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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

bassador insults the king. They who
rail against fate and circumstances
are usually railing against God.
To vindicate His own glory-which
is dearer to Him than men commonly
think-Jehovah promised to rain
bread from heaven for them day by
day-bread in the morning, and, oc-
casionally at least, meat in the eve
ming. 1t was to come day by day, sug-
costing that the spiritual life cannot
be sustained on past experiences any
more than the body on stale mama.
OF course all this was a miracle
Mamma" or What is it?' cried the
astonished pilgrims. But this is not
wonderful The principle of divine
providence is SO important that God
will work any number of miracles to
maintain it. Back of the fact, and not
to be obscured by 1T, lies the truth.
God will care for His own even if He
has to send the Angel Gabriel down
from highest heaven to act as one of
earth'S messengers. THE Lord will
provide" is the homely, tested teach
ing of this event, and of the history of
all those whom Jehovah has called
His friends turnout the centuries.
In a thousand ways during the war,
by natural increase of harvest, by the
appearance of unexpected allies and
resources, by opportune fogs and
rains, by the timely arrival of REIN
fOrcemeEtS. by the development of
women workers, we have been taught
during the war the old, simple and
profound lesson of the good provi-
deEces of Cod He is the Lord of
the mama and the ravens and of the
widows crust
AS to the mama, We can only repeat
the exclamation of those who first
found it-"What is it," It was plain
ly not n natural product; we only
know why it was sent and the purpose
it served. When Gods people are in
need He brings out of His infinite
treasure-house stores new and old for
their help. They think lightly of Him
who say that He can do no more than
He has already done; Jehovah is
God of exhaustless resources. OF late
we have been surprised at the posi-
bilities and resources within ourselves
as nation and as individuals. Who
would have dared to predict. five years
ago, that North America could per-
form such wonders in army creation,
food supply and conservation, and
financial resources for national serv-
ice? With the stress of the times
and in fresh spirit of reverence, our
people have made great calls upon
God. and not in vain. Whatever the
new conditions, whatever the peculiar
circumstances, God can be trusted to
indicate His Lordship and to take care
of His own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31
T.. r. AND THE LEAGUE.

The Kansas branch of the Nonpar-
tisan League has gained a friend in the
United States senate, but in doing so
it has lost one in the state capitol, if
an editorial article in Governor Aliens
paper may be taken as an indication.
A recent issue of the Beacon says:
Theodore Roosevelt's last magazine
article, published in the Metropolitan
ma gazine after his death, dealt quite
extensively with the Nonpartisan
League. Inasmuch as it was his last
recorded utterance of the kind. it is of
peculiar interest to this paper. in view
of the attendant circumstances.
1t was the very great pleasure of
the writer to talk with Colonel Roose-
Welt on this subject at some length
when he was in Wichita last fall, and
we discovered that he and the Beacon
were in complete harmony on all
points.
In common with this paper. he be-
iieved that the farmers of the west
have righteous grievances which cali
for intelligent and sympathetic correc-
ton. That correction should come.
however. from the hands of the farm
ers themselves and from other public
men who are honest, loyal, unSelfish
and far-seeing. 1t cannot come from
the type of men who compose the
leadership of the Nonpartisan League
selfish, impractical Soap-boXerS who
are not actual farmerS-SocialistS of
very doubtful loyalty and agitators
with a serious faint of I. w. W.ism.
The program and methods of the
Nonpartisan League are distinctly
those of rabid class hatred and I'M
American attempts to split up honest
citizens into warning factions, when
real duty of patriotic men is to unite
people in cooperative effort.
Theodore Roosevelt understood the
west and its people. BY long and close
contact with the men who form the
bone and sinew of the republic he
came to know and understand init
mately the problems and the currents
that run thru the life of the Great
Plains regions. He had a wonderful
genius for instinctively finding the
right path and for leading people in
safe roads. His distrust of the Nom
partisan League. therefore, is one of
the significant circumstances of his
latter days The Nonpartisan League
is essentially Bolshevistic. Its under
lying philosophy is a close parallel of
Bolshevism, for it breaches the same
fundamental doctrines. altho sugar
coated under American names and
The posthumous article by Theodore
Roosevelt-his last magazine pro-
nouncement-is a word to the great
west he loved so well and we hope
the west will not ignore the sober ad-
vice of the greatest American of this
age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Don't Be a Mental Parasite.

