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The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
Dorothy Dix Tails
Keep Hubby Dependent-2.
BX DOROTHY DIX
worlds Kighess PAID Woman WI

If every man was his own cook, and
his own seamstress, and knew where
to find his clean shirts and handker-
chiefs, and collar buttons, there would
be very little marrying. and fewer of
the men who did get married would
stay married. For it is the fear of
what might befall him if he didn't
have his Maria to look after him that
keeps many a man .fromA wandering
away from his Maria's cooking, and
her Sherlock Holmes ability to locate
clean towels in the dark.
There is still another reason why 1t
is inadvisable for a woman to teach
her husband how to cook, and that is
that it rears up a critic on the hearth,
than which nothing is more aggravat-
ing, or harder to endure with pa
tience. Every woman knows that she
can bear with Christian meekness to
have her character aspersed, her in
tellectual attainments derided, even to
have her taste impugned, but that she
feels like throwing things at the head
of the person who sits down to her ta-
Bile, to eat of her handiwork. and who
finds fault with it. 1t takes no
prophet to foretell that the dove of
peace is not going to hover over that
household in which the husband cas-
ually remarks at the dinner table that
he always browns his flour when he
makes a gravy, and that he doesn't
see why the bread is so heavy, that his
rolls never fall, and that the way he
makes a chocolate pudding is SO and
so, and so and so.
In cooking, as in other things, a lit
tie knowledge is a dangerous thing,
and women should be forewarned as
to how insufferable men would be if
they really knew how to cook by the
way they act when they only think
they know how to cook. Every man
who has ever made coffee on a camp
ing expedition lays down the law on
coffee making to his wife every morn
ing, during the balance of his life.
Every man who can make a decent
salad dressing fancies himself a
French chef, and so one trembles to
think of the ordeal it would be to
cater to a husband who could get up
a meal without using everything in
the ice box, and the pantry, and soil
ing every pot in the kitchen.
OF course, q woman might think
that it would tighten her labors to
have a husband who could take his
turn at the cook stove, and help out
with the spring sewing, and who
would sit on one side of a drop light
of an evening and darn stockings
while she sat and darned on the other
side, but the disadvantages would far
| outweigh the advantages.
| The ideal husband is the man who
eats what is set before him, and asks
| no questions, and who looks upon his
wife as his guardian angel.
| Furthermore. the woman who
babies her husband most, and makes
him most dependent upon her is the
one who has the surest hold upon him.
1t may cause her to take a few more
steps in her daily work, but none OF
the steps are in the direction of Reno
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
QuesHons-AnstDer

Q. Is Canada paying taxes in England? !?
A Canada does not pay any taxes di-
rectIy to England The chief value of
Canada to the mother country is in the
matter of preferential trade.
Q. l know that horse hairs won't turn
into snakes. but would like to know if
'hair snakes are not reality? V. 7. Y.
A The hair snake or hair worm is a
term applied to any OF the long, thread
like nematode worms OF the parasitic or
der Gordioidea- They inhabit moist places.
are sometimes found in the leaves OF plants,
but more frequently IN stagnant pools and
in mud. Some species, when fully grown
measure nearly three feet in length
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The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State Journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Ny hus-
band was born in the old country, but
he has been here many years and
speaks English as well as do except
that he has an accept. Until lately
he has not known any one of his own
nationality in town. When a. man and
his wife from his own country cane
he was very glad to meet them and
since has spent many evenings at
their home. They have been here
such a short time that they speak
English poorly When he goes to see
them he tells me ] would not enjoy
myself The other day 1 met the wife
and she asked me in such an eager
way to come when my husband goes
there that I don't know what to do
about it. Do you think 1 would be in
ltruding If I went along once in a
while? Do you think my husband
would feel that I was tagging along? ?
MRS. H. H.
Your husband probably believes
that you would not have a good time
if you went. The next time he goes
there tell him you are going along.
After he sees that you enjoy yourself
too he will realize that he was mis-
taken. Your visits will mean much to
the wife because doubtless she is
lonely in this new country.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have been
married a year and during that time
my husband and I have lived with my
widowed mother. Mother is very
dear to me, but I do not think she is
| fair to my husband and everything
| ne does makes her angry. She doesn't
think he does as many things around
the house as he should do. Then
when he fixes something she criticises
the way he does it and says she knows
| father would have made it look bet
| ter.
My husband says that the first OF
the year we are going to move. He
! says mother can come and live with
us if she wants to, but he won't live
with her any longer. He says that in
his own home it will be his own bust
ness when and how he does things.
| Mother is heartbroken and says she
will live alone and will not go with us
What do you think we ought to do?
| TROUBLED WIFE.
I think that you and your husband
| ought to get into a home of your own
There are worse things than living
alone. You can go to see your mother
often and have her come to see you
Perhaps she will enjoy having things
her own way. Your husband is doing
his part in telling her she can come
and live with you.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
THE ATTENiPTER.


