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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

/ Is on the floor OF the House, and plans
a press notice Of a speech, all at once
There may be times when he settles
down to one thing at time, but we
have never happened to call on these
occasions. Some congressman are
known as men with single track minds
Their secretaries never enter this class
even if they become congressmer
themselves.
When asked if Little Congress ex-
poets to train men for the national
legislature, Mr.. Baldwin said that the
Saturday night debates will undoubt-
edly prove valuable to a man wne later
runs for public office. but that there
lis no thought of this in holding the
meetings.
MANY people have the idea that i,
liz the easiest thing possible for a Sec
rotary to become senator or repre-
sentative he went on. Really 1t is
the most difficult. A secretary who is
loyal to his employer cannot run for
office against him. OF course he
district and run for office there, but
he would have to build up a new sup
port, for his friends and acquaintance
would naturally be in the district he
had left. About the only way for a
secretary to reach congress is for the
congressman to retire or die, and even
then not one secretary in a hundred
succeeds HE employer
Mr.. Baldwin has located one senator
and seven representatives now in con-
gress who have been secretaries. These
are Senator Harris, of Georgia, and
Representatives Lufkin, of Massachu-
sets; Burroughs, of New Hampshire;
White, of Maine; Sheppard, of Texas;
Mead, of New York; Smith, of idaho,
and Lanham, of Texas. Besides these,
Representative Crisp, of Georgia, and
l.,
clerical capacities in the house of rep
resentatives.
These congressme have been made
honorary members of Little Congress
and have spoken at open meetings to
tell of their experiences and "old
times" One representative remem-
bered the time when a secretary to a
congressman received a monthly sal
airy OF $50, paid only when congress
was in session. Another went him one
better by recalling his experiences
when senators thought $40 a month
enough te pay for an office valet.
Little Congress is a very young in
stitution, so young, in fact, that not
all the secretaries know Of its ex-
istence. But it is a hustling body,
and Ned Baldwin has great hopes for
it's future.
Its hard to get people to do things
for the first time in Washington" he
Soy OuL VIC are past tA1dL Std6O, dl0
we expect soon to have a membership
as big as the senate
1t is impossible to say what effect
Little Congress will have on big con-
gress. A secretary is often a very i'm
portant person., and when he starts
speaking in public meetings on mat
ters of state, he is apt to get some
decided opinions and talk them over
with his congressman. Maybe the
peace treaty will get decided in con-
gress now that the secretaries have
settled it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE.

I was wawking throo our dining
room this. AFTERNOON jest wawking
throo, and wat did I see on the side
bord but a CRATE big round cake with
chocklit icing all over it, me thinking,
Gosh, G, I'm glad I saw that, now
wont eat much for suppir SO Ill have
plenty of room for it.
WITCH we had \Hamberg stakes and
mash potatoes and peez for suppir.
me saying, Jest give me one Hamberg
stake, ma, don't feel like meny Ham
berg stakes.
wy the ideer, the last time we had
them you ate at leest and wunted
more sed ma.
Who, me? I sed.
Yes. you. sed ma, and I sed Well,
I don't feel like meny Hamberg stakes
today.
You look like few, sed pop.
And ma ony gave me one, tasting
CRATE, but I dident> ask for eny more
on account of thinking 1 would get
more cake on account of not having
ate meny Harnberg stakes, and ma
sed. How about some more peez and
potatoes. Benny
No mann, sed.
Well I never, sed ma.
Do you think it would be better TO
fone for the docktor or Jest save time
and ring up an ambulants rite away?
sed pop.
o by the way, sed ma, while we're
on the subjecl5 of eating I wunt to
warn everybody there's no dizzert to-
mite, L made a cake for the church
fair and it took up all my time.
Aw heck, G, law I sed, and pop sed,
At last 1 appreciate the sensations of
the old marters for the sake of the
church, and / passed my plate with
nuthing on it, saying. Can I have some
more, ma?
More wat? Sed ma, and I sed Ev-
evrything, espeshiily Hamberg stakes.
WITCH she did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
In California there are but t,

