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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

The Park Ave. News
Weather. Mothers looking in closets
to see II eny moths have got in your
winter clothes. wich some proberly
have.
Sissiety. Miss Mary Watkins
dreemed she went to the theater last
Wensday mite, witch the play was so
fine she wishes she could remember
wat 1t was about.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
Was Sent Rite Back.
couldent find my other shoe,
So vert down to brekfist without It
WITCH 1 mite do 1t agen some time,
But on the other hand, 1 doubt 1t.
Reddy Merry Almost Found a By
sickel Last Wensday Reddy Merry
found a bysickel leening agenst a
tents up a alley. and he was Jest feel
ing its tires TO sc IL they was punk
sured or enythinR, wen kid with
bloomers came out of a gate and got
on It and rode away as IL IT belonged
to him, witch it proberly did.
ADVERTISEMENT Wy be annoyed
because your door bell don ring? For
6 sents we will tack UP hand painted
sine saying on II. Bell out OF order
please mock. The Lew Davis and Ed
WernIck Sine TackinR Compinny
Lost and Found Department
Lost-Nuthine.
FoIind-Nuthi0R
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Sackett's girl to the end of the chap
ter"
Rods arm closed about her. The
little windbrake of beach plum trees
and willows hid them from view.
''We'll be married at the chapel"
he said, Just when you say, Polly
and after that Wen leave dad to re-
tire from business, and your father to
settle down up here as he likes, and
we'll 60 away travelling until I find a
place where 1 want to hang up my
single and settle down, too. Do you
like that2'
Polly nodded her head quickly, her
eyes soft with tenderness.
wouldn't it he queer. Rod. il we
just came back home, after ALL she
whispered. loking off at the blue sea
and the broad sandy shore. "Remem-
Der what you wrote me once, the first
year you were away:
p" over the world and under the world
and back at last to you
"Only you didn't know you were GO
ing with me. did your" he laughed
Copyright. 1919. bv the Mcclure News
pepper. Syndicatel
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AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE
AWAITS SANDRA.
CHAPTER XLVII.


