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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-26
Questions-AnsDers

THE man is a mugwump .'-B NJ
A. In political parlance a "mugwusp"
filiations- Horace Porter, in the Cleveland
Blaine campaign of 1884, perpetrated a
bon-mot that became famous when he
beyond his intellect"
:. Q. How. long can an airpiane stay in
A new worlds record for continuous
airpiane flight was made near Paris recent
" by plane of the Goliath type, used
for passenger and freight service. which
remained In the air for p hours, 10 min
utes and Z seconds.
Q. What are capersI-L. II.
A Capers are unexpanded. flower buds
of tropical plant preserved in vinegar.
They are imported, but are fairly common
to give relish to boiled mutton or to gar
nish salads.
q. what do the letters IT. D." on a clay
A They stand for the initials Of Tim
othy Dexter, an eccentric capitalist. who
left large sum of money for the manu-
Maiden, Mass, in 17o3. and is noted for
writing n book entirely without punetua-
O. Is black the color of mourning in all
countries I'M. E. c.
"A. \Black is not universally used as n
sign of mourning. The South Sea island
sorrow and hope, while in Ethiopia. gray
ish brown. the color of the earth, Is worn.
IA IcEelhs Iue coioE Is HEHL
brown. and in Syria and Armenia, sky blue
indicative of heaven. In Turkey, 1t is violet
and in China white. as an emblem Of hope.
o. Can the log cabin" in which Lincoln
was born stiii be seen tx. ID. V.
A. The cabin has been enclosed in a
magnificent marble mausoleum at Hodgen-
Vile, Kentucky. =
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Regardless of the fight put up by
opponents of woman suffrage in Ten
nessee the women Of all the states will
vote in the November election. Thirty
six states have ratified the amend
ment. There is no getting away from
that fact. Application to enJoin the
issuance Of a ratification, proc1ama-
ton has been made but no proclama-
ton is necessary. The constitution
does not provide for it. The amend
ment has been properly ratified and
the thing cannot be undone. Nation
wide woman suffrage is in effect
whether Secretary Colby shall pro-
claim the fact or not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-26
Dorothy Dix Talks
TELLING Ones TroubIes-2.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Wozsa's Highest Paid WemsA WEassR.


Your Frankenstein doesn't seem
half such a monster when you are
looking at it with your friend as it did
when you gazed upon 1t alone, in the
dreary watches of the night" con-
tinued the woman, and as you dis
cuss it together she makes you realize
that perhaps you've grown morbid
with too long solitary contemplation
of it, or she shows you points about At
that are grotesquely interesting, or sne
suggests a better way to deal with 1t,
or she gives you some philosophy that
enables you to smile where you nave
wept, and, at least, you leave her feel
ing that life is not all cinders, ashes
and dust while you have sympathetic
and understanding
believe me, there is no no consola-
ton equal to that, and that is why l
am strong for telling your troubles to
your trustworthy friends.
81 agree " : you that 1t Is con-
ISOLATION to / ,ur troubles to your
friends" said second woman, but
il is a pleasu that you buy at too
high a price. You have to pay your
self-respect for it, and only too often
you throw in the names and reputa-
lions of your family to boot.
when we go to other people with
towards and cutters. We confess by
the very act that we have no longer
the courage or strength to carry on by
ourselves, or bear our own burdens,
and we gratuitously infHct on them
complaints, and tears and gloom in
which they should have no part or lot.
when you come to think of it, it s
a queer proof of friendship to go and
blot out another's sunshine with your
own shadow just because you happen
to like that person, and that person
has been kind to you. If you hal a
contagious disease you would isolate
yourself SO that you might save your
friends from the affliction of catching
it, but the minute you are in trouble
you rush over and inflict it on your
friend, and superimpose all of your
troubles, and griefs, and anxiety on to
knows ain of us are amply supplied
with personal sorrows.
Il don't dispute that it's a consola-
ton to the wilmer to howl. but I do
contend that a tearfest is the most de-
moraiizing debauch on which a woman
can possibly go. For the trouble is
that when woman begins to shed
tears she also sheds all reserve, and
tells the things that she never meant
to tell, and that she should be
murdered for telling
That's why recounting YOUR
troubles to your friends is a fascinat-
ing but dangerous experiment"
So said these two women. What do
you think?
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
DATES
By LEE PAPE


