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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-08
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
heart-broken girl of eighteen and will
appreciate advice. Three years ago
was engaged to a boy seven years my
senior. When war broke out he en-
listed. We were to be married when
he. returned. My brother and his wife
said all sorts of things and even told
me falsehoods to break the engage
ment. I bslieved them and the en-
gagement was broken.
1 wrote to him and told him I
could never marry him. but could
not tell him why. I could not repeat
what they had said about him. but if
felt that it was true I did not want
to be his wife.
Now 1 have learned he>was true to
me and everything was a lie. My
heart Graves for his love and so want
to know if I should write to him?
THANK YOU.
think it would be all right for you
to write to him. Do not ask him to
come back. Simply say that you heard
he was untrue to you and you were so
deeply hurt that you wrote before you
took time to think the matter over.
Say that now you know what you
heard was false and that you want
him to know you are sorry you were
not loyal to him.
If he still cares for you. you will
hear from him.
Dear Mrs Thompson: am a young
lady of 20, considered good looking
and attractive. My boy friend is 81
years old. He is of good family. My
mother does not approve of him. I
have to meet him at church. My
friend is not wealthy. but has good
position and 1 love him dearly.
My mother wishes me to marry a
wealthy gentleman Of 35 years. I do
not love him. but he says he cali make
me love him. 1t will break my heart
if have to marry him.
must decide at once, as my mo-
Their is very strongly interested in the
question. Please advise me what
to do. ONE IN DISTRESS.
You should not marry without love,
regardless of your mothers wishes.
would advise you to refuse to marry
the man of IS and to wait two or three
years before you decide to marry any
one. Both you and the young man
you care for are too young to be sure
Of your affections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-08
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tn re of a nations civilization The
Greek doll was simple and artistic; the
Egyptian mysteriously fashioned and
marked with curious hieroglyphics;
there was practically no doll at all
during the Puritan regime, while it
flourished in every conceivable Ella
boration during the Italian Renais-
sance: in India it is the victim of a
morbid custom, and in Japan it is a
token Of rank.
To-day the most popular doll in the
European world, despite the war, is
the German image. with its flawless
countenance and blue eyes and flaxen
harlan object of great mechanical
perfection without a touch of art. Is
it not" he added gloomily, indicative
of our age?"
But as we looked at the photographs
of the German doll and the supposed
Greek doll which the doll man showed
US. we could not agree that one was
any worse than the other. What we
did feel was a great disappointment in
man. For in the thousands of years
that the race has been rolling over the
globe 1t seems to have acquired so lit
tie polish. The doll that we esteem
so highly today is virtually the same
doll they esteemed in the days when
the pyramids were new.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-08

over the wires come the welcome
news that a number of industrial
plants in the east that have been
closed are resuming operations and
that others which have been operat-
ing with reduced forces are taking on
more men. The new year is starting
out in a way to encourage business of
all kinds. Not for a number of years
have the people had a chance to pur-
chase things at so low prices as are
quoted today, while considered from
the actual cost of production prices
represent better bargains for the pur-
chasers than anything the average per-
son can remember. In a great many
instances merchandise is being sold at
a sacrifice of all profits, so anxious
are manufacturers and dealers to real
ize on their stocks and convert them
into ready cash. The purchasing
power OF the dollar, in fact, is consid-
erably larger than it has been for
some time, no matter how it is invest
ed or spent, which is a condition that
entirely favors the person with money
to spend or invest. Wise purchases
and investments may be freely in
dulged in, with assurance that this
will promote personal interests and
at the same time aid in the revival of
trade and industry and the return of
general prosperity. And when trade
and industry again start up and the re-
adjustment to peacetime conditions is
complete, those who fail to take ad-
vantage of the bargain offerings of to-
day may look back and regret their
lack of foresight and their indiffer-
ence to the opportunities which they
permitted to slip bv
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
THE PARK AVE. NEWS.
By IEE PAPE.

Weather. Wind wisseiing and try
ing to sound colder than wat it RELY
is.
ExterI New Airship Line, A new
airsh1p line for freight ony was
started last Satidday between Pubs
Simkinses End story frunt and Sid
Hunts End story frunt, consisting of u
ball of cord and a baskit and PUBS
and Sid, but it was gave up agen Sat-
idday nite on account of people in
both houses objeckting to the draft
frunl the End story windows being all
tile time up.
Intrlsting Facks About Intristing
People. Lew Davis got Perfeck in
skocl for homework and conduck ev-
cry day for weeks before Crissmas,
and all he got for Christmas presents
was useless things to wear, and now
Jest for that he says he's going to the
other extreem.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
No Excuse.
dent get sore when the rain comes
down,
The flowers haff to have it in sum-
mer.
But watts it wunt to rain in the winter
Could enything be hummer?
Spoarts. Sattiday morning Benny
Fotts, Artie Alexa nder and Ed Wer-
nick went erround to Pubs Simkinses
house to get Pubs to come out and
practice football. and Pubs was asleep
like he genrelly is Satidday and SUN
dey. and they shook him and yelled
different things in his ear for about s
minnits<sutch as Hay wake up. Fire,
Fay its 10 o'clock. and different things,
ruthing waking him up till Artie
Alexander yelled. Hay Pubs look at the
big lemmin merrang pie
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
FEW PEOPLE "GEr. ANYONE.

