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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19
LuXuRY TAXES

1t. Is being predicted that the tax on
so-called luxuries will be repealed by
the congress now assembled in special
session. An attempt at repeal proba-
bly, will be productive of long debate.
The question of what articles of hui
man consumption are luxuries and
what are necessities is certain to arise.
Few persons will object to being
taxed on articles which they deem lux
uries, and in certain instances they
are not unwilling to pay on necessities.
Take tobacco, for instance. By most
tobacco users the weed is regarded as
a necessity. Long habit has made it
so. But little complaint is heard re-
garding the increased tax. on the
other hand there appears to be wide
objection to the tax on proprietary ar
ticles and soft drinks, most of which
Items the people could easily do with
out.
The coke" and the sundae are no
more necessary to human welfare and
happiness than are wine and beer. If
one must have ice cream he can es-
cape the tax by eating it at home.
Probably the most unpopular fea-
ture of the new revenue law is that
which makes taxable various articles
of wearing apparel selling above a
stated price. The purchaser of these
things feels that already he is being
mulcted to the limit by the profiteer
and that the governmenr should not
join hands with the manufacturers
the jobber and the retailer in further
boosting the prices, for instance, OF
shoes and hats.
The people are not unwilling to be
taxed, but they would like to see a lit
tie more discrimination. They have
paid 10 per cent on theater tickets
without complaint, because they dc
not attend theaters to greater extent
than they can afford. But clothes
certain toilet articles and other things
included in the taxable list are neafl,
Indispensable and should not be made
to cost more than they already do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19
MY HUSBAND AND |
nv JANE pHEIps
ny JANE PHELPS

got what rest he could. felt SO
guilty He had been travelling. a
thing he hated. He never slept we'll
on the train, and was always so glad to
get home =
There's nothing like a good bed"
he used to say, "rd never sleep on a
train il I could possibly help it."
Knowing how he felt. made me even
more guiltily conscious that had kept
him from his rest.
Good morning" he said CURLY
when he came down to breakfast. I
had hurried and was down before
him.
Good morning" I returned, trying
to speak naturally and brightly and
making a dismal failure of it, but lift
ing my face for his usual morning
kiss. He just brushed my cheek with
his lips, then sat down and buried
himself in his paper. I was uncom-
fortably conscious of his displeasure,
and also afraid he might say some
thing before the servants, a habit
which had grown upon him. When
we were first married he had been
careful to discuss nothing of a personal
nature before servant, and I laid the
growth of the habit now to what Lor-
raine had told me of his carelessness
at Blanche Orton's, so giving her SER
wants the chance to talk.
1 watched him narrowly as I poured
his coffee, but he never raised his
eyes from the paper. Next 1 asked
him a question about how he would
like his eggs
II don't care!" he snapped.
My eyes filled. He was still angry.
But would try again. I must placate
him before he went down to the Of
flee. So 1 asked:
did you have a successful trip? ?"
Successful enough"
Please, Neil, don't be so short with
me. I have been SO lonesome while
you were away"
You seem to have kept pretty
busy, meddling with what don't con-
Germ you. 1 can't see that you have
been very lonesome"
"Oh, Neil'-the butler left the
room a moment-'please be nice to
me-
Il will when you are also nice, as
you call it II you think it the part
of a lady to play the spy I don'ti"
He flung from the table and from
he house.
(Tomorrow-An unexpected visitor.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19

an exceptionally safe coast anyway
Its banks are for the most part of mud
and sand, and gradually shelving. 1t
has numerous safe harbors. But even
so, constant work on it is needed.
Rocks, which endanger submarines
and deep-draught war vessels have
recently been found off the coast of
New England. The delta of the Mis-
sissippi must be watched constantly,
for it is always building out long sand
reefs that are veritable ship traps.
The Pacific coast, on the other hand,
has never been adequately surveyed.
In addition to this. 1t is a rocky coast.
The mountains come right down to the
sea in places, and there are mountains
and canyons under the sea. Danger
Gus capes jut out at intervals. Worst
and most mysterious of all, up and
down this coast move strange currents.
which carry bits of wood and other
f1otsam from California to Washing
TOM These currents do not always
travel in the same directions or at the
same rates of speed. A vessel off Cape
Blanco may be hurried on her way by
a current one time, and another time,
under similar conditions of weather
she may be retarded, or carried in
land in a fog. A careful study of
these currents, which are regarded as
one of the great mysteries of the sea.
is no less needed than are the sound
ings and wire-dragging which will re-
veal hidden rocks and shoals.
The coast and geodetic survey has
prepared a map which shows every
wreck that has occurred on the coasts
of Oregon and Washington between
1900 and 1917. There are about forty
of them. Practically all of these ships
lost their courses and went aground,
They represent hundreds of lives lost
and millions in money. 1t is certain
that a large percentage of them could
have been saved by adequate surveys.
The coast of Alaskais even more in
need of surveys than is the Pacific
coast of the states. In Alaska the lack
of chartered steamer routes is the one
thing which is preventing the develop
ment of some industries. and the an
nual preventable loss of life and prop
erty is there enormous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19

