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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-28
A TT E N 10 N!

! ical, and when the period OF enlist
ment is over, the service man is
ready to fill a useful place in civil
life and to command a good salary.
bAll the time a man is learning and
fitting himself for future work, he Is
/ paid salary and receives quarters,
food, clothing and medical attention
free. The United States is offering a
free scholarship in the Army to
young men eighteen and over.
Three years of military training,
with the added vocational and tech
nical courses, gives the average
young man every bit as good start
in life as tire eyears in college. Too
many come out of college entirely I'M
prepared for life. They studied just
enoug hto pass the examinations;
they have acquired avast assortment
! of facts and theories, imperfectly as
simulated, and Of no particular value
to themselves or anybody else. When
they come to offer themselves for
position, they find their equipment
has rather low market value. Dur
ing their college courses, whatever
they have accomplished, they have
not, as rule, acquired such physical
and mental training as to enable
them to think clearly and quickly,
and act efficiently and promptly. This
particular training the Army gives.
We must have an Army, and no
system Of compulsory military service
seems likely to be adopted. The Reg
ular Army must be made up from
voluntary enlistments. A THE pres
ent time, we are at peace, and the
call is not to fight for our country.
But the call sto train, so that if it
becomes necessary to fight again, we
can fight efficiently, and the call for
volunteers may still be made on pa
triotic grounds. If war must come
and we must fight, the trained SOL
der has much better chance to
come through safe and sound, than
the half trained drafted man.
i At the present time, the Army is
training men for peace rather than
| for war. The Government is spend
ing several million dollars in order
4 that the Army schools may be we'll
lorganized and well equipped, and in
i struction given by trained and compe-
tent teachers. We can regard the
/ Army as school rather than an oc-
cupation, but school that pays
4 salary in addition to all expenses.
j The pay at first glance seems
,r.small. Thirty dollars month in
r aese days does not buy very much in
fsood Or clothes. Blu tive must remem-
\ Der that this thirty dollars is practic-
ally clear since the enlisted man re-
ceives board, lodging, clothing and
medical attention free. How many
young men with no particular train
ing, can step int GA position that will
pay them enough so that they can
hav ethirty dollars month after pay.
ing all their expenses? Figue it up
young man, if you think you can do
better than enlist in the Army. Did
you put thirty dollars in the bank last
month? Attention,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-28

extremely nervous,
My back ached
and | had severe
pains in my side. l
was restless and
could not sleep
well. / was greatly
in need of help so
decided to try DR..
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription and it
was just excellent
in restoring me to
health. It made
me feel like a DIFF
ferent person." -
IRIS. VIVIAN
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-28

Mexico City. Jan. 27,TTwo-thirds
of Lower California, equal in extent
an area in Chihuahua equal to Eng.
land, are held by foreign interests,
according to Excelsior. The paper
states it secured its information from
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-28
Beautiful Women
of the Southland

Columbus, Ca: - was suffering with
inward weakness which had caused me to ha
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19
THE THIRD PARTY FLUkE.

The union of forces, opposed to the
existing political parties which it was
Tanned to form at Chicago, has failed,
as there was every reason to believe it
would do then or later. There were too
many discordant elements and too few
principles. No political party can
travel far on a platform of opposition
to everything that is. Apparently the
radical wing of labor was in control
but its voting strength in the country
is not sufficient to demand considera-
ton by old party leaders
The program which the great ma
jority of labor unionists plan to fol-
low already had been drawn up.
1nths ago the American Federation
of Labor announced its determination
ito apply every legitimate means and
all of the power at its command to
accomplish the defeat of labor's enc
mics who aspire for public office,
whether they be candidates for presi-
dent, for congress, for state legisla-
lures, or any other office
The federation further announced
that Its political campaigns must be-
gin in the primaries. The record of
every aspirant for public office must
be thoroly analysed, stated in unmis-
taxable language and given the widest
possible publicity. Labor's enemies
and friends must be definitely known.
To this end the American Federation
of Labor has created the national non
partisan campaign committee and has
called upon all affiliated and recog-
nized labor organizations to create dis
trict and local committees to cooper
ate with the national committee and
coordinate their efforts"
While the federation plan holds
more promise of accomplishment than
does the Chicago plan, it is doubtful
that its members can be held in line,
when it comes to voting. It never has
been done.
The only organization ever known
that was able to marshal its forces to
the polls and vote them solid was the
Kansas Farmers Alliance, and it did ii
only once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19

