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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24
UNIONS IN NO DANGER.

In the hearing before the railroad
labor board, Frank Walsh, attorney
for the railroad employees, has urged
at every opportunity, that the railroad
executives are striving to break up the
unions. While this charge probably is
without foundation, it would matter
little if it were true.
1t is idle to talk about assaults upon
unionism. campaigns against the
rights of the workers attacks upon
the principles of human liberty. The
closed shop has been tried-probabIy
by more than so per cent of the en-
pioyers of the United States who en-
ploy more than 100 men-and it is be-
ing rejected in some instances because
1t does not seem to work. Industry
without labor unions has also been
tried and it failed-fnnch for the
same reasons that the closed shop
fails. Unions are here to STAY, be-
cause worlmen need them and they
can. IL they will, be of service. But.
let not their friends think that in
order to preserve unions it is neces-
sary to. insist upon a system that will
destroy industry.
Any artificial influence which inter-
venes between the man and his work
TO keep him in his job or maintain the
level of his pay. regardless of his con-
,tribution to the wealth from which he
must be paid, threatens the prosperity
of society. 1t means that the product
which he makes must sell for more
than it is worth IL he is to be paid.
His product may be put over on the
fextravagant or careless purchaser for
= time. but when such purchasers
power to buy has been exhausted by
his extravagance. there will be no de-
fnand. The workman who was over
paid will be on the street.
But where are the good men who
will insist on giving dollars worth
OF labor for a dollar. IL they can get
the dollar for less work? Too few of
these exist. No man can do an honest
days work, day in and day out. work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24
George MatthewAdan1s
Daily Talk
BENEFITS FORGOT.

Most of us are buoyed up by present
benefits--or those which we hope will
pass our way as the days come one
upon the other.
But the benefits which have enrich
ed our lives during days that have
long been gone-we forget them. all
too often.
In trouble or misfortune, we relize
our lacks and shortcomings--but in
prosperity We forget the very friends
who made our fight worth while when
the battles went against us again and
again.
1 looked up into the face of a bill
thought of all the beauty and inspira-
ton that they had dropped into my
life for years and years. And thought
of the void in peoples hearts. whose
souls have never touched these evil
dences of the Infinite Mind over all.
People whom we love-they are
benefits to us that we hardly ever APP
preciate with adequate value.
And the many results of our labor,
with hand or mind. how we forget the
hidden meanings that mere success in
fame or money just suggest-thats all.
If we could sit quietly on the door
step of our invisible home on this
earth every once in while, and talk
over the things we have gained and
missed-and the things that have
made us SO rich, but for which we have
given SO little in returE-we might
find our light growing in lustre. and
those about us increasing in their de-
sire to know us more and better.
It's the benefits which we forget and
bury from our memory that makes US
shrivel and grow poor in spirit.
How very wonderful 1t is to be
Thoughtful, to give thanks. to appreci-
ate!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24

asmuch as it is impossible to convert
US. we ask the single takers to let US
off this time.
The proposed appointment 81 Col.
George Harvey to the court OF st.
James is satisfactory to the column.
But it is only fair to tell President
Harding that in the rough, elemental
community from which we emerge.
Colonel Harvey's appointments will be
considered a great joke. Colonel Har-
vey appeared in that community some
years ago accompanied by valet, and
the people still are laughing about 1t.
The fact is. and we regret to admit
it, the rough and elemental west has
made jest of more than one promi-
nent citizen of the Atlantic seaboard.
We recall that when Oswald Garrison
Willard made q speech in our COM
munity some years back. the betting
was even on the proposition as to
whether ne had pink or blue ribbon
in his night robe.
Subsequently, all bets were declared
off. Jabez Holzer. who was delegated
to ascertain the facts in the case, was
unable to find out anything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24
JUST FOLKS
ExPECTAyr.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

t.
There's a stack Of glad tomorrows round
the corner over there
And Miss Spring is getting ready, tying
blossoms in her hair:
Tho I've had my share of trouble, and full
reason to complain,
There's a lot of JOY before me when the
warm days come again
oh, III soon be free to wander wheresoever
may please,
And listen to the singing of the birds in all
the trees;
There are days that I'll go fishing with
faithful friend or two.
Or play the idle rover in the way / used
to do.
There's a lot of fun before me, and I'm
standing at my door
Counting eagerly the pleasures which the
Springtime has in store:
Tho some days.were long and dreary. / am
living now to see
The woods in all their splendor and the
blue skies over me.
There are times I've been discouraged times
I've thought lfs's charm had fled.
There were even times I've whispered that
i might well be dead:
But the sun fs getting higher. and the buds
break on the bougb.
And with Springtime getting nearer, there's
lot to live for now.
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24