he
I received a letter the other day
Talks. He felt that no one ever got
HMM other words, understood him.
Well, he is in big company! A hui
man being is hard to understand.
There are so many notifications to
US all. Our chara cteristics are a
great deal the same, but the great
God put strange working hearts into
us.
Jesus lived for about forty years on
this earth and went about doing good
in the freest manner. Yet few under
stood Him. And finally few put
Him to oath.
In loneliness must we often search
for understanding.
But we must not brood. We must
think-and accept-and in service
render back to the world great good
for it's misunderstanding and misgiy-
ings-
The eternal law of compensation
is always at work!
In nature there is little jealousy
The natural law works there pretty
much in harmony. 1 passed by a tree
the other evening, and in it were hud-
died hundreds of little birds so strik-
ing was the sight that crowds OF peo-
pie stopped and looked as they passed
along the busy street. 1 couldn't help
but think of the beauty of the sight
each bird evidently happy at the
presence of the others.
Let us try not to become isolated.
Let us mix And let US try not to be
too critical of others faults Let us
supply of them.
Maybe if we take extra pains to
get other people, they in turn will
try to get" us!
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Ouestions-Anstoers

O. In what way does the Chinese Ian
guage differ from English? "A. H.
A. The Chinese language is essentially
alphabet today consists of about 400 letters.
The language is monosyllabic, each word
expressing a complete idea or thing 1t Is
speech speech The relation OF the word K recog-
nized by its position in the sentence and
word may serve as a noun, adjective, verb
or adverb. Gender, number, person ami
case. are signifieds by related additional
Q. What is the motto OF the state of
Missouri Pc. c. d.
A. The motto of this state is 'Salus
Populi Supreme Lex Esto," which trans
lated means 1.-THE welfare of the People
Is the Supreme Law"
L A The Nazarites were Of two kinds.
fancy by their parents, as Samuel Sam
son and John the Baptist were. Others de-
voted themselves either for life or for.
certain time; this order being instituted by
God. the Bible account being found In the
sixth chapter of Numbers.
works is the following to to be found: sis
tiers , are women first, and sisters after
A Shaw is not the author of the phrase.
which is to be found in .Rudyard Kip
q: How far is the Amazon river naviga
valley of the river?-B. A. r..
A Navigation by ocean steamers Is pos
sible for n distance of 2,30O miles up the
Amazon Am to Iquiton.. and by smaller boats
several proposed railroads up the Amazon
Valley. but none has yet been built.
Q. What is the present strength of
the Army and of the National Guard p
Z. z. +.
A. The War Department says that on
November 30. 1920, the strength of the
Army was: Commissioned officers, II, 461
enlisted men, 20s364; National Guard
Officers, 4159; enlisted men, II 6S7
Q: Is there any way to clean the outside
surface of a meerschaum pipe I'M. r. T.
A. 1t may be cleaned by sleeping the
pipe for some time in solution composed
of one part ammonia and two parts water.
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ToPEKA's LABOR DISPUTE.

