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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19

IT. Is pointed out by supporters of
the McCumber bill that prior to the
war, and under the protective policy.
the balance of trade was in our ia
vor from year to year. That meant
that more shiploads of goods were
sold abroad than were imported
They neglect to explain. however. that
the bulk of these exports were sold in
Europe at prices below those charged
the American people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19

The spectacle OF one hundred and
ten million people being subjected to
discomfort, possible danger. and loss
of money and business in order that
two distinct groups within the hun
dred and ten millions may settle their
differences by legalized combat. Is one
at which the hundred and ten millions
gust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19
Dorothy Dix Tails
Shame Kills Love-.
BY DOROTHY DIE
woz16's Szighese Paid Woman WFsseR,


A woman wants a man for her
steady companion thru life who has
| been bred as~she has, who has the
same ideals, the same code of con-
duct, who speaks the same language.
A man wants that kind of a wife. and
when people marry out of their class
and get husbands and wives who can't
read the keep off the, grass signs
of their order, it spells misery for both
parties.
The second reason why the mar
riages between the cultured and the
uncultured are disastrous is because
shame Stays love quicker than any
thing else on earth. Somehow, our
fections does not suffice. We have
to have the o. K. of our little world
upon our beloved. When woman
has to blush at her husbands social
blunders, when a man is mortified by
his wife's lack of knowledge of what
to say and do, and when she looks
uneouth amidst the women of his old
set and his family. then they might
as wen kiss Cupid goodby' for he's
getting ready to depart.
OF course in these unequal matches
the one who has had the better ad-
vantages always thinks that he or she
will bridge the gulf by raising the
other to his or her own level, but only
in the rarest cases is this optimistic
plan ever accomplished.
Men and women who have grown to
mems and women's estate have their
habits of speech and manners so in
grained that it is almost impossible
to change them. It can only be done
when the individuals, themselves,
realize their deficiencies and are hum
BILE enough to be willing to be taught,
and ambitious enough to bend all their
energies toward learning. This mar
vel can be accomplished especially
with woman, who are naturally more
adaptable than men. Two of the most
elegant women I know were crude,
uneducated girls whose husbands had
them trained after marrige by tutors
who taught them from how to dress
and which fork to use. to speak good
English and read good literature.
AS general thing. however, the
woman who has been beautiful
enough to capture a husband above
her own rank in life, or the man who
mas had ability to raise himself above
the level to which he was born, are
too egotistic to be willing to learn.
They admire themselves SO excessively
that they think no improvement is
necessary, and they affect to despise
the refinements which are not theirs
by inheritance.
And. especially. do they resent any
criticism from their husbands or
wives. and this is natural and
inevitable because the one person in
the world in whose eyes we wish to
think ourselves altogether admirable
is the man or woman to whom we are
married.
1t is dangerous experiment marry
ing out of your class. V1t is better to
wed those who have the SANG feeling
about split infinitive that you have,
and who eat a soft boiled egg in the
manner to which you are accustomed
A~& A- |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19
FoREIGN TROUBLE MAKERS

