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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10
RELIGION,

RELIGION.
cit seems too bad" said he to me-
THAT you and / should disagree
What difference should II ever make
Which road to heaven yon choose to takef
If you are Ill, i do not frown
Because you call In pr Brown.
Nor do you sneer when feel mean
Because ] call in DR. Green
Tho prefer an aliopath,
You do not vent on me your wrath.
I'm summertime You like the sea.
The golf links have charm for me
Whereer your days of rest you suend
still am proud to call yOu friend
Should your glory then besmirrh
tsecanse you choose n different ehurchf
0r should you Tail me frnend
because l somewhere else atfends
Do not all Christian doctrines nIan
To worship God and better man.
y do not ask that you shall eat
MY choice of fish or fowl or neaf
Eor read the books which please me most.
Nor Ike the things of which 1 boast
! do not hold your friendship less
Because you wear a different tiress
Nor do you think the less Of me
For wanting sugar In my tea
on calI me friend. and EtiII maintain
i"ur right te drink your beverage plain.
The proof OF all our varying creeas
Lies not In printed words but deeds
And Catholic. Protestant and Jex
Sha1 all be Judged by whnt they do
Men don't dictate even care
nat garp their friends may choose tn
Nor hold from merit words of praise
.ecause 1t walks in different wsye
Snould we then unto men refuse
Ine rfSht to worship as ther choosn.s.
copyright 1913 by Edgar A Guest.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

With a coal shortage threatening
every little bit of encouragement
should be welcome. The Sioux City
Tribune contributes its mite in the
following: During the war Italy be-
came so short of coal that engineers
piped up volcanic heat from hundreds
of feet below the surface of the ground
to furnish calOric energy for her de-
fense. And floors, partitions, and fur
niture were torn up. Even orange
peelings and refuse of all sorts were
used to keep motors in munition fac
tories turning. Nobody has to freeze -
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

One of the window shades in our
setting room has bin all the way up
at the top on account of not working
rite, and yestidday after suppir pop
sed, bleeve Ill fix that shade and SER
prize your mother wen she comes up
stairs, its bin worrying her for 2
weeks.
And he got the screw driver and
stood up on a chair and did things to
the window shade for about Is min
nits till it worked all rite, and pop
pulled it down ware it belonged, say
ing. cheers for mind over matter.
my. wont your mother be serprized.
And he sat down to waite for ma to
come up. wich pritty soon she did.
and she looked erround without say
ing enything and then she started to
reed the jokes in the paper with a
Expression as if she wasent, pop say
ing. Well, mother. don't you see eny-
thing strange and unusual and SER
prizing?
No. ware. sed ma.
Sumware in this room, look agen.
sed pop.
Wich ma did saying. don't see eny-
thing And she kepp on reeding the
joaks, and pop sed. Well, mother.
haven't you discovered it et?--Iook
agen-
Wat on erth are you tawking about,
Willyum. don't you see I'm looking at
these joaks? sed ma
Joaks be hanged. watts the use of
looking at joaks wen you don't Iaff at
them, you mite as well reed the fewn-
rel notices sed pop.
I'm going to reed them later. sed ma.
Yee gods. sed pop. well. l tmite as
well tell you. its the shade. and ma
sed, Wat is2 and pop sed it is. 1t is
the thing / wunted you TO find out
confound it. cant you see the shade is
fixed.
o. so it is. well its about time. I'm
sure, sed ma.
o. is it. well folio me closely, sed
pop And he got up and went and
gave the shade a fearse jerk and il
went all the way up to the top SO hard
it got out of order agen
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

While the attitude of the striking
coal miners is generally condemned, it
IS unfortunate that the operators are
believed by many to have entered the
contest with unclean hands. Large
buyers, including the managers of
public utilities that use a great deal of
coal. say that whereas a mine profit
of 10 cents a ton was formerly con-
sidered sufficient their experience
leads them to believe that since the
war many operators have been charg-
ing a dollar a ton profit and getting
away with it.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10
THE PUBLIC AWAKENING.

