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The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-07

travagance was almost more than she
could bear.
why not, Aunt Prissy? If I race
it's for a big prize. And unless a fell
low takes chances he is sure never to
win much" Amos returned gravely
but with twinkling eyes: "So-won'
you wish me luck ?"
mo, bein' chrischen," Mrs. Fallon
answered primly.
Amos smiled
THE prize I am to win he said,
''is a happy home, and somebody to
keep me happy in it all the days of
my life. Takes a thorobred for that.
Here she stands" slipping an arm
about Martina who hid her face in his
shoulder. Thereupon Mrs. Fallon tried
hard to faint but the best she could
was a fit of screeching Mysteries.
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper SyndicateO
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-07

The Rotary club of New York has
appropriated 100000 ''to be used i'm
mediately in an outdoor publicity
campaign on $4,000 biuboards in 5000
cities and towns. carrying announce
ments of returning good times and
prosperity" But whether such q
campaign will have any effect in pro-
noting the desired end may we'll be
doubted, says "The Independent" a"
The persons that have to be convinced,
it continues. are those who risk their
money upon productive enterprise.
and PoIlyanna billboards are not apt
to have much influence in determin-
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-07

New knitting mills have been estab-
lished in Virginia and Alabama to knit
hosiery. Protectionists express aston
ishment that these enterprises are es-
tablished in states that vote for a
party opposed to a high tariff. But
there really is nothing remarkable
about it. It merely shows that the
men who are investing in these enter
prises are willing to do business for a
legitimate profit derived from selling
in competitive market. Not many
persons actually are deceived by the
protective tariff propaganda.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-07

Architects, having anAlyzed the cost
of all the labor entering into the erec-
ton of building-including not only
the labor on the job itself but the la
Dor required for the production of the
materials, in mining, numbering, man
ufaeturing. and delivering-conclude
that labor makes no less than SS per
cent of the total cost Of an average
construction. An engineering expert
employed in the Hoover survey of
waste IN American industries finds
that far the greater part of the 100
per cent by which he represents the
completed building must stand for Ia
Dor; the balance he apportions be-
tween the raw materials in their orig
inal state ana the use of funds for
their development. He shows that
three-fifths of the cost of a brick and
S5 per cent of the cost of steel must
be charged to direct labor. With 10
per cent added for indirect labor in
the form OF supervision and clerical
work. he reaches the same total as
does the architect and makes the en-
tire labor cost IS per cent. High la
Dor costs have contributed greatly TO
the maintenance of high rents. Other
building costs have come down and
now it is reported that building trades
wages also are on the decline
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-07

According to figures furnished the
National Lumber Manufacturers as
sociation by the department of COM
m rec, the housing shortage in Amer
lea on October Is was approximately
1, GG,O0 ZONES. One-fifth of the
normal yearly construction must be
used to take the place OF losses thru
fire, obsolescence, or alterations for
other than residential purposes. These
figures furnish the only explanation
necessary to account for high rents.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-07

Frederick TruT5ee Dawson, son of
Henry p. D-vison. Morgan's partner.
prefers votes to dollars, it is said, and
will forsake banking for politics. Mr..
Dawson should be informed. however,
that dollars are a wonderful aid in
getting votes.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-07

1t appears that a soldier told SEN
ator Tom Watson that another soldier
told him that twenty-one service men
had been hanged without trial in
France. And on such evidence as this
the senate has ordered an investiga-
tion. A. court in the country would
throw out the senator's case on the
ground of lack of probable cause for
action
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-07
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Russia appears to be trying to en-
ter the limitation of armament game
at Washington without taking out any
chips. She has notified the state de-
partment that she will not be bound
by the conferences action.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-07

Because Secretary Mellon stated a
truth Senator LaFollette demands his
retirement from office. The secretary
said that wealth cannot be made to
bear its proper share of the tax bur-
den. If the senator knows any way to
alter the situation he should spring
it, but dismissing the secretary of the
treasury will not do it.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-07
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tccpyright. 1920. By the wheeler Eyndieats
LITTLE BENNIlYE'S NOTE BOOK
BY LER PAPE

THE BARBER
The barber has a easy job,
He jest stands there cutting hair,
That's wat he gets paid for, so that's
wat he does
As soon as you set in his chair.
without asking you eny questions
He jest cuts it from its connections,
For he knows you wouldent of went
there
In case you had eny objections.
Wen he cuts it with scissors there's
nothing to feer
And you set there in sweet peaceful
thwat,
But wen he uses his clippers you start
to feel queer
Because some of 1t sometimes gets
cawt.
Some fellows like their hair long
Vile some like it the reverse,
o the barber will cut it either way.
Wat does he care wich looks verse?
o always wawk in for hair cut
With a smile upon your face.
Because vile it may not be a honor
Its certeny no diskrace
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
DIES MONIES OPENS
FREE OBSERVATORY
FOR STAR STUDENTS
fRy Associatad prass,

