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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10
A VISIT.
CHAPTER rs.

C6AH EN- 80.
wondered if Mary were right, and
it would have been better had Robert
lost instead of winning at the pool
room. Really I thought it made no
difference. 1t was the fact that he
spent his time there, that he drank,
and the sort of men he met in such a
place, that worried me.
1 did not forget my determination
to go to see Marion Hovey. I had
said nothing more about his visit to
Robert, and he had not mentioned it.
He had come home early the next
night, but the night afterward he had
again been late, and had not dined
with me. He had telephoned me at
the shop.
IT am going to eat with some of
the boys tonight he said, so don't
expect me-" Then he had rung off
before I could make any reply.
1 suppose by some of the boys" he
meant the clerks in the store. 1t
rather surprised me, as he had talked
as If they were not at all interesting
and rather beneath his notice.
asked madame if 1 might leave
early. Grudgingly she gave consent.
made excuse of an errand in Mar
ions vicinity: then, fortified with that
excuse, 1 called at her home.
She opened the door herself. Her
surprise was evident, but she received
me graciously.
81 had an errand in the neighbor-
hood. and thought 1 would run in for
a moment" / told her. 81 have been
intending to come for ever so long.
But 1 have been so awfully busy at
the shop, then with Robert evenings,
that 1 haven't really had any time to
myself"
| 1T is your busy season, isn't it?'
Yes, we are rushed to death"
| so Robert told me-"
| She had introduced Roberts name
herself, so helping me along
| Eyes, We have been doing more
business than ever before. have sold
: SO many hats 1 have almost stopped
trying to keep track of them. Robert
told me he called the night before
last. You are SO good to him, and
he enjoys coming here so much. He
| is always raving over your cooking
and what a fine housekeeper you
are"
1 knew I was exaggerating a bit. II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10
INDUSTRIAL PEACE PLANS.

Many plans for adjusting labor dis
putes have been submitted from time
TO time and probably many others will
follow. One of the latest is the one
evolved by President Wilson'S Indus
trial Conference. \ study Of the re-
port OF the conference reveals the fact
that the plan is about as cumbersome
as that of the League of Nations.
One of the chief features is the
adoption OF the principle that the ap-
proach TO settlement of disputes
should be made thru the individual
industrial plant and that efforts
should be made to develop methods OF
prevention rather than adjustment OF
labor difficulties.
Adopting collective bargaining as a
policy TO be recommended to all en-
ployers and employees. the Conference
proposes that when no agreement can
be reached in a dispute, both sides
follow a system OF settlement thru a
national industrial board. local re-
gional conferences, and boards of in
quiry.
The national Industrial board would
consist of nine members appointed by
the president and confirmed by the
senate. In each Of twelve districts
into which the country would be d.
vided a regional chairman would be
appointed. When informed of an IN
dustrial situation in which action wa,
desirable. this chairman would cal
both parties into conference. I
II the invitation were accepted the
participants would enter with the
specific agreement that they would
be bound by the findings. II the
Invitation were ignored or declined
by either party, the chairman would
select two members from the en-
ploye group and two from the EN-
ployers, not involved in the dis
pute. to act as an investigating com
mittee. The disputants would have
the privilege of entering this commit
tee, but should they do so it would
Immediately become a conference. a.
In the first instance. and the inquiry
feature would be dropped and arbitra-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
MAY THE WORST MAN WIN


oh. we hear it in our play:
May the best mau win i'
It's a common thing to say:
May the best man win! ~
Yet some day I'd like to hear
From somebody standing near.
This brief sentence ringing clear:
May the worst nan win y
All his life he's heard men shout:
May the best man WING
II has hedged him round about:
May the best man win -
Tho with faith and courage grim
He starts out, hope soon grows dim,
No one ever prays for him:
May the worst man win :"
We must hear 1t till we die:
May the best man win!T
Poor unskiIlful you and l.
May the best man VIM
We who lack the master touch
And the pluck and stroke and such,
Oh. We need this prayer SO much:
May the worst man VIM
When we hear another shout:
May the best man win.''
is not us they think about.
May the best man win =:
Is a prayer for strength and skin.
And life finds US failures still
Yet this prayer might rouse our will:
May the worst man VIM
When the game OF life is done,
May the best man win.'
When our souls base journeyed on,
May the best man wini"
But also make the prayer.
That in Heaven where all is fair,
May we failures conquer there
And the worst man win
Copyright 1870 by Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
81 AN so LITTLE,