The controversy which has sprung
the labor unions in Topeka promises
to afford the public, which is an inter-
ested party, much enlightenment on a
subject of which it hitherto has under
stood little. The side which can make
the better showing of fairness and JUS
tice probably will win. But the pub
lie wants facts and the truth and will
not be satisfied with insinuations. half
truths and hidden references to mat
tiers of which it is ignorant. If both
sides be willing to strive for fair and
just solution of the problem they will
make the fight in the open.
There is no cause to waste any SYM
pathy on the non-union worker. or to
set up the plea that he is entitled to
a job. He can join the union if he
desires to do SO and thus obtain its
benefits and protection. If he choose
to remain out that is his business.
More and more does each succeed
ing strike or lockout invite public at
tention and public interference. 1t
behooves those responsible for such
disturbances, therefore, to get right
with the public. In that way alone
can they succeed in the long run.
The right of workmen to organize
and bargain collectively and to quit In
a body if the terms are unsatisfactory
has so long been recognized, that re-
dictionary indeed would be he who
should now attempt to challenge it.
The strike would never have been
sanctioned by the courts or the legis-
latures If it had not been for this I'M
DERIVING necessity, and the defense of
the strike today, whether made by Ia
Dor leaders, the courts or the govern
ment, always points to this one
thought. The question at issue, there
fore, rests upon whether or not the
strike is justified. This should be de-
termined by correct Interpretation
of the terms of the bargain. The CO.
ercive power of strikes and lockouts
being sanctioned by law as a means of
obtaining a fair balance of power in
economic bargaining, cannot be justi
fled as a means of injuring an en-
plOyer WAeH IAo eiiu Sou6HI 10 N05 oiio
his control.
Strikes to enforce a closed shop pol
icy a.e strikes against human liberty.
Men may argue about It, and philoso-
pliers may write treatises on the SUBJ
ject, but when the debate is closed,
there is no disputing the proposition
that a national closed shop policy en-
forced by industrial warfare is inconn-
patible with the principles of liberty.
Labor unions are private societies as
in the choice of their
members as any college fraternity.
The closed shop, as 1t may grow nat
urally and voluntarily, is quite a diff
ferent thing from the compulsory
closed shop.
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the bag" he stated without prelimi-
nary skirmishing.
The girl gave a little gasp. She
reached out and almost snatched the
bag from his hands. and her voice was
Quivering as she said, "Oh, how can
ever thank you? just couldn't have
stayed here another day without this
bag. Where did you find ft?''
"on the floor in the lobby. under a
chair"
Isn't that strange? I know I
looked there myseif-under every sin
gle chair-and I couldn't find it,
Ronald hesitated. then nerved him.
self. and made the following amazing
cause it wasn't there when you loked.
You dropped it last night and picked
it up after you had left the room. I
didn't have any idea whose bag it was,
and 1 was going to turn it in at the
desk. but"
well, thought maybe-maybe I'd
like to meet whoever owned it. And
when you came around this morning.
well, l wanted to talk to you, and
was afraid that if I gave you the
bag right away you'd run away some
where and wouldn't see you again.
So 1 said I'd look for it. And after
all, 1 did find it-and you aren't
very angry, are you?"
do you mean to say that you knew
ing myself to death? Do you know
that you are a very wicked young
MANI" Ronald saw that her eyes
were laughing and this statement of
the depravity of his soul caused him
to burst into joyous chuckle.
81 always believed in the principle
of finders keepers" he announced.
land 1 was never so glad in my life
that I acted on it How long are
you going to stay here?''
Are you sure that you have the.
right to ask that?"
"Of course / have the right. Didn't
find the bag 2"
But you kept it a whole day, and
made poor mother almost sick be-
cause it was missing. 1t had all our
travellers checks in it. What would
we have done without it?"
How long are you going to stay?"
he repeated, ignoring her other ques-
ton. Marjorie hesitated and dropped
her eyes.
TT think we'll stay all summer"
she admitted finally.
Ronald Young forgot his boredom.
I'm going to stay all summer, too,
he announced with emphasis. isn't
that lucky?"
And Marjorie agreed that 1t was.
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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MEN MUST EAT.

Much that is now being said and
written assumes that the present I'M
employment. brought about by falling
prices, will itself be a cause of still
lower prices, because it diminishes
purchasing power. What is over
looked in this line of reasoning, says
a bulletin issued by the Mechanics and
Metals National bank, is that unem-
ployment means lessened production.
AS a factor making for a recovery in
prices, this more than offsets dimin-
ished purchasing power. For while
the unemployed cease altogether to
produce, they cannotN cease to con-
sumo. They must continue to buy
necessities, for themselves and their
families; and if they have no accu-
INFLATED savings, they will go into debt.
Lower wages for those remaining at
work mean lower purchasing power;
but they also mean lower production
costs. and manufacturers can afford
to sell more cheaply. Lower wages,
therefore, will not in any long run ad-
versely affect the actual volume of
goods purchased.
The probability of an early recovery
in buying and in prices of certain
commodities, the bank points out,
does not mean that the readjustment
has not still far to go in other direc-
tons. When a normal rate of pur-
chasing is resumed, it will be upon a
lower level of prices than we have
seen. With the holiday purchasing
over it would not be surprising to wit
ness the beginning of the overdue re-
duction of retail prices, to correspond
in some degree with the average fall
in wholesale prices to two-thirds of
their former levels.
The reductions of 22N per cent in
the wages paid by the textile mills of
Maine and Rhode Island. and of as
much as 25 per cent by some impor-
tant iron and steel companies, indi-
cate the beginning of more general
readjustment of labor costs.
The present under-buying, like the
recent over-buying, will In time work
its own cure. Purchases of the great
mass of goods may be postponed. but
they cannot stop. The longer they are
put off, the more the demand mu st
accumulate, and the greater it must
be when resumed. The ultimate de-
mand for some leading commodities
probably is now underestimate, and
the prices of these may shortly be ex-
pected to recover to some extent.
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waters and cover with whipped cream.
These last two recipes are selected be-
cause of being very good and nutri-
tious for growing children. y
Nut Bread-One cup sugar, one egg,
one and one-haf cups milk, four cups
graham flour. four teaspoons baking
powder. one and one-half cups
chopped nuts. Let rise twenty min
utess bake forty-five minutes in mod
crate oven.
Bran. Cookies-One cup bran. one
cup wheat flour, one-haf cup graham
flour, two tablespoons of shortening,
one cup sugar, one-quarter cup mo-
lasses, one-half cup milk, two tea
spoons baking powder, one-half tea
spoon salt, one egg Beat thoroIy but
ter, sugar, egg and milk. add dry in
gradients. Drop mixture with spoon
on a well creased pan. bake about
twenty-five minutes in hot oven. This
recipe will make three dozen cookies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-08

