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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14
LITTLE BENNY's NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE-

bought a majigger at Mommy
Simminses store yestidday AFTERNOON,
being a trick majigger with a rubber
ball on the end of a rubber tube and
a flat rubber thing on the other end,
the trick being to put the flat thing
under the table cloth jest ware sum
bodys plate is going to be and then
squeeze the ball and make the plate
go up and down as If it was haunted.
Witch 1 put it under pops plate and
left the rubber ball hanging down I'M
der the table cloth by my place, and
in and sat down, saying, l feel all
shaky today, 1 bleeve I've bin working
too hard, Ill half to cut it out.
And as soon as he started to eat 1
gave the ball 2 squeezes and pops
plate went up and down twice, and
pop quick pushed his chair back and
looked at the plate, and ma sed, Wat
is it, Willyum, watts the matter?
Nuthing, sed pop. And he started
to eat agen and jest as he was going
to eat a lot of peez on his fork I quick
squeezed the. ball agen and pops plate
went up and down once, and all the
peez went off the fork and pop quick
grabbed up his plate and looked I'M
der it without seeing enything on
account of the flat thing being all the
way under the table cloth, and ma
sed, Fer mersy sake, Willyum, wat
are you doing?
Nuthing, cant a man pick up his
own plate If he wunts to? sed pop, and
ma sed, And look at those peez all
over the table cloth.
Look at them yourself, sed pop.
WITCH jest then I made his plate go up
and down times, and ma sed, My
goodniss, Willyum, wat ales your
plate? and pop sed, o, you see it too,
thank hevvin. And he looked at me
and 1 looked ignorant, and he picked
up his plate and the table cloth and
everything and had to go rite to bed
without hardly enything in my STUN
mick yet but pork chops and 2 helps
of mash potatoes and about 40 peez.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14
Dinner Stories

An Irish political candidate who
felt sure that a certain elector was
against him was surprised to have
that elector call and announce that he
would support him to the limit
'Whin the other day We called at
my place and stood by the pigsty and
talked fer half an hour We didn't
bulge me an inch" said the visitor
But after ye'd gone away, L got to
thinkin' how We reached yer hand over
the rail and scratched the pigs back
till he lay down wild the pleasure of it.
I made up my mind that whin a man
was SO sociable as that wild a poor
fellow crathur. wasn't the bhoy to
vote agin him.
A woman who had read Sherlock
Holmes" applied to Conan Doyle for
help in a matter that puzzled her.
my detective powers are quite at
your service. madam said the author
good what is the trou-
ble?'
Frequent and mysterious thefts
have been occurring on our premises
for a long time. There disappeared
last week a motor horn, a box of golf
balls left riding boot, a dictionary
and a half dozen tin plates"
THE case is perfectly clear" said
Sir Arthur. You keep a goat"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14
pEBs FOR PREs1pENr.

Eugene v. Debs has been nominated
for the presidency by the Socialists.
He will be prevented from making an
active campaign for the office by an
important engagement in Atlanta, Ca,
which will occupy his time until after
election.
But why do the Socialists pass by
President Wilson?
His acts and his attitude in the last
three years. 1t is pointed out by the
st. Louis Times. have earned him the
right to be hailed by them as the chief
apostle of Socialism. The party
should so recognize him, and in proof
of entire comprehension of the sery-
ice rendered their cause by the chief
executive should acclaim him their
choice as bearer of Socialism's stand
ard in the coming presidential cam
paign.
1t is one OF the many failings of the
Socialist leaders that they usually do
the unwise thing. This favorite
course OF the party directors acts as a
most effective smoke screen to hide
from the general view of the public
the more admirable principles which
the Socialists advocate, and sometimes
believe in for time.
They declare that prison-immured
Debs must be their presidential can
didate, and thus they establish their
inability to see issues and opportuni-
ties clearly. But not satisfied with
this proof of their erraticism, they
claim President Wilson's fourteen
points while repudiating him. Is any
thing further needed to show theif
lack of comprehension of political
conditions?
The Socialists may derive a certain
amount of satisfaction from challeng.
ing the patriotic sentiment of the
country. thru the nomination of Debs
but they cannot hope to gain many
adherents to their cause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14
TELLING ROBERT.
CHAPTER LOT.
As'was always the case, Mary spoil

