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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-23
SANDRA is RECEIVED BY
EVERETT'S FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XIV.

When 1 had been in HenGcn about
a month Everett's friends commenced
calling on u.s. Some of them were
very nice, others, especially some of
the women, / did not like so we'll.
1 felt they patronized me. Even IL
I was younger than any Of them they
needn't take that tone with me, 1
grumbled to Mrs. Gray with whom
now often talked of things which an
noyed or worried MEETINGS entirely
unconnected with Everett. or what he
said or did.
They don't mean to patronize you
1 am sure" she had told me. But
you look so young that they probably
take that tone unconsciously."
II shall be glad when 1 am old
enough to be treated like something
beside a child" 1 sputtered.
Don't wish to be old, my dear
Mrs. Graham. We get old fast enough.
I don't suppose there's a woman called
on you who hasn't gone away envious
of your youth and beauty"
1t was a comforting thought. Some
of the women 1 had apostrophised as
'cats!" so now 1 thought that would
show the cats" that 1 was just as at
tractiye as they were-perhaps some
people might think me more so, as
Mrs. Gray had said.
1t was nearing the time for Roses
vacation. L mentioned it to Everett,
and said 1 should like to invite ner
to visit me If he approved.
WYATT until summer then you can go
home and see them all Let US have
this winter to ourselves" had been
his answer to my request.
I was terribly disappointed. yet
there was something in the way he
had spoken that prevented me from
insisting: even from asking again
Until he refused me did not realize
how much I had counted on this visit
from Rose Grandon. / felt thrown
back on myself, newly lonely, almost
as If someone had been there and
gone. But L made no complaint.
When Everett spoke in that tone. I
knew it would be of Mouse.
1 think he sensed something of my
disappointment because for days after
ward he was kind, and took me, out a
good deal. But I was scarcely con-
soled. 1 had wanted Rose so badly.
I had wanted to talk of all the home
folks. To chat about anything and
| everything that came into our heads.
as girls, brought up as Rose and I
had been, always do. / longed for a
| girl of my own age; one that liked the
| things liked, and who understood me.
But 1 had soon found that it was
not what I liked, but what Everett
would allow me to do. But nothing
since the night he told me of Leola
had been 50 hard 10 bear as his
| refusal to allow Rose to visit me.
Perhaps he was afraid I'd talk to her
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Q. What may be taken as the milestones
in the development of popular government
A. The English historical record began
with the invasion OF Caesar. "a Il. c. The
first step toward popular government was
the Charter of Liberties granted by Henry
/, In 100. The Magma Charta. ncknowl-
edging the rights of vassels. signed by
King John. was the next long step. The
principle of the divine right Of kings
ended with the reformation period in the
progress toward democracy has been
Q. What is the mileage Of the five prin-
ciple railroad systems OF the United States?
Il. w. c.
A. The five principal railroad systems
from the standpoint Of mileage are as fol-
lows: Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, 10
2W; Chicago, burlington & Quincy. ..
go; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, S.64f
Ohio & Northwestern, s,1o7. and the Great
Northern, s.05l.
Q. Who is at the head Of the Library
of Congress IN. I. L.
Library of Congress. He has held thar
position since 1898. He is graduate OF
Harvard and Columbia and has been adj
mttted TO the bar. He began library work
in Minneapolis, from which point he came
to Washington.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question By writing The Topeka state
journal Information Bureau. Frederic j.
Haskin, Director, Washington, ID. G Give
full name and address and enclose 2-cent
stamp for return postage. Be brief- All
replies are sent direct TO the inquirero
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The Park Ave. News.

