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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

1t is reported that John P. White
representative of the miners on the
bftuminous coal commissioners stand
ing out for a larger increase in
wages than that agreed upon by
the majority and for seven
hour day. His position on wages may
be justified but the same cannot be
said for his demand for reduced hours
OF labor. The greatest need OF the
country TO-DAY is more work. not less
work. The farmers of the country
continue to work twelve to fourteen
hours a day without complaint and on
them the miners must depend for food
and Jobs. A seven hour day on farms
and in other branches of industry soon
would make much of the coal now be-
ing mined unnecessary. Why should
any particular industry consider tselt
entitled to special consideration?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Reports TO the department OF asri-
culture from the rural districts of New
York are to the effect that there are
large numbers OF deserted farms
which ought to be producing food but
which have been abandoned by their
owners within the last two or three
years because OF the difficulty of OBJ
tanning labor. similar situation ex-
lists in other sections of the country.
In California the Importation OF Chi
nese labor under contract is being
urged as a means OF relief. The plan
includes the return of the workers to
their native land after three years. A
similar scheme was worked out in
France during the war, when 100000
Chinese we're brought in. All are said
TO have been returned TO their homes
since the signing OF the armistice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
LITTLE BENNY.S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.
The Park Ave. News.

The Park Ave. News.
Weather Invisible sunsets on ac-
count of rain.
Spoarts Sam Cross has a black and
yellow baby fertile named Sam, Jr.,
after himself, but he don't think he
will be allowed to keep it if his father
finds it in his slipper meny more
times.
Exter Spoarts. Sid Hunt slid Pubs
Simkins for the ice sliding cha. peen-
ship Satidday aftirnoon> and lost by
feet and inches according to Benny
Potts, the official umpire with tape
mea sure donated for the occasion
frum his mothers sewing baskit in her
absents.
Pome by Skinny Martin
A Matter. of Taist.
I went fishing in our bath tub
For sharks with dotted tales,
Tho there was nuthing there to fish
for
So I could Jest as well fished for
wales.
Fearse Ardent Leroy Shooster
was waking down stairs backwards
Jest for a change last Wensday af-
tirnoon wen suddenly all of a sud
din he lost his ballents and fell down
the last he'd over heels, and IL his
tung hadent of bin out nuthing would
of happened. but It was and he bit it.
Have you lost enything lately?
Wy not have it looked for by ex
pert lockers for 10 sents hour?
The Ed Wernick and Lew Davis
Hunting Agency. (Avvertizement)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
MY COUNTRY IT'S OF THEE,


Not that you are perfect, but that
you are grandly imperfect, is why
love you!
Where there is imperfection, unde-
velopment and bad steering at times
there it Is that earnest men should
gather with their brains and Drawn.
This This country was .., conceived in
right or wrong" Certainly. may she
always be right. But, right or wrong,
l shall travel with her and give her
a hand. And I shall always seek the
right that I may always know her
step of right, and be able to fall in
with it.
1 am thinking OF your fertile, un-
ploughed plains, your treasured earth
depths, your vast expenses of Guilt
waited fields, your solid, loyal men and
women. And l say, in my heart, tina.
you are worth all that you have cost.
and that your example to<,the other
nations of the earth should always
square with your best thought
But a lot of ignorant, misguided,
and unappreciative folk-who are not
OF you-have crept in. unawares. They
seek to destroy all that you have built.
Their only desire is to besmirch. They
seem to have nothing good to give.
They only desire to take away.
There are but two things TO do, My
Country-either Tto throw them out,
cart and carriage. or to teach them
your language! The former is the
simpler, the latter, the more difficult
way.
Long ago it was written: Can
there any good come out of Naza =
reth?" But there did. The greatest
blessing that the world has ever
known. And so there may good come
out of the vail of America, with its
plotting aliens in it's midst.
There is great evil in ignorance. Most
of our mistakes are thus made.
But there can be no trifling at this
time. The ideals of all America are
at stake. And definiteness must form
its decisions. There must be action
quick and certain. Either the alien
must go, or he muse come-and that
into everything for which We have
| fought and suffered and dreamed and
won.
This country of ours belongs to
every lover of its flag-in large part.
And it must be, protected. Or else the
guilt of the few must bear merci-
lessly upon the good of the many.
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have been such a fool I didn't realize
how dear you were, how blank this old
world suddenly seemed when thought
girl. Could you even think about me
as-as husband? ?" His big rich
voice was trembling with eagerness.
The little turban tilted drunkenly over
one ear as he strained her to him,
Isis it Jim Winter? He has looks,
money, everything-but, girl, nobody
could love you as I do
DO you think for one second, Cor
don Wilson. that I would let any
man but you kiss Ine-like this %.
asked Peggy. suddenly finding her
fecreant voice.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
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TROUBLE.
CHAPTER 54.N