Rose gushed abominably when Bar
rett called for us. She was SO effu
sive in her thanks, taking all the hon
or of the invitation to herself in a
way that really mortified and an
noyed me.
Barrett complimented me. looking
unutterable things with his eyes, then
turned and said:
''If may be sc bold upon short ac-
quaintance, may / tell you also how
charming you & Ok. Miss GranGon:"
Thank y)p, a woman is always de-
lighted to be told she is charming"
ItCse replied, dropping a little curtsy,
and smiling at him in what she prob
ably supposed was an irresistible
sorry 1 had asked Rose to visit me.
Then 1 remembered that were she not
there 1 would not be able to go out
with Barrett Edmonds.
We laughed and chatted all the way
to the theater and between the acts.
Barrett never left us. altho the men
all about seemed scarcely able to wait
to go out the moment the curtain rang
down. Everett never did so. and it
pleased me that Barrett remained
with us.
The play was delightful. a society
drama full of laughs. 1 enjoyed every
minute of it. Barrett sat between us,
and was perfectly impartial in his at
tentlonS. i saw several people. knew,
who bowed to me.
What lovely looking people you
know" Rose said to me.
THAT was Mrs. Sloane. A friend of
Mr.. Edmonds also" 1 explained. Il
know she is wondering who you are"
she is beautifully dressed"
Yes. she is one of the best dressed
women 1 know. Everett admires her
taste"
did you ever see such a devoted
wife, Rose asked. as she turned to
Barrett. IF her husband admires
anything it is perfectly all right with
Sandra.'
''She certainly is a devoted wife.
And Mr.. Graham has exquisite taste,
he replied with a meaning glance at
me-a glance which 1 could not fail to
interpret, altho it had passed over
Roses head.
After the play Barrett urged us to
go to supper. I refused altho Rose
looked pleadingly at me, and re-
marked:
1T is so late we might as well stay
out a little later The play had
been a long one, and # was Early
midnight
what DO you say. Mrs. Graham"
Barrett asked.
Il say go home" I tried to speak
lightly. 1 wanted terribly to go to
supper with Barrett. but something
held me back. Rose looked daggers
at me, but 1 paid no attention. She
had no husband to please and I did.
'.Sandra is getting to be such a
prim." she told Barrett as we drove
home. Before she was married she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
of % and am very much in love with
a young man about five years my
senior. I am far away from home and
from where he lives I am not posi-.
tive that he loves me in return, but
have reasons to think go. He is very
bashful and so am T.
Would IT be all right for me to drop
him a card7 / know he would never
ask any one for my address.
BASHFUL.
1t IS the young mans place to write
you first. But since you want to send
him card, do 50.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a very
ambitious girl. but do not have enough
money TO fiji my ambitions. 1 want to
go away next summer and take a po-
sjtion In an office. but realize 1 must
nave money.
VIII you please tell me how I can
earn some2 I go TO school in the
mornings but have my afternoons va
cant SWEET SIXTEEN
Your question calls for a marvellous
and inspirational answer, while in
truth my suggestion must necessarily
be common place. Probably you can
earn more money sewing than in anv
other way. II you are not clever AZ
making new things get work mend-
ing. darning and fixing over. SONS
girls make quite little pin money bv
darning stockings.
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Q. Can you inform me how to figure
the baseball percentage of given team "
A. J. Il.
A. In order to figure the baseball per
centage of any team, divide the total num-
Der Of games played into the number Of
games won.
.. Have scholars ever taken seriously
the story Of Atlantis as argued by Ignatius
Donnelly, in his book Of that titleI-G.
II. e.
A. The opinion Of scholars varies great
ly in regard to the story Atlantis. The
authority for the belief in the existence of
the island Is found in Plato. Some regard
Is merely as the authors Imagination, while
other maintain that it is based on fact.
III Can a renter be compelled to curt
weeds on the farm he is farming?
~ Can a renter If not notified hold a
farm by blowing on it altho he has heard
IL is rented? A READER.
A man renting n farm from another can
not be compelled to cut the weeds unless
II is specified in the contract that he shall
keep the place up and allow no DANA ges.
It might well be proven that allowing
weeds to grow and seed would constitute
damage.
The fact that the renter is plowing
would not give him any claim to hold the
land after his lease expires.
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to eat, so Dorothy sat down and
opened her tin dinner-pail.
In the cover she found a small tank
that was full of very nice lemonade.
1t was covered by a cup, which might
also, when removed, be used to drink
the lemonade from. Within the pail
were three slices of turkey, two slices
of cold tongue, some lobster salad.
four slices of bread and butter. a small
custard pie, an orange and nine large
raisins. Singularly enough. the nuts
in this dinner-pail grew already
cracked, so that Dorothy had no
trouble in picking out their meats to
eat.
She spread the feast upon the rock
beside her and began her dinner. first
offering some of it to Tiktok, who
declined because, as he said, he was
merely a machine. Afterward she Of
fered to share with Billina, but the
hen murmured something about
dead things" and said she preferred
her bugs and ants.
do the lunch-box trees and the
dinner-pail trees beong to the Wheel
ers?" the child asked Tiktok, while
engaged in eating her meal.
"Of course not he answered.
They belong to the royal family
royal family just now because
King Ev-ol-do jumped into the sea
and his wife and ten children have
been transformed by the Nome King.
So there is no one to rule the Land
of Ev, that 1 can think of. Perhaps
it is for this reason that the Wheel
ers claim the trees for their own, and
pick the lunch-eons and dinners to
eat themselves. But they belong to
the King, and you will find the roy
al "E'' stamped upon the bottom
of every dinner pail"
Dorothy turned the pail over, and
at once discovered the royal mark
upon it, as Tiktok had said.
Are the Wheelers the only folks
living in the Land of Ev?' enQuired
the girl.
mo; they only in-hat-it a small
portion of it just back of the woods"
replied the machine. But they have
always been miscellaneous and i'm
pertinent, and my old master, King
Ev-ol-do, used to carry a whip with
him, when he walked out, to keep the
crea- lures in order. When 1 was first
made the Wheel-ers tried to run over
me, and butt me with their heads;
but they soon found 1 was built of too
solid a material for them to in
lure"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
By ROY K AfOULTON

