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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28
LITTLE BEKNY'S NOTE BOOK
THE PARK AVE. NEWS.
BY LEE PAPE

Weather Yes.
Exter. Big Mystery Pubs Sim
klns got letter last Satiddav with his
name on the frunt in red typewriter.
ana wenever the subjeck is mentioned
ne jest looks MYSTERIOUS without per
Wding eny formation. However a
good meny think it was nuthing hut
a Advertisement.
Spoarts- Sam Cross was 11navoid-
ably detained in the house after sun
pir last Wensday. being a. punishment
for his father finding him standing
stun in puddle to find out if his new
shoes was waterproof
POME BY SKINNY MARTIN
Life Is Short
picked a bewtifin flower
Out of the grass this summer,
But alas in about a hour
1t couldent of looked eny hummer.
Sissiety. Mr.. Ed Wernick and Mr..
Lew Davis was obzerved meowing like
cats outside of of Miss Loretter
Miners house last Thersday evening
while a party was going on, saying
that the fack that they hadent bin
invited dident have enything to do
with it.
Don't throw away your supply of
broken china. Repair work done for
cents a article as long as my Iron
grip Glue don't run out. See Sam
Cross. advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

thoughtless abandon. A change has
come. 1t is beginning to take sales
manship to sell many lines of goods.
Yet many concerns are Diminishing
their best salesman. the super-sales-
man advertising. Not all are, how
ever. Those longest and best acquaint-
ed with advertising and it's power are
not dropping it now that they have in
creased need for it Recent converts
to advertising should take a leaf out
of their older and wiser competitors
notebook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

1t is reported that several southern
states are asking for a tariff on pea
nuts to protect producers from the
competition of Chinese growers Of the
COOLERS. Favorable action is prom
ised them by the Republican Publicity
association if they will help in elect
ing a Republican congress. A tariff
on peanuts of course would result in d
higher price, and that would not ap-
peal strongly to patrons of the circus.
and they include a large majority of
the American public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

is so firmly convinced of their useful
ness that he says he would as soon
think of running a church without
music or coal as without moving pic
lures. Doctor Smith says that all
around his church there were dance
halls, cabarets, and other evil tempta-
lions for the young people of his
church. He determined to tempt them
to good by offering them wholesome
amusements and friendships in the
church.
I'VE used pictures exactly as we
would music, for their educational and
entertaining value he says. 1--WE
found young people were lonely and
tempted, We gave them entertainment
and unselfish friendships, and they
went away happy and devoted to u.s.
We did not try very hard to build
up the church We set out to build up
the people. and found out before long
that they were building up the
church"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

Governor Cox is challenged by the
Republicans to prove his statements
about campaign funds. Proof will not
be necessary to convince Democrats
of the truth of his charges. On the
other hand no amount of proof would
satisfy Republicans. The Independent
voters will believe one party as guilty
as the other. The only result of the
row over campaign funds probably
will be to distract public attention
from the real issue of the campaign If
any have been discovered and to make
both parties more careful in conceal
ing the sources and amounts of cam
paign contributions. In every presi-
Dental campaign both parties obtain
all the money they can and spend all
they get It is doubtful that a presi-
dental election has been influenced by
the use of money since 1896.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28
JUST FOLKS
PRETENDING NOT TO SEE.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST

PRETENDING NOT TO SEE.
Sometimes Mt the table when
He gets misbehavin', then
Mother calls across to me:
Look at him. now! Don't you see
What he's DOM sprawlin' therei
Make him sit up in the chair.
Don't you see the messy way
That he's eatingF" An I say:
mo. He seems all right just now,
What's he doing anyhow
Mother placed him there by me,
An she thinks 1 ought to see
Everything that's wrong, he does,
An correct him. just becoz
There will come a time some day
When he mustn't set that way
But / can't be all along
Scoldin' him for doin' wrong,
So II anything goes astray,
q JUS look the othez way.
Mother tells me now an then
I'm the easiest o men.
An in dealin' with the lad
I will never see the bad
That he does. an ! suppose
Mothers right for Mother knows;
But I'd hate to feel that I'm
Here to scold him all the time.
Little faults might spoil the day,
So 1 look the other way.
Look the other way an try
Not to let him catch my eye,
KNOWN all the time that he
Doesn't mean so bad to be:
Known. too. that now an then
am not the best O. men;
Hopin'. too. the times / fall
That the Father Of us all.
Lovin', watchin' over me.
WI pretend he doesn't see.
copyright, 1890, By Edgar A Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

The position of the United States
and Italy, now said to be in accord on
the Polish situation, appears to be that
they don't know whore the ethno-
graphic boundary of Poland is. but
wherever it is they want the Poles to
remain inside of it. While Polands
course in the matter is none of their
business. the suggestion is a good one
for the Poles. No nation ever yet in
regret it later. If Russia ever get on
her feet again, Japan will have some
thing coming to her on account of her
occupation of Eastern Siberia and the
island of Saghalien.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28
Dorothy Dix Talks
kiSScS-2,
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Write.

