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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13
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THE UNWISE LITTLE HERMIT
CRAB.

~ nee upon a time, long. long ago.
there lived on the sands OF the
ocean a family of hermit crabs.
One bright, beautiful day Mama Hermit
Grab called her children together and
told them it was high time they all hunt
new homes for themselves.
"Pooh!' exclaimed Weetie Crab.
what do want with a home? I'm
going to live right here on this lovely
sand where can enjoy the sunshine"
Yes, and let some animal come up
and eat you alive!' cried his sister. mot
for me! I'm going out into deeper
waters. myself. and build me a house
Suiting the action TO the word she
turned around and quickly swan out
into deeper waters, and slowly disap-
peared under the surface.
Surely. you intend to go also" said
Mama Hermit Crab, in a kind voice.
You see. dear, when little crabs are
first brought into this beautiful world
It's proper for them to live in shallow
water just as we have been doing, but
when they get to be good-sized little fell
lows, then it's time for them to hunt a
shell house to protect themselves, and
go out into deeper waters"
"Oh, poohn exclaimed Weetie Her
NIT Crab. What do 1 want always to
be dragging a shell house around with
me for2"
For protection, of course" replied his
mama. But, talk as hard as she could
she couldn't make Weetie Hermit Crab
see things her way, so with a weary
sigh Mama Hermit Crab shook her
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HOME-MAKING HELPS
By Young Norton
-rvrevrH,vc ARoUx THE HOUSE HELPS THE HONE"
Wovs Of Making Mirrors Decorative or Useful.

ment off to run upstairs to their rooms
to straighten cap and apron before 60
ing to the diningroom-
In the bathroom, a mirror IN the
medicine chest door is all we usually
find, though one set in a door panel
with a good light. is a boon to the man
who shaves himself and to the woman
who takes her shampoo at home one
builder had the lower sash Of wide
window made solid and set the glass In
IT, so the light from above was ideal
In the diningroom, a mirror placed
over the sidsboard. or built into 1t, re
fleets silver or china to advantage. II
it is placed on the sideboard, do not put
things on the mantel that reflect IN
ha ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as the back OF
large clock, which Is never decorative
and is always seen from either side
If there is an odd corner between TWO
doors, two narrow panel mirrors some
times will fit in to advantage and break
a bad wall space.
Mahogany frames-plain or gold picked
unframed beveiled mirrors, gilt or
| silvered frames, all are being featured
| BY decorators In morning rooms or
sun parlors, straw. cretonne or painted
I frames are used. Sometimes the old lat
tee frames appear in all the fascination
I of diamond panes formed by the lattice
Of wooden or metal beads or the more
French appearing lattice made OF gold
galoon caught at each cross space with
tiny gold Or colored roses.
Colonial mirrors have the centre glass
| longer than square. and the two end
sections are square They are set in
mahogany frames having gold decora-
! tion-usuaIly a gold spread eagle in the
| peaked centre--and they are used in
| drawing-rooms with medium high cell
| ings on the mantel or at the side Of
the room where the reflections are best
In buying a mirror it is a safe plan
to have it sent home on approval. then
place it in the spot where it is designed
10 go and see what the effect is upon the
surroundings 1t may be too large or
too small-a fact not easy to determine
{ in a shop. but quickly discovered at
home The frame may not be har-
monious with the other furnishings,
which is another thing not seen at the
shop. Large mirrors that cover a whole
chimney piece from nnantel to ceiling are
in bad taste. for they dominate the room
to the detriment of all other FURNISHINGS
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WINIFRED BLACK X %soJT MOSQUITO Worries

jealousy terrible
thing? Just head above water single inch or ne
something on
the worst
hartbreakng
smile
Darling FAST that
to say-dear
minute Why
friends should
them the used You!
ought to expect it,
Gomez Not she She kept all standing for half hour while
looked each other and
view weak.
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HOLDING A
HUSBAND
Adele GarTisoH's NetD PhGse Of
Revelations
of q Wife
HOIO Dicky ReceiUed the News
Modge GaUe Him.

