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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
Dorothy Dix TALKS
The Value of Appearances.
BY DOROTHY DIX
WsRil's Highest Paid womaA Wr4sss.

No sane person underestimate the
value of appearances. Not being mind
readers or seers, we cannot know
what secret talents, what hidden
graces of mind and character our fell
low creatures possess. All that we
can see is the outside and SO we form
our opinion of others on the front
they put up.
We take note of their dress, of the
style in which they live, of the COM
pany they frequent, and how much
money they spend, and we, rate them
accordingly. Without direct evidence
to the contrary, we assume that the
man who is well dressed and prosper
Gus looking is clever and more force
full, and of a higher ORDER of ability
than the man who is shabby and
seedy and down at the heels.
So true is the adage that nothing
succeeds like success that there is
wisdom in camouflaging it on many
occasions. A young doctor for in
stance. who hires a good office in
desirable location, who wears good
clothes. and who appears to be rushed
to death with work undoubtedly has a
better chance of getting patients than
the young physician whose office is a
mere hole in the wall, and who sits all
day rubbing his shiny elbows on his
table, waiting for the patients that do
not come. People are like sheep, they
go in droves and follow where some
one else leads, and the more they think
you don't need their money the more
anxious they are to give it to you.
Women have been quicker to grasp
the full significance of the value of
appearances than men have. That is
why they are dress mad. They know
that fine feathers make fine birds. and
that home1y woman in beautiful
clothes makes more impression than
a living picture does in in a dowdy
frock.
Also they know that a mans success
depends largely upon the sort of ap-
pearance his wife presents, for mans
wife is the show window in which he
makes visible display of the degree
of prosperity he has achieved. Hence,
a clever woman who wishes to help
her husband is justified in having a
house that is Queen Anne in front and
Mary Ann in the back, and in econ
omizing on the family's stomach in or
der to put the money on the family's
back until they make their title good
to residence on Easy street.
There are, however, two sides to
this matter of keeping up appearances,
and while it is without doubt highly
desirable for poor and ambitious peo-
pie to look prosperous, nothing is
more disastrous to their prospects than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

An outsider might judge from the
rumber of self-appointed agencies. for
moral and social order that recently
have made their appearance in the
United States that this country had
fallen on evil days-that a large part
of the population had given itself over
to lawlessness and license; that the
moral and social status of the country
was pretty much that of an old west
ern mining town.-Buffalo News.
But this same outsider might
change his mind on discovering that
those who constitute these agencies
are as q rule drawing good salaries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
JUST FOLKS
THE NEW YEAR.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE NEW YEAR.
I liked the old-style New Years day
When friendly calls we used to pay,
An with our friends We sat about
Till twelve to let the old year out,
An then with racket an with din
We proudly let the New Year in
The oldest heart back then was stirred
BY smilin, face an cheerful word.
An none would pass the day unless
He'd wished his nefghbors happiness.
Back then we set the day apart
For special service OF the heart;
The most important job we had
Was maxim other people glad,
An shown 'em by word an deed
That spite o. difference OF creed,
Or rank or place or wealth or fame,
They had our friendship Just the same;
An Just to rake our meaning clear
We wished 'em all a glad New Year.
No distance was too far to go
Along the drifted lanes o. Stow
To greet an old friend tried an true
An all the old time joys renew;
We'd sip their dandelfen wine
An smack our lips an call it fine,
An eat at every stop we made
An then we'd wish 'em everything
OF joy glad New Year could bring.
liked the old style New Years day
An wish 1t hadn't passed away,
No printed card can take the place
OF friendly hand an smilfn' face
Or kindly glasses raised 20 stink
A pledge o. friendship as men drink
Each Others health an softly tell
They hope the Year will treat tem we'll
Nothing has equaied. after all.
That good old fashioned New Years call
Copyright, 1871, by Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
twenty years of age and have a boy
friend I have been going with for
about three months who is twenty-one.
He was very kind to me in every way
and said that he had fallen in love
with me at first sight.
He has quit coming to see me and
never comes around anywhere that I
can see him. I was always nice to him
and also loved. him. I never knew
what love was until I met him. I
didn't know this boy, but he said he
knew me. 1t happened that we met
on the street one afternoon and he
came home with me and begged to
keep company with me.
He came to see me often and took
be to church and to the theater and
also gave me little presents. He
seemed to like to give me a good time
until one night he had a date with me
and didn't come. He was called to
work, he told one of my friends to
tell me, and that I shouldn't be
angry at him. sent word that I
wasn't angry.
He hasn't been to see me since.
If he got angry it was his own fault.
would give up everything for him.
have tried to forget him. but ii
seems impossible to do SO. 1 sent for
him to come to my house, but he
wouldn't come.
He tells others that he loves me
and he knows don't love him. That
is all q mistake. I think about him
all the time. He, always seemed glad
to see me and to be with me when
he came. I would. be the happiest
girl on earth if he would only come
back.
Will you comfort me in some way?
A DYING FLOWER.
Your life has not been blighted by
this experience. Remember the hap
piness you have had with the young
man, but consider the incident closed.
Instead of looking backward. forget
the young man and face forward. Be
ready to make new friends and have
confidence that from others you can
enjoy even more IN companfonship.
Your experience is so fresh in your
mind that you cannot imagine loving
another. Nevertheless q greater love
will come to you later when you are
older and more ready to receive it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
THE PARK AVENUE NEWS.
By IElE PAPE