tage far away from the struggles of a
big city"
Astonished. Janice heard this
strange repetition of the wish con-
fided to her husband" and the man
laughed delightedly at her consterna-
ton.
"I found this letter in your hand
the day of the accident" he explained,
land opened it because it was ad-
dressed to me-"
He assedp a moment to withdraw a
neatly tied packet from his pocket. Il
came to the city from Hay Ranch,
Oklahoma, to find my loving wife
Janice who wrote these wonderful
letters"
Janice did the impossible She
laughed and cried at the same time.
And there really as a John Carpen-
ter of Hay Ranch. Oklahoma"
Guilty But won't you answer my
question:"
what question:" Janice naively
asked.
"Will you come with me to a dear
little cottage far away from the strug
giles of a big city,"
And with the kiss he took from her
lips, she gave him. the answer.
paper Syndicate.)
Supper Salad-Mix equal parts Of
cooked string beans and beets with
boiled salad dressing and garnish with
slices of hard-boiled eggs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19
JUST FOLKS

BY EDGAR A. GUEST


Scott not at any grimy sign Of toll,
Man in fine raiment. soft of hand and
clean.
Respect the weary filler Of the soil
The patient Waterman at the swift ma
Brother with them you are, whateer your
post.
And they are serving where they're need
ed most
Wise man, scorn not the speech which may
be crude
For it hath power and beauty. tho IN
He is your better 10 his little brood,
You could not win the love which be has
gained.
With an you know and all that you can do.
His children would not leave his side for
you
There is no tenderness which you possess
Which does not also dwell within his
You who have touched the top peak of
stan suffer what he suffers when dis
with ali you own and all you've come to
know,
You could not take his place were be to
go.
Then give your hand TO every good man
here.
Respect him whatsoever be his trade.
For he who does his duty. eonscince-clesr
Needs neither pomp nor Jewels nor bro
cade:
How can you choose the better of the two
when both unto their posts Of life ara
Copyright. 1870. By Edgar A Guest,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19

In a discussion Of the failure of the
recent interchurch movement it is
pointed out by Leslie's that it failed
largely because this is no time to raise
millions. The public detests the word
drive" During the war drives Of
all sorts were worked to the utmost
limit of the peoples capacity. In re-
cent months few of the college ap-
peaIs have succeeded. but most of
chem have fallen far short of the goal
Practically all other drives have failed.
In its war work the Salvation Army
stood at the highest point in the pub
lie estimation, but it failed along with
the rest in its recent appeal for only
ten millions The interchurch expect
ed a great body of friendly citizens"
outside the church, to come to the help
of the Lord to the tune of forty or
sixty millions. Three millions only
were realized from this group, prov
ing again that it is church members
who support philanthropic and relig-
ious work. The movement. too, was
subject to the charge of extravaganza,
in which there was doubtless some
truth. The same thing could be said
of other big movements, hurriedly
built up during the war. It was pro-
NOTED too rapidly and on too large a
scale to obtain the support of the con-
sentative element in the churches. The
interchurch movement, it is pointed
out, has been made the victim of the
conflict between conservative and
progressive factions within certain de-
nominations. The interchurch world
movement has failed, concludes the
writer, not because its principles and
ideals are not so sound today as they
were a year ago. but because 1t failed
to collect forty million dollars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19

party they should support, if either
Their attention Is fixed solely on the
fact that the thirty-sixth state has not
yet ratified. Oblivious of the substan-
tial assistance the party already has
rendered their cause. they deride the
woman suffrage plank Of the Repub-
lican platform, hold the party respon-
sible for not supplying the thirty sixth
state, and demand that the party's
candidate and it's other leaders bring
another state into line. Failing in
that. an impossible task for a national
organization, these women threaten to
form a separate woman's party. It
might be well to encourage them to
do so. They probably would do less
mischief in that way than in any
other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19
THE 1owLY CORN COB.

