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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26
WHAT SHALL WE EAT?


Julius II. Barnes. United States
wheat director. gays: Bread is al
ready the cheapest item In the diet.
At 26B pounds of flour per person per
annum, flour alone covers between IS
and 40 per cent of the entire diet in
terms of Galleries. In other words.
about SIS per year buys over one
third OF the individuals food, and if
all other foods were at the anne rate
the total cost of food per person per
year would be about $50, or total
national food bill OF $4,000, 900, 900, in
stead OF SIS. 200. 900 900. as at present
calculated. This. of course. Is imprac-
tieable, but let US spend a few mil
lions In teaching housewives. and thru
our schools how and what to buy to
get food value at reduced expenditure
and without sacrifice OF taste and pail
atability."
Evidently" comments Investment
News. with Mr.. Barnes words are
great deal cheaper than any other
commodity at the disposal Of the
altogether too much from his Ameri-
can constituency. But 1t is gratifying
to have him admit that. of course. 1t
would be impractieable to reduce our
national food bill from $4,000. oOO.-
900 to $4,000. 900. 900. We just couldn't
tighten the belt that much"
As to just how the housewives could
proceed and buy more economically
than they have been doing in the past
q. . ,..attar 10 wyhfeh fba .,kaat dirAc-
tor remains silent. He does not advise
them to buy meats; he can not advise
them to buy canned goods; he does not
suggest any substitutes which in his
opinion might be procured more
cheaply than what is being bought to-
day. All he can say is: Bread Is
cheap at 10 cents a loaf; eat bread.
It is reported that the Grain cor
poration is now buying new crop
flours at 81 per barrel lower than any
price ruling in the last four months,
and that these flours will be for resale
in any city where prices are found i'm
properly high. 1t ought not TO be diff
ficult TO find such a city.
Mr.. Barnes's suggestion is a re-
mlnder OF the one made by Marie An
toinette, who when advised that the
people had no bread said: Let them
eat cake" The Good Book says that
man doth not live by bread only.
Mr.. Barnes expresses the opinion
that any sales OF wheat or flour to
Britain, TO France. to Italy. at re-
duced prices would only save their
national treasures while depicting
ours. But how. the average Ameri-
can asks himself. do we in America de-
plete our own treasury IL we save
from the family purse? And are we
not constantly prodded to save by
thrift leaflets and wasninEtonian ad-
vice7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Mcatless Helps.

Mcatless Helps.
When the family objects to meat
less days. the first task is to show
them how very little a thing il is for
any of US who are in the ranks of the
"stay-at-homes' to change our table
to the demand of the day and times.
Those unwilling to conform are
"slackers." When once the mind has
the right attitude the rest Is simple.
Try salt fish as cakes, or souffie or
hash. Serve with or without tomato
sauce.
Try fish chowders and vegetable
chowders, like corn and parsnips.
Vary fish chowders by using milk
sometimes and tomato other times.
Try cheese in souffle, omelets. rare
bits and with macaroni.
Use beans, black in soup; lima in
casseroles or stewed. kidney and navy
as baked, soups and in mullins.
Learn to use the valuable bean,
also the peanut, that belongs TO the
legume family, all OF which are true
meat substitutes.
Use diced peas. as soup and PURGE.
Study the great value of cornmeal
in the many interesting ways II can
be used.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26

had knocked all the courage out OF
him. TT was all a frame-up to get
Floggart, but you beat u.s.
THE letter-it wasn't from
Charles% Lenore faced him with
blazing eyes.
NO: it was written by his former
secretary: a good forgery"
You cad!" All the indignation of q
fiery little soul was contained in those
words.
Unnoticed by the two in the road
ster. big red roadster had halted by
their side.
what does IL mean." 1t was
Charles. He had followed the rum
away car and had heard the confess
sion. Lenore was very brave when
she told him the story. but she felt very
weak and insignificant as she nestled
in his arms on the homeward journey.
Brave little champion" he whis-
pered, as he drew her very, very close.
"A man couldn't lose with a sweet
heart like you.''
(CopyEight, 1919 by the Mcclure News-
pepper, Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
Different Tongues-2.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Woxid's Highest Paid woman writer.


