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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09
Dorothy Dix 7aLks
BX DOROTHY DIX
Worlds highest Paid Woman Writes.
Why They Do If.


At a recent luncheon given to a
bride-to-be each of the women present
was invited to tell why she married
the man she did, or why she wished
to get married, or why she married
the second time, according to whether
she had enc husband, or had had two
husbands, or was looking for a hus-
band.
If the ladies told the truth, and
really got down to brass tacks about
their individual cases, it must have
been a most interesting experience
meeting, particularly as regarded the
matrimonial repeater.
The question: why did I marry
the man 1 did?' is one that every wo-
man asks herself with varying inflec-
lions, and to which she gives a diff
ferent answer according to the state
of the matrimonial barometer. When
the weather is fair and sunny, and
hubby is waiting hot air in her direc-
ton she is sure she married him be-
cause he was the Only Man in the
world for her.
But when the domestic skies are
lowering, when husband growls over
the bills, and is disgruntled, and I'M
reasonable, she opines that the only
explanation for her having married
that particular man was because the
fool killer was loafing on the job, and
not attending to business the day she
two-stepped with him to the altar.
Why anybody ma.~ries anybody else
is conundrum that keeps everybody
guessing, as you may learn by attend
ing any wedding. The strains of the
bridal march are never quite loud
enough to drown out the chorus that
swells from every throat of: For
PHYS sakei Is that the bridegroom?
What in the name of heaven do you
suppose she ever saw in him to make
her want to marry him? Looks like
a scared rabbit trying to swallow his
Adams apple, while he steps on his
own feet. I know men are scarce, but
it does seem as If she could have shut
her eyes, and run her hand in the
grab-bag and pulled out something
else than that!'
And what do you suppose made
him pick out Mabel for a wife? MY
dear. she is three years older than he
IS, and she is that made up 1 bet she
wouldn't recognize her own face if she
saw it in a mirror after it was washed
clean. Worse still she is one of the
vivacious kind that would give me
nervous prostration in two days.
imagine having to listen to her giggIe,
and exclaim, and have Mysteries, and
wonder, and joy, and delight for the
balance of your life! Funny how
people marry, isn't it? Wonder what
makes them choose each other out
of a whole world full of people that
look as if they would have suited them
SO much better"
And the answer Isl Search me-"
The question, Why do women marry
a second time? was cynically answered
a long time ago by Doctor johnson
who said that d second marriage was
the ultimate triumph of hope over
experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09
Questions Answers

Q. How is Los Angeles pronounced?
Also st. Louis? A. w. A.
A. Los Angeles may be pronounced los
an gel-es, long o, short a, short e's; or los
an-Jel-es short a, short els. The Spanish
pronunciation is los an-ha las, long o, first
a broad, the others a bit shorter. st.
Louis may be pronounced either saint loo
Q. What is the difference between
mastodon and a mammoth? c. s. w.
A. The mammoth was an elephant-now
extinct-related to and nearly the same
size as the existing Indian elephant. 1t,
however, had long, thick hairy coat and
very long upWard-turning tusks. The mas
extinct elephants, which differ from the
mammoth chiefly in the molar teeth which
have high conical cusps or parallel ridges
with little or no cement in the inter-spaces.
Some have small tusks in the lower jaw
besides those in the upper jaw.
Q. What was the total number of men
engaged in the World War? NJ. L. C.
A. The total number of men modified
by all nations during the World War has
O. What is the rope called by which
flag is lowered, and the name Of the iron
piece the rope is wrapped around? T. NJ.
4. The rope by which flag is lowered
is called a haIyard. The iron piece around
which the rope is wrapped is called the
Q: Please give recipe for mock cherry
& Cook together 1 cup cut cranberries.
y cup seedless raisins, chopped, 1 cup
sugar, 1 cup boiling water. scant tea
spoons VANILLA Bake in deep pie plate
with undercrust and pastry strips over
top.
O. Since the introduction of antitoxin,
decreased? S. P. D.
A. The Public Health Service says that
in the days before we had antitoxin. one
out of very three children who had diph-
liberia died. Now. if aptitoxin is used on
the first or second day of the disease,
ninety eight out Of every hundred children
recover.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, d. c. This
offer applies strictly TO information. The
Bureau cannot give advice on legal med
teal and financial matters. It does rot at
tempt to settle domestic troubles. nor to
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but in the restriction in the use of
capital which heavy surfaces impose.
Capital will not take business chances
of loss which it has to bear alone.
when a huge percentage of profit is
forfeited to the government.
The cost of doing business, includ-
ing heavy taxes. is added to the cost
of things which the farmer buys. and
provisions for low percentage tax,
widely distributed. would materially
reduce the prices of such things. And
yet the farmers representatives stand
for keeping taxes high. and by con-
trolling the vote the agricultural bloc
has been instrumental in defeating
real tax reform. with the result that
the present law is as bad for the
farmers as for every other individual
in the country, whether he pays taxes
or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09

Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
has Joined the army of Americans ia
voring a sales tax. His name should
prove a tower of strength to the
cause. President Harding in his an
nual message paved the way for early
revision of the revenue law. 1t may
be recalled that Senator Smoot, prior
to the passage of the recently enacted
revenue bill, predicted the enactment
of a sales tax law, 'if not this year,
then next year" The fact that sew
eraI congressman have been in Can
ada investigating the working of the
sales tax gives promise of favorable
action on the matter when it shall
be presented for legislative action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
FOOD.

EOOOs
All life is dominated by the sur
vival instinct-to get air, water, food,
and as great a measure of happiness
as possible.
Beyond the survival stage, however,
one is led or thrown into a devious
completely of interests, circumstances
and problems.
In a way, everything we take into
our existence or which affects our
bodies or our minds, is a food-help-
full and nourishing, or else in one way
or another harmful and destructive.
When the salesman sells an auto
mobile, he tells the customer TO drive
his car carefully and slowly for the
first few hundreds of miles He ex-
plains that the engine is stiff and
must not be oyer-Worked-that II it Is
treated with consideration at the start,
the owner will be amply repaid by
fine running engine thereafter.
The one who oYer-eats, strains his
bodily engine s If you worry. you dI-
minish your personal power.
Food is to increase power and to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09

piece out handling 1t, guess. If" she
paused. clapping her fingers over her
lips as Dick rose to his feet with
another of the gayly colored spools.
Pm going down and I'll take it to
Miss Marie myself" he said suddenly.
You see. I know her-remembered
her fancy-work. in fact"
A half hour later Louise in a she'll
pink frock opened the front door.
Louise" said Dick breathIessly.
What do you suppose? That little
piece of fancy-work that Marie sewS
on is all sham and pretense. She's
working on the same piece now-when
company comes-that she was when 1
went to call on heE two years ago.
She might at least have sense enough
to change the piece. What do you
think of that?"
Louise laughed and drew back as
he tried to take her hands. Don't
touch me, Dick" she said. II
wasn't expecting any one and I'm slI
floury. Making doughnuts for to-
night" she said with a blush.
do you mean to say that you bake
those delicious doughnuts that we have
so often?" he demanded.
why, of course"
He followed her thru the dining
room into the kitchen. And who's
sewing on the machine?" he asked as
he saw the sewing machine open and
piled with white cloth.
I'm making some house aprons
she said. and I sewed a while when
the fat for the doughnuts was getting
hot enough"
And you never told me that you
were domestic" he accused her.
We'll" she said, Il figured that
you'd find out soon enough after we
we"
After we're married." he finished
for her. "Oh. Louise, aren't girls
shams, tho? Spiders webs, huhi"
But Louise only smiled.
Copyright, 1921. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LE1E PARE

Me and Sid Hunt wunted to take q
wawlk to the park last Satidday ony
Sid had to mind his little brother Bert
saying to him, Hay Bert, me and Benny
wunts to take a little wawk, and you
Wouldent have eny fun going, so Will
you wait heer till we come back?
No, Ill go with you. sed Bert.
Witch Sid looked at me diskusted
and I winked at him saying, Wy watts
the matter with you Sid certeny Bert
will stay heer if we ask him to, he
one of the most Obliging little fellow
1 ever saw. If other people was ony
as obliging as wat Bert is they'd be
all rite, I sed.
G that's rite sed Sid winking back at
me, Bert always wunts to do people
favors, G wiz the trubble is you cart
keep him from doing you favors. he
certeny is obliging no matter wat you
ask him to do he's so glad to do it it's
almost a shame to ask him and take
advantage of his good nature I've
saw some obliging little kids before.
but I never saw eny half as obliginE
as our Bert, if do say so myself, ana
I sed, wy I bet for instants il we
asked him jest as a favor to wait heer
till we came back bet a hundred dol
lars he'd say Yes certeny, I bet he
say, Wy sure, go ahed, wat do care,
certeny.
bet he would too, that's Jest how
obliging he IS. 1 got a good mind t.
ask him jest to prove it. sed Sid. and
sed, Go ahed. ask him. and Sid sed.
Hay Bert, do us a little favor, will
you?
No. sed Bert.
And We started to wawk to the park
and Bert started to wawl with US and
We kepp telling him the most insult
ing things about himself we could
think of to keep him from injoying
himself.
WITCH he did anyways.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

= Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a girl
of II and have been going with a fell
low of "a. I love him dearly and he
loves me, but my folks do not want
me to 60 with him. Now am going
with q fellow of II and my folks seem
to like him very much, but L don't
like him as well as I do the other fell
low. This other fellow wants me to
go with him. What shall I do?
WORRIEDNESS
You are so young that I would ad-
wise you to rely upon the judgment of
your parents. They do not want you
to go with the older young man be-
cause they are afraid you will care
too much for him and it will deprive
you of the variety of friends which
are your due at the age Of It. I
would suggest that you go with both
boys as friends If your parents are
willing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09

Howat and his followers now are
between two fires. On one side are
the courts and on the other is the ma
tional organization of miners. The
national executive board dealt the
outlaws the most severe blow they yet
have received when it ordered the IL
linois officers to stop collecting dues
to pay benefits to the strikers. When
their pay stops most of the fight will
be taken out of the strike leaders.
Deprived of leadership the miners
probably will return to work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09
a wII,u FARHrERs LEARN?


l# The willingness of employees in the
western shoe factories to take lower
wages is reported, with a result of
business activity in, this trade being
shifted from New England to the
west. This appears to be an instance
where certain classes of wage earners
have been able to comprehend the
reasons for their unemployment, and
have taken a direct step for the re-
covery of the business which would
help their jobs. If this vision of the
actual situation could impress itself
upon all labor. the conditions in this
country. and in fact turnout the
world. would change promptly for the
better.
Just as soon as labor everywhere
reaches this common ground of I'M
derstanding and agrees to greater ef-
ficiency at reduced wages, which
means larger production at lower
costs. the whole industrial machine
will spring into normal activity.
The farmers present condition OF
price-deflation but not of debt-defla-
ton also has its direct bearing on the
prosperity of the entire country.
After all, the farmer represents the
greatest single buying class in the
United States; virtually half the con-
Stunning power of the country rests on
him. The farmer is postponing pur-
chases now. not because of any TiI-
full refusal to buy. but because Of his
limited financial ability. due partly to
his wilful refusal to sell at high prices
when he had the opportunity. The
story is told of a Missouri farmer who
said a few days ago: Il priced a hat
for myself and it was $3.50. That
meant 81 bushels of corn, a full
wagon load. The hat I have on cost
me four bushels. 1t will have to last
thru the winter"
The farmer. rebelling against con-
ditiOnss has allowed himself to be mis-
led by the politicians, and instead of
getting his representatives to under
take some reform which will benefit
him, has been led in exactly the op-
posite direction. Freight rates add to
the cost of manufacture, and so also
do taxes. Freight costs Will be re-
duced by drastic reduction in the cost
OF railway labor. Wages and rates
should of course, be considered to-
gether
Tho tax costs of the country are
most heavily borne by business, net
Glons in the taxes which It absorbs.
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Dinner Stories

Bishop Penuhurst was talking in
Boston about charity.
Some charities" he said remind
me of the cold, proud. beautiful
woman, who, glittering with diamonds
swept forth from a charity ball at
dawn, crossed the frosty sidewalk ana
entered her huge limousine.
"A beggar woman whined at the
window:
Gould you give me trifie for a
cup of coffee, lady?'
The woman looked at the beggar
reproachfuily.
Good graciousi' she said. Here
you have the nerve to ask me for
money when I've been todd1ing for
you the whole night thru! Home,
james,"
George Caylor was all smiles sum
day. as he was with his two best girls.
Mr.. Bill Pool and his two daughters
attended preaching at the Cross Roads
Sunday.
We sympathize with Mrs. McGaha
in the death of her old cat. It was
sixteen years old, and he was one or
the family.
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give very faculty and organ its fun
efficiency.
But everything about US must CO.
ordinate. Our minds must grasp
hands with our bodies. Thought can
not travel thru clogged brain cells,
nor expand and enlarge the scope of
the body if the body's wonderful parts
fail to respond to direction and lead
ership.
Food Is dominant - whether it be
for the body or the nina.
And we need such an infinite va
riety for all that we want to be and
become!
Art, music, literature. science, play.
work-these are all foods essential
and necessary for healthy and happy
existence.
Then why starve or grow weak in
possibilities when there is so much
from which you may draw
Search for those things which build
and strengthen you most-and stick
to them!
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JUST FOLKS
aOUR LITTLE HOUSE.
= EDCAR q. GUEsT.