/ 1t has been suggested that the fire
patrolmen in the forest service be pro-
vided with aerop1anes. Anything
which will tend to lessen the destruc-
ton Of American forests should be
given thoughtful consideration by the
department of the interior. In the
United States thousands of public and
private building enterprises, delayed
by war, now seek realization. The
European demand for lumber is sec
.ond only to that for food Thousands
of villages ana tens of thousands of
farm buildings must be rebuilt entire
.ly. Europe is also planning vast
wharf. railroad and industrial extern
sions. All these things are largely de-
pendent upon American lumber; Latin
American stocks also are exhaust
ed. How shall we justify ourselves if.
in the face of demands like these, we
continue to burn our own limited re-
serves?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19
Is YEARS AGO In TOPEKA
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

May 10. 1894.
At meeting Of the board Of trustees
of Christ's hospital a committee. consisting
Of John Farnsworth, II. Is. Sweet and q.
q. Gage, Was appointed to consider the
question OF proper sewerage for the hos
pital. They have been In consultation with
the city engineer and other experts aud
feasible plan for connecting with the
city sewer has Mt last been found. Tile
members of the Women's Guild sre to
make q great effort to collect this money.
Polire Matron Thorpe has nm article in
this weeks edition of the Kansas Christian
Advocate on Christian Salt
d. e. Tiliotson will deliver a Temperance
discourse at Liberty church Sunday eve
niEg.
Mrs G. b. Reed gave a ak o'clock dinner
Thursday evening In honor Of her hus-
bands birthday. The affair was n sur
prise to the doctor. The guests were Mr.
and Mrs. George Eagle. Nr.-and Mrs. II.
-. tarvey- Mr.. aud Mrs. Heor2e W. Clark.
Mrs. Margaret wiggiB, Mrs. Clara wiGgin
aud Mr.. Ell Curry.
Mrs W. l.. Dickey and daughter arrived
today from Omaha to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A l.. Williams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES l5lSlSlSlSlSlS1S91S

millions may yet have the opportunity
to see him act.
And Frank Bacon has been working
these thirty years-to succeed
Is it worth while to be patient for
so long-to wait and wait and wait for
the glory that inevitably follows work
and service? Frank Bacon thinks it
is. after thirty years of discourage
ment. And so do I. For. all thru that
stimulating. delightful play. 1 kept
thinking of those thirty years that
Frank Bacon gave to me for a few
dollars in his simple and inspiring art.
If you want to tell a fine story to
your boy. tell him the story of Frank
Bacon. But il you have no boy. tell
| 1t to somebody's boy-and keep think
! ing about it yourself.
The most discouraging thing in the
world is to be discouraged. But Frank
| Bacon passed right by discourage
ment. 1t flirted with him all right
never fear-but he did not mind.
Frank Bacon is great-after thirty
years of work and waiting.
/ The fine reward for toil<and bitter
disappointment and privation and
hunger and erstanding-and
! ererything-is GREATNESS.
1 shall not forget Frank Bacon
And 1 sha'- remember Lightnin'."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19
FRANK BACON.