When woman says that a girl Is
mice" it means that she is a sort of
bargain remnant that has been left
on the feminine counter. and that
while she may have good wearing
qualities she has no attraction to boom
her. Women apply this epithet to the
snub nosed. dumpy. saleratus- biscuit
complexioned. frumpy girls who are
wall flowers at parties, but who do
settlement work and teach in the Sun
day school, and are as long on virtue
as they are short on charms.
This is the reason that young men
are never willing to marry the mice
girls that their mothers and sisters
pick out for them, and who would
undoubtedly make some other men
such admirable wives. Never by any
possibility are a woman's nice girl and
mans nice girl the same individual.
Nor do men and women mean the
| same thing when they speak Of econ
ony." When man speaks of econo-
mixing he means that he actually
| does without something, and saves the
| economizing she means that she has
bought something that she didn't want
because ii has been marked down
from six dollars to five forty-eight.
And IL she has worn herself to a
frazzle, and brought on an illness that
|
| a trained nurse, chasing from store
to store trying to get a spool of thread
one cent lower. she is convinced that
she is an economical wonder, and that
only her sex prevents her from being
called to be the secretary of the
| treasury.
In most families the very word
economy" is like waving a red flag
before a mad bull, because TO the
husband and wife 1t means such a
| different thing
A similar difference of opinion ex-
lists in regard to what each sex has
in mind when 1t speaks of a man as
being good husband" When a man
calls another man q good husband"
| he means a man who supports his
family and keeps within telephoning
distance of the straight and narrow
path. Simply this and nothing more.
He has no reference whatever to the
mans livable qualities, whether he
is kind. considerate. and affectionate
to his wife.
A womans definition OF a good
| husband" is the most complicated
thing on eareh. Her idea of a good
husband" is a man who is as domestic
| as the house cat A man who never
goes out in the evening alone, who
likes to potter around hanging pic
lures, and putting down carpets, in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
Bx MRS ELEzABErn THOMPSON,

Dear Mrs. Thompson: My home is
in the country, but cannot call my
self q country girl, for was brought
up In the city. Our family likes farm
ing and we are happy to make our
home where we can have our own
garden vegetables. fresh eggs, butter
and milk.
Loneliness is my problem. When
I was going to high school L had
plenty of friends and became engaged
to one young man. We broke off tho.
Probably it was for the best, because
we were both so young. 1 still had
friends and cared deeply for two or
three of them. but we drifted apart.
The average man does not appeal
to me. Probably 1 am old-fashioned
in my ideas, like clean-minded,
natural men and women. Nowadays
the way to a mans heart seems to be
thru a painted face and low-necked
georgette waist. I would rather go
unmarried all my life than to COM
promise myself in that cheap way.
My girl friends say I am too re-
served 1 realize that l am shy, but
I can't help 1t. When / finally be-
come well acquainted l have no
trouble keeping friends. They say
that 1 am sympathetic and they can
tell me anything. knowing it will never
be repeated.
If I could only correspond with
some fine young man think he would
learn to like me. But that is hope
less because do not know any one
out OF town or in town who cares
about writing to me. As I grow older
I find It more and more difficult to be
friendly to a man the first time we
meet
The program of my life seems to
be a long ride to work in the morn
ing, a busy day. a long ride homo, an
evening reading and talking to my
parents and a long nights rest.
1 don't know just why I am writ
ing because there is really no way
you can help me. Perhaps it is my
desire to write and talk to some one
that has made me say this to you.
You will think from my letter that
I am very old. I don't feel old when
LONESOME.
Your letter is very interesting,
There are many girls in the world who
are lonely; girls who would make
splendid wives and mothers, but be-
cause OF shyness and circumstance
become acquainted with men.
think q decided change would do
you good. Go out of town for a vaca-
ton. II you have not money to travel
for two or three weeks, go to a lively
resort nearby. Take books along and
do not make a number Of friends, you
will make a few II you do your part
to be friendly. The change of air and
scenery will be good for you.
You must try to conquer your shy
ness. You can be pleasant and genial
without being bold. Probably you dc
! not take enough interest in out-of-
door sports. Exercise produces health
and vigor, and vigor helps to attract
friends.
Possibly during your vacation you
will meet some one who would like
to correspond. can see how pleasant
1t would be for you If you had the
opportunity to write and receive inter-
| esting letters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
BY JANE PHELPS


