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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-23
Questions-Answers

Q. VIII a thermometer, hanging in the
wind. register any colder than one In the
same atmosphere, that Is protected &c. e.
A. The weather bureau says that all 9TH
er things being equal. exposure to the wind
does not lower the temperature Of Their
Q. We're President William Henry Har-
rison and President Benjamin Harrison
related Il. 7. +.
twenty-third president of the United States.
was the grandsef OF william a. Henry Har-
iiS o. How long does # take ship to pass
thru the Suez Canal?-G. ]. t.
A. Before the war the average time for
aud nineteen minutes. In 1913. the average
time rose to twenty-three hours and six
minutes, due to delays made necessary for
ing rapidly restored.
water: Il. A. s.
A. While regular watering is essentia
to palms. special pains should he taken
not to water them too much. 1t is better.
with little mosf too PAINS dry to Keep fpo ' %e
While the palms are small. wash the foliage
occasionally with soap suds made from
good soap. Immediately follow this with
a fhoro rinsing. When too large for this,
spray the tops frequently with clear wa
O. Where was the assassin of President
Mckinley put TO death &C. II.
A. Leon Czologsz, who assassinated Pres
bnrn prison, New York, on October 20,
1901
@ How old are the king and queen Of
4. King Alfonso. ruler of Spain. is 81
years old. and Queen Victoria Is one year
o. In what battle of the Civil war were
there the greatest number of casualties p
A. NJ
A Gettysbur Was the bloodest battle of
the war between tie states. In that battle
the total casualties numbered 23.oo1-
Q. What is the salary OF the members
Of the British House of Commons TT. G..
A The members Of the house of COM
mons are paid 400 pounds sterling, or ap-
proximately 5000 per year. Those MEM
bers who already receive salaries as off
GERS of the house. as ministers, rs off
GERS of his Hajestys household get no pay
for their services in the house Of COM
mons.
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Dorothy Dix Talks
By DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Men and Women and Money!.

Men and Women and Money!
There is no sort of gold brick that
isn't offered a woman for sale. Mining
promoters with mythical gold and sill
yer mines in the heart of Darkest
Africa that were discovered by a dy-
ing missionary. whisper in her ear
that because she has made such an
impression on him they will let her
have a few thousand dollars worth of
stock as great favor, altho other
people are fighting for it. Real estate
spectators talk themselves hoarse
trying to induce her to buy corner
lots in a swamp at Broadway prices.
Get rich-Quicll concerns camp on her
trail, and play upon her cupidity by
trying Ia convince her of the folly of
taking per cent on good bond
while you can make 25 per cent by
taking d chance in the sure thing they
handle.
Worse still. men who are bound to
her by ties of blood and old friend
ship. trade upon her affection and her
trust to borrow her money when they
know that they have no security to
give her that any bank would take as
collateral, and that they are taking
advantage of her being a woman to
rob her.
This may seem a hard Indictment
Of man but it is no harder than the
bitter truth. Look about you at the
husbands who have cheated even their
own wives out of their inheritance.
Look at the brothers who have got
ten the lions share in the winding up
ofbestates. Look at the widows who
have been beggared by the trustees of
their husbands wills. 4 =
Look at the poor, helpless, starvfn g
old maids who were left fortunes, but
who lost every penny thru being ca
joled into signing papers they did
mo ND ~
Cousin Thomas, whom they trusted SO
much because he was q deacon in the
church. and prayed so beautifully,
that they never thought of asking for
a first mortgage on any thing by way
of protecting themselves.
When one thinks of how little the
average woman knows about business;
when one considers how helpless the
ordinary woman is to earn a dollar if
she is thrown on her own resources;
when one remembers how hard the
woman who works earns her little
money, and by what scrinping and
self-denial she saves up her pitiful
little hoard of dollars. it would seem
that she must make an irresistible APP
peal to any chivalry, and pity and
kindness in mans heart, and that
few men could be brutal and ca1lous
enough to be willing to cheat her out
of the money that means far more to
her than money can ever mean to a
man.
