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The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15
DINNER STORIES

The young cyclist was fighting
hard against a strong head wind and
wondering what unhappy thought
had prompted him to venture SO Tar
away from the school. 1t was get
ting darker every minute, and TO
crown his misery, rain began to fall.
Soon the rain came down in its
best style. and the poor fellow got
wet to the skin. Then a piece of
glass laid his tire open. with a moan
he flung himself from the saddle and
commenced to repair the damage.
Presently there approached from
the opposite direction benevolent old
gentleman. Gazing at the unturned
bicycle. the perspiring youth and the
repairing outfit which he had dropped
in the mud, he Inquired:
Had a puneture. my friend?"
The boy looked ap and swallowed
his feelings with a huge gslp.
mo. sir" he replied, with a mag
changing the air in the tires. The
other lots worn out, you knowT
Ephum johnson was up before
Judge Shimmerpiate on q cruelty TO
animals charge.
Deed An wasn't abusing dat mule.
Judge" the old man demurred.
Did you not strike 1t repeatedly
with a club2"
"Yassah."
"And do you not know that you
can accomplish more with animals
by speaking to them?"
"Yassah: but this cfitter am diff
ferent. He am so deef he can't hear
when All speaks to him in de usual
way, SO All has to communicate wild
him In de sign language"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Cream of Wheat with Raisina
Creamed Scrambled Eggs.
Toast. Stewed Prunes.
Cocoa.
LUNCHEON.
Creamed Dried Beef.
Dandelion Greens.
Bran and Graham Gems.
Orange Custard Pudding.
Tea.
DINNER.
Tomato Soup. Crackers.
Mock Duck. Peas.
Stuffed Potatoes
Green Onions or Celery.
Carrot Salad. Rye Bread.
Prune Souffle. Coffee.
Goldfish in Variety.
Baked Cod-Have the Goldfish cut
in three-quarter-inch slices. Dip first
into salted. milk, then into sifted bread
crumbs Place on an oiled pan,
sprinkle over with fat or oil. Bake
in a very hot oven for ten minutes.
At the end OF that time the piece may
be lifted out whole on to a platter
Garnish with parsley or cress and serve
with tartar sauce.
Goldfish Cakes-Ons cup of picked
Goldfish, one and one-half cups of
mashed potatoes, one-half cup of
cream sauce pepper.
Pour boiling water over the fish and
let it stand until cold. Mash the
potatoes and whip light with the hot
milk. Add we'll and make into cakes.
Roll in flpur and fry in deep, hot fat
Creamed Coddsh-One cup of salt
Goldfish, two tablespoons of flour. two
tablespoons of butter. two cups of
milk.
Pick the Goldfish into small pieces.
pour boiling water over to cover and
let stand until cold, then drain. Melt
the fat in frying pan and add the
flour. blend and pour In the milk
slowly. Cook until smooth and add
the Goldfish. Heat thoroly and add a
we'll beaten egg just before removing
from the fire.
Goldfish Puff-One cup OF shredded
Goldfish. two cups OF mashed potatoes,
one-hah cup OF cream sauce, one
tablespoon of butter, dash of paprika.
Cover the shredded fish with boil
ing water and let stand until cold.
then drain and press out all water,
using sieve too fine for the fish
to pass thru. Mash the potatoes
mix with a little hot milk, whip uatii
light. and add the onion Juice and
paprika. Put in the Goldfish, whip al
! together until fluffy, and put into a
creased baking dish. Brush the top
with melted fat and bake for twenty
minutes.
Spanish Cod-One pound OF Goldfish.
one onion, one grain pepper, two cups
of canned tomatoes, bay leaf salt,
pepper.
Chop the onion and pepper and
lightly fry in hot fat substitute. Then
add the tomatoes seasoning, and when
well cooked press thru a sieve. Put
the cod steaks on a creased baking
dish. season with salt and pepper and
\ place in the oven to bake. Baste
frequently with the strained sauce.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15

Senator Swanson is quoted as saying
that the administration defense of the
shanthng settlement will be that 'as a
reward for ousting the Germans Japan
Is entitled to collect at least as much
as II spent in doing so. This Japan
can do thru temporary possession Of
shantunE" This might be accepted
as a plausible explanation. II 1t were
true. but It is not. The truth about
the Shantung settlement is that Japan
was in possession OF the territory and
was determined not to give It up and
would not have surrendered it without
a fight. The other powers were not
ready to take on another war If the ad-
ministration's reason for the action OF
the peace conference be the true one,
II would have been better for the other
powers to have paid Japan what she
was entitled to rather than sacrifice
the principle OF the self-determination
Of peoples and lay foundation for
much future trouble as has been done.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15
BUSINESS AND PRICES.