9: What is the present value of the Ger
one-half cent in American money. The ex-
act amount f1uetuates, however, in accord
ance with the exchange market. The pre-
Q. Does New York lead in the produc-
ton Of buekwheat? S. w. K.
"A; A. In 1912 Iennsylyan MIA lie led all states
buckwheat- New York was second with s.
9: What Suses the singing noise in
A. The singing of logs while burning is
due to the sap in the wood and the pores.
which are air space.
Q. why do some gold fish have black
spots, while others do not? H. L. l..
A. The bureau of fisheries says that 1t
black spots. As they grow older these dis
g What is meant by Publishers
A. A publishers dozen is Is copies.
This phrase doubtless arose from the early
custom of a baker to allow IS rolls to each
way into the wholesale book trade
g In law do 10 persons constitute a
thorities .'at least ten were required to
q. what are the five largest cities in the
4. According to the 1929 census the fol-
lowing are the five largest cities in the
Cnlted STATES. New 1Ork City, N. Y: Chi
cago, ILL.,; Philadelphia, Pa. ;SDetroft, Mich.
"a. Who was called 1.-THE Dumb ox?"
G. w. c.
"A This was nickname applied to
Thomas Aquinas, while he was studying in
Cologne in 124S under Albert the Great.
The epithet applied to his silence and Al
bert is said to have predicted that the
OK would one day fill the world with his
believing.
O. Can cabbages be put in a silo TO use
for feed for cattle? l.. W. X.
A. An experiment conducted by the de-
partment of agriculture showed that while
cabbages in their naturali state are ac-
ceptable to cattle. the sliced product. which
resembles unsalted sauerkraut, is not eaten
This experiment did not contemplate fore
ing the animals, thru hunger. or by re-
peated attempts.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24

short khaki skirt and leggings. In the
doorway behind her appeared a tall,
handsome brunette OF middle age.
Paul clasped his sweetheart in his
arms and they remained embraced for
several minutes. Suddenly the girl
broke away.
1T must introduce you to mother,
and I must meet your father" she
said and turning toward the hut, to
stop dead still. amazement shining
from her big, bright eyes.
We'll. would you look at mother,"
she cried, and Paul turned to stare in
establishment that equaled or sur
passed hers.
For Paurs. father and Annes
mother had followed the example of
the young people and were hugging
each other tightly. while she repeated
over and over the one word George
and he was saying Ethel"
Copyright, 01921. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24
Dorothy Dix Talks

To Please the Ladies'.

A youth writes me that he greatly
| desires to be a riot with ladies. and
asks me to tell him some of the things
that girls like in man.
Well, first, girl likes a man to be
nice-looking. This does not mean that
he must have Greek profile. and am
brosia1 curls, or display any other
mark of semblance to young Apollo.
Women are not strong for the
beauty stuff in man. They consider
they have monopoly on that line, and
II there is any admiring to be done,
they want the manto hand it to them.
They don't want to have to be telling
any male creature what wonderful
eyes he's got. Besides a living picture
man holds the worlds record for self
conceit, and he makes hit with no
living human being but himself.
When girl says that she likes a
man to look nice, she means that she
likes weil-groomed man, one who
looks as if he had an intimate daily
acquaintance with tub, and a safety
razor. and a manicure set.
furthermore, a girl like a well dress
ed man. She likes the man who wears
the right kind of clothes at the right
time and place, who has Sense and
taste, AMI judgment enough not 10
wear shirts, and socks, and ties that
shriek at each other, and who docs
49, &C. Up d CLONES
like human scarecrow. A man likes
to be seen out with girl who is pretty
and dainty and we'll dressed Women
care even more for appearances than
a man does, and while a girl doesn't
want a man to look like magazine IL
Illustration of ready-made clothes, she
does like to go about with an escort
who makes the other girls sit UP ana
take notice. r1ss -
A girl likes a man who knows how
to dance without walking all over her
feet, and manning her for life; who
can play a good game of bridge; who
can play tennis and golf, and swim,
and row boat, and drive an automo-
bile. These are the small change with
which a man pays his way in society.
Everybody. dances. and piaysegames,
and whether girl wants to play'
around with a man, depends on his
skill, Ones feet and hands have to
be educated quite as carefully in these
days as ones brain.
Girls like a man who is good
talker, and easy to entertain They
dislike the silent chap who has to have
every word corkscrewed out of him,
and who leaves the whole burden of
the conversation to them. They also
dislike the monopolist who looks glum
if anybody else drops in on tete-a-
tete, and who never can join in and
make one of a jolly crowd. And they
doubly and trebly hate the self-con-
ceited fellow who can spend a whole
evening blissfu1ly monologuing about
himself, and what he said to the boss
ana the boss said to him. and what a
grand little bus his automobile is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEB PAPE.

