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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29
THE ROADS NEXT MOVE.

The railway labor board has made
it plain that it will not consider fur
Their reduction of railroad wages be-
fore some time in the latter part of
next year. It follows that the rail-
roads may as well proceed to mako
such reductions of rates as they may
have contemplated without offering as
a reason for delay the declaration that
wages must first be further reduced.
They must look for compensation thru
increased business.
No one wants high freight rates.
The agricultural producers are OPP
posed to them because they are a bur
den upon what they sell. Merchants
are opposed to them because they
must add the rates to their prices.
Consumers are opposed to them be-
cause the freight charges add to the
cost of living. Railroad operators
are or should be opposed to them be-
cause they limit transportation bust
ness and cause hard feelings. Why,
then, with everybody opposed to high
freight rates, were those rates estab-
lished in the first place and why have
they been continued to date?
An inspection of the records will
show that under government regula-
ton of rates. the rates were too low
to pay a fair rate of income on the
value of the property even before the
war. With war conditions. there were
increased costs of operation, particu
larry increased wages to employees and
the rates were not advanced coinci-
dent with the increase in costs. Tho
increases in wages were, made retroac-
tive while delayed increases in rates
were not made effective until a still
further postponed date. The result
was that the railroads were starved
their treasures were depleted-their
maintenance of way and equipment
were neglected. Then. too. the Nc
Adoo management saddled upon the
roads a series of national agreements
under which the number of employees
was needlessly increased and eff
cheney impaired.
In brief, the railroads. under gov
eminent regulation and management
were not permitted to adjust theil
rates in harmony with changes Ii
prices in all other lines of business.
Everybody is opposed to higF
freight rates. So is everybody opposed
to bankrupting the railroads. for thai
would mean government ownership
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

and operation, which would be vastly
more costly than the present System
of about 25 per cent private manage
ment and rs per cent government
management.
There was a IL per cent cut in
wages. and many people assume that
there should have been a correspond
ing cut in railroad rates. but the fact
is that rates had not been pushed up
in proportion to wages and the IL per
cent cut in wages was an effort to
meet the inequality.
The truth of the matter is that gov
eminent regulation and government
management have bungled the whole
business-an outcome which might
very properly be expected when men
who never ran a railroad of their own
are placed in position to manage the
railroads of other people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

ductor can, by making his own temps
and nuances, cIothe the bones with
living flesh. then to him the honor anu
glory"
Unless this gentleman is trying to
kid the public. he had better stick
to his tempt and nuances and cut out
the Latin. g. z. b
We construe the communication OF
G. c. B. as a prop under one of our
favorite theories. We have long con-
tended that two anguages-Englisn
and profane-are all any American
newspaper man needs to know
And, we shall add, our own COM
mand of one of these is a trifle shaky.
For us the theatrical season opens
auspiciously. The current attractions
are intriguing. But we do miss The
Bird of Paradise and "Everywoman."
Unless we are bored stiff once or twice
a season by these perennials OF the
stage, we do not feel that we have
been to the theater at all.
All We Need Now Is Basso.
Sir-In my college days I learned
that literature had something divine
in it because it seized the soul and
hurried it into sublimity. or words to
that effect; and in the field OF letters
or art the greater emotions are
but left unsaid.
Your recent wheeze in reference to
a male quartet to try out some of the
old songs caused some such reaction
on my fettered soul. 1t almost seemed
to ones suddenly aroused sense of the
subtleties that you had in deep sooth
enunciated the ultimate mouthful:
c. W. E., Jr.
Fullerton L. Waldo advises that he
is writing a story in which the bully
whips the hero. 1t is gratifying to
learn there are others who also feel
deeply upon the subject.
AS we have often remarked, one
paragraph suggests another. What
has become of the heroine who con-
strued a kiss as a proposal of mar
riage? If our casual reading may be
taken as a guide. she is practically out
of current literature.
There was girl, il you seek our
personal reaction in the matter, we
never could stand.
Ruth imagined himself a big
Moses. or a little Moses" writes the
sporting expert of the New York Trib.,
leading the unclaimed and enthralled
OF baseball ignorance into the light
and sun Of his hefty bat. A Don
Quixote if you will, but honest and
sincere of purpose. When matters in
their true light were pointed out to
him he had the manliness to admit
error and bare his head to the conse-
quences Babe Ruth, more than any
other player, has made baseball. And
there you are"
And, we take the liberty of adding
by way of comment, and other mush.
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Questions-Answer

