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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-07

without a hat on and looking all err
round as if ne was hunting for one to
put on, and he saw US fellows and
came up. saying, Did yeu boys see &
hat blow Past2
No sir, sed US fellows. WITCH We
dident. on account OF US having
stopped 1t before it had time to blow
past, and the man sed, Its mitey Pc
cuiiar. mitey peculiar. it'popped rite
off my he'd errouna the corner and 1
have no ideer witch way it went.
Being a man with red face looking
as If he could get awfill mad If he
had to. me thinking, Jimniay crickits
I hope he don't ask me to get up for
eny reasons
Wat kind of a hat was it. mister ?
I ssd.
Its made of stiff felt ana its shaped
i'm a sort OF round shape, sed the
man. Proving that was the hat l was
setting on all rite, ony the shape felt
different by that time, and the man
sed, Its no day to be without a hat,
aren't you afraid you'll catch cold sit
ting there?
Meening me, and I quick sed. No
sir Sc sir. Net saying wy not, and
the man sed Well Ill look up the
street a littts ways and then if I don't
find it Ill eome back and get another
one in the nee est hat store.
And he kepp on going. and I quick
laid the hat in the middle of the street
looking intiFely different. and US fei-
lows yelled. Hay mister, hay mister,
and then ran like the dickins-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-07
THE OTHER SIDE.

While lowering prices have worked
a hardship on many persons and in
dustries by no means can all be in
cluded.
Il Doctor Anderson, in the Chase Eco
nomIc Bulletin, says;
Those industries whose selling
sprices are fixed find their position
very greatly improved by a period of
falling prices. Notable among these
fare the railroads. other public utili
ties, and gold mines, all of which will
find their margins of profit greatly
Increased and their credit correspon-
dinghy improved. Not a few public
utilities will be saved from bankruptcy
by the decline in prices and not a
few now in the hands of receivers will
he released from reeeivership. Pres
.sure will also be removed by the de-
cline in prices from that large body
of people with fixed incomes, widows
and orphans and other beneficiaries
of trust funds, bondholders in general
university professors and others. who
have suffered most as prices have
risenf'
An immense volume of deferred
CONSTRUCTION, housing. railroad build
ing. vitality needed improvements in
public utilities and the like. he points
out, is waiting to start up when the
tension in the capital market is re-
Taxed and when costs of construction
reach reasonable levels. The improved
credit condition of the railroads and
public utilities makes this all the more
important. For perhaps the first time
in our history, our railroads will be
In good credit at time when prices
are at bottom.
Doctor Anderson demonstrates that
the credit situation of the United
States has the ability to meet the
shock involved in the rapid decline
in commodity prices, which has taken
place in recept months, ana which
still continues. ut is his belief that
the price decline which has already
taken place has left the general credit
system intact. and that no further
price declines. which may be reason
ably anticipated. could possibly en-
danger 1t. Individual failures have
occurred, and the future doubtless
holds an even larger nuHber. but the
resources of the credit system in alb
sorbiug ana diffusing losses are so
great, and the tangible assets upon
which credit in the United States has
oeen extended are, so vast that the
general situation rs impregnable, He
shows that the shrink ge in the value
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-07
Dorothy Dix Tails
Do Women Want Te Be petteds-1.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest PAID woman Wsass

