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The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

was being distributed and the vil-
Iage news of the day discussed. They
were speaking of Miss Lefty the
towns dressmaker for twenty years
The tragedy was that, she could be
the dressmaker no more She had
cut out the doctors wifes new sum-
mer silk partly on the wrong side
and had broken down and confessed
that she could never have discovered
| it herself. She had spent her little
: savings it appeared. on treatments
| in a neighboring city from an oculist
who turned out to be an arrant quack.
He had held out promise as long as
Miss Letty's money lasted-and had
Lefty was in terrible distress, for it
meant the poor farm. She had no
relatives and there was no way for
blind woman to earn a living.
Niles Grey, listened, lingering the
| letter. He departed at last without
mailing it and sat out late that night
| lookingf down at the lake. Finally he
went indoors and burned UP the letter.
Early next morning Niles again set
out for the village. He inquired for
! the dewlling place Of Miss Lefty,
/ knowing her by no other name. His
was a heroic errand- He knew what
| the poorhouse terror meant. It had
steered the course of his life. He was
going to give this woman the money
| he had planned to spend on the self
i
! A little woman opened the door. He
was illustrated at knowing only her
! given name, and by the delicacY of
| his errand. He stumbled in his re-
hearsed introduction SO much that
/ while he did not notice her pale blue
eyes were red, as from recent weeping.
| he did not realize that singular agi-
tation hal come upon her at the sound
| of his voice.
Miss Lefty strove for the tone Of
polite friendliness. Wont you come
| in, Mr.. Grey?' she said. How have
/ you been all these years since left
your employ?" But her voice trem-
ble1 as she led the way to chair;
and she forgot in her confusion, that
no longer was she q good judge of dis
| tances. She tripped over the chair.
Niles caught Miss Lefty as she was
falling-and held her. As her slight
figure leaned against him for support
and he saw the Quivering of her thin
lips, Niles knew many things. In an
| instant like a drowning man, he
knew this woman was Miss Lamb
and why she had left his employ. He
knew that she had cared for him thru
all the years and still cared. He knew
that he would lie to her nd tell her
that he had always cared too-until
he came to believe it himself. And he
knew that there would be no more
dreaming of love, for the time would
be only too short for the living of it
(Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

From 1850 to 1920, the United
States has spent for its army, navy
and pensions a total of $36.87S, ,OOO.-
600. This is entirely exclusive of
loans to the allies. expenses Of our
shipping board, and increase in our
national debt due to war. This sum
alone is estimated would have en-
abled the purchase of every American
railroad at it's full capitalized value.
left enough over after doing this to
double the appropriation for our pos
tai service for the past forty years;
double the total savings in all of our
savings banks; duplicate all of the
buildings built in New York City dur
ing the past thirty years; practically
double our public roads thruout the
United States, and, on top of all this,
build another Panama canal. Con-
temptation of these figures should
make every citizen in the country a
booster for limitation of armaments.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

The Aeromarine Airways company
reports a heavy business during the
past year between Key West and Ha-
vana and between Miami and the
Bahamas. Not an accident occurred.
For operations during the coming
year it is announced six of the
Aeromarine-navy eleven passenger
flying cruisers will be placed in oper-
alton on the Key Havana route
and between Palm Beach and Miami
and Biminni an Nassau; two other
flying cruisers of the same type will
be held in reserve for special char
tered parties. This seems to be the
safest way yet discovered to get a
drink.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19
Questions-AnsDers

