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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

e. Can you provide me. with good
recipe for making tomato jelly f--R. o. S.
ter them and place in a preserving pan
over q bright fire until the Juice runs free
~ then strain and measure and for each
Put the juice into clean preserving pan
and boil for 30 minutes then add the
sugar. which should be heated and boil for
~ minutes. Pour into glasses and seal.
9. Can you tell me how to take the
wrinkles out Of sheepskin diploma -
A. A wrinkled sheepskin may be
smoothed by being dampened and re.
stretched. This is delicate operation and
dealer in picture frames, who viii have lie
O. Can persons moving to Canada take
fruits, without paying duty "a II. L.
a such personal belongings may be
taken take into Canada free If the owner states
~ Can you give me some facts about
A Mr.. Field was born in st. Louis in
1850. He married Miss Julia Comstock.
At the time Of his death. in 1895. he was
a member of the editorial staff Of the
o. VIII you please describe the Paul
A In the Paul Jones, the dancers start
whistle is blown and the partners sen,
arate to form one large circle. Still keep
Ing the circle, they walk to the right, about
blown again. Changing hands first to the
right. and then to the left the men keepine
to the right, and the girls to the left they
continue in the circle. The whistle Is
blown again and the man takes the girl
be Is facing (which will be the one who
holds bis right hand for his partner. The
steps are then repeated In this way thru
out the dance, The Paul Jones is a good
dance with which to get the members Of
strange company acquainted quickly.
Y Can citizen of Austria enter the
United States at this time &C. p.
A Austrians are not permitted to enter
the United States. since this country rs
technically at war with the central powers
until peace has been ratified BY congress.
. Q. What are the dimensions Of the U.
: s. LeEiathan, formerly the German
ship "Yaterland" Pc. +. Il.
A. This ship Is e07 feet, 6 inches long.
Its displacement is 5000 tons. and its ca
day Of the week Pr. f.
A Sunday Is observed as the first day
OF the week by all Christians in COM
memoration Of the Resurrection of Christ.
The custom was first introduced By the
early Christian church.
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full name and address and enclose two cent
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17
Observation-Disclosures

If you want to get happy, see what
you can do 10 make the one nearest
to you happy. If you want to learn,
look into the things about you and see
what you can find. There is always
knowledge around. Ideas are always
asleep-until awakened by a lively
mind. And there are dozens of ideas
right where you are. Show them
the day.
Right where you are, is a human
being of fathomless worth, awaiting
development.
Until your own life is supreme and
perfect, there is a work to be per-
formed that will demand your deepest
thought and effort. Until your city is
the best in the land, there will be
things to do at home.
And always remember that better
individual lives and cities make better
everythinss.
1t isn't where you live or work-it's
what you DO that counts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17
ROSE TELLS SANDRA ALL THE
HOME GOSSIP.
CHAPTER XLV.

SAA<AA A1AS ~AEfs
Mrs. Gray met US at the door and
welcomed US so nicely I felt that
Rose must surely be jealous of NV
menage, even If L had not pleased her
in my choice of a husband.
isn't she a dear! Who is she ?"
Rose asked when We were alone.
MY housekeeper."
shes awfully rehned-looking to ns
a housekeeper."
she woulI not be here. Mr.. Graham,
Everett, is very particular"
Just then Hetty came in to helo
Rose unpack, so we said nothing more.
But 1 could see that 1 had already
made an impression upon Rose. But
forgot all such foolishness after
luncheon when she told me all about
home and home folks. OF father,
mother and the boys first: then of all
the town boys and girls, especially
those I used to run around with.
I laughed until 1 cried over pranks
of Buster and Toodles. They had not
grown less mischievous, it seemed
since left home. She told me mother
missed me dreadfully. and that she
and the other girls often went and
sat with her a while to talk about me.
Jack Densmore had married Cor
nelia Willets. And Bob Cushing was
rushing May Ogden. OF course there
might be nothing serious, but May
was terribly sentimental, and BOZ
was awfully good-looking, tho he
didn't have a penny-was just a clerk
in a store.
Her mother tries to keep her from
going with Bob, but May manages to
see a lot of him." Rose said, and
think May is right. At least I have
always thought as she does. What is
money or position compared to love %
You've read that somewhere. Rose
Grandon! I know you have. It sounds
exactly as IL you were reading from q
novel," / replied.
Mo- don't remember reading It
might change my mind a little If J
could have such a home as-well, al
this" Then with one of her quick
changes:
Has that Mr.. Edmonds an,
money!"
Il don't know guess o. He
goes in our set-goes to all the ex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

