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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16
Observation-Disclosures

Q. Please send me a table of deprecia-
ton as used by the Federal government
A. The Bureau of Internal ReveShe in
forms us that the government has never
prepared n table of deprecia ton. The bur
den of proof of depreciation is left to the
Q. What animal bears theNfur known
as nutria I'll. N.
A. Nutria is the fur of the coypu, pro-
nounced kor poo, South American aqua
O. what did it cost to build the TAI
MahaI and how long did 1t take I'D. q. c.
A. The Tai Mahal was built from 1929
to 1850 by Shah Jeban as the burial place
for his favorite w lie M Mumtazi-Maiial at
Q. Is cod liver oil 8. food or medicine?
A Cod liver oil may be considered as
either food or medicine or both. 1t is one
the most valuable therapeutic agents a;
the disposal of the medical profession. It
is a better food more readily absorbed
than any other oil. due mainly to the facr
that it oxidizes more easily than otnSs
O. What was the .Iongest drop kick ever
made fin football? The longest placement
kick ?-R. 7. o.
A. The longest drop kick ever made IN
football game of which we find record was
G3 yards. 1t was made on October 16,
1915, by n. Payne of Dakota Wesleyan
against the Northwestern Normal. The
record placement kick was 55 yards by
J. T. Hoxall of Princeton against Yale.
November 30, 1882
=
cyclones and tornadoesz-y. b. NJ
A. Cyclones occur at all hours of the
day and night whereas tornadoes show
as any in meteorology. Cyclones result
from disturbance of the equilibrium OF
but tornadoes have their origin in a vertf-
cal disturbance of atmospheric equilibrium.
O. How many feet Of f.ll Is there a., In
cinnati and from Cincinnati to Cairo7-c.
there is fan Of go feet In the Ohio
River between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
and fall of ITS feet Between Cincinnati
and Cairo; ILL., where it empties into the
Q. What is the name of bug used for
A. The Bureau Of Chemistry says that
the dried insect used for coloring is the
%. IS the Nile river or the Amazon
river longer re NJ. s.
A The River Nile is longer than the
1870 miles, the latter a length Of 1900
q. In what year were silver three7cent
A. Silver three-cent pieces ttrimes) were
coined from 1851 to 1873. inclusive.
O. Was Brutus a Roman Senator?-E.
A The Marcus Brutus who was concern
ed In the conspiracy against Julius Caesar
and then City Praetor. which position he he
tion.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16

Miss Lucy Page Castor, who is
waging a war against the cigaret,
quotes the London Lancet for the
purpose Of bolstering up her cause.
To be absolutely fair she should have
extended her quotation from this
recognized medical authority, so as
TO include the other side of the case.
The Lancet stated that an eminent
physician, who had been in charge of
a hospital in London testified that
Nout. of 1900 cases brought to his at
. tention in which the patients ailments
We're attributed to the use of cigarets.
he had not been able to trace one of
them TO that cause. But, of course,
the fair lady is paid to fight the
cigaret and not to be fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16

millinery trades IL their bent lies that
way. But Miss Mary Anderson. chief
of the woman's bureau, says that these
Industries are overcrowded, and that
the government should see to it that
girls and women are given the same
opportunities for training in other vo-
cations as men and boys receive. espe-
ciaIly as skilled girl workers are in
demand IN some of the manufacturing
states.
The woman's bureau haS no author
ity TO fix policies for schools of the
country to provide an equal chance for
all pupils to learn a vocation. It can
only set forth the facts. In its report
it brings out the point that the act
under which the federal board for vo-
eationaI educatt6n functions, provides
that the board may financially assist
state schools This provision Is now
being almost entirely used to help
train boys for occupations. whereas
Miss Anderson claims. girls are equally
entitled to the benefits Of the act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16
Dinner Stories


