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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-02
Questapns-Answers

Q. Can you give me the recipe for old
fashioned election cake TT. NJ
A. The recipe for Hartford Election
Cake calls for ) pounds of dried and sifted
flour pounds of butter, pounds of
sugar, gilIs of home made yeast. eggs,
half an ounce of nutmeg, pounds OF fruit
and a quart of milk. Rub, the butter into
the flour. add half the sugar. the yenst,
half the milk fscalded and cooled to luke
warm), then the eggs well-beaten and the
remainder of the milk. Beat well and add
the sugar. spices and fruit Let rise three
four hours until very light; then bake
O. How can / tell direction by COM
mon watch IN. H.
a Inc coast and geodetlc survey says
to point the hour hand OF a watch toward
the sum- Half way between the hand and
the IL O'Clock mark will be South.
Q. ] have never seen an Indian with a
muStache or whiskers- Are they q beard
ness race :-S. g. o.
A. Most Indians would have slight to
moderate growth of beard and mustache if
they allowed the hair to grow. Boards are
not wholly unknown. Some of the Mexican
Indians have full Boards the Guarayos.
Bolivia. wear long straight boards and the
Cashibos of the upper Uc1ylf are benrfs
O. What can be done with skimmings
from sugar cane syrupa-F. B. T.
A Some syrup makers allow the skim
mings TO settle for "a hours drawing off
the clear juice and boiling II over with
fresh juice Care must be takeH4 Mat the
receptacles are thproIy clean that skim
,mings viii NOT sour fapidIy- Some farmers
feed ali skimrniBgs while fresh to hogs. n
a silo is being filled while boiling syrup, 4
good utilization of the skimmfngs might be
% work them in with the siiage while fresh.
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CAN PRICES BE SUSTAINED?

The farmers continue to besiege the
financial powers. federal and other
wise. for such advances of money as
will enable them to hold their crops
for higher prices. Times seem to have
changed little in the thirty years since
the same class of citizens was de-
handing government storage ware
houses and an issuance of currency
based on the Accommodations of grain
and cotton.
In the general decline Of prices lead
ing agricultural products have SUI
fered most of all. Cotton, from a
price OF AN cents in July, has fallen
to half that figure. Corn is less than
one-half its high price in the early
part of the year. Wheat, oats and
rye also have suffered a heavy de-
cline.
Cotton and wheat farmers have been
asking the federal reserve board that
credit be extended them so that they
be not compelled to sell their crops at
present prices and so that they may
hold the goods off the market until
the previous prices are obtainable, al
tho they have no assurance of the re-
turn Of such prices.
The position of the federal reserve
board Is that it is not the function of
the banking system to attempt to con-
troll the course of prices. or to decide
what is and what is not a fair price.
1t is a part of its function, however, to
aid in the orderly" or normal distri-
button of goods, and in doing this it is
just as harmful to the best interests
OF the nation as a whole to encourage
postponement of the sale of goods
as it is to compel their Immediate sale
As agriculture is the most essential in
dustry in the country, it will continue
to have first call upon credit, but al
ways With due regard to the CONSUME
ers OF the country and to other pro-
ducing interests.
But if farmers borrow money in or
der to hold their crops for, higher
prices and the higher prices should
not come, they might find their last
estate worse than their first. 1t fire.
quently happens that those who hold
for higher prices are compelled in the
end to take much lower prices.
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Dorothy Dix Talks

Teach Girls to Make a Living.

Teach Girls to Make a Living.
A young woman of good family. of
education and refinement. has recent
in Jail for getting money under fraud
ulent pretenses.
In trying to excuse her crime. the
girl said that she was driven to steal
ing because her lack of knowledge of
any gainful occupation prevented her
from making an honest living.
You can't get a job in New York
unless you have already had business
experience there And If you haven't
even had out-of-town business expert
ence. you might as well stop trying
before you -begin-no matter how
clever you may think yourself.
Everywhere that I looked for work
was met with the same objection
that I lacked experience. They ex-
planned to me in offices where tried
to get a job that they could not afford
to waste the time of the staff teach
ing an ignorant newcomer You have
to have skill to do the simplest Thing
Why, even tried to be a waitress in
a restaurant, but found that in order
to do that, you must be bus girl first
and learn, to stack dishes properly.
There's no. place for the untaught"
In contradistinction to this girls
story let me tell you the story of a
girl L know who also came to New
York. seeking her fortune. This Sec
ond girl had not had the educational
advantages, nor the social upbringing
of the first girl, but sshe had been
taught good trade. She had served
an apprenticeship to a good milliner,
and she had the technique of making
hats at her fingers ends a
When she arrived in New York she
had only a few cents in her handbag
but she had her thimble and her apron
in it, and the address of a wholesale
millinery firm. She got somebody to
direct her to it, and as skilled workers
are always in demand everywhere. in
less than an hour after she reached
New York she was settled in a good
job, which grew better and better un-
til it laid the foundations of the for
tune that she is enjoying today
Because this second girl was trained
in some definite occupation that would
bring in money, she was not driven
to wrong doing to keep soul and body
together as was the first woman
l wish that 1 might write the moral
Fof these two stories in letters of fire
before the eyes of all the parents in
the world. 1 wish that 1 might make
them see that there is no other safe
guard that they can throw about their
daughters that is so potent as just to
make them seif-sustainfng. I wish
could make them realize that money in
her pocket will dotmore to preserve
girls virtue than the highest moral
DrinciDleS p
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
PAY rT-AND MOVE on.

