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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-14

and her green eyes were the color OF
her jade-green dress.
Jane Darel You have grown into
a" He paused breathlessly, as II
searching her face for traces of the
little playmate. Has any one ever
Jane blushed still deeper, wondering
why he spoke that way when every
one knew that she was just plain Jane
Dare.
"Sit down and tell me all the news"
he urged, and Jane did so, hardly a bic
to meet his intense blue gaze. No man
had ever looked at her in that way be-
fore, but she had seen the minister
look at Celia, and Abigairs professor.
Suddenly she felt sorry for them all:
81 must go home and serve dinner,
she exclaimed penitently: and she told
him the whole story while they en-
joyed the lunch she had brought IN the
basket. Dan told her how he had
planned to spend the summer with his
mother in the old house. and how he
would commute to- and from the city.
II shall see you often, Jane Dare,
he told her as they went slowly thru
the old woodland path that wound up
to the cliff. and the wood road and the
orchard, where the blossoms dropped
rudy hair They came into the dining
room. blissfully happy. and ali un-
aware that they were so. Everybody
stared at Jane with the sparkling
green eyes. the bright hair. the rose
tinted cheeks. And they saw their old
friend. Danny Barton, whose coming
had brought about this transformation
'Naver say plain Jane againi" NUT
tered the minister to his betrothed.
and no one ever did
Downright. 1922, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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The bulletin issued by Bradstreet's
covering commercial transactions for
he past week is the most optimistic
hat has appeared from that source in
4 long time. 1t says; Retail trade is
better. this being reflected in more
confident buying by retailers, who
show more disposition to buy for the
future: the industries. especially iron
md steel and automobile lines. are
more active; building has taken an
other surge forward; factory activities
n shoe and leather making have en-
arged at the east. while being pushed
o capacity at some western points.
Being stimulated by higher hide
prices; crop reports have improved.
more especially those as to the big sur
,lus food staples, and additional
measures OF monthly Industrial move
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Questions-Ansvers

O. How long is the coast line Of the
Great Lakes? n. x
A The shore line OF these lakes COM
prices $500 miles. They have a water sur
face area of more than $4,000 square miles.
From Montreal, the head Of ocean naviga-
ton to the head of Lake Superior, the
sailing distance is about 1910 miles.
Q. What percentage Of the people own
or control the wealth Of the worldg O. s
A Prior to the World War. the econo-
mists while agreeing that accurate statis-
tics were not obtainable, estimated that
nine-tenths of the worlds wealth was held
by tenth of the population. No recag-
nized authority has undertaken to fix the
ration of distribution since the war
Q. What has become Of Twilight sleep?
A. This method of painless childbirth is
being used in private practice by many
physicians in this country. but there is no
hospital using twilight sleep exclusively.
In England and Germany greater progress
has been made. some hospitals administer
it frequently and the treatment is gaining
in pOpul1 .ity.
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Dorothy Dix Tails
Taking a Vacation.
81 DOROTHT DIX
Wss1A's mghess Paid wS@sa WRsssR.

This Is the vacation time of the year,
and I want to urge every woman, and
especially every wife and mother, to
take a little holiday, whether she can
afford it or not
And by taking a holiday. I don't
mean going off somewhere with the
whole family, who are a thousand
they are at home. I mean breaking
away from the family, and from home,
and home duties, and home cares, and
getting off somewhere alone.
OF course, the average woman will
say that this is an utter impossibility.
She can conceive the thought of leav-
ing her husband for a week or two,
but the idea of going away from her
precious, darling children, and con-
signing them to the care of others,
fills her with horror. She feels that
they would wither away and die if her
eye were not perpetually on them.
All of which is sheer nonsense.
None OF us are so necessary to our
by the fact that somehow or other
they get along without us If we hap
pen to die. 1t is just our vanity that
makes us think that we can't be
spared even by those nearest and
Also when you tell the average
woman that she should take a vaca-
ton she is shocked at the idea of do
ing a thing that she regards as selfish,
and cruel, and it is hard to convince
her that her going away from her
FAMILY Tor a space of time is the kind
est, and most altruiStic thing she can
possibly do for it. She can't realize
that her holiday gives her husband
and the children a holiday also. be-
cause it makes a break in their routine
of daily life, and gives them the in
terest of a change even if it isn't a
change for the better.
There is no other work in the world
so monotonous as that of the domestic
woman in moderate circumstances
There is no other labOrer on earth who
tolls such long hoursA for her work
begins in the morning an hour or two
before the balance of the family is up,
and continues long after they are in
bed The mother OF little children
never knows what it Is to have a
nights unbroken rest. She Is always
burdened with cares and anxieties
She is always worn with the struggle
of trying to make one dollar. do the
work of five, and she spends her days
in the midst of a turmoil of childish
quarrels and squabbles, and cries that
would make a boiler factory seem like
a rest cure.
Such a woman endures a daily Or
deal that wears down the strongest
constitution, and reduces the nerves
to fiddle strings, and the result is that
fretful, and irritable, and about as
soothing to live with as a porcupine.
She nags at her husband and chill
dren. She is cross and unreasona BILE
with them. She is grouchy and
grumpy. and slaps the baby, and
shakes Mary and sends Johnny out to
play on the street, just to get rid of
him. and she hurts and humiliates and
alienates the affections of the be-
wildered little creatures who don't
know why mother screams at them
about nothing, and does not seem to
love them.
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George MattheD Adams
Daily Talk
THE KEEN EDGE.

