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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02

At last it appears the public. OPP
pressed by high prices, stands a
chance TO obtain relief. The state
fair price commissioner has called
for an investigation of the millinery
trade He seeks protection for the
women Of Kansas who have been COM
PEELED by the profitcering milliners to
buy a new hat every year or oftener
at a price out of all proportion to the
cost of production. The expense of
such Iuxuries as bacon at so cents a
pound and sugar at II cents is of
slight importance when face to face
with the demand for SIS for new fall
hat. The downtrodden women of
Kansas can eat liver and drink tea and
coffee without swcetenins but when it
comes to being compelled to go bare
headed or wear last years hat.
never. Down with the profiteers in
women's headEsar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02
Questions-AnsweT

Q. When was Camp Roosevelt establith-
cd in Yellowstone Park?-M A. r.
A This camp. which was named In
recognition of the visi6 of President Rooee-
welt with John Burroughs. in April, 1900,
was formally established in 1907.
q. What was the Shamrock Battalion p
A The war department says that Sham
rock Battalion was the old Goth Regiment
of the New York Guards. known as the
Fighting Irish Regiment This regiment
was first organized for battle training in
American war and on the Mexican border
prior to its organization as the 1J6th In
fantry regiment Of the Rainbow Division.
which went to France and saw consider
able service during the World War.
@ Is there any limit to the number Of
let balls that may be made on one ser
Tice:-R- J. S
a. Any number OF let balls may be
made on a service. and server continues
serving in the same court until two faults
are made or good service is delivered.
O. What is the origin Of the Phrase
Hold tie fort for am coming &C. H. J.
A The message Hold the fort. For 7
am coming." was sigRaIled BID General
William T. Sherman TO General Corse in
Allatoona from the ton Of the kenesaw
Mountain. October ). 1864.
Q. How ane keep cultivated fruits
from being taken by the birdss-H- c. ".
A. The presence Of wild fruit in a
locality helps protect the cultivated ones.
particularly # the former fruits are similar
70 the latter ana rfpen earlier Among
those best adapted are mulberry. wild
blackberry, June berry, Wild cherry. and
elderberry,
T NJ E What is a normal 'em'eFa'1Fss-
! 4 as.4 to sse degrees Fahrenheit is cor
sidered normal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
KISSING THE STARS GOOD NIGHT

KISSING THE STARS GOOD NIGHT
The noble out-of-doors is Nature
own gift to everybody. WHAT'S there
to compare to tent-life out in the
open? Stevenson loved his donkey
and his pack" And it was while
tramping that he wrote many of the
things that have delighted millions
I have gone to sleep with the sta 5
looking into my face I have kissed
them good night" And then 1 have
walked up early enough to see them
still dropping smiles into my heart.
believe that the finest in m IN
or woman comes out when they begin
to mix with the things OF the forest
and stream or lake.
And how inspiring is every expert
ence on the land or on the water!
How delicious is sleep when the
waters and the stars get together
one to kiss you good night" the other
to sing you to sleep by its rhythmic
wash against the rocks or sand nea-
your tent.
A vacation is always an investment
for the worker. as well as for the
employer. But it is more than this
it is a feast for the starved heart
People get back to their natural
selves out among the trees and rocks
and by-paths. They see their weak
nesses as tho flashed upon a screen
their eyes Anu Nu6l
how to increase their strength.
There is sometimes inexplainably
beautiful about strange flowers spring.
ing up in the out-of-the-way places.
ready to meet you, as tho they ex-
pected you to come. And then there
is such wonderful soul-stirr to the
rolling hills and the gigantic noun
tains and the busy little rivers, and the
happy birds who seem to be waTbling
some special favorite of theirs for
your especial benefit-knowing that
you don't come out to see them very
often.
1 visited a home the other day, hid
behind trees at the edge of a small
viIlage-but within sound of a running
brook, and with great hills holding it
within its arms TSse master of the
place, a plain good man. showed his
place with pride sparkling from his
eyes, for he Knew he was living as few
do
The more you love the stars and let
them kiss you good night" the moro
you will love lifeAand deserve It!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK

Yestidday our cook Nora went to
her sick ants funeral. so ma made the
suppir, being stake under onions and
mash potatoes and sumthing funny
loking in a dish, witch ma started to
put some on pops plate and pop sed,
don't give me eny of that. wat is that?
Its scalloped elephants. jest saw
the recipee for it in the paper yestid-
day and I'm sure Its perfectly deli
1 don't wunt eny, I don't like 1t. sed
pop, and ma sed. Now WillyunL |
think you're awful. how can you tell
weather you like It or not7 and pop
sed, I have instinct about suteh
things. and my instinct tells me don't
Wen I'm jest going 20 give you lit
tic bit to try, you obstinate thing, sed
me. And she put some on pops plate
and pop taisted it as II he was doing
II out OF sents of dooty and then he
taisted 1t agen as II he was doing 1t
out of a sents of pleasure. ma saying.
WY Willyum. don't tell me that 1 see
an expression of injoyment on your
face.
I've tasted verse stuff. sed pop. Be
ing Supposed to be a compliment, and
pop ate the rest of it and passed his
plate to ma, saying. A little more or
that walloped eggplant. please.
Did you like it ser ma.
! 1t wasent so bad, sed pop, and ma
sed. Willyum Potts. I'm not going to
give you a bit more until you admit
you liked it and pop sed, well.
dident oSject to it in the slightest.
Hers Your plate. sed ma handing
pop back his plate withiut eny more
scalloped eggplant on 1t. pop saying,
Hay, " ares the walloped eggplant?
! Did you like it? sed ma, and pop
sed, o certeny liked it. good mite. and
ma -sed, Did you like it very, very
mulch? and pop sed. Yes. yes II
All rite. heers some more, Eed ma
And she put a hole pile on pops plate
and pop. ate it all with Enjoyable tx
pressions and then looked at the dish
aRen without asking for ony more.
prooerly on account OF the dish being
empty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02
THE REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS


1t now appears that the excited post
war activity of American business
reached its climax several months ago.
The transition from that activity is
proceeding, but the sharp adjustments
that were predicted early in the sum-
MGR. and that caused considerable ap-
prehension in business circles at the
time. have not come about. On the
contrary. readjustment is proceeding
quietly and without alarming features.
and the country continues to expert
ence q pleasant flow Of commercial
blood in its veins.
We are still in an era of high prices,
high wages. initiation of currency and
credit, and of more or less abnormal
conditions generally. A return toward
normal has been begun. but there are
many cross-currents to confuse observ-
ers. and it is impossible to tell. from
day to day. how much progress has
been made. A downward tendency in
prices continues to manifest itself. and
a shortening. of both commercial and
bank credit is being impelled in nearly
every part of the country But the
lack of investment capital to the pro-
portion required is more and more
emphasized; thrift and economy are
still more freely preached than prac-
ticed; transportation conditions are
still such that many goods remain I'm
distributed and credit is tied up: Eu-
ropean affairs are seriously disturbed
by economic handicaps and Bolshevik
aggression.
These are some factors of the tran
sition period. says the Mechanics and
Metals National bank. that are not IA
vorabie to active business. Neverthe-
leei, the feeling that an orderly adjust
ment is under way and that the situa-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02

Plans for radical changes in the con-
struction OF business buildings. dwell
ing and wharves are being drawn up
by the United States public health
service as part of a nationwide cam
paign for rat determination. it is an
nounced. Health officers from vari-
Gus states and the larger cities. at a
conference to study bubonic plague
and rat determination, recommended
that standard specifications for rat
proof buildings be drawn up by the
public health service. These are to be
furnished to the different states and
cities in order that they may be incor-
porated in the building codes thruout
the country while bubonic plague
is under control in this country. there
will always be scattered infection until
the rat can be exterminated,' said
Surgeon General Cumming. The
most effective measure is permanent
rat proofing of all buildings. Plans
for this may easily be incorporated in
any new construction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02
Dorothy Dix Talks
Arc You ono Of Thcse?-2.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest raid womAn wFisse.


