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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BIT DOROTHY DIX J.
Worlds Highest PAID Woman Writer.
How to Avoid Being a Bore


The second don't is: Don't tell
your troubles. If there is one person
more wearIsome than another and at
whose approach we beat it, il the go
ing is good, it is the man or woman
with tale of woe.
We have all troubles enough of our
own. We've got husbands and wives
with whom it is no picnic to live. We
have lost money. And We have got
balky livers and insurgent stomachs.
and we want to forget them if we can.
Our idea of spending a pleasant hour
isn't passing 1t in a morgue with an in
dividual who takes out all his skele-
tons and rattles their bones for our
diversion.
Never recount your symptoms to
anyone but your doctor, or tell your
troubles to anyone but your lawyer.
They are paid to listen but the bal
ance of US are not and you've no right
OF your last operation, or the long
drawn out account of your quarrel
with your wife's family
The third don't is: Don't ride your
hobby horse when you go a-visiting.
Don't imagine because you are obsess-
ed by one subject that every one else
is a S interested in it as you are. Be
cause the price of salt cod fish and
picked herring is the burning issue
of the day to you is no reason why
some innocent bystander who never
saw a sailed cod fish or a picked her
ring and never wants to see one
would get unwieldingly excited on the
topic and enjoy a two hours
harangue on the subjecf
AS you are strong merciful.
Leave your pet subject safely tied up
in your study where it can't get out
when you go abroad. Nobody objects
to your reforming anything you want
to reform, or espousing any cause
you want to espouse If only yeu will
do it in private, and not force them
to hear all about it, in season and saut
OF season. Remember subject per$on
is the bore par excellence, and
don't.
Above a1I-and this is the don't test
don't of all: Don't tell the anne
stories over and over again, and don't
serve up as your own the hoary chest
nuts in the daily press. Everybody
reads the papers. Everybody has
read the same anecdotes at least six
times and has no burning desire to
have his memory refreshed. There
fore blessed is he who does not fancy
himself as a reeonteuF and abstains
from indulging in second hand wit
And thrice blessed is he who keeps
tab on his stories, and who does not
go over his repertoire every time you
meet him.
In a word. If you will refrain from
| talking about yourself and your own
affairs yen will never be a bore. And
If you will encourage other people
i to talk about their affairs you will
| become a fascinater. Which is to say
we may either be beres or the bored
| Which would you rather be?
| Copyright, 1919 by the Wheeler Syndicate
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Governor Bamberger of Utah Is
quoted as saying: Il have been the
owner of a railroad for thirty years
and 1 have never had strike. I have
never had the slightest fear that any
thing would happen. Ny men will
stick because have been honest with
them. They have never had to ask for
increased wages because have always
increased their pay so they could keep
ahead of the high cost of living. My
own experience shows that il you
treat the people right there will be no
trouble" Yet the steel strike goes far
toward unsetting the governors the
ory. Employees of the steel mills are
said to be among the best paid work
men in the country. Their wages have
been advanced $50 per cent since 1914
These advances have been made vol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

The indianapolis Star. which is in
dependent Republican in politics and
would ordinarily be in accord with
Senator Hiram johnson describes his
recent speech in that city as 1.-The
harangue OF a demagogue and an APP
peal to prejudice under the stolen garb
OF patriotism The indianapolis
News, which is owned mainly by the
estate of the late Vice President Fair
banks. comments on the senator's
statement that Americanism is the is
sue and he is the great American.
The News says that Mr.. Taft is an
American, Mr.. Roosevelt was also an
American, Mr.. Root and Mr.. Hughes
are Americans. Even the president is
an American. How is it, then. that
Senator johnson and the opponents of
the league can claim monopoly of
the country's patriotism ?" The paper
adds that the johnson argument indi-
Gated that "he had not read the cove-
nant; did not understand it if he had
read it, and deliberately misrepresent-
ed it If he did understand it"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