CHAPTER 54,A
why so serious, fair lady2"
1t was Mary Ryan's knocking voice
which asked the question; Mary's
laughing eyes that looked into mime.
I'm worried about Robert"
AT last"
Il don't know what you mean. But
he came home last night and told me
he wasn't making good at Calding's. 1
couldn't ask him any questiops-the
way he spoke of it kept me silent"
Didn't he tell you anything"
"Only that when he asked for his
! promised raise. they told him he had
not earned it."
Poor fellow! Honest, Gerry, in the
words of the poet, my heart bleeds for
him.
I couldn't help laughing at Mary;
yet I felt very serious as 1 told her OF
my fears and my sympathy for Rob
It feel so diff rent this time" I
said. Before 1 could talk encourag-
| ingly, because did not feel dis
couraged myself about him. But this
is different. Something must be
, wrong with Robert-he should have
made good with Calding. I wouldn'
say this to him for the world, but it
worries me-"
"Yes-it would worry most women.
OF course it don't make as much diff
ference TO you as it might to some
women-the kind who couldn't wear
the pants. But still can see 1t makes
lot, even to you. Can't you think
of any way to chirk him UP a little
Couldn't you give him something to
work for?"
mo more than he has now. oh
well, guess it will come out right
some wayi" I replied, then attended to
a waiting customer. Some way 1 did
not get the comfort from talking with
Mary that I used to before / was mar
ried. Yet I had to talk to someone.
Then I didn't understand Mary any
more. She always acted as if there
was something 1 ought to do: as if !
were in some way to blame for Rob
ert's detection, his failures.
Eyes. in the wash, maybe!' Mary
| had called after me as I left her.
That night Robert did not come
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
The Woman Who Lovcd-and
Earned AMedern s!o.y q Home and Ba.ins..
By JANE PHELPS
By JANE PHELPS

home TO dinner. I waited until 8
o'clock, then called UP Marion Hovey.
1 had determined to be polite, and
altho was Jealous, hurt that Robert
ton of playing the part of a neglected
wife before her or anyone. l would
tell her I was going to ask the Muir
phys and Weeds for Sunday and want
ed her too. What really intended,
was to find out il Robert were there
If I could.
Il want to speak TO Miss Hovey," l
said when a voice answered my call.
She's gone to the theater. I'm her
brother-I'll take any message"
Never mind you don't know
where She went-to what theater?'
No, they didn't say
desperately wanted to ask who
they" meant. But rung off without
doing so. 1 would not stoop to ques-
ton a small boy-much as 1 longed
to know If Robert was with Marion.
But 1 would not stay home alone
would ring up Gardner Kenyon. He
would be glad TO run up for an hour
But he also was out Again left
no message. and smiled grimly as
thought of my wasted nickels.
l would not stay alone. I would. &c
and sit with Mary Ryan for an hour
She had no telephone. SO I could not
|, waste nickel on her. If she were
out I would have my walk anyway
That would be better than staying
alone.
When reached the street, I saw a
group of people coming toward 'tht
house, and heard excited voice.
waited, curious as to what had hap
pened.
AS they drew near the house, saw
that two men had a third between
them, half leading, half carrying him
Probably drunk,"I said aloud, and
stepped back into the shadow of the
vestible to wait until they had passed
Here's the place" someone said
and I saw the two men lead the one
who appeared rather helpless up the
steps. To my horror, I recognized
Robert and cried out:
"Oh, what is it? What has hap
pened to him? - am his wife--is he
hurt?"
ITO be continued.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
Dorothy Dix Talks
The Similarity of the Sexes.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