But so far from this being the case
the sight of woman's pocketbook
appears to rouse all the sneak thief
instincts in many mems breasts. and
unless she has a death grip on it they
snatch it and run away.
OF course, there are many eXcep-
lions to this rule. There are many
men who are fair and honest with
women, and who protect them even
against themselves, but the great ma
Jority of men are far less honest with
women than they are with other men.
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There are indications that candi-
dates for the presidency will be COM
PEELED to travel a rocky road this year.
Entry into the race may become as
difficult as being accepted for jury
service. Senator Borah has been
bombarding them with queries as to
how they stand on the subject of the
League of Nations. Mr.. Bryan, as
the spokesman of the prohibition ele-
men, serves notice that "every Dem
ocratic candidate and every Republic
can candidate will have to state his
position on this subject The suf-
frage organizations are out with a
declaration of war on any candidate
whose record on suffrage shows any
flaws. The friends of the movement
for Irish independence are looking for
a candidate whose views harmonic
with their own. Mr.. Gompers has
served notice that the labor organiza-
tions will knife any ticket whose can
didate is not in he confidence of the
unions. And the returns are not yet
all in. The farmers appear to be
about to join the procession.
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Many Americans who would have
declined to consider military training
five or six years ago, says the Denver
Times, have had their opinions al
tered by observing the beneficial eff
fects of such training since We went
into the war. It is pretty well under
stood now that military training and
miltarism are not synonymous. We
are not proposing to establish a great
army machine in this country nor to
call ON the youth of the land to render
long terms of military service, but
merely to give them the rudiments of
training that will benefit them physi-
caIly and make them ready for duty
in case of an emergency. The bene-
fits to the individual are very general
1y conceded. The youth of the nation
would get physical overhauling and
reconstruction at a critical period
in his life. The result of such a sys-
tenn of checking up the male popula-
calcuIable value. After that had been
in force "a few years there would be no
more American men unable to read
and write. The illiterates would be
disclosed in the military training camp
and taught to read and write. The
physical defects that now go uncor-
rected would be brought to attention
and righted, wherever that might be
practicable
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JEALOUSY - BITTERNESS - RE-
SENTIMENT,
CHAPTER 81

CHAPTER 81.
what did Marion say when you
told her, Roberta I asked again, de-
termined he should tell me.
she was very sweet and-sympa-
thetie"
rs that why you asked me not to
preach. Because she didn't" Then,
She isn't your wife. What differ
ence does 1t make to her If you have
time to spend with herr suppose she
thnks!" The look on Roberts face
halted the hot words which fairly
| tumbled over each other. Once more
I had let my Jealousy make me say
things I had not intended to say, and
l was at once contrite.
''No-she isn't my wife, Robert
said slowly, then, Il think I'll go to
bed, Gerry"
Yes. do. You will want to be
fresh to look for a position" I re.
piled. then crossed to where he sat
and kissed him fondly. Don't get
blue, dear, you won't be out long"
Robert went to bed and / took a
pencil and paper to figure out just
what we could do now that we had
course, I expected Robert to secure
another position at once. but he might
not. I would manage someway, but
I felt almost sure Aunt Felicia would
have to go; and equally certain that
Robert never would tell her to, or the
reason why We could entertain her no
| longer.
It's a good thing I did not give
up my position when he asked me
i'to,' I said to myself, as I realized that
| it would be hard for US to live where
we were with Roberts pay stopped.
| "I wonder what Marion told him ~
| unused. HE never mentioned a
word she said. 1 must ask him in
the morning"
| "She was sweet and syn pathetic, -
he said. I suppose he thinks I am
neither. Just because I am a good
business woman. She's not his wife.
and it is easy cough to be sweet when
one is not affected, and does not have
| to enconomize because of the mis-
| fortune.
| / had decided I could not buy a
new coat I had looked at the day be-
fore We could not afford it now that
L had all the expenses to pay out OF
my salary.
