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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-25
Miss arsig's EnEagsmsns Announced

Mrs Richard Mccoy entertained
small group OF friends at 500" n: her
HON" on Zane street yesterday AFTER
noon. ~ The conclusion OF play a
luncheon % attractiv" appointments
was served During the luncheon an
interesting surprise was afforded The
quests by The announcements ~ r." on
"a grmen, of Miss Dorothy Gre!g to
Carl Johnson. ~ Hartford. conn. The
announcement was made br The on
franc" OF l!ttlr Miss Dorothy G.hSOu
:,'ir"d as cupid N 4 charming cos
tame OF pink and hus She bore n all
yer tray which contained IN" gucStS'
flvors. dair.v VANITY cases. A"arhcd
70 these w"r" cards bearing the an
nouncem"nt.
MISS Gr"i. Is the daughter o, NJ. and
Mrs George W Greg. Of Peasant
Valley. She IS graduate % NJ. Ida
erhnn!. ~ Ros,on and l. 4 favori,s In
the younger social str. Mr.. Johnson -
In charge 81 tho We-. Virginia TORI
tory e." '3.e Travel"rs Insurance" COM
pany he - son .: Mr. AMI Mrs
AuGus, johnson. ot Hartford. Conn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10

a New York trust company repre-
senting the bondholders of the Den
yer & Salt Lake railroad has filed a
petition in a Colorado court praying
for an order to close the road or an
order to reduce wages and operating
costs so that the property can be run
at a profit. The move is an indica-
tion OF what will happen on other
railroads unless there be an induce
ment for capital to continue their
operation. The interstate commerce
commission may reduce freight rates.
and the railroad labor board may
maintain high wage levels, but some
day they may find that there are no
trains and no employees upon which
to try their theories. There is 40
federal agency and no law that can
compel a man or group of men to run
a business at a loss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
AMERICAN VALUATION.

In tariff discussion the terms ad
valorem rates and specific duties
probably are little understood by the
general public. By specific duty is
meant that a certain fixed amount is
added to each pound, yard or gallon,
etc, of a specified product that is
brought into this country.
BY ad valorem rate is meant a rate
of percentage based on the value of
goods imported. The duty, of course
is the amount Of import duty that is
paid; the rate is the method by which
the amount of ad valorem duty is
ascertained. In other words. specific
duties are already fixed, the amount
in each case already determined,
while under the ad vaIorem system
the duty is ascertained after multi
plying the value of the goods imported
by the rate, the same as in am other
percentage calculation.
The tariff makers of today would
value the imported goods at the pre-
vailing price of American goods of
similar kind and quality The prac-
tice In the past has been to value them
at the price in the country of their
origin.
A storm Of opposition to the new
plan has arisen among American i'm
porters. They profess to see in it an
attempt to force them to pay a price
for both foreign and domestic goods.
that has been fixed by the American
manufactures. A study of the ques-
ton probably will convince any I'M
biased mind that they are right about
it.
If the importers be correct they
should have the support of the con
Stunning public in their fight against
higher prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10

tions, who employ drivers on a salary
basis and stand responsible for their
conduct. Many individuals who own
one or more cars have also formed as
sociations for their mutual benefit.
Such an association has its own
emblem and color scheme for the cars,
as well as it's own hack stand and
telephone exchange, but each member
pockets his individual profits.
The taxi business, like most others,
grew enormously during the war, and
with it the demand for drivers. The
department of licenses had a sad time
enforcing its specifications for drivers
in the face of labor shortage. so that
some rather desperate characters erept
into the hack ranks. Up until last
year, in fact, ono could never be quite.
sure whether a taxi ride would turn
cut to be a convenience or an adVen-
ture. This year, however, we are more
than back to normally. The streets
are filled with empty cabs, even dur
ing the theater hours, and the erst-
while traffic terror has become a
model of decorum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
JUST FOLKS
By EDGAR A. GUEST.

TO THE TOO MUCH TROUBLE" MEN.
II we did but the things that we wanted to,
It's little that mOrtals would ever do.
If at too much trouble we always SHE'D
And stopped to rest when our strength was
If we never went out of our way or stayed
Close to our task while our neighbors
II all that we did was to wear a smile.
We'd never accomplish a thing worth
while.
Work is the father of all that's good
He gets the fire who will saw the wood.
He reaches the top who will dare to climb
With his face set upwards all the time:
This you could nail on the highest post:
He gets the most who has worked the most,
And he who lodges the trouble here
Is lodging his chance for greater sphere.
Do It. whatever the task may be-
For it may hold giories you cannot see.
What if you'd rather lie late in bed
Or go out fishing or play. instead!
Few of us here on the earth today
Would go to work If IL paid to play.
And this IS the secret of each mans quest
He gets the best who will give his best.
A below must earn what his dream de-
mands-
Must pay for his joy with his brain and
Must bow to trouble and keep his grin
And conquer his whims If he hopes TO win
Fortune or glory will never find
The man Of the too much trouble kind
For this is the 3essOn that all must learn
Well get no more than we're glad to earn.
Copyright, 1921 b. Edgar A. Guestl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
b LEB PARE

