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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
Many Doing Odd Jobs Around
Their Homes.
SOME SPEND TIME FISHING
Others Go to Country To See
Cows and Chickens.
Women Folk Also Get Rest
When Men Are Idle.

There is at least one way the cereal
workers strike benefited the strikers
it gave them an opportunity to do
some needed work around their
some of them to get acquainted with
new types of fish and renew friend
ship with the old ones. Not more than
four or five of the 900 cereal workers
have engaged in other employment
during the duration of the strike.
If one were to visit the homes of
some of these men one would notice
a decided improvement in the appear
ance of the yard; perhaps a new coat
Of paint on the house or outbuildings;
trees trimmed and walks and fences
repaired. In some instances. WHEY
took advantage of hu5by's leisure time
to cook his own meals and went TO
visit mother or friends.
Some Went 10 Country.
Some of the men have gone to the
country and satisfied their affection
for the cows and chickens, the horses
and hogs, Some have gotten out the
old fishing tackle and while away
sunny hours on the bank of some
stream where lazy catfish and nimble
carp disport themselves. And others
have taken ADVANTAGE of the week of
idleness 10 overhaul the old motor car.
paint the body. dress the top and
clean the engine.
Some OF the strikers, who hold
some official position in the union.
may be found spending their time at
Labor hall looking after the interest
Of their fellow members and exerting
themselves toward bringing the situa-
ton to an early and successful con-
clusion.
None of them seem to worry They
are confident of success.
Get Along Some Way.
I've got some chickens" said one
of the millers. IF worst come to
worst ! can sell them, have some
hogs. If We have to stay out very
long can sell them. 1 guess I'll get
along some way"
MY landlord was around yester-
day" said another. when I told him
how it was, he said not to worry;
that he wouldn't be back again until
the first of the month
So while the mill owners and the
few remaining employees toiled to keep
UP the -four supply, the strikers turned
their attention to other things that
had long been neglected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09

for a long time, but ehust den forgot
to worry apoudt dem, for judgment
day und oder things ge-busted loose
all adj vunce. Der back yard off dot
aeroplane ehumped oop in der air, der
front off der machine turned straight
down toward Knansas, und We started
to drop, Ven ! say started to drop,
Heine, I am speaking, too. We vos
only going apoudt ten thousand miles
a minute toward der ground, und dot
didn't seem fast enough, so der earth
started oop to meet us, und in chust
apoudt less time dan nothing We hit
der groundt nit a bump. und den fol-
lowed some more bumps, und blamed
iff We didn't stop adj der same blaze
where We commenced, und We vos
safed.
Morthland started to walk offer
half you been Waiting here all week
for u.s." Und he saidt, ''Vot do you
mean by all veek?" Und I saidt 81
mean efer since We vent oop puy der
sky in" IND he saidt Week moth
ing, you haff only been gone thirty
week, for vos dere meinseiluf. Und
den ehust to gedt efen. Morthland
saidt II see you took along a camera.
Did you gedt some fine pictures ,"
Puy golly, Henie. 1 hadt intended to
take some pictures, but forgot apoudt
idt und godt so o2cited dot l squeezed
der camera so hard vile holding on to
keep from falling ouidt dot der films
had all oozed ouidt.
Veil, Heine, idt vos a greadt ride
after idt vos all offer, und am pleased
to state dot mitouidt doubt I am still
alife.
Hoping you are der same,
Your fader.
LOUIE SCHNITZ.
P. S. Say. Heine, If you efer adj
skollege study scientifics, don't waste
time trying to find a anti-toxin for der
aeroplane disease, for can assure
you dot idt wont become a habit nit
me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09

