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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE LITTLE GIRL WITH BROKEN
NOSE.
Poor little girl with the broken nose
Wondering why all the attention goes
To the baby now, and why daddy's knee
Isn't all yours as 1T used to be-
Oh it's all so strange and it all SO queer,
You used to have all of the love, my dear,
And nows there's another to claim a share
And somehow it doesn't seem Just quite
fair.
We can read the thought that so plainly
Beneath the burrows above your eyes;
The mother can't play as she used to DO
And spend SO much of her time with you.
And when folks come into the house you
The lips they offered for you to kiss;
They dance the baby about the floor
And don't seem to care for you any more.
Time was that all eyes seemed to shine for
And glow with joy at the things you'd do,
But now unnoticed you seem to be.
For the smile Of the baby Is all they see-
They are kind to you, but in some strange
way
Your world has changed in a single day,
And somehow you know 1t won't be the
As it used to be before baby came.
Poor little girl with the broken nose,
That's ever the way that this old world
Nothing we have shall we keep for long.
We must share our laughter and mirth and
song.
And the changes come and we wake to
find
That always we're leaving some joy behind.
Time breaks all our noses in just the wat
That yours has been put out of joint to-,
Copyright. 1921. by Edgar A Guest) .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

then and there. on the path that led
to her house he told her all that his
heart had ached to express Her
tears ceased; but she did not draw
away from his protecting arm. At
the threshold of the house they
paused From within came sounds of
laughter.
And you were the only one to
think of coming for met murmured
Cordelia.
II had to concentrating made
me. had to come Lscauae-be-
cause"
Because what, Jimmy?''
Because of what said before-be-
cause I love you and have always
loved you. Cordelia, dear. you do care,
don't you?"
- -Oh, Jimmy. I'm so glad / was fool
ish and willful and went to that hor-
rible house! 1 might never have
known-just think, 1 might never have
found out that you love me. and that
and that 1 love you, Jimmy"
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
THE POETIC HEART.

If you are able to open your eyes
in the morning with a happy sense of
satisfaction 5f
If you have learned the secret of
song in it's sacred relation to beauty
in the world-song that having SEEM
ingly been spent, yet forever is bath
ing its rhymthic notes in the air
If you can always. see the touch of
the Master Artist-in the sky, across
fields. in darkened alleys as well as
in lighted and crowded streets warmed
by rapid running tints of the sun
If you feel with human beings as
they pass you one by one thru the
busy hours, and can say to each. God
bless YOU
If in the hurly-b bury of each quick
ened hour, you can stop at any mo-
ment and aid d hungry. fallen, Grip
pied traveller. or break bread and
change thought with one whom you
may love
If thru the thrill of baby's smile
and the touch of its soft, warm hands.
you can climb into a new kind of
heaven right here and now
If every moving bird or beast, every
swaying tree or bush or flower, every
changing wind-whether in the garb
of Winters snow. or Summers rain
if every mood of Natures ways. leaves
you happier and makes you want to
be bigger and better
If you never get tired of giving,
tho many times you feel that you have
given in vain
Then I would say that you have a
poetic heart-and something plus-be-
sidesi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25
observation-disclosures

O. Does a mans brain and heart weigh
more than woman's?-P. L. r.
A The weight Of the brain OF the male
averages so or, of the female. Al OF. A
mans heart weighs about IL OF. and
woman's 8 OF.
Q. How did the Joker happen TO be
added to a deck of playing cards. Is IL
ever called the devilcard?-N. o. b.
A This card is sometimes called the
DEVILS card, and the only reference to its
origin that we find is in the st. James
Gazette of July 10, 1894. 1t says The
game of poker is played with pack of %
cards the 53rd card being the joker
American manufacturers of playing cards
are wont to include a blank card at the
top of the pack; it is also true that some
person suggested that the card should not
be wasted. This was the origin of the
Joker"
O. Does submarine have to come to the
surface of the water for air Pc. H.
A. The Navy Department says that it Is
necessary that submarine come to the
surface of the water for fresh air, but it is
possible for submarine to eliminate the
fmpurity of the air it contains without
to the surface. Therefore it is
estimated that a submarine can go Tor a
considerable period of time without coming
to the surface. Tests have shown that 1t
can remain submerged for at least period
of one week by using this method OF elm
mating impurities.
O. What does ''sine die mean?-Q. W.
A. It's literal meaning is without a
day. and is used to indicate that an adj
journment has been without1 a day being
fixed for converting the body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