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The Woman Who Lovcd--and
Earned 4 Modem sto.y Of Home and Business
r., ZANE PHELPS
Bu JANE PHELPS

I did not say it. even to myself, but
I knew that in my heart I blamed
Robert, that 1 was not sympathetic
1 felt annoyance that our friends
would have to know that he had fall
ed to make good. That he had not
been worth promotion had hurt me
cruelty, but that was nothing COM
pared to this. And I knew Robert.
He wouldn't gloss anything over; he
would tell everyone he had been dis
charged. and why.
1 could not sleep altho pretended
to. because 1 knew Robert was also
awake. In the morning-right after
brea kfa st-we told Aunt Felicia. 1
but he only frowned and said nothing
to her. 1t made me awfully cross.
would not go on paying for his
relatives. I was willing to do any
thing 1 could for him, would try and
not let him feel any difference. but
I would balk at his relatives when he
was out of work.
Il shall get another position soon,'
he had said when he told her. and she
had assured him of her belief in him,
such an extent that / thought to my
self: He will be telling her she is
sweet next. just as l suppose he told
Marion Hovey."
"Of course-you will. and you mustn't
, be down-hearted. / know. men who
foundations of their success after be
ing discharged as incompetent. And
I am sure you weren't that; 1t was a
mistaken idea of you on your en-
ployerS part
I'VE shall have to economical" !
broke in, apropos of nothing.
II suppose you will. for a. time" Ne
offer to go accompanied the remark
| however.
TT is a good thing for Robert he
has wife who can earn enough to
| take care of US while he is out OF
work 1t costs a good deal for two
to live now-a days" I said acridly.
Yes, you should live in a less ex-
pensive place" Still no sign that she
took to herself anything l had said OF
implied.
| I'VE cannot do that 1 must be
! comfortable when 1 work so hard
We will have to reduce in some other
! way As there was no response &c
| this I turned to Robert:
Walk ways with me, Robert.
| have something to tell you"
| (Tomorrow---A quarrel over Aunt
Felicia.)
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that she is holding clinic daily on
nothing more than a soap-box. The
clinic is held in what used to be the
mayors dHxlce in Platonia. 1T has
no medical ~conveniences or apparatus
and but little furniture, so I COM
mandeer a soap box to stand or sit
upon" she writes, land use the for
mer mayors rickety desk for my
medicine table.
THE crowd gathers several hours
before the clinic opens" continues DR..
Blance Norton, which is the young
dirty, clamorous crowd. and they do
not mind the ceaselesS rain. They
have gone thru so much suffering and
misery that little rain means moth
ing.
First, in full view Of the assembled
crowd, 1 hold my hands out of the
window while a woman pours cold
water over them. There IS no way of
obtaining hot water. Fuel is too
precious. This is the signal for the
examinations to begin, and after that
it is a steady stream OF woes, of in
describable diseases.
Thousands need treatment, and
much precious time will elapse before
medical help or medicines reach the
village again. And We have SO few
workers and so little medicine. If
Americans could only realize the con-
ditions and the needsi"
The situation is one which seems
to be entirely up to America, whether
We like it or not. The British and the
French and the Italians are too pre-
occupied with the partition of the
conquered territory, and the political
disposition of the Ottoman empire, to
give much heed to the human aspects
of the case. America remains the last
and only hope of the famisned suffer-
ers of the Near East.
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JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR a. GUEST.

WAGES.
The man stands at his desk by day.
And this is what he draws for pay
The prattle of his babes at night,
Their shouts of innocent delight.
Their fond caresses, and the bliss
OF every little hug and kiss. -
Above the clnng of heavy things
lie hears the song the kettle sings;
BEYOND the smoke and CRIME and oil
That mark his daily round Of toll,
lie sees his little home aglow
with every joy that man may know.
Think you his wages can be told
In coins of silver and of gold?
