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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-02-26

Mr.. and Mrs. II. R. Durham left
Thursday for Minneola for a short
visit with their son, H. C. Durham.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-02-26

Mrs. w. c. Summers returned
Thursday from a visit with relatives
in Topeka.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-02-26

w. G. Harnden is driving a new
Dodge.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-02-26
MCKNIGHT & SONS
HIDE co.

Phone 1876 Phone 1856
Classified Hide and Fur Quo
tationS:
Sailed Hides, No. 1. .. bic
Sailed Hides, No. 2 :. .19c
Green Hides, flat Ice
FURS
Large black skunk, prime $500
Large short stripe, prime 500
Large narrow, prime .... 800
Broad stripe prime $500, $3.50
Wolfe or coyote, according sto>
size and quality.
We also buy skunks and civ
its unskinned.
MCKNIGHT & SONS
Leading Dealers in Hides. Furs
and Junk
South Liberal, across the track,
South Kansas Avenue
We also buy Poultry and Eggs
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-19
Lo mas C6ntrico de San Juan.

Sc end pOr gaant edfo No 49, Ie Salvador
as cale Justo Tanca.
pnas puertas nte propias
Imacen ofcnas
becimiento de detale.
pso grandes ho buenas habi
aOns uno prmero iardn F
segundoss
popoiones 80 Noyismbre tOda
formation soiciarse de
CERECEDo HERMANos & CO, sucrs,
Salvador fs
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-19
! Barranquitas, 2. r. Oct. IS, 1920.

ST .sa..s. & rs, 80 \. .,.s..s..
Mny Sr. nuestro:
Uno de los suscribientes recibio de
Hungria la carta-circualr que pasa-
mos a transcribir, enyiadale por ur
colega suyo en- el idioma universal
Esperanto. Dice asf:
rSr. Jose N. Berries, Barranquitas,
P. r. Estimado hermano en- IDEAS:
Desde Hungria lie enviamos nuestro
saludo y le rogamos presto su aten-
sion, con sentirnie1lto humanitario, al
estado de nuestra rniseria. Hungrfa
que era un pals feliz v rico esta com
vertido en- un4 cementerio. Existe
aquf un estado de iniseria extraordi-
mario. Nuestros enemigos destruye-
ron todo 10 que nos pertenecia. .... !
-Toda Hungria Sc ha lido la des-
bandada. ... v Ell mas. horroroso es-
tado de miseria ha quedado aqui!
Los extranjeros nos robaror todo:
maquinarias, n1aterias primas, etc.,
razon por la cual no podemos traba-
jar y sufrinos ociosos y hambrien-
tos. Hungria no produce 10 suficien-
te para llenar sus necesidades v las
importaciones no pueden llevarse a
cabo a causa de la depreciation de la
moneda, que casi no vale NADIA. =.
No tenemos carbon nj vestidos y has
ia de pan carecemos. NADIA tene-
mos I. .... En- los hospitales, en- los
hogares, en- las escuelas, hace falta
de todo: sabanas, vestidos, zapatos,
tjab6n, medicamentos, carbon, alimen-
tos, etc. s'
: La clase media esta tan en- la mi
seria como la clase trabajadora y la
mortalidad es estupendamente creci-
da. iNuestra miseria es la miseria
mas grande lei mundo. 80! Los nj
fios no tiOnen zapatos nj vestidos, no
tienen leche Y Sc mueren de hambre
juntos con sus padres. -. Ell por-
venir de estos ninos es va morir du-
rante el invierno a causa de cualquier
enfermedad por benigna que sea, o.
llegar ser vfctimas propiciatorias
de la tuberculosis cronica, crecer
invalidos y convertirse en- fenomenos
informes. .... iHERMANO EN- LA
HUMANIDAD!, sea compasivo y ha-
ga colectas en- favor de los nifos hun
garos Y ay1delos, va sean esperantis-
tas no. iENVIELES SU AYUDAl
MONETARIA, ZAPATOS, ROPAS,
SELLOS USADOS, etc.! iRECOJA
ENTIRE SUS CAMARADAS Y AMI
Cos! iAYUDE! iAYUDE! lAYU-
DE! iTodavfa llegara tiempo!-
Por orden de la Sociedad Hdngara
de Esperanto, de Ezombathely, Ell
Presidente, D. OWEN" (firmado)
y La carta por 81 solo Sc explica: el
cuadro que ella presenta es por de-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-19
Jose N. Berries.
r. Berries Berdecia, NJ. D.