Yestidday AFTERNOON our class had =
election to see who was the most pop
ular fellow before skool closes for the
summer the election being between
Reddy Merry and Sid Hunt, and at
lunch time me and Pubs Simkins was
wawking home tawl1ing about who
we was going to vote for, me saying,
This will be CRATE chance to get even
with Reddy Merry all rite, i wouldent
vote for that guy if, the werld was
coming to a end and 1 dident have
enybody elts to vote for. that guy
makes me sick, he thinks he owns the
erth.
That's ony wat he, thinks. well he'll
find out this AFTERNOON all rite 'sed
Pubs Simkins, jest because he can
fite better than enybody elts he thinks
he can have watever he wunts, well
Jest let him wait and see, that's all
got to say, / wouldent vote for that
guy if I was starving to deth-
And we kepp on tawking about the
different derty meen tricks Reddy
Merry had did to US, and all of
sudden jest then somebody came up in
back of us and put one arm GROUND
my shoulders and one arm GROUND
Pulses shoulders as if he thawt we
was . of the greatest people in the
world, and who was it but Reddy
Merry, saying. Hello fellows. hello
Benny, hello Pubs, watts you taWkinG
about SO confidential?
-, nuthlng paruckuier SPeCldi, seus
and Pubs sed. o. nuthing special par
tickuler and Reddy Merry sed, well,
wat ever it was. guess it was all rite
because you 2 fellows certeny know
lot you 2 fellows do. certeny like you
2 fellows and always did, and watts
more If enybody gets fresh with either
of you fellows why all you got to
do is Jest come ard tell me and Ill
mock their block off.
And She kepp on wawking between
US with his arms Ground our shoulders
making us feel as if we was all rite.
and after a vile he sed, o by the way,
1 darn neer forgot, the election for the
most popular fellow is going to be this
aftirnoon and if you 2 fellows haven't
got enything to do wy you mite as
well vote for me. we'll so long. fellows,
so long Benny. so long Pubs. don't for
get wat 1 told you about leaving me
know in case enybody gets fresh with
you.
And he took his arms down and
gave US each a soft crack on the back
and wawked away, ne saying Well
gosh, he amt sutch a bad guy after ALL
maybe Ill vote for him after all for
all know.
So WIN. maybe. for all know, sed
Pubs.
Proving everything depends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10

With the revival of the wartime di-
visions of what was originally the
National Army in the organized re-
serves. it is announced in the Army
and Navy journal, will come the res
toration to the officers and men form
ing the units of these divisions of the
divisional insignia that were so varied
and picturesque ornaments Of the
army uniform in the days of 1917 and
1918. Both the army and the corps
insignia as they were in the world
war will be preserved, as well as the
insignia for the regular and national
guard divisions. The insigne of the
35th division, a cross within circle,
is the familiar emblem of the Santa
lie railroad. This design is recog-
nized as especially applying to the
Sunflower state and no Kansan in
strange lands will see it without feel
ing the call of home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
Dorothy Dix TALKS

~ DOROTHY DIX
lac RIghest Paid Woman VIZ


A friend recently sent me a copy of
Godey's Ladies' Book for October,
1858.
Godey's Ladies' Book was the
Vogue, the Good Housekeeping, the
Ladies' Home Journal, the Fireside
Companion. the arbiter of styles and
manners of its day, and from it orr
grandmamas not only learned how TO
dress in the latest mode, but imbibed
moral maxims to guide the conduct of
a perfect lady.
1t was interesting TO turn the yellow
old pages, and contrast it with the
modern womans magazine. One
looked with awe and wonder at the
handsome colored fashion plates de-
picting ladies with classic counte-
nances, and eighteen inch waists,
adorned in beruffled frocks with enor-
nous hanging sleeves, and voluminous
hoop skirts the size of a haycock, and
so long that only the tiniest tip of an
infinitesimaI slipper showed beneath
them.
And one read with a smile the milk
and water and sugary little stories, in
each of which a happy moral was
pointed, and vice punished and virtue
rewarded, which supplied grandmama
with the mental food supposed in
those times to be all the nourisI4men
that the weak, feminine intellect could
digest. Not once in the entire maya
zine were the words Sex or "suf-
frage" mentioned, nor was there any
discussion of any feminine activity ex-
cept cooking and sewing, nor any ref
erence to any of the thousand public
questions in which women are now
interested, and of which the women's
magazines OF today are the mouth
pieces.
The old magazine shows how far
Tv-x led in Ia Gf SiVfV-
three years along the road OF progress,
but there was one article in it that
might have been written yesterday,
and that proved that there is at least
one point of view on life that never
changes. And that is the angle of the
stand-patter, who always looks back
wards with couplacency, and looks
forward with alarm; who Is sure that
the people of the past generation held
a monopoly on all of the virtues, and
that the youth of the present are go
ing hot-foot to the devil.
Just at present the land Is more
than usually afflicted with the walls
Of these Jeremiahs, and you cannot
pick up a paper or a magazine that IS
not filled with the lamentations of
some melancholy prophet over the
lack of manners of the young people
quarts of printers ink to foretelling
the awful fate of our country when
it falls into the hands of the present
Goddess generation
Look at the indecent way in which
girls dress with skirts to their knees,
no corsets, and three layers of chiffon
doing the duty for a bodice! Look at
the free and easy way in which they
associate with the opposite sex! Lis
ten to their free discussion of topics
that women used to talk over only
with their doctors! Watch them
III Nd danniT1c
other dances that originated in broth
els! What sort of wives and mothers
are they going to make? And the
boys. No better. Jelly-beans with
pinched in waists to their coats, and
slicked back hair, racing about in
destruction. God help US all, they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10

