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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
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Ouestions-Answers

Q. What per cent of the oil lands in
Mexico is controlled by British interests?-
J. b. G.
A. The Geological Survey says that Eng
1ish capital controls about thirty per cent
OF the oil interests in Mexico.
cattle in Argentina compare with that in
the United States &C. Fl. X.
A. The Department of Agriculture says
that the latest figures available show
that in 1914 there were 25.S81 600 head of
cattle in Argentina, while in the same year
there were in the United States 20.I3I,OOo
milk cows and 1885, 900 other cattle.
O. Is there any record to show when
clocks first came into use I'M. f. A.
A. 1t is uncertain when the first clock
was constructed. Its invention is claimed
by many nations. There is n tradition
that the first clock was invented by the
Chinese in the year 1000 b. c., and another
that it was invented in Germany in the
18th Century. The first clock of which
we have any description is the one which
was set in the tower of the palace of
Charles v of France in 1870 by Il German
named Henry De Wick
Q. What was the cost Of the steamship
Titanic, which was sunk on its maiden
voyage from England to the United Statesg
q. f.. c.
A. The Titanic. fully equipped, cost ap-
proximately 81 500. 900.
Q. To what fine is a person liable for
failure to make out an income tax return
IT. 7. II.
A. Persons who thus try to escape pay
ing income tax are liable to a fine Of 81 ,0C0.
q. Are government employees eligible to
take out war risk insurance e. s. A
A. Government employees are not permit
ted to take out such insurance. Only per-
sons IN the military and naval forces of
the United States may apply for this In
surance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

noodle soop as soon as we went in
to suppir, pop saying. All, noodle
soop-folks were in luck, Mrs. Potts
is FAMOUS for her noodle soop.
Now Willyum Mr.. and Mrs. Hews
viii Expect too mulch, sed ma, and
Mrs. Hews sed. Not a tall, not a tall.
Being big and fat lady with glasses
on her nose, but not GROUND her ears.
and Mr.. Hews sed, Not a tall. Being
little man with n big bald spot
And ma gave everybody soop, and
everybody taisted it at the same time.
having the fearsest taist 1 ever taisted
proberly. on account OF the Japaneez
cooking powder.
Mersey sed my sister Giaddis. and
pop looked serprized as enything, and
Mr.. Hews cawffed as If he was trying
to sound polite. and Mrs. Hews put
her spoon down with Ia fainting ixpres-
sion. and .Tpa sed. o deer, I'm afraid
sunfthing dredfilI must OF happened
to the soop, and I thawt, Gosh, G
WIZ, holey snoaks I must of put too
mulch in. And Jest then Nora came
in with q awful Expression as If she
had jest taisted II herself and ma told
her to take the soop out. Wich she
did, and the rest of the suppir taisted
natural on account of not having eny
Japaneez cooking powder in it, and
rite after suppir went out and
wawked about blocks and throo the
rest of the Japaneez cooking pow
der over sumbodys gate.
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mo- said her father, concealed be-
hind the local paper.
It's sold!" said Christine.
Sold cried her father, laying
down the sheet and cycling his guilty
daughter over the top CT his SIC ctacles,
'sold?'
"Yes.'' nodded Christine. twill
trip?''
Her father wrinkle his brow st
suppose he said slowly, II could lock
around for another boat
Christine's heart sank.
But~-tsNo, not" her father was
laundering, pounding hts fist on the
table. IF can't have the Mary Lee
bont in these parts .or such a trip.
But" he lowered his voicc-"four
poor mother. I'm sorry for her.. 1t
will break her heart"
A week later Barry persuaded
Christine that, knowing each other
as they had for year and years. they
were foolish to waste any more time
in becoming engaged. And, oddly
enough, Christine agreed with him
absolutely. And as prospective
member of the family. she econfided
to him secret she had had locked
in her heart.
Barry DEAR" she whispered. "I
don't think that I would ever have
dared block fathers plans if I hadn't
had feeling that he was just aching
for an excuse to get out of 1t all.
Things that you plan when you're
young and energetic may lose their
charm when you get old. Anyway,
he would never have given IN himself.
He's full of stubborn pride, If he is a
PERFECTLY dear parent. But between
US we gave him the proper shred
of an excused And when they went
to share their happiness they found
the old people sitting contentedly on
opposite sides of the red-clothed
table-the captain plotting his an
nual garden with the help of several
of last years seed catalogs, his wife
placidly piecing her quilt.
After the news had been told Cap
tain Eric looked across the table.
Mother" he said, ait looks as if
the last of our children was being
taken off our hands. Now when we
| want to go to the Solomons, there'll
be nothing to keep us home. For
| we're going some day, mother and IT,
! he assured the young couple. Mother
Just eats adventure; don't you,
| mother?"
| And mother nodded gayly..
| Copyright, 1890, by the Mcclure News.
| paper Syndicate1
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ROBERT STOPS MEETING GERRY
AFTER WORK.