The Similarity of the Sexes.
We talk a great deal about the diff
ferences between the sexes. and We
say that the reason that women can
men are a cOnundrum to men that
they do not even try to guess is be-
cause the two sexes look at everything
from opposite standpoints
To a certain extent this is true. To
the end of time men will be men, and
women will be women, and women
will still be specializing about why men
do certain things and hold certain
opinions. and men will be wondering
at the strange way in which wo-
mans mind works its wonders to per-
form.
But. as a matter of fact this diff
ference between the sexes is mostly a
matter of tradition and superstition
and not nearly so great as we have
been led to suppose. After all. we are
female afterwards. and if we laid more
stress on this common humanity, and
less on sex peculiarities, it would
smooth out a great many of the diff
friction between men and women,
and make greatly for peace and har-
mony.
As an illustration OF this, take the
matter of money, which is bone of
contention in the majority of house
terest complaint against matrimony it
would be that the wife is an economic
slave who is required to work. for her
board and clothes without ever re-
ceiving a penny as the reward of her
labor.
Often she is given the most lavish
sums She has jewels. and fine
clothes, and automobiles bestowed
upon her if her husband is rich, but
the fly in the ointment is that these
things are GIVEN. They are looked
upon as gratuities for which she
should be properly gateful to her hus-
band.
A wife is never supposed to earn az
penny by her work, no matter If she
cooks, and washes, and sews, and
cleans, and sick nurses for her family,
and performs the services of half
dozen high priced experts. Even the
census rates the woman who works
outside of her home as laborer while
the housewife is put down as follow
ing no gainful occupation.
The average wife never has any
pIeases, and without giving an ac-
count to her husband. If she has poor
and unfortunate relatives whom she
would like to help, and to whom she
would give money If she were an I'M
married working woman, she cannot
do so without the humiliation OF ask
ing her husband for it and making
him feet that his wife's people are
grating on him. For he seldom real
ICES that>the wife is entitled to a payt
of the family income. not because she
is his wife, but because she earns II
by her labor in the household.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
JUST FOLKS


When death comes stealing thru the door
Your neighbor thinks no more Of creed
The difference that stood before
Has vanished in a kindly deed
I'll travel far or guard your gate;
Give me some task that l may do
To eoothe your hurt and lift the weight
OF sorrow that has come to you
Let me now serve you low says he,
With every difference forgot;
He would your friend in sorrow be
That in your sunny days would not.
When death shall take us in our turn
And peace shall find each troubled heart
How trivial were the things wen learn,
Which here on earth kept US apart
Copyright 1870 by Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

bulk that was difficult. The fact that
the coontie root was a source of starch
had been pretty well forgotten. when
he took it up. Everyone knew that
the berry would kill turkey, but few
seemed aware that the root was food
for man. Mr.. Hurst takes great pride
and satisfaction in his conquest of the
coontie berry. He has made an in
dustry of his own. He has known the
joy of the creator. Whether you Gre
ate a sonnet or an empire or a new
kind of starch, no doubt the thrill is
much the same. and you rise equally
high above the level of merely pro-
ductive men, plodding in beaten
paths.
Have you taken out patents on
your process?" we asked.
Mr.. Hurst smiled knowingly.
IF 1 took out a patent on it," he
replied. Everybody would know how
TO do it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

The master OF the National Grange
has given notice from his headquar-
ters in Syracuse, n. Y, that the
grange hereby notifies the world that
fl does not intend to he keptrespond-
ing TO the call. produce. produce, pro-
duce.' so long as other lines adopt as
their slogan. reduce, reduce, reduce "
The forty-four hour week cannot sup
port America. Mr.. Lowell says. and the
National Grange sees no reason why
its members should work seven days a
week. and long hours each day. to give
cheap food to other workers of the
country who insist on cutting their
hours and enhancing the cost OF ev-
erything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
WAYS TO REDUCE PRICES.

