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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26

serving as second assistant TO Mr.
Hays, in charge of the railway mail
service among other things.
The system is being extended to the
parcel post service, an express busi-
ness conducted by the government and
handling over 2,000, 900, 900 pieces of
mail in bulky form every year. Then
there is the banking end of the postal
business. Mr.. Hays is authority for
the statement that there is a billion
dollars boarded away in American
socks and chimney corners which
should be in circulation, thru deposit
in the postal savings system, to assist
in the nations industrial revival. To
lure these dollars from their lairs Mr.
Hays plans to increase the rate of in
terest paid to depositors, to make in
terest payments apply TO deposits left
in for less than a year, to remove the
age limit of depositors, to provide for
joint and trust funds, and to extend
the postal savings feature of the serv-
ice to $4,000 postoffiees. It is now
established in only 6.a00 offices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26
annie LAURIE ANSWERS

Dear Annie Laurie: I am engaged
to two boys and have each ones
Frat" pin. They do not know each
other. I feel as If I am not sincere.
I do not know which one I love and
so I do not know what to do. Will
you please advise me? CUTIE. ~
Cutie: Were you truly and sincerely
in love with one young man, you would
have no room in your heart for
thoughts of another. The kindest and
the wisest thing to do is to break your
engagements at once. And do not be-
come engaged to any young man, my
dear. unless you honestly care for him
and for him alone.
ANNIE LAURIE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26


Il In the twenty-five different trade
Froups of the building industry in
New York there are said to be men
put of work by the thousands and the
tens of thousands. There is no emf
ployment for them because the cost
Of putting up houses is higher than
the investing public will pay and
higher than the renting public can
bay Building trade employers pro-
pose that the wage scale be cut 81 a
DAY man to see whether on that
lower building cost basis it is possible
~ start up the industry again ana put
the men back at work. But the men
heclare they win not work for 81 a day
less than the war initiation wage scale
Which, comments the Herald, is > fine
enough scale to talk about except that
no job goes with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26
JUST FOLKS
THE FRIENDLY WAY.
By EDGAR A. GUEST.


oh. would tread the friendly way, the
lanes where children romp and play,
The heart road of fellowship where
brotherhood Is found;
do not want the sterner game where life
is but fight for fame,
Nor would l quit the valleys fair to stand
on higher ground.
There is enough of riches here, enough of
mirth and honest cheer
To balance all the hurt and pain as time
goes speeding by,
And as each day comes to its end, IL am
cure / have q friend
For greater wealth or greater fame
shall not give sigh.
place to fill aud work to do, of COM
rades here loyal few,
The children glad that I'm their dad--all
that's my treasure store;
A happy home in which to live, what fur
Their has this life to give?
And where's the rich man with his wealth
who really gathers more?
would not shirk nor idly stand before
the tasks which come to hand,
1swould not fail in duty's hour; but once
my work ia done,
I would be father TO my own, neighbor
in my little zone.
man among my fellowmen, and friend
to every one.
Copyright 1921. by Edgar a. Guest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26

1t is proposed that the United States
should lend s5Oo,OOO,OOO to the rail-
roads. The treasury appears to have
acquired the habit of lending money
to almost any enterprise. or group Of
citizens that finds itself temporarily
short of funds, so the roads probably
viii get the money. To obtain the
gnoney for government loans the treas
ury borrows from the banks at a high
rate of interest, which is paid by the
people thru taxation. So long as the
roads need the money and apparently
will get it, it might be better for all
concerned if the government would
pay them what it owes them instead
of making a loan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the Columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL


July 26, 1896.
About 900 persons attended the Grange
picnic at Berryton Friday, and had a good
time. Major VIM. Sims, L W. Stout, Z. N.
Coekrell and Arthur Capper were there
from Topeka.
The Weary Wobblers, the cycling organ
ization of this city, planned e picnic for
yesterday to be held at G. g. Cages lake,
west Of the city. But they did not consult
the owner of the lake, not being aware of
the rules regarding its management, and
the latter notified the sheriff to prevent
their landing there The WobbIers rode out
near there. however. and eamped on the
Forbes farm. where they made merry The
Gage lake has become a faverite bathing re-
sort for the society people who are friends
OF Mr.. Gage. He says 1t is free to his
friends, but they must get his permission
first, and also be does not allow people
there on Sunday.
Mrs Jonathan Thomas and Miss Sadie
HambIeton will return from Mount View.
New Mex. the first Of next month where
they have been spending a month with Mr..
Charles 3. Thomas.
Mr.. Daniel Crosby will return today from
Hancock Point Maine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26

: Business between Detroit, Mich,
and Windsor. Canada, has grown TO
50 great proportions, since the pro-
hibitory amendment became effec-
tive, that 1t has been found necessary
to erect a great international bridge
between the two cities to aceommo-
date the traffic. Following this i'm
provement in the facilities for COM
rnunication, Canadian Club" SHOULD
come down from the prevailing price
of $40 q quart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26

