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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-07
ovERWoRKED APPLAUSE.

An audience may be excused for ex-
tending evidence of its appreciation
and admiration toward home talent
performers to any extent. But who
among those who attend concerts
notice the exuberant and indiscrim-
mate manner i'm which those artists
are applauded?
The mediocre performance and the
second rate artist are accorded no less
manifestations of approval than are
the stars rendering the highest class
of music. To the visitors who, of
course. do not know us, this applause
is very flattering and usually brings
an amount of service about double
what we pay for as indicated by the
printed program.
The customary attitude of Topeka
concert audience toward those who
essay to entertain it might easily
arouse suspicion that it fears it will
not get the worth of it's money.
But that Topeka is not alone in this
matter may be deduced from an edi-
toriala in the st. Louis Times. Under
the caption, abuse of the Encore -
the Times says:
Many people are kept from attend
ing special entertainments by the
abuse of tie encore. A varied pro-
gram is often increased one-haIf in
| length by responses to encores. No
| body objects to a tumultuous encore
| When there is a genuine desire for
I more and more and more, it should
| be gratified. But responses to scat
] tered hand-clapping, or to perfume.
tory or purely dutifu1 applause, bore
a crowd intolerably.
| When analysed it is seen to be the
worst sort of tyranny, exercised by
a-thoughtless or a purposeful minor
! ity on the great majority. Since dem
| onstrations of disapproval are not in
accord with custom, IN America, the
greater part of crowd IS helpless
In France the right to hiss Is as vel
established as the right to applaud
| in regular performances. But ever
in FrNnce, special favor is shown g
local entertainment, given by anna,
i tours.
The exit is seldom blocked, but one
does not care to leave in unseemly
fashion. Furthermore, the feature.
Of the entertainment one especially
desires to see or hear may be lower
on the program.
The conductor of a program shoult
rule with an iron hand, preventins
responses except where the encore Il
real and enthusiastic. Since the ref
erendum has become so common II
other matters, why not have a stand
ing vote in doubtful cases and Sc,
Just how a crowd standsA But onl,
a weak-willed conductor would resor
to poll He can always tell spon
taneous encore from a mere NANTES
tation by a claque.
A change would insure larger AM
better pleased attendance
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TALKS TO BOYS
Confined Nrom l..<. One,

Continued 4rom Page One.S
They will have series of conferences
today, ending with a supper at the
hall tonight. ~
burn gymnasium will open at $3.50
O'Clock, following an exhibition by
Boy Scouts of Topeka. The boys will
be addressed by the Rev. w. f. Pierce,
president of Kenyon college, at $3.50
o'clock this afternoon. Mess will be
at $3.50 o'clock, to be followed by
camp fires and parish stunts. AT 8
o'clock Bishop Wise will conduct
preparation for the Holy Communion.
The majority of the boys will leave
tonight or Sunday for their homes.
Christian Leadership Conference.
Delegates are arriving today for the
sixty-secend annual conference of
clergynlen and laymen of the diocese.
The conference, known as the annual
convention and training school in
Christian leadership. will open Sun
day morning and continue until Wed
nesday evening. More than 100 adults
are expected for the meeting. The
Rev. George Pomer6y of New York
City, who was to have addressed the
opening of the conference Sunday
morning, will not be able to come for
the meeting. His substitute has not
been announced.
Among the speakers for the adult
Injecting Will De OOctOr Plerce OF Ken
yon college; Edward Sargent of New
York City, of the national educational
department; DIR. Fred O'Donnen of
Junction City, and Everett Hill OF
Shawnee, Okla, governor of the Sew
| enteenth district of Rotary clubs
Program for Sunday
The program of the convention for
Sunday will be:
| MORNING.
I'M
7:9o-Cathedra1. Corporate Communion
for boys convention.
| 8:3O-Afess.
10 :30-Cathedral: Rev. Ralph Pomeroy of
| New York. Awarding the banner to win
ner of church attendance campaign. Award
ling of bishops cup to church winning
same at boys convention.
AFTERNOON.
| I :0Q-Dinner.
3:30-Cathedral library: Meeting OF col
lege students for conference. ftl
| 2:30-Guf1d hall: Informal hour fol
young people.
! 4:0o-Cathedrals Bishops annual address
1:30-Cathedral: Cantata, Daughter OF
Jairus.' Address, Edward Sargent of New
York City. Religious Education Co-opera
ton with Public Schools
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IN SUPREME COURT
Continued from rage one,

