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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13

natufe that " never known permanent defeat n its
tealn1
Indeed. yss We win come oul OF IT, The pendulum
swings NepR StVpheles is havine his good laugh now
eut le iaRNhs best who doesn't laugh al all when
dealing Hth Naat fos laek OF better word, might
81 termed cd fates We win Reel wanowng
around here il h Crime OF our own foilies ind-
Sidualiy and colectiseiy as long as retain the
upper hand but tonorrew n'ayie. when we have
nothtns 60 eife then perhaps win realize better
what Il nisht meap q rseete. The riellowing is
comine. onsy few 81 rs are chesty werel
yssteraay- - are iost blasting away At the rock
Of ages end some 81 rs with scarcely more sense
than W.. INDUCED by our baresfig forefathers-7
eNen TO those Who were ielhe boneyard before
Atelhrselah o9rn.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13

psted heart, which plays continu-
Gus jazz-m edley. instead of a pastor
al or a moonlight sonata.
1t is harder than ever for man
to resist temptation, these dry-law
days, because he has to hunt so long
before he can find anything to ere
sist.''
Have you read Margot Asquith's
"Autobiograph 1 would rather
have her conceit than all the beauty
OF an houri, / would rather have
her self-appreciation than all the
charm anc brilliancy Of Ninon de
lrEnclos. Her aplomb would be
worth more TO any girl, than n coon
millica,
To be born an unconscious egotist
is more profitable than to be born
with a silver spoon in your mouth!
What a man calls ''love" is mere
~ his bird determination to en-
dow a woman with all the combined
charms of an angel. a witch, Ma
donna, a kitten, and a siren. What
he calls "disillusionment' is the dis
covery that she is just a nice, or
binary, normal human being.
The difference between a mans
idea of happiness and a. woman's is
DEMONSTRATED at the age of five,
when the little girl puts piece Of
wedding cake under her pillow, hor-
ing for a beautiful dream, and the
little boy insists on eating his, pre-
ferring the flesh-pots Of reality.
No man was ever crushed by a
woman's arguments; but he can be
completely suffocated by her dead
silence.
A man is most fascinating-nay
irresistible when he succeeds in
making you believe that thai IS
what you are.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13

Edilor News-Timfs.
We see p1ach - she Dapers ~ setailsT and
wholesllers ane manufacturers anA labor
unions, everybody accusing everybody else Of
ieins aousbie Tor the present business de-
rressior. CaR son sell us where fine blame feaily
lies1 Where VIII i endE
TRUTH seeker.
cassopoia Mich.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13
THIS is ONLY ONE OF
THE GREAT TREATS
THE NEWS TIMES HAS
COMING FOR ITS
READERS.
LARDNER BY WIRE
NORMAN HAPGOOD BY
MAIL

Hapgood's story will appear
the Sunday preceding the IN
auguration not about
Harding bat about Wilson.
His story foretelIs
the place that the
President will have
not only in United
States but World
History.
Hapgood is qualified to write
on this subject. He was at
the Peace conference. He has
spent much time in Europe
since then. He is an able
writer. His years as editor
of Golfers guarantees that.
He quit Golfers when Col
liers' quit progressivism and
joined the ranks of the reac-
tionarles.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13
Reflections of a
Bachelor Girl

A firt is a person with a synco-
psted heart. which plays continu-
Gus jazz-na edley. instead of a pastor
al or a moonlight sonata.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13
But there is no telling what
will happen to it when
Ring w. Lardner
Gets There

Lardner is going to Wash
ington and will write about
the Inauguration for this pa
per IN his famous You
Know-Me-Al' style.
If nobody else gets any fun
out of the Inauguration Lard
ner will. He will see the an
giles that everyone else
misses.
There will be a hundred Incl
dents that will lend them
selves to Lardner's humor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13

A man is most fascinating-nay
irresistible when he succeeds in
making you believe that that IS
what you ere.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13

