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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03
George Mdtthew Adams
Daily Talk
FOLDED HANDLERS.

1t is remarkable that the world ad-
vanceS as fast as 1t does, with all the
sitters-still about.
A lot of those who are in Jail should
be out, and a lot of those who sit with
folded hands and warm soft seats
should take their place.
For five years, nearly. the produc-
tive areas of the earth and of men s
minds were busy tearing down what it
took centuries to build. And now with
more work in the world than ever be-
fore, there are more sitting around
with folded hands than in ali the his
tory of the world.
Now is not so much time to reflect
as to-work!
There is so much to do. and compar-
atively so little being done. Each of
us must put his hand to theawheel and
with alertness try to guide affairs
Alright.
We are all important, so long as we
work and produce.
I like the man who takes an inter-
est beyond those nearest and dearest
to him. He who sees in the better
ment of his town and state and coun-
try. real chance for him, is the good
citizen.
I am glad that women are being
given the opportunity with men to bet
ter the affairs of the world. Too many
have been wound with cords that
minds and large sympathies will make
men more capable.
There is so much to do-and there
are not enough to do all the Jobs.
But things will daily grow better. il
those who now sit with folded hands
will only get up and get to work.
And the more people there are
working, the less dissatisfaction there
will be and the largest measure OF
happiness all around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03

A new party division appears to
have arisen in congress over the power
of that body to declare peace. Demo-
Gratis contend that the president, under
the constitution, has the sole authority
20 initiate peace. and Senator Thomas
OF Colorado cites the proceedings of
the Constitutional convention to show
that an amendment to give congress
the specific power to declare peace
was defeated. Mr.. Thomas admits that
a joint resolution Of congress, carrying
with 1t presidential approval would be
entirely proper. but asserts that con-
gress alone cannot act. even to the ex-
tent 81 overriding a presidential veto.
Senator Lodge holds that as the Con-
stitution gives congress power to de-
clare war. it must follow that it has
power to repeal such legislation. So the
country is confronted with a war with
in war. The president appears de-
termined, not to permit a peace except
on his own terms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03
The Woman Who Lovcd.and
Earned 4 Modern s.e:z q Home and Business
A Modern Story {
Blu JANE PHELPS

of things amt it, Gerry? We know
they are someway out of gear, but
can't tell exactly, what aiis them"
Il guess So" When Mary started
moralizing 1 usually paid very little
attention.
Nary and Gardner are engaged" I
told Robert that night when got
home
I'm no. surprised. Kenyon would
have been a fool to have let that girl
get away from him..
You seem wonderfully fond of
mo more than I always have been,
but 1 never knew her good qualities
until now. What wife and mother
she will make
Hold on there. Robert. Aren't you
going pretty fast? They aren't mar
ried yet, you know, and there's many
slip, etc.
II don't believe there will be any
the sort of honey girl Mary was. That
! fetched him. He told me that night
he was sick to death of boarding
houses, clubs and hotels. Guess he
was ready for home and looking for
| the right girl
Don't take all the romance out of
+, it. Robert. To hear you talk one
would think all Gardner wanted was
a housekeeper and married because II
was cheaper to have a wife keep house
| than to hire one"
/ "Oh, he's in love with her all right
and she Just adores him. Any one can
see that"
"Yes-when I said hoped she
would be happy. she told me she only
| hoped to make him happy. Mary is
very unselfish. 1 hope she won't re-
greet marrying him. She seems to fear
her lack of education will be a Stun
bling block. She is going to tutor two
evenings a week"
| Good for Mary! Altho I don't
| suppose Kenyon would care so very
much if she didn't talk correctly If
she made him comfortable. Come on:
we've discussed Mary long enough. !
! am going out to eat Want to come
or shall you take your dinner with the
rest of the homeless ones-in Mrs
Lanes dining room?"
I'm coming, of coursei" His sneer
about the homeless ones" had hurt
me. Also I knew I must make some
sort of an arrangement with Mrs
Lane if Robert were going to insist
upon taking his meals out. We could
not afford to pay in two places.
j (To be continued.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03
JUST FOLKS
WHAT HOMES INTENDED FOR.


