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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

The morning 1 had to go TO the
dentists to have my tooth fixed more
because he sed it needed it than be-
cause it bert, and 1 dident feel mulch
like going and was looking GROUND
slow for my cap and hoping the dem
fist wouldent be there wen 1 got there,
and ma called down stairs, Benny,
haven't you gone yet?
Pritty Ifeer. I'm looking for my cap,
sed, and ma sed, Well hurry UP, you
know the dentist izzent there after IL
today, do you wunt to miss him?
Me not saying weather 1 did or not.
and about minnits later ma called
down agen, Benny, you don't axuilly
meen to tell me you're still down
there.
Well C WIZ. ma, cant find my
cap, 1 sed, and ma sed, Look in the
hall rack, and I sed, 1 did look there.
that's ware I'm looking.
You cant see for looking, ma sed.
And she ran down and stuck her hand
in the hall\rack and the ferst thing
she pulled out was my cap, me say
ing. Holey smoaks, ma you certeny
are crate finder.
don't know wat you and your
father would do If you dident have
me heer to find things for you. ma
sed.s WITCH jest then I had a ideer,
saying, 1 bet you could find enything
no matter ware it was, ma.
Well, I don't know about that, I'm
ony human, ma sed, and 1 sed. Sure
you could, ma, Ill tell you wat let's do
jest to prove it. Ill hide my cap some
wares apd you try to find It and I
bet you can find it no matter ware
hide it.
Nuthing doing. you martch yourself
to the dentist and be quick about It.
you'll be lucky even now IL you find
him in. ma sed- Me thinking Id be
lucky If I dident.
Onv I did
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21

conditions this fall. Banks strong;
wholesale trade more buoyant than
anytime since depression. Farm Ia
Dor PLENTIFUL; city unemployment
shrinking. General outlook hopeful.
In Virginia trade conditions getting to
normal; crops promising. Railroad
strike bothersome.
1t VIII be noted that the most serf-
GUS obstacle to boom times Is the
strikes. When satisfactorily settled
business will begin to hum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21
Dorothy Dix Tclks
The Unwanted Wife-1.
BIZ DOR0THT DIx
'oz1dsB STiyheUs Paid Woman Writes.

Among all the pathetic letters that
get. none are so heartbreaking as
those that come from women whose
husbands have tired of them, and are
trying to get rid of them.
Il have been a good wife" a
woman will write. II have worked,
and shaved. and economical, and made
my husband comfortable home, and
tried to make him happy, but now he
does not want me any more. He tells
me that he is sick and tired of look
ing at me; that he was a fool ever to
have married; that 1 am a burden,
and every time 1 ask him for a dollar
he doles it out in nickels and asks me
why 1 don't get out and earn my own
living. Can you tell me what 1 should
do? Shalls1 go, or stay
4 I should say go. 1 cannot imagine
"a woman who has the spirit of a
cootie, hanging on to a brute who does
not want her. No other lot in the
world could be worse than hers, so
she risks nothing in leaving master
who rewards her devotion with kicks.
and who takes her service without
pay or thanks.
In no other place would she have
to work as hard as she does in her
own home, and in no other place
would she be subjected to the same
insults, for no other man on earth
dares to speak to a woman as her
owrf husband does.
Women who have never been
trained for any gainful pursuit often
suffer themselves to be abused by
mean husbands because they are
afraid to leave the shelter of their
homes, no matter how miserable theri
life in them is. They think they have
no way of supporting themselves, and
they forget that they are mistresses
of trade in which the supply never
equals the demand.
They can cook, and no woman who
can do that need ever lack a good
paying job Women writer's and art
lists may starve; teachers, and stenog-
raphers, and bookkeepers and private
secretaries may walk the streets hunt
ing work, but the woman who can
cook has frantic employers fighting
with each other for her services.
And, as for the matter of pride.
equal to that of hanging on to a man
who doesn't want you, who considers
you an Old Woman of the Sea upon
his back, and who is trying to get
rid of you! Surely a woman who has
escaped from that degradation must
glow with self-respect, no matter how
mental the work by which she earns
her independent living.
So much for the practical side of
the question. Viewing it from the
sentimental aspect, it is also best for
the unwanted wife to go. If a mans
love for a woman is really dead. the
game is played out for her and she is
wise to decently bury her romance,
and turn away from its grave. For
all dead things on earth, dead love
is the deadest. There is no resur-
rection for it.
There is nothing a woman can do
to kindle the fires of a passion that
has burnt itself out. There is no
magic by which she can make herself
again in the eyes that have wearied
of the sight of her. When a woman
once begins to bore a man. everything
she does gets on his nerves. Her
mere presence becomes an offence to
him, and the more she clings to him,
the more he yearns to- beat off the
hands that clutch at him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21

