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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY UEE PAPE

Yestidday aftirnoon I had cents
change belonging TO pop and 1 met
Mary Watkins and she herd them rat
tie in my pockit on account of me
making them rattle on perpose jest to
make a good impression. and she
started to make limiting remarks and
sed, Its only cents, Id buy you some
candy with 1t If it was a dime but you
cant buy enything with 8 cents nova
days.
Certeny you can. the ideer. never
saw engbody with, sutch Expensive
taists, sed Mary Watkins. And she
started TO mention some different
things you can buy with cents suteh
as sour balls and peppermint drops
and for cent mushmellows and diff
erent things, and tried to argew her
out of it ony she wouldent leeve me, so
we went GROUND to Momrny Sim
minses and 1 bawt 8 cents werth OF
assorted mixtures and wen went
home sed to pop. Hey pop, is # all
ways rite to do wat a lady asks you
to?
Invariably. pop sed. Meaning yes,
and sed. Well sippose you don't want
to?
A gentleman always wunts to do
wat a lady asks, that's how he knows
he's gentleman, pop sed.
Well you know those 8 cents change
had belonging to your cigars? I sed.
and pop sed. know them well, I hope
to have the privilege of putting them
in their riteful place in my pockit in
the near futurq
Yes sir, we'll Mary Watkins kepp on
asking me to buy her some candy ard
all had was those cents and I.
bawt her some with it, was that ritter
1 SCI.
Perfeckly, pop sed. Me thinking. G..
herray, and pop sed, 1t was a very
sporty thing OF you to do, because you
must of known EwouId take it out of
your recess money, dident you?
Yes sir. Sir2 No sir, Hasent sure,
sed. and pop sed, Well now you may
be sure.
WITCH I wasent till this morning
when pop wouldent give me eny money
for recess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27
Questions-Answers

Q Is bluinS a dye or bleach?-M.
n. v
A The department Of agriculture says
yellow in clothes, thus making them white
Q. How much Of Asia IS controlled BIZ
outside countries? T G. w.
A. Asil's area is about 100000 square
miles. OF this, approximately 100000
square miles are under the control Of
Russia. Great Britain, Holland, France, and
the UnitesI States.
Q. How MANY embassies in Washington
are owned by the nations occupying them
C. s.
!, A Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Great
Britain. Italy and Mexico own their en-
bassies. Russia also has n fine building
in Washington which was the home Of the
Russian embassy Seycrsl legations are
housed in nzagnificient buildings owned By
their governments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27

iIlI be with you at Farnharn Sor
Thanksgiving" he said by way "
The truth was that Henry Lane
had motored t. FarnnaH on 2u 80. - >,
and Monday morning he " } seen IN
that sleepy, old-fashioned community
dressed in clothes that did not distin-
guish him from any country AoaIs ,
| He found an excuse to VISIT the - lsus
schooIhouse where Ma -ha Drew
taught, and pretending to be an OLD
friend of her fanily's found an excuse
to walk home with her. Martha asked
him to stay for Ter frugal supper
Martha was q dark-haired, dark
eyed woman Nearing forty. but then
Henry Lane was forty-five- Disarmsd
by his unassuming manners. she con-
fessed to being downright tired out
I'D like to take a GOOD rest over the
HOLIDAYS" she said, same as you seem
to be doings but my city relatives al
ways come on then, and there's all the
rooms TO get ready for them to spend
the night. fires t. make and no end ef
perhaps that she had complained 50
much.
The next day Henry Lane managed
to work into the good sraces OF 9.
neighbor of Martha's- He asked this
old lady something about those swell
city folks Miss Martha expects for
Thanksgiving"
The neishbors shifted indignantly.
peShJ SlAdIllCs SAA0 SeAA0- y
come down here and live Off her for
two days, bring their friends with
them and a music box and dance all
morning when they ought to be at
church Like as not they laugh at
her behind her back. And what do
they do for her? Not one of them
has ever asked Martha to visit them
in the city. They're too stuck up.
And what do they give her? Every
Christmas they send a box Of old
clothes. If I was Marthie I'd slam
the door in their faces-and she SO
worn out with teaching"
Tuesday and wednesday Henry
Lane courted Martha Drew with
amazing rapidity. He must have. be-
cause wednesday night the Blair
Drews and the Gregorys, just before
starting out, received kilograms from
Lane. Don't come. Accept my invi-
tation for self and friends for dinner
at my hotel. Martha needs a. rest"
Somehow It was 50 like Henry Lane
to send that sort of message that no
one was much annoyed by it. The
surprise came, however. when they
met Henry Lane in his hotel apart
ment with Martha Drew standing by
his side.
Martha and were married on the
way down last night. We've ordered
dinner for the crowd in a private
dining room. The cooking. won't be
up to Martha's-but 1t will be easier
for Martha this way"
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
paper yndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27