The railroads, 1t seems, are not yet
out of the woods. While railroad
gross earnings set a new record for
the year just closed, higher operating
costs and heavy maintenance OUTLAWS
have absorbed an unprecedented pro-
portion of revenue. The application
of the higher rates granted by the in
terstate commerce commission in Sep
TENDER was followed by falling off
in tonnage, so that even gross reve-
nues failed to meet expectations DUR
ing the last quarter of the year. The
deadlock between the roads and the
government in respect to amounts due
in final settlement under the terms of
the government guarantee, together
with the sharp falling off in traffic,
is causing the postponement of orders
for rails and equipment. 1t is prob
able that operating ratios will be low
cred somewhat as the effect of lower
prices for commodities, especially fuel
coal, becomes apparent. A reduction
of 81 a ton in the cost of coal it is
estimated would save the roads $780,
OOO. 600 a year. -.,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25
L BRIEF FOR THE RETAILER.

| Just at this time the country finds
itself in the midst Of a very consider
able downward price movement.
People are refusing to buy except at
greatly reduced prices. AS a result,
retailers unfortunate enough to be
heavily stocked with high-priced
goods are compelled to make substan-
tial sacrifices by marking down to
what the public regards as reasonable
levels other retailers, who have
placed orders with jobbers or manu-
old prices, have cancelled these orders
and have been criticised for so doing.
1t should be remembered in this con-
nection, however, that in the last few
years, when prices were rising, many
manufacturers set a bad example by
refusing to deliver goods ordered in
advance at the agreed-upon lower
prices. Cancellation of deliveries in
a rising market is no fairer than can
Fcellation of orders in a. falling mar
ket
If a retailer could turn his stock
every two weeks, he would have little
to- fear in a falling market. This is,
of course, impossible. and he finds
himself therefore faced by two dan
gers-that of losing on his stocks on
hand as prices fail below his costs; or
that of losing on goods ordered now
for future delivery, when prices may
be even lower.
In statement issued by Edward
A. Filene, merchant of Boston, he
as follows:
The retail merchant occupies the
first lire trench in business. 1t is he,
and not the manufacturer or the
wholesaler. who must bear the brunt
of public disapproval when prices
rise, and who is criticised when price
receSsfons in the primary markets are
not Immediately reflected in his
stock. The public does not stop to
realize that the retailer has to place
his orders months ahead so as to
have seasonable goods on hand when
the public wants to buy, and that his
selling prices must be based on his
costs if he is to come out even at the
end of the year.
No general rule can be invented
which will guarantee the retailer
against loss under present conditions.
The best policy to follow is one that
enables him to keep the confidence
of his customers. 1t is better to take
the necessary loss now and thereby
keep on good terms with your patrons
than to take possibly larger loss
later and incidentally lose your fol-
lowing. Moreover. this larger loss is
more likely to come, especially on
winter goods. which few, if any,
carefully thinking business man will
carry over to next season With an
early Easter and the possibility of a
mild winer, it seems apparent that
the time to take the necessarys mark
downs is now. The merchant who
has sold out his high-priced stock, or
who can do so at once, will be in a
position in February to make a profit
on the goods he can then buy at re-
duced prices. b.
The retail merchant can keep the
confidence of his public by basing his
selling prices on replacement costs.
Such a policy has a much better ef-
feet, on public opinion than the more
spectacular method of having series
of special Inark-down sales. Drastic
price reductions lead customers to
suspect inordinate profits and 10
question the intrinsic value of the
goods thus reduced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25
Dorothy Dix Tails
which Has the Most Fun?-1.

