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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

1t has been suggested that the way
to make up for high freight rates one
pays is to buy railroad stocks and
share in the profits of the railroads.
But high freights have not been OPP
posed because the roads were believed
TO be making big profits. but because
they were retarding business and in
juring the publis as well as themselves.
Some of the most successful business
men in the country proceed upon the
theory that a big business at a small
profit pays more than a small bust
ness at a large profit. OF this class
Henry Ford is a striking example. If
the plan be profitable for Ford, why
not for the railroads? In the old
days, the shoemaker who made shoes
by hand was compelled to collect
big p srcentage of profit in order to
live. The shoemaker of today can
pile UP a fortune on a profit Of cents
q pair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

Everything seems to indicate that
the country with the beginning of
1922, will enter upon a prosperous
business year. il congress will but
meet the demands of the public inter-
est. The business trend continues in
the right direction. Improvement is
slow and does not yet embrace all in
dustries. This, however, is generally
regarded as wholesome, not regret
table; first. because any sudden out
burst of activity would probably cause
wild price movement, and, second, be
cause numbers of industries do not
deserve to enjoy Improvement until
they have brought their prices into
line with the new level. An abun-
dance of idle money-bank reserves
have reached new maximum-is
likely to become, very shortly, an i'm
portant factor in stimulating a renew
al of enterprise in various directions.
Banks cannot afford to carry idle
funds, since idle funds, like idle work
ers do not earn anything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12
Observation-Disclosures

@. Why has the venussde Milo no arms7
thorities that Venus de Milo had arms.
These were broken off before the statue
was discovered. after having been buried
for great period of time. The position
of the arms has been the subject of endless
q. What combination of cards will count
% and 26 in cribbagef S. A. G.
A. There are no combinations of cards
in cribbage which will total - or % The
totals 10 and q are also impossible 70
Q. What city in Africa is the largest7 I.
A. Cairo. the capital of Egypt, is the
9. Do they have severe storms in Flori-
da J. n. c.
storms of the West Indian hurricane type
occur at irregular intervals during the
late summer and early autumn months over
southern districts. Aside from these,
severe storms OF other character are in
o. How many diamonds have been found
in the diamond mine in Pike county, Ar
A We are informed that more than 5 1000
stones have been taken from this mine.
@ L understand that fighting ships OF
$50 years ago had copper bottoms. Why
were they used and how thick were they !.
A. The Navy Department says it is true
that fighting vessels of $50 years ago had
copper bottoms. The copper was extremely
1lLuO the I0lck1eSS Is HOT given IN Oh
records. 1t was used to protect vessels
against worms and barnacles. The plates
were applied on the outside Of the hull.
This practice was principally used by men,
of-war, but a few merchant vessels also
used the copper plating.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. G. This
offer applies strictly to information. The
Bureau cannot give advice on legal med
ical and financial matters. 1t does rot at
tempt to settle domestic troubles. nor to
undertake exhaustive research on any sub
5ect- Write your question plainly and
briefly Give full name and address and
enclose two cents in stamps for return
postage All replies are sent direct to the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

had not been kept. She felt secure. in
spite of the bandits proximity, be-
cause there was no chance that he
could climb out of the well, but lshe
took care to bolt all the doors.
The next day Marjorie continued to
but no motor car of any description,
much less a racer, appeared. She
wished someone would come to re-
lieve her of Black Jim.
On the following day her father re-
turned
81 have surprise for YOU" she
announced, after he had kissed her
BLACK Jim is my prisoner-in the
WE'LL
Mr. Crandan whistIed and looked
skeptical, but he procured a revolver
and went to the well, lowering a rope.
Climb outi" he called. But don't
try any funny business, or I'll shoe. !"
Marjorie and her father hauled
away on the rope, and presently a
head appeared in The hole. and then
a whole man appeared.
Harry" Marjorie rasped, her voice
still affected by the cold. why, how
the horse-your- car
Harry grinned ruefuIly, as he tried
to brush. slime from his clothes. 'I
tried to Keep the date" he said in a
whisper, but I got lost. 1 came
across your house, but didn't suspect
you lived here. 1 thought I'd ask the
way, so 1 dismounted-right into the
well. I've ridden a hundred miles to
keep our engagement, and I've lost my
voice shouting for Lelp. Car, did you
say? Why. don't you know I'm on a
vacation-and driving an automobile
is work."
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12
JUST FOLKS
my wGAp CHEST
MISSING.


