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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE

Me and Leroy Shooster was stand
ing GROUND the lam post jest stand
ing there, and Reddy Merry started
to come up. me saying, Heer comes
that darn Reddy Merry, he got pritty
darn fresh with me this morning and
for pins Id of gave him a crack in
the jaw, wish I knew iXackly wat 1
could say to him without axuilly in
sulting him.
And wen Reddy came up I sed,
Hay Reddy. would you consider it a
insult if somebody called you a old
moth eaten onion?
L certeny would and I wouldent
advice enybody to try it unless they
get their life insured ferst. sed Reddy.
Meening he would kill them, and I
sed, Well would you consider it a
insult if somebody called you jest a
plain ordnerry onion?
I consider eny kind of a onion a
insult, sed Reddy.
WITCH maybe it is. and Reddy sed,
Wy, watts you wunt to know for? and
I sed. o no speshil reason particular.
would you consider it a insult if some
body called you a old tomato can?
Certeny I would, hay, watts you
wunt to know all that for? sed Reddy.
o no particular reason speshil. sed,
we'll would you consider it a insult if
somebody called you a load of hay?
o don't know. I wouldent ubject
tos load of hay, sed Reddy, and 1
quick sed, Well that's jest Exactly wat
you are, a load of hay.
Hay, who You calling a load of hay ?
sed Reddy Merry, and I sed, Wy, watts
the matter, you sed you wouldent con-
slider it a insult. dident you? and he
sed. That's all rite wat I consider it, Ill
mock your frunt teeth down your back
throat if you don't take that back.
Wich I did
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lust FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
THOUGHT.

Not by the deeds which we have done,
The temples reared, for they shall pass
And newer temples he begun,
Shall we impress lifes changing mass;
Our earthly progress must be wrought
In the more lasting realm OF thought
The history Of the world is based
On many a people overthrown,
Whose hope of permGnence was placed
. In massive piles of brick and stone;
Yet they went tottering DER the brink
When human kind began to think.
Thought is the power which sways US all,
And shall unto the end of time,
Before il every wrong must fall.
And base beginnings grow sublime;
With human thought ard human Will
There's no such thing as standing still.
Not by our skiIlful hands and strong
Shall We escape oblivions night,
But as we've upward moved along
In thinking clear and thinking right;
We shall grow great rs we have taught
Our young to brave the realms of thought
Copyright. 1921, by Edgar A. Guest-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

0. When did labor troubles begin:-w.


A. 1t is impossible to say when labor
them probably is the revolt of the Children
of Israel against their Egyptian task
masters spoken of in the Book Of Genesis.
O. Please inform me whether the presl-
dent of the United States pays his own
travelling expenses and maintains all social
functions on his salary of $4,000 a year,
A. The salary of the president of the
United States is $4,000. There Is an extra
expenses, and a fund out of which certain
expenses of the White House. are met.
These expenses include clerk hire, policing
of the White House, certain servants and
certain entertainments, the total reaching
more than 100000.
Q. In what countries. If any, does the
matte representatives. IN. X. E.
A. Diplomatic residences are owned in
Cuba and in Japan the United States owns
the building occupied by the ambassador,
but does not own the ground on which it
O. What is the area of Jungo- Slavia and
how many inhabitants has it?-R. o. D..
Statesman's Year Book, Jugo Slavia has a
total area of 1926 square miles ana
population Of 14s1s 500:
ing given to soldiers at the present timer
possible for Civil War veteran to obtain
army clothing or equipment given to SOL
diers OF the World War.
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question by writing The Topeka State
journal information bureau. Frederic ].
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In debating appropriations recently
Representative James r. Mann ex-
messed the belief that woodrow VIII
son was the worst hated man IN the
United States because of the vicious
extravaganza and criminal waste OF
the taxpayers money which had char
acterized his administration Mr..
Mann then made the charitable OBJ
servation that possibly Mr.. Wilson was
not altogether to blame, as much fault
was to be laid at the door OF his OIL
Gals. The Illinois congressman also
might have added truthfully that the
body of lawmakers of which he Is
member may not be wholly blameless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21
THE NoNPARTIsAN PUBIC.