NICKY smiled at me engagingly, but
there was look in his eyes which
told me that there was behind his
smile determination to get at the rea-
son Tor my trip to Betty Kane's. His
attitude irritated me slightly, yet, after
aH' 1 told myself. to confde my errand
and Its surprising outcome to him was
thing I had already decided upon.
Therefore I concealed my resentment
ana smiled back at him.
Ihere's no deceiving you, Lord Sher-
lock, is there?" asked. sweeping him
an elaborate courtesy. But don't YOU
think I'd better stage my explanation in
a less public place?''
DISTINCT surprise cleaned in Dicixy's
eyes for moment. He evidently had
expected resentment instead of jocularity
from me. His words, however, showed
only instant acceptance of my sugges-
ton.
Right you are, old dear, as usual he.
said, rising. and extending his hand to
pull me up. Suppose we adjourn to our
justly famed sun parlor, pull up the
windows. and turn on the light Or do
you prefer a darkened room for your
confession %
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The World Against Herr

think the kndergartens
teacher Darling
Ne-and Darling
to somebody
the other day. and said he wouldn't was
unreasonable it. - -
isn't it funny about editors? it. why there's
and for seeing of might try to
Shah
with little snubnosd city editor glasses
doesn't know enough the of tie
They're always talking about how isust as if
nobody else had anything
editor
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smile as before. and she goes ont
with a man that everybody talks
ABOUT I know he isn't true to her.
but she loves him. I feel like killing
him Tor the sake OF my only girl.
never loved another girl as I love
this one, but she has forgotten me.
My love shall never die, but I can
not go on living without this girl.
On, why do our girls think only of
having good time and kissing every
boy they go with? Aren't there some
nice girls who won't give their kisses
SO freely? This young lady always
kissed me. She told me that she
cared for me, but now she thinks diff
ferently. What shall 1 do? 1 have a
good rope and the creek isn't far
forget her. LONELY AND SAD.
T ONELY AND SAD: While am moi
l .unsympathetic at your loss, yet
- am not in sympathy with you,
whining attitude A brave man would
not talk SO foolishly, but would brace
up and regulate his life along usefu
lines.
Perhaps is your incoming and brood.
ing that drove her to the other man fol
cheerful companionship. So brace up
my boy, change your manner. and gc
after her until you are positive the at
fair is hopeless As for the kissing
there are many fine girls who do not
allow promiscuous kissing. Scores oil
them write to me. so don't be a pessi-
mist about this either. Anyhow. you
have been a party to this improper habit
yourself, and maybe that is why the
girl left you Don't be morbid.
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Suffering in Silence

the best thing
wori-and
and why perfect
the Volatile Person that's
of
who really suffered their hearts don't
to comfort in talking about it
Volatile puzzled why
perfectly
of situaionisn' there?
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Answers to Health Questions

OBLIGE. o. am troubled with Sc
we're headaches. which seem to get no
better no matter what remedies I use
How can stop themr
A-There are as many varieties of head
aches as there are many different causes
of this trouble. Don't take any of the
waters. tablets or other preparations
that are sold to deaden the pain. but
go to your doctor, who will examine you
to discover the cause of your trouble and
will tell you how to overcome 1t. It may
be due to eye strain. indigestion, general
debility and other things.
JOHN F. o-How can stop my hair
from failing out? am only @ years old.
but 1t is becoming quite thin at the
front on each side of my forehead.
Alt generally Is too late to do much
work OF prevention when the hair once
starts to disappear. but you may be able
TO retard the falling process by wearing
loosely hitting. light hats, and by mas
saying the scalp gently and regularly
to promote circulation of the blood which
nourishes the roots of the hair. Let the
hair grow long enough to form cushion
between the hat brim and the scalp
DR.. Copeland 1cil Gnsioer for read
ers of this paper questions on nsedi-
cal, hygie,,ic and sanitation subjects
that are of general interest. Whers
the subject of a letter is such that It
cannot be published in this column,
DR.. Copeland 10ilI, lohen the question
is q proper one, aorite you personally,
If seIf-addressed, stamped en-
velope is enclosed Address ALL
INQUIRIES to DR.. r. S. Copeland,
in care Of this office.
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COMMISSIONED OF IICdItI INS" TUT
FODERN life is filled with temptations to over
mi do that fatigue is becoming more and more
factor in the production of disease. By fatigue
mean the WEAKNESS of the whole body-a general ex-
haustion from the of mind or muscles 1t is
probable that intended to perform such an
amount of work as would bring home each evening
tired enough to welcome refreshing slumber But most
of us get too little rest.
It may be said that fatigue is the foundation for
almost every ill to which flesh heir. The first seri-
GUS effect of fatigue is noticed in the nervous system
This may be evidenced by seeplessness. When is
honestly tired he sleeps well But when one is overred
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Il
everybody
got bill this morning. he's
landlord is after me!
heard and I'll
with his hands folded all day. every
SIMPLY can't; little in
dining with chairs and the table, and he
something, he
what do people
1.-The hired a
those people charge? things away wake up in
the night and
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Dicky Starnmers.