To the Prophet without Honor"
II all your work has gone for naught
Your efforts spent in vain;
If all the prestige that you've sought
Somehow you can't attain;
II all the friends" who came to praise
Remained to jlbe and jeer;
If shadows hide the suns glad rays
And ne'er your soul knows clear;
If folks at home don't know your worth,
And mock your every turn;
II folks from east and south and north
Your work performed" all spurn;
If you can see with magic eye
A blessing in Disguise
You'll read old Greeley's lullaby,
Go West. Young Man"-you'n rise.
5. Gilbert Shelley.
II Germany wants the crown prince
back as emperor, we don't know as we
could wish her any worse luck.
The ballet master IN the Paris OPP
era House says dancing is the greatest
aid to matrimony. Yes. and what a
dance she generally leads him after
ward. 1t pays to know how.
Press Time Makes Everybody Feel
That Way.
Charlie Sanders is just about all in
as we go to press..,Mercyville Iowa)
Banner.
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DOROTHY OPENS THE DINNER
DATT,


Now Tiktok," said Dorothy, "the
first thing to be done is to find a way
for us to escape from these rocks
The -Wheelers are down below, you
know. and threaten to kill u.s."
There is no reason to be afraid
of the wheel-ers,' said Tiktok, the
fore.
why not?" she asked.
Because they are ag-g-g-gr- gr-r-'
He gave a sort of gIrgle and stop
ped short, waving his hands franticaI-
ly until suddenly he became notion
less, with one arm in the air and the
other held stiff1y before him with all
the copper fingers of the hand spread
out like fan.
Dear me-" said Dorothy, in n
frightened tone. What can the mat
ter be-"
\ Hes run down, I suppose" said
the hen. calmly. you couldn't have
wound him up very tight
Il didn't know how much to wind
him." replied the girl; but I'll try to
do better nexts time"
She ran around the copper man to
take the key from the peg at the back
of his neck, but it was not there.
IT'S gone." cried Dorothy, in dis
may.
What's gomez asked Billina-
THE key"
1T probably fell off when he made
that low bow to YOU" returned the
hen. Look around, and, see if you
cannot find 1t again.
Dorthy looked. and the hen helped
her, and by and by the girl discovered
the clock-key, which had fallen into
crack of the rock
AT once she wound up Tiktok's
voice. taking f0-oDfxrn h. l.
many turns as it would go around
She found this quite a task, as YOU
may imagine if you have ever tried
to wind clock, but the machine
mans first words were to assure Dor
toby that he would now run for at
least twenty-four hours.
You did not wind me much, at
first, he calmly said. land I told
you that long story about King Ev-
Dido; so it is no wonder that ran
down"
She. next rewound the action clock
work. and then Billina advised her to
carry the key to Tiktok in her pock-
ct, SO it would not get lost again
And now" said Dorothy. when all
this was accomplished, tell me what
Wheelers."
why, they are nothing to be
frightened at" said the machine
They try to make folks believe that
tney are very TERRIBLE, but as
matter Of fact the Wheel-ers are
harmless enough to any one that
dares to fight them. They might try
to hurt a little girl like you, per-
haps, because they are very mis-
chiev-ous. But if I had a club they
would run away as soon as they saw
me-"
Haven't you a club ?" asked Dor
mo" said Tiktok.
And you won't find such a thing
among these rocks, either" declared
the yellow hen.
Then what shall we do?" asked the
girl.
wind up my think-works tightly,
and 1 will try to think of some other
PLAN" said Tik-tok
So Dorothy rewound his thought
machinery. and while he was thinking
she decided to eat her dinner. Billina
was already pecking away at the
cracks in the rocks. to find something
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LIFE's sALEsMANsHIp.


