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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

and We three had a really jolly time
for a few moments before others
dropped in-Alice Sloane and her
niece, Irma Barton, and some others.
After they all left and Rose and
were dressing for dinner. she said:
'<Isn't that Irma Barton. the wo-
man everyone said was going to be the
second Mrs. Graham?"
'sWho said that?"
walter told me this afternoon that
every one thought your husband was
in love with her end that she was
going to be number two"
For goodness sake. Rose, do stop
talking of number twol' You will
drive me crazy. One would think it a
crime to marry a widower. But 1t
I happens. this time. you are wrong.
Mrs. Barton was great friend of
Mrs. Grahams and of Everett. She
is a friend of mine. We had a long
talk not a great while ago. and she
told me a lot about herself. It's all
nonsense, people coupling her name
vincingly. Had Rose talked of her and
Everett before I knew she was to
marry his friend. 1 should have been
hurt and annoyed
''Well, I'm glad there's nothing to
that rumor. 1t is bad enough to have
people say your husband loved his
first better. without having someone
claiming him now Also"
1 felt as if I should go mad if I
/, heard any more about Leola. could
have been very happy at this time but
for her-this woman who had died
nine years before 1 met Everett But
how could l be contented when all the
time I heard of her-my husbands
love for her. which everyone seemed
to think so much greater than it was
for me?
Since my talk with Irma Barton
until Rose came and revived the feel
ing by her constant reference to mum
ber one'-I had been far happier when
thinking of Everett. Now determined
not to allow Rose to spoil that bit of
content, and told her she would please
me very much if she did not refer to
Everett's first wife again while she
was with me-
why. of course 1 won't if you are
sensitive about it! 1 didn't suppose
you cared, after all this tipe. I don't
see how you married him if you ever
minded playing second fiddle. You
remenl Der 1 said I couldn't"
(Tomorrow-A bomb.)
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-Ouestions-Answers

Q. IN putting my car away for the win
ter. should the tres be flnt:-J. X; ].
A. The best way to care for tires In win
ter Is to leave enough air I'm them go tina:
the tube will not be flat. They should not.
however. be left fully inflated. If possibl /.
jack the car so as to kOop the tires off the
ground. Draw all gas out Of the tank to
%. Can a soldier or sailor purchase his
release from the service M A. T.
A. There Is way. at the present time.
for soldier or sailor to buy his discharge.
Before thr war this was possible. but this
practice was discontinued Immediately after
the declaration of war.
Q. Is congress contemplating the pas
Of the China Relief Expedition 1T. +. NJ.
A. There is n bill pending In congress TO
grant pensions to veterans of the war with
Spain, the Philippine insurrectien, and the
China Relief Expedition This bill pro-
vides that all who served not less than
ninety days. and who received any dis
ability during such service would be en-
dollars per month.
Gounod's Ave Maria ?''-B. B.
A. When Charles Gounod was an organ
ist at the Church Of Madeleine: in Paris.
he played prelude by Bach and compore.;
an air to il. naming the whole piece Ave
Mnria." This was about the middle of the
nineteenth century.
Q. What Is the origin of playing cards:
A. They are believed to have first been
cards have existed in India since time
immemorial. Their invention has also been
ascrieed to the Egyptians and 10 the Arabs.
This belief is strengthened by the fact that
the pictures the face cards are Egyptian
in type.
Q. Has any step been taken To make
Armistice Day a national holiday - T.. Il.
A A bill providing that November 11th
be observed rs national holiday was IN
troduced IN the senate by Senator Charles
i. Henderson Of Nevada. No action has
been taken on this bill.
O., How can cure my skin of black
heads FL. L.
A. An excellent eradicntor for black
heads Is made of one ounce tincturr Of
green s0ap, and thirty drops Of peroxide
Of hydrogen. This should be mIxel and
applied to the skin with absorbent cotton.
Q. Should q COW be MIXED at a regular
time each dayZ-J. L. II.
A The Department of Agriculture says
that 1t is important to milk the COW at a
regular time. as Irregular milking affects
the flow OF milk.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am just a
high school girl of seventeen. My
brother and I are orphans and live
with our aunt and uncle. My brother
is twenty-three, very much In love and
and makes a good salary. Neither my
aunt nor like the girl he is to marry.
She is very pretty, but aside from
that she is not lovely for she treats
sner own mother very badly. Twice
when calling on some errand 1 have
heard her say unkind things.
Her nearest girl friend told me she
openly declared to her that she was
marrying him because he makes q
fine appearance and can give her more
than some other fellows she likes hct-
ter. Do you think 1t right for girl to
talk that way of the man she intends
to marry?
I was SO worried about it that !
told my brother and instead Of feeling
grateful he was very angry with me
for listening to such things.
Should L try to make her see she
is not suited to my brother? If
should succeed in breaking up their
engagement | would proba bly, lose my
brothers love, hut I would be willing
to lose it for all time rather than to
have him unhappy
MARJORIE.
You have no right to interfere with
your brother regarding his marriage.
You have told him all you know
against the girl, and he will not listen.
Probably he knows a more lovable
side than you have seen. OF course
she should be kind to her mother 1t
Ihay be. however, that the mother has
never taught her respect Her own
home and your brothers love may
make a different girl of her.
The remark which her nearest girl
friend" made was catty and too mean
to consider seriously. The girl who
did the gossiping is two-faced and un-
worthy to be called a friend"
Stand by your brother for better or
worse and let him fashion his own
life.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26
PURE WOOL BILL