h1SScS-S.
AS long as he shows an interest in
kissing her, and there is pep and gin
ger in his kisses, she is convinced that
he still loves her no matter If he
starves, and beats, and neglects her,
and lets her take in boarders to sup
port him.
But when he bestows a perfunctory
hit-or-miss kiss on her that is as liable
to light on the rim of her left ear, or
the back of her head as on her lips,
and when the said kiss tastes of ham
and eggs and coffee, instead of being
favored with romance, then a woman
beats upon her breast, and is con-
WINGED that her husband has ceased to
love her, even tho he is working his
fingers to the bone to keep her soft
and comfortable, and is a pin feather
ed domestic angel who believes that a
mans proper place in the household
is to be a doormat for his family to
walk on
OF course, as a matter of fact, a
mans kisses are no better tip on the
state of his heart than are a woman's.
Every villain is an artistic kisser. He
knows how to turn out a neat, crafts
manlike job of kissing that sends little
thrills up and down a woman's spine,
and Grapes the pink chiffon of ro-
nance before her eyes so thickly that
she cannot see where she is being led.
n.
has begun his dastardly work with
kiss. Therefore the woman who puts
her trust in kisses leans upon a
broken reed.
On the other hand a man may be a
bungling kisser, and yet entirely and
wholly devoted to his wife. His fare
well kiss of a morning may be as
flabby and meaningless as the flap of
a cold buckwheat cake against her
cheek, solely because his mind is so
intent on making money to buy her
more luxuries that he has no thought
for anything else, and it doesn't even
occur to him that she's got her little
thermometer out and is taking note
of the warmth of his caress, and
breaking her heart because she mag
ines that it isn't quite as hot as it
was yesterday.
In as much as the women have set
up the kiss as a test of affection it's a
great pity that they do not use it more
sparingly and realize that nobody is
eyer up to top notch every day. The
reason that the domestic kiss becomes
flavorless is because it becomes a
habit. Some idiot originated the theory
that a properly devoted husband and
wife should kiss each other every time
they part. even for a few hours
That killed the romance and knock
ed the thrill out of the conjugal kiss.
because nobody feels in a continual
kissing mood. There are times when
we are busy. when we are worried,
when we are sick, when the very
thought OF kissing anybody gives us a
nausea. and that is why we get it over
as quickly as We can. and why the
domestic kiss has degenerated into a
peck that has as much soul in it as
a clam on ice.
The truth in a kiss is only valuable
in proportion to its rarity, and If we
could abolish the duty kiss, and have
only the spontaneous kiss husbands
and wives would still kiss each other
occasionally like lovers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

The best time to advertise and to
use every other means of bringing in
trade is when trade is most needed.
A few people. including some very
large concerns. says Forbes Magazine.
are caneelIing their advertising snd
cutting down other selling expenses at
the very time they want orders more
than they have needed them in sew
eral years. Any old concern could sell
its product while tie boom was roar
ing along ike prairie fire and peo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

petual state Of blushing for his sex.
Inc fawning sycophsncy of the aver
age candidate in the presence of the
lady vote is a sight to move the most
hardened male to tears of humiliation.
Inc depths of reimbursement to which
a candidate voluntarily will sink in his
appeal to femininity at the polls is
beyond the comprehension of those
who never have been permitted to wit
ness it. The Darwinian theory is to
be permanently discredited in the cam
paign now, in manner of speaking.
engaging the attention of the Ameri-
can public The fact that man was
originally worm and that he retains
all of his prehistoric characteristics
will be definitely established by No
vember- The fawning already has be-
gun The creeping and crawling Is to
be the feature of the campaign. Since
both parties viii engage in the process,
neither will reap any advantage from
it.
Our own observation of the woman
vote is that it splits in about the same
proportion as the male. 1t provides
no party or organization with an sd-
vantage, For the most part, political
sentiment IN this country crystallizes
at the dinner table. 1t follows the
mead of the table-the strongest Der-
sonality in the group. The excentions
20 this rule offset each other. AS one
VINO mas played some small part in
precinct politics, we'd prefer an as
slshihent to round up a certain seq
ment OF the woman vote to a cor
spending detail carrying the respon-
slolilty OF getting a certain number OF
gents TO the polls. Being more emo
nonai. the woman vote is more easily
stirred and can be herded in a given
direction with less effort But II pre-
aents equal opportunity TO the opposi-
eioll' ana the net results are about the
same We are glad they have +be ~
iot- IL was coming to them. But We
ooh think it makes any difference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

