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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31
George Matthew Adams
Daily TcLk
BASEBALL.

II you want to study the best book
on human nature ever written. go
to a baseball park and study the ped
pie in the grandstands.
There you will see and hear almost
every vent to human emotion.
Out upon the field your hero wa1k.
Immediately the air is rent with
hero fail to live up to all that has
about him - and Immediately that
same crowd as vociferously turns upon
him. =
1t costs to be a hero!
I went to a baseball game the other
day and saw a popular idol hit a home
run. 1t thrilled enough spectators to
fill a small city. AVA ( said to myself
that it didn't mako much difference
how much salary that chan was paid,
he was worth it.
Just so long as 1000 people in one
city can go to a baseball game in one
afternoon. just so long is this republic
of ours going to be a safe place in
which to live-rumors and counter
rumors to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
Baseball teaches things. too. It
teaches that a man. to reach the top
of his game. must know how to keep
himself in condition and under con-
troll at all times.
No wonder baseball Is popular. No
wonder it has lasted so long.
Teach your boy to play baseball.
Your-whether man or woman-be-
come a baseball fan!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31
DUTY WE'LL DONE,

The gentleman. who is opposing
Charles Curtis in the race for the Re
publican nomination to the United
States senatorship from Kansas as
pires to represent class OF the states
citizenry. Senator Curtis. ever since
his entry into congress has been the
representative of every class of cIti-
zens without regard to age. sex, color
or political affiliations. He has been
the servant Of the entire people
Nobody, man, woman or child. Re-
publican, Democrat Prohibitionist or
Socialist, Protestant. Catholic or Jew,
has ever failed to interest Senator
Curtis in whatever business such per
son may have had at Washington.
Thru all the years he has been in one
or the other houses of congress he has
devoted his entire time to the service
of his state and her citizens. He has
not spent his time in junketing or in
looking after personal business
Politically. Senator Curtis never has
wandered off after false gods He has
been at all times a faithful and con-
sistent Republican, content to let 9TH
ers shape the party's policies while he
attended to the duties entrusted to
him. His constituents always have
known where to find him. Rarely, if
ever, has there been AIRY doubt as to
how he would vote on public ques-
ton.
Unless it be that there is no such
thing as public appreciation of devo-
ton to official duty, Senator Curtis
viii be renominated next Tuesday by
an overwhelming majority. In which
case his election in November would
be assured because even the Demo-
Gratis acknowledge and appreciate his
ability and faithful service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

the machine stopped before the home
of the mayor-elect and the latter
dragged his passenger into the house.
By this time Jack was in a stupor, and
Harley put him to bed and locked the
door on him.
Then the mayor-elect went to his
study, and sat in the swivel chair, and
smoked three cigars. one after the
other. and there was no smile or tri-
umph on his face-only a dark scowi
and an expression about the lips as
tho he had tasted something disagree
able.
Finally, with a decisive click of his
teeth, he reached for the telephone:
The face of the clock. dinly lighted
by desk lamp, showed the hands at
He took down MeNreceiver and gave
"a number.
Hello. Hennison." Harley called
presently. This is Wentworth. Say.
Hennison, you'll have to call ~that OH
that wide-open stuff. I've changed
my mind. Go easy: none of that
abuse 1 said I've changed my MIND,
and I mean it. 1 was erected mayor
of this city. no matter whe elected me-
II didn't make any promises, remem-
mer that. You've got to shut that place
up. and shut it tight. I'm not foolme-
What's that? Are you threatening
me. Hennison? Be careful. I'm go
ing to be mayor of Kenton, and the
towns going to prosper. and its going
TO be decerit. too. Goodby."
The mayor-elect tilted back in his
swivel chair and smiled with a quiet
long time, gazing at the picture OF
girl
(CopyriGht 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

The frequency of rebellions in the
ranks of organized labor appears to
portend a general disruption Of the
American Federation. Abrogation of
contracts will so far toward strength
ening the movement already, under
way in many localities. toward the
open shop. The American Federation
and it's most powerful component
parts have been built up on discipline
and obedience to duly constituted lead
ership. The outlaw" railroad strike
with the inability of the brotherhood
chiefs to hold the men in line has been
followed by a similar situation among
the coal miners. The unions seem in
a fair way to lose much of what it
has taken them many years to gain.
Such divisions in the ranks as have
taken place recently make for per-
manent breach and a consequent loss
OF power
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31
JUsrICE JOHN 5. DAWSON.

