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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

would only be a burden TO him-why.
she couldn't cook and sew or wash
and iron, and, she certainly couldn't
take care OF chickens
81 could learn to do it, interrupted
Edith. # have learned more diff
cult tasks. Ny mother did it Tor my
father when he was poor young
man-she has told me So"
Mrs Geer's eyes sought Mrs. Tenn
ple's face and that of her husband.
The two were looking at each other
with reminiscent smiles. II think you
might be more human than some rich
folks" said David's mother bluntly.
awe loved each other" said Mrs.
Temple softly, ''and it has held thru
the years.
my David loves your daughter, but
we Geers are proud-we come OF good
stock, but we've been poor for two
generations-poor but honest"
That's a good enough family for
nv daughter to marry into" ejacu-
lated Mr.. Temple, laying his hand on
his wife's shoulder.
Mrs. Temple nodded, smiling. and
Edith came and put her arms around
them.
''Who will tell David?" asked Mrs
Geer anxiously. Hes fretting-and
says he's going to give up his position
with you"
at will be for a better one. sup
pose--and I think we had better all
go and tell David, or he won't believe
it,"
AS Edith went before them. they
say that all the modern aggressive
ness had slipped from her splendid
young shoulders She was simply a
| sweet, shy girl going to meet her
lover, and their own little lass who
had so suddenly grown away from
them.
"She would have married him any
way--she's plucky-and she'll make
him a grand wife," said David's moth
| er.
! Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
| Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05
JUST FOLKS
LONELY OLD FELLOW.
Bx EDGAR A. GUEST.


The roses are bedded for winter, the tulips
are planted for spring.
The robins and martins have left US; there
are only the sparrows to sing
The garden seems solemg1y silent, await
ing its blankets of snow,
And feel like a lonely old fellow with no.
where to turn to ge.
All summer I've lowered about them, all
summer they've nodded at me,
I've wandered and waited among them the
first pink of blossom to see;
I've known them and loved and caressed
them, and now all their splendOf has
fled,
And the harsh winds Of winter all tell me
the friends of my garden are dead.
I'm lonely old fellow. that's certain All
winter with nothing to do
But sit by the window recalling the days
when my skies were all blue;
But my heart is not given to sorrow ann
never my lips shall complain,
For winter shall pass and the sunshine
shall give me my roses again.
And as for the friends that have vanished.
the friends that they tell me are dead.
Who have Travelled the road to Gods Acres
and sleep where the willows are
spread.
They have left me lonely old fellow to sit
here and dream By the pane,
But 1 know, like the friends of my garden,
we shall alEmeet together again.
Copyright 1921, by Edgar A. Gaest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05
WHAT,s A BOY SCOUT?

A Boy Scout He enjoys a walk
| thru the woods more than he does the
excitement of the city streets. He
learns the facts about the winds, the
stars, the trees and all living things
and becomes master of himself" in
the open.
A Scout can tie a knot that will
hold, he can swim, he can pitch 81 tent,
he can mend a tear in his trousers.
lie can tell you what weeds are pois-
! onous and what are not; if living near
ocean. lake or river he can reef q
sail or pull an oar.
A Scout does not run away when an
accident occurs. If a person has re-
ceived a cut the Scout uses his first
aid knowledge in stopping the flow of
blood; If person has been burned the
Scout knows just how to alleviate the
suffering; if anyone should be dragged
from the water unconscious, a Scout
at once sets to work to restore res
piration and circulation.
A Scout is kind to everything that
lives. He prides himself upon doing
a good turn" every day-for which
he, of course, will not accept tip.
A Scout promises to do his duty to
God andshis country,yto obey the Scout
law, to help other people at all times,
TO keep himself physically strong,
mentally awake and morally straight.
Next week Topeka citizens will be
asked to contribute $4,000, for the
Boy Scouts of Topeka. The Topeka
Boy Scout council finds from it's sur
vey that there are $500 boys in To-
peka eligible to scoutdom, and an eff
fort is being made to bring them all
into troops, Of which it is planned to
form at least 100 in this city. A com
prehensive program has been laid out
and the people of Topeka will, with
their contributions next week, be
building a strong future citizenship
Their money will return to them a
thousandfold.
No greater investment can be made
than money spent looking towards
better boyhood and a resultant
stronger. cleaner, finer manhood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