O. Is the place known where Moses
was found in the bulrushes? v. a. W.
Moda Where according to Arab tradition
Pharaoh's daughter found Moses in the
bulrushes. At the southern extremity OF
this island is the Nilometef, by which the
rise of the Nile has been measured by the
Cairenes for 1000 years. 1t is a square
well with an octagonal pillar marked In
uSi'S q, What per cent of the homes in the
United States are owned by their occu-
p'a A. The census bureau says that only
2s.2 per cent of the homes are owned by
their occupants free of incumbrance.
amount to 175 per cent Of the total, while
the rest of the homes are rented.
Q. Who was the professor Of things
where" A. v N
4. Cariyie's sartor Resartus has such
a character-Herr Teufuls-drockh (Mr.
Q. which country has the largest stand
ing army? i. f. B.
A. China has the largest standing army
in the world. 1t is composed of 1,O00,0Ou
men. France is next with a standing
O. What species are the trees IN Yel-
lowstoue National Park? c. NJ. z.
A. Five sixths of the area of the yell
lowstone National Park is foreHted, the
mateIy three-fourths of the forests consist
of ledge-pole pines. Other trees are white
pine, Englemann spruce silver mr. cedar
In all parts OF the park, furnishing food
for elk, deer and beaver.
Q. Are the Belgians a Latin or Semitic
people? G. A. NJ.
A. The BeIgians are neither q Latin
nor Semitic people. They are the descen-
dants of German and Celtic tribes with an
admixture of Latin.
Q. How many motor trucks are there
in the United States?
A. The National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce says that there are approx
mately 100000 motor trucks In use in the
United States.
(Any reader can get the answer TO anE
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington. d. c. This
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Bureau cannot give advice on legal med
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postage. All replies are sent direct to the
induirer.1
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they say as an act Of social and eco
nomic' justice to, those industries and
producers who have already taken an
immense reduction. in the value of
their products and in the value OF
their labor.
It would be a necessary step. to
take it is pointed out whether the de-
cline in the cost OF living wholly JUS
titled the reduction in the labor cost
of the railroads or not. Fortunately,
however. the facts are that railroad
wages increased faster than the cost
of living during the greater part of
the war period and that they are
not now decreasing as much as the
cost of living is decreasing.
If the roads can make their en-
ployes contribute toward raising rev
enues to the point fixed in the Esch-
Cummins law. it will be all right with
the public, but that is a matter be-
tween the roads and the men.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

Dinner Stories

'Do you have, housing problems in
Crimson GuIch2" asked the tender
foot professor.
mo-" replied Cactus Joe. when
the place gets overcrowded the boys
become irritable and hostile to a de-
gree that just naturally compels the
surplus population to go somewhere
else"
<"How do you like your summer
boarders?"
I get along pretty well with all
but one" said Mr.. Cobbles.
Whats wrong with him p
'fHe had enough money last year
to spend two weeks at a fashiOpable
resort and he don't seem able td get
his chin down"
A vicar of a scattered rural parish had
a remarkable knowledge of fungi. So keen
was he on his hobby, that he sometimes
neglected his pastoral work to search for
specimens. One day he stopped to see a
bedridden old lady, who Immediately re-
minded him how long it was since he had
made his last call. ''If-I had been toad
STOOL" she declared, you'd have been to
see me long agoH'
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEIH PAPR
THE PARK AVE. NEWS

Extre! Latest Feud Newsi Maud
Jonsin and her little sister Dottie got
took auto riding by their uncle last
Sattidday, and Maud Jonsin made him
go past the Huntses house 4 times
blowing his horn while Sid Hunt and
his little brother Bert was setting on
the frunt steps, thus making the JON
sins ahed this week in the big feud
between the Hunts and the Jonsins.
Theatrical Notes. meeting was
Wensday about getting up q minstril
show but the meeting broak up with
out enything happening on account
of everybody wanting to be the end
men.
-Pome to q DrizzIe
BY Skinny Martin
Now look a heer, little driZzle.
You bin coming down all day,
You aint ixactly raining
But meanwhile US fellows cant play,
So IL you cant rain wy stop intirely
Because watts the use of drizzeling
that way?
Fashions. Swetters are coming into
stiIe agen, amung the fellows wearing
them lately being Benny Potts. Sid
The colors run from red to green and
others.
Things You Awt to Know. You can
tell a horses age by its teeth if the
horse is willing. The werld was made
in days but not with all the modern
improvements
Riddle: Wy are apples round?
Answer: be-cores.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19
THE CASE OF THE RAfLRoADs.

