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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LE1E PAPE-

MA made Iemn1in merrang pie this
morning, being my favorite kind OF pie
including CAKES, and this afternoon
was on my way out to the kitchin to
get a drink of waiter and wat was on
the sidebord in the dining room but
the lemmin merraDgN pie. reminding
me of it, and 1 stood there a vile
watching it and wondering If it tasted
as good as wat it looked, thinking
Well, the ony way to settle the ar
gewment is taist it and find out
WITCH l did, cutting out a skinny
slice with a dining room knife and
eating it, tasting even better than wat
it looked and settling the argewment,
me thinking, G, it certeny made a big
looking hole for sutch a skinny
peece, G, I could cut out another
skinny peece without making the hole
look mulch bigger.
WITCH I tried it to see and it made
the hole look twise as big, and I ate
the End skinny peece and went out
and got the glass of waiter and on
my way back I looked at the hole
agen and it looked so big 1 took 2
thing to RELY look big about, and
then I went up to mas room and ma
was Introducing Embroidery, me say
ing. Hello ma watts the news?
Ma not saying wat it was, and sed,
Hay ma, I taisted that lemmin mer-
rang pie, G ma, that's the SWEETEST
lemmin merrang pie you ever made.
gosh ma, its swell. o boy. Is it all
rite for me to of tasted it, ma? L sed.
o well. I Suppose so, considering
that your report Is so complimentary,
sea ma.
And she keep on Introducing i'm
broidery and pritty soon I sed. 1 GER
teny tasted it, ma, I bet I tasted it
for about 10 minutes.
You go and bring up that pie i'm
meditly till I take a look at it, sed
ma. WITCH I did, almost dropping it
twice but catching it jest in time both
times, and the neerer it go to mas
room the bigger the hole looked. and
ma gave me a fearse crack and told
me not to dare to ask for eny pie for
dizzert.
me eny.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04
observation-disclosures

Q. In the name "Robert Louis Steven
son" is Louis given the English or French
pronuneiation?, r
son gave the name the English pronuncia-
ton Lewis"
Q. Having made a vain search for the
A. The Acadian Mountains is a name
infrequently applied to the elevated region
between the Hudson, the lower St. Law
renee, and the Atlantic. and includes the
White, Green, Maine and Canadian Noun
tains.
Q. Has the constitutionality of the 18th
amendment been tested in the courts? L.
A. The United States supreme court on
June Z, 1920. handed down decision in
the case of G. c. Dempsey and c. Feigen-
span, plaintiffs. in which they sustained
the tonstitutionality Of the 18th amend
ment.
q; What is the origin of the name cat
4. Catsup is a word derived from the
name of an Fast Indian pickle. The term
was first applied to the boiled spiced juice
freely used for various sauces which con-
sist of the pulp-boiled, strained, and sea
soned-of tomatoes. green walnuts. etc.
Q. What is agricultural limef NJ. V. W.
A The term agricultural lime ?'' was
originally applied to burned or lump lime
from which unburned Jumps and overburn-
ed Jumps had not been removed. Such
lime is also called run of Kim lime: Lately
there has been such tendency toward ap-
plying the term agricultural lime" to any
form of lime used for agricultural pur-
poses. that the term has % especial sig
nificance.
O. Can you tell me the name of the
French epfgrammatist whose witticisms
rank with those OF La Rochefoucauld? a.
W. A
A. You doubtless have reference to Sc
bastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort whose
aphorisms are said to be the keenest, the
most incisive, and the most pregnantIy
cynical in modern literature"
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company has come to the rescue with
its electricity. Topekans can do with
out street lights for a few hours oc-
casionally. but there would be a town
wide howl if domestic and power
service were interrupted.
The Edison company has given ex-
eellent service. 1t is planning i'm
mediate improvements to care for ad-
ditional power demands. 1t has a
long franchise. It is no time for the
city to enter into such massive con-
tract.
BY giving citizens ample water and
of good quality, the city is doing its
share Of municipal utility service. The
street lighting program also should
be maintained. But with the need, OF
thousands of dollars for repaving, it
is no time to venture into an uncer-
tain municipal light and power bust
ness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

