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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31
Dorothy Dix Talks
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Gossip.

OOoSlp01.
A young woman writes me that the
other women in her set talk about her
because she plays around a bit with
other men than her husband, and she
wants to know if I don't think that
gossiping is one of the seven deadly
sins.
= Not at all. Far from it. I think
that there is no other one force in the
world that makes so much for right
eousn ess, as gossiping. The old tabby
cats, who sit rocking on hotel We
randas, and who lie in perpetual am
bush behind their >starched window
that goes on and tell it, may not look
like guardian angels of the public
morals, but they are.
''They say keeps more people
walking the straight and narrow way
than all the ten commandments. For
the thing that we dread most, and
fear most, is our neighbours opinion.
The thought of forming the subject of
discussion and having our little weak
nesses vivisected at the sewing circle,
or the tea party, or the club, is some
thing that turns our very bones to
water.
1t is the knowledge that she will be
gossiped about that makes many a
flighty young girl watch her step. 1t
is the certainty that Mrs. Jones across
the street, and Mrs. Smith next door,
will foregather and discuss the way
she neglects her baby to go automo-
billing with a man who doesn't look
like her brother, that prevents many
a silly young wife from INDUCING in a
stolen bite of romance now and then
1t is the knowledge that the neigh
| bores keep tab on the hour he comes
home, that makes many a man punch
| the domestic time clock prompt1y.\ItS
the fear of what his business friends
will say, that keeps many man from
taking his pretty stenographer out to
lunch.
It is easy to drug conscience into a
state of coma. It's no trick at all o
| invent excuses to ourselves for what
ever we want to do, and to justify our
selves to ourselves by saying thak
where no harm is intended. none is
done. But nobody has ever found any
way to head off gossip.
1t has a. thousand eyes that never
close in sleep, and a perpetual
motion tongue that never stops wag-
ging. Nor is it concerned with our
motives. 1t only takes heed of our
| acts and it puts it's own construction
on them.
i "A girl may be really pure as ice and
chaste as snow, but if she permits
familiarities from men, and has a loud
bold manner, she will be talked about
in a manner that would raise the haiI
on her head if she heard what wa:
said about her. A married woman
may be virtuous as Caesars wife, bur
she cannot escape calumny if she en-
cages in flirtations with young men
A business man may really be feeding
the hungry when he takes chorus girl:
out to supper, and he may actually b'
seeing out-of-town customers until
o'clock in the morning, but his friends
who take note of his risings up ant
sittings down smile with their tongue
in their cheeks when his name lead
all the rest at a gabfest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31
little BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY IEE PAPE-

was I'D in the setting room reed
ing Fred Feerliss In A Motor BOAT
and ma called up, Benny. Me tnihs-
ing Heck, a Grand
Being too bizZy thinking to anser'
and ma called more times ana sea-
Nam? You calling me, ma
had an ideer that 1 was SEQ ma
Meaning certeny she was, ana sea.
Wat do you wunt. ma? Do you wunt
me for enything2
Run GROUND to the store and get
me a pound of rice, sed ma
Rice? Aw G. ma. who wunts rice
I sed.
I do, and in a hurry too. sed ma.
and 1 sed, Aw gosh, ma, I'm tired as
enything, I bet you haven't got eny
fdeer how tired 1 am.
1 bet L haven't either, come down
heer and get the money. sed ma, ana
1 sed, Wat money, aw G., ma. I'm tired.
| if 1 was eny tireder Id be asleep, cant
you do without rice. ma?
| I can but I wont, hurry up, I'm
waiting sed ma, and I sed, Well I'm
certeny tired ma. I'm so tired L cant
hardly set on this chain without fall
| ing off, and ma sed, Well then get
little more tired and fall off. and keep
on coming till you get down heer.
| WITCH jest then the bell rang and ma
the door and it was Pubs Sim
| kins, saying, Is Benny in?
| He's up in the setting room but
ixpect him down before the end of the
yeer sed ma, and Pubs called up, Hay
Benny, jest got new Boy Scourt
hatchets, come on GROUND and lets
have a chopping contest.
G, all rite. waite a minnit Ill be
down in a second. L called down, and
ma called up. That's good. I'm still
waiting, and wen you get back from
the store a little werk with the hatchet
awt to rest you up a lot.
III Heck, thawt. On account OF hav-
! ing forgot all about the rice, and Puds
: went to the store with me, running al
, the way there and back, and then we
= ran Ground to Pulses back yard and
E had the chopping contest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31