There is such a thing as a grand
failure-the failure that comes to one
VINO has attempted much. but who
somehow or other was not able to
carry thru successfully.
He who wins most has lost much.
To lose has it's own SOLDERING lesson.
And as we sit in the ashes OF disap-
pointment, wondering at our fate and
how it came about, we are able to see
light where before we saw but dark
ness.
There is one thing about the at
tempter who fails-and that is that
he can start all over again and feel
the same thrills of hope that he felt
before he failed,
The attempter is an inspiring figure,
no matter how you figure it.
Try and try and try-again. Other
people may try to put you out, but
you alone are able not to let them.
You must keep your spirit warm and
true. You must remember that you
have latent abilities about which no
one but yourself can know. There
are wonderful possibilities within you
which await your awakening.
The attempter has unlocked many
an impossible door.
The old adage that you never know
until you have tried is just as true to-
day as it ever was.
Attempt more than you think you
can do and you will do more than you
think
l If we knew exactly the number ei
days we were to live, we might work
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
Dinner Stories

All teetotal drinks are abominable
things, but none is so abominable as
the teetotal drink that is bottled and
labeled and colored like and called
ale 1t holds not only the physical
danger of being a dispiriting and gassy
concoction, but the mental danger of
being mistaken for a rational drink.
1t is an awful thing to have the pleas
ant anticipation of a glad heart and
then to experience a stomach ache
Here is singular incident showing how
easy 1t is to mistranslate an overheard re-
mark.
Said Mrs. A. one Of the overhearers ::
They must have been to the zoo, because I
heard her mention a trained deer
Said Mrs. b: mo, no. They were taking
about going away and She said to him.
Find out about the train. dear"
Said Mrs. c: Il think you are both
wrong. It seemed to I1e they were dis
cussing music, for she said, "A trained ear
very distinctly"
A few minutes later the lady herself ap-
peared and they told her OF their disagree
Inent.
''well," she laughed. that's certainly
funny You are poor guessers, ali of you.
The fact is. I'd been out to the country
overnight and ! was asking my husband
if it rained here last evening"
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

The railroad labor board has before
1t for decision a case OF far-reaching
importance to the railroad industry.
1t involves the right of the roads to
make contracts with individuals OF
firms not subject to the jurisdiction
of the labor board, for repairs to
equipment and for maintenance of
way. The employees allege that if the
roads are permitted to continue such
practices, the subject. of wages and
working conditions will be automati-
calIy removed from the labor board,
and the principal purpose of the
transportation act defeated. The fact
is that the roads are able to get their
repair work done much cheaper by
contract, for the contractors can en-
ploy men at the prevailing wage rate
unhampered by arbitrary schedules
set up by the labor board. On what
ground do the employees base their po-
sition that the principal purpose OF
the transportation act is to protect
their Jobs? The railroad law, at the
time of it's passage, was supposed tc
be in the interest of all the inhabi-
tants of the United States.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