learned judge-advises husbands to
pet their wives if they wish to make
matrimony grand sweet song.
Whereupon militant lady arises
ana declares that women are not kit
tens that will purr under any hand
that strokes their fur the right way.
She avows that wives want their hus-
bands to treat them as equals and
companions, not as domestic, pets.
Which is right. the lady or the
Judge? Do wives wish to be petted or
not2.
side with the judge. 1 think that
where there is one woman wIla de-
sires to be dealt with on. a cold, hard.
business platform by her husband
there are ten million who yearn to be
babied. Also that about the same
ratio prevails between the number of
wives who would rather discuss what
Harding is going to do about the
league of nations than to listen to their
hubbies tell then that they are the
sweetest, prettiest little levey-deveys
that any man was ever lucky enough
to tie up with.
Age-long experience has amply
shown that while a man takes any in
terest in holding his wifes hand she
viii cheerfully work it to the bone for
him. and that III a husband wishes to
blind his wife to his goings on ali he
mas mas got to do is to kiss her eyes shut
woman is not the man who is a
model of all the virtues, or the man
VINO provides his wife with tiaras and
hmousines. 1t is thu man who is ten
der and affectionate to his wife, who
SHOWS IN thousand little ways that
his love is living thing instead of ex-
pecting her to take it for granted.
If a woman wanted merely to be
|, treated as mans equal and to have
an intellectual eompanionship with
MIN, she would be great fool to take
upon herself the burden of matrimouy.
TOT she would give up much to gain
little. The business woman enjoys an
equality with the men with whom she
works shoulder to shoulder, that their
wives can never know, because she is
not dependent upon them, nor bound
to them in any way, and their wives
are. SO the woman who yearns for
equality with men had best stick to
her job and her own pay envelope.
+ The woman who wants her husband
to treat her just as he would a man
friend, can get more of that sort of
chumminess outside of marriage than
she can in it. That ideal of the reia-
tienship between man and a woman
can best be carried out in a platonic
friendship, where two people who have
a mild regard for each other and a
literature, can golf. and walk, and talk
together and enjoy each others best
without having to endure each others
worst
In these days, any able-bodied, in
telligent woman can make good liv-
ing for herself at the kind of work
she has picked of because it is con-
genial TO her She has liberty to come
and go as she pleases. unquestiened.
She can spend her money as she likes
without rendering an account to any
body. She has certain hours of the
al for. I,a
| iCopyright, 1926 by the wheeler Csnuicate
sne1
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its bank account contained just $500.
This, it decided. without salaries,
would be enough to produce play,
but not enought to pay fof theater,
a lease on the Garrick theater. the
little old-fashiened playhouse on
Thirty-fifth street just off Broadway,
became interested in the guilds pur-
pose and donated the theater to them
for six weeks. If they made good
they could pay him a rental. he said,
and if they failed he would not charge
Wei, at first, it looked as if Mr..
Kahn would be out a good dea. of
money. The first play produced.
Benavcnte's Bonds of Interest"
failed, possibly because it was one Of
those fatal vehicles. a costume play, or
possibly it received practically no adj
vertising. The guild could not afford
TO advertise, and SO few people knew
that the play was in existence
UnG,scourage6, but a trifle desper-
ate, the committee on plays and man
agement, which meets every Tuesday,
met every day sud tried to find a new
play to take the place of the Benayenie
failure. This early committee included
Laurence Langner, Phillip Meeller,
Rolio Peters. Helen Wesley, Helen
Freeman, Margaret WScheriy. Dudley
Diggs and Lee Sinlendson,- art direc-
ter for the Metropolitan opera house.
1t was Laurence Langner who finally
brought the committee the play it
wanted. One afternoon he was in
Bfetaho 5, feverishiy going over the
piays on the bookshelves, when Ia
came across "Jahn Ferguson" by st.
John Ervine.
-Eryine" unused Langner, 81 used
10 know that chap Used to be or that
debating society l attended in Tendon.
Awfully clever. as recall :"
A week later Mr.. Eryipe in London
was surprised to receive cable from
the New York Theater Guild asking
for his play As he explained later,
Mr.. Erv.ne had never. heard of the
Theater Guild, and he could not re-
member MIR. Langner, but he decided
that as his play had failed eonspicu-
ousiy in London, he would not be
greatly hurt if it failed in New York.
and SO he cabled back his acceptance.
This time the Guild managed to do
some advertising, and on the opening
night It had every prominent dramatic
critic in New York in its audience. As
a result the next morning every paper
contained glowing account of John
Ferguson" with frequent references to
the splendid courage of the Guild in
thus supporting art in the face of GER
tain financial ruin. This while
gratifying, was not eneourasing.
Hence 1t was with serious misgiyine
that the players approached the thea
ter on the second night. but there they
encountered delightful shock. For
the line before the box office reached
all the way down Thirty fifth street
and around the block.
And SO began the success of art in
the New York theater.
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little BEKNY's NOTE BOOK
BIZ LEE PAPE

