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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26
Dorothy Dix TALKS
The Girl of Today and Yesterday.
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid sveman Writer.

The Girl of Today and Yesterday
Thank God 1 haven't a daughter"
exclaimed a middle-aged man the 9TH
er day. Whenever / see a lot of little
flappers with their faces sIneared with
cosmetics and their hair eombed like
Skye terriers, and their skirts up
to their knees, 1 bless heaven that not
one of them belongs to me.
And I weep with sympathy to
think how their own fathers must feel
when they see their daughters dressed
with an utter disregard for all de-
cency, and painted up until you can't
tell them from the woman of the
street. And when l think that my boy
will probably marry one of these silly
little brainleSS creature, whose whole
idea in life is shimmying and jazzing,
feel that the kindest thing that L
could do would be to take him out
and kill him to save him from a fate
worse than death.
whats the matter with the mod
ern girl, anyway? Why has she no
SO dress-mad? Why haven't we any
more sweet, dignified, reserved, intel
ligent, sensibly-dressed young women
like there were when 1 was young?
II tell you, the most deeadent thing
in this decadent age is the modern
girl, and when 1 think that she is 60
ing to be the mother of the next gem
Grafton, 1 am filled with pessimism
and despair and ready to prophesy
that the world is going to the dogs"
Nonsense" replied the mans wife
'sThe modern girl is all right. It's
just because she's different from the
girls you used to know, and on whom
you formed your ideals, that you OBJ
ject to her. Every generation believes
that it has a monopoly on all the wis
dom and virtues, and expects the sue
ceeding generation to wreck things,
but it never does.
II agree with you as to finding
the modern girls costumes shocking,
and I can't see how any mother, who
knows the world, can let her little
daughter go out with couple of
layers of chiffon doing duty for a
bodice. and a dress UP to heR knees;
but, after all, the modesty Or immod-
esty of such a garb depends on the
point of view. In the South Sea Is
lands a string of sharks teeth con-
stitutes a perfectly proper garb for
lady, and we are already getting SO
accustomed to semi-nude women in
society, that We no longer look at
them twice.
when I was a girl, our dresses
came up to our ears, and down I'M
der our feet, and our skirts were ten
and twelve yards around the bottom,
and interlined with haircloth SO that
they weighed a ton, and we tied
great bustles around our waists, and
one year had sleeves SO tight that we
couldn't raise our hands to our heads,
and the next they were SO big that we
had to go sideways thru a door.
THAT. was the sensible costume I
wore when YOU came accounting me,
and between the skirt that rendered a
woman almost helpess to walk, and
that traiIed on the street and swept
up all the microbes, and the sheared
off one that the girls are now wear
ing. believe me, 1 think that the ad-
vantage is with the abbreviated
garment. @
lccpyright. 1920. by the wheeler Syndicate,
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26
STRIKE INSURANCE.

A new element has appeared in the
industrial situation in the form of
strike insurance. 1t is being opposed
by labor leaders, thru both denuneia-
ton and ridicule.
Matthew Vol, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, I'M
deFtakes to give the reasons for the
opposition of the labor leaders to the
new form of insurance. Strike in
surance will encourage strikes" de-
clares Mr.. Vol. When an employer
is insured against strikes he certainly
will not be inclined to go far in maxi
ing concessions to his employees, how
ever just their demands may be. 1t
would be to the interest of companies
selling strike insurance to foment la
Dor troubles in order to stampede en-
ployers into taking out strike insur-
ance."
There appears TO be little ground
for Mr.. VOLTS apprehension. An en-
ployer would have no more desire for
strikes in his industry if he were in
sured than he would like to see his
factory burn down if he carried fire
insurance. nor does a man seek death
merely because his life is insured. Or
the contrary the insurance company
may become an added influence fol
the prevention of strikes by using its
best efforts to promote understanding
compromises and concessions in labor
troubles. Fire insurance companie:
are constantly doing everything IL
their power to reduce fire risks. They
encourage the installation of efficient
fire protection devices. automatic
alarms, sprinkler systems, and main
tain salvage corps whose business 4
Is to rush to the scene of fire and
protect property from the effects o.
fire and water. The big life Insurance.
companies contribute in every effec
tive way to the improvement of tbs
public health. we'll knowing that re
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26