went to see play. recently. in
New York. called 'Lightnin'.' 1t
made me laugh. And there were
spots where motions were made to
draw out my tears. I was glad that 1
saw it-because 1 came away better
and happier. 1 am sure.
Frank Bacon took the part of
"Lightnin' one of those wonderful
Iy human, delightful character parts
that make one glad that plays were
invented. Bacon made me think of
dear old Joe Jefferson-because you
see-he WAS the part he played.
This paper will not mind it il boost
this play-beoause it ought to be
boosted and everybody ought to see
it. if they get a chance. I get no mon
ey for the boost-all 1 get is satisfac-
ton.
But this is the big thing about
"Lightnin'-" Frank Bacon, who is q
middle-aged man now-with white
hair-has been acting for thirty years.
His name has not been played up in
great signs. He is hard working and
steady thinking man. He has always
been a good actor-but now he is a
GREAT actor. That's why L hope
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19

Yestidday aftirnoon us fellows was
setting on my frunt steps tavking
about the high cost of money and
different things, and all of a suddin
Puds Simkins sed, G, heer comes a
lady thinks its raining.
Meening a lady coming down the
street holding a up umbrella over
her he'd. being a big lady with little
steps, and Ed Wernick sed, Maybe
she thawt it was going to rain and put
her umbrella up on genrel prinsiples
jest for luck.
Maybe she got cawt in the rain
once and once was enuff. 1 sed.
Maybe she use to be a parashoot
jumper out of balloons and it jest
comes natural to her to vawk like
that. sed Leroy Shooster.
Wich jest then the lady went past
US with the umbrella still up and. a
Impression on her face as if wat did
she care. and Sid Hunt sed, Gosh,
maybe she don't know its up, maybe
her mind is absent minded.
G, lets run after her and tell her.
I sed. Wieh we all jumped up and
started to do, and the lady termed
GROUND wen she herd us running in
back of her, and Leroy Shooster sed,
1t amt raining. lady.
Who told you ii was? sed the lady.
Meening she knew it wasent too, and
Sid Hunt sed. Well. maybe you don't
realize it on account of a absent mind
ed mind, but you got your umbrella
up.
Well maybe you don't realize it on
account of not Having enuff sents.
but people awffen raise their nmber-
elias as a protection agenst the sun,
sed the lady.
And she kepp on going as if she
thawt she had sed sumtking sour
castle.
Wich she had.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19

Under the new revenue law. IL a
rnan pay more than IS for a hat or his
wife more than SIS, a tax is levied. If
man pay more than 81 for a necktie.
che tax is right on the job. And when
At comes to pajamas. night gowns or
underwear for either sex, large or
small. and the price is over SIS, again
the 10 per cent tax looms up in front
q the purchaser. And If one pay
Rore than $40 for pair of shoes. the
4uiount in excess is taxed. man
Nlise be able to purchase pair of
Eh6es that will last a while for less
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
By ROY Z. MoULroN

My Little Garden.
For many years i have lived
In the swirling, boisterous,
Rumbling, smoke begrimed city,
But 1 have never gotten very far
Out of my little garden.
It is a portable garden
Wherever l happen to be.
1t has an ivy-clad wall
And a profusion of vines
Aud, as l sit in my garden
And dream my dreams,
The creeping honeysuck1e
And the climbing roses
Seem somehow to blot out
The great black chimneys
And the ugly things
Which about in the great outside.
The world passes by my garden,
And once in while
1t bangles its golden apples
Over my garden wall
And crap for them sometimes,
Missing most of them,
But gaining a few and never
Mourning those that get away.
And 1 sing my little songs
AS the great pulsing, nervous,
Anxious, straining world
Rushes by my garden gate
And my heart stays young
And in tune with the sweet-throated
Birds that MARBLE in
My title dream garden.
No. / am not rich as rihehes go
But am happy.
The zero hour in any household is
when friend husband steps up on the
front porch five hours late and inserts
his nightkey into the door.
Some one has said that at last the
sea has been made safe for Annette
Kellerman and her mermaid movies.
Ezra Hawkins on Newspapers.
Ever time a city reporter stays
home three nights straight-hand run
min it's a sure bet he's worryin' some
ma gazine editur.
Milly Crawford was out of town two
months last winter. and a pusson most
had to take the newspapers to get any
gossip.
Percival Crowley went to- college to
take a course in journalism and it was
such a help to him that he had no
trouble gettin' job as a shoe sales
man.
The Sardinia Eagle" editur fell
down the back stairs of his printin'
office with a form of type when he
was going to press one day last fall
and he amt been sober since.
Somebody stole the rooster out of
the Sardinia Argus" the last time the
Demmycrats won and the foreman
had to waste a plug of tobaccy to fill
up the hole in the page
They say an editur over in New
York gets 900 a year. But Thornily
says that Teller amt no editur. he's a
hypnotist. o. o. NJ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19

The United States is maintaining an
army Of several thousand men along
the Mexican border at an estimated
expense of million dollars a week.
Since the people no longer have their
minds distracted by the European war
from matters nearer home, they are
likely soon to ask why we keep so
large force at the doors of coun-
try with which we are at peace.
Something should be done. and that
promptly. to render such situation
unnecessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.

