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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Kansas has her hurricanes but she
never has to place her faith in sea
wall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Bolshevism Is shifting the interest
from the boxes to the gallery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Topeka Is short on homes for hui
man beings but the building permits
for garages swarm in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

And time and a half for overtime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

ANY reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau Frederic J.
Hnskin. Director. Washington. u. c. Give
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

The contention is set up that Mr..
Townley, lately convicted of teaching
disloyalty will pose as martyr. Which
may or may not be true. But Mr..
Townley may apprise himself OF the
full value of his security by noting
what Debs and Berger got on 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

The column strings along with
Percy Hammond in his contention
that the knee is a joint and not an en-
tertalnment; but Mr.. Hammond will.
we imagine. have difficulty in estab-
fishing his viewpoint on Broadway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

With liquor outlawed, We begin 10
be curious as to the nature of the fu-
ture abb for deviltry. Liquor was the
peg upon which those who got into
trouble hung the responsibility for
their misdeeds and thereby stirred the
sympathy OF the unthinking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

As one who has been thru 1t in 4
limited way. we chance the opinion
that the New Jersey man who COM
mitted suicide because of prohibition
acted prematurely. For the time
being prohibition Is an Inconvenience,
not a. tragedy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Meanwhile we do no blushing for
the stage. And we shall do no blush
ing for it until 1t discloses man CARRIED
in a nightshirt. That is one humiliat-
ing spectacle we could not witness un-
ashamed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Bone dry" will also expose the fat
lacious nature of the claim that the
chronic tippler would be, a brilliant
and successful citizen il he could let
il alone"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

You remember Noah7 He was the
daring navigator who permitted two
Mexican hairless dogs to sneak aboard
the ark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

We note with considerable interest
the fact that those who voluntarily
establish the moral metes and bounds
beyond which their fellow citizens
may not go have decided that the use
or tobacco is an immoral practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Eph Wiley says II there were a
school TO teach gentlemen to be LADY,
[ like. his son-in-law would attend II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Rigid enforcement of prohibition
depends much less on law and its
officials than upon public sentiment.
Effective enforcement comes when a
preponderating public sentiment de-
mands it, and not much before that
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

Every man does a little defective
work to the extent of trying TO locate
the soap in the bottom of the bath
tub.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY Il. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger)

We are reminded by a reader that
we have not as yet fixed the status of
the artificial blonde in the scheme Of
'.vamping." Offhand, We should say
the imitation is as deadly as the genu-
inc. A man never knows whether IL is
real or assumed until his wife tells
him. Left to his own devices. he sell
dom can differentiate between the
porcelain and the peach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-18

The trouble with the fellow who is
so disagreeable that he says IL to
your face" is that he is likely to boast
about 1t afterward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22
MY HUSBAND AND |
BY JANE PHELPS

will not tell me-something connected
with Blanche Orton,-your relations
with her.
For heavens sake. Bah. are you
going to play the part of a jealous
wife?' 1 saw plainly that Neil did not
intend me to say any more to him,
that he did not mean to tell me any
thing, yet 1 persisted.
II don't know what is wrong. Neil.
But 1 am sure there is something.
that have been blind to other things.
never have been your partner, but
I have not been SO shut out of every
thing as K now am. am sick to
death of not knowing things. 1 want
you to begin tonight. Well start all
over. You tell me the things which 1,
as your wife, should know. l feel
that our future happiness depends
upon perfect confidence between u.s."
laid my hand on his knee. and leaned
my head against his shoulder. We
were nearly home. 1t would not be
easy to take the subject up again. /
wanted an answer now.
You tend baby. III look after
other things" he said more gently
than he yet had spoken, but with a
WEAKNESS in his voice. And he moved
the arm against which my head rested
uneasily.
For moment felt helpless. 1 had
an impulse to carry on the conyersa-
tion-to insist upon knowing what the
earnest talk with Mrs. Orten por-
tended, even tho precipitated quar-
rel. Then L hesitated. I would not
be so tactless: there were other ways
by which women advised themselves
of things they wished to know.
would also find some way to satisfy
myself.
Neither of us talked much when we
reached home, but Neil was cross and
nervous He sent me off to bed but
he sat up late working in the library.
Once, when I crept near the library
door to see what he was doing. heard
the rustic of papers, and went quietly
back without disturbing him.
1t was long before I slept. The
doubts so long quiescent, had once
more taken a hold upon me and kept
me wide-eyed, wakeful.
Tomorrow-Barbara finds proof of
check given Neil by Blanche orion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22
HEART, AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS 'se'az
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: ann a
young girl and am very much in love
with a young man whom L met about
two years ago. He lives in another
state, but we have been correspond
ing with each other for nearly a year.
This boy has told me many times he
loves me and his last letters have all
been love letters. altho 1 never wrote
anything but friendly letters.
In his last letter he said he could
Hardly wait until vacation so that
he could come to see me. I answered
this letter and it has been over three
weeks and he has not answered.
Do you think he cares anything
for me? Shall / write him again
and ask him why he did not answer :?
THANK YOU.
Do not write to the young man
until you have heard from him 1
believe that he will write some time.
Do not place too much confidence in
his declarations of love- Some peo-
pie make light of it. Unless he asks
you to marry him you have no. rea-
son to know that he cares for you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Cd Who
should buy a brides wedding clothes,
her parents or her bridegroom's
CD I am IT. What length should
my skirts be? TRESSE.
CD The girls parents should pro-
vide her wedding clothes.
CD A 17-year-old girl should wear
her dresses to her shoe tops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
BARBARA BEGS NEIL TO TELL
OF HIS RELATIONS WITH
BLANCHE.
CHAPTER Xiv.