One of the most interesting recent
discoveries made, says Secretary Mere
dith in an interview published in The
Magazine of Wall Street, has been a
new use for corn cobs. The cob has
heretofore been thought to serve no
useful purpose. Nearly 100000, 900
bushels of corn are produced in the
United States In year and that means
nearly 20,O00,0OO tons of cobs Chem
lists have discovered in the last few
months, however, it is said, that the
entire content of the corn cob can be
converted into highly useful products,
and commercial plants are now being
equipped to convert them.
AS many as half a dozen products,
it is promised. will be derived from
the cobs. One is an adhesive of ex-
ceptionally fine quality. said to be bet
ter for a number of important uses
Another is ceIlulose, suitable for the
manufacture OF dynamite and other
things. Another is acetate of lime
Perhaps the most important cob
product. says the secretary will be the
very valuable furfural. This has been
so rare that it has sold as high as $40
a pound. A ton of corn cobs will yield
about thirty pounds of furfura1 and 1t
can be manufactured in this way to-
day for 90 cents a pound.
FurfuraI is what chemists call a
basic intermediary in dyes. That
means. it is said. that one can make
about as many kinds of dye out of fur
furaI as a good cook can make things
to eat out of flour. And the dye indus
try is a most important one to the
United States. as has beens shown by
the war
Furfural is also highly useful in the
manufacture of paints and Iacquers
and in the making of bakolite used in
pipe stems and other articles. It is
also used as an insectieide and was
even used considerably for this pur-
pose when selling for $50 a pound
Should corn cobs become so vaIu-
able as is indicated IL the secretary
an increase in the cost of pipes may
be expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: There is a
certain boy that 1 don't love very
much, but he says he loves me.
Every time I go out he wants to take
me home and kiss me. l hate to have
him kiss me. I am fourteen years old
Please tell me what 1 am to do. If
you don't answer 1 will be very disap
pointed. K. B.
You should not go places at your
age unless accompanied by an older
person. 1t may seem hard to stay
home from picture shows and other
places of amusement. but it will be
better for you. The young men and
boys will not respect you SO much
as they would if you followed the
very sane convention of chaperonage
at your age. 1t is absolutely unsafe
for a girl of fourteen to go places at
night alone.
Do not permit the boy to take you
home or TO kiss you. He will tell
others about kissing you and they will
think you are easy to kiss and they will
laugh about it-and not respect you so
much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19
so NEAR AND YET so FAR.

The time for granting to all the wo-
men of the country the power to vote
for president in November is growing
short and it looks as tho they must
depend on the Democrats to supply the
necessary ratification by the thirty
sixth state.
Thirty-five states have ratified the
amendment, twenty-nine of which are
controlled by Republicans. Almost
five times as many Republican states
have given their support to the cause
as the Democrats have contributed.
IN both houses of congress. also. the
sentiment among the Republican
members was for suffrage. and the
amendment might have been submit
ted to the states much earlier than It
was II Democratic opposition had not
stood in the way. While the Demo-
Gratis were in control of the senate it
was impossible to pass the amend
ment. hut almost the first act OF the
Republicans was to put their voting
strength behind it and send it to the
statos for ratification.
n the face % that record certain
Tea .e~s 81 ths woman suffrage move
ment appear still TO be undecided what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19