1t has been Estimated that a 10 per
cent increase in production would cut
q per cent from living cost, and a 10
per cent Reduction in buying of un-
necessaries would result in another 20
per cent decrease in prices. making a
total decrease of 40 per cent in the
cost of living.
Economists agree that the way to
combat the high cost of living is to de-
pend upon thrift. wise buying elimina-
ton of waste and extravaganza and on
saving and safe investment. The
country Is money drunk" and the fol-
lowing are formulas which some wise
doctors have prescribed for the sober
ing up:
George NJ. Reynolds, president Con-
tinental and Commercial National
Bank OF Chicago-"Every one must
begin to realize that there are
only two ways of cheapening food,
fuel, clothing and luxuries. One is by
the practice of sensible economy-the
joy ride OF the spenders causes prices
to soar higher and higher; the other
way, and both are imperative, is TO in
crease production. There cannot be
much lowering OF prices until more
goods are made and more food is pro-
duced in the world"
John McHugh, vice president NJ. &
NJ. Bank of New York-"There has
developed widespread extravaganza.
In individual instances almost without
hor he Y-ttIn hoo IN Nd
buy and not to work and save The
result is the accumulation of high
prices of many things which people
could have gotten along without, con-
sequent expansion in the scale of liy
ing and an appreciable strain on
credit"
James H. Manning, president Ma
tional Savings bank CT New York
THE average wage Garner or salaried
man is joy-riding in expenditures.
eliminating the essential and purchas-
ing the non-essential; thus falling to
save what the opportunity would 9TH
erwise permit"
Alfred E. Marling. president Cham
Der of Commerce, state of New York
at is necessary for every one to save
in order to repair the damage done by
the war"
Another evil of the times which
these gentlemen have failed to men
ton is speculation. The advice OF A
B. Hepburn, one OF the country's lead
ing financiers, to the man who has
saved a few hundreds or thousands is
Invest it and don't speculate with
it"
Investing. writes Mr.. Hepburn in
Leslie's, is merely putting your saw
ings back into the common fund of the
country for use in increasing produc-
ton. Practically, investing is buying
securities with the intention of retain
ing them for the sake of their return
in dividends or interest. Specializing
is buying securities with the hope of
selling them later at an advanced
price. Most people are not in posi-
ton TO speculate without undue haz-
ard. They might. by a mere stroke of
luck, buy certain stock and sell it at
just the right time to make a big
profit but the gambling instinct would
lead to similar transactions in which
luck would change, and the money so
quickly gained would be as quickly
lost. 1t is most peoples obligation to
themselves and to the community to
invest their savings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13


Course I do" answered Bobby
promptly. I'm in the top drawer"
Some students at Princeton were
discussing the need and the proba Bile
effectiveness of a new students or
ganization. says Everybodys Maya
zine, when Tom. who had just re-
turned from his summer vacation. re
lated the following experiences on his
fathers plantations:
Finding Rastus ready to go to town
with a load of produce, Tom Joined
him.
Now Rastus was good driver. ex-
pert with the whip and somewhat OF
philosopher. On the way to town
large horsefly lit on the ear of one
of the leaders of the foUr-mule team.
Rastus cracked his whip and killed it.
AS they rode along he killed a bee
i'll the petals of rose In the same
manner.
Tom. surprised. saw tree growing
over the road. on a branch of which
was a hornets nest. las we go by.
Rastus, hit that" said Tom. pointing
to the nest.
Rastus paid no attention to the re-
quest nor the nest.
why didn't you hit it. Rastus?"
asked Tom.
After a pause and a fierce look.
Rastus replied: NO sir: that's or
ganized."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Newspapers are overlooking some
thing in not engaging the services of
villa as a reporter. When he cannot
get news in any other way he makes
the holder of information prisoner and
releases him only after obtaining what
he wants to know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Scientists estimate that by expend-
ing $1,000. 100000 for a wireless plant
we can determine to certainty
whether communication with Mars is
possible. But is it worth it? Be
sides the Martians might strike US for
n lna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Villa seems to be the only man Of
any prominence who has a fixed pol
icy regarding the Mexican situation.
He has adopted the plan of capturing
American citizens and then turning
them loose in order to show his feel
ing OF friendship for the United States
IT may be said in favor of Villas pol
Icy that il costs us no money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