Figures issued by the federal immi-
grafton bureau. show that while
about every Country in southern Eu.
rope has sent its full quota OF per
cent. the countries' of northern Eu-
rope, including Scandinavia. England
and France have fallen far short of
the number to which they are entitled
by law.
Nearly forty thousand immigrants
have entered the United States since
July /, the majority coming from
Italy, Russia,-the United Kingdom.
Germany. Greece and Czecho-Slova-
kia, the bureau of immigration an
nouneed in a summarization of the
status OF aliens entering this country.
About $4,000 more can enter dur
ing the remainder of the fiscal year
but only from countries out of which
they do not come in large numbers.
1t is from these countries of south
ern and eastern EUROPE that a great
part OF this eountry's strike material
IL made up.
During the steel strike in PennsyI-
vania a few years ago an army officer
stationed in the strike region. in reply
to a question by congressman. said
that he had not been able to find an
American citizen among the strikers
and some of the congressman who in
vestigated the situation, when they
returned to Washington told their as
sociates that they had not been able
to find among the strikers>enybody
who could understand the English
language and the strikers spoke no
language which they could under
stand.
In the recent attack by PennsyI-
vania miners upon a West Virginia
mine, most of the attacking party
were foreigners and a few days there
after a large number of women from
the Pennsylvania village from which
these miners marched went into West
Virginia seeking their husbands ] It
the Associated Press dispatch sail
that not on Of these women could
speak the English language.
1t was in the light of this condition
which has existed for years that the
Manufacturers Record" urged that
no one but American citizens should
be permitted to belong to labor unions
in this country. The unions seek to
use these ignorant foreigners for the
purpose of stirring up strife and are
affecting politics by creating the i'm
preston of an enormous membership
when very largo proportion of the
members of some unions are not
American citizens and do not know
the English language ana are simply
being used as tools by designing radi-
Gals. A letter from Mr.. Charles E.
HELLER of New York to the Record"
says:
There is one other suggestion
which is worthy of consideration and
that is the passage of a federal law
prohibiting any alien from belonging
to any labor union. I recently visited
the ConnellsvilIe mine district and
found that most of the miners making
the trouble there are foreigners and
aliens, not American citizens, and
they neither read nor speak the Eng
lish language. They should not be
allowed to come over here and make
trouble for Americans by joining the
labor unions"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19
OueStions-Answers

Q. Have European countries three-mile
coast limit the same as the United states
W. J. C.
A The three-rliIe limit is an interna-
donal agreement.
Q. How did hollyhock get its name: B.
A. Hoilyhock Is the garden mallow
(Angio-Saxon hoe malIow). 1t is called
holly hook or holyhock, from the Holy Land,
where ii is indigenous
G. o. H. nat Is the "0fo i0r ieAf OF 'a'S
"A. The term for this weeiing is auelrO-
phobia-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19

strike there appears to have been
made prominent the question OF
whether a workman's first duty is to
his employer or 10 his union. 1t was
brought UP in the effort to solve the
seniority problem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.


THE GRIND
Rough Road,
Long road,
Tug and haul until you die!
Heavy load,
Weary loaI,
Mop your brow and heave a sigh.
Work, work,
Work, work,
All you meet from day to day;
No rest,
whats the use of itG" you say.
Dull gHnd;
DreaFy grind,
Same tomorrow az todayi
Hey you!
Say you,
Get to work and earn your pay"
Sick heart,
Tired heart,
Weary mind and muscles sore,
Turning wheel,
Flying wheel,
What is all the sweating for2
Well child.
Sick child,
Mother with her eyes Of blue,
Sad home.
Glad home,
All of these depend on you,
Her smile.
Their smile,
Ribbons blue and shoes to fit,
Stockings new,
Dresses new,
This is what yoH set from It
Glane. elans;
Every blow 4 youHgsteF's SMILE
They VIII find it all worth while.
f Mafs f fast,
Here's a dress which she can wear,
Hard day,
Long day
Here's a ribbon for her hair.
Copyright, 1922, By Edgar A. Guest-)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
SPENDING WISELY.

All the world lcves the fighter-the
man who insists on being the captain
OF his own soul. We prate good deal
Of liberty In this country, but after
all the greatest liberty is that of
choosing between hardship and ease,
self-respsct and something not 50 fine.
Down on West Eighth Street Is q
shop filed with blind men and wom-
en-. fighting for livelihood 1t Is not
everything that they can do, but those
things that are within their powers
they do well. Instead of throwing
themselves on the mercy of the COM
munity they are battling for life and
sslf-respect. They ask only for fight
ing chance and a square deal.
once a year these blind folk give q
concert, the proceeds being devoted t.
their shop. This years concert will bt
held in the Playhouse next Monda,
evening. They ask that all who are in
terested rot merely in their work, bu
in their music. attend. They promis-
TO give us more than our money.
worth. Many OF US have spens ssg
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
youRrALrsH IN PARIS.