When the Young folks gather round in the
good old ia hioned way,
Singin all the latest songs gathered from
the newest play,
Or they start the photograph an shove the
chairs back to the wall
An held a little dance, I'm happest of all
Then 1 sorter settle back, plumb contented
watchin'' her.
An tell myself most proudly, that's what
homes intended fer.
when the daughters gaily ringin' an the
room 10 filled with song,
I Like to sit an watch EN-, all that glad an
merry throng,
Fer the ragtime they are playin' on the old
piano there
Beats the high-toned music where the
bright lights shine an glare,
An the racket they are maxim seems to
make my pulses stir.
So whisper in my gladness, that's what
homes intended fer.
Then / smile an say to mother, let EN-
move the chairs about,
Let em frolic in the parlor, let 'em shove
the tables out,
JUS so long as they are near US, Jus so
long they will stay
By the fireplace we are keepin', harm will
never come their way.
An you'll never hear me grumble at the
bills that may occur.
Fer the damage they are doin'-that's what
homes intended fer.
Copyright 1920 by Edgar A Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03

Any person who fears that the Boil
sheviki may gain the upper hand in
this country or that democratic gov
eminent is tottering should take heart
from the fact that In the United States
there are $4,000 newspapers and mag
azines, with a total circulation of four
teen billions annually, or a circulation
of 140 per capita, and employing 49,
600 persons. There are $4,000 print
ing establishments, employing 272.O0O
persons, whose estimated wages
amount to $685.. 900 annually.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03
THE FIELD AGAINST HOOVER.

MIR. Hoover still insists that he is not
a candidate for the presidency. but the
gentlemen who are avowed candidates
and their supporters appear to be CEN
tering their fire upon him. Political
leaders in both parties are opposed to
his nomination, but each party fears
that the other may nominate him.
The presidential race appears to be
one in which the rank outsider is a
favorite with the crowd. A news dis
patch from San Francisco says that
Hoover has the backing of organized
labor in' that city. This vote has been
regarded as belonging to Johnson.
A Boston. dispatch says that the
head of a big department store offers
to bet five to one into the thousands
on Hoover if the Republicans nomi-
nate him and two to one if he be nom
mated by the Democrats.
The political war in progress over
man who is mot a candidate has no
counterpart in our history. AS an ex-
ample of the sort of fight that is being
put up against Hoover, the following
from the camp of the Republican
Publicity association is submitted:
With apparent confidence in the
gullibility of, the voters of the United
States, the New York World leading
organ of the Democratic party, asserts
that "altho Hoover is, the only candi-
. date for whom an emphatic popular
preference is shown, he has no or
ganization."
mo organizationg indeed!
How comes it then that a number
of the leading newspapers and period
icalS of the country. some of whose
editors or publishers met at the IA
nous dinner to Lord Grey, began
/, simultaneously q vigorous campaign
for Hoover for president, and sudden
ly, like mushrooms by night, there
sprung up a nationwide and efficient
body of workers forming what looks
to the experienced politician like a
perfectly operating machine
AS a splendid product of political
engineering, the Hoover machine is a
masterpiece. 1t works so smoothly
you scarce can hear the wheels and
gears and other mechanism as they dc
their allotted work. The makers OF
! that machine have overlooked but one
fact-that the voters of the country
will see thru the camoufIage.
Because the highest priced automo-
bile on the market runs without noise
| is no evidence that 1t has no engine
! In fact. the smoothness of the running
is the best evidence of the perfection
of the machinery. The Hoover ma
chine is we'll constructed, and evident
ly well supplied with fuel and oil and
grease.
1t may be found in the end that the
opponents of Hoover are placing en-
tirely too much confidence in the peo-
pie for the success of their own plans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03

