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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

strictly sanitary. When I was twenty
seven l went to q social at Deacon
Turner's house and we all played
postoffice. When my name was called
1 went out because / vas sure it was
somebody else, and it was the Deacon
himself.
Some time later. two years ago in
fact, before prohibition, was working
as stenographer at Dolan's mill. and
Mr.. Dolan. that is his right name and
think he ought to be published.
came in the office a trifle tipsy and
started TO sing. He had always been
a gentleman so far as I was concerned.
but he grabbed me in his arms and
kissed me. You may be sure I re-
signed my position on the spot. and I
hear he has a silly chicken" in his
office now.
So. sir. you can see there is one
woman who has always been kissed
against her will and. doubtless. there
are others. MISS JANE ROVER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28
Dinner Stories

The father of the girl is well known
as "a very tight old gentleman"
When dad recently received a young
man. who for some time had been
paying attention" to the daughter, it
was the old gentleman who made the
first observation:
Huh! So you want to marry my
daughter, eh?"
Yes, sir; very much. indeed
"Um-let me see. eau you sup
port her in the style to which she has
been accustomed -
Il can. SIR" said the young man,
but l am not mean enough to do it,
In an Irish courthouse an old man
was called into the witness box, and.
being confused and somewhat near
sighted. he went up the stairs that
led to the bench instead of those that
led to the box. The judge good hui
moredly said:
rs # a judge You want to be, my
good MANI
-Ah. sure, yer worship" was the
reply. I'm an old man now, and
mebbe it's all I'm fit for"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

From Akron. O., comes the story of
how a recent street car strike was han
died. Akron experienced a trolley
strike lasting twelve days. During
that time S4.ss7 workers were trans
ported daily by automobiles. The en-
tire population of 2os. 900 people was
moved-by motor vehicles Most of the
$1,000 employees of the twenty-five
rubber companies were transported by
motor bus Ines established by the
companies. Plans for the operation of
these lines were made long before the
cars ceased to run, stops and sched-
ules for all routes being laid out in
advance. Routes were laid out in all
districts reached by the troileys and
scheduled stops were made at fixed
points Employees went to the nearest
stop and with the knowledge that a
truck would he there at a certain time
we're assured speedy transportation to
the factory or the stop nearest their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28
uTTLEJBENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

Us fellows was standing down at
the corner yestiddy aftirnoon, and
Pubs Simkinses sissey cuzzin Persey
started to throw a ball agenst the wall
and catch it agen. and after a vile I
quick jumped in fFunt of him and
cawt it insted, Persey saying. Hay.
you, cut that out
Who sed so? l sed.
sed so, you jest do ii agen, that's
all, I dare you, sed Persey.
And he threw the ball agen and I
quick Jumped and cawt It agen.
1 told you to cut that out, sed Per-
sey.
wy, who are you? I sed. Tawking
tuff on account of nobody being afraid
to tawk turf to Persey. and he sed.
That's all rite who am. you jest do
it agen, that all, do it agen-
Sure l will, I sed. And the next
time he threw it I cawt 1t agen, Per-
sey saying. Do you realize told you
to cut that out?
Well, wat of it? I sed-
Plenty of il. you do 1t once more.
that's all, do it once more, sed Persey-
d And he threw 1T agen and 1 quick
JUMPED and cawt it and threw it back
to Persey and he stuck il in his poekit
and started to wawk away, saying, see
that. fellows. can make him do 1t
every time I wunt to.
And he kepp on wawking away and
was so serprized I dident think or
chasing him till it was too late
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