The Park Ave. News.
Weather. The less clothes the COM
fortabler.
Sissiety. Mr.. Leroy Shooster cawt
a grasshopper last wensday for Miss
Mary watkinses buttirfly collection.
ony wen he gave 1t to her in a empty
candy box she sed 1t was no use for
the collection, besides being afraid
OF it.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
Or Even Fried
Little herds come out of eggs
with their feathers small and cerled.
And jump Ground on their little legs,
But not wen the eggs are hard berled.
Intxistlng Facks About Intristing
People. Once Artie Alexander tried to
fix a stopped clock as a serprize for
his parents, the result being that no.
body hasent ever bin able to fix 1t.
ADVERTISEMENT For Sale-A large
collection of corks out of bottles, "a
all different size corks. Cheep. See
Sid Hunt.
(Avyertisement.) Save your money
by putting 1t in Lew Davises bank
with a combination lock. Nobody
knows the combination exsept Lew
Davis. so IL eny of 1t disappears you
will know who took 1t and can go to
law about it. Rates, one sent wen
you put it in and sents wen you
wunt It took out.
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during a lull in the storm. to where a
big square chickencoop had been
dashed to the deck with ropes. She
reached this place in safety. but no
sooner had she seized fast hold of the
Stats of the big box in which the
chickens were kept than the wind, as
IL enraged because the little girl dared
to resist its power, suddenly redoubled
its fury. With a scream like that of
an angry giant II tore away the. ropes
that held the coop and lifted it high
into the air, with Dorothy still cling
ing to the Stats Around and over it
whirled. this way and that, and few
moments later the chicken-coop
dropped far away into the sea. where
the big waves caught 1t and slid it up
hill to a foaming crest and then down.
hill into a deep valley. as II 1t were
nothing more than plaything to keep
them amused.
Dorothy had a good ducking, you
may be sure. but she didn't lose her
presence of mind even for a second.
She kept tight hold OF the stout Stats
and as soon as she could get the water
out of her eyes she saw that the wind
and the poor chickens were fluttering
away in every direction. being blown
by the wind until they looked like
feather busters without handles. The
bottom of the coop was made of thick
boards, so Dorothy found she was
clinging TO a sort of raft. with sides of
stats. which readily bore up her
weight. After coughing the water out
Of her throat and getting her breath
again, she managed to climb over the
Stats and stand upon the firm wooden
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SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

of Leola He needn't have been. L
shouldn't have broken my promise.
We were invited to q dinner party
at the home of one of Everett's
friends. A large formal dinner. 1
loathed the thought of going. They
were all about Everett's age; most of
them people who had called upon me.
Everett bought me a lovely new
dinner dress. 1t, too, was sapphire.
A soft delicate affair of chiffon and
seouins My shoes and stockings
matched exactly. Hetty said l was
dream in 1t when she helped me dress
the night Of the dinner. Everett also
said 1 looked lovely. 1 wore my mar
in braids wrapped about my head L
had asked If I might not put 1t up SO
/ would look a little older and more
diznified. but Everett had peremptor-
lily refused.
You can be dignifed with your
hair as you always wear 1t. And 1t
isn't at all necessary that you look
old Anyone OF them would gladly
change places with YOU"
1 wondered IL that were so. II won-
en- like those who had called On me-
stylish, handsome women. would be
glad to go backward AMI be young
again.
young?" 1 pouted.
He did not answer, ana pololy
asked:
rs 1t because you think you can
make me over or because l can be
treated more like child If I look so
young" the words weren't out before
1 was frightened.
Who put that into your bead-that
I wanted to make you over?''
'why-no one. 1t just popped into
my mind"
"Come-the car is waiting" he said.
as he folded my beautiful cloak. the
exact color of my gown, about my
shoulders.
In spite of his not replying I knew
by his face that what 1 had said had
in some way affected him. 1 COM
menced to wonder II he had had that
in mind when re married me. Lola
had been twenty-six-niney years older
than I was when he had married her.
Had he thought because OF her will
fullness that IL he married a young
girl he could mould her, make her
lose her own personality by absorb
ing it before she was old enough to
rebeI7 I dismissed the thought as we
arrived at the home of his friends;
but it was to recur again and again
in the time TO come.
II had dreaded the dinner before
we started. 1 dreaded IL still more
when we sat at table. The appoint
ments were exquisite, the food deli
cious. But I was taken in by a man
older than father. while Everett es-
corted the handsomest. and youngest
looking-next to me-woman there.
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when she was aroused with start to
find that Uncle Henry was missing.
She couldn't imagine where he had
gone. and as he was not very strong
she began to worry about him. and to
fear he might have been careless
enough to go on deck. In that case
he would be in great danger unless
he instantly came down again.
The fact was that Uncle Henry had
gone to lie down in his little sleeping
berth, but Dorothy did not know that.
She only remembered that Aunt En-
had cautioned her to take good care
of her uncle, so at once she decided to
go on deck and find him. in spite of
the fact that the tempest was now
worse than ever, and the ship was
plunging in a really dreadful manner.
Indeed. the little girl found it was as
much as she could do to mount the
stairs to the deck, and as soon as she
fierceiy that it almost tore away the
skirts OF her dress. Yet Dorothy felt
a sort of joyous excitement in defying
the storm, and while she held fast to
the railing she peered around thru
the gloom and thought she saw the
dim form of a man clinging to a mast
not far away from her. This might be
her uncle so she called as loudly as
she could:
Uncle Henry! Uncle Henryl"
But the wind screeched and howled
so madly that she scarce heard her
own voice, and the man certainly
failed to hear her, for he did not
move.
Dorothy decided she must go to
him; so she made a dash forward.
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If the railroads be confiscated, in
quires the Wollman Review, and
turned over to the brotherhoods, what
becomes of 100000 life insurance
policies protected largely by invest
ments in railroad bonds? What is to
be done with 100000 accounts in
savings banks whose resources are
largely represented by railroad bonds?
Are we to buy the railroads and turn
them over to the Big Four? Where
are - going to get SIS, 100000 to
pay for them? That is easy accord
ing to some of the advocates of the
plan: We won't pay that much. In
surance companies and savings banks
can get along with what they receive.
and the 100000 owners OF railway Sc
curities must be content with what
the brotherhoods elect to give.
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SAID HIS MOTHER no ME.