No man was ever crushed by a
woman's arguments; but he can be
completely suffocated by her dead
silence
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13

1t is harder than ever for a man
to resist temptation, these dry-law
days, becaJse he has to hunt so long
before he can find anything to ''re-
sist"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-31

"Naw, she don't like him.
An he don't like her.
Nav, they amt crazy
bout each other. Sure.
I know, | seen her call
him down only last night
and, believe me, boy,
his name was mud when
she got through with
him :" The usher, who
knows all the back stage
affairs, in the act of dis
polling the prevalent
idea that the leading
man and woman are
desperately in love with
each other.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-31

Wonderful presence of mind has Grayce, who
is doing the French maid in Cup in Mabel's
Room The leading has gone com
pIetely up in her lines and Grayce is interpolat-
ing few extra 900 la. las" and "zut cuts"
during what might otherwise be an awkward
pause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18

do undertake to establish a museum at
Arlington, Ganembers of the Lee and
Gusts families and others who have
relics from Arlington House would be
the only source from which exhibits
can be obtained. A number of the
Washington exhibits in the National
Museum are labeled Lent by Miss
Mary Gusts Lee" They are not,
therefore, the permanent property of
the museum. =
Altho Arlington is across the
Potomac from Washington, it is as
much visited as the sights in the heart
of the city. The. graves and monu-
nents of both northern and southern
forces of the Civil war, those of the
Spanish war. and now the graves of
the European war dead, attract many.
The mansion has always been one of
the sights of the grounds, and visitors
fill huge registers with their names.
Except for the table on which the
register stands, the rooms, which are
open to visitors, are bare.
Arlington is fer from forgotten, but
it is remembered as a desolate, echo
Ing house. 1t is difficult to believe
that GUSTS built a dining room and
dancing pavilion on the lawn by his
spring and invited picnic crowds to
come and enjoy the wooded grounds
of the Arlington estate. 1t is hard to
imagine the clean swept halls of
Arlington fitted out with old mahogany
and silver, imported china, chintz, and
brocades. Yet. this is Arlington House
as it was--and as it may be If re-
stored
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE

Me and Mary Watkins was setting
on her frunt steps tawking about
different things nuthing speshil, and
all of a sudden the hot waffle Vaughn
came down the street, the hot waffle
man ringing his bell and hollering,
Get EN- on the spot, get EN- vile
they're hot, waffles, waffles. who
wunts waffles
Being the same thing he always
hollers, and Mary Watkins sed, o, 1
deerly love waffles don't you Benny?
. [ don't know, / don't think they
digest very good, I sed. Me not even
having a cent to buy even one with,
pand she sed, Wy Benny. how can you
say sutch a thing, I think they digest
bewtifill.
Well gosh, holey smoaks, how do
we know watts in all that loose stuff
be makes them out of? sed.-
Well my goodness 1 bin eating them
steady all my life and they never bert
me the teeniest weeniest little bit,
sed Mary Watkins. .---s
That's wat you think. maybe. but
you're libel to eat vest one more and
then you're libel to brake out all over,
sed. Things like that happin all at
once, I sed.
My goodniss wat awful dredfill
thawt, sed Mary Watkins. Me think
$1,000. And I thawt, Hers a good
chance for. me to look generous. And
L sed, OF corse if you wunt some and
wunt to take a chance on breaking out
wy Ill buy-you all you wunt
o well, I've ate so many now maybe
I'm vaccinated agenst them, I CESS
maybe I could eat about all rite, sed
Mary Watkins. Me thinking Heck,
holey smoaks. And sed, Well, come
to think of it 1 wouldent ewunt to
take the responsibility. G. WIZ, how do
you Suppose Id feel If you. broak out =?
Id feel as if it was all my fault, 1 sed.
That's all rite, Id Excuse you, sed
Mary Watkins, and / ased, No. L
couldent stand sutch a gilty con-
sciense.
WITCH jest then the hot waffle wag-
gin termed GROUND the corner and
Mary Watkins went in mad and 1 went
home feeling like mario ixcape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18
is THERE NO OTHER WAY?

