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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
Dorothy Dix TAILS
Marrying for a Living.-2.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Wezsd.s Highest Paid Woman Wrisez.

Marrying for a Iiving.-2.
| Those days of martyrdom are over
for women now, and it seems almost
incredible that any girl should think
of opening the door back into the tor
| ture chamber, and voluntarily taking
| her place on the rack. For that is
what a loveless marriage means to any
woman, and especially marriage be-
tween a young girl and an old man.
For let no girl deceive herself by
believing that there is any truth in
the old adage about its being better to
be an old mans darling than a young
mans slave. There are, in truth, no
other such grinding tyrants on earth
as the old, for age brings with 1t a
curious conceit that makes even fool,
if he has lived a number of years. be-
lieve that he is very Solomon for
wisdom. The old almost universally
believe that their Judgment is infalli-
Bile, their outlook the only point OF
view, their way the only correct meth
cd of doiL things, and so the old hus-
band forces his wife to obey him with
a rigid discipline that no young man
would think of imposing on woman.
And the old are selfish, grasping
with greedy hands at the life~that is
slipping from them, and the young
wife finds that she is nothing but
nurse, who must spend her days and
nights ministering to an old mans
whims and crotchets, and coddling his
Every young girl who marries an old
man thinks she is going to be able to
wrap him around her finger, and that
he will be so pleased and flattered at
having a pretty wife to show off that
he will trot around with her to places
of amusement, and deck her out like
a Fifth avenue show window, and that
he'll be satisfied to stay put in the
back ground while she flirts around,
and dances with chaps of her own age.
Alas for the foolish dream. What
she wakes up to is that grandpa, after
having trod & measure getting young
wife, retires to the radiator, and nurses
his equity feet Of an evening, where he
pany. and listen to the thrilling remin
iscences of what he did forty years
ago. Also grandpa, knowing in his
soul that he was married for his
money, hangs on to every cent With
death grip, and realizing that youth
calls to youth he does a watchdog act
that keeps every young man beyond
telephoning distance.
Perhaps there come times when the
working girl gets tired earning her
own living. when she .wearies of her
job, and her pay envelope looks pretty
thin, but, believe me, girls, there is no
work on earth so hard, no job of which
you can get so weary, no pay so small
as that of the woman who has mar
ried for living. For marriage is the
noblest career ON earth, or the worst
profession.
And remember this-that the girl
who marries without love, who mar
ries for money has no right to pull
her skirts away from her sister of the
streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
THE BASIS OF PROSPERITY.

For five years this country has been
prosperous. Everyone has been MAX
ing money-employers and workers
alike. Wages have gone up until their
present level is beyond the widest
hopes of labor leaders in 1914. From
the position of a debtor country,
America has taken a leading place
among the creditor nations of the
world, and new foreign acquisitions on
our wealth are being made daily. Yet
the fact remains that, for most of us,
our extra wages or profits are ball
anced by an increased cost of living.
Individually we make more money;
in cur hearts we feel that we ought to
be able to save more or afford lux
uries formerly beyond our reach.
When we have difficulty in doing
either, we feel that something is
wrong and somebody is to blame. Few
stop to calculate how much advanced
wages or salaries and shortened hours
have added to the selling cost of the
things we produce, distribute and con-
sumo. We have heard and read so
much about the billions and billions
of dollars worth of goods sent abroad,
Of enormous trade balances "In our
favor" that many wonder what has
happened to our own particular share
in the national dividend. If all the
world is in debt to America, why
haven't we more money ourselves?
In trying to find the answer, atten-
ton may be called to four important
facts. First, a large part of this for
eign debt to us represents war loans
of our government to other govern
ments; it does not belong to individ-
uals. Second. our exports in recent
years have been made up largely of
foodstuffs, raw materials and NUM-
tions, the profits on which have gone
rather directly to farmers and other
restricted groups of producers. Third,
much of the national dividend has
been absorbed in wage and salary ad-
vances, high rentals and heavy expen-
ditures for new construction and
equipment for temporary war uses.
Fourth, the enormous shipments of
foods, clothing, shoes and other neces-
saries to Europe have been RESPONSE
BILE for the rise in prices which has
neutralized the advance in wages, sal
aries and profits.
Recently the tide has turned and
prices have begun to fall but along
with the decline in the prices of what
we buy must inevitably come a decline
in the market value of what we have
to sell-be it our labor or the prod
ucts thereof. The only road to com
potency and comfortable living for the
average citizen lies in the direction of
steady employment and the saving of
something out of what he earns. Con-
tinued prosperity for the country as a
whole depends upon the ability of ev-
cry man to obtain and hold a job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE

Me and pop went to the movies last
mite, being the 14th installmint of The
Mystick Toe, witch it proberly would
of seemed better If we had of saw
some of the other 8 installmints ony
we hadent so 1t seemed verse, and we
waited till the end to see il it would
get eny better, witch it dident proving
we mite as we'll of not waited, and
then the lites went up and everybody
started to go cut in a big buntch, in
clooding me and pop, pop saying,
Well, maybe I've seen verse shows, but
it's very doubtful.
G., pop, ART you glad you've saw the
very werst show you've ever saw. so
now no matter how bum of a show
you see you can always say you've saw
You're so optimistick its almost
painful, sed pop.
And we kepp on going out and ak
SILENTLY tired on the back of the ladys
foot in frunt of me on account of ev-
erybody being SO close. Being a fat
lay in thin dress, and pritty soon I
axsidentiy tired on her heel agen, and
she almost termed GROUND and then
changed ner mind and termed back
frunt agen, and pritty soon 1 axsident-
ly tired on her heel agen, thinking, G,
bet she'll tern GROUND this time sure.
Wieh she did, and 1 quick got in
back of pop, and the lady looked rite
at pop with a mad Expression, saying.
Don't you think twice would of bin
enuff?
Wat say? I beg your pardin? sed
pop.
Yoi look very INNOCENT I must say,
and as soon az I tern GROUND / sip
pose you'll be trying to wawk up my
back agen, sed the lady.
My deer madam, 1 never did euy
sutch thing, L asure you, sed pop, and
the lady sed, Well If you dident Il
wasent because you dident try. And
she termed Ground agen. pop saying
to himself, Well for the love OF Peet,
well Ill be hanged. the picture was bad
enuff without being accused of back
wawking in the bargain. And he kepp
on saying things to himself all the way
home, SO 1 dident Interrupt him to tell
him it was ouy me
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
Ouesfions-Answers

Q. Can you go to Africa and be safe
A. The greater part of Africa, parttcu-
larry South Africa, is civilized and ex-
tremely up-to-date in as far as Its cities
are concerned. The only eannibals now
found in Africa are in the extreme central
jungle regions. which are practically IN
explored. Africa today has many large
and f1ourishing cities, and also a large
g. When was Thanksgiving first OBJ
A. Thanksgiving Day originated In the
New England states in 1921. After the
first harvest Governor Bradford made pr5-
visions for a day of fasting and prayer.
In 1928 a day of fasting and prayer in
the midst of a drought was changed to a
day of Thanksgiving because of the com
ing of rain during their prayers. This was
observed annually and soon spread thru
the New England Colony. In 1917 New
York adopted il as an annual custom. In
1sG4 President Lincoln appointed a day of
THANKSGIVING. and since then the presidents
have issued Thanksgiving Proclamation.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
IDEALS.

IDEALS.
Ideals are the fine better-things
which live beyond us-but for which
We willingly strive.
Without these ideals we would
shrivel in soul and lag in heart.
1t is better to have ideals, even tho
we reach but a very few, than to have
no ideals at all. The one lacking in
ideals is like a picture void of per-
spective.
Ideals sculpture a man or woman to
the world.
Ideals are like the. good company
one keeps-they raise a man above
himself. And we must each of us
daily reach out for the things which
we so much lack.
Ideals are carried mostly in the
heart. And as our hearts warm and
expand, We ourselves are caught in the
atmosphere of our own goodness of
intention and are in turn self-lifted.
And then others are uplifted as well
for no outward act or inner fine
feeling is ever lost upon itself.
Like the millions of little coral AMI
malcuies which give up their lives for
the greatness of that which they leave
behind, so do ones ideals shape and
lead and build those things which are
higher and bigger than the mind
which eoneeives them.
Greater character has no man than
he who is willing and anxious to give
all that he has in living up to his
ideals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
Moulton Musings
BY ROY X. MOULTON.

Judging by the popular sentiment
which crops out here and there among
the common people, it may be just as
well to postpone the next war for a
year or two.
Gov. Calvin Coolidge claims that he
bought his last suit of clothes in Janu-
airy, 1919. Well, he has no patent on
that sort of thing.
Since all the genuine Turkish Gig
arets are now made in this country,
we don't need Turkey any more for
any purpose.
One of the ambitions of our young
life has been realized at last. We have
just seen a newspaper picture of a
tennis player without one foot in the
air. These are certainly revolutionary
times.
Statistics are wonderful. If hen
laid an egg every day in the year,
somebody would make a lot of money.
Civilization is advancing slowly but
surely. They are designing laws to
make marriage more difficult
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
JUST FOLKS
THE EASIEST THING.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.