Mother had plenty of money to
keep on in her own house, or to live
in a hotel, boarding house or to travel
around the world, but she didn't have
the courage to live her own life. She
had allowed herself to become para
site on her daughter, and she felt
that she would die if she were torn
from the young life from which she
had sucked her own interest in life
so long. Therefore, when Maude was
married she had to burden her hus-
band with mother, because mother
lacked the strength to be Independent.
Women account it unto themselves
for righteousness when they merge
their entire personality in their chill
dren and cease to be, except as a sort
of fringe on their children's lives.
They consider that this utter abase-
ment of themselves is proof of their
superior maternal devotion. You will
hear a woman say, 81 never go any
where now, I have lost touch with all
my old friends, and L haven't been to
the theater or opera in years because
L never leave my children with serv-
ants for an instant"
Or you will hear a woman say that
she has given up her music, her clubs
and that she doesn't read anything
but Mother Goose because the children
take up all her time, and she only does
the things they are interested in.
There are homes where the table is
run on mush and milk and rice pud-
ding basis, because that is the kind of
food that agrees with the infantile
stomach. Nothing fit for a sophisti-
Gated appetite is ever served because
mothers thought is only of the chill
dren. And there are plenty of women
who never have an original idea of
their own after their first baby is
born. Their conversation is a mono
logue about what Mary or Tommy is
doing. It's steriliZed milk, teething,
college, football, beaux, marriage, ca
reers and then begins all over again
on the grandchildren.
Such self abnegating devotion is
tragic, for it is bound to end in dis
aster. not only to the woman but to
the child. Tommy and Mary grow up
and want to go their ways, but they
are doomed to carry mother, like an
old woman of the sea, on their shout
ders as long as she lives, because she
cannot live alone and has no interest
in the world outside of ner children
Every woman should realize that the
time is bound to come when her chill
dren will leave her, and she should so
order her life that this will not mean
a day of total bankruptcy of happiness
to her. To do this she must keep her
own interests and occupations going,
and especially she should cultivate
resources within herself that will en-
able her to live alone
For a woman to be absolutely de-
pendent on her children for her hap
piness is for her to be a mental para
site upon them, and a mental and
spiritual parasite is as weak and con-
temptible a figure as a material para
site.
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it after him. as she motioned him to