Chapter s.
Robert had been right when he said
we should each become engrossed in
our work as soon as we returned from
our wedding trip. 1t was the busy
season in the shop; and Robert was
also very much rushed at the office.
Madame had raised me five dollars
week, now 1 was earning more
than Robert. But 1t would not be so
long, I told him when l reported my
raise: you will soon leave me be-
hind"
II don't know about that, Gerry. I
have my doubts. Those smart shops
pay pretty well I have always heard;
and Mary says you are 'cracker-jack
saleswoman'.''
''she viii soon qualify herself
Madame Leets and I were talking of
her only yesterday. Altho she has
so little education, her tact in dealing
with customers is really surprising.
We were all busy today. when
woman came in, a good customer, but
hard to suit. Madame sent Mary to
wait on her. She sold her two ex-
pensive hats. The woman seemed
too youthful for her and 1 listened for
fear Mary would tell her SO, and SO
lose a good customer. But Mary only
tilted her head one one side, and said:
That's a pretty hat. but It amt
like it was made for you. Tain't every
one has e style that hats has to be
fitted to, but you have mann" The
woman never looked at the unbecon-
ing hat again, she just beamed at
Mary, and bought the two she sug-
gested.
did you speak to Mary about it ?"
Robert asked. "She is clever all right.
No one but born salesman or sales
woman can do things like that without
offending a customer" s7-
Eyes, / complimented her; and told
her I had been afraid she would tell
the customer the hat she wanted was
too young for her. And what do you
think she said %
Something clever I am sure, What
was it?''
"1 wasn't born yesterday, Gerry.
But there's one thing I won't do for
anybody! 1 won't let any customer
I wait on buy hat what don't look
good on them unless they carry it out
over my dead bodyr Did you ever
hear of such a girl?"
She'll get on
We were SO busy at the shop that
Robert, whose hours were really fixed
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Dinner Stories

Collection money was to little
Tommy one of the essentials OF
church going. Every Sunday morning
ne saw that his penny was ready. One
day just as the usfaers began to take
the collection. Tommy noticed that a
guest in the family pew was not duly
provided. Sliding along the seat. he
whispered: where's your penny %
IT didn't bring one" replied the lady.
Time was short and the matter was
urgent but Tommy was a quick
witted kiddy. Thrusting his penny
into the lady's hand. he whispered:
Here, take ninet III pay for you
and I'll get under the seat."
In the course Of one of his lecture
trips Mary Twain arrived at a small
town. Before dinner he went to q
barber shop to be shaved.
<"You are a Stranger" asked the
This is the first time / have been
here.
you choose a good time TO come"
the barber continued. mark Twain
lis going to read and lecture tonight.
You'll 60. suppose
"Oh. I guess So"
Have you bought your ticket?"
mot yet"
But everything is sold out You'll
have to stand.
How very annoying." Mark Twain
said with a sigh Il never saw such
luck. / always have to stand when
that fellow lectures
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had sents yestidday, and I was
wawking along worrying wat to do
with it wen I saw a man standing on
the corner with a satche1 full of little
bottles. saying. Heer you are. good
people. the wonderful Japaneez cook
ing powder, or grains will give an
intire dinner the most delicious flavor
you ever taisted In your life, don't
miss this CRATE opportoonity. one bot
tie will last a life time or longer, and
ony sents bottle.
G, sents. I thawt-
And I bawt a bottle and took the
cork out and tried to smell it and
couldent on account of it not hay
ing eny smell. and took it home and
went back in the kitchen and nobody
wasent back there and there was q big
thing full of noodle soop berlfng on
the stove. me thinking, G. gosh, Ill
put some in the soop and nobody
wont know wat made it taist SO good.
WITCH I did. umpdumping about
half of the bottle in the soop, and
then went up stairs and ma was
fixing her hair, saying, Benny, wunt
you to look nice and meet for suppir,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hews will be heer.
Yes mann, I sed. And I washed my
hands and face SO hard they didn't
/ hardly leeve a mark on the towel.
and pop came home with Mr.. and
! Mrs. Hews and Nora brawt In the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
The Woman Who Lovcd-and
Earned 4 Modem sto.y Of Home and Business
BIZ IANE PHELPS
BIZ JANE PHELPS
A Modern Story of Home an

