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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-02-28
There aTouch
of Tomorrow
in All Cole
Does TODAY

A FORECAST Of the future is the
~ Cole Aer0-EIGHT. In it ideals cal
4 Awhich seemed intended for fulfill
ment only at some distant time have be-
come realities of the present.
The aim of its builders has been to be
FIRST in dcsign-to lead the way to fu-
turc improvements by changing staid
tendencies and quickening the pulse of
motordom to faster progress.
Coming as a distinct departure. the
Aero EIGHT has struck chord of broad
appeal individuality has been its dom
inant note. Originality has found ex-
expression in its classic contour and its
mechanical advanCements. It is as gifted
in performance as it is radiant in beauty.
Striking in personality, sound in prin-
ciple, the Aero-EIGHT marks a climax
in career devoted to creating the new.
1t is the herald of an advanced mode--a
determining influence in establishing the
vogue in motor cars for nineteen twenty.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-02-28
(NO. S4O26)
ORDER OLE PUHIICAITOl

OIkDE-h vi f-tbiAAhllON
In the Circuit Court OF Buchanan
County Missouri. to the May Term.
A ID. 1890.
State of Missouri, County OF Bpch-
anan, IS.
Fred E. Wise 49,. PlaAtitf
VS..
Miriam Wise .--... Defendant
Now at this day comes the plain
tiff by his attorney, and 1t appearing
TO the satisfaction OF the Circuit Court
that said defendant Miriam Wiss ID Q
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-02-28

The metal discs for street car fares
have arrived and are now in use.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-02-28

Sixteen boys Of the Junior high
school of Independence, organized an
anti-Cigarette club.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-02-28

four weeks successfully. the last in
sertion of which to be al least fifteen
days before the next May. 1920 term
Of this Court
A true copy. Attest:
EMMETT J. GROUSE,
(SeaD Clerk
BY }. l.. McMenamy, Deputy Clerk
Kay G.. Porter, Attorney for Plain
tiff. C22D
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-02-28

Introduction

NM MOucI +c Neue DIX 10 ulSCrlIn-
w mating motorists everywhere.
Here is the triumph, enbodying many
more months Of engineering and design
ing than it has ever been possible to give
a motor car before Neie body builders
have given their initiative and experience,
full rein. The result is an authoritative
embodiment of the style tendencies which
all automobile leadership recognizes to-
day.
The Nelie 4S is strikingly attractive
Its straight-line, high-cowl body and |
tapering hood gives the eye long I'M
broken unit Of beauty from front to rear
Bcvel border Tenders, octagonal lamps |
and a radiator distinctly different in out
line, indicates the modernity of detail
built into the entire car
Nclie also presents new motor in
this car. a motor having an internally |
heated vaporizer, burning successfully |
low-grade fuel, giving vastly more miles
per gallon. \ balanced motor, with four
bearing shaft and durable bronze backed |
bearings everywhere. A motor as far in
advance of the ordinary as the car itself
We invite you to thorough ac-
quaintancc with the New Nelie Six-The
headline Car of Today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10

ing factories. installing new machin-
cry, or in otherwise increasing produc-
tive capacity. Similarly the money
taken in income taxes would, beyond
what was necessary for personal con-
sumption, have been invested. and
would have gone to increase produc-
tive capacity. The evil effects Of the
two taxes have become more serious
as time has gone on. A penalty has
been put upon saving, the future has
been sacrificed to the present. and
now an unhealthy condition results
because the normal balance between
saving and spending has been dis
turbed. In order to restore that BAL
anee. part of the tax burden should
now be shifted from savings to expen-
ditures, not only to cut down over
consumption. but TO reach persons not
now reached by these taxes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10
The Woman Who Loved-and
Earned 4 Modem s.e:z q Home AID Business
A Modern Stoiy OF
By JANE PHELPS