The Petit Parisien, which claims.
With its two millions. the largest CIR
culation In the world" recently an
nounced that a newspaper was. after
all. merely a form OF Industrial enter
prise, and that It woNld print special
provincial edition at Tours. five hours
south OF Paris. thus not only distanc
ing It's Paris confercs, but competing
with the great dsslies OF Central
France.
French newspaperdom arose In
unanimous protest. The dignity. the
Independence. the freedom OF the press
was being attacked; the press was
not business, but---well, an institu-
ton. The Matin. the journal, the
Echo de Paris, the Petit Journai---all
with their ctrculations from half a
million TO a. million and half
businesses In their own fashion--were
loudest In their righteous anger
Finally, the Petit Parisien announced
that It's scrupulous respect for the
life OF the smaller Journals OF opinion
Paris. II will be recalled, has no les,
than fifty dailies-lsd It 10 renounc,
It's plan for n branch edition; inciden
tally II mentioned the fact that III
competitors also had agreed not I,
publish local branch editions.
The protest against the "trustified
newspaper was In part manifestation
OF the public's romantic devotion 4
the idea that a newspaper. privatel
owned and operated for profit thoug
II may be. IL after all something vast
ly moro than n business. A news
paper, with It's potenthlities Of power
has something very appealing TO tn
rich-witness the many metropolita
papers run for years at a loss W
only wish thst, instead OF Henrsts an
Northcliffes more such men as SEQ
OF the Manchester Guardian and III
Pulitzers made the newspapt
trusts.--The Nation.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
PROPER USE OF EDUCATION.

Columbia University boasts A stu
dent who has been In continuous at
tendance more than 40 years. He has
completed course after course. gradu-
ating from department to department.
accommodating degrees Of every pur-
port and description. He has no IN
tention OF quitting. Tersely he com
ments, The more you learn, the more
you know" This unusual student re-
calls that no one who achieves any
thing worth while ever cea sen to go TO
school.
Thus II In that the number OF years
that one spends In the formal scho-
lsstc pursuit OF knowledge in Itself
contains no conclusive forecast OF
what the future Of life may hold. An
Abraham Lincoln, virtually untutored
IN the classroom. driving his alert mind
In censeless quest to know, rises to
the Aeights. Another. pampercd to a
collegiate degree, may close his mind
with The shutting OF his last senior
textbook and relapse into common
place obscurity. The purpose OF all
our schools is chiefly this: To culti-
vate the desire to learn and to de-
velop methods OF learning easily and
efficiently.
The student who misses that con-
cept misses the best schools have II
OYER. For the student who grasps that
idea the commencement is commence
ment indeed. OF course, the test ot
success Is not what one learns. bu,
rather the use one makes of what II
learned. knowledge, after all. Is only
the tool OF service. and the finest tool
however keen Its edge. Is useful only
I when used. And that use In itsel,
must be useful, constructively, help
fully not only to oneself but to others
Thus the Columbia student. for al
his vast stock OF varied knowledge
may fall short OF winning admiration
or even great respect unless the ser.
vice he renders the world is com
mensurate with the opportunity tha
has been his. Talents are given {,
increase and to use.-Pittsburg Sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
DOPE FROM NolrH DAKOTA.

The proposal that the federal SOW
ernment shall fx Z minimum price for
farm products II the latest proof OF 4
famous saying. The philosopher Heg-
el declares I'VE learn from history that
We learn nothing from history"
Time and again In tho experience
OF nations governments have under
taken to fix prices and tho results
have always been disastroua. In war
time price liking has been Justified
for brief periods under special cir
cumetances. In peace never.
Yet because many farmers are sur
fcring from the effects OF war infiA-
ton and the necessary reaction, 1t IL
proposed to relieve them by schemes
for government action to stabilize
prices at a satisfactory level. A repre-
sentative from North Dakota goes &c
far as to advocate empowering the de-
partment OF agriculture to contro
acreage "by denial 10 planters OF ben.
ef,ts OF the minimum price"
North Dakota has been contributing
more then its share OF late to oul
museum OF economic and Legislative
freaks, ard we doubt II normal Amer
lean farmers want to turn the manage
ment OF their farms over to the gov
ernment In exchange for statutor,
minimum price scheme which Won
work. II. history teaches anything.
1t is TO be hoped the improvement
of the farmers condition, which though
slow as yet r plainly under way. vii
clear tho air lof many III advised pro
jects, such AZ government control o
prices and acreage. II the American
farmer II ready to barter his econo
mic, liberty for such mess OF pottass
nc has lost his wits. But we do not fea
lthat.--Chicago Tribune.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
CHINA.