nit your eyes shut tight?" Well,
swallowed mein stomach, took a big
breath, und opened mein eyes, und
Heine, now ] know vot ISIS der reason
for tying dot business on der head.
took Vun look ofer der side, und II
dot blamed thing hadn't been tied on
good ind tight mein heart vouldt haff
ge-knoeked 1t clear oop through der
top off der aeroplane und spoiled der
ride.
HeIne, We vos adt least a thousand
miles COP In der sky, und der first
blamed thing vot l saw ven 1 looked
down vos der dog-gohed cemetery. I
yelled adj Buff, ''Iff idt ISIS all der
same vouldt you please change der
direction. don't like der suggestion"
PefoFe We left der ground dot aero
plano looked like a goot substantial
proposition, but looking adj idt again
vile oop in der air, Heine, idt looked
to me like chust two broem-stick nit
a handkerchief tied on between.
For sentimental reasons vieh won't
joke apeudt, white carnations iss
mein favorite flower, und 1 wondered
adj der time iff dot would be remem-
bered. Veil. Heine. chust den Buff
got to monkeying NIT someding. und
dot machine shooted oop in der air
like idt had sat down on a pin, und
den der blamed thing turned offer on
idt side. und I thought idt Ladt died,
und chust for goot measure idt turned
der oder way chust to show dot it
couldt do idt from both directions. I
asked Buff vot vos der matter nit
und he saidt "Oh. dot ISIS nothing, dot
ISIS only der barrel ROLL wait a vile
und do der tail spin for you" I
saidt. "Go ahead. you cant do some
ding worse except to pull der bottom
ouidt off der machine und let me
drop"
Veil. puy dot time ! vos getting
somevot used to der location, und be-
gan to look around some more, und
Heine, will haff to admit dot der
scenery ven viewed from dot altitude
vos someding wonderful, Right pelow
US vos der city, chust like a big gar
den nit all der beautiful shade-trees.
und stretching away farther dan both
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09

Und chust den, Heine, I saw some
ding vich almost made me fall ouidt
off der aeroplane Tiff hadn't been
tied on der inside. Looking down
saw Knansas avenue, und yelled adj
Lieutenant Buff und saidt, Look
quick vunce- Puy golly, der street
railway company hass remofed der
cobblestones from between der track
on Knansas avenue. Look how smooth
und pleasant ISIS idt." But Buff only
laughed some more, und carefully dia-
grained to me dot idt vas only der
distance vot vos loaning enchantment,
und saidt dot der same old cobble-
stones Vos still gracefully reposing in
der middle off our main business
street. Heine, dose cobblesto9es haff
worried me under der oder skinitizens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
HAVE Good Time GIRLS AND AUTOS
Striking Mill Workers Do Not Combination Causes Trouble 10
Seem To Worry. Juvenile Court
Many Doing Odd Jobs Around Late Hours With Boys Real
Their Homes. Social Problem.
some SPEND time FISHING MOTHER CAN'T WATCH NOW
Others Go to Country To See In the "Od Days. She Could
Cows and Chickens. Keep Eye Porch.
Women Folk Also Get Rest Punctures Always Provide Ex
When Men Are Idle for Late Hours.
Combination Causes Trouble TO
Juvenile Court.
Late Hours With Boys a Real
Social Problem.
MOTHER CAN'T WATCH NOW
In the "Old Days. She Could
Keep Eye on Porch.
Puhctures Always Provide Ex-
cuse for Late Hours.

1t used to be the dance hall and
the wine room that gave papa and
mamma cold ohills when they thought
about their young girls and their Boys.
Today, It is the automobile. Te-
morrow, maybe. 1t will be the air.
plane.
Welfare workers in Topeka are
unanimous in looking upon the auto
mobile as the most dangerous present
day factor in wreoking the lives Of
their young girls, and it may cast
shadow on the boys.
It's the poor girl and the rich boy
who run the risk arising thru the ex-
tensive use of the automobile. The
poor boy doesn't get an opportunity to
ride in many machines. The rich girl
usually rides with pa and ma, when
her brothers don't use the car.
No Watchful Eye.
The poor girl gets the rides. The
after the girl steps into the machine
she can be miles away from the
watchful eye of the home folks. =
Under the odd system the front
porch or the hammock were at hand
and mother could keen a weather
eye on things. II 1t were too late, she
could call daughter. Now, mother has
10 walt until the daughter puts in an
appearance. There may be a tire
punctured. or a dozen other accidents,
that will keep the daughter out until
or o'clock in the morning.
Girls eovet automobile riding as
much, If not more. than they do pref
ty clothes these days. As result, the
Juvenile court in Topeka has done
land office business because mothers
of girls are losing control over them.
Goes To Courts.
In July more girls were detained
at the detention home than in any
month in the last three yenrs. Twen-
ty-one girls were sent there during
the month. Miss Eva Corning, proba-
ton officer. has suggested erecting a
girls boarding school in which auto
mobile rides with the boys won't be a
feature.
Curbing the evil Is a problem. One
solution suggested by county officials
is TO force youths under is years OF
age to do nothing but ride in cars. In
other words. TO put prohibitive age
on driving cars, the same as on smok-
ing and chewing tobacco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09

and In many places was almost com
pIeteiy washed out.
But after these adventures the
Crawfords finally arrived at Aiexan-
dria, where they rented a cabin and
spent some time fishing. Roy CFAw-
ford had come luck, too, and knowing
the propensity of his townfolk to
doubt any story concerning a catch
of fish took the precaution to photo
graph his string. Fourteen mansize
fish are shown in the photo including
three pike, two black bass and some
real sun fish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
The ColOrcd Cook Was Awake; 1t Was
She Who Saw the Ford Travelling
Along the Road.

