplomatic
widow, who goes about the business
of husband hunting with true eff
cheney. To her man is simply an open
book. and she plays upon his weak
nesses as upon harp with a thousand
strings.
With her remarriage- is\merely a
matter of selecting the man. He has
no say about it. He has no more
chance of escape than the mouse in
the claws of the cat. Apparently. she
| hangs upon his words. She applauds
his sentiments She laughs at his
| jokes
She Is all things to all men. If a
man Is domestic when he arrives to
| call upon her, he finds her immersed
in the study of the cook book. If he
is pious, she goes in for church work.
If he is sporty she golfs. But always,
and at all times, she keeps the incense
burning before him. That kind of 3.
woman can purr over any man until
all he wants to do is to curl up like a
dog on her doorstep, and pray heaven
that she will step on the small of his
back and never take her foot off. And
she does. And doesn't.
There will also be the giddy widow.
| Black net. And spancles. And she
will be slender with golden hair. and
have the twinkle in her eye that's the
real come hither look that no son of
| Adam can resist
Her black is not mourning. It's the
| pirates flag that means no quarter.
| Every man knows this. but there is
a challenge to every drop of sporting
blood in him that sends him chasing
after him
Then there will be friend widow.
/ who is the most dangerous of her
/ brood, because she looks SO perfectly
safe and innocuous that she disarms
! fear and suspicion.
These are some of the dangers that
the bold bachelor man will confront at
I the party. To which one will he sue
cumb, wonder.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

If any coal companies are making
what a friend calls ''ungodly profits"
says the Manufacturers Record the
government is partiSeps criminis. be-
cause it fixed the price of coal and it
takes as income tax a large proportion
of all excess profits The coal COM
panies and all business interests are in
an enforced partnership with the gov
ernment,- which encouraged big profits
in order to get big income taxes,
Probably every business interest in the
country would, gladly be relieved from
the partnership and be glad to reduce
prices equal to the reduction of the
governments demands for excess in
come.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
q7Eg}sb(;
IEblHkSY
1p
E29arU6 U6uet
AT CHRISTMAS TIME.

Long 'bout Christmas I remember all the
things that am told.
An It's generally noticed that I'm jus as
I'm not so very careful when It's Decoration
Day
Or It's Easter that is comm. with the eggs
that rabbits lay,
But when Chris'mas day IS nearIn' It's
very curious fact
That my parents seldom ask me: Bud, 10
that the way to aet1"
Long bout Chris mas It's no trouble for me
to wash my neck
Anil always scrub my ears until I've got
An II company Is taikin' I'm rs quiet as
mouse
IA l wipc, my feet off careful when I'm
comm IN the house.
1t certainly is funny, but at Christmas time
I never think Of startin' off to school with
chDes unshired.
Most all the time my mother has to help
me gcttin' dressed.
Coz l notice with my stockings that she
puts EN- on the best.
An it's hard TO ycach the buttons OF my
pants behind my hack
But at chris'time ! notice that my fingers
OF rearirin' 'ound exactly where I'm wanttn'
EN- TO go
An ] dress myself each fnornin an a
not so awful slow
Long bout chris'nas / just hurry hone
from school cnrh day 20 zee
II my mother has an efrnHd or soBle xork
ia, 'lo for me.
An go 10 bed ut bedtime mn think 70
say my prayers.
= II never Ieate my coat An hat upon the
pnrl0r chairs
An my Pa says Tn ! dandy. an my Ms
When Wr're TistIn' on tn chris'mas l an
quite q different boy.
Copyright 1919 By Edgar A. ensst
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
Dinner Stories

Il thought you said this bathing
suit was in fast coiors." s1id BiI.ks
indignantly to the hosier of whom he
had bought his suit that morning.
Yes. cir. that's what 1 said" re-
turned the hosier.
We'll. every wretched stripe on the
thing has come off on my back, re-
torted Binks.
'Ah, but wait until you try to get
'em off your back" smiled the hosier
siavely- Then you'll see"
Two cowboys in the Wild West
agreed to settle their differences with
revolvers- Both were dreadiEg the
ordeal. Patrick's knees, in fact.
knocked together TO such an extent
that they affected his aim.
Look herei" he said at last to his
opponent '.Will you. as a favor, al
low me to rest my leg against this
milestone 20 steady myself?'
Yes" said the other man. trying
hard to control his fears. IF you'll
allow me to rest my leg against the
nextr'
Then you never kick about house
hol'i expenses"
Nope"
"How's that?'
MY wife would tell me TO run the
house"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

products in 1918. 1t is probably s5.-
100000, geo more than was received in
1917. and 1t is about $lr,600. 900, 900
more. or twice the value of the 1916
production, and two and half times
the amount received for the produc-
ton of 1915
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