Q. In what parts of the country is the
hard hack tree found? A. WE.
A The hard hack tree is found from
Maine to Minnesota and south to Florida.
This tree is also known as the hornbeam
tree.
o. Where did Angora goats come from
and who brought them to this country:
A Angoras are traced to a distinctive
Abraham. They are native to Angoria in
Asia Minor, and were brought to the United
States by James 3; Davis. Of Columbia,
Q. What American war vessel first went
round the world? D. L.
A. Some authorities give credit to the
.. S. S. Vincennes, sailing frigate, as first
circumnavigating the globe, making the
trip in 1929 1880. Other authorities credit
the United States sailing frigate Potomac
which made continuous cruise around the
world from 1S31-1S34.
Q. Where can the most equable year
round temperature be found in the eastern
part of the country? H F. N.
A. Such conditions are found near the
least change of temperature are the small
islands off the Florida coast.
.. I wish to send some acorns to France.
How long should they be dried? II. G. J.
a. The Forestry Service says it is not
necessary to dry acorns as they have a
natural process of drying themselves. Be
fore shipping, be sure that any acorns
which are sprouting are thrown out.
Q. What variety of strawberry was first
grown for commercial use in the United
A. The Large Early Scarlet was the
leading variety of strawberry grown from
the beginning of commercial strawberry
growing about 1900 until about 1860 AS
this variety was too soft to ship to distant
markets. other varieties suitable to various
climatic conditions have displaced It.
@. How much is metric TOM V. T.
A. metri1 ton is 1000 kilograms, which
equals 2204.6 pounds.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29
Dorothy Dix TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
WORLDS Highest Paid Woman Writes.
The Dangerous Age-1.


It is said that in Tibet the sooth-
sayers have fixed upon the exact age
that is the dangerous age in a hu
man beings life. 1t is when he or
she is thirteen, twenty-five, thirty
seven, forty-nine, sixty-one, and sew
years men and women have a special
charm suspended about their necks to
protect them from the perils within
and without.
Whether the Tibetan rabbit foot
works, and safeguards its wearers
against danger during the critical
period of time when both sexes are
as prone to make fools of themselves
as the sparks are to fly upward, we
are not informed. Certain it is, how
ever, that if there exists anywhere
any magic that can conjure US safely
over the years of indiscretion, we
should import it in carload lots, for
we have a great and pressing need
for it.
1t is a curious thing that certain
times of our lives should be more full
of emotional storms than others; that
at certain ages we should be more
subject to temptations. and have less
power to resist them than another;
that at definite periods of our exist
ence we are likely to commit follies
and act with a lack of judgment at
which we marvel the balance of our
lives, but so it is. Our birthdays have
distinct effect upon our fates. and
certain mental and moral complaints
menace US at different ages, just as
certain physical ailments belong to
childhood, and old age.
With us, the first dangerous age
lies between IS and % for girls, and
8 and rs for boys 1t is then, when
they are too young and undeveloped
to really know their own minds, or
what sort of men and women they are
To 10 haf 1iah n
commit the supreme folly of making
an early marriage.
Except in the case of a miracle,
which does not happen often, youthful
marriages turn out disastrously. One
or the other outgrows the other one.
Tastes change. The burden of life
falls on shoulders too weak to bear
them. The child wife is not equal to
the task of running a house, and
bearing and rearing children. The
boy husband cannot earn enough
money to support a family. There are
fights. divorce, or else sullen set
Ting down to the endurance of sodden
| misery.
No other discovery in the world
would be as valuable as that of some
charm potent enough to make a boy
and girl realize how fleeing is calf
| love, and that because they are in love
with love, and sloshing over with ro-
nance. is no good and valid reason
! for tying a matrimonial milestone
| around their necks, and committing
| untimely suicide in the sea of domes-
| tic woe.
The man who has escaped too early
! a marriage has passed thru the first
danger zone, and is reasonably safe
for the next twenty-five years. but a
woman has her second summer, so to
| speak at 80, provided she has not mar
Pied between % and that age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29
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at each other. Now old Anthony was
white, and shaken. 81 see, That's
how it happened" he muttered
hoarsely: Young Iady-you can
never forgive me, I know, because /
hardly think 1 can ever forgive my
SELF
Suddenly he crumpled, hiding his
face in his knees. Next minute his
grandson darted to him, crying:
"Grandadi What-what is the mat
ter?" with the cry all but lifting the
other upright. Janet said gently: He
has had slight shock" and walked
away. But that was far from being
her last sight of the pair. Indeed, in
side of a year she came back to the
big gray house, never to leave it. And
grandad, a happy convert, vowed all
was due to the magic of four-Ieafed
clovers.
Copyright, 1921, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29
JUST FOLKS
EMPTY-HANDED.
ny EDGAR A. GUEST.