The house was fine to look upon
And all the grounds were neat and trim
But of his neighbors 1 was one
Who really didn't envy him,
His walls with tapestries were hung
And costly pictures. old and rare,
But there was not sign that young
And healthy children sheltered there
His books would thrill the bibliophile,
And I was glad TO look them DER,
But happier with them l would feel
II there were toys upon the floor;
Each kept with dignity its place.
By servants paid for that, no doubt,
But on them / could find no trace
That children ever pulled them out.
In all his mansion fine I found
No building blocks or rubber ball,
No train of cars was left around
To cluster up his marble hall;
looked in vain on every chair
For scratches left by little feet,
But there was no disorder there
And home should never be so neat.
For all his wealth and mansion fine
For all the treasures he has bought,
would not trade the house of mine
Where pillow fights are nightly fought.
To fingermlrks / point with pride,
To scattered toys much care L give,
A house too neat I can't abide,
want home where children live.
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

private industry in profitable opera
ton which will enable the operators
to contribute regularly to the reve-
nues of the public treasury. II the
government is to have profitable in
funds, it must maintain tax and other
laws which, encourage men 70 use
their savings in productive industry
rather than investing them in munich
pal bonds.
Public improvements give work to
the idle but they pay no taxes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

The striking trainmen of the inter-
national & Great Northern railroad,
who lost out, it is said are to get their
jobs back by order of federal court.
This action may tend to give the
unions a better opinion of the courts
but it will not make it easier to OBJ
tain men to keep trains running when
the regular crews quit work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

a United States court OF appeals
in New York rules that a fair annual
rent is per cent on the assessed
value of a landlords property This
ruling catches the poor landlord COM
ing and going. If he collect high
rents he must pay high taxes and if
he pay low taxes he must accept low
rents. But there remains the ques-
ten whether s per cent is sufficient
to pay upkeep. interest on investment
and cover depreciation of property. If
not the courts ruling simply will put
a check on future building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

The reign of Saturn is ended and
Jupiter is about to take a hand in
running things, according to Anna
Eva Fay. One might have thought
that it was Mars that has been on the
iob
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12
WHO'S Got lie Button?

DO you keep UP with the styles?"
Don't know much about 'em.
do know, however, that my wife is
doing her own buttoning-up lately
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

IT may be that was de rigueur thirty
or forty years ago, but If q chappy
should try it now the girl would slap
his face off
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

The cases of Nicola Sacco and
Batholomeo Vanzettf emphasize an
other point which we have, from time
to time. cautiously projected. It is
that your radical is nearly always a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

Round Dancing. \
ST realize your desk probably is
overloaded daily with offerings from
your followers" writes w. J. X, yet
I cannot resist sending you this clip
ping, cut from a book which was a
classic thirty or forty years ago." The
clipping intrigues. Well give it a ride:
The position in round dancing is of
the utmost Importance. We would
recommend that this style of dancing
be INDUCED in only by intimate ac-
quaintances, as the necessary proxim-
ity of the performers, is far from
agreeable to a sensitive woman If her
partner is not a refined gentleman;
land OF this it is almost impossible to
be assured without intimate knowl-
edge The clasp should be only close
enough to enable the movements TO
be performed with comfort and to
give the necessary support.
The gentleman will place his right
arm lightly about his partners waist
and clasp her right hand with left.
The lady will place her left hand on
the right shoulder of the gentleman,
face turned slightly to the left Avoid
jerky movements and let all harlequin
antics be relegated to such absurdi-
ties as the Boston Dip and the
Racquet" The waltz, when danced by
two accomplished performers, is the
very poetry Of notion" and gives al
most as much pleasure TO the behold
ers as to the participants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12

OF course, none of the observations
made here is applicable to New York
New York has a fine looking lot of
police officers. They are polite,
courteous and efficient. That lets the
town out. The native New Yorker
knows nothing and always will.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Calendar for the Current Week