Weather.: Snow, eileen at ferst.
Spoarts: Pubs Simkins is anxious
to get up a sliding contest as re-
suit of spending last Satiddy and Sun
dey at his ants house ware his ant
lest had all new hardwood floors put
in and Pubs spent most OF the time
practicing sliding on them. saying his
ant seemed jest as glad to see him 80
as wat she did to see him come.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People One mite last week Benny
Potts had one of the best Exciting
dreems he ever had. dreeming skool
was berning down and he was the eny
one knew it and everybody was asking
him wat he was smiling about ony he
wouldent tell enybody on account of
beip~ afraid sumbody mite send in
an alarm.
Pome by Skinny Martin. 4
Too Neer the Smoak.
Its crate to be a fireman
No ambition could be higher
But they're genrelly too bizzy to sec
mulch,
When they go to put out fire.
Sissiety: Miss Maud Jonson Expects
to have a new tooth eny minnit now,
and meanwhile there is big space
in frunt ware its not. ..-.s.
All size dogs trained to set up, stand
up. beg. and others. See Sid Hunt.
(AvvertiZement)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
Moulton Musings
BY ROY X. MOULTON.

Boy, page Marcel Steinbrugge, Walt
Pulitzer, Lester Lamb, Doris Kenyon,
Karl Kitchen, Odd Mcintyre, Burr Nc
Intosh and some of our other old
friends We have got to get this col
umn out somehow. We are here to
conduct 1t, not to do any of the work.
Every time you hear loud bump
on the other side of the ocean it is
the blawsted trumpet of Joe Beckett,
heavyweight cha mpion, hitting the
floor What a bean that bird must
have to stand that sort of champion
ship so long.
President Millerand of France has de-
cided that there shall be no more Of
fetal kissing between men. He will
substitute the good, hearty American
handshake. The new president evil
IDENTIFY believes that it is better to bear
the mikes you have than fly to others
that you know not of.
Cargo of five thousand cases of
champagne has been started from
France for New York for medicinal
purposes" and it beats all how much
sickness there is.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

A South Carolina admirer of Col
onel Bryan writes to the "Commoner''
as follows: ct want to see the DEM
ocrats win In the next election two
years hence and also in the next pres
idential election. In order to do this
I believe that the very best men ought
to offer to make the race for all Of
fees" This would include about ev-
cry Democrat in the country. if each
individual be permitted to voice his
own judgment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

shut up in fortress six feet thick and
then left alone to get out any way he
liked. Once a day somebody came
around to see that he was there, and
after this interruption, digging, rope
making and other preparations went
on undisturbed. Now watchfui guards
in the corridors, and walls too thin to
shut out the noise from pounding,
seriously interfere with the traditional
methods OF a dramatic escape.
Once in a great while, indeed,
guards are still hoodwinked by an au-
dacious trick. Some years ago, in
Newgate, Connecticut, a very unusual
and original departure from prison &C.
CURED.
A prisoner had died, and his body
was lying in a pine box in the chapel
ready for burial "A colored prisoner
realized the possibilities of that box.
Pretending illness with convincing
realism at the dinner table, the negro
was permitted to leave the room and
go to his cell unattended. Instead, he
went to the chapel, removed the body
from the box and hid it in a corner.
Then he fixed the nails in the lid SO
that the box would open easily, and
got inside.
After dinner, three Irish prisoners
and a guard were sent to get the box.
The four got into the prison wagon
with their burden, and drove off to
the cemetery. AS tney set the DOx
down by the grave a moan came from
it. The men stood staring at it with
bullying eyes. Then a louder groan
arose.
"Howly murdther." yelled the Irish
convicts, THE corpse is aloive!" and
they tore back to the Jail, the guard
only one step behind them.
The corpse" lost no time in coming
out of his hiding place. The guards
gun'lay where he had dropped it in his
flight, and the prison wagon was also
conveniently left. With these to help
him, the fleeing convict had good
start before the pursuit began and he
got away.
This is an escape after the pattern
of medieval affairs. There is adven-
ture in it. But such tricks are rarely
planned, let alone executed. Mostly,
prisoners who depart unofficially from
Jail do SO by collision with a guard,
by force Gin small jails, not strongly
policed). or occasionally by breaking
their word when given liberties under
the honor system. And when the
prisoner does carefully break out of
jail by one of these methods he usually
ends by coming to Doctor budding to
help him break in again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