dience to its decisions. That supreme
law can come only by. the agreement
of nations. 1t is only Beneath the
rule of men entirely great" that The
pen is mightier than the sword" So
long as there are lawless people and
lawless nations on earth the world
policeman must carry a club. It
needs power to restrain passions.
! White-hot in manly indignation,
Paul the prisoner poured the burning
inyective of law-abiding spirit upon
the high priest who Illegally smote
him. No supine saint, but a spunky
soldier was the great apostle. He was
not of those who pray for the grace of
resignation in the presence Of AFRO
CANT lawlessness. He offers no ex-
ample to the weak sentimentaIists
who think to end wrong by submitting
to it. One of the wholesome aspects
of the Washington Conference is the
multiplying evidence that righteous
ness and good will have learned how
to speak out loud, in tones that burn
as well as enlighten. A new spine
stiffens peaee-loVing men. Hidden
plots will ere as i'll at Washington as
they Jared against Paul.
Paul and the Paris BIunder.
It is rather comforting to find that
the Bible characters have frailties
quite like our own. We rail at the
weaknesses of the Paris conferees
wiz SPO4ACO a 5AOAAOdo EAOS1dHI
better world by their concessions and
compromises. They stopped to the
tricks of the market place, when they
should have stood upright and stead
fast for lofty principles. Well, here
is the Apostle Paul doing the same
thingI
An old woman once said she loved
the Bible for the light it shed on the
commentaries. It is a bit amusing to
turn from the ingenious twistings of
the commentators, as they try to ex-
plain away the clear significance of
Paufs attempt to play politics in the
Sanhedrin- by dividing the Sadducees
against the Pharisees. 1t was a ma
neuver unworthy of Paul-even as his
concession to expedieney in fulfilling
a vow in the temple was unworthy of
the great interpreter of Christian lib
erty. The Simple explanation is that
Paul slumped from his own true level.
That same blunder wrecked the
Paris peace conference. 1t will null
lily the Washington meeting also if
yielded to. Expediency and opportun-
ism always defeat themselves in the
long run.
Whatever else happens in Wash
ington, in this crisis at the crossroads
of time, let it follow the clear pro-
gram of Christ. He never turned His
back on moral integrity or the Divine
will for the sake of personal immunity
or advantage. If 1t keeps His level,
the conference will save the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

Miss Ives there spread slowly, like the
first whisper of dawn. the loveliest
possible suggestion of rose. And into
the boyish countenance of Willis Mas
tiers there came the surprised, de-
lighted reflection of seIf-revelatiou.
by gollyI" breathed Willis quite
unconscious that he was speaking
aloud.
Look herer exclaimed Matilda,
jumping up with the blush at least
three tints deeper-and lovelier than
ever-..you go back to your own store
right now"
"All right, but you and are going
to dinner together tonight and sign up
for bigger business!"
And from that day to this the pro-
prietors of Travers' Spa at 116f1 8
Main street, the towns fashionaba e
meeting place and small private mint,
have never been able to decide which
fgot the idea first.
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper SyndicateO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

Henry Ford has caned public at
tention to one of the costly effects of
government in business. He asserts
that the railroads spend too much
time and money making out accounts
and records, and it is well known that
these records are kept and copied in
order to comply with government re-
quirements. According to figures
compiled by the bureau of railway
statistics. 6.17 per cent of the total
revenue Of the railroads was spent for
clerk hire in 1920 as compared with
LIS per cent in 1895. This was a
quadrupling of the clerk-hire expense.
It may be that the public gets enough
out of the statistics to make the work
worth while, but the public pays the
cost when it pays shipping charges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

The sales tax had attained so high
a degree of popularity in the senate
that house leaders had become
alarmed over the possibility that it
might be Incorporated in the pending
revenue bill. AS a means of heading
off such action, Mr.. Fordney ar
nounced that the sales tax is being
saved until next year, when it IS
planned to include it in soldier
bonus bill. The sales tax does not re-
quire bolstering up by bonus bill.
Besides a bonus bill might not pass.
If the sales tax be a desirable method
OF raising revenue. why should it's en-
actment be delayed? The sales tax
and the bonus bill each should stand
or fall on its own merits. Mr.. Ford
ney's proposal sounds like chiId's play.
Passage OF a sales tax at this time
probably would make much easier
shedding for the bonus measure when
congress gets ready to act on it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