DES MONIES, Ia, July 23.-The
only municipal observatory in the
world. according to Dean Daniel W.
Morehouse. or Drake university, its
chief promoter, will be opened to the
public here on Aug. I. The city coun-
Gil has voted the funds for its cree
ton
Dean Morehouse was led to work
for the public telescope by his ex-
perience as head of the department
OF astronomy at the local university
Tor 20 years, In which he came to the
conviction that the great majority OF
newspaper readers are interested in
astronomical phenomena.
Seek Information
They desire information In this
field upon which they can depend and
which will give them a wider knowl-
edge and will be of real benefit in
Shaping their ideas and concepts in
Tue realm OF the Oldest and grandest
OF the sciences" the dean says.
The observatory building is to be
equipped by Drake university with
fIne nlne-inch equatorial telescope. II
Is to be under the control Of the uni
verslty and open to the public at least
three times a week, and at any other
time when occasion may warrant.
The city of Des Moines has erected
one OF the most beautiful observator-
les in the loveliest park to be found
N the entire Missouri valley" said
Dean Morehouse 81 know of no other
city in the world that can boast Of
such an institution. There are a few
obseryatories supported by municipal
universities and therefore open to the
public, but l know of no one that is
supported directly by the municipal
ity."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Two Minutes of Optimism
BoTcHEs BETRAY THE BLoTct
BY HERMAN J. STITCH

BoTCHES BETRAY
of to
break
which will
% IL
a he
dive 800 lie
everything enough" submerged
widow collected
Atlantic
During
He a
he by provdenta miracle
did a tomb.
A isn't"g i e
noth a ballast
body slurredo overs mathematical calculation
entail indemnity
negligences.
Defects feebest
Fore eptualy
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sion of the cause of the war and the
means of averting them"
James Bryce, who was created a
viscount only seven years ago, is now
in his eighty-fourth year. He was
born in Glasgow, where he received
his early education. Later he studied
at the University of Glasgow, at Ok
ford and at Heidelberg university. He
practiced law from 1867 till 1882, after
which he taught law at Oxford for %
years, then entered politics. He was
elected to parliament in 1880, was IN
der secretary of state for foreign af-
fairs, 1886; chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster with seat in cabinet),
1892; president of board of trade,
1894; chairman of royal commission
on secondary education, 1894; mem
Der of senate of London university,
1898; one of the British members of
the international tribunal at the
Hague; chief secretary for Ireland,
1867; ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary at Washington, 1907
1913.
Since resigning as ambassador to
the United States, Viscount Bryce has
devoted his time almost wholly to
writing and to his studies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Good Evening
BY ROY K. MoULToN

II all the cookstoves made in this
country in one year were made into
one large cookstove and placed on the
bosom of the Atlantic ocean it would
sink.
II all the testimony in the Stillman
case were pasted end to end it would
reach from Poughkeepsie to some
other city, but we don't know nor care
which one.
Confessions Of Cynic
have never had my photograph
taken with my head resting in my
hand. and hope / never will
/ don't see why all opera singers
sail for Europe as soon as the season
is over and spend their money over
there, but then it is none of my bust
ness.
/ suppose we have to have hot wea-
Their for the raising Of the crops, but
outside of that / can see no use in it
whatever.
expect to write a play next fall
but l don't suppose it will be any
good, so maybe / won't write it after
all.
Three or four crown princes are
gong 10 take d trip together dIOuuu
the world. A trip with four of them
is not what we would call any kind of
trip at all
We don't care how soon Old Hugh
Nudity gets off the job and stays Off
Now that Lenine has imprisoned
Trotzky and Trotzky has imprisoned
Lenine, they both should be in Jail,
but We don't believe they are.
Personally we cannot understand
why the polar explorers generally wait
until fall to start their trips. Three or
four trips are now announced, and they
are ill going in the autumn. 1t would
strike US that the summer time, es-
peciGlly such a summer as this, would
be the proper time to go digging
around among the icebergs. but of
course we may be entirely wrong
We expect to conduct polar trip next
year, and we are going to start in the
spring
Which Half?
Sign in store: "Two-Piece Bathing
Suits One-Half OFF"
Grover Bergdoll, now in Germany,
claims he is an American citizen.
Let us hope ne doesn't prove it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Ripping RHYMES
BY WALT MASON
GREEN OLD AGE