Justice John S. Dawson. who is a
candidate Nfor denomination as asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court, is
entitled to win his second term by an
overwhelming majority His long
years of public service and his ac-
quaintance with Kansas conditions.
combined with six years of excellent
work on the supreme bench. entitle
him to the second term which he is
asking.
For more than eight years Justice
Dawson was on the states legal firing
line from the attorney generals office.
He was in the logical position to learn
intimately the peculiar needs and
wants of the state. Thru his training
of four years as an assistant attorney
general and four years as chief of the
department. Dawson came to know
and understand the relationship of the
state and its subdivisions and its peo-
pie.
In the attorney senerars office
Dawson made q record as a relentless
prosecutor without seeking the posi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31
GOVERNOR ALLEN.

The people of Kansas owe-to Gov
ernor Allen Tuesday an overwhelming
vote in recognition of his duties during
turbulent nistration-turbulent
in the fact that it has been face to
face with the more serious problems
of the after-war reconstruction period.
The governor. of course. is not in
danger of defeat for the nomination.
No one takes seriously the candidacy
of George Snow of Oakland But in
order to insure Governor Allen a rec
ord majority in khe November election
he should be given a flattering sup
port in the primaries.
The governors fearless action in the
coal strike and his courageous call for,
a special session of the legislature to
put into force an untried and uncer-
tain industrial court act has placed the
people of Kansas in perpetual graft
tude.
The governor has gone thru no lit
tie undertow of adversely in swinging
into action the law that seeks to bring
about agreements between capital and
labor. There are many wise politi-
clans who say that it cost the Kansas
executive the vice presidency of\the
United States. At any rate it was a
poor political move if he anticipated
the support of the labor unions in his
future career in Kansas. It must be
admitted. however, that it was a con-
scientious move to give the common
people a chance to be relieved of the
constant friction of the two great
forces.
Some day when the professional rad
icals Of the labor unions cease to WELD
their influence, the laboring man may
realize that the industrial court act is
of even more advantage to him than
to the employer. Court orders to date in
appeals from the unions cannot be
criticised by members of the fedora
tion-unless the criticism is actuated
by a<few of the radical leaders who re-
main in power.
The governor has, naturally, made
an assortment of enemies while in the
state house. Most of these have been
brought about by his friends and sup
porters who have led him into unpop-
ular traps. But on the whole he has
conducted a clean, fearless admins
tration-an administration deserving
of a commendatory vote of unreserved
approval.
If for no other reason the governor
should be given the opportunity of
proving to the country the practicable
ity of his industrial remedy.
vote for Governor Henry J. Allen
Tuesday means an indication of your
confidence in his ability to serve and
serve well.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31
JUST FOLKS
THE ROOM OF Ny oMyA
By EDGAR a. GUEST.


I've slept in many n splendid room.
At Battle Greek they gave me the bridal
suite in their hotel
I've spent the night in costly homes with
hanglngs rfh around my head
And gioricd in the luxury of sifken covers
on my bed.
But there was once little room that i
recall with lasting joy
The room they gave me for my own when
1 was but little boy
There everything of mine I kept. hung
pennants OH the plastered walls,
Nailed pictures wheresoe'er l chose, with
Buffalo Bill the first of all;
Ny room, they called 1t, and It was-for
there my toys were strewn about
And every corner held some thing /
thought l could not do without;
Books, toys and bat-and ball were there,
In secret places where no hands save those
of mine should ever touch.
The little bed was made If wood. and bare
and very plain 10 see.
But sweet the sleep which found me there.
and oh what dreams it brought to
me!
Age knows no slumber thru the years.
however fire il be from cares
Like that rich rest which closed my eyes
and strengthened and refreshed me
there.
oh. have lived in many rooms. with
luxury lining every wall.
But on the page Of memory that first "own
room" outshiBes them all.
Copyright. 1920, by Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31
Dorothy Dix Talks
Form Good Habits in Youth.-2.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Worries Highest Paid Woman WFAseS.