II the money the government has
expended in its railroad experiments
could have been available to practical
transportation men when it was need
ed, what great things would have been
accomplished in the forwarding of
railway interests and the welfare of
all the country!
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
HAVING SOMETHING TO DO.

Youth is glorious, Because it has
something to do-an the time.
Interest is the heart of work
Unless you love the things you do.
you do them only half. And gradual
" as the years creep up and close in
upon you, you find interest dying out
and work a kind of drudgery-
But by having something to do all
the time-that you want to see done
life truly grows into q happy adven-
ture.
So-whether it be play or work
have something to do all the time.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

The French trade commission com
plains that our prices are almost pro-
hibitive. Most persons in this country
will agree readily to that contention.
There is little chance for an argument
on the subject
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

A glance at the platform adopted
by the convention of Liberals in st.
Louis is sufficient to convince most
persons that the effort which was
made to prevent them from alighting
in the city. had some justification.
Their program is one of bolshevism,
thinly disguised.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

The coal miners did not succeed in
winning a six-hour day for themselves.
but they forced it on a lot OF other
. persons
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
Mouhon Musings
BY ROY X. MOUITON.

En- Route.
Oh, 1 have seen great cities: New York,
Paris, London Town,
And / have looked on wee white houses
set about the sea
Rosario, Bania, Arequipa I've put down
As places Everlasting IN my memory.
see a stretching coastline Swhere giant
comberS break
Upon beach that I have walked when
moonlight made it seem
A fitting, fairy paradise laid out just for
my sake,
And gently touched with colors that
were conjured in a dream.
1 sense a sweet aroma where lush green
things are growing,
Paroquet is roosting in plantain
tree;
And somewhere in the silence one is walt
ing for me, knowing
I'm on my way to Rio. and my heart
beats free. sus
-James LaNIor.. =
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
The Groom Had Nothing To Do With
CaSf,

The Groom Had Nothing To Do With
the Case"
The marriage of Minnie Seigmann
took place Saturday morning at 1890.
After the sermon u five course din
ner was served, after which the young
couple left on wedding trip. They
will be at home after November l.
From the Fort Atkinson (Wis.) Demo-
crat.
The Chronic CompIainer stopped
Walter Pulitzer on the street the other
day with ''Just thought I'd say how
d'y' do. Rushing off to my dentist.
He says I have large cavity that
needs filing
Did he ecommend any special
course of study?" asked Pulitzer.
A man who drinks one-and-o
half percent has no kick coming.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

DIR. Royal S. Copeland's defense of
the silk stocking. The decollete blouse
and the high heel Interests us. In so
far as the silk stocking and the afore-
said blouse are concerned, he need
offer no further arguments. He has
US convinced now.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

Doctor Copeland's pronouncement
that the city woman lives longer than
her sister of the farm will be ac-
cepted by most of those familiar with
farm life. A city woman has some
thing to live for.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

For, while We hold tenaciously to
the theory that the knee is a joint.
We are disposed to regard a niftily
clad ankle as scenery.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

Meanwhile, we chronicle the march
of another expedition in futility. We
refer to the inquiry now being con-
Quoted in New York for the purpose
of testing the morals of "Aphrodite."
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

But that. of course. was during the
time Walter Camp was considered the
only authority sufficiently expert to
pick them.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

South Dakota has spoken. but we
shall know nothing definite concern
ing the trend of public opinion as TO
presidential candidates until North Da-
kota and Kansas give voice.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13

We should not care TO express 1t
publicly, but our private opinion is
that the New York woman who asks
100000 for the alienation of her hus-
bands affections has grossly exag-
gerated the gentleman's value.