should take care of his children as
tho they were her own, that her own
children be put to work to earn their
own living as soon as able, and he not
liable to their--support thereafter.
Also, he was relieved of keeping them
at his home if they should disobey
him after her death. There was also
a will to which the Wife and bride
consented in writing. 1t provided the
husband might dispose of all of his
property, including their home, and
thereby cut off the right of his widow
to continue in it's occupancy as a
homestead. There was no evidence
of deception Burns's bride appeared
new contract with hope and enthusi-
asnf.
Burns died. After the funeral the
widow was in charge of the sum total
of eleven children-several of them
married-and was bound by con-
tract and will which seemingly went
only in one direction. But she had
been party to the contract making
and botn the Jackson county district
court and the supreme court held she
must be bound by the terms contract
and the will provided.
The fact that the widow could not
read is held by the supreme court not
of itself to raise a presumption of
fraud of imposition, even in the alb
sence of affirmative evidence that it
was read to her or that its contents
were stated to her.
Decision in Shawnee County Case.
A child who, after the death of his
mother, is adopted by his maternal
grandfather is entitled to inherit from
his grandfather on his fdeath as his
adopted child. and inherits as child
of the mother. That was the decision
Of the supreme court when it affirmed
a judgment of the Shawnee county
district COTIrt brought
Theron Quinn Bartram against the
estate of the late William Bartram.
The minors mother died and Will
liam Bartram adopted the child. He
died interstate. The Shawnee district
court held that Theron Quinn Bartram
was entitled to share equally with two
children who survived the father. The
supreme court upheld the order CIV
ing the minor one-third iDterest in
the property.
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from Greenwood ,couhty. Affirmed.
Carlos Quinlantan. appellant, VS.. The o.
B. Rid Co. ct al. ETC., appellee. Appeal
Charles N Cole, appellant, vs.. Henry
Drumm (named as executor ct all, APP
peIlees. Appeal frem Bourbon county
: Beatrice Hunter, appellant, VS. The Jop-
lin & Pittsburg Rly Co., etc, ct al, ap-
pellees. Appeal from Crawford county.
Affirmed.
Marshall. J.
Parker and Nellie Parker, interpleader,l,
appellants. Appeal from Cheyenne county.
In re Estate of william Bartram. de-
Pearl Holcomb, gdn., etc. app<1lee. Appeal
from Shawnee county. Affirmed.
William ]. Strong, appellant. vs.. The
sonken-Galamba Iron s Metal Co, an
Affirmed. West, J.. dissenting.
a. C. Houston Lumber Co. appellant, VS..
Deering J. Marshall ct al, appellees. APP
Sam zwaduk. appellee, vs.. Morris s Com
pany. appellant. Appeal from Wyandotte
county. Affirmed in part and reserved IN
part.
Dawson. j.
J. NJ. McNabney, &c. E. Rineheart, inter,
pIeaderA appellee. Appeal from Seward
county. Affirmed.
FaGns{ appelRle snss frs@ harga,
county Affirmed.
Fred NJ. Sabins, appellee, VS.. The City OF
Kansas City, Kansas, etc, appellant APP
Advance-RumIey Co., appellant, VS. L
Zimmerman. appellee. Appeal from Barton
county. Affirmed.
Chaffin, appellant. Appeal from Ell
county. Affirmed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-07

The nation is in need OF hundreos
of thousands of new homes. 1t neeos
much reconstruction of roadbeds OF
the railroads. 1t needs more nigh
ways and bridges, more office pulio-
ings. and more industries of various
kinds. There is capital available
seeking profitable investment. Capt
tal can produce revenue for its own
ers only in case it is actively en-
ployed. Capital that refuses to invest
in railroad securities refuses because
the expense of-railroad operation ex-
ceeds the operating revenue Capital
which refuses to invest in censtruc-
ton of either houses or office build
ings refuses because the dollar OF IN
vestment today will buy only a very
small proportion of labor, material
and results that could have been OBJ
tanned in normal times. The sooner
these facts are recognized by those
who have labor and material to sell
the better it will be for them, for cap
ital and for the public generally.
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Dorothy Dir Talks
By DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman WE
The Ono Best Bet.

