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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

running over evenings and occupying
the porch with grandma. This re-
suited in driving Phyllis and her cali
ers indoors, which was the step prior
to starting the phonograph and driv-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis upstairs
Then one day when grandma had
gone to the home she failed to return
for supper. Mary was trifle
alarmed, but It had happened once
before that the matron had invited
her to stay to tea and John promised
to run over Immediately after the
meal If she had not appeared.
1t did not prove necessary. Just
as dessert was being served the front
door opened and grandma entered,
fluttered over to the table and sank
into her chair. She had the air of
one who had not come to stay, but
had paused in passing.
where have you been. mother?"
asked Mary brightly. Gan of us were
worried to pieces"
WELL" said grandma slowly. 1--WE
been-and got married.
Married."
mot old Caleb"
Grandma snorted. THAT old fos-
sill! Why, hes decrepit. he is! Well.
nice old Reverend Samuels married
me"
Married you-why. he's got one
wife!"
This time 1t was John who won
grandma's scornful look.
I'm married to Joe Whipple, su-
perintendent of the home for aged
cripples, and I'm to have a whole
suite and"
Joe Whipple!" Mary could not
refrain from interruptins. But.
mother, he's 50 much youngerl"
Seven years eight months and
twenty-three days" came back
Grandma Johnson's prompt reply.
but that's fifteen years older'n
feel. so I figure we're about event"
Copyright. 1922, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.
Fred Feernot and the villin

Fred Feernot and the Villin
Villin. All hah at last have threw
that terrible Fred Feernot off my
trale. If there's enybody in the werld
I hate, its him. o well, he may think
he's smart but I'm smarter. ha ha ha
ha! laffl Heer comes a messenger
boy. I wonder if he's got telegram
for me. 1 need one. Hay boy, who
you looking for? Have you got a
message for me?
Messenger boy. have, and this is
tim still on your trale.
Villin. Fred Feernot! Cerses!
Act 2.
villin. Well, at last I've threw him
can get the best of this vi1lin he's a
bum thinker. Ha ha ha ha hal
Echo. yHa ha ha ha ha ha!
Villin. G, lissen to the echo.
dident know there was a echo err
round heer.
Echo. Neither there amt. It's me
disguised like one. Ha ha ha ha hal
Villin. Fred Feernot; Is there no
limit to your DISCUSSES?
Fred Feernot, Absilootly none.
Act 8.
vilIin. Well, now RELY have out
witted him and its about time, I must
give this old begger woman cents.
Old begger woman, Mulch obliged.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hal
Villin. Fooled, baffled, its Fred
Feernot! I serrender.
The End.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

In the report of the grand jury
which Investigated the Herrin massa-
ere. appears the following: 1.-The ease
with which firearms were obtained
causes the grand jury to believe that
legislation should be enacted to regu-
late or prohibit the manufacture or
indiscriminate sale of firearms" The
word "indiscriminate" might well be
omitted from the proposed law. Pro
duction- and distribution of firearms
should be in the hands of the govern
ment exclusively. If it had been so
there would haye been no massacre at
Herrin. Three men in Jackson coun-
ty. this state. have just paid with their
lives the penalty of unrestricted deal
ing in firearms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

can't start on high. Use the low
speed to get up steam and momentum
and then shift quickly to high. And
don't drop into low again. except
where it is absolutely necessary for
some unusual difficulty.
1t has been well said that many
people travel all their days in low
speed and don't know 1t. Many peo-
pie walk around day after day only
half awake and don't know it.
Wake up-speed up!
In which gear do you drive? You
can easily tell by the ease with which
you ride (work), or by the manner
in which lou get things done.
If things don't sound right or you
don't seem to be getting anywhere,
better stop and go over your bodily
and mental machines and take in
voice. Maybe you need the shop"
In nine cases out of ten, however, you
will discover that you are wearing out
your engine by travelling in too low
a speed.
Begin today to take things on
"high"-even the long looking hill!
Copyright, 1922, George Matthew
Adams1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY 4. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public LsdSse.l

