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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21
LITTLE BENRY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPR

Me and pop was taking wawk after
suppir, me asking a lot of questions
and him ansering a few, and started
to see il l could wawk without hardiy
taking my feet off the ground, ann
after. vile pop sed, Stop dragging
your feet for the love of Peet, haven't
you got strength enuffto raise them?
G, pop, sed, you made a rime then.
stop dragging your feet for the love of
Peet that was a rirne, pop. Ht1
Was it? sed pop, thawt it was an
order and you will kindly consider 1t
as sutch.
Meening for me not to drag them
eny more. WITCH 1 dident for vile,
and then I started to wonder IL pop
would notice it if 1 dragged them Jest
once more.
Wich I did, dragging them for about
a pavement and a half without pop
saying enything, and pritty soon
thawt, Jest once more, and IL he don't
notice it this time that's the last time.
And I started to drag them agen.
and 1 hadent hardly started wen pop
sed, Confound it, are your shoes full
of led, did you heer wat I sed?
Holey smoaks. G, pop, you made an
other rhine, are your shoes full of led,
did you heer what sed. that's another
rime, pop / sed.
Well you jest start that munkey biz
ness agen and Ill rime you a crack
over the eer, sed pop.
And we wawked a vile longer, me
thinking, Jest one more time, and this
will be the last weather he notices II
or not
Wich I started to drag them agen,
and pop quick looked down at me and
1 quick started to lift them up high as
enything, being the opposite of drag
ging them, and pop sed. Wawk rite
and keep on wawkin rite.
Witch did
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

and that was a Republican senate.
The opportunity for making political
capital was too good to be overlooked,
hence We have the spectacle of the
rival candidates for the presidency
striving to interest the people in a
matter which the masses care very
little about. While doing this they
have avoided talking about the things
in which the public does feel an inter-
est, such as taxes, marketing problems
and expenses of government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

ed white heat and the Parker follow
ing grew colder and colder.
Judge Parker at the very close of
the canvass took up the charges which
were being made against the Republi-
cans by newspapers and embodied
them in g. speech which created a
great sensation. He charged that
George 3. Cortelyou. as secretary OF
commerce and labor, had obtained
possession of information concerning
the conduct of great business con-
Germs; and that the same Cortelyou, as
chairman of the national Republican
committee. was using this information
to extort money from the big business
men to use in the campaign.
To that charge President Roosevelt
replied in one of the most remarkable
political utterances ever delivered. He
said 1t was a lie, to begin with, and he
warmed up to the subject as he went
along. Mr.. Rooseveits reply was
of the appeals of nearly every one of
the Republican leaders. Yet when
Judge Parker was unable to come
back with the absolute proof of his
assertions the Roosevelt denial sent
the whole country wild with enthusi-
asm and the Parker hopes died dead.
The result was an overwhelming
victory for Roosevelt. who was elected
by the greatest popular majority ever
given to any president. His plurality
was over Two anu Hail IIlOE .
than the total vote. for Lincoln in 1864;
Mckinley, four years before, had
received popular plurality of
about $50, 900. - Roosevelt received
only 100000 more votes than Nc
Kinley, yet his plurality was a
million and a half greater. Judge
Parker received a little over five
million votes, a falling off of over
million and quarter from the vote
cast for Bryan in 1900. The Socialists
made great gains. polling a. half mill
lion votes. The total vote cast in the
whole country was nearly half a mill
lion less than in 1900. All of which
goes to prove that nobody can tell
what will happen in presidential
campaign until after it has already
happened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

The reorganization of the diplomatic
corps on an efficiency basis is a prof.
ect to which members of congress are
giving increasing attention. One of
the plans suggested is the establish
ment of a school at government ex-
pense and under government manage
ment for the training of recruits to the
diplomatic service. very much as ca
diets for the army and navy are trained
at West Point and Annapolis. When
this school has been established, will it
teach dollar" diplomacy. shirt
sleeve diplomacy or Just plain COM
mon sense diplomacy?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
A FRIENDLY WORD.