A young man wants to know
whether it is better to marry a girl
who is a good -natured sloven. or one
who is as neat as the proverbial pin,
but who is high tempered.
Back good nature, son, to win al
ways in the long endurance run of
matrimony. Better it is to dwell in
pig sty, and eat out of paper bags and
tin cans with a woman who wears a
smile that won't come off. than it is to
live in a house that is spick aud span
with a mat before every door and
tidy on every chair, with a wife who
is disgruntled, and sour. and whose
tongue is a experimentation nagging
machine.
No sensible Ian over looks the adj
vantage of getting for a wife a woman
who is neat, and tidy, and thrifty, and
a good manager, and a blue ribbon
cook. The vision of the orderly home,
of the clean swept hearth, and the
Ihogany, has lure more men into
matrimony than any other one thing
on earth 1t is the call of domesticity
that every man hears, and to which
most men succumb.
But man does not live by bread
alone. Cleanliness may be next to
goodness, but sometimes it is far re-
moved from happiness. A woman
may do her full duty as a house
keeper, and yet fail utterly as a wife.
There are houses that are Kept so
clean that they are bare of comfort.
There are homes so orderly that a
man dares not move a chair,s or
rumple a sofa cushion, or drop a
paper, or spill a bit of cigaret ashes.
And there are women who work
| themselves, so nearly to death over
their housekeeping, that they are al
ways a bunch of tangled nerves
Everything irritates them. Every
thing calls for a burst of temper, or a
shower of tears, and everybody about
them walks on eggs for fear of do
| ing or saying something that will pro-
woke a scene.
Such women are about as comfort
able to live with as the fretful porcu-
pine. They are no companions fol
their husbands, because nobody car
chum with a bomb that is liable to ex-
plode at any minute. There can be nc
| comradeship between them and theil
| husbands, because they can never take
| a reasonable view of anything an6
they make their homes a place of tor
ment which their families escape
| from whenever possible.
No matter what virtues and charms
such a woman may have, they are
| more than offset by a disagreeablt
disposition. For it is not beauty, mol
intelligence, nor high moral principles
nor domesticity, that makes a happy
home and contented husband. 1
| is the spirit of the woman who is a
the head of the house. 1t is her at
| titude towards life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-07

Much is being said about the wide
margin existing between prices re-
ceived by producers and those paid by
consumers. Few more striking. illus
4rations have appeared than the fol-
lowing: IAN apple grower in. West
Virginia took a two-hour ride TIC
Washington, d. c., to transact some
business. Along about noon he got
hungry. He stepped up to a fruit
vender, and selected a beautiful juicy
apple. He handed the proprietor of
the fruit stand a quarter and got back
IS cents in change. Surprised, the
farmer looked at the box to see where
these apples of gold were raised. His
o@sn name was on the apple box. He
had been paid $3.50 for the box of
] 20 apples. and here was the retailer
charging at the rate of $14.40 box
for them" It might be suggested that
the farmer should have carried one
az his own apples in his pocket. But
itsis more than likely that he had no
rl,bre apples at home. The 2 cents
M paid for a single apple was largely
tsssSreturn to the cold storage man for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-07
RECOVER TWO STOLEN AUTOS.
Sheriff's Force Locate Buick and
Mitchell Cars, Today.

Two of the three automobiles stolen
in Topeka Friday night were found
this morning by members of the sher-
ifs force.
A Buick stolen from C. H. Vigernon,
1911 East Sixth avenue. was found
this morning southeast of town,
stripped of it's tires. A Mitchell taken
from the garage of A. G. Robbins,
1924 Monyoe street. was found in a
ditch near Granville. A Ford coupe
stolen from r. J. Moore, I'LL Lane
street, has not been located.
The greatest lover of modern times,
Richard Barthelmess as David in Grif-
fith's WAY DOWN EAST"-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-07

The man who thinks that laws are
enacted for the purpose of promoting
oysn-handed justice is likely to take
different view when he contemplates
some of the enactments of the Kansas
legislature. The tax laws afford
case in point. If he have $l'ooO IN
bank drawing per cent interest and
return it for taxation he pays on 1t bus
once provided it remains undisturbed
thru the year. But if later in the year
he invest the $1,000 in government 4
per cent bonds he must pay taxes on
it again the following year. If, how
ever, instead of buying government
bonds, he invest in municipal bonds
he escapes the double taxation. Sell
dom has there been enacted statute
SD we'll calculated to encourage lying
aha create a lack of respect for legal
enactment. In view of this law 1t Is
rldt remarkable that the people re-
flEed last year to confer on the legis-
ldaure additional power to manipulate
the tax laws.
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.TEMPLAR TEAM IS READY
Drill Team. and Band to Rep-esent
Topeka at Conclave.