I was on my way home from skool
yestidday and saw ma start to go in
the grocery store, me saying, Hello
ma, watts you going to get?
o, a number of things. sed ma, and
I sed, Well do you wunt me to go in
with you and help yeu do your order
ing, ma? .4.,
You may come in with me. sed ma.
Meening she would do all the order
ing herself. and I went in with her
and diffrent-1adies was waiting to be
waited on. and / sed, Look, ma, look
at these little chocklif cakes, it says
Special today ony 81 cents a pound,
are you going to order eny, ma?
No, sed ma. and 1 sed, Aw, G., ma,
wy not. it says special today. you cant
tell how mulch they'll be tomorro.
They may be as mulch as 28 cents.
sed ma, and L sed, Sure, ma, you cant
tell are you going to order eny, ma?
No, sed ma. WITCH jest then l saw
some more cakes with a sine saying,
Lulu Drops, rs cents a pound today.
o G. ma, look how cheep the Lulu
Drops are, are you going to order eny.
ma? 1 sed.
We've got cakes home, sed ma, and
I sed. Aw G, ma, ony ginger snaps.
watts ginger snaps? Witch jest then IL
was mas tern to get waited on, and
she sed, Will you take an order please,
L wunt cans of peez and a can Of
asparagiss.
How about the chocklit cakes. MAJ
I sed, and ma sed, And pounds of
chocklit cakes. ] meen sugar, Benny,
be still. how can order? And / wunt
pound of dried lima beens
Well gosh ma, how about the Lulu
Drops then? I sed. and ma sed, I
wunt Is yards of Lulu Drops. 1 meen
clothes line. Benny, go on home.
Wich 1 did, taking one Lulu Drop
on the way, not tasting enything exter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24

The trade treaty between Russia
and Great Britain recently signed
provides for an interchange. of com
modities thru official trade agents
stationed in both Great Britain and
Russia, with mutual guarantees to
abstain from propaganda. the promise
of Great Britain to withhold suppor.
from pretenders to the government of
Russia, and a reservation by which
the agreement is rendered void IL RUS
sian gold is attached by third party,
under British law. Thus England
kills two birds with one stone. She
not only beats the other nations to
the rich field of Russian trade, but
she puts stop to interference with
her Indian government. by the soviet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24

President Harding promised that
there would be more business in gov
eminent and less government in bust
ness. The country also would like to
see less politics in government, when
congress assemblies next month. The
news coming out of Washington az
this time is not ENCOURAGING.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24

AS a contribution to never-ending
discussion of what newspapers should
and should not print, the Sioux City
Tribune notes that in that office fully
80 times as many telephone calls and
Inquiries were received regarding the
fate of Clara Hamon as came in con-
corning Caruso recently, when death
lowered over his pillow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24

copyright. 1920. by the wheeler cyudicate,
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24

Meanwhile, we wish to be dissolved
from our promise to read the abusive
letters the single takers are writing us.
We agreed to do it; we will do it Il
the single takers insist. But 1t is
tremendous bore to read a letter Of
foru or five closely written pages. In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-24

We hereby announce a change in
our system. Within the next ten days
we are going to pick out a prominent
man to hate. We are going to do it
so fiercely and so volubly as to achieve
fame within a year.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-16
Non-Union Dirge at Funeral,
So Drivers Pummel the Band

gathered closer come one suddenly
kicked hole In the bass drum.
Then one of the players brought HIS
trombone down on some ones head
and a general encounter between the
musicians and the chauffeurs followed.
with the relatives and the friends Of
the dead girl crying loudly for dignity
and quiet.
The chauffeurs, after short battle.
retired to their cars at the instance of
their leader and the business agents.
and the casket was placed in the
hearse.
The mourners, believing the trouble
at an end, waited for their cars. The
chauffeurs, however, refused to move
until the non-union bandsmen retired
The bandsmen refused to leave. j. N.
Nendros, said to be the owner of the
band, was asked TO withdraw his
musicians. He refused and then fol-
lowed the two hours of wrangling. dur
ing which the casket reposed In the
hearse and the mourners waited for
their cars. The chauffeurs at inter
walls sent an attacking party into the
ranks f~the bandsmen, whom some of
the mourners threatened to Join.
Then the police arrived, took o'Hara
into custody. ordered the band away
and directed the chausfeurs to proceed
TO the cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-16
Girl Loses Her Native
Tongue i'm Canary Isles
Now Speaks Only spanisl, After
g. Year Visit; Greets
Mother by Signs

