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The Weather

Probably showers to-
night and Tuesday. Ris-
ing temperature. Fresh
south to southeast winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-10
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

had a sour ball in my pockit in
slool today, and I started to put 1t in
my mouth sevril times and stopped
half way on account of Miss Kitty
looking as if she was looking every
time, and after a vile she started the
joggriffy, lessin, Miss Kitty saying.
Everybody open ther joggriffy books
to page 1o4. Me thinking, G, heers 2
good chance.
And l put my josgriffy book IN
frunt of my face and quick stuck the
sour ball in my mouth and stayed De-
hind my joggriffy book sucking 1t,
thinking, G., If enybody asks me wat
my favorite subjeck is, I'll tell them
joggriffy.
Wich jest then Miss Kitty sed,
Benny Potts, have you gene into re-
tirement?
Meening for me to come out frunl
behind the joggriffy book. WITCH /
did, and Miss Kitty sed, And nov that
you are in QUIZ mist once more, think
Ill let you recfte a little. Suppose you
name large oceans.
Gosh, me with this in my mouth I
thawt And 1 stood up wondering
wheather to swallo the sour ball hole
or leeve 1t drop out on the floor.
thinking Watts the diffrents, ]
wouldent. get eny benefit out of it
either way.
Well, go on, are you stung tied? sed
Miss Kitty; and thawt, o well, maybe
Ill get little benefit out of 1t II 1
Swallo il.
Wich I did, choking little but not
mulch, and saying, Atlantick, Pacifick,
and MEDITERRANEAN Sea-
Have you enything in your mouth :?
sed Miss Kitty.
No mann, 1 sed. WichNI hadent, on
account of it being in my stummick
by that time. And I sat down agen
wondering if that's the way a ostrich
feels after he swallows a hole potato,
and we finished the joggriffy lessin
and started the spelling lessfn, me
spelling everything rite except bentch
with a t.
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Questions-Answers

Q. Were the clergymcn of the Catholic
church ever permitted to marry &c. s.
A. From the very beginning OF the
Catholic church it was the custom for
marriage. 1t was not obligatory, and the
rule requiring men, who were already mar
ried at he time Of ordination. to separate
from their wives, was not made until the
end of the fourth century, when Pope Slri-
cius forbade the clergy to marry, and or.
dered the separation from their wives OF
priests already married. This accounts for
the fact that st. Peter, the first head OF
the Catholic church, was a married man.
Q. What class Of people Is disfranehised
in Russia I'M. z. c.
MES the franchise to the following classes:
Persons who employ labor: persons who
have an income without doing any work
private merchants: trade and commercial
brokers; monks and clergy Of an denom-
nations; members, employees and agents
OF the cars government; persons unfit on
account of mental ailment, or criminal
record.
o. Does the woodchuck hibernate dur
ing the winter?-N. NJ. K.
A The woodchuck passes the winter in
its burrow. in lethargic state going to
coming out in March, before the snow and
cold have ceased, when many starve or
freeze to death.
squeak of my shoes III L. s.
A. To prevent shoes from sduesking.
saturate the soles with linseed oil, sweet
oil, or melted lard. Let the shoes stand in
other way Is to have a shoemaker remove
the soles and dust some powdered soap
stone or French chalk between them
Q. Am / allowed TO deduct war tax paid
new automobile from my Income tax
rcturns;-R. c.
A The amount of war tax paid on your
automobile. or paid out in my other trans
actions, may be deducted when ma king out
your income tax return.
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a VACATION ALONE.
CHAPTER 81.

