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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
WORK AWAKE:

It is a fact that a large number Of
our faculties sleep a great deal of the
time.
And just so long as we can keep
going and give to ourss Ives an AYR
age satisfaction, we think we are full
filling our mission. But if we knew
of the thrills and inspiration that also
sleep with our unwakened abilities. We
would arouse them from their SUM
bers.
What mighty tasks a man accom-
plishes under pressure and WHEN
stimulated by some unforeseen circum-
stance or happeningl
Such a man works AMI accomnlis!lcs
because he is all awake.
The careful Investigator into human
working long ago exploda1 the theory
that long and hard work Injuries the
body. Work alone is what builds
strengthens and protects the body Ira-
chine. 1t is non-use that rsIsts and
kills.
1t is the se1f-pitier- the lille dreamer
the complainer who fails to see and to
learn, and whose soul daily shrinks
until he actually beiieyez that life is
but zone tissue inP0ssi biIities."
Work awakei
And believe that your work is all
Importance important that you viii
wake up the entire working forces
within you so that each may be a
contributor to what you do.
Place limits far beyond your ex-
pectatiOns-and then will yourself to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12
THE NEW TAX LAW.

1t is estimated that the American
public will save at least 1886, 900, 600
by the operations of the new tax law
(which the special session of congress
passed just prior to its adjournment.
Practically all Of the reductions made
in federal taxes by this new law rep
5recent savings to the average man.
THE largest item of reduction is that
in transportation taxes. The new law
wipes out all taxes which have been
spaid by passengers in the purchase of
tickets and by shippers, who have
paid taxes based on freight rates and
samounted t. per cent on every tick
ct bought over AZ cents in value. The
freight tax amounted to 3 per cent on
1.-THE ee value of the freight bills.
THE. parcel post tax was one cent on
each % cents of postage All told,
these taxes took out of the pocket of
the merican public sSOO,O00,O00 a
year. All this will stop on January I.
None of the taxes thus collected went
Into the pockets o. the railroads, as it
was all collected by them on behalf
of the government, so that railroad
revenues are not affected by Sthe re-
peal of these taxes.
Outside of the travelling and ship
ping eubllc the next largest class OF
people affected are the heads of fam
lilies and those who have dependents,
The new tax law reduces the amount
!they are to ray by $40, 1000, 600. Under
IL. ~
families having an income of less
than $4,000 a year were allowed an
exemption of $4,000. Under the new
law this exemption is increased tc
4s2,5oo. This change goes into effect
ION this years income. It viii affect
over 100000 heads of families. I'm
der the old law heads of families OF
those who had dependents were al.
lowed an exemption of 500 for each
dependent. Under the new law this
exemption is increased to $500.
Another feature of the law which
lclosely touches the average man is ths
exemption of the first $500 of income
which is derived from dividends in c
building and loan association. At ths
average dividend rate paid by building
and loan associations this will enable
fpeople to invest between $4,000 ant
$4,000 in building and loan stock and
have the income free from fedora
taxes. There are at present about
ss0Q0,oOO members in 5000 building
and loan associations that will be af
fecte ed by this provision. =
All taxes on wearing apparel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12
Questions-Answers