The chamber of commerce of Phil
adelphia has made survey of the
conditions subsequent to the strikes
that have been in progress at the
Quaker city. There is no discussion of
the causes or responsibility The pub
lished findings are merely an uncoy-
ering of the economic results Sof the
warfare.
There are between 4e.0 and SO, 900
persons in Philadelphia, says the
chamber, dependent on the wages IF
those who are now on strike. They
are exhausting their savings. Their
indebtedness is piling up. Strike re-
lief funds are scant and must become
scantier. Many of the strikers are Of
outdoor occupations, such as the
building trades. in which cold weather
employment is either uncertain or
nonresident. For such as these. with
savings gone and credit limit reached,
there is winter ahead bleak indeed
unless there be an adjustment of con-
troversies.
The committee asserts that had only
moderate building program been
carried out in Philadelphia, there
would have been put in circulation
not less than twenty-five million do,-
lars, in the construction of dwelling
houses alone. The amount actually 50
disbursed is only four or five millions.
Thus the building workers have lost
some twenty millions in wages, which
they never will be able to make up.
The committee estimates also that
something like a quarter million peo-
pie are dependent upon the earnings
of those who, because of the inter-
locking intricacies of industry. have
been forced out of work in conse-
quence OF strikes in other lines
The Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce warns the people of the Qua
ker city that. unless there come an
early adjustment and buckling
down to hard work. that community
will face winter in which a quarter
million people will fight cold and hun
ger with empty pockets and exhausted
credit.
The survey presents to the public
pitiable condition. And the dis
couraging portraiture will apply
relatively-to many other cities of the
country. Surely a better way should
and could be found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18
JUST FOLKS
wHooPING COUGH.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST

There is a reason, l suppose, for every
thing which comes
Why youngsters fall from apple trees and
babies suck their thumbs;
And tho 1 can't explain it all, when trou
BILE comes l know
That since by Providence It's wiIled, it
must be wiser so.
But knowing this, still insist we'd all be
better off
II little children could escape the dnaded
whooping cough.
I never see a red-faced child in spasms
But what I wonder Why to babes such
suffering is sent.
Tho humps and measles, chicken pox and
scarlet fever. too,
Beset the lives of those who love, l still
can see them thru:
But terror seems to chill my blood the
minute that l hear
That awful sign that someone's child with
whooping cough is near.
Old women say it has to be, but 1 grow
pale as death
When l behold a boy or girl in anguish
fight for brsath.
They tell me not to be alarmed. but I'm
not made of steel.
And every touch of agony the youngster
has. I feel; +
And could l run this world of ours, the
first thing I'd cut off
From all the things which have TO he,
would be~the whoopiuE cough.
Copyright, 1921, BY Edgar a. Guestl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18

Some one can stay behind and
watch them" suggested one of the
members of the council.
What for?" demanded another
member. IF we are all going out
together, what need is there for any
one to watch the clothes?" H.
Speaking of maria ge reminds us of
what an old friend of ours down south
said to the young man who asked for
the hand of his daughter.
81 am confident you do not know
who am" said the young men after
he had made his formal request when
he noticed that his prospective father
ln-law hesitated perceptibly. ST am a
director in the Y. NJ. C. A, am su-
perintendent of my Sunday school and
personally teach a class. 1 am one OF
the local lecturers for the prohibition
movement. 1 do not swear, I do not
smoke and never have. I do not drink
and have never taken a drink in my
life. There is more I could say of
myself, but these things are sufficient
to let you know the kind of life /
lead"
Young man." replied our friend.
from what you tell me of yourself
am now convinced you will make my
daughter a mighty good husband, but
you are going to make me darn poor
son-in-law.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18