I once received a letter that read
like this; II would like to do SO many
big things. but I am so little, / want
to help. but 1 don't know the way"
All things are big or little but rela-
lively. The Earth is very big-but
there are thousands of other bodies
like the Earth that are so much big
ger. The Sun is a giant beside the
Earth.
1t isn't the bigness of things or of
people that counts, but the way in
which the best use OF ones ability fits
into the scheme of the world.
And as to helping, that is a task that
may be done at any time and in any
place.
There is so much to do. That's
about the only discoura ging thing
about a brief life in the body-there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10
MouLton Musings
By ROY K. MOULTON.

A Little Slice o. Life.
How often has it occurred
To you that this
Is a small world?
The statement
Has been made before,
But it still packs punch.
Well, about twenty years ago
A lad left our little town
And located in a great city.
The last thing he did
Before he left the town
Was to put the bean on me
For five dollars.
We often heard of him
And his wonderful success
And how he was burning
All the pavementS
Along Wall street
And it was said and
Conceded by everyone
That, even IL he was not
Quite in Morgan's class,
Morgan was about the only
Man who had him faded.
l often wondered
About the five. but
Never said anything,
Because a lot of people
Were enjoying themselves
Dragging about his success,
And it was far from me
To throw a wrench
Into the machinery.
But, after a while,
l got the big-town bug
And the first man 1 met
When l landed was
This same j. Rufus
And he showed that
He remembered me
By nicking me for
Another five-spot.
Now he is quite friendly,
This great man, and
Is willing to borrow FIVE
Any time and 1 had never
Expected to be in such
Intimate terms with
A great Nnancier.
But, it's a small world.
There is some discussion as to
whether a burglar is really Nbad at
heart-whether he is really dishonest.
rs this burglar dishonest" asks a
newspaper item.
We used to think that burglars were
dishonest-that they lacked moral
fiber-but we now realize that the
term dishonest can be used only rela-
lively when attached to housebreak-
ers. In days gone by a burglar never
inspired in US any degree of conf
dence. We considered him down
right bad.
But now, after we have tried to get
a place to live in and something to
eat and something to wear, we feel
inclined to say that the burglar is
only piker in dishonesty kinder
garten pupil, as it were. Compared
with the average 1920 profiteer, the
most proficient porch climber is only
babe in crime
Time mellows ones opinions. 1t is
better to bear the burglars we have
than to fly to others that we know
not of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10

The Democrat platform of 1912 said /:
The high cost of living is a serious
problem in every American home. The
Republican party in its platform at
tempts to escape from responsibility
for present conditions by denying that
they are due to a protective tariff"
What will the Democrat platform say
regarding the high cost of living this
year and where wStl it place the re-
sponsibility?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10

The threatened spectacle of a labor
union appealing to the law to stop a
strike, if it shall materialize, will be
productive of a new and hitherto un-
expected phase in Industrial contro-
versies. Congress may feel called upon
TO let the war continue, in order that
the Lever act may be invoked in an
effort to settle the switchmen's strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10

When we entered the war the gov
eminent took great pains to ward off
a call for pensions for those who
fought the Germans. But it made no
provision against a demand for q
bonus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10

Girls are advised by a Duluth min
lister to trace the pedigree of their in
tended husbands, the same as they
would if they were buying a horse.
Will they be expected also to examine
his teeth?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10

President Wilson appears to have
extended his policy of watchfui wait
ing SO as to include the European sit
uation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10

We'll" said the little man, looking
carefully around to see that no one
was spying, would you be offended
if I presented your dog with a new
collar"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-10

