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The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE

I was late for suppir agen last mite.
and I started to set down at my place
as if nuthing was the matter, thinking
maybe it mite make pop thing nuthing
was. Ony it dident, him saying, Never
mind sitting down jest yet. Dident I
distinkly tell you not to dare to be
late for at leest week?
Yes sir, but G. pop, gosh. it was the
funniest thing, you awt of bin there.
pop, till you heer about It, pop. sed.
Wen how long do haff to wait !?
sed pop.
Meening go ahed and tell it il it was
so funny. Wich I started to, saying,
Well. you see me and Puds Simkins
and Leroy Shooster was wawking
along and G pop. do you know that
fire plug down at the corner2
I'know it intimately, am 1 Supposed
to laff now2 sed pop.
No sir, not yet, I sed. well me and
Puds Simkins and Leroy Shooster was
wawking along and we started to see
who could spred their legs and jump
over the fire plug without toutching
and ferst I did it, and then Puds Sim
ktns did It ana then Leroy Shooster
did it, and none of us toutched so we
started to see who could do it with one
hand behind their back. and ferst did
It and then Puds Simkins did it and
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

THE HUGHES PROPOSAL.

There has been much criticism of
the League of Nations, as now con-
stituted, but it hardly can be disputed
that the league has had much to do
with making possible the success al
ready attained by Secretary Hughes's
proposal for Limitation of naval arma-
ment. If the Hughes plan be adopted,
the league will stand ready to see that
the agreement shall be faithfully
kept.
1t may well be doubted that the
so favorably received except for the
existence of the League of Nations.
If it shall be adopted it should be a
valuable aid to the future work of the
league, while the league will assist
materially in insuring faithful per-
formance OF the terms of the agree
ment for limitation OF armaments.
America. of course, can be trusted to
stand by it's own offspring. The fu-
ture attitude Of other nations might
not be so dependable.
The readiness with which Secretary
Hughes's plan has been accepted by
the leading nations in the conference
argues well for the future, but much
remains to be done. Much jockeying
for an advantageous position may be
expected. England will be reluctant
to surrender her control of the sea.
She has set up as a reason for re-
tanning a strong navy the immense
coast line she must protect and her
dependence upon open sea lanes for
her food supply. But she should be
convinced by this time that Uncle
Sam will always stand by her when
she is right.
The interests of the two great Eng
lish speaking nations are so nearly
Identical that it is improbable that
they can ever be divided on any mat
ter OF great importance to either.
Japan can hold out for a navy
stronger than that contemplated by
the Hughes plan because of her isola-
tion and the fact that she has few
friends among the nations. But ia
pan is a member of the league and
could rely upon it for protection.
As regards Italy and France. neither
can hope to compete with the other
great powers in naval construction
therefore they probably will welcome
the adoption OF the plan as it stands.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16
Dorothy Dix Tails
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman WriteE,

How Do Your Children Treat Your.
A mother is especially likely TO
complain that her children do not
consider her. They take the work of
her hands without a word oe thanks.
They go off about their pleasures and
leave her alone. It seems never to
occur to them that she would like to
have a little pleasure herself some
times, and to be included in their
parties. They accept all of her sacri-
fices without appreciation or graft
tude.
She is reaping what she has sown.
Her children are treating her the way
she has taught them to treat her.
You cannot spend twenty years fos-
tering selfishness in any one without
getting results.
Mother began cultivating egotism
in her children in their cradles by
making them the pivot about which
the whole household revolved. No
body could speak while baby slept.
Everybody had to jump when baby
cried. When baby had a tantrum ev-
erything had to give way before It,
and before baby was six months old
it had mother firmly under its thumb.
AS baby grew older. mother became
more and more just a slave to its
pleasures. Mother went shabby that
baby might have embroidered caps.
Mother walked that baby might ride
in an imported English perambulator.
Mother wore her last years bird 5
nest that Sally might have the finest
hair ribbons in school, and Johnny a
new bicycle. Mother never had a new
dress that the girls might walk in silk
attire and the boys belong to college
fraternities
Mother never demanded anything.
and she never got anything. She
taught her children to take everything
and give nothing, and she got nothing.
She made them monsters of selfish
ness, and they cheerfully sacrificed
her to themselves.
Women let their children talk to
them as they would not dare to talk
to any other person on earth. They
let their children be impertinent to
them, and criticize them. and deride
their judgment while they are still
in rompers and pinafores, and then
they complain that their children
show them no respect.
Again, it is their own fault II, from
the very first, they had exacted defer
ence from their children, If from the
cradle up they had instilled in their
children's minds respect for their au-
thority; if they had taught them to
obey the Biblical injunction to honor
would not have to suffer the morti-
fication of having their grown chill
dren deride their opinions, and treat
them with open contempt.
Parents write their own price tag.
Their children accord them exactly
the measure of consideration they de-
mand. They treat their father and
mother just as their father and mother
deserve to be treated.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