A pure wool bill. modelled on the
lines of the pure food law. has been
pending IN congress for long time
and the wool growers now are report
ed tc have rallied to it's support with
a determination to push 1t thru. This
bill REQUIRES that fabrics and clothing
shall be labeled for just what they are
and II they are composed in part of
shoddy instead OF all virgin wool the
exact proF ortion must be stated on the
label.
In this connection the sheep men
make the charge that fully two-thirds
OF the raw material used in apparel
offered as all wool is shoddy and not
virgin wool. This, they say, is made
possible only because not one person
in a hundred thousand knows or sus-
poets that the term 'all WOOL can be
made to mean wool that has previous
ly been used in cloth.
There is little doubt that a truth-in-
fabric law is bound to come. It seems
as inevitable as was the pure food law
which was fought for a long time by
the shoddy food makers just as the
shoddy wool makers are fighting the
fabrics bill. And is there any good
reason why cloths should not be so
labeled that the men and women who
must buy clothing may know Just what
they are getting for their money and
whether their purse fits shoddy or vir-
gin wool?
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26

While Ohio's population has in
creased 20 per cent in eight years and
school attendance 10 per cent, the to-
tai cost of Ohio's common schools has
jumped from s27, 900 to $55, ,OOO,-
600 and the common school debt from
$4,000. 900 to $6S.OOO,OOO in the same
period. may be assumed that Ohio's
conditions are fairly typical of condi-
tions generally, but this enormous in
crease can hardly be explained on the
basis of increased costs. Probably
much of it proceeds from the tendency
II SCHOOL boards and superintendents
to introduce fads into the schools
There doubtless is much experimental
ton that might be dispensed with
without loss to the pupils.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26

the emergency and condemned ii
themselves. They became enthusiasts
for Wood, rather than enemies.
At Camp Funston there was a young
General Wood made an occasion for
an informal conversation with the
lieutenant. He said:
This job of making an army is a
new one to US all. Major-generals in
our army never before commanded
even a division. We are all awkward.
We are all making mistakes. But we
must work as we never worked before.
We must help each other. Now l nor
tice. lieutenant, that you are making &
certain mistakes. 1 think 1 can point
the way to their correction"
So the Lieutenant was put on the
right track. Later he confided to a
friend his surprise that the general
should take a personal interest in his
work
General Wood has a capacity for
binding men to him. The old Rough
Rider crowd will be an element of
great strength to his campaign. AS the
father of the Plattsburg idea, and of
the method of training officers that
grew out of it, General Wood bound
many men to him. The men of one
division he trained wore a large w
w on their shoulders thruout one cam
paign in France to show appreciation
of his work,
General Wood is not a west Pointer
and does not bear the prejudice felt
toward many regular army men. He
is a graduate o Harvard, and was ad-
mitted to the army in 1885, at the
age of twenty-six, as an assistant sur
geon. His familiarity with matters
that rev0lve about the colonial man
sion in which the presidents dwell
is of long standing. He was attached
to the White House staff during the
administration of Grover Cleveland,
in the capacity of surgeon. He was a
favorite hunting companion of Mr..
Cleveland. When that ardent Demo-
crat was succeeded by President Nc
kin1ey, he asked that special provi-
sion be made for the young surgeon.
Mr.. Mckinley complied by keeping
Doctor Wood at the White House. AS
a result of his intimacy with McKin-
ley. Wood was made colonel, and al
when the Spanish-American war broke
out. He was, of course, very close to
Roosevelt during the seven years of
his incumbency.
Wood was born in New Hampshire,
but Massachusetts, claims him as a
citizen leoause the years of his edu-
cation were spent in that state. After
his work at Camp Funston the state
of Kansas made him a citizen by pro-
clamation of the governor.
This array of facts constitutes the
chief points in the case that the
friends of this promising candidate
present.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26
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FURNITURE.