In California there are but two can
didates running for the Republican
nomination for the presidency. These
are Hiram Johnson and Herbert
Hoover, both citizens of the state.
Johnson is handicapped by the support
of the Hearst papers, but this is coun-
terbalanced by the fact that Hoover
is being supported by the Los Angeles
Times, which is red rag in the face
of organized labor. johnson also has
a record of having defeated Hughes
for the presidency, which may affect
the results or may not The voters
easily forget that sort Of thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

the railroads several miles away. The
trucks began to gather up the farm
crops, then the passengers. and now
there are over twenty-five lines plying
between Knoxville and adjacent farm
ing communities not reached by the
railroads. There are twenty to forty
passenger auto buses to Maryviile, fiji
teen miles away. daily traffic to all
nearby summer resorts, freight lines
to at least twenty points, milk routes
established and every truck and bus
crowded to its limits and more prom
Used.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

some Venus? I've named all your
satellites after planets
She flushed
I'm thru with satellites" she told
him I'm going to be like Venus and
Mercury-without any moons. But
how about yourself. Gordon? Haven
you a planetary name?'
I'm Uranus. because I'm all alone
on the other side of the sun, in the
present arrangement of things.
Uranus is an outcast from the solar
system, and I'm an outcast from you.
Gordon" she said suddenly, would
it be very improper for me to stay
here tonight and have a reserved seat
at the big performance in the sky
You can help me to catch up on my
lessons about the stars, and early in
the morning We can see the planets to-
gether. I'm not going back to the
hotel
At the hotel the anxious crowd
waited in vain for their emissary,
while she sat at the telescope the
whole night thru.
In the morning she looked with awe
as Jupiter, blue-white, burst into
flame in the sky, while Saturn took on
a. dull orange hue and Mars sparkled
red. Down in the sky, near the cres-
cent moon, Venus appeared, twice the
an intense white light that rivaled
Luna's and close to the horizon little
Mercury blinked.
The stars began to fade as the suns
rays shot over the horizon. Only
Jupiter and Venus and the moon con-
tinued to shine.
"Oh, it's all so wonderful" Helen
breathed, as. tired from her long vigil,
She turned from the telescope
You may be Uranus, an outcast,'
she whispered, but you're all the
world to me-"
She nestled her head against Cor
don. Her arms encircled his neck.
Copyright, 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

The public clamor which a few
years ago was directed against the
railroads. with results now familiar to
everybody, recently has been turned
against the meat packers. It will be
a serious misfortune to the country if
another great industry shall be bank
rupted and wrecked in order to fur
Their the ambitions of a group of poll
ticians. It may be. however. that the
packers will be able to slide from un-
der as did Standard Oil. the steel trust
and-th harvester concern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

The weakling nation of the world
have not SHE'D at the League OF Ma
tons. They have expressed no fear
that their rights may suffer. 1t re-
manned for the United States senate to
place this country in the attitude of
being alarmed lest somebody try to
put something over on US. We have
been made ridiculous in the eyes OF
that part of the world which does not
understand our politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

Under the caption, "AnthropoIogy Of
Another Town." Ed Howe is writing
a series of short stories for the Satur-
day Evening Post. They are SO true
to life that the reader might be led to
believe that they are a chronicle OF
actual happenings were it not for the
fact that in one of them he has a train
numbered S. and a train numbered IS
moving in opposite directions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
MouHon Musings
BY ROY x. MoULToN.

If Mars does succeed in establishing
communication with us and tries to
get an earful Of gossip about this
planet, we are in favor of connecting
Mars with Colonel House and let it
find out what it can get.
Mr.. Taft says half a league would
be better than one. Cribbing Tenny-
sons stuff?
There. hasn't been pair of old
shoes thrown at bride and groom in
two years. The guests just naturally
hate to take 'em off
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

Exports of antiquities from Paris to
the United States increased from ST.
100000 in 1918 to more than 10000
900 in 1919; exports of beads and
spangles increased from half a million
in 1918 to two and one-half million
in 1919; of costumes we imported in
1918, $1,60O,00o worth. while in 1919
we imported 100000 worth. It ap-
pears that anybody who has anything
to sell can find ready market for it
in the United States, provided the
price be high enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

Somebody has estimated that the
money formerly spent for alcoholic
beverages would wipe out the national
debt in few years if applied in that
direction. Observation. however,
teaches that the average person spends
a certain amount of his income on I'M
necessary things: If not on liquor then
on something else equally needless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

the very fact that you are his wife
clothes you with every virtue and
grace.
Oh. there are many ways in which a
girl can size man up if she will only
look at the things he does instead of
listening to the things he says.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

Neither President Wilson nor Col
onel Bryan was able to hold the Dem
ocrat senator's together on the peace
treaty. Even the solid south" may be
broken. in time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

Copyright. 1919. by the Wheeler Syndicate
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

There is" writes one eminent pub
licists, more than one way to kill a
cat'' Buck Kilby. therefore, suggests
that all of the various methods be en-
ployed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

A good deal OF the light housekeep-
ing is predicated on the theory that a
meal is anything that can be carried
home from the delicatessen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

We don't know whether Senator
Harding can be nominated or elected.
We have no notion as to whether he
would make a good president But
his frank discussion of a matter which
every other candidate is trying to
straddle has attracted the favorable
attention of a number of customers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