Another widespread strike of coal
miners is threatening. The country
has been short of coal for a long time,
owing to past strikes and car short
age. Should the miners decide to tie
up the mines and thereby stop the
wheels of all the other industries Of
the country. it IS easy to see who will
be the sufferers. 1t will be the Ia
borers in almost every line of en-
deavor. The miners cannot freeze the
people at this time of year as they
planned to do last winter, altho they
may bring about a shortage of food in
the cities. But this condition may be
met 20 a considerable extent by the
use of motor trucks after the railroads
have used up what coal they have on
hand. There probably are reserve
stocks of gasoline available in almost
all parts of the country. Meanwhile
the higher wages go and the more pro-
duction falIs-off the more the worker
will be hurt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

been worse paid than any other class
of musicians
But now conditions are changing. A
skilled organist has as good a chance
of rising in the financial scale as a
plumber or carpenter. He joins the
musicians union, concluding that it is
better to be an affluent laborer than
. starved and struggling artist.
He may cling to his church position,
as sacred services offer a great oppor-
tunity for originality and solo play
ing. But on week days the organist
turns from pupils, an office desl,> or
any other pot boiling vocation, and
seeks out a job in the movies. Not
all musicians who pedal a big theater
organ drive their own airplanes, but
the movie industry has been kind to
organfsts as well as to stars scenario
writers and photographers. II has
placed them in the class of those 60
gagged in truly remunerative occupa-
tons
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'PRoFTrEERING" AND H. c. I


High prices are not caused by
Business. If by profiteering be meant
the charging of excessive prices this
statement can hardly be wholly true.
Those most largely responsible for
high living costs. especially as re-
CARDS manufactured articles. are
driven to exactfng huge profits by the
federal tax laws.
The man or firm that has been ac-
customed to e certain percentage of
profit on a business and is compelled
to yield more than half of that profit
to the tax collector. arranges prices so
as to continue to have left the GUS
tomary profit or a little more, after
| settling with the government.
/ But the 1argeSprofits Of the most eff
ficient concerns are not FILTERED away
They go back into industry. and in
crease production. and increased pro-
| duction means lower prices. Further
more. these most efficient concerns
tend to reduce prices in another way.
! They set the pace IN competition.
They are those who can afford 10
shade" the price when a large order
/ is at stake. when conditions of sup
ply and demand warrant. they take the
+ lead in reducing prices.
The best way to reduce prices is to
/ increase production. or to reduce con-
sumption by practicing thrift. and then
let legitimate business take its course
untrammeled by official meddIing and
unhampered by discriminating tax
levies. People should be taxed on
what they have rather than on what
they earn or what they owe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28
JUST FOLKS
TIE BOoK or MEMoRY.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

Turn me loose and let me b
Young once more and fancy free;
Let me wander where l viii.
Down the lane and up the hill,
Trudging barefoot In the dust
In an age that knows no must
And no voice insistently
Speaks of duty unto me;
Let me tread the happy ways
OF those by-gone yesterdays.
Fame had never whispered then,
Making slaves OF eager men:
Greed had never called me down
To the gray walls of the town.
Offering frankineense and myrrh
If I'd be Its prisoner;
| was free to come and go
Where the cherry blossoms blow,
Free to wander where l would,
Finding life supremacy good
But i turned. rs all must do,
From the happiness / knew
To the land Of care and strife,
Seeking for 4 fuller life;
Heard the lure of fame and sought
Recognition in her court
Answered TO the voice of greed:
Give me what seem to need :"
Now the gray town holds me fast,
Prisoner to the very last.
Age has stamped me as its own.
Youth to younger hearts has flown;
Ia fbe land i used 70 know.
Still the fragrant clover spills
Perfume over iaies and hills,
Eut I'm not allowed to stray
Where the young are free TO play;
Az the years viii grant 10 me
Is the book of memory.
Copyright. 1890, bys Edgar - Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
EVENING.

