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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21

derstood what her beauty might mean
to him. III be back in two shakes of
er sleeps TAIL" she called gayly, turn
ing to go upstairs again. But a tall,
handsome young fellow barred her
way, saying humbly: Come with me,
Azan-you know you halfway
promised. 1 thought it would be fine
to steal ye frum yer folks-but by the
Lord, l want to take ye boldly-in the
face everybody"
The fiddlers checked their tuning
up-silence as of the grave fell every
where. Even the shuffling children
stood stock still. Little-Ann. brave in
her gold beads, her chain and locket,
and a gorgeous blue gswn, wrung her
hands voicelessly, her dull face ashen.
Azan turned about, her eyes starry, her
cheeks like damask srOSeS. Il cain
come, Joe" she said low but clearly.
i've been wicked-takin' you from
Little-Ann. 1 didn't knoW-nothin'
about-love-theD the words coming
hard. "Now-I know-it's worse'n a
murderer You go back to her. She
deserves ye"
How come you ter learn?'' Joe de-
manded fiercely, making a step toward
the girl. She looked appealing at Mil
by and dropped her head. With a
bound he was beside her, holding both
her hands and saying to the rest: 'If
indeed have taught her, it is because
first learned the lesson myself
Copyright, 1910. by the Mcclure News
peper. Syndicate.J
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

have thrown those pictures of Num-
Der One out the very day 1 came
here"
"Oh, no you wouldn't" I replied.
thoughts of Everett in my mind. You
think you would, but when it came
right down to it, you would not hurt
your husbands feelings. But Rose.
you must be careful" 1 changed the
subject. Every one knows Walter
Kemp, and you will be talked about if
you go around with him. They say
he only admires one woman or girl
until another comes along"
''I'll look out for myself as far as
he is concerned. Now 1 must go dress.
were going, and he said''-she blushed
and hesitated.
What did he say that makes you
blush so?"
HE said he would have to go also
and watch his divinity from afar.
me?"
"Perhaps-I guess Everett would
think it silly"
"Of course he weuld. Everett's
oId."
Rose ran away then to dress. leaving
me with a feeling that 1 almost hated
her She had made me unhappy first
by talking of Leola, calling me Num-
Der Two. and then she had expressed
what / had felt so many times: that
When everett kiSseu me VI saio iiASe
things to me, it was only repetition
of what he had done and said when
Leola was with him. 1 didn't mind
SO much what she said about the pic
lures, I had overcome that feeling to
a certain extent. and sometimes would
forget all about then-until some one
called them to my attention.
Then what she had said just before
she left me. She had thought that a
wonderful compliment of Kemp's-
and. to tell the truth, so did /.
would have been delighted could
have had one like it paid me. But
she had said, without in any way soft
ening her. words:
"Of course Everett woul think such
| a compliment was silly" and had add
/ ed: "EvereS's old!'
/ tTomorrow-A theater party-)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21
Household Hints
Try These.

For mending hard substances like
metal or glass there is nothing more
satisfactory than melted alum. Sim
ply melt the alum over an intense
heat, and apply while hot. An ivory
handle to a knife which had loosened
was mended in this way many years
ago. and has been in use ever since
without breaking or 1oosening.
Pillow covers for baby's cart or car
riage can be made of used all over
embroidery. Sew around the square
or round cover two rows of beading.
Draw pink or blue baby ribbon thru
and at each corner fasten a rosette of
the ribbon if square; if cut circular
fasten five rosettes at regular inter-
walls.
To make kid gloves look like new
after they have been cleaned, rub over
with white of egg.
Salt moistened with lemon juice will
take almost all stains off the hands.
Potatoes do not stain the hands If
peeled while quite dry and not thrown
into the water till afterward.
When salad dressing is liable to cur
die a small pinch of soda dropped in
will prevent it from doing SO.
To keep doughnuts from burning.
drop a piece of raw potato in the
burning fat and you will have no trou-
BILE with them.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21

Employers of labor in Japan appear
to be having the same sort of trouble
that employers in the United States
Encounter. Japanese cardboard man
ufacturers, IN announcing an increase
in thar wholesale prices from $62 to
s72 ton. complain that they have
met their employees demands for bet
ter wages ana shorter hours. but that
this has not enhanced their employees
efficiency. II the contrary the rate
of production has fallen off and their
output has become insufficient to meet
all the demands from wholesale buy
erS
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THE BEST LAND.