suNDAYAeolan Hail. by the New York Symphony
Soctety Carnegie Hail. by the New York Phihar
monic Orchestra; College recital by Samuel
Badwin by the New York Trio
and Ellen Rumsey, ontraito; Hippodrome recital
by Feodor Chalpn; s recital by John Mccormack;
by Xavier oinist; Catalina and
Vaerano Gill; Metropolitan House. Caruso
Memorial Concert the Verdi Home; $3.50
MONDAYAeoan Hail. recital by Magot Samoranya
S recital Hucheson Town Hail.
recital by Damun; Metropolitan Opera House,
8 p. M, German Tristan und Isolde"
TuESDAY-Aeoian Hail. Shelng; 8:l5
recital by Beatrice Martin Carnegie Hail. s:15
by the Philadelphia Orchea Metropolitan Opera
House, Richard Strauss and New York Phil
Hail. recital by Odee LIE
Fontenay s5 recital by Marie Mkova
WEDNESDAYCity College, recital by Samuel A.
Baldwn Metropolitan House, French and Italian
Ia varraie" "Cavalea Rusicana'
cello recital Joseph Press;
Hail. New York Symphony Society; S:15
Orchestra; Metropolitan
House, Italian LA Boheme" and
"Tosca."
by
volinist Joseph Hslop
Aeoln Hail. $3.50 recital by Bernardo Olshan
York Philhar
Orchestra; the New York Symphony
Orchestral Metropolitan Opera House, Italian Lucia
Hail. m, recital Friedman; 8:15
m, recital Phylida Ashley; Carnegie Hail. 2:30
Orchestral $3.50
Brooklyn Academy
the Society;
French Carmen; p. m,
Lescaut."
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Productions Open Out
Of Town, Ready for
Showing ON Broadway

The following productions opened
out OF town recently preparatory to a
showing on Roadway:
"The Fair Circassian," comedy by
Gladys Unger, produced at the Garrick
Theatre, Washington, Monday, Novem-
ber 81, with Claude King, John Brewer,
Berkley Huntington, Robert Fischer,
John Smith, Louis Wolheim, Stanley
Hewlett, Henry Carvill, Dennis King,
Echlin Gayer, Harry Green, Messenger
Bells, Roy Cochran, William Nelson,
Gilbert Rooney, Kathleen Maloney,
Ethel Dane, Fay West, Nellie Graham
Dent, Helene Sinnott and Marguerite
Maxwell.
"A Night OFF," farce in four acts,
by Augustin DAILY, produced at the Cop
ley Theater, Boston, Monday, November
81, with May Ediss, Lionel Pape, Persey
Foster, Walter Kingsford, Katherine
Standing, E. E. Give, Moffat Johnston,
Deirde Doyle, Catherine Willard, Mar
Caret Pitt and Nicholas Joy.
"You Never Can Tell," by G. Bernard
Shaw, produced at the Copley Theater,
Boston, Monday, November IA, with
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
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about them 10 the enthusiasm with
which younger folk greet them. They
might easily have failed to pleaae q
generation In revolt against Victorian
ism, but somehow they have managed
to survive the changes Of fashion and
sentiment. Partly. no doubt, this is
due to appreciation Of the artistry Of
their perfect collaboration, but chiefly
it is that the humor both Of the libretto
and the music appeals especially to Eng
lishmen. 1t makes fun of what appeals
to their sense Of fun; there is some
thing "Punch"-like about it.
Yet even one big Gilbert and Sullivan
record has been broken this week.
This was at the Savoy Theater, where
until now the record run had been
achieved by "The Mikado,' which, open
ing on March ID, 1885, closed on Jan
uary 9, 1887, completing 672 consecu-
tive performances. So proud was the
Savoy management at the time that it
inscribed the fact upon slab Of mar
bio and placed it in the vestibule, leay-
ing instructions that if the record was
broken the marble was to be broken
too. This week Paddy, the Next Best
Thing" played at the Savoy for the
673d time, and on the following morn
ing Ethel Oliver, who now takes the
part created by Peggy O'Neil, formally
smashed the stone record. If this sort
OF thing is to be made precedent it
looks as though the London theaters
were in for an orgy Of iconoclasm.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

May .Ediss, Z. e. Give, Katherine Stand
ing, Paul Hansell, Deirdre Doyle, Cath
crime willard, MofFat Johnston, Walter
Kingsford, Percy Foster and Nicholas
Joy.
"The Varying Shore" drama, COM
prising a prologue, three acts and an
epilogue, by Zoe Atkins, produced at the
Broad Street Theater, Newark, Monday,
November 81, with Sylvia Cough, Mar
got Reinan, Harris Gilmore, Donald
Bethune, Charles Francis, Paul Ever
ton, Herbert Evans, Geraldine o'Brien,
Rollo Peters, Charles Francis, Elsie
Ferguson, Clyde North, Blythe DAILY,
James Crane, Wright Kramer, Maidel
Turner and Norman Houston.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Acting as an Aid
To Development
OF the Character

