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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-23
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means God and my right" freely trans.
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Q. What does 'avatar" mean7 r.
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word meaning a descent" 1t is applied
particularly TO the descent of Hindu
deity to earth in a manifest form. either
for beneficent or retributive reasons. 1t
corresponds to the Christian term linear
q. Please tell me what the Byzantin"
period was? IL r.
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395 to 1853. Onfthe death of Theodosius
the Roman empire was divided. and his
son Arcadius took the eastern half with
Byzantium as his capital This ancient
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modern city of ConstantinOple.
Q. How many languages has one man
been known to speak? II. ID.
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werp Polyglott Bible, who lived in the
18th Century, was said to have had per
lects Cardinal Giuseppi Mezzofanti. who
lived from liza to 1919, spoke sixty Ian
guages we'll
q. Does it take longer to digest fried
fish than it does boiled fish? G. y.
A. Under normal conditions, boiled fish
will digest in one and one-hah hours,
while 1t takes fried fish twice as long.
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Dorothy Dix Tails
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds highest Paid Woman Writer.
Home-Preserved Affection-2.


The average American man is not a
sentimentalist. He is a poor love-
maker, at best, and when he tries to
say flowery and gallant things to
women he gets tongue tied. and feels
as if he was about to choke on his
Adams apple. Hence, when he gets
married he breathes a sigh of relief,
and says to himself: Thank God.
that's over, anyway" and he proceeds
to business, and to proving his devo
ton to his wife by Shaving to give her
everything he can.
I Very likely he never mentions
again to her that he loves her. or tells
her that he appreciates her devotion,
and the sacrifices she makes for him,
or that he blesses heaven for having
bestowed her upon him for a wife, or
that he believes her to be the paragon
of her sex. but none the less. that is
what he is thinking all the time, and
the last thing on earth that he is look
ing for IS an affinity, or a romantic
adventure.
As for the painted up vampires. in
floating chiffons. they are no more to
his taste than the highly spiced dishes
in restaurants. Give Him good, plain
home cooking every time, and
woman with clean face and lips that
don't taste like a drug store, and sensi-
bic clothes that she can do an honest
days work in.
Furthermore, there is this bitter
sweet comfort for the woman who i'm
AGNES that her husband will care less
for her because she is losing her looks,
and youthful fgure-after marriage
a man rarely ever takes real apprais-
ing look at his wife. That's hard on
our vanity, but it is likewise our SAL
walton, for it enables a man who mar
ries a golden headed little sprite to go
on thinking she is a golden headed
little sprite after she is grayheaded
and weighs 17S pounds.
Just ask your husband II your hat
is becoming. He grunts and says
yes" without looking up from his
the hat you have on, but in bonnet
of twenty-five years ago that you had
on when he courted you
am convinced that women borrow
a lot of unnecessary trouble about los
ing their husbands love. The average
man is domestic by nature, and his in
stinct is to be faithful. He has neither
time nor inclination to philander. Be
sides which he is bound to his wife
by the strongest of all ties, mutual in
terest. They have every thing in
common, and you can not make a
home together and bring children into
the world, and smile over cradles and
weep over little collins without a
bond being formed that is harder than
any otffSf to break.
But the way to keep a husband Is
not by a woman trying to keep young
and beautiful. and flirting with him.
and attempting to preserve a romantic
atmosphere 1t is by making him
comforta Bile, and being good pals with
him. Do that and you can't lose him
unless he is a. born wanderer and
nothing can keep stray dog at home
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Just FOLKS

BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

MONUMENTS.
When the tasks are done and the books are
closed
And the hands in peace are at last re-
posed,
Will you leave some monument, great or
That men who know that you lived at
all?
A piece Of stone on n grassy bed
The gift of the living to the dead
And the marble shaft to a dead man :
Marks often the pride Of the ones on earth.
oh. the great shall live tho never stone
Be reared near the couch where they lie
And the dead may sleep in the graves
For a good good life builds Its own MONUMENT
when a kindly soul from this earth de-
It's deeds are stamped upon human hearts.
And from lip to lip, till the world grows
Shall the record of each good man be told
Meath tangled weeds where no shafts
arise.
The clay Of mary a great man lies,
And tho no one knows where his grave Is
Men know he lived by the deeds he did.
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A Guest)
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intended to pay all of his household
bills by check the first of the month.
and that the first check he drew would
be for 10 per cent of his salary, to
be deposited hastily in the savings
bank.
On the subject of savings. tho. eco
nomic experts disagree. Some hold
that disaster swiftly overtakes those
who do not regularly save their 10 per
young people marry on a small in
come it is a mistake to try to save
too much cash. 1t would be far bet
ter in most cases, the latter believes,
to put this money into insurance or
house furnishings or some other per-
manent investment. Some savings
banks distributing standard budgets
for the benefit of their patrons, list
investments, life insurance and house
hold furniture" under the weekly saw
ings item.
This is largely a matter to be de-
cided by personal taste. In fact, the
entire budget is something which must
be worked out toSguft the individual,
there being few standard budgets
which can be used without at least
minor alterations. The important
thing is to have some kind of budget.
Everybody should have a budget, but
it is especially necessary to matrimony.
where so much depends. upon wise and
careful finance
IF engaged couples would spend
less time wearing out park benches"
said a New York magistrate the other
day, land more time in the public
libraries. absorbing a little informa-
ton on household finance, there would
be a great falling off in divorce cases.
in my opinion
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An appropriation of sZ40,450 for
the secretary of agriculture to make
effective the provision of the packers
control act, is requested in an esti-
mate transmitted to congress by
President Harding. The amount. the
presidents communication said, would
be adequate for the enforcement of
the law until June 80, 1922. This re-
quest for approximately half mil
lion dollars to be expended in less
than a year indicates the employment
OF a considerable number of law en-
forcement officers. When these be-
gin bothering the packers. in an effort
TO make it appear that they are earn
ing their salaries, up will go the price
of meat. AS a result of more govern
ment in business" therefore, the peo-
pie will be taxed both by the govern
ment and the packers. Every interior
ence of the federal authorities has re-
suited this way and there is no reason
to think that the control of the'pack-
ing industry will prove to be an excep-
ton to the rule.
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
LETTING TH1NGs ALONE.

Growth must not be tempered with
too much.
If we get to thinking of our own
selves too much, we get all bound
walled fence about our best aspira-
lions. And the more we brood, the
less use we are to ourselves or any
body else.
1t is a good thing to let yourself
alone. You are sure to work out all
right if you do.
We are able to create only as we
look out-and in-and up.
If you planted a seed and then, Just
as it pushed its sprouts out of the
ground. you uncovered it to see what
was going on, you would arrest its per-
feet growth, you would stunt its flow
ering. Development must come ma
turally.
The trapeeze performer thinks
nothing of himself as he hangs from
his dangerous height and thrills his
watchers with his skilled body under
perfect control.
You see, he must center all that he
is on the task he performs.
And we must follow the same pro-
cedure in all that we do.
We must keep travelling away from
ourselves-losing our identities in the
things We do.
If your task is important, follow
thru it until the end. If it isn't i'm
portant, get one that Is.
I know of very wealthy man who
is always changing around everything
he does. He never seems satisfied.
He is restless and wasteful He is
never satisfied to let a good thing
alone and pass on to the making of
new one AS a consequence, those
who work for him get dissatisfied and
he is allfhe time losing good workers.
Many years ago he was a creator
today he is just a muddier
Try to remember that YOU are
what Won Dol
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The editor of the Railway Age oD-
poses agitation for early reductions in
rates and the repeal of the provisions
of the transportation act under which
the present rates were fixed, assert
ing that the railroads as yet have de-
rived no real benefit from these rate
making provisions. The indications
are that they will derive little benefit
from existing rates. If they want to
do a profitable business they must re-
duce their charges for service
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IMPROVED RAILROAD EARNINGS