If knew a better land on this glorious
world eff ours
Where man gets bigger money and is
working shorter hours:
If the Briton or the Frenchnlan had an
easier life than miEe.
I'd pack my goods this minute and I'd sail
across the brine.
But notice when an alien wants n land of
hope and cheer
And a future for his children, he comes
out and settles here.
Here's the glorious land of Freedom
Here's the milk and honey goal
For the peasant out of Russia, for the
long subjected Pole.
1t is here the sons of Italy and men of
Austria turn
For the comfort of their bodies and the
wages they can earn.
And with all that men complain of, and
with all that goes amiss,
There's no happier, better nation on the
worlds broad face than this.
So I'm thinking when 1 listen to the walls
of discontent.
And some foreign disbeliever spreads his
evil sentiment.
That the breed of hate and envy that Is
sowing sin and shame
In this glorious land of Freedom should
go back from whence it came.
And hold it is the duty, rich or poor of
every man
Who enjoys this country's bounty to be
all American.
Copyright 1910 by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21

Fuel Director Garfield, with the
authority OF the federal government,
told the miners and operators the 9TH
er day that the country intended to
have coal. He did not say what means
would be adopted to get it, in case
these parties do not reach an agree
ment. But it is conceivable that mar
tial law may be declared, and coal
miners may be conscripted and find
themselves digging coal for $40 a
month. the pay of the men who were
made targets for Hun bullets. If I'm
Gle Sam can make a man fight surely
he can make him work. Preservation
from death by cold is as essential as is
preservation from attack by enemy
submarines. The issues are not less
than those of life and death. and life
is worth having at the cost of a little
sharp discipline endured with perfect
confidence of ultimate success. When
the public stands ready to strike it
strikes once and strikes no more-at
least for very long time.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21

A little cranky looking cross eyed
man rang our frunt door bell the other
day and gave ma a tickit saying on it,
fotograffs at half price at jenkins
Famous Fotograff Galleries. And yes
tidday after skool ma took me there
to have my fotograffftook at half price.
and who was in there standing along
side of a big camera but the little
cranky looking cross eyed man ma
saying, My goodniss, wy you're NIL
jenkins yourself.
And if nv wife was heer she would
he Mrs. jenkins, sed the little cross
eyed man. Proving he was as cranky
as wat he was cranky looking
O. 1 dident meen enything persinai,
I'm sure, sed ma, and the little cross
Leyed man sed, Sit in that chair over
there Meening me, wich L went ana
did. being a fancy looking chair mot
ment to be comfortable in, and the
cross eyed little man came over and
nushed my face over on one side and
then pushed it over on the other side
ware 1t was in the ferst place, me
starting to gigge1 on account of if his
face was funny looking far away wat
must it of bin up close?
Watts you giggeling about? Sed the
little cross eyed man. Me jest keep
ing on giggeIing without saying wat
about, and ma sed, Contane yourself,
Benny.
I cant take your pickture If you're
going to carry on like a clown IN a
lsirkus. sed the little cross eyed man.
| And he went in back of his camera
and stuck his he'd under curtain,
ma saying. Benny. stop tAat immeed-
! lilly. Meening giggeling. Wich 1 did,
being easier to stop on account of the
mans face being behind the curtin.
Ony jest then he quick stuck it out
aSen looking cross eyed as enything.
saying, Look at me. Wich I did, and
started to giggel agen, the man say
ing, Tell me wat to laff at and Ill laff
to. Me not telling him, and proberly
wouldent of Iaffed even if 1 had, and
every time I stopped giggeling he
stuck his he'd under the curtin. and
| every time he stuck it out ageE ]
started to giggel agen, and after about
times he slammed the curtin down
/ on the floor and sed he wouldent take
my picktuer for 1000 dollers, and ma
took me home agen. saying 1t was the
| last place sI1e would go to for pick
lures because she dident like the man
in the ferst place.
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ROSE is TAC1TEss.
CHAPTER CT.

