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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By UEE PAPE

Me and my euzzin Artie was play
ing dominoes on our setting room
floor and pop was taking nap on the
softer, and all of a suddin he started
to smile in his sleep as if he thawt he
was having a funny dreem, Artie say
ing, G. lets wake him up and ask him
wat he's smiling at and see IL its as
funny as he thinks it is
No, he gets too mad wen enybody
wakes him up wen he's asleep, / sed.
And we kepp on playing dominoes
and pritty soon pop started to laff rite
out loud without stopping sleeping,
and Artie sed, G, lissen to him, you
better wake him up and ask him wat
he's laffing at, because if he wakes up
by himself he mite forget and then no
body wouldent ever find out. and wen
YOU tell him he was laffing he mite
get mad at you for not waking him
UP so he could remember wat the Joak
was.
Sounding like a pritty good OF ar
gewment.- and / sed, Well all rite, If
he laffs agen Ill wake him up and
ask him wat the joak is and then he
cant blame me If he don't remember
1t.
WITCH Jest then pop started to, shake
all over on account of laffing so hard
in his sleep, and Artie sed. Now. ask
him now.
WITCH I started to do, shaking him
little and saying. Pop, pop, hay pop
watts the joak. watts you laffing at.
pop? Ony pop Jest kepp on sleeping
and started to shake him hard a.
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Dorothy Dir TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX a--
Worlds Highest Paid Woman writer.
Efficiency--2.


Having found out what wanted to
do, should take part of my money
and fit myself to do it. 1 should go
to the best school that 1 could find
that taught the particular thing I
wanted to do, and learn all that they
could teach me about craftsmanship.
You don't expect a man to start out
and be a doctor. or a lawyer, or a
civil engineer without having given a
single hours study to his profession,
but a woman thinks she can take a
flying leap from her own little hearth
stone into the midst of any business,
and run it by inspiration, and without
practical technical knowledge. Which
is why most women fail in their un-
dertakiQgs. A woman will start a
boarding house and be sold up by the
sheriff, because she knew neither how
to cook, or serve meals, or how to
buy the food. But a course in a do
nestle science school would have
taught her how to make a fortune out
of it.
A woman opens a millinery shop,
and makes hats that look like ten
cents worth of God-heIp-us. She goes
bankrupt, but she could have gotten
what price she liked for creations
that she could have learned how to
make in a good technical school that
A girl takes a three months course
in some rapid fire commercial school,
and gets ten dollars a week for mud
ding up ledgers, and turning out ILL
spelled, ill-written letters. An eight
or nine months course in a high ella SIS
commercial school would fit her to dc
high class work. the kind~of work for
which employers are glad to pay out
good money.
1t doesn't make a particle of differ
ence what kind of worls-a woman I'M
dertakes. She will succeed in any line
If she does good work, and she will
| fail If she does poor work. And you
have to work just as hard doing poor
work, and put in as many hours a day
on it, as you do in doing good work
That is why 1t is SO important to be
efficient, and that is why urge every
woman to take the time, and spend
the money to fit herself for the thing
she is going to do.
Why is one woman plain cook and
another a chef? Why can one MILL
ner get $50 for hat and another only
I$5? Why does one girl stay a cheaT
stenographer- to the end of the chap
| ter while another becomes a highly
priced private secretary? Why does
one clerk become buyer with a semi
yearly trip to Paris while another re-
mains a shop girl at the same, Ole
counter?
One is efficient and the other isn't
One has taken the trouble to learr
how to do her work properly, tbs
other hasn't.
So I urge the woman who has a lit
/ tie money to spend it in fitting her
self for some definite occupation
Learn how to do one special thing
superlatively well. and you need not
be afraid of failing. Efficiency and
success walk hand in hand the world
over.
It's the ignorant. the amateurs, tht
bunglers who fail.
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Dinner Stories