The contest which has been waged
years is regarded by the editor of Les
lies in the light of expensive but
wholesome legislation. The people OF
this country have learned something,
he holds, and they are. going to put
their knowledge to profitable use.
They are studying the new battle line
between capital and labor with a new
interest and understanding, and they
are beginning to ask questions.
"They want to know" he continues,
why it is necessary for capital and
labor to be fighting each other all the
time, while the public has to pay the
bills. Does the fault lie in our eco
nomic system or in the moral and
mental weakness of employer and en-
ploye? Why has not the labor union
reduced industrial strife? Will the
open shop create an era of peace and
good will?'
The truth is that during the early
stages of industrialism in America the
employer possessed power, and used it
with little intelligence and less sense
of moral obligation towards either his
employees or the public. AS a result
of this stupidity the labor union was
born and grew rapidly. The public
also became schooled and stepped in
cynical suspicion of the motives OF
capital as represented by big corpor-
atoms. For example, during the war
almost every public utility in America
was pinched and starved. but every
appeal for better terms or higher rates
was met by rejection on the part of
the people. They believed that thes
institutions had plenty of power and
that they would always use that power
against the people. And every agitator
in the land helped to foster this be-
lief.
1t came as a shock to the every day
folk when they discovered that labor
had no more moral sense in the use
of power than had capital-perhaps
not so much. The "downtrodden wage
slave had long been the object of
genuine sympathy in his unequal
struggle against the octopus" of inn
personal wealth. But when labor
achieved power during the war, dis
illusionment followed. 1t was seen
that the workingman in a place of
power is just like the capitalist, ready
to use his power for selfish ends with
out the restraint of moral response
bility.
In Seattle the veil was lifted by q
soviet strike. Winnipeg came along
with another object lesson. The rail-
road men cracked a whip over the
shoulders of government and public
alike. The miners did not hesitate to
freeze and starve the rest of US. The
longshoremen and other freight han
dlers in ports like New York inflict-
ed unbelievable loss and suffering
upon innocent and guilty alike. And
so on thru a long list of attempts to
use power to the detriment of the in
nocent bystander--the public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

substantial clothing and footwear
there could be no possible excuse for
such a situation. Where does the
navy get shoes that wear off a mans
feet in less than four days. with snow
as the chief surface on which the
a1king is done?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

The naval balloonists who are I'M
der Investigation were only one day
in the air and four days on foot after
landing near Moose Factory. Yet they
are reported as compelled to eat their
carrier pigeons and one of them was
barefoot and the others in rags when
they were found. In these days of
concentrated and preserved foods. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

philadelphia is planning another
world fair in 1925, the 150th anniver-
sary of American independence. San
Francisco set a pace in world fairs in
1915 that the Quaker City will find it
hard to attain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

A bill has been offered in the legis-
lature providing for the addition of
one more to the long list of county
officers. He would be known as
county abstracter and would be ex-
pected to reduce the cost of obtain
ing abstracts of title to real estate. If
there be a desire to reduce or elimi-
nate this sort of expense why not try
the Torrens plan?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21
Dorothy Dix Tails
sY DOROTHY DIX
to and Concerning
Checrfulness-2.


The next aid to cheerfulness is to
forbear from borrowing trouble.
Most of our sorrows are sorrows that
we never have. We worry ourselves ill
over the misfortunes that never hap
pen to US.
This is particularly true of women
who have shed oceans of tears over
sorrows that never came to pass, and
who never enjoy today for fear some-
thing untoward might happen tomor-
row. 1 once knew an old lady, more
than comfortably well off, who lived a
dull. drab life because she feared she
might lose her money and be sent to
the poorhouse. She might have had
pretty clothes, beautiful home.
travel, everything to make life bright
and cheerful, and she denied herself
all of them because she was dreading
that a thing that was not within the
bounds of possibility might happen to
her.
She has many sisters in melancholy.
You see many mothers who do not en-
joy their children because they are
afraid they might get sick, or die, or
go wrong when they grew up. You
to death lest their husbands should
cease to love them when they get old
and fat. You see many women who
never use their pretty things, or wear
their good clothes. because they might
possibly need them twenty years
hence.
The next aid to cheerfulness is max
ing the best of now and here, of get
ting every possible drop of happiness
out of the present situation. Suppose
it, is raining today, and you had
planned to go on a picnic. Quit fret
ting over the picnic. and do some one
of the thousand entertaining things
that rainy day Is just designed for
doing.
Suppose you have to work. Have
enough intelligence to realize that
there is a million times more fun in
working than there is in any play. It's
the great game with the big stakes.
Suppose you have had heart breaking
sorrows. You can bear them with a
courage that lifts you above all petty
trials of life, and lights the fires of
victory in your soul.
And the final aid to cheerfulness is
to establish the habit of looking on the
bright side of things, and OF smiling
instead of whining. You can cultivate
hope just as easily as you can despair,
and with just as much reason, for the
law of average always holds good.
There is just as much sunshine as
there is rain, just as much happiness
as there is sorrow. Things are just as
liable to turn out we'll as to turn out
disastrously. We can say with just as
much truth of misfortune, as we can
of good luck, that this too shall pass
away.
Cheerfulness is worth cu1tfvating.
because, like virtue. it is it's own re-
ward. 1t brings us health and hap
piness. because it is like a sun shining
in our own souls. 1t brings joy and
contentment into a household, where
cheerful woman is like a warm fire
upon the hearthstone. And it brings
prosperity to us because people like to
90 business with an optimistic person.
The habit of cheerfulness is the con-
crete expression of the brave attitude
towards life. 1t is only the heroes
who smile and carry on. The towards
crouch. and gloom, and whine.
A-R b.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