it after him, as she motioned him to
do.
well, you-you-tiger cat" grinned
Bud in spite of himself as he faced
his own gun and Sally's angry eyes
that cleaned as steel blue as the bar
rel of 1t. Which did hit come frum?'
pointing to the wrecked rocker.
1T was mine," painted Sally, the dry
sobs splitting her throat. II earned
the money myself showing strangers
where the mountain orked-flowers
grow. 1t was for my own house.
'Now. 1 don't low any woman OF
mine is goin' to set dawdlin' in rock
in cheer, watchin' the trains go by
she'll hev sumpin' else to do
GO and tell her so. Bud Hickman.
Itll not be me. Git" And Sally lev
eled the gun at him.
"Oh, US Hickmans has tanned tiger
an your dads on my side" And Bud
started toward Sid's horse, but Sallys
gun shipped off a twig at his side. She
chuckled at his jump and profane ex-
plosion. Bud had taught her how to
shoot. With a shake of his feet Bud
ran down the path and she knew that
he would return with Greenbrier at
his heels.
Hurry. hurry. Sid" she implored.
Il amt ever run from a man yet.
When begin it won't be a Greenbrier
IN go when you go along"
The reaction was sudden. Sally
looked at the wreck of her cherished
rocker and her hand for an instant
clutched her throbbing throat. In
that instant picture passed before
Hickman men. hard, masterful. hating
mice things" and the Hickman wo-
men, browbeaten, coarse and untidy.
and never in her life before had the
thought of a snuff stick in the corner
Of the mouth of woman so nauseated
her.
"Will you. Sally" She looked for
full long minute into the tender.
chivalrous brown eyes of Sid.
''Itn mean the parson this after
noon. Have you the price on you?"
she asked crisply.
Yes, and for another rocker-and
one of these days. Sally, I'll take you
over the mountain and well hev a
front yard that ain't set upon the edge
agin the mountain, but 1ayin' stretched
out and level and green with flowers
in IL. Won't you Gomez"
It was not what she had dreamed
a wedding dress made special in town:
a real nice dance and no liquor. but n
real tony lap supper and the parsou
and everything just as regular as IL
she was over the mountain already
but one more glance at the rocker
decided her.
IT'S go. Sid. but we've got to ride
for it,
SID brought his horse up to the
porch while Sally got into her wraps.
then she 5. .ng on behind him. And
tho Bud did return with reinforce
ments and the mountain air was
burned to a blue crisp. the McSpad
had good steed and the clippers q
good start.
And Sally, in another rocker. sits
contentedly on her little stoop and
watches the train go by. knowing that
soon IL is to take her and hers over
the mountain. But in the meantime
old man Winters has forgiven them
and the families Of Greenbrier and
McSps dden visit each other without
let or hindrsnce.
Copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper syndicafe.J
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Copyrighted. 1871. by The Wheeler syndi.
cate Incl
DINNER STORIES

The manager was on a holiday.
The chief clerk, therefore, thought it
was his chance of wooing the stenog-
rapher,
''JuA one kiss" he begged fer
vently.
Certainly mott" replied the girl
coldly. I'D as soon kiss a snake as
you"
That's all right. then." said the
man calmly. Il saw you kiss a snake
yesterday"
''W-w-whati"
Yes. you kissed the bookkeeper.
and he's an adder. you know"
Tommys uncle asked him the name
of Mays young man.
ST call him April Showers" replied
Tommy.
April Showers!' cried his aston
ished uncle. Whatever makes you
call him such a ridiculous name as
that >"
BECAUSE he brings May flowers"
Tommy explained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

adjustment period if states, cities and
towns will now commence public
works to take care of the labor slack
which may exist during the readjust-
ment period. He is therefore urging
the wage earners of the country to
use their influence IN their own COM
munities to have school houses and
other public buildings, roads and other
Improvements begun at once. Such
improvements are beneficial to every
one, can easily be financed, and offer
the greatest opportunities for all
classes of labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31
ONE MAN GOVERNMENT.

When President Wilson sailed for
France he left congress and the coun-
try to shift for themselves. Congress
had obeyed the guiding hand of the
chief executive so long that since it has
been Withdrawn that body has seemed
powerless to function. Some slow prog
ress is being made with the revenue
bill, and for the rest, a certain amount
of perfunctory investigate and
speech making goes on.
Generally speaking, the departments
are busy performing routine work, or
else are engaged in freeing themselves
from duties imposed by the war. De-
spite the commendable activity of
some officials, there is no evidence
anywhere of a comprehensive and
thoughtful plan for meeting the prob
lens that loom SO large before US.
Likes; the congress, the departments
appear to be waiting for the president.
After all. says the Nation, the bust
ness of a government is to govern, and
a government that depends on one
man is in a bad way. Moreover, to
govern in these days does not mean
SIMPLY " suppress NlOlence anu us
order, but to assume leadership in for
mu1ating positive policies for getting
done the things that need to be done.
Any government worth the name in
this country, it continues, must come
forward with concrete and workable
schemes for the rehabilitation of the
army and its transcription into indus
70 81 he
revenue and handling of the debt; for
the control and operation of the rail-
ways and the merchant marine in the
public interest; for the development
of a real labor policy, dealing not only
with wages, hours and conditions of
work, but with security and continuity
of employment and pay, with adequate
education of all workers, with migra-
ton and placement of laborers, and
with the provision of fitting economic
opportunity for all workers; for ade-
quate production and economical dis
tribution of food and the essential ma
terials of industry; for such control
Of public utilities and the great basic
industries as shall make them all in
the best sense public service indus
tries; and for the control of finance
in the interest of industry, and not of
industry in the interest of finance.
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Topeka's claim to being the conven-
ton city of Kansas appears to be firm
ly established and can and should be
maintained against all possible rivals.
The many and large crowds which
gather in this city from time to time
make it certain that the day is not
far off when we shall be forced to
build a larger and more modern audi
torium. Would it not be well for the
city commission, the Chamber of Com
merce or some body of persons inter
ested in the city's future to gain pos
session of a suitable site for such
building and hold it for future needs
Ground of sufficient extent, unoccu-
pied by expensive buildings, in the
downtown district is growing scarcer
year by year. Delay in making prop
er provision for this contingency may
cost the city many thousands of dol
lars in the future. 1t would be impos-
sib1e to build on the site of the pres
ent structure without tearing it down
and being without a public assem-
b1age place for a long time. Besides
it is too valuable a building to de-
stroy. There appears here to be an
opportunity for the Chamber of Com
merce to get busy on something of
much Importance to Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