Which Has the Most Fm?-1.
Which sex has the better time in
life?
Men when they are young. Women
when they are old. In youth one
might always wish to be a man, but
when one is old it is better to be an old
lady.
All life gives woman a hard deal.
Nature begins by making her of Trailer
physique than man, and bestoWine
upon her an extra supply of nerves
and temperament, and making her
subject to all the disease masculine
flesh is heir to with an extra supply
of her own, and then laying upon her
the biggest job on earth-Chiid bear
ing.
/ Even the woman who enjoys what
is called good health for a woman,
goes thru more sickness and suffering
than a male invalid endures, and every
woman who brings a child into the
world has dared a danger as great,
and suffers an agony as terrible. as
any battle-scarred hero who wears a
medal for conspicuous bravery on his
breast.
So men begin by bringing to life
the first and most essential element to
have a good time, which is good
health. To this they also add the
next requisite, which is money.
Whether a man inherits it. or makes
it. he always has more money than his
sister. In weli-off ana rich families
the boys are given a liberal allowance
as a matter of course while the girls
are given never a penny of their own.
Mother provides them with such
clothes as she thinks they should have,
but they are given nc money that they
can spend independently on the kind of
pleasures that they enjoy themselves.
To arl- Ia
ing power is greater than the girls,
for woman's work is cheap work the
whole world over. And, generally,
justly so, because in spite of all the
wonderful things women have done,
they always work under a handicap,
and the average man is worth more to
his employer than the average female
employee is.
And the man has more money to
spend on pleasure than the woman
has. not only because he makes more,
but because his family does not make
the same claims upon his pocketbook
that it does upon his sisters. The
mother who takes all of her daugh-
ters earnings to use for the support
of the household, would not dream of
her son that way She would
think that he was doing his full duty
if he paid board, and kept the rest of
his money for his own particular
fDut SItc LANES oil VI tllC
girls pay envelope without any
thought of how the one who earned
it would like to spend it.
Men have also a joy of freedom that
no woman ever Knows. It begins with
their emancipation from clothes. and
looks. A man does not have to be al
ways agonizing over new costumes. He
can get along respectfully on couple
Of suits, and on five or six can achieve
the reputation of being a Beau Brum-
mel. Nor do these have to be changed
every season. He isn't cutting off his
trouser legs up to the knee one year
to make them short, and adding chif-
fon ruffles to them the next to
lengthen them out, the way a woman
has to be doing to her frocks all the
time if she keeps in telephoning dis
lance of the mode
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

Statistics compiled by one of the
leading Democrat newspapers Of the
country show that the present indus
trial depression was foreshadowed by
a slump in the stock market which
began in November, 1919, a full year
before the election which determined
the change of party administration.
Statistics compiled by the same Pc
riodical show that the slump in the
values of farm products began early
i'll June, 1920, before either of the
political parties had held it's national
convention and five months before the
election. Well, wasn't that enough to
put any political party out of bust
ness?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

The largest exports. as well as i'm
ports. in any calendar year are shown
in a statement by the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce. Elk
ports in 1920 were SS.22s, 900. 900.
against ,s7.92O, 100000 in 1919. an in
crease of 4 per cent in the last year
and three and one-third times the ex-
ports in the calendar year 1913. Ex-
ports in December, 1920, amounted to
$720.0O0.000. against $677, 600, eco in
November. 1920. and $6S1.O00. 900 in
December. 1919. Imports in 1920
amounted to s5,279. GOO, OON against So
904.0OO.O00 in 1919. an increase of s5
per cent over 1919 and nearly three
times the imports in the calendar year
1918, the last year before the war.
Imports amounted to $266. 900, 600 in
December. 1920, compared with sS21,-
100000 in November and sSs1,O0O,-
600 in December. 1919. While the
figures are large it may be that they
do not represent an actual increase in
the volume OF goods handled, owing to
the greatly increased prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

The food index price number is re-
ported by Bradstreets to have
reached the lowest point since Janu-
airy. 1917. 1t stands at 1896 and
shows a drop OF 2 per cent from the
previous week and S5.5 per cent from.
a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

In the matter of disarmament
Japan seems disposed to pass the
buck" to the United States and Great
Britain. She should realize, however,
that she has much to gain and little
to lose thru a cessation of naval ex-
pansion. 1t is game at which Uncle
Sam can give her cards and spades
and then beat her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