We delight to hug to our bosoms the
theory that ours is a government of
the people. Yet citizens of Kansas are
confronted by the fact that their ac-
ton in voting by a big majority for
highway improvement in the election
last autumn has been nullified by a
vote of their chosen representatives.
1t Eseems that representatives do not
always truly represent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

"A bill has been offered in the
Texas legislature to set up in that
state a court of industrial relations,
patterned after the one in Kansas.
The bill provides that the court shall
have control of public utilities. Prob
ably the Texans have not learned that
an effort is being made in this state
To rid the law of this feature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

Passage of the reapportionment
bill by congress will necessitate the
redistricting of Kansas by the legis-
lature now in session. This wifi fur
nish the besis for a big fight. None
of the present congressman will be
willing to be left out but we can have
only seven. The legislatures task
would have been much easier if the
people had elected one Democrat. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

they are penalty for having gone
without too long"
But I loved you bothi' James
seemed to be demanding OF himself
the answer to the puzzle, but Pauline
gave it.
Jimmie James? Most men are biga-
mists at heart" she said.
copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure News-
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

Emma Goldman says she would
rather be in Jail in the United States
than at liberty in Russia She would
at least be sure of something to eat.
But perhaps the real trouble in
Emma's case is that she gets no at
tention in a country where about ev-
erybody is a red
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

The five-cent loaf of bread is re-
ported to have staged a comeback In
several eastern cities. Perhaps, in
time it will reach the territory where
the wheat is grown and the flour is
made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

If the,senate or the president make
no objection, the country will try to
worry along with a membership OF
only 435 in the lower house of con-
e,rass 1t might have been worse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-21