As was always the case, Mary spoke
first.
II think it is great Gerry. You
can have all my hats to trim and
make. If I sold hats for a thousand
years, couldn't trim one
That's because you never learned
the trade as 1 did"
she went on. II don't see how he can.
You are doing nothing that will make
him wait fer his meals, or keep you
out when he is at home-only, Gerry,
don't take too many customers"
mo danger of that. 1 may have
trouble finding any"
Here's one right here. My hats sell
dom suit me because | don't feel we
can afford the smart shop prices"
There's another" Jane declared
81 would rather have a hat you fixed
for me than any 1 could buy, no mat
ter how smart the shop. You have a
knack of making a hat suit person.
That's long practice, Jane"
mo such thing. ITS being an
artist. She's just what Carson said,
An Artist in Hats Mary flattered.
You are going to prove that a
woman can make a home and also
be a business. woman, aren't you.
Gerry" Jane spoke very soberly. Il
have always thought it could be done
If only we could work out a way. 1
have never known anyone who did Il.
shall watch you very closely-per-
haps-oh, I don't know. girls-but 1
have some times felt just as Gerry
does, that my time was spent so idly,
when 1 might be doing som ethfng.
Carson is so opposed to It 1 have
never seriously considered 1t, how
ever"
And he was the one who started
Gerry off," Mary laughingiy declared.
well. girls, so you approve?"
asked after q little more discussion.
I'VE sure dol" 1t was Mary speak
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
WINDOWS.

It's where the light shines thru that
makes for happiness, inspiration and
achievement.
Thru windows does the breath of
faith come in.
And that is why windows should al
ways be CARRIED in beauty and with
taste exquisite. A house or work place
with few windows? oh, no. Light is
ting to it.
What a glorious sight-hunan win
dow eyes looking out thru man-made
windows, the worlds move between!
1 would rather see windows daintily
and artistically dressed than to see
floors thus tended. The room in which
I write and live SO much alone with
my thoughts, has three long, light win
dows To the limit of my purse
clothe them-in flowing dark gold tint.
so that the sun might desire to play
there often.
A home isn't home without many
windows
The most tragic figure in the world
Is the blind man. Truly does the poet
call the eyes the windows of the soul
the noblest windows in the world.
Let me but look into your eyes, and l
will tell you the kind of house-body
in which you live.
For the more honest and sincere
and fine you are, the more wonderful
are your eyes.
The judge of history looks into
folks eyesi Clothes and the sort of
pocketbook, and what it contains,
shrink into small Importance. That
kindly, yet inexorable taker of data
must measure his judgments from
where the light streams in aud out.
Make your house windows beautiful.
Keep your eyes clear and square!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
pY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am in my
forties / have been married over
twenty years and haven't lived with
my wife half that time. I did every
thing could to make home happy. but
everything was wrong. Nothing suited
her Now 1 will never try to live with
her again.
1 have lady friend whom I would
like to take to shows once OF twice a
week. Would it be all right?
Do you think it right for a divorced
person to remarry. LONELY.
You cannot take the girl places UNI
til you are divorced without running
the risk of injuring her reputation.
Get a divorce and then you will be free
to seek pleasure with other women.
Yes, 1 think it all right for a d.
vorced person to remarry. Care should
be taken not to make second mis-
take.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14
Moulton Musings
BY ROY X. MoUIToN.