Some time since business man ad-
vertised for an office boy, and IL
wasn't long before an ambitious
youngster of the red headed type was
applying for the place. Immediately
the. examination began.
Say. mister" finally remarked the
boy after several minutes of close
questioning. what Kind of a boy do
you want anyhow"
II want a nice quiet boy" answered
the man, who doesn't smoke. use bad
language, whistle around the office,
play tricks, get into mischief
You don't want boy. mister
broke in the youngster. starting for
the door. What you want is a girl"
. Gasoline continues to smell worse"
I'm glad of it, declared Mr.. ChuE-
gins. IF the odor were made agree
able they'd proceed Immediately to
charge perfumery prices"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16
Dorothy Dix Tails
winning a Husband-f.
81 DOROTHY DIX
Wsr46s HIEhess Pzzd womn. Wrsssw

A young woman tells me that she is
in love with a man who likes her. bat
is not in love with her. ami she wants
to know how she can heat this luke
warm affection up to the boiling point
1t looks as if it should be easy
enoughz<o turn liking into love, but as
a matter of fact it is more difficult to
induce an old acquaintance to look
upon us in a new light than it is to
fire the fancy of a strangert Still, of
course, il can be done. Hearts are won
by patient siege, as well as by assault
and battery.
No one will deny that the difficulty
that this young woman confronts is the
priHEiple answer to the query:
Why is there such falling off in
matrimony? 1t Is because so many
men have substituted liking for low
ing, and women nowadays have too
many men friends, and too few suitor5.
1t is the price that women are pay
ing for freedom. In the times Of our
grandmothers, when a maiden never
peeped her little head out from under
her chapeTon's wing, and when a man
had to file his declaration of intentions
along with his attentions it was a case
Of love or nothing.
There had to be quick heart action
in those days of romance. There was
no dflly dallying and keeping charts or
whether his affection was subnormal
or ran up to fever heat. A man who
desired to enjoy the pleasures of
female society had to pull the Romeo
stuff and qualify for the altar.
Far different is it in these eman-
clpated times when men meet women
on equal terms in business and In So
ciety; when the two sexes work amu
play side by side, and when a man
can have as much as he desires OF a
woman's company without letting him.
self in for becoming her meal ticket.
The more the bars are broken down
between the sexes, the fewer the we'd
ding bells. No man can be happy UNI
less he has the understanding, the
sympathy, the admiration of a woman.
He has got to have some woman to
whom he can tell the things that he
would never have the nerve to tell an
other man. He must have some wom-
an to whom he can go in his hour of
despair, when the world has almost
beaten him, who will cheer and COM
woman who will encore his stories OF
his triumph, and before whom he can
flaunt his egotism unasIamed.
And when the only way to get this
admiring audience was to marry her,
he bound her to him with a wedding
ring Now he turns the trick with pla-
tonic friendship. and tells the woman
she is a good old scout, instead of the
angel of his dreams. Also he speaks
of liking instead of loving.
All of which is hard on women <be-
cause the feminine heart is still doing
business at the same old4$stand. in the
same old way, and wonsan's talent is
for loving, not liking, anyway. Her
emotions are always either at the siz
cling or the freezing point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16


The discussion regarding why we
entered the war still is going on.
Some there are who hold to President
Wilson's theory that it was to make
the world safe for democracy. but the
larger number probably feel that we
fought Germany because she was
trampling upon our national rights,
and it was tasier to whip her while
we had help. 1t vas much the same
after the Civil war There have been
many who have held that we fought
the war to free the slaves. The fact
is that the war started because a
group Of states was in armed rebel
lion against the government, and its
armed forces fired on a fort occupied
by federal soldiers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16