Rose came in about ten minutes
before Everett got home. We were
chatting in my room, and he called
up and asked if he might join Sus.
I was so astonished for a moment 1
couldn't answer, for altho he had been
very nice to Rose this time, 1 had
thought it was simply to make up to
her for his actions the time she visited
me before.
He had brought US a box of candy,
and each of us a lovely corsage bou-
quet for the evening.
Now tell me what you have been
doing all day, you two. You look as
fresh as a rose, Miss Grandon. He
gave her an admiring look.
I'VE shopped all the morning then
this afternoon 1 proposed we rest as
we were going out tonight" Rose
had flashed me warning glance. But
even had she not, 1 would not have
that she had met him again for tea
felt hurt that Everett had said moth
ing complimentary to me after saying
something nice to Rose.
Rose was not a tactful girl. After
Everett left US to dress for dinner she
said:
'I notice you still decorate the walls
with Number One"
Everett thinks it would cause COM
ment if I had it taken down"
"I should be more apt to think he
loved to see it. than to care what
people said. He doesn't strike me like
the kind of a man, to care much about
what others think of anything he
might do"
''He isn't usually I admitted flush
ing.
Have you got used to being Num-
ber two. Sandra?" she asked after g
moment. Il don't believe 1 ever could
I would be thinking of her all the
time. If my husband kissed me, or
said nice things to me, 1 would think
he used to say the same to, her. and
first. 1 guess that is what would hurt
! me, not being first. 1t is good thing
you haven't my disposition. l would
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Dinner Stories

Now be careful. These canoes tip
over very easily"
Would it be safe" began the girl
timorously. 'to-to--'
"Yes?"
ITO shift my chewing gum to the
other side of my mouth ?"
Governor Smith, of New York, re-
Gently said at a dinner in Albany:
THE opponents of female suffrage
take a jaundiced view of things. They
are like old Batch.
"I see that Jones has married his
cook a man said to Batch at the club
'Humph. That's just like Jones,
Batch 'snorted- He'd always rather
fight than eat"
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PU1Tr-G ON THE BRAKES.

Panicky conditions on Wall street
which in times past would have dis
turbed financial and business circles,
more or less, thruout the country, now
come and go without attracting public
attention. The change doubtless may
be accredited wholly to the foFo~cl re-
serve J mixing stem. Much snecula-
ton is going on all over the United
States, and whenever this approaches
the limit of safety the federal reserve
bank steps in and puts a stop to it.
The loans of the New York clearing
house banks on August 1. 1914. were
around 100000 900. At that time a
reserve of % per cent was required
and the actual reserve showed an am
pie surplus over requirements. In
1916 loans of the clearing house banks
had risen to over $4,000, 100000. de-
posits were about the same, and there
was still a surplus over reserve, but
reserve requirements had been re-
duced by the law to 1 8 per cent instead
of 25 per cent. From that time the
loans of these banks increased more
or less steadily, and last week had
risen to $500. 100000. with deposits
around $4,000, 600. 600, and the surplus
reserve not large in proportion.
Meantime, the reserve of the fed
eral bank system had declined from
around Sc per cent in the summer to
SO per cent, and from October 3 the
statement each week showed a reduc-
ton in this percentage. until on No
vember it had reached $3.50 per
cent. few days later it had sunk, it
is said, to near the 40 per cent line of
danger.
This gives some idea of the money
situation and of the causes for the
drastic action which has taken place
in the money market in the last few
days. Last July the FederaI Reserve
bank issued a general warning regard
ing speculation. AS was pointed out
at that time by the Bache Review
speculation was not confined to Wall
street, but was proceeding at a great
rate all thru the country in all sorts
of commodities. 1t said: "Wall street
speculation is only a record at the top
of things, of what is going on in the
couhtIy- LII merCdhllle CIRCLES lHere
is proceeding at the present time a
vast amount of speculation on a very
large scale in commodities. An in
stance is cited to US of one concern
that is carrying $15.OO0.OOO worth OF
vegetable oils which are in great de-
mand, and the concern is holding
them for higher prices. This is a dis
tinct damage to the consumers and
keeps living prices in these things,
used daily, at top and increasing lev
els"
AS long as there Is a shortage of
commodities it will be necessary to
maintain q check on speculation and
this the federal banks are in posi-
ton to do.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21