The weakness of the average man
is his inability TO resist the tempta-
tion-to make a public spectacle or MINI
self. Particularly is this true II he Is
accorded q little leeway between ac-
ceptance and performance. He might
decline an invitation to make a speech
tomorrow afternoon; but if he DOESN'T
have to make the speech until next
fall, he invariably will accept it Last
spring we promised to talk to two
woman's clubs in the vicinity OF
Philadelphia some time this falL.
Then we forgot all about It. Yester-
day the collector called with his billS
and we shall be compelled to pay IT,
One afflicted with shaking knees
and a tongue that cleaves to the roof
of his mouth can stall OFF, a crowd
of men. But if he promises the women
he will make a speech. he must go
thru with it.
Beer for the sick, it is announced,
can be had at once. We doubt that
the concession will be a popular one;
there is too much red tape about 1t.
The procedure contemplates physi-
clans prescription and a visit to
drug store. 1t is much less trouble TO
call up bootlegger.
Marshal Foch brought twenty-five
pounds of smoking tobacco and his
brier pipe with him. The genial mar
shall is taking no chances In the
event that self-appointed guardians of
the public veal succeed in stopping
the sale of tobacco in this country be-
fore he concludes his visit. he will be
fortified against the contingency.
And that reminds us. How is the
plan to save the country from tobacco
coming on?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING.

Rumblings indicating fling at Il
municipal electric light and power
plant have been heard in Topeka re-
Gently.
Does Topeka wish to make such a
move?
With the monster Edison plant,
iong franchised, furnishing Ugh. and
heat and power, representing a large
investment and paying heavy taxes,
the city appears to be well cared for
in this utility. ~
To build a municipal plant would
necessitate a vast expenditure-ap-
proximately $3.50 a kilowat Then, if
the plant were built, would it be able
to equal the Edison company in serv-
ice and rates?
That is the question.
1t must be remembered that all
thru the war the Edison company
maintained its domestic rate. This
rate was a reduction from the charge
the year previous TO Americas ea-
trance into the conflict. In this time
the cost of furnishing light and power
has mounted with the costs of fuel
and labor and materials-and yet To-
peka has not bean forced to sta"d a
ra'se in domestic service.
The domestic rate in Tooek:. IS
lower than in any other city in this
section of the country.
In comparison it will be reIaem-
bered that the city was forced to raise
it's water rates-and the service was
unsatisfactory due to the worn out
plant and the insufficient supply.
IL Topeka be anxious 10 float n
bond issue for public Improvement
there should be move toward vast
paving program. Nearly al of the CID
streets in the city are paved with thin
b'tck-s. paving tnat was good in The
day Of buggies and light wagons but
bady worn and torn since t. advent
Oe heavy traffic and tricks. This
paving must be renewed. The renew
al means a cost of 40 per cent to the
taxpayers of the city as Il whole and
so per cent to the properly owners.
The city is sadly in need of a re-
paving programmed it is not in need
Of an electric light plant for COM
mercial purposes.
The municipal light plant today
furnishes light only for street illum-
iuation. Many times this service has
been unsatisfactory and t1e Edison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04
JUST FOLKS
IF I wERB sENDING MY noY AFAR.
By EDGAR A. GUEST.

IF WERE SENDING MY BOY AFFAIR.
If 1 were sending my boy afar
To live and labor where strangers are
I should hold him close till the time to go
Telling him things which he ought to
know;
should whisper counsel and caution wise,
limiting Of dangers which might arise.
And tell him of the things l have learned
from life
OF its bitter pain and its cruel strife
And the sore temptations which men beset,
And then add this: boy, don't forget
When your strength gives out and your
hope grows dim.
Your father will help If youH come to
him
If I were sendiTf a boy away,
And give him my trust. Thru thick and
I should tell him I counted on him to win
To keep his word at whatever cost.
To play the man tho his fight be Lost
But beyond all that l should whisper low ::
IF trouble comes, let your father know;
Come to him, son. as you used to do
When you we're Iittle-he'u see you thru.
am trusting you in distant land.
You trust your father to understand.
Trust me wherever you chance to be.
Know there is nothing to hide from me,
Tell me it all your tale Of woe
The sting of failure that hurts you so,
Never, whatever your plight may be.
Think it Eomething TO hide from me;
Come to me first IN your hour of need,
Come tho you know that my heart will
bleed,
Boy. when the shadows of trouble fall,
Come to yOur father first Of ALL
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A. GuestD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04
Dorothy Dix Tails
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worI6's Highest raid Woman WrIeet.
Hoy Men Pronosc-e.

