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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-15
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
DOCTORS.

The longer I live. the more be-
lieye in preventive measures, especlai-
iy in regard to the health of the BODY.
Machines last for years and years
when they are given careful ana pro-
ner care. The body is a divine ma
chine. like which there has never been
ANYTHING made 10 compare. 10 is SO
wonderful, it puts up with so much,
that it's owner often fofgets to give II
the care that it demands-and the
result is a body that rebels some day
in order to attract attention TO hs
needs.
And that brings me to the subject
of this Talk.
The doctors OF the future will be
those who keep the body well, instead
of treating it when 1t gets ILL Medi-
cine is a great science. but the doctor
himself can be so much greater than
his pills and plasters. AS he Is IN
some instances.
I havea respect for real doctors
that l find it hard to explain.
One of the closest disciples of Jesus
was a physician, and he was known
as the beloved" have a friend
who is a ydoctor-a man with all the
reaIness Of a man. Recently he had
for a patient a little girl. She was
desperately H. For three days and
nights this doctor watched by her bed
side. He spared himself not at all.
AS I write this Talk, he is giving all
that he is to the alienation of pain
and suffering.
1 know of another doctor, young
man. He operated on a boy. About
2 o'clock in the morning. I was told
by the nurse who watched at the little
chaps bedside, that he called up the
hospital-he said he couldn't sleep un-
til he knew just how his patient was.
The nurse said that he was great
doctor to worry about his patients.
Well, if that doctor, or any doctor
for that matter, attended one loved
who was i'll, I would want him TO
worry about them, wouldn't you?
Doctors are not honored enough.
Thousands of them are martyrs to
their calling. Their unselfishnesa is
something extraordinary at times.
Maybe at some not very distant
time we shall arrive at the period
where we will need little medicine,
for we shall have learned more about
the care of our bodies in health. But
SO long as we have with us the noble
men who daily give their all for the
help of others, let us render to them
our greatest gratitude and apprecia-
ton.
believe in the power of the mind
over the body-but believe in doc
tors, too
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-15
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BIZ LEE PAPE.

PudsN Simkins and Leroy Shooster
started to have a fife back in the al
ley this aftirnoon and us fellows all
got Ground and+started to Encourage
them to puntch each other, witch sew
eral times they started to and dident,
Pubs Simkins saying, Aw 1 amt going
to fife with all this crowd Ground me.
Neither am 1, this-is a private fite,
come on in my back yard, sed Leroy
Shooster. WITCH they quick did and
locked the gate and I sed, I tell you
wat Ill do, fellows, Ill run in my house
and look out our setting room win
dow into Leroys yard and report the
fite, and you all stay out heer and
lissen.
WITCH I ran in to do, and Pubs and
Leroy was standing on Leroys grass
with their fists up looking at each
other like statues. and yelled down
TO the fellows, The fife is now reddy
to start.
Herray, the fellows all yelled.
WITCH jest then Pubs and Leroy
started to wawk GROUND each other
slow with their fists still up, and I
yelled, The fife is now almost reddy
to begin.
Witch Pubs and Leroy started to
wawk GROUND each other fast, me
yelling, The fife is now neerly about
to commence. And the fellows all
started to yell outside of Leroys back
tents, Hay in there. a little action, a
little speed. soak him Pubs, soak him
Leroy. that's a boy.
WichN jest then Pubs almost hit
Leroy and Leroy pritty neer hit him
back, me yelling, The fite is now still
ware II was.
A little pep in there. hay, go to it
Pubs go to it Leroy, that's a boy, the
fellows yelled.
witch Pubs and Leroy kepp on max
Ing cereles Ground each other and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-15