Evening is the rounding up time.
The buzz of the day lessons. the tired
horses are put into their barns, the
wheels of the factories stop running,
lights sparkle from windows clear
around the world How We all look
forward to evening,
For evening is play time-it's rest
time.
All the memories of the day are
wrapped around the thought and talk
of evening. And it's at evening, aft r
the hurly-burly of the day is over,
that We are able to get ourselves
together in compact style and find out
how far we've gone. wherein We have
failed, and the manner in which we
have achieved something worth while
Let's not just accept evening as
something that comes around in the
natural order of things. But let Us
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28
Dorothy Dix Talks
Boy, Page the New Mani.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worsd's Highest Paid Woman wxAse<..

Boy, Page the New Mani.
One of the troubles with the world
now is that we have got new woman
but we have got the same old man.
Consequently, this modern Eve and
prehistoric Adam are natuAally unable
to hit it off together.
Hence the falling off in the sale of
wedding ings, and the prevalence of
divorce, and the sounds of mutiny and
insurTection when two bold young crea-
lures with different theories of life
and opposite viewpoints, are rash
enough to adventure forth together on
the stormy sea of matrimony.
In the last twenty five years women
have as completely changed in every
way. as If the leopard had shed his
spots. The girl of today is no more
like what her mother was at her age
than if she belonged to a differer t
species OF beings. She no more thinks
as mother thought. or holds mother
opinions, or has the aspirations mother
| had, or dreams the dreams that
mother dreamed, than she wears
clothes cut after the fashion that
mother wore when she was n girl.
The modern girl has developed a nat
ural waist mentally as we'll as phys
ically. and she couldn't compress her
ideas into mothers tightly-laced
SO desired. Which she doesn't
But men. so far as women are con-
/ eerned, have not altered. Grandpa S
shoes still fit them, for they stand pat
on the woman question just where
they have always stood. OF course
there may be an exception here and
there. to this rule, but the great ma
Jorlty OF men have not changed an
iota.
Their ideals of the perfect woman
their opinion of what a woman should
think and feel, their view of wonan's
proper attitude towards the lords OF
creation. are precisely those that have
been handed down from father to son
ever since the dear old cave days.
/ This brings about a situation that is
tragic for both sexes. 1t is tragic
Tor women because men utterly fail
! TO understand their motives and il is
doubly tragic for men because il
drives them into making such fatal
For instance. men. still true to the
ancient masculine theory that fenin-
inc brains are only palatable when
they are scrambled fight shy of the
4cleVer girl who is Well-informed, ca
pable, and independent
| The modern man, like Grandpa. is
sun true to the theory that the ideal
wife is the chaging vine So he goes
hunting pathetically around for some
soft, dishraggy maiden. without an
| idea in her head, and with no desire
to do anything but sit at his feet and
ask him what he thinks she thinks.
| = In these days of intelligent, alert
weIl-educated women, this species is
| becoming so rare that the poor, dear
/ man is driven into marrying an idiot
ana then he wonders that domesticity
! is so dull. and why he can find no
companionship at home
If men could only get over their
hereditary fear of intelligence in
women, and If they would pick out
the smartest women they can find for
wives, 1t would do more than any one
thing to take the curse out of matri-
mony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

make it something that meets us like
the pleasant chap at the door of an
inn when we arrive for the night.
And let's always be happy and cheer
ful at the evening-time.
Evening is the hour of laughter, of
good cheer, of reading, of reflection.
Morning has its sunrise, its inspiring
freshness and promise Noon has it's
fulftlimepts. But evening, with its
opalled sunsets. its darkening shadows,
soft as velvet, and its vapory touch of
quiet, happy repose-what moment of
life is quite like that of evening"!
Let US love our evenings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28
CHARLES S. GLEED.

Men are born. live their allotted
time on earth. die and the world moves
on. Only rarely does one leave a last
ing imprint on the memories of those
who have known him But such 8
man was Charles S. Gleed. whose death
was chronicled early this week. In
his personal associations, in business
and in public life, he doomed so fine
and large that his departure from
among us will be felt as distinct loss
by the people of the entire state of
Kansas. He was identified with all
the things in which the state felt a
just pride. He won his enviablef po-
sition in the hearts of his fellow citi-
zens by his genuine worth and his go
ing has left vacant place that cannot
be filled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28
TRICKS IN AL TRADES.