-Four persons were killed. their
automobile was demolished and the
engine of a California mail train on
the Northwestern was ditched as the
result of a road crossing accident at
EImhurst. just west of Chicago Thurs
day night A peculiar feature of what
otherwise is a common occurrence was
that the crossing was provided with
gates but they failed to prevent the
accident. The driver of the car did
not hear the train whistle and ran his
car thru the barriers. Nothing will
put an end TO such happenings except
ahe elimination of the grade crossing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27
Dorothy, Dir Tails
MIND YOUR own Business-1.
BIZ DoBOTHY DIx
sxs6s Nghess Raie Woman Writes.

Mind Your Own Business.
The greatest art in the world is the
art of letting other people alone, for
it requires a sense of justice, and a
superhuman forbearance and self-con-
troll to which few mortals ever attain.
Il is this mania. for bossing other
people that has given us the best of
reforners who have devoured almost
the last of our personal liberties, and
who make laws telling us what we
shall eat, and what we shall drink.
what We shall wear, how long our
skirts shall be. whether we shall have,
up our children. 1t is the collective
busybodies, male and female, who are
the curse of the modern world, and
especially of America where they exist
in numbers unknown elsewhere.
Occasionally you see a man who is
letting his fellow creatures live their
own lives in peace without any inter-
ference, and who considers that other
people have a right to manage their
own affairs in their own way, but
woman who doesn't think that she has
a divine call to run the universe is
such a rarity that she could draw good
money in a side show. as a freak OF
nature.
Somehow, for. some inexplicablc
reason, no woman can see anybody
else making a pie without having an
irresistible impulse to put her finger
into it, a1tho she is perfectly well
aware before SIl6 oOcS So that sue WIZ
not only spoil the pie. but burn her
own fingers to the bone, into the
bargain.
It is woman's inability to mind her
own business. and let other people
mind theirs, that is at the bottom or
most of the troubles of which she
complains.
1t is the real crux of the servant
question, for one thing. Women are
always wondering why it is that their
husbands can keep the same stenog-
raphers and bookkeepers and clerks,
year after year. while they have
constant procession of maids in and
out of the kitchen. The reason is that
a man explains the work that he
wishes done to a female employee, and
then lets her go ahead and do it in her
own way. He is concerned only with
results, and he doesn't stand over her,
and interfere with every move she
makes. Nor does he arrOgate to him
self the right to tell her what she shall
wear out of business hours, what
beaux she shall have, and where she
shall go.
His wife, on the contrary, stands
over her female /employes-and nags
her to death. She tells her the Same
thing over a million times, and con-
siders that she has a right to inter-
fere in every detail of the girls pri-
vate life. Wherefore the girl leaves
when the inquisition gets too great to
be borne,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27

Members of the State Bar associa-
t.on are reported to favor the nomi-
nation of district judges by party con-
Mentions Such a change, should it
come. instead of tending to take the
judiciary out of politics, would plunge
Il farther in. There should be no par
tisanship in this branch of govern
ment. The lawyers would do better to
strive for a judiciary appointed for
life or good behavior as are the fed
eraI judges. The defeat of Judge
curran at the recent election Is an evil
dence OF what happens to a judge
who carries out the law as he sees it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27