1t is told of a certain Long Island
suburbanite that he arrived home on
the GIL the other evening with a
package under his arm. the outlines
of which created great interest among
his fellow passengers. To be brief.
the package looked as tho It con-
tanned two quarts dashed together
tightly and Enclosed in paper.
After dinner that evening a dele
cation called on this gentleman to
spend the evening. 1t was a sort OF
surprise party. The party had no
sooner arrived than the host invited
them down cellar, saying that he had
something to show them. Il brought
them out on the train tonight" he
added.
And he took them down cellar and
showed them the cutest pair of Indian
clubs II have got to exercise every
day with them" he said.
"Oh!" EXCLAIMED several OF the
guests, and that is the way the party
ended.
Perhaps Some OF Them Are Plan
ming No.
"All women who are planning to
wear clothes this spring will be in
terested in the announcement from
Paris that Paris fashions show Severe
lines New York Evening Mall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

If the wage earners of America we're
to save ten per cent of their salaries
and invest it at the rate of interest
carried by government securities, says
Henry L. Doherty. more wealth would
be accumulated in single generation
than in all the years since the days of
the early colonists. He scouts the idea
that the rich are getting richer and
the poor poorer, pointing out that the
great majority of the rich men of to-
day are the children of poor people of
generation back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14
Dorothy Dix Talks
At What Acc should a sian Marrye-t


A correspondent asks: "At what
age should a man marry? .
That depends upon the man. and
his circumstances u. -.
The only age at which man should
not marry is when he is not man,
Int only 4. boy, with a boys changing
taste and standards and emotions
There are enough risks in matrimeny
without his taking any chances on
what he is going to be himself when
he grows up. and the kind OF wis
he will want when he is man.
That early marriages are much
more apt to turn out disastrously than
those entered into by mature people
is amply proven by statistics, when
show that far the greater number of
divorces are asked for by people who
married In their salad days. More
than this, If you will notice you will
find out that the men who at fifty
and over suddenly kick over the
traces and become involved In dis
graceful scandals with women, are
men who. nearly all. married when
they were boys.
They married when they were SO
young that they had not had their
fling, they knew nothing of women ana
their wiles and arts. and SO when they
got middle aged, and had accumulated
enough money to make 1t worth while
to be plucked. they fell viQfsS.s to the
first siren who made eyes them
Moreover, the woman a man marries
at twenty is seldom the type that he
would pick out at fifty. We may he
crazy about pink ice cream soda -
twenty, but our palate Graves some
thing sophisticated when we are fifty.
A girl whose step matches his, who
mas curl on her forehead, ana VINO
thinks Mary Pfckford just too sweet
and Douglas Fairbanks grand, and
who can chatter his own lingo, seems
to a boy to have every qualification
for making a life combination. Ten
years later, when he meets up with
her. she bores him stiff and he won
ders what he ever could have seen In
her to have admired. 1t takes an en-
tirely different set of graces and
charms to fire mis- fancy then because
he has come to mans estate, and
thinks as a man and not as child.
Another objection TO early marriage
is, that a boy is selfish and lacks SELF
control, and is arrogant, and very SUI
perior to woman in his own opinion,
and so unless he marries Patient
Griselda they are sure to spat and
| fight like two children. 1t takes ago
and experience with life TO discipline
! man to the point where any wo-
mans happiness is safe in his hands.
Still another objection to the early
marriage is that unless boy has in
| herited a fortune, marriage simply
spells ruin for him. 1t shuts the door
| OF opportunity in his face. 1t clogs
his feet SO he cannot climb. No young
boy, by his own efforts, can get ahead
any in these days If he has a wife and
children to support. He Is doomed to
| the clerks stool, or the work bench
! because he cannot risk his job by
making any change. The wolf is al
ways bowling outside of his door and
| that breaks the nerves of the strongest
and makes them lose courage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

II there have been carried on in this
country the amount OF profiteering
that is being charged, labor is well
within its rights in demanding an
added share of the proceeds of its in
dustry. But the trouble has been
that every advance in wages comes
out OF the pockets of the masses and
not out of the profits of the employ
ers. AS rule. the paying of higher
wages by employers has resulted in
an increased total OF profits because
profits are reckoned on a percentage
basis Of the capital turn over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