Dates are wat keeps calendars frum
being useless. If it wasent for the
dates there wouldent be enything left
on a calendar but pickture of a gerl
without eny information. All calIen-
dars for the same yeer are ixackIy
alike, SO if you reed one you know
watts in them all.
Dates have their good points and
their bad points. Thus dates make
history one of the hardest things to
study but on the other hand people
that make lot of Engagements would
get all mixed up il there wasent eny
dates.
Your most important dates is the
you die on. and yet somebody has to
you don't know weather to bieeve il or
you die on.
Many dates get more important as
they get older. Thus wen somebody
says 1892 the ferst thing you think Of
is Columbiss discovering America, but
in 1892 everybody was proberly think
ing Of sumthing intirely different
Some people never know wat date it
is. vile others are always asking you
jest out of curiosity. This proves it
takes all sorts of people TO make a
werld
It is always a good thing TO start a
letter with the, date for reasons.
ferst. because whoever gets the letter
would proberIy miss it If il wasent
there. and End because then You have
at~leest one line done
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JUST FOLKS

BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

What If the road be long. the goal
Is richer for the struggle you have made.
Great joys which truly compensate the soul
Obtain their sp!endor from the price you
There is no victory on earth SO fair
As that which conquers danger and
despair.
What If the task be hard. the pride
Is greater when at last the thing is done.
He who stands fast when he Is sorely
tried,
Knows happiness the day his battles
within G the struggle all the glory lies
Greater the odds, the greater is the prize.
The easy roads the multitude may fare.
The simple tasks a thousand hands can
do.
Yet glory waits for men to do and dare.
While dangers challenged only by the
few.
True Victories take faith and strength and
time.
High mountains always have been hard to
Against the odds and obstacles of life
With heart undaunted fight unto the
You shall rejoice In every hour OF strife
Aud thrill with pride when once the
dangers past.
Within the difficulties which yoV meet,
Lies all which makes an honest victory
Copyright. 1920 by Edgar A. Gaest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-26

It has been generally conceded that
the high cost of living has been due
in considerable measure to INSULT
cient production Low production can
be traced to a shortage of labor. This
latter condition now Z seems in a
fair way to be remedied. It is an
nouHeed by the department of Iaber
that 5000 immigrants are now COM
ing in daily. The outflow which
started in large volume after the ar
mistice and which gave much concern
to observers of the labor outlook is
now being more than balanced by the
increasing inflow of immigrants. Lack
of shipping and transportation facilf-
ties abroad and the difficulties in the
path of the departing immigrant fr5m
central Europe have, the department
says. prevented the surprising Of all
previous records in the flow this way.
Notwithstanding these obstacles, how
ever. 500. 900 immigrants arrived in
the United States during the twelve
months up to June 80. This COM
pares with only 141.1S1 during the
corresponding year before. The rec
ord figures were made in 1907, namely
1.2S5,S4S. All available accommoda-
ton is reported by the Foreign Steam
ship Companies as having been
booked by immigrants for a year
ahead.
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A few years ago, we exported over
the Atlantic 100000 to 5000, 600
tons of coal a year. Now we could
export 100000 a month. had we the
coal to spare. We have already for
the first seven months of the year ex-
ported approximately 100000 tons.
despite strikes, embargoes and our
serious shortage of coal for domestic
use. t seems that cars can be found
for handling export coal. The effect
of this heavy movement abroad upon
prices to American consumers must be
apparent. It seems that our policy is
to take care OF Europe regardless of
what happens at home.
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not stand the sudden change of eli
mate from their well-heated nursery
to the chilly atmosphere of the noun
tain waters. and those which were not
fish, were frozen to death. Now. un-
der the new system, the small fry
are removed to nursery ponds-9r re-
tanning ponds and allowed to stay
there for from eight to eighteen
months until they grow to size
known as 'sfingeriings." As Ginger
ungs'' they are large enough> and
strong enough to take care OF them
selves and rarely succumb TO the
risors of their new environment when
placed in the mountain streams
Lose Only 10 Per Cent.
Since this plan has been adopted
the fish commission estimates that 1t
loses only about 10 per cent of the
artificially reared fish to any other
cause than that of sport Even mere
the fish are protected as much as pos
sible. Fishermen are forbidden to
catch fish less than seven inches in
length. or more than fifteen pounds OF
fish in one day. or to have more
than twenty pounds of fish in their
possession at any one time.
With its trout hatcheries producing
such gratifying results. the fish COM
mission has recently become inter
ested in introducing the eastern perch
and black bass into the waters of
Colorado. In as much as the bass is
a distinctly homogeneous fish. which
does not run in hoTdes but pairs
separately under a rock, It is almost
impossible to propagate it artificiaily
in hatcheries The commission has
had TO be satisfied with planting it in
various lakes and allowing it to do its
own producing. The lakes chosen for
the bass are situated in the farming
districts of Colorado, the introduction
of this fish being designed for the
benefit of the farmers, who, situated
in the valleys far removed from the
mountain streams. have heretofore
had little or no fishing. The bass ap-
pear to be thriving on the Colorado
climate and increasing so rapidly that
the state may soon have an entire
new fishing area to be thrown open to
tourists.
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Dinner Stories