In order to catch the public ear the
assertion is made that the officers of
the United Mine Workers have had the
power since the September convention
in Cleveland to negotiate" an agree
ment with the operators, but that the
employers refused to enter into nego-
stations. The truth is the Cleveland
convention adopted set OF demands
that Its officers were instructed to pre-
sent to the operators, offering as an
alternative to their acceptance a strike
on November l. A demand for un-
conditional surrender cannot be de-
bated.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21

The Detroit News says it is in re-
ceipt of a communication on the coal
business from the operators standpoint
in which attention is called to the fact
that the operator is a heavy loser when
his mine is not regularly worked. The
thesis y established that as it is at
present conducted coal mining is
largely a seasonal occupation in1ict-
ing hardship for a large part of the
year to every one connected with it.
Everybody of course has heard of the
hardships of the miners. The wonder
is that everybody. both miner and oP-
orator, does not quit the business.
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slsS1ssSsSlsSSSSSSS SSSlslslslslslslslslsElslslS

acquaintance becomes a thing of worth
and an requirement of joy.
So it is with your work-as you get
acquainted with it, it becomes a vital
part of you. and you are able to make
il serve every fine aim of your life.
Get acquainted with what you do.
The conner and the goer never
amounts to much either to himself or
his work. To concentrate a1eans to
grow. The spasmodic worker is a
most harmful product to be around.
And while you are about it, keep
studying yourself For the more you
know yourself. the better are you able
TO know your work-and to do it.
Get acquainted with your job-and
then stick to it..
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21

Apparently Japan does not take the
League of Nations seriously. The gov
ernment has decided to build two bat
tie cruisers and twenty-five other war
ships commencing the next fiscal year.
The 4O.OO0-ton battle cruisers would
cost a total of $50. 1000 900; three light
cruisers of 5000 tons at a combined
cost of sIs. 900; six destroyers OF
500 tons at S4.soo, 900; twelve subma-
rines of 1000 tons each to cost a total
of $4,000. 600. and three river gunboats
at s1.125,OOO, the combined cost of all
the boats being $94,425.OOO.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21
Dorothy Dix TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid woman writer.
A Love Cure.

n Love 0uTC>-%.
For in all good truth. there is no
more contemplate creature on earth
than the married man who sets HIM
self to win a young girls heart. For
the sake of the fun of a few weeks OF
sentimental dalliance administered to
his egotism, because it shows that he
is still attractive to women. he ruth
lessly offers up all the freshness and
sweetness of the girls life.
He plays safe. She takes all the
risks. Men 'oke him about being
devil among the pretty girls. Women
look askance at her.
He gets out of the situation the
qualification of the moment, which is
all he cares for She gets out of it a
soiled reputation and an utter dis
lillusionment, and disappointment. She
sees the years go by in bitter and hope
less waiting while her beauty fades.
and her faith. and her beliefs. and her
illusions die, and she becomes an un-
! loved and unIovely old spins;er
The married man has wasted for her
| the years of her youth in which she
might have made n good marriage
and in the end he casts her aside and
passes on TO some newer and fresher
plaything.
| There are no words strong enough
with which to stigmatize the folly of
the girl who permits herself to be
drawn into a love affair with a mar
/ j I
| her. No happiness is in it for her,
There is nothing but anxiety, and cor
roding jealousy that eats out the very
soul of woman, and fills her days
and her nights with torture
OF course there are many men who
are unhappily married. There are
many men married to nagging wives.
! to unworthy wives. to wives who do
not understand them. And there are
many men who do meet the women
who are their real soul mates while
marriages they contracted in their
youth. This happens very, very often
\ in the close companionship that
springs up in business houses. where
the men and women who work togeth-
er come to know each o:her as men
and women who only meet socially.
never do.
| 1t is in such eases that a man shows
of what clay he is made. If he is an
honorable man, and really loves a girl
he sends her out of temptation before
she is really hurt. and until he can
make some arrangements whereby he
can offer her honorable love. He does
not take advantage of his position to
win her heart when he can give her
only the husks of love to feed upon.
| The married man who makes love to
a girl who knows he is married is bad
enough, but, at least. he gives her a
sporting chance to save herself. But
the married man who wins a girls
heart in the guise of a bachelor is so
beneath contempt that just finding
him out ought to be enough to cure
any girl of her infatuation for him.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21
GET ACQUAINTED WITH WHAT
XOIT DO.