Ali over the country home build
ing is going on upon an increasing
scale. Credit for this condition is
awarded the newspapers by the Ma
tionaI Lumber Manufacturers as
ISOLATION. Newspapers have been i'm
pressed by the reiterated fact that
lumber at the mills is cheap. Ma
terials generally are being sold at
prices that warrant full confidence in
building investments. And the pros
pect OF increasing building activities
grow brighter every day. 1t is a won
derful tribute to the power and
patriotic influence of the American
press. Secretary Hoover recognizes
early in his official experience that
America must build homes for it's p8o-
pie. He pointed out the dangers of a
nation of tenants, and it was very
largely upon his earnest representa-
tons that the American newspape1 IS
and magazines began advocating
home building Upon the heels Of the
press in urging home construction,
came Nhe great volume OF industrial
advertising in which the lumber in
dustry took the lead, and the result of
the combined efforts of all these
potential forces has been n remark
able revival of building. y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05
INFORMATION FOR ALL READERS OF
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formation bureau in the world
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1t can answer practically any question
you want to ask, butt can't give advice.
or make exhaustive research
Tie war forced so many changes in the
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invaluable to ali who use it.
Keep in touch with your government at
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ers may take advantage of 1t. You are
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Write your request briefly, sign your
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05
AN 1MpRoXED OUTLOOK.


There is a general conviction, sup
ported by the events of a number of
weeks past, that definite betterment
has taken place in the business out
! look Much id1eness still exists to re-
mind us of the serious nature of our
economic ills, and all signs point to a
continuance Of the unemployment
problem for a considerable time to
eoTRe. But it is an encouraging fact
that the problem is not so intense as
it was
Employment is increasing, the i'm
provement being determined by the
rate at which business confidence is
being restored. More hands could be
employed were not production being
held carefully within the bounds die
tated by demand. The speculative
orgy which eliminated last year in
disaster to those who We're holding
goods for large profits taught a lesson
that has not been forgotten, and goods
being produced are being sold before
new commitments are made.
up to now" says a bulletin issued
bank of New York, 1.-THE reaction from
extreme depression has not, it is true,
expressed itself in any exuberant DEM
onstration. Still, we are all optimistic
by nature, and a disposition to assume
that all of the country's business trou-
bles are over is bound to grow if that
disposition be encouraged. Indeed,
the old doctrine has lately been
preached again that all that is neces-
sary to bring prosperity back is to
think prosperity. On this subject n
bit of advice that has come to us in
the mail from the west is worth keep
ing in mind. 1t is:
Keep faith, take a renewed hold on
confidence, work hard; but maintain a
sharp lookout, beware of false hopes,
and do not mistake the mirage now
visible on the horizon for a land of
ease and plenty wherein there is
neither responsibility nor peril to be
met"
With a return to- better times has
come a tendency toward a rise in
prices This is seen particularly in
lumber, which has advanced slightly
in response to the largely increased
demand incident to the great amount
of building now in progress But the
advance in lumber prices must not be
taken too seriously. since it will tend
to cause an increase in production
and thus provide additional employ
ment for labor. When production has
overtaken demand prices again will
fall.
In every season of confusion and
doubt, continues the banks bulletin,
it is well to search the past for par
allels, and he will renew his conf
dence who goes back to his forgotten
boyhood books and reads the story OF
the American states after the revoIu-
ton, the story of England after the
wars with Napoleon, the story of our
own south after the Civil war, the
story Of France after the German in
vasion of 1871. Necessity to regain a
grievous loss faces the world, and tho
the extent of the damage wrought by
the war outranks any like thing the
world has ever known, and tho the
difficulties of after-war reconstruc-
cause they are International, where
formerly they were for the most part
simply national. every calm thinker
has an abiding assurance that in the
long run a way will be found out OF
the worlds difficulties.
Marshal Foch is reported to have
!. -s-T,E l.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