I find that my razor has to be strop-
ped every morning before use. Else
it's edge is not keen for happy service
And I find that my mind, as well.
has to be stropped each day-not
against itself, but against some other
matter-a- book, a conversation, a
walk, a picture, or some of the myriad
formations of Nature that nest all
about us.
If you watch the work of someone
who has entered upon much expert
ence, you will see smoothness of OPP
Grafton and sureness of action. The
keen edge asserts itself over and over
again.
Nothing is truer than that the prizes
in this world go to the alert
Ebert Hubbard had the correct
slant when he wrote: The world
bestOws its prizes, both in money and
honors, for but one thing. And that is
you: 1t is doing the right thing with
out being told. But next to doing the
think without being told is to do il
when you are told once"
Initiative keens every faculty in
ones makeup.
But to get and hold initiative you
must carry light equipment-that is,
you must not be enviOuS of the de-
lights and successes of others, you
must not feel that the world owes you
a living and that luck in this world is
a respecter of persons. You must CEN
ter your entire being upon but one
object-the thing at hand. And be
happy while YOU are at it-belieying
in your heart that great things are
sure to come your way.
The keen minded lawyer has been
schooled in losing cases quite as thoro-
ly as in winning them
Robert Burns, thru all his reverses,
still sang of poverty with a light. de-
fiant note" as Stevenson has SO well
put it. DR.. Samuel johnson once
threw away a pair of shoes that were
left on his front doorstep for him.
His pride would not accept charity.
Rather did he prefer to let poverty
gnaW into his very vitals- And Victor
Hugo wrote most of his greatest books
under the shadow OF want and dis
couragement-
The keen edge demands oppositionl
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Twelve British soldiers have been
captured by Kemalists in the Darda-
nelles and are reported to have been
massacred, according to a news
agency dispatch received in London.
If these advices prove to be correct a
loud roar may be expected from the
British Lion Rarely if ever have for
eigners murdered British soldiers or
citizens and got away with it. That
is something that the English nation
Will not condone.
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The pending tariff bill has been
amended so as to give the potash pro-
ducers a direct subsidy instead of al
indirect one thru the medium of an
import duty. But a tax on the people
Tor the benefit OF a special interest
-mells as rank, under whatever form
il NAV be imposed. The change
doubtless is due to a storm OF protest
raised by the farmers who would
have been compelled to bear the bur
den of this duty thru higher prices.
BY changing the tariff tax into a sub
sIdy. the entire people will be taxed
for the benefit OF an industry which
produces only a small percentage of
tbe potash required by American agri-
culture.
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THE PRESIDENTS ULTIMATuM.

H..
President Har-ing has made it
known to congress that it must act on
the ship subsidy bill before adjourn
ment or he will promptly call that
body into extraordinary session for
the purpose. The president does
not seem to be particularly interested
in the tariff and he is not worrying
matter of a ship subsidy ne is insist
ent.
Mr.. Harding places congress in an
embarrassing position However will
ing it may be to carry out his wishes
in the subsidy matter, It's members
know that a ship subsidy never has
been popular with the people and is
not popular today. An election is ap-
preaching which will involve a choice
OF a new house and one-third of the
senate. There are many indications
that many members o. the dominant
party who have not already been dis
placed by the primaries will have a
hard fight to kec., their seats. They
fear to make the situation more hazz
ardous.
The presidents ultimatum seems to
warrant the conclusion that congress
will remain in session. with a posi-
bic recess. until after the election. If
it then be found that the country has
sustained the G. o. P. in a substan-
tial way it may be possible for Mr..
Harding to induce congress to pass
his pet measure. But this is by no
means certain. He may lead con-
gress to the trough but he cannot
make it drink.
Independence will never come TO
our producers until our foreign COM
merce is handled by men whose first
concern is for the welfare of the
United States. declare the supporters
of the subsidy. Among ship owners
is a poor place to look for men whose
first concern Is for the welfare of the
United States" Were It not so they
would not be asking that the people
be taxed to swell their profits.
The American Federation of Labor
has just raised it's voice against the
granting OF a subsidy.
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The decisions OF the railroad labor
I'd have given satisfaction neither
, the workers nor the management"
american Federation of Labor. This
s. the highest compliment that has
tecn paid to the labor board by any
ody. 1t indicates that the board 5
wing TO be fair
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does Probably if the two separate
soon enough they will learn to be good
friends again. while if they go on Hv-
ing together they may learn to dislike
each other so that there will always
be i'll feeling between them.
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ments received go to confirm the idea
that May saw a very pronounced for
ward step All these developments, It
should be --lembered, have occurred
in the face of a so per cent tie-up in
all coal mining and of the threat of a
possible strike on the country's rail-
ways by what might be called the
auxiliary classes of railway labor"
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ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE

Washington correspondents and 9TH
ers who profess to write expertly and
authoritatively of politics classify the
nomination of Mr.. Brookhart in Iowa
as a progressive victory. They also
liken the nominee to La Toilette. We
beg leave to file a demurrer to the
pleading. If Brookhart is like La Fol-
iette-and in a smaller and insignifi-
can't way he isEhis nomination isn't
a victory for anybody. 1t is a defeat
for everybody concerned.
Those who study the structure and
business of government fairly and
without bias must admit that some
party cohesion-is necessary in statu
tory accomplishment. The nomination
and election of men of the radical,
rowing type merely adds additional
the smile, it puts additional stingers
in the tail of government and dimin-
ishes precisely to that extent its tall
ent for constructive effort.
Personally, We are not much con-
last past we have been going over our
party linen for the purpose of erasing
the old laundry marks. So many gen.
tlemen who have never paid initiation
fees or dues are now doing business
in its name that the welkin of the Re-
publican party sounds only family in
our ears. But the column is ever at
the service of the people when the
task of separating facts from floss
presents itself.
A thing that concerns us much more
intimately than any political symp-
tom is our propensity to blow up on
No. 5. No. is an easy three-shot
mole. A physical wreck should be
able to play it in par. Every time we
play it the sound of the explosion is
audible in Chester.
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The Whispering Post.

A STRENGTHENING doing. You've
had your publicity.
Traveler-It isn't what a man sees;
it is what is in the back of his head.
A. A B.-We strive to please. What
do you want us to do about it?
F. F.-Glad- you enjoyed the gem
from McGuffey's. That was the best
thirty cents we ever spent.
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had your publicity.
Traveler-It isn't what a man sees;
it is what is in the back of his head
A. A. B.-We strive to please. What
do you want US to do about it?
F. F.-Glad- you enjoyed the gem
from McGuffey's. That was the best
thirty cents we ever spent.
81 marvel at your audacity in criti-
cizing Prof. Schelling," writes an in
dignant reader. Pooh, poohl The
bigger they are the harder they fall.
one marked talent. Not infrequently
he's a dub at everything else. Thus,
and in such manner, does life strike
its balances
The world gets it's impetus from
men of average knowledge, intelli-
gence, comprehension and understand
ing to whom is given, as compensa-
ton for their lack of talent or genius
a high degree of capa bility. Science
and art illuminate civilization and Iu-
bricate its processes. But when the
average, normal man removes his
shoulder from the wheel the vehicle
stops stock still.
Shakespeare. as an instance, wrote
deathless lines. But the probabilities
are that his wife had to go shopping
with him when he needed a new pair
OF trousers. Likely ne COulon re-
member. more than half the time,
where he had put his hat.
The Washington Observer notes that
Chief Justice Taft will go to Europe
for his vacation, after which he will
attend the meeting of the American
Bar association to be held in Cali
fornia in August and then go to Muir
ray Bay, Canada, for golf and fishing.
In a manner of speaking, Chief JUS
ffna To m Gf0 =
home since he was appointed to the
bench.
But we remarked at the time he was
appointed to the bench that it would
tie him down.
There is some discussion as to
whether Mary Pickford really wrote
the naive kmemoir printed in the cur
rent number of Golfers and bearing
her imprint. We think she did. In
her recital Miss Pickford gives Blanche
Bates credit for introducing her to
the larger sphere of usefulness. Had
the memoir been prepared from notes
by a professional writer. the credit
would have been given to Miss Pick
ford's mother.
We are willing to concede that the
young woman who recently shot a
Philadelphia man IN a Kansas City
hotel is charming, agreeable, hard
working, gifted and virtuous. But
that is as far as we will go.
1t is the columns invioIable rule
that no woman who shoots a man is
a heroine to it. Men often fail to ap-
preciate this department of applied
psychology, but they have no better
friend.
The trouble with the plan to make
Henry Ford president is that there
are people who will take it seriously.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-20
LITTLE
BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pane
BY Lee Pspe