Think you he stands the heat ana smoke
OF molten steel and saouledrinE coke
For merely minted money. which
Alone can never make him richy
All. no. The man is working there
For treasures far beyond compare.
And tho his paly in dollars eomes.
His soul translates it into drums,
And dresses, and n thousand Joys
Which he can give his girls and boys.
n he has vision he can see
Tho happy years which are to be,
Can gee beyond his hours of care
The glories which his own can share;
And In their love and laughter gay
The true man earns and counts his pay.
- Copyright 1920 by Edgar A. Guest
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DR.. Charles ]. Hatfield. managing
director of the National Tuberculosis
association, announces that the sale OF
seals in the recent holiday season will
bring a gross return of over $410O.-
600, according to present reports.
thereby assuring a much larger war
against tuberculosis during the year
than has been displayed in previous
years. The American Red Cross has
formally withdrawn from participa-
ton in the Red Cross seal sale and
the tuberculosis movement and here
after the annual educational and
financial Christmas campaign will be
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
The Park Ave. News.
BY LEE PAPE.

EXteri Exteri Big Flood Caused by
a Geek Last Wensday Sid Hunt
bawt a fountain pen for Is sents and
no matter if he carried it up side
down or eny witch way, so Sid Hunt
put it in his poclkit up side down to
find out, and wen he got undressed
at mite there was ink on everything
he took off and some things he
dident, sutch as his side ribs.
Sports. Leroy Shooster is 1erning
how to skate backwards on his new
roller skates. wich vile he was prack-
ticing last Thersday he bumped into
things, being a fire plug. Pubs Sim
lins, tree, some kid pushing a push
cart, and the push cart he was push
ing, and Flatfoot the cop.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
They Fall Easy Enyway
bountced our baby in the air
And did my best not to drop it.
But my mother sed WAITS you doing
there?''
And immeeditly made me stop it.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Artie Alexander loves pets
and wouldent hardly know wat to do
without one, some of the ones he has
had being a short tail goat, q little
dog with a big bark, a flee in a round
pill box, a lady cate and a chickin
jest big enuff to come out of a egg
and not big enuff to lay ,eny.
Advertisement. Cure your children
frum suffering. We will follow them
erround and hit them over the he'd
with a stuffed stocking every time
they stutter without charge jest for
the plezzure. See Reddy Merry and
Ed Wernicl<-
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Referring to the high cost of living
the Armour Year Book for 1920 holds
that Everybody is responsible" Some
of the reasons why prices are high as
set forth in the year book are: In
flated currency; scarcity of staple
goods in Europe; higher wages; re-
duced output due to interrupted pro-
duction on account of strikes and
shorter hours; price fixing by the gov
eminent, thus interfering with natural
laws OF supply and demand; loss Of
life and a colossal consumption of
food, fuel, metals and other industrial
material during the war, together
with a wave of unprecedented buying
extravaganza that has given every
opportunity and encouragement to-
ward price boosting and proffteering
Remedies suggested for the high cost
of living are hard work. economical
buying, more goods, greater care in
consumption, less credit e.
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George Matthcw Adams
Daily Talk
THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE.
He is kind and gentle.


Truth plays within his yard during
the hours of sun.and light, and comes
at nightfall to add laughter to the
sound of voices that interchange in
tales of work and thinking
Being just, he is strong. Being hui
man, he is sometimes weak
But he is always a masteri
That is why folks of all sorts hunt
out his house and like to come and
spend hours underneath his roof
Observant, keen. full of ripe intelli-
gence, his knowledge is that of the
world much more than that of books
So that his ideas and reflections are
always such that the simplest minded
may easily understand, and grow in
richness tberefrom.
OFTEN. of an evening in winter, have
seen, with my minds eye. this mas
ter, sitting quietly about his hospitable
fire amongst those whom he loves
And in the dusk Of summer have 7
along the singing creek, just a, little
back of his home
For the master of the house is a
father. brother. boy-friendt
So all may look to him in love. hap
piness or sorrow. For interviewer
within his experience are all the ele-
ments that go to make up man.