ne she wanted it rose. I wonder IL
there ever lived q girl who didn't plan
to have a rose room when she could
afford it?''
'gFhat will he great Tou'n have to
design everything, Gerry, then Jane
and I will sew"
had no idle time in the next few
weeks. every Inomerr I could spare
from housework and Robert, was
given to Mary's wedding present.
We made ruffled muslin curtains, then
the rose cretonne over-6raperies.
We made the bed and bolster cover OF
the same, with a lovely ruffled muslin
over cover, in the center of which
Betty had embroidered Mary's mono
gram. Then we made covers for
dressing table and bureau, leaving one
end unfinished so that we could easily
alter them to fit any size. We had
some of the cretonne Lett. and made
odd shaped pillows that we knew
would please Mary, and which could
be used in many ways
Perhaps she'll have a day bed"
Betty SAID. ''They would be lovely
on one
The boys had been taken into the
secret and highly approved.
VIII it be enough for US to do
for herr" 1t was Carson Murphy who
asked.
Indeed it will. Carson" I told him.
I'VE have kept account of everything,
and you three boys are to pay the
bills. Mary knows well enough it
is all We can afford-more, perhaps(
than We should. She will be delighted
I am sure. We have made her every
single thing she will need in her room,
even to 4 pin cushion and hair pin
tray. She couldn't have it done at a
decorators for 10 times what 1t has
cost and it would be done no better"
Thanks TO your artistic wife"
Jane broke in, turning to Robert We
were all at James for the evening. and
had taken our gifts. now finished. out
into the dining room to show the
boys.
You know, Carson. it will look
quite different when it is all ar
ranged where it belongs in the room
Curtains even when so dainty as these,
don't show off when spread on the
dining room table" She fingered the
soft rose ribbon which We had made
into loops 10 tie them back
fTomorrov-Gettin the kenyons
settled-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10

having the most elaborate system of
laws and law enforcement in the
world, life and property are both
often taken with impunity. while per-
sonal liberty is becoming a myth. The
policeman may Tot catch the bank
robber. and often does not. but if he
sees you kiss your girl, or park your
car more than five inches from the
curb. or walk on a grass plot, or vio-
late any other local ordinance, or even
his own sense of propriety, he will
pounce on you quickly enough.
1t is against the law to bear arms,
and the custom has died out every
where in the United States except in
Texas, and few other parts of the
south and west. If a man wants TO
shoot you down and take your bank
roll, you are helpless. 1t is against
the law for you to have any means of
defending yourself. You have placed
your safety in the hands of a minion
Of the law who in all probability can
not shoot straight enough to hit a
barrel at ten feet, and who is most
likely at that moment engaged in the
bold enterprise of ousting a spooning
couple from q park bench.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10
LITTLE BENNY's NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

We was eating suppir yestidday,
being stake under onions and mash
potatoes, me dropping sumthing on
the floor by axsident every little vile,
ny, Wy cant YOU be careful? Ferst it
was a spoon, and then q slice of bred
and buttir, and now its your nife, wy
cant you be careful?
Gosh, ma, / am careful. if 1 wasent
careful Id drop about twice as muteh,
sed
o its no use tawkins to you, sed
ma.
Meening on account of me being
so good at a argewment, and pritty
soon after that I dropped sumtong
elts, being my fork, and ma sed, Ben
ny. mark my words. if you drop an
other thing VII leeve the table, and l
call your father to witniss wat say.
1 witniss it, sed pop.
Which I dident drop enything for
neerIy minnits almost, and then wat
did I drop but my/fork agen; ma say
ing, There it goes, now you jest get
up frum this table. IL
But G. gosh. ma, that wasent an
other thing, tht was only my fork
agen,%you sed another thing, dident
she pop? I sed.
AS a matter of fack. mother, that's
wat you sed, in the intrists of strick
Justice, l must decide this case in
FAVOR Oh Inc uSAchuoht, SS0 POP'
Meening me, and I kepp on eating
careful till all of a suddin 1 got so
careful my elbo hit my glass of wattir
and it upset and went all over the
table cloth exsept wat went in pops
lap, and pop jumped up mad and tried
to get the wattir off his pants with
his napkin, saying, Ding bust it to
blaxes.
Hee hee, now aren't you sorry you
let him stay? sed ma.
Benny, 1eeve the table before your
mother is overcome by her sents OF
humor, sed pop.
Witch did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10

There seems likely to be embodied
in the soldier relief legislation now
being framed by congress a plan of
paid-up insurance which members de-
clare will be the most attractive of any
of the five forms of benefit which it is
intended to present to the soldiers for
their optional selection. It is esti-
mated that if $3.50, 900 former service
men take advantage of the insurance
feature the ultimate cost to the gov
eminent will be about 5000, 900, 900.
The insurance plan might be all right,
but left an option in the matter of
compensation it is probable that ma
jority of service men would take =
cash bonus which many would quick
iy spend in a way that would further
boost prices and leave the benefit
Charles no better off in the end, while
the taxpayers bill would still be I'M
paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10
Dinner Stories

A group of ex-aviators In the Cleve-
land Aviation club were discussing
their various experiences. One men,
Der told of loaning his auto. Olivier
spccies) to a sick friend so he could
reach his home in the country.
The machine was wrecked and the
owner inquired of the sick friend
how it all happened
well l felt pretty shaky at the
start, but as 1 went out and struck a
good stretch of road. 1 gave her the
gun and was skimming along and be-
gan to feel better till the blamed
boat just naturally took Off"
That's a pretty good little speech
of your, Frank" said Manager Shake
speare, as Judge Bacon slipped into
the stage entrance with another bunch
of manuscript
(which one is that?"
''The one beginning, To be or not TO
be- But it is incomplete"
But l have mentioned the op-
Dressors wrong and loves pangs and
legal delays and all that sort Of thing"
Yes But you don't carry out the
thought You don't say a word about
shorter hours and more wages
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
THE LOOK OF THE WORLD.

