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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

LAUNDERING, bundle washing, family
washing and ironing. Six work our spe-
cialty. Call for and deliver. Phone White
1754 William T. 'ConneIley, proprietor,
1915 Buchanan st.
AN EXPERT on repairing and cleaning
Ieaky cisterns. special cement used
in repairing and work absolutely guaran-
teed. Tel. 5243 J.
FLOOR SANDING-New and old floors
floors. Expert work; reasonable prices.
Phone Red 21SG.
CARPENTERING, contracting general
pairing and remodeIing. Estimates given.
Frank Ellis, Phi. 1906. Res. Phi. Blue 2767.
CYLINDERS REBORED-
Machine work, piston pins and bearings.
EENNING MACHINE SHOP, 92O Monroe.
UP-TO-DATE furniture and baby buggy
repair company. Upholster1ng and pack
ing. Phone 1878 K-2, p. +. Weber.
FURNITURE repairing, uPholstering, wall
paper cleaning and IinOIeum polishing.
122 West 4th st. S. d. CheIson.
ENCHANTING, yard grading, general
hauling, sand, dirt and cinders. Phone
Ditch, G21S w.
MRS NJ. J. MERCER
500 Topeka Ave.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and general sew
ing. Phone Blue 29l1- Prices reasonable
CARPET WASHING at your home. Ham
flton- Beach Machine. Phone Black 615S
DRESSMAkING and children's sewing by
the day or job. Phone 4G5S Black.
CARPET and rug weaving, Rugs for sale
221 lake St Phone White 229S
ashings. 227 Chandler Phone
Red 2931. Mrs. Jennings.
YELLOW CAB and BAGGAGE co. Phone
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Joseph C. Wilson & Co.

THE KANSAS SCHOOL OF CHIRoPRAC-
TIC, Topeka. Kan Day and night
elnsses. School 62Sis Kansas ave Phone
Red 2ss3
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SERVICES OFFERED.
CONCRETE CISTERNS

DO you know that Crouch Concrete
Cisterns are built seamless like a jus :?
CLARENCE POORT. 2204 K-2
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LEGAL.
(First published in The Topeka State
Journal, March 6, 1929
PAYING REsoLUTIoN.

4
RESOLVED That the Board of Commits
County. Kansas, deem it expedient and nee
essary and for the best interests of said
city to grade, pave and curb, with COIN
bined curb and gutter that portion OF
BROOKS AVENUE which lies between the
south line of Eighth Street and the north
curb line of Tenth Street. excepting any
areas already paved IN the snme; said paw
ing to be of two (2) inch asphnltfc CON
crete wearing surface on n six (6) inch
concrete base and to be twenty.six (26)
feet wide from curb to curb.
w. s. HANCOCK,
Commissioner of Streets and Public linz
provements.
+ 1, Eta NJ CovelI, City Clerk Of the City
of Topeka Kansas. do hereby certify TINT
the above and foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy of the original resolution now on
file in my office. ETA. NJ. COVELL.
(Seal) City Clerk.
1Tirst Published in The Topeka State Jour
nal, March 8, 1921
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ADDING MACHINES.

SUNDSTRAND ADDING AND LISTING
MACHINES. Portable, compact simple,
complete Priced as low as $4,000. Jos.
G. Wilson & Co. exclusive dealers, 52J
Kansas Ave. Phone 500.
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LAIfNDEKING. bnndie wasIing. lam

A. D. CROUCH. 22O4 K-4
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NOTICE

I AM NOT responsible for any debts ac
cumulated bya my wife, Laura Summers
after this date. ' II. l.. SUMMERS.
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PILES. fistula, liberation. constipation,
bleeding, itching, cured at home. Trial
free. s.. u. Tarney, Auburn, Ind
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DRAUGHTsMAN.

WHY employ 8 permanent DRAUGHTs-
MAN If your work does not. require one
[ will work out your ideas for you. Ora 3
fngs made from Specifications and Field
Notes Structural Steel Map Work. Special
Drawings. Biueprinting- ADRIAN I.
PARR, Draughtsman, 116 West Sixth.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02
Discouraoinq.