Q. what~aoes the word mississippi
mean Nv. L. Il.
A. mississippi is an Indian name de-
Father of Watets''
Q. How many presidents have we had
who were Baptists Pr. C. G.
A. President Harding is the first presi-
dent who has belonged to the Baptist
church.
@. Is it proper to speak of person be-
a. When soldier is sent home on ac-
count of being unfit for military duty he is
said to be invalided. In the United States
he is sent to a general hospital, and in
England to Netley hospital. for treatment
and final disposition. of his case
has become a Canadian citizen regain his
citizenship in the United States?-c. P:
A. A former American citizen who has
become a naturalizeds Canadian can return
to this country and take out naturalization
papers and become an American citizen.
Q. Has any other president of the United
A. President Wilson is the only presi-
dent, who, while in office, visited the pope,
by federal jurors and how can one become
such a juror?-C. P. K.
A. Federal jurors receive $500 day
and five cents mile to and from court
In order to be a federal juror of United
of the United States, to be able to read and
write, and to be at least Il years of age.
You should send your name 70 the clerk
of the United States district court, and ask
to have your name put on the jury list
Q. What is the chemical analysis Of or
binary sea water?-J. S. W.
A. The following is the composition of
sea water: Oxygen S5-T9; hydrogen, 1907
chlorine. 20T: sodium LA; magnesium,
II; calcium. .o5; potassium, OF; sulphur,
90; bromine, COS; carbon, .002.
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the muscular frame she, felt queer
little thrill. He rested a hand on her
shoulder and she thrilled once moIe-
He lowered above her now, for she
was tiny, and he laughed teaslngly AZ
her fright when he stumbled.
Sometimes Molly read to him from
dry chemical books. or articles in some
scientific magazine, and once Wnen
she fell asleep over lengthy descrlP
ton of a new process he leaned over
and CROPPED for her hand, but his nn-
gers only touched her soft brown hair.
Describe her., Mrs. Hayes, ne
whispered to the other Invalid, WIZ
could now sit in a chair and Knit.
Mrs. Hayes responded with Twink
ling eyes She's little, like kittens
her hair is soft and brown and her
eyes are blue and she has a real PINK
and white skin, and
Molly's perfect lips quivered ana
then little crihkles came about her
eyes.
"And she smiles in her sleep when
people talk about her." she interrupts
ed wickedly.
"Oh, Moilyl" ehided her aunt.
"Ah. Molly Hayesr' muttered Rom
aid Harvey, turning quite white.
Mrs. Hayes hobbled away, for the
atmosphere was highly charged with
unsaid things. Her swift backWaru
glance was "Bless-you-my-child
What is the matter?" asked Molly
Ronald smiled. Love-" he said
tersely.
.Ohr Molly shivered, and it was
a pity he could not see her face.
Pm in ve-with-you-and some
day-Pm going to marry you, If you
| don't mind. I'll be all right in an
other week, and there'll be plenty or
money when L get back to the works
again. You don't say word. Molly
| is there anybody else?"
Mono" she said softly.
He was holding her hands tightly.
| sswe'u have a little home somewhere.
Auntie and you and You won't
mind? ?"
Molly's head dropped toward hims
.'I don't mind" she breathed gently.
Mrs. Hayes peered in at them. Eo.
! nance begins at home" she nodded
epprovingly as she tiptoed away.
| copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-15
Dorothy Dix Talks
By DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
wives Who Make or Mar.

Take the woman, for instance, who
chooses her breakfast table as the spot
on which to fight over with her hus-
band every subject on which they dis
agree, and to impart to him every I'M
pleasant piece of information in the
domestic repertoire continued the
woman. 1.-The row ends in the usual
drawn battle, and the man goes to his
work with his mind surging with bit
ter and angry thoughts. that he has to
use all his power of concentration to
put aside, before he can give his at
tention to other affairs.
Half of his brain is worrying over
his troubles at home, and he cannot
bring the same. clearnesS of vision, or
soundness of judgment to his prob
lens that the man does whose sub
conscious thought of home is just
something soothing and pleasant that
makes him feel that God is in His
heaven, and all is right with the world.
Nor will any man work as hard,
or fight to the death for a discordant
home and a quarrelsome wife as he
will for the wife and home that means
peace, and rest, and hope, and cour-
age to him.
Johns wife makes him take care
of the baby at night because he is as
much father as she is mother. True.
But she doesn't stop to consider that
the man she sends forth to work, dull
and stupid for lack of sleep, nerve
racked and worn, is no rival for the
man with whom he is to match wits,
and who is fresh and rested from an
untroubled sleep.
''The woman may say that she feels
just as much like a wet dishrag,
after having nursed the baby all
night, as her husband does but she
! has many hours thru the day when
she can make up lost sleep, while the
man has none. And anyway, the for
| tunes of the family do not depend
upon her being at her best, her in
tellectual peak, as they do upon the
man.
"A mars nerves cut far more
figure in his success than women real
ize, and these depend very much upon
the way he is fed Many a man turns
down the good thing that would have
made him a fortune, simply because
! he is filled with dark brown, pessi-
mistic thoughts from having partaken
of soggy breakfast. Many a man
insults his boss and gets fired, or Of
| tends his best clients or customers and
loses them, because he is irritable and
grouchy thru lack of proper nourish-
ment at home. You never hear of a
man having prostration whose wife is
the guardian angel of his stomach.
1T isn't a romantic way to help
our husbands by holding up our end
of the job. and relieving them of all
possible domestic cares and worries
but it is the help that helps most;
and the woman who doesn't do it, and
who makes her husband do her work
| and his too, is not only selfish beast;
she is a fool. For she kills the goose
that lays the golden eggs. The man
| who has to push the perambulator
never pushes his fortunes very far"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-15