Drill Team and oanQ ~ RSP-'~SSte
Topeka at Conciave-
Nearly forty members Of the knights
Templar drill team from Topeka Com
mandery No. 5, with MarshaiTs band
of forty pieces, and large number OF
knights from the Topeka command
ery, will leave Topeka Monday night
on the Santa Fe for Hutchinson.
where the state conclave of the order
is to be held Tuesday and Wednesday
Special cars will be provided for the
knights Templar. who will join other
communicates frop the eastern por-
ton of the state at Topeka.
For the first time in many years the
Topeka commandery will have lClass
A team, of twenfy-four men and seven
officers. in the competitive drills
which will occur Tuesday. George W.
Porter of the Santa Fe is captain OF
the Topeka team. which has been do
ing extra dIall for weeks in prepara-
ton for the competition Tuesday.
There will be more Glass A teams
at the 1891 conclave than there have
been at any previous conclave, it ives
stated today.
Wednesday,, May II, will be devoted
to a business meeting of the grand
| lodge of the, state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-07
PRoAIpT ACTION NEEDED.

Why congress is delaying action on
the matter of tax reforms is not ap-
parent. 1t is a subject on which the
publicans promised 'tax laws which
do not for tax laws which do exces-
sive1y mulct the consumer or need
lessly repress enterprise and thrift"
This was aimed at the excess profits
tax which has discouraged enterprise
and is charged with increasing prices
to the extent of 20 per cent.
The Democrat platform pledged a
Arevision of the tax laws ''to fit peace
conditions SO that the wealth of the
nation may not be withdrawn from
productive enterprise and diverted to
wastefuI or nonproductive expendi-
ture." This was apparently a pledge
to repeal the excess profits tax for
that is the tax which has been charged
win withdrawing money from pro-
ductiye enterprise.
There may be ia congress, of course,
difference of opinion regarding a
proper substitute for the excess prof
it's tax, but the people, in a great ma
jority, appear to favor a tax on sales.
1t is true some objection has been
made on the ground that large COM
binatieus controlling several or all
phases of the manufacture of their
products, from raw material to fin
ished article. would be materially ben
fefited by sales tax as against ordi-
nary corporations or individuals ham
ding only one process, but this is
much less true than it sounds.
To the extent that there is an ele-
ment of advantage, as naturally there
is, in large combinations as against or
binary businesses, it exists now and
has always existed. In the face of it,
Single process concerns have sue
cessfully carried on business, and will
doubtless continue to do so in the
! measure that they serve public con-
venience or fulfill an economic func-
ton. A trifling sales tax will not af-
feet that situation in any material de-
gree. Moreover, it is quite possible to
operate the tax in such way as to
make it applicable to the various
principal stages of manufacture
where these processes are combine
in, or controlled by, one corporation
TO the extent that taxation is a fac
| tor in intensifying the advantage oil
large combinations, it is a great deal
more SO under the present system with
the loading of prices incident thereto
than it will be under the application
of a small sales tax
! A sales tax cannot be pyramided t.
any appreciable extent, if at all. It /.
workable without difficulty or inequitS
\ and the various practical objection.
brought forward by its opponents car
all be met.
There should be prompt action OF
the tax problem in order that as soor
| as possible the business of the country
may know where it stands.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
The following opinions were handed
down today by the supreme court:

The following opinions were handed
down today by the supreme court:
Johnston, c. J.
First Nat. Bank of Barnard, appellant
and ia1ppeiiee VS. Jesse nenaf F1o ct A.,
coin county. Affirmed.
Jessie D. Dunn, appellee, VS.. John Mad
wick county. Affirmed.
stephen o'Grady. appellee; VS.. Alice
dotte county. Reversed and remanded for
new trial.
The Logan Moore Lumber Co, corpo-
ation nePefe vs D. from Doasss
| county. Affirmed.
c. N. weseott, appellee, VS.; Az w. Bailey,
Joe vietti, ct al; appenees. vs., George
Rom M@isis Fuel oe appellant Appeal
Burch, j.
State of Kansas, appellee, VS.: Charles
Davidson. appellant Rehearing denied;
sei nia'e ap Gr nasas Appeal from wgaSuotte
| county. Affirmed.
E. b. Boimar, appellant, We; F. R. Long.
State Of Kansas, appellee, VS.. Parks
Boyd. appellant, Appeal from Wilson
J. G. Hughes, appellee, vs.. BENJAMIN
Knapp, ct al, appellants. Appeal from
Graham county. Affirmed.
Jose Alvarado. appellant. vs. Flower
Bros Rock Crusher Co. appellee. Appeal
from Geary county. Affirmed.
| By Mason, j.
| Sarah E Burns, appellant, rs. Minnie ID.
Spiker ct al, appeIlees- Appeal from
| Jackson county. Affirmed. Mason, j.,
Johnston, C. J.. and West, J. dissenting
Charles C. wilkins. appellee, vs.. The City
| of Mineral, etc, appellant. Appeal from
Mary skinner, appellant vs.. The Ajax
\ Portland Cement Co, etc. appeIees. APP
peal from ChaTtauqua county Af mn Mev
England Mutual Life Inns. Co, appellant
Appeal from Wilson county. Affirmed
Bureh. j.. and Porter. T., dissenting from
ponding portion Of opinion
scott ot APPELLEE. ns Appeal from wyandotte
1 county. Reversed and remanded for
further proceedings
! Porter. j.
J. L. Stricken. ct al, appellants. vs. J.
I W. Stanford, appellee. Appeal from Mont
! gomery county. Reversed and reEnanded
with directions to overruIe the demurrer
| Louise Helm, appellee, vs.. walker D.
| Hines. as director general of railroads, ap-
pellant Appeal from Republic county, Mo
ton to dismiss and motion for rehearing
/ In re appeal of c. P. Bolmar. appellant,
appelIees. Appeal from Shawnee county. Re
versed and remanded with directions TO
override the motion to dismiss the appeal.
Co, Commrs of Atehison- county, Kansas
| appellees.. Appeal from Atehison county.
Dismissed.
Earl R. Gilbert Admir-, ETC.. appellee. vs..
The K. c. RIys. Co, etc, ct al, appellants.
Appeal from fwyandotte county. Reversed
and remanded with directions to render
Judgment in favor Of the appellant.
The William Kelly Milling Co, appellant
vs. George Leslie appellee. Appeal from
Reno county. Affirmed
Benjamin F. Haas, appellee. vs.. The K. C.
Light & Power Co.. appellant. Appeal
from wyandotte county. Reversed and re-
mauded with directions TO render Judgment
D for the defendant
West, j.
Hazel NJ Guffey. appellant, vs.. Cont
mental Casualty Co., appellee. Appeal from
Dickinson county. Affirmed.
The State of Kansas, appellee vs.. John
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Irish leaders continue to insist on
beinr permitted to set up a republic.
A republic is nothing more than d
representative form of government
and this Ireland already has. 1t al
ready is entitled to representation n
the British parliament. True II mas
no voice in the selection of a king out
neither does anybody else. This IS OF
little consequence, however, because
the king of England is merely ns-
urehead. Ireland has, or could nave
1O3 members in the house of commons
and rs in the lords.
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lIsecretary of Agriculture Wallace
slks he is unable to understand why
tie packers oppose governmental reg
uRrtion of their business. Perhaps the
psslxers still have in mind what gov
eminent regulation has done to the
railroads.
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keeping it In good condition until such
time as somebody wanted to eat it. If
the public were compelled to depend
upon the farmer for a supply of apples
in the spring it would be without ap-
ples,
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WINS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Gaylord Martin Takes Honors in High
School Contest

Gaylord Martin of washburn rural
high school won the tennis champion
ship OF the high school Friday after
noon IN final game with Harry
Loomis on sWashburn courts. The
final tally was 6-4,s ST., 6-3. and 60.
With the popularity for the white
ball game reaching a height that is
nearly a fever. the rural high school
challenged any. high school lin the
county.