There has developed thruout the
country since the close of the var a
/ tendency to meet prevailing Transport
tation difficulties by the use of motor
trucks. This method of conveying
goods not only relieves the strain on
other means Of hauling. but it brings
producer and consumer into more di-
rect contact and is also a time saver.
Whole states are now taking up the
movement. In Colorado the governor
set aside a special day by proclama-
ton, in which the entire population
was to turn its attention to the need
of the hour-"food. and how to move
] it to points where needed" The re-
[ suit was thirty-five rural express lines.
Eafterward increased to 100.
Figures compiled by an expert in
such matters show that last year 49,
1000 trucks were used in hauling farm
products. showing a considerable saw
/ ing to farmers in actual hauling ex-
penses. For hauling in wagons from
farms to shipping points in 1918 the
cost averaged 80 cents a mile for
wheat, 35 cents for corn and 4S cents
for cotton. For hauling in motor
trucks or by tractors the average costs
are said to be Is cents for wheat or
corn and IS cents per ton mile for cot
ton. The average haul by wagon was
nine miles, and the average haul by
motor was 11.2 miles. while the truck
could make "a trips a day and the
horse and wagon IL trips. Farmers
.served by motor truck lines state that
this service enables them to dispense
with one horse and one man in their
work.
According to official estimates the
people of the United States have been
paying more than 100000, 900 a year
in excessiNe costs for transportation of
food. The chief of the bureau of food
and markets in New York City has
produced figures to show that two
thirds of every dollar is paid by the
consumer to the present system of dis
tribution.
In this connection an investigator.
Muriel Bailey, for the Pan American
Union, lifted this burden from the
shoulders of the farmer and the con-
sumner. There are now 500 motor
truck lines in operation not under the
jurisdiction Of the government, and
more than $50 of these are in Califor-
mia. it is said.
"CeTtain states have already been
mapped into districts and each dis
! trict mapped out into rural truck
routes" says the writer. land over
these dozens of lines are running.
making money for themselves, for the
farmers and for the little villages
around the central cities. These truck
! express lines send big motor trucks out
, on a regular schedule to cover q pre-
| scribed route. Any one on any of
these routes can have anything from a
| package of needles to a tractor deliv-
cred to him from any point on the line
and it will reach him on the day it was
ordered. and when the truck arrives
the vegetables, grain. fruit, eggs, but
ter and livestock of the farmer can be
loaded and shipped away to market"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

What's the matter with Kansas? It
has been her custom in the past to
lead but not to follow. Yet it is an
nounced that plan is on foot to es-
tablish q state constabulary. similar to
that existing in Pennsylvania. Have
Kansas citizens run out of new ideas ?
The state constabulary may be a good
thing, but why can't we have some
thing original?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

Collection of federal taxes in the
fiscal year ended June 80 cost the gov
eminent s29.750, 600 or So cents for
every 800 turned into the treasury.
Probably about SEQ, 900 oE this
amount could have been saved If the
revenue had been paid in the form of
a sales tax and the people would have
billions besides which have gone to
the men who pay excess profits taxes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

Again last week Bradstreet's was
able to discover a slight decline in
food prices. The weeks index num-
Der. based on the prices per pound of
thirty-one articles used for food. is
$40, which compares with s4.T4 the
week before and s5.27 for the week
ending July -. 1919. The weeks
number shows loss of nine-tenths of
I per cent from the previous week and
of 10.s per cent from the like week of
last wear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

One-haIf of the June imports this
year consisted of dutiable articles, the
highest proportion of dutiable imports
in any month since July. 1911 Ad-
vices indicate that this is due to IN
usually large Imports OF sugar. But
whatever the character of the imports
they swell the treasury receipts at q
time when the money is greatly need
ed. Uncle Sam still is borrowing
money to meet running expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28
OuestionszAnswers