When she went to the Canary Is.
lands from New York eight years ago
Mercedes Nesol could not speak word
of Spanish. She had attended public
school in Brooklyn.
Mercedes, who is now sixteen, came
back from the Canaries yesterday on
the Spanish. liner Antonio Lopez un-
able to speak any tongue but Spanish
She was met at the pier by her
mother, Mrs. r. Kezeminski, Of $40
Adams Street, Brooklyn, and mother
and daughter had TO use the sign Ian
guage, with few kisses and hugs
thrown in, to demonstrate their Joy
over the reunion.
Mercedes went to Teneriffe in 1913
to visit her aunt Sonora de Palaciano
She was about to return to the u. s
when the war started and she was ad
vised to stay with her relatives at the
CaAary Islands, her aunt promising to
come here with her in 1921. During
the absence of Mercedes her mother
married again and by her second hus-
band has two sons. Mercedes said
she was willing to study English again
that she might speak with her two
half brothers.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-16

splash in the water and he saw Baron
sink.
Green plunged in and trod water
until Baron rose and then seized him
by the hair, but Baron struck him and
pushed him away with his feet
lie said he wanted to die" related
the rescuer, "and told me if I'd let him
drown | could have $500 he had on him,
didn't see how / would collect the
money If he drowned, so / saved him"
That shows what a fool YOU are /"
oroke in Baron. .'Ive got the monev
right with me and you would have
been in crap game by this time If vol,
mad let me drown"
When searched Baron was found to
nave $3.50 in greenbacks and gold in a
money belt around his waist. He ex-
planned that he had paid high price
Tor hat and coat checking privilege
IN an uptown cafe, but the Volstead
law had so lessened patronage of the
place that he didn't see how he was ever
going to get his money back. Discour-
die. W.
When Green saw the money taken
from Baron's belt he wept. DR.. Haiken.
of the Volunteer Hospital, who attend, !,
ed both men, said the negro was suffer
ing. from hunger and exhaustion. The
police of the Beach Street station took
up collection and fed Green. Baron
was sent to Bellevue Hospital.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-16
snee;aa pispateh 10 rks Tribuns

CHICAGO, May l5.--Musical instru-
ments sailed through the air and a
hand -to-hand battle between union
chauffeurs and non-union musicians re-
suited Saturday from the employment
of a non-union band of eight pieces to
play at the funeral of Miss Martha
vavroch, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Vavroch. OF 1886 South Kildare
Avenue. The chauffeurs had been en-
gagged to drive the fifty-two cars in the
cortege to the Bohemian National
Cemetery.
After the funeral had been held up
for two hours, during which inter
ln1ttent clashes took place, the police
were called, Ralph O'Hara, business
agent for the musicians union, was
taken into custody, but later released.
Besides O'Hara, Timothy Neary,
business agent for the chauffeurs, was
ON the scene. The trouble started when
the pallbrearers were bringing the
casket down the front steps of the
home to the hearse, The eight mem
bers of the band lined up, four on each
side of the porch, and started 80 play.
AS the pallbearers came slowly down
the steps and the crowd Of mourners
New-York tribune., 1921-05-16
Hungry Rescuer Scorn,s $500
Offer TO ALLOW Man to Dro,r,,
Negro, Seeking Sleep at Pier, Saves Would-Be Sui
eide After Knocking Him Out i'm River; Weeps
at Sight of $3.50 i'm Belt of Despondent Checker

Massion Baron, coat checker in a
Broadway restaurant, attempted sui
eide early last evening by jumping into
the Hudson River from the Erie docks
at the foot of Duane Street. He was
rescued by Harry Green, negro, of
2s4 Third Avenue, after q desperate
struggle in the water. Green says
Baron offered him $500 to let him
drown. resisting until his rescuer had
knocked him unconscious.
Patrolman Calty, of the Beach Street
station, was summoned by boys who
had been watching Green's fight with
Baron, who had twice broken the ne
gro's hold. 1t was when he came up
for the third time that Green struck
him hard blow and began towing him
to the pier. Patrolman Calty arrived
at this juncture and threw the res
cuer & rope, by means of which both he
and Baron were hauled ashore.
Green told Lieutenant O'Connor, of the
Beach Street station, that ne was lying
on the stringpiece of the pier shortly
before z o'clock hungry and broke. He
said he was trying to sleep while the
sun was up, because he had been elected
from his room. Suddenly there was a