The daring of Senator Harding pro-
vokes our admiration to the point at
which We reach up and pin rosette
to the lapel of his coat. Il magnify
no posthumous claims to an intimate
friendship with Colonel Roosevelt
the senator is quoted as saying in one
of his recent speeches, land could
have no title to his political MANTLE
even il such bestowal were possible in
this republic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

A secretary who has been with. his
congressman for a number OF terms is
one of those impossible combinations
of efficiency, versatility. and politeness
that You read about in business mems
ma gaines. He dictates an irresistible
letter TO an irate constituent, tells a
phone caller that the Representative
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

If you wish to please a man. dance
with his wife, thus relieving him of the
obligation to do so.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04
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fore. tho killing of that desperate:
ho took a hand In n light with 'hc
Apachcs under Geronimo just below
tho Arizona line: ho was caught min
| Ing in the san Carlos reservation and
marched out under guard OF Tenth
ISenegambian Cavalry :or seventy-flvc
miles; Is became a sheep herdcr,
then II COW puncher: he fired an en-
CINE on tn. Santa Fc, helped build
the street railway In Las Vegas. ran
a high ball outfit In Ration washed
dishes in & Jeinldad restaurant: he
went through tho Black HIS with the
first prospectors and beat his way
from silver city, New Mexico to
| Greeley. Col: he became news
paper man i'll Denver. !. Then
ono day romance entered his life and
he has been living happily ever after
| in kcwancc, Ill.
Ellcry II. Clark. at one time ALL
| round athlctic champion. and the win
nor Of as many trophies and cups in
all forms of track athletics as any
living athlete. has written Il book
called TRACK Athletics Up to Date
This is an enlargement of hiG former
book called practical Track ind
Field Athletics" and deals with every
phase of track athletics and also with
matters of general training and tho
preparation for contests The book
will be published early next month by
buncld & Co. and Is "a complete all :
round account or tho subject by an
authority whose knowledge has been
gained not only by theoretical study
and teaching. but by practical cx-
perience as an athlete in every one
OF the sports he describes.
Current Social and Industrial
Forces" by Lionel u. Edic. Associate
Professor Of History and Politics at
Colgate University. recently published
by Doni & Livcright. has already
been adopted as a textbook In three
large colleges and is already being
used as handbook by political or
CARNATIONS throughout the country.
the book is symposium devoted to
the problems of tho day which a. ono
and the same time are pcrplcxinr
and so In need OF immediate solution.
Tn" hook Is backed BY :, wealth of cy-
pert information. II defines and de-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04

The Matrix."., which Is the romance
Of Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln.
mother and father OF Abraham. Maria
Thompson Davicss has been APP
preached by two stars" about ac-
curling the dramatic rights. 1T Will
take big. beautiful. real woman to
play my Nancy Hanks. and I'm look
ing for her" is the way Miss Da~icss
answers all applicants.
That 'I3" is not Away: al unlucky
number was proved again by Tho
Century Co. when II recently sent to
press for the thirteenth time Tho
Century Handbook OF Writing" By
Garland Grcevcr and Easiey ). Jones.
This edition consists of $4,000 copies.
showing that "oest-sellers" are not
confined to tho fiction class.
The publishing house OF Thomas
Settler. Inc. announces the immediate
publication OF parliament and Rev
olution." by J. Ramsay Macdonald.
the famous English statesman and
labor leader. This hook constitutc >;
Volume One In the New Library of
Social Science. which Thomas Self
Ter is launching and which Will have
as it's general editor MIR. J. Ramsay
Macdonald. parliament and Revoiu-
ton" is the first scientific and en-
tirely unbiased argument: against
BolshcriSm in favor OF Democrat
government. 1t is said 10 be 4 book
as important for our day as was the
essay on Liberty" by John Stuart
Mill for his time.
Thomas ScliZcr. Inc. announces for
early publication n novel by ): Col
more, The Thundcrholt." described
as IN abso -bing story with stipend
Gus climax. mastery in style and
treatment and timely in subject mat
ter. The London Nation. in an cx-
review. writes: Tho Thun-
derbof. - certainly the nioSt re-
markahle modern essay in imaginative
fiction tho present writer has read
during the last five years"
Randall Parrish. author Of" The AIvs.
terry of the silver Dagger" tDoran).
is one of those authors who rrst
lived adventure and then wrote about
Il. lie WAS In the West and South
vest in the EOS. He met Billy the
al Fort sumner two days he
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04

