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crack like pistol shot on a hard
skull at each swing. One of the three
assaiIants went clean out-the others
went away from there h3N ling.
Neil, staggering to his feet, found
only small girl white-faced, scared
and painting, but still holding on to
stake.
For Gods sake. Nellie, what are
you doing in this mess?' Slater cried.
They'd kill you as soon as a man!
Beat it, girliei"
II won't" Nellie's voice was sobby
and hysteric. mot while you're in
it. Besides"-and she giggled-"Trn
going to hang on to this club till I
run across Eustice in this elem. It's
my chance!"
But the elem was over. a lot of
special constables, arriving to rein
force the circus men, had turned the
tide and the roughs were in flight.
Also Nellie's mad on Neil Slater
was definitely routed, now. What's
the use of a girl pretending she hates
fellow when she has just interposed
her laundry and unprecedented right
arm between him and his enemies, at
infinite risk to herself?
1t was just as natural that Nell
should take Nellie in his arms and
kiss her. there in the shadow of the
tent-and that she should let him
as anything. They're the prettiest
trapeze act in the circus business,
right now. And they bill under their
own names. Neil aid Nellie Slater.
Copyright, 1919 by the Mcclure News
pepper, Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
Worries Highest Paid Woman Writer

Slipping the Yoke of Matrimony.-1.
Among my acquaintance are hus-
band and wife who are singularly hap
py tho married, and still in love with
each other. altho they have celebrated
their silver wedding. This fortunate
couple attributes the success they
have made of matrimony largely to
the fact that each has taken an eve
ming off every week, and each has
had a separate vacation every year.
They go out often to the theater
and concerts, and parties together,
but one evening each week each IS
free to do absolutely as he or she
ure of the other. They have taken
many delightful holidays together,
but at some time during the year each
goes off for a little jaunt alone.
MY husband and I are unusually
congenial." said the wife in explaining
their plan of life, but we DO not
think alike on every point, nor have
we precisely the same tastes. 1t is
impossible that any two people should
have exactly the same opinions, likes
and dislikes, and especially when the
two people belong to different sexes.
Men and women are radically diff
ferent That's what makes them in
teresting to each other and makes
them fall in love with each other.
And the thing that makes them bore
each other, and fall out of love with
each other is when one has to sacri-
fics his, or her inclinations and prefer
ences, and point of view to the other.
And it's all so silly and needless"
Because dote on chocolate
creams, why should my husband &C
quire dyspepsia eating them when he
loathes them? Or why should I be
deprived of my chocolate creams be-
cause he doesn't happen to fancy
them? Why not both of us crafty
our Individual tastes and be happy?
about nine-tenths of the friction
in matrimony is the result of people
still holding on to idiotic supersti-
lions whose .tomfoolery they rebel
against, yet haven't the courage to
defy. One of these antique fetishes
is the theory that husbands and wives
must forever tag each other, and
eternally sit in each others pockets,
and that the marriage bond must be a
fetter that shackles them together
like two poor prisoners chained To
each other.
This state of affairs is supposed
to enhance a mans and woman's de-
votion to each other, while the whole
experience of humanity goes to prove
that it is inevitably bound to kill
whatever interest and affection they
have for each other, unless they are
consumed by a grand passion that
nothing can extinguish. There isn't
anybody in the world so beautiful. so
brilliant, so alluring, so fascinating
that we don't get fed up on him, or
her, If we have him or her served to
US morning, noon and night.
That's what ais matrimony.
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know how. Never see how quickly
you can finish a job. Be careful and
thcro.
Be orderly. Keep clean in body and
in mind. In your play be fair. Get
plenty of sleep, for it means a strong
body. Take time to eat. Chew your
food slowly. Z
No matter what kind Of a home you
may have come from, try to make il
a better one by giving something good
and helpful back TO 1t. Be kind to
your mother. What she has given to
you from her heart thru her love. is
greater than anything you will ever
be able to secure.
Always be gentle and manly to
womanhood and old age. The finer a
boy becomes in this respect, the
greater man he is sure to be- And you
want to become a real man.
And remember thjs-no matter
what you choose for your life work. IL
it is something useful. It will be worth
while.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Raspberry Pudding.-Two cups
flour, one and None-haf tablespoons
baking powder, two and one-half
tablespoons shortening, one teaspoon
salt, one cup milk, one egg, raspber-
ries.
Sift the dry ingredients together
Work in the shortening and mix to a
soft dough with milk. Add egg, we'll
beaten, last. Spread a thin layer in a
buttered pan, cover with an inch layer
of dough. Place in a steamer and
steam for three-quarters of an hour.
Bohemian Cream-Four ounces any
kind of fruit, one pint cream, gelatin,
sugar.
Stone the fruit and sweeten to
taste. Pass it thru a sieve, adding one
and one-half ounces of gelatin to
every half pint of fruit. Mix well.
then whip the cream and add the gel
attn and fruit gradually to 1t. Pour
all IN a mold, set it on Ice or where it
is cool, and when set dip the mold a
moment into water, and then turn it
out ready for the table.
Fried Cucumbers. - Three good
sized cucumbers, two eggs, salt crack
er crumbs.
Peel the cucumbers and cut in
slices lengthwise. Beat the eggs good
and dip the slices into them. Sprinkle
on a little salt (and pepper If de-
sired) and roll in cracker crumbs. Fry
in hot grease to golden brown. Serve
Immediately. Use rolling pin to crush
crackers.
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be made possible for them to operate
but under which they cannot charge
a higher fare than that to which they
are entitled.
The federal investigating commits
sion has no authority to enforce its
findings. 1t can only make recon-
mendations. The owners hope that
local communities will follow the rec
concentrations of the federal commits
sion. The verdict of that commission
will give them something as a defense
against the condemnation of the
voters.
There are one or two solutions al
ready under consideration. In Cleve-
land and in Cincinnati there is a pro-
vision for an equalizing fund which
becomes a sort of money reservoir
paid If, for example, the companies
are allowed to charge a 7-cent fare,
if the experiment provides ample
funds, the reservoir will. rise. When
1t gets to certain point the fare
automatically goes back to cents. If
the level is maintained this fare is
pronounced adequate. If the level
falls below a certain mark. indicating
a loss, it is automatically raised again.
So is a barometer established that will
provide sufficient money and prevent
an exploitation of the public.
/ Nm the meantime tnsre is great
discrepancy in the fares charged in
different cities. In Boston where the
elevated and the surface systems are
operated by a state board of trustees
under an arrangement which guaran-
tees a return to the investment, fares
went first to cents, then to and
finally, just recently, to 10 cents In
Cleveland where there was once q g.
cent fare the rate is now cents with
an additional cent for, a transfer
Washington has gone from six tickets
for a quarter to cents straight. and
now charges cents for a transfer,
which charges are held to be made
quate. There is infinite variety in
the amount one pays for street car
fare and transfers between Maine and
Mexico.
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MY HUSBAND AND |
BY JANE PHELPS