DIR. William e. Sadler, a specialist
of Chicago, said at a recent meeting
of the Federation of Women's clubs,
ITO live to be a hundred the first
requisite is to marry young. The mar
ried always live longer than the single.
THAT is the chief reason why
favor a bachelor tax. Another reason
is that bachelors, coddled as they are.
become very conceited.
"a pretty girl at dance was waltz
ing with a bachelor.
There will be many sad hearts
when I marry the bachelor said.
Goodness. how many are you go
ing to marry?' said the girl"
While a prominent Philadelphia
salesman was in Pittsburgh on busi-
ness he received the following teie-
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gram from his wife: Come homo as
soon as you can. Tam dying"
OF course. the salesman rushed
home, but TO be greeted at the front
door by his wife with q face radiant
with joy.
why, I thought you were dyinge"
he said.
She shook her head in reply.
, well, why did you send me such n
telegram, them" -
1T was that crazy old .pherator,"
she said. 'I wanted 10 say: Come
home as soon as you can. am dying
to see YOU but he would only let rue
send ten words for quarter"
Mother and daughter met In the liv-
ing room just after breakfast and
daughter remarked:
Father went off in a good humor
this morning, didn't her" =
"Heavensl" exclaimed the mother.
suddenly remembering. That reminds
me. I forgot TO ask him for any
money"
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enything, saying. watts you laffing at.
pop, hay pop, pop.
Wat, wat? Wat the doose? Watts
all this? sed pop opening his eyes so
suddin ! forgot to stop shaking him,
and he gave me a fearse push saying,
Lay off, wat do you wuHt, are you go
ing CRAZY?
You was laffing. pop. wat was you
laffing at? sed.
Is that wat you weak me up to ask
me? sed pop, and sed, Yes sir,
tl1awt maybe If 1 dident 1 thawt may
be you mite forget.
You mite be perfecly all rite if you
had more branes, sed pop And he
made Artie go home and gave me
fearse cracks with his slipper and
dident tell me wat he was 1affing at
after all, which he proberly dident
remember himself anyways. Pt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12

We cannot expect to continue fndef-
initely to sell vast quantities of our
products, unless we buy in return
commensurate amounts of foreign
goods. This truth appears to have
reached the inner consciousness of the
United States senators who appear to
be in no hurry to pass the Fordney
tariff bill. The bill as passed by the
house was designed to exclude for
eign goods from American markets.
The time for such legislation in this
country has passed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12

1t is repofted that the ways AMI
means committee of the house has
Reached an agreement with the ad-
ninistration on the amount of money
that should be raised by taxation.
Now if an agreement can be reached
on what is to be taxed there should
be little delay in flaming a tax bill.
Any measure. formulated should pro-
vide for the removal of the transpor-
tation taxes at once. They are costing
the government more than it Gets out
Of them thru their influence in ham,
pering the business OF the country.
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rooms where the golden slippers were
locked in his ehiffenieF. Suppose he
did take them out of their wrappings
and reverently kiss each bit of slisten-
ing geld--were they not the shoes Of
destiny-had not their owner danced
her way into his heart? And she
had not their eyes metz
He put the shoes away. his young
eyes dreaming.
He knew that love had come at last.
(Copyright, 1921, by. the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndieate.l
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RAILROADS ARE WARNED.

