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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-24
A DINNER IN THE COUNTRY.
CHAPTER CHI.

I cried myself to sleep. Why, after
one of Everett's unusual emotional
considerations of me 1 should always
have to refer to Leo1a, his first wife.
/ cannot explain. 1 had been jealous
of Irnna Barton-would be jealous of
anyone for whom Everett showed a
liking; but far more jealous of the
woman who once had occupied my
place in his home and in his affections
And Roses unconsidered speech had
made me still more sensitive. For
as he held me closely in his arms there
had flashed thru my mind: Just so
he held her, just SO he once told her
of his love. just so he kissed her"
1 INDUCED in perfect orgy of self
pity before I finally slept.
But in the morning felt differently.
He had held me in his arms, he had
told me of his love, and~had kissed
me- I would not let even the thought
that he had given his first wife the
happiness. In this mood 1 went down
to breakfast.
Everett looked keenly at me.
Did you sleep well, Sandra? ?" he
asked as he gave me my good-morn-
ing kiss-so often omitted.
"Yes. thank you. After I did get
to sleep 1 didn't waken until Hetty
told me my bath was ready"
ST am glad, because 1 have planned
nice afternoons motor trip and a
OfnheT IN the COuHtTy. nave aSheu
Barrett Edmonds to join u.s." this last
to Rose.
After he left. Rose said:
'I shall have to get Walter Kemp
on the telephone"
"Why?"
ct promised to meet him again this
afternoon for tea. OF course 1 can't
now." she looked SO disappointed that
1 asked
But wouldn't you rather go for the
ride and dinner as long as Barrett Is
to be along, than just to have tea
with Mr.. Kemp"
s'No indeed / would rather spend
half an hour with him, than hours
with anyone else
bad as that!" laughingiy replied.
thinking Rose was simply voicing one
of her usual exaggerations, not dream
ing she was in earnest.
Yes. bad as that" she replied a.
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quietly scattered and lay like tired
children at various places about the
ROOM They were all there but the
imp -tant contract. That she must
have, as her signature was required
before the day was over.
In some perturbation she looked
around again, even yenturing to Mr..
Stafford's desk. And there it lay,
thrust by the force of its fall, part
way into an open drawer. AS she
drew it out a picture, clipped from
newspaper, came with 1t, and fluttered
to the floor. STOPPING to recover it.
her breath shortened. for the picture
was one of herself which had appeared
short time since in a local paper
that was featuring the suffrage cause.
Miss Isobel Newton, Who Proves
Woman's Efficiency in Business" was
the caption under which the cut was
run.
Underneath. in a masculine hand.
was written. "Isobcl Newton. Business
Woman" Her checks seorched sud
denly at the scorn she felt it implied.
Then the hot blood receded till it left
her cold and still. So that was the he
thought CT her. 'Isobel Newton, Busi-
ness Womani" Again came the flush
of shame, succeeded by bitter anger at
herself. Why should she be ashamed
of what she was? She had always
been proud of her success. And now.
merely, because Austin Stafford had
tlidl SHY Dlt DelOW neT pic
ture. she felt as guilty as tho she were
criminal.
A hitherto unknown wearfness as
sailed her. She turned and walked
uncertainty out of the room, across
the hall. and into her now orderly
office.
The rows of technical books, the
filing cabinets. every evidence of her
modern methods seemed to press upon
and choke her as she looked at them.
She opened drawer after drawer of
her desk. Everything was a mute
testimony to the success with which
she had met the events which came
into her affairs. yet to her 1t now
seemed hopeless tumble of things
that did not compensate. After all. a
well-kcpt office and a smart boarding
place were inadequate when it came
to satisfy the soul need of q woman.
With the realization came tears
the tears which Isobel had denied her
self thru all the years of her struggle,
and they washed away all the barriers
she ed rigidly erected around her
heart. She knew that she had failed
in the big thing of life, and failure was
not sweet.
After some moments she raised her
head and grimly wiped away the last
tear, and saw before her Austin Staf-
ford.
His poise deserted him as he ad-
dressed her.
"Isobel-I-I-tel me, dear, what
the NATTER"
"Nothing,' The answer was in
tended to be naughty, but haughtiness
and red eyes are not well teamed. so
to the eager man it sounded merely
pitiful.
rs it because" he ventured, and
then could find no words.