unfairly by their employers. They
also have been given an opportunity,
on liberal terms. to become sharers
in the profits of the business and yet
a disturbing element OF the workers
is trying to win over to its ranks those
who are satisfied with working con-
ditions and pay in spite of the fact
that Judge Gary's treatment of his
employees will compare favorably with
that OF Governor Bambergar.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
Blu JANE PHELPS

stood it as long as could Then
called Hetty and pretended it was be-
cause of the storm-that 1 was
frightened of that"
Mrs. Gray had been putting on some
clothes as 1 talked.
"Oh, where are you going?" / cried
as she moved toward the door.
ITO call James (the butler). I
wish Thomas Were here"
When she left the room Hetty and
I followed her out upon the landing.
She crept silently down the back
stairs. her feet making no sound as
she moved cautiously along in the
dark
hung on to Hetty's hand. as we
crouched there, waiting for something
to happen,
When it did. it was the unexpected.
James had gone outside and seen
the ladder left by the burglar, taken
from back of the garage, and had re-
, moved it: and at the very time Mrs.
Gray was going down the back stairs,
He had been out late-taking advan-
tage of Everett being away-and saw
the ladder when he came in.
We heard the exclamation of the
burglar, then the noise of a scuffie,
then shot. In a moment something
| Mrs. Gray's room. We heard the
click as he turned the key in the
lock, then noises we could not under
stand. But we paid no attention.
When we heard the shot, we also
heard Mrs. Gray's voice. and while
| the strange noises were going on in
| her room we fearfully crept back
, down the stairs in the direction from
which it came. She was standing over
! the butler. who was lying on the floor
| in Everett's dressing room. There
was a door leading from my room
| into this room. then another into
| Everetts sleeping room, so that one
| did not have to go out in the hall to
! get from enc to the other.
| rs he hurt? ?" l asked-"and where
Ia that man ?"
THAT must have been him going
/ into Mrs. Gray's room" Hetty said
Yes. James is hurt-not danger
! ously, tho, think. The bullet hit his
shoulder. Telephone for a doctor
Hetty and I'll call the police as soor
] as you get him 1t is more necessar,
! that this bleeding be stopped, thar
| that the burglar be caught"
The doctor and the officer arrived
at almost the same time.
oh how I wish Everett were
here" moaned. "Or that I had gon,
with him. What a day."
(Tomorrow-The detective is tolt
| OF the railroad ticketD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09
CROSS ROADS.

country wouldn't be much with
out its crossroads. They knit it
make it more cooperative and eff
cient.
Experience has its Crossroads
And at every eross-road. decisions
must be made-whether to go one
way or the other. If you get on the
wrong road you have to turn around.
thus losing valuable time. or perhaps
losing out on your destination alto
gether.
So that it is highly important to
make the right decisions at your
crossroads.
But when you have made your de-
cisien as to the right road. you must
have faith in its destination. Inter
secting crossroads must not weaken
your belief that yeu are On the right
road.
Crossroads are interesting and in
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spring because they Suggest variation
from the ordinary and the hum-drunl,
toe-so long as We knew where we
are going.
We reach many a cross-road in our
life journey. We must use our sense
and instinct, as well as trust to the
esta blished signs-for they are usual
ly placed by those who have travelled
the way and KNOW.
The knowledge of the world is most
y relative, anyway. We are all orig
inators. in nake-believe way. per-
haps, of what someone else also orig
mated.
So that we may we'll trust to the
guidance of othersHto some extent
But let us not become so dependent
that we are not able to map out a
few roads for ourselyes-and place
who may follow US.
Let us not get off our track. and let
US not guide others wrongly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Pop came home today and started
to hang up his hat and coat. and
sed, pop?
You sertenly are the original pop
berd, sed pop. Meening I'm always
saying pop, and l sed, Do you know
mulch about joggriffy, pop?
o, 1 Suppose 1 could tell an equator
frum peninsula If l had to, sed pop,
and sed, well do you know how
mulch wattir it takes to make a flood =?
Well, as the fello sed, that all. de-
Ponds, sed pop.
Well do you think if it rained all
day and all mite and all the next day
and all the next mite and all the next
day and all the next mite do you think
it would make flood? l sed
That sounds sumthing like a small
flood, sed pop.
Well do you think If sumbody left
fire plugs termed on for weeks do
you think that would make flood +?
sed.
1 wouldent trust it, sed pop. Meen-
ing it mite, and 1 sed, Well pop, sip
pose bath tub got s, full it couident
get any fuller and ran over the sides.
would that make a flood?
1t would make a COMPOUNDED mess.
sed pop.
Yes sir, it did, I sed.
What did? The doose it did, sed
pop, and L sed, Yes sir, 1 was going
to take bath without enybody even
telling me to jest because it was time
1 needed one, and 1 started to reed
and forgot the wattir was running in
the bath room, and by the time l re-
membered. the floor was all wet
ConfouHd yeu and your floods. sed
pop. And he quick went back in the
hall and looked up and there was a
big wet mark on the ceiling ware it
had came throo the bath room floor
and stih was, and he gave me kracks
some place with his hand and would
ent leeVe me-go out after suppir
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Replying to an inquiry regarding
the reasons for opposition TO the
League of Nations, Investment News
says: Human motives are hard to
penetrate. With some men ambition
appears to be boundless, regardless of
personal and intellectual equipment.
With others, the feeding at the public
trough is a great allurement and par
tixan efforts lead to the rough
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