If ship subsidy would result ulti-
mate1y in placing an american mer-
camille marine on a paying basis there
might be some excuse for it, but it
would not do so. Nations whose ships
are carrying the ocean commerce will
not surrender it. If it become neces-
sary TO do so, they. too, can play the
subsidy game. The New York Times
wisely says: "On1y a profit-earninS
marine would be national pride. a
tax-eating marine would be q burden
and a Confession more humiliating
than that already implied The objec-
ton is not to the word subsidy. but to
what the subsidy signifies. No sub
sidy can make the existing ships prof.
table. The president repeats a state
ment that labor costs alone disable our
ships as competitors with other ships.
The dry laws are an additional han
dicap. 1t is short-sighted to try to
make sea transport profitable by using
tax money to drive cheap carriers off
the ocean. On the highways the best
service always wins in the long run"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27

The Grange is reported as express
ing disapprova1 OF a sales tax on the
ground that tits unjust. in that it puts
an unfair burden ON the people and
lets off the war profiteer. 1t would
be interesting to know in what way it
let's off the war profiteer more than
he already is let off. The tax could
not be unjust because it taxes every
body on the same basis and its pay
ment could not be evaded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27

who are entitled by laE to receive the
bonus or to their widows or children.
This is a practical way of helping
needy ex-service men and their de-
pendents- Other money it is expected
will be received by the fund.
The men who have started the Vet
Grams Trust have done something
worthy of imitation by soldiers OF the
Great War in every one of the twenty
three states that has voted a bonus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27
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ion and let the food take care of its
body, while W feed your soul.
And yo>. who have q home leave
your troubles and worries outside, as
you would tbs mud from your shoes
Go to our table to be nourished with
living food-food that builds far more
than the body. Find in that hour
the choicest gathering Of your day.
Don't eat alone-if you can hekp It'll
Copyright, 1922. George Matthew
Adams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27

Georges CIemenceau is called 1.-THE
Tiger by admiring friends. Appsr-
emily he is trying to live up to the
name while over here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-27
Chapters From a
Woman s Life
GRACE HARTER LEARNS OF THE
ACCIDENT
By JANE PHELPS
synopsis Of Preceding Chapters.

Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
Doreen Is the wife of Walter
Page. an artist. The latter is grad
ually becoming infatuated with, one
of his models, Helen Ralstrohn of
the blonde yamp" type. He pur-
ehases runabout, selected by
Helen. who companies him riding
more often than does his wife. One
night while Pages mother is paying
him and Doreen a visit Walter car
ries Miss Ralstrom into his own
home at midnight, the victim Of a
motor accident. The elder Mrs.
Page inSists on caring for the in=f
Jured lady and the following morn
ing sends her home in an ambu-
lance. This attitude wins Doreen
over to her mother-n-law who
heretofore hal considered her cold
and proud, difficult to get along
with.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18
EASY ON The BRAIN

Occasionally We hear of a brafny
man who reads action stories in or
der to divert his mind from the siren
uOsify Of his career. He finds relax
alton. and it is good for him
Stories founded upon the wild and
wooIly days Of the early west appeal
to him The heroes are genuine he
men, with oceans Of red blood in
their veins. and he thrills as he reads
Of their marvellous exploints-
But he misses the best Of all &C
ton stories
He should read the Bible.
No writer Of modern or other fe-
ton has ever been able TO duplicate
the wonders that are told in that
book
No human mind has ever been
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18

able to fully grasp the import of the
deeds recorded therein
II is the only book that has ever
been written that holds its own
against the lapse of an eternity Of
time.
Even brainy men may find rest and
relaxation in reading of the glories
that are told in the Book Of Books
Try it
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18
MORE SHRUBS BEING USED
FOR GROUND IMPROVEMENT