The congressional apportionment
bin prepared for introduction in con-
gress will increase the membership of
the house an average of one member
for each state or forty-eight in all. A
reduction of forty-eight members
probably would be more in accord
with public sentiment. But of course
members will be expected to stand to-
gether in the protection of their jobs
and the bill as drawn probably will
pass. The addition of forty-eight
congressman Will cost the taxpayers
not less than 100000 a year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-08
JUST FOLKS
THE WAY OF OTHERS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.


Others have shown to me the way
To bear the burdens of the day.
This task of mine is nothing new,
Others have had this work to do;
Others have suffered here and wept
And faithful to their purpose kept.
This is my time to meet the test,
And 1 must face it az the rest.
Time was I thought that might miss
So terrible a task as this,
Might go thru life and never know
The weight of care or hurt of wee,
And once / fancied when I felt
Across my back disasters welt,
That / was meeting there alone
Such stings as no one else had known.
/ cried aloud against my pain,
But found my whimpering all in vain,
And then / heard voice declare:
Your lot is what all men must bear,
Others have wept the time you smiled,
Borne grief and have been reconcfled;
As they have done, SO must you do
When care and sorrow come to you"
But that was in the years ago,
And since that time I've come to know
That no one on this earth escapes
From trial in its various shapes;
No man is singled out to fare
Along lffe's way exempt from care,
And / would see my trisls thru
As brayely as the other do.
Copyright. 1920. by Edgar A. Guest)
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1T is announced in the news dis
patches that an anti-tobacco bill de-
signed to abolish the manufacture,
sale and use of cigarets in Utah and
which will prohibit the smoking of
pipe or cigars in any public place, with
the exception of the street, will be in
troduced in the state senate shortly
after the legislature convenes. The
war on tobacco is starting in an I'M
ambitious way just as did the war on
liquor. Its use in the home is not to
be disturbed-not now.
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Union labor and employers should
be able to get together on the basis
of contract by the union to furnish
he needs at an agreed price, provided
+here could be some way of compeli-
ing both parties to live up to their
agreement. Also a solution of every
disa greement is possible when the
parties thereto are willing to follow
the Golden Rule.
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normally. 1t is but natural that they
should try to save as much as possible
from the wreck. It is to the interest
of everybody that small dealers con-
tinue in business. Merchants are re-
ducing prices right along but may
be excused if they resist efforts to
stampede them. They VIII get there If
given sufficient time.
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when representatives of the Eng
lish nation are prepared to meet rep
resentatives of the Irish nation on an
equal national footing. peace talk will
be possible" declares de Valera. But
under such conditions there would be
nothing to talk about. The point Of
difference would have disappeared.
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Household Hints
Recipes for a Day.

Fruit Salad|Cut equal parts of
celery and apples into small piecesIi
A cup of nuts chopped a little. add a
pinch of salt. mix with the following
mayonnaise: One can condensed milk,
two eggs, one teaspoon mustard and
one teaspoon of salt. Mix thoroiy in
cup vinegar. beat eggs and milk thor
oily. put n vinegar. mix again. Do
not cook; keep in cool place
Jelly Jell Souffle-Form jello jelI in
a mold, cut in slices, place between
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-08

1.-THE world revolution by whose
aid alone we can win, does not mature
at the speed which we hoped for in the
beginning" declared Lenine in a
speech in Moscow recently. His
friend Townley seems to be doing
what he can for the cause in this
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-08

Financial and economic experts
continue to hammer away at the re-
tailers in an effort to induce them to
reduce prices. But the retailers gem
orally really have been doing a fair
share in the matter of getting back to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-08
Dinner Stories

Arithmetic, according to the average
small boy, was simply invented in
order to give teachers a good excuse
for Furnishing their unhappy pupils.
And, certainly, little Tommy Smith
found it the unpleasant feature of his
young life.
Now, Tommy Smith, said the
school teacher one morning, during the