I have no social aspirations Neil, not
of the kind 1 used to have. A few
friends, as father said, and those in
our own walk of life, those right here
where we live, are all I crave now.
What 1 do want is to own a home.
Suppose we save enough to buy a lot
and then as soon as we can build a
nice little home of our own, and fur
nish it. That would be heaven"
THE very thing that has been In
my mind. But you have been so eco
nomical, so willing to go without
thought 1 would not mention it for a
while. I feel guilty when see you
working SO hard"
well. you needn't! Haven't you
worked hard, too? I'll get a dress or
two and a hat. But 1 can wear very
simple things down here. They won't
cost much. Suppose we walk around
tomorrow night after you come home
and commence looking for lot"
"All right. 1t suits me-"
The next afternoon the postman
brought me a letter in a strange but
some way family familiar handwrit-
ing. 1t was from Blanche orion. She
was in italy, and been there most of
the time during the war, doing my
bit as best 1 could" she said. Then
she told be her news:
Il am to be married, to Count -.
He is charming, about my age, and
UlA41C AlAS mas Deen diminished
by the war, he still has enough. And
my dear Mrs. Forbes / love him. 1
can see you smile. 1 know you must
think of me as the most mercenary
creature alive. / used to be. But
no one could go thru this war and not
lose something of selfishness.
y often think of you, of your hus-
band. He was one of the cleverest
men I ever have known. And you l
haven't words to say what I think of
you. He will some day find a chance
TO come into his own again, then you
VIII have your reward saw n man
from New York the other day who
told me of what he did thru the war,
now he worked. and that he had paid
his debts in full I have always felt
guilty because of the part I played
(for money! aitho never knew that
stock was sold without investigating
the properties. I tell you this because
| want you to think as well of me as
you can.
Remember me to your husband
kiss that darling big boy of yours for
me. I sign myself for the last time.
Blanche orion"
(Tomorrow-A visit from town
friends)
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Admiral Kolchak appears to be the
G Gorge washington of Russia. He adj
vanced westward from his capital at
Omsk until he created alarm for the
safety of Moscow, in the minds of the
Bolsheviki. The threatened danger
caused them to withdraw their forces
from other fronts and mass them
against Kolchak. whereupon the ad-
miral began a judicious and orderly
retreat. But he had forced the Boil
sheviki to expose the southeastern
front and General Denikine has swept
forward a distance of nearly 200 miles.
These tactics afford an instance of
where victory is accomplished thru a
retreat The Kolchak and Denikine
strategy also has left Petrograd I'M
covered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
PLANNING A NEW LIFE.