not elastic as mine were-was often
at home before me. At first he used
to walk toward the shop to meet me-
But often he had to wait for some
time before I finished, then some of
the girls we're also apt to leave at the
same time, and We would be talking
shop. 1t was getting cold. and 1t was
not pleasant for him to wait In the
street, then to walk along with two
or three girls who were chatterfng OF
thinks which did not interest him. So
told him not to try to meet me thru
the cold weather.
Then too it often made me feel
nervous to keep him waiting, and 1
would hurry off before I had quite
finished what I wanted to do. was
not required to remain SO late as 1
often did, but I was ambitious. I
knew I was a valuable saleswoman.
and 1 often dreamed of a much larger
salary and Of saving enough SO that
added to what we might save from
Roberts salary-which as time went
on surely would also be raised-we
could have q home of our own. When
explained this to Robert he replied;
Wen be SO old by that time, Gerry.
we'll be ready for that home for aged
couples was reading about the other
day. You want too nice home. dear.
would be contented with three or
four rooms
"A loaf of bread and thou doesn't
appeal to me, dear"
IT know-sometimes I wish it did.
Does it ever strike you, Gerry, that
we get mighty little for our money?
Mighty little out OF our lives together
Il think we get as much as most
folks, DEAR
I'VE pay twelve dollacs a week for
our room. twelve MORE for breakfast
and dinner eaten with a roomful of
people who prevent orr talking OF
anything at all personal. We both
get our lunches out, which averages
anyway six dollars more. That's thirty
dollars wesk-all earn. am sure,
dear. we could live in an apartment
much more cheaply. We'd pay only
twenty-five dollars for four rooms
with heat and hot water. Don't you
think we might try It for a nit, dear
If you didn't like it you could always
go back" l knew that it was being
so much alone hai made him talk
like that, SO I only laughed at him and
said:
When You get seventy-five dollars
I a week we VIII talk about it,
(Tomorrow-Robert apartment
dwelling friends pity hir1.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