- There was a fearse wind this aftir-
noon and us fellows was running err
round the street chasing paper blow
ing erreund and having more fun than
little, and all of suddin a mans hat
came rolling up the street without eny
man, and Pubs Simkins cawt it, and
we looked all GROUND for a man with
out hat without seeing eny. and then
Pubs left the hat go-agen and we had
a contest to see witch one could catch
it. and we did that about more times
till we was all tired out. me saying.
Gosh I bet this hat would make
good sect
And / put it on the cerbstone and
sat down on it. feeling pritty comfort
able. and jest then Pubs Simkins sed.
Holey smoazs there he is now.
Meaning a man down at the corner
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Senator Reed declares that $4,000
00e of the European relief fund has
been spent to keep up the Polish army.
The statement probably is true. The
senate has passed a resolution pre-
scented by. Senator Reed Smoot of Utah
calling upon the secretary of war for
information regarding credit extended
to the Republic of Poland. Reports
from the secretary OF the treasury
disclose the fact that Poland is now
indebted to the United States to zhe
extent of over $1o0.oeo.ooe for surplus
war supplies turned over to her and
for credit relief extended thru APP
preparation by congress. 1t is costing
this ceuntryja lot OF, money to remain
at war.
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JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR a. GUEST.

To j. L., who Presented the writer With
SiIver-Mounted Cane
Here is q prop against grim Times decay.
staunch, straight friend on w III some
day to lean.
brown maiacca-ss a palm its seen
The sun of Asia rise to mark the day;
Then dusky natives cut its frends away
And toiied until It's sides were polished
clean.
Oceans and skies great spaces stretched
between
Its forest birthplace and our u s. A.
Men tofied for money when they cut 1t
down,
For money il was carried DER the sea,
For money it was bartered in the town.
The jeweler who 'graSed it armed his fee I;
But here at last the tides of commerce end.
IT'S now the priceless symbol of a friend.
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A Guestl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-07

Exports of passenger automoplies
from the United States for the year
1920 far surpass all records says Coiii-
MERGE Monthly. In the 1irse ten
months 1856 were sent abroad as
compared with 67,145 in 1912 the
highest previous year, and 2S'Soo IN
the fiscal year ending June 3d. 1914
the highest pTe-war year. These cars
have not been going to France in any
consid cradle nuplber because France
has placed a high tariff on such inn
portations. She may have heard that
We are about to add a lew more
courses of bricks to our tariff wall
and decided to beat us to it. At any
rate it is made plain that two can play
at the tariff game.
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A move to relieve the general no,

move to relieve the general hous-
ing shortage has been taken by Sena-
PRODUCTION of a bill authorizing mort
gage loans from the funds of the saw
ings departments of national banks
up TO so per cent of their total. sub
ject to regulation by the Federal Re-
serve Board. Senator Callers plan
looks more like one to help the banks
than one to help the homeless. Any
body who wants to build a house In
Topeka will find no trouble in obtain
ing the necessary funds. Probably a
similar situation prevails in most other
cities.
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Questicns-Ansuers

%, What is the origin of falrs.-L- A
A: Fairs were held in early periods of
civilization in Europe and Asia. and wert
usually of religious origin. The Festival
OF Saint Denis was held In France in e20
A. D., and suen fairs we're introduced into
tsreat Britain as early as Sss in the time
of Alfred the Great
Who was the first woman ever an
pointed to a Federal commission by the
president of the United States e-F T. r.
A Mrs Francis c. Axtell, who was an
pointed to the United States Employees
Compensation Commission by President
Wilson, is the. first woman so appointed.
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of stocks of goods on land may al
ready amount to perhaps as much as
So. 200, 100000, but placing the total
wealth of the country at far in excess
of s2O0sOed 100000. the total stocks
of goods in current movement, includ-
ing work in process, constitute but a
minor fraction of the total wealth of
the country. and that such losses in
with the total wealth OF
the country, are a basatelle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-07