"OUR LITTLE HOUSE.
I'd like to have them think Of me
AS one with whom they liked to be;
I'd like to make my home so fair
That they would all be happy there,
To have them think, when life is done
That here they had their finest fun.
Within these walls with love aglow,
They live tomorrOw's Long Ago.
Nor is the time so far away
When now shall be their yesterday,
And they shall turn once more to see
The little home which used to be.
When comes that time want them then
To wish they could be here again,
want their memories to be
A picture of n kindly me,
To have them say how very glad
Their youthful lives were made by dad.
want them to recall this place
As one of charm and tender grace,
To love these walls of calm content
Wherein their youthful years were spent
A feel thru each succeeding year.
They lived their happiest moments here
I feel shall have failed unless
This house shall shelter happiness.
Save they shall find their truest mirth
Around their fathers humble hearth,
And here lifes finest joys attain
shall have lived my life in vain.
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09

The action of the railroads in re-
ducing passenger rates for the holi-
days is not entitled to be construed
into a Christmas gift to the public.
It is in fact a recognition of the prin-
ciple that a big business at a small
profit is better than a small business
at a big profit. Railroad passenger
business has suffered greatly from ex-
ceSsive rates. The lower tariffs Of
fered doubtless will bring some of the
idle rolling stock into use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09
He's Doing II. Too.

Sir-Your latest def relative to your
apparent susceptibility on the PROPOSE
ton offered by the Macksville Enter
prise intrigues me.
Some time ago I suggested an easy
way out by laying claim to Edward
Bok's offer of a cash gratuity to the
person doing the greatest service t.
Philadelphia. I offered the subtle sug-
gestion that you quit your job, am
thus automatically become the re
cipient of Mr.. Bok's generosity.
1 do not know if this Macksville
Enterprise thing is a creature of your
Imagination, but if 1 were you L would
not spurn the offer. If you gain
vote of confidence after your def
then Barnum sure did underestimate
the crop.
Are you under any obligation to Cul-
len Cain that you grant him free ad-
vertising space, or is it just a brother
act' to kid the boss?
And, by the way. did you mean it
when you proclaimed IF Winter
Comes the best book of the year, or
was that another one of your Jokes =?
You'll remember me. J. R. 1.
OF course. We remember J. r. I.
He is the chappie who wanted Hon.
Dempsey to stop his training long
enough to come up from Atlantic City
and slap the columns face off. When
we suggested that j. R. I. substitute
for Hon. Dempsey. he declined the
commission. OF course, We remember
him. AS for the balance of it, we
hope We shall always be found boost
ing for gentlemen who are as sane.
clean, straightforward, kindly and
courteous as Cullen Cain.
However. ]. r. I. would miss the
column moro than he thinks One
who peruses it SO closely and per-
sistently that he recalls parag graphs
which appeared herein months ago is
in no position to give the column up.
We have no opinion as to the Hon.
Ruth's place in the armament of
vaudeville. 1t is all right with US il
he knocks EN- dead. But if he is
knocking 'em dead, why the herculean
effort to make it appear that he is
doing so?
AS we have indicated, we haven't
seen the Hon. Ruth's act. That is
one ordeal we intend to spare ourself.
But his publicity is as fictitious as
its hero.
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The advance in the price of liberty
bonds is attributed by the Wall Street
Journal to heavy purchases made by
the banks. It appears that the bank
ers foresaw a reduction in interest
rates and fastened to put their money
into securities the Interest rate on
which promised to be permanent. If
anybody have better explanation let
him bring it forward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09

When the people were being urged
to buy government bonds they were
told that the bonds would sell at a
premium later. That day has been a
long time on the way but it is here.
Victory 4%s on Wednesday were
quoted at $102.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09

The two Georges, King and Lloyd,
have done fine piece of team work
in bringing the Irish problem to a So
luton. Professional Irish patriots
like Frank P. Walsh are about to
become separated from their jobs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09

John ]. McGraw is reported to have
pad $4,000 for two baseball play
crs. It would be interesting to know
how much of this sum is real money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09

If Edison's prediction that gold will
be made from lead come true. the
monetary system of the world will be
upset. 1t would make the payment OF
national debts easy.
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Copyright. 1920. By tbe vSnaeIsr Syndicate
Incl