Unless khe railroads voluntarily and
promptly take the lead in bringing
about a lower freight rate. warns
the Manufacturers Record, they viii
inevitably create hostility to railroad
interests which will prove as destruc-
tive as were the legislative activities
years ago, by the states and the ma
ton alike. against all railroad inter
ests. a quick readjustment of freight
rates, preferably by the wisdom Of the
railroad managers, is the safest and
sanest course for, their own preserva-
ton. He will be a narrow minded
railroad official, says the Record, who
fails to see the signals OF danger IN
present rates and who does not take
prompt steps to bring about a reduc-
ton.
The present freight rate, It points
out, is absolutely unjustified from
every point of view. It is destructive
OF business. 1t has thrown a great
burden upon the country. It is per-
mittihg European coke and iron 10
drive out the coke and iron OF Penn
sylvania and the south from the Pa
cific coast, and is hampering and in
many cases making impossible the de-
veIopment of our domestic export
trade.
It quotes from a letter received
from the Matthew Addy company,
iron merchants OF Cincinnati, to the
effect that Germany is now supplying
to California and the entire Pacific
coast all the coke which that section
is using. In discussing this subject,
the Matthew Addy company points
out that this condition is largely due to
exorbitant freight rates. In olden
days the freight rate on pig iron from
Birmingham to the Pacific coast was
$12.32 per ton, but today it is $22.40
per ton, and it adds: "All the iron
that is needed on the Pacific coast is
coming by sea, most of it from Bel
GUM I'm the olden days the
rate to California on Connellsville
coke was $11.SO per ton; the present
rate is $19.76 per ton"
And then mention is made of the
fact that the coke that is being used
on the Pacific coast is coming from
Germany.
The old freight rate from Birming-
ham to Cincinnati was $2.75 per ton;
now it is $3.50. The freight rate on
pig iron from Birmingham to st. Louis
was s2.75; today it is $5.25. The
SOUTH" the Addy company writes,
has just about gone out of the pig
iron business, because freight rates
are so high as practically to build a
wall around the southern furnaces"
The situation in the iron and coke
trade, so clearly outlined in this letter,
is typical of the conditions prevailing
in nearly every line of business in this
country. Freight rates are exorbi-
family high. They are destructive of
business. They were made when cot
ton was selling at 36 cents to 40 cents
q pound, and pig iron and coke at
more than double the present prices
Since these freight rates were estab-i
ished prices OF everything have been
cut right and left, and railroads cannot
prosper at the present rates, because
present rates destroy business.
There can be no thoro economic de-
velopment of this country, concludes
the Record, until the railroads voIun-
tarily, or by the power of the inter-
state commerce commission, are
forced to bring rates down to a more
normal basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12

Prof. Irving Fisher still is ham
mering away on his plan to establish
a. variable dollar whose gold content
should be altered from time to time
as its purchasing power varies. Pro
fessor Fishers trouble lies in the fact
that he has placed the cart before the
horse. The dollars value is regulated
by the volume of commodities in ex-
istence. The amount of gold in a dol
lar cannot alter this fact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12

The state of Vera Cruz Mex, Is re-
ported to I've having an experience
with government interference in bust
ness which threatens to tie up every
line of industry. Even the farmers
are about to strike. A new law pro-
vides that all profits must be distrib-
uted among employers and employees.
The people look upon the measure as
Bolshevism and refuse to stand for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12

growers receive rs per cent of the
selling price Of fruit now, as compared
with 80 per cent in 1919. Freight
charges are now "a per cent of it IN
place OF 16.4 per cent in 1913.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12

Apparently the railroads have no
intention of reducing rates until they
have obtained another reduction in
the wages of their employees. They
will make of existing rates a club to
force down labor costs. The only
place the public can look for early
relief is in Washington. Congress can
lessen the burden of railroad patrons
by removing the tax on freight and
passenger service and should do so a,
once. Cutting it in half on January
next is not enough. 1t should be
wiped out entirely now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12

Railroad managers contend that
freight charges. even at the existing
high rates, make little difference in
the cost of an article to the ultimate
consumer. However that may be, the
increased rates seem to make a con-
siderable difference to the producer.
The general manager of the Califor-
mia fruit growers exchange says the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12

Congress is striving to pay debts.
reduce taxes and cut down expenses
all at the same time. The third item
in the program is the key to the
whole situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12

The intense heat in Hungary has caused
the ink to run on the badly printed pa
per money of the country. Careful capt.
talists are using refrigerators as safes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-12

fCcpyrisht. 1921. By The wheeler Eyndieass
Incl
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International
SundaySchoOILesson
BY WILLIAM 4. ELLds

For August IA is, Paul at Iconium
and Lystra Act 14:1-2s.
z-he TsooIx nj FsoldneSs.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
EdKard r. Kelley. Pastor.