The peace plan favored by Presi-
dent Wilson was agreed to by every
body except the United States. The
peace plan favored by President
Harding is opposed by everybody, in
cluding the United States. or at least
that portion of it which has the last
word-the senate. Until human ma
ture has undergone a great change,
probably the only way to prevent war
will be thru the exercise of force. In
pursuance of that plan the League OF
Nations promises to be the most ef-
fective agency so far evolved. If
there had been such an organization
in 1914. probably there would have
been no world war. If Germany had
known that she must fight half the
nations on the earth she hardly would
have started anything.
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in the country; very different from all
this sort of thing
''I might" said Melita with the trace
Of hesitation.
She heard his words, then his plans
for the morrow while she smiled. faint
ly, wondering If any of it could be
true.
But when the door had closed after
him she sank down weakly on the
couch and laid cold hands on her
burning cheeks.
'And yet I'm sure he wouldn't ever
have asked me If he hadn't thought
I was really a vamp!" She snatched
off her earrings, rubbed the back of
her hand across the mouth and told
the star-eyed girl in the gilt mirror,
I'm going to keep my resolution, /
think!'
copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

Senator Reed, who is opposing the
four-power agreement, which he de-
clares to be a gold brick" says that
I'VE demonstrated during the late war
that we could feed the world and If it
had been necessary we could have
proven that we could have whipped the
entire world" Reed made a fight
against the League of Nations and IT
was credited to his patriotism by ifs
opponents. When Reed attacks the
agreement. say these same gentlemen
one is in doubt whether to aseribe il
to a falling intellect, a forlorn rancor
n rage for publicity or a desire &c
have fun.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
HELPING EUROPE.

The question is being discussed
daily in important circles: When
shall European unsettlement, confu-
sion and hopeIessness end, and how,
and by whom, shall they be ended ?
This continuing effort to do something
sor Europe probably does more to re-
tard a return to normalcy in that part
OF the world than it does to accel-
crate it.
If Europe were given to understand,
once for all, that she must work out
her own salvation, unaided by out
siders, probably rehabilitation would
come more quickly. Many plans for
aiding Europe have been suggested
but the only plan that will be produc-
tive of the desired results is for every
body to so to work.
At Various times in the history OF
the world other countries have been
as badly off as are the existing pO-
IiticaI divisions of Europe today
Some have recovered and survivedi
others have been merged or have
ceased to exist as a political entity but
LuelI p0OplS nave 6oAA0 pAt SSNAAS d--o
reaping and rearing families.
Termination of the unrest and un.
productiveness of Europe is desirable
for the whole world. Existing condi-
tions there adversely affect more ol
less the trade Of every other land. 4
peaceful and productive Europ'
should add not little to American
prosperity. It is for these reasons
that the world is showing so mucl
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
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The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY z. HOUSE
tFrorn Philadelphia Public LedgerJ