So live that when your head is gray.
and YOU are bent and tired, you're
fixed to throw your tools away, and
have the rest desired, and let the
young men bale the hay, for which
they havo been hired. Like many
other ancient men. threw my tools
aside; and then I picked them up
again-I can't be satisfied with rest
ing, rustfng in my den, while toilers
round me stride But If had to
buckle down in these, my wintry
wears. TO earn the shilling and the
crown. I'd earn the same in tears, and
on my brow dismal frown would
reach back to my ears. But ] could
Quit my Job tonight, and ply my harp
no more. and live in Incidence, all
right. on coin I saved Of yore; and
knowing this, with much delight. l do
nv daily chore. There's nothing
sadder, l maintain, than old men
making tracks, by stark need driven,
through the rain, to toll with aching
backs, until they die beneath the
strain, and in the grave relax. | work
by day, burn midnight gas, and leave
a trail Of smoke. but l don't need to
put up grass. and so the jobs d joke;
IL l were forced to earn the brass,
how bitterly I'd croak. OIL could sit
and chew my thumbs, if that were my
desire; but when for me the summons
comes, I'll still be at my Tyre; you'll
hear its tinklirg tumty-tums, played
like 4 house aflre.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Money for the Shipping Board

If the United States is financially unable to
pay bonus to the men who fought in the World
war, it also ought to be too poor to be able to
appropriate $125,OOO,000 for the shipping board
for the next six months.
Enough of the taxpayers money has been
wasted by the shipping board to supply every
American soldier with a substantial sum of
money. Hundreds of millions of dollars have
gone into this enterprise, and the time has ar
rived when halt must be called to expenditures
by this board.
If the shipping board cannot earn enough
money to pay expenses, let it dispose of some of
the ships of the fleet that are consuming millions
of dollars. If there is no market for the ships,
it is safe to conclude that the shipping board is
running losing business, which ought to be dis
continued at once.
If private business venture cannot make
expenses, it is closed. Let the government adopt
the same policy toward the shipping board If
there is no money in operating ships let the
government get out of the business and permit
men who know how to handle a fleet of mercan-
tile ships conduct the enterprise.
The thrift division of the treasury depart
ment few days ago announced that we spend
$5,o0O,0oo0o0 each year for what federal
authorities designate as luxuries and amuse-
ments. The thrift division intends to institute a
campaign to check these expenditures.
But would it not be better for all the depart
ments of the government to let the individual
citizens spend their money as they wish to do,
while the federal officials consider ways and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23

ton of married people led cat-and-
dog life.
"Oh, come now" objected his friend
isn't that rather too sweeping? Be.
sides, cats and dogs don't always
quarrel. Look at those two on your
hearth rug. They get on very well
togeter."
Yes, they do admitted Petain
''But you tie them together and see
what happens then"
Young Snyder was at the club 81
dined at my fancee's home today"
he remarked.
"Oh, indeed?" asked his elderly
friend. They regard you as one of
of the family by this time, don't
they?"
mot yet. They haven't reached
the point where they bawl me out
II make a spot on the tablecloth.''
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23

say that / did not suffer much more
when my baby was born than I used to
suffer with my periods before / took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound years ago. give all the credit to
your medicine and shall always recon-
mend it very highly. Mrs. H. H.
JANSEN, Millston, Wisconsin.
How can women who are weak and
sicklyexpect or hope to become mothers
of healthy children? Their first duty is
to themselves. They should overcome
the arrangement or debility that is
dragging them down, and strengthen
the entire system, as did Mrs. Jansen.
by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and then they will be
IN position to give their children the
blessing of a good constitution.
Advertisement.
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Correct English
Don't Say:

Don't Say:
He SHOULD prefer to go.
If it WOULD rain, we SHOULD not
go.
Robin Hood was supposed TO LIVE
in England.
He asked how far it WAS from
Boston to Erie.
Say:
He WOULD prefer to go.
If it SHOULD rain, we WOULD not
go.
Robin Hood was supposed TO HAVE
LIVED in England.
He asked, how far it is from Boston
to Erie.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
BRINGS RICH HIDE
(By Associated Press

TACOMA, Wash, July 23.-The hide
of black otter, the only one of which
Tacoma furriers have any record, was
brought here recently by a trapper
from Whatcom county, in the noun
tain country of Washington. The
otter generally has a brown fur, but
this one is jet black on the back and
silver colored on the stomach. Fur
riers said the hide was worth between
$4,000 and $4,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Answers to Questions

Housewife-Can you tell me of some
thing that will drive away red ants
small red ants-from my refrigerator?
have scalded them out and have
tried to freeze them out, but to no
purpose, they come back again in ever
increasing numbers. - The following
things, persisted in, may help you:
Use insect powder, ground mustard,
sulphur, camphor, tobacco. cloves, oil
of cedar, or kerosene. Any one of the
above literally scattered on the floor
and around the legs of the ice box,
persistently used, should do the trick.
II you know where they come from,
pour water, in which camphor or to-
bacco has been STEPPED, into their
holes. Quicklime dropped at the open
ing to their retreats kills them quickly
If washed in with boiling water.
Borax and sugar will poison ants, or
yeast cake and sugar. Peru balsam
smeared on the legs of the ice box
Will keep the ants out But you must
keep at it until they are exterminated.
ARGUMENT.-To settle a dispute,
please tell me who it was that said:
"A horse! a horsei my kingdom for
a horse" Pit was Richard III, of Eng
land, who in Shakespeare's play.
Richard ILL.," uttered the cry, "A
horse! a horse. my kingdom for a
horse See Act 5, Scene 4.
Renders may obtain answer to cues-
lions by writing The Palladium cues
tons and Answers department. All
questions should be written plainly and
DTlGtlY. AnsNerS xxi1 ha ufv h-so
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ucing their wholesale expenditures