The master of the house. whom 1
have in mind is he whom you may be.
The house is the body where you live.
- ---s-------
They were playing poker in a west
ern town. One of the players was a
stranger. and was getting a nice trim
ming. Finally. the sucker saw one of
the players give himself three aces
from the bottom of the pack.
The sucker turned to the man be-
side him and said: Did you see
that?''
See what?" asked the man.
why, that fellow dealt himself
three aces from the bottom OF the
deck" said the sucker.
well. what about it?" asked the
man. ut was his deal. wasn't it?"
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The man who is planning to shoot a
rocket to Mars might learn something
to his advantage by consulting the
Germans who constructed the gun that
threw shells into Paris. Jules Verne
was the pioneer in ideas of this kind,
but he no longer is with US.
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The new secretary of agriculture
has said that he will abolish useless
offices and that the useless employees
must go. He might also include in
his reform plans the abolition of a lot
of useless printed matter which comes
out of his department without impair
ing the service
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fled Which is right and proper. But
after more than six months of bicker-
ing, backcapping and pussyfooting the
average citizen doesn't know what the
row was about and doesn't care
You may recall our query, put some
months ago, as to whether the great
est common divisor and the least COM
mon multiple had ever been found.
We wish to make further inquiry. Is
. the search for the smallest common
Denomination still being prosecuted?
There were times when We, too.
were disposed to criticize the president
on the ground Of unreasonable stub
bornness. but we always remembered
the suavity and ease with which he
yielded the point to the railway broth
Ferhoods and exonerated him from the
charge.
Another crisis of the same nature
impends We shall watch its develop
ment with rather more than our usual
share of curiosity. We want to know
whether the stop-watch has lost its
potency.
Up to the time a man is twenty-five
! he devotes his time to making love.
After he is twenty-five it is fully en-
ployed in devising ways and means to
prevent other men from catching his
Jack.
| 1t is inadequate to say that Mr.. Edi-
son. whose birthday anniversary was
yesterday celebrated by his admir-
ing countrymen, has fame. fortune,
friends. peace of mind, comfort, lux
ury, the distinction OF achievement
and the ability to find joy in his work.
He is possessed of still another in.
estimable boon.
| Duo to a certain infirmity, Mr.. Edi-
son is able to hear only an infinitesi-
NAL part of the fool talk that goes on
| around him. We court no such in
FIRMLY. We, doubtless, should deem
it a great misfortune. But it is n
great privilege to be spared the free
and easy conversation of the people.
Eph Wiley reports the breaking of
! another record. He says six OF his
| friends yesterday used him for a wall
| ing post in the space of six hours. Mr..
! Wiley's best previous record was made
during the panic of 1907, when three
of his friends used him as wailing
post in one afternoon
good many of us hold that veal is
| inadequate compensation for giving up
the free and easy life Of a Prodigal Son.
Compound spirits of juniper is be-
ing highly spoken of; but we have no
acquaintance with the liquid and do
not recommend 1t.
Medical science has developed the
fact that the spraying range of a car
rier during ordinary. quiet sleep is
five feet. In periods of restlessness
/ the range may be extended to dis
lance of fifteep feet.
| Possessed, as We are, of bent for
scientific investigation, the statement
naturally arouses our curiosity. We'd
like to know how far a sprinkler Is
| able to propel the meningococci under
conditions which may be described as
| normal.
AZ don't know what, If anything. is
| the matter with the president" said
Buck Kilby yesterday, but whatever
| it is, he has it with reservations"
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The straw ballot season is with us
once again. The Oregon Journal leads
off with long list of presidential pos
sibrities in connection with which its
readers are asked to express a prefer
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The London Express complains
against the use of the word my by
the king in his speech from the throne
in referring to army. navy and people.
But the my is about the only SEM
blance of authority left to him. Be
sides nobody takes a king seriously
these days.
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Copyright. 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate
Incl