II the Irish choose to give up a
form of government, independent in
all but name, such as is offered by
Lloyd George, for a hope impossible
of fulfillment, it is their business ana
nobodys else. But in doing so theV
stand to lose much of the sympathy
hitherto felt for them turnout the
world That Ireland has been treated
unfairly in many ways in the past
has been widely conceded, but the
offer Of England seems to carry with
it absolute freedom, except in name.
There seems little doubt that Ireland
would be better off under dominion
form of government than under the
kind proposed by Mr.. de Valera. In
refusing a short loaf, she is running a
great risk Of finding herself wholly
without bread.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18
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HATING GAIT OF BUSINESS.

An implement manufacturer closes
his plant for an indefinite period with
the announcement that before ne can
resume business wages must come
down. His warehouses are filled with
finished products which farmers can
not or will not buy. They assume
that products of the factory should
show the same proportionate reduc-
ton as regards price as the prod
ucts of the soil.
The manufacturer argues that
farmers must realize establishments
cannot be made as speedily in the city
as on the farm; there is the ques-
ton of labor 70 contend with, and IT
is more complex than are the prob
lens met with on the farm. The
wage Garner must be dealt with care
fully. with due regard for his cost Of
living; and it takes time to make sat
isfs Glory adjustments.
Material was reduced; the farmer
should have got the benefit of that,
but the important item in manufac-
turing cost, labor. was practically I'M
disturbed so far as it affected him.
The farmer, therefore, will not be in a
position to obtain the full advantages
of cheaper material and labor costs in
buying implements until next year,
and as he will suffer this year from
the reduced prices he is obtaining for
his products, it is not likely that he
will be in a position to buy as extern
sively as he requires or desires until
after his purchasing power is re-
cOuped by next years harvest.
The farmer, therefore, feels him
self to be the victim while those in
the city are leisurely readjusting
themselves The mechanics who make
the farmers implements have another
view of it. Their wages have been
forced down on a parity with the cost
of living. And both the farmer and
the city wage Garner are dissatisfied.
The cost of food is 48 per cent
higher than in July, 1913. The farm
er is getting about what he received
for his products in 1913. The princi-
pal reason why the wage Garner is
not getting his food at 1913 prices.
and therefore is not in a position to
accept a corresponding wage is the
cost of distribution.
The incongruities of the situation,
declares the Iron Trade Review, are
due to high transportation rates and
will stand out more emphatically as
the farmers and the city wage earn
ers continue to suffer
While much is being done in the
direction of restoring normal condi-
tions, the most important movement
in that direction, the reduction of rail-
road rates, is being neglected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
WHY WAIT?

-
It is a fine thing to hang in the gal
Iery of your mind the picture of per-
lection
1 was looking thru a magazine the
other day, and came across the story
of a great industry. The first pro-
duct was illustrated, and alongside this
product was shown another picture
its development of today. twenty
years had interviewed. The place of
this great industry's inception was also
shown-a mere hut of a building-and
contrasted with this. its present acres
of factories.
The early invention looked crude
indeed. And yet at that time 1t was
considered a wonderful advancement.
Had the i'm entor been satisfied and
waited until he had achieved perfec-
ton, the story in that magazine would
never have been written
Why wait? If you have an idea,
put 1t to work.
Tomorrow you are bound to know
more than you know today-but don't
wait until tomorrow to find out.
Before ME hangs a beautiful paint
ing / know quite Intimately the his
tory of the artist who painted it. For
twenty-five years he has been work
ing, practically in obscurity. Only
this year was he elected to the most
noted art organization in hrs country.
Every year found his paintings great
er. But he never waited for fame-he
W orked for it.
We must work in the spirit of an
ticipation-not in that OF satisfaction.
r If we didn't do the little things in
the best way we know how, we would
never have any idea how to tackle the
big things when they loom before u.s.
Why wait for things to turn up?
The world will never wait for any
man-why should you wait for any
thing?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18
Observation-Disclosures

