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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-14
Dorothy Dix Talks
women Arc Bad sports-1.
BY DOROTHY DIX
ride Highest Paid Woman Wrieer.

women ARG 11a0 5pOAtS
The most serious fault that ] have
to find with my sex is that women are
bad sports. They do not know how to
play, the game, and when things go
against them they whine and howl.
You see this illustrated in a tnou-
sand ways at every turn IN me.
Women are such VIGOROUSLY bad
losers, for instance, that men dread
to have any business dealings with
them. A woman will implore a man
to invest money for her. or she VIII
implore him to let her go into some
deal with him. The man will explain
to the uttermost detail every risk, and
tell her that there is nothing on earth
she con put her money in that is alb
solutely safe except government
bonds
The woman will understand the
situation thoroly, and yet il the in
vestment turns out badly. or she loses
money on the speculation, she will
overwhelm the man with her re-
proachcs. and go thru life feeling that
he has robbed her.
For a woman to WEIGH on a bar
gain is almost a habit of the sex. a
woman will tell you in a most positive
manner that she will take some
article you have for sale. or she will
make such and such bargain with
you, and then she will calmly re-
pudiate the whole arrangement. She
calls this changing her mind. and she
considers it her inalienable right to
do so, no matter even if she has made
you miss a sale to some one else, or if
she sends your whole scheme to pot
by her detection.
There is no such thing as gentle
woman's agreement among women,
flor women know better than to trust
the word OF another woman. Until
you have a woman's check in your
pocket you never have any idea of
whether she is going to make good
on her agreement or not
This is not because women are less
honest than men about money. 1t is
simply that they have not developed
in them that sporting spirit that
makes them feel that they must stand
by bad bargain even more than one
stands by a good bargain, and that
very often the less you want to do a
thing sthe more bound in honor you
are to do it.
IT Is because women are bad sports
that so many marriages end In di-
vorce, for it is notable that far more
women ask to be relieved of their
matrimonial vows than men.
This is not because wives do their
duty any better than husbands, or be-
cause men are less disillusioned by
marriage than women are. Probably
Just as many women are bad wives as
there are men who are bad husbands.
Probably just as many men realize
that they made mistakes in marriage
and picked out the wrong woman for
a wife as there are women who rea-
lie that they missed their soul mate.
and are tied to uncongeniai and dis
tasteful husbands.
Copyright 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate
Incl
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Dinner Stories

The teacher had written 92.7 on
the blackboard, and to show the eff
feet of multiplying by ten rubbed out
the decimal point. She then turned to
the class and said:
Now. Mary, where is the decimal
point?"
ION the buster, miss replied Mary.
without hesitation.
DO you think you can get me out
of this scrape?" asked the confidence
man of his shifty lawyer.
How much would it be worth to
meg"
Suppose We say $1,000"
and you made $4,000 out of the
deal? No, sir. I don't see the slight
est chance to- get you acquitted for
$1,000, but, ahem. we might view the
matter from another angle"
What do you men?''
Looking at your case from a
$4,000 angle, don't see the slightest
chance for you to be convicted"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-14