mo. I need light" I returned. II
have something to show you.''
He glanced at me sharply, but said
nothing more until we were finally es-
tablished in the sun parlor, with the light
turned on. Then 1 took from my dress
Grace Diapers letter and handed it to
him silently. He took it, glanced at the
superscription, and gave violent start.
What the devil!" he calculated.
I thought, a little grimly, that 1t was
probably a most appropriate exclama-
ton under the circumstances, but I said
nothing. probably because I saw Dicky
was on the point of saying much.
Where did you get this?'' he de-
manded. holding the envelope rather gin
gerly in his fingers.
1 told him. circumstantially, emitting
no detail of my visit to Betty Kane's,
not even the arrival upon the scene of
Maj. Grantland, though I nervously ex-
pected an explosion from Dicky at that
part of my story. But, though his face
darkened, he contented himself with a
single comment.
Eyes, I'll bet Faithful Fido was on the
job!'' he gibed.
For a brief instant saw red. and
closed my lips stubbornly, determined to
tell him nothing more. Then the mem
DRY of the vow I had made to myself
came back to me. and I forced down
my gorge and calmly went on with what
I was saying.
80 I brought the letter to you for
your decision" I finished. leaning back
in my chair and folding my hands de-
murely in my lap.
.sMy decision?" Dicky stammered.
why, what have T.
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Dicky Defers Decision.

Suppose you read it, interposed.
quietly enough, but my fingers were
clenched into my palms, as he followed
nv suggestion, took the letter from the
envelope, and let his eyes run over the
writing which I knew was all too
familiar to him.
How would he take this appeal for
pardon from the girl who had in the
past wrought havoc with our happiness,
who had meant-I had never dared to
guess how much to him? Sitting tense
in my chair, tried to read his race, put.
whether Intentionally or not. he had
shielded it with the letter.
Finally he laid the letter down. with
single ejaculation.
Poor devilr' he said roughly. uneven
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ADVICE TO GIRLS
By ANNIE LAURIE

DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
We are two girls. IS years old,
and are very anxious for your advice.
After having gone out with a young
man for some time I have moved
away from the district, but we have
corresponded steadily. Is 1t proper
for me to invite him to visit my
home, or should 1 wait for some
hint from him that he would like to
come?
Is there any such thing as love for
any one outside the family?
My friend has written to a Young
man for six months He wrote
steadily for a while, but he has not
written now for a month. She loves
him with all her heart, but is stricken
to know what has happened.
Dear Annie Laurie, should she
write to him. in case he did not get
her last letter? Do, please. help rs
out HOPE and DESPAIR
I ToPE and DESPAIR: 1t is YOU
II privilege to ask him to call on you
= Surely. my dear. there is such
thing as "love outside of the family, .
else how are new families founded Il
perpetuate the racer Your friend NIGH
write a note OF inquiry. telling of he
fears that her letter might have mis-
carried
DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
am a young man. 3. and am
deeply in love with a girl of p She
is a country girl. and cared for me
until she came to my town to work
We often meet in the evening, but.
obi dear Annie Laurie, she doesn't
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when
system respond normally and
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Copyright 1870 By Newspaper Feature
COME one, ALL he cries. he the merrer!" bend
ing low with sweep of his sunny crls to welcome every
fair maid and youth to his House of Hearts, 1t is the
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A PERFECTLY awful time. Disillusion

~ A PERFECTLY awful time. DisiIlusion is
J such a dreadful thing-don't you think?
II never knew how cruel people were till was
eft widow and had to look after my own affairs;
they're nothing but wolves, that's all!
treat, big, bowling woves-the kind you read about
n Siberian stories! Don't you know-they have
pictures of them running after sleigh, and
woman throwing the baby out to propitiate them.
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YOU R I'll E A L T Ell
What F atigue Is
and How You May Avoid 1t
sx ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. ID, F. A. c. S.

Commissioner of Health, New York City
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ouibron Almost forgotten.