CHAPTER Xiv.
After dinner was over we played
bridge, two tables. OF course 1 did
not play with Neil, and was seated SO
could not talk anything save triviali-
ties during game. so gave my at
tention to my cards, winning complir
ments upon my playing from my part
ner-a quiet, middle-aged man whom
I rather liked.
As 1 look back on the main crises
of my life. it seems to me that 1t has
nearly always been some ordinary
thing like bridge, or dancing. that has
helped me over them, and that has
enabled me to hide. my feelings sue
cessfully N
Foolishly, I did not wait until we
reached home to question Neil.
what in the world were you and
Mrs. Orion arguing so earnestly
about?" I asked as soon as we were
seated in the car &
I'VE weren't arguing."i
"Oh, yes you were! at the table.
saw Lorraine looking at you in such a
queer way, it attracted my attention. F"
I'VE were talking of a little bust
ness" His tone was cold, and did
not invite further remark.
But what business can you have
with her?"
''She owns stock in some of our
companies, if you must know"
rs 1t making her money!?
Neil looked ct me thru narrowed
lids. Never had seen quite that look
in his eyes. Most women. 1 believe,
wake up suddenly rather than slowly,
to anything that savors of a difficult
situation. But invariably if we look
back we see that it has been existent
for some time; that many events have
led up to it-particularly if the situa-
ton is a marital one.
I repeated the question.
Not lately" he replied, then looked
moodily out of the window.
NEIL" I said slowly. 'I don't know
what it is. but there is something you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22

trees. and strange cities. and interest
ing people and wonders and fantasies
if you will-but it must not brow
beat us, it must not threaten US, it
must not uneducate u.s.
Money is very good to US IL We are
good to it. But the great ambition
in money-getting should be that it
may place us in the position to forget
money. For only as we recognize the
means of money are we able to infIu-
ence the power of our personality and
good works on the world.
/ have always noticed that with the
great masstng of wealth, people seem
to have more comfort and greater
pleasures. but less happiness. so that
after all, wealth is but a means
ira ok. as it were-over which to
travel. and not to own.
Get money, Earn it, Live off Of
it. But drop It as you go-not leave
it after you are dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22

Never before in the agricultural
History of the United States have
PROMISES been. held for so bountiful a
wheat crop as are evidenced now.
Present indications show an almost
perfect condition for winter wheat
SOS per cent. Twelve states have a
condition of 100 or over. Ohio is the
highest. with 1O4 against 80 last year.
Kansas Iowa, Texas and Illinois have
1O1 according to the federal estimate.
Indiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and
Colorado have 100. West Virginia
has 1O3. or IL points better than last
gear, while Kansas condition last
year was only 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22
SMALL BEGINNINGS.