| individuals. for. as. is Well known.
| he Is writing a novel. which he will
call THE Paradise OF Women" for
the exposition OF that always inter-
csting subject; and so whom the I'm
dergraduate Association Of Bryn
Mawr invited him to visit that col
lege he accepted with enthusiasm. lilo
wrote the young ladies that he would
be especially glad to come because
he wanted to see women run after a
hall"-a reason for accepting tho in
ritatlon which might strike the out
slider as being Indicative more Of
curiosity than gallantry. However.
the athletic association was most ami
able and for his benefit staged a
game of wutcr polo which came or
very successfully. the famous Spanish
novelist looking on with bcaminS in
iercst and presumably taking men
tai notes o. the game 70. use in that
portion or his promised. but yet un
written novel which will deal with
a great American college Tor women.
His novel. Woman Triumphant"
which +. r. Dutton e Co. will pub
lish the latter part OF next month.
viii probably. since its scene is laid
in Spain and It's chief characters are
Spanish artist and his wife. he in
striking contrast with his promised
story about American women.
In the latter part of next month.
T.. p button & Go. will bring out
beautifully illustrated volume. Try
Paths in Sicily" by tho late Eliza
Putnam Heaton. well known for many
years in New York City as 4 very
successful newspaper woman. She
spent much time during a series OF
years in Sicily and made intimate
studies of the people. their folk lore
and customs and her book therefore
will not be OF the conventional sort.
Its many illustrations arc from photo
graphs taken BY Mrs. Heaton and arc
said to he very unusual and interest
ing. The volume has hecn prcPaI cd
from unpublished papers among the
authors literary effects and have been
edited by her husbar.., John l.. Heat
On. of the editorial staff os the New
York World. who also contributes an
introd uction.
Since the publication Of her hook.
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scrlbes = In many,sidcd ways. forces
and ideals which undcrlie current
fcstlcssness. disturbances and fear.
Eugene G. ONcill has just seat to
his publishers. Boni & LiScright. the
manuscript OF his newest four-act
play. called Tho Straw" which will
be published by them In the fall
simultaneous with its stage produce
ton. The same authors Beyond the
Horizon" which has been ono OF tho
seasons theatrical surprises. Is now
in It's second edition in book form.
Amongst the new books on the mar
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04

ket is The Sober, World" by Ran.
dolph Wexford Smith. of Boston. Mr..
Smith Is formor virgInian. having
been born In Richmond. Ho attended
the University OF Virginia. after which
he served as cub" reporter on tha
New York Herald with James Crcel-
Wan and other woll-known Journalists
and writer's. Associated with Mr..
smith is John Etchison. also an old
Richmond boy. who has many friend.
In Richmond and throughout tho
state. The Marehall Jones Co.. Bos-
ton. arc tho publishers of Tho sober
World
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04
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Literary Gns,Ip.

He is the nearest successor 10
Marx Twain among contcmpo-a-
,writcrE." says a prominent critic ~.
1:iiis Parker Butler. IN his nov book.
H'Swatty," Mr.. Butler ventures upon n! :
famous PREDECESSORS preserve Both
smen az boys lived In small towns on
1.-The Mississ.ppi--MarK Twain a, Han.
SOyer. Missouri. and Ellis Parker But
Her at Muscatine. Iowa. ''Swatty" Is
ta5 book Of boys life which rejects
emucn the same conditions and hurnor
as "Huehlehe!fy Tin.." and Tom
sawycr."
Books writes Fiscount Grey in
shiE new volume "Recreation" tHough-
ton hiftiin Coz. are the greatest and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04

feUT!i AND IT'S PRORLEMS ~.
v ihhcld Scott Han, NJ ~. I'll. l. IN,
''mh :. WINSTON Co. Philadelphia
ne nurn"s" OF ;his book is IL
srread wholesome information ,.,,
instill ideailSttc inspiration in ~
!oHnE men OF the nation. lIenc.
'he author has taken the greatest
ear" I" Iei tho most reliable ana
carefully tested facts and 10 So, forth
rs clearly - possible those prlucinIns
"t individual and Of family life when
eSpnrIe"ce 2! the genera IONS has
sn""h 70 he the safest guides 10
sa,.tsSiGi and n"pry living. II the
Mons set forth ,n this volume -. :
sur - I'VE healthy. happy. cnrlon,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04

THE GREAT ACCIDENT BY Rem
Ames Williams. The Macmillan Co.
New York
MI Williams has written a lively
ana amusing tale Of once prosper-
Gus and stu! wealthy Ohio city which
mas lost all its energy and progress
sF"acss The lrluor question pays
prominent part The "tirca, 40
c'"rni comes in with the election Of
a dissipaied youft; man 10 tho may
oraii% Ills reform under the weigh,
% NJ responsibilities is a tynically
American touch and tho si,,taiin, /.
handled with much hunor the hon,s
= iAll Of admirable. frst-hand ohssr.
vaii"m Che author has a nuici. cye
Tor an the littio things that MAJ. !
realistic picture :