Discouraging.
Love at fust sight sure am de
ticket" said Charcoal Eph, moodily.
.Ef'n a man took a second look, sun,
hit would be all off wild housekeepin. y
Richmond Times-Dispatch-
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02
Has
New Sensation

Captain Crawford meets the Broad
way beauties on their own ground she
has Irish-blue eyes. creamy skin,
red-gold hair. ankles that Ziegfeld him.
self couldn't criticize. and lines of such
slender loveliness you are ready to
count your calories the res of your
life.
ITO stay on Broadway, you must be
a good Snowman" she continued know
ingly. You must have tact, sympathy
and the ability to sense the feelings OF
your audience. You must know the
psychology of the crowd. You must
give them your best and let them
know you are giving it.
"I have no moving picture outfit, but
l can make the men and women in my
audience see pictures no camera could
show when I remind them Of their
homes and mothers and their child
hood associations.
"When a man laughs or looks skep-
tical l single him out for special at
tention, just as a vaudeville performer
sometimes does. DO you remember
what you were when you left your
small town home to capture the big
city?' ask him. What do you really
think of what you've becomeT
81 keep after him until he does
think. and every one else thinks.
Gives Audience Jazzy Hymns.
broadway loves its jazz, SO l jazz
up the hymns little.
81 keep constantly in motion. Eva
Tanguay doesn't use more pep In a
performance than do"
Captain Crawford was arrested re-
Gently ON a charge of obstructing traf-
fic. She was accompanied to the police
station by a crowd of 1900 sympa-
tl,izers who hissed and booed the po-
lice and created such a jam that the
reserves were called out. The captain
was promptly acquitted.
CAPTAIN Crawford is unmarried. She
| is the daughter of a colonel in the
Salvation Army. In her five years of
active service for the organization she
mas SPOKEN III pTdStitaiis every CITY VI
any size in the South and West.
Hardly a week goes by that she
| doesn't have an offer TO go into NOV,
ing pictures. Many Broadway pro
ducers have tried to induce her "a
draw crowds from behind the foot
lights rather than outside in the
street. But no offer has ever tempted
her to leave the work she loves
| Meanwhile, Broadwayi:es don't car,
whether she stays out in front or goes
inside-just so she stays on the street
Long live the queen" they cry.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02
BEAUTIFUL GEM NOT UNLUCKY
Superstition About the Opal Has Ne
Real Foundation-Sir Walter
Scott Responsible.

There is no more beautiful gem than
the rainbow-hued opal. and unfortu-
nately it is saddened with a reputation
for bringing misfortune on its wearer.
The prevalence Of this superstition
ia very curious, for 1t can be traced
back to nothing more unlucky than Sir
Walter Scott's famous novel. "Anne OF
Geierstein." This book introduced an
opal that brought sorrow on all its
possessors. and, so widely was it read
century ago. when Sir Walter was
at the zenith Of his popularity, that
the gem began to be credited with the
evil power he gave it in the story.
But there is no reason why we mod
erns should be influenced By an almost
forgotten piece of fiction, which most
of MS have not even read In real life
opals are no more unlucky than any
other stone. and plenty of people who
possess them can point to happy lives
The opal is the symbol of hope. and
is said to sharpen the sight and
strengthen the faith of its wearers. II
is considered particularly the stone OF
the October-born.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02
TIPSY BIDDlE FIGHTS DOG
Farmer Asks Dry Agent TO Find Pout.
try's Mash Supply in His
Neiohborhood.

Cincinnati. O.-lnehriated chickens
on his farm have So inccnSed George
W. Perry on the Dayton pike, near
Dayton. Ky. that he has asked James
NJ. Wood. prohibition agent. 10 appr>
hend the person or persons who fur,
nish the fowls with moonshine whisky,
Ii has been an all too common sight
on his farm for several days, Perry
said. for the chickens IL be trSing to
perform stunts that Mother Nature
never intended they should attempt. A
heretofore meek old hen was observed
TO be trying 10 fight bulldog. finally
putting the dog TO iilght.
The reason. Perry told weeS,, Is that
moonShiners operating somewhere In
the neighhorhood had poured their
mash on his farm and the chickens
partook literally of it. Their spree
was fatal to some Of the chicsenA
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02