No propaganda is too absurd to
command a following if presented
continually and with earnestness.
Bolshevism affords case in point and
history affords hundreds of similar a.
lustrations. A French writer points
out that the serpent, the bullock, the
crocodile and other animals have had
millions OF wOrshippers. Innumerable
were the divinities who demanded hui
man sac lfices. 1t seemed quite nat
ural to Homer's warriors that a king
should sacrifice his daughter to obtain
from the gods a wind that would fill
their vessels sails.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

The thirty years old Populist plan
of government loans on grain in ware
houses has bobbed up again. This
time it has the backing of the war
fihanee-commissio Nearly all of the
program advocated by the Pepulists
has been placed on the statute books
Of the country already. 1t may be
that the principles of the Nonpartisan
league Will find favor with the general
public within the present generation.
but not until they have been taken
up by a class of men different from
Townley and his lieutenants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

The government is bringing pres
sure t. bear on China to- force pay,
ment of a debt to a Chicago bank but
nothing of the sort appears in connec-
ton with the much larger debts owed
to this country by European nations.
Bullying China, however. IS a per-
fectly safe proceeding. She has no
real friends and her friendship is not
highly valued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

'All right, my boy, I'll give you a
raise. But don't say aftetward that /
did you no favof.'
A salesmanlike looking Inspector
stopped over night at a small town
Kansas hotel ands was surprised to
find a dirty roller towel in the wash
room. Indignantly he said to the
landlord: Don't you know that it
has been against the law for years to
put up a roller towel in this state?"
Sure, I know it," replied the pro-
prietor, but no ex post faeto law goes
in Kansas, and that there towel was
put up before the law was passed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

AlthO thousands of visitors have
been in Topeka this week. the citys
only playhouse has been dark except
for screen plays, and these most of
the visitors have opportunities Of see
ing at home. 1t is something that it
is believed never happened before
during the theatrical season. It is
due, perhaps, to high railroad fares
more than to any other one cause.
Companies of sufficient size to 5ut on
an attractive play cannot collect
enough to pay salaries and the
enormous cost of moving from one
city to another. The government adds
to the cost of travel by collecting a
tax on railroad tickets. but loses what
it might collect on theater tickets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

Senator New insists the soldiers ad-
justed compensation measure is IN
constitutional because it proposes 10
tax one class of citizens for the bene-
fit of another. But the same might
truthfully be said about every form
Of tax in existence. The only tax yet
suggested that will fall with equal
weight on everybody is the sales tax
Under it every person would pay &C.
cording to ability or willingness to
spend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

Marshal Foch is reported to have
brought IS pounds of smoking to-
bacco over in his grip. Probably he
had heard of our anti-cigaret law ana
feared what might happen next.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

Congress is asked to appropriate
$1O,oO0,00o for the enforcement of the
prohibitory law during the coming
year. Let's all "swear Off and save
that money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05
Dinner Stories

'Pd like to get married. but I can"
support a wife on my present salary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

Miss Jane Adams believes women
win be able to<avert future wars. We
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05

Captain Kidd had a ship to outfit
and a crew to maintain. There was
some justification. for him. There isn't
a hotel or restaurant in the country
under the necessity of doing either.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-04-23
Preventative Medicine

The tendency of medical science is
toward pre- tentative measures. 1t is
easier and better to prevent than to
cure. Pneumonia, one of the most
dangerous diseases that medical men
have to contend with, often follows a
cold or attack of the grip. The COLI
prepares the system for the reception
end development of the pneumonia
gem. The longer the cold hangs on,
the greater the danger. Take Cham
bcllaln's Cough Remedy ass soon as
the first indication of cold appears
so as to get rid of it with the leas..
possible delay. 1t is folly to risk an
attack of pneumonia when this rene
dy may be obtained for t4ide,-Ad-
vertisement.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-04-23