We are beginning to hear from the
public. Its gigantic outlines are be-
ginning to define themselves, says The
Review, the giants strength is tug
glng at it's hamperings. it gives forth
mutterings indicating that it will
shortly be broad awake.
Only now and then in the history
of the world has the usually good
natured giant cast off his chains The
rest of the time he is a good deal of a
butt, gladly suffering plausible fools
to an extent that incurs the contempt
of some high minded people who for
get to praise him for his ultimate wis
dom in refusing to be led to his own
destruction. He has been fooled so
often that he has developed a kind of
skeptical caution that makes him slow
to correct abuses, in the hope that
they will somehow correct themselves.
and equally slow to embark upon
hopeful experiment lest the last state
prove worse than the first. 1t is only
! in the long run that the public is eth
er wise or strong
1t is not an easy thing to arouse the
American public. Two or three
months ago there was favorable feel
ing towards labor-an impression that
it was not getting its proportionate te
share of profits in the great era of
money making which is going on, and
various plans of profit-shari1 were
being considered. Then came the Bos-
ton police strike. This rudely Jared
J,a x,yI4 = q
start. 1t began to be apparent that
back of the labor movement was the
red hand of anarchy and revolution.
The developments of the steel strike
and General Woods unearthing of
the Red plot back of it has thoroly
aroused the whole country. The pub
lie is alert to the danger and the
authorities ere ready to cope with it.
Labor is losing it's power as a po-
litical force, says the Bache Review,
and publi- opinion is taking its place.
Witness the treatment of labor when
the Adamson bill was put thru by the
administration. Then labor had its
guns bearing on the powers at Wash
ington and the public was T~!eep. The
public was regarded as a negligible
factor in politics and the labor vote
had the politicians by the throat.
Now the labor leaders. partly re-
cruited from the Reds and the I. W.
W.'s, have their guns out, but there is
no rush to surrender on the part of
the government. On the contrary, the
coal challenge has been met with a
flat ultimatum and counter chal-
lenge. with promise to use the full
power of government to protect the
interests of the people. The public
has come upon the scene as a great
overshadowing influence. filling the
ears of the rulers from the littIest sit
ter in the house to the highest ruler
The public has walked from its leth-
argy, and is, at the moment, a domi-
nant, irresistible power, before which
politics cringes. Congress showed no
hesitation in voting to stand behind
the president in his course toward the
coal strike.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
The New Gowns.
BY ROY K MOULToN

The New Gowns.
(Because the skirts were too short
the back too bare ard prices too high
American buyers of French fashion
are refusing to purchase, according t
a news Item.-Boston Reader.)
Say, kid, I've gotta admit
It's chic
The cutest thing I've seen
This week;
But then it's not what a
Could, without shame,
See worn
Around by his own dame
In Boston.
Kiddo. that is where my firm
Locates. In modesty
The folk
Declare we lead the race.
Even the
Piano legs you'll see
In chiffon
Dressed below the knee.
In Boston.
Kid the statue nde
Fills
with shame. Aphrodite's rude:
You amt
The same, So you can't
Understand
BY geel Our old Bostonian
Modesty
II l just took it as
You say
Across the foam to the
Y. =. A.
The DANES at home, rather
Than wear
That cute III gown, would
Throw the
Whole darn business down.
I'm not
A buyer. kiddo; no, Id get
The sack.
In Boston no nice dame
VIII show
Her whole bare back, nor would
She wear
A skirt like these She likes
skirt
To reach her knees. Our
Modesty's
So high. so pure, from blot
So FREQ
No Boston dame could e'er
Endure
It's injury. No, kid. their
Prudish
Scorn I fear. besides
These gowns
Are far too dear.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

Certainly, madam" said the cour-
teous clerk. Stiff front and cuffs?''
"Oh, no." she exclaimed in horri-
fled tones. THE doctor says he must
avoid everything with starch in it,
Alice is an S-year-old youngster
from the southern part of the state
and her uncle recently brought her to
the capital to see the monument, and
other places of interest. The morning
after his arrival he took her down to
the office of a friend and introduced
her around.
80 you came to see Indianapolis"
remarked one of the men. Il sup-
pose you're anxious to begin. Which
do you want most to see-the state
house or the monument"
Alice looked at him and then spoke
-truthfuIly. 'Oh, 1 want to see both
of them,'' she told him, but most of
all l want to go to one of those stores
where you can get an ice cream sand
wich for q nickel.'-Indianapo
News
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Men and Women and Love-.