1lnHhON Eli ItkAAAAIhOkAD
Month by month the railroads are
beginning to reflect the benefits aris-
ing from private operation. as well as
the tardy recognition of the rights to
which they are entitled as public car
riers. The change in their status be-
came evident with May this year, AMI
is growing more apparent with eacn
statement issued.
. In May last year the Class I rail-
roads had an actual net deficit in OPP
Grating income of s5.429,769, while
the same month this year showed a
net operating income of $37,0S0.654.
This improvement was not due to a
gain in operating revenues, and must
be ascribed to a reduction of about
$57,OO0,OOO in operating expenses.
The actual figures show operating
revenues in May, 1920, of $457,559,-
600, compared with only $444,875, 900
for the same month in 1921. Oper-
ating expenses in May last year were
$437, 1000 against s0.041 900 in
May this year. The net operating in
come for May was nearly one-half the
amount necessary to give the carriers
a return on their properties equiva-
lent to an annual rate of per cent.
The gains are even more pro-
nounced in the last two months. The
net operating income for June was
$51,77S, 900, and estimates place the
returns for July in excess of $4,000
900. According to unofficial calcula-
tons made by railroad authorities, the
net operating income of the Class
roads, assuming a maintenance of the
present volume of traffic, will furnish
a return practically equal to the s per
cent on valuation.
The wage reductions which went
into effect July 1 are expected to re-
duce the cost of railroad operation
by about $35,OOo,0oo monthly. In
other words, if these reductions had
been in effect in May the net operat-
ing income of the Glass 1 roads would
have been about $72,0OO,OOO. The
amount necessary to make the per
cent return is a trifIe over s92, 900, 900
per month.
If the roads had fixed their rates at
a figure which would have induced
patronage they might easily have
made up the additional 100000. 900.
They seem to prefer to get on a pay
ing basis thru reduction of expenses
alone rather than combine with that
process an increase in business.
However, the roads are showing
tardy recognition of the advantage to
accrue to them thru lower rates in the
announcement that freight rates on
grain and cereal products from Chi
cago and kindred traffic points in the
middle west will be reduced IN cents
per hundred pounds on shipments in
tended for export. The carriers also
have proposed reduction of Az cents
per hundred on grain and cereal prod
ucts for domestic shipment.
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It will astonish many to learn, says
the Sioux City Tribune, that when a
car of grain moves from Station A to
a terminal market in Nebraska the
car mile charge is % cents higher
than when a car of cement moves
from the same terminal market to
Station A. Even eggs, easily broken,
go from Nebraska to Chicago at rate
- cents less than wheat. The expla-
nation is that there is much more
wheat moved than eggs or cemen..
This rate making system seems to be
directly opposed to the usual principle
by which the bigger the business done
the lower are the charges.
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HAULING EMPTY CARS.

The Railway Age prints an editorial
of conside cradle length, designed 20
prove that shipments of farm prod
ucts of almost all kinds are extraor-
1inarily large in spite of complaint re-
garding the present railway rates.
The figures set forth may be correct.
The farmers still had on hand a large
part of last years crop when this
years crop was harvested. 1t there
fore became necessary for them to sell
for what they could get or let their
grain rot on the ground.
The result is that when freight and
other expenses are paid farmers have
no money with which to buy any
thing. AS result the long lines of
railroad cars which are carrying grain
to market return empty. when lower
freight rates probably would give the
roads full cars for the return haul.
Public complaints of high freight
rates have not been based solely on
their effect on farmers, but on their
effect on the business of the entire
country.
The present freight rates have
been widely attacked by theorists"
says the Age. "on the ground that they
are higher than the traffic can b-lr.'
1t has been argued that they have
prevented the movement of much
traffic and that this has been one of
the main causes of the prolonged bus
mess depression"
This is true and the contention still
stands. Not only have the high rates
resulted in business depression but
they have deprived the railroads of
much revenue which they might have
earned. thru the hauling of traffic
both ways, instead of but in one direc-
ton. There is no money in hauling
train of empty cars. This feature Of
the situation is illustrated by the Age
when it says: "ParadoxicaI as it may
seem, while the total traffic moving
has been abnormally small the ship
ments of farm products have been al.
most unprecedentediy large
There is no sound reason why. when
shipments OF farm products are large,
shipments of other commodities
should not be large also. and the fact
that they are not is due to the absorp-
ton of so large a part of the selling
price OF commodities by the carriers.
The Age concludes as follows:
The facts show beyond any rational
question that traffic of all kinds can
bear the present rates and that the
present small volume of traffic is due
to general business conditions and not
! to the present freight rates. There
ought to be reductions in railway
rates in the future, but they should
| not be based on false ground and they
should not be made until the traffic of
the railways has increased and their
| operating expenses have been reduced
enough to enable the railways on low
err rates. to make a reasonable return.
The reverse of the foregoing state
ment is true. Instead of the present
small volume of traffic's being due 10
general business conditions. general
business conditions are due to the en-
forced small volume OF traffic. More
over. If the roads wait for an increase
| in traffic before reducing rates, they
probably will wait a long time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-23
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE
CHEESE IT. REvILuTIoNl