Congress. in it's present session, can
hardly fail ITO dispose of the problem
of the railroad. The matter is giving
the country grave concern and should
be adjusted as quickly as possible.
Railroad after railroad is showing
either a decrease in net earnings or an
increase in the deficit. Cost of oper-
alton is modnting much faster than
the gain in operating income. The
swollen payrolls of our railways are
laying a burden on the. various lines
that will have to be taken up by the
taxpayer. Not only have wages been
tremendously increased, but the eff
cheney of the employees has declined to
an unbelievable extent The personnel
has been increased by tens of thou
sands, and less work is being done
than when the force was much small
er and the per capita pay was much
less.
The hope of the future. however,
says the Wollman Review, lies in what
may be done to settle the railroad
question right-in the interest of all
the people, shippers. the travelling pub
:
ployes and the security holders As
an augury that the policy to be
| adopted by congress will be a sound
one we have the promise contained in
| the address of Senator Albert B. Cum
minis delivered before the general as
sembly of Iowa on March 27. He has
shown in the speech referred to that
he knows how to be just. Moreover.
he has been one of the closest stu
dents of the railroad situation in con-
gress. He will be the new chairman
Of the senate committee on railroads.
The salient points of Senator Cum
mins's views on what should be done
with the railroads were given before
the legislature of his home state, as
follows:
First: The return upon the capital
| invested in railways should be made
certain thru a government undertake
ing.
Second; The railways should be
consolidated into comparatively few
systems, and by a few is meant not
more than eighteen.
| Third: The railways should be op-
Grated by private corporations organ
lied under an act of congress.
In discussing the necessity of MAX
ing certain the return upon apital in
| vested, Senator Cummins took a very
broad ground. He pointed out the de-
STABILITY of putting an end to the de-
moralising struggle between railway
owners and the public. a contest in
which Justice frequently has been ig-
nored by both sides.
| 1.-THE honest investment in railway
| properties is emitted to protection"
said the senator. land the public is
entitled to fair treatment 1t is i'm
possible to conceive of any revision
of the law that will accomplish these
two things without the elimination of
the controversy relating to the return
upon capital. The certainty of the re-
turn is also demanded because fur
nishing transportation is a public bust
ness and abstractly considered there
should be no speculative profit in the
| business"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19

q Unless the league of nations compel
.4he parties to it speedily to lay aside
their fighting clothes, 1t may easily
sbecome dismal failure as a means
OF preserving the peace of the world.
There should be an international law
against gun-totinE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19

ing women's shoes for less than the
stipulated $40. Perhaps it is to make
it certain that payment of these taxes
will continue that the government
seems determined to keep all prices
high
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19

love letter, why don't you read all
of it? Now take that letter and
read it!'
And Milroy sat down to enjoy the
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19

We Americans think we are smart
sbut we continue to ship coal to our
manufacturing plants instead of To-
scating the factories in the Goa fields
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint

Menu Hint
BREAKFAST
Canned Cherries
Cereal ana Cream
Soft Boiled Eggs
Toast Coffee
LUNCHEON
Clam ChowdeP
Salmon Salad Rolls /
Canned Pineapple Tea ]
Celery Radishes
Stewed Shank of Beef
Baked Potatoes Asparagus
Lettuce
Strawberries Coffee
Good Cake Recipes.
Three Minute Cake - Two cups
flour, one teaspoon baking powder.
One half teaspoon salt, one egg, milk.
in a cup and finish filling the cup
with milk. Add dry ingredients TO
liquid. Beat thoroly. Pour into pa
pered pan. Baked twenty minutes.
F'ive-Minute Cake-Put flour sitter
in mixing bowl; in 1t put one cup su-
gar, one and one-half cups flour. two
teaspoons baking powder, a pinch of
salt; sift all together into the bowl.
In a cup put the white of one egg,
one-half cup, fill up with milk or
water and put into dry ingredients.
Beat five minutes and bake in layer
or loaf
II making a layer cake, the yollS
can be used for yellow layer with the
white one; makes IT look very nice.
Can use icing OF not. as liked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-19

make q living for the family should
her husband die. She always waits
until the blow falls, and then beats
upon her breast. and cries out that
she and her children will starve be-
cause she doesn't know any way to
make living.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-29