A FRIENDLY WORD.
Seems like as tho somebody here
Is always scatterin' joy and cheer,
I've never known a rainy day
But what seIne frieRd has come my way
To sort o, laugh the clouds away.
ain't been one deservia' much
o. special favor an the touch :
o. generous Hands in time o. need =
An yet good friends. at double speed,
Have given before I'd ask OF plead.
1t seems time ten thousand eyes
An watchin' all the time tssee
Just what the gift O. Joy can be
Which they can come an' give 10 nae.
I'd almost swear these friends o. mine
Possess. some magic power divine
By which they learn from God above,
Or from the messengers % love
The very things I'm thinkin' of.
Honors I don't deserve have come
Almost TO paraiyze me dumb,
An when I've tried 70 find out why
Men gave what money cannot buy.
Some friend would smile an wink his eye
Lord, but I've trod an easy way,
With friends to help me day by day
VITA all its hurt an pain an Woe,
This Is a kindly world we know
AT least I've always found 1t so. 4
= Copyright, 1870. By Edgar A. Guest r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21
Dorothy Dix Tails
The Gentle Grafter.-2.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
70 Highest Paid wouaa

"Or we get a screed from some poor
old soul who has been advised to con-
suit a city specialist about her can
GER" continued the woman, land she
wants to come and stay with us and
have us trot around to the hospitals
with her. Or somebody from Squee-
dunk, or Rabbits Track, has been told
by her doctor that she needs a change,
and she thinks that nothing would be
SO delightful as to come to the city.
a hotel, but if it would be convenient
for us to have her, she could come
easily on Monday week.
"Of course. anyone who has the
nerve to hold you UP for her board
bill isn't going to stop with petty lar
ceny like that. She goes the wnoie
hog, and you not only have to feed
and lodge her. but you have to pay for
her theater and opera tickets, and her
street ear fares So far as my OBJ
servation goes, a self-invited guest has
la Yale lock on her pocketbook, ana
you would have to chioroform her be-
fore you could get a nickel out of her.
at is no secret to the people who
come and camp on us that Jim and
are a poor young couple sEugglins 10
get a start in the -worldt ana tnAe
every dollar counts with us. Also they
pOFcelYe lhdt 90 NY -hOu9 CWOf NJ VIZ
that by horning in on us they add In
imeasurably to my labor, and the eA-
perse of our living. .
But does that keep them away
1t does not They not only crowd IN
and put me to the trouble of getting
UP company meals for them but they
expect me to run around with them
taking them to-all sorts of places OF
amusement, and to spend days in the
shops where they look over every
thing, and price everything, from inn
ported automobiles to safety pins, and
buy nothing. And never by any
chance do they pay for lunch at a
restaurant, or for a theater ticket, or
even pay their car fare.
"And the expenses of entertaining
these people you hate because they
are such poor mean little grafters
counts up enormously, and 1t keeps
me mad thinking of all the things ]
want that do without because have
spent the money on these pikers. Why
We stand for it. I don't know. Lack
of backbone, 1 guess, and because we
have been tauglix, that hospitality is
one of the seven shining virtues.
$50 it is. Nobody admires it OF
loves to practice it better than I. but
want to pick out my recipients and
select the time, the place, the woman,
so to speak. I object to being held UP
and forced to deliver invitations
whether it's convenient or not.
But I know I'd never have got ur
the spunk to slam the door in the face
| of Uncle, Jezebiah. who's got couple
of hundred thousand dollars tucked
away in first mortgages, but whe
would rather die than spend a penny
of it on a hotel. Nor would my cravBn
spirit ever get bold enough to enable
me to write to a self-invited guest that
I didn't want her, and wouldn't have
her; and SO the housing shortage has
provided me with ready-made excuse
for not entertaining all and sundry.
I'm going to live in one room, and
a bath. and kitcheHette where no
body can visit me. Thank God for ali
His mercies.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21
PRICES MAY STAY HIGH.