pany's car. But just which car he used
is a matter that has never been ascer-
tained-even by the police For some
where on the fringe of Wall street the
trail of the salesman disappeared from
views The importer waited patiently
for a few days, then quietly charged
the $4,000 up to experience. He was
glad that only few people knew. He
could not afford to have his credit in
jured by stories of wild speculations.
What succeeded with the importer,
a seasoned business man of strong
financial backing and supposed ex-
cellcnt business judgment, succeeds
even more easily with small investors
of slight business experience, who are
dismayed to find themselves practi-
cally without redress when their cash
is gone. Even if the swindler is
eventually apprehended it is hard to
prove that he did not actually himself
believe bogus facts which he sold.
Under the new Martin Anti-fraud
Act, however, it will not be so diff
ficult The attorney general will be
| On the swindler's trail, with the Saw
| ings Banks association of the state of
New York and various Wall street
| brokerage concerns helping him.
With all of these agencies at work,
there is every reason to believe that
the public may yet be saved from the
results of its own folly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31
A SERIOUS MISTAKE.

Last fall, when the interstate COM
merce commission yielded to the plea
of the railroads for an increase of 20
per cent in freigA rates. railroad ex-
ecutives held to The belief that their
revenues would be increased to a con-
siderable extent. 1t is pointed out by
the Marion Star, President Harding's
paper, that the opposite has been the
effect.
That the increase in freight rates,
continues the Star, has had something
to do with existing industrial and bust
ness conditions is almost generally
admitted. The railroads find them
selves in the situation of the man who
killed the goose that laid the golden
eggs. They have the higher freight
rates. but they do not have the bust
ping costs have reached a point that
makes them a real factor in the trans
action of business.
The rate on lemons from California
it is pointed out, is almost equal &c
the price for which foreign grown
lemons are selling in New York City
1t will easily be seen that lemons are
not being shipped from California II
the east and the railroads are getting
no revenues from such shipments
The Interstate commerce commission
it is said, is considering a lowering c
/ freight rates, with the object of givin:
some aid to industry and business b!
lowering the operating costs, and a
the same time adding to the income
of the railroads by increasing the ship
/ ping business. Just what will be don
remains to be seen, concludes the Star
but that something will have to b
done is evident.
The lemon situation probably wi
; be seized upon by the protectionist
as an excuse for placing a high tariff
[ on imported lemons but that coul
hardly help the lemon growers unles
the rate of duty be- made prohibitiv.
| in which casa the consumer woul
! suffer and might refuse to buy.
; lowering of freight rates. howeve
should enable the American produce
of lemons to compete with the Euro
l pean growers. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31

1t is reported that the Russian So
Wet government is about to lease the
Industrial plants of the country to
their former owners. This would be
practically a restoration of previous
conditions. After all, ownership OF
property is merely nominal. 1t is a
fiction that is universally maintained
It has a strong hold on this country
and is respected so long as the alleged
owner complies with the laws. But
should he fafI-refuse to pay his taxes,
for instance-the government takes
the property away from him. His
position, therefore, does not differ
greatly from that of the holder of
lease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
COLOR.

Suppose there was no color in the
world! I, for one, would be the first
to step up to the ticket agent and pur-
chase a fare for another place-but it
would have to be for a world where
color was.
Every day I marvel at the wisdom
of the One who created this world
But 1 believe His greatest idea, outside
of making people, was to put color
here.
never look into the face of flow
er but love it the more. Such color!
Even the humblest peasant, who
can neither read nor write, loves and
appreciates color. The green grass,
the blue sky, the red rose, the white
lily, the yellow buttercup, the golden
sunset. And all these colors In the the
painting that inspires you. and in the
rug and tapestry that silently pour
beauty into your soul.
| I look at my long line of bookcases
and wonder how I would feel if my
| book friends had not gone into such
is in their dressi
Who does not envy the gypsy hei
gorgeously colored makeup?
! Only as we are able to take our cue
from the color that is in this world
and translate it into thinking and &C
| ton. do we really enter into the spirit
of living.
| Smiles have color. Sterling deed
have color. That man is lifeless wht
| does not have color running up anC
down his backbone'
In darkness there can be no color
| Color was made for the light.
i Poiret. the great French designer
once said that man should wear hi
\ tie the same color as his soul. Blu
ira smuch as have no idea what colo
nv soul is, wear every color in m
ties. so that I will be sure to be RICH
some time or other It is not a ba
idea, tho, of Poiret's-
) envy the women who eau dress I
l so many coIors. They deserve to sho'
} off beauty. The most unattrac civ
woman otherwise. may look beautift
in the right colors-and at small ez
pence.
/ Happiness IS made up of the color
: of the rainbow!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31