Last mite after suppir ma sed to pop,
wiliyum. don't know how IL is, but
I was down town shopping today and
figure / awt to have IL dollars left and
1 only have 10, don't know how II is.
You were proberly robbed, and it you
we're it serves you rite, nobody ever gets
robbed except by their own carelissnese,
that's wat I've always maintained, sed
bsp.
sutch q consolation, sed ma. I had
I tawk on that very subjeck COM
ing up In the trolley tonite with Lewis.
ssd pop, we were squeezed in pretty tite
and Lewis made a remark TO the cffecs
that IL would be a good place for pick
pockets and I told him that If It wasent
for peoples own carelissness the robbers
would all starve, told him ] never lost
unything for the simple reason that In
a little careful, and I told him eny man
that gets things eto.en from him ony has
himself TO blame, and by the time ] fin =
ished tawkins Lewis agreed With me,
TOO. -
o you're one OF the Z wonders OF The
world, IL not the sth, sed ms, and pop
sed, Not at all, l don't claim to be o
wonder, I'm meerly a carefll man. y
wich be kepp on tswk!ns about Il
and the doorbell rang and ran down 70
anser Il and it was Mr.. Lewis, saying.
Wares your father. wunt to see him.
haw hsw haw. And he went up in the
setting room, saying. Hello Potts, how
haw hsw, heers your watch.
And he took q gold watch and chain
ont Of his pocket, saying, Watts you
looking so serprised about. we'll Ill be
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darned, you never even missed n ZEE
haw haw haw.
Watts Il all about. watts tho joke: sed
pop. And he felt IN his pocket ware
his watch awt to be, saying, Wat the
tIoose. and Mr.. Lewis sed, Haw haw
haw this is one on you all rite, after
your cute little speech in the trolley car
on the subjeck Of pick pockets i jest
calmly snitched your watch and chain
and you stood for IL like a new born
babe haw haw haw. -
Hee hee hec look who's careful, hee
hee. sed ma. And me and ma and Mr..
Lewis kepp on laffng as II we thawt II
was funny as enything and pop kepp on
not lafing as IL he thawt It wasent.
Proving everybody is Untitled to their
own opinion.
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FORD IS REAL BOY
AND ENJOYS GOING
ON COUNTRY HIKES
Or. Marquis Relates New
Story About Edison and
Joke Played by
Ford

- B3 ,. ,. AIahRNI5' u y
Copyright, United State and Great
Britain. 1929, North American Newspa-
per Alliance of which The Age-Herald
is the only Alabama member. Also pro-
tected by copyright in other countries
OF the world. All rights reserved
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HOWL RA|SED BY
HYDRO INTERESTS
AGAINST FORD BID
Special Opposition Is Raised
on Proposal to Lease Mus
Gle Shoals For One
Hundred Years
WASHINGTON BUREAU !
TILE aGE-HERALD
Washington, u. c., NOV. rs

The federal water power commits
sion, composed of the Secretaries OF
War, Agriculture and the Interior,
in its second annual rcpdet today eX-
presses opposition, indirectly. to the
Henry Ford offer for Muscle Shoals.
Under the head of Attacks Against
the Law" the commission includes
reference to efforts Of individuals
to obtain special privileges at GER
tain sites which. 1t alleges, would
result in setting aside certain fun
damertals of the water power act.
The particular respect in which
the Ford offer Is understood to run
another one back of him enjoying
the fun
When Mr.. Edison had finished, the
operator SAT dowa at the key and
sent the Information down the lint
that the kid who had just slowly
licked off the lazy message was
Thomas A, Edison, apprentice OPP
orator on this key more than so year:
ago"
! would give a great deal to know
just what that fellow who broke il
on Edlson's message thinks OF him.
self as a practical joker.
Continued Tomorrow
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BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER Is, g22

counter to the law is its provision
that Muscle Shoals power shall be
granted to the Detroit manufactures
for 100 years. The law limits leases
to so years.
Tho contention OF the commission
will doubtless have It's reflection in
Congress when the Muscle Shoals
situation is under discussion. The
statement of the commission on this
subject follows:
CummissiOn's Statement
"Of equal Importance and perhaps
of greater danger are the indirect
attacks on the act. There are move
ments on foot In several quarters to
secure for certain sites or streams
special legislation, which II approved,
would constitute a partial repeal OF
the federal water power act, and
would eventually result in the pro-
gressive disintegration of our pres
ent national water power policy. II
these proposals that rights or autho-
tiles be granted independently of the
present law be examined ii Will be
found that some or all of tho essen
tial features of the act. particularly
those that protect the public inter-
est, have been omitted. even when
provisions in direct conflict have not
been substituted.
Furthermore. the granting of spe-
cial privileges to favored interests
would clearly discriminate against