A dish washer recently died in AL
bany.. N. Y, leaving the sum of $12,-
900 which had been saved out of
wages never higher than s12 a week.
It required twenty years. according to
the press dispatches. for the man to
save the amount mentioned. Twelve
dollars a week for twenty-years would
mean a gross income of approximate
ly $4,000. However, the small saw
ings OF the first few years were put out
at compound interest, and there was
probably lucky investment in town
lots or suburban real estate.
There are many similar instances of
comfortable fortunes being piled up
from very meager earnings. In near
ly all such cases good luck in the way
of fortunate investment has helped
out the small accommodations. Had it
not been for the initial savings, how
ever, made possible thru thrift, the
later good fortune would not have
been possible.
Many a man has missed the chance
to gain riches, says the Thrift Maya
zine. simply because he was not able
to take advantage of some good bust
ness opportunity when it came along.
AS a matter of fact most of our great
American fortunes were started with
a few pennies, and many of our rich
est men today had to work hard and
save long time in order to get their
first hundred dollars. One encourag-
ing thing about saving money is that
the second hundred dollars seems to
come more easily and more quickly
than the first, and the third is less diff
ficult to scrape together than the Sec
ond.
Schwab, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Mar
shall Field, George Westinghouse and
Hill are among those men of our day
who got their start thru small savings.
The Albany dish-washer lacked the
qualities of great success, but he made
the most of his humble capabilities
and he died leaving something solid
and substantial to show for his years
of hard work. Many a man, far more
brilliant than he and of much greater
earning capacity. hasn't left enough to
pay for the crepe on his door and his
friends have been called upon to take
up a collection in order to make his
funeral a social success
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22

tiful surprised You told me you would
like it if 1 studied up on water lilies.
Well, 1 have been doing 1t, and I've
been scouting around and I've found
some of the most beautiful pink ones
that come out only at night 1 pulled
some up last week and the other week
ends, and 1 wanted first to find out
what they were before showed them
to you But couldn't Besides, they
always close when 1 get home. So
wanted to take you 20 Them
Did you manage to pull them up
by the roots?" asked Stanley. with a
catch in his voice that Fay did not de-
tect. TheY were, he saw, the roots
that it haU cost him so much in money
and patience to establish.
Yes, / got root and all, because ]
thought that would help me to iden-
tify them 1t was hard, but 1 did it
Don't let's pull that one up sug-
gested Stanley as Fay pointed out the
last of his most choice roots that he
had imported from the ends of the
world. Let's leave it there so we can
always come back and see it,
And now let's attend to your bust
ness" said Fay, rather disappointed
thusias SIN. but blissfufly ignorant OF
the real situation.
'Oh, my business" echoed Stanley
s'Why. for that matter, it is quite set
tied. Perhaps the reason 1 wanted tc
bring you out in these woods was be-
cause it would seem a little easier tC
ask the girl love to marry me righi
herein this misty moonlight
And Fay agreed with him
, Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.l
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were Swimming thru the creeks but an
inch or two deep, he said:
81 suppose, captain, that you think
nothing of sailing across the mead
ows when there has been heavy fall
of dew?"
Fright you are" said the captain,
"tho occasionally we have to send
the men ahead with watering can
An ancient motor van usually man
aged to have a breakdown about once
a week, and generally at a most in
oppoftune moment in the thick of traf-
fic. One day after slowly snorting it's
way right into the middle of the traf-
fic there was a sudden whirring of
wheels, a. loud snap, and the weary
and worn framework came to a dead
stop.
Hey, there" sand the policeman
on duty to the driver. THAT thing is
always breaking down. Let's see your
number? Yes. 1892"
go ont" came from the youth who
was in charge of the vehicle immedf-
ately behind. THAT amt its number;
that's the year it was built
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22