ed down the valley. There was a fire
in his eyes she could not meet.
ION clear days you can see way
down to the little hill this side OF
Kingsley"
Isn't that nice" laughed Dick. He
reached over her shoulders, and tcck
her hands in his, drawing them back
to his lips. Maybe we'll build our
shack right here, Audrey. You can't
send me away when / wsnt to stay
I've fought all I want to. Now I want
home and you
Copyright, 1910. by the Mcclure News
pepper, Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09
Senator curtIs has offered

Senator Curtis has offered a reso-
luton calling for an investigation of
race riots Since riots recently have
been. more frequent, more disastrous
and bigger in the north than else
where, the south may be expected to
offer no objections. Ordinarily SEN
ator Curtls's proposal would be con-
sidered personal aftront by every
citizen of Dixie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09
REAL VICTORY.

REAL VICTORY.
He shas not filled who keeps his record
true.
Tho greater skill does more than he can
do;
He has not failed who fights in honor's
way.
Tho greater strength defeats him in the
fray;
If victory were all life asks. then joy
Would crown the man who beats a little
boy
When strong men crush the weak, 1t is not
fame
They conquer, but they do it to their
shame;
Who fights a good fight for the truth he
knows.
And dares to brave and fall before fate's
blows,
Goes down a Drawer bigger man than he
Who never risks defeat for victory.
He has not failed whose soul has rentured
much.
Attic his hands the prize may never touch
High hopes are worthy, and tho men con-
denim,
Great are the lives of those who die for
them.
Better 1t is to fight for truth and fall
Than. fearing failure. never fight at all.
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Financial experts have predicted
that every issue OF liberty bonds will
be selling at par within two or three
years and that some of them will sell
at ITO or more within ten years. This
may seem long time to wait, but all
good rate of interest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Opponents Of the League of Nations
appear to have reached the proverbiaI
last ditch" First they were opposed
to any ENHANCEMENT with European
affairs; then they were willing to ae-
cept an amended covenant; now all
they ask Is few unimportant reser-
Vations, anything. in fact, to save their
faces
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

The mayor of Spokane declares that
ne is not in accord with Senator Hi
ram JohHsen's views on the peace
treaty. There are several million
American voters who are in accord
with the mayer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

President Wilson has spiked anoth-
err enemy gun by causing to be pub
lished a list OF the presents he and
Mrs. Wilson received while in Europe.
The list is made up of about as inof-
fcns;ve and worthless junk as could
be imagined. Perhaps he now will be
called upon to show his receipt from
the collector of revenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Miss Helen Taft. daughter of for
mer President Taft, who is herself q
professor in women's college. is re-
ported to be endeavoring to inaugu-
rate a strike by university and college
professors for an increase in salaries.
Probably she would have no difficulty
in obtaining all the "pickets" needed
from the ranks of the students.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Baking Helps