A Wisconsin congressman Is oe-
handing an investigation to ascertain
what special interests are backing the
t~oposed sales tax law. He appears
h belong to that large body Of per-
sons who profess to believe that every
law that is passed is in the interest
Of a particular class. 1t may be that
The gentleman himself merely is en-
ragged in an effort to delay action on
this measure, which is of so great i'm
portance to the general public. An
investigation is the greatest known in
strument for creating delay. What
can it matter who is behind the sales
tax proposal if it be a desirable bit of
legislation? The congressman indt-
Gates that he suspects certain Wall
street brokers. The men he mentions
have made no concealment of their
advocacy of the sales tax. Persons
having Interior motives seldom are so
frank. Those who are advocating the
sales tax are doing so on the theory
that Thea government must have mon
ey and that this is the surest and fair
est way to get it.
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AS Doctor van Dyke expresses 1t in
his ''Toiling of Felix
Every mason in the quarry. every builder
Every chopper in the paim-g grove, every
raftsman at the car,
"Hewing wood and drawing water. spiitting
stones and cleaving sod,
All the dusky ranks of labor, In the regi-
ment Of God,
March together toward His triumph, do
the task His hands prepare:
Honest toll is holy service; faithful work
is praise and prayer"
To go to work, in spirit of joy and
achievement, is to go TO sanity and
proportion and vindication of charac-
ter. 1t is to join the holy company
of heroes of the Book-from Moses,
the shepherd of Sinai, to the eleven
workingmen who followed Jesus as
apostles. And it is to find the secret
of sweet sleep and simple pleasures.
Doctor van Dyke, already quoted,
sums up our Lesson in the lines:
LET me do my work from day to day,
In field or forest, at the desk or loom.
In rearing market place or tranquil room
Let me but find It in my d heart to say
This is my work; my blessing, not my
doom:
OF all who live, am the one by whom
This work can best be done in the right
way. W
Then shall see it not too great, nor
To suit my spirit and to prove my powers
hours,
And cheerful turn, when the long shadows
fall
At evenfi1e. to play and love and rest,
Because 1 know for me my work is best.
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Very well, if you wish it," returned
the church warden. But what is your
reason ?"
He controlled his feelings very well.
for he was very conservative and hated
any innovation.
But the rector was adamant-
ST think it will be wiser" he re-
marked. 1.-The fact is. I am going to
preach on the subject of economy"
A young man managed to get into
conversation with a pretty girl during
a railway journey. He was very
pleased with himself, and when the
train arrived at his destination he
said to the girl:
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JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

81 A SONG.
Can't helping thinking day by day
skies are drear< with you away,
Need your presence and your smile
Near me to make life worth while;
Roses bloom and skies are blue
But my little world needs you.
Fame is but an empty thing
If you are not here TO sing,
Gold and all men struggle for
When the day of toll is Ger,
Have no charm unless at night
You can share in their delight
Praise IS but a strangers voice
Save it makes your heart rejoice,
Victory would seem despair
IL in 1t you could not share;
All / am and all / do,
Needs the gentle smile of you-
Copyright, 1921, By Edgar A Gnes9
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relief to the lines were absorbed by
disbursements to employees. The rate
increases restricted traffic. Freight
rates were raised to a point that dis
located or diminished shipments.
Passenger traffic fell off. Economies
instituted by management could not
compensate for the rise in wages that
brought payrolls up to S.73S,s1s,ooO
in 1920, or more than double in less
than four years.
No matter from what angle the rail-
road problem is considered we come
back to the two practical aspects
which it presents-that the railroads
must be self-supporting that they can
not charge so much that traffic will
be prevented from flowing along nor
NAL lines. Rates cannot constitute
such burden that the shipper of per-
ishable food products finds that con-
sumers will not pay production and
distribution costs and that he must
pay big freight bill for the privilege
Of sending his products to market.
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Three years ago at this time, it is
pointed out by S. W. Straus, every
available patch of ground was being
utilized for the increased production
of food. The boys and girls OF the
land were cultivating small garden
spaces and their efforts were encour-
aged and supplemented by the work
of adults. AS a result, tremendous
supply of additional food was pro-
duced and there was furnished a
splendid manifestation of patriotic
thrift. The. same energy and indus
try in the practices of thrift, he says,
should exist today. Vacant tracts in
our cities and towns and even in the
rural districts should not be allowed
to stand in idleness. And the kindSed
opportunity of teaching thrift, es-
pecially to the youth OF the nation.
should not be neglected.
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jumping back without enything to
jump back from. me yelling, The fife
is now still in the same place.
WITCH jest then Pubs yelled, Aw>shut
up up there, how do you Expect people
to fite2 and Leroy yelled, Sure, now
you've went and spoiled it.
And he picked up his cap and so did
Pubs and they went in Leroys house
looking like trends agen.
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The railroad labor board much re-
sembles the proverbial dog in the
manger. 1t will not permit the rail-
roads to reduce wages: neither will it
reduce them itself, aItho its members
must know that the business of rail-
conditions
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Dinner Stories