Interest among Eenrucky farmers
as well as owners Of city property in
the beautifying Of their home
grounds By means Of planting shrubs
has been increased steadily during
the past few years. according to ~
R. Elliott. of the College of Agricul-
turs- Three varieties Of shrubs have
been found to be especially good for
individual paintings while seven 9th
ers have predominated in hedge and
screen paintings
Dogwood, one OF the three varieties
for individual specimens. grows Is
to 20 feet high and has white or red
flowers that bloom in May. This is
tree that requires plenty Of space
for development
SmOkewood. another shrub that
makes good individual specimens.
grows about IL feet high and blooms
in July This tree is distinctive in
that the bloom is in Towering clus-
tiers 1t is popular for planting on
the edge OF open vistas.
Judas tree. the third specimen for
individual paintings. grows to be 10
to u feet high and has a rose-pink
blossom that blooms in April and
May. This shrub is one that blooms
before the leaves appear.
For hedges and screens. Japanese
barberry has proved 70 be one Of the
most popular. this shrub growing
from three 10 four feet high 1t is
a harry plant with heavy green foli-
age that produces scarlet berries in
the autumn.
Hydrangea grows TO 10 feet high
and has a white or rose eolored flow
er that blooms from July to 5sptem-
Der. It is one Of the good Towering
shrubs that blooms late In the sum
mer.
Privet grows to about eight feet
and Is considered one OF the best
shrubs for hedges The plants should
be set from TO 10 inches apart in a
staggering row.
Japan ounce grows to be from s
10 feet high and has scarlet now
er that blooms In May. When set
from Is TO IS inches apart these
plants make a dense bed that re-
quires little pruning
Spfrea. which grows from s 10 s
feet high. aborvitae, which grows
from 4 10 IL feet high, and hawthorne,
growing from 6 TO 10 feet high. are
other shrubs that are popular for
hedge and screen paintings
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18

su,sh,,> s.s -a-ss-. ne az AZ
Gray
L4.rhsr s8s tsurs - ne trsas @
our way-
Hearts thss are heary. thsa bs.rts
that are Iirtt;
Eyes th.f are misty. and sFss tkat
are bright.
Losses and Gains n ne hsat e ne
STRIFE
Zach n pruporrisa 70 ruune Ont u'ss
Hfe-
Ir-o the c-1cftle stirred ~ the genrs
Clad au cur hopes and zisEfrinEz
and fears
Glas DAYS ard sad DAYS Cur pleas
ures and paths.
worries ard cozforzs cur lossss and
Oui Of ne e-uessls SIAN thsrs not
JOY unsettled When ne Pour OF TIE
scu-,
Out Of the sadness and anguish End
Ont q TIE t-zvzH and burdens re
D0E.
out Of TIE shsd0w that dzrksns TIE
uzr,
Ouf q the failure that tries rs today.
Fave y0a q doubt that contentnent
VII cone
Wien Tou'vs pr1hed life and discard
ed TIE sr@.
fractured with sorroEs and azF0red
with sigh,
Moiste1ed with tears that have AOEn
from your eyes.
Ps-fznsd with sEse1ess Of loves
that have died
Lssre1sd with failures. vita grief
szzcfi6ed.
Sacred and sweet in the JOY that
must come.
FrO7 the furnace Of life when you've
poured OF the scum
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18

= Newspaper = reliable guide % FOL
lOE. Just as he finds the printed
Ezs5e for tourists 70 points Of inter
est matter Of interest and tine
saving In fact the stores. the nflls
and the thezters are points Of inter
81 to all tourists. and the nOn-sdFsr-
tiser puts himself outside the pale Of
interest 50 far as strangers are con
esrned-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18
BEAN ACREAGE TO BE LARGER

Following the good results obtained
by farmers in Mccreary county, the
acreage OF this crop Is to be increas-
ed at least 800 per cent this year,
County Agent w. b. Woodward says
Only 30 acres Of beans were grown
in the county last year. according 70
Mr.. Woodward. Already this year IS
bushels Of certified seed have been
purchased by farmers In the county,
he added.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18
BUSY PEOPLE SHOULD
READ NEWSPAPER GUIDE

The Newspaper that carries = good
H1e CO zdFer1issze1ts Is 70 the EhOp
PEI shat the tine table Il 70 the
Traveller and the pzblished guide Is 70
the tourist Busy people VII study
these zdTs-tiss1ents IN the hume OF
f. the oSes a. they % = tine table
and before they start out SHOPPING
they have determined where they are
going
The newcomer or the visitor in the
city finds the advertising cOlzn1s Of
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18