ladies. Later, however, women indi-
Gated an interest in the nations law
making, and the rules had to be
amended to admit them.
The galleries are thickly populated
these days, for spring Is coming, and
that is the open season for tourists in
Washington. Congress Is not so en-
pertaining as it once was. Members
no longer wear curled and powdered
wigs, take snuff, or draw revolvers on
their adversaries. Neither do they
keep their hats on, as We are told they
did up to 1928.
Instead, on an ordinary day, the
senate is q rather prosy place, where
little boys rush about with glasses of
water and notes, and senator's sit chat
ting or wander in and out, while a
clerk reads something or lawmaker
defends a routine measure in long and
involved sentences. From the slack
attendance and air of inattention peo-
pie sometimes get the idea that sena-
tors de not attend to business. The
truth is that they have committee
meetings to attend. bills to investigate,
correspondence to answer. and it is
easier to read the proceedings of a
dull day in the Congressional Record
the next morning than to spend the
entire afternoon in the chamber.
On days Of Importance, both cham
Der and galleries present a very wide
awake appearance. When the peace
treaty was considered by the senate
not long ago, every chair was occu-
pied, while the galleries were packed,
and overlooked in long waiting lines in
the corridors. Altho the session did
not open until IL o'clock, people came
at to obtain seats and stayed until
adjournment at 8 that evening. They
had nothing to eat or drink during
that fiT11o for n aha ndnvR q 81 70
a moment was to lose it.
Even in such circumstances the
guards manage to keep spectators re-
minded that one can only ''sit' in the
presence of the United States senate.
1t has been suggested that the SEN
ate and house galleries be enlarged
and tickets sold, when important de-
bates are on, at prevailing theater
prices. This would be an important
source of revenue, and might result in
a great Improvement in the style and
quality of senatorial debate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03
Dorothy Dix Talks
By DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Training Girls for wives-1.


The great majority of mothers want
! their girls to marry. They think, and
rightly, that the career of wife ana
mother is the foreordained one for
woman, and the one in which she finds
her greatest usefulness and content
with life.
! Naturally every mother desires that
| her daughters marriage shall be sue
cessfuI, and that it will result, like the
old fairy tale, in And so they were
married and lived happily ever after
wards" instead of ending in the di-
vorce court.
| This being true, the greatest marvel
pon earth is. that the average mother
| does absolutely nothing to fit her
daughter for the business of wifehood.
She teaches her nothing, either theo-
retically or practically. that she will
need to know when she is married and
has a husband, and a home to manage.
! She sends her out to tackle the most
difficult. and the most complicated
j job on earth, without having given her
a single direction about how TO even
begin her gigantic task.
No wonder that so many marriages
are failures! 1t speaks volumes for
/ the patience and the forbearance and
/ the devotion of men that more CT
ant. untaught. unframed brides to the
mothers who have foisted them off on
unsuspect.ng men who wanted. and
] thought they were getting. wives who
fcould do their part. as the men do
| theirs, in the making of a home.
And the curious part of It all is that
/ these women, who send their untitled
daughters into the dangers of mar
rage, do not thus reeklessly risk their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03

II the man who wrote; LOT the
poor Indian" could see him now he
would take IL all back. According to
a statement made by Cato Sells. conn
missioner of Indian affairs. the indi-
vidual funds on deposit have increased
in the last eight years in excess of
s2o.ooo,oOO. During that period In
dams have expended for homes, barns
and modern farm implements SIS. Oo0.-
900 ana have added 100000 to
their capital in livestock. The In
dams transformation from a game
hunter and wanderer to a settled land
holder and home-builder, he says. IS
everywhere evident. Nearly $1,000
Indian farmers are cultivating almost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03

me to all the best parties and dances
and theaters.''
While this conversation was taking
place Minnie sat alone in her room
pounding dilapidated typewriter, try
ing to grind out material for her page.
Leonard did not know that she had
laid aside this work on more than one
occasion in order to receive him and
that it made the performance of her
duties the next day doubly hard.
On this particularly night the rick
ETY. machine would not run smoothly
Sheet after sheet of paper was torn
up. and finally Minnie admitted de-
feat covered Sthe typewriter, turned
out the lights and moved her chair to
the window. where she spent silent
hour, meditating.
1t was only sample OF her pro-
gram on several succeeding nights. A
month after eLonard's exit from her
life she sat thus at the window, Ia
menting the flight of inspiration, when
a knock on the door intruded on her
thoughts. 81
she exclaimed YEARLY. Come in"
thinking perhaps it was the bother
some Miss Jenkins on a borrowing
quest for the current magazines. or
Mrs. Shear seeking a cupful of sugar,
or Miss Haverhill with the latest gos-
sip.
Instead a man stood at the opening
when the door was thrown back. AS
the light was out she could not see
who it was, but she could discern that
he carried two suitcases. She pressed
the electric switch and the light shone
on the face of Leonard Moore.
"Back?" she exclaimed. Did your
father change his mind?"
mo" he said grimly, setting the
suitcases in the hall and entering the
room mo, he didn't change his mind
but I did. Minnie, my three years
of work have spoiled me for life OF
leisure Dad and I are on friendly
terms all right, but I'm going to take
ND job back
She motioned him to chair. but
he remained standing.
How about your ideal?" she IN
quired. "Why aren't you with her to-
night?"
He walked up close to her. his face
carrying an expression she had never
seen before.
minnie" he said. and there was a
peculiar softness in his voice. Maize
| Dixon isn't my ideal; she belongs to
| the Leonard Moore who used to be
| and who didn't know any better. You
ask me why I am not with my fdeal
tonight. and I answer that I am with
her. I've been living three years I'M
der the same roof with her, and have
| Just found it out.
| TCopyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper SyndieateD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03