The automobile is responsible for
the nationwide movement toward
good roads and dearly are the own
ers of automobiles paying. Motor We
hicle receipts from all sources con-
nected with the motor vehicle and
paid into city. state and federal treas
uries for 1921 are estimated as fol-
lows: Federal taxes. $115I5O0. 900;
state registrations. S122.5O0.o0o; per-
sonal property taxes. s52,5OO,O00
wheel taxes. s.soO,OO gasoline. SILL
100000: a total of $3O4,SO0, 000-
After deducting that part of the road
bill paid by the automobile. the re-
naming cost for good roads was but
IL cents a day per capita.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
eighteen and have been going with a
boy three years and have been en-
gagged to him for about a year altho
he has never kissed me or told me he
loved me. Please tell me If he loves
me. MAY.
The boy probably loves you in his
way. 1 can't understand his GOODNESS,
however, and would be afraid that
after marriage he would be just as
und emonstrative. When a couple is
engaged there is nothing wrong in
their kissing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21

President Harding asks congress for
authority to establish a national
agency for the distribution of coal.
But of what service would such an
agency be if the railroads, owing to
strikes. were unable to move the prod
net of the mines?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21

In the terms of settlement of the
miners strike there was a provision
for the establishment of a fact find
ing commission This is something
new in commissions. The work of
such bodies usually has been to cover
up the facts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21
Dinner Stories

Captain Phiney of the stanch sIoop
Penelope boosted he could tell within
half a mile OF where he was anywhere
from Peaker Hill Bar to the tip of
Nantucket shoals by tasting the ma
terIaI brought up by the sounding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21

Two dollar wheat elected AIR. Will
son to a second term in the presidency
in 1916. 1t remains to be seen what
effect dollar wheat will have on the
voters of the middle west in this year
1922
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

culinity triumphant, does he ever think Of
Duse and regret his dastardly, conductr
All of which makes us wonder what part
environment and events play in develop
ing the masculinity or femininity Of per-
son. During peace dtAnnunsio surrounds
himself with luxury and acts like Ian.
guild princess During war he sheds his
dnery and fine airs and goes into battle
like a wildcat. I s'.,l'9 ~. ..M
Scientists have observed in some of the
lower orders of life that the suppression
of maleness in male will bring about an.
increase in femaleness, and vice versa.
Mothers have been known to bring up q
daughter as II she were son, with the
consequence that the child developed mas
culine characteristics stst, -, Ills. -,
Dipping into history again we find that
Catherine the Great Of Russia was exceed
ingly proud of her manlike qualities, and
she strove to cultivate them. She often
compared herself with men, Catherine
admired herself in mems clothes, and In
vented saddle so that she might ride
astride. Love affairs she had, plenty OF
them, but she never permitted them to IN
1uence her intellect or sovereignty. She
was always the master. Describing her
attitude; toward her suitors, Catherine
said: II was true gentleman!'
As a class, artists, musicians aud writ
Sers show quite number Of genuises who
might be placed in the third sex" cate
CORY. Il is not beyond reason that the
Ioftiest conceptions in art might demand
a blend Of the male and female In the
producer entirely different from that In
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