"A Play. ~
Scene. a royal kingdom. King
wawking Ground
King. I'm CRATE king. all rite.
Ferst Subject. Good morning, King.
King. Watts it your bizniss If its
morning or mite or wat it Is? You're.
ony a poor fish of a subjeck and If
you get lippy with me Ill have your
he'd chopped off so fast you wont re-
member it was ever on.
First Subjeck. Aw, wat did I say.
There's going to be a revilution some
of these days.
King. That's wat they all say.
End Sub5eck. Do you happen to
know wat time it is, please, King?
King. If 1 did wouldent tell you,
and if I hear eny more of your sass
Ill have you Boiled in boiling oil.
End Suhjeck. Jimminy crickits
sutch a temper. I wouldent wunt to
be you wen the revilution gets started.
King. 1 wouldent wunt to be you
eny time.
srd Subjeck. Do you think fits go
ing to rain, King?
King. Aw shut up or III paste you
one in tie jaw with my crown.
3rd subjeck. Do you wunt a revilu-
ton?
King. Haw haw don't make me
Iaff.
End Subjeck (blowin & a wissle).
Revilutionl Revilution! zone starts)
King drumming to beet the band1
o well, 1 had a good time vile it
lasted.
The end.
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$3.50 $3.50 10

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1t is interesting to note that while
the women required a larger weekly
income than the men, both sexes dis
tributed their incomes practically on
the same basis. The only great diff
ferences are in food and clothing, the
women spending more on adornment
and the men more on food.
'It is natural that girls should have
ambitions which men cannot be ex-
pected to share" explained a member
of the comqittee which sent out the
QUESTIONABLE, land that they should
set the expenses of a comfortable mar
riaSe somewhat higher. The labor
and privations of bringing up a fam
ily on a small salary fall more on the
wife than on the husband. He earns
the salary, but she has to make it
stretch, often magically, to cover the
cost of groceries and clothes and
household comforts. Then. too, we
must remember that abstractly and as
a matter of principle, women are ex-
travagant- When a general question
on the financial basis of marriage is
put before men and women, the men
tend to answer it by a figure slightly
lower than that on which they them
seves would be willing to marry, and
the women by a somewhat higher
one"
All Believe in Saving.
BOtn men ana women showed q
gratifying sense of thrift in declaring
saving funds absolutely essential to
the comfort of matrimony. The wis
dom of such a fund to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of sickness. accident,
and unexpected loss of employment is
only too seldom realized.
Men, the questiolnaire replies re-
vealed. place a higher value on this
wisdom than do women. While 6 per
cent of the girls were willing to marry
a man who had no money in bank.
only 8 per cent of the men would
consider such a risk. Yet the amount
required by both sexes is rather lower
than might be desired. In most cases
it was fixed at $500, while 8 per cent
of the number replying thought 5000
would be enough. Those who went
above $500 usually jumped swiftly to
$1,000, while third group contain
ing many more men than women. de-
clared they would not marry with less
than $500 in bank.
Every answer placed great emphasis
on the importance of setting aside for
savings at least 10 per cent of the in
come. Evidently experience had
shown many of the budgeters the diff
ficuIties encountered in performing
| this task regularly, for elaborate
schemes were advanced for doing it.
One man, for example. said that he
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the Flood and how the Ark landed on
Mount Ararat, haven't your"
mo. SIR" admitted the waitress. "I
haven't seen a newspaper for three
days
Rufus Moran ,Elkhart restaurant
man, is named as defendant in suit
for damages filed by Mabel Adams,
dressmaker. Moran, it is alleged,
struck the Adams woman on the nose
with his fist. Moran declared in de-
Tense that he rnistook the woman for
his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-23

One of the first acts of Henry Ford
on taking charge of his newly ac-
quired railroad was to convert into
revenue producing passenger cars
four private coaches which had been
used by officials on inspection"
tours. Herein lies a hint for other
roads which complain of inadequate
revenues
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-23

1t is pointed out by an eastern edi-
tor that within half century the
percentage of producers in the total
population of the United States has
been reduced so per cent" This may
be true but it might be added that the
country is producing much more in
proportion to population than ever be-
shorter hours. Machinery has done it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-23

It is suspected that the refusal of
congress to enact a sales tax law is
due TO desire to collect revenue IN
a way that cannot she traced to its
source. Under the sales tax plan ev-
crybody would know exactly how
much he pays and would make fuss
when expenditures became greater
than the actual needs of the govern
ment demand.
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The reduction of freight rates on
wheat for export it is said will en-
able American wheat to compete with
that OF Argentina in foreign markets.
Improved export demand will of
course tend to raise the price but if
there be any advance the credit there
for probably will fbe accorded by the
protectionists to the emergency tariff.