Austria is reported to be bankrupt,
but what does it signify? We are told
THAT a million or SO farmers in the
United States are in the same fix.
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night might find him SO exhausted that
ne should sleep in blessed unconscious
ness Of his misery until new day had
come.
Had he guessed that 10y any posi-
bllity Meriem might still live he would
at least have had hope. Ills days
could have been devoted Ia searching
for her, but he believed implicitly that
She was dend.
For long year lIe led his solitary,
roaming life. occasionally he fell I'm
with Akut and bis tribe, hunting with
them for day cor two. or he might
travel tO the hill country, where the
balloons had come TO accept him as a
matter of course But most of all was
he with Tantor, the elephnnt-thnt
great gray battleship of the jungle.
the superdrcadnaugh of his savage
world.
The peaceful quiet of the monster
bulls, the watchiul solicitude of the
mother COWS, the awkward playfulness
of the calves, rested Interested and
amused lkornk. The life of the huge
beast took his mind temporarily from
his own grief He came Ia love them
as he loved not even the great apes
and there was one gigantic tuSker in
particular of which he was very fond
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the lord of the herd, Il savage beast
that Was wont 10 charge stranger
upon the slightest provocation or upon
no provocatlon whatsoever.
And To Korak this mountain of de
struction was rs Gocilc and affection
ate ~ II lapdog
He came when Korak called. Tie
wound his trunk about the ape mans
body and lifted him to his broad neck
in response TO n gesture and there
would KoralI lie at full length. kick
Ing his toes affectionately into the
thick hide and brushing the flies from
about the tender ears of his colossal
chum with leafy branch torn by
TantOr FROM nearby tree.
And all the while Meriem was scarce
a hundred miles away.
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ny degrees he turned the direction
of their way more and more eastward
aud greatly was he pleased 40 not,
that the girl fuiled To discover that
any change was being made
Little by little she became moro
trusting. At first She had had but her
Intuition 10 guide her belief That this
big Tarmangani meant her no harm
but as the days PASSED and she saw
that his kindneSS and consideration
never faltered She came To- compare
him with her korak and To bee very
fond of him. but never did her loyalty
10 her ape man flag.
On the fifth day they came suddenly
upon great plain, and from the edge
of the forest the girl saw in the dis
lance fenced fields and many build
ings, Al the sight she drew hnck ina
establishment.
where are wei" she asked, point
ing.
I'VE could not find Korak,' replied
the man, "and as our way led near my
douar | have brought you here To- wait
and rest with my wife until my men
can find your ape or he finds You. 1t
Is better thus, little one. You Will be
safer with Us and you will bee happier"
Meriem laughed. The jungle, She
said, is my fmhcr and my mother |
do not fear the Jungle. love it.
should rather die ihan leave IL forever.
But your douar is close beside the
Jungle You have been good to me-
will do as you wish and remain here
for awhile to wait the coming of my
korak"
Good said the man. and me- led
the way down toward the flowcr-cov-
cred bungalow behind which lay the
barns and clubhouse of Well-ordercd
African farm.
Meriem walked ON toward the bun
galow, upon the porch of which WOO
man, dressed in white, waved "a well
come to her returning lord There was
more fear in the girls eyes now than
there had been in the presence ol
strange men or savage BEASTS. She
hesitated. turning an appealing glance
toward the man.
THAT is my wife" he said. "She
will be glad 10 welcome YOU
The woman came down tile path 90
meet them. The man kissed her and.
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CHAPTER XII.
A Lion and a Lamb.

TO Meriem, i'm her new home, the
days passed quickly. AT first She
WAS all anxiety To be off into the jun
gle searching for her Korak
Bwana, rs She insisted upon call
ing her benefact0r, dissuaded her from
making the attempt at once by dis
patching Il head man with II party of
blacks To kOvudoo's village, with in
structionS TO learn from the old saw
age how he came into possession of
the white girl and as much OF her
antecedeuts a. might be culled from
the black chieflain. Bwana particular
~ charged his head man with the duty
of questioning KOvudOO relative to the
strange character whom the girl called
korak and of searching for the ape
man If he found the slightest evidence
upon which to ground belief in the
existence of such an individual.
The white mans wife. whom Meri-
cm had christened "Aly Dear" from
having first heard her thus addressed
10y Bwana took not only deep inter
est i'm the little jungle wifi because of
her forlorn and friendless state, but
grew to- love her rs Well for her sunny
disposition and natural charm of tenn
permanent. And Mericm, similarly iiu-
preSSedby like attributes in the gentle.
cultured woman, reciprocated the 9th
ef's regard aud affection.
And So the days flew by while Ne.
riem waited the return of the head
man and his party from the country
of kONudOO. They were short days. for
into them We're crowded many hours
of insidious instruction of the inlet
tered child by the lonely woman.
She commenced at once To teach the
girl English without forcing 1t upon
her aS task. She varied the inStruc-
ton with lessons in sewing and de-
pertinent, nor once did She let Meriem
guess that ii was not all play. Nor
was this difficult, since the girl was
avid to learn.
Then there were pretty dresses 10 he
made TO take the place of the single
leopard skim and I'm this she found the
child as responsive and enthusiastic ms
any civilized miss of her acquaintance
n month passed before the head man
returned, II month that had transform
ed the savage, little, half-naked Man
GAM into q daintily frockcd girl of at
least outward civilization. Mprlcm had
progressed rapidly with the intricacics
of the English language, for Bwuna
and My Dear pcrSiStently refused TO
speak Arabic from the time they had
decided that Meriein must learn Eng
liSh. which had been day or two after
her Introduction into their home.
But docilc as Mcricm was In these
matters, there was one thing that she
insisted on during her entire stay with
the kind white folk, and that was her
personal freedom To make excursions
into tho jungle, attircd very much as
she had been when with Korak. when
ever she chose. Bwana and My Dear
got used In time To finding her room
empty and TO have her turn up hours
later, flushed and radiant. after n wild
romD through the trees and Jungle.
Continued next week.