O. Are government publications copy
4. Such publications are not copyright
I'd, but it is ethical, when quoting from
Fsuch authorities. 10 give credit
O. Can You tell why the figures I'LL
are used instead of " on some watches
and clocks:-J. c. D.
A. The subtractive principle in Roman
five w. TO represent four (Ivl. etc, altho
known to the later Romans, was not used
until in recent times. and on early clock
by iii. This system Is used to some eS-
| tent at the present day.
Q. Where can sugar-cane be raised in
the United States 1T. NJ.
A. Sugar-eane requires n warm climate
and long season, so its culture in the Unit,
ed States is limited to re ion 200 TO 300
miles wide along the extreme South Allan
tic Coast and the Gulf Coast, to some low
and 10 Southern California.
Q. What is saturns position in the sky
at present ~ o. saw. .h.+
Saturn Is not faxorably situated for oh
servation at present About December |
as morning star. 1t Is now an evening
! star, setting about two hours after sunset
| Q. What statue Of Lincoln Was finally
decided upon for erection in London =
A. The British government set apart as
9eafG IN Tor tbe H sTstse Fl
| Westminster Abbey. \ controversy arose
| as to whether statue by George tirav
(SaufienS should he erected. The british
| government referred the matter to our de
partment of state which asked the advice
of the Fine Arts Commission. Upon their
Recommendation copy of the Saint
| Gaudens' statue, which is erected in LIN
coin Park Chicago. was accepted
q. How fast do rats and mice increase?
III. NJ. T.
! A The common brown rat breeds sir to
ten times year, producing an average Of
ten young at a litter. At this rate pair
Of rats, IL not checked. would at the end
Of three years us eenerations) be increased
to 359 10a 4Sa individuals Our Washington
Information Bureau upon request viii send
bulletin on Destruction of Rats.
fAnr reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka state
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic y.
Haskins Director. Washington. u. &
This offer applies strictly Informs ton.
The Bureau cnnnot give advice on legal.
medical and financial matters. It docs
not attempt to settle domestic troubles.
nor. to undertake exhaustive research ON
any subject. Write your question plainly
and briefly Give full name and address
and enclose two cents In stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct to the
inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

Alexander Howat declares that You
can put men in Jail but you can't force
them to work" Yet it is a well known
fact that several hundred men have
been induced to mine coal at Lansing
in all probability against their will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

homes. After the strike was settled
and the street cars had resumed oper-
alton, the motor trucks were sent back
to their regular business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

If the United States had been a
member of the League of Nations the
war between Poland and Russia might
have been prevented. Who knows?
This conflict between tive neighboring
nations now threatens to, involve all
Europe and the greatest nation in the
world is not in a position to say a
word
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

Copyright. 1890. by the Wheeler Syndicate
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-28

pyright. 1923. BY the Mcclure News
paper Eyndieafe.)
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We" may vote the Republican ticket
yet. provided the now of flapdoodle
doesn't inundate the country, thereby
making it impossible for us to reach
the polls
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-05-26
PART OF ACT HELD
 UNCONSTITUTIONAL
(By United Press)

Indianapolis, May 26.-Declaring that section 4 and 26 of the Lever act are unconstitutional, Federal Judge Anderson today sustained motion dismissing 13 of the IS counts of the indictments charging 125 coal mine, S and operators with violations of that law.
 The court sustained the constitu- tlonality of section 9 of the Lever act and overruled a motion to quash five of the counts in the indictment under it.
 Under the ruling of Judge Anderson the cases are not dismissed, but a ma Jorlty of the IS counts in the indict ments are rendered void. Section 9 of the Lever act, which the court sus- tained, forbids the calling of strikes or closing of mines and deals broadly with conspiracies to limit production of necessities of life. Sections and 26 are similar in their provisions, but the court held that those sections are dlscrimatory and therefore void.