Isis.
If you were fish, chances are you'd
swim quite as well as anything In the
The above is, really the motif of the
gorgeous, nine-reel spectacle made by Cecil
DeMilie from Barrie's THE Admirable
Hailed as one of the most important pro-
ductions of the year this super-feature Is
now running Mt the Isis this week. The
change Of title to Male and Female" viii
Be- s ,ss enough ss to the t1re fans to
Ear ir's as Ra6yionian atnff is con and
where DeMilie outgriffiths Crit.
Jesse Lnsky must have told DeMille
to go ahead and shoot the bankrcll on this
shows that there was no stinting of money.
The cast Is a pippin. and Thomas Meighan
as he did did in ..The Miracle Man" Male
Miracle Man" and certainly the foreign
the latter, for Barrie's name will bring a
price In the United Kingdom alone that
will top the figures asked for the May
Jennie Macpherson arranged the screen
version OF The Admirable t'richton.' and
she delivered cantfnuity that holds the
interest.
Gloria Swanson and lila Lee divided the
naTs be rns q nf Mars we n
Lee is the little siavey sTweeny." The
former appears to advantage In both the
London and the desert island scenes. look
ing beautiful Mt all times. and especially
so as she slips into the sunken bath. while
little Lila Lee displays an artistry that
is far greater than she showed In any OF
her previous productions.
In addition TO AeiHhan, there are Theo.
dore Roberts, Raymond Hntton. and
Robert Cain in the east. Roberts gives his
usual and finished excellent performance
and Haitian gets number Of laughs In
his characterization of Hon. Ernest Wolly
I dashed over here yesterday afternoon
| to see the pershing pictures and they are
very good. As for the feature. Well, they
what is supposed to be the pictures piece
de resistance, play within picture. In
other words, some scenes from the Spoken
drama. featuring Miss Davies as the star
| behind of the footlights ttbat sounds
| funny, doesn't IT. are portrayed with wha
| the press agent declares is startling
realism" 1t didn't staftle me. especially
hut It may be you, and If so, will have full
| filled its mission.
Quite variety Is offered the patrons ~
| the Novelty this first half OF course u,
are all thrilled TO the extreme with til,
Trail OF Sewer No. 10 with his Optimus
| thither on some skates, cutting few .stdo
| but the bulk of the offering being tn,
usual skating turn. Rich and Lenor
| dished out lot of songs and dances. tn,
music box nicely. Billie {swede) Hal
and pair have a. good implement o
| amusement Kendall, Pearl and Slate
played horse all over the lot. Iswonder i
| he remembers the girl act in Lexington
Ky. An acceptable act The Belgium TrI.
did lot OF you throw 'em and III catel
EN- acrobatics that held them all In
And l guess that will be about all.
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THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

The shifting and uncertain policy
toward Russia pursued by the allied
nations since the overthrow of the
car has taken another turn resulting
in the lifting of the embargo on COM
mercial interchanges with that coun-
try. Lack of fixed and decisive plan
of dealing with the Russian problem
in the past holds promise of serious
consequences. A country embracing
nearly half of two continents and a
population OF 1870, 100000 in the hands
of an irresponsible band of cutthroats
is something to be reckoned with.
The problem of Russia does not
stand STILL and he who would formu-
late policy to solve it, says The Re
view, must needs mount it on wheels
to keep up with the rapidly changing
situations. A year ago prompt assist
ance to the sound and loyal forces that
were struggling to restore the Russian
national state would have cut the can
Ger of Bolshevism out of Moscow and
saved the Russian people years Of suf-
fering and degre dalton. 1t was not
necessary to send troops or to inter-
LeTG All ISuSSAd OOIIlcStAC hS
There was needed only a unified plan
and concerted action in supplying ma
terial needs. Instead, we had the
Prinkipo proposal, the Bullitt~ mis-
sion, the abandonment of Odessa, the
hampering Intervention in Siberia, and
other demarches whose stupidities
would be laughable did they not bring
tr-oo adv in train
Now a new situation has arisen, a
situation that must be faced squarely
not letting past mistakes blind the
world to present exigencies. The ma
tional movements against the Boil
sheviks have crumbled or are crum-
bling. Kolchak's army has practically
ceased to exist. Denikine. with his
volunteers, of whom ne was able to
a&xp bnt a sixth, swept up to within a
hundred and twenty miles of Moscow,
and now he is pushed back to the sea
and faces destruction. A brief space
may see the whole of Russia once
more dominated by the Bolshevik
autocracy, this time disposing OF an
army of half million men, dis
ciplined and we'll equipped.
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Senator La Toilette says a heavy
Increase in freight rates Will foiiow
the return of the railroads to their
owners. OF course it will. Hash
there been a heavy increase in the
cost Of everything else? Why should
freight rates be exempt from the gen
eral advance? Besides, if the rail-
roads remain in the hands of the gov
eminent, there will not only be an adj
vance in rates but an advance in taxes
as we'll The taxpayer is unwilling to
be assessed in order that the shipper
may obtain a low freight rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

Indiana, the twenty state, has
fallen into line on woman suffrage.
Thirty-six states must ratify the
amendment before universal suffrage
is granted women. A called special
session is to be held in Ohio. Arizona.
Nevada, Oklahoma and Wyoming
probably will call extra sessions. The
amendment is expected also to be
taken up at the regular sessions in
Mississippi, Virginia, Louisiana, Geor-
gis. South Carolina, Marylandd and
New Jersey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
THE FAMILY MOTHER.