The Hartford Courant presents its
readers the following problem in
finance: John Smith is, we will as
sumo. worth 100000. He gives to
Jones, who is worth 100000. his note
for $4,000. Then Jones is $4,000
richer, but how about Smith? If one
has gained $4,000. the other has lost
It, yet these advocates of taxing intan-
gibles hold that $4,000 of property
has been created by Jones getting 4
pledge of so much of Smiths wealth.
If the two men were worth 100000
together before that transaction. then,
after it was closed, Jones was worth
$4,000 and Smith 100000, and the
two were worth the same 100000. 1t
would take philosopher to figure out
where the wealth of the community
had been increased" The Courant is
right in its conclusions, but overlooks
the fact that Jones must give Smith
value received for the note and there
fore neither is dollar richer or poor
err, but each has increased HIS taxable
assets $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
THREE CARES.

THREE CARES.
One was wailing the loss of gold,
Dismal and grim was the tale he told;
How could tomorrow he look upon
With his life's work crushed and his treas
ure gone?
Yet buildings might rise on his barren soil,
For God mad not taken his strength to toll
Another man came with downcast face,
To tell his woes in the market place;
He had bought his goods when the price
was high
And today the people refused to buy;
Yet should failure come, ethere would still
remain
Life and the strength to fight again.
But a third there was and his heart was
And at night he solemnly paced the floor,
And all day long In his office place
Where he toiled, he saw but sick child's
face,
And he PRAYED to his God: Take fame and
wealth,
But save my baby and give her health"
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A. Guest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31

Speaking of the necessity of. extend
ing long term credits to maintain and
develop our foreign trade, Jerome
Thralls, secretary-treasurer of the
Discount Corporation of New York, in
an address before the annual conven-
ton of the Pennsylvania Bankers as
sociation at Atlantic City, said: "Ours
is the only overstocked nation. 1t will
he many years before our population
can possibly overtake our productive
capacity. We must therefore find
markets for our product. We cannot
sell unless we buy. To create a healthy
condition both our exports and i'm
ports must be sustained and increased.
our elevators are full of wheat, our
warehouses are crowded with cotton
our shelves are sagging with finished
goods. America, in her trade rela-
lions with the rest of the world. has
responsibilities which she must fulfill
or cause great loss to her own people
and great inconvenience and suffering
to other people" All of the forego-
ing has been urged on the country In
various ways for several months, wit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31

Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
announced recently that the debts of
the allies to the United States would
be put in permanent shape within the
year. President Harding. in an ad-
dress in New York last week, said that
1t was the hope of the administration
within a reasonable period to distrib-
ute among the general public the al
lied bonds which are now held in the
treasury. The project would appar-
emily involve the withdrawal of an
equal amount of victory notes and GER
tificates of indebtedness as the differ
ent obligations mature, thereby reduc-
ing the total upon which the govern
ment must pay interest in a like
amount. This plan, if successfully
carried thru, would of course permit
a reduction of similar extent in taxa
ton and would in so far tighten pres
ent tax burdens. Reports that the
government will guarantee the prin-
cipal and interest of the new bonds
probably are correct, as without sucf
support they could hardly be market
ed to advantage. Any arrangement
that will reduce taxes will be wei
coined by the public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31