Han remitido fondos, al Sr. Jose
N. Berries, las siguientes entidades:
Logia Cuna de Munoz Rivera No.
72, $1,000; Logia Luz y Carload,
Aibonito. $8.55; Logia Cosmos, San
Juan, $1,000; Logia Regeneration,
$1,000; Salon Sexto Grade, Barran-
quitas, $3.50; Aurelia villaronga,
$1,OO; Pepita Rojas Negron, $500;
In Teosofsta de San Juan, $1,000.
Total, $49.85.
Sc espera que cada dfa aumente la
cantidad. u
Nota: LAS contestaciones con RENEE
sa de fondos pueden ser dirigidas
a Don Jose N. Berries, Barranqui-
tas, Puerto Rico.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-19

mas doloroso para que las personals
de bnena voluntad no 10 mire con
ojos piadosos.
Por este medic Ia Association Uni
versal de Esperanto, esta recabando
del Universe entero aylida para So
correr esos infelices ninos hnnga-
ros.
Nosotros conponernos tin Comite
tornado en- este pueblo, el cual tiene
su cargo levantar fondos benei-
clio de los niios de Hungrfa.
Y al dirigirnos I'd. es con el fin
de que dispongais una sunna cual-
quiera que ayude a fornentar ur fon-
do con el cual Puerto Rico mitigue
un1 tanto la penuria de la infancia
en- Hungrfa.
Esperamos la mas pronta respues-
ia esta communication, y quedamos
cordialmente vuestros,
Jose N. Berries.
+. r. Berries Berdecia, NJ. d.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-19

81 VA I'D. A CASARSE, y sus es-
casos recursOs no lie permiten COM
prar muebles caros, pase por la calle
del Cristo No. %, dOnde encOntrara
unos en- magnificO estado, con seis
meses de usO, que Sc lie venderan pOr
POGO preci0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
Dorothy Dix Talks
By DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Husband Testing-2.

If he eats what is set before him
with relish, and asks no questions, you
will have husband who will be COM
Portable, and reasonable, and easy to
get along with, but if he has to have
just some one particular table where
the light is just so, and there are no
drafts and if he fuses over the menu,
and tells the waiter exactly how he
wants everything cooked, and if .he
gets into a temper il the service isn't
perfect, and his evening is spoiled IL
there is a grain too much or too little
seasoning in his sauce, consider we'll
before you marry him. He will make
the sort of a husband who is always
batting his wife's housekeeping, and
wondering why she never learns to
cook, and who snoops around the ice
box, and cefSors the garbage can, and
life with him will be domestic slavery.
Thirdly, observe the mans general
outlook on life. Take note whether he
thinks this is pretty good old world,
all things considered, and whether he
is inclined to believe the best of his
fellow creatures. and to think that ev-
erything is bound to turn out pretty
well in the end or whether he is
gloomy and grouchy and pessimistic,
and believes that all men and all wo-
men are liars and deceiyers and is gen.
orally disgruntled with life.
Whether married life seems long or
not depends upon whether you get an
optin1ist or a pessimist for a husband.
For when a woman has ceased to be
an angel to man and becomes just
another human being he treats her as
he does the balance of the world, and
he smiles upon her, or frowns on her.
or jol1ies her along. or knocks her just
as he does others.
In the fourth place observe a mans
feeling towards his own possessions.
There are men who are .disiliusioned
of a thing the minute they get it. and
who are never satisfied with anything
they have. They are eternally allured
by the other mans horse or house or
automobile and see nothing but faults
with their own.
There are other men. of a eompla
cent nature. who find that their own
mere possession of a thing enhances it
with mystical qualities of perfection.
Everything they have is ffawless. By
some chance they get the best automo-
bile of that particular make that was
ever turned out of the shop. Their
house is a marvel of the builders art.
Their dog has supernatural wisdom.
Marry a man who is discontinued
with his belongings and he viii be a
fault finding husband, who VIII always
be wandering around looking with
covetous eyes on other mems wives
But marry the man who likes his
own things. and YOU shall have a faith
full husband who will always admire
you and brag about you to others, for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
ROBERTS FRIENDS TAKE 4
HAND.
CHAPTER Gil.