He piled it up for years and years,
His fortune larger grew.
Mems jeers he braved, as he crimped and
saved.
AS ever the selfish do.
He gave to nothing and bought no more
Than he thought was his urgent need
He'd have plenty Of gold when he was old,
And that was his constant creed.
Plenty Of gold when his hair was gray,
To spend upon pomp and pride
But having his pile. with a tired smile
He folded his hands and died
Then his soul went up to the pesrIy gates
Where they asked Of him to show,
AS they do to each one, what he'd ever
done
With his time on the earth below.
Then he prodIy told of the gold he'd made,
And the smiling angel thr0ng
Said: Let US behold one piece OF your
gold,
Surely you brought it aIongf"
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

Alleged proof that the labor policy
OF all the railroads of the United
States is directly controlled by Wall
street is offered by Frank P. Walsh,
who with the present chief justice Of
the supreme court was joint chairman
of the war labor board. In an article
in The Nation, Mr.. Walsh PLACES re-
sponsibfity for the contemplated rail
road strike upon Thomas Dewitt Guy
Ter, agent for J. p. Morgan" Rail-
roads probably have as good a right
to bring on strike as have their en-
ployes, but the fact remains that the
brotherhoods have been in defiance
of federal authority while the railway
executives have not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

An American banking syndicate IS
purpose of financing shipping enter
prises. 1t is understood that assur-
ances have been received from Wash
ington that the government will con-
tribute every proper assistance to the
project. A distinct institution special
izing in marine financing is to be set
up thru the cooperation of the banks.
Another move in the direction of a
ship subsidy may confidently be ex-
pected to follow the formation of such
a syndicate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29
George Mdtthew Adams
Daily Talk
GROWTH.

NII1NyNN III
There is no more inspiring sight
than to witness growth-or to be
brought face to face with it unex-
pectedIy.
To plant a tree and go back after
years to see it towering as a thing of
strength and beauty: to see a grown
boy or girl whom we have not seen
since babyhood; to come in contact
with some mature mind, finely and
nobly deveIoped-does anything stir
one more?
like to see vacant lots give way to
great buildings filled with people car
rying on useful enterprises.
But to look upon the work of a
great brain is the finest example of
growth to be found.
And it was this kind of a picture
that I looked upon when, of an eve
ming recently. ran thru some of the
writings of Goethe. So splendid were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

one of the benefits to be derived
from a decline in prices is that they
may reach a point where they viii
again turn upward. The country's
greatest prosperity always comes dur
ing a period of rising prices. Falling
prices bring business slumps and
business slumps accelerate the drop
in prices. When prices reach bot
tom and again start upward business
revives and general prosperity fol-
lows. Always it has been so; prob
ably it always will be so. Neither
agitation nor legislation can change it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29
uTTLEBENNY'S NOTE BOOK
THE PARK AVE. NEWS
ny LEN PApE