THE IOOh OE' THE NOhI1D.
The world, being extremely big. car
ries about with it an unusually big
look And human beings, correspond
ingly so very small, sort of stand in
awe at the world when it LOOKS at
them.
But, as a matter of fact, the world
is much like the human beings who
live in tin that it doesn't always
mean things the way we think they
look.
Looks themselves play very true
you can bring tears of deep hurt to
in your own eyes. But looks are SO
often misinterpreted.
Understanding comes only thru long
patience and charity and tolerance.
II it is true that much that we think,
we don't mean, it is all the more true
that many of our looks are also mis-
understood.
The only way to judge another's
looks accurately - to be invited into
their heart. There you will learnt
How often folks go thru bitter and
unhappy days because they say, well,
it looked as tho they meant to hurt,
whereas no hurt was meant at all.
The look of the world is a COM
posite look. But the look of your in
dividual heart Is as direct as the rays
of the sun And it will, like the sun,
always pierce its way thru, bringing
health and gladness-except when you
choose 10 scatter clouds and darkness
between. -,
Take care to look happy and kind
and generous. and the whole world is
sure to save its best looks for you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10
Earned
MARYS WEDDING PRESENT.
CHAPTER los.

The days slipped by, even tho at
times they seemed insufferably long.
Betty and Jane declared 1 made work
for myself purposeiy to keep busy.
They were right. I often fused over
things, even did them over unneces-
sarily, so that wouldn't have too
much time to think.
spent some time with Jane and
Betty, occa sionally taking lunch with
them, or they with me. We decided
to take up the study of history-his-
tory of the world. Jane proposed it.
One would know you were an ex-
school n1a'am," Betty teased, mo
one else would have thought of such
a subject"
Don't you think it necessary? The
war has changed everything. We will
familiarize ourselves perfectly with
conditions as they were, then as the
reconstruction is finished and new
history is made, we will be ready for
that
Hear! heart" Betty cried why.
Jane, long as 1 have known you, 1
Talk of pearls of wisdom, your lips
are fairly dripping with Them
II think it will be fine, Jane" I
told her. Don't pay any attention
to Betty. Perhaps Mary will join us
after she is married. OF course she
WnlAe she Is IN the SnOp.
That would be finei Say, girls,
have you forgotten she is to be mar
ried in a month? We must think what
to give her"
There followed an animated dis
cussion of suitable gifts for Mary
and Gardner. We all loved Mary,
and wanted to give her something
nice, altho she needed. or would need
gifts less than any of US. Gardner be-
ing far better off than any of the
boys.
you see her having things doesn't
seem to make any difference. We love
her so much. ! am so glad she is to
have such a nice home and Gardner
is a peach" Betty remarked.
II tell you what. girlsi She showed
me the plan of the house they have
rented down at Forest Hills A dear
of a place. Suppose we all put to
gether. we girls I mean, and buy and
make all the draperies for her sleeping
room, bed covers and all She told
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10

While there is an immense amount
of corn in the hands of the farmers
and in country elevators, Chicago is
finding it difficult to supply immedi-
ate demands even al the prevailing
and hitherto unheard of prices. While
there is a huge supply of wheat in the
country, and this cereal is command
ing more than three dollars q bushel
in the Kansas City market, fewer than
100 cars a day are arriving at that
terminal. 1t may be that conditions
would improve if the interstate COM
merce commission would grant the
railroads the increase in freight rates
that is being asked for, without fur
ther delay. Possibly some of the
roads find themselves confronted with
the situation that the more freight
they haul the more money they lose.
or it may be that they prefer to let
the freight accumulate until they OBJ
tain the increase which they are seek
ing. Since it is well understood by
everybody concerned that the advance
in rates is inevitable why should the
readjustment be delayed while the
business OF the country suffers and
prices continue 10 advance?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10