CHAPTER GIL.
Robert was moody, silent and dis
agreeable much OF the time. He
hated his work, the inferior quality of
the goods he was asked to sell, the
small business mems methods; and
lastly the way he, as well as The rest
of the help, was treated
''One would think 1 had just com
menced to work. he grumbled.
"Burch seems to think his clerks can
play bundle boys. do errands, or any
other old thing,''
perhaps he feels he can't afford to
do differently. Large oaks from little
aerons grow you Know" 1 quoted,
laughing a little because Robert
looked SO lugubrious. But really
felt more like crying. Il suppose Cald-
ing and the other big stores had TO
start some time in small way"
Talking that way doesn't make be-
ing treated like a lackey airy easier!"
Robert snapped, then begged my par
don.
Il don't know what ails me, Gerry.
Honest, 1 try to keep my temper, but
everything seems<to rub me the wrong
way. L am sorry 1 spoke SO cross to
you. You deserve better from me-"
He spoke so humbly and looked so
distressed that I made very light of
his grouching, and laughed at him for
a silly goose to care what he did SO
long as he had to spend the time.
Il never care what 1 have to do,
1 told him. Madame pays me for the
time I spend in the shop. And it real
ly makes no real difference, whether
L trim the window or sell hats. Ny
time is hers
81 don't see it that way at ALL !
am hired to sell goods, not to play
errand boy"
But if there are no customers, and
other things need to be done
THAT makes no, difference!" he
said, so impatiently that 1 stopped
arguing, aItho I couldn't stop thinking
that perhaps if Robert had less sense
of his own Importance, and more in
terest in his work, he would get along
better
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22

Knoxville, Tenn. appears to have
found a solution for bringing the con-
sumner and producer closer together by
the use of the motor truck. Two years
ago there was not an auto truck line
out of Knoxville. The farmers were
Handicapped in bringing their prod
ucts to the market except in the old
slow way of wagon and horses. Street
cars did not extend into the rural sec
ton. There were only two roads. the
Louisville & Nashville and Southern
railways. to bring the. products to mar
ket. Some one started truck line to
an adjacent farming section that was
void of transportation facilities except
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
JUST FOLKS
THE REAL GIvER.
By EDGAR A. GUEST.

The money gift is easy, there are hundreds
here to pay
And settle back contented while the toilers
work away.
Men will dig into their pocket for the gold
the cause may need
And then leave it for another to go out
and do the deed.
But in every worthy struggle that shall
help the race to climb
The world is always seeking for the men
who'll give their time.
The money gift Is easy, but better gift
than pelf,
Is to dedicate to service not your money,
but yourself.
For tho gold and silver often are the
things a cause demands,
No righteous dream can triumph without
willing hearts and hands
And in every field of service that is known
to mortal ken
money, but for men,
The money gift is easy, many gladly pay
the price
who sit back IN times Of danger and refuse
the sacrifice.
There are men who .giye their money for
purpose that is fine
Who never. share the burdens or the bitter
fighting line.
But the man the world 10 seeking in the
tasks t has to do.
Is the man who'll share the struggle aud
stay with II till it's thru.
Copyright 1920 By Edgar A Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
Questions-Answers