We haven't read the letters of Mrs.
Mills to the Rev. Mr.. Hall. We have
a well-defined opinion as to what is
fit and proper for a middle-aged mar
thing of the reckless abandon of
women when emotion finds its vent in
the written word. And our conclusion
is that the Rev. Mr.. Hall was bored
stiff by the epistolary excuses of his
friendly correspondent.
What a man likes is to be chased at
a moderate rate of speed. He doesn't
want to be run down.
Upton Sinclair has written to a
friend to say he meant his book about
Jesus quite seriously. No one who has
followed Mr.. Sinclair's muddy trail
thru contemporary literature can
doubt that he is entirely serious. If
he had a sense of humor he wouldn't
be writing books; he'd be laughing at
himself.
Speaking of books-and we seem
unable permanently to keep the con-
finished the rereading of "Seth's
Brothers Wife" 1t isn't as good as
we thought, but it's a good story yet.
"Seth's Brothers Wife, is a study of
ambition, unsanctioned love, politics,
crime, petty meanness, jealousy and
prejudice. The characters, for the
the most part, are out of the soil of
rural New York, and that is where
they belong. Incredible as it may
seem, Mr.. Frederic, who was a high
grade writing-man with half dozen
novels to his credit, knew something
of politics. The chronicle of politics
which runs thru his story is veracious.
The campaign and convention of
which he writes might have hap
pened and probably did happen 1t is
true he nominated and elected a re-
form congressman, but knew enough
of the game tacitly to admit that the
achievement was not an outstanding
one.
When q contemporary fictionist
elects his hero to office he considers
the redemption of the world as good
as accomplished.
The columns Lincoln, Neb., cor
respondent sends the following words
Babe Ruth and Meusel played here
today. Red Randall, southsiding for
the Lawler Sporting Goods company
team, famed the Babe his first two
times up. On two subsequent appear
ances at the plate he grounded gently
to Carter at second. Meusel then
went in to pitch against the knights
of Columbus and the Babe made a
three-bas hit Off his teammate. The
consensus here is that Meusel is a
poor pitcher.
Meanwhile, we wish to be recorded
as a pronounced skeptic on the story
that the Babes failure to hit in the
series cost him a $4,000 theatrical
contract. A manager who is sucker
enough to offer Ruth a $4,000
theatrical contract would be sucker
enough to go thru with it.
We hesitate to take issue with a
statesman, but Mr.. Ford may finally
go too far. 1t is, we believe, possible
to make motor car so cheap that no
poor man will buy it.
A mans motor car represents his
ultimate in luxury. There are very
few willing publicly to admit they
can't afford to spend more than $500
for what is popularity regarded as
pleasures chief asset.
We don't have much fun, but the
fact that Yale varsity scored two
touchdowns on the scrubs was con-
sidered of sufficient interest to make
a place for itself in the news helped
save the day for us.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26
THE BUSINESS REVIVAL.

For more than a year past the pub
lie has been receiving continued as
surances that prosperity and a bust
ness revival were just around the
corner. Today the consensus of opin-
ion in financial circles appears to be
that these conditions have arrived.
Business is picking up and the
outlook is better the world over with
few exceptions" in the opinion of I'm
Gle Sans overseas trade experts
called together by the American
Manufacturers Export association in
convention at New York. Heading a
group of commerce department re-
sionaI trade advisers, DR.. Julius
Klein, director OF the United States
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce, voiced the opinion that con
ditions almost everywhere show de-
cided improvement"
The improvement in general bust
ness conditions domesticalIy contin-
ues to be reassuring. For the last re-
ported week car loadings were $4,000,
a figure not far below the record level.
Cotton has now gone well above 20
cents for the December future, which
is itself a high record on this move
ment, while wheat has continued its
steady advance to a figure around
$1.12. The effect is to put an unusual
amount of purchasing power into the
hands of agricultural communities.
Railroad earnings, altho low for the
country as a whole, owing to strike
expenses, have shown up very salts
factorily In individual cases. Appar-
emily well founded rumors of in
with respect to a number of railroad
issues, says Henry Clews in his Finan-
cial Review, and consolidation pros
poets are again more positive.
Bradstreet's says: Viewed as a
whole, with the possible exception of
collections, which are still, relatively
speaking, backward, the general dis
tributive trade and Industrial situa-
ton is about the best since the late
spring of 1920"
Secretary Hoover and others, in
public addresses during the past week
or so, have pointed out equally en-
couraging factors in public business.
Federal expenses have been cut about
$1,700, 100000 from the peak of war
outlay, and are believed to be getting
down toward low lever. A reported
subscription to Secretary MELONS
$500. 100000 offering, amounting to
nearly three times the face of the
amount put before the public, shows
the presence of phenomenally high
savings in the banks of the country
and in the hands of investors gener-
ally.
The comptroller of the currency re-
ports savings at a high record level,
time deposits in national banks in
creasing by nearly $1,000, 900, 900 be-
tween December 81, 1919, and the
middle of the present year. The i'm
proved position of public credit is
noted by Mr.. Hoover and others as
good evidence OF the stronger position
in which the government has placed
itself during the past year or more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