(To be continued.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27

THE passing Of the bead bag is some
l. thing that has been predicted so
often that we no longer pay much heed
to it. But when the smart shops
brought forth their new showing of hand
bags that they have planned for the
spring season and showed therein per-
haps more bead bags than in any season
past, then it became definitely apparent
that the bead bag was not only still in
the running, but was outstripping any
competitors for honors.
OF course there is one thing that will
always keep the bead bag from becoming
too popular-and that is the high cost
even of the simplest of them. Beads
are almost at as high premium as they
were in the early days of Indian trad
ing, when clever white man could
barter almost all that an Indian pos
sessed for few bright -colored beads.
The entire output is used up by u
bead loving populace. Three out of the
five purses and handbags shown today
are of the beaded variety. The one at
the upper right hand corner is of satin
Variety and distinction are achieved by
trimming it with chiffon plating as
we'll as beads. Just below it there is =
beaded bag with a drawstring top and
bead tassel. In the center is beaded
bag with regulation top.
OF the bags that are not bead trimmed
the one at the extreme right is made
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27

live different activities to carry on
slda OF your everyday housework u''
OF course, after a while sometbin. III,
nave TO suffer. But it doesn't soar,
right to slight the church affairs eversu
DodS else manages to keep up the cara
club, and after all it's only every Hra tra
weeks, and you have to have some ra, mo
reation. The current events clnss l.
really an education. and the bousoSo ois y
well, of course, that's easier tn G,u sI;n,
over than any Of the other thinps Ia,iu pra
then. it does pile up SO if It ISM ~ o.'
tended to day by day. ~
So 1t goes. Sooner or later o;,h..
your house is neglected or else aur Sn',r
doctor tells you that you will ,bSo fSor
lntely have to shut down on sometL;u.
Then for a while you aren't good q.
anything, because you have worn out ,JI ar
your nerves and your strength seems 10
have gone. "
Unfortunately, it is not until ,h,.
time comes that most of us find out bn,,.
easily our conscience can run awav r;,s nvw
us. We condemn ourselves as 's,acL
ers' because we aren't working over.
time. But II we want to be really use.
ful we will do only as much as we can
and we will realize that overwork dna,
nothing but break us down and cut sbOes
our usefulness. We will understani
how much better it would be to put o,.
whole heart and strength into n fon. Gus
things than to carry so much or,ro
work that we have to spread orr an
ergy and interest thin in order IN r,oI.
it touch every activity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
4 Daily Fashion Talk by Florence Rose

of striped silk with insets at the side
made of black satin, while in the hand
of the young woman in the middle of the
cut you will see the newest of all bags,
that shaped like lantern. decorated
with rufies and a large silk tassel at
the bottom.
Now for the place that bags play in
a woman's wardrobe. Are new bags
every season q necessity? Well, there
are some women who do not seem to
think that they are, and they will make
the mistake of wearing an entirely new
outft-hat, shoes, suit and the rest
all of the season $ most accepted model
save for the bag, which is entirely
| that no. one sees the bag. The fact is
that they have probably become at
tached to it. 1t is like the favorite
easy chair. 1t may be very much out
of the picture in your newly furnished
! living room, the decorator may have
protested over it, but you keep it all
| the same, and you won't consent to
| having it reupholstered even, for fear
that when this is done the exact degree
of comfort of the chair will have been
/ diminished.
But if you would be really we'll
dressed you must see that your bag suits
your costume. 1t is not necessary to
have a separate bag for each outfit. To
be sure, some of the great Paris dress
makers always see that each costume
has bag to 60 with it-designed espe-
cially with that one frock in mind.
You need not do this, but it is very
necessary to see that the bag is in
keeping-that the colors do not clash
and that the bag is suitable to the
occasion for which the dress is worn.
For instance. with a walking frock of
a tailored sort YOU would hardly carry
the bag with the little chiffon ruff1es,
nor would you carry a pigskin bag
no matter how expensive-with u gar
den party frock.
Copyright. 1920 by Florence Rose
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
Asked to Move