Form, Good Habits in YOUTH.
Any child that cannot have the
habit of industry fastened on it for
life by the time tits ten years old
has need of the nearest hookworm ex-
pert. 1t is merely a matter of direct
ing its energies into the right chan
mel, and parents certainly .have COM
mitted the objectionable sin against
their sons and daughters if they fail to
do this, and let them grow up to hate
work instead of loving it.
Do you desire your children to be-
come rich and prosperous? If so. you
have only to cultivate the habit OF
thrift in them while they are young.
Wasting money is a bad habit just as
saving is a good habit. And the one
means poverty, and the other means
riches Teach children to take care
of their pennies and they will know
enough not to throw away their dol
lars.
Saving can be made just as inter
esting to children as spending, as was
proven during the war when thousands
of girls and boys put the money they
had been throwing away son candy
and soda water into thrift stamps and
so formed, let us hope. habit OF
thrift that will make their whole fu-
ture happy and more prosperous
Teach chll0ren ndDllS accurate
to do whatever they do properly. The
difference between highly paid work
and poorly paid work is the difference
in the quality of the work, The dir
ference between the~man with the ten
thousand dollar salary and the man
with the one thousand dollar wage Is
the difference between efficiency and
inefficiency.
Intakes Just as much labor to cook
a mean dinner as a good one. The
girl who spells every other word
wrong and makes failure Of her
letters pounds the typewriter just as
many hours a day as the private sec
rotary does. So the people who never
learn to do anything we'll escape moth
ing but the reward that goes to The
accuracy that can be depended upon
Doing things p-dashedly, hit-or-
miss. any old way, is nothing but
bad habit just as doing them properly
is a good habit. Cultivate in children
the pride of craftsmanship. and the
love of turning out a good job for the
jobs sake and you have put the guide
to success in their hands.
For the whole world is on still
hunt for efficient people whose work
can be relied upon-dressmakers who
can fit. stenographers. who can spell,
carpenters whose work holds together
doctors who don't guess about what
afls YOU, lawyers whose advice is
sound, and when we find them we pay
them ioyfuily whatever they ask, AMI
sing their praise in the market-place.
Teach children habits of order and
promptness. Teach them the habit of
self control. Teach them the habit of
smiling instead of whining. and you
will have given them an armor that
will be proof against the sings and
arrows of outrageou fortune, and
that will enable them to win out in
the battle of life.
1t isn't enough to break children of
bad habits. You must fortify them
with good habits that they will in
stinctively fall back upon in the crisis
of their fate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

o; How tall are Harding and coN:-H-
A. Senator Harding is an inch over six
q. where is the Canadian Northwest
4. The Canadian Northwest Is generally
meant Nto include Saskatchewan. Alberta.
British Columbia. and Ynkon. Vancouver
is the western port for the Canadian North
west
q. What is the origin of the expression
'Tm from Missouri';g-W. S.
was first used by W. d. yandfver. a repre-
sentative in congress from Missouri, in the
sense Il am not easily, taken in or You
Q. How many Indians were there in. the
United States when the "Mayflower" land
ed. and how many now I'd g. W.
A. The Bureau of Indian Affairs says
that there are no statistics regarding the
number of Indians in America in 1920. The
earliest figures are for 1903. the estimat e
biting 19.500 At the present time there are
332.102 Indians in the United States.
Q. What is the location of flag ON the
practice of placing the half-staffed flag in
about the ceEter Of the flag pole, regard
less of its length. is generally observed
turnout the country
@ Are there many kinds of wasps IN.
A In North america there are about
1.5o0 known species, arranged in IL fam
HES
W aHt titche hHhs AfSeAb OE pun
lications?-C- L. T.
A. There are about 30 such publications
listed in the United States. many of them
being published only during certain sea
sons
Q. What is the limit of liability Of the
postoffiee department for a lost parcel
post package <-R. c. G.
A Fourth class or domestic parcel post
may may be Insured against loss. rifling
or damage equivalent TO its -aetual value or
cost Of repairs. mp to the amount for which
1t was insured, bnt insurance Is not issued
for more than SEQ for one such package.
Indemnity will not be allowed for the loss
Of such mail addressed to the Philippine
Islands. unless the loss occurred In the
postal service Of the United States- Par
cells cannot be insurfd to Canada, Cuba.
Mexico. or the RepublIe Of Panama.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

Tendencies continue to point to a
halt in the general advance Of COM
modify prices, and it is widely felt that
in some commodities there will be fur
Their declines. The shortage of credit,
the increase in European production,
the likelihood of a falling off in gov
eminent borrowing, and consequently
in the currency and credit initiation
built upon it. and the present attitude
of the public towards paying high
prices. all point in this direction. 1t
has been frequently stated that the
railroad congestion, by restricting pro-
duction. and making goods scarce at
the points at which they are wanted.
will sustain if it does not actually in
crease prices. This is doubtful, says a
circular issued by the, Mechanics and
Metals National bank of New York,
which says: The effect of the con-
gestion has been to cut sharply the
earnings of many industries, to COM
pei the temporary closing down of
plants, to put men on part time or to
throw them out of employment All
this reduces purchasing power and
hence reduces the demand for goods.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

