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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
KEEP LEARNING.

Avery great man went out of the
world when Chief Justice White OF the
United States supreme court died
His tastes were simple. He was
democratic, gentle, Extremely sympa-
thetic, keenly humorous, yet with a
mind which lowered in strength. one
who knew him very well says that ne
that he rose very early and sat UP very
late, closeting himself in his library
where he constantly sought 10 I'M
nroye his mind. ITO learn some
thing" was the way he put it.
tory of England, this story win inter-
est you. on his tombstone he HAD
this Inscription placed: Here lies
John Richard Green, Historian OF the
English people. He died learning.
You who accumulate knowteoee are re
far wiser than the one who heaps up
his money. For your learning can
never be taken from you. And it's
In q home the other. day saw q
boy buried in q book. stood ana
looked at him and said TO nyseif tnas
there was boy who would be neard
ADnreciation IL one Of the great
Gifts. And the more you learn the
more you are able to appreciate.
To walk into the chambers OF q ricn
tifuI nook of nature. There are the
new thrills wherein all the cells of
ones mind are aroused to attention.
I brought to my library the other eve
ming six new books by . writer with
whom have been but Slightly &C
| quainted. He is without doubt one OF
| Americas great writer's of prose
George Edward woodbury.. the
reading of his essays is like the
breathing of cool mountain air.
wish that had found him long ago
| We are prone too much to founder
in our daily tasks. How much. hap
| pier and stronger we would be II We
1 kept learning more.
| How great a thing It is to keel
thinking, obserying-and reading
For each means something new
learned. A.
/ You have badly lost a day on which
lyou cannot look back and recall
something useful that you hay'
learned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

why don't We treat your wedding has
better. Hannah Clay ?" she shrilled.
That's not a wedding hat. Mrs
Beebe, it's just one 1 made to sell
Mrs. Beebe lifted her hand ana
closed her eyes. Hannah realized that
her visitor was about to 'prophesy-
little chill ran down her spine. Ger
tainly the old woman had foretold
strange things.
mo one shall wear the bridal hat
but the Jedge's briie-the hour of fate
has struck-it strikes once for every
man and woman and then her
voice suddenly became stern and prac-
teal: BE choice of that hat, Hannah
Clay, you will need it soon" She
hoped off the chair and went out or
the shop. chuckling to ..erself.
Hannah started after her. and then.
Gliding herself the while. she put the
Retunia hat away amid much tissue
paper in the pettiest hatbox she pos
buy it, she said guiltily, and she tried
to forget Mrs. Beebe's prophecy.
The next day Judge Scott came to
tell about Angelina Spall and how he
had arranged to make things easier
for her. shes coming to pick out a
hat and Hannah" he hesitated and
twinkle came into his gray eyes, don
sell the petunia hat!"
"Of-of course not. Judge" stam-
mered Hannah.
to discuss Angeline Spall with Han
nah, and he spent many evenings III
the pretty little shop with its rag car
| pet, old ashioned chintz curtains and
rush bottom chairs. Sometimes they
! talked about the petunia hat and the
advanta ges of travel
One evening the judge suddenly put
his arm around Hannah and said. IF
we don't.get married right away Han
nah, that hat'n be out of style, and
| I've been counting on my wife wear
! ing it--so il you'll just get a petunia
colored dress-Ill see the parson-
| and I've picked out my wedding pres
ent for your already fur coat-why
are you crying?"
Hannah looked up, drying her eyes.
/ bright now with renewed youth.
! Every woman cries when her hour of
| fate strikes she said mysteriously.
| Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
! Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

1t is estimated that there is fifteen
times as much paper money in Eng
land today as there was before the
war. about twice as much paper mon
ey in America. about seven times as
much in France. about three times as
much in Switzerland, thirty times as
much in Germany and about six times
as much in Belgium. This condition
accounts in large measure for high
prices of commodities and low value
of money. The per capita circulation
in this country has been reduced about
50 from the peak thru cancellation OF
note issues by federal reserve banks
In consequences of this action by the
banks commodity prices have declined
or the purchasing power of the dollar
has increased, whichever way the pub
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09
JUST FOLKS
By EDGAR A. GUEST.
WORK.