EAH-s1HsAs
--latest reports from relief parties In
the areas devastated by tornadoes
throughout the South and Southwest
show ninety-four persons have been
killed.
General Pablo Gonzales, former of
ficer of CarranZa'S army and once can
didate for the presidency, is reported
to have crossed the Rio Grande. He
returned to San Antonio, where about
twenty-five former generals of the
Mexican army are now living.
Officials of railroad union will meet
at Chicago to decide steps to De taken
in compliance with the United States
Railroad Labor Boards decision that
national shop agreements be abrogated
July and new rules adopted.
First National Bank Of Marcus
Iowa, was closed because of inability
to realize on loans.
Spikes and connecting plates were
removed from the rails on section Of
the main line OF the Pennsylvania Rail.
road, near Nilanova. Railway officials
believe it was an act of malicious in.
tent
American Sheet & Tin Plate Co, a
subsidiary Of the United States Steel
Corporal on, announced price reduc.
ticHS for sheet iron ranging from 81 to
$14 a ton.
Six armed bandits who held up two
hank messengers on an Illinois Central
train in Chicago took two satchels con.
tanning SG3S,000 in cancelled checks.
Eight persons were killed and fifty
injured in the tornado that struck Me-
lissc, Tex.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-04-23
SPORTING

Jack Dempsey assures his friends
that he will be in perfect physical con
dition when he faces Carpenter July .
Pennsylvania crew defeated Yale by
boat length in the annual race on the
NouSatonic River, Conn. Since 1886
Nate had won and Pennsylvania 6
OF these races. Two.Yale oarsmen col.
loEsed Is their shell crossed the finish
ana
Although Wrestlers have discovered
and perfected defences for nearly
every hold and lock that has been EN-
ployed no granler has succeeded in
presenting ah effective defence again
The Lewis head lock.
The latest unofficial selection of a
site for the battle between Dempsey
and Carpenter is Marion, suburb of
Jersey City. Marion is situated on the
Hudson tube line just beyond the Sum
nit avenue station. 1t is near the
marshes, and the Newark plankroad is
within Il stones throw of it, so that
richards proposed arena can be
reached by tube trains, trolleys and
automobiles without Inconvenience.
In the last Geographic shoot of the
season Yale defeated Harvard 1913 to
1881.
Members of the Charlotte Club of
the South Atlantic League performed
an unusual feat in the game with Win
ston-Salcm Of the Piedmont League
when they scored four runs on four
pitched balls.
Fred Bower, former track star of
England, has completed over Yukon
winter trail a 300 mile walk from
White Horse. He negotiated the dis
lance in seven days, thirteen hours,
elapsed time.
Tex Richard, promoter of the Demp-
sey-Carpentier fight. looked over sew
eral proposed sites in Jersey City for
the com ng bout, but made no choice.
sam Lewis, the veteran referee, who
has been third man in the ring in many
biz contests, has been engaged to ref
cree the George Chaney-Joe Benjamin
contest.
Rocky Kansas failed to get chance
TO box Benny Leonard at Madison
Square Garden, New York, because he
demanded a guarantee of $4,000.
London promoters want Pete Her.
man to return to England and box Jim.
my Higgins, the British bantam, 20.
round bout.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-04-23
GENERAL

II. 3. Crone, former chemist ut gov
eminent powder plant at Old Hickory,
Tenn, was sentenced to fifteen years
and fined $4,000 by judge Sanford
at Nashville for theft of government
platinum valued at thousands Of dol
lars
Ruel ii. GrucnWald, an attorney,
and Enyald Stevenson were arrested
by postal authorities in Chicago on
charges of having in their possession
money stolen in the Dearborn station
mail robbery.
johnny Buff is going to take on Bob
b. Doyle i. 15-round bout before a
New York club May 3.
Fire of undetermined origin at The
Dubois Mccoy lumber yard, Bellaire,
Ohio, caused loss estimated at $780,
600.
Temporary injunction was granted
publishers of Henry Ford's Dearborn
independent forbidding Cleveland Of
ficials from interfering with the street
sales of the paper.
United States District Attorney c.
+. Clyne, of Chicago, said "anybody
who can claim the slightest connection
with the church is setting himself up
as an agent for Sacramental wines.
Even undertakers have gone into the
business"
Lieutenant James J. Langin, army
air service, was killed at Boiling Field,
near Washington, in the fail of his air
plane. He was attempting a landing
when his machine became unmanage-
able.
Five former dry agents of Buffalo,
N. Y, were found guilty Of accepting
bride, fined $500 each and sentenced
to terms in the Federal prison at At
lanta, Ga.
DR.. Il. L. Flske, medical director OF
the Life Extension Institute, denied re.
ports that tuberculosis has increased
markedly in the United States since
the coming of prohibition.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-04-23
FOREIGN