The contest between organized labor
and its employers strongly resembles
a game of chess. Each player looks
upon the others move with less regard
to its Immediate effect than to its flu
ture results. each is trying to avoid an
ultimate checkmate of its king.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-07

Having wrecked a large number OF
banks in North Dakota, the Nonpar-
tisan league system of ruin now s
extending itself to the newspapers
whatever. in the way of BUSINESS, the
League touches appears to be doomed.
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Plans for aiding farmers, business
men. exporters and various other in
terests are proposed from time 10 time
in congress, but nobody appears TO
consider the scores of millions of con-
sumers who belong to none of these
classes
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classes.

There has been a big slump in
prices of leaf tobacco held by pro-
ducers in Kentucky. 1t mag be that
the buyers have heard of Senator
Kimbalrs bill to curtail the market
of the manufactured article in Kansas.
The Hope pioneer., 1921-05-12
or the janitor money they have COM

FOR the janitor money they have COM
ing:
The Misses Ida and Mathilda An
derson, teachers of Enger school dis
trict had a joint program April 18TH
Many of the parents and other visit
ors were present, the ladies bringing
a delicious lunch.
Oline Olstad of Broadlawn teaches
an alive school,. She herself brings
drinking water and for the social
money she has bought scale for
weighing the children and has also
installed a sand table and victrola
stand both made by local carpen-
ter. She has also bought a football,
an indoor base ball, and a number of
library books.
Newburgh township is to have
eight months school next year. This
is a step toward better educational
advantages for the children. Steele
County will then have only the two
districts that have the z months
term.
Andrew knight of Broadlawn who
owns and farms three quarter Sec
tions of land does not keep his sons
out of school to work in the field.
He has two boys, one IL and one 13
years old, whom he might let do the
work of grown men, but they are
kept in school every day. Mr.. Knight
realizes that a child's education
means more than quarters of land
and bushels of wheat.
An entertainment was given in
Westfield School No. 2 May End. A
sum of $72 was netted.
Bird Week and Dental Week were
both observed in Hugo School No. 3
The children made bird posters of all
the common North Dakota birds
Trial tubes of Colgate's Dental
Cream and reminder cards were Civ
Ell each pupil while the value of good
teeth was discussed.
The School Board of Franklin
School District has purchased ten
dollars worth of library books re.
Gently. The pupils are very much
interested and have read nearly all
the new books.
Miss Eva Bakken, teacher of West
field No. 1, sent in $500 for Near
East Relief, As cents for Junior Red
Continued on last page)
The Hope pioneer., 1921-05-12
GIRLS IDEALS OF
BIG CITY FASCINATIONS
SHATTERED BY TREACHERY

How Judith Rutledge's idealistic
conception of life in the great cities
was sent crashing on the rocks of a
harsh reality is the theme of Her
Kingdom of Dreams" starring Anita
Stewart and which will be seen at
the Bijou Theatre on Saturday.
AS young girl living with her in
valid father in a small western town,
Judith frequently longed for the
winders and beauties if the large
cities. And, as a reward for that
longing, it seemed an opportunity
came to her to visit her Utopia. Sh.
was to be private secretary to JAS
Warren, prominent Wall Street
banker.
Once in the employ of Warren,
Judith's sincere services led Warren
to believe that she could be trusted
with his most masonic secrets. On
his deathbed, he made a final re
quest-that Judith marry his rathe
unsteady son, Fred. ...
How this marriage, entered into in (.
spirit of logged compliance with
the elder Mr.. Warren's wishes, de-
veloped into fervent love-match
spiced with episodes revolving about
the wrecking of great financial
less women makes "Her Kingdom OF
Dreams" replete with tense dramatic
scenes that cannot fail to please the
patrons of the Bijou Theatre.
The Hope pioneer., 1921-05-12
OBITUARY. Y;--JOAN
ALEXANDER GILMORE