This AFTERNOON vile I was coming
home from skool a thunder storm
happened, lasting for about minnits,
not being sutch a long time to rain,
but being a long time to be out in it,
witch i was. and wen 1 got home ma
made me change all my clothes, say
ing, Wy dident you go in sumware till
it stopped?
Nobody dident invite me in eny-
wares, 1 sed.
Wich nobody dident. and after sup
pir pop was up in the setting room
smoaking and thinking and 1 started
to tell him about it, saying, Gosh, pop,
you awt to of saw how it came down,
it came down in barrelfulls.
Wat nonsents. haven't I told you not
to ixaggerate everything you tell? sed
pop, don't you realize that if the rain
came down in barrelfulis for even a
few minnits the hole country would
be flooded?
And he kepp on smoaking and
thinking. and pritty soon I sed, Well.
maybe it dident come down in barrel
fulls but bet 1t came down in buck
etfulls. G. you awt to of saw it, pop.
did see it. and it most certenly did
not come down in bucketfuils. sed
And he dropped some ashes on the
floor by axsident and kicked them
GROUND with his foot on perpose. and
after a vile I sed. Well, anyways, it
certeny rained hard.
That's better. mulch better, Ill adj
nit that it rained hard. sed pop.
Yes, sir, it came down like the hole
ocean at once, you awt to Of saw it.
pop, sed.
8 watts the use? sed pop, have you
finished your homework
No. sir, I sed.
Well finish it, sed pop.
Wich I did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.

Your chance is right where you are
not mile or a year away.
And the measure of your final
achievement is going to depend upon
how you realize your ability as it is
now-and work it out to a worth
while end.
Day dreams are all right--provid-
ing they are dreamed out at night
tiTnei
Your work is right where you are.
Your greatest opportunity is at this
very moment trying to ATTRACT your
atteEtion-seeking to spur you to &C
ton.
The Job ahead always looks attrac-
tive and inviting. But the task at
hand is always the most important.
Do that-then pass on to the next.
The big things of the earth are done
by men and women right where they
arei
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

The threat of the leaders Of the
railway brotherhoOds OF revolution II
the Cummins railroad bill providing
for the abolishins Of strikes upon the
return Of the roads to the private
owners is passed will undoubtedly
alarm and arouse many, But this
threat is Insignificant compared with
the threat of the rank and file Of the
brotherhoods II the high cost of liv-
ing is not reduced and in the face OF
government admission that while
wholesale prices came down during
August prices to the consumer went
higher
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17
THE Pillow FIGHr.

THE PILLOW FIGHT.
Last night we sent 'cm up to bed.
And soon a racket overhead
Told US beyond the slightest doubt
Just what those youngsters were about I:
Above us ratified chandeliers
While shrieks Of laughter filled our cara.
A picture tumbled from itH hook
And all the parlor windows shook.
And mother said in great dismay:
60 up and stop them right awayi
told them just the other night
I'd not allow a pillow fight"
flew upstairs like one intent
On stopping children mischief bent,
And as 1 neared the battle place
pillow struck me in the face:
] made a grab for it. and 10,
Across my back ] got blow;
II seemed to me for weeks and weekn
] hadn't heard such merry shriekE
As those which followed on the thud
Which received from battling Bud
Ohio, said ], "tust wait bit.
think I'll take a hand In it,
And so. altho the place was hot.
Into the furious fray l got.
III say those little tykes were def
they struck at me from right and left
They struck at me behind, before
once had me sprawling on the floor.
ANA when they had me out Of breath.
l thought they'd laugh themselves 10 death.
And when at Inst the war was done
We all had had n lot Of fun.
Il was a corking pillow fight
4 nope we have one every night
Copyright 1919 By Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

from an animal for less money than
they pay for the live animal. The diff
ference is made up by the sale Of by
products made possible by the size and
efficiency of the industry. Little bust
ness could not have commanded the
scientific skill necessary to the discov-
cry Of these by-products, nor the or
ganization to market them success
fully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

Instead OF attempting to make big
business little. let US all pull tosethsr
to make little business big" says Sem
ator Fernaid OF Maine. The bigger
a business is the greater are the econ
omies possible, and this is reflected In
cheaper prices TO the public. It Is
said that the packers sell the meat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
So, Why Worry?
By ROY K MoULroN

So, Why Worry?
If you let your wife waste your
money. you are q fool.
If you refuse to let your wife waste
your money, you are a brute.
If you are affectionate to your wife
in public, you are mean.
If you lose lot Of money. you are
idiotic.
If you make a lot of money. you are
crook.
If you jazz. you are frivolous.
If you don't jazz. you are a back
number.
If you are poor. you are no good.
II you are rich. you got 1t by rob-
bling others.
If you die. you dissipate.
II you live to a good old age, you
attained 1t thru laziness.
Can't please everybody.
Relatives Do Happen in Some Families
Wanted-A resolute young woman
as partner in the home and house
keeper 10 keep the covetous cousins of
a former wife from absorbing all its
dearest privileges. notwithstanding
my presence therein. Address, etc
Adv in Morrisville (Vt.) Messenger.
Yes, we happen to be one but we
were not picked in catalogue season.
Dear Roy: Selecting a husband is
IKE choosing cantaloupe you fear to
PICK. for you may select a bad one
P. S.-Don't take this as personal &c
you happen to be a husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