Business generally thruout the
United States is active, and the out
look is good. The promise of large
crops. the continuance of an active do
mestic demand for goods. and the
prospective broadening OF our export
trade even beyond the present large
volume. have encouraged bright hopes
for the Immediate as well as the re-
mote future.
However. as might be expected un-
der the circumstances OF a postwar
period, prices. says a bulletin issued
by the Mechanics and Metals National
bank of New York. wages and all the
costs of doing business are so inflated
that in our efforts to read the future
we return repeatedly to the matter OF
prices. Prices OF materials are high
everywhere and in a great many in
stances business is held severely in
check. just as has been The case ever
since the armIstIce. eight months ago.
because OF a persistent fear that
sooner or later they will collapse.
Up to this time no collapse has oc-
CURED; as a rule, since the opening of
1919 prices have been maintained with
only a small decline, while compared
with year ago, when the war demand
was at its greatest pressure. the re-
cession. according to accepted Index
numbers" has equalled no more than
per cent. Prices are we'll up to those
of the war period.-which were the
highest in our history-while, going
back five years to June. 1914, the
month preceding the outbreak of the
war, considerably more than a doub-
ling OF prices is denoted. the average
increase having been 10 per cent.
When a certain course of events,
long expected. fails to develop, active
inquiry Is bound to occur regarding
the possible development of another
course of events So that now, in
place of the question, lis not an early
and general decline in prices inevita-
ble?" the question is coming to be
more and more frequently asked. 'Is
not the combination of circumstances
supporting prices so firmly established
that prices will remain where they are.
or go even higher?"
A careful canvass, says the banks
bulletin, demonstrates a growing as
surance among business men in an af-
firmatlve answer to the second ques-
ton. 1t is coming to be agreed more
and more that whatever fluctuations
occur, whether prices do or do not go
somewhat lower in the near future,
as a general rule they are established
on an elevated plane. and will remain
there for long time to come.
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
Bx MRS. ELIzABErH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have had
my name in several exchange clubs
and now 1 am receiving letters from
different men who say they wish to
marry.
I have a gentleman friend whom I
have learned to love since 1 have
known him better.
Recently he asked me to ride In his
auto with him and he walked home
with me one evening.
He Is a very quiet young man and
has no bad habits. My brother is
acquainted with him. I think It would
be unfair to him to correspond with
any one else. What do you think?
Would you answer the letters and
tell the other men can't correspond
with them?
Would you drop out OF the ex-
change and walt for this young man
whom 1 love? GRAY EYES
You arc at liberty TO correspond
and see any or as many young men
If you have made valued friends thru
your correspondence. 1t would be all
right to continue to write to them
until something further develops with
your brothers friend.
The idea OF a matrimonial bureau
has never appealed to me especially.
II you can marry in any other way l
think 1t would be better. Use your
own judgment about dropping out of
the exchange.
Remember that there is a great
step between friendship and love. Do
not presume that the man is in love
with you unless he gives you good
pier II you consider him only as a
friend. Then IL he asks you to marry
him II will come as a surprise rather
than something you have waited for.
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A PAL.