Our daily path is thru a lane of
obligations. Everything costs. We
have to keep paying.
paid, let US not stand around and fuss
over it The price may have been too
high-but many times it is too low!
So. whether high or low in price,,
pay it-and move.
What business man has not glanc-
ed at his files and seen the piled up
statements of what he has paid in full,
only to wonder where ell the money
could have come from to pay SO many
bills. The fact is, however. that he
never noticed the ease with which ali
were paid, because he paid as he went.
That is just h--pay as you go-but
keep going.
Life is very hard in spots. Some
times we wonder long and seriously
why it was that we came anyway.
But it all becomes quite simple when
we resolve that we ourselves are
something to be paid for-and that
we are going to get much for all that
we invest in .ourselves-if we face
everything in right and good heart
The salesman will tell you that he is
inspired by the man who listens to
his story, asks the price of his goods
and pays it. without decker.
Only the man of small affairs pays
a thing and then stands around and
finds fault with his act.
There are so many things to pay.
so let us pay them promptly-and
then move on.
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LITTLE BEHAY'S NOTE BOOK

AHECK OF A LIFE.

AHECK OF A LIFE.
GA P1ay.)
Scene: A werm shivering.
Werm. Brrr, this is a heck of a
life, Brrr. / hope 1 don't catch a cold
with my long neck and everything.
Scene 2: The same.
Werm. Brrr, G. brrr, there a ches-
mutt burr, brrr: L wish 1 was inside
of it insted of outside, that all I wish.
Enybody with as long of a neck as
wat I got has no rit out in the cold.
Well. 1 think Ill take a chance on the
stickers and try 10 get in. Brrr.
Scene 5: Inside
Werm- All, a nice warm chestnut.
Wat relief,
Scene A. Box taking a bite.
Werm~- Brrr! Hay, Brrr,
Boy. Gosh shang it, look at the
werm.
wern1. Some fresh guy must of
went and bit my chestnut in half. Brrr.
if I had a shorter neck 1 mite not
mind SO mulch.
Boy. I amt going to try to eat
GROUND a werm. I'm going to throw
the darn chsnutt away.
Scene 5: Werm shivering.
Werm. Brrr, this is a heck of life,
(The end-)
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obiisates himself to support a man for
office he sticks to him until the cleo
ton is over.
And that type, we go on TO say. is
very common in the section of the
country o&which the world speaks its
scorn in no uncertain terms.
Our interest in the succession to the
Greek throne is only nominal, but
we'd love to know the name of the
gentleman the Republicans OF Grigsby
City are running for committeeman in
the sixth precinct of the Third ward.
We should hate to hear that this very
important post had passed to the con-
troll of the other faction.
Permit me-" writes Hugh Merr,
ito second the suggestion. that Lady
Adelaide be requested to run the coll
umn for y day. Probably she would
be gracious enough to allocate a por-
ton of it to the smart sayings of the
children. Little Dorothy recently be-
came greatly excited about tramp
who had attempted purse snatching
near her home in the suburbs. After
recounting the occurrence to a caller
she added: And when daddy comes
home we are going to have him search
all around the barn to see IL there's
a nest of them"
We take it that what Mr.. Merr really
suggests is that Adelaide write the
column for a day. She has been run
ming it for nine years.
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she take that walk UP the muddy hill.
But the next evening when Will
came home, he said. with a momen-
tary interest, Met an awfully nice fell
low today; said he used to know me
when I was here in boarding school.
He's working his way thru the mill
I asked him for dinner tomorrow. I
hope you don't mind -
"Oh, is it that light man with the
freckles?" Theodore asked carelessfy.
mo-" said her brother. before he
buried himself in his paper. hes
dark, with handsome brown eyes-un-
usual chap-said something about a
green umbrella@'
Theodore ran quickly up the stairs
and h..ving opened her closet door
looked in. and then her cheeks famed
scarlet, for she had forgotten last
night to take back the green UNI
brella.
Something. had happened to her,
and she knew with a woman's intui-
Ation it was going to be the happy
ending.
copyright, 1920. py the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the Columns Of
TEE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