Robert had refused to ask for a
vacation. His excuse, that he had
been there but a short time, thought
insufficient. Il really needed a rest
and change. We had had a hard sea-
son. I had been tied down with Rob
ert's aunt for weeks, been worried
over his unhappiness because of his
failure to be advanced, then the loss
of his position, 1 felt tired, stale. Two
weeks in the mountains or the country
would set me up again. As / had full
pay while away, and all the expense
we would have at the boarding house
was the room rent-if Robert went
with mel had planned a really nice
vacation.
Don't they give their clerks any
time at all?" 1 asked.
"Of course they do. But I was
the last one to be taken on. l will be
the last one to have time off. 1t is
too bad 1 can't go, with you, Gerry,
but you run along and have a good
time.
L said no more, but went on with
my arrangements. of course, l didn't
want to do anything to hurt Robert
with his employers; yet 1 was terribly
disappointed. I was almost tempted
to remain at home with him; but l
knew 1 needed the change il 1 were
to do good work the coming season.
Madame had promised me another
raise: 1 was conscientiousand l knew
I could not earn it if l were tired and
languid when the season commenced
I left for the mountains having en-
ga ged room at a small hotel-on Sum
day night Robert took me to the
train, bought me magazines and
candy, for all the world as IL 1 were
his sweetheart, instead of an old mar
ried woman" 1 told him. After he
| had kissed me goodby, and the train
moved out of the station, my eyes
| filled with tears. We, neither of US,
had been very lover-like of late. Some.
thing seemed to be between US. pre-
venting the old freedom. Yet I could
| not tell what it was nor give it a
name.
The two weeks passed quickly in
spite of my disappointment over Rob-
ert not going with me. I wrote him
several times, and he also sent me a
letter almost every other day. But
someway I did not derive the pleasure
from his letters that I imagined l
! would. While he told me of anything
! interesting that happened during the
| day. he said little of how he spent his
evenings, and never once complained
| of feeling lonely. ] didn't want him
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while. 1t then went out and arrested
all of the labor leaders, and all of the
idle men IL could find. This maneuver
was given credit for breaking the
strike by a leading local paper. 9th
ers. however. said that the admins
tration made a hit with the strikers
by taking them to jail and feeding
them. Cuban politics is a subtle bust
nessl
Altho Cuba is full of labor unions
and bedeyiled with strikes, IL seems to
be nearly free of bolshevism. COM
munism, socialism, or whatever you
want to call it. A few Spanish and
Russian agitators have been trying to
spread these ideas here, but according
to the best information available, they
have not had much success. In other
words. while Cuban labor has organ
lied into unions for the specific pur-
pose of raising wages, ii is not organ
lied as a class nor is it class con-
scious." Cuba is not apt soon to be
infected by the class war which has
ravaSed Europe and which seems to
be forming its lines of struggle in the
United States.
The reason for this, according TO
those who know Cuba we'll. is found
in Cuban social organizatio and Gus
toms. In the first place. Cuba is a
very democratic land. All of the Gu
bans were poor colonial farmers be-
fore the war with Spain, and they all
fought against Spain together in a
long and bloody war. In this way
they acquired a certain democratic
homogeneity.
Besides this Cuban family is very
large, and family loyalty is a very real
ard strong emotion. A Cuban capi-
talist may well have several first cou-
sins among his employees. These men
might go on strike against him. and
then come to his house and demand
food on the strength of their relation
ship and get it. This may be an ex-
treme illustration. but the point is that
family bonds make class divisions al
most impossible. Furthermore, the
Cuban is strictly HOMOGENEOUS. 1t is
quite usual for a Cuban of wealth to
have one or more "Queridas." or
sweethearts. besides a wife. These
differ in status from the unofficial
dear ones which a wealthy man in an
other country might have, in that
their existence is often recognized by
the mans duly welded wife. and in
that they generally have children
These children are unofficially rec
ognized and cared for by the Cuban
patriarch. 1t is q matter of record
wealth went to the United States with
eighty-five children whom he wished
to educate there, but he was refused
admission, apparently on the ground
that such a prolific man was menace
to the morals of the republic.
In this way, the Cubans are all
bound together by ties that run thru
and thru the social classification from
top to bottom. A Cuban will not
dare not, refuse the plea for aid OF
one who has the claim Of kinship. II
is said that even a, murderer will be
sheltered by his relatives. solely as q
matter of family duty. 1t is a para
disc of poor relations. Thus any
struggle of class against class is ex-
ceedingIy improbable. Whatever 9th
er ills may beset her, Bolshevism and
| internationalism. the two great buga-
boos of the hour, seem to be far from
| Cuba's door. -
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Senator Boies Penrose declares that
Herbert Hoover will never be consid-
cred as presidential possibility by the
Republican national convention. He
charges Hoover has "insuIted" the
Republican party. ANY good Repub-
tican can be nominated for president
and can defeat a Democrat" says Pen
rose. But Mr.. Hoover is neither a
rood nor bad Republican. He is no
Republican at ALL" The fight that Is
being made on Hoover by both Re
publicans and Democrats in high
places is remarkable, in the light of
the fact that he is not asking anybody
for 4 nomination, refuses to permit his
name to 80 on a primary ballot and
declares he is not a candidate. It
seems that nobody is for him except a
large number of the common people,
both Democrats and Republicans.
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The United States supreme court
has held that the collection of an in
come tax on stock dividends is illegal
and the money so collected, amounting
to many millions Of dollars. must be
paid back. But what man earns by
the work of his brain and hands re-
mains subject to the tax. The courts
decision again emphasizes the neces-
sity for a revision of the revenue law.
Its Objectionable features might be re-
placed with a tax on sales with bene-
fit to the treasury and the public
Alike
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JUST FOLKS
HE LIVED HIS LIFE.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