Who cannot recall desoIate evenings
spent in looking over collections that
meant absolutely nothing in his young
life, and of turning over millions of
stamps, or photographs. every one of
which he could have believed with his
tears of boredom? Who has escaped
the religious or philanthropic fanatic
Who fixed him with glitterfng eye
and maundered on for hours and
hours about his favorite theme? Not
one. For the Hobby Bore, like the
poor, is always with us, and unlike
the poor we cannot give him dime
and buy freedom and surcease from
his tongue.
Third among masculine bores is the
Man Who Believes Himself a HUI
morist.
The most obnoxious form of him is
found in what is known as the Village
Cut-Up. He is the youth who thinks
lit is funny to play practical jokes, and
who drops ice cream down young
mems collars, and turns mice loose in
la ballroom, and who achieves his
greatest triuGphs at weddings, when
he pins signs reading I'VE Are
Bridal Couple Be Good To Us" on the
bags of a couple just starting out on
their honeymoon.
Anything that makes another look
ridiculous, or that embarrasses an
other. is the Village Cut-Cp's idea OF
a joke, and it is to escape this pest OF
provincial communities that many
people move to large cities. They fall
from the frying pan into the fire, how
ever for the urban variation or TINS
type of bore is the perpetual story
teller. whose jokes all have whiskers
on them, and who tells you, as hu-
morous adventure that has happened
to himself, the funny story you reau
in the morning paper.
The fourth among bores is the Man
Who Thinks He is a Fascinator.
He is generally a sap-headed youth,
or a doddering grandpa that no Wo-
man would look at except as meal
ticket, or a purveyor of theater seats,
Probably dozens of women have
snubhed him and insulted him. but
nothing has shaken. his faith in his
own charms, OF his belief that he has
only to throw the handkerchief ana
the entire female sex will scramble LOT
it He makes love to every Wornan
he meets, and asks her If she fsn' t
| afraid to trust herself with nun; anu
she yawns behind her fan and thinks
that the only danger she is in is that
of being bored to DEATH
The fifth among bores, and perhaps
the hardest of all to endure, is the
Failure Who Wnows 1t All.
He has never succeeded himselI.
but he is a headliner in handing out
advice to others. He has never been
able to make a living but he can tell
the secretary of the treasury how TO
rAn the financing of the United States
He hasn't got judgment enough 10
make a corner grocery a success, out
he knows exactly what should be done
! about the League of Nations, and he
spends his life making people tired
telling them all about everything:
Do YOU qualify in any of these five
classes of bores? Think it over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02

say you would be. willing to marry
mop
Prudence hung her head
i've been wanting to for long
time. I've been awfully bold about It.
but there didn't seem any other way"
Benson went to a coat hanging on
the wall and returned with a timetable
which he spread out before them.
Lets see,'' he said, turning the
pages with one hand. while his other
arm crushed her against him. there's
a train leaving Delphia at seven to-
morrow night; and if Hacksmith's fiiv-
yer can make Il in time we leave on
that train-for the east"
(Copyright 1890, by the Mcclure News
piper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02

The fighting spirit of the Poles is up
and they seem to feel no hesitation in
taking on another antagonist. The dis
patches carry the announcement that
they have attacked Lithuania. The
point of discussion is a boundary line.
IL the League of Nations cannot settle
boundary dispute what is it good
for? Poland seems determined to
grab all the territory she can while
the grabbing is good and no DISPOSE
ton to interfere with her has been
manifested by anybody except the
countries directly concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02

times the man who is big enough to be
able 10 joke needs sustenance. Any
way. the only wit the average Amer
lean can appreciate is the obvious
kind. II he fails to get the meaning
at the first glance, he decides there is
no humor TO be got and goes
biitheiy on his way THE CYNIC.
An editorial coadjutor returned
from the middle west in speculative
mood because he found nothing stir
ring in politics. He is disposed to
regard the situation as ominous. We
are less perturbed concerning 1t. Show
this country something to get STIRRED
up" about and it will do its full duty
in the premises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02

The Irish are killing one another at
a rate which promises soon to render
the presence of British troops in Ire
land unnecessary. The family row in
the Emerald Isle has been going on
for a century and has prevented the
country from attaining that degree of
independence which the majority has
seemed to desire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02

The death of Mayor MacSwiney
from self inflicted starvation, which
now seems inevitable. can hardly fail
to give rise to the question in the pub
lie mind, what will be gained by it?
True, it may arouse his compatriots to
a new frenzy and cause them to butt
their heads a little harder against the
stone wall of law and precedent but
that seems to be about all that can be
expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02

1920, by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-02
The Inevitable Curio Shop.