ropolitan Museum Of Art, New York. It
looks like the work OF d man Rosa Bon
heur, who painted it, was one }of those
girls who liked boys gamesy Her grand.
father once said to her mother: .Ah, you
think you have a daughter? What a mfs-
.take-Rosa is boy in petticoatsssss
While making studies for her Horse
Fair" at the horse market, Rosa Bofiheur
first put on mems clothes SO as TO, avoid
coarse jokes from the rough dealers at
her expense. Dressed sos with short hair,
she looked like a man. After that she
always donned trousers when at work. At
home she had animal pets OF all kinds,
from lambs 20 Hons. One4of her hone died
with his head In her lap! Like Michael
angelo Rosa Bonheur never married..
; Perhaps the most celebrated case Of the
masculine woman and the feminine man
is that Of George Sand, the French novel
;ist who terunder male monde plume
and Frederic Chopin, the Polish COMPOSER,
whose piano music Is full Of sigfs and
tears and honeyed sweetness. M !Sts
Delicate from his childhood, and petted
by an indulgent family, Chopin grew into
Il pale, spoiled darling. Ultra refined, he
could not stand noisesor vulgarity. Luxur.
ious surroundings and beautiful clothes
were essential to his happiness. Coarse
voices Jared on his nerves. He hated
smoking We are told that his very ,walk
was silken In its softness. Z. In brief, he
wasa gentleman, with the soul OF a,tender
virgin. .,E ,& Ps
When Chopin came to Paris he, soop'
became the centre Of worshipping ladies,
some Of them princesses and countesses.
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true love, although she had played It on
the stage to enthralled thousands Until
he met her the poet had felt only love of
himself. -.
No drama he had ever written nor any
role she had assumed ever presented such
chances for emotion. Absolutely sincere
in everything she did, Duse gave the fas.
cinating poet her heart. What did he do
with It? At first he was as rapturous as
she was. How could he resist such mar.
velous creature? ..' j.. Sc, '...
Play after play was written for her SYM
pathetic Interpretation. Duse lived for
d'Annunzio alone. She would appear in no
plays but his. Alas for her love and fdel-
ity! The poet grew tired of her. Natur-
ally. he was grieved that the break had to
come, but why expect him to be constant?
IL poets were constant they would be
mathematicians and not poetsl Art--HlS
art-must come before everything else
The great Duse at last knew the agony
of broken heart. Stricken, she retired
from the stage for a period. While she
sorrowed dAnnunzio coolly used the act
ress and their Relationship as material for
a novel. II was published, and the world
gasped with horror at his deliberate be-
trayal. Honor-man's honor in defending
q woman-meant nothing to him. The
best thing we can say for d'Annunzio at
this point Is that the woman-nature inside.
him indulged in one of the most spiteful
acts on record. M'
How singular Il is, then. to see the, same
man q military hero, one OF the brilliant
figures OF the World War. With his mas
rCl 900 NV Ap,ericsr woerty 4,
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the average citizen.
Michelangelo is
an outstanding ex-
ample. The beauty
Of women never af-
fected his life or
his work; while. on.
the other hand, he
was very sensitive
to the physical. per
fection of the male
figure. His statues
Of men have no
) equal. sociarly ne
failed to enjoy, the
company Of young
, women. Many women
threw themselves at
his head, as they.
say but Michel
angelo remained, a.
bachelor. i 10 &R&
Every one, of Us.
ought to be fa
miliar with the tre
mendous. painting OF
"The Horse EaE.r
which Is In the Met
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Gabrielle d'Annunzio, the Effeminate,
Dilettante, Italian Poet, Who Sur.
prised the World by Suddenly
. Becoming Defiant Mill
..; tary Hero.