The bureau of Indian affairs has,
in the past seven years. handled hun
dreds of millions OF dollars belonging
to the Indians-more money than has
ever passed thru its hands before. It has
been the only seven years in our his
tory, says Franklin X. Lane, in which
there has not been a scandal in that
very delicate department of public
work. How many OF us. he asks, have
thought to drop Commissioner Cato
Sells word of appreciation? Among
those who have not done SO probably
can be included Jackson Barnett and
his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

Me and pop was up in the setting
room. pop smoaking and thinking and
me jest thinking. and pop sed, Well,
Benny. you seem to be lost in thawt,
do you think you can find your way
back?
Who. me? I sed.
No. the other fello, sed pop. Meen-
ing yes. me. and I sed, 1 was jest
thinking what Id like to be wen 1
grow up.
Good, I'm glad to heer it. in these
plan his career the better sed pop.
wat have you decided on? Sumthing
useful. 1 hope?
I've decided Id like to be a artist, I
sed, and pop sed, o well, if you cant
be useful you might as well be orna-
mental. and personally I wouldent
mind having a crate artist in the
family. like AIikel Angelo. or Rem
brant, or Millay.
Was MilIay a CRATE artist pop. do
you think 1 could ever be as crate as
him 1 sed-
Well, I couldent promise you. I'm
glad to see 20 so ambitious. anyway.
Was ne as CRATE as Rembrant? I
sed.
Wen. no. hardly. sed pop. Rem
brant was one of the greatest of all.
Rembrant was a very CRATE artist
Was Rembrant as great as Mike1
Angelo? I sed. and pop sed. o, Mikel
Angelo was a very. very CRATE artist,
even greater than Rembrant. Mikel
Angelo coEld do enything he wunted
to, and it seemed he wunted to do
everything.
Wen. was Nikel Angelo as CRATE as
Bud Fisher. pop2 sed-
o. go on out and play, sed pop.
Wich I did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
YOU NEVER KNOW.

The big happenings of the world, as
a rule, are not planned affairs. Many
of the details are-most of them. in
fact But the great event itself is a
sort of happenstance-takin its cues
and course from a combination of
things.
AS you grow. and learn, and work,
it is your DENTS" which tell you the
way you ought to go. But you never
know where they are going to lead
you.
It's the mystery back of all posi-
bilities that drives US on.
You never know what time going
to unwrap for you-in fame or for
tune. But of this you may well assure
yourself: if you keep doing definite
things. and keep doing them Efficient
ly and well, and never lose faith. o.
courage. or your sense of proportion
it won't matter what the big event
spells out for you. it will be well
worth working and waiting for.
And it never pays to give up-for
you never know just WHEN some
seemingly small event may be used
as a pivot around which all the i'm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledgtr)

Mr.. Harding is writing his speech
of acceptance in longhand- Mr., Cox
is depicted in the pictorial news as
taking a ride upon his favorite horse
Speaking as one who is familiar with
both forms of activity, we are 10th to
say which is the more excruciating
punishment.
Pressed for an opinion, however. We
should say writing in longhand is the
more laborious form of discomfort
and riding horseback the acute mani
festation of physical suffering.
But we must not devote too much
space to trivial comment upon incense
auential details in the everyday lives
of the two candidates. There are
weightier matters to be considered
At the moment these lines were writ
ten Amos Pinchot and Senator LaFol-
lette were said to be in conference
The third party. it seems. is going to
nominate either Senator LaFollette or
Frank p Walsh. In so far as the
public is concerned. there is little
choice between the two men. Either
is capable of talking five hours with
out stopping. With LaFollette going
good, their cap 4city to tire an audi
ence is about equal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19
Dorothy Dix Tails
Don't Coddle Your FauIts.-1.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman VIZ