"Who knows about Quibron, one of
the greatest of sea fghts?" asks Lord
Fisher in the last chapter of his
Memories" Unfortunately, history
books throw little light on this remark
able British sea scrap, fought in the
teeth of a stiff nOrthwesterly gale on
Nov. 20, 1859. Perhaps its chief i'm
p~ortance lay in the fact that Hawke
came out of Tor bay just in time to
upset Contains plan of a raid on Scot
land, and his success dispelled at a
stroke the nightmare of a French in
vasion. When Contains, with twenty
one sails of the line on the lookout
for a squadron of British boats,
spotted Hawkes. fleet, he made a dash
for Quibron bay, in the fond hope that
his British pursuers would be strand
ed on the rocks. But the gallant
Hawke, taking all risks, sank five Of
the enemy ships. crippled four more
and scattered the rest in different
ports, where they were easily block
AIDED. Hawkes. total casualties were
only two boats, which ran upon rocks.
-"Flaneur," in Indianapolis Star.
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- The -
Scrap Book
TRUSTING.

They dug his grave in France.
But his bones are all that keep in II;
He heard a c~oachwhip calling
In the she-oaks by the bend;
They dug II deep and wide enough
There's half this section sleep in It
The night win crooned above MIN,
And 1t called him like a friend.
They laid him down to sleep.
But he could not take the rest Of II;
He heard the stubble crackle
And he smelt the drift Of smoke.
Oh, harvest-tide and plowing-time,
He had to taste the best Of 1t,
And sweet the strength of toll Is
When you've learned to love the yoke!
They dug his grave in France,
But Death could not keep a hold of him
His youth was ripe for mating
And its Joys were sweet to miss;
And all that's leal to love in him,
Aye, all that's best and bold of him,
Is waiting at the sliprails
For a lass he used to kiss.
McFadyen. in the Sydney Bulletin.
New South Wales.
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WILSON LINE
Direct Fast Passenger Service
Between
Philadelphia and PennsGrove
Schedule in EHon& E

a." Lnecl 10Th, 1871
Subject to Change Without Notice
Leave Penns Grove for Philadelphia.
NJ, 1890 4.45 P. NJ.
Saturdays, Sundays and HOLIDAYS. at
zoo and 100 A. NJ, 200, AS and 7.3O
Leave Philadelphia for Penns Grove,
week days except Saturdays at 500 a.
NJ, Y o'clock moor and AIS p. NJ
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 7.3O,
1890 A NJ 1-S0, AIS n 700 p. NJ
All trips stop at Chester.
Rutes of Fare
Between Penns Grove and PhiladeI-
phfa. daily. Single, 25c., Half Single,
lac. saturdays. Sundays and HoIiday..
Single 30c., Half Single, I3c
Between Chester and Penns Grove
tally. including Saturdays, Sunadys and
Holidays, Single 15e.J Half Single, Toe.
No excursion tickets will be sold.
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New Use for Tractor.

For the first time in the history Of
logging in Wisconsin a tractor was
used recently for skidding logs. Rep
resentatives of the concern which
makes the tractors spent a week in
the woods studying necessary changes.
Swamps made the use Of teams i'm
possible. The tractor was operated by
an overseas man who qualified better
than the driver sent by the factory.
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No Talk Required.

'You no longer indulge in the per-
fervid style of oratory you used to
affect"
"Naw," yawned the real estate man;
~ simply tell 'em I've got a house for
sale. They don't ask any more."-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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HOMAGE.

"Why did you take off your
hat to that plumber, professorf"
"Oh-er-did I really do
that?" asked Professor Diggs,
absent-mindedly.
"You certainly did, and made
him a profound bow"
SIT must have been my sub
conscious self at work." replied
the eminent savant. 1--WE been
reading so much lately about
the high wages paid working
men that l stand a little in awe
of anybody I happen to meet
who is wearing overalls."
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SPECIALS

Waterpower Washing Machines, very special $3.50.
Window Screen, Csc to S1.35.
Screen Doors, $500 to $500.
Garden Hose, &c the foot.
Hoes, Rakes, Spades and Forks, Coo to $1.5O each.
Wash Boilers, metallic bottoms, $500 to SOU.
Copper Bottoms, $500 to $3.50.
Plain blown Tumblers, S1.5O dozen.
Cut blown Tumblers, $500 dozen.
O-Cedar Mops, $1.75 each.
Polish, Csc to $500 the gallon.
Fancy Jardinieres, 60c to $500 each.
12-ouart galvanized Buckets, SOC.
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HOW COOL AM DAINTY
ARE THESE NEW
LINGERIE WAISTS

Spring is in the air and soon the present cool, crisp
days will pass and plunge us into weather so warm and
balmy that nothing but these sheer waists can be worn
with comfort. Will it find you prepared ? This is your
opportunity to supply your needs with waists of fine quail
ity voile and batiste in all white or novelty color effects
that are most unusual in value.
The assortment includes about twenty different styles
all equally smart and becoming, embellished with tucks,
insertions and dainty val. laces on semi-tailored shirt
waists, made with shawl collar and tailored cuffs. The
styles are the seasons newest and best, the values and
price attractive. Ais sizes to As bust.
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nRrasso Widow.