no man really knows what it is that
attracts hum to one girl. and sends MIN
flying away from another
1t isn't cleverness. 1t isn't amiabii-
ity. 1t isn't talent 1t isn't even beau
ty, because we all know girls who are
pretty and bright and who can sing
and dance like professionals. and VINO
dress like fashion plates, whom men
avoid as if they had the plague. ana
other girls who are just plain ordinary
girls, of the corr slon or garden va
riety. whom men tloek about as bees
do about a honey pot
As near as l can come to solving
this difficult problem it seems to me
that the trouble with the wailfiower
girl is that she lacks personality--that
mysterious something in a human be-
ing that is different from every other
human being. and that arrests our at
tention, and piques our curiosity and
that sets us wondering what manner
of man or woman he or she is. and
sets us to guessing what he or she Is
going to do next. ~
Especially is this quality of person.
atty valua BILE in a girl, for most young
girls are just as muchf alike as peas
/ in pod. They are~Attle, copy cats
who dress, comb thelffhair. talk and
think alike, and usef'the same words,
! and are such counterparts of each
other that you wonder their own
1 IQOlneTS can tell llSlit apart.
| My observation is that the girl who
! is overlooked by men is invariably a
| girl who is just one of this mob OF
youthful femininity. She represents
the monotony of girlhood. She is
| just the general average. and she
passes unnoticed in the crowd, be-
cause there is nothing to distinguish
her from all the balance.
Now it is self evident that IL a girl
in a rose bud garden of girls wishes
to attract the attention of any Romeo
who may be strolling thru 1t, the
surest and quickest way to do 1t is to
cease to be rose, and to be some
thing else. In a rose garden you
might not observe a superlatively per-
| feet rose, but your eye would inevi-
tably be caught by a. lily or a sun
flower.
Therefore the wallflower girl who
wishes to take herself out of the wall
flower class should devote herself to
cultivating personality, and she can DO
this best when she learns how to strike
her own note-which means develop
ling her strongest characteristic to
its highest point of expression.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22
THE VICTORY LOAN.


1 thought: THE warts over now, the boys
are coming back,
The kaiser has been overthrown, no more
the Huns attack.
The Stars and Stripes in safety wave
against the summer sky,
There is no need of sacrifice, more bonds
l will not buy,
And then a soldier passed my way, his
sight was blurred and dim
The time of wars grim sacrifice will never
end for him.
The war is over, Soothing thought for
those of us who stayed.
We never faced the German guns nor heard
We never drank the poisoned air and
shriveled with the draught.
We fingered here from harm secure Ind
toiled and sang and laughed.
But those who carry empty sleeves and
those who wear the scars
Must pay the price of war until they pass
beyond the stars.
The mothers of our glorious dead, whose
wounds shall never mend,
When think you for their troubled hearts
the sacrifice shall end?
When shall they settle back and smile and
free from sorrow say,
The is over. Peace has come, and we
may cease to pay.
Oh. they shall give in tears and signs until
their forms are cold,
We only can forget the war whose gifts
were made in gold.
The war is over for the dead, but not for
us who live,
There still is need for sacrifice. there still
is need to give,
And none who sees a soldier pass whose
eyes have lost their glow.
Or who must walk thru life in pain on
limping feet and slow
Has any right to settle back, and claim
the victor's share
And say in tones of selfishness that he NAV
cease to care.
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-22
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Q. What is the amount Of money. spent
by the consumer on Intoxicating liquors,
and how far would IL go toward paying
the interest on the national debt Pr. n. O.
A. President Emeritus Elliot Of Harvard
states that the an annn nn liquor bill to the
department says that the Interest on TIE
900 CO., II The amount of money Dg~' spent on
liquor would not only pay the interest on
the national debt. but would reduce It
more than a billion dollars year
Q. L have trouble striking matches Ia
damp weather; is there any remedy =
A. Dip them 80 melted paraffin. They
strike as well as ever and are not ruined
o. Is anybody compelled TO purehase
bonds of the forthcoming victory loanf-
A. No. Appeals are made to patriotism,
and one who can afford TO buy bonds and
does not may be diseredited among his
associates. But there is no eompuision.
.. Has any state having once tried pro-
hibition gone BACK to liquor licensef-
prohibitory law Of 1851, which also con-
tanned a search and seizure clause. The
state then went under license for two years,
when the law was again enacted. but was
not enforsed until popular vote endorsed
9; Please Sc. tel me how to display this
A II the flag is hung as a banner, the
union or field of stars should be In the
upper left corner. but when hung with the
stripes perpendicular. the union should be
In the upper right corner. when hung
from rope from building to building
across the street. ON streets running eaet
and west the union should fly to the north
on streets running north and south the
union should fly 70 fbe east. When hung
from a rope from the house 70 a tree FL the
yard. the union should fly toward the
street.
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