Men relate that Mrs. Newiywed
went to the grocery store to- do her
morning marketing. And she was de-
termined that the grocer should not
take advantage of her youth and mex
perience.
These eggs are dreadfully SMALL -
she criticised
II know it," he answered. But
that's the kind the farmer brings me.
They are just fresh from the country
this morning
Yes" said the bride. land that's
the trouble with those farmers. They
are so anxious to get their eggs sold
that they take them off the nest too
soon
One day Jones was complaining that
he was not feeling as fit as usual and
a friend suggested that he go in for
exercise.
There's horseback riding. for in
- YEARS AGO
stance" said the friend. 1T is one, of
the best forms of exercise on earth"
@1 know" was the doubtful re-
joinder, but ] am afraid 1 couldn't
afford it"
Cant afford it," wonderingiy ex-
claimed the other You already
have a horse. and just think of the
appetite it viii give you
Yes responded Jones with sigh.
''and just think of the appetite it will
give the horse"
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OBLIGATION as AN ASSET.

Schools turnout the United States
are about to reopen for another year
OF activity. Many boys and girls be-
tween the ages Of Ia and 10 are eager
to leave school to go to work. They
feel that they will be making "big
money during the four years which
they would otherwise spend in study
But it seems to be a fact that at the
end of four years their schoolmates
who have remained in school to finish
some technical course start work with
higher salaries, and by the time that
they are twenty-five years old have
earned sum of money equal to the
entire amount earned by those who
have been at work eight years. An in
vestigation of the salaries received by
workers in Massa chusetts shows that
from the age of twenty-five the boys
who left school at fourteen received
little or no promotion, while those who
remained in school until they were
eighteen continued to obtain advance
ment for many years.
Despite the present high pay of un-
trained labor, the rule in the long run
probably will hold that trained work
ers are surer of advancement than un-
trained workers. A prominent Amer
lean manufacturer, J. NJ. Dodge, after
an investigation. reached the following
conclusion with regard to the money
value of education: Technical train
ing and specialized study makes man
by the time he is thirty-tyo four times
as valuable as the iaborer, approx
n1ately three times as valuable as the
shop-trafned apprentice, and seventy
two per cent more valuable than the
trade school graduate. - Only thirty
five per cent of the unskiIled remain
in the factory even in unskilled work;
five per cent have to be dismissed; and
| twenty per cent leave OF their own ac-
cord for one cause or another.
The proper kind of education is
clearly a reliable investment that
brings steady returns. Education.
however. is not enough: it must be a
suitable kind of education that will
develop the natural. ability of men and
women. The more ambitious will
| need to have an eye to personal aptf-
! they set out to educate themselvs fur
Their. Training that fits men and wo-
men for positions suited to their par
ticular abilities is the only kind of
| training that meets the needs of mod
ern life. Many who have made ear
nest and effective efforts to train
/ themselves for better positions have
obtained advancement, often wholly
thru the results of proper training.
/ Occasionally fine positions are given
to those who have influence or pull, IS
persons who have shown no special
aptitude for their No work; but as a
rule the important pcStions go to the
! men and women who train to fiji them
ably. The person who gets a position
because he spent spare time in study
that would fit him to do his work
thoroiy and skiIlfulIy has the salts
faction of knowing that not thru
| chance. not thru pull" but thru mer-
It he has made good.
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are taking in salary. inspiration and
training? And you who are employ
ers. are you sure that you are giving
in money. fairness help and kindness
as much as you are taking from those
who are helping to make success for
you?
Right now take invoice. Do the re-
suits look like $3.50? If not, start
putting this plan int. oaction today
Be glad to give as much as you take.
Every dispute in the world is
traceable to someone's disregard of
the $3.50 principle. Broken-up
homes. unsuccessful business, aban-
doned friendships. warning world
they could all be Strengthened out.
overcome or avoided il we practiced
piayir% fair But never will it come
ABOUT until You. in your place, begin
to apply the $3.50 principle
be glad TO give as much as you take.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-26
PRICE MOVEMENTS.