SAID HIS MOTHER TO ME-.
Few understand him as l."
Said his mother to me.
There are some who say he will lie,
But I'm sure Il can't be.
His lips have been sweet with q song
From the days of his youth,
And always, whatever the wrong,
He has told me the truth.
His hand, which the cold hearted spurn,
Has been tender to me;
He has come when the stars family burn
Many times to my knee,
And tho all the old frieDdships have died
And men sneer at his ways,
/ know lust how hard he has tried
To be worthy Of praise
Thru the nights when his fever ran high
watched by his bed:
I answered his pitful cry,
I heard all he said.
It was my hand he longed for back then
To stroke his hot brow;
BE has called me again and again
As he's calling me now.
Ibid fail him because he was M
Or whimper the night that he camel
Then shall not mother him still
Tho he's biackened with shameg
Tho he's lost to the world and its Joy,
And IS sick as can be,
Oh shall l not answer my boy
When he calls unto mel"
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-23
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
/ BIZ ROY x. MoULToN

"A Song.
Sing q song Of highballs,
Bottle full Of rye,
Well mixed up with seltzer,
Served in glasses high.
Another bottle opened.
It's really not amiss,
But what's the use of singing
A passe song like thisf
Annette Kellerman says she 10 a
good cook. but q poor seamstress. It
probably never occurred to Annette
that sewing would be an art neces-
sary in her business.
Being dead again, Villa may now
be regarded as dangerous once more.
Every time he is killed or loses a leg
things pop In Mexico.
An optim'a. is a man who accom-
panies his wife to the fur store.
Richard Croker is going to give up
his racing stables in Ireland and re-
turn to this country to live. II he has
picked as many punk horses this sea-
son as some Of the people we know we
don't blame him.
Our Annual Mention of This Joke.
Dear Roy: This Is the canning sea-
son for busy Housewives, some of
whom can their husbands regularly
Robby Spec.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS


The Table.
Red Bunny-One teaspoon butter,
one-fourth pound cheese, one egg, one
cup tomato (strained). salt, pepper,
paprika. Melt butter, add cheese stir
until softened. Beat egg and stir in
well. add tomato and seasoning. Serve
on toast or crackers Will serve six.
Steamed Corn Meal Pudding-Chop
small piece of suet pudding very
fine; sift over this two cups of corn
meal (yellow preferred), one cup Of
flour and one teaspoon each of salt
and soda; mix thoroly. then stir in
one cup each of sweet milk and molas-
ses and one cup seeded raisins: turn
into a mold thoroly buttered and
cover and steam three hours; serve
not with hard sauce. or with liquid
brandy sauce IL approved
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am
young girl almost seventeen. / have
a boy friend who is going away for
vacation. and wishes to write to me.
to have known him quite a while. Do
you think it would be proper?
1 think of him only as a friend, be-
cause 1 care for some one else.
JEANE.
the young man and receive letters
from him.
Dear Mrs. Thomspon: Would YOU
please publish the addresses of one
or more film companies?
MICKEY.
You can find all the addresses you
want in any movie magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-23

The stock raisers and feeders are
lining up with the Independent pack
ers in opposition to government con-
troll Of the packing industry. But re-
Gently the stockgrOwers were loud in
their denunciation Of the packers
They seem to have seen a new light.
Even the public appears to have
reached the conclusion that it is the
retailers who are responsible for the
high price of meats. 1t looks as tho
the wholesale grocers will be left to
carry on the fight against the big
Five" alone and unaided. w. J. Tod.
a well known Kansas stockman of Ma
pie Hill, is quoted in the Kansas
Stockman as writing to Senator Cap
per: Il have been in the stock bust
ness for a long time now, and am
still weathering the storm; and /
maintain that the big packing indus
try has been and will be the greatest
asset the stockman Of the west ever
had or can have" Yet Senator Ken
ybn says that opposition to his bill Is
the result OF propaganda carried on
by the packers. Does anybody be-
lieve 1t?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-23

The United States will this year take
second rank among the nations as a
producer OF beet sugar. While this
new and greatly advanced rank that
we hold is in part result OF the po-
litical Encouragement OF the beet su-
gar producing areas of Europe cou-
pied with a marked decline in produc-
ton Of beet sugar in that continent. IL
Is at the same time illustrative of the
wonderful growth OF beet sugar pro-
duction in the United States. At the
beginning of the war. according to a
statement by the National City bank
OF New York, the United States held
only fifth rank among the beet sugar
producing countries OF the world and
In fact produced but about per cent
OF the beet sugar. The decline in the
European product coupled with the
slight increase in our own brought our
share OF the worlds production to
about IS per cent last year with a
prospect that the crop of the current
year will be larger than that OF last
year and form a slightly larger per-
centage OF the worlds total output.
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Government operation for a little
more than a year and a half-and un-
der competent management at that
has made not merely a wreck of the
finances of what was once the great
tenn in the world. 1t has made a wreck
of the railway service. 1t has made a
wreck OF the railway morale. 1t has
made a wreck OF the railway physical
being. Do the American people de-
sire to make further experiments
along this line?
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lHETH55SlSSSSSSS

every Yesterday that ever was. is long
dead.
Let's live now.
Leave unremembered the things you
SO unthinking said. Blot out the
words that SCARED your heart-for-
give, forget, forebear.
Let's live now.
Get up from where you are. Take
grip of steel upon yourself I'm
loose your limbs. unbind your heart,
throw open wide the thoughts within
your brain. Delight in new and I'M
tried things. Keep getting bigger
better. Nothing counts but the NOW.
So
Let's live now. <--A.
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LETS LIVE Nowi