from within It was evident that some
body was endeavoring to force it open.
s-Give me a hand, mister she cried.
IT daren't let him come out!"
The cyclist dismounted, and by add
ing his strength to that of the woman
the door was kept closed.
Your husband, I suppose?" he
yes" was the breathless reply.
Hes got one of his crazy fits on to-
day."
''WelI, should think you would
be pleased to let him OUT
Not till this policeman's passed. -
painted the woman. You see, Bills
very nasty with policemen when he's
like this, and this ones too valuable
to lose. I do his washing
A little fellow sat on a doorstep cry
ing bitterly. Presently a sympathetic
old lady came along.
What's the matter, little boy?" she
asked.
Got my new pants covered with
dust" sobbed the boy.
but they're clean now, DEAR con-
tinued the woman.
'I know they are" walled the lad.
Then why do you still cry, child %
'"Cos mother wouldn't let me take
EN- off while she beat the dust OUT
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16
JUST FOLKS
pACK OF TIE BLUNDRR
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.


He blundered, and the foreman came
And burned his soul with words of shame.
High in the office sat the chief
Whose speech was always sharp and brief
And all he learned was that a man
Had spoiled a very careful plan
By careless work. In all the place
None read the anguish in his face.
He bIundered. That was all they knew.
A man who had a task to Go,
Had stumbled and the day was lost
The chief in gold could count the cost.
The superintendent fumed and cursed
And saw the error at its worst.
But not one tried to understand
The reason for the careless hand.
He bIundered, but net one could know
Why he had chanced to falter so;
That all night long beside a cot
He'd sat to cool small temples hot
And watched. with pulses throbbing wild,
The suffering Of his little child
That everywhere about the place
He saw his baby's feyered face.
He blundered, and men cursed his name
And on his shoulders heaped their blame.
Yet had they known, who stood to sneers
They would have spoken words of cheer
And had they sought to look behind
His blunder and his lapse of mind
And tried to understand his case
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A. Guest.l
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16
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The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

y The Railway Age in its current is
sue advocates the abolition of gov
ernment regulation of the wages and
working conditions of all railway en-
ployes except those directly concerned
with the operation of trains. zone
of the worst mistakes made in franz
ing the transportation act" the Rail-
way Age says, ''was that of subjecting
to government regulation the wages
and working conditions of railway
employees who are not directly con-
cerned with the operation of trains"
AS to these classes of railway en-
ployes, it says, there is no more rea-
son why their wages and working
conditions should be subject to regu-
lation by the railroad labor board, or
any other government body. than why
the wages and working conditions of
mechanics in factories, or clerks in
stores, or laborers on farms should be
subjected to such regulation. The only
ground upon which special regulation
of the wages and working conditions
of any class Of railway employees can
be defended, in the opinion of the
"Age," is that a strike by them would
seriously Interrupt transportation;
and such effect would not be pro-
duced by a strike of any class or
classes of employees except those di-
rectly concerned with the operation
of trains. The suggestion seems
worthy of consideration. II adopted
it would relieve the railroad labor
board of much work and enable It to
reach matters of greater Importance
to the public in much shorter time
than it now seems able to do.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16
Questions-AnsUers

Q. How many chemical elements are
there and who discovered the last one :
A. The bureau Of chemistry says that
there are approximately S4 chemical ele-
ments that have been recognized. Cred
1t is given to J. NJ. Eder for the discovery
OF the last element. eurosamarium.
Q. How do pine trees become affected
with pine rust? J. ?.
that pine rust is a fungus disease and does
not spread from pine to pine. 1t is COM
municated to them from gooseberries and
currants. The disease gets into the needle
and works down to the twig. not making
its appearance as small orange blisters
for two or three years. When this stage
is reached, the disease is recognized as
pine rust.
@. How many kinds Of wolves are there
In this country? F.. N.
A. Altho systematic naturalists have
named numerous species and subspecies
among wolves, there are practically only
Two very distinct Kinds In America-the
large gray timber wolf and the prairie wolf
or coyote.
Q. What is Iibido? F. D. W
and other psychoanaIysts to describe the
impellinE force Of our social activities.
His theory is that in the infant there are
ton and Of sex; As the child grows. up:
the sex force is suppressed. disciplined
and turned to other than primitive sex
purposes. Thus all of our activities, ex-
cept those directed toward self-preserva-
ton. are believed by the psychoanalysts
energy or Iibido. Most If forms n Of scien.
tific, literary, artistic philanthropfc, po-
liticsl. and social activity, as well as love
az family life, are expressions of this
poses Of civilization Most kinds of in
sanity and Perversion are believed to be
outlets in civilized life. with the result
that it reverts to primitive forms or tries
Q. How much does a gallon Of sweet
milk weigh? T. w NJ
A. A gallon of milk weighs about ss
Q. II take a civil service examination
and fail to pass. may try again? c. F. B.
nations If you fail 70 pass. or If you wish
to try to make better grade.
O. When and where was the first mill
in America propelled by power from a
A. The first water mill in the United
states was. in all probabi that built
in New England on the Dorchester side
Q. Is it possible to do some college
work at home and have It count toward
A. The bureau of education says that
and colleges have what is known as Tex. aex.
tension courses" where part of the work
toward college degree can be taken By
correspondence.
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The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