oT g, H e q many any stores does wOolwOFth
4. F. W. Wooiworth is dead but the
F. W. Woolworth Corporation owns or
controls LII stores i'll the United States,
Canada and England.
q. Is the number of horses in the
United States increasing or decreasing! j.
A. The total number Of horses in the
United States has not varied to any APP
preciable degree in the last 10 years. on
January 1, 1921 there were 20 1s3 600
horses in the United States.
Q. How does a motorfnan on street
car throw the switch on a turnt NJ c. :.
A. The switch is thrown. due to cur
rent of electricity passing thru an electro
magnet which is energzed by current con
trolled from point in advance Of the
switch. II the motorman passes this point
with the current on, the switch is thrown
If he coasts by this point the switch IS
Q. VIII you tell me the name of wash
what city it is iBs T. u. q.
A. "SunnysideF is the name Of the
house in which Washington Irving resided
at IrEington. New York. 1t was originally
known as ~Wolferts Roost' and was built
in the seventeenth century.
tAHy reader can ges the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskfn, Director. Washington. D. C. This
offer applies strictly to Information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal med
icai and financial matters. II does cot at
ternpt to settle domestic troubles. DOR TO
undertake exhaustive research on any Cub
ject Write your question piaInF and
briefly. Give mi name and address and
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the GOODNESS. stin suddenly she saw
that she would be drawn against the
obstruction. 1t looked muddy and un-
inviting, so she turned on her face ana
prepared to strike out. Just then she
felt a sharp drag on her skirt she
took one quick stroke. Her 1oot' IN
it's backward swing, seemed to be
seized by an invisible hand and drawn
into a creVice- She gave sudden
wrench TO clear it and there was n
sodden sound as of logs shifting, II
sharp pain in her ankle and she was
trapped.
At first she felt no fear. Her foot
was held tightfully but MT painfully;
after the first throb there were no
more twinses. She supposed that she
could pull loose without much trouble.
But when she tried she fou9d thai
each pull gave her an excrHeiating
twinge. She was firmly held. ESud-
denly fear came TO her--rear or a
wretched death, held by one foot,
struggling till she was exhausted and
sinking. She could stay in the water,
/ Id as she was, supporting her head
above the surface by padding; but
already her arms We're growing tired.
The cessa ton of her strokes allowed
the leverage of her ankle TO drag her
under. She raised herself as far as
she could and sent a long call for help
into the woods. The eehoes ans
wered her mockingly- Again she
called and waited for a moment.
There was nothing but the silence or
the forest. But even as she opened.
her lips for a last appeal there was
crashing of the underbrusn, and
young man, dressed IN flannel shirt
and breeehes, burst out on the edge
of the pool
A word served to tell him what
the trouble was. In a moment he
had run out on the perilous footing
,.F Il 10, ~ fx~a1
She felt mis- hands working az the log
that imprisoned her foot; il seemed
that he had been under water for
many minutes when she felt a sudden
shoot of pain and Automatically kick
ed out. = Her foot was FREQ.
She knew that she was very weak.
and< felt with relief the strong hand
supporting her. In silence the two
swan the few strokes to the shore.
/ Then shesstood up and met the eye
of her rescuer.
Il think I came along just I'm time
! he said gravely. THAT dam leaks
and the suction thru the logs is pow
full. 1 was afraid some one might
swim there, so / put UP that sign.
! He pointed to the notice. Marjorie
| blushcd.
Tt don't know how to thank you
| for saving my life" she said. And
[ guess 1 was an awful fool to swim
where Ihefe was nOtlCc lofpluuiitN
| it. II live on the next place. My
names Marjorie Dennison. Won't
won't you come and call and let me
! really tell you how grateful l am that
/ YOU came when YOU did, and how
/ ashamed I am Of myself for disobeyine
| the notice %
The Young man bowed. "My names
! Carter Devereaux," he supplied. "And
I'll be delighted to can and thank you
for disobeying my notice board"
Before she could answer he was
| gone. Marjorie slowly dressed ano
retraeed her steps to the house.
''Fm-I'm glad 1 disobeyed the no
tice, too" she said to herself
I Copyright, 1921. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndfcate)
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Before the arms conference pro-
ceeds farther with it's new league Of
nations program it should ascertain
the views of Borah and Hiram john
son on the matter. The country
should not be subjected to another
Humiliation such as followed the sign
ing of the Versailles treaty. A COM
1oinaiton of the Bull Moose and the
Democrats in the senate easily can
defeat ratification of the proposed
treat5z The japanese probably are
well informed in regard to the situa-
ton It cannot, however, be said
Ii 1T President Harding is not trying
ito make good on his campaign pledge
in connection with an association of
nations. The president proposes but
the senate disposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEI1 PAPE

Pop was reading the spearting page
in the setting room and [ was looking
all erreund for a chocklit peppermint
that I forgot wat I did with, saying
Hay pop did you see enyth1ng of a
-chocklit peppermint?
A choeklft peppermint is sutch an
unimportant thing in my life that I
could proberly pass a hole window full
without remembering it, SO you can
judge wat impression the site of meer-
" one chocklit peppermint would
leeve on my mind, sed pop.
Meaning no he hadent saw 1t, and
I kepp on hunting. saying. G, that's
funny, I know its in this room some
wares, its certeHy funny, are you sure
you diden see it pop? It was a CRATE
big flat one about intches wide. I
sed.
How can I reed with you throwing
choeklit peppermints all over the
place, kepp quiet, sed pop.
And he kepp on reeding and I kepp
on hunting, and all of a suddin 1 re-
membered wat I did with it, saying, G
pop, have you got your slippers on
1 have, have you eny obJecktions
sed pop, and I sed, Yes sir but CESS
its too late now.
Watts too late, wat the dickins are
you tawking about? sed pop,- and I
sed, Well you see I think put that
chocklit peppermint in one of your
slippers, in fact I know did because
I'm sure / did.
Suffering cats, haven't the hart to
look sed pop. And he put one foot UP
and started to feel one slipper with his
hand, saying, There's something IN
there all rite, I knew I had a funny
sensation in that foot. cenfownd it.
wat do you wunt to go GROUND putting
candies in slippers for?
Well I had a good reason wen I put
it in but forget wat it was now, I sed.
Wich Jest then pop took his slipper off
and the chockiit peppermint was
sauashed down in the bottom of Ii all
out of its original shape ana size, and
pop sed, Blast it all. look at my slip
per. and look at my sock
Wen, G. gosh. pop, holey smoal0s,
look at my chocklit peppermint. sed.
Being the last thing I sed before I
got 3 fearse cracks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12