The United States is practically
thru the period of violent business dis
turbance which began in May. 1920.
according to a bulletin issued by the
National City bank of New York. We
will from time to time have visible
evidences Of the distressing conditions
thru which the country has been pass
ing. it continues. but these occurrences
should be regarded not as indiees to
forward conditions but as relating TO
the past. The changes which have
taken place have not as yet been rec
Ognized by the business public for two
main reasons, It is pointed out. 'The
period OF normal midsummer dullness
now at hand has obseured the certain
evidences OF Improvement and there
has been lacking a thoro comprehen-
sion OF credit conditions" II any be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26

+. Five years ago the national debt Of
the United States was a little over
81, Oo0,0OO,oOO, or less than $40 per
capita. Now it exceeds 20 odd bill
9ions-more than 5000 per capita. In
1915 congressional appropriations
We're $674,00O, 900. In 1920, for 1921,
they were nearly 100000, 900 and
left a deficit of another billion. And
pet the United States has been
charged with making money out of
the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26
Dorothy Dix Tails
Ten Commandments for the Summer
ViSitOr-2.

Ten Commandments for the Summer
Visitor.
Never forget that the only way tina.
a guest can pay her way is by making
herself as agreeable as she can.
Therefore pull all your little parlor
tricks and go thru your repertoire.
And, above all, can the argument. II
YOU differ with your hostess on poll
tics and religion, and the proper
length of skirts, and what is going to
become of the youth OF the present
day, keep your views TO yourself NO
bedy's ideal of an agreeable guest is
one with whom they were fighting
all the time.
sixth: Put the soft pedal on your
attainments and possessions, ana swell
the chorus in praise of all that your
hostess does and has. Rave over her
views Take a real heart interest in
her tomato plants. Let her descant
to you by the hour about her Minnie
and her Johnny. Pat her doggie on
the back, and keep silent about your
own.
1t was to get a sympathetic audi
ence and to show off before you that
you were invited. You can get even
with her when she comes to see you.
Anyway, it's the price one must pay
for visiting in country places. Tor
country home seems to bring out the
brings out the measles.
Seventh: Always make your hostess
feel that you are having the time of
your life. Wear the smile that won't
Am-Here stuff, and when you feel the
smile beginning to crack and that
there isn't another cheer in your sys-
tenn, get telegram that calls you
suddenly away.
Eighth: Never be one of the Grape
y ranre wryHan SIT nd tnIf hat
grand time she had last summer, when
she visited the millionbucks and what
| a splendid limousine they had, and
| how many servants they kept. 1t
makes a hostess think bitterly of her
| tin Lizzie and her one maid of all
work, and wonder why she is putting
herself out to entertain you.
Ninth: Never flirt with your hos
TESS husband, nor her son. nor her
| brother. It's against all the rules of
the game, It's hitting below the belt.
Even a savage respects the bread he
has eaten, and as long as you are I'M
der a woman's roof, all OF her posses
sions are sacred to her.
Tenth: Make short visits. That is
the secret of being a popular and
much sought after visitor. There are
so many people we would like to have
come, if we could be certain when
they would go. Never extend visit,
no matter how much you are en-
treated to do so. After-climaxes al
ways fall flat Never forget that It is
better TO go while people weep to see
you leave than 1t is to stay when they
shed tears because you refuse to de-
part.
Seiah!
:.
&~@ ~
| tCcpyrigbt 1920 by fbe WbeelaF Eyndieata
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26

unable to see the Improvement in the
business situation, at least it is a
source of satisfaction to be told that
it is there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26

Another effort to aid the farmer.
says the Sioux City Tribune, is the
fariff duty on pencils; this protection
being to keep the pencil growers of
South Dakota from being bankrupted
by the pencil growers of South Amer
iea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26

. Henry Ford has cut rates on his
railroad without cutting wages. Other
railroads decline to reduce rates al
tho they have accomplished a consid-
erable reduction in wages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26
Dinner Stories

He wasn't what one might call a
polished gentleman, but he took a,
great interest in the local school,
and sometimes dropped in to put
a few questions to the youngsters"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26

Attacks on the federal reserve
banking system are being made in
various quarters, but it should not be
forgotten that the system carried us
thru the war and there has not been
a panic since it was established.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-26

Mr. Daniel Crosby will return today from
hancock Point Maine.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-10
THE ROUNDUP RHYME