Shortcake-One cup fleur. two tea.
spoons baking powder. two table,
spoons sportening. ene-fourth cup
liquid.
Pastry-One Gun flour, one4efght
teaspoon baking powder; two table
spoons shortening, one-fourth cup
liquid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09
DINNER STORIES

"Ah. Sister Smallways," began the
Rev. o. Goode Evans, who was max
ing a pastoral visit, when spring
comes, den't>y6u know. 1 fancy we all
hear the call>of the wild, an
Thunder and guns!" howled an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

agoniZed voice from three rooms be-
yond. Great Godfreys cordial!
Ethel, come quick"
Mercy What was that?" asked the
clergyman.
1.-The call of the Wild replied the
housewife. My husband is taking
down a stove"
ting things?"
Yes, especially golf balls"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Mexico is reported to be engaged in
an effort to buy arms abroad. 1t may
be that she is preparing to fire that
beIated salute to the American flag.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

We are also one of those willing TO
leave it to General Pershing as to
whether he marries again. But the
problem is not so absurdly simple as
it seems. A first marriage is a mere
exercise in congeniality. But man
who marries second time must have
the consent of his relatives, his chill
dren and the people OF his community.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

It is true that in rewriting the par
agra phi for his constituency the Top
les editor deftly removed the point,
but we are rot captious as to the man
ner in which fame is thrust upon us.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Earlier readers of the column will
recall our chief ambition. 1t was that
1--WE might be mentioned in Topics of
the Day." as compiled for vaudeville
audiences by the esteemed Literary
Digest. note from the editer of the
Digest advises that we have made
the boat" From our present emf
nence Parnassus seems foothiil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Clearly. too, the Omaha mob estab-
lished a bad precedent While it may
be all right to batter in the doors OF
a JAIL setting the building on fire must
be characterized as the work of ex-
tremistS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Conservative opinion is that the
Omaha mob went too far. The feelins
in the average community is that
while it is all right to hang the mayor
the thing should be accomplished by
due process Of law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Ludenderff makes progress He
admits his suspicious that there were
American soldiers in France had. by
September 2s, developed into a GER
tainty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Eph Wiiey's notion of a strong man
Is one who can appear in a group pic
ture with the president of the United
States and afterward Withstand the
temptation to have the picture framed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09

Andrew Jackson was distin-
euished citizen who rendered his eoun-
try able service. But. having observed
MANY readers of the American in pure
suit of their favorite intellectual di-
version. we can't help thinking the
paper expects too much of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
tFrom philadelphia Public Ledser)

The more or less esteemed New
York American sounds, what seems to
us to be, futility in propaganda. The
American is attempting TO hurgeon
its position on the League of Nations
by quotations from Andrew Jackson.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-20
NeW Majestic

Geraldine Barker was engaged 10
Reginald Croker, a young society man.
She had become engaged 10 him simply
because he was much sought AFTER oy
the other society girls and was con
sidered a LUCKY catch. She nnds a
grey veil in his pocket, which she knew
didn't belong to her and must there
fore belong 20 oTne other woman. A
little sleuthing on her part proves that
the woman in question Is Mile, Hor-
tense. who conducts n beauty estao-
llshment.
Now there steps into the limelight,
Richard Amnesty. n young man from
Texas who Is a friend OF her brother
Dick Amnesty makes 1t clear thai ne
would hate a woman who would lie
or steal, ever though II be petty THEFT,
and that no feminine charmer could
cause him to elope. All this was said be-
fore ne had seen Geraldine. But Geral-
dimes sister did not Ike the attitude no
took concerning the feminine sex n
decided to teach him n lesson. Geral-
dimes sisters method or teaching peo-
pie a lesson was to let Geraldine do the
teaching, as that was her hobby
Geraldine prepared a carefully
mapped out plan and II was not long
before she had the man from Texas
bowling 10 her will to such an extent
that he aided her to get away with a
supposed theft, lied for her, and then
proposed an elopement waen she made
il plain that her father wouldn't con-
slider her marriage to him because he
thought him a thief.
Geraldine succeeded In teaching Dick
his lessen but In the meanwhile she
was learning ono herself. This IS the
story OF Constance Talmadge's latest
picture. which is shown at New Ma
iestic No. | today and wednesday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-20
OrpheUm