HE LIVED HIS LIFE.
He lived his life with heart and soul
And willing hands and ready brain,
He did not talk about il:s goal
But worked its splen1ors to attain;
He did not boast of lofty things
And eb content with flowery phrase.
But knowing all that honor brings,
He lived In honor oil bis days.
He knew the emptiness OF speech
That is not founded well in deeds,
He did not undertake to teach
His neighbor all his little needs;
But little here he had TO say.
Words from his lips were slow to run,
Men learned his thoughts from day to day
From something helpful he had done.
He was not one to prate Of truth
And in his conduct live a lie;
He did not order eager youth
To deeds he would not dare to try;
In times of need his heart was kind
When strength was called for, be wal
strong;
To faults In others he was blind.
Yet tried to keep himself from wrong.
Twas seldom that men heard him tell
What dreams he'd woven in his plan,
They only knew when care befell,
The he was every inch a man:
And when Mt last he passed away
His every thought was understood,
Tho little he had had to say,
The life that be had lived was good.
Copyright 1920 by Edgar A. Guest.
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Dorothy Dix Talks
BIT DOROTHY DIX
world,s Highest Paid Woman Writer.


| OF course you salye your conscience
for the way in which you have neg
| lected Mabel by saying that you leave
the rearing of the girls to their
mother, and you talk vaguely and
confidently, about mothers influence
as if that was some sort Of a white
magic that never failed to work under
any possible conditions.
AS a matter of fact, mothers are no
more capable of bringing up girls
alone and unaided than they are boys.
Mother does her best, but she has her
limitations. She has not had the eX-
perience of life, she has not the know
ledge of men and the actual conditions
of affairs in the world that enable her
to be the friend, counsellor, and guide
to her children that their father can
be. Especially to her girls.
Just where the girls are weak and
need help, mother is only too often
weaker, and more helpless still. In
deed, in these days, often a mother Is
far from romantic and sentimental,
! and less sophisticated and worldly
wise than her debutante daughter
Moreover a woman has no oppor-
tunity to find out about what sort of
man the youths are who hang about
her daughter, but, a casual inquiry
made in the right places will enable
another man to ascertain everything
about them.
AS a general thing a man is even
less acquainted with the men who visit
his house, and court his daughter,
than he is with the daughter herself.
The first time he ever gives serious
thought to young Smithkins or makes
the slightest investigation as to who
and what he is, is when he is told that
Mabel is engaged to the youth in ques-
tion and is going to marry him.
An then it is too late. Tragicaily
too late. Criminally too late if young
Smithkins happens to be the wrong
sort.
Father can do nothing then. but he
could have saved Mabel from life-long
misery if he had only been on visiting
terms with her; if he had only been
we'll enough acquainted with her to
have found out which way the wind
of her fancy was blowing, SO that he
could have turned it in another direc-
ton by telling her that the boys said
that Smithkins was a rotter, or that