Connected with the cave. of course,
is the usual curio shop Its temper
allure seems to be lowering around
40 degrees after the cool, damp at
mosphere of the cave, so that il holds
only the fleeing attention of the
tourists. At its door the rubberneck
wagon was waiting. and the party was
soon seated and on its way. the chauf-
feur taking up the business of inter
preting the landscape where the guide
in the cave left off.
See that square hole in the cliff
over there" he said. as the car slid
clumsily down the hill That's St
Peters Gzte-as close as you'll ever
get there"
The Garden of the Gods is really a
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17
HISTORY AS POETRY.

History in the truest sense OF me
term is the universal Doct of all tiiiiS'
aud the universal prophet Of me
future. it not only gives IL record oi
the achievements of the past. but 1t Is
the only justification we nave for nope
il, the future. Well ID has been II
great loss to the world, and to the
world of knowledge that we hav" had
so little of Jewish history ind l
mean not only history of the Jews, but
history written by the Jews. The
Dark Ages would be less dark, the
mighty movements even of the m9derh
world would be better understood u
we could have a narrative and the
opinion of those who have been the
eternal refugees in every country of
the world. We should better under
Stand the economic and political cvoil-
ton of ideas if we heard something
from those who have been not only
the eyc-witnessrs of what has hap
pencd. but who has also had some
share in carrying them out This So
ciety is doing much to open 10 All
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17
THINKING AMERICANISM IN
FOREIGN TONGUE

Don Marquis, the famous humorist
Of the New York Evening Sun, makes
IL few pertinent remarks regarding
what some people term Americanism,
in q recent issue of his publication.
He says:
"a judge is reported to have said
recently to an alien who wished to
become citizen:
81 cannot admit you to be citi-
zen of the United States, because 1 do
not believe a man can think American
ism in foreign tongue.
Far be it from lis to get into any
sort of argument that might give the
slightest color Of justifica ton to an
opinion that we are in contempt of
court.
But suppose we were running the
entrance examination to some Christ
ian church or other, and u man came
along who could speak nothing but
English, should we say to him:
L don't think you cali be u Christ
ian. Christianity was first dissent
mated in the Hebrew, Greek and Latin
languages, and l do not believe you
can think Christianity unless you think
it in Hebrew and Greek and Latin
1T has always been our belief that
un idea that is vital enough will kick
its way thru language and reach brain.
And with regard to Americanism a
lish went and got themselves shot for
the American idea, which shows that
something must have percolated to
them in spite of the linSual diff
Guilty.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17
SHADCHAN.

The .marriage-broker' plays an i'm
portant part in the social life Of for
eign communities. where the parties to
be married often do not see each other
till they stand under the 'chuppah,
the marriage canopy. IL is curious
that Yiddish has no word for love in
the romantic sense, the word Heb
schaft' meaning rather secret anna
tory understanding an intrigue. The
act of negotiating a 'shidduch,' mar
riage. Is called 'shadchonus,' and the
commission paid to the 'shadchan' Is
percentage on the dowry.
The 'shadchan' is usually sharp.
shrewd fellow. but attempts are often
made to blk him of his due. Not.
however. as rule. successfully. as
the following story shows. Moyshe
I.cibel had secured II good match for
the daughter of Peretz, the rich but
misery cOrn-chandler. When he came
Tor his commission PeretZ asked him:
hut can y0u guarantee that the young
couple will be happy" ON. certainly
.How?' Because God Himself made the
match We'll, If God made it. don't
see where you come in. Go away.
won't give you 4 kopek.' Moyshe I.eibel
took his story TO the Rabbi and sug-
gcsted to him what to do. The Rabbi.
consenting. called Perctz who was
.Chossid.' member of the funatical
sect to whom the word of their Rabbi
is law. 'Moyshc Leibcl has told me that
this match for your daughter was
made by God. He is, therefore. not ell
titled to any commission 'Ha. | told
him So exclaimed Pcretz ioyfully. But
US God is II much greater shadchan
than Moyshe Leibcl, He will expect
to be paid accordingly. You will
therefore turn over all your property
to the poor, and as that Is mere
trifle in the sight of God. you will
also have to pledge your share of
'Olom- Habo' ,i("the world-tO-come").
Or would you prefer TO settle with
Moyshc I.eibcl after alp Presumably
Peretz did not hesitate long in his
choice.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17