"oh, What a Night" is the title Of
q musical comedy Of the tabloid type,
which was used to usher In the Vaude-
Vile bill for the first portion OF the
week at the Qrpheum. From a SLOW
start the comedy wakes more interest
ing and toward the end. when the cur
tain Is dropping, things were just be-
ginning TO become highly delectable.
The production is staged in two
scenes, the first being the campus Of
a girls seminary and nearby, OF course,
rs the boys college. Several songs are
interpolated during the piece and the
comedy Is brought into action through
a secretive love affair between the ma
tron Of the school and one OF the pro-
fessors Of the boys college. A bevy of
color and action to the production.
Lal Mon Kin, billed as the Chinese
tenor, appears before his audiences in
two very effective native costumes
and sings, first an opera selection, then
a popular melody and then translates
can not lay claim 10 being within hail
ing distance Of any Of the American or
Italian tenors, no nevertheless Is a
pleasing vaudeville attraction.
Holiday and Willettee, with a very
pretty setting and with a gown In the
latter part OF their act, which Is worthy
Of better things, are just beginning to
warm up when the act ends. Both
these persons have possibilities II they
had better material.
Tom Davies and company in an aero
baltic novelty comprised principally Of
daring balancing, complete the pro-
gram.
June Elvidge is tho film star I'm
THE Social Pirate" The drama re-
wolves about a young girl who comes
to this county and at once ID involved
In intrigue which keeps her busy during
the five reels.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-20
Cupid Is As Busy
AS Is Mars Among
YGnk Boys In France

PARIS, May 20. Correspondence Of
the Associated Press, THAT Cupid was
nearly as busy as Mars with members
OF the American Expeditionary Force
and that romance bloomed in France
In spite OF wars alarms is shown by
the fact that more than six thousand
French women have been wooed and
won by American soldiers within one
year. The majority Of the French girls
who have become Americans through
marrying men and officers of the Amer
lean Expeditionary Force are stenog-
raphers, s~alesgirls or teachers, with a
sprinkliEg Of peasant girls and those
of the middle class or, b~ourgeoisie.
The are in most cases very
similar. A soldier would. be billeted
with a French family of which would
be a girl Of manageable age. Together
troy would gdelve into the intricacies
Of the French language, sign language
being promptly superseded by a COM
bination OF Anglo French gibberish.
The clean cut, healthy physique Of
the Americans, their ~politeness and
generosity would appeal to the heart
If the French girl who saw in the
American the realization of her dveamS.
AS a rnle. the Americans also made
no secret Of the particularly sympathetic
feeling they had for the French girls
and so as u natural sequence, marriages
resulted.
Many such pairs now are puzzled
whether the wife should accompany
her husband to America or the hus-
band, should make his home in France
1t Is expected that fully so per cent
of the benedicts will adopt France for
their future home.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-20
Arenic Jubilee

OF there win be surprising
and seemingly impossible feats per-
formed by numerous arenlc stars, but
1t may be well to direct attention to
one group Of superior excellence, nota-
bly, tho Fred zobedis troupe, which is
to startle spectators at the great arenic
jubilee Of the Centennial celebration.
II Is an Incompatible company Of
American gymnasts, performing anaz-
Ing feats with the utmost ease and
abandon to which written descriptions
can hardly do Justice.
These include ~equilbrtstic feats In
head to head. hand TO hand. head
stands on balanced pole, up and down
the stairs Of their own specially con-
structed, original apparatus.
This display is Of the type TO cause
gasps of amazement by the rare skill
and Artistry manifested, and is only
one OF so very many great acts, no one
can afford to miss.