cots-au except the colored cook. She
alone was awake and it was she who
noticed a Ford travelling along the
road And in about fifteen minutes
the same Ford came creeping back
with all lights out.
place the Crawford camp was pitched
the Ford stopped and two men
crawled out. But by this time the
cook had Weakened Mrs. Crawford and
she in turn had wakened Mr.. Craw-
ford, Crawford got up and standing
inside his tent was invisible to the
men.
Showed INDIGESTION.
The men walked slowly toward the
tent conversing in low tones. They
hack cked to their car and again
che Of them approached. Crawford
stepped cut into the moonlight and
demanded to Know, What are you
doing here and what do you want?"
where is the nearest town and do
YOU know anything about Ford lights
the man answered.
Crawford informed the intruder
that he did not know anything about
the country nor did lie have any
knowledge Of the workings OF a Ford
lighting system. Then the man de-
manded that Crawford Come here a
minute"
Like the Chevnlier.
The Topeka theater man went. too,
much as Payard might have done In
DAYS OF old.
But as Mr. Crawford went cut to meet
the stranger, Mrs. Crawford crawled
into the Crawford Cadillac in search
OF the sons cap pistol. 1t was her
idea that maybe she could scare the
strangers with the toy But when
she entered the car the door catch on
the big Cadillac clicked and sounded
like nothing much so much as an au-
tomato revolver when one pulls back
the breech to force a cartridge into
the firing chamber. Mrs. Crawford
was unsuccessful in finding the cap
pistol, but she did find a google case
which she pointed at the stranger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
FOILS A ROBBER!
Mrs. Roy Crawford Scares Ban
dit With Spectacle Case.
Incident Occurred on Motor
Trip Thru Minnesota.
COOK WAS FIRST TO SUSPECT
Presence of Mind All That Pre-.
vented Robbery of TOpekans.
Crawford Caught Real String of
Fish and Has Proof.

1t remained for two Topekans to
discover that the case which holds
pair of motor goggles has some uses
other than merely to shield the
glasses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Crawford, their
son and colored cook were on
motor trip in Minnesota. One night
camp was pitched about five miles
from the town of Lamberton, in the
yard Of country school house. The
tourists were comfortably sleeping in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09
TOO LATE"
BY NELS YINGLE.


l dreamed that l went
To the rim edge of hell,
Just to visit and chat
With the devil a spell.
He was wiping the sweat
From the horn on his brow,
When l ventured to ask,
"How's business just now?"
'The biggest" he grinned,
1--WE had here in years,
I'm expecting lot
Of the food profiteers,
I'm to serve them in courses;
For every increase
In the prices of food,
They will sizzle in grease.
The food they will eat,
Will be every carload
They let rot in the field,
Or let spoil on the road.
The folks who viii haunt them,
Are those who have tried
To make a fair living,
Which they have denied"
/ walked with bang"
And I'm wondering how
Their sizzling hereafter,
Is helping me now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-09

In the Moonlight the Case Looked
Much Like an Automatic Gun, and
Almost Forthwith the Ford Was
Reloaded and Started Away.
In the moonlight the case looked
much like an automatic gun and al
most forthwith the Ford was reloaded
and started away.
The CrawfGrds are convinced that
the men in the Ford were preparing
to hold up and rob the campers and
that Il was only the presence of mind
of Mrs. Crawford which served to
preserve the Crawford valuabies in
tact.
He Really Caught EN-.
After this episode the Topeka tour
lists broke camp and Travelled for the
rest OF the evening over roads which
in the day time they would not have
even thought of attempting. The
road tilted from one side to the other
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-23