There is talk of Henry Fletcher for
secretary of state He should at least
be able to give the country an inteIli-
gent handling of our relations with
Mexico. He represented the United
States in that country long enough to
know something about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

Otto Kahn, one of the country's
most level headed financiers, who has
been on the fence regarding the mat
ter of sales tax, finally has de-
scended on the side of the tax He
says: Thought, studJ and COMPARE
son OF views have confirmed me in
the belief that a trial should be given
to gross sales or turnover tax
confined to commodities. and limited
to low rate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

Mrs. Ruff who beat off youthful
bandit and put him to flight in Chi
cage, is entitled to change the SPELL
ing of her name to Rough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

most optimistic congressmen aver
that when we have had a few more
fires the archives building will begin
to be taken seriously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-25

Copyright. 1926 by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Incl
The New York herald., 1921-09-14
Dizzy on Two Drinks.

Miss Rappe, Sennacher said. very sell
dom touched liquor. and II have seen
her take one or two drinks and get
dizzy"
He was called on 10 identify garments
worn by Miss Rappe when she went TO
the MOTEL which have been recovered by
the police here and in Los Angeles.
When the girls Panama hat was shown
70 him Semnacher said he had never
seen Arbuckie wearing II.
Ira G. Fortiouis, a New York sales
man who was member OF the Ar
buckle party. gave his version of the
affair. He could not recall seeing any
one intoxicated nor did he see either
Arbuckle OF Miss Rappe .caving III.
room. II was not until the following
day that he heard there had been
trouble, he said
Mrs. Jameson testified that Miss
Rappe made conflicting statements 10
her
The New York herald., 1921-09-14

gave testimony very similar to their
published versions or the affair. but
their accounts are az variance on Ger
tain points. The former was emphatic
n saying ArbuclSle WAC alone with Miss
Rappe IN room 1913 at the Hotel St.
Francis SIZE testified that she heard
Miss kappe scream. which led her TO
telephone to the hotel office.
'Mr Arbucsle heard me call I'D on the
telephone" Mrs. belmont continued.
And he opened the door and said:
She's IN here He was In his paiamas
and had her panama hat on his head"
Mrs. belmont was frank 10 admit she
partook freely Of the liquor provided at
the Arbuckle party. Before leaving Los
Angeles she said she had few drinks,
and she took q pint OF whislSey for the
hip north. At Selma she had six
drinks. But she was emphatic IN say
ing that neither Miss Rappe nor Semi
1acher touched drink until they ar
lived at the st. Francis. There Mrs. Del
mont said Miss Rappe had three drinks
about the first hour
1T impressed me that Mr. Arbuckle
was more intoxicated than anyone else
In the party" she testified. 'Ele was
Just a little gone. He showed 1t in his
eyes and being very talkative. He was
not staggering or anything of that sort"
The New York herald., 1921-09-14
BAN FOR 600 THEATRES
VOTED UNANIMOUSLY
LoeW, Moss and Fox Houses
Included in OUners' Action.

The Theatre Owners Chamber OF
Commerce, which includes owners OF
more than 500 motion picture theatres
in the metropolitan district. yesterday
voted unanimously to suspend the show
ing of any picture in which Roscoe Ar
buckle appears until the final deter
mination of charges against him In the
death OF Miss Virginia Rape. The
houses include those Of the Loew, Moss
and Fox circuits.
The meeting was held behind closed
doors. but afterward William Brandt.
president, said the theatre owners were
acceding to what seemed to them TO be
the wishes of their patrons.
Since the arrest of Arbuckle. ho said.
there have been numerous incidents
showing that the public does not want
to see the comedians pictures. Every
film IN which Arbuckle has appeared
has been Missed and booed until it was
taken off the projecting machines. and
the same has happened to showings OF
screen topics In which the home life OF
stars. among them Arbuck;e, was de-
picted.
The New York herald., 1921-09-14

cided to send to Washington additional
influential representatives..
The Japanese army. which was found
cd on the French and then the German
system. has few officers who are fluent
In the use OF the English language.
Opinion is growing that Lieut-Gen.
Baron Yusaku Uyehara. chief OF the
General STAFF, should be named as the
supreme Japanese military adviser TO
the delegation at Washington. lie
speaks French fluently.
According TO the Ydmato Shimibuat,
Japan has received communication
from the United States concerning the
agenda OF the conference, suggesting as
aubjects army and navy restrictions. the
open door and equal opportunity in
China and Siberia, non-encroachment on
the territories of other Powers. spheres
OF influence, mandates. II they have not
been previously settled. and also the
question OF Manchuria and the Chinese
Eastern Railway.
The New York herald., 1921-09-14
sensntious at Inquest.