Louis NJ. Blumstein, department
store owner and President of the Nh
imwk silk Fabric Company. who died
at his home. in New York, WIS fifty
six years old. and was born in Ger
many, but cuIne to this country thirty
five years ago and started as IA ped
dlcr. Twcnty-siX years ago he OPEN
cd small basement store OH Hudson
street, which has since developed into
two large department stores bearing
his namc, one in Harlem and the other
in the Bronx. Mr.. Blumstrin was
also the sole owner of the Mohawk
silk Fabric Company, which has mills
in Amsterdam and Fultonvillc. \. y.
He built homes for his employees at
these mills two years ago and started
u plan by which they could be pur-
chased by the men On easy INSTALL
mcnts Six months ago he also start
cd liberal bonus system in his de-
partment stores.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17

Dr. u. YcIIin, President of the
Council of Jerusalem Jews. and we'll
known scholar. and DR.. Oplatka. senior
medical officer of She War Depart
mcut. were awarded Membership of the
British Empire. for the excellent SER
vices rendered by them. Among those
present during the ceremony were
General Louis Dolls. Chief Adininistra.
tor. who presented the order: Col.
Staunton: Col. Il. Stcrrs, Military Gov
ernor; Mr.. Ussishkin, Acting Chairman
of the Zionist Commission, and rep
rcscutativcs of all the Jewish institu-
lions.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17

Louis Lamm. Of Berlin. lhderto"h
the task of issuing the rare classic
works of Jewish literature in photo
graphic reprints He already publish
ed Zuuz's Synagogue POcsic. GotteS-
GIentliclc Nortragc der Judcn, Der
Ritus. Eur Gcschichtc und Literature,
FraiIck's Die kablulal. JOets alidrasll
la -Zuhar. Abraham ibu David
Eluuuah Ramah. with German tr;liisla-
zion and several other smaller books.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17
AMERICAN JEWRY DESCRIBED
BY THE AMBASSADOR TO
GREAT BRITAIN.


Mr. John W Davis, American ambas.
s.aor 70 troet Britain wos ono of the
fsuu vu..ts invited TO ottond the Pence
,elebrat;on bonouct of the Jewish His
t,.r;oal so..;etv in London In response
IN a toast he said in part:
81 sbou,d he hold indeed If in tins
o.. thor;no of bistorians-aud r assume
that all members of the Jewish His
.or;ea, societv- are entitled Tn that
Observation-Disclosures if dared
saw ANYTHING 10 YOU of the history OF
vonr community in nv c,,untry. Last
NIGHT 7 attended a dinner of the Pill
yr;ms, Society. and was there reminded
that tbis ;s tbe Three Huudredtb Ami
vers,rv of tho VOYAGE of the pilgrim,
Fathers tn American shores. and the
foundation of their Colony at Ply.
month and Inv n bare score of wears
LATER after the .MayfIower' had made
its brave tempestuous VOYAGE. there
,ame info the harbor of New Amster-
dam the st Katerina' bearing an
enualIv brave number of pilgrims flee
;,g In, tbe;r t,,rn from religions perse
cution to find a new home across the
western waves. As the Pilgrim Faith
ors ca tbev came by wuy of Holland.
and under the aegis of the Dutch Re
| ,u,,,Iic.
1t was the first colony of Jews in all
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17

Most people think that Opportunity
is gift. The wise man knows that
ii is job.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17

At the instigation of Jules Mast
baum, the Federation of Jewish Char
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17

IN financial straits. Seventy thousand
dollars of the fund has been pledged