The decline in the number OF ar
rests for drunkenness in Chicago, gen
orally attributed to prohibition, is held
BY Salvation Army worker in that
city. TO be due to the fact that the
majority of the DRINKS now land in
the hospitals and the cemeteries In
stead OF in jail He may be right
about 1t, The substitutes for whisky
that are being compounded and used
by many persons who seek to evade
the prohibition law. are mostly vile
and actually poisonous concoctions
that are calculated to cause most dis
astrous effects and results, including
insanity and death itself. Reports Of
cases of this kind are becoming alarm
ingly numerous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16

ties mother came into the room they
were decorously clearing up the litter
they had made
For goodness sake. what have you
two children been doing?" exclaimed
Mrs. Stanley
Billy grinned happily.
We've been picnicking." he an
nounced. "And-I think we've some
thing to tell you.'
Copyright. 1870. ny the Mcclure News
paper Syndicatel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16

Refiners account for the steady de-
cline in the price Of sugar on the
ground that there is slackening in
demand. Probably the fact is that
the people are eating as much sugar
the boards that have been held off the
market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16


Sir-May a mere woman ask the
column what difference it makes
whether the woman who sits beside you
is intriguing with her own hair or the
hirsute growth OF commerce? Why
ask ones wife? And may l ask a
favorg Don't give US any gush. funny
or otherwise, over The First Lady OF
the Land" couldn't stand it 1t
would be even worse than Governor
Coxs children. and you know how you
felt about them. s. d. p.
The lady may be treasured. There
will be no .'gush" about the First
Lady of the Land in the column. But
we suspect il will b. exceedingly diff
cult to bind the unguent-spreaders to
that contract.
Appleton & Co. have asked us kindly
to mention Mr.. l. n. Flints book ON
Paragraphs and Paragraphers,"
which is, at the moment. falling hot
from their presses. In return they
profess to have mailed us copy OF
the book
Luckily we do not need to wait for
it MIR. Flint ought to know about
all there is to learn about paragraph
ing. He has read the column for more
than fifteen years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16

What is said to be the first round
the world" cruise of an American
steamer on a regular schedule was
completed recently. This accomplish
ment was attained by the steamer
West Kasson." owned by the Pacific
Mail Steamship company. which is the
Oldest steamship company operating
under the American flag. The West
Kasson" left sanfFrancisco> March IL.
heading westward. 1t stopped to dis
charge and receive freight at Homo
lulu, Yokohama, Kobe. Tientsin.
Shanghai. Hongkong, Manila, Singa-
pore, Calcutta. Port Said. Marsenfes.
Barcelona. Bilbao. Boston. New York
City. Baltimore. Norfolk. Cristobal.
Los Angeles. and completed the trip
by arriving at San Francisco October
a, not quite seven months after leav-
ing. The distance was a little over
$4,000 miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16

Municipal elections were held re-
Gently in England and Wales. and in
20 horoughs 747 labor candidates were
put forward for the various offices.
with the result that 54s were defeated.
Few OF the major offices went to
them. This is a marked falling off
as compared with the results a year
ago, when labor claimed the pick of
the offices. The heavy falling off in
labor's vote indicates that the public
is not ready to entrust the affairs Of
government to a class.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16

1t is not necessary to wait until
after Thanksgiving to do Christmas
shopping. Much can be done in the
next 10 days and can be done more
easily and satisfactorily than it can
at later date.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16

The south is beginning to insist
that it shall name the next Democrat
candidate for the presidency. 1t could
not do worse than Tammany did this
Near
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Copyright. 1920. by the Wheeler Syndicate.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16

eampsisn- AIRS there other nOmina-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-16
Where Women Excel.


Women have made good in work re-
quiring attention to fine detail, in in
spectlng products. in assembling and
finishing furniture, and grinding and
polishing optical lenses. They are not,
as Glass, very desirable in foundries
and rolling mills where heavy weights
are to be lifted and smoke and heat
are intense. tho they have been used
satisfactorily at work requiring weights
to be lifted when pulleys or some other
mechanical apparatus bears the strain.
From its observation of women in
factories and shops, the bureau con-
cludes that abilities vary not so much
by sex as by the individual, and that
therefore it is difficult to say exActIy
where a woman's limitations in in
dustry are to be fixed. A few women
are interested in blacksmithing
much larger number want to be auto
mobile mechanics. Few women have
the physical strength to pound ON an
anvil. and many lack the necessary
qualifications to become expert me-
chanics. But some women have an in,
clination for these trades, which is not
more unnatural. the bureau believes.
than for a man to be tailor or a
sten0grapher.
The department of labor has no
idea of advocating that women should
not fit themselves for the clothing or
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
NAVY IS FIGURED
TO SWEEP WATER
Annapolis 0arsmen With Childs'
Cup Won, Row for Stewards
Cup Today.