NI1AI S(AzAlN.
Neil had kept the faith Never had
I been SO proud of my husband, never
loved him SO dearly as when he had
sacrificed the larger. opportunity be-
cause he thought It not right to leave
the man who had befriended him, but
who would have still been his friend
had he done SO. The last vestige of
working for his own selfish aggrand-
izement had disappeared. He was a
man to be proud of. to love.
Why didn't you tell me of Chase's
offer?" asked later in the evening.
Because 1 had decided not to ac-
cept 1t, and discussion was useless
But Neil it shows you are-that
you have reinstated yourself, doesn't
it dear?" I seldom mentioned that time
of trouble.
Yes, Bah If only I could forget
it myself. I feel so small SO mean
when 1 think that 1 once put INV
ambition before family. friends, even
honesty. I have tried sto make re-
compense, if live long enough I may
cease to think of that time with such
poignant regrets. hope So"
He hath done what he could" 1
sage in the Bible? No one could do
more than you have. No more could
be required. Let US not talk about
it again Neil. Let us begin now after
tie WdI u i've d new ne 30 many
have been changed by what has hap
pend dear; many more than we
imagine will begin to count their real
living from the time we demobilized.
We will do so too. We have each
other, our health, our darling boy who
is growing more manly every day and
five thousand a year. Why Neil we
have so much for which to be thank
full that we should be ashamed to al
low single regret to enter our minds
now that we have really done all hu-
namely possible to make things right,
denied ourselves in every way to make
good. Try and be happy now dear
for my sake, and for Robert"
II will. Bah. You have the right
idea. Powers has been mighty nice to
me lately, and has asked after you
every time have seen him. He's the
kind who has no use for a man who
isn't straight, but who is willing to
help a man who tries to do right I
guess. 1 know you felt awfully hurt
at one time because they dropped US
1 imagine they would not do it now"
mo. I don't think they would But
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70, rHE POOR RAILROADS.

How does 1t happen that with much
greater traffic. both passenger and
freight, the railroad administration is
operating the roads at loss of mil
lions monthly? For one thing organ
lied labor has tasted the fruits of its
power in the enactment of a long series
Of laws eliminating in the passage of
the Adamson bill. With the knowledge
of it's power organized labor on the
railroads has not been backward in
exactlng It's demands. In the last two
years there have been special and hori-
zontal raises of wages, until, in the ag-
gregate, the sums paid out to railroad
employees on the thousands Of miles
operated in the United States. exceeds
100 per cent the wages paid two years
ago.
There have been increases in pas
senger rates and increases in freight
rates. but the increased income is in
adequate to meet the increased ex-
penses. In addition to.the very much
increased outgo of the railroads paid
in higher wages to labor. a similar in
crease has taken place with reference
to materials needed, particularly
equipment and rolling stock.
when congress comes to devise new
laws and new measures to meet the
changed conditions" says Investment
News, congress must scrutinize its
own legislation and determine to what
extent, If any. it's own laws prevent
the proper administration and success
ful operation of the railways. Having
done this, and removed the difficulties
it has created, it will be in position
to make such a Legislative declaration
OF federal sovereignty over interstate
carriers as it has the constitutional
right to make. and which would eff
fectively prevent the invasion OF that
sovereignty by any state
So long as the railway Is regarded
as the particular political pie of every
ambitious crossroads politician just so
long we shall have misregulated and
miscontrolled carriers. Not until the
railway men of the country, trained
and experienced in the business. are
put back in charge of the railroads,
and the politicians are put out, may we
hope for relief from what seems in
tolerable conditions to which our COM
merce is subjected.
He will be wise enough to-be called
a statesman who shall devise a sys-
tenn which shall give the government
control and regulation and yet restore
to the public use and benefit the trans
portation system which politics
sometimes Of the carriers themselves
and sometimes of their opponents
has reduced to well nigh industrial
and financial wreckage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24