1t is unfortunate that so much of
the discussion of government owner
ship or operation of railroads, tele-
graphs, telephones and cables, or 9TH
er utilities is directed toward the ques-
ton of deficits in financial affairs. A
loss of a few hundred million dollars
is of the smallest consequence. . The
people could stand that kind of loss.
What they cannot stand is the de-
moralization of service. discourage
ment of individual initiative, hamper
ing of individual enterprise, destruc-
ton of morale, and cessation of de-
velopment. What this country needs
is builders. We have needed them
and have had them in past and pres
ent generations-we will need them in
future generations. We can't develop
them under the paralyzing system of
government operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
NJ MRS ELIzABErH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am consid-
cred a very pretty. attractive girl Of
seventeen. Men have always been
attentive to me. especially 30 this last
year. since / have grown up.
During this last year five young men
have proposed to me. but there is only
one / care for. He is SO attentive 20
me. always wants to hold my hand at
dances or in public places love
him too dearly to say anything against
him What would you advise me to
do? CONSTANCE
Do not permit the man to hold your
hand In public places. IL Is In very bad
taste II he does not show better
judgment you should teach him to
have more respect for himself and
you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

use your influence with your city
fathers, your selectmen and other
town officers to start at once munich
pal and town improvements" This is
the message which the department of
labor is sending to wage workers
thruout the country. The secretary of
labor. w. b. Wilson. has no fear as
to conditions after the readjustment
period is over. He believes that then
everything will take care of itself. He
further is optimistic even as to the re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

tLen suggested that a fund be raised
to buy the toys so that they could
still be dumped in the river, and
resolution was also passed to picket
shops selling such goods and to warn
people against buying them.
All of which was, in the opinion of
their critics, a waste of valuable time
on the part of the ladies of the Amer
lean Relief Legion. For. after all,
it is the public and not the manufac-
turer, which decides a controversy
of this kind, and the American public
had already decided in favor of
American toys for American children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

As an illustration of the kind of eff
ficiency that too often chara cterizes
government service. the story is re-
lated of bureau head who acquired
the habit of signing his pail mechan
ically. Some one prepared a letter of
resignation and slipped it into a stack
Of letters and he signed it without
knowing its contents. promise to
be more careful in future saved him
from its acceptance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

Senator johnson of California ap-
pears to have found a suit of the late
Colonel Roosevelt's clothes and to be
making an effort to fit them to his
own person. He will find it hard to
disguise from the public the fact that
they are too big for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

Mr.. Burleson is pleading to be al
lowed to continue in control of the
wires on the ground that manufacture
ers and others will stand in need of
proper service" The joke in this
will be apparent to all who use the
telegraph or the telephone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

Every government proposal for aft
er-war economy begins with a request
for an appropriation. How can we
embark on an economy program with
out an increased appropriation with
which to do it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