The war has ended again, this time
thru a proclamation by the president.
Possibly there will come a time when
an ending of the war will bring home
our soldiers from the Rhine. Every
ending of the war seems to bring us a
step nearer to actual peace. In all
previous wars, when hostilities ceased
our troops have returned from the
enemy country and have been dis
banded. But war customs seem to
have undergone a change. Unless the
Washington conference succeed in at
tanning the end for which it was
called, we soon may find our wars
tapping over, one into the next.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16
| HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: suppose [
ought to be happily married. My
husband is a man who makes consid-
cradle money and he spends enough
on me so that my clothes are good
and attractive, and have plenty TO
manage the house. The worst OF it is
that when I buy charge and then my
husband pays for it. He simply re-
fuses to give me an allowance. and
altho I have tried for two years 10
convince him that it would be the
better way, he remains set.
When want money, simply pock-
ct money, he asks me how much I
want and what am going to do with
it. This is hunliliating to such a de-
gree that usually 1 go without per-
sonaI money rather than ask for it.
have threatened to go to work.
but it is only a threat, because my
pride won't let me. When say will
own he says that I should go ahead
and do it.
Please tell me what I can do? am
not happy because 1 feel like a slave
instead Of wife.
MRS. K. H T.
Rejoice over your great blessing OF
having enough in life and a husband
who will give you money when you
ask for it. I admit that # is humil-
iatinE not to have an allowance, but
you are fortunate in having a husband
who will give you money when you
ask for it If you tell him how it will
be spent. SO many women are not
and week out. and so many are SUI
fering for want of bare necessities.
Love your husband for his good
qualities and try to forget his attitude
OF master. You are not his slave and
should not regard yourself as such.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

then Leroy shooster did it, and none
of US dident toutch.
Is this ware I laff? sed pop, and I
sed, No sir, not yet. G pop you awt
of bin there, it certeny was funny, and
then we started to see who could do it
with both hands behind their back,
and ferst I did 1t that way and then
puds Simkins did it that way and then
Leroy Shooster did it that way, and
none of US dident toutch even that
way.
Is that the funny part? sed pop. and
I sed. No sir, and pop sed. Well at a
ruff estimate how long do you figure
it will take you to finish this book
Ony about 20 minnites. I sed.
Sit down and eat your suppir, sed
pop
Wich I did, the werst part being
corn beef and cabbage and the best
part being cinninnin bun.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

Foreign lines are slowly increasing
their hold upon our import trade, e"
declares the department OF commerce.
The figures given out by the depart
ment shows that the volume of our
imports, excluding oil. from July.
1920. to August. 1921. IL months. to-
tailed 21,s6O,OOO tons. of which for
eIgn vessels carried s.s42.0O0. United
States independent vessels 7,S4S, 600
and United States shipping board yes
sells 1890, 600 tons. While American
harbors are filled with idle American
owned ships. It seems foreign vessels
are doing the bulk of our shipping
business. What is the answer?
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

The federal reserve board has pub
lished computations based upon war
data which show that at the time OF
foreigners something like $3.50 ,0OO,0 900
as the result of unused credits, bal
ances of funds left on deposit here
for safe keeping and other elements
entering into international trade.
lis great balance necessarily tend
ed to offset the merchandise we
shipped abroad after the armistice. yet
the board shows that our net claims
on other countries today are not less
than $S,5O0.OOO,O 900, and they are be-
ing enlarged at a rapid rate.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16
FORD ON RAILROADS.