do with precisely as they see fit. II
they choose to turn some of it into the
treasury of a union, it is their priv
lege to do so, and it is equally their
privilege and right to retain it for
their own enjoyment. Judge Ander-
sons ruling can work no harm to
anybody except the union officials
who depend upon a full union treas
ury from which to draw their sal
aries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
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Questions-Answers

Q. Why were X-rays 80 called? Y. T.
A. Roentgen rays were called X-rays by
their discoverer on account Of their eng
O. How much does the Marine Band re-
ceiYe for playing at the White House? ].
A. There are 81 members Of the Marine
Band and each one receives $500 a month
for playing on the White House grounds.
Q. Are there still Federal troops in the
coal fields of West Virginia? ID. H II.
A. There are now about 800 Federal sol
O. Just what is meant by a four flush
A 'Four-flusherr is a slang term ap-
a poker term-a four-flush or bobtail flush
being worthless hand with which a bluff
fer may try to win a pot.
Q. What length of time is "a moon" so
often referred TO by Indians? J. +. &.
A a moon" is the time from a given
ceding or following. This time is about =
Q. When was the first Rabbi appointed
as chaDlain in the navyI J. N. S.
A. Rabbi David Goldberg who was mp
pointed October 3d. 1917, with the rank Of
Junior Lieutenant. was the first Rabbi to
serve IS chaplain in the navy.
O. How many members are there of the
honor fraternity Phi Beta Kappa?
A There are now 30 chapters Of Phi
Beta Kappa located in the leading colleges
Of this country and more than 40 00a J 4
ami women have been elected to member
ship, excellent schola rship being the main
requirement for eligibility.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Hsskin, Director, Washington. D. {. This
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a girl
in my teens and am considered nice
looking by my friends. My only habit
is that I cannot keep from talking to
everybody I meet. Is this wrong? The
boys that know me pay more atten-
ton to me than most girls and 1 can
not snub them.
How old should a girl be before
keeping company with a young man !?
My folks disapprove of my doing so.
SWEET PATOOTIE.
OF course you should not talk to
every one you meet. Speak to peo-
pie with whom you are acquainted
Of course, but do not burst into lengthy
converse lions. Try not to talk I'M
less you have something worth while
to say.
When you are eighteen you will be
a young man, If you really want to.
I believe that it is better to have sew
eral friends at that age.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: have been
going with a girl for about eleven
months. I gave her a lavalliere for
her birthday. When she quit me she
offered it back but I refused to take
it. Did L do right? some people say
didn't, but I think did.
She said she was going to give me a
present for my birthday. Should ac-
cept it?
have been with her twice since.
Several people tell me I should never
speak TO her again l don't think
that would be right. Do you?
Should I give her a present for
Christmas? What should it be?
HF.
It was all right to tell the girl to
keep the lavalliere. 1t was correct
for her to try to return it, however
since you and she were breaking up.
If. she gives you a birthday pres
ent 1t would be rude to refuse it.
do not. know what caused YOU
and the girl to separate. Now that
your trouble is patched up, 1 believe
it is all right to go with her since
you still seem to be interested. It
would not be courteous to refuse to
speak.
Tt would be all right to give her
flowers, book or candy for Christ
mas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10

The higher courts may reverse
Judge Anderson's action in regard to
the check off system, but the disin-
terested observer can hardly fail to
conclude that the judge is right. IN
enjoining coal operators from assist
ing the unions in the collection of
membership dues thru the check-o off
system, the court strikes blow at
enc of the most vicious features of
union control. There is far more
reason for an employer to take part
Of an employees wages and turn it
over to, the latter's wife to buy food
for the family and clothing for the
children than it is to levy on those
wages to pay dues to an organization.
What money a man earns should be
turned over to him and his family to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
LIFE TROTS.