wheel and is pointed on the end has
been calmly fixed" by a gang IN
order to take an unusually desirable
car. A car bearing this lick cap1o.
be run without considerable noise and
a severe jolt at every revelation of the
wheel, but the thief, in This case re-
moved the shackled wheel and substi
tuted another. all in broad daylight.
with the slight protection of a small
group of assistants who stood around
so that passers-by would not know
Just what repairs were going OF.
But suppose the owner should coTne
out while the thieves were so leisurely
tinkering with his property? And of
course he occasionally does, and the
party disperses then and there, some
ture hastily in the car.
The auto thief does not always OBJ
ject to the owner of car being pres
ent while he works. One of the more
reckless Jacks, who apparently was
bored with the monotony of stealing
from under the nose of the driver and
a policeman. The driver got out to
light his lamps as it was getting dark
and a policeman was posted on the
corner ahead. AS the owner was
lighting the rear lamp the car started
off and by the time he and the police
man had recovered from the. shock
the machine was out of sight
There will doubtless always be a
large number of auto thefts, even
when precautions are taken by own
ers, but with the recently enacted fed
eral law penalizing interstate COM
merce in stolen cars, with the special
list in automobile sleuthing coming to
the fore, and with owners gradually
acquiring more caution about leaving
their cars unprotected, the losses
should diminish in the future. Auto
mobile stealing is becoming a hazard
Gus Inderta king.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31
LITTLE BEHHY'S AOTE BOOK
THE PARK AVE. NEWS.
BY LEE PAPE
Continuous.

Weather Continuous
Exter Sam Cross Back frum the
Country Sam Cross reterned frum
his unkles farm last Wensday mulch
disappointed, saying COW milk is not
as cold as milk i'll the city and eggs
are about the same size. -
Sissiety. Miss Mary Watkins and
Miss Loretter Mincer was practicing
how to faint gracefully in Miss Wat
kinses back yard last Sunday aftir-
noon and they fell agenst the rose
bushes and damidged them all up and
blamed it on each other to Miss Wat
kinses mother. and now they don't
speek to each other.
POME BY SKINNY MARTIN
o Joy
feel like a happy angel
Like squirrels = running up poles,
And all for the simple reason
That my shoes have rubber so1es
Intristing Facks About Intrfsting
People. Leroy -ShOosters face looks
kind of lonesome on account off frunt
teeth being out
WV suffer frum run down heels
We will take your shoes to Nhe shoe
makers and back vile you wait
sents for mems shoes and sents
for ladies. according to weight.
Lost and Found. Nuthing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31
Some of those who were greediest

Come of those who were greediest
in marking up their prices, says
Forbes Magazine, have found them
selves in the tightest corners. And
this is how it came about: Extortion-
ate prices drove away customers and
left the profiteers with loads of mer-
chaudise on their hands. When bills
fsr supplies fell due. these merchants
weren't drawing in enough to square
accounts And bankers were cold
when asked to grant extra credits.
Then when price cutting was resorted
10. the people who had been driven
away by crazy prices wouldn't come
back. And so not a few merchants,
INCLUDING some of the biggest of them,
have spent mighty uncomfortable
nights. One huge department store in
New York, accused of profiteering has
been using whole pages of newspapers
in a frantic effort to reduce its noun
tains of unsold merchandise, including
an inordinate amount of furniture and
floor coverings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

A correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune finds that wheat loaded on
carat Topeka is worth Il to IA cents
more a bushel than the same quality
of grain in an elevator a few rods
away. This startling statement. says
the editor, will give farmers a clear
idea of what they are losing and con-
sumers a clear idea of what they are
paying because of the lack of shipping
facilities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

It is noted that the gSxernn1ent
waited until congress adjourned before
announcing that it was taking in more
money than it was paying out. Con
gress is opposed to a surplus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

San AntoifA Tex.-A young woman
asked 10 use the telephone Of n tire com
pany After she had hurried out II was
discovered she had taken with her hurried
eSit 500 in cash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

San Antonio Tex.-~Tm tired of living
was the note left by a husband as he
started for town DepOSitinR all his money
In his wifess name. he disappeared Police
started a search. At noon. the husband
returned home, having changed his mind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

The three original jokes were the
ono abdut the young married couple
and the two about the Irishman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

We note, incidentally. that another
Joke has been added to the original
lis-t of three. We refer to the one
about Doug and Mary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

Others have made their affairs at
Marion the basis of important political
deductions and conclusions. But we
regard the decision to let the glee club
alone with the "Star Spangled Ban
ner" as the high light of the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

If you read the story of the mott
fication of Mr.. Harding. you probably
noticed the audience was not asked TO
join the glee club in singing the Star
SpangIcd Banner" Mr.. Hays. who had
the affair in in hand. knows how 10
reduce the agony of a public meeting
to its smallest dimension.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

Still Mr.. Garrett inspires our en-
thusiasm. Had he gone in for poll
tics instead of science what a grand
member he would have made some
third partvt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31
JOSHUA GARRETT.

In bringing his troubles to the COL
umn Mr.. Carrots has. shall we saw.
selected the right place. We try to
make this the clearing house for the
master minds engaged in solving the
problems of the universe. We invite
them to drive in and unload at their
convenience But we cannot do more
than that.