american Railroads. a publication
issued by authority of the Associa-
ton of Railway Executives, devotes a
treat part of it's November IA issue
to an effort to show that reductions
in freight rates already put into ef-
feet have cost the roads more than
S2OO,O00,OOO. This contention loses
much Of its force in face Of the fact
that net earnings have been increas-
ing ever since rate reductions reached
a degree of Importance.
The traffic experts estimate that,
upon an annual basis with normal
traffic. reductions have cost the rail-
roads not less than $2OO,OOO,OOO a
year, and probably millions more.
But normal traffic is what they have
not had, and the only way to obtain
normal traffic was to reduce rates.
THE railroads of the United
States" says American Railroads,
''reaiize that the best interests of the
country demand railroad rates which
bear a reasonable relation to the
value of the commodities transported.
They also realize that with the de-
elines which have already taken place
in the values of many commodities,
Including farm products, existing rates
tend to become more and more uD-
just"
Here is apparent an attempt to
claim credit for a great public serv-
Ice when as a matter OF fact, the
roads themselves have been. the chief
beneficiaries of the rate reductions,
thru increased net earnings
1t is set forth by the executives that
they have determined to seek to re-
duce rates by a further reduction in
wages and labor cost of operation
and altho they are not earning a rea-
sonable compensation upon their cap
ftal. they have explicitly undertaken
TO turn over to the public in reduced
rates the full benefit Of such further
reduction in their payrons as they
can effect
They, have undertaken this ster
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19
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JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
WINTER JOYS,

WINTER JOYS
Grim old winters comm on,
Golden auuumn's almost gone,
Bleak and bare the hills appear;
Now the solemn time Of year
Hovers round uE and we turn
Nightly to the fires that burn,
And the home begins to ring
With the songs the children sing
Don't like winter and its colds
That's a sign we're getting old.
Getting old and feel the sting
of the billiards. buffeting.
And the silence makes US feel
That the touch OF death is real:
Yet indoors the wood fire snaps
Like the children on our laps
Winter. and the trees asleep
Under blankets white and deep,
Yet behind our doors we stay
Watching merry youth at play;
Telling stories new and old.
Tales that never would be told
To the young in prose or rhyme,
Were it always summer time.
Here are Joys we'd never know
But for ice and frost and snow
Blaze Of fire and Tilt Of song,
Love to make US brave and strong.
Peace that comes from little arms,
And a thousand otheracharmB
Bient with radiant delights
Only known to winter nights.
Copyright, 1921 By Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

back to me. I sat for a long time
cold and hungry, and she never came
back to me, and could not help cry
ing. The lady that lived in the house
heard me and asked me what was the
matter; and when told her she took
me into the kitchen and gave me
something to eat, and was very kind
to me-
At this simple narrative the passen-
gers were all much affected. Even the
gentleman who had first opposed her
coming into the coach rubbed his
hand across his eyes and said, "Poor
thing, poor thing" while Mr.. Law
renee pressed her more closely to-
ward him. and rejoiced that Provi-
dence had thrown in his way this
sweet little girl. whom he resolved to
adopt and add to his own happy fam
lily.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19
Dorothy Dix Tails
BIZ DOB0THY DIX
worlds highest Paid Woman Writsx.