PHILADELPHIA. May 29.-Navy
oarsmen. victors over the Princeton,
Penn and Columbia in the historic
Childs Cup race on the Schuylkill
river yesterday, are figured to come
Stewards Cup today IN the American
Henley.
Add to this a possible victory by
the Navy Junior oarsmen against Har-
vard, Princeton, and Syracuse in the
Junior collegiate eights, a good chance
against the Princeton and Penn
eights in the freshman race and the
Middies are figured as being able
to sweep the water today.
Navy's oarsmen were prominent at
all spring meets, but IT was figured
that the rough water stood in their
favor against varsity eights. Here on
the Schuylkill the Navy lads figured
much better than Princeton, Penn and
Columbia in the Childs' Cup race yes
terday.
Three-quarters OF a length of open
water separated the Navy and Prince
ton crews in the big race yesterday.
over the mile and 550-yard course the
Annapolis oarsmen displayed plenty
of power.
Today's races include nine events,
the biggest drawing card being the
Stewards Cup race, which finds
Navy, Princeton, Harvard, Syracuse,
and two crews from the Union Boat
Club of Boston contending. One trial
will be rowed today before the final
race is run off.
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
PENN|SFAVORED
IN TRACK GAMES
Washington Boy Figures in 220
and A0-Yard Dash
Trials.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, May 70
Pennsylvania, Princeton and cornell
athletes stand out prominently to-
days trials in the forty-second Inter-
collegiate athletic association finals
on Franklin Field. Penn with fifteen
men, Princeton with fourteen. and
Cornell with eleven and, Stanford and
Dartmouth with seven and six loom
up as possible winners.
Robert 5. MaXam, Washington
boy. gave indications that he Is a
possible two first place winner MaXam
breezed in ahead of Driscoll in 40 flat
in the quarter, the same time made
by Eby, of Penn. Maxam also won his
heat in the furlong in % seconds.
Sherman Landers jumped % feet 5
inches in the broad jump and qualified
with l. feet 4 inches with three others
in the pole vault.
In all twenty colleges qualified more
than 81 athletes who will figure In
today's final. These was an apparent
effort on the part of the contenders
in, yesterdays tryouts to conserve
energy for the final meet today.
While Penn, Princeton and Cornell
enter the finals with a distinct SUI
periority in both "class" and numbers
there is no indication that they will
have the edge when the points are
totalled.
The outcome of the one and two
mile runs, the fact that the Stanford
and California University athletes may
cut in considerably and the uncer-
tainty of the hurdles races leaves the
matter of picking a winner pretty
much in the air.
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
Han Leading Fight.

Byron Bancroft Johnson Is in form
once more. Only the other day he
went to the rescue of his New York
club and succeeded in keeping the
Yankees in the Polo Grounds indefi-
nitely. Now he Is leading the fight
against contract jumpers.
Organized baseball is getting some
wallops from the Steel League. Dis
satisfied players are being coaxed to
jump. contracts with many minor
league clubs and even the majors
have been hit. Walter Kinney. of the
Philadelphia Athletics, is the latest
to listen to the tempter and hop to
the Steel League.
Ban would have all players jump
ing contracts barred forever from
playing with organized baseball clubs.
while those jumping reserve clauses
would be barred for three years.
These may be stiff sentences, but II
organized baseball doesn't do some-
thing to protect itself, it will go
down
The point Of this is that Ban Is
evidently his old self once again,
right in the forefront of the fray.
He likes nothing so well as a scrap.
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
MIDDLE ATLANTIC TITLE
TENNIS STARTS UP TODAY
Last Years Champions Not in Run
ming for Honor at the
Columbia Club.