A PAL.
A Pal Is in the diamond. pearl.
ruby ciass--very rare and very prec-
iods- But different In this way
fine and scarce as a real Pal h. in
trinsic value does not enter into hls
possession.
A Pal commemorative then
he stays and sticks and gives
A Pal loves. forgives. forgets. SYM
pathizes, understa tandE--above all. IN
derstands. You don't have to explain
or excuse to the one who Is your Pal.
A Pal always comes TO you when
you need him most and he isn't scar
ed away a bit II the whole crowded
world deserts you. He is there to
stay because, don't you see. ne is your
Pal, and you want him and he wants
you And that explains everything.
There N something infinitely won
derfui about ones Pal that you can't
even express or explain.
A Pal doesn't keep things back.
A Pal is honest. above-board, open
and expressive. A Pal can make mis-
takes and they are just mistakes.
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WAIT TILL YOUR PA COMES HOME.
.vv.it all vour Pa comes homer oh, dear
what a dreadful threat for boy TO near
Vet never a boy Of three or four
F3ut has heard 1t thousand times or more
.sVvalt an -Four PA comes home. my laq,
And see what you'll get for being bau'
await tIll xeur Pa comes home, you scamp !
you've soiied the walls with your fingers
You've tracked the floor with yonr muddy
And fought with the boy across the street /;
You've torn your clothes and you look
But wait Til your Pa comes home tonight"
Now since I'm the Pa OF that daily threat
Which paints me as black As thing OF Jet,
rIse In protest right here to say
I wont be used in SO fierce way;
No child Of mine In the evening gloom
Shall be afraid Of my coming home.
7 want him waiting for me at night
with ewes that glisten with real delight; I;
when it's right that punished my boy
I don't want the job postponed for me.
I want To come home to a round OF JOY
And not to frighten little boy.
"wait till your PA comes homer oh dear.
What a dreadful theeat for a boy to heat
yet that is ever a mothers way
OF saving herself from bitter day;
ANd well she knows in the evening gloam
That he won't be hurst when bis Pa comes
Copyright 1elo By Edgar A. Guest.
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but II he isn't your Pal. then they are
oIunders instead and you may resent
and be unhappy and sadly sorry
put somehow with a Pal, you love
right thru everything and are the
stronger bound for the very weak
nesses that sometimes hide strong
feeling unexpreseed.
A Pal Is always around--ln spirit
ana N feellng. II II rains. he 10 still
your Pal II II cyclones. he IL Just the
same as when the sun Is brightest
and warmest. A Pal hoyers about
My Pal Is always around when I
am most in need and / am inspired
and Spurred ahead.
1 shall win all things worth while
because / have a Pal and there win
De no secrets excepting for that utter
freedom and frankness of expression
between us. back and forth. which,
In itself. becomes a double secret to
the world but no secret at all as far
as we ara concerned.
II you have a Pal you have the
world-and no one can take II from
you.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15

The practicab!iity of crossing the
Atlantic ocean by airship is now fully
established and development looking
to making It available for commercial
purposes will proceed. It may be noted
in connection with the trip homeward
by the R-s4 that the distance was
covered in much shorter time than the
voyage ever has been made by the
fastest steamship and the air craft
landed with. 1000 gallons of fuel to
spare. Passage to and from Europe.
by airship. for those who can afford
II. doubtless will be available at no
distant date.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY K AOULTON

The weather Man.
The Weather Man q know him welD
Who has charge OF the station
is quite n decent sort OF chap
Outside hi6 occupation.
When not eoneectlng devlish schemes
To pester Us with weather,
He is a charming man to meet
Delightful altogether.
He is a man OF brilliant wit.
He jokes and makes us smile.
Goes~to his office, pulls plug,
And let II rain a while.
He says to keep tire thin ones on
And then straightway doth go
Unto his shop and turns switch
And lets blizzard blow.
He is a smiling optimist,
His friends ne'er hear him sob,
But he Is sure pessimist
When he Is on his job.
Outside his office he's a Prince
A malcontent, inside,
1t seems to be another case
OF Jekyn and Of Hyde
Tho CvnIc's view.
A yard or two Of stuff that's called a skirt,
A waist that's made Of some expensive
A pair OF shoes that are so tight they hurt.
Some padding put in just the proper
A hat that costs nine times what it Is
NOEtns
A peck or two of some one else's hair,
A complexion bought anywhere on earth,
A corset that IL too tight everywhere,
A bundle of artistic temperament,
A flow of conversation that Is light,
A passing whiff of some delicious scent,
A show of vanity from morn till night
And that's a woman.
A bag of wind inflated without cause,
A blowhard and an ardent egotist
Who knows more than the ones who made
the laws,
A set Of teeth, a mustache and q fist,
Some shoulders that are padded out of
6hape,
smell OF burned tobacco that is stale,
a blossom on the nose rom festive grape,
Some stories that make modest folks
turn pale,
A punk cigar that sizzles all day long,
A thing who's chieftest aim is Just to
eat;
party who Is right, all others wrong:
Who's always ninety-nlne per' cent con-
celt-
And that's a man.
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LANGwIDGE