The rector met the church warden
just before the service the other Sum
day morning. and beckoned to him.
Mr.. Crimes he said, I'VE had bet
ter take up the collection before the
sermon this morning"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-15
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY Z. HOUSE
(Fron Philadelphia Public Ledsss.)
"And This Is Fate"

"And This Is Fate"
Sir-One day two weeks ago you
wrote a story about Aunt Margaret,
who played her poor best game over a
bad7 course with many hazards. I
don't know why your story of Aunt
Margaret should call up the ghost of
Aunt Grace. There seems little
analogy between them. Nevertheless,
the column has evoked wrath and
her city home reading the mornings
tragic news of the sinking of the
Titanic. Several of her friends were
aboard that Inflated vessel and lost
their lives. She resolved never again
to set foot on a steamer. Closely fol-
lowing the Titanic disaster a bad
railroad wreck occurred, in which two
more of her friends were killed Aunt
Grace vowed never again to travel by
rail. Two days later a beloved relative
was fatally injured in a runaway ac-
cident Aunt Grace sent her horses to
the country and closed her stable.
Obsessed by presentiment of i'm
pending calamity to herself, Aunt
Grace took to her high poster, altho
she was in good health and not old.
There her meals were served. and
intimate friends paid solicitouS calls
at her bedside. The ceilings of the
old house were high and in some
shadow. Early one morning within
slept safe as a church, large piece
of plaster detached itself from the
old ceiling and fell upon her upturned
face. striking the temple. She never
regained consciousness.
1 ITO reckon dangers too curiously, to
llhearken too intently for the threat
THAT runs thru all the winning music
of the world, to hold back the hand
from the rose because of the thorn
and from life because of death, this it
I
A SUBSCRIBER.
The date and locale of the Demp-
! sey-Carpentier fight have been an
nounced. We ask the privilege of in
Producing the principals. Mr.. Car
four years in France. The Hon. Mr..
Dempsey is the gentleman who fought
two hours and seventeen minutes in
America.
What Say You, Raymond.
/ Sir-How does this suggestion
strike you? Swap space for a day with
Raymond Carroll-he to write your
column from his cubbyhole in New
| York and you to write his New York
letter from the west side of the
Schuylkill. H. C. A.
We strive to be accommodating and
agreeable. If it, will afford the read
! ers of the paper any pleasure to see us
messing with Mr.. Carrolrs work.
Wen undertake the commission. We
suggest Monday, April Is, as the date,
contingent upon Mr.. CARROTS accept
anee and the approval of the chief.
| We save one exception and lay the
groundwork for an alibi. Anybody
can write a column. Only one of Mr..
CARROTS transcendent reportorial gen.
| ius mag write a New York letter.
This" says the ever-esteemed New
York World, was the emphatic state
ment made by General Charles G.
Dawes before leaving Washington for
Chicago"
Yes, yes, but what was it exactly
| that General Dawes said?
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International
SundaySchoolLesson
~ MILAN d. ELLIS.

For April II is: Bible Teachings
tAbout Work.|-Mark 6:1-3; John
SITE Thess. 3:6-13.
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We save one exception and lay the
groundwork for an alibi. Anybody
can write a column. Only one of Mr..
CARROTS transcendent reportorial gen.
ius maA write a New York letter.
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Copyright. 1926 by the wheeler Syndicate,
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-15

We strive to be accommodating and
agreeable. If it will afford the read
ers of the paper any pleasure to see us
messing" with Mr. Carrolrs work.
Wen undertake the commission. We
suggest Monday, April IS, as the date,
contingent upon Mr.. CARROTS accept
ance and the approval of the chief.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-15

This" says the ever-esteemed New
York World was the emphatic state
ment made by General Charles G.
Dawes before leaving Washington for
Chicago"
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What Say You. Raymond.

Sir-How does this suggestion
strike you? Swap space for day with
Raymond Carroll-he to write your
column from his cubbyhole in New
York and you to write his New York
letter from the west side of the
Schuylkill. H. c. A.
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A SUBSCRIBER.

The date and locale of the Demp-
sey-Carpentier fight have been an
nounced. We ask the privilege of in
Producing the principals. Mr.. Car
pentier is the gentleman who fought
four years in France. The Hon Mr..
Dempsey is the gentleman who fought
two hours and seventeen minutes in
America
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Yes, yes, but what was it exactly |
that General Dawes said?