Inauguration of Royal Dutch Air
Service viii begin this week. The ma
chimes will cary ten passengers, Il pilot
and mechanic.
Three Englishmen and an English
girl were arrested, charged with SNUG
Cling gold from Austria into Germany.
Postage rate on French souvenir post
cards Will be reduced 80 per cent, ac-
cording to Il bill introduced in French
Chamber Of Deputies.
Regular wireless telephone communi-
cation has been established between
the military station at Carabanchel,
near Madrid, and Nauen, Germany, a
distance Of about LIS miles.
Population in Paris has increased
1G5l2 to 2,SG3,714 in the last ten
years.
Hugo SHINES, steel and irol Aing"
Of Germany, is reported to beN.>uying
up timber, pulp mills and water rights
in Austria and Spain.
French cinema producers are re-
ported going to build movie city to
be Il rival of Los Angeles, Cal, just
outside of Nice.
a bill fostered by the Paris Mu-
niclpal Council was introduced in
French Chamber of Deputies providing
a tax Of from 21a to 6 francs on tour
lists.
The general strike of millions of
workers in sympathy with the coal
miners, collapsed with dramatic sud.
denness. Labors Triple Alliance split
wide open over the uncompromsinp
attitude of the miners toward the gov.
ernments peace proposals.
All port activities at Buenos Aires
were suspended by the Port Workers
Union as Il result Of the death Of two
steyedtres on board the STEAMSHIP
Terre Hautei The men were killed
by an explosion.
Canadian House of Commons com
mittee ratified new trade agreement
between Canada and France.
49, > esHa
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-04-23
NATIONS BUSINESS

Word has been received that with a
deficit for the six months ended March
/ of more than %l2,0OO,0UO the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
road will make Il drastic cut iii passeh-
ger train service.
Secretary DENLY ordered reduction
of from 10 to 80 per cent in price Of
clothes for marines and sailors
National Tube Company, u subsid'
larry of the United States Steel Cor
poration, announced reduction III
tubular products ranging from 81 10
Sl2 Il ton.
y speedy lowering OF railroad rates
was urged as an essential to agricdi-
ture and industry by Secretary Hoo
ver speaking at the conference Of the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
The active campaign of organization
In til steel industry affiliated with tie
American Federation of Labor to un-
ionize the steel plants OF the country
will begin June 10, the Executive
Council Of these unions decided at a
meeting in Washington.
A business convention will be held
by the United States Chamber Of Com
merce at Atlantic City, April y to 20
A bin providing penalties for persons
causing, or engaging in a strike was re-
ported fayorably by the labor commit
tee to the Connecticut senate.
For the first time since 1914 Min
neapois patent flour has sold for less
than 50.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-04-23
DON'T WASTE TIME:

It's waste of time to experiment
with liniments and plasters when
you have dull, throbbing backache
or sharp, stabbing twinges. Get aft
er the cause! Help the kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills. Read this.
Mrs. c. L. Mason, 922 End St, 70
comoke City, says: 81 used Doan 3
Kidney Pills with benefit when my
kidneys were out of order. At times
l would have dull aching and sore
ness across my back and kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills were recommend
ed and l got some at Lloyd & Blaine's
Drug Store. They were just wnat I
needed and l was soon free from the
aches and pains and my kidneys were
in good order"
SOC. at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co.. Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.