Mabel Normand, whose picture,
"Molly o." now running at the Central
Theater, provides the pretty screen
star with a characterization far out of
line with the custard pie comedy with
which she was so long associated, has
evolved very pretty philosophy in re-
gard to acting and it's influence upon
the character. Miss Normand thinks
that every one should have certain
amount of acting to do, even if it is
only amateur theatricals or school and
college plays, as a means Of character
development and Of eliminating unde-
sirable tendencies, as we'll as Of Great
ing higher ideals.
"The contacts Of everyday life," says
Miss Normand, "give so few definite
helps for growth. Acting is definite
help; it wdens experience and stimu-
lates imagination. More important still,
it furnishes an outlet for all latent
tendencies. For years l had to con-
tent myself with parts of the burlesque
sort. Laughter and the ridiculous were
my only outlets, and all the while /
was longing to be something different,
to show another side of my nature. l
loved my work in Mickey but even
that left something within me unsatis-
fied-my love of romance. At last, when
had despaired of ever being able to
show the public this romantic bent in
my nature, came Molly o. and be-
sides the pleasure of revealing this
other side of my character I feel that
my experience in this picture actually
has enlarged my ideals"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
New Benefit Story in Films

Sem Benelli, the Italian author, has
been added to the list of eminent au-
thors who are writing for the screen.
II was Bcnelli who wrote 1.-THE Jest"
He also wrote "L'Amore des Trois
Rois," which was made into an opera.
In his motion picture writing Mr..
Benelli is cooperating with Malcolm
Strauss. "Tears of the Sea" will be his
first screen story which will be pre-
sented by Mr.. Strauss. This will mark
the American screen debut of Isabelle
Savoy, the English actress.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Norma Goes West to Work

Norma Talmadge arrived last week
in Hollywood, where she will rest two
months and visit her sister, Natalie
Keaton, before starting work on "The
Duchesse de Langeais." Norma's next
picture will be "Love's Redemption, y
which was formerly called "Regenera-
tion Isle" 1t has been adapted for
the screen by Anthony Paul Kelly,
from Andrew Sontae's novel "On Prin-
ciple." This picture will be shown by
First National at the Strand Theater
next month.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
News and Notes of Music and Drama

violoncello and harpsichord. The Eng
lish selections will include ballads,
dating from 1900 to 1900; sonataa by
Handel, for flute and harpsichord, and
by Purcell, for flute, violin, violoncello
and harpsichord, concluding with songs
y Arne, for soprano, flute, violin, vio-
loncello and harpischord.
Rachmaninoff will give his first
New York piano recital of the season
next Sunday afternoon at Carnegie
Hall,
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

prano, at the Town Hall on the eve-
ming Of December IL. Miss Phillips
will sing three of his songs.
Jascha Heifetz returned to New
York after an absence Of two years
and will give his first concert at Car
negie Hall on the afternoon of Satur-
day, December II.
"Tosca" will be the second opera to
be presented by Mrs. George Lee
Bready on November 20 in her Tuesday
at the Ambassador Hotel. The rest of
the series will follow as closely as pos
sible the programs Of the Metropolitan
and Chicago Opera companies.
Miss Dorothy Berliner will give a
concert at the Henry Miller Theater
next Sunday for the benefit OF Hamp-
ton Institute.
A program of English and italian
chamber music Of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries will be given by
Arthur Whiting and assisting artists
at the Brooklyn Academy, under insti-
tute auspices, tomorrow evening.
There will be brief Introductory
talk by Mr.. Whiting, followed by expo
sitions of the music by Lorraine
Wyman, soprano; George Barrere,
flute; Herbert Dittler, violin; Percy
Such, violoncello, and Mr.. Whiting, on
the harpsichord. The program will
open with selections from Corelli, for
flute, violin, violoncello and harpsi-
chord, followed by Scarlatti, for the
harpischord, and Boccherni, for
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Programs Of
The w eek
tcensinu.s from preceding pssc)