News that the Frank Cecil McLains
have added a butler to their menage
spiraled like a thunderbolt upon this
desk. With one fell blow the columns
best line of stuff has been revoked
Our quest of the butler-our lnsis-
tence that we be permitted to look
upon one-is almost historical. Re-
buttal of our contention that the but
Ter is mythical creature of the drama
and the English novel was uncon-
vincing. The manner in which We
exploded the story about the Harding
butler was a journalistic feat. The
butler was one of our best tricks. And
now we find there Is one in the family.
The Frank Cecil McLains, We shall
add. are Adelaide's people. Our, ,cOn-S
nection with them Is somewhat ten
uous. being one of marriage. not OF
blood. But they were the patrons OF
our marital adventure. and the we'd
ding feast of oyster soup and cham
payne was served in their home. Once
or twice a. year we have gone back 10
sleep in the Japanese teakwood bed
which stands sentinel in their guest
chamber. Doubtless we shall go
again, and when We do we shall meet
their butler and lose the best spade
trick in cur repertoire.
We shall remember the Christmas
of 1921. The Frank Cecil McLains
spoiled it for us.
From time to time discussion OF Mr..
Hutchinson's ''If Winter Comes has
found it's way into the column As
| becomes a lowbrow column in the
1 presence Of a best seller, such discus
sion has been amiable and compli-
mentary. But we never have under
stood why it was necessary to make q
blithering ass of the hero, Mr.. Sabre
/ by name. Mr.. Sabre starts strong and
finishes in the psycopathic ward. A
hero must stand up; otherwise he is
not a hero.
Since then, having perused Mr..
Hutchinson a little further. we have
come to understand that his heroes
are his weakness His Mr. Wriford.
of "a Clean Heart" is a driveIing and
incomprehensible idiot.
Sergeant Alvin Yorke is quoted as
| saying the way for nations to get
along is to deal with each other as
men do-on the square. That w
shall add, that and a. disposition to be
polite, gentlemanly and courteous.
At any rate, we fancy that with both
Sergeant Yorke and the column work
ing on the project the day when all
nations will dwell together in peace
and amity is not far distant.
The discovery that men are failures
has again been made, this time by a
lady writing in the Pictorial Review.
Probably the lady in the main, is
right about it Men are poor sticks
who ball up pretty nearly every
thing they touch. But generalization
always brings exceptions to the sur
face. AS an instance, we don't be-
lieve the man who recently married
the best hotel in a certain Middle West
city should be classified as a failure.
C. D. writes to ask If we know why
| w d row Wilson dropped the
, Thomas" from his name after he re-
signed his professorship at Bryn Mawr.
We haven't the faintest idea. Is it
a joke?
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

out our time so that everything would
come out even at the end-but not
knowing, we should try so to work
that our achievements may overlap
any number of years given to US.
] like the phrase: Lets goi' It
contains the essential getting
started. And the start is always q
hard thing when it comes to a difficult
proposition.
There is a new year going to be born
soon. Get ready for it. Be an at
tempter in it.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
LITTLE gEHNY'S NOTE BOOK
The Park Ave. News
BY IEH PAPR

The Park Ave. News
Weather Mixed.
Spoarts. A lollypop sucking contest
took place last Thersday on Puds Sim
kinses frunt steps to see who could
make theirs last the longest without
stopping sucking, Sid Hunt winning by
making his last a hour and At min
nits but some of the other fellows
claiming a fowl on account of Sids
lol1ypop being lickerish and easy to
suck slow on account of him not liking
lickerish. End, Benny Potts, hour
and 80 minnits. raspberry. and 3rd,
Sam Cross, q hour and % minnits
lemmin, Ed Wernick tfmekeeper.
It All Depends on Ware
Pome by Skinny Martin
drew q. pig with my eyes shut,
It had a tale and all,
But my mother couldent appreciate
its bewty
Because I drew 1t on the paper in the
hall.
Sissiety. Mr.. Artie Alexander spent
the weak end at fis ant and uncies
house, more because he had to than
because he wunted to.
Wy spoil your tuEg wen you don't
haff to? We will lick your stamps
for you and then mail the letters. Spe-
cial rates this munth. The Lew Davis
and Ed Wernick Stamp Licking Co.
(Avvertizement.)
Lost and Found. Not so far.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

Kansas citizens pay more than $75,-
100000 in taxes this year. 1t is a
large sum, but, fortunately. not much
OF the money leaves the state. The
bulk of it is spent here in salaries and
public improvements.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

interest ia Europe. It wants Europe's
business.
But whatever shall be accom-
plished probably will be by the Euro
peans themselves and the sooner they
learn that they must hoe their own
row the better it will be for everybody
concerned
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

Whatever is left Il President
Harding's peace plans when the
Washington conference adjourns,
probably VIII be disposed of by the
senate in that body's accustomed way
of dealing with peace treaties
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