The average American may think he
is having a hard time to make ends
meet but the deposed emperor OF Aus
tria is said to be supporting his family
on $500 a year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Bernstorff says he could have kept
us out Of war but he didn't. This is
one more instance in which he differs
from our president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Hoover already is one lap ahead of
his competitors in the race for the
presidency. 4 carpet sweeper has
been named for him and the Hoover
cigar may be expected to follow
shortly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e. HOUSE.
tFrom Philsdelphia Public LsdEsr.l

What we need" said the loud
voiced gentleman as he submitted to
the local ministrations of the tonsorial
artist, lis government ownership OF
the railroads" We had to hurry
a zay and were unable TO avail our
self of the opportunity to listen to the
argument OF the loud-yoiced gentle
man. We'd of loved to of heard it
Qualifying as We do as a humorist,
and being student of humor's vari-
Gus forms, we can think of nothing
funnier than the vocal manifestations
OF. one who still believes the govern
ment should own the rails.
The real humor of this countrySis
perpetrated, not by US funny fellows.
but by the serious-minded folk who
reveal their mental limitations in
public.
Life is tiresome enough without
visiting ones relatives,
After one has listened to a woman's
reply. hypothetical question OF $4,000
words becomes conversational
brevity.
Eph Wiley points out that II smok-
ing shortens life. as many of the op-
ponents of the so-called fragrant weed
| insist, it shurtens 1t at the end of least
| importance to the person Immediately
concerned.
! Formerly, when a man prescribed
/ for himself he made it whisky. Since
new recipe must be written, We ars
languidly curious as to the formula
and the ingredients.
! We no longer sleep on the small
time" circuit and have lost trace of
many of its props" What, we
eagerly inquire. became of that fethal
weapon, the folding bed?
When a man finishes his argument
he is thru. Wnen a woman finishes
her argument sshe goes back to the
beginning and delivers it again.
Probably the most difficult task 10
confront the freedom American citi-
zen is that of getting brief and con-
else reply to a direct question.
| The Vernal season is almost upon US
and discussions bearing upon horticul-
ture are pertinent and timely. The
strawberry seems to excel the black
berry in the respect that it does not
grow on a cob.
Sylvan Klein, formerly in the
saloon business. is writing a book We
are not advised as to the nature of h 9
literary revelation, but We join with
| 10000. 600 of our fellow countrymen in
expressing the hope that it is to be
volume of handy recipes for the home
and light-housekeeping apartments.
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Dinner Stories

little boy who had to be on the
train over night slept in an upper
berth in the sleeping car. In the night
he wa kened and sat Nd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

The vernal season is almost upon US
and discussions bearing upon horticul-
ture are pertinent and timely. The
strawberry seems to excel the black
berry in the respect that it does not
grow on a cob.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Probably the most difficult task TO
confront the free-bofn American citi-
zen is that of getting brief and con-
else reply to a direct question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Copyright. 1919. by the Wheeler Syndicate
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

When man finishes his argument
he is thru. When a woman finishes
her argYment sshe goes back to the
beginning and delivers it again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

We no longer sleep on the small
time" circuit and have lost trace of
many of its props" What, we
eagerly inquire, became of that fethal
weapon, the folding bed?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Formerly, when man prescribed
for himself he made it whisky. Since
a new recipe must be written, We are
curious as to the formula
and the ingredients.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

Eph Wiley points out that If smek-
ing shortens life. as many of the op-
ponents of the so-called fragrant weed
insist, il shurtens it at the end of least
importance to the person Immediately
concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

The real humor of this country1is
perpetrated, not by US funny fellows.
but by tho serious-minded folk who
reveal their mental limitations in
public