Weather. Verse insted of better.
Exteri Latest Feud News! The
Hunts are slitely ahed this week in
the big feud between the Hunts and
the Jonsins, on account of Sid Hunt
volunteering to sharpin Maud Jonsins
new pencil wen it broak during draw
ing lessin last Thersday, and wen he
passed it back to her it wassent hardly
long enuff for stump.
.Spoarts. Pubs Simkins got a ideer
laAt Satiddy he wunted to be a snake
charmer wen he grew up, so he went
werms to see wat he could make them
do. being nuthing. .s .r.
Pome by Skinny Martin. ,a: 10.
Almost PeFfeck. 7-
Ny new Sundey shoes are bewtiful
AS everybody admits both friends and
foes
o. wouldent have single thing
agenst them
If they ony had more room GROUND
the toes.
Sissiety. Miss Loretter Mincer is
thinking of writing a book about her
Experiences in the country this sum-
mir ware she was chased by bull but
not cawt and pushed in a erick but
not drownded and poisoned by poison
ivory but not ware it Showed.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Pubs Simkins is still taking
2 piano lessins a week but his father
and mother are getting discouraged by
the absents of results and Pubs hopes
for the best.
Coal carried up from the cellar
cents a SHUTTLE level, cents keeping.
See Reddy Merry. (Avvertizement.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

1t is said that war between Hun
gary and Austria may break out be-
fore the ornaments conference meets
in Washington. The world war orig
mated in the Balkans, and those states
have been the source of world unrest
for decades. If there is one place on
earth that should receive the atten-
ton of the conference in the interest
of world peace, it is the Balkans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

The perseverance of treasury de-
partment officials in trailing down
tax-dodgers is said to be having its
effect. Almost 100000 a day is re-
ported to be pouring into the treas
ury vaults from delinquents. 1t is es-
timated that $500, 900, 600 will be col
lected from these sources during the
present fiscal year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

There seems to be doubt regarding
the best way of disposing of Charles,
former king of Hungary. Why not
send him to Holland, where he could
neighbor with the HohenzoIIerns?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

1t is now nearly three years since
the war ended and the man who
started it has not been punished nor
does he even help defray the expense
by paying taxes on his S25.OO0,o0O Of
property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29
Quite the Re-Versc-

Quite the Reverse.
well. has a college education fitted
your son for the battle of life?"
Il fear not. His schoolmates have
elected him class poet."-Louisyill
CourierJournal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29
Deep Stuff.
) ara INTRIGUED nv

Sir-We are intrigued by the music
reviewer of the New York Herald. who
in reviewing the performance of the
Philadelphia Orchestra says: DE
mortuis nil visa bonum-of the dead
there is nothing but bones. If a con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

The primitive mind withstands ad-
versity pretty we'll, But it is pretty
sure to succumb to unlimited public
OSCILLATION. The newspapers have just
about kissed the Babe" out of the
league.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27

of these gifts in a manner befittinG
one of her rare intelligence and in
dustry.
An operate star at the moment she
made her first appearance before the
critical Metropolitan Opera House
patrons, this admirable artist has
since grown in her abilities to satisfy
all who require only the best. Pains
taking to the uttermost detail, Nine
Alda's latest triumph in creating the
leading feminine role of RoXane in
the Damrosch- h-Henderson opera, "Cy-
rano." gained for her recognition
scarcely equalled by apy other sop
rano within the history of the Metro
politan institution.
All New York enthuscd over Nine.
Aldas RoNanc. Experts who are
chary in their praise declared her
vocal and histrionic Interpretation of
this character was one Of the most
finished demonstrations of artistry
revealed during the past decade. That
portion of the public which is musical
without the possession of profound
knowledge of the art extended greet
ings to Nine. Aida at the conclusion
. of her every appearance such as are
bestowed alone upon the great.
Tickets for the concert to be given
by this talented artist in Pueblo on
March II can be secured at the store
of the Knight Campbell Music Co,
opposite the l.. o.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27