Men and Women and Love.
But the trouble is that he doesn't
tell Maria what he thinks of her. He
doesn't enthuse over everything that
she does, nor have Mysteries of ad-
miration every time she beats the
butcher, or makes an apple pie. Nor
does he continually assure her that
his affection is still normal.
To do so would seem silly. and
work of superarrogation for the man.
Why should he be forever telling
woman that he loves her when she
can see for herself that he is giving
every minute of his life to proving it,
by. working himself to death to keep
her soft and comfortable? Why should
he be eternally proclaiming that she
is the only woman in the world to him
when he has never noticed a skirt
since hers first fitted across his path
way? Why should he be ceaselessly
singing paeans of praise over her be-
ing a good housekeeper and manager
when that's just much her duty as
1t is his duty to make the money to
support the home?
1t doesn't occur to the man to worry
over whether his middle aged wife is
falling in love with some lounge liz
zard, young. enough TO be her son, or
whether she loves him less because
he hasn't the ambrosial locks nor slim
waist of his youth. Neither does he
expect his wife to pity him because
consider him a martyr because he has
to bear the responsibilities of life.
In a word. man takes it for
granted that his wife still loves him.
and that she enjoys doing her duty in
| the family relationship as he enjoys
doing his, but a woman is constitu-
ticnally unable to take anything for
granted. She must have continually
an object lesson before her eyes. She
must have the perpetual glad hand.
| She must be forever assured of her
| husbands devotion, of his admiration.
| of his pity for her, of his sympathy
with her. OF else she considers herself
neglected, unloved and unappreciated.
| If there had been any female apos-
ties everyone of them would have been
a doubling Thomasina.
| The tragedy of the situation is that
men, knowing this weakness of their
wives, do not humor 1t, as we givs
sugar plums to bowling children to
stop their walls. 1t would mean
small effort to a husband to devise
some little treat for his wife to show
| her that he still had her pleasure as
much at heart as he did in the days
of courtship. 1t would take but a
breath to pay his wife compliment
about her looks, or the dish she has
spent hours in concocting for his delec-
| tation. and it would turn her gray
| days to gold. and save him money and
scenes besides.
| The one and only cure for dis
gruntled wife is jollying her. Try it
and see.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

Opponents of the League of Nations
appear to forget that our own United
States is a league of small and at first
Independent nations. There were
many objections and proposals for
amendments and reservations but the
covenant finally was adopted. The
amendments which have been deemed
advisable have been written in since.
The league covenant framed at Yer
sailles is not sacred. 1t can be changed
when changes seem desirable.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

President Wilson has furnished the
opponents of the peace treaty a spot
on which they may alight. He has
agreed to reservations which do not in
any way affect the document. The
opposition senators may now obtain
something which they can, use in ex-
planning to the folks back home. Sem
lte interpretations OF the treaty's
terms will not be binding on anybody
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

The striking miners are said to
have s15,000,0O0 in their war chest.
Would it not be a sensible thing for
them to invest this money in coal
mines which they could operate to suit
themselves?
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

In the opinion of great many per-
sons the income tax law is constantly
Isg awaiting initiation and materially
Increasing the cost of living. In the
4fort to restore the profits cut down
5y this tax every one is demanding a
arger profit on his goods. a bigger
nrice for his salable property and
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

Tie man who always said he could
1talle it or leave it," now has an ex-
ceIlont opportunity to demonstrate the
truthfulness of one end of the propo-
sition.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

Since they could not annul the
peace treaty, what Lodge, Borah and
johnson actually are demanding now
Is that it be ratified by the United
States-with her fingers crossed.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

Besides the large amount of money be-
ing collected by the government leads
to extravaganza. The more it gets the
more it spends.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10
DINNER STORIES

She was the sort of woman who
always tells everybody her business.
With a CHEEKY smile she seated her.
self at the counter of a haberdasher
and began:
MY husband has been very ILL
very i'll, indeed. So L have to do his
shopping, and l want a nice shirt
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

Another old time custom which now
appears headed for the discard is that
of placing hip pockets in trousers.
Men are no longer permitted to carry
pistols or pints.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

The people will not feel certain that
national prohibition is in full effect
until they hear from Maine
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-10

Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Inc)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-01
u. s. SAILOR KILLED
in MIDNIGHT FROLIC
Another Dangerously Wound
ed and Citizens Hurt i'm
Riot at Norfolk, Va.