able in a western city or in a certain
industry, the rest OF the country would
know at once. The bureau would also
try to show where unemployment was
likely to occur by its reports on pro-
duction and demand.
On the other hand, the bureau
would be clearing house for en-
plcyment. Its reports would show
where men were needed just as it
would warn them away from districts
where they could not hope to FIND
work. And if it had the funds it
might act as an employment office,
connecting men and women with jobs.
The last sort of service has been
tested out and found satisfactory in
recent years. The federal government
established it's employment service in
the labor department during the war.
Considering the terrific pressure on
industry at the time,-the bureau start
ed out with a hercuIean task, but it
managed to help a great many dis
tracted employers to get in touch with
the kind of men and women they
wanted.
This federal employment service is
still in existence, tho it is SO ham
pered by lack of funds that it can
scarcely do any extensive work. The
conference asked congress to enlarge
the appropriation for this bureau for
the coming year when the labor de-
partment appropriation is fixed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12
Dorothy Dix TALKS
The Tragedy OF Motherhood.
BIZ D0RoTHY DIX
Worid's mEhess Paid Woman writer.

The Tragedy of Mothcrhood--1.
A little, old woman. her shoulders
bent by years of stopping over wash
tubs, her hands hard and calloused
from scrubbing office floors, sobbed
out to me the other day a story that
was an epic of mother love. OF mother
sacrifice, of mother jealousy, and
mother agony.
She said that when she was a girl
she married a man who beat ana
abused her, and deserted her before
her baby was born. Friendless and
penniless, she faced her ordeal alone,
and when she came out OF the hos
pital she had only her babe in her
arms, and not cent in her pocket, or
a human being to turn to for help
and comfort.
She got a poor. little room and be-
gan making a living by taking In
washing. She determined that her
boy should have the advantages or
education that she had never had, and
SO she kept him in school long after
other boys of his class went to work.
The boy repaid her effort. He was al
ways the prize pupil in every school.
He won scholarships, and the mother
saw, in her vision of the future, her
son rich and successful man, her
self sharing in his prosperity.
Then came the serpent into her
Eden. A pretty, young girl moved
into the house in which the woman
and son lived, and the boyle is
only eighteen-Was attracted to. her
as youth is to youth. Hewanted to
take her to a picture show now and
then. He wanted to play about with
her, and laugh, and giggle, and sky
lark with her. But the mother went
mad with jealousy. She. demanded
that the boy spend all of his evenings
at home with her. She told him thar
his duty was to support her, and re-
pay her for all she had done for him,
and when he stayed out as late as
10 O'Clock she went after him and
brought him home and sshamed him
before the girl. -es4sa F-esaA1
And the boy has left home; and re
fuses to come back to his heartbFdken
mother s- -
The discerning will feel like weep
ing over both sides of this pitifuf lit
tie tragedy. 1t is SO easy, to see the
mothers point of view, and to realize
how she feels that nothing that her
son could do for her would more than
repay her for the devotion she has
iavished upon him, for the times' that
she has gone hungry that he might
be fed; the rags she has worn that he
might be decently clothed; the days
she has bent above her washtubs; the
long nights she has spent upon her
knees scrubbing floors that he might
nave the career OF gentleman II
maddens her that he can forget these
even for an instant for the sake Of a
girls pretty, young face.
And one understands the boys side
of the case. which is no conscious
arguing of the case at all. 1t is just
that he is young, and has the desires
of youth, that he wants to have a good
time, and be with other young people,
and the girl is pretty, and jolly, and
likes to laugh, and is better company
than mis- sad. and dreary and work.
worn old mother.
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shoes, etc., are repealed under the
new law. Attic the new law did not
repeal the luxury" tax on household
furniture, trunks and other manufac-
tured goods. it did shift the tax from
the con inner to the manufacturer.
Under the old law the consumer paid
the tax on the basis of the retail price.
This retail price, of course. represent
ed all OF the various profits made by
the manufacturer and middlemen.
Under the new law the tax is all paid
by the. manufacturer upon the basis
Of the manufacturing cost.
The paIb1s is relieved of the taxes
which have been paid on toilet soaps.
powders etc. This tax amounted to
one cent on every 25 cents worth of
perfuneTy, cosmetics, toilet arti-
cIes. proprietary (patent) medicines,
dental supplies. etc. The tax on soft
drinks. ice cream and insurance pol
ieies also is repealed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12
JUST FOLKS
GETTING ON TO CHRISTMAS.
by EDGAR A. GUEST.

