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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12
Dorothy Dix Tails
We Make Our Thrills.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
WOz16's RfEhess Paid Woman Writer.

Women are forever complaining
about the monotony of their work.
Its doing the same thing, day after
day, week after week, year after year
that gets on my nerves and drives me
frantic" walls the housewife. Its
the eternal getting up in the morning
and getting breakfast and washing
little faces, and bnttoning little shoes,
and getting the children off to school.
and a man off to work, 1t is the
never ending cooking, and cleaning,
and sewing, and mending that makes
me feel like committing suicide to get.
out of it ALL
1T is just the dull, deadly grind of
doing the same thing over and over
every day of your life that drives me
mad" complains the working girl.
Same old boss coming in and hang
I ing his hat on the same old peg every
day. Same old desk, same old type
writer, same old letters yours of the
18th duly received, and contents noted.
in reply to same would say, etc, ETC.,
etc. Same old corrections. Every
thing the same, until 1 am ready to
shrek at the sameness of it all"
So goes the universal feminine cry
for change, for excitement, for some
thing to put pep and excitement into
their lives
The domestic woman thinks that
she would not mind any kind of work
that she could do outside of her own
home She thinks that she would be
PCA1tStlS SdlASlltQ DIT AeT daily task
if she could dress herself up of a
morning, and go downtown and work
in an office or a store where she would
be brought into contact with many
other people She thinks it would be
fun to jolly along her employer, who,
perhaps, would be young and good
looking, and/to wheedle grouchy Gus
toners into buying. and to have a part,
however small, in the making of a big
business.
She thinks that the reason that she
finds that her own York pals upon
her is because it is carried on in the
privacy of. her home, and has only to
do with her husband and children,
whose every word and thought she can
anticipate, she knows them so we'll
The working girl thinks that. she
would be blissfully happy if only she
followed some exciting profession She
feels that she would be willing to
work herself to death if only she were
a singer, or an actress, or a writer, or
if she were in the movies. What she
objects to in her own occupation is
the boredom of performing the oft re-
peated tasks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12
NO HELP FROM HARDING

A party of senators is reported to
have called on President Harding to
see how he STANDS on the soldier
bonus proposition. and found Mr..
Harding occupying the same position
that he has occupied from the start.
Mainly. he holds that if a bonus law
be enacted, money must be provided
for paying the soldiers the amount
voted.
Various expedients have been sug-
gested for raising the funds that
would make it appear that there is no
resort to increasing taxes. The gov
eminent has no money OF its own, and
when ~ pays money out it means that
it must come out of the people At
present it looks as If a strong effort
would be made to provide bonus pay
ments out of the interest on Europe's
Indebtedness to us, provided there is
any assurance that substantial and
regular payments will be made.
The president is understood to be
opposed TO haphazard suggestions of
this sort. There seems to be lurking
in the public mind a suspicion that
the bonus proposal originates in an
effort to obtain political victory and
buy the votes of ex-service men out
OF the funds to be raised at public
expense.
Perhaps the most distressing fea-
ture of the bonus program lies in the
fact that it is being pushed. not
withstanding the clear indications of
a heavy deficit in government rev.
q,
80. 1928. A statement issued by the
secretary of the treasury on April
IS. forecast the probable deficit for
the next fiscal year at s4s4,OO0. 900.
This deficit OF nearly half a billion
dollars is large enough to call forth
special taxation in order to make up
the difference.
Large as these figures are, it is
suggested that the secretary of the
treasury has been even too conserva-
tive. They apparently are based upon
the budget submitted last December.
calling for a total expenditure Of So
505,OOo,O0o. They do not take account
OF 5000. 100000 which must be paid
to the railroads. and s125,o0O.Oo0 of
accumulated interest on War Savings
SGA A4AANdNGS
According to a compilation made by
a leading financial authority. the total
Of expenditures for the fiscal year
ending June so, 1928. VIII be about
S4,222. 100000. This, taken in con-
junction with a decline in revenues Ito
SS.0sS.O0O.Oo0. leaves an apparent
deficit OF $1,124.0o0.OO0. Thus, it
viii be seen, that If congress
persists in its present policy of
providing funds for various pur-
poses and breaks away from the
recommendations of the budget COM
mission. We are likely to run into a
situation that cannot be met by the
sale Of Treasury certificates. and that
must be corrected by fresh taxation
burdens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