No matter how bewtifilI a house is,
If you took all the furniture out of
the inside nobody would wunt to live
in it. This can be proved by looking
at eny empty house.
Furniture should be ornamental as
well as useful. like picktures, being
ornamental to look at and useful to
hide spots on the wall paper. If chairs
dident haff to be enything but useful,
people could set on soap boxes and
stay up jest as good. A chair with one
broak leg is ony ornamental, and IL
sumbody tries to set on it. 1t VIII
proberly even stop being ornamental,
on account of a upside down chair
being one of the leest ornamental
sites there is.
Windows is ornamental to look out
and see the view, and useful to look
out and see If it's raining or not with
out getting wet in case 1t is. Tne
amount of lite in a room depends on
the number of windows and how far
the shades are pulled down. Windows
haff to be washed every once in a vile
or they get to be noticeable.
All clocks are ornamental exsept
alarm clocks. but meny clocks are
not as useful as they use to be on &C
count Of having stopped and stay that
way. The werks of a clock are on the
inside and therefore ignorant peeple
give the face and hands most of the
credit. All a clock needs is TO be
wound up regular and not dropped.
Tables are .usefilI to put things on
wen you don't know ware elts to put
them The dining room table would
proberly be missed the most. After
suppir many people make the dining
room ta BILE ornamental by nuttine
lamp on 1t. but wen you haff to study
your lessins on it YOU Genrelly don't aP-
preciate its commentaries
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26
ON SECOND THOUGHT
INC Marigolds sim Are DIoomIng.
BY JAY z. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger)

Tho Marigolds Still Are Blooming.
The war, with it's myriad wounds,
We quote the esteemed Politico-
Economic Review. would have been
a carnal house except for the aid tnat
came from the brave Red Cross
nurse
Hurrah for the Red Cross nurss,
say We.
A shortage of print paper em-
barrasses newspaper publishers
Speaking as an individual. We wish to
do what we can to relieve the situa-
ton. We are willing to forego the
pleasure of reading the New York
American until such time as the supply
of print paper becomes normal. When
it comes to an act of abnegation we
permit no gent to outdo US.
Furthermore, provided the situation
continues critical, we could give up
The New Republic.
While the preceding paragraphs are
purely personal in their application,
We shall feel that we have not done
our full duty in the circumstance un-
| less We have put others upon their
mettle. What are you willing to give
up in order that the shortage of print
paper may be relieved?
There's your opening. ladies and
gentlemen You may never have q
better chance to take a wallop at the
column.
While not so much can be said for
New York productions in the lighter
vein, it is gratifying to learn that at
least one of the musical comedy com.
panies now on tour of the provinces
has been able to retain its sense of the
pror--:.>- Goshen (Ind.) newspapers
state the fact that every member of
the company wore tights
We profess to be no judge of art,
but we are one of the most Jealous of
the proponents of discretion. We be-
lieve those having theatrical entertain-
ment in hand do we'll to cater q little
! to the prudery of the middle west.
1t is gratifying to learn that Ed
ward. Prince of Wales. wears pajamas.
The horrHyinG thought that the prince
! might be addicted TO the old-fash-
ioned nightshirt has troubled US not
little. The world holds no spectacle
more forbidding than that of a man
sarbed in a nightshirt.
| The plight of the miners who are
compelled to mine coal for an average
dcsideratum of $1.400 a year naturally
arc, for the moment, more deeply con-
ccrned for the welfare of those who
have to buy coal on an income OF
$1,000 a year/or less.
| While the eviction Of Victor Berger
| from his theoretical seat in the house
Of representatives doubtless will meet
with widespread approval. the incident
! revealed q condition in congress that
! is both deplorable and huniliating 1t
| developed the members CT that body
knew so little German that only n few
| OF them were able to understand Mr..
Bergers farewell speech.
There no longer is any doubt that
King Albert is democratic. No man
who discloses his suspenders to the
camera can be classified as an aristo-
crdt
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26
Household Hints
Envorite Recipes.