Play in the Middle Atlantic cham
pionship sectional tennis tournament
got under way at Columbia Country
Club today. with forty-two pairs for
the daubles title.
Conrad B. Doyle and Fred Harris,
last years winners who went to the
national championship at Forest Hills.
L. l., are not playing. Ballard Moore
and Dudley Morgan, of Chevy Chase,
runners up last year, are also out of
competition. although Moore is paired
with Arthur HELEN.
Dumbarton, Columbia, and Chevy
Chase players fill up an attractive list
for the tournament. Here are todays
pairings:
Preliminary Round-capt. Hugh Miller
and partner VS.. l.. A. Fischer and +. J.
Bates, e. v. B. Thomas and Martin Alex
ton, T. b. Robinson and ]. r. Ballinger Va.
Jack Dudley and partner. Samuel Herrick
and III. Chase VS.. 7. j. Mangen and r. Bu-
rell, A. Y. Leech and partner vs.. Z. IL.
Charest and William Sweeney
First Round-A. j. Gore and partner VS..
Mp. Gardner and n. w. Geisking, G. A.
Slater and II. T. shannon J. T. Graves
and Fred Conger, Douglas Hillyer and Ar
thur Yencken VS.. winner OF the Miller and
partner Fischer Bates match: J. Ballard
ley and w. II. Davis. d. J. Velasco and
partner vs. Lieut.. Harold Selden and part
ner, Gen. Walter Bethel and Il. o. Leech
VS.. +. A. Schmidt and @. K. Lenski.
Entries in mems singles will close
at noon Monday and entries in wom-
ems singles will remain open until
noon Wednesda
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
ome Griffman-- Three Schools Bunched in Big Meet
LOOK FOR CLOSE
FINISHES IN MEET
Central, Tech, and Western
Well Bunched for Honors in
Title Game Today.
By BRYAN MORSE.

With two records broken In prelim-
mary trials and one 30 closely Ap-
proximated as to give indication of
being broken today. the annual feld
and track meet or the Washington
high schools Is being staged In the
big stadium at Central.
Central, always a favorite, IL ex-
pected TO be hard pushed by both Tech
and Western athletes In todays hnaIs.
Bill Foley's athletes found Tech and
Western worthy performers yester-
day and today's finals should fnd the
Mt. Pleasant school pushed to the
lint for a win.
Yesterdays heroes. who will proba-
bly, shine today. are Hugh Johnston
Birge. of Western. and Loehler and
Pugh, OF Tech.
Today's big attraction is the much
talked-of mile event. which brings to-
gether Montgomery. of Central: Gross.
OF Tech, and Sherman. of Western.
The quarter and half are also on to-
days card as well as the relay race.
Close figuring brings all three
schools within eight points of each
other In the inal count. and the meet
is expected to be one of the closest OF
years.
McFadden's javelin heave OF 130
feet yesterday, as well as that OF DON
aldson. of Western. broke the record
made by Parella last year. Conard. of
Western. and Nordlinger, present
holder OF the hop, step and jump
mark, .bettered the record.
Marks made in yesterdays trials
will stand unless they are beaten to-
day.
Central qualified nineteen yesterday,
Tech fifteen and Western twelve.
Hugh Johnston, OF Central. and Nc
Fadden proved to be the biggest aid
in speeding the Mt. Pleasant lads for
ward. Johnston looks to be a winner
In the 100, go, discus and a point
scorer In the broad jump. McFadden
looks good enough to win the javelin.
pole vault and high jump. The thirty
points landed by these lads with
Montgomery. Shipley. Wilton. Dunlap
and Jeffrey to be heard from, appears
to have the meet clinched for Central.
Western looks able to nose out Tech
for second honors. although the meet
will probably end up in a close battle.