1EDDY'S zoo VISIT

Teddy had been to the 700 and had
soon lots Of interesting animals.
Among others he had seen the Ant
Eater from South America. And he
had thought it must be very queer
70 be almost all nose so that one had
hardly any mouth at all.
Still oueerer 1t would be to eat ants
and 70 get them in his mouth by means
of his long and thin but thoroughly
useful tongue.
Then it wouldn't be nice to swallow
ones food whole as the Ant Eater al
ways had been brought up to DO. OF
course the Ant Eater couldn't very
well chew when he hadn't any teethl
But the Ant Eater had claws. Oh
yes although those claws had never
heen known to do any harm, still they
had been able to de- much good in
getting the ants from an ant hill for
the Ant Eater!
Next Teddy visited an orang-utan
at the zoo who was merely visitor
as he belonged to some one who had
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02
Skirted Man Secures
Room in Women's Hotel

New York.-A guest who reg
istered as Betty Berg, Oakdale'
L. L." at hotel conducted ex-
clusively for women, was arrest
ed and declared by the police 10
be William Berg. a Norwegian
cook, thirty-five years old.
Berg, who is an extreme
blonde type, was made up to look
Ike large, fairly attractive
woman and had obtained a room
at the hotel without difficulty.
The guest conversed several
times with the clerk, whose Sus-
picions became aroused. Detec-
tiyes were called in and the ar
rest followed.
Berg readily told who he was.
Said he had just finished a sea-
sons job as cook at the Sports
mans club at Oakdale, L. l., and
was in town looking for work.
His trunk contained COM
plete wardrobe of feminine ap-
parel, the police said.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02
Animals and Birds and Drink.

win wild animals touch fermented
stuff?
The books on bird-diet say very lit
tle and nothing entirely germane TO
the question. remarks a writer In Ad-
venture Magazine. However. only a
few days ago there was newspaper
item concerning the presence of bees
about mash from wrecked bootleg
still. According TO the reporter, the
bees deserted the flowers of the local
ity to flock about the mash. 1t was
remarked. half-seriously. that the
honey made would probably be mildly
intoxicating,
Also dozen times or more "since
prohibition" there have been, accounts
of pigs and chickens growing hilarious
from feeding on the residue from
stills: several times such stills have
been discovered through the peculiar
antics of hogs and chickens IN the
ueiehborhood
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02
Swamp Colony .
Knows No Law

killing a mouse she poisoned his cof-
fee with arsenic and watched him stag
ger from the house to die.
Her next discovery was that she
would be more contented without her
husband. SO in the dead of night
while Romie was sleeping, she took a
weapon to which cartoonists have
given grewsome familiarity, roll
ing pin. Swamp life had given Media
the muscles Of man. but her first
blows did not kill the sleeping man.
HE sort of quivered all over" Media
said. land l felt kind of sorry for
him"
Her momentary hesitancy was made
up for by her mother. While Media
was lying at the side of the man
whose head she had broken, the moth
er picked up the weapon and with
one blow finished the deed began by
her daughter.
All the parties to the murder are in
jail.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02
A Comedy Of
Mishap.
By GRACE w. ABBOTT
20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)


Jane Elizabeth Scott trudged dog
gedly through the pouring rain, her
Gainty, gauzy dress quite drenched'
her satin slippers sloshing mlserably
in the puddleS. Jane was mad! In
fact, Jane was more than that-she
was exceeding wroth both with herself
and the world in general, but In par
ticular with the masculine half OF IL.
Three hours earlier she had preeneo
for 80 minutes before her mirror. ana,
satisfied with the picture she saw re-
fiected there, she had Joined her hand
some escort and started for the most
important event of her young life.
After much worming and sQuirming
she had been invited to the supper
dance at the Fitz-Carlton, the party
including the most socially important
members of the exclusive South side
set. Her escort had been Jimmy Lane
man, a creature Of her own modest
class, and he had been the cause OF
James wrath.
The very first dance! With perspir-
ing brow and fast whiting collar, ne
had bravely started the dance, out
alack and alas, he had slipped IN the
centre Of the floor, sprawling ungrace-
fully. which was bad enough. but In
his mad attempt TO regain his footing
he had clutched at her skirt, which
partially gave way, and reduced her
in a heap on the floor beside him, with
an undigniiied expanse of silk stock
ing furnishing the last straw.
Jane never knew how she left the
hotel. She had jammed on her hat
ignoring poor Jimmy's frantic plead
ings for forgiveness, and had walked
ceterminedly out into the pouring rain.
Such was James hard-luck story.
Never again! She was through with
men! Fire fairly popping out OF her
dark blue eyes. Jane trudged on, re-
gardless Of the looks Of passers-oy.
One block from her home she caught
the light of the street lamp glistening
on the badge of the policeman on the
beat. She pressed on. reached the
curb, slipped in the mud, and went
splashing into the biggest puddle Tor
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02