Several Of the ancient Roman emperors
had what is called the woman soul" 4"
Julius Caesar himself, con1ueror and ruler
Of the world, fierce. fighter and mighty
monarch, was very vain Of his beauty and
took great pains to preserve the whiteness
and softness Of his skin. Spending, hours
on his toilette seems far removed from
Caesar. yet he did It. 'r'
This contradictory nature of. Caesar
brings to mind that of a famous man Of
our own times-Gabriele dAnnunzio, the
Italian writer.
Those who have read about the heroic
last FIVE years would hardly accuse him
Of being the least bit feminine. The way
he came to the defense Of his native land,
Italy, in the crisis of the World War, was
positively an inspiration to his fellow men,
Not only did he fight in many battles and
become the idol of the soldiers. He wrote
eloquent addresses that fired his country
men with burning patriotism. He gained
renown for his daring stunts as an airman.
DAnnunzio was fifty when he changed
from ladylike poet to q fire-breathing
hero. Such an utter Transformation in
character is hard to realize. II is almost
like dove becoming an eagle.
For years-in fact, right up to the time
that the war stimulated him to shoulder
a gun-this supreme poet of Italy lived
only for the qualification Of his senses.
Romantically, he selected an ancient tower
to live In, overlooking the blue Adriatic
Sea, and there he dawdled away his days
writing plays that were beautiful in Ian
guage, but full OF morbid characters and
ideas. Outside Of poetry. clothes were his
chief concern. Everything possible was
made Of silk, so that his body might not
know q rough fabric. Attendants groomed
him until his skin was as soft and polished
as his speech. .I
Yes, he had love affairs, many Of them.
But he demanded alteration from the fair
ones who we're fortunate enough to win his
smile. Woe betide them IL they failed to
hatter him upon every occasion. D'An-
nunzio was as tickle as the wind.
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His exquisite manners charmed them.
Many Of them were lovely creatures, but
the composer kept his head and heart.
II was the fate Of this most feminine of
men to fall in love with the most mascu-
line Of women. For a long time he avoid
ed meeting George Sand. Intuition
seemed to tell him to look out for himself.
But at last he was forced to meet the
famous lady. Although she was swarthy
as a gypsy, with features that were con-
sidered ugly. and smoked black cigars and
swore like pirate, -Chopin-the fastidious
Chopin-was fascinated by her.
On her part she adored the pale young
man who composed such wonderful music,
and she said she felt as IL she must
mother him Chopin was i'll too, and so
Madame Sand invited him to go with her
and her two children to Majorca, where
he might rest and recuperate. But the
weather was bad and Chopin grew worse
in health and, temper He complained OF
the rain, of, the dirt, of the curl taken out
Of his hair. Quite to the contrary, she
thoroughly, enjoyed the hardships and
hailed them in the name OF adventure, 60
ing about dressed in trousers.
That was the beginning of this strange
alliance, George Sand "mothered" Chopin
for nearly eight years; then she wearied
OF his coughs and irritability. .-:
Come. my dear skeleton" she would
cry to Chopin, eight my cigar and stop
your perpetual coughing!",' : u X; -
Abruptly she quarrelled with him and
there was breach. To make matters
worse, the heartless novelist used Chopin
as afcharacter In her next novel. Not
long, ,aftefward Chopin died of consump-
tion. '''Also OF a broken heart,' said many
of his friends +. arE
Personality is still profound mystery
to the most searching of scientists, II /,
battling question: Theories about Il are
generally unsatisfactory. To us, at times,
II seems as II the feminine and masculine
sides of some persons were similar to
those cases of double personality that we
read about, where, under certain circum-
stances, one personality changes into an.
other like q chameleon changing color.
The0sophists, on the other hand, would
explain q feminine spirit In a masculine
BODY on the ground OF reincarnation
Thea there are philosophers who would
say that foods played a vital part in de-
terniining mascu,inity and feminInity, and
points out that the, meat-eaters were al.
ways more virile than the grain-eaters.
With some insects a fat season produces
a multitude of females. while q fean sea.
son brings an over-supply OF males. Ex-
perimenting, naturalist discovered that
onef variety of caterpillar changed from
female to male when II was starved!
All Of us know that Nature Is ever
active, adapting man and animals to their
environment. Perhaps the development
OF a third sex is Just another step in
evolution, toward the supermen and super.
women OF the future. Already we have
with us, In growing number. the new gen.
pration OF young ladies. who enjoy tobacco.
wear breeches. cut their hair short and
equal men In, sport or business.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
Strong-Minded Women,
EHenoinate Men and
Such Contradictory /
Characters as Joan z
of Arc and the Il,
Poet Warrior /I
D'Annunzio Zg1Cs
Are No1v Ar 1 |
Understood rIGslAA