That prices in general are likely to
continue near present levels for some
time is emphasized by S. w. Straus,
president of an eastern financial con-
Germ. 1t must be borne in mind, he
says, that present price reductions are
not the results of changed funda-
mental conditions. The public still
stands face to face with conditions re-
sulting from high taxation, high
wages, underproduction and high in
terest rates. The present wave of
the elimination of excessive profits
thru the processes of competition, and
it also represents the conversion of
stocks of goods into money as a result
of eurtailed credit. But, with basic
conditions unchanged, he helds, the
real test of prices will come when it is
necessary to replenish with new mer-
ehandise the stock that is now being
sold to the public at reduced prices.
Owing to excessive government in
debtedness and disturbed conditions of
International finance. it does not seem
within the range of possibilities that
the public will obtain relief from high
taxation for a long time. Even tho
the present various extraordinary
forms of taxation are not levied d.
reetly against the masses of the pee-
pie, the burden really falls on all, and
every piece of merchandise that shall
go over the counter of ajstore for a
great many years to come will carry
an added cost as the result of govern
mental taxes in one form or another.
Permanent relief from existing con-
dit:ons will come, only after the pee-
pie, by working and saving, have
Brought the supply of material wealth
Of the country up to point where it
have created a surplus. 1t seems APP
| parent at this time. however, that the
people are thoroly resolved to bring
about these results.
The higher standards CT living to-
ward which we are constantly work
ing, mean increased prices. And each
individual is striving to live in better
environment. What was a luxury
few years ago is considered a neces-
| oitg NOhdy. IN 1lAc od3S VI w dSHiHe tOAi
the tallow candle was a luxury; in the
days of Lincoln 1t was the kerosene
lamp; and now, in the days of Wilson,
the electric light has become a COM
monplaee necessity.
How many would be willing to go
back and live as they did ten years
ago? We cannot have these constant
ly advancing standards without CORE
spending advance in prices, and the
elevation of eur standards of living
represents a force in human nature
as immutable as the law Of gravity.
AS the standard of living has adj
vanced, involving a continual increase
in the cest OF living. there has been a
corresponding shrinkage in the <pur-
chasing power of the dollar. A dollar
today goes only half as far as il went
five years ago-in other words, the
dollar of(1920 is only a 50-cent piece
in disguise and Mr.. Straus says the
same thing was true generation ago.
The history of the dollar, he contends,
is one of a continually shrinking
value. A generation hence the dollar
may again be a s0-ceRt piece in dis
guise as compared with the dollar of
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

the hermit was standing before them,
smiling in his tangled beard.
Perhaps I am" he said in deep
tones. But am old and I know
much. 1 knew that you would be
happy, and you are happy, are you
not? Never mind rne, children. Run
along"
They ran along. The hermit retired
to his>hut. to consider crisp new $50
note which Frank had thrust into his
hand.
This will keep me in supplies for
a long Time reflected the hermit.
And silence closed over Happy VAL
ley.
Copyright. 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper. syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

It is announced that scientists have
discovered the exact nature of the ex-
plosion which wrecked Wall street
few weeks ago. But up to this time
nobody has come forward with an ex-
PLANTATION of how it got there. OF
course it is easy to say that 1t was
placed there by a red and let 1t go
at that. There. is none to dispute it.
Yet there seems to bea possibility that
the explosion was accidental and that
those responsible for 1t are being
shielded to avoid the payment OF
heavy damages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

A government report for eight
months of the calendar year shows
that we have now reached the point
where our importations of foodstuffs
are running far ahead OF our exports
of similar products. During August
we imported of foodstuffs $21o,246,S90
worth, while our exports of foodstuffs
for the same month were valued at
S154,341, O22, the excess of imports
over exports for the one month being
$55.3O0,O0O. During the first eight
months of the calendar year ending
with August the total importations of
foodstuffs amounted to 1885, 6S1,24S,
while the exports of foodstuffs for the
same period amounted to $1,322, 49,
1872. Thus in the eight months our
food importations exceeded our ex-
ports by S44,245,516. These figures
may explain, partially at least, why
the prices of grain and livestock have
declined so greatly but there seems
10 be no explanation offered for the
fact that American consumers con-
t.nue to pay approximately war prices
for nearly all articles of food.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

sir Philip Gibbs came to America.
studied American public opinion and
declares, 1.-THE president failed largely
because he insisted upon playing
lone hand and did not have the con-
ffdence of his country behind him, nor
its understanding of his purposes,
while he himself wavered in his prin-
ciples." Sir Philip was referring to
the rejection of the League of Ma
tions. However he overlooked the
chief cause of the presidents failure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