To the Editor Of Womdn's PoOs;
Dear Madam - Could you tell me
through your column how long n notice
a tenant must be given when he is asked
to move? We pay for our apartments
by the week. ! would like to know what
the state law is. and is there any diff
ference If the wife is sick? The reason
/ ask is had a little dog, and / asked
if could keep her, and was "iven
that permission. Now the land
lord tells me the dog .barks dur
ing the day when I am gone to
work. She never barks when / am
home and have asked all the
tenants, If the dog bothered them and if
she barks, and they all say no, she does
not. Even, the housekeeper. says she
doesn't bark. Now positively he has
no other reason, as keep up my, apart
ment in every way. Now l didn't mean
to write so much, but just thought I'd
explain, because of so many other rea-
MRS. ]. w. D.
The rules which govern tenants and
landlords depend entirely upon the terms
of the lease. If there is nothing in your
lease which forbids your having a dog
there seems to be no reason why you
could be compelled to move ON account
of her, especially if she does not annoy
the other tenants. The amount of notice
should have been agreed upon before you
signed the lease. Isn't it in your lease
If you go to the Legal Aid Society, "a
South Sixteenth street, you can get the
state laws on the subject and find out
what you can do to declare your rights.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
Mrs. Wilson
AnSUerS Queries

Ny dear Mrs. Wilson-Will you
be kind enough to give me some suG
gestions as to make soap out of pieces
of fat and how to add the things in
and how much to put? Thanking you,
MRS. A. G.
Soap
Purchase a can of lye and follow the
directions closely and you will have sue
cess in making soap. To render the
fat: Chop fine. place in a saucepan
and add cold water to cover. Cook
until fat is melted and then drain and
let cool and you will have q cake OF
fat for soap making.
NY dear Mrs. WiIson-Will you
kindly publish some good home made
desserts for daily use at dinner? My
cook does not seem to be able to
find what We like.
MRS J. W. T.
Try tapioca cream, pineapple or
cherry tapioca, Cornstarch pudding
chocolate or cocoanut Cornstarch pud
ding, fruit pudding, brown betty, rice
mold and fruit sauce, sponge cake with
lemon custard. custaru sauce. bananas,
orange. pineapple and peach fritters
with fruit sauce-all these will afford
a variety of old fashioned desserts that
can be made inexpensiyely.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
"Just Jim" Writes Of Love


Dear Cynthia - May I say a few
words to Blue Eyes and Blondy?
Dear Friends - A few days ago l
read your letter in the EVENING PUB
Lie LEDGER and you asked the readers
to give their opinions on love. | will
cndeavor to give mine. so here goes:
When you are really in love you are
also in love before breakfast. That is
the final test. When love begins TO die,
that is the time when its weakening
pulse is first to be discerned.
What honest man has not been mad
about some pretty girl Gin a crescendo
of madness) from tea time till sleep
time, and awoke in the morning with no
thought but for his toast, the %oonest
possible, and gone about his business
almost whole hearted and fancy free,
and relapsed once more into madness
with the lengthening of the shadows?
\ man who proposes marriage to a
girl, when he has been in love with her
only twenty four consecutive hours. is a
light hearted fellow. who ought to be
kicked out of the house by her dad.
There are a good many such fellows in
the world today, who only come to life
after they have taken the step. They
then proceed to make their wives lives
miserable.
As for the girl, let her be sure he is
bread and meat to her, comfort and
rest, demigod and man, wholly neces.
sary and not to be duplicated in this
world, before she says she will ever
think about it.
This, Blue Eyes and Blondy, is my
opinion on love and marriage. PLEASE
let me know through the column if yol
agree with me. JUST JIM.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
Lenten Soup

Ste turnipS.
Sic carrots.
One onion.
One pdrSnip.
One cup of bean or pea flour.
One small head of cabbage.
Stalk of celery,
Bunch Of potherbs,
Three quarts Of pGtcr,
One rcd pepper ,cithout seeds,
-Four tablespoons of chopped parsley,
Chop vegetables into dice. put in pan
with one cup of water. Let all cook until
water is absorbed. Add the bean or
pea -four. stir well and then add the
water and pepper pod. cook for two
hours. Press all through sieve or col
ander.
Add more seasoning, if necessary,
and chopped parsley, and serve with
croutons. This is nutritious, palata-
Bile soup. particularly nice on q hot
day.
Oyster Gumbo
One dozen oysters,
One quart of oyster liquid.
One quart Of tcGter,
OnehdU cup of bacon fat,
One half cup of -four,
One large tchite onion,
Bunch Of pOtherbS.
TrcO tablespoons Of chopped parsley,
Salt,
Pepper,
Put the bacon fat and -four in the
pan. making brown. add the chopped
onion and fry until brown. add the pot
herbs. Pour on hot oyster liquor and
hot water. When boiling aud just be-
fore serving add the oysters and parsley
which have been we'll drained. Pour
the gumbO into a tureen. Serve with
boiled rice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
Receiues D. S. NJ.