November 2, 1895.
The recent meeting of the Horticultural
society in discussing the plans for the
establishment of cold storage plant, over
looked the fact that there is such an in
stitution already in Topeka At the corner
of Second and Tyler street is located the
cold storage plant of Moser & Co. While
this plant has not the capacity to store
away 1900. bushels of apples yet they have
four rooms that have been filled the entire
summer and fall with fruit butter and
eggs, a carload of the latter being shipped
from this plant the past week Mr. Moser
said the company expected to build an
addition of two rooms in the early spring,
that would undoubtedly, in eonnection
with their present quarters, supply all the
needs Of The people of Topeka.
Mrs Frank Mileham and daughter have
arrived from Southampton, England. where
they spent the summer. They were ten
days in coming home
Miss Alice Hood of Emporia will be the
guest of Mrs. Charles Thomas at tea this
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Capper viii give
a large evening reception on November 10,
complimentary to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Crawford
The Monday Night Whist club met with
Miss Rose Horton this week. An extra
table Xas Entertained complimentary to
Miss Maud Stacey, the others who PLAYED
at it being Miss Alice Prescott, Mr.. Ben
Akers and Mr. Lou Bronson---s
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JUST FOLKS
CLEANING THE FURNACE.
by EDGAR A. GUEST.

CLEANING THE FURNACE.
Last night Pa said to Ma: MY dear, it's
gettin' on to Fall,
/ wisht at Il was rich enough. to hire a
man To do
The dirty work around this house an clean
up when he's thru;
But since I'm not. Pm truly glad that |
am strong an stout,
An amt ashamed myself to 20 an clean
the furnace out"
Then after supper Pa put ON his overnlls
an snid
He'd work down in the celler till twas
time to go to bed,
he started in TO rattle an to bang an
An the dust began climbln' up thru
every register
TIL Ma said f"Goodness gracious! go an
shut those things up tight
Or wen all be suffocated an the house
Will be n sight"
Then he carted out the ashes in a basket
an a phil,
An from cellar door to alley he just left
an ashy trail.
Then he pulled apart the chimney. an
twas full of something black
An he skinned most all his knuckIes when
he tried to put IL back.
We could hear him taikin' awful, an Ma
looked Mt us an said
II think It would be better 10 you children
When he came up from the cellar there
were ashes In his hair.
There were ashes in his eyebrows-but
he didn't seem to care.
There were ashes in his mustaehe. there
were ashes in his eyes.
An we never would have known him IN
he'd took US by surprise,
wei ! got II clean" he sputtered,
Once Ma the dirt gseSs h int bu
now most of it's on you
Copyright. 1920. by Edgar A. Guest)
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We're the federal reserve board to
grant the numerous applications for
special assistance to those interested
in maintaining abnormally high prices
for produce and staples, says bulle-
tin issued by the National City bank
OF Chicago, the country would soon
find itself in a sorry plight. Altho
the problem. of the producers of
wheat, connection, wool and certain
other commodities is serious, as Secre-
tary Meredith of the department of
agriculture has pointed out, the prob
able $4,000, 900, 900 loss which he esti-
mates that the farmers Of the country
will be forced to take thru the price
shrinkage of their products. as COM
pared with one year ago, tits pointed
out, is actually far less than the losses
probably sustained by manufacturers.
wholesalers, merchants, and other
business men thru the drastic cuts in
merchandise prices. This is one of the
inevitable reactions of the war and the
serious financial complications that
have resulted from the attempts TO
provide for the huge reconstruction
OUTLAWS. But far-reaching as this re-
adjustment is, the American people
would be forced to take a much great
or financial loss were they to attempt
to deceive themselves into thinking
that war prices could be maintained in
peace times and that the country
could be made TO prosper under those
conditions. Any decline in prices al
ways entails a loss for somebody and
il the decline be general sooner or
later everybody is called upon to bear
his share of the general loss. There is
no escape from economic law and none
can continue indefinitely to prosper
at the expense of his neighbor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-02

The day after election has no ter
rors for the people of this country.
They have become accustomed to &C
cepting the verdict of the majority
and, when the votes are counted, the
people of the country go about their
business in much the same manner as
before. so far as the stability OF the
government is concerned, the result OF
the election is without Importance.
However bitter the campaign. may
have been and however earnest the
party workers for the success of their
cause. the rank and file OF both the
leading parties accept the result Fith
good grace and support the victor in
all efforts to promote the general well
fare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-02

clear language. Special interest in a
subject and mastery of the mechanics
of textbook writing are the main
qualifications of any successful author
of school books.
An editor here tells US that his
house is always looking for good ma
terial, irrespective of the authors
status. Most of the people who write
school books are teachers. he says.
Some teach in backwoods country
school houses and others are univer-
sity professors. They have felt the
lack of a good textbook on some sub
ject, or they have found better way
of teaching it, and out of their expert
ence come the manuscripts which
bring about so many advances in
education.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-02