Billie. and thinking il best for min -,
promised 10 so away and not sec
him again.
Trilby Kept her prom Sc and Billie
became very i'll: when he had sui
hciently recovered he vert back tc
England with his mother, his heart.
as IL seemed. quite dead.
This was a sorTCwful time for
Tady' and Ehe Laird, a. they missed
both Trilby ana Billie Nothing was
heard o. the former for lonS time.
Years went by and Billie became 4
famous painter, with a beautiful
home i'm London and many friends.
Then the three Musketeers were
together again il, Paris, where they
VISITED the scenes of former times,
at last going To the old scudio. now
rented To other tenants, but having
still upon its wall Bllie's FAMOUS
drawing Of Trilby'a foot. protected
by "a covering OF glass; and beneath
IL some ssanzas to "PauVre TriIby
Ia belle 81 homie ct cnerei"
one night they attended concert
In large hall ON the Rue St.
IJonOre. The FIRST violin had scarce
y taken his seat before they reccs-
niZcd their Old friend ,Gecko. Just
as the clock struck. svcngaH ap-
peared-the conductor. Then a mo-
ment Of silence and two little page
boys each drew silken rope, tha
curtains parted, and q tall figure
walked slowly down TO the front ~
the stage. The house rose TO NEE.
her as she advanced. howing u
right ana !tft-'It was TRILBY."
Her eyes on Evengai. at a signal
from him. she sang without ac-
compartment, in a voice Sc immense
IN its softness. rIchEess and fresh
ness that & seemed TO be poUrins,
iself from all around; and then her
Gove-Hke yes looked Last Svengali
straight at Billie, and all his long
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-29

lost power OF loving came back
with a rush.
At last-the final performance OF
the evening. Trilby vocalized. with
out words. Chopin's Impronfptu in
y Tat: astounding, no piano had ever
given out such notes as these Amid
the wild applause and enthusiasm
Of an immense audience, 1rlby hal
made her debut in Paris
Her debut i'll London was d dif-
ferent matter; Svengali ill., and un-
able 10 conduct, had taken his place
in a box exactly opposite Trilby. but
his presence had nc effect upon her.
When it came time for her to sing,
she started ben Bolt" but sang
only a few bars. When the house
was in an uproar Of laughter. hocts
and Kisses Trilby had lost the
power OF singing true"
she seemed to be awakening from
sleep, not knowing where she wa
Fcr Old-time friends rescued her
and took her nome to Bilhes
mother. Svengali collapsed from
shock and died very suddenly.
that there were two Triibys. -"
SvengaH had but to say dor" and
she suddenly became an unconscious
Trilby of marble, TO DO his bidding
So they travelled giving concerts.
Svengah, Gecko, Trilby, attended by
Marta, an old servant of Svengaii.
The long strain had its effect upon
poor TrHby, and she dropped and
died. surrounded by me old time
friends and Biilie's mother. DOT
long after. little Billie. broken
hearted. followed her.
! Copyright 1919. by Post Publishing
4 Co che Boston POST Printed by
| PERMISSION of and arrangement with
/ Harper X Bros. authorized publishers.
\ Published by special arrangement with
/ the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate. All
rights reserved.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-29

In Peter Ibbct-
son, tilC first
OF the three
books which won
Du Maurlcr. late
n lite, "a rcputd-
ton as novelist.
almost a. great
a. hc had en-
JOyCd a. artist
and huInOrist for
more than a GER
Grafton. the aU-
thor depicts his
o " n singularly
happy childhood.
He was brought
To London when
three or fOuc
year, old. bat
vague memories
81 this period
were suddenly eN-
G. u a n 3 e d. one
beautiful day in
June, for tl,c
charming realities
OF a French gan
den, and an old
yellow house with
grccnshuttcrs AMI