The automobile manufacturers are
finding that reduction of prices slim
ulates trade. The plan is commended
to manufacturers of and dealers in
other articles desired by the public.
When prices are reduced an increased
volume of business usually compen-
safes for the lowered rate Of profit.
Where Mr.. Ford leads it is reasonably
safe for business men to follow. He
has demonstrated the value of his
system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

According to a new United States
law an American woman who marries
a foreigner retains her citizenship in
this country. The law further pro-
vides that foreign women who marry
American citizens do not by that act
become citizens of this country. The
result has been confusion; a British
woman marrying an American. by the
laws of her country is no longer Brit
ish. and by the law of this country is
not an. American. Much embarrass-
ment is being caused by questions of
passports. since each office, American
and British, sends the British wife
of an American citizen to the others
office for papers. So it seems that in
acquiring a husband a woman may
become a political outcast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

Until the United States supreme
court hands down a decision in the
whole matter, enforcement of the
Daugherty mandate, as it affects for
eign vessels, is to be suspended. For
eign ship owners have been granted
an indefinite stay by the treasury de-
partment, which is charged with en-
forcement or the ruling. This action
indicates that unless the court be
more expeditions than is its custom
the sea will remain wet for a consid-
-erable period of time. What effect
the situation, as it stands, will have on
the ship subsidy bill becomes prob
lematicaI but probably it will aid its
passage. The proponents of the sub
sidy are unlikely to make any mistake
except the one involved in a belief
that the country favors the subsidy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

Mr.. McAdoo has been visiting Sc
we're criticism upon the railroads and
calling public attention to the made
quacy of the service. Yet no man in
the United States did so much to bring
about whatever inefficiency exists in
transportation as did the former di-
rector general of railroads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

In Paris it is reported there are
expressions of relief and satisfaction
that an "unprincipled juggler' is out
OF power and of hope that the new
British ministry will be more sympa-
thetic with France. Never was there
a greater example of ingratitude. 1t
is hard to say where France would
have been today had it not been flor
LLOYD George.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

The benefits to accrue to the Re-
publicans from Bill Whites action in
feeding McAdoo until the latter be-
came i'll are open to doubt. 1t might
have been better for the @. o. P. if
ne had been permitted to go on max
ing speeches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

six articles. which tho egg-shape, were
certainly never laid by hen
What are these?' said his mother.
at was eggs I sent you for"
well, ma" said Johnny, the
streets were awful slippery. an SO
1 thought I'd better get lemons in
stead
what has come oyer Blinks? He
used to be one of the best tempered
men 1 ever knew and now he is al
ways yowiing and swearing. A reg
ular old CROUCH" said Brown
Eyes, noticed the change in him
a week after he bought that second
hand car" replied Smith--Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26
Dinner Stories

One snappy day recently Johnny's
mother sent him to the store to get
half a dozen eggs. On his return he
handed her a paper bag containing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26
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Observation-Disclosures

O. What is the proper time of year TO
attempt cree surgery? NJ A.
A AS a general rule. tree surgery can be
undertaken at almost any time Of the year
hen sap is not running too actively and
the weather Is not cold enough to freeze
cement If this Is being used. In most trees
the sap will interfere with the work only
in the spring. Cement work will be ruined
II it is frozen before It is set. 1t Is not
likely to be injured by frost after setting
for n few days
O. What states have larger proportion
of white females than white malesr /.
]. NJ.
A. According to the last census report
this was the case in Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, New York and Washington, ID. e.
@. How many people visit the Holly
wood studios ina yeari J. Med. 5.
A. The Los Angeles Chamber Of Com
merce says that more than 100000 persons
are admitted to the various studios each
year.
q. Are tbe majority OF members OF the
House Of Representatives lawyersf +. j.
A. II has been estimated that fully 10
per cent OF them are members Of the legal
profession.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
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Copyright. 1922. by the Wheeler Syn.
dictate Inc.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-18

find the kind of fellowship he wanted.
because there wasn't enough intelligence
in the American aristocracy.
Now I am giving up America for
England he says, because / crave the
intelligence of the English people of my
class In America / find intelligence
only in the middle class. The rich class
misses this pleasure of the intellect. The
middle class. composed of the men who
won the war and the men who earn
their living with their minds, is the
backbone of this country. They go home
sober. owing to prohibition-which es-
capped the upper rich class. / am going
to England TO join the leisure class that
, has intelligence which l could have en-
/ loved i'm America, if | had had the luck
! to be born in the middle class"
Poor fellow Our hearts go out 10
| him-at least. the hearts of us middle
class folk whom he praises so highly and
| deservedly.
| Far be it from any middle class Amer
| lean to say that he is wrong. And yet
| his state of mind while subject to flashes
Of real insight, seems strangely-Iet us
say. English If be admires our mid
die class so. why doesn't he stay here
and get a job. and make himself one OF
las. instead of condemning himself t.
I gentlemanly leisure in England as the
| price of association with intelligent PEG
| ME?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-18
WALL STREET