Norfolk, Va. Jan. lone sailor was
killed, another dangerously wounded and
several citizens received minor injuries
early today in a disturbance which
started after a midnight frolc of en-
listed men from the army and navy on
shore leave.
While the streets in the business Sec
tion We're filled with crowds celebrating
the new year, men in uniform held up
street ears, hurled missiles raided res
taurants and looted show windows and
pawnshops from which weapons were
obtained. The police opened fire on a
number of men caught looting jewelry
store window, after which fighting be-
came more or less general.
+. II. Rossen. a seaman, stationed at
the naval base, died at n hospital from
a bullet wound in the head. j. T.. Car
roll, II chief petty officer was stabbed in
the body and Bryce Custer, seaman.
was slashed in the leg only one arrest
was made Charles Haric, a seaman,
being held on the charge of house
breaking,
Before order was restored the rote RS
broke open a hardware store and took
kegs of paint, with which they gave the
sidewalks a coat of variegated colors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-01
U. S. MISSION SEES NO
VARIANCE IN VIEWS

Paris, Jan. 1.-(By A. )-American
officials here today expressed the belief
that when the full significance of Pre-
mier Clemenceau's declaration before
the Chamber of Deputies becomes ap-
parent, there will not he any difference
in the principles involved.
The impression apparently is growing
that the progress In disposing of the de-
tails of the questions regarding peace
conditions has been so satisfactory that
the actual sessions of the conference
have been appreciably shortened
1t Is now anticipated that many qucs-
tons which at first IL was supposed
would command the attention OF the
conference for a long time. such as
boundaries of states and racial deter
mination. viii be made the subject of
Joint Investigations, the results Of which
Will be presented later for ratification
without the conference being held in
waiting for them. Tnc same is sup
posed to he true concerning the bill of
damages against Germany, which may
be assessed by n commission on which
all the belligerentS may be represented
When the peace commission has dis
posed of the question of actual dam
ages. the question of punitive indemnity
may be raised. The impression of some
of the Americans who have been study
ing this matter is that wnen the actual
damages have been assessed the bill will
run so high that the collection of in
demnity will present n perpeNing prob
lem.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-01
BLOODY BATTLES
OCCUR in POLAND
Posen Declared Under Ger
man Martial Law-Won
by Poles, Says Report
TEUTONS ARE BLAMED
Warsaw Quiet After Clash Be-
tween Troops and
Bolsheviki

Basel, Jan. 1.---German authorities in
German Poland have declared Posen
under martial law, according to report
received here from Posen.
Earlier information received from Ber-
lin quoted the Norwaerts to the effect
that the Poles are masters of Posen.
having disarmed German officers and
soldiers following violent fighting in the
streets. The Poles had cut communca-
tions with Germany. the Norwaerts said.
Strikes continue in upper Silesia. Ger
many. according TO reports reaching
here. At Lepne soldiers fired on
crowd and several persons were killed or
wounded
warsaw. Dec. --(delayed-(By A.
P.)--German soldiers are blamed by
Polish leaders for the fatal riotng at
Posen. in a statement given out tonight
setting forth the Polish version of the
trouble there. II is said that German
soldiers recruited in Posen, angered 1T
the reception given Ignacc Paderewslii
by the Poles. formed Il counter pa
rade shouting "Posen is a German
| town"
The Poles resented this. and the street
! nsht'hs ehsueu. German so!dlers'
neaueu pF an o'ncer, appeared WIN ma
c.'he guns anu hrea INTO the 'rwous III
| the square. Forty-sevcn persons We're
killed, the statement says
n state Of virtual martial law eN-
! lists In Warsaw. SympathiZers with the
! Bosheviki marched TO the Hotel Bruhl
yesterday and demanded the release of
six Bolshevik agents Polish troops
fired into the crowd, after several SOL
diers had been wounded by the mob
and five persons were killed and a mum
! Der of others wounded.
! Renewed activity nv Ruthenian and
| RnIsbeyik for,es nj I.mlerr IL reuorted
In AN nt,Icial statement issued bv thc
! poii.h arr,y bo,douartcr. hero T-bov
are said to he attaching yiporouslJ south
of that city. having heavy German artiI-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-01
WILSON INVITED KING
TO VISIT AMERICA