Langwidge il wat we Express our
thawts with and keep people frum
finding out wat we are reely thinking.
The langwidge you speek depends
on wat country you was born In Jest
by luck without your consent. II a
child born In Frants started to speek
Gerfnln its parents would look at IL
in sefpfize. Everybody thinks their
own langvidge Is the only one wefth
tawking and wen you see forriners
tawkin fofrln together you wonder
II II waseht for langwidge you
wouldent know the names of things to
call them by and pointing would be
nutch more polite on account of being
mutch more Necessary. IL yeu dident
know eny langwidge and you wunted
to mention cow you would haff to
say Moo moo. IL you wunted to men
tion a red COW you woaldent hardly
know wat to say.
Several werds in a stfate row with a
period on the end make a sentence,
and several sentences sumtimes make
seats. Most books should start to be
red at the begihnln. but a dietionerry
can be started enyware8 with equal
pleasure.
Wen babies wunt sumthing~ they
make sounds wich nobody cant under
stand exsept themselves ony they are
sutch fearse SOUNDS that the babies
generally get wat they Wunt enyway.
This proves that langwfdge Is more OF
a luxury than wat it Is OF a necessity
Wen a dog wants to Express a thaWt
very mutch he can bark and wagE his
tale at the same time. so If you don't
understand him at one end you mite
ct the other.
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somehow I can't be sorry, for 1t had
to come out some time, sooner or later
guess Pye come uneivilised. I'm
headed for the up-country and WheE
1 act a beginning I'm going to ask
some reaL grown-up. human girl to
marry me. She'll not get an angel.
as you know. S'pect you'll feel sorry
for her. Will leave tomorrow at q"
He started to- write love-" but crossed
it out and signed, "Resp'y. Tom"
After Angela had her cry out she
went and washed her face with water,
then indited her reply:
tuesday.
Busy Day.
Dear Mr.. Hampton-Fine for you!
I'm started on justsuch a career my
self. Uncle Joab is going to let me
manage his farm next year. I'll have
to economic, for 1t will take lots of
grease for complexion and other farm
machinery. But I'm figuring to marry
later on some competent young man
to help run the farm. II will be much
cheaper than hiring. but you needn't
feel sorry for him, for I'll treat him
white when he proves to me that ne
Is full-size man. And / shall not
expect him to tell me how to comb
my hair. Respiy.,
The note was handed to Tom IN
hour before train time. He read it,
grinned appEeeiatively, then on second
1t should be answered at once.
Dean Ann-Have you any one in
view for that place? ] might be per-
suaded to fake it. Answer. TOM"
And she did, sending 1t to the sta
ton, where rather disconsolate and
crestfalleH Tommy was wondering
whether he would have to buy a ticket
or whether Ann might relent.
He fairly snatched the note from
the hand of the messenger, tlAsned
aside from the crowd and read:
Dear Mr.. Hampton:
No. But 1 never persuade and pay
too. You might bring around your
recommendations from your last place,
and we'n talk it over Uncle Joab
ana 1 are going out to look over the
farm at three. I might add, that am
disposed to give an old soldier pre-
ference over other applicants, ali other
things being equal. Resp'y.
"a. BURTON"
Tom dismissed the messenger, de-
gliding to answer the note in person.
He called at a jewelers. on the way
and still arrived at Burton's in time to
prove that he was qualified to fill the
place, and to go with Angela and
Uncle Joab and to look over the farm
at three.
Copyright, 1910. bv the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15