NEW YORK, Nov Is. - Liquidation
of speculative accounts and short selling
in some quarters coincident with abb
sorption and short covering in others
gave the stock market spotty appear
ance in today's dull and irregular deal
ings Generally. the more active issues
moved to higher ground, moderate
strength developing in most of the IN
dependent steels.. shippings. oils, Coco
Cola American Tobacco, \. and r.. Con
tinental Can. Dawson Chemical, Public
Service of New Jersey, Peoples Gas and
Burns Brothers 4
Conspicuous weak spots We're Consol-
dated Gas and International Harvester,
each off three points. and Pierce Arrow
preferred, off four. Heaviness also was
noted in the food group, particularly
Corn Products. American Sugar and
American Beet Sugar. as well as in
Mathieson Alkali. Laclede Gas. Worth
ington Pump. United Retail Stores and
Pittsburgh Coal. The closing was irregu-
lar Sales Appropriated 325 900 shares.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-18
NOISY HOSPITALS.
Many of the Best institutions Placed in
Noisiest Possible Locations.

query noted in medical CORE
spondenca column asks why, when quiet
IS so essential in most illness, so many
Of the best hospitals are placed in the
noisiest possible locations. 1t is a fair
question
The original idea of the hospital was
to care for emergency and accident cases
and to minister to the poor who could
not be cared for ut home. For this rea-
son the hospital was centrally placed
where it was easily accessible from
many directions and where it could serve
the greatest number In the DAYS of
slow transportation, convenience for the
attending doctors was a serious prob
lem. too. The idea of the hospital as a
health center and for the general treat
Jnent of the Ills of the entire commun-
ity has come quickly and many great
institution now serving a broad purpose
IS merely an expansion of an old plant
whose location was determined by old
conditions
There always will be need in the big
cities for the centrally located hospitals
for emergency, clinical and dispensary
purposes. but they should be supple
mented by outlying branches in more IA
vored locations to which patients can be
sent direct or as convalescents from tie
emergency center.
As for the ever-fortunate smaller
town. its hospital location can easily
combine all the points of convenience
quiet and beautiful surroundings and yet
further the widest service That is one
more point where the small town scores,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-18
CHEAP wOOD is EXPENSIVE.
Responsible for Rapid Building Decay,
Saws Denartment Of Agriculture.

The results OF an investigation. insti-
tuted by the United States department
q agriculture IN an effort to cut down
the enormous losses caused each wear by
the decay Of building timbers through
1ungl attacks, are announced by the de-
paFtment in q bulletin prepared by Wal
ter II. Smell, who conducted the study
1t is pointed out that factories and
mills, particularly in the textile, paper
and canning industries, where cOndi-
tions OF moisture and temperature are
unusually favorable for the growth Of
the fungi are chiefly menaced l,y the
destructive pest The problem has be-
come more serious in recent years. be-
cause Of the increasing use of woods Of
poorer quality, growing to such dimen-
sions that a federal Investigation was
decided upon.
The timber formerly used in mill con-
struction. says the department, con
sisted in many instances Of white pine
and white oak, both of which are highly
durable woods. in more recent years,
however, these timbers have been sup
planted largely bv southern yellow pine,
spruce and hemlock. High grade resi-
nous long-leaf pine has given good serv-
ice under CNactlEg conditions. but the
inferior grades of pine. often Of more
rapid growth and frequently containing
a high percentage Of sapWOod. have not
proved satisfactory IN parts of buildings
where decay Is most likely to set IN.
service also under similar conditions. In
one Massachusetts, mill built in 1900. S.
per cent Of the roof planking and a
large number Of floor supports had rot
ted and been replaced by hemlock, in
some instances twice, between 1908 and
1914.
n number of examples Of large losses
owing to rapid decay are pointed oUt in
the report The main purpose Of tho
bulletin, however. says the department
is to furnish a technical and scientific
study Of the fungi causing all this dam
age with Il view To gaining a better
understanding of the life processes, Of
the plants and TO Determining under
what conditions they thrive and spread
within BUILDINGS. Considerable attention
il paid 10 the snoyes. or seeds. of these
nlants. thu kinds that may be found
Within structures such a cotton Mills,
their abundance their lengths of life
UudaT mill conditions. and their n0ssibil-
titles OF starting new ccnfers of rot in
the same or nearby buildings.