Sensation followed sensation during
the second day of the inquest Begin
ming in the morning. when Mrs Del
mont. companion OF tho girl testified at
great length. through long afternoon,
when other members OF ArbuclSle's party
and nurses told their stories, the crowd
that packed the hearing room at the
morgue received full measure OF that for
which they had come.
Mrs. Jeanne jameson. one OF the
nurses. was called upon to testify con-
cerning an examination she made of her
patient in the Wakefield sanitarium. AS
a result of this she said Miss Rappe
told OF her relations with her sweetheart.
Henry Lehrman. Miss Jameson's tesri-
mony concerning Miss Rappe's state
roents to her caused stir in the au-
dience.
Laler Miss Vera Cumberland. another
nurse in the case, testified that Miss
Rappe was exceedingly anxious thai
word OF the party be kept from Lehr.
mans ears. as she said they had had a
disagreement and her sweetheart might
SAY II was spite work"
Again, Miss Cumberland caused n sem
sation when, very reluctantly, she de-
clared her conscience forced her to
withdraw from all connection with the
l4tdtiAcAl VI MISS IbdpDG on SeDLcNl-
Der 8.
My conscience didn't permit me to
handle the case >further." she said In
response to Coroner Leland's questions,
because in my opinion It had been han
died negligently. I had no trouble with
Dr. NJ T.. Rumwell. but we did have a
conversation on the matter"
Through the testimony OF Mrs Del
mont and AL Semnacher. both Of whom
accompanied Virginia Rappe on the au-
tomobile trip north which sta rted from
Los Angeles early In the morning of
September 3. details OF the formation OF
the party were revealed.
Semnacher financed the expedition
70 San Francisco. His friendship with
Mrs. belmont was OF some years stand
ing. They met in front OF a Los Angeles
candy store few days prior to Septem-
her 3. and Mrs. belmont expressed the
wish that some one would take her 70
Fresno on a business trip.
Il asked Miss Rappe IL she cared to
accompany u.s. Semnacher testified.
"and she said she was very glad to go.
And when we got to Selma Miss Rappe
said, Lets 20 on to San Francisco.
having come this far
Both Mrs. belmont and Semnacher
The New York herald., 1921-09-14
She Missed Virginia.

she said that after she had changed
from her walking suit into suit OF
pajamas, having become warm from
dancing, she was conscious that Virginia
Rape was absent from the main party.
Il asked the OF hers where Virginia
vas" she said. Il called TO her and
didn't get any answer. / took the shoes
/ had on with French heels and kicked
NJ the door TO rom 1919. kicked with
al my might. There was no answer.
] didn't hear a sound. Then | tele-
phoned 10 the desk clerk
Al Semnacher. when called 70 the
witness stand, told Coroner Leland he
would stand by his statement as given
70 the police. He declared he left the
Arbucltle party twce to make visits
around the city.
Il don't drink at ALL" he said, "and
was more anxious to get back TO Los
Angeles than to stay with the party.
When ] returned Miss Rappe was
not in room 1920. the reception room,
but Arhuckle was there l was sur
prised the next morning when Mrs. Del
mont told me Of the screams / hadn't
heard tehm.
'I heard Miss Rappe say Tuesday
morning when Mrs. belmont sent for
me, Roscoe hurt me- That was all she
said, and Il was her first reference to
Mr.. Arbuckle. Previously on several oc-
casions she had made the remark, I am
dying, at the same time placing her
hands on her abdomen. Until that Tues
day morning | had no idea she had been
hurt. We all thought she was intoxi-
Gated =