THE FAMILY MOTAEHs
There's always one in the family that
shoulders the weight o. care.
There's always one with the needed strength
for whatever there is to bear;
She mothers us all in her gentle way,
smooths many a-pillow sad,
And carries the load thru the troubled
times till the day when our skies
grow glhd:
She's mother aud nurse and counsel. too
an angel of filth and cheer.
And IL helps us all in our hours of grief
to know that she's standin' near.
Her voice Is sweet and her smile is bright
and seldom we hear her sigh.
And seldom we think she has suffered too,
in the days that have passed her by
For never she talks of the care she knows,
but always she thinks of ours.
And things go smoothly when she is near,
for she seems to have magic powers
The dying cling to her hand at night and
smile as they see her face.
And the living warm to her words Of faith
and her comforting touch of grace.
There's always one in the family that
stands to the shock and pain.
And shoulders the burdens of grief and
care till peace shall be ours again;
Unselfish. thoughtful and always kind, on
a ceaseless round she goes. -
Carrying cheer to the sick and wan, and
tightening all our woes:
II ever God sends an angel down to helI
us and guide us on,
/ am sure it's the one In the family thai
always We lean upon.
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
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GENERAL WOOD MIsQUoTED.
Declares He Did Not Call U. s. Navy
FLOATING Death Trap"

Boston, Jan. 20.-Maj Gen. Leonard
Wood denies he had referred to the
American navy as "a floating death
trap" in his address at the American
Legion meeting here yesterday. He
said that he could not recall the ex-
act words he had used, but dictated
the following as the substance OF what
he had said:
I'VE want a first class navy always
ready. A navy cannot be made in a
hurry. First class ships filled with
unframed men do not mean a navy.
but are sometimes deathtrap to
those who are in them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

If the world shall be called upon to
fight Bolshevik Russia it may find it
has as hard a task as it had in fight
ing Prussianism. Lenine and Trotzky
have their agents in every part of the
world just as the kaiser had his and
they appear to have an unlimited sup
ply of money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

In taking up the housing problem,
the Chamber of Commerce has got
onto the right track. The need of
more houses is here and the money
with which to build them is here.
Concerted action and direction seem
to be all that is necessary. A Topeka
visitor from Oklahoma City last week
declared while here that approximate
ly thousand dwelling houses are un-
der process of construction in the cap
ital city of our southern neighbor.
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BEsIEGED BY sINN FEM.
Over goo Raiders with Bombs At

LICK EoHc*s 1sAfEaShs sH AfcA<.Asu-
Dublin, Jan. 20.-Police succeed
ing in rescuing several of their COM
rades besieged in the barracks at
Drombane. only after desperate
five-hour battle with more than 200
raiders, according to advices here.
Two policeman were captured by
the raiders and trussed together in q
barn. Later they were rescued by
reserves
The raiders were armed with bombs
and blockaded all roads near the
police barracks An attempt to dyna-
mite the building failed.
Police suffered no casualties.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

The funeral Of John Mcclure. who died
sunday. was held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock from ShelIabarger's chapel. Burial
in Rochester cemetery. fs;sft.t
JAMES EASTERDAY. 90, died Monday
ut the home of HIS daughter Mrs. D. ].
Turner, 1921 North Monroe. Funeral an
nouneement later.
The funeral of Mrs. Edith Lee. who died
Monday at her home. e21 Wood street. Will
be held Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
from the Third Baptist church.
MRS. o. II. ANDERSON, 81, died Monday
mt her home. 524 Jefferson. Funeral an
nouncement later.
T.ord's FlOvera Saftsfy1 Tai az7-
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William Jennings Bryan would
have the government print national
bulletin or daily newspaper in which
the public business should be present.
ed without partisanship. Remember
ing a sheet alleged to be of that char
acter conducted by George Creel dur
ing the war the public win hardly en-
dorse Mr.. Bryan's proposal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

The silver in a silver dollar Is now
worth $1.07 in gold. In other words.
q silver dollar is worth almost 10 per
cent more than a gold one. And this
without the aid or consent of William
Jennings Bryan or any other nation
on earth. silver is doing exactly
what the gold standard advocates told
Bryan il would do back in 1886. 1t