WORK.
Whenever there's task to do
1t means the world has need OF you.
Whenever there's n hammer raised,
wherever metal must be brazed,
Whenever nail is driven in,
Or fixed tiny cotter pin,
There shall be when the work Is DER
More joy than men have known before.
The man who puts his hand to toll,
The ploughboy turning up the soil,
The 1aborer or mechanic skilled,
Give something of themselves to build
The better world; a duty done
Improves the path men travel on.
And there's no deed so commonplace
But what bestows its sum of grace.
No man has ever toiIed in vain
Who sweeps n street or cleans drain.
Who drives q nail or wfelds a sledge,
Or works with tools OF keener edge
Is lettering the lives of men
And adding to their comforts then,
For from such service here has come
Relief from much that's burdensome-
Beauty and peace OF mind ana ease
Are born OF duties such as these. ~
Whenever man employs a wrench
Or stands to service at his bench
Whenever there's q hammer raised,
whenever there's window glazed.
Whenever man has served a cause,
The world Is better than 1t was
Copyright. 1921, By Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09
LITTLE BENHY's NOTE BOOK

Mr.. Parkins came to see my sister
Gladdis last mite. bringing big box
of candy, and after a vile 1 looked
in the parler and him and Gladdis
was setting in there tawking to each
other, and the box of candy was on
the parler table with its lid off and
the candy showing, me thinking, o
boy chocklits.
And 1 went in and sat down on
the frunt edge of a chair as if I
tf1awt they Expected me, and they both
looked at me as if they thawt they
dident, GIaddis saying, Well, is there
enything you wunt, Benny?
WITCH there was, ony I dident wunt
to say wat without somebody elts
mentioning it ferst, and I sed, o, I
don't KNOW I jest came in to set down
minnit. o, I don't know. And !
looked at the candy without seny
special Expression, and Gladdis -sed.
Well If you don't know please do me
a favor and take a wawk-
Meaning get out of the parler.
WITCH I did, wawking slow SO some
| body would have a chance to invite
me TO take q peece Of candy on my
way out. ony nobody did, and wen
| got out had a crate ideer, thinking.
re, III pertend left something in there
and go back and axsidently mock
| down the box of candy and then
they'll offer me some for helping te
pick them up :
And I vawked rite back fast. say
/ ing, Hay GIaddis did I just leeve m,
/ cap in heer2 And I started to waWE
| GROUND as If I thawt I was hunting
for 1t. Giaddis saying, You dfden
have eny cap, and watch ware your
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09
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Questions-Ansloers

States " army rnr : H. II. +. n. %
army as $ Of April 40. i92i. was ais.79i. in
Guiding officers of the Philippine Scouts
United States @p has be- fn used s
A. The original forests of the United
States covered S22,O00OO0,000 acres. 1t is
timber is gone 81. 100000 900 board feet Of
timber is used each year.
O.. What is the sweetest thing mannfac-
A. Saccharin is the sweetest substance
known. 1t is manufactured from toluol;
seq 5oo times 5ne sweeter than sugar fO O
Declaration of Independenee?-H A;
A. OF the sc members OF the CONT
| mental congress who signed the Declare
| ton of Independence, two were under 80
years of age, 10 between 80 and 40. % be-
! tween 40 and 80, and only Is more than
| 80. The youngest was Edward Rutledge.
| aged %, and the oldest Benjamin Frank
o. When was the first shipment of
overseas dead made to the United States?
! A. The war department says that the
first shipment was returned from Russia
in November: 1919. and from England in
! Q. How many policemen are there in
] New York City IL L.
ploys 10.s7o men and women.
Q. Where are the Holkar Dominions?
4. 4 native Manratta state OF the Cen
trail India agency is known as Indore, or
/ the Holkar Dominions. Indore, the capital
| of the state. is 40 miles east of Bombay.
1t has a modern drainage system, good
water supply and n public lighting plant
Here also located DAILY college. gov
eminent offices barracks, a mint and the
palace of the HOlkar.
o. How large is the District Of Column
bia? Pc. L.
A The area of the District Of Columbia
is 20 square miles.
@. How many firemen or fire stokers
were used on the Leviathan while she was
a troop ship?-B. +. w.
! A. Siy' hundredtwe men were en-
ployed in this capacity.
Q. To whom was the title king Of the
1 Beggars" given ?-R. Z.
A. This is title applied to Bamphylde
Moore Carew. noted English vagabond of
the early 18th century.
| Q. Who was Khufu ?-B. r.
A. KhUfu is the Egyptian form Of the
name Cheops, the second king of the 4th
| Egyptian dynasty
! A. Ann Lee was given this title because
she founded the religious sect known as
Shakers.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

1t is reported that Turkish Nation
aIists have proclaimed that the
MOSQUES and minarets destroyed in
their conflicts with the French will be
rebuilt with the skulls of Armenians
Among these distracted peoples state
of panic is said to prevail. Their
safety seems to lie only in flight.
There appears to be no protection for
them in territory controlled by the
Turkish Nationalist, and the French
protest their going into French Syria.
They cannot emigrate to foreign
country, for the most of them are alb
solutely destitute, and no country with
receive them as refugees. They seem
condemned by circumstances beyond
their control to certain death. 1t is
unthinkable that civilized nations will
stand idly by while the Turks carry
out their program of death and de-
struction. The tirpe seems to have ar
rived for experimenting the work of
the Near East Relief with an inter-
national army, tho an ultimatum
perhaps would answer every purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