Since Henry Ford became interested
in railroading, thru the purchase and
operation of a road of his own, he ap-
rarently has been giving some
thought to the whole subject of rail
roads. In an interview recently pub
lished in the Review of Reviews the
great motor car builder says:
The railroads are the fine illustra-
ton of too much hurry to get profits
The pioneers built railroads, not to
provide transportation, but to make
money out of promotion and con-
struction. Some railroads were built
when and where there was no justifi-
cation for them. Some were built to
sell; little more than bIackmailing
projects. There was over-capitaliza-
ton, gambling and manipulation of
securities; an era of huge consolida-
tions for the sake OF increasing the
volume OF securities, rather than to
reduce costs and better the service.
This era of great consolidation
brought the bankers to the top in rail-
road control. Railroad control was
transferred to downtown New York,
instead of being conducted from prop
er operating headquarters where the
bushes was going on.
Banker management got the rail-
roads involved with business relations
in which they ought not to have been
complicated. The government was
forced as a war measure to take over
the railroads, just at the end of the
three-year period in which their earn
ings had been better than in any other
three successive years in their history;
yet, in spite of this. they were at the
verge of collapse, of inability to carry
on. Too much banker management,
too little real transportation manage
ment.
Taking them at such a time, there
was nothing for the government to do
but to dump in money to keep them
going. The bankers were ready
enough to let go; the job has lost at
traction for them. There isn't enough
in it. They find more profit in
financing movies, syndicates of hotels
and retail stores, foreign govern
ments, chewing gum, and that sort.
We have passed out of banker financ-
ing, into government financing. The
operation of the roads is left to execu-
tives whose real concern is to hold
their jobs at high salaries. We
needn't expect much from them"
Much of what Mr. Ford says may
be true, but he should not leave the
country up in the air. If he has a
remedy the country probably would
like to hear it. It might not adopt
it but doubtless would accord it a re-
spectful hearing.
All that he has offered in this di-
rection appears in the interview here
quoted. He doesn't believe in gov
ernment ownership or operation of
railroads, but rather would turn them
loose and insure free competition
among them. He doesn't care for the
of government regula-
ton. 'I think as good a thing as
could happen to the railroads." he
said. would be for somebody to take
a single system and run it right; make
it what it ought to be-" Probably this
is what he thinks he is doing with the
D. T. & I. Maybe we cannot do better
for while than to watch Ford.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16
Dinner Stories

He was cycling thru a quaint, old
fashioned village, when he was
thrilled by the sound of a woman s
cry for help, followed by the muffled
tones of mans voice. He quickened
his pace. to find a woman holding on
to the handle of cottage door. while
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

One of each thirty-five citizens Of
the country is said to be on
the federal payroll or pension list.
But when the armistice was signed
the ratio was one in fourteen. This
is the sort of deflation that the tax
payer can appreciate.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

1t is understood that the japanese
delegates to the armaments confer
ence have been instructed to bring up
the immigration question for discus
sion at the meeting. The meeting was
not called for the purpose of discuss
ing limitation of immigration but lin
itation of ornaments.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

who is opposed to additional holidays
and who wants the column to do some
thing about it The matter is outside
of our jurisdiction, but we turned the
letter over to one of the editorial wri-
ters, and it will have his attention. We
look for speedy action.
There is no use, we shall add, in
depending upon the column for the
correction of such abuses. The thing
to do is to have som asbody write an
editorial about it.
H. G. Wells wants Russia invited to
the arms parley. That will explain the
loud and insistent applause you heard
yesterday morning.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

It is officially stated that surplus
war material. valued at s2,591.6o0
has been turned over to Kansas to be
used in road construction. Does any
BODY know where this material is?
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16

GCopyright, 1890. by tbe wheeler eyndIcata
1nc-S
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-16
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledger.l

The fact that the Socialist candidate
for mayor of New York polled only
SO 900 votes indicates nothing in par
ticular. All it means is that the pas
sengers on one of the dream ships
slowly are disembarlxing. After trav-
cling a considerable distance without
arriving anywhere, the boat has
docked. But its passengers almost i'm
mediately will re-embark on another
dream ship and another voyage to no
where will begin.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-17
PERSONALS.

E 3 Fleming was a business
sttor To- Burton yesterday.
Ms Turney Reed and children,
q Welsh; "; Va, have arrived here
tor q visit with Mrs. Reeds sister.
Mrs Pearl Reed Wise, and his faith,
~ Captain Thomas Reed, at their
home on Fifth street.
NE and Mrs. Walter MumSord, OF
philadelphia are guests Of Mr.. and
MIS-. g y. Mumford in this city,
THEY were former residents of this
city
Mr. and Mrs. Will Sturm and son,
Huge and Mrs. Sturm's sister, Miss
Foreman OF Warrington, were vlsi.
tors here today.
Mrs James Thomas and son Rem
dell who had been in Preston coun-
with relatives came home yes
terday Nj and Mrs. Thomas will
0ccipystheif summer camp on the
Natley river very soon.
Mfs g. n. Crush was called to
Roanoke Vaz3yesterday by a mes
SAGE stating that,her brother, D. F.
Parker had been accidently killed
place.
or W. w Conaway went to
on yesterday and will return
Commanded by Mrs. Gonoway and
ritter Miss Mary, who had been
ting relatives there for several
Dye of 3phoentxssArlz, n for
mst residenteot clarksburg is the