The world is but one mighty store
Where all that men are looking for
Is stored upon its range of shelves.
And are statesmen of ourselves.
Each OF US, as he walks along,
Would win the favor of the throng,
And each or us. in various ways,
Strives to deserve an0ther's praise.
Since what Is false men will not buy,
No man should ever tell a lie:
Men scorn the cunning Of the cheat
And spurn the practice of deceit.
In life today, II Is well known
That he who sins must live alone.
While in its markets honor brings
Reward above all other things.
Who seeks for popularity
Upright and manly here must be,
However great may be his skill
He must be kind and gentle still.
And must not. tho he wear a crown,
Upon his fellow men look down;
Men cheer ability's success
But hate bad manners none the less.
Youth sell yourself, but mot for gold
or treasures which your hands can hold
The highest price for which man spend,
His days OF life Is love of friends.
60 forth into the markets here
And carry kindly words OF cheer.
BE gentle. honest, Stnunch and true,
And men shall give their love TO you
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.)
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Hands work a billion times better
clasped together than when ciinched
at each otheri
combined strength-each one who
puts out his hands TO pull, contribut-
ing his greatest
Only thru cooperation is the end
Of happiness acquired.
Hand in hand with those who are
able to help you. go forward. Build
your ideas to greater heights by work
ing hand in hand with ideas already
evolved. Respect the humblest sug-
gestion. 1t may prove to be the great
est of all,
The spirit OF service-everywh here
is to work and help, hand in hand
with others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20
HAND IN HAND.

The world is too big and the Jobs in
it are too many for any one man to
expect to get far by working alone.
More than at any other time in the
history of the world, does the time
call for cooperation.
Hand in hand SHOULD all men strive.
There can be no successful one-man
business. any more than there can be
a one-man government. Even the in
dividual who seeks to be a one-work-
ing man or woman soon discovers that
the impossible has been attempted.
For the first time in the history of
the world. both Capital and Labor are
realizing that each is necessary and
essential to the greatest interests of
the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

A noted "ologist" has predicted the
worst storm period in years this fall
and early winter. He predicts every
thing from hurricanes to volcanic
eruptions up until the latter part of
December-there he stops, apparent
" exhausting his supply OF calami-
ties. His December date probably
will be taken up by the publicity
seekers who bsmg the world to its
semi-annual end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

A Topeka woman went to Chicago
last week and bought popular brand
suit paying $50 for it. This week she
discovered. as most away-from- home
shoppers usually do that local store
has the same suit for $40. The same
old story, the same old story-but as
long as the railways give pleasure
passes and the paying public suffers
for want Of transportation facilities,
the story will be retold.
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SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