first Mrs. Graham" increased. Tho
it was childish the oddly of her
name added to that jealousy. I would
say it over and over many times a
day. sMy own name which had always
been rather a source of pride to me
now sounded harsh when compared to
the musical name of the other woman.
Leola, Sandra. 9 4 sst.4 -.
In consonance with Everett's wish
es 1 had meekly gone to several for
NAL dinners with him. Each time he
bought me a lovely gown. and each
time there were touches of sapphire
somewhere about the costume, If II
was not entirely of that color.
why do you always choose blue
for me?" I once asked him. my mind
on what / had been told OF his fond
ness for that color.
Because it is your color-ypu
should always wear blue. Not light
blue. Your hair is too vivid. But
deep rich blues"
II look we'll in white. Let me have
an all white dinner dress next time.
All that day 1 wondered If he were
going to give me the jewels that aw-
full Mr.. Leveridge told me the first
conversation had taken. place at the
breakfast table. The dinner was fol-
month hence and I was to meet
him at my modiste's to see about q
new gown.
Mrs. Garry. the woman whom had
disliked because she compared my
hair to that of Leola, was giving the
dinner While 1 did not want to go
1 did want to look we'll as long Al
Everett insisted upon our accepting
her invitation. Already had learned
the power of-clothes upon the minds
of some women, and nearly all men
L had the "I'll show them" feeling
because of the patronixing way they
especially the women.
"One would think 1 was an infant
in arms!" scoided one morning af-
ter attending a function at which al
most everyone treated me as II l were
a child. And i begged Everett again
to allow me to comb my hair as the
older women did SOL would look less
like little girl. But he again re-
fused.
II there had been any other women
of my age in the set to which Everett
belonged 1 wouldn't have been so
noticeably young. But most of them
had daughters my age who were stu
in school. or considered too young TO
be out"
had heard people say they hated
to grow old. l was constantly WISH
ing / were older; more like the self
contained, poised women with whom
Everett, and consequently ]. assoei-
ated. 1t med to me that
whether one could be happy about
ones age or not depended on ones
environment.
(Tomorrow-Everett buys Sandra
jewels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26

J. ogden Armour Is one Of those
who places a large measure of respon-
sibillty for the high prices OF food
where 81 rightfully belongs-on the
federal government. In an article ap-
pearing in a recent issue OF Investment
News he writes: Wheat is the real
basis on which food values are deter
mined. The government is respon-
sible for the high cost OF wheat by
It's guarantee of t2.2s per bushel to
the farmers OF the country. That price
was fixed in the belief that it was high
enough TO encourage unusual produc-
tion. Congress did not think that
wheat would be worth that much on
the open market. and so an appropria-
ton OF a billion dollars was passed in
order TO make up the difference be-
tween what the government paid for
the wheat and what II expected to get
for Il IN the open market. The United
states Grain corporation. however,
thus far has made no reduction in the
price. and so with wheat at its pres
snt high levels corn is UP, and also
meat animals. at a record level
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II is announced in Senator Cap
per's paper that the senator has made
an important discovery while engaged
In investigating the high cost of liv-
ing He has found. Il is declares. that
the consumer actually Is paying the
cost OF the war This is the first in
timation appearing anywhere that
there has been any doubt regarding
who is paying for the war. Was there
ever tax of any kind that was not
paid by the consumer? The only rea-
son for levying taxes on incomes and
profits is that 1t Is easier to collect
from a few people than from the
masses. Congress knew very well
from whence the money would come.
IT may have been good politics. also,
20 make a pretense OF forcing the rich
To pay-but IT did not fool all the peo-
pie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26
GERLS.