It's hard, sometimes to keep plugging
along
When the game isn't going your way;
There are times, without doubt, when your
hope f1ickers out,
And you think it is useless to play;
But just keep in mind that the battles not
lost
Until all of the fighting is thru,
Make a contest of it, do not lie down and
For cuttings SO easy to do.
The way of man in all struggles of life
Is to play to the end of the string;
He may feel that defeat he is shortly to
meet
But he'll fight till the last bell shall
The cowards ana cutters drop out Of the
fray
Ere ever the finish is due,
They haven't the heart to go thru with
their parts
And cuttings so easy to do.
Its easy to finch and it's easy to whine
When foes that are stronger assail:
When your pathway is barred and the go
ing is hard,
That's the time 1t is easy TO fail;
But while you've 3 chance don't give way
to despair,
To yourself and your purpose stay true
Make battle CT it, do not lie down and
That's the easiest thing you can do.
Copyright, 1920. by Edgar A Guest(
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
Household Hints
Recipes for a Day.


Dreamed Rice with Matted Milk
One cup seedless raisins, four table,
spoons matted milk, two cups boiling
water, three cups steamed rice, (hot)
Season, salt and little butter and
sugar. Into a baking dish place rice;
add raisins; mix water with matted
milk and stir gradually until smooth.
Add sugar, salt and a teaspoon melted
butter as desired for seasoning. Bake
slowly thirty minutes.
Diced Beef en- Casserole With Vege-
tables-Two pounds beef (boiling)
diced, two cups diced potatoes, one
cup diced carrots, one-half cup diced
beef slowly until tender; season salt,
pepper; thicken gravy. Have all vege-
tables cooked. Place all ingredients.
vegetables and meat into casserole and
place in moderate oven for thirty min
utes; remove, serve hot; season more
if desired and use some beef suet with
meat. Use any fat that comes with it
and ask for more if necessary for
richness.
Layer Cake-Place one cup of sugar
in a bowl and add yolk of one egg
two whole eggs. Cream until light
and then add one-half cup of shorten
ing. Cream again and then add one
half teaspoon of mace, three cups of
flour. four level teaspoons of baking
powder, one and one-quarter cups of
milk or water. Beat to mix Bake
in two layers in a hot oven for twenty
minutes. Cool and then spread with
jelly and put together. Cover with
chocolate icing, which is made as fol-
lows: One cup of white sugar. one
tablespoon of cornstarch, one-half
cup of cocoa. Stir together and then
add sufficient boiling water to make
the mixture spread; then add two
level teaspoons of butter, one teaspoon
of vanilla, one-half teaspoon of Gin
namon extract. Beat to mix and then
spread on the cake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08

of many of those who are experiment
ing with various formulas Nobody
can make us believe that cider can
be turned into champagne by the
simple device of dropping ralsin
in it
Home "hooehery'' isn't doing as well
as had been expected. In this section
of the country the gift is being with
held. OF those interviewed by the
column who seek the answer, not more
than one in ten is getting it.
Reports from the old aqua pura
area are more encouraging. Out there
certain domestic operators have be-
come SO proficient as to be able to
turn the trick with common field
corn.
We can't resist the temptation to
light one more fuse before ducking
to cover. If the women were as smart
as Alice Paul claims it wouldn't be
necessary for their husbands to help
them with their ballots.
G. H. Like the East st. Louis
waitress SO frequently quoted, we. too.
have been kidded by experts But We
never cease to love it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
TILE FARMERs' PROBLEM.

Julius s. Barnes, who had charge OF
the governments wheat business dur
ing the period of federal oversight OF
the market, seems disposed to throw
cold water on the plan of the farmers
to cell their grain crops direct to mil
1ers and exporters and has filed briei
for the middlemen. The farmer never
has lacked advice from those outside
Of the business. Rarely, perhaps, has
this advice been wholly disinterested
But the farmers appear to have
taken up the problem of marketing
their products with a determination
10 solve it for themselves. They have
called in advisers who have had ex-
perlence in the cooperative market
ing of fruit, raisins. walnuts and olives
in California and they may decide that
what others have done with great ad-
vantage to themselves they can do
They are searching diligently for
some way to take up the slack.
The world needs all the food that
this country can furnish and there is
no good reason why producers should
not set their own prices. The price OF
wheat can be fixed in America as well
as in Liverpool.
Farmers cannot specialize in pro-
ducing farm products and at the same
time specialize in another line of work
such as marketing. Specialization
means doing one thing to as near per-
lection as possible. But even the
farmers cannot be specialists in two
lines at one time, they can accomplish
equivalent results by doing their farm
ing well and hiring men who have
specialized in marketing. That is
what has been done by the producers
of fruit, raisins, walnuts and olives
in California.
Under the present system the pri-
vate agency markets the bulk of all
farm products. Inherent with this
system is the stimulating desire for
private profit. This in turn requires
that private middlemen buy at the
lowest possible prices and sell at the
highest. There is nothing wrong
about this. 1t is the common desire
OF all people as buyers to purchase at
low prices and as sellers to obtain top
prices.
The one element of difficulty or
abuse which arises from this motive,
however, seriously obstructs transmits
sion of the consumers dollar to the
producer. This lies in the fact that
the desire to buy at low prices leads
the private middleman to accentuate
natural forces in the flooding of mar
KITS instead of to use every effort to
prevent such conditions in behalf OF
the farmers. Farmers cannot feed
markets and thus prevent flooding.
This task of feeding markets is a dis
tinct middleman or marketing serv-
ice. But when instead of rendering
the service in behalf of farmers to
prevent flooding, middlemen accentu-
ate natural forces in trying to reap for
themselves the benefits of low prices
made unavoidable by flooded markets
both the interests of consumers and
farmers are defeated.
1t Is this situation that the farmers
haye set out to remedy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08