to shovel it. 1t was all my fault-and
after what we said, about getting pa
tients, oh, it was dreadful even to
joke about anything SO serious
When it was decided that the young
mayor could be moved via motor car
to his club the next afternoon he said
frankly that he was sorry to CO.
Doctor" he said, you'll look after
the case, won't you? Perhaps you'd
better drop in tomorrow. In the
meantime I'd feel better if I settled
my account for as far as it has gone.
You have had to devote your entire
time to this case.
But. of course, there are to be no
charges said DIR. Polly Hill, turning
rather pale. 1T was our fault that
you slipped. We hadn't shoveled our
walk. We should at least stand all
the doctors fees You might ask dam
ages besides"
The mayor smiled. Who ever
heard of such a thing? You might
think that you had deliberately made
that walk slippery SO as to get pa
tents" He looked into Polly's blue
eyes and laughed again. and Polly
looked very much distressed and the
mayor was sorry. that he had teased
her.
So that was the beginning of the
chain of events that led to the mar
riage that spring of Hillboro's young
mayor and her young doctor. The
little white cottage, somewhat en-
and the mayor consented to his ,wifes
request to continue her work as a
children's specialist, providing that she
would doctor the poor Of the town
without charge.
1t was the day before their wedding
that they recalled together the/ events
of the day of their meeting. 4 was
distressed because it really was our
fault that you slipped, and only an
hour before Bob and I were jokingly
saying that we would have to get pa
tients just that way"
And l." confessed the mayor, was
walking not far behind you at the
time. 1t was a silent. snowy night.
You didn't hear me, but heard what
you said. So-well, wanted to know
you better-so decided I'd pretend to
slip on your front walk anyway. SO
you'd have to take me in But when
I was getting ready to fake a fall Z
took a real one
Copyright, 1922, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12
JUST FOLKS

By EDGAR A GUEST.

TWO COUNCILLORS.
-Courags whispers: Go ahead-''
Doubt Will murmur. Don't you do ~
There is danger grim ahead"
Courage answers sYoun pass thru il.
Doubt will strive to hold you back,
Talking always of disaster.
Courage bids you to attack
just to prove yourself master
These two counselers attend
Youth and age every journey;
In the cloak and guise of friend
Each appears as mans attorney
Doubt win bid you to beware
Failures sad and sorry story,
CoHraze then will bid you dare,
Picturiug the yictors glory.
Doubt would save you from blow.
Courage have you stand and take II,
Doubt would urge you not to go.
Courage always says: "4oun make It.
Even tho you're black and blue
Courage whispers: Keep on trying
Stand and see the struggle thru
Youu come out with colors flying
Boy o mine. when Courage calls
Heed not Doubts disturbing teachings
Dare to brave a thousand falls
If your goal is worth the reaehing<
Rather than 10 fail with Doubt
Faint Of heart and battling never,
Better die with courage stout
on n field Of fair endeayor.
Copyright, fe22, by Edgar A. Guest1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE

Last week pop stopped my daily 8
cents alloWants on account of my
bum report. and I asked him wen 1t
was going to start agen mad he sed,
On the ferst of next week and not
before.
And Sundey AFTERNOON he was IN
the setting room half way throo the
Sundey paper and still reeding i, ana
and I had a ideer, saying, Hay pop.
wat day does week start on, Sundey
or Mundey2
Wat, Wy don't know, sundey. I sip4
pose, sed pop
Certeny it duzzent, it starts on Nun
dey. sed ma
Now jest for that I insist it starts
on Sundey and I can prove it. Sundey
Mundey Tuesdey Wensdey Thersdey
Fridey Sattidey, now which day came
ferst? Sundey of corse, sed pop
Sutch a argewment. sed ma, watts to
pervent me fdom saying Mundey
Tuesdey Wensdey Thersdey Fridey
Sattidey Sundey and saying that
proves the week starts on Mundey. my
goodniss a persin could prove it start
ed on Wensdey that way IL they
wunted TO. The week starts on Nun
dey because Sundey is the day of rest
and wen il is natural to rest, the day
after or the day before2
Its natural for me TO rest all 3 days,
SO that duzzent prove enything, 1 con-
slider that I won the argewment and
I'm quite satisfied. sed pop.
Ne being too. and I sed. Well then.
pop. you sed my allowants was to
start the ferst Of the week and IL
Sundey Is the ferst of the week Wy 1t
awt to start today. awtent it,
It certeny awt and il shall. but II
I had known wat was in your mer-
cenerry mind your mother mite OF
won the argewment- sed pop And he
gave me 3 cents. making me feel was
fhe one won the arreWrneut-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

things are what confuse US so much.
We are on the alert when we face a
difficult task or when we enter upon
experiences which are like some great
deep forest
read a line the other day which
spoke of the way being so simple and
plain that we lose our way
Good morning you
.Please''-simpie expressi ons, requir-
ing no effort-yet they light lives as
no sun could and put US in the way of
understanding the deepest mysteries
of human happiness.
Good morning. 1 wish you great
low
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