The battle ouer and the last boac has struck And those ho bet speed aud "brans haUe to
 their luck
 For oU the Frenchmans psychic stuff aud ashy pompadour Were naugh Uhen Dempsey ad him oo upon the padded floor It's fine to dance around ring aud hear the ladies laug It's nice to spend the dag n peddng out lot o dainty cho It's saoeH to have hypnotic eyes the ladies' smiles to drao Aud those oho bet m Phoenr toWn upon the Frencans right Who gIoried in hs speedy feet and h toued might, Are noaO the seedy folk you upon the avenue, Who didn't knov eractly aohat single punch doi Tue sailors took e balls and bats from San Diego Aud to Phoenir filled Uh pride to haul coors doUn The coIors stM fng and aUhen it's time to boast The boosting aoM be done right here and pon tue Coa The Es haze packed their aueng bags and gone upon To hee sOe bathing beauties aU the sandy beaches haunt And aohen unto tis vilage aU the ELks return dgan We conder heyH tell the truth of Jerry Abbotts ain When oeet young things n blue and ohte and eager for the
 strife
 Spend good time n trying to insure aUicked life Aud then get mad aud tro fit aUhen dcqesce aoeU not WeU tell the oorld Ohy think fs bIoomn ho
 &ssv oS@
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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02
Fashions of Thirty Years Ago Would
Not Be Thought Beautiful Now
By HARRISON FISHER, American Painter

Women always seeking that which expressive of
which be said be element of beauty dress You mustn't
the idea that the who beautifully dressed less
womanl less fine morally than the who dresses with painful
plainnes
Some folks think fashions of thirty years ago would be
considered beautiful they generally but that's
The odahoned garments of beautiful
could they intended be than covering
There beautiful long to be whose beau
noticeable gathering and might be noticeable today They
would been beautiful long they had the
fashions of today.
1t not difficult for girl Of taste appear pretty today
has not been her. But plain thirty
ago-we, look at the old family photograph album
But heavens think know anything about feminine
IONS wherefore of them just draw them don't know
anything about women, either!
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02

1t must be borne in mind that while the principles Of strategy
everlasting the practice of strategy exceedingly changeab 1t
also be pointed that the for its cangbty mainly the
changes which rapidly developing civilization has introduced and
still introducing into naval The whole practice of strategy and of
tactics In the utilization of of warfare and the consequent
methods of their employment.
During the fifty almost the whole opposition
and
who did not know much about them
opposition waged against the utilization Of electricity
from who little
today most of the who oppose
nautcs have not studied carefully the possibilities This
unfortunate for the time study thoroughly possibilities
aeronautics.
Above ALL must experiment In the opinion of
nautcs destined bring about
with which the revolution warfare brought about by the
the gun like vaudeville performance.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02

holding an inland water course most
of the way.
But this development would not con
sumo our entire billion dollars. II
would not require more than half
Of it. With the other S500,0OOOOO we
should be able to dredge and deepen
| and straighten the Mississippi river
to st. Louis. and the Missouri river to
Kansas City, sufficiently to admit the
free and un0bstructed passage of
ocean liners to the very center of the
Industrial and fruitful West
"As to the third billion saved: For
some time past great electrical SUI
perpower system has been advocated,
extending from Boston to Washing
ton. connecting with the bituminous
coal mines of Virginia, the anthracite
fields of Pennsylvania, and the
sources of water power available at
Niagara and in the lower reaches of
the st. Lawrence river. 1t is esti-
mated that 100000 horse power may
be developed on that part of the st.
Lawrence river between Lake Ontario
and Montreal constituting the interna-
tional boundary between that part of
New York state and Canada, one-half
Of which power would belong to the
United States.
'"The following is the proposition in
n nutshell: Great hydrO-electric pow
er stations are to be built on the ST.
Lawrence and In the bituminous coal
mine section of Virginia and the an
thracite region of Pennsylvania. The
electrical energy from these plants
will be conducted through trunk lines
crossing the super-power area, and
the trunk lines will be tapped by
wires conducting the electricity away
in all dire ctions, to take the place Of
coal in all power plants, to run all To-
comotives and street cars. to supply
all electric lighting and to generate
heat for much of the cooking and
warming Of rooms in private homes.
"At the present time the railroads
i'm the super-pOwer area are carrying
about 60 100000 tons of coal annually.
this coal constituting 40 per cent Of
the freight of the roads. 1t Is esti
mated that half of this coal would be
saved, or 100000 tons annually. and
the railrods relieved of their present
overburden.
"This is what we could do with the
fourth billion saved: A very practical
and comprehensive plan has already
been worked out for canalizing the st.
Lawrence river between Lake On
tario and Montreal thereby permitting
the passage of ocean steamers up the
ST. Lawrence into Lake Ontario. This
plan would at one stroke make Buffalo,
Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit and Chica-
90 seaport cities with ocean steamer
communication with all ports of the
world.
1.-The utility and helpfulness of this
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02
ARE MEN VAIN?