blocks around. Her satin slipper went
living of into the darkness. Jane sat
perfectly still and cried. This was the
limit.
swell: well, this is too bad. Are you
hurt. nnissY Without waiting for
reply the policeman attempted to lift
Jane from her damp seat, but with
frantic. puny fists she fought him of.
.Dont touch mel" she cried hys-
terically.
He stood back, surprised. but said
nothing. She continued to sit there,
striving for self-control.
"Are you going to sit in that there
puddle all nightT It's against the
law. You see-obstructing traffic"
She glanced up angrily. "Will you
please 90 away from here and leave
me aloney'
.No, ma-aml It's my duty as an
officer of the law to see you safely on
your way" He bent and, in spite of
her. lifted her from the street. One
glance told him her shoes were gone.
Her gown was clinging TO her shame
lessly. wretched mess of torn chiffon
and mud.
You can't be walking far, miss
your shoes are gone.
Weakly she leaned against him and
cried. In spite of himself the officer
laughed. -You poor kid! Where do
Won liver" Humbly now. she told him.
and he picked her up and carried her
the one block ard left her at the door
sTake better care of yourself here
af,er. miss. Keep out Of the puddles-
she slammed the door In his face
Although the rain poured consistently
all the rest of his watch, Officer Rob
ert Atwater kept smiling to himself as
he thought of the girl in the puddle
"A week later Jane. retiring for the
night. wrote In her diary: For
whole week have not spoken to
sineie man. hate them-one and al
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02
Salvation Army Captain Out
draws Famous Show Beauties
of the Gay White Way.
GIVES PEOPLE JAzzY HYMNS
Crowd Almost Mobs Police When Cap
tain Crawford Is Arrested for OBJ
structine Traffie-Talks to Broad
way In Own Language.

New York.-A new queen reigns on
Broadway!
A new face has captured the tickle
heart and the sophisticated taste of
the pleasure seekers of the gay White
Way.
She is Capt Rheba Crawford. The
"vamp Of the Salvation Army" they
call her around Times square.
Within a stones throw of so the
aters and as many dance halls and
cabarets where the worlds highest
priced entertainers hold forth and
Wealth invites Youth. Captain Craw-
ford takes her nightly stand and di-
rects traffic down the straight and
narrow road.
She's the only Salvation Army lass
who has ever been able TO draw big
ger crowd. single-handed. outside the
ater. than chorus of beauties could
inside. She talks to Broadway in its
own language.
Vies With Broadway Queens.
81 conquered Broadway because l
have the soul of Broadway myself" "
she said, "and its mind and heart as
well. love Broadway and understand
it. 1t is the greatest street in the
world and has the biggest heart"
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02

I've seen that odiOuS policeman Twice.
but did not return his greeting.
Il shall never marry now. l shall
devote my life to hard work"
She laid her pen aside, switched OF
the light, and crept into bed. In vain
she tried to sleep, but she could not.
Patrolman Atwater's laughing brown
eyes tormented her. She hated him
Hated him! She punched her pillow
viciously.
Later, she did not know how late,
she awoke, sitting. Her room was
filed with dense smoke. Frightened.
she Jumped from her bed and opened
her door, but at the sight of the blaz-
ing hall-stairs, she hastily closed 1t
again. She could not escape that
way. Her little room was on the third
floor of the refined boarding house for
ladies, that she called her home. and
there was no fire escape. Thoroughly
scared. she opened her window and
screamed Justify for help.
A crowd had gathered below. Fire
apparatus came. and the work OF
rescuing went on. Still no one noticed
the girl on the third floor. For hFe
minutes she stood there, now and then
CRYING out, but her voice was drowned
in the shouts Of the firemen and cries
of the frightened women. At last In
the crowd she caught the gleam Of the
freight on a row of brass buttons and
q police badge.
"Help! Help!" she screamed again,
and continued to cry until the smoke
got the best Of her. and she sank In
little heap by the window. She was
but dimly conscious Of pair Of strong
arms that slung her over a pair OF
broad shoulders. A great cheer greeted
them as they reached the ground, and
willing hands would have taken Jane
from her rescuer but she clung to him.
| frantically, and he held her, carrying
| her to the ambulance. For two days
she remained in the hospitab recover
ing from her shock and the effects OF
| the smoke, and the girl waited pa
| tiently. In the afternoon of the first
day he came.
.I knew you'd come" she whispered
as she held out her hand to him. Hei
eyes shone as she noted his immacu
/ late uniform. the clean-shaven face
and laughing brown eyes.
"Yes, l had to come. You need
guardian!"
"How can :" she began, but
he interrupted her, taking her hands
possessively in his.
Don't say it. ! know what yor
were going to say-'How can l ever re
pay your Well, TIL tell you before yo'
ask. Please let me prove to you that
police officer is the best guardian II
the world!"
James pale face flushed. "You-yoI
have proved 1t. haven't you" she
stammered. turning her face into th'
pillow.
Patrolman Atwater stared unbeliev
ing at the girl on the bed. ''Good-by !
he cried. and snatching up his cal
started for the door.
"where, where are you going?" sh'
cried. dismayed.
I've got one hour before I go OF
duty to get that licensew he answered
Joyously.
"Come back here" the old JAM
cried. He turned. You idiot! Don
you know nothin'T
He came back to the bedside meek
ly. 'Yes. ma-am."
"What's my name? Where was
born? What's my great-grandfather'
uncle's occupation" she laughed up q
him-"and besides. you might
at least kiss me-"
Patrolman Atwater was late for roll
call that night, but In view Of hi
fame as a rescuer, and the tell-tal
face Of him, he was forgiven.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02