Smithkins drank too much, or that he
let his old mother take in boarders to
support him, or that he had a past
life that did not bear investigating.
Girls are no fools. They do not de-
liberately commit matrimonial suicide
by marrying men who are dissipated
and no account. They want husbands
who will be prosperous and successful,
and of whom they may be proud, and
ninety mine times out of a hundred
father could steer his daughter way
from a disastrous match, il only he
would put in his oar in time.
More than that, girl will be more
confidential with her father and open
her heart more freely to him than she
ever will to her mother, just as a boy
will tell things to his mother that he
can never bring himself to tell to his
father. and so it makes it easier for
fathers to protect their daughters
than it is for mothers.
Believe me Mr.. Man, you have fail
4 s,f he I0h lr,tx- 10 t.
if you are not Friend Father to your
daughter.
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The Woman Who Lovcd-and
Earned A Modern Stosy OF Home and Business
"a. I pIIEI
Blu JANE PHELPS

to be unhappy because he was alone.
but I DID want him TO miss me a
little.
Once or twice he told of having
gone to a picture show. One Sunday
he had dinner with the Murphy's. The
next Sunday he dined with Marion
Hovey. That had been the only men
ton he had made of her, yet 1 was
sure he must have seen her. that he
had spent part of his evenings with
her.
81 think he might have told me
what he had. been doing evenings.
muttered as I read his letter. the
last but one / received in the noun
taius IF he hadn't been doing some
thing he would rather wouldn't
know, he would have told me where
he hat spent his time"
had ieIjgiously told him of all my
movements, the people had met,
everywhere I had been. There had
in shipping office, up there for his
vacation. and once or twice we had
hiked off In the mountains together,
or I had danced with him. Gardner
Kenyon was two or three years older
than Robert, bright. rather good
looking fellow. But / had told Bob
all about him, never dreaming that he
would be jealous or object to the in
/, nocent pleasure 1 took in Gardner
acquaintance.
He, Gardner, had pushed himself Ut
from a lowly position in the office he
had entered as a boy, until now he was
lead draughtsman at fine salary.
wrote all this to Robert. more because
1 thought il might encourage him
than because 1 was interested in Gard
ner.
Mary Ryan had written me char
acteristic letter.
Glad you are having good time
Gerry. Whoop her up-hard, and gel
rested. Don't fall in love. go to bed
early, but do a little thinking at the
same time. l haven't seen Robert.
wanted to call him up and ask him
to dinner. But thought Mrs. GrundS
might be peeking around. and would
! make story about us IL did. Blu
I guess his friends will look out fol
him. He is too popular with them t.
| be neglected. I'm more in love with
my fiat than ever. There's nothing
in the world like a home of your own
Gerry-nothing."
There was much more. most of i
telling of her success in her house
keeping and cooking. But of all sht
said nothing really impressed me bu
that sentence: "There'e nothing IL
the world like a home of your own
Gerry-nothing."
! (Tomorrow-A disappointment)
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WHY DELAY BUILDING?