Gerls are the foundations OF win.
min. Every lady use 20 be a eePi
once. and the older the lady is the
longer ago 1t was, and every rerl
Expects to be a lady sumtime. and the
younger the gerl Is the less she
Expects 1t.
Most babies are called it innsted OF
he or she because most babies look
like IL. Boys keep on looking Iike
gerls till they get their hare cut, the
ones that get theirs cut the ferst be-
youngest and get their mother tiled
OF saying No the soonest.
Wen a boy gets mad he hits with
his fists. being panefill as well as in
sulting. but wen a Eerl gets mad she
sticks out her tung, being meerly in
sultins.
Some gerls is prettier than others,
but the others wont admit IL. The
prettier a gerl is. the more rites she
thinks she has, genrelly thinking cor
rectly.
Wen you are interdoosed to gerl
you are Supposed to bow and say. I
am pleased to meet you. But wat
you genrelly do is jest stand there.
Wen sevrel gerls get together they
genrelly giggel. Gerls don't haaff TO
so wen they have sumthing speshil to
giggel at, its fearse.
Gerls awffen grow up to be nerses.
school teetchers, lady docktors and
dressmakers but hardly ever ito be
prize fighters, shoe makers and fire
men.
Meny gerls cant wink one eve at
time. being more of a curiosity than
a diskrace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

o. Is there bAttIcship West virginia.
A. There is now NO commissioned ship
in the United States navy named the West
virginia. A dreadnaught now being built
o. Which presidents Of the United states
have belonged TO the Masonic orderi-N. Is.
| A. Masonic records Of the early presi-
Ssts Ts d not steaP % Masans %%sh
I ington, Adams. Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
y1hn op1nIey s a1% IPsI e1c RMSEr0on
| johnson, Garfield, Arthur Cleveland, Nc
Kinley, Roosevelt, Taft.
| O. Can third cousins marry 1T. T.
A. There Is no law prohibiting the mar
rage Of third cousins.
9: How long after ne war can the
Marine i-H. II.
a. A marine who enlisted. or was draft
ed To-, the duration Of the war; can De
! peace has been ratified by congress and
publicly declared by the president q the
quarters states. however that all duration
men will be released from military service
as soon ms they can be spared.
L. q k. Is Jack DemPs'y'' real name ''eA'-
a. Jack Dempsey's full name is william
Harrison Dempsey.
Q. What Is the yellow periI7-G. SO.
A. The yellow peril is a term used in
referring to the possibility that the Jap
anese, by dominating the Chinese and con-
military force that would be dangerous
to other nations of the world In a mar
rover sense. the yellow peril IL the feaf
that the Japanese. thru immigration, may
oTer-run parts OF the United States.
Q. What was Tennyson's prophecy that
is regarded as having been fulfilled In this
A; The prophecy Of TenHyson's Locksley
Hall was as follows:
For dipt into the future, far as human
eye could see,
Saw the Vision Of the world. and all the
wonder that wouId be;
Saw the heavens fiji with commerce. argo-
sizes Of magic sails,
Plots OF the purple twilight, dropping
down with costly bales.
Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and
there rain'd a CHASTITY dew
from the nations airy navies graphing II
tho central blue
Far along the orld-wide whisper Of the
wind rushing warm.
with the standards Of the peoples piung-
Ing 1hro' the fhundeFaform:
TIL the war-drum throbb'd no longer, ana
the battle-flaES were furid
IN IN: Parliament OF man. the Federatioz
house and lot, and the building Is burned
down, can she collect the insurancel-A K
A; A. shs has only iife interest IN the
property, she can collect tho Interest on
the Insurance money but not the principal.
She win slse retain her life interest In the
land on which the building stood.
ANY reader can get the answer 10 any
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26