The convention of the Women's
Federated Clubs of Kansas in a reso-
luton demands that congress pass the
soldiers bonus bill. While about it
the federation may as well tell con-
gFess how it is to get the money. That
is the problem that is bothering the
lawmakers. on the one hand the wo-
men and the soldiers demand the bo-
nus; on the other the taxpayers de-
mand a reduction OF taxes. Pity the
poor congressman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

The federal treasury is offering an
other issue of its certificates of in
debtedness, amounting to 100000
900, at 5h per cent interest, indicat-
ing that the government still is spend
ing money faster than 1t can collect it.
The war has been ended eighteen
months. apparently allowing ample
time for adjusting expenditures to in
come. Approximately $4,000. 900, 900
a year is being collected in taxes and
congress has been in session almost
continuously, with power to reduce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14
THE DAWN OF LOWER PRICE.


A survey Of the textile market has
led the Dry Goods Economist to the
conclusion that the reign of high
prices in garments and the substances
of which they are made is approach
ing an end. Stationary or falling
prices are noted all along the line.
In the textile markets, it says, 1t
seems that speculation has finally shot
its bolt, and the fact that a readjust-
ment is under way has now become
Enthusiastically clear. Apart from the
silk market. where liquidation in raw
material has been drastic, the outlook
is extremely complicated at present.
From every point of view a recession
in the price level would appear to be
the inevitable prospect.
Both raw cotton and gray goods. it
continues, have begun to suffer from
the slackness in demand which has
affected dry goods generally for some
time. The raw cotton market con-
tinues to fluctuate between rather
narrow margins, but on the whole its
tendency since the middle of April has
DGCAA AOWh n survey VI lAlC CIOD
prospects promises some increase in
acreage. and this. added to the i'm
proving weather and the hesitation in
the goods market, has taken much of
the aggressiveness out of the raw cot
ton bulls. Business in finished cot
tons is also slow and movement con-
tinues to be hampered by transporta-
A4fffntNIktAC
pear to be ample for the needs of dis
tributors except in so far as they are
being held up in delivery. Neither
jobbers nor retailers are much in
clined to place new business-an at
titude which seems to be cordially
shared by the consumer.
Raw silk, says the Economist, has
undergone drastic liquidation and
prices are now down over so per cent
from the recent high, but until the mar
ket becomes stabilized the future price
level OF finished silks is proble4natical.
That it will be a somewhat lower level
than has lately ruled is certain. In
the meantime there is a considerable
liquidation of finished silks at cut
prices in both wholesale and retail
channels.
In regard to wool goods it says: 'It
seems pretty clear that production of
wool goods has overtaken demand, all
tho on some fine dress goods there is
still an apparent shortage. There is a
general feeling in the trade that the
mill owners will take advantage of
this situation to force a showdown on
the forthcoming demands of the op-
eratives for wage increases"
The buying public apparently is So
bering up and speedy recovery from
the spree of reckless spending seems
to be in prospect.N
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

with so much talk about prospec-
tive declines in prices, something
ought to happen pretty SOON" says the
Daily Northwestern of Oshkosh, Wis.
1t will. Probably nothing has contrib
uted more to increasing prices in the
past than the persistent declaration
in all quarters that prices were going
higher. Reversing the process will
reverse the conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14
Do Remember
g. When ...-.-?

you would hand the barber a quar-
ter and get change?
the storekeeper would throw in a
pair of suspenders with a pair of
trousers?
the fellow with a rubber tired buggy
was the stiffest competition in town
Colonel Hughes going down Kansas
avenue on his steed was one of the
sights of the town?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

1t is reported that the railroads are
compelled to turn down orders for
$4,000 cars a day. Yet long lines of
freight cars may be seen almost any
day in any of the railroad yards in the
country. An increase in freight rates
might enable the roads to find cars for
the business offered. 1t is worth try
ing in an effort to find a way out of
the existing condition of traffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

1t is reported that the Republican
delegation from New York in the Chi
cago convention will propose the name
OF Nicholas Murray Butler for the
presidency. Do the New Workers
think that the country has not yet had
enough of a schoolmaster in the
white House?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