The war department defends it's
action in going ahead with the COM
pletion of sixty of the Ford Eagle"
boats by saying that they will be use
full in fighting submarines in case of
another war. There are a lot of things
that may be useful in case of another
war-if the war be not too long de-
Iayed. They were too late for use in
the war recently closed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON

Shrinking Violet.
A man will putter around all day
In a slip-shod, careless and futile way,
And then go home to his wife and kin
And sit and listen without Il grin
The while wife voices her sympathy
For a man who labors as hard as he,
And gives her opinion that If he got
One-haf what ne earned, like as not,
He'd own the DusinesS-the whole shenang-
And then he could run it and boss the
And, would you believe it, when she is
thru,
The cuss admits what she says is true!
The fight against John Barleycorn
began in this country just one century
ago. The old boy put up gallant
battle.
1t would be unkind to refer to I'm
Gle Henry's new paper as one of the
Ford Jokes. So we will not do it.
Note by the papers that Rev. NJ
Mouse has done much toward the pre-
serving of our natural song birds. He
has been as quiet as his namesake
about it, too.
thus far, Germany probably would
prefer a continuation of the war.
There is some sense to war, but
none to the sort of peace Germany has
been having.
Senator Ashurst wants the United
States to buy Lower California. Prob
ably he has never investigated Cali
fornia real estate prices.
There seems to be a general idea
that a substitute was executed instead
of the car of Russia, but we don't
see how it was possible to duplicate
those parted whiskers.
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For the Table.

For the Table.
If you wish to arrange long and
short stemmed flowers together and
lack the proper vase, try this plan:
Slip a rubber band over a hat pin
holder, about half way down. fill with
water, and place in the middle of a
flat cut glass dish, or pretty salad
bowl.
Insert the long stemmed flowers in
perforations of hat pin holder. and
slip foliage under rubber band. so
stems will touch the water. Then
mass the small flowers around it in
the bowl.
Cottage Cheese Saiad-Work into
two cups of fresh cottage cheese one
half tablespoon onion juice. one
tablespoon finely chopped green pep
per. one tablespoon finely chopped
parsley. one tablespoon finely chopped
pimentos and enough thick sweet
cream to make a stiff paste. Pack
into a mold and chill on the ice. Slice
and serve on crisp heart lettuce leaves
with mayonnaise or French dressing
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MEMBER OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication of all
news dispatches credited to it not other
wise credited IN this paper and also the
local news published herein.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit. Oatmeal
Bacon. Graham Mullins.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cream of Celery Soup
Brown Bread and Cream Cheese
Sandwiches.
Fruit Jelio. Cocoa.
DINNER.
Baked Calves Heart
Gre med Potatoes.
Buttered Beets. White Bread
Pineapple Salad.
Apple Pie. Coffee
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Senator Ashurst wants the United
States to buy Lower California. Prob
ably he has never investigated Cali
fornia real estate prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

The fight against John Barleycorn
began in this country just one century
ago. The old boy put up gallant
battle.
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artichokes. zoe each; wax beans, Csc
b.; kohlrabi. zoe h.: French endive.
81 h.: parsnips. SC ib.
Eggs. IS cents dozen: storage eggs.
60c doz.: creamery butter, soc h.;
country butter, TIC lb. Turkeys, SIC
pound.
Produce, Buying.
Country butter. CSC h., eggs, zoe
doz.: old chickens, zoe h.; frying
chickens, zoe lb. ...+E. ~.
Fruits.
Bananas. 12c h.; lemons, 40c doc:
apples, 10 to 15c: Tokay grapes. soc
b.: chestnuts. Soc h.; fresh cocoanut,
zoe; Fancy Delicious apples. 3 for Csc;
fresh pineapples. 35c each: walnuts
10c h.: shellbarks. 15c h.: chestnuts
Soc h.: cocoanuts, zoe each; Calf
pears. &c each; malaga grapes. Soc lb.
grape fruit, 10 and 15c each: oranges
AZ to 75c doz.; tangerines. soc doc.
pomegranates, 10c each.