Secretary Davis says hands OF
VIII be the governments policy in the
coal strike That VIII be the miners
policy, also
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18
FOR SALE

Pure bred Barred Plymouth Rock
sggs.-Mrs. ]. VII Barnes, Route
l. phone "a VIZ. (3e-tl
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18

If you have . bad habit. break it
OF il viz break you
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18

II isn't company that misery loves
but merely an Audience
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18

See The Advocate for printing.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-04-18

No human mind has ever been
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-24
Hines Refutes Charges That
Railroads We're Turned Back
To Olvners in Bad Condition

refute this assumption, cited the tes-
timony of President Rea Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company in 1917 in
the advance rate case before the
interstate commerce commission. Mr..
Rea declared then, in effect, he said,
tain passenger car equipment, that the
continuous service of freight cars had
left great numbers in need OF repairs
and locomotive repairs also had suf-
fered from inefficient and insufficient
labor.
Although some who criticized the
administration's maintenance policy
should have placed no limitation on
maintenance expenditures, Mr.. Hines
said, the government had adopted the
perfectly proper limitation" that
such amounts should correspond
reasonably with the government con-
tract obligations except in unusual
circumstances" ~
Comparing the efficiency OF labor
under government control, the only
true basis for which. he said, after
the change to the eight hour day was
the number Of "man hours paid fol" !"
Mr., Hines declared the traffic units
of service per mAn-hour" had in-
creased from 81 in 1915 to 90 in 1917
and 1918 and 100 in 1919, 'thus show
ing more units per man-hour than
ever before" With this start in 1920.
he said. the figure had been increased
to 101. s
Quoting from the reports Of regional
directors for 1913 and 1919, Mr..
Hines said these showed "vigilant
and efficient performance Of the
public service and satisfactory hand
ling OF the business under peculiarly
difhcult conditions"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-24

Washington, Jan. 24.-Assertions
that the railroads were turned back
to their owners after the period Of
government control sin a broken
down condition were refuted today
by Walker D. Hines in a statement
before the interstate commerce COM
mittee in which the former director
the government had substantially
oyer-maintained the equipment" OF
the railroads. Mr.. Hines told the
committee as a witness in it's general
railroad inquiry that reports at the
end of federal control showed loco
motives ITO be in better condition
than at the beginning and of the con-
favorably With that time 1t must be
remembered. he added, that both
generally were in Hexceedingly poor"
condition at the beginning Of federal
operation.
/ Reports Exaggerated.
N. Although there had been some
shortage Of ofsmaintenanee in rails, cross
ties and ballast on some roads, Mr..
Hines said. this had been greatly ex-
agEerated" in the general discussion.
There could be no better proof OF the
back, the former director general said
than the Unprecedented volume Of
business which they began to handle
within four months OF that time In
1920, without. he asserted, any
marked Improvement, in the condition
Of their rolling stock. !. .-4
Stating that critics Of the! railroad
administration among thef rail execu-
tives appeared to take as q starting
point the idea that their equipment
was in ideal condition when the gov
ernment took control. Mr.. Hines to
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-24
TESTIMONY OF FATTY
ARBUCKLE AT FIRST
TRIAL BEING READ

San Francisco. Jan. 24.-Reading Of
a transcript of testimony of Roscoe G.
rFatty') Arbuckle at his first man.
slaughter trial resulting from the
death Of Miss Virginia Rappe was the
first thing on the program when the
prosecution resumed today its presen-
tation of evidence at the second trial.
The state started reading Arbuckle' g
previous testimony to the jury late
yesterday and had not. concluded
when court adjourned. The proceed.
ing was occasioned by the testimony
of Warden Woolard. a Los Angeles
newspaperman. who repeated a pur-
ported interview with Arbuckle fol-
lowing the San Francisco party that
eliminated in Miss Rappe's death
The state thus is trying to show con-
tradiction. between the two versions
of the affair