Christian Science Monitor to ask;
WAS there any honest need for all
the inquiries, the discussions, the
charges and counter-charges Of the
last three years in regard to the price
of coal. resulting. for the most part,
in nothing but steadily rising prices.
if the administration was in possession
of the positive knowledge that coal
dealers could afford to sell coal at say
So a ton and make a fair profit?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

If the plans of those advocating a
big navy be carried out, it is esti-
mated that by 1924 the United States
will have by far the most powerful
Eavy in the world. For over 500 years
Great Britain has held supremacy
over the seas, but now she Is rapidly
yielding control to America. If moth
inr unforeseen occurs to interrupt the
proposed building program, We will
have three years hence twenty-seven
capital ships with a total tonnage of
$4,000 tons. At the same time the
British navy will include eighteen
ships OF similar class of a total weight
of 4S7 900 tons. In addition our YES
sells will have faster maximum
speed ard mount larger and more
powerful guns. Other countries will
all have fleets inferior to the Ameri-
can, even Japan, which is building
substantial increases to her navy, be-
ing considerably behind the United
States These figures of course are
based on the superstition that while
we are carrying out this program 9TH
er nations will stand still. But is it
probable that England and Japan
would stand by quietly and see the
American navy grow away from
them? Yet reluctance of these ma
tions to embark in race for naval
supremacy may account for the agita-
ton which has sprung up abroad look
ing to the curtailment of naval expan-
sion by agreement 1t is the sensible
way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

AS a result of the readjustment of
values now in progress all over the
country, producers. manufacturers
and dealers will find it necessary to
its and wage earners will find it nee
essary to accept lower schedules OF
pay but all can console themselves
with the reflections that the dollars
they receive will be worth much more
than they now are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

While the railroads have been doing
we'll since they have been returned to
their owners, it may have been noted
per cent net earnings guaranteed by the
transportation act. President Wilson'S
veto of the measure permitting them
to continue buying supplies from
concerns In which their officers are
interested may aid them in overcom-
ing this condition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

The farmers charge that the pres
ent antitrust laws make it impossible
for them to engage in collective mar
keting and that such marketing is not
only necessary. but is absolutely essen
tial IL they are to share in the nations
prosperity. Yet the fruit growers of
California and Florida are engaged in
collective marketing in defiance of
that law. They have found way to
eNada IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

Accident insurance companies de-
clare that home is really the most
dangerous place in the world, as 25
per cent of all disabling accidents are
incurred there. This may explain why
so many persons exhibit a disinclina-
ton to stay there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

to overdo the prosperity stunt. They
must look good, not not too good.
For it doesn't do to everyday even a
virtue.
Girls often make the mistake of do
ing this. A poor girl who is a genius
with her needle. and a shark for hunt
ing out remnants at bargain sales. will
dress so that she looks like a daily
hint from Paris. Instead of being
clever enough to tell how she does it,
and thereby win the admiration of all
who know her, she will yawn lam
gudly when any one compliments her
hat and gown and say, "Oh, yes This
is simple little thing that got from
Victorine." and everyone who knows
Victorine's prices will begin to look
at her slantwise and wonder where
she got the money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
A statement issued recently

A statement issued recently by the
secretary of the navy discloses that
his department has never paid a high
er price for coal than $4.24 a ton, and
has quite commonly obtained coal as
low as $3.50 a ton. These prices. Mr..
Daniels declares, represented g. fair
profit. and one with which the deal
ers were well satisfied. This leads the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

Persons who have suffered for years
from the Burleson mail service are
finding consolation in the fact that Il
will last but a little more than two
months longer. Yet it is not well to
grow hilarious over this fact because
it will take the new postmaster gen.
eral a long time to undo all the mis-
chief Burleson has wrought.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

Altho Henry Ford has reduced the
price of his cars since the war, he win
advance the subscription price of his
paper, the Dearborn Independent, to
$150 January 1. This may be taken
as evidence that no paper is used in
the manufacture of the flivvers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

President Wilson's decision on the
Armenian boundary probably will not
be satisfactory to anybody. But so
long as the country is to. be under
either Turkish or Bolshevik rule, 1t
cannot matter greatly which party
gets 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

One of the chief difficulties con-
fronting congressional committees
investigating the conduct of the war
appears to lie in determining where
patriotcering ends and profiteering
begins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
An Ingenious Escape.