fellows. then, all things being equal.
he will doubtless receive the trade.
but the main idea is of service.
through which men may be lifted to
a higher plane. above tho sordid Ques-
tion Of dollars and cents and with an
appreciation OF how much service
may be rendered to the individual, to
the family, the community and the
state.
The Kiwanis Climb is not by any
means political, Vet ii should assist
in placing the wisest and best legis-
lators at the helm to guide the ship
of state.
The club Is not a religious organi-
cation nor is it attached to any par
ticular set or creed but it stands for
the highest individual national and
international morality, for was it not
the violation of this concept that
plunged the world into the horrors
of the past four years?
Nor is Kiwanis wholly social or
ganization, but it is vitality interested
in the various questions of the day
and realizes that by educating its
members in the different phases and
aspects of such questions, sane. prae-
teal conclusions may be arrived at.
and proper influence brought to bear
upon our problems AS they present
themselves,
The committees will be carefully
checked and manned and the work
classified, to the end that each prob
lem in its own department. may be-
| carefully weighed and studied and
| the result Of the consideration by each
committee summarized and placed
before the home Office and convention
! in due course.
II will also be the purpose to have
one trustee in each committed tc
ensure continuity and contact with
the executive.
Much inspiring thought and many
splendid suggestions were obtained
! both at the annual convention
/ birmingham and at the subsequent
executive meeting. These and other
matters requiring cooperative effort
are being classified and will be dealt
with in proper sequence through the
medium of the Torch AS the editor
of that magazine will now be able to
give his entire time to it's progress
this medium will be developed along
educational lines. IT is also the in
tention to issue Kiwanis educational
literature to the new member and in
troduce a proper follow-up plan SC
that the cardinal principles may be
thoroughly understood and an active
membership encouraged and secured
The club should also be prepared
TO consider cooperation with author.
tiles or organizations empowered tc
deal with reconstruction problems. sc
that the benefit and position of the
club may be felt in each community
AS many OF those comprising the
mem bership of various kiwanis clubs
I are employers of labor. the subject
o. the adjustment of labor condition.
and the stem ming Of the tide Of socia
unrest which has now become a worlc
problem. will be of vital interest tc
this organization. Part of this un.
rest is due to the dislocation OF in
dustry and commerce. caused by the
economic upheavels OF the war. ant
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-23
'R00stvElT'S FIRST
CANVASS FOR VOTES

After hU nomination Theodore
Roosevelt. Hess. Billiard. and I went
out on . personal canvass. II wa
the custom in those days to visit the
sin-mills. the stores. ana places OF
business. The irst place We hap
pened to go into was the lager beer
saloon on sixth avenue near Fifty
nth street. kept by a German named
Fischer. Hess introduced Mr.. Roose-
welt to the proprietor as the candi-
date for assembly. Mr.. Fischer says
to him: Well. Mr.. Roosevelt. the
liquor interest has not been getting a
square deal. We are paying excessive
taxes. have no doubt that you
will try to give us some relief when
you get up to the legislature" Gone
OF the grievances Of Mr.. Fischer was
that the license was too high. Mr.
Roosevelt asked him: Mr. Fischer.
what is the license now" Mr.. Fischer
named the ngure-what he had to
pay--and Mr.. Roosevelt says. well.
that's not right. I don't think you
pay enough. I thought It would be
at least twice as much" After that
We hustled him out and told him
that he had better see to the college
boys and his friends on Fifth avenue.
the society folks; that Hess. Billiard.
and would do the other end.-The
Worlds Work for July.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-23
CHARACTERISTICS Of tho Japapcsc

There are those who do not like
The Japanses, hut few Il them have
ever lived In Japan Few civiliza-
lions have equalled Japan in unity,
the sense OF race loyalty and race
pride. the willingness TO sacrifice for
good citizenship. or the skill in Great
ing dem ocracv without displacing
an imperial ruler who Is in truth
not ruler hut symbol or Japa-
nese unity of blood and purpose Few
civilizations have equal honor and ac-
cumulated tradition. Few have made
art and high thinking so thoroughly
permeate all life--highs and low. Few
have made 40 late an entry into com
mercial and industrial life, and there
fore few have had Japans embarrass-
ment in learning the ethics and morals
of commerce. Few underneath their
skins are quite as timid and self
conscious as the Japanese Richard
Washburn Child in the Worlds Work
for July
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-23
AND THE REASON
FOR HER WANTS