- ro,b;nr more exhausting ana
less stimulating than enforced ~
tact with the well-known human
The complaint of the New ~ az
world that the administrator
We shineton has no leadership may pc
true. We don't know as to that. Ine
thing we are sure of is that It sue
ceeded an administration that hao ho
following.
Having read Mr.. Meade Mineger-
ode's novel of Yale life and Mr.. Wa ,sEs
worth Camps novel OF Princeton NJ
we reach the conclusion thattne Oni-
versity of Valparaiso is fine placetc
send a boy to school,
And. at that, we have made due al
Iowance for literary license nl-ns,-
yale nor Princeton could be as sicken-
ing as their voluntary historians make
them.
Which reminds us that the merry
and frolicsome Haverford boys are -
| do the column on Friday mornin :.
Better wait for the big SHOW ihis IL
merely the street parade
Uoodroyr Wilson is to be exposes
q gain this time by the sisters OF the
| late william McCombs. The Nexecu-
| tors of Mr.. McCombs' memory are 70
/ rubbish a book which will disclose MI
| wilson's ingratitude to him.
| The late Mr.. McCombs Lay have
been badly treated. but the projectors
Of the publication in question are on
| dead card. woodrow Wilson Is water
under the bridge. So are those forci
blv elected from the vicinity OF the
| presence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31
NEW TAXES FOR OLD.

After centuries of failure in every
attempt to make the rich pay the
taxes and let the poor escape there
still remain those who appear to think
it can be done. Among these are
found the opponents of the sales tax
and the advocates of taxing the debts
of the people, both public and private.
They would levy on bonds of all kinds
and mortgages. seemingly in the be-
lief that the holders of these securities
would pay, instead of the debtors.
The borrower of money always is at
the mercy of the lender and must sub
NIT to the terms of the latter. 1t
should be easy, therefore, to see who
must pay the taxes on evidences of
debt.
The great advantage to be derived
from sales tax is that it would COM
pei everybody to pay and would raise
! sufficient revenue to relieve some of
those who now bear an unfair share Of
the tax burden. Always there is a
stated amount of money to be raised.
The amount cannot be reduced by
! changing the system of taxation but it
|
uted. The sales tax is the best means
! yet offered for attaining this end.
The government now collects taxes
on sales of automobiles, cameras,
candy, chewing gum, electric fans,
| Photographic films, firearms, furs,
knives, sporting goods, statuary and
works of art, pianos and musical in
| CT. 7fC fniJ
soaps and powers. Those taxes, rang
ing from per cent on motor trucks
and chewing gum to 10 per cent on
cameras, works of art, sporting goods
etc, are now paid by the manufac-
turers of such commodities. But does
any one think that the manufacturer
does not add the tax to his selling
price?
Some opponents of the sales tax faI
into the error Of thinking that the re-
taller will add the amount of the ia,
and little more to the price of eacf
separate article offered for sale
There is no more reason for this>con
clusion than there is to think that tn,
merchant provides for his other take!
in this way. He now adds a certain
per cent to gross profits on his bust
ness to cover taxes and he would con
tinue to do so.
Everyone who sells goods makes
profit or should make a profit, and
small tax would be a good deal Xix
the item of postage or some other i'll
cidental expense, to beNabsorbed in tn
/ general expenses of the business.
Under the present system no tw'
businesses pay the same properties
2 OF taxes. 1t is probably true that n
= two persons, receiving the same in
t come and spending the same proper
i ten of 1t, pay the same amount +
= taxes. The purchaser of a 25-cen
= package \of talcum powder pays
e per cent. The buyer of 30-cent tub
= of tooth paste pays more than 8 pc
n cent. You buy an oil painting and tn
= dealer is required to turn over 10 pc
= cent of the selling price to the govern
= ment; you buy a ticket to the theate
= and the box-office is required to col
e lect a 10 per cent tax from you an
y account for it to the government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31

In the past year. it is announced,
England has paid approximately
$1,000, 900, 900 of her national debt
Apparently acting on the theory that
Uncle Sam and Canada are able to
wait. she has discharged all her other
foreign obligations with the exception
of about 100000 due Sweden and
this is about to be paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31

Hall, the inventor and manufacturer
of the famous Carmine Cream that
has banished age for so many, includ-
ing herself. She's a living advertise
ment of herNares. as you can see for
yourself. And" he finished proudly,
she's my only living relative. Alice.
my fiancee-my grandmother"
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-31

the object of inducing investment in
the Foreign Trade Financing Corpora
ton, but nothing seems to have come
of it
New Britain herald., 1921-07-01

FLAG RIBBON silk ribbon, comes in several widths 5t to 5Or per yard
New Britain herald., 1921-07-01
IS ['SENGER PLANE| IS MlNG BUILT HERE
lContinued From First Page).