"Oh, it's because everything about
me is crowded full of things that
/ shouldn't be-crowded and damned
and cluttered! Pm sick of it ALL"
Thank God, dear heart. Thank
God, you are a real woman. after all!
| I've a place for you in my heart and
in my home-if you'll come"
Radiant, Isobel listened, and then
| leaned toward him.
"Oh, 1 see why there wasn't room
for these other things. My soul was
crowded with love for you.'
| Copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News-
pepper. Syndicnte.l
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Questions-AnstDers

Q. How tall is General Pershing, and
how much does he weigh 1T q. 8.
A He comes near meeting the standard
of ideal physical proportions, Weighing 1sJ
pounds: and measure six feet in height.
O. How many compensation claims are
now being paid By the Bureau War Risk
A. At the present time 1874 o12 compensa-
ton claims are b being ing paid by thi. bureau.
being paid to disabled soldiers, while the
rest are death claims.
- O. What Is the per capita circulation Of
money m the United States w. III n
A. On November 1. 1919, the per capita
circulation Of money in this country was
Q. Which is correct, none are" or
none is IN. r. w.
A. The word none" has been evolved
from the words mot one and il therefnra
singular. None is" would be the correct
q. How many bills have been tnt,od,,cs.
In congress- to incrcnsc the federal boaus
for ex,service men "a. J. S.
A There are forty four bills pending in
SGngress t,'ssp Proyidhi,ng additional bonus foF
These These ,a very from SIS e month. for each
Q. Has the navy been able able t. to fii enlist
many men for peace time service - d.
already nsfsd nsfs f n ;ss ,ss i nss
duration Of the war men.
Z, what is meant by terpsichorean art?-
A The phrase aterpsipchorean art, ia
rsq 1rrequen.y used when speaking Of dancing.
mlehsnrns; slesnrs enjoyment Of the dance. '"rerp-
Muses OF Greek mythology. Originally
h she vas regarded ss the Muse of the lesser
she was recorded as the Muse Of the lesser
Tyre ~ t
e. Is there any publication which con-
.st .aihs q list Of all the patents granted by
'Ae Cnlted states patent office ?-H. W. l..
a. The official dazette, published by the
ps.ens OFFICE. contains list of ali patenty
granted, description Of each patent and
me y name ne, Of the inventor. This publication
~ ~ son file In most of the go0d-sized
uoraries thruoHt the country.
,,..A.y 10y reader can get the answer to any
Question by writing The Topeka State
youfnaf Information Bureau, Frederic ] :
Haskin. l,irector Washington. D G. This
nifer er appijfs strictly to Information. The
bureau es1lnot give advice on legal n,ctii-
cal, and financial matters. II dafs not at
tempt 70 settle domestic troubles. nor to
undertake. exhaustive reser rch On any SUBJ
1eet Write your question plainly and
Drirfiy- Give full name and address and
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to the voice of the young English girl.
Altho Patience had never failed her
yet, Mrs. Curran is in constant fear
that some time she will. She was not
accompany her to New York, and one
time some years ago when she was
scheduled to give sitting in Washing
ton she became SO worried for fear
Mistress Worth had remained in St.
Louis that she held a private sitting
with the ouija board
Patience, are you there?" she de-
manded fearfully-
'I be. and astir," was Patience's
unique reply.
TO-DAY. concluded Mrs Curran, sis
the tenth sitting we have had in New
York During this time we have re-
ceived about eighty poems, including
rs. 900 words"
of Patience is accepted with varied
feelings by the New Workers who at
tended the situngs. and heard the
verse poured forth thru Mrs. Curran.s
lips. The majority. already interested
in splritIsm and psychic manifesto
tions, take the whole thing as mat
ter of course. One woman, for ex-
ample declares that she has always
been tor1ne nted by the voice of a SINH
lar spirit, but has never had the cour-
age to develop the acquaintance. On
the other hand. there are those who
frankly state that they would have
more faith in the spookiness of Pa
tience if her work did not supply the
Currans with such excellent monetary
returns.
Funny that Ms Curran should
know how many words they hadcre-
ceived before she had counted those in
today's poems" said a haired
gentleman in a frocll coat, as he hur-
ried to the elevator. THE only way
T can figure IL out is that she commits
the poems to memory before she sits
down at the board. but if she does she
has one of the most remarkable MEM
ories in existence"
Among the unconvinced is DR..