Labor leaders are reported to have
marked Senator Cummins of Iowa for
defeat. The senator's offense is that
he prepared the railroad bill which
contained an anti-strike clause. Mr.
Gompers says that the aim of labor in
welfare of the American nation, the
safeguarding of the American de-
mocracy." If the attitude of the labor
leaders toward, other candidates for
public office is to be the same as that
shown against Senator ,Cummins, Mr..
Gompers should revise his statement.
The opposition to Mr.. Cummins APP
interests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03
MARY'S GREAT NEWS.
CHAPTER az.

"Oh, Gerry, to think it should have
happened to mel"
We were at luncheon, Mary and I.
when she suddenly leaned across the
table, her eyes alight, and made the
above remark.
what has happened, Mary? Some
thing good, I can tell by your face
Good, why it is wonderful" Then
more quietly: Gardner wants me,
Gerry, wants me to marry him.
well. are you going tor
Eyes, Gerry. and I am so happy
am almost frightened. L have liked
him so much all the time, but he is
so much smarter, so much better edu-
Gated than I am, that L don't know
how he ever came-to like memo. not
quite that either, but how he came to
want me for his wife,
IT am glad for you, Mary. I dc
hope you will be very happy" and
altho / sighed, meant it. All thought
OF any jealousy of Gardner had sud
denly left me. The sigh was because
OF my own unhappiness and the re-
membrance that ], too, had felt jus,
as she did when Robert had asked me
to marry him.
"I only hope I can make him
happy" Mary answered, blushine
charmingly. 81 am going to try tc
make myself more his equal, Gerry
1t would be terrible if he was to be
ashamed of me afterward, wouldn't
it?"
They say love is blind. Mary"
Before folks are married, perhaps
But when they get used to each other
used to the love, I guess they begin tc
see. LeastwayS It looks that way tc
me-"
Don't worry about the future, jus,
be as happy as you cam" I told her
could not help the thought that per-
haps her happiness, like mine, wouldn'
last.
Thinking of what I can do ant
then trying to do it, isn't worrying
Gardner goes to some sort of clut
two nights week. I am going Il
have an English teacher those tive
nights to learn me to talk correct
Say correctly, Mary"
There, you see! I knew something
allied that word. it didn't sound right
but for the life of me I couldn't tel
what it was. It's that way with lot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03
Dinner Stories

The ratings of a big transport on
It's way to France were lined with very
new soldiers when a massive COB hur-
'ried by, bent upon some urgent duty.
"Gangway! Gangway!" he shouted
as he passed along the deck. --
Gee, that guy'll catch hell when
they find him." murmured one of the
recruits. They been hollerin' for him
all mornin'."
"Hoiiering' for who?'
why that guy Gangway."
Jimmy had been very attentive dur
ing the lesson, and the Sunday school
teacher concluded by telling the schol-
ars they would have golden crowns On
their heads If they were good.
you would like that. wouldn't you,
Jimmy?"
Not much" replied the youngster.
ct had one of them things on tooth
oncel"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03

! If congress fail to induce the presi-
dent to consent to peace. and be I'M
able to bring about an end to the war
over his opposition, it still has an
other card it can play. 1t can deprive
him of an army and a navy. The
presidents propensity for getting into
fight was illustrated by his ordering
an attack on Vera Cruz. His DISPOSE
ton to stay in is shown by his attitude
toward existing hostilities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03
MouHon Musings
BY ROY X. MoUITON.