: OF course, women are generally glad
enough to get a proposal on any terms
but there is a difference in having the
thing you want rendered to you on IL
silver salver, and beinE slugged with
it. Later on, you may be very CRATE
full for the gift. After you get over
your bruises.
The reason that women crowd the
theaters and the movies is to see love-
making properly done, as it seldom is
in real life.
But how do men propose? Each in
his own individual way. But there
are certain standard types that every
woman knows.
There's the man who pops the
question in the confessional. Ho as
sumes that you are just dying to make
keeley cure of yourself, and that
you feel you have a general call to
be sort of reformatory SO he be
gins by telling you the dark story OF
his life. and how wicked he han been
and begs you to be his good angel
and save him.
Tho bashful man proposes Sudden
ly and when you lcnst expect it. He
doesn't waste q word leading up II
the subject because he has scrcwe
his courage up to the speaking point.
and he dare not loosen his strangle-
/ hold.
He catches his breath, and takes TIE
plunge as IL he were jumping INFO a
sea of ice, and didn't know. or care.
whether he ever came up or not
The business man gives you a goo
dinner of roast beef and potatoes, and
across the lemon pie tells you how
much he cleared in the grocery trace
last year, and asks you how you would
like to go into a life partnership with
him.
The egotistical man proposes in a
way that seems to say; Il know / am
too good for you, but / feel sure that
you will devote your life to trying 10
repay me for the sacrifice l make in
marrying you"
The widower. poor boob, invariably
tells you that you remind him so II
his dear, dead Maria, and he never
has enough sense TO perceive that
there is no one in the whole universe
alive or dead, that a woman wouldn't
rather resemble than the first wife of
the man with whom she is love
Sometimes he even tells you that
Maria picked you out as her successor
and when he does. it takes all the
philosophy and self-control of which
a woman is capable to prevent her
saying, NO" no matter how much
she really wants the man, for no
woman likes to be reminded that an
other woman left her her old shoe.
No men certainly are dubs at pop
ping the question. They certainly do
need to improve their game, and con-
sidering that every man has proposed
once, and most men n number of
times, it does look as if they should
either play better ball or give woman
a show at the bat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

There is not a manufae tured arti-
Gle produced in the United States IN
which the labor cost is less than 80
per cent of the total cost mean,
following the. raw material from sta IT
to finish" declared Chairman Ford
ney of the ways and means commit
tee of the house in an interview re-
Gently. Mr.. Fordney's figures seem to
indicate that the labor cost in many
cases may be too high. I'VE have the
lowest duty of any principal country
on the face of the earth right now.
and have had since 1913" he con-
tinued. He might have added to this
statement the fact that ours also is
the most prosperous country on the
face OF the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

Happy, radiant, enthusiastic, ever
ready to receive instruction and en-
lightenm nt-and-and-and power
fully well dressed-are these teacher
guests of Topeka's today. On every
hand is indicated a desire to assist in
the betterment of the Kansas school
system. Topeka never is so jubilant
as>~when she is privileged to be the
hostess TO such a representative gath
erfuE
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International
SunddySchoolLesson
ny WILLIAM 4. ELLIS.

By WILLIAM T.

For Nov. is "PauTs Experiences at
Jerusalem. Acts 21:1S-23:24.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

ALI we ask Mr. Edison-all we wan
to know from him-is, Do we get tn,
job?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

And that reminds us. How is the
plan to save the country from tobacco
coming on?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

On July s. 1907, we made the last
payment of the set of Dickens, which
we had purchased on the installment
plan some years previously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-04

It may discOmtit the pacifist, who
is tracing the. analogy between this
New Testament story and the ap-
preaching conference on armament, tc
recall that Paul, the embodiment of a
great ideal, was saved from death by
the armed force Of Rome. Roma II
peace followed Roman law. which in
turn, was maintained by the Roman
legions. To our own day, it is still
true that all supreme courts are de-
pendent upon police power for the
enforcement of their DEGREES. World
peace is a chimera without a world
court possessed of authority and pow
er or sanctions" to use the late fash
ionable word. There must be 4 su-
preme law, with force to compel ODE
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-13
Mss Pugh HoRored
WITT ShOlrer

Coming as n climax TO the wesis
social activities was the charming mis-
cellaucous shower given for Miss Ozello
Pugh, bride-eect. by Mrs. O. l.. Den.
mis- in her home 905 Bixby avenue.
Autumn leaves and chrysanthcmums
were used as decorations throughout
the spacious rooms.
The guests engaged in making tea
towels and prize was given Tor the
most attractive
Mrs. Arthur Kyle added TO the af.
tcrnoon's entertainment with several
vocal selections.
Little Miss Katherine Dennis.
daughter of the hostess brought the
gifts In on a little rcd cypress wagon.
These were opened by he Lonorce.
Miss pugh cu, thc brides cake.
which was decorated vi,h . miniature
bride nd groom
At tha conclusion 81 lhc a0t>>oou
q saud course was served
Those who enjoyed Oh. Hospitality
of M Dcnnis were tn, ost mu.
mate f".H1ds ot Miss pu-h