According to J. p. Holland, presi-
dent of the New Y ork State Federation
of Labor, who has completed tour
of the country. American workmen
will not consider a decrease in wages
for at least five years. This is in line
with much of the foolish talk that is
heard from day to day. The fact is
that the American workman will con-
slider a decrease in wages at any time
that he finds himself out of a job and
forced to seek another. In such case
he will say to the employer: What
is the pey?" If he find it satisfactory
I've will take it; il not he will try again
at another plant. If he find that
there has been a general decline in
wages he must accept what is offered
or remain idle. No employer will pay
more than he can afford in order to
maintain the wartime wage schedule.
Whether or not labor be regarded as a
commodity. ultimately 1t is governed
by the law of supply and demand.
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Yestidday me and Pubs Simkins
hadent found out the pretty new gerls
name yet, and we was wawking home
frum skool and all of a suddin who
did we see wawking in frunt of US but
the pritty new gerl. me saying. G..
gosh, heers our chance, Puds-I tell
you lets wat, you get behind her and
trip her as if you did 1t by axsident,
and Ill quick run and help her up,
and then We'll interdoose each other
and then we'1l ask her her name.
Suppose you do the tripping and Ill
do the helping up, sed Pubs.
Wat diffrents does it make who does
the. tripping? I sed. and Pubs sed,
Well If it don't make eny diffrents, wy
don't you do it? and L sed. Because it
don't make eny diffrents. Being a
pritty good of a anser, and we was
still argewing about who was going to
do the tripping wen all of suddin
wat did the pritty new gerl do but trip
by herself, on account of the pave
ments being pritty slippery. and she
fell down in setting position and me
and Pubs quick ran up and each
grabbed hold one of of her arms
and started to help her up, me help
ing her in one direction and Pubs help
ing her in the other direction on ac-
count of both of US wunting the credit
Say, goodniss, you don't need to pull
me apart, she sed. And she grabbed
her arms away and got up by herself
the same way she got down, and she
started to keep on going home and
me and Pubs started to wawk on each
side of her, me saying, Ill interdoose
my friend, his name is Pubs Simkins.
Is it? sed the pretty epw gerl, and
Pubs sed. III interdoose mine, his name
is Benny Potts.
Is it? sed the pritty new ger1. And
she kepp on wawking without saying
eny more, and 1 started to make faces
at Pubs for him to ask her her name,
and Pubs started to make faces at me
for me to ask her. and the pritty new
gerl sed. Watts the matter. don't you
boys like each other? Meening on ac-
count of the faces. So we stopped
making them and wen she got to her
house she ran in without even saying
good by, and I sed to Pubs. G WIZ,
you're lot of help, you are. like fun,
wy the heck dident you ask her her
name?
wy the heck dident you? sed Pubs.
And we had a fearse argewment about
it and pritty neer a fife and we don't
know her name vet.
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Approximately 5000 immigrants ar
rived in New York within weight
hours in the latter part of December.
Arrivals have continued in a steady
stream since. Presumably a large
majority of these immigrants are
workers. If the movement from Eu-
rope to this country continue, and
there seems no reason to think it will
not, it means a rapidly increasing
working force in the United States, an
ultimate lowering of wages and a con-
sequent decline in the price of COM
inodities. These results are inevitable
and must be accepted, because there
is no escape, however they may be dis
liked by certain classes of our native
population. We are offering to i'm
migrants plenty to eat an abundance
of work and good wages. There is
little in their home surroundings to
cause them to remain in their war
torn native land.
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Constantly the world is discovering
new sources of food supply and new
articles of food. The rise of the vege-
table nl industry has averted what
would have been a famine in animal
fats during the war. Cotton seed oil
already has several important rivals,
largely as a result of the war demand
for vegetable fats. In 1914 we i'm
ported 100000 pounds of cocoanut
oil; by 1917 the figure had risen to
100000. During the same period
imports of copra rose from $4,000. 900
to 367,OOo.OoO pounds. Imports of
peanut oil grew from 100000 to 3d.
100000 pounds. while our takings of
soy-bean oil increased from $4,000, 900
to 265.ooO,0OO pounds. While the
world may make some changes in de-
tails of diet there is no question about
the impending abundance of the gen.
eral supply, as these figures show.
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observation-disclosures