You can Imagine q modern prisoner
evolving such a wild plan or a modern
warden guileiessly bearing unexam-
ined gifts from one cell to another.
Yet the ruse succeeded, and with
many more GREATNESS adventures,
Casanova and a fellow-prisoner bat
tered their way out OF one OF the best
prisons OF eighteenth century Italy.
In Casanova's day, a prisoner was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-10-06
FINANCIAL.

RECENT events in the financial world
most stable Investments, returning dollar
for dollar with the stipulated interest, are
first deed OF trust notes secured on I'm
lie market value, We have on hand such
Investments In sums of ta5o, $500. 1900,
5000, $4,000 and upward, yielding Z per
nually, with gilt edge security. We are
also prepared to place and furnish much
larger suma
Our experiences with this class OF In.
vestments covers more than 30 years, with
uniform success, and satisfaction on the
WIN. H. SAUNDERS 4 CO.,
Phones Main 1016-1017. 1<83 K st.
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$50 Per Month

$50 Per Month
ass TIN ct. 9. q. (northeast corner Of
7th and c SITS. directly opposite the East
ern Msrket)-will give long term lease to
reliable tenant.
$50 Per Month
1900 sth Ut. o. E.-SuItabis for any bust
ness; convenient to the Navy Yard; one OF
the best ,thoroughfsres In east Washington.
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BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR RENT BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR RENT
JOHN F. DoNoHoE & SONS
314 Pennsylvania Avenue S. e.
BUSINESS PLACES FOR RENT
$S5 Per Month

$85 Per Month
23o Pennsylvania ave. s. E.-A large
storeroon. cellar: heat furnished; suitable
for any business.
$50 Per Month
IS st. q. E.--LarGe storeroom on first
floor. with large rooms suitable for
storage on second and third floors: can
be made = first-class lunchrooni- VIII give
term lease.
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PRICE, $3.50.
NEW. modern, rooms and reception hall.
electricity; newly papered and painted;
front and back yards: bay window; north
west section. Phone North 60ls.
ON tTHlN. E.-A-1 6-room- bath house;
gas, latrobe heat: garage. For next 10
days, price $3.50. $50 cash, balance like
rent. Bet 6 and 7. Line. 1915.
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HOUSES FOR SALE
HOUSES FOR SALE
BOSS & PHELPS,
Telephone Main 4340.
1406 H st. N. W.
S9,500.


:, 800 and
baths one
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SUBURBAN BARGAINS.
80 Minutes to Treasury.
Price. 40 .S5D
Tel. Woodside 1877.

SUBURBAN BARGAINS.
80 Minutes to Treasury.
Price, $2,S50.
Electricity, city water, tnree-auarters OF
an acre of ground. Large chicken house.
Property In perfect condition throughout.
Cement walks, two blocks from car line.
Can give possession Immediately. This 10
q real bargain. .,-.
Price, $500.
Beautiful home Of = large rooms and
cellar, wash trays; lot 7ox11o; house newly
papered and painted. Easy terms.
: Price, $4,000.
large rooms and bath, water electricity;
one acre OF good land. This 10 a good buy
so act quick. Terms
Price, $4,000.
Beautiful 6-room- and bath BUNGALOW
large cellar with excellent heating plant;
gas, electricity and city water; lot 6oxib0.
WILLIAM G. RICHARDSON,
Main s69l 225 Colorado bldg.
EVANSVILLE.
Fine b-room' bungalow, gas electricity,
hot-air neat. bath, Kitchen range, gas
$500 cash. $50 per month.
ANOTHER EVANSVILLE
bargain. Large 1-room house, bath. garage.
gas, electricity, pipeless furnace, lot boxl5o,
For quick sale $500. $500 cash. Here's
WOODBRIDGE.
rooms, bath, h. W. h., electricity, room for
garage. excellent condition. Only ,7So
cash, balance like rent.
CROCK & COREY,
Main tlss sls 18th 81. N. W.
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$3.50.
This Is a thoroughly modern home. we'll
situated and within walking distance Of
downtown. Colonial type, containing six
large rooms. tile bath. hot-water heat. ex-
pensive electrical fixtures, front and two
rear porches, one screened; stationary
tubs, etc. Garage.
$4,000.
A practically new and unusually attrao-
tive colonial type dwelling, only one-half
block from one OF the best car lines. not
far out There arc six good sized rooms
tile bath. sleeping porch and first floor
rear porch. hot-water heat. electric lights;
built-in garage. II Is now vacant and
must be sold at once. Offers solicited.
Terms acceptable.
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