Romance Mr.. viaas '''''' a''s
Aria, ''una fartiva lagrina," from
Mr.. ntsiop
Jsi pleure en- re- We Hue
(ficm lie Roi D'ys')
chanson Norwegaenne Fourdrain
s. Nine Aida suv..,r,.v,ao.
Sevillane .-...i...'.s...s''''-s LEG Q sacns
Hungarian Da.pce ...........- Brahms
At tho Mid -hosr OF Night. ...... cowen
Windy Nights. villiers stanford
Come Into the Garden. Maud. ...... Balfe
MIR. Hfsiop
The Singer tby aseauess).
cwri'ten for and taxwsI's ass,sa,sa to Nine. Aida
A Song Of Thank. vivhng :......... Allitsen
Duet from La Bph~me''. .Puccini
Nine. Aida and Mr.. Hislop
Aeclian Hall. $3.50 p. m. Song re-
citai by Bernardo ulshansky, barytone:
Bexif occhi lucent. .,............ Faiconieri
Air from Werther. ......-..-..: Massenet
Aimons- nous ................ Saint -Saens
Le Jonsleur pc Not:re Dame. .Masssnet
8 No. oAale1a1f PTay Do Not Leave Me. A'A''Ae
The Rose Has Charmed the Nightin-
Bdio AssAsAohJ ANoA SO ncAA
The broken vase. ArenSky
Voices of the Night. A...... .Gretchaninoft
Air Eugene Opegin. .Tschaikowsky
Autumn .............>. .Ethelbert Nevin
In the Failing Snow Ka thleen Blair Clarke
The Gull. Mabel Wood Hill
Now Like Lantern. Walter Kramer
Carnegie Hall, 2:3O p. NJ, concert by
the New York Philharmonic Orchestra:
symphony in minor Mozart
concerto NrI OSSO I1duuei
Concerto for piano. No. l.. Liszt
Germaine S chnitzer.
Symphonic poem. MA zeppa". Liszt
At $3.50 p. M, concert by New York
Symphony Society. Repetition of
Thursdays program.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

Marie Stapleton-Murray, soprano
will sing at Town Hall on the after.
noon of December z.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Saturday

Aeolian Hall, 8 p. M, piano recital
by Ignaz Friedman:
"a variations and fugue on theme
Sonata, L minor. ..................... Liszt
polonaise. fiat major: valse In e
minor; nocturne in major, Op.
rannhauser overture WAGNER rnop,t Lipnt
At Sis p. M, piano recital by Phyl-
Ida Ashley:
Prelude. chorale and fugue. Cesar Franck
soiree dams Grenade' jardin sous la
rheme p'nls and variations scnelling 1esansg
vers la tombe; vers lazur. 80. Stojowski
Etude in G minor; nocturne D fiat;
At i'sas Sunset t Daniel Gregory Mason Mason
Polonaise Il major. or...................L List
Carnegie Hall, 2:so p. m. Concert
by the Boston Symphony Orchestra:
Symphony ......''........ Cesar Franck
Suite. "Bata-Yaga" ........,.... .Liadoff
saite from 'Daphnis ct Chloe'. -. Raver
Carnegie Hall, $3.50 p. M; concert
by the N. Y. Philharmonic Orchestra:
Dvorak Wagner program symphony
Prelude to "Lohrengrin"; wotman's
Farewell and Magic Fire Scene from
Die Walkure"; Prize Song from Die
hauser' ............. Wagner
Town Hall, p. m. Song recital by
Boris Sashawsky, baritone.
| am Not 4 Prophet. .RachmannoK
Deaths LuHaoy ..........- Moussorgsky
Chiid's Prayer .............. Moussorgsily
Ny Country ................Gre Gretchaninoir
Two Folk Songs Of Little Russia I a.'''a"'''o'l
I'er Wanderef .................. Schubert
Ruhe meine seele. strauss
VIE Bist du Meine Konlgen. ...... Brahms
psyche .............. Paladilhe
h,coote la Symphonic. Dubois
Phyllis Has Such Charming Graces,
Anthony Young
Pastheen Fionn ........... Irish Folk Song
Arranged by c. Fox
asshg Katau 9, Sy Gy,sr.,n. AZ Purcell reel
Brooklyn Academy Of Music, D. m.
Concert by tho New York Symphony
Orchestra.
Overture to "Ls Ro, dys"; Lalo
concerto In minor. .....,.. Vivaldi
For Violin with orchestra. Paul Kochanski
symphony No. in c minor. -. Beethoven
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

On the afternoon OF December IL
Lambert Murphy, tenor, gives recital
in Town Hall.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

Michel Hoffman will give a violin
recital at Town Hall on the evening
of December s.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

Fmilio de Gogorza's second Town
Hall recital of the season takes place
on Sunday afternoon. December II.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

The Elshuco Trio will give their Sec
oad subscription concert of the season
at the Town Hall on the evening of
December 8.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

Nine. Clara Clemens, mezzo-soprano,
will be heard in her first recital of the
season at Aeolian Hall, Saturday eve
ming, December 10. She will, as before
announced, confine her program ex-
clusively to the works of Hugo Wolf.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

Bachaus will give his second New
York recital in eight years at the Town
Hall on the afternoon of Saturday,
December 10.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

Lajos Shuk, lately 'cellist with the
Letz Quartet, will give concert. as
sisted by Miss Martha Phillips, 40