A much peeved. little bride asks
me if I will write an article on the
EXCESSIVE, SURPLUS, UNPLEAS-
ANT, UNCALLED FOR, AND UNDE-
SIRED ADVICE-the adjectives and
the capitals are hers-that is bestowed
upon newly weds.
She says that she is overwhelmed
and daZed by the conflicting counsel
that has been given her, and that so
diametrically opposed are the various
theories of how to be happy tho mar
ried that have been thrust upon her
by different well-meaning friends
that she would not know which
prophet to follow, even if she were
seeking advice on the subject, which
she isn't Quite the contrary.
She has been told, she says, that it
is the duty of a wife to be meek. and
mild, and patient, and forbearing in
her attitude towards her husband. She
has also been assured that a wife
writes her own price tag, and that she
gets from her husband only what
she makes him give up, and that a
foxy wife lets her husband monopolize
all the meek, mild, patient business
while she remains perched upon the
pedestal ON which he installed her in
the days of courtship.
One woman advises her that the
way to help her husband get son is
by being thrifty, and industrious, and
economical. Another informs her
that the real recipe for making a hus-
band hustle is for his wife to be such
a good spender that he has to get
into high speed to keep up with her
bills.
One women tells her that the way to
keep a husbands affection is by max
ing corns on her hands cooking him
good things to eat. Another tells her
that if she desires to keep her hus-
band interested in holding her hand,
she must keep it in nice, squeeZable
condition.
One woman tell her that she must
use suavity, and tact, and diplomacy
in dealing with her husband. Another
is all for a good rough and tumble
fight, and going to the mat over every
topic on which a wife and husband
happen to disagree.
One school of thought among wives
believes in making a pampered house
hold pet of hubby. The other visual
ICES him as the family beast of bur
den, and cash register.
And so it goes. Each woman has
her own creed as to the best method
of dealing with her husband, and,
curiously enough, tho there are pre-
cious few wives who make such shin
ing success of the matter that they
have qualified as experts, and are en-
titled to speak with authority upon it.
none hesitates to lay downs the law
upon the subject.
One of the things that every woman
thinks she knows how to do is how to
manage her husband and the fact that
she has made a disastrous bungle OF
her attempt at it in her own case,
doesn't shake her faith IN her theory,
or cause her to refrain from trying to
pass it on to others.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19
OUR TAX PROBLEM. ,

Scores of wealthy men, County
Clerk Graham declares, are making
insufficient returns to the assessors,
who have no authority to verify the
statements by an inspection of bank
accounts! This means, he points out,
that while many substantial bank ac-
counts are going untaxed, the poorer
classes who cannot hide the little
property they own are paying a rate
Of taxation made unreasonably high
because of this condition. He thinks
the solution of the tax problem lies in
a law which would give county asses
sors authority to inspect bank books
and ascertain just how much money
every person has that is subject to
taxation.
The fact that many wealthy persons
are tax dodgers, while poorer persons
cannot escape if they would is no
toriousiy true. This always has been
so and probably will continue to be
true for some years to come. It re-
suits from the effort to collect taxes
on intangible assets. AS long as the
state tries to collect taxes on anything
that can be concealed it offers an in
centive for concealment.
It is improbable that Mr.. Graham's
plan of opening bank books to inspec-
ton of the assessors would prove ef-
fective as a remedy. There would be
nothing to prevent the depositor from
Withdrawing his money February %
and placing it in his safety deposit
box. On March ? he could restore it
to his account. Such a course might
wreck a bank occasionally but that
would not disturb the tax collector.
1t is urged by Mr.. Graham that If
all property paid its just proportion
of taxes the rate could be reduced. 1t
could but would it? The tendency of
the tax rate nearly always is upward.
Rarely has it been lowered. Increased
revenues almost invariably result in
the discovery of additional ways of
spending money.
While the state is seeking methods
by which it can collect taxes on in
tangible property it might profitabIy
turn its attention to the large amount
of tangible property that is tax-ex-
empt. Many millions of dollars are
invested in property of churches
lodges and other organizations which
the assessor cannot touch. The tax
payer thus is compelled to contribute
to the support of these institutions
whether he desire to do so or not
He must pay what they do lsot pay.
But while much property is entirely
escaping taxation other property is
being taxed two and three times. Thi:
is true, especially, of farm values
where the farm is mortgaged. The
! farm is taxed, the mortgage for which
it is pledged is taxed and the proceeds
OF the mortgage or the equivalent
\ thereof is taxed. Double taxation i,
| the first step toward -confiscation.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