The labor department in Washing
ton says that demand and supply, TAX
ing the country as a whole, now bal
anco; but as matter of fact there is
an over-supply of both skilled and un-
skilled labor in several important CEN
tiers OF industry, and it is significant
TO note that, contrary to predictions,
there was an adequate supply of labor
to handle the harvest. Prices for la
Dor are sure to fall as are the prices
of commodities that are produced and
consumed by labor. The laws of sup
ply and demand are beginning to re-
assert themselves in the labor mar
kets as well as all other markets.
There are signs of decline in wages
in certain Industries, as the demand
for labor falls off and the supply be-
gins to exceed the demand. 1t ever
was so and ever will be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

The price of lumber to the manu-
facturer is declared to be below the
cost of production, and mills are rap
idly being closed. Isn't it terrible
when everybody begins to lose money?
Yet many persons made enough dur
ing the war to enable them to get
along for a while on small profits or
no profits at all The federal treas
ury. however, will be the greatest suf-
ferer when there are no longer profits
TO tax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

Dempsey should be permitted to dc
so.
Don't crowd. gentlemen! Don't.
crowd.
And while we are on the subject OF
sports, it seems pertinent to note that
those who wish TO crowd Ban johnson
off the baseball map are getting ready
to take their annual licking.
We have no opinion as to whether
the most recent Indictment OF Mr..
Johnson is true bill. But, If 1t is. thu
pleading should be amended to include
the National league magnates whe
''whitewashed" Hal Chase, "Old
Roman" Comiskey and all of the other
crowned heads of baseball who, ten
months ago, were hep" to the fact
that the series of 1919 was crooked.
The moral in the Searles contest, as
we see 1t, is'that no millionaire can de-
wise his property in a manner satisfae-
tory to his relatives.
Joe jackson has been barred from
the ball park in Greenville, s, c. We
don't know how you feel about IL, but
we should regard that as the minimum
in punishment for the offense alleged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

The first step in the annual boost of
the price of turkeys Immediately pre-
ccding Thanksgiving Day has been
taken at Chicago. An assemblage of
poultry dealers reports that there, is
only three-f eurths of a crop,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

Elihu Root has joined those who
ir1 at that Senator Harding favors the
LEAGUE of Nations covenant 'proper-
" revised" altho the senator has de-
cared repeatedly that he is opposed to
that covenant in any form whatever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

copyright, 1920. by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

We do not string along with the New
York sports writer who says Carpen-
tier should whip a couple more of the
secondraters before being accorded a
match with Dempsey. Our theory is
that anybody who wants to fight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

We are able to throw no light on
Stockton further than to say he fired
us with one great ambition. We have
always wanted to build and own a
house exactly like Squirrel Inn" A
room to which access could be gained
only by ladder would be the apple of
our eye.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21

We claim the foregoing to be tn,
greatest personal orgy ever outlined
or attempted by an Individual. 1t put
Senator Capper's play to his wheat
growing constituents, to blush. w
hope the Associated Press will trea
US right. 1t scattered Senator Cap
per's jeremiad to the Furthermore part
of the country. 1t ought to do a
much for US.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-08
KENIL WORTH RESULTS.