James H. Hyslop, head of the Psy-
chieal Research Seciety. who, writing
in the journal of that organization.
declared one of Patience's books to be
worthy of children and savages" and
"a fool adventure to influence the pub
lie in behalf of ideas which have no
credentials between it's covers" Con-
fronted with these embarrassing state
ments at one of the sittings, however.
Doctor Hyslop declared that he had
been referring not to Mrs. Curran but
to the publishers of her books. The
audience half expected Patience her
self to appear to rebLke him, but she
merely reproached him in mild and
rather abstruse verse as follows:
Thru that vast vale, black. pitlike,
WouIdst thou hold a taper?
Wouldst thou lend thy hand unto them
that seek?
Eating thy heart in hungry anticipation
That thou shouldst leave beacon upon the
Yet! o had thou beheld the regal bark of
day
Floating upon the sea Of eternity
And no beacon alight no chart. -t
In benediction do bow before thee.
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Dorothy Dix Talks
by DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman writer.
How to Manage a Wife,.

The same argument still holds good.
Blame a woman with extravaganza,
and she will go down and buy an i'm
ported froeIl TO soothe her lacerated
feelings. Praise up her thrift and she
Will be SO anxious to save she will
squeeze every nickel
Complain of your wife's bad house,
keeping and she will say she has no
domestic tastes, and continue to give
you overdone meal and underdone
bread. Observe that a meal isn't up
to her usual standard of superlative
cookery, and she will break her neck
trying to make herself the understudy
of a French chef.
The third tip on how to manage a
wife is to get off on the right foot in
matrimony. There Is nothing like
taking the proper start, and this is
where most men make fatal mis-
take. They are so much in love when
they marry that they are willing for
their beauteous young brides to die
tate to them about everything, and by
the umcN they get over this, and want
| to climb DIP on the family pedestal and
be the domestic law giver. they find
| out that their wives have already
camped upon that exalted position and
refuse to be ousted.
II man desires to manage his wife
| he must start at the altar. If he let's
| her pick out the route of their bridal
! Trip ne may COnIlQently count on 1aV-
ing to walk behind hef during the bal
ance of their march thru life.
The final tip about how to manage
wife is a brutal, but human one, and
that Is IL there is to be any storm
making in the household, be the storm
maker yourself. In most households
there is the one who kisses and the
one who is kissed: the one who has
| nerves and ways that must be con-
! sidered, and the one who defers to the
nerves and the ways; the one who pIa-
| Gates and the one who deigns to be
placated. Beat your wife to these
emoluments,
If there Is any fault finding to be
done usurp the prerogative for your
sole behoof and benefit. Demand con-
instead of apologizing for them. Give
your wife SO much work to do to keep
| you in a good humor, with your fur
| rubbed the right way, that she'll new
! er have time to notice your shortcom-
| ings
If you will observe you will see that
it is the man who busters and curses.
and swears, and raises Cain generally
who has his household walking on tip
toe for fear of rousing him, and 1T is
the husband who nags and frets who
gets the most consideration.
OF course this is rank selfishness,
but then nobody but n selfish brute
would want to manage his wife, any
way.
Copyright. 1919. bv the Wheeler Syndicate.
Incl
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Il have said. and shall say again,
America is at liberty as one of the
voting members of the partnership to
state how she understands the articles
of partnership" said President
Wilson during his speaking tour. But
America has no power to make her
partners accept her understanding and
that is exactly what Lodge and his fol-
lowers were trying to do. And yet
{ ey are blaming the president for the
failure of the treaty.
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perfectly we'll when tried to tell YOU
about it a couple of hours 60 pu'
1t has slipped my mind
The Missus-what did you 40 eEe-
nings?
Us-weI, If the afternoon party
was over in time. j went out to din-
ner, or to an evening party: but, gem
orally speaking, Nhe afternoon party
ran right along till midnight or a III
tie later. and then
The MissusHDid you call on tbs Ell
lingtons?
Us-I intended to call on them, but
something always prevented me from
The Missusl don't suppose any
thing prevented you from calling on
those wallybys?
Us--I was at the wallybys little
while one evening. What's wrong
with the Waliybys!
The Missus-They never were any
body, and you know it. Mrs. Wally-
by's mother used to have a trnss GUS
pidor in her living room. I've seen
Mrs Wallyby look at you when you
were dancing with her. l never un-
derstood what you saw In that woman.
You could find time to so to the Wal
lybys. but you never went near the
Ellingtons. / don't understand you.