Vegetable Pie-One cup diced po-
tatoes, one cup diced car; o;s, one on
ion, two or three tablespoons canned
peas (left over), one cup beef gravy
(also a leftover), salt and pepper. Put
in covered baking dish, add a cup OF
water and cook in moderate oven for
an hour.
Remove lid and cover with biscuit
dough polled three-eighths inch thick
Bake twenty to twenty-five minutes
or till dough is we'll Drowned. This
makes a substantial onedish meal
which is satisfying without being
heavy. and which uses any bits OF
leftover meat or vegetables. Sage.
parsley or any preferred seasoning
may be used.
Baked Apples-Pare. cut in halves
and core apples which hold their shape
well when cooked. Place cut side
down in a baking dish and pour over
q cup OF water in which has been dis
solved a cup of sugars and a cup of
srapejuice. Bskc slowly till apples
are done andN have absorbed the
liquid.
When cold place two halves to-
gether in sauce dish and top with a
spoonful of whipped cream.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26
The promoters Of the tract rose to
INTENSITY.

Most of the great things in human
endcayor have called for-and de-
manded-great intensity of thought
and effort.
The carpenter takes but one or two
good hits to drive his nail, for he has
learned to know that accuracy. time,
and effort are all conserved by this
method
A man may wear out thru great in
tensi.y of work and purpose-but he
never rusts out this way.
If you want to push a thing thru, or
complete a really great job-do 1t with
all your heart and might and main.
WI waste of time and energy
by doings things easily Snd as tho a
lifetime was accorded our simplest
tasks I have learned thru observa-
ton and experience that the rapid
worker is the one who first learned
to do the simplest things welI-and
then thru concentration drove with
intensity every task performed
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26

Folks
HGns5t


You must the good wife said to me.
devote one plea day
Unto our new-come minister. At golf be
likes to play"
And so, obedient to her wish, sought the
goodly man
And asked him would he like to shoot the
Il ball Into the can.
Aye. that l weenld.' lle smiling said. s'I
think the game sublime"
So / prepared that afternoon to have n
rotten time.
I'd never played with ministers: IL did not
seem to me
That one could preach the word Of God
and still golfer be-
Yet when he changed his clericals for xur.
ments less refined
No golfer on the course would know he
hooked his vest behind
What odds shall I bestow?" asked He
answered. None at all.
II play yor level Pound the course. A
BALL, ball, ball.
Now that is true-born golfers speech. It
startled me n bit
Ihought l. The parson knows the game.
Perhaps the church can hit -
And when ] Kim make a swing and
then observed his Emiie.
"h1spercd low to Alex Ross: The
Then his first drive left the tee / fur.
tker said IL looked
AS tho f"r three good dollar balls the
clergy had me booked.
he hit iem frr and straight and true, he
NJ rutted like n firnd
lie sIpote the pill With all his might and
Into it he leaned:
lie kePtihe honor all the way; and at the
final cup
l paid hiIl three good dollar balls for hs
was serfn rp
Ny friend" said 7. ..you have style for
which all golfers sen rcf
II ] Thought / coaid play with you ia
:. gladly go to church,
Copyright 1919 By Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26

is a very capable liar But there is
one thing which prevents me saying
which one"
''Modesty, presume" retorted
witty.
~ can't do the family washin',
ma'am," said the new girl.
''Why not, pray?" asked the lady of
the house.
The family's too large, ma am"
why. there's only my husband and
myself in the family
Yes, ma'am; but look at the size
of yousl'
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26