means to reducing their wholesale expenditures
of the public funds?
The request of the shipping board for an
additional appropriation of $125,000,000 to
finance it for the next six months illustrates the
point. Why ask us to be thrifty, to save our dol
lars, to buy government securities, and to deny
ourselves pleasures and little Injuries, if the
money so transferred to the government is
thrown, for instance, into the bottomless pit of
shipping board finances?
Again. Director Dawes of the budget division
tells us that heads of various departments have
promised to save S112,0O0,000 annually out of
the sums already voted. One hundred and
twelve million dollars is tidy bit of money to
save. If the department heads are able to save
that much from appropriations already made, it
stands to reason that other millions can be re-
trieved if an alert public opinion demands fur
Their investigation of needless expenditures.
The disposition to conserve the public funds
should not be confined solely to the federal ex-
penditures, either. We have just as much need
for economy in our city, county and state
finances.
County Auditor Brooks acted wisely when he
informed the county officials of the necessity OF
should be needed by the public Also The county
authorities can make no Roadway toward reduc-
ton in expenditures and eventual lowering in
the tax rate, if the public insists upon additional
service and the launching of public improve
ments.
The same policy of judcious economy should
be the watchword in our municipal financing
Only the most necessary improvements should
be made. Every request for an appropriation
that is not vitality necessary for the welfare of
the city should be resolutely voted down by
council.
If city, county, state and nation curtail their
expenditures taxes will come down. It is the
one and only way to bring about this desired
end. The taxpayers have taken stock of the
situation and know why levies are high. They
want reduced taxes, and they will elect men to
office to bring this about.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
LOSES COUNT OF ARRESTS

Wy <ASoONIdItU
DUBLIN, July 23.-Sinn Fein's Off
cial organ, the Irish Bulletin, in a re-
view of the first six months of the
year, declares that raids, arrests, i'm.
prisonments and suppressions have in
the last six months been carried on
upon scale so wide as to render
accurate figures impossible.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Memories of Old DAVIS
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

The organization of school superin-
tendents of Henry, Delaware, Randolph
ana Wayne counties held its FIRST
meeting in Newcastle, with H. B.
Roberts. the county superintendent of
Henry county. The matter of keeping
records of certified commissioned was
discussed. A meeting was TO be held
by the organization in August in
which ell the school houses were to
be visited.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Mohammed Vail Khan.

Mohammed Vail Khan, personal
representative of the amir or king
OF Afganistan, has come to the
U. S. to establish diplomatic rela-
tons with the United States.
Should Secretary Hughes accept
his credentials Vail Khan will be
the first man to represent his gov
eminent in Washington.
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CONTINUE pI AN

(By Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, July 23-Daylight
saving time is to be continued until
the first of next year according to a
recent decision Of the city council,
1t was stated that the extra hour Of
daylight has effected a great saving
in electric power.
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this side. He de-
MES the rumor that
he is here on any
official or diplo-
matte mission, but
admits that he will
give a series OF lee
lures at Williams
college soon cover
ing international
relations of tn e
Old World states
in their historical,
political, commerce
ial, legal and eth
ical aspects, in
Il. AZ
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ulGQlClll0. we are
very fond of children
and for a consider
able time after we
married | feared /
would not have any
owing to my weak
condition. ! began
t a k ing Ly dia E.
Pin k h a ms Vege-
table Compound and
now / have a nice
strong healthy baby
Oirl T can honestly
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23

If your catalpa trees are being raw
aged by the catalpa sphinx. a yellow
and black worm about two inches long
spray the trees thoroughly with arsen-
ate of lead, one ounce to two gallons
of water. If in small numbers, the
worms may be shaken from small
trees and crushed under foot
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
FULL OF PAINS AND DEAFNESS

FULL OF PAINS AND DIZZINESS
Il was full of pains and had such a
swimming sensation in my head 7
could hardly sit in a barber chair to
get shave" writes Swift Nelson, I'll
w. 35th St, New York, N Y II felt
better the next 81 hours after taking
Foley Kidney Pills, and 1 haven't had
any trouble since" Foley Kidney Pills
give the help needed 10 overworked
prompt. healing, tonic. Relieve swol-
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lameness, dizziness and rheumatic
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