First Race Mary EeiEcI iOT iChiavet,sN
80. ; ~. 3Gn: Billy Lane. 10 r,,Ias>pyI,
$50. $50; Josie 'iorman. ~ tMarbourneI
ll3u. Time. .06 -. Marjorie Mignon.
J' hnS UmmI. IIurn. Miss Holland Fox
Heaven. Mable Josephine, Bees Nest and
Iutt also ran.
Second Race-GaIipor. 90 Narbourner.
81 d2n. li-In. So: Lo,h Irvrn lu7 TIly.
wardr ~ 80. Romper - rDuGranI.
80. Tim" Us - Ruth Maxim. Undlue.
AUNT Deda. Dora ". RoScutc Dancing Maid
Crowmey and John ArbOr also ran.
Third Lonely. lO5 DDrycrl. II co.
30. so: Sandy VI. lO3 tAronI. 80. 3 50
susan ". 1lO tSteaTnsI. Geo Time I:l3I-5
Bars and stars. Sturdee Chrome Mumma
Erooklaad, DiSco7d Earnest Laughornc aud
Sahr' ta>h also ran.
Fourth Race-EscarpoIotte. lo7 rRirh.
cr""hl. llIo, $40. 800; Vetc-an. IlC
'Dodd'. 40. 300; Royal Jester. lo-
VTruneI, $50. Time 1:4J -. Hindoos tai
81. Jermain and Ed Stone also ran.
Fifth Race-Tho Boy. 100 ,Wallsl, $40
500. 80; Mayor House. lOI tAronI, 0 90
30. LHdy Ir Black 20 DMeyersl 10
TIN" lib. Strocco. Eulah and KukIux
also ran.
Sixth Race-w. II Buckner, Iln rwaIIsD.
30. $40. 20; Solid Rock los CAronl,
3l0. 23D: Paul Connolly. los ORichcrpekI
40. Time las -. Chick Barkley. Donna
Grafton and Mike Dixon also ran.
Seventh Raoe-HighIand Lad. 1lG Thur.
he.l. ll.H. go, 2.9O; Don Doge. 10 my.
er,', 40, go; Biddle Dee % NIarbourucl
300 Time 10 - Duke Run. BIazopry
and Peasant also ran.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-08
JAMAICA RESULTS

First RaCe-Oceal swell 10 tTuruC-l
O." l. = 10 >, s to =; Hold Up. 10 tBux.
ton. oven. = 10 .: Ravanuu. 10 tPoncpI
to =. Time l:nI - Pansy. RosrrIire
Coca Cola, Sea Mimic. jamaica Belle and
Ea"cnINan also ran
Second Race D"r"as. IlN tEnsorl. 20 Il
4 'et. out: Pheioden. l0I lWrinc-l. to :.
out: Lola. 100 tHupkinsi out Time I:45
Alma also ran.
Third Race-Sunny 100 Turner. 6 Ia
J. 10 ]. 3 t" .: Pastoral Swain. l1O
R2bInl t" l. 5 10 :: Ballet Dancer md
l"t Mooney, out. Time III Seasinuer
Albert and Beaumeruis also ran.
Fourth Race-Ou watch. Is rKummsrl
tn 5. ont. out: brewer Iug Ensorl. to 10
out; Sci Mint. los lTurnerD. out Time
- ,'-'. Only thEre starters.
Fifth Raoe-Lorust Laws. III tEn>orl
, {" /. 10 =, To ;; Genie ". iI3 tFair.
hr"thcrl, To 10. ! to /. Llrghcttu. log
IIrneri. to !. Time I:I34-J Round
Robin. Maize. Marie Autoinrtte and East
Indian also ran.
Sixth Race-Sporting Blood IL ,Ensorn
i. 10 :. 1 10 {. ont: 81 Douard los ,Seind
mani. u to /. 10 Jesuva. lOi ,Wcinpr)
]" {" 5 Time 1:l3 -. Honey Girl Ma
'"lrncen and Nibratc also ran.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-08
TAR HEELS GET
READY FOR C.. u.

Raleigh. n. c., Oct. 6.-The North
Carolina State football team held
its first scrimmage since its victory
over the Navy this afternoon. The
scrimmaEc. which will probably he
the last stiff workout before the
George town game at American
League park in Washington Satur-
DAY. lasted for an hour. The Var
sity was on the defensive during
practically the entire time, the game
with the Midshipmen having re-
Vealed the fact that the Red and
White machine possessed a power
full attack. but needs a stronger de-
fcnse. The Iilltoppers are regarded
as the strongest opponents the Tar
heels will face during the entire
season. Saturdays game gave the
coaches an index to the real worth
of the aggreg cation and they are
busily engaged in smoothing out
rough spots and bolstering up weak
links. Faucette. the speedy quar-
tcrbacE whose generalship is be-
lieved to have been the determining
factor in his teams success over the
Navy, was the only member of the
squad who did not report today.
Faucets injuries are of minor ma
ture and he will be in Saturdays
game. Gurley acted at quarter to-
day.