The effect OF the senate wrangle
over the peace treaty in delaying i'm
portant business is seen in the status
OF proposed budget legislation. The
house passed a budget bill before
taking a recess, while the senate's
special budget committee. headed by
Senator Medill Mccormick. has not
even begun consideration of the SUBJ
ject. The senator has explained that
he was compelled to delay action be-
cause of an agreement in the senate to
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26

Several days have passed since the
government of the United States sent
threatening note to the government
Of Mexico demanding the immediate
release of Consular Agent Jenkins,
who is being held prisoner in Puebla.
No reply has been received. Our gov
ernment failed to take into account the
manana habit which prevails in
Mexico. 1t also appears to have failed
to take into account the fact that It
has been the settled policy of Mexico
for several years to ignore commune
cations of that nature. Mexico may
find time to notice our note after she
has gathered her crops
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26
THE BOYCOTT ROAD.

Miss Edith S. Strauss, upon whom
Attorney General Palmer has wished
the job of organizing American fem
ininity into 9 Consumers Union
which is designed to boycott every
thing that sells at a price considered
too high, puts the program of her or
ganization into few words. I'VE must
cut out senseless luxuries," says Miss
Edith. Our plan also will be to in
crease production" she adds.
The union of course will boycott
anything the selling cost of which is
not satisfactory. do without rather
than pay excessive prices" adjures
Miss Edith. when milk is raised to
a price beyond reason, do without milk
a certain number of days. as they do
in cost"
But how. We wish we might ask this
emphatic young woman, says the, st.
Louis Times, is production of cloth
ing. for Instance. going to be increased
il S5.000,oo0 women decide not to buy
any? What maker of waists and
skirts and all the other garments COM
ROSAAA5 ACA4AahAhS dlSAN kfOQAO A4ACI CelSC
production" when confronted with the
boycott of the buying sex against his
goods?
And how many dairymen will buy
more cows and enlarge their barns and
employ additional help with the threat
before them of Miss Edith's ordering
her 35.OOo.OOO followers religiously to
observe milkless Tuesdays. Wednes-
days and Thursdays?
Then there are the "senseless lux
uries," Miss Edith terms certain
things used by her sisters which she
does not designate in greater detail.
Wrist watches? Complexion powder?
Manicure sets? Silk stockings? Fur
coats? Party gowns? Flowers?
Candy? Are these some of the in
creasingly common commodities of
commerce which our fair friend dubs
"senseless luxuries?"
There'are said to be $50, 900 persons
in this country engaged in the, manu-
facture of jewelry. More than 1OO,-
900 are required in carrying on the
silk industry Millinery production re-
quires the services of $4,000, while the
sales forces of our retail stores pro-
vide employment for 100000. There
are more than q million servants in
active emrloyment in American fam
ilies, many of whom, perhaps, could be
classed as luxuries. 1t requires almost
100000 workers to make the candy
we eat. The textile industry employs
a million people.
So Miss Edith's plan of economy
thru cessation of buying will work
to a vast army of toilers at
the very beginning. And can these
folk who find their employment taken
from them be counted upon to buy
the goods she plans to have produced
in larger volume than ever? And
even If she shall succeed thru her
in forcing prices down. will
the lowered cost represent a real saw
ing to anybody-when the sacrifices
entailed in obtainin it are consid-
cred?
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26

Sobered by a realization OF the posi-
tion in which they have left their
country. the senate leaders of both
sides are talking of taking up the
treaty again at the general session of
congress. which opens on the first of
December. They say that the presi-
dent can resubmit the treaty and the
discussion can begin all over again.
Better no treaty than that the country
should endure all that talk once more.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26

Members of labor unions thruout
the country seem destined to feel the
effects of the strike by their brother
unionists of the mining industry.
Manufacturing plants in large num-
bers are closing down, throwing en-
ployes out of work. Increasing short
age OF coal for domestic consumption
all classes of wage earners.