Q. Tell something Of the history. and
aims of the American Bible Society? f.
A. The American Bible Society was or
ganized in New York City, 1916, to encour-
age a wider circulation of the Bible. In
in is52 Bible House" was built, one of the
Oldest office buildings in New York city.
The board of managers consists of SO lay
men and the object is to translate ard cir
culate the Holy Scripture to all tile ends
of the earth and especially among the be-
nighted and destitute 1t is strictly un ,L
130,711 volumes have been distributed.
printed in 1874 languages. The society is
maintained by requests. endowments and
Q. Are the sufferers of the Pueblo flood
being cared for? G: c.;
tributed for the relief of the Pueblo flood
victims. OF this amount all but $4,000
was given by the Red Cross or by citi-
needed and contributions should be sent
to the Disaster Relief Fund, American Red
o. Should gasoline be spelled with an
''e'' or an "i"? F. L. J.
A Either gasoline or 'gasolene" is
O. Has every attempt to sound the
depth of the ocean been successfult C.. L.
A. The photographic office says that
no part of the ocean where attempts have
been made to sound the depth has been
found too deep for sounding. The great
where operatians have been undertaken.
was 1852 fathoms- This occurs In the Pa
cifie ocean. just east of the north end of
Mindanao in the Philippine Islands. 1t
was sounded by the German ship PLANET"
in 1912.
Q. Why has the third verse of the star
Spangled BaQner'' been eliminatedf j. 7.
A Four Verses Of a national hymn is
rather long for frequent rendition. so II is
l.usuaI to omit one verse The third verse
is chosen for omission because Of the bit
ter feeling expressed.
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know the rest-which is. it appears,
bliss"
Dear me! How romantici" Edna
flung back saucily: still can't
quite pardon you-for. destroying N Y
idea. of constancy. Last time we
talked of weddings and rings and
things, you ended by vowing yuI would
die a bachelor"
That was because I thoosat i
should never live to be married" Basil
quoted. But remember-thIt was
because also you said you wouldn't
have me-said it in all the moods and
lenses
'Joslinda has been vowing the samo
this ten years" Edna murmured soft
ly: But look at her now?-'
Instead look at me-now And tel
me he change of mind is epidemic
Basil said possessing himself master
fully of her hand.
Copyright 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18

,ead No. She has the others. / wan
alv.avs q hif in the way at home.
love them, and I know they love me.
but they do not need me"
And I do Don't you see, dear,
that all things work together for good !?
We have found each other, and you
have NOT lost that one so dear to you
IT hone NOT. but / mustn't be too
sure" Some Of the old fear scrept
back. He was to be under Margarets
influence while he decided what we'
he, would do in the culture
(Tomorrow-A week of unrest-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18

1.-The biggest retailers and mail or
der houses have gone back on u.s.
declares a leading American toy
manufacturer. They are buying the
cheap German and japanese toys
Unless there j. some good indication
that American wholesalers, jobbers
and retailers are willing to support
the domestic market we may as well
shut down our plants and go cut OF
business" This manufacturers con-
olusion applies to any business which
cannot meet competition. There is nc
sound reason why the people should
be called upon to subsid.ze anybody's
business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18

The records of the Northern Pacific
Railroad company show that there
are $1,000 boDdholders, $4,000 stock
holders, and 10000 employees, IN
round numbers. There are apparently
about twice as many owners of the
road as there are employees. 1t has
always been a theory that the CAPT.
talists are few and the laborers many,
but the theory is subject to qualifica-
tions as far as Northern Pacific
ownership and employment are con-
cerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18

For the first time in its history the
soviet government of Russia has done
something likely to find favor with
the entire nation. 1t has repealed the
prohibition law. In the old days, Rus
SLAMS were said to drink between
drinks. Since Russia has abandoned
prohibition, there now remain but
two countries in the world where it is
in force-the United States and Tur-
key In the latter country it is a
canon and not a statute law.