CCARCELY in all history is there
y a figure so inspiring and yet SO
unnatural as Joan of Arc-the
gentle maid from the farm who
changed her peasant skirts to suit
of armor and led the armies of her
beloved France to victory on the
battlefield. How are these COM
manding masculine traits to be &C
counted for in this gentle woman?
Science is at last able to answer
that question-sciepce now recog-
nizes what may be called a third
sex. Joan Of Arc had the physical
form Of a woman. but the distinctive
qualities Of man and she was there
fore neither a normal woman nor a
normal man-she represents what
| science terms The Third Sex.
All of us are creatures of strange
mixture. A daughter may be femi-
nine edition of her father, even to
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came q Tammany
politician of the
hail-fellow-well-met
type, and complete
ly fooled her friends
and the public un-
til her death re-
vealed the secret
Of her life. It is
rarer to hear of q
man living a n d
dressing like O
woman.
Normal people
are inclined to
laugh or sneer at
these unbalanced
natures. History,
however, as well
as our own every.
day life, proves
t h It the third
sex" must be reck-
oned with more
seriously. Some OF
the greatest fig
ures in history and
art h ave b Q Q n
pointed out as be-
longing to this type.
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Sexes Are Combined IN the
One Individual-a Zoologi-
cal Illustration of What Pro-
fessor Huxley Terms I"the
Third Sex"

without arousing suspicion.
There was a big sensation Of
the sort some years ago when
a woman masquerading under
the name of Murray Hall" be-
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

Dr.. Mary Walker, Who Had the
Physical Form of Woman but All
the Mental Characteristics of a
Man and Who Was Not Happy
Until She Was Allowed to Wear
Trousers by a Special Act of
Congress.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-06-17

dard from his home in Winehen-
don and part of his course there
was rooming with "PusS" Connor
Connie Mack, manager of the
Philadelphia Americans, found
Witt and offered him d bonus of
$500 a year and a two year con-
tract at 81, 800 a year to join his
Philadelphia aggregation. After
playing in the infield part OF the
time he went back to the out field
where he has always done his best
work. In the fall of 1917 he join
ed the Navy where he served for a
year or more. He then returned
to the Philadelphia Athletics and
continued making good in the sea-
sons of 1919, 30 and 81. He was
released by Mack to accept an Of
fer from Manager Huggins of the
New York Yankees.
Roscoe Potts, one of the pub
Users of the Base Ball Magazine,
was in St. Johnsbury the first of
the week and spoke most enthus-
iastically of the splendid work
Witt is doing this season. The
sporting editor of the Boston
Globe, Mr.. Webb, was on the train
the past week conversing with
St. Johnsbury base ball fan and
spent most of the time talking OF
Wits achievements.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-06-17
Activities of
Portland Street Schools
CONTINUED from rage one)

Continued from rage one)
down both grades.
The two fourth grades held q
Joint picnic on Harris Hill Thurs
dav. June i.
Perfect attendance for the
month in grades 4 and 5: Chester
Buck, George Duval, Hazen Rus
sell, Earl Waterman. EVELYN
Brown, Juliette Couture. Shirley
Mcleod. Hazen Russell had per-
feet attendance for the whole
year.
The following pupils of the
fourth grade have had perfect at
tendance for the whole year: Ell
len Barrett, Elizabeth Cutting.
Laura Sundberg, Sigmond Beck,
Earl Bonnet, George Mcnamara.
and Ernest Page.
Besides these the ones having
perfect attendance for the spring
term are: Zelma Buck. Celia Goss.
Yvonne Giguere. Bertha Mathews.
Dora Miles. Arthur Bellville, Ken
meth Bellville, Alfred Brown.
George Corbin, Angelo Natole,
Herbert Oliver.