they just happened to do so. The eie-
plant he purchased in an art Depart
ment in an Illinois store, the CLERK
informing him that that was the oniy
they were looking for a carload mex.
week. Another example OF art
which he called pathological speci-
men and declared was ready to lance
was an ornate red vase with huge
clusters of red grapes on it.
Furniture Placed in Room.
As the lecturer talked in his humorA
Gus way, keeping his audience with
him, he busted himself placing the
furniture about the room in the most
advantageous manner. He removed
the many coverings from off the Ia
bles. took down from off the walls the
family photographs which we're
tackled up and as he remarked. lone
could go upstairs on one side on the
err moved the furniture about and
the room began to take on sem
bIance of homelikeness. A chair was
placed at the side of the table, another
in the corner by the fireplace so that
in case any of the family should de-
eide to stay at home they would have
a comfortable place to Sit
Shade Has Three Functions.
"a lamp and shade has three func-
tions-it is a reflector, a shield for the
eyes and it casts glow of warmth
over the room" The famous art ex-
pert declared that lamp shades should
always be made of one color or two
colors very closely related.
Some Crane maxims, as given Mon
day night: "a desk should always be
placed where the light can be on it,
Light and heat determine the arr
rangement of a room" Not too much.
one of the great principles of the
Greeks, should be one of our principles
in home furnishing" Almost all dec
Grafton is over decoration"
"a mirror is the eye of a room It
adds sense of space "A square
room is an abomination" Never put
table at an angle" The two Iare-
est pieces of furniture in a room
should be placed first and should fol-
low the lines of the room" "A rug
should never say Hello to you when
you come into the room," THE pho
nograph is the only piece of furniture
which should be placed across the cor
ner of the room.''
The time has come" said Crane. at
the close of the rearranging of the
room, when the American people
must restore the value of the home.
The home is the place for the counting
instead of the movie or the automo-
bile. We spend 500 on a garment
| and yet regret spending that much on
a table which will last us the remain
der of our life"
As in the afternoon lecture at the
close, when the room had been ar
ranged TO the speakers satisfaction
and the softly shaded lights were
| turned on, he reminded the audience
| that ii needed one thing and that was
| a woman's presence. This was sup
piled by Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Howard
! Searle who entered the room. Mrs.
Crane bearing a bowl of flowers. Mrs.
Searle closed an enjoyable lecture with
/ Cayarr
and THE Last Rose of Summer"
Today will end the home furnish
ing lectures. This evening Miss
Evelyn Hansen will give the first dem
onstration in the art of dress. follow
ing it with second demonstration on
| Wednesday afternoon. The lecture
this evening will be held at the high
| school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26
Local Mention

7s+SSsAs
Leslie E. Edmonds. a well known
athletic official and sport writer of
Topeka, has Joined the staff of {. G:
Blakely & Co., insurance and real
estate. Edmonds was formerly with
the Sherman & Ellis insurance service
The employees of the Bladder Motor
company and their wives will be en-
tertained at a dinner and theater line
party tonight by George Badders,
president of the company
You get home cooking well seasoned
at the Y. NJ. C. A. cafeteria.-Adv.
Raymond, Chiropodist. Orpheum Bldg--Adv
Margaret Bostic, optieian, COG Kan. av-Ady
Safety razor blades sharpened bet
ter than new, 35c-45c dozen. Culver
Hardware Co.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26