1t is estimated that II builders thru
out the United States accepted no new
orders for houses for the next three
years itswould require all their energy
to fill orders now on file. The most
conservative authority states that the
nation is short q million homes. 1t is
almost impossible to get cars with
which to ship lumber from supply CEN
ters. The deficiency in cars has a di-
rect effect in increasing the price.
Everything indicates that no decline
in the prices of labor and building
material can be expected for five
years.
1t has been two years since any
freight cars worth noticing were built
and should a large program of car
building be launched the very demand
for the lumber that goes into them
would operate to sustain and perhaps
increase prices.
Another combination of circum-
stances helps to keep up the prices of
other materials used in building Many
factories which were exclusively en-
gagged in war work are now occupied
with the expensive and production
reducing processes of changing over
to ordinary enterprise. They still
carry, with little expectation of
change. the high wage schedules of
the war period. All raw material is
high. The manufacturers are embar-
raised by the inability of the railroads
to carry either adequately or prompt
ly their supplies or their output.
II prices are to remain at the exist
ing level or go still higher, the best
advice for those who must have
homes, and the number seems to be
large, is not to delay building longer if
place to live be desired. Mean
while, those who postpone building
are gambling on the future. They are
betting that the abnormal conditions
OF foreign exchange may create sur
pluses and bring down prices in Amer
! lea. They made the same bet when
the armlsti-c was signed, and lost.
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Again has the unexpected happened.
The National Automobile chamber of
commerce has asked congress to low
err the tariff on imported cars. A
canvass OF 123 member companies
resulted unanimously in favor of the
reduction of the tariff on imported
cars costing $4,000 or over from As
per cent TO 80 per cent, as now i'm
posed on cars of lower value. The en-
couragement Of Importation, it is set
forth. is not to be feared by home
Industry of the size and strength of
automobile manufacturing. OF prin-
cipal concern is the prejudice bound
to persist against the American prod
uct in foreign markets while our tariff
IS held at its present high rate and
the natural outcome will be a dispo-
sition on the part of other automobile
manufacturing nations to retaliate
with equally high tariffs. probably dis
eliminating against the United States
The makers appreciate that. lower
duty will bring in more foreign cars
but rather welcome the competition as
stimulus to continue Americas lead
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IT is noted that the United States
supreme court. in ruling on the steel
trust suit. based its judgment on what
the corporation had done and not on
what it might do. But the meat pack
ers have been attacked by the gov
eminent on the ground of what they
might DO and have surrendered. 1t
may be that they made a mistake in
not putting up fight and going to the
supreme court The worst that has
been charged against the packers OF
ganization is that it possesses the ele-
ments of a monopoly.
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Charlie, man, that's what she's got
that awful, terrible parlor for!" And
Rita went off into a gale of laughter.
by hokey." exclaimed Charlie, II
believe it's right. She must have a
mint. But all can say. dear, is God
bless her canny brain.'"
tCopyright 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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ership in all types Of motor cars. This
country produces more than IS per
cent of the worlds supply or motor
vehicles
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garding an industrial democracy"
but in the opinion of the Chicago News
the country's greatest present need is
al industrious democracy.
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The demand of the public for high
priced goods is said to have changed
the old familiar line in eastern adver-
tisements, so that instead of reading
"at moderate prices it now reads ''at
modern prices"
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About the beginning of the summer
the hats now in the ring will be re-
turned to their owners WITHOUT the
necessity OF a proclamation by the
president
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"I don't understand all these day
light robberies." said the police Of
ficer.
The explanation is easy" replied
the criminologist. Robbers now have
their own motor cars. Wealth brings
refinement and they do not care to
come into contact with the rough ele-
ment one Is likely TO meet on the
streets at night"
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Bradstreet's weekly report on food
prices shows further decline OF IA
per cent from last week but they are
stil1 per cent above those prevailing
q year ago.
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Dinner Stories

Il am going into this station and
fill my fountain pen with ink. A
writer, you know, must always be
ready to jot down a masterpiece"
Yes, and II you could go into a
notion store and fill it with notions
you'd do we'll"
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IT hear you've got a flat!"
Eyes. ran over the late tenant, man
aged to get the address from him
before he died. saw the landlord and
moved in the same day."