Q. Did Shakespeare ever act in any of
his plays Pc. C. S.
A. fn>the list of the principal actors, of
the first collection of his plays, published
in 1923, the name of the famous dramatlst
is placed first. He was an actor by. pro-
fession but the extent to which he played
in his own productions is not clear. He is
said to have impersonated Adam in AS
You Like It." and THE Ghost" in Ham
let.''
q. In salute to the president. of the
United States, how many guns are fired P
A Twenty one guns are fired in a sa-
lutte to the president, while nineteen con-
stitutes a salute to a member of the cab
q. What. was the salary of Herbert
A. He was one of the large number of
the government during the war for one
O. How much did it cost to build the
army eantonments' and have any been
A. The war department says there were
fifty eight training camps eon ndd o at
been sold for $54s 1873.
Q. May a woman become licensed wire
less operator?-M E. G.
A There is no discrimination against
women as wireless operators as far as
issuing a license is concerned. There are
women holding such licenses.
Q. \What per cent of males and females
over tWenty-One are married M N. l.
A. The bureau of census says that six
teen and two-tenth per cent of the male
population of the United States. twenty one
years of age and over. is married, while
forty-three and one-half per cent of the
females of this age have entered the we'd
ded state. ~ 4.
Q. Is Major General Leonard Wood a
West Point man ?-R. d.
A. He is not. He was graduated from
Harvard Medical school, and his first ap-
pofntment in the United States army was
as an assistant surgeon.
Q. Has the Soviet government of Rus
STA repudiated the debts of the former
monarchy FL. C. S.
A. The present Russian government has
repudiated the debts of the government
of the car.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
1cu, IN, b tnformatiSn bureau. FREDERIC =
offer applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical,
and financial matters. 1t does not under
take to settle domestic troubles, nor to
undertake exhaustive research on any
subject. Write. your question plainly ana
briefly. Give full name and address and
enclose 2-csnt stamp for return postage.
All replies are sent direct to the inouireFl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-14
THE NEED OF HOTELS.

Business men in every town who
are making money, and most of them
are, says the Manufacturers Record,
should recognize a certain RESPONSE
bility to the community to aid in the
building of hotels regardless of the
difficulties of all construction work
and the high cost of it.
Every man who travels anywhere
finds it almost impossible to obtain
hotel accommodations. In the great
cities, in the country towns and in the
resort places of the country, north
and south alike, the one unceasing cry
is the lack of hotel facilities.
Travelling men who are forced to
move back and forth over all parts of
the country. regardless of the incon
veniences of inadequate hotel and
transportation facilities, have to put
up with many hardships. Never be-
fore, except during the pressure of
war, were the conditions so difficult to
meet.
Twenty-Five to thirty years ago the
average travelling man in all parts of
the country had sometimes to endure
the fortunes of poor hotels, but he
could always depend upon getting in
somewhere. Hotel life is little more
modern and hotel facilities are a little
better than they were then. but they
are so inadequate to the needs of the
times that every travelling man finds
life a daily burden as he undertakes
to obtain accommodations in advance,
and can never be certain whether he
will have to sit up all night or to go
to some of the old ramshackle hotels
of former years.
A great hotel building era is need
ed. Hotels are needed, according to
the Wall Street Journal, and certainly
that is conservative authority on
financial matters, to the extent of a
Thousand or more. The Journal re-
Gently said that New York alone need
ed one hundred new hotels, and that
certainly thousand are needed in the
country. It Is doubtful that even one
thousand hotels would be equal, if
they could be produced over night, to
the requirements of the times.
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TORN BETWEEN JEALOUSY AND
SYMPATHY.
CHAPTER an


Marion Hoveys father died. He
had been badly injured in an automo-
bile accident, and after suffering a
few days he passed away. 1t was
frightful for Marion, and was hon
estly sorry for her. She was left
younger than she. He had died on
Saturday, and both Aunt Felicia and I
went over on Sunday to see if there
was anything we could do, and to take
over some flowers. Robert had been
there all night, sitting up with some
distant relative of Mr. Hovey's
you are always thoughtful, Ger
ry.'' Robert said when he saw I had
stopped for flowers. Jane and Betty
have>b both sent some. 1 war about
broke, so hadn't ordered any. altho l
have tried to help in other ways. Poor
Marion. am SO sorry for her"
TT is dreadful" Aunt Felicia broke
in, dreadful to be snatched away
without warning. But we must all
bend to the will of the Lord
Mighty cold comfort, Aunt Fell
cia," Robert said with a shrug. Then
to me: 81 am terribly sorry for Mar
ion. She is grieving so-takes. it very
hard. She and her father we're such
good pals. He used to say he had to
be father and mother to them"
could not help it, but Roberts
familiarity with the family, even with
HAL " AlO pdSSS6 away, HuI
me. 1t was all right for him to feel
sorry for Marion, too, felt pity
for her. But one would think he was
q near relative, l thought as he moved
away. Surely he could now come
home with me. OF course he would
so to the funeral.
AREN'T you coming with us, Rob-
ert ?'' I asked after a few minutes.
Aunt had whispered she wanted to go.
mo. shall stay and see if 1 can
be of help
you think it is necessary? There
seem to be enough relatives to. do all
that is needful.''
Perhaps, but I can't desert poor
Marion now"
VERY we'll. shall probably be
there when you decide to come" I
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The Woman Who Lovcd-and
Earned 4 Modem sto:y q Home and Business
/ By JANE PHELPS
Blu JANE PHELPS
. Modern Story OF