be a success we intend to make flights between the more or less important sea towns of tn New England states. Passengers will be taken up and reg uiar routes Worked up."
 It was at hrst tho9ght that the company intended to fly between New Britain and New York and possibly ether cities. As explained by MT. Werdeln, however, it will be impos- s'ble ss there lS no river or lake in New Br1taln where the machine can land, md It must have a body of water There waA some talk of seek ing tie use of Shuttle Meadow reser- Volr, put the owners of the plan: rave 'onS apanooHed that idea in as much as Shuttle MI seadow is not open to tn public and is the source of the city's drinking water.
 Mel are at work F,n fhe machine at the florence street 'building and visi tors re welcome To pay visit to the plan1 mere IS someone at the plant lall hurS of the day who will be will ling Q take visitors about and explain fc item the building and future work i(ngs of the machine.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-01

If the tax pund not to bo law l until septf er 1. it means about
 eo,ooo loss evenue to the state.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-01
HENLEY REGATTA.
But One Foreign Fptrant Remains In
 Annual CIasid In England.

Henley, Eng, July 1.-only one foreign entrant remains to contest further events in the annual regatta here. He ia Eyeken, the famous Dutch oarsman, in tha diamond scully race. The Dutch eight-oared crew wat beaten yesterday by Leander in tha grand challenge cup event, and the Christiania four-oared crew wa3 defeated by the Lady Margaret crew in the Wyfold cup race. The finals vii! be rowed tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-01
THAT GASOLINE TAX
;:':., ::: 2: No: ::: I: ':: :.::..:: n:
 Ieforc Sept. 1.

IEforc Sept. 1. |
 Hartford, July 1.-Althouph the neE law imposing a gas.kine fax of oHI cent a gallon goes inn effect to- daI a question has ariS n as to lkther the motor vehi} denart- meht has a right to colled any such tax before Septem Der l.
 was learned yesterday that Mo to1 Vehlcles Commlsslonerv Robbins D. 'stoeckel mas asked Attotney Gen eral Frank E. Healy for q oninion asI to whether section of he paso- lire tax law can be cond rued to prevent the collection of til fax be- ginning today. The sect n reads as follows:
 E'Every distributor is Ind Ahv re- z fred within sixty days 9 pr this
 shall go into effect, and erea fer
 efore continuing in or con bencine 9
 } transact the business of distri butor as herein defined, to D cure . cehse rom the coHlmlsslf~ pf mo tor vehicles permitting hin4Yo con. 'nue or 10 comme ence to eHgage ir said business within this stateKn l. The law requires that theA tax k eoilec.oi cy the 1notorz Vehlv cle d' partment from the distribute krs ar the question to be determine \. is the fact that licenses cannot be iissu for two months precludes the eol}- ton of the tax from all gasolir Ae - t.ibutors il the meantime
 Whether or not people buyina oline in Connecticut are to have | months grace before being oblig
 pay the gasoline tax depends on
 nature of the attor pey generals ion. ---~- >~k14-A--> ->-~ 1 1T the tax pund not to bo law 1 lul until Septf er 1, it means abou
 s1so,ooo loss , evenue to the state
New Britain herald., 1921-07-01
ONE ON HER,

Copenhagen, July 1.-When King Christian visited a little town in Northern Schleswig, German wom- an remarked to a companion as they were passing the king: You can't call him good looking anyhow" The king turned and answered in German, But his hearing is excellent"
New Britain herald., 1921-07-01
Indianola Council Names New Officials at Mceting-Miss Bagshaw as Head

Indianola Council, Degree of Poco- hantas,, elected the following officers at it's meeting last night: Pocahontas, Miss Edna Bagshaw; Menona, Mrs. Catherine Marion; prophecies, Mrs. Agnes Brewin; Powhattan, w. F. Marion; keeper of recodrs, Miss Nellie Senior; first representative, Miss Nellie Senior; second representative Mrs. Agnes Brewin; first alternate Miss Pearl Wilcox, and second alter nate, Mrs. Rose Bickerton.
 The officers will be installed at the next regular meeting on Tuesday evening, July 5. The members will visit the Arawanna Council, at Mid dletown, making the trip in automo- piles.