O., Has an ayowed agnostic ever been
president of the United states?-o: r. F.
stence Of Ged and s NO pr rsn as
refused to take the oath Of office ending in
so help me God" Presidents Jefferson
and Lincoln were not affiliated. with any
church, but it IS held that each believed in
God. .z4el g.
Q. Is steam visible "A H G..
A. Actual steam is not visible. The
visible white vapo- which is frequently
referred to as steam is in reality collec-
ton of fine moisture particles which are
formed by the condemnation of true steam.
G. Is there any special reason for the
arrangement of letters on typewriter
= A The alphabet is arranged on all STAN
dard keyboard typewriters SO as to place
letters together which are most frequently
combined in words. This arrangement is
Q. Can a WIDOW Of S Spanish silva war vet
Gran obtain pension? -1. NJ.
A. The pension bureau says that widows
come of less than $3.50 may be pensioned
husbands rendered ninety days active
service and were honorably discharged.
on q Eo Mhy are egss given such prominence
A. The use Of eggs. at Easter is Gus
tom Of great antiquity. The egg was
sfaTiy rega9Eded as the symbo, Of
church adopted and conscerated an earlier
custom. The egg is held a symbol of
spring, life and Of the fecundity of ma
ture.
Q. Is the earth larger than the moon .
ID. V. H.
A. The surface area of the earth is estf-
mated at 1877, 106.5S0 square miles, while
that Of the moon is placed at 14,6S5 600
square miles. The mass of the earth is
approximately 256 600 600 cubic miles while
the volume of the moon Is about one-forty-
ninth great.
Q. What rules should be followed in
writing a scenariof-L W. x.
A. Scenario writer's are now required
merely to tell the story OF the play and
not to give the action scene by scene. The
detail is now worked out at the studio.
The chief necessity III a dramatic story two
or three thousand words long that is capa-
Bile of being converted into pictures, The
scenario writer should see his story in q
series Of pictures and so tell 1t that it wifi
call forth those pictures in the mind of
another. The manuscript should, of course,
be typewriter.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22


It would be sad day for Japan IL
her silkworms were to go on strike.
The worlds supply OF raw silk comes
almost entirely from that country. The
small European production was al
most cut off by the war and the Chi
nese have fallen far behind in the race.
In 1919 Japan exported more than
100. 900 bales of raw silk, of which all
but about $500 bales came to the
United States. The American imports
amounted approximately to $4,000, 900
pounds an increase of 5000, 900
pounds since the opening of the world
war. in that time the value of the
importations increased from $50. o00,-
900 to O0,oOO.OO0. In June, 1915.
The invoice value of raw silk was 5000,
and in June, 1919. it was $500. In
December, 1919. the price to the
American manufacturer had risen to
SLABS. and early in 1920 it reached
SIG. On account of the strategic posi-
lion which the japanese exporter
holds, it is said that he makes q profit
OF 1000 per cent at present prices.
The japanese farmer who engages in
silk culture only as a side issue often
receives more for his crop of cocoons
than for all his other produce com
bined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
The Woman Who Lovcd-and
Earned A Modern Stoy OF Home and Business
r..
BIZ JANE PHELPS

Betty Weed gave another little par
ty about this time. She said she gave
it SO we could all rejoice together over
Roberts recovery. So many had been
killed with automobiles and so many
others permanently injured, that she
said it was only fair to have a party
for Robert.
knew it was only an excuse to
cheer him UP. 1 had met Frank on
my way home from the shop. and had
told him that Bob was depressed and
blue.
Wen have to do something to
wake him up" he had replied. You
know that conditions grow on a fell
low if he gves way to it. And really,
poor old Bob has had it pretty rough
lately
81 know it. Frank. I'-for the first
time had felt an inclination to speak
of Robert and his failure in business
to someone besides Mary Ryan. But
caught myself just in time. There
was nothing Frank could do. Why
tell him?
What were you about. to say,
Gerry?"
ooh. nothing, But Bob really needs
cheering up. His accident kept him
in the house SO long. he isn't quite
himself even yet And then the loss
absence. the position with such diff
ferent type of man, has combined to
make him unhappy"
was that the reason he lost his
position with Burch? 1 didn't think
they would do thing like that. It's
a rotten trick to discharge a man
when he is sick
felt my face flush. and yet l could
not say anything to disabuse Franks
mind of the idea that Burch & Com
pany had been unfair without letting
him see that Robert was to blame. Sc
I said nothing. while he continued tc
say untrue things about that firm
When he left me he said:
Betty and I will get our heads to-
gether and see il we can't have some
sort of a gay shindig to cheer Robert
up a little. That was low down trick
that firm played on him."
Observation-Disclosures ns)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
THE LAWS DELAY.