the East lowering over the nation,
ready TO pounce upon its prey, the
king perceived that a fundamental
cleansing and unification of the peo-
pie was essential So he provided for
a complete housekeeping of the neg
the forms of worship provided by
Moses. and for an overthrow OF
heather places and practices. all cul-
initiating in 4 grand celebration of the
Passover. Not all the people re-
sponded. especially from the northern
kingdom; and not all were properly
prepared, but the good Jehovah &C
cepted their intentions.
What 1t All Means.
For you and me. and for every other
thoughtful and privileged citizen OF
this new world of opportunity the
scrap of Old Testament history means
only one thing; namely, the way out
of the mess into which the world has
got itself is the way back to She
Father in Heaven who is also the Lord
of Hosts. A revival of religion, with
all that it implies of made-over lives
and new conduct. is the basic need Of
our troubled time What brings this
tremendous truth closer home is the
clear teaching that the revival must
begin with the church. which needs
cleansing; and with the priesthood.
which needs a new fitness for tho
great opportunity.
Politicians and office holders have
a responsibility too; but before we
fill our minds with their shortcomings
let us assure ourselves that right
where we are, in our own home
neighborhood, Bible class, church, the
deep-born revival must begin. The
first step toward saving Europe and
Asia and the world is to make a new
man of the person who wears our own
hat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12
THE BOOM IN BUILDING.

For the first time since 1916 the
building business is actually booming,
writes Paul Clay in Forbes Magazine.
This is not a repetition of the spur
ious boom of 1919, he points out for
then all that happened was that costs
We're so high that building permits
looked large, whereas the amount or
quality OF construction work done was
actually small.
This building boom means>a larger
degree Of prosperity. There are in
every country two principal classes Of
industries: those which sell their
products to the homes. and those
which sell to the offices and factories
and business establishments Nearly
all forms OF wheat and flour are sold
to the homes, even tho the elevators
and grist mills may buy a good deal OF
the wheat or its products in the first
instance. On the other hand. pitumf-
nous coal. iron and steel. copper.
heavy chemicals and the like are not
sold to the homes. but rather to the
quantity of construction work done
was actually small.
The country cannot fully prosper
unless both the homes and the fac
tories are buying their normal guam
titles of goods and stuffs. The fac
tories practically always buy their
normal quantities whenever a building
boom is under way. A large part Of
the total business of the factories is
to produce furniture, machinery. fit
tings- and utensils. for the building
and equipment of other factories ana
of office buildings. homes. and all
sorts of structures. When construc-
ton business is active. practically ev-
cry industry is almost fully employed.
Building activity virtually stands
for general prosperity among all
those industries which do not sell to
the homes.
1t is reasonable, therefore. says the
writer, to interpret this building boom
as a forecast of a better demand for
all sorts of building materials, and
also for steel, soft coal, minerals of
all kinds and for all manner of ma
chinery, equipment and fittings. Al
ready lumber. prices have become
firmer, and the margins of profit are
coming back into articles and com
modities which only few months ago
looked hopelessly depressed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am a girl
10 years old and ! am engaged to n
young man rs. Last Christmas he
gave me a diamond ring. How Ions
should I wear the ring before we get
married?
My father is a truck driver and is
away most of the time. Would you
advise me to get married and live on
the farm with my mother?
STEVE.
There is. no fixed time that an
engagement should last. Circun5-
stances decide that matter.
You have not told me enough
about the conditions in your home or
the attitude of your fiance to advise
you regarding marriage and making
your home with your mother. Talk
the matter over with him and let him
decide whether he prefers to wait until
he can make a home for you, or
whether he prefers to marry now and
make his home on the farm.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are two
girls sixteen and seventeen years Of
to wear our hair down in curls2 Is
there anything you can wash your hair
in that will leave it real fluffy and
curly?
Yes. I think you are too old TO wear
your hair down in curls.- 1t is time to
begin to be young ladies, now.
Green soap, the kind which can be
bought at the drug store in Jelly form
makes an excellent shampoo The hair
should he rinsed very thoroly in from
seven to ten waters. In the last rinse
put the juice of half a lemon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

when Kansas senators and repre-
sentatives vote for river and harbor
appropriations. they may have a vi
sion of the future when Kansas City
VIII be a fresh water seaport. other
inland ports in America and elsewhere
are Philadelphia, which is eighty
eight miles from the ocean. New Or
leans Is ninety-six miles nom the jet
ties OF the mouth Of the Mississippi,
and Baltimore is $50 miles from the
Cheza peake Capes. where the pilots
meet the vessels. The port Of Ham
burg, which in many respects IS one
"a. tAe most perfectly developed in the.
worlds has been constructed fssty
miles from the mouth OF The narrow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