The annual sale of Christmas seals
is about to begin. Two years ago the
Christmas seal project was turned
over by the Red Cross to the National
Tuberculosis association and its af-
filiated state and local organizations.
The total sale has increased each
Christmas season. Last year 364,1S1,-
075 seals were sold in America, and
this year the number is expected to
be far greater. For the coming cam
paign 20.O0O.O00 seals have been al
lotted Kansas, with a number of
health bonds in denominations rang
ing from SIS to 500. Selling seals for
the purpose OF raising money for
health work originated in Norway and
Sweden many years ago. In 1907,
Miss Emily Bissen of the Delaware
Red Cross-following a visit abroad
proposed that somewhat similar seals
be used in the United States for the
same purpose. A few were issued
and sold that year in Delaware. The
following year the American Red
Cross adopted the idea with the re-
suit that 100000 seals were sold and
the money thus derived was dedicated
to the campaign against tuberculosis
The local sale is expected to be much
larger this year than ever before, be-
cause Topeka people have before
them an actual illustration of what is
being accomplished with the money
they spend for Christmas seals in the
tuberculosis sanatorium.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

There seems TO be another row In
the industrial court. Does this mean
that the legislature will be called upon
again to divide the court and set up
another commission in order to es7
tabIsh harmony?
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

The war to end war resulted in the
sitting up of a lot of new small ma
tions. which are engaged continually
in swapping at one another. Self de-
termination appears to be largely
determination to fight.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

Probably one reason why the pro-
posed scrap3ing of battleships met
with so great favor in the Washing
ton conference is that battTeships have
grown to be regarded as almost
worthless. There is a popular belief
that they cannot, stand against the
afrships and submarines.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

The Farmers Union is for Henry
Ford in his proposals to buy the bat
tleships and rent Muscle Shoals.
Probably most Of the members drive
his cars
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

wholly compensate for a lack Of
training. The most comfortable. con-
tented homes are those where thrift
prevails and the family finances are
Systematically distributed by means of
a. budget.
Following are q few sample budgets
for man and VIE, compiled by the
Savings Banks association Of the state
of New York:
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-19

s1eO SEQ SO 500 500 go
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-09-09
ROADS AND BONDS

There exists in the minds of members of the Territorial admin
istration grave doubts as to the ability Of the Territory to float out
side Of Hawaii bonds for projects which are contained in the loan
fund bills Of the last Legislature, among which is a $4,000 bond issue
for the Kuiaha-kalipi Gulch road. If bonds are sold, they say, they
will probably have to be taken up by those most interested in the
particular projects, just as was done III the case of Nala wharf, Ka-
hului wharf and lao Valley road i'll the past few months.
There is no use in minimizing the threat of unpaved roads in the
pineapple sections Of this Island. There is a feeling of false security
at the present time because the bulk Of the pine crop has been moved
and the pack neals its end, but until the Kuiaha Kakipi Gulch road
is put into shape, put into a permanently good condition there will
be no surceaSc from the menace.
Where then is the money to come from for such an Improvement?
The money is provided in the loan fund bills if the bonds can be
disposed Of. Such an improvement cannot be made from the countys
tax money, and the board Of supervisors said a month ago it is not
in a position to make such an appropriation. The work must be done
Though the sale Of bonds.
The answer becomes plain. Those who are most vitality inter-
ested in the kuiaha-kalipir road project must help themselves. Those
to whom it would mean disaster if heavy rains prevented the move
ment of crops to the cannery must make themselves safe against the
possibility of loss and perhaps ruin.
There are numbers of land holders, former homesteaders, who
rent their pine lands at good rentals. There are larger numbers of
lcSsces, for in many instances lands are let by one owner to more
than one person, and the packing companies have leased other lands
Such land owners and such lessees, to protect their own interest, will
probably have to help in the taking Of such bonds. They need not
take the bonds in large amounts, but they should take them to the
limit Of their ability, Some might take only one hundred or two
hundred dollars, others five hundred, others a thousand. The COM
panies would have to do their part in taking and carrying such