n. j.; Miss Jean Vancouver OF Phlia-
delphia, and Miss Margaret Rust OF
Bowling Green, KY. The three are
nurses connected with the Near East
Relief.
The breaking of the 1OOO-year rule
of the monastery was In recognition
of the work which the three nurses
have done for refugee orphan children
in the district.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-12-02

gone away. He was enjoying his visit
at the zoo and was friendly with the
keeper and the keepers friends.
The visiting orang-utan was not
yery old and he had very red hair so
that though he really had another
name many called him Reddy.
Next Teddy visited the Broad-Band-
ed Gopher. To Teddy the Gopher
looked very much like a chipmunk.
The little chipmunk had gone down
into his hole by this time for winter
sleep.
In fact, when Teddy had last seen
him he had been going down into his
neat little hole then. Perhaps ne was
making his winter preparations.
The BroadBanded Gopher turned
somersaults for Teddy and 1t was
such fun to watch him
He turned a splendid jumping kind
Of q somersault-pushing himself
with his feet to start himself OF.
Teddy visited the Jayan Adjutant
a big bird. He looked like the Mara
bou stork, though he was smaller, bCt
he was a strange looking bird. you
may know If you've already read Of
the Marabou stork.
Teddy heard that the Javan Adju-
tant was unlike many relatives of his
for he would never live in town
No, the Javan Adjutant liked the
wild places of India where he had
lived.
Town life wasn't the life which
suited him. He liked 1t where every
thing was far wilder than IL ever was
/ In a town.
Teddy listened to the cranes What
a noise they made,
| But Teddy wondered II sometimes
the cranes didn't think that great
| crowds OF humans. shouting ST each
other to see this and that. and scream
| ing with excitement or surprise didn't
seem Just as curious and loud q noise
| to the cranes as the cranes voices did
| to the humans!
The children went TO see the cranes
when they were fed but the cranes
really weren't so very much more ex-
cited about 1t than the children were
when they stopped at various places
In the park to eat their lunches
Then he saw a family q rsccoons
and he loved watching them wash their
food before eating IL.
He visited the Trumpeser Swan but
was disappointed because the Trump
eter Swan had had row with an
other swan and since the row he had
no, trampeted So well no- 50 much.
Oh, IT Was lets et run To visit ths
zoo and te see all the different sni-
mails and 10 learn about ,aesa and
their ways
Hut the animals ne liked the best Of
all were the monkeys They were al
ways performing and always doing
something ~ interest.
And then. too, Teddy always gelc the
monkeys ,aer>asAly eaSessa seeing
hlm and watching assa aaa sas. !.
wasn't rude 10 stare at them flr they
stared hack,
oA yes the monkeys asa their eas.
10 entertain the visitors and Teddy
only wishsa he ceala swlaS and do
tricks In the easy w&y saeS ssl1
The monkeys aevev ws>gx awkward
Teddy felt that he gsss>a was,
Bes in spite * that he wss g,aS
he was visiting the n>e Instead O,
being visited AZ the ss>s;