The Atchison Globe takes the po-
sitlon that living costs are certain to
so higher because somebody must pay
the expenses Of all the investigations
that are In progress. Political inter-
ference with industry and the law OF
supply and demand will increase in
stead OF decrease tho cost of any COM
modify
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

Failure OF the United States to rat
ify the peace treaty as Il stands will
leave this country out on limb. The
allies will not consent 10 amendments
or reservations. II follows that we
must negotiate separate treaty with
Germany on a basis of equality and
not on. that Of a nation that we have
rrhfpped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Try These.

Try These.
In cleaning old jewelry make a
lather of warm soapsuds and add to II
half a teaspoon of sal volatile: brush
the jewelry in this afterwards polish
ing with an old silk handkerchief or
piece of wash-leather.
Polished floors should be rubbed
with a mixture of one-third raw lin
seed oil and two-thirds paraffin. Aft
erward polish with dry cloth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

II presidents were. elected by ae-
clamation Wilson would be selected
one day and before he had served a
week along would come johnson to
take his place. With a brass band
any orator can save the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

An article in the September Pear.
sons criticislng the president and his
League OF Nations carried the head
ing; THE Great 1: w. w"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

The world is in an uproar over the
Almighty Dollar, What wonderful
field II developing for the church
home missionaries!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

We hesitate TO trouble Mr.. Wilson
with impertinent inquiry at a tense
moment in his affairs. but when is
Mexico going to salute that flag?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. Washington,
ID. C.. Frederick J. IIaskin, Director Give
full name and address and enclose two cent
stamp for return postage Be brief. Ali
replies are sent direct to the inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

The reason we ask is that Mr.. Will
son once intimated 1t had to be done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

We shall await Ludendorfrs further
communications with interest His
remarks on Belgium's invasion of Ger
many and her brutal treatment of in
offensive German citizens should be
illuminating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-17

II IL isn't any of his business the
average citizen is likely TO take keen
! interest in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
GARDEN PLANS FOR THE WARM
 WEATHER

I'm about to declare an emancipa- tion proclamation" declared by friend, Mrs. Joe Hs stings, as she packed her sons lunch basket and sent him off to school. All these years I've slaved in a hot kitchen canning, picking. pre- serving, making jams. jellies, ketchups and sauces just because long line of New England grandmothers performed all these tasks. But times have changed. The majority of us no longer raise our fruits and vegetables as our grand mothers did. Aside from the few greens we raise in the back yard-I buy all materials for the endless processes which are carried on in hot kitchen in the hottest months of the year. But never again for me! Why, I attended food lecture last week and learned that the large food purveyors do all this work for us much better than we can do 1t. Their up-to-date machinery, ex- pert workmen, factories located right where the food products are raised en- able them to give us the highest quali- ty products at the least cost.
 "They gather the fruits and vege- tables when just the right degree of ripeness is reached and can them the same day.
 "All these years I've bought fruits and vegetables such as I could find in the market and canned, preserved and pickled through the hot summer just because it always had been done in our family. Sometimes the cans worked but even the best I ever made cannot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus, Miss, May 15.-(Special. J. After an unusually long session, the grand jury empaneled for the spring term of circuit court for Lowndes county, which is now In session here, adjourned today. The inquisitorial body examined 203 witnesses and returned p indictments Most of it's work was devoted to an effort to uncover alleged violations of the pro- hibition laws and the following excerpt from the report snows the conditions which the grand jurors believe to prevail here:
 We have gone deep into the whisky curse, which prevails to an alarming ex tent in our county, and having reported several bills from this investigation we cannot but reel that the fruits of our efforts will be material benefit to the county; yet we cannot believe that it will be lasting benefit until the white men, who seem to be at the bottom of the making and selling of whisky are brought to justice. "We earnestly endeavored to pull the cover from such parties; but found them
 well fortified behind the cunning, the fear and the ignorance of the poor negroes, | whom we find loyal to an extent which makes them willing to suffer the full penalty of the law rather than divulge the names Of the whites with whom they | were dealing, and for whom they sold whisky.
 we are convinced from evidence heard 1 that the city of Columbus is the prin- cipal storage place for large part oi
 the whisky distilled along the Tombigbee
 river and in the northern and eastern
 portions of the county"
 A meeting of chairman who are to l direct the coming Salvation Army home l service campaign in a district com 1 posed of 10 counties in east Missis- sippi of which Columbus is head quarters, was held yesterday after noon. having been presided over by 1 Maj. B. A. Lincoln. the district chair
 man. who resides in this city. The meeting was we'll attended and s. E. Johnston. who Is to direct the drive Tn Lowndes county. created enthusiasm by announcing that he would head the subscription list with contribution of $10O. Capt Charles Wagner. di- visiOnal director, and Lieut.. W. L. Shaddix, who is directing the caln- paign in the Jackson, Miss, district,
 were present and made forceful talks. Others who attended the meeting were
 A. B. Harrington of Starkvtlle. chair
 man for Okitbbeha county, and Lieut..
 H. A. Nichols of Aberdeen. chairman
 for Monroe county. Lieutenant Nichols
 was in France during the recent war
 and is just back from the scene of the
 great conflict
 Students of the Mississippi Industrial
 Institute and College appeared on the
 streets as sandwich Men,'' or perhaps 1t would be more correct to refer to
 them as Sandwich Women" yesterday.
 having worn on their backs large plA-
 cards directing public attention to tEc
 performance of George H. Broadhurst's
 well known comedy. Why Smith Left
 Home." which was given in the colleGe
 by mswbers of the sophomore class last night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
Events Of the Day
 At the State Capital
By WILLIAM L. GoRMLEY