During the closing year of the war.
an influenza epidemic ragged in many
parts of the world. The manner of its
outbreak in different countries. says
Leslie's, indicated that the germs of
the disease had been convey by the
currents of the air. The theory there
fore has been preached that the poison
gases with which many sectors of the
fighting area were drenched were
carried by the wind in every direction,
causing the influenza outbreak in
Spain. Germany England, France,
South America, Australia, Africa, Asia,
as we'll as in the United States and
some of the South American countries.
That the influenza was a corollary of
the war is undoubted. Any similar
gigantic conflict. it is argued. would
be attended with a similar widespread
pestilence- another reason why every
effort should be made to avert wars in
future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am TWEEN
ty-one years old. A young man has
kept steady company with me for
nine months and he has told me sew
eral times that he loves me, but he
never speaks of marriage.
Now another young man wishes to
come to see me, but my other friend
says I have no right to let any one
but him come to see me. I say>I have,
as am not engaged.
Which of us is right?
WORRIED.
You are right. Let the other young
man come to see you. The first
young man has no right to tell you he
loves you without asking you to marry
him or at least to ask you to become
engaged until he is in a position to
marry. 1t looks as If he refrained
to become engaged so that he can
back out at any time he wants to.
Go with your new friend too and If the
old one does not like it, let the old
friend go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24
A TALK TO A BOY.

One reason why I write this little
talk to a boy is that. having once been
a boy, I sometimes long to be one
again.
I know just how you feel, my boy.
Because felt exactly that way. I
wanted bigger folks to tell me things
and to talk with me about things
which I did not know. But they
didn't. 1 had to pick them up, one
by one. the same as you will have to.
You were made a boy. instead of a
man, SO that you might GROW up.
Everything comes about little by little
So. while you are a boyle a boy,
Play and work and smile. Be a good
friend to the other fellows and act the
part of a good sport always. Give and
take. Then you will always have
ENDS. Go in for every healthy sport.
Learn to work with your hands, as
well as to use your head. Think be-
fore you start to do anything. Then go
ahead and do it the best that you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24

The United States Sugar Equalization
board announced on July 3 an en-
barge upon the expectation of refined
sugar to Europe, but there has been
no perceptible decline in the price.
There is no general shortage of sugar
in the United States, according to the
board. but there are local shortages
and demand has been so great as to
make a better distribution impossible.
The board has declared its intention
to oppose any movement 10 boost
prices on the plea that there is a real
shortage. There is plenty of raw
sugar" said the boards statement.
''and it will continue to come in as
fast as the refineries can handle it.
The stopping of export will give the
refineries a chance TO catch up with
domestic orders" These domestic or
ders, despite appeals of the board, it
is reported, were held back until the
refineries were hard pressed to fill
European orders and then the full i'm
pact OF domestic and foreign demands
came simultaneously. Refined sugar
exports from the United States during
the last five years are more than
double in quantity those during the
half-century preceding the war.
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pretty. well off, universally considered
good catch. Kissed" is verb,
transitive, indicative mood, indicate
ing affection, first and third persons,
plural number and governed by cir
oumstances. Mech. well, every
bodys knows met" And she sat down.
When company came unexpectedly,
a South side matron found herself in
something of a quandary to prepare
sufficient food for the extra plates
at the dinner table. She managed to
assemble enough by using a little of
this apd a little of that. and things
would have passed off beautifully
but for Elizabeth, aged 5.
All thru the meal Elizabeth care
fully watched each person at the
table.
Finally father. who was eating
baked beans, held up his fork with
the inquiry:
Whats this, a little piece OF
meat?'
n Then Elizabeth clapped her hands
and gleefully inquired:
"Oh, papa. did you get it?''
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HELPLEss DIsBELIEvERs.

HELPLESS DIsBELIEvERs.
Dark are the skies TO the faithless
Bitter their hours of grief;
Heavy the blow that IL etrrck by woe
To the people OF no belief,
Having no God to turn to.
Having no God to trust
doubt
As helpless as grains Of dust
They may laugh and sing in their simmer
And scoff when their skies are fair
But they wither and fade when their gameA
are played
ana they come to the touch Of care
OF nothing that man has whispered
ANA nothing that man has Sid
Can soften the grief Of a disbelief
IN the hours when its love lies dead.
Life is but death to the faitbless.
They have none to share in their blach
despair.
Nor hope when the storm has passed
Iney are broken reeds in their sorrow
Weak prey to the winds of woe
for theyFe no belief that can comfort
No strength for the bitter blow.
Faith is the light IN the darkness
Faith IL the promise fair.
And none so stout he can do without
The strength Of earnest prayer
For whenever man comes to sorrow
And whenever he bows to grief
Let come what will. he can bear 1t still
Sustained by a firm belief
Copyright 1913 by Edgar A Guest