Don't COddle Your Faults.
81 know l have a beastly temper
Little things irritate me and when I
get into a rage I say things that stab
my wife to the heart, and that terrify
the children, and makes the cat take
to the cyclone cellar"
Il am sorry for my poor husband
because know that am outrag eous-
~ extravagant, but when 1 see lovely
things l can't help buying them
whether we can afford them or not"
mo one loves me. I really haven't
afraid of me because 1 have a sharp
tongue, and say sarcastic things, but
can't resist making a witty speech
nc matter whom it hurts"
These are some of the common con-
LESSONS of faults with which We are
all familiar. There isn't a day when
we do not meet men and women who
coolly vivisect their own characters.
and unerringly diagnose the fatal
weakness that is sapping their lives
and robbing them of happiness and
usefulness, but who calmly accept the
situation and make no effort to cure
themselves.
They know with absolute clearness
and surety what ails them spiritually,
but they do not try to eradicate the
trouble. Yet, if anyone of these same
people even suspected that they had
a cancer that was eating at their
vitals and poisoning their blood. they
would not hesitate to have it cut out,
tho they risked death in doing so.
Men and women who know they
have tuberculosis, or diabetes. or any
! dangerous disease of the body. are
willing to spend their last cent and
undergo any treatment. no matter
what sacrifices and suffering it en-
| tails. to get rid of it
Sickness of the soul they regard
|
are afflicted with an abnormal growth
| of selfishness; that their tempers reg
| lister a hectic temperature half of the
time: that their tongues are cankered
/ by bitterness; that everything good
and generous in them has atrophied.
and they have hardening of the heart,
| but they perform no major surgical
operations on their characters.
They lop off no brutalities of con-
duct or speech. They take no heroic
do they quicken their heart action
into normal by stimulating it by show
| ing a little love to those about them
So much more stress do We put or
our physical health than we do on oul
| spiritual. Yet, when all is said, oul
happiness depends upon the well be-
ing of our souls mora than it doe:
upon the well being of our bodies.
Now. it would be bad enough if We
| sinned thru ignorance and were so be
sotted by self-conceit that we could
not perceive that we had single de
feet concealed about our persons. Blu
what excuse can be offered for III
when we sin knowingly; when we rec
ognize our weaknesses yet make NJ
effort to brace up; when we are awar'
of our faults yet make no attempt t
overcome them?
Yet that is precisely what nine on
of ten people do. Instead of using tn
knowledge of their faults to extermi
nate them root and branch. they re
gard their defects with affection, AM
even with pride.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19

Ouestions-AnswerS
J. What is inside the Lincoln Memorial?

Q. What is inside the Lincoln Memorial?
A. 4 marble statue of Lincoln by Dan
iel Chester French is placed In the center
of the memorial and in two smaller halls
are memorial tablets bearing in incised
letters the Gettysburg speech, and the
second inaugural address.
Q. What language is taught in the pub
lie schools of the Philippine TT. f. d.
schools. Two million natives speak Eng
lish and there are 100000 English-spea king
children in the public schools of the Phil
Q. Will chickens live and grow well if
Matched in Juiy:-B. a: L.
states that chickens Matched in July or
later will not have so much strength as
those Matched in the springs
Q. How is the percentage of a ball game
team determined ~. r.
A. To determine the standing of a ball
team in percentage. divide the total number
Of games played into the number of games
Won
war last, did soldiers receive bonus. and
when was the First Ohio infantry mus
tered outi-Doughboy.
A Spain issued her formal declaration
Of war on the United States. April "a. 1898.
The United States issued her formal decla-
ration. April %, 1898. Late in July Spain
1t was not, however. until August l. that
the peace protocol and preliminary ar
was signed between the United States and
Spain on December 10. 1898. in Paris. Men
who served during this war did not receive
a bonus following their discharge. They
did receive two months extra pay. as the
date of the discharge was placed two
months ahead of the date on which they
actually left the service. The First Ohio
infantry regiment was mustered out Oc-
tober 25 1898.
(Any reader can get the answer TO any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskins. Director. Washington. ID. c
This offer applies strictly % Information.
The Bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medical, and financial matters. It does
not attempt to settle domestic troubles
nor to undertake exhaustive research on
any subject. Write your question plainly
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