Tho practice OF ancestor worship,
as 1t is carried on today. must change
Il China Is to come into her own
Those words were spoken by
Thomas w. Lamont, Of the flrm OF
]. p. Morgan 4 CO.. last week. in
commenting upon the gains made by
China at the Arms Conference.
We wonder II Mr.. Lamont Is looking
at China through American spectacles,
seeing nothing but tho vast Industrial
possibilities 'of the sleeping Republic?
II China is 70 become n nation OF
five-cent chewing gum. subways, ele-
waited railroads. oil pipe lines. trans
continental railways. airplane pas
sage, jazz, tho home OF the travelling
salesman. and the like, she must
change her worship--and thereby her
entire outlook on the world.
Perhaps China il not 10 anxious to
emulate America As some persons
would believe. Every Evening makes
no pretense Of being an authority on
that country. Every Evening knows
that Mr.. Lamont made a visit there
recently. and that he did yeoman SER
vice in staving of the famine that
threatened to decimate entire districts
But Every Evening knows that
there are students. scholars and
historians and sociologists who have
spent years In China who declare
that It Is a hopeless task TO change
the methods OF thought OF 100000
900 people, 90 per cent OF whom are In
the densest Ignorance today. The on,
per cent, with some exceptions. re.
ceive the welfare services that earnest
Christian missionaries proffer, but al
too frequently return to their rcspec
tive beliefs in Buddha, Oonfucius, ant
other spiritual leaders.
II China was as anxious to becom
modern Industrial state as some o
her business friends would have he
be, no doubt she would cast ancesto
worship aside overnight. But Chin'
is not as desirous OF adopting tn
: virtues and the vices OF western civil
zation az we believe. Throughout tn
. ages she has assimilated all that ha
I come to her, and then has continue
e her ancient way, unchanged. II
e all question OF whether China want
Q to be land OF Jazz and Christianit.
$ speeding motors and art, baseball an
q industrialism.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
JUST FOLKS
By Edgar A. Guest
PIRATE DAYS.

We're reading tales Of Captain Kidd
And Old Swashbuckling Captain
Brand;
We're deep IN all the deeds they did
Upon the seas and on the land,
And Bud and I set out each night
To sail the rolling Spanish main,
Two youngsters with the old delight,
Back in the pirate days again.
The black flag flying at the mast;
The clash of steel is In our ears.
The pistol FIRE is harsh and fast.
Rough and adventurous and bold,
We take our stand with honest men,
Battling the cruel lust for gold,
And / a -wide-eyed boy again.
Las night we found a man marooned,
And saw another walk the plank.
We helped the lady who had swooned,
And watched vessel as it sank.
Buds learned the pirates all by name,
While ! through him have come TO
know
The old delight used to claim
When I was young so long ago.
l haven't read for thirty years
The pirate tales that thrilled Of old
But now another lad appears
Who wants to have these stories
told,
And here we are-two eager boys
Wading the decks that swim with
gore,
Claiming adventures many joys,
! Back In the pirate days once more
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
WHERE NOT TO STORE LIQUOR