London, Jan. .1.-(By A. P.)-There
has been gossip in the London news
papers during President Wilson's visit
that he had asked King George and
Queen Mary to visit the United States
during his term of office and that the
ipStation might be accepted. The
STANDARD says today that it understands
that when bidding the King and Queen
farewell, President Wilson said he hoped
to see them In America shortly.
'.Such a visit" says the Standard
,editorially, would be as unprecedented d
AS the Presidents own voyage, but the
war has broken down many precedents
ard return visit by the King and
Queen would be popular In both coun-
tries and would be symbol oil .Ne grow
ing sense of unity"
x No authoritative statemept of the
subject, however has been Issued.
The newspapers give great and equal
prominence to the speech of Premier
Clemenceau before the French Chamber
of Deputies and President Wilson's ad-
dress at Manchester.
Cdting passages from President
wilson's Manchester speech. which Il
savs. illustrate his consciousness that
the establishment of permanent peace
a. not a matter of rule and compasses.
i, ,r a task whit can be carried out to
- .S.tnv - toint wisdom OF
/. a.. 4. ~. oail<<l Tele~ra ul,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-01

instances part OF Premier Clemenceau's
speech as indicating some CT those
difficulties in the way of complete agree
ment which are present In Mr.. Wilson's
mind is also in the mind of French
and British statesmen"
But the Telegraph Is of the opinion
that other parts of Clemenceaus speech
show equally plainly an underlying COM
munty Of convictions upon the larger
matter.
The Daily Mail considers that an un-
derstanding between the United States.
France and Great Britain has been
reached through President Wilson's con-
versations. Citing NJ. Clemenceau's
phrase, each will retain his own free
DOM" the Mail says:
THAT is the kind of diplomacy we
must carry into the Peace Conference.
with It and common devotion &c, the
right for which President Wilson appeals
as an International rule of conduct there
Is no obstacle which will not melt away
The Mail expresses gratitude for the
coming of the President to Europe. and
says that his presence has created a
strong moral force besides a unison of
friendship.
The French papers have refrained
from discussing the difference of the
viewpoints resulting from NJ. Clemen-
ceaus speech, except the Socialist
organ Humanite, which SAYS:
AS to Clemenceau, he repudiatcs
with tranquility the wilsonian concep-
tions. Tomorrow 1t will be necessary
TO arm again. to construct fortresses
and cannon and forge alliances against
third Powers. To the society OF ma
tons there is not even a discreet bow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-01
MORT" PHILADELPHIA
IS CELEBRATING DAY
Three Thousand to Parade
and Sproul and Beidleman
Will Speak

Three thousand persons, members OF
patriotic and business mems organiza-
tions of North Philadelphia. will particle
pate this afternoon in New Years DEM
onstraton in that section.
Climax of the affair will be reached
following parade. when fifty-foot
American flag, said to be one of the larg-
est In the country and donated by Frank
G. Kenyon. will be unfurled from the
headquarters of the Patriotic order Sons
NJ America. 1917 North Broad street.
Governor-slect Sproul and Lieutenant
Governor-eleCt Beidelman will speak
Forming at Broad and Diamond
streets at O'Clock the marchers. under
the leadership OF Louis F.. Stess as
grand marshal. will move down Broad
TO Montgomery avenue, to Tenth street.
TO Columbia avenue. TO Twenty-eighth
street, to oxford street. to Broad. to
Grard avenue, and counter-march in
Broad to 1917 North Broad where it will
be reviewed by the Governor-elect and
other officials. Thence IL will proceed to
the +. O, :. Of A, headquarters.
The following organizations will par
ticipate:
T.. @. s. of A., Boy Scouts, veterans
of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
Boys Brigade, Home Defense Reserve,
four camps Of Red Men. Spanish-Amer-
iCan war Veterans. Salvation Army,
Columbia Avenue Business Mems Asso-
citation, |. @. q. f., and letter carriers
unions.