The Improvement in transportation
which is certain to result from the
restoration of railroad credit and the
more efficient methods adopted under
private operation. says the Wollman
Review, should offset the increased
burden resulting from the raise in
freight and passenger rates. DeIiv-
cries will be more prompt, it points
out. and the delays in the arrival of
material which hitherto have incon-
venienced manufacturers will be
avoided and thus more than compen-
safe for the rise in the basic cost of
transportation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

The Kansas Stockman. which is in a
position to know. says: More than
$1,000. goo worth of stock will pa
rade nightly in front of the grand
stand at the Kansas Free Fair. to be
held in Topeka, September Is to IS.
Kansas stock raisers have some of the
greatest quality cattle and horses in
the world. and they will show them to
Kansas people and visitors from afar
at the Free Fair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

Commenting on the fact that gold
mining in many localities has ceased
TO be profitable, the Christian
Science Monitor says: IF gold were
only flour or sugar. its value might
have risen with other values. But
that is not the nature of gold. it
seems" 1t is the nature of gold all
right but natural laws have given
place to man-made laws in the case
of the yellow metal. It's price is fixed
by statute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. thompson: Is IT proper
for a crowd of young people ranging
in age from fifteen to seventeen TO go
to a summer cottage for a picnic and
go bathing while there?
SIXTEEN.
If there are older people staying
at the cottage to serve as chaperons,
such q party would be all right. It
would not be all right, however. for
the young people TO go down by them
selves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

The suffrage amendment has been
officially made a part of the federal
constitution Opponents may carry
their fight to the supreme court but
it is improbable that they will have
any greater success than have the op-
poneuts of prohibition. Opposition to
any measure so manifestly in accord
with the popular will never has met
with favor in the highest court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

From all over the country come
continuing complaints of a shortage of
houses. At the same time a decline
in building operations is reported
Whenever men who have vacant lots
money or both can he persuaded that
it will pay them to build houses they
will build them and not sooner That
is about all there is to the problem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

Late teIegraphlc reports indicate
that the Poles have crossed the ethno-
graphic boundary at point where 1t
IS well defined. Now what will Presi-
dent Wilson do about it2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

Republican campaigners continue to
center their fire on President Wilson,
while Governor Cox Is practically un-
opposed in his efforts to round up the
voters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

Even the losers in the November
election will be winners because it will
bring an end to Burlesonism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

The thing we personally deplore
about suffrage. altho we do not con-
slider it an argument against the ex-
tension of the ballot, is that it keeps
every self-respecting male in a per-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-24
GIVES OPINION
ON BANK TAXES
Fargo Judge Advises That
Banks Protest Tax Assess
ed on Property Value.

Fargo. n. D., April 24.-Confusion
in the state law%relative to the as
sessment Of banks is dealt with by
Judge Edward Engerud Of Fargo.
counsel for the North Dakota Bank
ers' association, in an opinion fur
nished to h association. and which
has been distributed to member
banks. \,
With the federal courts holding
that national banks cannot be as
sessed on the basis of their property
value~as proposed by the state clas-
sttcation act, and the scape of that
class of property without taxation ex-
cept for the three mill moneys and
credits tax, the probabilities are that
those banks will entirely escape tax
alton next year through the provision
of the state law which eXenlpts bank
stocks from taxation. ..
Only taxes on real estate can be
levied on the national banks this cur
rent year. according to the laws now
in operation.
Advises Protest.
Dealing with the proposed assess
ment of banks, contemplated by the
| rud advises that in the event banks
make returns. thai they do SO under
protest. reserving to themselves the
right 10 contest my axes that the
state may attempt to levy upon them.
IF my unauthorized taxes are here
after levied. it will then be time
enough to take the necessary steps to
prevent the levy or cancel the unlaw-
full tax" says Judge Engerud. his ad-
vice applying TO both national and
state banking associations.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-24
Gompers Criticises
Townley's Allies For
Their Political Stand

Denver, Colo, April 24.-samuel
Goppers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. criticised the
Workers Nonpartisan league politi-
cal movement in Colorado in a letter
received by John J. fisherman. secre-
tary Of the Pueblo branch of the
league. made public today
The labor leader took the local
leaders to task for furthering a move
ment which he said bids fair to split
labor's ranks in the presidential cam
pa1gn. Does this mean the soviet
idea % the letter asks in regard to a
plank in the league platform, declar-
ing the purpose lis taking control Of
the lawmaking and administrative
power of Colorado and administering
that power in the interests of the
heretofore always neglected working
men and women"
The Workers ~Sonpartisan league
will hold a state convention MAY
and 2. Labor federation leaders have
announced sthey will attempt to
thwart any effort to put u third party
If the field,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-24
WOOD CARRIES TWO
DISTRICTS In NEB,