Us-Lifc is too short to spend it be.
ing bored by the Ellingtons.
The Missus--At any rate, Abbie Ell
lini;ton is a lady,
Us-There's something wrong with
her: maybe that's it.
The Missus-What else-diu you 90?
Us-Nothing to speak of.
The Missus-I never knew a man
like YOU. You go away and stay a
month, and when you come home 1
can't get a word out of YOU
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THE ONE UNION.

THE ONE UNION.
One for all and all for onei
This was the cry that once We made
And great the building reared upon
Tho stones which our forefathers laid
Our Flag lights every sky to-day.
A symbol of the worlds rcnown,
The beacon of the better way,
Shall selfish Great tear 1t DOWN.
Beyond your need for yellow gold.
Above your love for hours Of-case,
oh, toiler ut the bench or mold,
Greater than all idoiatries-
There is a trust for you to keep,
A love that's better than them all:
For ages shall your children weep
If now the Starry Flag shall fall.
Honest the toll and fair the pay.
United thus must free men stand
To hold the gate and bar the way
To all that would destroy our land.
Above the fortune and the place
OF which too much the wealthy braG.
Now, for the glory of our race,
Must capital esteem our Flag!
But one way now, all men must take
One path to journey, side by side;
No discord must our courage shake.
No hatred must our strength divide.
The greatest union calls US all.
Its fate upon our will awaits:
Now rich or poor. whate'er bcfal1,
Must work Tor our United States.
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
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How bare would the walls of the
world be-without picturesi
What would life seem like without
its trees and sunsets and cloud changes
and storms and SHOWS and rolling
acres and mountains? For these are
the pictures which furnish the world
thru which you walk
Anyone who has ridden for miles
and miles across the barren desert can
understand. It's like living in a great
room with plain, white walls-and no
pictures.
you live what all the beautiful touches
OF nature are to the out-of-doors.
Teach your child early to love beau
tifuI pictures. They do not have to
be expensive ones A few pennies viii
purchase copies of some Of the great
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WHERE THE suGAR GOES.

1t is announced that once more the
country is to be placed on sugar ra-
tions. The excuse offered is that Eu-
rope has slipped in and bought largely
of the Cut- crop. While we are be-
Ing rationed we also will pay higher
price.
Meanwhile the candy factories are
running fun blast Sugar producers
and candy makers, it is said, are an
ticipating an era of unparalleled pros
perity. The substitution of sugar de-
rivatives for alcohol in the diets of
those who formerly depended upon
Halcohoi for the carbon required by the
human body forms the basis of their
expectations. II their anticipations are
fully realized the sugar industry with
its various amifications will undoubt-
edly become one of the most imper-
tant in the country.
We have always been the foremost
consumers of sugar. and as candy eat
ers we are unequalled in all the world
Up to the outbreak of the World War
our per capita consumption of sugar
showed a marked increase each year
Occasional decreases shown in the an
nual statistics were accounted for by
short crops. The tendency was stead
lily upward. We economized in our
consumption of sugar during the war.
but as the statistics for the first six
months of this year show. we resumed
our old habits the minute the neces-
sity for economy was removed. Our
consumption during the first half of
the year was at the annual rate of over
$500, 900 tons, or 100000 tons in ex-
cess OF our highest previous consump-
ton. Roughly our consumption has
approximated 4,OO0,O 900 tons per an
mum since 1910. owing to the econo-
consumption in 1918 was the lowest
in eight years.
In the period from 1911 to 1914 the
per capita consumption of sugar in
creased by IL pounds. This was the
period of the development of prohibi-
tion in the south and west. AS a con-
sumner of sugar the commercial can
ming industry is comparatively unim-
portant. The largest manufacturing
VI sugar are anu nave DScIl
the candy and soft drink manufactur-
ers. Home canning consumes the bulk
of the sugar that is not consumed on
the table. or in the production of con-
fections and soft drinks.
Sugar is used in many things in
which its presence is seldom suspected,
such as tobacco, soap, drugs, canned
vegetables and condensed milk. The
latter industry consumes almost as
much sugar as is used in the manufac-
ture of soft drinks. Estimates fix the
amount the country will expend for
candy in 1920 at $1,0OO,oo0,0O0. Cur
rent expenditures, according to these
estimates, run to about $S00,O00,OO0.