The choir, under the direction
of Mrs. Clifford Shell, will give
their Christmas Musicale next
Sunday evening. The following
program will be rendered.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-12-16
Reading Circle Meeting

Tuesday evening Mrs. J. g.
Welsh was hostess to the Ameri-
can Reading Circle which met
in regular session, the president,
Mrs. j. w. Lomax, presiding.
Miscellaneous events were re-
lated at roll call. A large num-
Der were present and after the
transaction of much business the
president gave an excellent
lesson on "Disarm or Die, biased
on a sermon by a pastor of the
M E. E.church of Los Angeles, Cali.
The Circle regrets to lose one
of its highly esteemed members,
Mrs. W. E. Shell, who departs
for her new home in Illinois this
week, but is pl ased to have a
new member, Mrs. C.B. Talbot.
The social hour was a pleasant
feature of the evening, vocal and
instrumental music by the young
lady guests, Misses Frances Tai
bott, Lois Gould and Georgia
Loesa Welsh.
Delectable refresments were
served, the hostess being assist
ed by Mrs. Irene Welsh of
Kansas CITY.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-12-16
Night Officer

The epidemic of robbing and
stealing that is sweeping over
the country caused the Laclede
merchants to meet Friday night
and subscribe funds to put on a
night police for the winter
months. Chas. Mathiasch was
elected to the place and went on
duty that night. His presence
on his beat no doubt prevented
the postoffice from being robbed
about 200 Monday morning. At
about that hour the officer en-
countered a tough looking char
acter at the bank corner and de-
manded to know what his busi-
ness was to be out at that hour.
He said he had come up from
the depot to get drink. He
was ordered to return to the de-
pot and not leave it again that
night.
Monday it was discovered that
an attempt had been made to
enter the postofice through the
back windowof The Blade office.
The screen had been torn off
and bricks and other material
gathered to be used in prying
the window. A heavy iron bar
identified as having been taken
from the tool .box of a railroad
gang working just east
of town was also found just out
side the window. The robber
had no doubt been heightened
away by the officer as he passed
through the alley,
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-12-16
Rax is ChiId-Tamer

Rearing a family of kids ism t
the easiest thing for a boy who
has been an orphan since he was
a lad himself. Such is the con-
clusion of Charles Ray in inter-
peting the character of Ben
Trimble in Thomas H. Ince's
latest photoplay, Crooked
Straight" which comes to the
Laclede theatre Saturday night
of this week.
In this character, Mr.. Ray has
to teach a bunch of youngsters
how to wash their faces and in
clude the ears, how to comb their
hair and put their clothes on.
When it comes to cutting a boys
hair, Mr.. Ray has the oppor-
tunity for a lot of his clever
comedy. Some bright young
sters were picked out to play
with Nh. Ray in this story and
the little life-like episodes be-
tween the star and the kids are
to give a wonderful
touch to the picture.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-12-16
Passing Of Grandma" Anderson

Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, a
resident of Laclede for the past
35 years, passed away at her
home here Monday afternoon,
after a long illness. She was
born in Illinois, February ID.
1841. For more than twenty
years she conducted a hotel that
was a popular place with the
travelling public. She scarcely
ever left her home yet she was
widely known as Grandma"
Anderson, and loved and respect
ed by a large circle of aequaint-
ances. She leaves two daughters,
Mrs. Taylor Weaver of Brook
field and Mrs. H. A. Hobbs of
Ketchum, Okla, the latter be-
ing unable to attend the funeral
which was held at the home
Wednesday afternoon, the SER
vices being conducted by Rev.
J. D. Mendenhall of Brookfield.
The remains were laid away in
the Laclede cemetery by Direc-
tor Thurman.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-12-16
Quarterly Social Meeting

The Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society heldits quarter
ly social meeting with Mrs. F
W. Burke on Wednesday after
noon of last week, she being
assisted by Mesdames Lee
Hamilton, John Dick, Geo.
Kranz, Max Jones, Cecil Welsh
and Miss Edith Hamilton.
At roll call a large number re-
sponded, the Standard Bearers
being present.
A most interesting lesson was
given on Japan by Rev. E. R.
Kelley. The society always en-
joyes and appreciates the lessons
given by the pastor.
An excellent musical program
was given by Mrs. Flo Shell
and a cantata, "The Christmas
Story, was given,the characters
being represented by Misses
Frances Talbot, Bernice Chinn,
Lois Gould, Allene Byrd and
Fern Thurman. Miss Hazel
Wilson read the lesson appropri-
ate to the beautiful scene while
Miss Margaret Kelley presided
at the piano.
The house was beautifully dec
Grated for the holiday season
making everyone feel that
Christmas was near. y
During the social hour Miss
Kelley rendered some beautiful
selections on the piano while the
hostesses served delicious re-
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-12-16
PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come
and Go During the Week

Mrs. Mary Fusselman of
Milan spent Monday with H. M :.
Bartimus and family.
Mrs. J. E. Welsh and Mrs.
Irene Welsh are visiting relatives
and friends in Brookfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Anderson
spent Wednesday afternoon call.
ing on Laclede relatives and
friends.
Mrs.S.F. McGrew of Emporia,
Kans., is here visiting her
daughter, Mrs. H. C. Carothers
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Peet of
Chillicothe were weekend guests
of their daughter, Mrs. Fred
Clinefelter and Mr.. Clinefelter.
Albert Caldwell and children
have returned to their home
near Milan after spending a week
here visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Alva
Cotton.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Bartimus
and children and their guests,
Mr.. and Mrs. DAILY of Everette,
Wash, spent Tuesday evening
with Mrs. Lee Dormer at Brook
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Collier of
Trenton have been here this
week with their daughter, Mrs.
Garland Duncan, who has been
quite sick but reported some
what better yesterday.
During this month we will ac-
cept subscriptions to The Blade
and the Kansas City Daily and
Sunday Journal, each one year,
for $500. This rate is good in
only Missouri and Kansas.
Mrs. Emma David called at
this office Monday and had her
subscription advanced year be-
fore leaving for Columbia to
spend the winter with her sister,
Mrs. Josephene Rummell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Vorce and
little daughter of Brookfield
have gone to Winslow, Arizona,
to spend the holidays with Mr..
Vorce'S mother and sister, Mrs.
NJ. M. Vorce and Miss Gladys.
Harry Landree, who has held
/ round house job with the rail-
Dad at Brookfield for the past
ew months, has gone to st.
Joseph where he has a position
With the Swift Packing Com
,any.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Daily of
Gversette, Wash, returned to
heir home Tuesday night after
pending a few days at the home
# Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Barti-
nus, Mr.. DAILY and Mrs. Barti-
nus being brother and sister. 1t
S Mr.. Daly's first visit to his
Iative state in twelve years.
they also visited at Milan.
The many friends and ac-
Iuaintances of Miss Lulu Han
on, who is a student at Stephens
;ollege, Columbia, will be pleas
d to learn that she is recovering
icely from her illness of the past
7eek, being in the college hos
ital. She is expected home to-
ay to spend the Christmas holi-
avs with relatives and friends.
II IL n-asa
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-12-16
The Home Dentist

And Baclede has a dentist
who guarantees to do your work
just as good and just as reason
able as any dentist in Linn
county and save you the trouble
and expense Of going to Brook
field. c. E. Norris.
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Please Settle

All persons indebted to me
must pay their accounts on or
before January 1, 1922. Please
do not neglect this matter but
make prompt settlement and
save further action. F.R.Power.