An investigation of the housing sit
uation in Topeka, it is reported, re-
veals the fact that there is large
humber of vacant houses. These. how
ever, it appears are being held for sale
and cannot be rented. If this be true
Conditions may be expected to improve
only when the owners of these houses
grow tired of waiting for purchasers
and let their property to tenants at a
Reasonable rate. Interest in the well
fare of the city should prompt them
to loosen up at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08

Since a representative of the exist
ing administration in the person of
Vice President Marshall would con-
tinue to occupy the executive office, it
is difficult to see the force of Colonel
Bryan's suggestion President Wilson
resign. The president could not turn
his office over to Senator Harding if
he would. Bryan's remark savors OF
striking a man while he is down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08

wonderful at al1-if you are not going
to reach-if your next composition is
not to be love and if we are not to
make it our greatest expression of
art"
Marcel flung his eager arms about
her. I'VE have already reached the
very top-dear"
Copyright. 1920, py the Mcclure News
paper Syndieate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08

And all of the northwestern states
show large increases in the number of
farms. Montana leads them with an
increase OF 119 per cent. Oregon
shows an increase of 1913 per cent and
Washington of 8 per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08

Hiram johnson has given out the
word that Hoover is not to sit in the
cabinet. That probably settles it.
The Holbrook news., 1920-01-02

Mr. Dick Grigsby spent New Years at Pinto as the guest of A. E. Henning.
 WHAT better New Years resolution than to bring back health and happiness to g starving child. The Arizona headquarters of the Near East Relief, Phoenix, will tell you how.
 Sweets to the sweet. Go the Palace Drug Go. fol your candies.
 For Sale Fine team, four year mares, 1900 lbs. Cly- desdale stock, at Fit. Valley, g miles northwest Flagstaff. Address box 1183.
 You willnot want to look further for toys for the kid dies when you see those at the Palace Drug Company.
 A decision has just been rendered by the Supreme Court on the appeal of the case of O'Brien versus Peer; the Supreme Court dismiss ing the appeal made by de- fendant Peer. Mir. c. H. Jordan and Hubbard 6 Kliendienst represented MT. O'Brien, the winning party, and Carl G. Krook and MT. Lewis of Kingman repre- sented MT. Peer.
 Kim Brand Powdered Milk. Looks like M ilk. tastes like Milk IS MILK. Trial package, $1.25. Makes four quarts whole milk and five quarts skinned milk. Large package $1.85, two or at $1.80. Makes ten quarts whole Milk. Large package $1.30, two or more at $1.25. Makes twelve and 9 n e-half quarts skinned milk. At Navajo Garge or residence of Mrs. c. w. Moore, Phone 86.
The Holbrook news., 1920-01-02
ZANE GREY'S SUPERB STORY
 AT PASTIME NEXT WEEK

One of Zane Grey's famous stories which some critics have pronounced as Grey's
 best, and starring the well known and famous actor Dustin Farnum, will be shown at the Pastime We'd nesday, Jan. 7th. ''The Light of the Western Stars" is a story widely portraying Ia typical. western life, and finds Dustin Farnum at his best, since he invariably chooses this type of story as. a vehicle to his already es- tablished fame as a western picture star. Those who have not had the opportunity to read "The Light of Vest ern Stars" will do we'll to read same before the picture is shown. It is a play of six reels and filled with many ranch and range scenes fam liar to many of our citizens.
The Holbrook news., 1920-01-02

Judge Sidney Sapp is nov ing his offices from his for mer location just north of the News office to his new offices in the Wetzler build ing.
 Wednesday, January 7th, Zane Grey's story starring Dustin Farnum "The Light of the Western Stars"
 MT. James Scorse, son of H. H. Scorse has arrived in Holbrook after being dis charged from service in the United States army.
 Kim Brand Powdered Milk, pure, sanitary, whole some. At Navajo Garage or residence of Mrs. c. w. Moore. Phone 86.
 The members and friends of the Methodist Church wish to thank the merchants and individuals who donaetd so generously toward the Sunday School Christmas tree.
 Services will be held at the Methodist Church in Monday evening at 7::30 by Rev. O. M. Andrews, Pastor. All are cordially invited.