There is one thing in this world and
during this life which cannot be
changed. It's the Past! Leave It,
Let's live now.
How relentless is Time-how un-
mindful in its gait thru the years, how
impartial in what It has to give! Any
one may take from Time freely.
Let's live now.
There is a sweetness and a noble
ness to the very atmosphere of honest
effort. everywhere. If you will but take
It. Throw away the dregs.
Let's live now.
oh, there is nothing TO Tomorrow
for Tomorrow has never been And
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My escort was heavier than the wine
he drank with such gusto. and which
1 never touched. A rich burgundy
which the host was in the habit of
serving, and which Everett had told
me to let alone. Not that he needed
to. never had touched wine in my
life.
TO be continued.)
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her eyebrows a quarter Of an inch
higher than normal.
MY mother, of course"
Whisper: Secrets: Just between
you and me: There was the gladdest
little thrill that ever was, right thru
the middle of EIeanor's heart as she
said-very nearly gasped-"Why, 1
should be positively delighted"
(CopyriEht 1919 by the Mcclure News
pepper, Syndicate.)
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statute books for many months; re-
sponsibility for delay in prosecutions
rests solely upon the men whom Pres
idcrt Wilson appointed to office.
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In his MISUNDERSTANDING address.
President Wilson said three things:
That high cost OF living has burdene6
the people long time; that much of
the excessive cost OF living is due to
profiteering; that the executive Off
GERS OF the government will proceed
TO prosecute the profiteers. Where
upon II is pointed out by the Repuhli-
can Publicity association that he has
long known or should have known the
burden the people have been bearing.
laws which provide punishment for
profiteering have been on the federal
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Our Next Story-"The Yellow Hen"
or THE Yellow Hen" who talks just IS
we humans do. Read Of Billinas and
Dorothy's venture on the open sea. their
landing on some strange land. and the
finding Of the Golden Key" What mys-
Will unfold?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-08
Field Club Win
z Games By Fine Playing

The Pioneers Field Club were vic
tors twice in games staged the early
part of this week, defeating the All
Stars of South Amboy by Ga and the
Oak Field Club 15-2.
The first game was fast with sew
eral double plays mixed in. Lovdah
performing on the mound for the
Pioneers, with Malinousky as his re-
ceiving partner.
The box score by innings:
Pioneers ..... 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 %
All Stars -. 0 0 0 2 0 l 0 1 o.
In the second tussle Of the week
the Pioneers easily found 1t and easy
matter to take the Oak Field Club
across their knees and administrate
n severe spanking. Bonalsky was the
HEAVIER for his contest being caught
by Malinousky under the bat.
The box score:
Pioneer F. c. 5 0 8 1 0 2 0-15
Oaks F. c. 1 0 0 0 l 0 0 0 0 - 2
This coming Sunday the Pioneers
will travel across the sound to meet
the West Ends of Tottenville.
They will take along with them the
following men. Andrews. Maliinovsky,
Thompson, Bonalsky, Brown, Love-
dahl, J. Malinovsky, Callow, S. Bonal-
sky and Gus Andrews.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-08

The soldiers play the game up to the
best standards. They have been book
ed to appear at Ebbetts Field on Sep
TENDER 18th, West Point, and other
big centerS of Importance.
If they live up to their Rough
Neck" name, Joe Mullin prom
promises that this bunch of wan
derers" will AVE to exhibit their best
brand of base ball. Every one on the
local team has been keyed to prop
er pitch for this coming struggle. Not
q loop hole can be found. 1t Is a
hard combination to crack. Mullin,
is half of the battle it Is said, and
you certainly have it.
Mike" 500 is to perform the heav-
ing. This test will be his first real
treat in fast company. Mike are
you going to pull the bacon out Of the
fire? please. Mike, please don get
ratified, we sure do wan to take this
struggle And. 500, bring along the
big brown hickory, that has walIop-
ed out so many bingles, / think the
cudgel will be needed badly"
The reputation gained by the
Rough Necks, locally, a be deduct
ed the Plainf1eld by tune of 10-3, the
calls" beat the Farmers by O score of
81, the Farmers in turn wallop-
ed the Painfield by tune of 10-3, the
Royal Giants were also defeated by
the Farmers by an 8-3. This COM
parison with local teams can give the
local fans an idea of just what the
Amboy Club is stacking up against.
Well Joe congratulations on secur-
ing a team with such a worldly repu-
tation. This attraction is a sure thing
In the drawing card.