History Is very instructive. It is
like a mirror-which doesn't lie!
But the greatest truth that #
teaches is that life trots-not walks,
but TROTS.
We cannot stand still. There must
be use and movement, even to the in
animate creation, or else it rusts or
rots away and it's usefulness is gone.
The writer Of this talk is often flat
tered. People tell him that he looks
much younger than he is. But he
looks in the mirror and knows that
43 years old and that he does NOT
look as he did when he was 21. For
the hair is not so thick as then-nor
as black: there are little parties of
hide-and-seek strands of gray that
keep saying every morning afresh
that autumn is on the way and that
winter follows autumn.
Life trots.
When night is over and morning
touches our eyes, tiny birds of nature
sing silently to US that we must do
what we have to do-very quickly.
That We must not delay.
But we are compensated all along
If we try to do our best.
We learn that glory is very empty.
that fame is like a mist that any
fair wind may clear away. We only
know that kindness, gentleness,
thoughtfulness, and genuine service to
others outlasts these frail frames of
ours.
Life trots.
How many times think of the last
words of the great Cecil Rhodes: so
much to do-so little done" He
whom they called 1.-THE Empire
Builder!"
If we feel at times exceedingly
restless. if our powers call for express
sion quite beyond our present abiH-
ties or opportunities. still may we
sheath our patience in preparation.
knowing that while life may trot with
considerable speed, we need have lit
tie fear but what the Pilot of our
uobler selves will bring US finely into
portland on schedule time.
Life trots-yes, so let US trot
with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10

stephen Bonsal in an article writ
ten for the New York Times pune
lures the myth of rapidly increasing
population in Japan. He says it was
5.S4 per thousand in 1918. The mar
riage rate IS declining and the mortal
ity figures are increasing. At the
present rate the population figures
viii in the next four years have be-
come stationary. Today there are
56,OOO,OOO Japanese in the world.
Listening to the Californ.ans talk and
reading their newspapers might lead
one to believe that the majority
of the 100000 is located along the
Pacific coast of the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
STANDARDS OF LIVING.

Ever since the tariff became an
issue in the politics. of this country
the people have heard much regard
ing the American standard of living"
Since the labor situation has become
acute there has been added to pub
lie discussion the term Giving con-
ditions."
These terms are used as If they
referred to some status or situation
that was absolute and Interchangeable
something that must be preserved
at the risk of social disintegration.
AS a usual thing. we hear this talk
about the time when there is a tariff
bill pending, a demand for a wage in
crease on the part of organized Ia
Dor, or when there is a protest against
the possibility of a wage reduction.
The community is told that payrolls
must be increased, or must not be
cut; otherwise the standard of liv-
ing" for certain groups of employees
will be lowered, to the detriment of
society.
Unfortunately high or higher wages,
says the Woilman Review. do not nee
essarily mean high standards of liv-
ing. This is because there are two
sides to wages While they mean
buying power, they also mean pro-
duction costs. High production costs
result in the buyers obtaining less
for his money. In normal times an
increase in wages usually has led to
a better living standard. That was
because the production of the world
was at high level. and money wages
meant more than they do today. Dur
ing the war wages were high because
buyers were insistent. Governments
were in the market. and did not care
what they paid. Labor was able to
demand any wage it cared to ask.
Wages were very high, but it is a
question whether the standards of
living kept pace with the wage in
creases.
With the depression attendant up
on readjustment there is a tendency
to resist wage revisions for fear of
lowering those standards. AS a mat
ter of fact, says the Review high
standards of living cannot be main
tanned thru high wages. If that were
true, the Russian mechanic would be
the most prosperous worker in the
world. ctandards of living are kept
UP solely thru the medium of a high
production and nothing else. More
wheat, more cotton, more houses,
more steel products, more textiles,
more garments. more shoes-an these
things produced with greater eff
cheney and at lower costs raise the
living standards of the community.
Labor to a great extent can cause
its own living conditions to improve or
deteriorate. It is time for all of us to
settle down to business. Labor has
been spoiled by high wages. Employers
have been spoiled by big profits. The
mad race around the vicious circle
came to an end because - world
was not producing enough to con-
tfnue paying the wages and the pref
its. Today the world is not paying
its own way. If we all would forget
about the sham prosperity of the last
seven years and get down to the bust
ness OF producing honest goods Al
honest wages for honest prices, it is
probable that we would have to con-
sent to some slowing up IN our liz
ing pace. but our living standards
would actually improve
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10

A the friends of the farmer want
TO make it certain that he will not
burn his corn let them adopt diet
OF corn bread for dinner and fried
mush for breakfast. They will not
only raise the price of corn but they
will obtain a brighter outlook on life.