1T seems sad to see Mrs. Clymer
left a widow so young"
"Eh! Why, there's her husband
standing right beside her"
Eyes, ] know; but she married his
O and that's all gone"
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WINDOW EASY TO KEEP CLEAN
Can Be Swung at Practically Any
Angle That Suits the Purpose of
the Housewife.

A window that will slide I'D and
down, open sideways on a hinge and
swing back and forth horizontally on a
swivel at its middle was patented re-
Gently by Charles Dunn of New York.
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FEATURE PRICES IN WOMAN'S
SUIT SECTION
ROH m 81 CAE m
$500 and $4,000
Values are from $500 to $3.50

FuTuVS uC % VIo'0 % VOF0o
It's just another way of proving that with us extra
special value means something really big. The assert
ments means smart models in all the newest effects. The
Blouse, ripple, tailored and semi-ftted styles. All the de-
tails that tell of high-grade tailoring are in evidence
tight sleeves, split at wrist; the narrow belt, long
revers, and smart silk braid, embroidery and button trim
mings. And of course they're the vogueish figured silk
Innings. Sizes 16 years to AZ bust.
An unrivalled opportunity to secure a ~high-grade suit,
one of the better sort.
A 20 per cent reduction on all suits OF higher grades
from S62.5O up. Wonderful tricotine values.
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inches wide, in any color you may wash. Regular price is
$500 the yard. Sale price $3.50.
crepe bought for sale purposes, but is taken from our reg
ular stock, in all coors that we have been selling at $3.50
the yard. Sale price S2.39.
$3.50 Shifting Silks S2.65-StOp, look and listen.
New, heavy japanese Shifting Silks, yard wide, in a Won
derful range of designs and coors. Regular price is $3.50
the yard. Sale price S2.65.
$3.50 Dew Kist 6.75-Thi is one of the most popu-
lar of sport silks, is 40 inches wide and is shown in white
only. Regular price is $3.50 the yard. During the sale
the price is $6.75.
$3.50 White La Jerz 1915. A beautiful white La Jerz
silk, yard wide, is very suitable for wash skirts or mems
shirts. The regular price is $3.50 the yard. Sale price
1915.
$3.50 Lingerie Satin 81. Locust what you have been
looking for; a yard wide lingerie satin, in white only, that
we have been selling at $3.50 the yard. During the sale
the price is Sligo.
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Special Attractions in Our Drapery
Department
Floor Coverings, ready to hang Awnings, Porch
Screens, Curtain Stretchers, Pictures, Trunks, Blankets
and Quilts, Window Shades, a complete line. Don't fail
to visit this floor.
Ready to hang Awnings, 80 to 4S inches, at S3.9S ca.
Porch Screens, wide sat, painted, A to IL feet, 1918
to $3.50.
Grass and Velvet Hall Runners, Csc to $500 yard.
Administer Rugs, 27x6 to 9x12, $3.50 to $1,000.
Special, 9x12 Tapestry Rug, extra heavy at $500.
Grass and Velvet Hall Runners, Csc to $500.
Linoleum and Congoleum, in many sizes, $1.50 to S25.
Window Shades in all wanted colors, $1.00 to So each.
Snowflake Curtains, mercerized silk, $500 to $3.50 pr.
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RIG VALUES IN MEMS FURNISHING
DEPARTMENT
Mems Balbriggan Underwear, good quality. Very
special price, Csc. Two garments for Sl25.
Mems athletic Underwear, nainsook, very speclal
price. Csc garment. Three for S1OO.
Mems Poros Knit Union Suits, short sleeves, three
quarter length leg. Regular price 81. Special, Sl.oo.
Mems silk half Hose in black and colors. Very Spe-
cal at $1.00 pair.
Mems Negligee Shirts, soft cuffs. Very special at ~.