was ready for anything. Really. she
was the worst one of all. She seems
afraid to stir now unless it's terri
bly, conventional. 1 can't understand
the change IN her"
II can. She is in a different en-
vironment. In a place where one
has always lived and where everyone
knows you, you can do almost any
not be misunderstood. But among
strangers, many of them critical you
have to be more careful"
1t was a long speech for Barrett.
and a more serious one than l ever
had heard him make. 1t had the
effect of making me uneasy; almost
wishing l had not gone to the thea
ter with him-something he did not
intend, 1 am sure.
1T must be an awful bore to be
always thinking what people are 60
ing to say" Rose returned rather
pettishly. IT would hate to be con-
stantly~ thinking 1 must watch my
step" Rose was inclined to be a
bit slangy.
We were at home by this time.
and 1 was rather glad. The CONVEX
sation had veered into a channel not
conducive to my peace of mind. Bar
rett promised to call in a day or
two, then left US at the door 1
walked in, Rose following.
May I ask where you have been
until this time of night?" Everett
stood glowering at me as he put the
question, ignoring Rose entirely.
To Be Continued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Catalogues
Shredded Wheat Biscuits with Top
Milk
LUNCHEON.
Nut and Egg salad
Warmed-Over Rolls Apple Sauce
Sliced Peaches Cookies
DINNER.
Stuffed Peppers
Corn on the Cob Cabbage Salad
Baked Apples.
Try These.
Vegetable Loaf-Soften one table
spoon gelatine to one-half cup cold
water. Boil two quarts of stock (from
meat or bones of day before) and one
tablespoon vinegar until reduced to
one quart. Then add gelatine Before
mixture has started to harden add
vegetables. which have been boiled
separately Carrots. turnips. potatoes,
onions. beets. peas and corn may be
combined in different dishes. CWhen
potatoes are used for other part of
meal omit them in the loaf)
Salmon Souffle-One large cup
two teaspoons lemon juice, one-half
cup soft bread crumbs, one-half cup
milk. yolks of three eggs, whites Of
three eggs.
Remove bones and skin from SAL
mon. separate into flakes and add sea-
soning. Cook bread crumbs in milk
five minutes. add salmon and the egg
yolks beaten until thick. then cut and
fold in the beaten whites of eggs
Turn into a creased dish and set in
pan of hot water and bake in a
moderate oven till firm
When you wash silver or glass add a
teaspoonful of borax to the suds
Rinse well in hot water and polish
with a linen cloth which sheds no lint
Clean chinchilla furs with talcum
powder well rubbed into the skin and
then shaken out Hot salt will clean
sealskin and beaver beautifully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

Illinois is planning to test her booze
law The booze law has been tested
and found the greatest tribute to
Americanism. 1t will be difficult for
the courts to throw America back into
the gutter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

Carl Alderman. noted writer. says
he visited the Free Fair in Topeka.
where he saw $4,000 persons and
thereby placed his Judgment on the
Americanism OF Kansas II the lib
erty loan officials had seen that fair
crowd the Kansas quota would have
been boosted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

Germany is censoring' letters that
no German money will be sent away
from home. II America had done
that years ago there would have been
no war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

The Topeka Mexicans celebrated
happily their independence day-in-
dicating, incidentally. that they were
Independent enough to come to a free
country TO live.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

Have you bought your winter coal
supply? II not, don't blame the coal
dealers. or the miners or the railroads
this winter. The coal shortage is com
Ing and II will be the fault OF the
public for not preparing for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

welcome in Frisco. If noise won cleo
tons or treaties or principles the
Fourth OF July would be shifted to
November.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

A campaign has been inaugurated
to revive the 2-cent coin. Why 2
cents? The only thing cents will
buy is a postage stamp-and then you
don't get your moneys worth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

The state has decided to investigate
the car shortage. What. by the way.
has become of all the other investiga-
tions that have been inaugurated
from time to time?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

on the Pacific coast, forest fires in the
north. congress in the east-old Kan
sas seems to be about the safest place
after all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

A flock OF good football games Fri
day and Saturday afternoons will tend
to relieve the national situation con-
siderably
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

Dealers say tea and coffee prices
won't go down. Well, just so the
product does. and Wen try not to
complain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

Several babies were born during the
Gulf hurricane. 1t was a dark and
stormy night for father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

The dividing line between petty and
grand larceny remains the same de-
spite the receding value of the dollar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

A Topeka man uses another wore
instead OF high" in referring to tn
H. c. Of /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

The steel men apparently believe in
striking while the iron is hot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

In time the public mind grasps all
Of the essential facts. The knowledge
that Pomerene is the senior senator
from Ohio. and not a tropical fruit,
finally has become widespread.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-20

Reviewing the preceding paragraph
fore and aft, we perceive IL is endowed
with neither wit nor humor and car
ries less wallop than a feather buster.
But wen let it ride. A column hound
must start somewhere.