Mrs. Newrich.
The Dowager Duchess of Hicksburg
Moves all her war profits to town,
To throw a surprise into city-bred eyes,
By wealth told in jewel and gown.
But social progress Is n battle,
Not like II was back with the hicks.
She gets just so far-just bit below par,
And in that position she sticks,
And tho she may try, she cannot tell why
Just outside the circle she sticks,
us there a weaker SEX" asks a
learned New England professor. If
the professor is looking for the light,
he shall have it. Yes, there is a
weaker sex. If he is a married man
he should know which sex it is
Probably the only reason he is in
doubt is the fact that he is a bachelor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03

1t appears that the Democrats feel
certain that President Wilson will not
be a candidate for a third term but
they are finding it difficult to induce
him TO admit it. He still maintains
his reputation for stubbornness. Prob
ably his silence merely is another
phase of his policy of -watchful wait
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03

a million acres. 47.OOO are engaged in
stockraising and their livestock is
worth close to $ss.00o.o 600. Their last
years income from the sale OF crops
and livestock was approximately $14.-
100000 Their annual earnings in
public and private service exceed s3,-
100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-03
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledgsrl

Having percolated to the bottom of
the Chaplin-Chaplin imbroglio. we
register surprise at the mildness OF the
abused wife's arraignment of her fius-
band. All she claims is that he is
mean and stingy. Few husbands, We
are persuaded, get off so lightly.
What, we desire to ask. what would
Mrs. Chaplin say to brute who pre-
ferred reading his newspaper to airy
discussion OF the foibles of the people
Of the neighborhood?
We have no notion as to whether
the hackers of Leonard Wood are Law
ishing upon his candidacy the tremen-
dous sums charged by his opponents.
But 1t had been understood all along
that the gentleman in question had 1t.
UP to the time a man is sixty he
spends his time working for his family.
After that he devotes the greater -por-
ton OF it, to Dragging on his grand
children.
A good many elderly gentlemen
whose ailments. are diagnosed as
rheumatism really are suffering from
Ammo Domini.
Personal and social: A former
Philadelphia society whale has been
landed by a girl who was fishing for
sun perch, As has often been pointed
out, it all depends upon the bait.
Three cheers have been proposed
for the Missouri man who beat up his
daughters sutton so badly that the
latter hasn't been able to play the
Time softens many of the asperities
A good many of US can remember
when the corset didn't have a friend
in the world
The more prominent the man the
less likely the people are to forget his
mistakes. There still is some criti-
cism of Noah, due to the fact that he
took two hairless dogs into the Ark.
Contrary to tradition. his self-esteem
and not his heel is mans vulnerable
spot.
We have read with interest the COM
munications of the gentleman who is
writing to the newspapers in defense
| of the Ben Davis apple. And we were
| able. almost Immediately, to diagnose
his case. The gentleman has Ben Da-
Wis apples to sell.
A correspondent, who was on the
| spot at the time. has obliged with what
purports to be Mrs. Champ Clark's
| opinion of Bryan. But the ethics of
the column are such that we cannot
| drag so admirable a woman as Mrs.
Clark into it.
! We should, you understand, have no
qualms about imparting such informa-
| ton as has come into our possession
by word of mouth as the saying is.
| Inquiry as to what the people of the
middle west think OF the added DEM
ocratic entry. Senator Hitchcock. of
Nebraska, has reached this desk.
Opinion. we imagine, is not pro-
nounced one way or the other. Pre-
vious to last week the middle west
had never heard of him.
We have long regarded the ''vodvil"
artist who cuffs his fellow actor over
the head as the chief Inspiration Of the
laughter of the people. But. come to
think of it, there Is nothing much fun
nier than the waiter who drops a tray
of dishes in a crowded restaurant.
| The fact is, however, that govern
ment in this country will never APP
lproximate the ideal until the unsue-
cessful and the inefficient are permit
ted to administer 1t.
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The only difficulty in the way of
making a cheap meat week" a sue
cess appears to be the impossibility of
finding the cheap meat.