1t is pointed out by the Christian
Science Monitor that the Berlin poll
thing wrong. 1t says: Here he is
now appealing to a country with
which he is at war to arbitrate be-
tween him>and countries with which
he is at peace. He knows that the
government which above all others he
has to satisfy is in Paris, therefore he
gets busy on the cable to Washington,
He has been told that France will OBJ
jeet to being approached thru a third
party, cons eqTently 1t is to a third
party that he turns. Then he COM
plains that he is misunderstood"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26

duction of the sickness and death
rates means added profits to them.
It is absurd to assert that strike in
surance companies are going to 80
ment labor troubles in order to stam-
pede employers into taking out strike
insurance" 1t would be as reason
able to suppose that fire insurance
and life insurance companies are go
ing to promote eenflagrations by ad-
vecating lax inspection laws and in
other ways short of actual incendiar-
ism, or are going to encourage the ae-
cumulations OF filth and the pollution
of water supplies in order to produce
destructive epidemics.
Mr.. VOLTS opposition to strike in
surance probably is due to the fact
that anything which tends to elini-
nate strikes renders his job less Sc
cure. Without strikes there would be
little for him to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE-

Sunday AFTERNOON my cuZzin Artie
came over and me and him was in
the setting room thinking of some
thing Exciting to do, and pop came
in with his slippers ON, saying to him
self, Well, / think Ill take a little nap
before 1 shave, no I think Ill shave
ferst. To shave or not to shave. that
is the question. Wat is the anser? ]
think Ill take a little nap ferst.
Wich he laid down on the sofer and
started tie do, snoring some but not
mulch for him, and sed to Artie. G,
I tell you lets wat, Ill get pops shaving
things and you can be the patient and
III be a polite barber and pertend to
shave you.
And 1 went and got pops shaving
cup and brush, and Artie laid back in
the merriss chair and 1 ran down and
got a eileen tablecoth and covered him
all up with except his he'd, and then !
mixed up a hole lot of lather and
smeered it on Arties face, saying, How
will you have it, sir?
Off, sed Artie-
Yes sir, I sed. And I started 70
pertend to shave him, Artie saying.
Keep some of that lather out of my
mouth, barber.
Yes sir, I'm keeping some out, I sed.
And I kept on pretending to shave
him, using my ruler for RACER. say
ing, If>I cut you. sir, jest yell and I'll
stop, sir.
WITCH jest then pop woke up and
stretched himself saying. To shave or
not to shave, that is still the question.
And he jumped UP and saw me and
Arts, saying, Well for Poets sake. look
atmy shaving soap, look at my chair,
look at the floor. Meening on account
of iather being splashed all over ev-
erything, and jest then ma came in,
saying. Well for mercy sakes look at
my eileen tablecloth. Meening on &C
count of the same reason and Artie
had to go rite home. being cintch for
him, and 1 had to stay in the rest of
the day and go to bed erly, not being
sutch a cintch for me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26

Almost everybody except the ulti-
mate consumer finds ways to dodge
federal taxes. The New York TeIe-
phone company has reduced a certain
toll rate from Is cents to Il cents, so
as to avoid the government tax of 5
cents that begins with the first-named
figure. This procedure brings no par
ticular advantage so far as the patron
is concerned, for the government must
have SO much money anyway, and if it
does not get it in one way it will in
another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26

A sales tax would be inconvepient
to the private collectors. not paid for
all the annoyance and bookkeeping It
would entail, says the st. Louis Times.
but so far as consumers are concerned
there would be no reason for so many
from the so-called excess profits tax.
Each sale would be z completed
transaction and there would be no JUS
LITIGATION for an extra charge for in
surance" of profits at the end of the
year. Consumers have paid the fed
eral surtaxes several times over. on
this account
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JUST FOLKS
THE TRUE CRITIC.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE TRUE CRITIC.
There is one critic which a man should
heed
And strive with all his strength TO satisfy !;
Whether 1t be in big or little deed,
One sits IN judgment with Tatchful
eye.
One voice there is which flatters not for
Nor censures honest effort as a pose.
One voice which never speaks to cause US
Nor seeks to tell the world how much 1t
knows.
Yet IL II tell US We have done our best.
Have kept the faith and labored to be
We can lay down at night in peace to rest
Nor mind what others say or think or do.
II but. this eye which reads our Utmost
thought
See no dishenor in the stand we take.
If but. this, voice can praise the fight we've
fought,
We need not heed the storm that critics
make.
If We bit live with Conscience as our
We rob the colder critics Of their sting;
If but that voice OF us can speak in
We need not heed the barbs which others
ring
If it eau say we've truly done our best,
And call cur motives worthy, tho we fail,
We then can turn our fsces 10 the Kest,
Scorning the lesser critics who assaii.-
Copyright, 1921 by Edgar A. 9uest-f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26
Quesfions-Answers