The president of the United States
will call the first meeting of the
League Of Nations. With that act the
part of this country in the work of the
league will end. since 1t is not a mem
Der and Is not likely to be. But we
are not barred from becoming an in
terested spectator. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

expenses, yet Uncle Sam still is a bor-
rover at an ever increasing interest
rate What would be said of an in
dividual or a business firm that per-
sistently spent its income before re-
ceiving it? Not only is the govern
ment doing this but congress is en-
gagged in an effort to provide new
ways of spending money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

Copyright. 1919. by the wheeler Syndicate
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-14

For May 1s is, Victory Under Sam
uel-''-I Samuel 7:2-17.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-09-23
Amount of Interest.
Rate S Per Cent.

Up till May 10, 1913, the various
loans bore interest at varying rates
per cent, but on that date, by arrange
ment with the lebtor nations, uni
form rate Of per cent was fixed for
all loans.
Interest becomes due every six
months, two-thirds being payable on
May Is and November Is respectively
and the remaining third on April
Is and October Is. This arrangement
gives the debtor governments greater
freedom, both as to time and the num-
Der of securities or amount of exchange
TO be purchased, while il enables the
United States government to retire on
more even basis a certain number Of
shOrt-term treasury certificates of in
debtedness, thereby avoiding in both
instances, an undue disturbance of the
money market.
The proceeds of the payments of in
terest and principal by the allied ma
lions will be employed by the treasury
department to retire Liberty and Vic
tory bonds. The total amount of the
loans, If paid in full, with interest, will
enable the treasury TO retire approx
mately half the national debt created
by the war.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-09-23
MINE STRIKERS IN RIOT
Six Companies of Alabama Guard
Called out-One Killed, Two
Wounded.

Montgomery, Ala, Sept. 18.-Six
companies Of the Alabama national
guard, called into service last night
by Gov. Kilby for duty in Walker and
Jefferson counties where bituminous
coal miners have been on strike for
two weeks, were expected to reach the
strike area. The troops will be under
the command of Brig. Gen. Robert e.
Steiner, who planned to establish
temporary headquarters at Birming
ham. He expected later TO shift his
headquarters to Jasper. l.. NJ. Adler,
general manager of the Corona Coal
company, was shot from ambush and
instantly killed yesterday near Pat
ton. Deputy Sheriffs Sullivan and
Coker, who were with Adler in an
automobile, were seriously wounded.
Reports that both had died were IN
confirmed Gov. Kilby called out
troops when informed by Sheriff
Clark Guthrie OF Walker county that
feeling had grown bitter between
mine guards and miners and that
armed bands were gathering at Co
roma,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-09-23
ILLINOIS RACE CLOSE
Official Canvass May Be Neces-
Sary to Decide Primary.
Lieut.. Gov. oqIesby Running Neck
and Neck With Len Small Hot
Senate Contest.

Chicago, Sept. 20.-Apparently the
official canvass will be necessary TO
determine the result of the hottest
fight for United States senator and
governor that Illinois ever has seen.
According TO the latest returns
Og!esby was, leading Small for gov.
ernor by only S33 votes, with 293 pre-
cincts out of 5,737 in the state stiL
TO be heard from.
For the senate, Mckinley had lead
Of 1900 in 1902 precincts in the
state. The figures on the contests are
as follows:
Governor-Cook county, 2,205 pre-
cincts; Oglesby. 110,114; Small, 191,-
CAS-.
Downstate 3,139 precincts: Ogles-
by, 236,936; Small, 154,652.
Grand total, 5,344 precincts: Ogles-
by, 347 130; Small, 346,297.
Senator-Cook county, 2,205 pre-,
cincts: Mckinley, 1867; Smith,
lS4,674.
Downstate, 3,097 precincts: McKin-
ley, 223,S6S; Smith, 143,201.
Grand total, $500 precincts: Nc
Kinley, 340535; Smith, 327,S75.