Women are the principal consumers of
candy. The increase in the cousump-
ton during the past two years is at
tributed in part 10 the increased pur-
chasing power of women as result
Of their employment in industry. This
factor is an added element In the esti-
mates OF the candy manufa cturers. of
the increased consumption expected as
a result of prohibition.
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Soviet Russia announces it will take
back all the Reds ordered out of
America by Uncle Sam. The Detroit
News suggests that she also accept the
chap who thinks he must tell you
funny story every time he sees you.
the one who wants to argue with you
about his superior way of brewing. the
person in the next flat who insists on
playing last years jazz pieces with &
dull needle and the motorist who
honks his horn just to make you jump
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Probably everybody remembers how
It was dinned into the ears of the peo-
PIE a few years ago that the railroads
were robbing them. But the railroads
charged lower rates than are being
paid today and did not collect an ad-
ditional amount thru taxation, as the
government is doing. If the owners
ever get their property back it prob
ably will be a long time before poll
ticians again ride into office on the
tie of opposition to the railroads.
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1t is remarkable how warIike certain
senators have grown, when it is re-
membered that they used every means
Mt their command 20 prevent the
United States from entering the world
conflict. Having at last decided, fig
uratiYely. Of course. to take up arms.
their voices still are for war. PeaceI
They will have none of 1t, neither now
nor at any time. They not only favor
continuing in state of war with Ger
many but they would leave the way
wide open for anybody that feels so
inclined to start another war.
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masterpieces of the world.
Scattered thruout all of our great
cities are free galleries with priceless
gems upon their walls. Go to see them
whenever you have the chance. study
and try to feel--what the artist HIM
self put into his coiors.
remember the remark of a great
painter-'I put MYSELF into what l
paint.''
Nothing calrns and soothes the tired
mind and body like a beautiful picture.
Nothing contributes to clean thinking
and generous acting. like the picture
of some matchiess spot of the earth
or the reproduced imagination from
the depths of some great artists mind
Wherever you live. be cure that
there are pictures to look into your
heart and talk to yeu-
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lection in the setting room and Won
dering how meny L could save up if I
kepp on saving till 1 was about 81
yeers old, and pap was reeding the
spoarting page. and all of Suddin he
started to cawff about 10 short cawffs,
saying. 1 don't know wat the mischiff
aleS this throat of mine. Benny, run
and get me a glass of waiter, quick.
Yes sir, l sed.
Wich / ran to the bath room and
started to do, thinking, G, 1 wonder
if L could carry a glass brim full of
wattir back to the setting room with
out spilling a drop?
And I filled the glass as full as it
would get. taking pritty long on ac-
count of having to leeve the wattir
run SO slow wen the glass was neer full
so it wouldent squert the rest of it
out agen, and then 1 started to carry
it back to the setting room slow as
enything, thinking, Gosh. I'm pritty
steddy~all rite.
And 1 kepp on carrying 1t slow so
wouldent spill eny, and / could heer
pop cawff about once every second
and sumtimes awffener, and after a
vile he called, Benny for Peets sake,
wat the doose are you doing all this
time?
I'm coming. pop. I'm coming. sed.
Its about time, sed pop. Me not
having spilled a drop yet on account
of being SO steddy and going SO slow,
and pop kepp on caWfflng ana IN
about a minnit he called Benny, have
you dropped ded, or wat?
I'm coming, pop, I'm almost there.
I sed. And L wawked in the setting
room carrying the wattir careful as
enything. and pop sed, Quick, quick
are you parrilyzed? Are you trying
to choke me to death?
No sir, I'm seeing il / can carry it
all the way without spilling a drop, /
sod And pom made a fearse face and
jumped up and grabbed the wattir and
drank it without stopping for air.
And then he gave me 4 fearse kracks
some plaee and made me 60 to bed.
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Those responsible for the death of
the peace treaty preferred to kill 1t
by indirection, not daring to face the
public on the open issue of having
killed it in the open. But the public
knows whom to hold responsible. for
what has taken place.
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Household workers in Chicago are
demanding ten hour day. The de-
mand seems reasonable, altho there is
nothing about it to indicate whether
the revision of~working hours is up
ward or downward
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-24

The statement made oy Cordova. the
abductor sf Jenkins, that he tried to
kidnap the British consul. tends to
throw doubt on his veracity. Mexi-
cans Enow better than to trifle with
the rights of citizens of any other
country than the United States. They
know they could not get away with it.
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the war between this country and Ger
many will continue until December.
We are as slow to make peace as we
are to go to war.