z As an evidence that the nation is
returning to normally, it is pointed
cut that the loan OF S5.OOO.OOo ad-
TO the Baldwin Locomotive Works of
Philadelphia and one of S4,O0O,0 600 to
tie N. Irrational Harvester company
OF tiicag go. both in 1920, have been
! cpaiG. The Baldwin loan is not due
for nine months and the Harvester
cqapany 5 repayment is about one
year IN advance of the date of maiUr-
~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

The tentative wage schedule for
women promulgated by the court of
industrial relations has encountered
strong opposition among employers.
Equally strong opposition among en-
ployes probably will develop quickly if
the schedule be made permanent.
Apparently they have not reached a
full realization of how it will work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

& Pending the decision of congress
and the president on the bonus ques-
tion. it IS well to glance at the record
of the government in its treatment of
Soldiers and sailors of the late war
Ii it appears that the government has
been liberal and thoughtful in its care
of these men. there will be less dis
Dosition on the part of any one to sug-
gest that the delay in bonus legislation
- due to disregard Of right or justice
in dealing with former service men,
Washington Post.
= But it is not disregard of right and
AIstice" that is delaying bonus Iegis-
fation. It is the absence of money or
any apparently safe way to get it that
il causing the delay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

The Forney- MeCumber tariff bill
seil1 do more than raise sS5O,0OO.00o
in revenue. says the Omaha, Neb-,
Bee. 1T will afford to American
farms and mills. the producers and
zyorkers of the country. security
against the competition of foreigners
aireadv invading and underselling
home markets." The Bee however,
carefully omits saying what the bill
win do to the consumers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

The aggregation Of Democrat lead
ers in Minnesota who telegraphed
Woodrow Wilson that they recognize
han as the national leader of the
Isemocrat party. may have been guild
Sd by sympathy and custom rather
Than by reason. But it is Characters
10 OF Democrats to remain loyal to
the old king until a new one has been
crrr-npd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

The American valuation idea IS born
II the dreams Of high proteeuonlsts
who believe in the outworn theory
that the way to restore and maintain
8rosperity in the United states IS 20
So a Chinese wall of tariff duties
ahout ft-Portsmouth CNa-) Star
The, Star takes charitable view OF
the matter. What the high protec-
nonists really are trying to do is in
crease their own opportunities for
profits at the expense of the consum-
srs and without regard to whether
General prosperity is maintained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

and tortuous River EIbe: London is
sixty miles from the sea IN the
Thames; Antwerp is sixty-nine miles
from the sea on the River Scheldt,
ard Calcutta is eighty miles from the
sea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

a. ..-rbe tariff is an American issue"
according to Senator Capper. as quot
sa5 in the New York Times, IAN issue
Between prosperity here and aoroaa
and am supporting the tariff bill
because believe in American pros
perity first The senator apparently
is not in full accord with General
Hancock. who declared that the tariff
j. a local issue. Possibly both views
aPe right. It is certain that the gem
sraTs is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12

s. The modern high school girl IS
round shouldered. flat footed, under
Aourished. and has neglected her
heauty according to DR.. Caroline
fiedger. OF the Elizabeth Mccormick
memorial institute, Chicago. The
doctor should come to Topeka and
look over this city's collection of high
School girls. She would find reason
70 change her views.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-14
TAKEN TO PENITENTIARY.
Irwin Williams Removed From Aiken
Jail to Columvia.'

Aiken, Spet. Tt was learned
here by attorneys late Tuesday night
that Irwin Williams, the young white
man of Augusta, who is believed to
have been the driver of the car on
the night of the brutal Staying of the
two railroad guards, Feaster and
Booth, at Hamburg, was quietly TAX
en- out of the Aiken jail and carried
to the state penitentiary by Deputy
Sheriff Nollie Robinson and an as
sistant Monday night. Not even the
jailor, Capt. Vernon, knew the des-
tination Of young Williams when he
was taken from the jail. Two other
men, q. L. Davis and G. L. Deas,
members of the labor union in Au-
gusta, are being held in Jail here on
the charge of being members TO the
crew who killed the two guards.
United States deputies have been
Joined by a number of deputies sworn
in by Sheriff Howard, who selected
men known to be fearless in the face
of danger. Among them is ]. Pink
Gaddy, a North Carolina mountain
eer. and Ernest Holsonbake, of AK
en-, who will act as captain of the
guard.