returned. but my sarcasm was entirely
thrown away on Robert I don't think
he even heard what I said. He had
already started toward Marion.
what a kind heart Robert has"
aunt remarked when we reached the
street, 'It isn't every young man who
would remain SO long in the house of
mourning simply because he thought
he might be of help"
mo, don't think many would Just
because of that replied. Something
in rny voice must have shown my feel
ings, for aunt looked at me keenly as
she said:
81 hope. Geraldine. that you will be
worthy such a husband as Robert He
is one in a thousand
81 will try to be worthy I an
swcred meekly, land you have told
me mary times that he is one in a
thousand. 1 also think he is, but just
the same I think he should have come
with us. You are his guest I added
as an afterthought. 1T is his duty
to look after you. They have rela-
tives-Mr. Hovey's relatives are there.
think it would have looked decided
ly better if Robert had left when We
did"
Perhaps, but can get along" she
had at once accepted my version. and
now I could see really thought Robert
was neglecting her. When he came in
hours later l told him she felt that
way
'But, Gerry. I couldn't leave Mar
ion when she was in trouble. have
Known her so long, and she is such a
good little soul"
: "Of course you could not. But your
aunt didn't seem to realize that you
and Marion were so close"-I did not
add-"after 1 had put it into her
head
Gerry, will you call on Marion
after-it is all over? l should like to
have you. She will be very lonely for
some time, 1 am afraid. and it will
cheer her. am sure she would come
to you if you needed her."
"Of course I will, Robert!" and I
said it ole-heartedly. For the mo-
ment all jealousy was gone. thought
only how terrible it would be to need
comfort because I had lost some one,
perhaps-Robert.
(To be continued)
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Moulton Musings
By ROY X. MOULTON.
By ROY

All Fixed.
They tell me what show 1 may go to
What movies 1 may safely see.
l may kiss my wife just so OFTEN IN lie,
The microbes are measured for me-
They say when and where l may travel,
And what hungry Turks 1 must feed.
I'm traitorous jay if happen to say
That my liberty's going to seed.
NY life, it is all regulated.
I'm indexed and live by the card.
Officials must know how my radishes grow
And how many hens in my yard
Academic, scholastic restrictions,
Fix bIood-pressure, hair, rain and snow.
And if l yell, they tell me [ can go lowell,
They tell me right where l can go.
A Yonkers store. according to NJ.
H. Y, is advertising Stockings SO
Inches Wide" That would be the
kind to hang UP for Christmas.
Hotel carriage opener robbed of
$1o5. We refuse to become indignant
over this outrage.
Music Lover writes - to ask US
whether Pagliacci is The name of an
opera or a composer. We have often
wondered. If we could answer ques-
tons like that, we would not be writ
ing a column for a living.
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the first time told you I loved you,
too-and L"
Don't, Jimmy" said Anne sour
love didn't treat us very well, you
know. and we buried it Let it rest
in peace"
''You do not mean that, Anne Dun
sany," said Jimmy. advancing toward
her and before she knew it he had
her in bis arms and had kissed her.
She could feel his heart beating heav-
lily. His voice at her ear was un-
steady, like an old forgotten melody.
"You haven't buried it any more than
I have" he said.
''Why not?" whispered Anne, trying
to make her voice sound firm. You
made my life pretty miserable, you
know Your jealousy would have
driven many a woman mad, and I
wouldn't go thru it all again for any
thing in the world"
''Pve learned a lot since then, my
dear" said the man; You won't let
love go just because it hurt you once"
and he kissed her again.
With a sudden remembrance of her
real mission in the house Anne tore
How can you?" she cried. What
about Daisy?"
"oh, Daisy.'' said Jimmy his eyes
sparkling gently, DAISY looked SO
like you, Anne, that 1 just couldn't
Keep away lTOHl UeT. linen L KNEW,
too, that sooner or later she would
bring you to Glenbrook. But didn't
dream of finding you here today"
: With her face against his shoulder
Anne explained. ''They told me the
past of a man named James must be
looked into before he could pay fur
the attentions to my young cousin.
You know in Glenbrook it is a seri-
Gus thing to pay attentions"
The mans gray eyes twinkled with
understanding, and Anne continued:
$50 1 decided the best way to I'M
earth the creatures secrets was to in
spect his house he being absent I
had just found Monsieur Beaucaire'
when you spoke. I thought I was
dreaming"
And do you really think you are
not going to marry me. my dear ?"
asked Jimmy, his lips brushing her
hair.
"Poor little Daisy" said Cousin
Anne.
Jimmy laughed in a way Glenbrook
had never heard him laugh before.
Look" he said, pointing to the
window. Coming down the street
hand in hand, oblivious Of Reighbors,
of the beauties of the sunset sky or
of anything but themselves, came
Daisy Trent and-Tommy.
+ DAISY likes, certainties better than
mysteries, dearest" said James.
Copyright 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.(
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-14