The Distinguished Service Medal has
just been awarded to Miss Maud Cleve-
land, head of Y. W. G. A. bride work
overseas, by Colonel Singleton, com
mander at Brest.
Miss Cleveland went overseas first
for the Red Cross, and took up Y. w.
decoration is for conspicuous service as
chief of the casualty service of the Red
Cross at Brest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
Please Tell Me
What to DO
by CYNTHIA
Vivian Writes to "eood Grip

Vivian Writes TO "Good GlrP
Dear Cynthia-I wish to make a con-
fession to both you and Good Girl.
You say that I exaggerated and that
many nice girls do go to dances at cafes,
cabarets. etc, but they are almost al
ways chaperoncd.
Good Girl evidently happens TO be
one of those nice girls. Well, l will
now admit. since I've thought it over,
that 1t is all right to go as long as you
can tell good from bad, but you know
so many girls turn out quite tough by
going to those places. They are the
girls who are easily led toward the bad
believe you asked me what kind of
girl l was. Well, I'm a girl of six
teen summers. born in Massachusetts,.
I'm Dorothy Gish's double, guess, be.
cause l look great deal like her and
| do great many things as she does.
| do so many things without thinking.
It's Il poor habit and I'm trying to
leave it, but it's hard to get rid of any
habit. Good Girl" I've not been dis
appointed in love because I've not
learned to love any man yet and there s
no man that / think loves me very
much. but the sooner l get over my
careless habit l may be loved after all
This letter may sound silly. but it has
expressed my thoughts. VIVIAN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
For a Cold Night

Baby feels the cold on these blowy
nights and vet she doesn't like to be so
bundled up that she cannot move about
easily, so she appreciates flannel
that has a casing at the
bottom instead of hem. Then when
tbe cold comes a string can be run
through the casing and the skirt drawn
up like a bag to keep little feet warm
and comfortable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
Old TabLecLoths

Tablecloths do wear out, no matter
how good care you take of them. But
if they wear in the middle, you can
make luncheon napkins out of the
edges. If the edges go first, you can
cut a square cloth for small table or
the tea wagon out of the center. Fin.
ish the edge with u picot of hand
crochet, and you have a dainty cover.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
The Question Corner

1. What is the best way 10 clean
dress shields that have become
discoIorcd by contact with dyed
dress?
.. How can u black ribbon be clean
ed?
3. What will brighten pearl buttons
that are scratched or dullf
(. Is it correct for "A woman to rise
when she is introduced to another
woman:
5. How can machine oil be removed
from clothing?
NR. Describe pretty way to trim a
y girdle for a wool jersey dress.
Yesterdays Answers
1. A windowpauc can be glazed or
stained with coat or two of
white shCllac, followed by an ap-
plication of waterproof vsrnish.
2. Unframed mounted photographs
will not curl up on the edges If
piece of paper little smaller
than the mat is pasted firmly over
the back
3. An unusual skirt that would be
pretty for bridesmaids dresses is
of pleated chiffon, with an over
skirt that is turned up aud caught
at the back like an olden time
milkmaid's = skirt
4. Iron will not rust il il is coRted
with a paste made of linseed oil
and whiting
5. 1t Is not necessary 10 mention
anything but the date for which
an invitation was given in writing
a regret.
s. The newest neckline is made by
a high, loose collar of tulle, with
a large bow Of one loop extending
over one shoulder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
For q ShoUer

A bride to- be was given a linen
shower recently. Among the most strik-
ing of her gifts was Il box containing
six washcloths each one striped in a
different color-pink. blue, violet, yell
low, green and red. And each one
had a picot edge crocheted in cotton
that matched the stripes.