IT is announced that the new attor-
new general at Washington is about 20
launch a trust busting campaign. 1t
is declared that there are about lou
organizations in the United States that
maintain a system for exchanging in
formation that results in the fixing nj
countrywide prices on various prod
ucts. It is understood that Mr.. Daugh-
erty will bring test case in the courts,
and on the outcome of it will depend
the action to be taken against the
other alleged offenders. What the
department intends to do" declares
the attorney general. lis to proceed
vigorously against those classes OF
business which are violating the law.
If the attorney general succeed no bet
ter than have his predecessors in the
office, he will accomplish little beyond
expending the peoples money and
putting the trusts to slight incon-
venience. Their expense will be NOM
inal because they maintain a corps of
salaried attorneys just as does the gov
p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

wawking. please. you neerly had that
box Of candy on the floor that time,
wat do you wunt your cap for eny-
way, you know its too late for you to
so out
wunt to know ware 1t is now so
Ill know ware it is tomorro, sed.
And jest then ! axsidently on perpose
bumped agenst the box of candy so
hard it fell down. on the floor and all
the different peeces went ali different
directions. and Gladdis jumped up
mad. saying, Now you've done it. you're
brlte, you are, 1 don't think. Let
instant.
Wen holey smoaks, don't you wunt
me to pick them up agen: I sed,
and Gladdis sed, No 1 don't, you've
done enuff to them, now get out of
heer and stay out or Ill call father.
Wich she would of, so 1 did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

Wheat harvest has begun and there
now remains scarcely chance Of
serious damage to the maturing crop.
In 1920, the estimated wheat yield
was 7s9,oOO,OOO bushels. The esti-
mate for winter wheat this year is
629, OOD.O00 bushels. The normal
spring wheat yield is little more than
20e,OO0,0 900 bushels. The total yieI1
for 1921, therefore, should compare
favorab1y with 'ten-year average OF
7s2,OOO,0OO bushels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09
senator 1.odge of Massachuset

Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, has
introduced a bill providing reimburse
ment to states and territories for ex-
penses incurred by them in aiding the
federal government to organize, equip
and supply troops in the world war
and on the Mexican border. Similar
bills have passed former congresses
making refunds to states~that bore the
cost of raising Civil war troops, SO
there is ample precedent for favorable
action on Senator Lodges measure.
The people might take an interest in
the Lodge measure if money so recoy-
cred were applied to reduction OF
the taxes. but 1t is the history of az
such cases that cash gained in this
way has been used merely to increase
expenses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

1t is being suggested that President
Harding end the war with Germany by
proclaiming peace. Since the presi-
dent has not the power to declare war,
where does-he obtain the authority to
declare peace? The authority to de-
clare war is vested in congress, and it
Is inconceivable that it's action can be
nunified by executive proclamation.
1t might be more effective if the pres
ident would proclaim peace in the SEN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

Postmaster General Hays. wants to
have the boys and girls in the United
States taught the right way to use the
mails. hoping that when they are
grown up they will be expert in the
matter. But what the people want is
that postmasters general be taught
the right way to use the mails, SO that
there may be no Burlesons in office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

lie cares to look at it. The gold supply
has much less influence on prices than
formerly. because the banks now are
permitted to make commercial paper
a basis of note issues. Coxey's plan
to cancel government bonds thru an
issue of greenbacks would place this
country in about the same financial
condition as that of Russia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

Obregon is an artful dodger, but the
people Of the United States will be dis
appointed IL Secretary Hughes permit
the Mexican president to put anything
over IN him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

plane. This was the longest flight
Mr. Batchelder had attempted.
The men with Mr.. Batchelder in
the big Curtiss Eagle ambulance plane
when all met their deaths were en-
thusiasts of the same type, sharing
many of his ideas. f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

Meanwhile, in the offices of the
newspapers in which Dempsey's own
story is appearing the workers are
almost submerged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

Doubtless it is expected that we will
comment in some fashion upon the
forthcoming nuptials of Miss GLADYS
Deacon and the Duke of Marlborough,
but the only thing we can think of is
that marrying the Duke of Marl-
borough has not hitherto been an I'M
qualified success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

We probably shall buy no books,
but we acknowledge our obligation to
this dull-looking catalog done on faint
blue stock. 1t made the day for us.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

The return of Mr.. Cullen Cain from
Manhasset fills US with apprehension.
Mr. Cain, who recently visited the
training quarters in Atlantic City,
emerged with the soles of his shoes
only slightly dampened. We shall
read his Manhasset story in fear and
trembling. He talks like a man who
Intended to get his feet wet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-09

The rural correspondents are all
right, but they are slow in mastering
city tricks.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-01-14
Add Embarra 3sinq Momeats.