HOW DO YOU BUY YOUR MONEY!
How do you buy your money? For money
is bought and sold,
And each man barters himself on earth for
his silver and shining gold,
And by the bargain he makes with men,
the sum of his life Is told.
Some buy their coins in n manly way, some
buy them with honest toll;
Some pay for their currency here on earth
by filling a patch of soil;
Some buy it with copper and iron and steel
and some with barrels of oil
Tho good man buys 1t from day to day by
giving the best he can;
He coins his strength for his children's
needs and lives to n simple plan,
And he keeps some time for the home he
makes and some for his feliowman.
But some men buy it with women's tears,
and some with blasted name,
And some viii barter the joy Of life for the
fortune they hope to claim;
And some a re SO mad for the clink of gold
that they buy It with deeds of shame.
How do'y buy your money? For money
demands its price,
And some men think when they purchase
coin that they mustn't be over-nice-t
But beware of the man who would sell you
gold at o shameful sacrificed
Copyright 100 by Edgar A. Guest.
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tune should lift you from a small to
an immense income?
I talked with a noted actor whose
hair was as white as snow and who
had been working an entire lifetime
hoping for fame and recognition to
come. Then it came! And money and
notice rolled his way But he wasn't
spoiled one bit-he was just a little
disappointed. And tho he built him.
self beautiful home and the money
came faster and faster, it was the rec
ognition which he priced most.
But what would you do at the mo-
meut of fortune or disaster?
It is well to know that you have so
schooled yourself that you wouldn't
run. that you wouldn't flinch-that
you would have the ability to decide
honestly, and without a bit of fear
and that you wouldn't disappoint any
body, not even yourself!
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The peace treaty stipulates that 1.-THE
German government recognizes the
ers to bring before military tribunals
persons accused of having committed
acts in violation of the laws and Gus
toms of war" The treaty also binds
the German government to hand over
to the powers all persons accused of
having committed acts in violation of
the laws and customs of war" But
how will the powers proceed to col
iect on their judgment? 1t looks as
tho somebody will be compelled to
back down if another fight is to be
avoided.
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A large majority of the Democrat
members of the national house are
reported to have decided to oppose
universal military training. The de-
feat of military training would mean,
among other things, that the training
camps. on which the government spent
so many millions of dollars, will be-
come useless and will be broken up
If another war should come, it would
become necessary to do over again all
the work incident to their re-estab-
lishment. Can we afford it?
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at a cost sof $40 per thousand feet
After it had been exposed to the
weather for that length of time and
tramped over by millions of feet it
brought at auction a price of $50 per
thousand. The lumber is what is
known 10 the trade as 2x6. There are
few more vivid illustrations of the tre-
mendous rise in the price of building
materials than this.