Montgomery, May Special )-Immi- grafton prospects are looming up largely now, according to the state bureau of immigration and markets, and numbers of inquiries are reaching the office here from different sections of the country.
 Friday letters were received from Bat tle- Creek, Mich, Portland, Ind, and Mount Hope. Kan, all seeking informa- tion as to Alabama lands and the greatly increasing stock raising interests of the state. A prominent doctor of Battle Creek wants to invest s15,0OO to s20,0oo in farming and stock raising lands, while the other two parties also wish to make investments of large sums.
 Robert Newman, a prominent banker of Abbeville, Ala, was in the city Friday and listed with the bureau 800 tons of peanuts. The Abbeville section has al- ready disposed of several hundred tons. on which good profits were realized
 The training camp at Montgomery for soldiers appears to have been an excellent advertising medium; for, as the troops return from FHnce, those that were in camp here, more inquiries come in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17

sanitary can cannot harm food even when open. However. turning the con tents of the can into another dish and exposing it to the air oxidi1es and thereby freshens the contents.
 When meat is received, it should be immediately unwrapped, wiped dry and put in the ice box, near, but not on the ice
 Cream, butter, oleomargarine, the opened can of lard or vegetable short ening should be in the special compart- ment of the ice box. Take the same care of oleomargarine or nutmargarine that you would of butter, if you ex- pect to enjoy its flavor. Package foods should be unwrapped so that the label is easily recognized, and arranged in orderly fashion in the reserve closet. Systematic housewives do not allow the variety and number of package foods used, it is immediately replaced, wheth- CT it will be required in the menu of the following day or not While fresh food products are better bought daily, 1t is prudent to have a variety of can ned products on hand. This is not hoarding in the government sense of the word, If there is only a reasonable number of each product.
 We must wisely conserve the food value of that used in our own house. holds, to carry out the home thrift campaign that will enable us to buy Victory Bonds and War Savings Stamps. In doing this proper care of the food is as essential as proper cook ing and an equal duty of the American housewife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
Supreme Court Decisions

cult court Gin equity); reversed and re- handed
 Dock Bigham vs. state of Alabama, appeal from Tuscaloosa circuit court; affirmed; date of execution June 27. 1919.
 Eunice H. Mayfield. vs. Marie Cook, ct al, appeal from Montgomery cir cult court Gin equity); overruled.
 City of Montgomery vs Orpheum Taxi Co. appeal from Montgomery cir cult court Gin equity); overruled.
 Sacred Heart Church building com mittee ct al. vs.. H.. T. Manson, appeal from Cullman circuit court; rehearing granted. judgment of affirmance set aside, and reversed. and remanded: Sayre, Sommerville and Gardner, JJ.. dissenting.
 Mrs/S. E. Webb vs Globe Securities Co.,, appeal from Blount circuit court Gin equity); rehearing granted, decree modified and reversed and rendered
 Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Co vs. Noah White, appeal from Jefferson cir cult court (Bessemer division); over ruled, Anderson. c. J., Mcclellan and Sayre, JJ., dissenting.
 Leo Jones ct al vs. county of Jeff ferson ,et al, appeal from Jefferson circuit court (Bessemer division); over- ruled.
 J. A. Wade ct al. vs. Arthur H. Gar nett, appeal from Morgan circuit court; overruled.