When a finical cafeteria hound who
blways wipes his knife, fork and spoon
on his napkin before using discovers
from the amused LOOKS Of his fellow
guests that he is abscntmnd lly do
ing the same thing at formal dinner.
.-BoSton Transcript,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-01-14
Wrecked at Journeys End.

Anchorage. Ky.-Charles l.. Neager
and wife. after an auto trip to Detroit
and hacE. were seriously injured when
their caT was wrecked almost a the
gate Of their home. They were pin.
toned under the wreckage for severe
hours.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-01-14
Circuit Court
New Casa

25olo Peter j Mueller VS. Caroline
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-21
the majority of those listed in
the statement referred to.
LORD READING-THE FORE
MOST JEW.

In the appointment of Lord
Reading as the viceroy to Egypt
he has been made to take his
place as the foremost Jew of the
world. This appointment is a
remarkable one for a Jew. Never
in the history of Israel, since
the dispersion, has a Jew had
such a position. 1t is a magnifi-
cent commentary on the liberal.
ism of England. There was
strenuous opposition to the ap.
pointment of Lord Reading, es.
pecially from the group of anti
Semites, led by the Morning
Post. But the protests were dis.
regarded, and the man who now
is the head of the vast empire of
India is a processing Jew.
We still remember the storm
caused by the appointment of
Justice Brandeis; we recall that
when Oscar Straus was made
Secretary of Commerce, slurring
remarks were made against a
Jews being in the Cabinet; in
deed, in Washington they said
that the secretary sometimes
found himself embarrassed be-
cause of being a Jew-it was the
social side that made the sup
posed difference. Comes now
England and appoints Jew to
the most coveted position ir
English public life, with the ex,
ception of the premiership, and
makes the appointment over the
heads of some of its oldest and
most conservative nobility. We
call that the acme of twentieth
century liberalism-and we hope
that other lands will follow Eng.
lands example.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-21
THANK YOU, STAR-TELE.
GRAM.

We take great pleasure in re-
producing the following editorial
from our excellent contempt.
rary, the Star-Telegram, of Fort
Worth, of which our friend, Col
Louis Workman, is the editor
Col. Workman has on other &C.
casions shown his broad-minded
ness and true Americanism, ano
we ask our readers to read it:
A NOTABLE PROTEST. ,
The list of signatures at
tached to the protest against
the anti-Jewish propaganda
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-21
THE "RICH-AS-A-JEW" MYTH

out the names of the richest es-
tates in the United States, and
the amounts of their holdings
The Rockefellers led the list with
$5,000,000,000. Then follows
the list of some seventy-five
families whose worth runs from
the Rockefeller sum down to the
poorer class-the $50,000,000
class. The Guggenheim inter.
ests are rated at S300,000,000-
and of course that is not tho
wealth of the Guggenheim fam.
lily; then comes the Schiff estate
with a mere $60,OO0,0OO, the
Lewissohns with an equal
amount, and then the Warburg
and Kahn families with $50,00O,,
900 each. The comment states
that there are several others in
the S50,OOO,0O0 class-but ev-
eryone knows that the families
mentioned are the wealthiest
Jewish families in the country
and it is safe to say that they
are the only ones in the class
mentioned.
From the reports one hears on
the streets an (Which appear
from time to time in the anti.
Semitic journals, one would be.
lieve that the wealth of the land
lies in the hands of the Jews. We
are thankful for these figures
for they prove most eloquently
that the allegations that we are
the wealthiest people in the
world are just as false as they
can be. Erich as a Jew" is a
myth and always was one.
There is one interesting phase
of the statistics that ought to
appeal to us. There are only
four Jewish families named in
the whole list-yet these fami-
lies have become world-renown.
ed for the good that they have
done with their wealth. Of all
the names mentioned, that of
Rockefeller alone stands out as
pre-eminent in the field of phi.
lanthrophy; while all the Jewish
families, with the exception Of
the Kahns, have made them.
selves a sure place in the history
of philanthropy and charity.
Perhaps it would be better fol
all concerned if there were NOR,
Jews among the wealthiest il
the land. One thing is certain
when a Jew acquires immens,
wealth he knows that he cannot
take it along with him; and HI
does some good with it. We re
greet that this cannot be said Of