John Alexander Gilmore was born
April 8, 1853, in Leroy, ILL.,, max
ingihim So years, and days old at
the time of his death. He grew to
manhood in the place of his birth.
He was next to the youngest of ten
children: His three brothers older
than he served four years in the Civil
War. OF his own family Mr.. Gilmore
isHsurvfved by his youngest sister,
Mrs: Margaret Murfield, and ny his
Oldest brother Capt. Samuel Gilmore
aged 83.
At the age of 23 Mr.. Gilmore was
married to Miss Malinda Land, of Le-
Roy, Ill., To them were born three
children, Mrs. Grace Wood, of Hope
MD, Mrs. Edith Smith, of Ashland,
and Lloyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmore went to Mis-.
souri, in~1S82; living there until 1900
when they moved to Hope, N. OAK,
where they remained until coming Co
Ashland with Lloyd in the fall o.
1917.
Mr.. Gilmore has always been a
Christian and lifelong member of
the Methodist church. He was a
man of exceptional physical strength
and power of endurance up until
the time of his first paralytic stroke
Id 1913. This was followed by two
more strokes in 1914 and from that
time he has been as we in Ashland
have known him.
Mr.. Gilmore has four grandchild-
rem Earl and Gladys Wood, of Hope,
N. D., and LaFern and Wayne Smith
of Ashland.
The Hope pioneer., 1921-05-12
CUPS AND OTHER PRIZES
ARRIVE FOR PLAY DAY..

The 1921 Steele County Play Day
promises to be great success. Supt.
Bergum of the Finley School is in
charge of the athletic events and has
prepared the field, and has also ap-
pointed one local man together with
a teacher from one of the other
schools in the county as judges for
each Of the six different events.
The parade which is under the
supervision of Frank Curry, Anton
Nelson, and Andrew Sandaker will
form west of the depot. This COM
mittee will provide hayracks on wag-
ons as we'll as teams for the floats
of those who are too far away to
bring them. Cloth for trimming the
floats and the signs may be had by
consulting the parade committee at
noon on Play Day.
There will be rest and check
room committee, a coffee and cream
committee, a first-aid committee, and
play committee. All is we'll taken
care of except the weather.
The Hope pioneer., 1921-05-12
RE0F GROSS LIFE SAVING
CAMPAIGN TO REOPEN

Aiming to double their achieve
ment of last summer, when under
Red Cross auspices $4,000 men, wo-
men and children were taught to
swim and instructed in the rudiments
of saving drowning persons, Ameri-
can Red Cross Chapters throughout
the country are preparinsse.oslsaunch
learn-to-swim Campaigns. Due to
ever-increasing popularity of water
sports the Red Cross is receiving
calls for swimming and life-saving
instruction that indicate that the
1921 season will surpass all previous
ones in the extent and effectiveness
of the Red Gross Life-Saving Corps.
Since its entrace into the field of
water first aid, eight years ago, the
American Red Cross through instruc-
ors and Glasses in all parts of the
United States, has been instrumental
in cutting down the number of drown
h1gs from nearly 10000 annually to
less than 1000. Hundreds of Red
Cross chapters, adopting the slogan
Don't be Sink-Easy" and "Every
Swimmer a Life-Saver" have made
learn-to-swim weeks an important
part of their summer programs.
Thousands of members of the Red
Cross Life-Saving Corps, will act as
instructors in extending the work of
teaching swimming and life-saving
methods. Their efforts will be sup.
plemented by the professional in
structors in clubs, school and com.
munity bathing pools.
The Hope pioneer., 1921-05-12

Two Swedes were walking along
theerailroad track one day-the next
day the coroner was holding an in
quest. Peterson was testifying. "Ole
and me walked along the track. l
hear the whistle blow and I get off
the track. The train goes by; 1 go
on the track again and walk along.
Pretty soon I see Ole's hat. I walk
farther and then see Oles leg. Pret-
ty soon I see Ole's other leg. Then
after;a while, I see Ole's head, and
thennI say: BY Yinks, something
muster happen to Ole!"