Poland's past has been q check cred
one. The Polish race centers in the
inland plains which are drained by
ths river Vistula- This Vistula plain
country is only an undifferentiated
pert OF the vaster plain which
stretches westward through Germany
almost 10 the Rhine and eastward
through Russia to the Ural noun
tains. Thus possessing no natural
frontiers, the Polish race has for ages
been fiuctuating over these plains, ex-
banding in times of strength and con-
tracing in days of weakness Dur
ing the early Middle Ages Polish ex-
pansion was westward, the Poles then
occupying most OF eastern Germany.
That early Polish kingdom collapsed.
Then new Polish aingdom arose and
expanded toward the east BY
oynastic marriage the royal houses
OF Poland and Lithuania effected
union Of Poland and Iithuania, and
since Poland was the stronger and
more populous of the two. Lithuania
sank TO the position OF an integral
part OF Poland albeit the Lithuanians
always regarded this az Polish usur-
patton. For several centuries Poland
was a powerful state then II fell
into anarchy and was finally parti-
'ioned by Russia, Prussia and Austria
at the close OF the Eighteenth CEN
fury, The Poles. however. never for
got their glorious past, and they now
desire the restoration OF Medieval
Poland in all its power. In fact. the
most imperiaiistically- mined Poles
desire the recovery Of all the regions
which Poland has ever possessed at
any time in her history, regardless of
the present composition OF their In
ma ottants.--Lothrop Stoddard In the
Worlds Work for July.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-23
m YOU D0I'T, REMAND
| If YOU Do, 4 PENALTY

We had two young fellows who stood
1t tho foot Of the elevator and re-
moved the cartons of candy from the
elevator ~ they came down from the
factory. writes the president Of candy
manufacturing business. In System the
Magasine of Business These boys
every now and then tore open the
corner Of one OF the ave pound cartons
and took out two or three chocolates
When the cartons got on to the check
ers they had to be rejected and sent
back to the factory for repacking. The
cost OF breaking open the cartons ~
the elevator was several times the cost
OF tbs candy eaten.
The practice was due partly to the
fact that the company had had no
open policy with the people about eat.
ing candy. partly to the fact that the
young men hadn't realized the trouble
they were causing. and partly. perhaps.
TO an ordinary mischievous streak. The
boys had been warned. but evidently
they had taken the warning as Joke.
When first heard about the trouble,
asked the checkers to keep track Of
tho number OF boxes opened. In two
months the cost OF the repaclrdng RAP
up to $40. Then went 60 the boyA
and took them into the retail store
which we operate in connection with
the factory I told the woman In
NHAL NuGSd DCyU W0IO coming IN
whenever they wanted any candy and
wanted her give them whatever they
asked for-not quantities. Of couroa. 70
be taken out Of the factory, but -
much as they liked Of any kind - -
eaten At their work. what they took
was to be charged against the facteey.
/ explained to the boys that waAtsA
them to use the privilege freely. The
people upstairs had candy to eat, said,
and i wanted them to have Il, too.
Then, when We were By oursafve1
again, 7 said:
Ono more thing, In the last two
months 1t has cost the company $40 70
fix UP the boxes you boys have broken
open. We are not going to have any
more Of that, are we?''
Noe aff.@ they both said.
"All right Then we'll forget aAou4
the $40. But II another boz II broken
open, another single boz. you pay the
$40 or 20 to JAIL
It's often 4 good thing to put tesfA h
a second caution
No more boxes have bean broken
open.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-23
JAPAN AND SHANTUNG.

The point Of all this Shantung >'on-
troversy Is that the truth Is not in ac-
cord with popular ideas banded
around the United States that Japan
will not let go OF Shantung," or that
Japan has again seized a handful of
China These ideas are nonsense.
They are unfortunate nonsense be-
cause such ideas tend to cloud our
understanding of the one stable nation
which by virtue of her situation, in
the mirst OF zone nearly three thou
sand miles in radius OF dependency
or anarchy or weakness or revolution
or chaos must have predominant
effect upon millions OF peoples. and
must be made to see her human obli-
CATION and the responsibilities Of
being a leader Observation-Disclosures
Washburn Child in the Worlds Work
for July.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-23
Mas. Meeting in East
End

The Renters and Consumers Pro-
tective Association will hold a mass
meeting in Belieview Junior High
School, cath and Grace streets. Thurs
day. July cath. 1919, at $3.50 p. NJ.
for the purpose of famiisarizing the
public with the objects and purposes
OF the organization in the east end.
Come out and add TO the already
large and daily increasing member
ship Of the association and help break
the Coal Combine and Reduce The
High Cost of Living.