GETTING ON TO CHRISTMAS.
It's getting on to Christmas, and n young
ster sitting there, -srE L-.
Untold. has washed his hands and face and
nicely brushed his hair;
And would like my slippers now, I've but
TO say the world
NV slightest wish will be obeyed as quick
ly it's heard. $50
It's getting on to Christmas. There's a
small boy sitting by
Who has the CLINT Of Santa Claus twink
ling in his eve,
And when it comes to o'clock, upstairs
he'll gaYly climb
And go to bed just like man. admitting
ii is time
It's getting on to Christmas. Everything
is in its place,
No toys are strewn about the hall to
mothers deep disgrace,
And must an errand now be run, two little
feet will fly
Right willingly to any store, and never
question why.
It's getting on to Christmas, and / watch
the roguish elf,
And ehnckle as 1 see once more picture
of myself;
1t doesn't seem SO long ago when Christ
mas time made me
As good and clean and willing and as vir-
tuous as he
Copyright 1921, bv Edgar A. guestJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12

The Japanese are buying all their
lumber on the west coast of the
United States. The reason for this is
that the government of Japan has
stopped the cutting of timber in that
country as a measure of flood pre-
vention. Forest Conservation is a
matter that continues to be greatly
neglected in this country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12

The striking butchers, it is reported,
fdosire to submit their grievances 20
tarbitration. But it seems that the
packers and representatives of their
employees had just concluded a settle
ment Of all possible differences when
the strike came.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12

Two important results are expected
from the decision of the railroad la
Dor board. which revises the work
ing rules governing shop employees,
effective December I. 1t is estimated
that it will cause a saving of about
s50,O00,0O0 in operating expenses and
that it will increase the efficiency OF
the service. If there comes a time
for passing some OF these benefits on
to the patrons OF the railroads. one OF
the first acts should be abolition of
the surtax charge of so per cent on
Pullman berths. It entails a loss in
business on the Pullman company,
and is Of little value to the railroads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12

The Santa Fe railroad. it is report
ed. paid an income tax of approx
mately 100000 for the year 1920.
Those who Travelled over the road and
shipped freight over its lines not only
paid this huge sum, but they paid an
additional tax for the service directly
to the government. A much better
system would be a sales tax where
he is paying fer the support of the
government.
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one of the big mail order houses
has passed its customary dividend,
giving as a reason that there has been
no profit this year. This is notice to
Uncle Sam that he will receive no
taxes from that source.
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reach them. Energize as nearly as
possible to your maximum.
The reason why a man does SO much
and thinks so well in periods of ex-
element is that everybody in his
human house is wide awake-up and
doing.
Push your barriers aside. Wipe out
the dams that restrict you. Work
awal1ei
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-12

The approach of Christmas finds
nearly whole world engaged in an
effort to establish a permanent peace
on earth"
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E0ening Story
The Woodland Pool.
BY FREDERICK HART.


Marjorie Dennison slipped away
from her parents on that hot August
afternoon without replying to their
inquiries as TO where she was going
with more than a vague -"Oh, I
don't knowl 1 think I'll take a
stroll down by the old orchard"
She was not in the best of moods;
her family had insisted on depart
ing for the country a good three
weeks before she herself had de-
sired it; their big estate, Three Elms,
seemed boring after the excitement
neighbors, and life in general seemed
to hold TO particular aHurements.
Marjorie vas the sunniest natured
girl in the world, generally; but there
were times when, if matters did not
go as she desired them, that she could
be a trifle ungracious. This brolIing
day was one of them. She set eff
with her head at an independent
angle, swinging a large sunnat by its
strings, determined to explore the
country near the old orchard and LEI
the fresh country air calm her per
turbed spirits.
She had not thought fit to men,
ton it to her parents that rolled up
in tight, bundle. inside the ample
sunhat, WIS a bathing suit. Marjorie
was almost as much at home in the
water as on land. and she counted
that day lost whose low descending
sun had not seen her sporting in her
IaVor1e element. She was not sure
that there was any water near the
old orchard, but on an estate the size
of hers there was (sure to be a brook
and possibly pool deep enough to
swim in. Marjorie decided to take no
chances and to be prepared.
Following little path that led
thru some thick woods she soon lost
sight OF the house. Another five
minutes of walking brought her to the
old orchard-a few gnarled apple
trees set in the midst of a tangled
growth of underbFush. She worked
her way thru the clinging vines and
briers that filled the Enclosure, ana
found herself facing a wire fence. on
which cleaned a shining new notice
haa