Opposition on one ground or an
other to the present excess profits tax
is constantly growing both within and
outside, OF congress, so that its radical
Modification or elimination seems GER
tain At the earliest favorable oppor-
tunity. In practice the tax has proved
unjust and vexatious; II has diseour-
aged economy and promoted waste.
That in because. as tax. it is funda-
mentally unsound. The excess profits
and the income tax constitute a dou-
BILE tax; they take from an individuals
income before he gets it and after he
gets it. Both taxes come almost
wholly out of the investment fund.
and this is one of their most serious
drawbacks. The money that has been
taken from a corporation in excess
profits taxes would in most insts noes
have probably been spent in enlarg-
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JUST FOLKS
THE NEED OF THE TIMES.
by EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE NEED OE IhE I1fuh se'
I wouldn't hinder progress by q deed or
word Of mine,
believe in modern methods, but it's time
tn draw the line. - .afs-..5..
I rlorify invention, and hail creative men,
But We mustn't loose the splendorsof our
rugged history when - If ~
All bands turned out TO labor in the good
old-fashioned way,
And every man was eager to be worthy or
his pay.
Let progress bring her changes, and lets
help her all We can,
But let's keep old ia shioned merit as the
standard for mani
We can throttle down injustice and remove
the chains which irk.
But we must remain old ia hioned In our
attitude towards work;
We must spurn the foolish doctrine-or re-
gret il ere we're thru
That a man can fluid contentment with the
least that he can do.
More money, yes. and comforts-those are
things We all desire.
But the toiler must be willing to be worthy
of his hire;
And no castles can be builded and no crops
enrich the soil.
Despite all the modern thinkers, without
good oId-fasnioned toll.
It's by work and constant effort that our
wages we must earn,
For life cannot pay US dollars without
something in return.
Copyright 1870 by Edgar 4. Guest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10

Chauncey Depew. who for many
years has been noted as 4 story teller,
has lost none of his interest in that
particular. even at the age of IS. Here
is one of his latest: "A college row.
ing crew we're located at Peekskill on
the Hudson while they were training
on the river. Passing up to their
homes, they leaped on the terrace of
our home and began an active discus
sion of the past and present. One of
them said: The past can teach US
nothing. Ny father is over seventy
years old and I am twenty-one, but I
know more than he does Ny father
was sitting. according to custom. in
the late afternoon, upon the piazza
smoking his pipe and reading his
newspaper. The young man turned
around and said to him. Well. old
gentleman, what do you think of
that Ny father replied. I am think
ing what a damn fool your father must
be-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10
Dorothy Dix Talks
Tho Girl I Left Behind Me-.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman W

Do you, o middle aged woman, ever
meet that person. who is the stranges,
person in all the world t. you, the
/ sweet-and-twenty, and whom you have
left so far behind you that you can
| scarcely remember how she looked. or
what manner of creature she was?
| Sometimes you come upon her pic
ture in an old album, and you look
at it curiously. How pretty and fresh
the face isl Low serene and untrou-
i bled! How trustingly the eyes look
out upon the world What q bloom
| of rose was in those cheelxsi What
gold was tangled in that hair. How
1.-THE and slim, as willow wand, that
girlish figure!
/ 1t is like the portrait of one long
dead and half forgotten, and as you
look from it to your reflection in a
| mirror, and see yourself stout and
with lines of care and suffering on
your face, you can scracely believe
| that you were ever she.
| Sometimes the girl you left behind
you comes and sits besides your bed in
| the silent watches of the night, and
| you marvel at how gay and light
hearted she is. Laughter ripples for
| ever over her lips, and her heart sings
with just the joy of living. She is sure
that this is the best of all possible
| worlds, and that her path is going to
| be strewn with roses with never a
| thorn among them, and that the sun
is always going to shine for her.
| 1t has been years and years since
you really laughed or thrilled to the
ecstacy of being. The path you have
| trodden has been hard and stony, with
few flowers blooming along its arid
way and your sky has SO many more
clouds than sunshine that you have
| learned to be fearfully, forever ex-
pecting storms.
But as an echo Of the girls gay
| laughter fits back to you you are
filled with a furious anger against
those who robbed her of her joyous
ness, who stifled the song in her heart,
and who blotted out the sunshine from
| her.
And as you look into the eyes of the
| girl you left behind you. you see that
! they are filled with dreams - the
beautiful romantic dreams of maiden
| hood that always and, like the fairy
tale, with And so they were married
| and lived happily ever afterwards"
| She dreamed of lover as handsome
as a prince, and as noble as Sir Gala
| had, who would find her and claim
| her for his own. and that they would
! go thru the world with his strong arm
about her, protecting her from every
hardship, and their souls one. in a rap
ture of perfect companionship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-10

A speaker in the convention of re-
tailers at Ottawa is quoted as saying
that Hoover had cornered a produce
market in 1914 and made $4,000, 900
on the corner by forcing up prices
and that he did not have the necessary
insight into agricultural conditions to
handle the food situation success
fully" 1t may appear, however. to
the uninitiated that man who can
make $4,000 on produce has a con-
siderable insight into agricultural
conditions"