The feeling that the summit OF high
prices has been reached continues to
exercise a restraining influence on
buying Even in the retail trade, there
is evidence that purchases are being
deferred for lower prices and that an
increasing number Of buyers are refus-
ing to purchase anything they can do
without On the other hand, sellers
are not inclined to cut prices where
this step can be avoided.
It is difficult to see anything in pre-
vailing conditions which justifles the
assumption that a drastic and perna-
-nent fall in general prices is at hand.
The primary causes for the consistent
increase i1ssprices witnessed during the
past six years were under-p production
and that enormous expansion of credit
which resulted from war finance. The
proportion of purchasing power to
goods available for purchase was
greatly increased, with the, conse-
quence that the value of each unit of
purchasing power decreased when ex-
pressed in terms of goods. AS mon
ey'' was plentiful and goods were
scarce, it was inevitable that in com
peting for the commodities they need
ed. individuals and the government
should bid one against the other and
thus force prices higher and higher.
The remedy for high prices is a re-
versaI of the processes which produced
them. An ever-increasing ratio of
money to goods produces ever-increas-
ing prices, and similarly, a decreasing
ratio of money to goods will result in
decreasing prices. This operation in
wolves increased production and con-
traction of credit. or. alternatively, an
increase in the volume of production
sufficient to offset any expansion of
credit.
1t is also conceivable that prices
might fall in response to worldwide
reduction in demand resulting from
economy-compulsor or otherwise
or they might even fall coincidentally
with a reduction in production, If 81
simultaneously credit were contracted to
an even greater degree than produc-
tion was reduced. These two latter
contingencies are. however. improb-
able, and it is reasonably certain that
the fall. when it comes. will result
from increased production. from con-
traction of credit. or from both fac
tors working together. That being
so, it would seem that whatever may
happen in the case of isolated COM
modfties. anything in the nature of
sudden, drastic and permanent de-
crease in the level of general prices is
highly improbable.
To INCREASE production or to con-
tract credit must, from the very ma
ture of things, be a gradual process.
and it follows that, over a period, the
fall in general prices must also be
gradual. But that the decline has start
ed seems certain aud any reaction
will be but temporary.
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The declaration which has ema-
mated from various sources that the
increaseNSn freight rates will not raise
the cost of living has been received
with feeling Of doubt by many. But
II prompter movement of goods shall
result in lowering prices sufficiently
to offset the advance in transportation
rates, as is claimed. there should be
no cause for complaint.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-26

Kansas crops now are safe from
drouth and insects so it is about time
for q frost scare. An early frost is
predicted. A visitation of this sort of
course would seriously damage a large
acreage of corn. The Kansas farmer
never is permitted to be happy for
any considerable period of time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-26

Attorney General Palmer is about to
begin probe of the coal business in a
search for profiteering. Now look
out for an advance in the price Of coal.
Whatever commodity has been
touched by Mr.. Palmer's department
has become dearer to the consumer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-26

Crops are the biggest on record
and prices are higher than ever be-
fore. This is a reversal of the eco
ncsnic law. The reason for it is that
the system of marketing is all wrong"
says the Buffalo News. Yet it is the
same system of marketing that We
have always had. The News is en-
ti.aed to another guess.
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
HALF AND HALF.

No man in all the world ever right
fully gets more than he gives And If
he does, he is just a plain thief. The
equal division is = always the just
division-hah to you and half to the
other fellow Be $3.50 fair
Be glad 10 give as much as you take.
You who are an employe. are you
sure you are giving in service and
loyalty and interest as much as you
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one wl-o expresses your view OF pub
lie affairs. A politician is one who
is opposed to 1t.
What they say behind your back
is the public's estimate of you.
Women are now permitted to smoke
at home. in clubs, hotels. restaurants
and in 5ails. What more could any
reasonable woman ask
We commend Warden Lee, of the
Cook county jail. He has ruled that
ladies committed to his keeping may
smoke If they so desire. We found
during our fourteen months of con-
structive imprisonment that smoking
tended greatly to relieve the tedium
and monoto ~ of Jail life.
Buck Kilby welcomes suffrage be-
cause he thinks it will diminish great
ly the publicity hitherto accorded Miss
Alice Paul We have not the pleasure
or honor of Miss PauFs acquaintance.
but we believe Mr.. Kilby is too SAN
guine.
We try to keep track. of the unim-
portant. The distinction, such as it
is, OF being the father of thirty>two
children belongs to Missouri colored
Z
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indianapolis - Samuel Beechgm-s high
finance scheme was to appropriate the
coal he was to have hauled 10 the Jewish
temple here aud sell II. he admitted today.
The county is supplying his coal now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-26

What they say behind your back
is the public's estimate of you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-26

Generally speaking. statesman is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-26

one wl-o expresses your view of pub
lie affairs. A politician is one who
is opposed to it.