The relatives and friends of the late
Lord Mayor Macswiney made fine
display of loyalty and principle in
fighting the police for possession of his
body, but what do they expect to ac-
complish by pitting themselves against
one of the most powerful nations on
earth? No great issue ever was set
tied by such methods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-02

K.egardIess Of election results
Thanksgiving Day probably will be
celebrated in the customary way. We
do not take eur politics so seriously
as to let it interfere with business or
pleasure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-02

In the general decline of prices
shipyards appear to have gone down
farther than anything else. For the
Hog Island plant which cost $70.O0O,-
600. the government is offered but
"a moo OOO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-02

The voters will not need to wait for
the count of the ballots tonight to
make certain that an Ohio man has
been elected to the presidency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-02

We think that justice sometimes
moves slowly in this country, but in
Italy they are trying a man for
murder committed in New York in
1917
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-02

The campaign managers have had
their say about the result of the cleo
ton. Tomorrow the voters will have
theirs. They always have the last
word
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-02

A great need of the Chicago schools
appears to be a league to enforce
peace. Instead OF this the authorities
are planning to arm the pupils with
boxing gloves
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-05-20
OUINNEBASSET

Funeral services were held, Tuesday
MAY Il, at the Baptist church over the
remains of Mrs. ]. +. Woodsum, whose
death occurred at the Knox hospital,
Rockland. Saturday evening, May s,
Rev. f. A. Farrar officiating The de-
ceased is survived by the husband ].
F. Woodsum, two daughters. Miss
Mabel Woodsum and Mrs A B. Allen
and one son Lester A. all of whom
were present; also Mrs. L. A. Wood
sum. There are two grandchildren
also Mrs. Woodsum was IS years
of age The body was laid to rest
in the family lot in the Southside
cemetery.
Ernest Emerson of Skowhegan was
a guest at c. B. Colby's, Monday night
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Tibbetts and
daughter, Miss Florence, Mrs L. A.
Taylor and Ginnilla and lockwood
Keep, all of North Jay, were week end
guests of friends here.
w. B. Tryon of Frankfort was in
town over the week end on business.
Colby and Withee report the sale
of the Mrs. f. A. Withee farm to r. J.
Shaw of Vassalboro who will move
his family here this week.
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NEW SHARON

Alonzo Frost sold a good work
horse to Sidney Taylor & Son last
week.
Alonzo Parlin is making quite ex-
tensiye repairs to his house on the
Coghll place. A carpenter from All
gusta has charge of the work.
M. A. Dunn and wife in company
with John Cram and wife were guests
of Mr.. Grams daughter in Augusta,
Sunday.
The spring term of the Beans Cor
ner school opened Tuesday OF this
week with Mrs George Greenleaf OF
Starks as teacher.
Mrs. Charles Oliver, who has been
in poor health for sometime, is not as
we'll and Is confined to her bed again.
Mrs. Loretta Chandler. after pass
ing several weeks with her daughter,
Mrs. Harry Knowlton at North Ches-
teryille, Rturned to her home IN THIS
village last week.
Archie Taylor and family of the
Starks road made an auto trip to Gar
diner Sunday where they we're call
ing on friends.
There were many people from
Starks and New Sharon that attended
the dance at Rome, Friday evening.
Nason's orchestra from this town FUR
nished the music. All report good
time.
Ernest Sterling of Bingham was in
town last week settling with people
for pulpwood furnished the S. D. War
NON IN tho ma st wear
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WEST PITTSFIELD

Leslie Allen and family also Preston
Lewis and family who have been liV-
ing at the village during the winter
months, as they were both working In
the wooden mill. have each moved
back onto their farms. They are still
working in the mill, going back and
forth by auto.
Mike Amatangelo, who has been liv-
ing at this place during the winter
months have moved his family back to
his farm in South Pittsfeld.
Mrs. Witham, widow OF he late
Moses Witham. who died May the 3rd'
at the home of her son Alvah Whitman
in Bingham were brought to this place
for burial. May the 9Th. The remains
were accompanied by her two sons
John and Alvah Witham and grand
daughter. Miss Gladys Gleason there
were a number of relatives and friends
gathered at the cemetery. Inc
casket we're opened at the grave
Uncle Joshua Patten who has been
in very feeble health for the past
month. has so far recovered as to be
able to accompany his brother George
Patten to his home at the village
where he will make his future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Allen and little
son Horace visited Sunday at the
home of Mr.. Aliens sister and hns-
band. Mr.. and Mrs. John Groves IN
North Canaan.