Many people never get themselves
across because they not only UNDER
rate themselves, but they. under
BELIEVE in themselves. man has
to believe in himself before anyone
else can. You cannot sell wares about
which you know nothing and believe
less.
Get yourself across.
Folks respect the chap who has the
daring to put his best into everything
for that is what puts him across.
And soon whole empires want his
leadership. For the ono capable Of
putting himself across. finds It fun 70
aid in putting others across. And
that is really ono Of the things which
gives to life its choicest vest.
Get yourself across.
But do IL honestly. enthusiastically,
putting all the clean glory Of which
you are capable into the process.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26

on other grades of shoes showed about
the same advance.
In summarizing the whole situation,
the commission reports that taking
into consideration all the circum-
stances the high prices of shoes in
1917 and 1913 cannot be justified.
Leather manufacturers. shoe manufac-
turers and retail shoe merchants all
made unprecedented profits.
The commission suggest to congress
that some relief from the intolerable
prices paid by consumers for shoes
may be had by a rigid enforcement of
the antitrust laws; by legislation for
bidding producers of hides engaging
in the tanning business; and by the
adoption of device, in the distribu-
consumer with the selling price Of the
manufactures.
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one industry after another has been

One Industry after another has been
nnionized until now even Broadway
actors have become leaEued with the
eallous- handed workers. Those indus
tries which were not organized-such
as the steel workers-have had their
wages raised by the employing cor
porations in an effort to outbid the
unions. The result has been a tactical
victory but an actval defeat for union
labor. With so many workers receiv-
ing the benefits of the wage increases
everybody is feeling the pinch OF high
production costs. A union. to be sue
cessful. must comprise a limited IA
vored class, receiving advantages
which others do not enjoy. As the
situation now stands it is about the
same as II everybody were getting q
pension and the whole community
we're being taxed to raise the funds,
with the result that no one has a pen
sion
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GET YOURSELF ACROSS!

Many of US spend too much time on
non-esseD tials and refinements. We
pay too little attention to the big ideas
that hold the reins to the things that
lead the details and take care of them.
Get YOURSELF acrossi
It's the YOU in you that is the all
important thing, And IL Is the express
sion of that you" that makes all
the difference in the world with every
little thing in the world.
Get yourself across.
There is a common phrase that Is
interesting: What's the BIG idea %
they say-meaning what are you driv-
ing at, or what is there worth while
about what you are trying to talk
about or explain? In reality, il means
that you are not getting your thoughts
across-and why don't you'll
Get yourself across.
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II anybody knows a merchant who
is ''profiteering" he should refuse to
patronize that merchant. Surely not
all dealers in the necessaries of life
are engaged in the hold-up game.
Many Topeka grocers publish prices
charged for their wares in the State
journal each week. In the face of
this publicity eNtortfonate prices could
not be maintained unless there be .
combine" in existence and that is a
violation OF law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-26
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
By ROY Y. MoULTON

Perhaps.
What the old mountebanks:
Chaucer,
Boccaccio,
Catolus,
Balzac,
Ad infinitum
Would say
II they knew
That these modern word-mongers
Were cutting UP indifferent prose
Into odd lengths
Like this
And sending It to you
And get it printed
] rather imagine
They would be green with envyi
H. Thompson Rich.
A member OF the British parliament
says: 1T is easier to face your foes
in front of you than your friends be-
hind your back"
Five of the ex-kaiser's sons want to
be tried in his place. But all they
could be tried for would be stealing
furniture and silverware.
We can almost hear a certain dis
tinguished peace signer say, "Oh, for
a Lodge who would stay in some vast
wilderness"
II you don't believe there are such
things as previous widows, you should
have read the following extract from
an A. p. dispatch: HIS widow was
with him before he died"
Ho-Hum! e
Dear Roy-Just a word to inform
you that prohibition has left me sad
der Budweiser.-Harry Kir-