+ @. What are the small birds that re-
main on Dakota prairies thru winter and
A. The Bfologicaf survey says that the
small birds which remain on Dakota prai-
ries the year round are horned larks-
O. How long does person have to serve
Z. II. B. '
A. Strictly speaking. veteran is one
who has had long service as soldier,
especially one who has served one enlist
ment and enlisted again. AS a matter Of
fact 1t has become the custom to call any
one veteran who has served in the army,
whether for a long or short period.
O.. What is the origin of the name Cali
fornia l-E. l.
a. The name "california" Is said to
have been applied first to an ina ginary
island, Astounding in gold and precious
stones, which was described in a Spanish
romance Las Sergaste EsPlandian" pub
Iished in 1910.
Q. What stones are precious stones?-
A. In strict commercial sense only dia-
monds, rubies, sapphires and emeraIds are
termed precious" Many other stones are
designated 'semi-preeious."
O. What are Gaps and Hats" ?-E- S. L.
A. In the early part of the eighteenth
century these were two political parties in
Sweden. The Hats were the aristocrats, the
Caps the popular party.
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10. O. F. HERE
Continued from Page One.l

Continued from Page One.i
Rebekahs. spoke for the women's
branch of the organization.
The feature of the program was the
address on Odd Fellowship by Judge
Lucin J. Eastin. of st. Joseph. Mo,
deputy grand sire of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of the order.
Degree work will be staged by teams
from Topeka and various other por-
tons of the state, in the city auditor
ium, the assembly room of the Cham
Der of Commerce. and the Odd Fell
lows hall at SCI Quincy street, to-
night.
The Counties Represented.
The counties represented are: Atchi-
son, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas,
Franklin, Geary. Jackson. Jefferson,
johnson. Leavenworth, Lyon, Mar
shall, Nemaha, Wabaunsee and Wyan
dotte counties, Kansas. st. Joseph and
Kansas City Mo, have been invited to
join.
The Con T. Kennedy shows band
took part in the Odd Fellows parade
this afternoon, and the carnival giant.
Captain" Andreas, was also fea-
ture of the spectacle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-26
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
ACCOMPLISHMENT REQUIRES
ISOLATION.

1t is only when we get alone that
we really begin to appraise ourselves
properly.
And it is only as we come to see
ourselves in the actual light of what
we are that we are able to go ahead
intelligently.
Accomplishment requires isolation.
When a man or woman looms sud-
denly in the sight of public attention.
the first thing that comes to ones
mind is that some accident has oc-
curred-that the man or woman has
luckily" arrived at their fame.
But if you go back, if you seek to
learn, you will find that what you see
is but the Towering of sacrifice,
study. long years of plodding-and
isolation.
Isolation is the bone and sinew
growing time of the soul.
The thinker observes in the crowd.
but he does very little creative work
there. He must retire to his library
or to some silent place, where he may
gather up his seeings and build his
gestions.
Isolation takes courage. You have
to give up much that you may grow
much.
When problems vex, a man wants
to get alone where he may think them
all out in their true proportion.
Isolation has its price 1t comes
high. You have to give UP much
while in it-but you are sure to come
out of it better equipped and with a
finer balance of power.
Nearly all of US at times become
greatly isolated in heart. In loneli-
ness of spirit we often grope.
I But there has never been a day that
has not followed its night of darkness.
We must all come up out of our night
INTO our day.
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MCKEE GOES TO AMARILLO
Appointed as Superintendent of Plains
Division of Santa Fe.