With the recent execution in Wash
ington of a negro ends a case that en-
phasizes the need for a revision of
our court procedure so that speedier
justice may be melted out to convicted
criminals, particularly of the class to
which this man belonged. The crime
for which he suffered the extreme
penalty of the law is one which in
some states incites mobs of lynchers to
take the law into their own hands and
administer summary punishment.
1t is delays such as have taken place
in the District of Columbia that fur
nish much of the justification upon
which advocates OF lynch law base
their arguments. Were there court
machinery available in every state for
the swift trial of suspects and the
prompt execution OF sentences in that
class of cases there would be fewer re-
sorts to violence on the part of out
ragged citizens.
The Washington case was a particu-
larly atrocious one. A young war
worker awoke to find a negro in her
room in the middle of the night. She
grappled with the intruder, was
dragged thru an open window into the
back yard. and there shot. In a few
days she died. In a week the arrest
was made, but 4OS days elapsed before
the murderer expiated his crime on
the galfows. Yet there seems to be nc
blame attaching to any of the officials
connected with the trial, or the coun-
sci. The remedy lies in curing the
law of defects that hinder the execu-
ton OF justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-22
LIQUOR WILL NOT Down.

Indications continue to multiply that
prohibition, which was generally con-
sidered as settled. when the constitu-
tional amendment was ratified. is to
be made a large, possibly dominant
issue in this years campaign. The
drys, of course, would like to have this
question regarded as settled, at least
for time, but the vets are not so
inclined. They are organizing and
planning and working for a new deal.
something that will take the edge off
the rigorous dry rule now enforced
and tilt the lid at least enough to al
low the people. or those who choose
to do so. to have just little leeway
in indulgence, by the opportunity to
return to the use of beer and light
wines.
This. rather than a contest over the
abstract principle of prohibition,
promises to be the basis of the fight
now being planned against the bone
dry rule, and if the vets can have their
way they will make this the leading
issue. II they succeed it may result
in all other issues being relocated to
the background and neglected to an
extent that scarcely will please the
party leaders. The latter would pre-
fer to have the campaigns fought out
over such issues as the peace treaty,
economy and efficiency in government,
reduction in taxes and, perhaps, the
old question of tariff and protection
But il the wet" issue once get started
it is likely to upset all their plans, for
this is a question that directly will ap-
peal to most voters as a matter of per-
sonal interest and concern, and the
contest over this question therefore
scarcely can fail to obscure all other
issues, which will be regarded as mat
ters of secondary Importance.
If the wet and dry issue figure large
in the coming campaign, it promises
to be dominant issue in politics for
many years to come. The vets scarce
ly will abandon the effort to obtain a
fitting of the lid, and should they fail
in the present attempt, they will re-
new the attack with every coming
campaign. The drys, on the other
hand, will be just as Jealous and per-
sistent in efforts to hold the ground
already won, and should the vets win
a point at any time, it will simply
mean redoQbled efforts to reverse such
a decision and thus put the country
back under real prohibition.
A long drawn out contest over this
question seems unavoidable. and the
politicians and the public may as we'll
E. =
make the best of it. Until the vets
have shown their strength. however, it
is not likely that either of the leading
parties will dare openly to side with
them.
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