world have been singing for years.
Altho still very young woman, Nine.
Alda's accomplishments have been
notable for qualities of maturity
which come TO the few at such a
time.
Those who know the educational
advantages which came to this sop
runo In her youth can understand why
sho has risen with such comparative
swifmcss to n place alongside the
foremost artists of the day, for she is
a student in the best sense OF that
term. Endowed with every attribute
required by II lyric artist of distinc-
ton. Nine. Aida has made the most
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27

Yu better wash your cars out. say!
Skinncy. II yuVc got some coin, take
In tho Majestic vodvillc. Say, II you
lin't got none, get some. Cause you
sec "A heap Gosh but she's great"
"Jumpiu' Iimminec! skin. I'm gonna
git out my skates n practice. Gee whiI
out that fcllCr cud 'Skitc' like the devil,
Yu know, skin, yu poor simp. yu
dun no how to pcrnounce skate, Aw!
I mean 'Skitc.' n he was dollcd up ike
IA fairy. say, skin, I'd land on my
bean 81 ! tried them stunts.
IN say. them two guys cud knock
some music out OF them plancrs. n
play um both Ia once, too
"Golly darn! skin, they was a fcllcr
with one o. them there wailin' things
the blind women play on the street
n say, lcmmc tell yu he was n Jim
dandy when II cum tn whistlin'. He
cud hit the high pluc too. Believe
muI"
Gee, skin, da yu member las
summer we Crnwlcd under the big tent
Ia soc Barnum n Bailey Nu mem
Der tho clowns n cvcrythin'? N We
got bcutiu' when We got ono.
say. skin, yu know | guess they musHl
stole one o. them there clowns cause
they had i'm doin' all kinds o stutt'
agoin' thru oops away UP in the air
IN he pcrnear fol-, h'licvo mu!'
Goodnight, But them yoons was so
darn funny, hctchu they'd make gran
dad laff n he had the gout'
"Golly Gee! But that guy what was
on last cud throw stuff around like
nuthln' n yu know he took them
points ofCn the guns n tossed m
round m Gee wiuikous' Skin, he lit
a stick all up on both ends II whirled
n like pin wheel Nu know like
them fireworks y Gosh. II cum out
alright too.
IFFrhgF skin that thNTN SNOW
vn. "A im-daudy. Bctchcr lifcI
"cmon. skin. its bout time tn play
nibs amt it7"
tBy Jimmie Ncc."D
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27
One New Typhus Case

New York, Feb. 26.-Discovery of an
additional case of typhus Saturday
among the passengers of the steam
ship San Guisto detained at quaran-
tine may make it necessary for city
health authorities to extend the period
for observation of landed immigrants
from u to 20 days. health officials
said. Twenty cases had been reported
from the ship detained since carly
this month.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27

construction of roads in tho state and
an additional tax for n continuing roau
fund. Tho money is to be used 10
match federal aid in road building
The measure now goes to the house.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27

Among the prima donnas sopranos
regarded as prc-cminent none has at
tanned a greater popularity than
Mmc. Frances Aida, one OF the lead
ing principals of New York's Metro
politan Opera company. which will be
heard in Pueblo at the City Auditor
ium on Friday evening. March II.
Her American debut, which took
place only a few seasons ago, was 4.
triumph OF the first order And ever
since the gifted artist has more than
maintained the position she instantly
created FOR herself on stage where
the most distinguished artists of the
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-27

ARIZONA PASSES ROAD BILL,
Phoenix, Ariz.. Feb. 26,-Tho senate
of the state legislature today passed
the bill providing s1,O25,OoO for the