The appointment of F. ]. MCKEE,
who has been assistant to the general
manager of the Santa -Fe, in charge of
personnel to be superintendent of the
plains division, with headquarters at
Amarillo, Tex, has been announced.
McKie has been in charge of the per-
sonnet department since its creation in
August. He has served the Santa Fe
for twenty-one years as assistant SUI
perintendent and superintendent of
several western divisions.
MeKie has already left for Amarillo.
His family will follow him shortly.
A. L. Soule, who has been chief
clerk of the personnel department OF
the Santa Fe, will succeed, in the or
der of seniority, to the head of the
department and will assume the title
of assistant to the general manager
with jurisdiction over personnel
Soule has been chief clerk OF the
department since its organization. He
came to Topeka in 1917 as schedule
clerk, after having been timekeeper
for the western division of the road
with headquarters at Dodge City.
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BEHIND THE FIRING LINE.

One of the anomalous developments
of world politics is seen in Germany's
request that this country, with whom
she is at war. should mediate between
her and the allies in the reparations
dispute. President Harding wisely
has returned aA positive refusal.
There is no more effectuaI way of i'm
pressing upon ones mind the advan-
tages of thu American form of gov
eminent and the peaceful atmosphere
in which it is administered than to
read of the jealousies, intrigues, and
secret diplomatic trades that feature
the almost daily history of the nations
of the old world.
1t appears to be the natural instinct
of European nations to be forever
scheming how they can annex some
of the territory and wealth of their
neighbors. 1t was so for centuries be-
fore the World War, and the war itself
was but an attempt on the part of
Austria to gobble up Serbia, leading
the friends of each to take sides until
the whole of Europe was engulfed in
the struggle. For time after the
cessation of hestilities the former
combatants rested. The allies had A
mutual interest in that they were
fighting a common foe. and the CEN
trail powers were drawn together for
similar reasons. Many persons held
the belief that the spirit of co-opera-
ton manifest among the allies at the
end of the war presaged the dawn of
a new day when all would strive to-
gether for the maintenance of peace.
But it is utterly foreign to the Eu-
ropean national character to remain
long at peace, and from the day of
the armistiee new animosities have
developed and old feuds have blazed
up anew. An enumeration of them
would be a call of the roll of the states
of Europe, great and small. The
lines of cleavage drawn by the war
are rapidly being lost. The allies
fought together while there was a
common enemy, but with him dis
posed of they have quickly turned
their attention to the points of dis
pute among themselves.
Bulgaria is only awaiting an op-
perfume moment to strike at Greece
in an effort to annex Thrace. After
Greece has exhausted herself in her
| war with Turkey, doubtless the oppor-
tunity for Bulgaria will present itself.
1t is charged that Greece is plotting
with Jugo-Slavia for a new DISPOSE
| ton of Albania that Italy would be
certain to oppose. The traditional
Balkan situation is az vexatious as
ever. Poland and Lithuania are at
odds over their boundaries, and both
are threatened by the Russian boil
sheviks. France and Great Britain
i have been disputing as to the proper
manner of handling the Germans, and
their rival interests in Syria and Mes
opotamia bid fair to develop into a
rial quarrel. Germany is torn with
internal dissension. Austria is threat
ened with an uprising.
The United States is free. We are
still able to view it all with serenity
Foreign representatives are coming to
our shores, each with his plea for aid
in one form or another. But Presi-
dent Harding says: 1--WE do not mean
to be entangled."
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slate as witness-pretty good test of
faithfulness, isn't it?'' He deliberately
turned Daisy so that she had to look
at him. 81 will dare tell you I love
you whenever I want to. In fact
will probably shout it over the back
fence"
There was a trailing sweetness about
Daisy's laughter.
II think will rush right home and
listen she said.
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)