Of course they are, just like
women, except they don't let on
so much. Every man and woman
wants three things-health, good
looks and money. Good looks
depend upon health, and health
depends largely upon the blood.
If your blood isn't pure and
plentiful, you need DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, the
reliable blood tonic, invigorator
and purifier. Nothing but veg
etable ingredients in it posi-
lively no alcohol. 1t is safe for
every one in the family to take.
Send DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel
in Buffalo, N. Y, 1Oc for trial
package Tablets.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02

is pure. fresh air and plenty of it. Go
into the average home and you find
the inmates languid. disinclined to ex-
ertion and all tired out The reason
this is so is that indoors we usually
live In an atmosphere which lacks in
e-giving oxygen and is charged with
carbon dioxide, a poisonous gas con-
tinuaily being thrown OH by each men,
Der OF the household. together with
disease germs that are seeking lodg.
ment In constitutions IL which the
power of resistance to their inroads
has been reduced to minimum"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02
Use of Peat as Fuel.

Machines for handling peat have
heen in use in Europe for many years.
though only recently have they ap-
nroached any great degree of CONNER
ciol success DEVELOPMENT of the in
dustrv in some of the European coun-
tries has been aided by government
appropriations and experimental work.
In Sweden. particularly, considerable
progress has been made. Powdered
neat has been burned successfully as
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02
Oldest House in United States.

The oldest house in the United
states still stands nj ST Augustine.
Fla, and is frequently visited. roman
hcaiiy offering the visitor the use of
us wishing well, its money vine and
us magic bell. The we'll was blessed
by the old Franciscan monks who first
Inhabited the house. In the narrow
eulrance hangs the bell. which, accord
ing to local legend. brings marriage
s"'lnin year 10 every unmarried per-
soh passing beneath it, but q divorce
u married person.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02
Ancestry Of Moonfish.

one OF the strangest of all fishes
uat swim the seas is the great moon
nSn or Opah. called In California
Mariposa. II is broad, fiat fish,
writes correspondent. almost as deep
as long. with fattened sides, small.
'ooti,less mouth. and short tail. 1t
yves In the open seas, reaching
weight OF 400 pounds. Its flesh Is rich.
.enher and toothsome. but no person
likely to taste II more than once,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02
OLD STANDBY, FOR
ACHES AND PAINS
Any man or woman who keeps
Sloan's handy will tell you
that same thing

n SPECIALLY those frequently
attacked by rheumatic twinges.
A counterirritant, Sloan's Lini-
ment scatters the congestion and pene-
hdtes withoat rubbing to the afflicted
part, soon relieving the ache and pain.
Kept handy and used everywhere
for reducing and finally eliminating the
pains and aches of lumbago, neuralgia,
muscle strain, joint stiffness, sprains,
bruises, and the results of exposure.
You just know from its stimulating,
healthy odor that it will do you goodi
Sloan's Liniment is sold by all drug
gists-35c, Toe, $1.40.
S!1!Od1!C$
L1nlrnent(sesssa%"3
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02

rs rha fish seldom appears twice in
the same place. The one living species
Of Lamprs is nor related to any other
existing fish. constituting an order by
itself. The extinct mOOnfish OF the
Miocene diatom beds may therefore
stand as Lampris zatima. The speci-
men is one Of great interest as show
ing the antiquity of one OF the mos'
singular of all living bony Dishes
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02

locomotive fuel there, comparing ia
vorably with coal, and the government
has erected several large peat-pOwder
plants. Preparation of peat for fuel
as commercial enterprise also has
been developed in, Canada to some ex-
tent. From 100000 TO 20,0OO,OOO
tons of peat fuel are used annually In
European countries, according to the
United States bureau of mines.-Fort
Dearborn Independent.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02

from the maestrom
exodus from all the
thing dreamed of the past The food the breaking
of the dam
should be delighted to know how make arriving immigrants
economic benefit instead of We should be glad of them
would the farms food unfortunately
general dissemination do anything of the their
inclination otherwise where the go except
at low the farm lands for buy fobddng
prices, or to lease, except at rentals?
immigration supply farm with labor hopeless prop
otion Aliens arriving this country refuse work the farms
because they for their labor Agricultural la
borers OF Europe the
tories Visit the great manufacturing plants and will find them
full of alien workers. large majority whom farm abo the
countries of their origin.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-02
s3oO,UOO,OOO
4Oo,oOO,oOo
aoo,ooo,ooo
s1,OOO,OOO,OOO

"This would furnish rural homes for
10000 families and an equal number
would find homes and employment in
the towns and villages which would
spring up. The population supported
thereby would be about million and
a half and the values created would
be more than double the expenditure.
The money invested would all even
tually be returned by the beneficiaries,
whose homes would be the security for
it's return. A very large proportion
of the expenditure would go to pay for
labor, mater rails and transportation;
idle men and idle industries would
be put in motion and the whole pulse
of American business quickened.'