In a discussion of the price situa-
tion Henry Clews in his Financial Re-
view says: No entirely satisfactory
analysis OF the situation here Is pos
sible. In some cases high prices here
are due to scarcity. In many instances
they are the result OF higher wages.
higher taxes and the increased cost
of production and distribution. Some-
times the pressing foreign demand is
a ruling factor. and the element of In
flation is conspicuous in every direc-
tion. The only cure for scarcity Is en-
larged output; the only offset to high
wages is Increased efficiency: the only
antidote for taxes is economy. and the
only check upon initiation Is more
rigid discrimination in the granting OF
credit.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15

The importance of the public serv-
Ice should transcend any political or
personal considerations Why then does
the president hesitate about BurIeson .?
The people are eager that order. ef-
ficlency and respect for the necessi-
ties and habits OF business be re-
stored in the postal service. They can
not be restored as long as the med
ding. muddling hand of Burleson con-
trolls 1t. 1t is doubtful that public
sentiment ever was SO strongly against
a public official as it is against the
postmaster general. Even the leaders
Of his own party have repudlated him.
They consider him the greatest burden
the Democrat party has to bear. and
they are seeking by every means to get
the president to unload him.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15

turned at 6 o'clock in the afternoon
to turn 1t off. He received $50 a
month for his labor and was envied Of
all the countryside. But along came
the government classifiers; pondering
this farmers case they put him down as
an electrician. His wage became
5000 a month with no Increase in his
duties: moreover he was given back
pay amounting to something like 81
900. That farmer probably is in favor
of government operation Of railroads.
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South America and Mexico we intend
to carry on an intensive campaign and
we are hopeful OF getting some good
results.
I'm Japan the national drink is
called .suke.' 1t is made OF rice and
has a powerful kick in it. An officer
OF the imperial Japanese navy recently
called upon me and told me of the
splendid headway that is being made
by the 'antis' in Japan China is not
SO strong for intoxieants as ii is for
drugs. There - some liquor used
there and American missionaries are
doing much good work to eradicate
eVil.'
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15

The Rochester Post Express re-
cites the following story Of the pecu-
IiarItles OF government ownership
which probably Is only one OF a book
ful of like tales: On the Wabash line
there are water tanks operated by
electricity; most OF them are at the
stations and are handled by railroad
employees. But a few OF them are on
the open line and special attendants
must be provided. One was operated
by a nearby farmer who went in the
morning and turned a switch and re-
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15

a reason for the continued high
price OF sugar is shown by compi-
lation made by the National City Bank
of New York. According to the banks
figures the quantity Of refined sugar
exported from the United States in the
five years since the beginning OF the
war is more than double that of the
half century preceding the war. The
quantity sent out Of the country in the
five years ending with June 1919 Is,
in round te.ms, 5000. 900 pounds
against go 100000 pounds In the
half century preceding the war. and
the value in the 5-year war period was
$500. 100000 against s12o,OoO.oOo in
30 years prior to the war.
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People generally do not give much
thought to the Chinese, but all who
have given any attention to the matter
realize that they were treated badly
in the Shantung settlement. The Jap
anese claims were disposed OF from
considerations OF policy. But every
act dictated by policy is a eompro-
mise with wrong. President Wilson
expresses faith that the Japanese
finally will do the right thing by
China. But II they do, it Is safe
guess that it will be because 1t is to
their own interest so to do.
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rs YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
Fem che columns Of
TINE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

July 10, 1904.
The hardware store of Culver & Bailey
between Eighth and Ninth streets on Kan
sas- avenue, was burglarized last night.
The thieves entered the store thru the
front tfansom. To reach the transom
they cut the awning rope and made a
rope ladder which was fastened to n
large spike near the top Of the door.
Seven revolvers. three dozen razors and
other small articles valued at about SIS
were taken.
win Thacher, son Of the late T, Dwight
Thaeher was married last week to Miss
Jennie Edwards of Long Island, r. /.
Mr.. Joe Marsh will give q progressive
hammock ..arty tomorrow evening at his
home on Topeka avenue.
Miss 0ussie Fuller left today for Colo
rade and Mexico to be gone about six
weeks. Mrs. Fuller and Mlss Bernice will
join her soon.
Most Of the land in Great Britain is own
ID h. - -
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Most Of the land in Great Britain is own
ed by three per cent Of the population
about 200 persons have mote than half Of
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ct needn't have been such a beast.
Ann. I could have left II did not
like the artificial makeup. But