A transient worker is great deal
like a transient guest at hoteI-he
knows his job as little as the guest
does his host.
Get acquainted with what you do.
A worker is practically valueIess
until he begins to fall in love" with
his task Then he starts to get the
spirit and to learn the uplifting, in
-ptr.ting power back OF what enthusi-
asm does to a man as he strives
AS you get into the thinking of the
mind of your friend and find the
feel of his heart, then it is that your
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21
a ChiIdless Leaders, Creed.

Public men. without home ties, are
singuIarly pathetic figures. They have
no refuge from the stress of activity.
No little arms enfold their neeks, no
childish prattle warns their hearts, as
they turn, wearied, from the buroe ms
Of the common welfare. To such, the
missed joys of domasticity shine with
beautiful Iustre. OF course, they do
not complain: whimpering is not q
characteristic of strong men. Occa-
sionaIly, as in the case of the greatest
Pnblicist of all, we catch tie note or
wistful appreciation of the characte-
of the child. Jesus. the childless.
homeless Champion OF God, sharply
rebuked his ambitious followers by
pointing out that pride of place was
not comparable with II simple, guile
less, sincere chara ter of. the little
child. Real greatness is childlikeness-
Two startling propositions Jesus
then made. both running flatly coun-
ter to all worldly wisdom. First, he
identified himself with the cause of
the child. Whatever is done unto or
for the child is done unto or for the
Christ. Anybody who would honor
Christ has but TO serve childhood any
where. what vast causesNand institu-
tions have been built upon these few
words of Jesus-the Sunday school it.
self, the child labor laws, modern edu-
| imneasurab philanthropy.
/ Then Jesus made the child the test.
BY its attitude toward the child re-
ligion was to be judged. Civilization
today has to accept the same stand
ard. 1t would be interesting. were
! there space. to work out this great idea
in relation to our latest conception of
the emancipation of women from
the home; our liberal views of divorce;
our passion for luxury or entertain
ment; our read radicalism with respect
to the organization and condnct of So
ciety. Judged by the child-test, where
/ does .Bolshevism stand? This is the
proving of every large proposal If
fecting human -ife: how does it af-
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21

Silver has attained the ratio OF 16
TO l and little better. All that was
promised by Mr.. Bryan has come to
pass and much more. Wheat. that
was expected to reach 81 bushel. is
selling for $3.50. and mortgages are
being paid in dollars only half as val
liable as those that were borrowed.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21
Moulton Musings
BY ROY X. MOULTON.
Revenge.

Revenge
O barber, would that could do
AS you do unto me;
I'd show you just how barbarous
And vicious l could be.
To start with l would shave you
With razor that would scratch
Across your face just like the hoe
In Hiram's cabbage patch.
And then I'd take lot OF towels
AS hot as hades, too
I'd bring them steaming one by one,
Deposit them ON you
A haircut l would give you next
You know what that would mean:
That when III finished there would be
Scant hair upon your bean
I'd take that darned vibrator,
And run it round your ear
Until you'd think a thousand
Jersey "skeetas' must be near
And when the job was over
I'd wait with outstretched paw
And you would prob'ly drop there
dime and nothing more!
Take it from Mcintyre & Heath.
fame is a prankish dame. They were
photographed in white face" the
other day autographing tickets for the
Actors National Memorial day, De-
cember 5, and not blooming art
editor would accept the picture until
shown an affidavit proclaiming the
unsmeared faces belong to The famous
comedians.
Since prohibition went into effect
some life insurance companies are
;eary of drinking men.
The champ optimisr of the world is
the woman who has asked for trial by
jury of her own sex.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21

Failure of the Un''7d States to ratify
The peace treaty and join the League
Of Nations is standing invitation to
Germany to renew the war.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21
Some Squabbling Saints.

For November % Is, "Jesus Corrects
Johns Narrowness."-Luke 9:4656.
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A11~ 81

Copyright, 1879, by the wheeler Syndicate
Iuc,)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-21

Since prohibition went into effect
some life insurance companies are
;eary of drinking men.