Some time ago the Supreme Court
Of the United States decided that II
man owned liquor which was stored
in private warehouse he could take
1t home and drink it. Now the court has
decided that II he owns liquor stored In
government warehouse he cannot
take II home. All the unhappy man
can do Is TO sell his liquor to drug
gist. contract a disease and buy the
liquor back on a doctors prescription.
Having done that, he may feel
philosophical enough to ponder the
effect Of blue laws on the theory Of
private property. II you owned a case
Of whisky and stored It with a private
company 1t Is yours against all
comers. IL you own a case of whisky
that was stored in government
warehouse provided for the purpose
you can use the receipt as collateral
to borrow money. You can sci, the
whisky TO druggist. You can use
the money borrowed on the receipt tc
pay the doctor and to pay the drug
gist. And II that seems too much
trouble, you can go down the bay and
take look at the Statue Of Liberty
New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
WAS A GOOD CITIZEN.

Dennis ]. Mention, whose death oc-
CURED at his home in this city, Satur-
day night. was for years one OF Will
mington's best cltizens-active in its
industrial affairs and "a valuable
worker in the public service. A.
member OF City Council he was one
of the pioneers OF the public park
system, Drawing much political and
personal opposition to consummate
the important purchase of the Brandy
wine Park land, and as a member Of
the Board OF Park Commissioners
in aiding materially the development
OF the entire system, OF which our
people to this day as 30 Justly proud.
Despite his intimate connection with
large industrial concerns, Mr.. Men
ton found time to devote 10 the prac-
teal development OF the city, and was
interested in various building enter
prises that added much TO the city's
importance and prosperity. He had
high regard for Wilmington, and nc
movement for public benefit failed tc
attract his sympathetic interest and
cooperation. Personally he was high.
| ly regarded by sll who knew him, be
ing OF fine social temperament, kint
/ and generous. He will, indeed. b.
sadly missed by the many who cam'
within the consenial circle OF his ac
ouaintance.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
THE EVENING SMILE.
PROBABLY THE ONLY DAY.

The following conversation in Ju-
venile Court few days ago was a
laugh producer:
An Attorney-"Is 1t true you refused
10 go to church with your wife?'
His sClient-"Well. I go once in a
while"
."Do you ever go to Sunday school?''
"Yes sir
Now tell the court just when you
go TO Sunday school"
And the defendant innocently re-
piled: II guess I go on Sundays
indianapolis Sun.
Bobbie-'Pop. you gave me a nickel
TO keep quiet an hour and the hour s
up" Pop-"Heres a nickel for an
other hour. Now don't bother me-
Bobbie-"Double pay for overtime.--
Houston Post.
He sometimes takes a drink, the
drudge.
Then wanders home TO face the Judge
The Judge with wifely indignation
Lays down the law--extends proba
1 ton.
He keeps his promise for awhile
Then takes another bootleg smile.
An endless game The poor old spor
Is hardly ever out OF court.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
RIPPLING RHYMES.
By Walt Mason.
NO BRIDEGROOM.

Wilhelm, in his gloom i'm
bedded. wrath upon his noble
brow, says he won't again be
wedded-he's not looking for
a frau. Not a dame In silk or
cotton e'er will be his bridal
pet; he would like to be for
gotten. as we're anxious to
forget. He would have the world
forget him. while hes in the
present mood, let us labor to
abet him In his search for soli-
tude. Let us cease to have him
plotting for the crown he used
to wear, with his minions nim-
bly, trotting on dark errands
here and there. Let us cease to
mark his fusstng with his buck
saw and his AK. and to chronicle
his cussing when he goes to pay
his tax. Let's no longer make
a story of the trivial event, If he
fires some servant hoary, 80
that he may save a cent. Let
US Ctdbe w Bet cSSiieu II we
hear about a dame who admits
she'd be delighted TO assume
his storied name. For Old Will
yum longs for quiet. yearns
for quiet more than fraus, and
he's tired of all the riot cores
pondents would arouse. All the
rumors are so rotten that they
make him fuss and fret; II he
asks TO be forgotten, it's our
duty to forget. Let us leave him
in the splendor of the forest
dark and dense. where he
breaks a cheap suspender hew-
ing pickets for fence.