Zinc should be cleaned with soap
suds and salt, then polished with
kerosene.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

Since then, having perused Mr..
Hutchinson a little further. we have
come to understand that his heroes
are his weakness. His Mr.. Wriford.
of "a Clean Heart is driveIing and
incomprehensible idiot.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

Sergeant Alvin Yorke is quoted as
saying the way for nations to gets
along is to deal with each other ass
men do-on the square. That wa
shall add, that and a. disposition to be
polite, gentlemanly and courteous
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

The discovery that men are failures
has again been made, this time by
lady writing in the Pictorial Review.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

At any rate, we fancy that with both
Sergeant Yorke and the column work
ing on the project the day when all
nations will dwell together in peace
and amity is not far distant.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

We shall remember the Christmas
/ of 1921. The Frank Cecil McLains
| spoiled it for US.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-26

Smgh-EdmOndson Marriage.
An event of Thanksgiving Day
Whclh will be of interest to many in
Paatka, was the marriage of Miss
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THIS WOMAN SINGS
NOW At HER WORK
Since Health Was Restored She
Feels As Fresh And Happy AS
A Young Child.

ppm as sure as l am that Pm liv-
ing that if everybody knew what !
do about Tanlac there would be less
suffering in this world" said Mrs.
G. F. Holt, 1917 Bluff St., Lynch
burg, Va.
when | bagain taking Tanlac
nothing l ate agreed with me, and
finally my whole system was under
mined. l was so nervous and rest
less that many nights I walked the
floor for hours just suffering tor
lures. | had dizzy spells of head
ache and dizziness and l was so weak
| gave up my homework altogether.
81 have splendid appetite now,
and no matter what l eat never have
the slightest sign of indigestion. l
sleep like child all night long and
get up in the morning feeling bright
and cheerful, eat hearty breakfast
and go about my homework singing
like | used to years ago"
Tanlac is sold in Palatka by Ack-
erman-Stewart Drug Co., and all
leading druggists.
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Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Terrell and

Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Terrell and
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Cochrane were
motor visitors to Jacksonville Thurs
day.
d. w. Ramsaur, who with his
family spent Thanksgiving here with
relatives, left yesterday for Tampa.
He will return to Palatka Sunday
and join Mrs. Ramsaur and the two
little girls Tor the return trip to
their home in Jacksonville.
DIR. and Mrs. j. F. Gardner, of
Madison, spent Thursday here with
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard L. Gardner.
DR.. Gardner left yesterday for Jack
sonville, while his wife will remain
in PaIatka for longer visit with
her sister, Mrs. H. L. Gardner.
Julien de Nazarie will return to-
day from Daytona, where he has
been making a short business stay.
Miss Pauline Oak, who is spend
ing several weeks in Palatka, went
to Gainesville, Thursdayf to see the
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football game. Miss AJAX spent
some weeks in Gainesville before
coming to Palatka.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Anderson
were among Palatkans who attended
the Duval-Hillsborough football
game in Jacksonville, Thanksgiving
Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gardner
and little son and Diff and Mrs. J..
F. Gardner, of Madison, motored to
St. Augustine Thursday afternoon.
"A motor party from Palatka
spending Thursday afternoon in ST..
Augustine, was composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. B. Ryan, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Ransdell.
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Carrie Edmonston to Mr.. H, M
Smith. Both have many friends
mere. Mr.. Smith and his bride mo.
tored to st. Augustine in the after
noon and were quietly married at
the parsonage of Grace Methodist
church, Reverend Pickard, pastor of
the church, officiating.
Miss Edmondson is from Atlanta,
but has spent part of the past sew
eral years in Palatka. Mr.. Smith
has been making his home here for
the past year, having come from
Los Angeles, Calf. He is connect
ed with the Selden Cypress Com
pany.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
will be glad to know that they will
make their home for the present in
Palatka.