Omaha. Neb.. April 24-Leonard
Wood has carried the first and sec
ono districts over Hiram johnson in
the Republican presidential prefer
encge contest. according to Complete
returns compiled by newspapers her.
n may have four delegates at the
national convention.
Wood supporters claim that since
the Republicans have no unit rale
there is nothing to prevent the dis
trict instructions from prevailing.
The vote was as follows: =
First district Wood 1862; John.
son. S,7s3.
Second district. Wood 1906; John.
son 7.45S.
OF the Dem 5craic. delegation. ac.
cording to returns received here Il
date. Bryan will have ten and Hitch
cock six. The four delegates ii larg.
are split. Bryan Is in fourth plac.
for delegafe at large with Il margir
OF 1920 votes oyer Berge. hi afis
$50 precincts to be- heard from.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-24
JAPS EXPRESS HIGH
CONSIDERATION
FOR CATHOLICS

Toxic, March .21.-(Mail)-Arch-
bishop Petfo Fumasoni. who has just
arrived in Toxic. has conveyed the
pope's blessing upon all Catholics
here and expressed his high consid-
GRAFTON for the japanese nation. He
is the third envoy sent TO this coun-
try from the Vatican.
The first was Cardinal O'Conneil
of Boston and the second Archbish-
op Petrelli, who presented TO the en-
peror the pope's congratulations up
on his accession to the throne.
Archbishop Fumasoi will stay
about three years in japan and NAV
remain permanently as apostolic
delegate if the Japanese government
extends to him the recognition ex-
tended by civil governments. the Vat
lean being willing. it is said. to re-
ciprocate by inviting q permanent
Japanese representative TO the Holy
So A few months ago Captain va
maSmoto was sent to the pope on an
official mission from the Japanese
government.
The archbishop comes, from India.
where he held the post of apostolic
delegate for the past few years. Re-
ferring to the Catholic inhabitants
of the Carolines and the Mariannc<
islands who have been without clergy
since the German missionaries were
repatriated. Archbishop Fumasoni
said that these islands are now I'M
der the jurisdiction Of the Archbish-
op of Sydney.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-24
NOTED BOOSTER FOR
MINNESOTA IS DEAD

Duluth. MINI. April 24.-Guy w.
Small. editor of the Stock and Dairy
Farmer. and known throughout
northern Minnesota and Wisconsin for
his activity in agricultural develop
ment. died Of pneumonia late yester-
day AT his home mere following an
Illness Of a week. He is survived by
a widow. a SON., Hayden. and q daugh-
ter. Juanita, both Of whom are at
tending the University Of Minnesota.
MIR. Small first became known as a
booster for Minnesota agriculture
projects while editor Of the Two
Harbors Journal News. Five years
ago he stablished at Duluth the
Northland Farmer and Dairyman,
winch was changed to the Stock and
Dairy Farmer last fall
Mr.. Small was born at Lake Ge-
neva, Wis. November 6, 1872. where
his parents still reside. He was a
32nd degree Mason. The Masons OF
W Harpors and Duluth will bury
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-24
DUEL BETWEEN TWO ).
URUGUAY OFFICIALS
IS TO BE STAGED

.Montevideo. Uruguay, April "a
BaltaAr Brum. president of the re-
public. has challenged DR.. Rodriguez
lArreta. director Of the newspaper
-Elpais. to a duel. Dr> Laretta has
accepted the challenge.
The differences between President
Brln1 and DR.. Larreta are the. out
growth Of an article in Ell Pans, at
lacking the president following his
address on inter-American affairs be-
fore h Students of the University Of
Montevedio on Wednesday.
Jose Brum. the presidents broth
er. took up the criticism against the
president on Thursday and, sent DR..
Larreta a challenge TO a duel. DR..
LArreta. however. refused the chal-
lenge. He issued a statement Friday
morning in which he said:
DIR. Brum is not yaimed or aged.
which are the sole circumstances by
which the code of honor admits his
being supplanted. To battle or not
to battle depends solely upon him.
Thereubon the president named
Deputies Mfneli and Ghigliani as his
seconds n sent them to DIR. Lafreta
with a challenge. DR.. Larreta. who
is also a deputy. accepted and uamed
deputies Lussich and. Moales as his
seconds.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-24
Not A Candidate"
Says P. D. Norton

Devils Lake. \. D.. April o!.--'I
have not written a political letter
for over a year. and am not a an
didate for governor" was the state
ment made by former Congressman
P. D. Norton to newspaper repre-
sentatives here this week during one
of his periodical visits to this city.
Il believe we are nearing the end
Of d~emagogism in North Dakota"
said Mr.. Norton, in substance; II
believe that the people of the state
are getting back to a more sensible
basis and are doing more %independ-
ent thinking than they have done for
years. Business throughout the state
is excellent and prospects are bright
for the future"
Mr.. Norton now makes his home
at Mandan, but has extensive real
estate holdings in this county He
left here Friday for Starkweather.