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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
young man of 25. married a widow
with one child a year old. 1 am not
satisfied My wife will not associate
with my folks because she says they
are deceitfu1.
They didn't want me to marry her
and said 1 could find a single girl
without child to support. I am of a
quiet disposition and my wife is the
opposite. She is good-looking and a
stylish dresser. She has a bad tenn
per, but L never argue with her.
feel as tho 1 should have listened to
my sisters and waited and raised a.
family of my own instead of support
ing another mans child
Do you think 1 could divorce her,
care much for me and says / like my
folks too well. She is a good cook
and housekeeper, but somehow 1 feel
as tho made a mistake.
Could she sue me for alimony for
her child? Should I leave my sisters
alone, or should 1 take their advice?
NOT SATISFIED.
You have no grounds to sue your
wife for divorce, and if you tried she
would probably defend her case and
secure alimony for herself. The law
would not require you to support the
child, but you would have to support
your wife, since she has not given
you a real reason for divorce.
1t does not seem to me you are Civ
ing your wife a fair chance. 1t is no
wonder she refuses to go to your peo-
pie, since they are so opposed to her
and do everything possible to prejudice
you. I believe If you spend more time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
Questions-Anslcers

O. Where was the first agricultural ex-
pertinent station located in this country ?
]. X.
A The first regularly organized agricul-
tural experiment station in America was
established Mt Wesleyan University, Mid
dletown, Conn, in 1878. under the direc-
ton of DR.. w. o. Atwater.
Q. Does the constitution provide for
the forming of cabinet? F. L. B.
A. The constitution of the United States
made no provision for the creation Of
executive departments, vesting the sole
executive power in the president These
departments were created by successive acts
of congress, under authority conferred by
the constitution in Art. 1, Sec 8. par Is.
The departments Of state then called for
eign affairs. treasury and war were estab-
lished by the first session of the first
congress. The secretaries of these. to-
gether with the attorney general. who was
then a part of the judicial establishment,
formed the first presidents cabinet.
Q. What is n moratorium? J. II.
A. A moratorium is period during
which the ObliGor has q legal right to de-
lay meeting an obligation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14

Tie national administration loses
no opportunity to sling the sales tax
in the face of congress. but that body
up TO this time. has succeeded IN
lodging it. Now the situation appears
TO be rapidly approaching the point OF
no sales tax, no bonus Secretary
Mellon wisely points out that there $
NJ way to juggle the bonus proposed
so that the taxpayers can escape the
burden. Any effort to obscure this
fact can only add to the ultimate cost
Indirect taxation always is more eN-
pensive than the direct kind, because
It passes thru so many more hands
before reaching the treasury, and
each OF these hands takes its little
rake-off. Trainers of the proposed
bonus law have paved the way for the
banks to get theirs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
Fred Feernot on the Waves
By LEE pAPE

a R1ay
Scene In the mist of the briney
deep. Fearse storm.
Fred Feernot. This is a storm and
sailer overbord. o boy look at those
waves
Captin That's jest wat I'm looking
at and I don't like the ideer. This
ships a good ship but it amt that good.
There goes another sailer overheard.
Fred Feernot. Well I wunt to tell
you one thing. Captin. If this boat
should decide to sink the wimmin and
children have TO be saved. ferst.
Captin. But
Fred Feernot. But nuthing. VIM
min and children ferst, that the motto
on eny ship I'm on and I don't care
who knows it.
SaileF Hay Captin, Captin, the ship
is sinking fore and aft. Wen all be
maybe less Alloy for the life boats.
Fred Feernot. Wimmin and child
ern ferst.
Captin. But
Fred Feernot. Wat did I jest tell
you about butts?
Passengers. Me ferst. Us ferst. Get
out of the way. Who you think you're
showing? Me ferst.
Fred Feernot. Halt, stop, stand
back, you impolite cowerds. Ill shoot
the ferst man puts his fot over that
rale. Wimmin and Children ferst
Captin. But hay, darn it, there amt
eny wimmin and Children. I'm a
batcheler and don't take any wimmin
and children.
so? Well in that case I'm a man
amung men and I think Ill jump in
the ferst life boat (Which he does.)
The end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
Dorothy Dix TALKS
What Shall She DO.-2.
BY DOROTHY DIX
worlds HEhess Paid Woman writer.

4
When a woman finds out that she
has lost her allure for a man; when
he no longer thrills at her touch, OF
yearns for her presence; when he sees
her as a burden upon his back instead
of the object of his desire. then she is
wise If she kisses love goodby. and
nails the coffin down over its face,
and goes about seeking her happiness
| in some other direction, instead of
wasting time vainIy trying to galvan-
ize a corpse into some semblance of
life.
OF course it is true that if a woman
is Job-like enough to wait patiently
thru the years. keeping the home fires
burning, the wandering husband may
come back at last to have his rheuma-
tism nursed in his old age, but he ism t
should do something better with her
life than make of it a house of refuge
for dilapidated old rounder.
But what shall I do?" asks the
woman. II don't want a divorce"
Yet it seems to me that the only
thing that a woman can do under the
circumstance is to sell her husband
a divorce, and to make him buy his
freedom of her at the very highest
price that she can possibly wiring out
of him. And get cash on the nail.
Unless man has real estate it is
practically impossible TO collect ali
mony. There are a hundred ways in
which he can avoid paying that, and.
besides. she saves friction if she has
done with him. once and for all.
The man who is tired enough of his
wife to tell her so. and that he wants
to be rid of her, will pay all that he
can for his freedom. and prudence, as
well as pride, should make her close
out her interest in him. as making the
best of a bad bargain. She had as
well face the facts that her matrimon-
I'll 80. -
and that she-had better salvage what
she can. -is-'s
Then let her turn her back upon
the best and start a new life. Let her
take stock of her own capabilities and
develop what seems to her her most
promising talent. No woman can live
to be middle aged without discovering
that she has an aptitude for some one
particular line of work, or developing
a special interest in some particular
subject.
Sewing. running a boarding house
keeping dodgers, raising chickens. or
pigs. or flowers. all of these open up
profitable avenues of occupation to the
middle. aged woman who is too old to
become a bookkeeper or stenogra pfsr
or clerk. and who has no gift for the
professions.
And the deserted wife who cuts the
Gordian knot by definitely breaking
off relationship with her husband who
wants to be rid of her. will find that
there is a great peace IN finaIity. The
thing is ended. She is no longer tor
tured by watching and waiting for his
return. His insults have ceased to
stab her. She is no more a eringing
dog begging for a kind word. She
has regained her self-respect and dig
nifty by berg with people who want
her. instead of a hanger-on of one
who was tired of her
There are SO many things in the
world for women besides love. Two
of them are work and money, and
they are pretty good substitute for
renegade husband
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14

President Harding's decision not to
send delegates to the conference at
Genoa, in the opinion OF Henry Clews,
is undoubtedly dictated in some meas
ure by the unfriendly attitude Of the
senate toward the Washington arms
conference treaties. The current
statement of Senator Lodge that the
four power treaty is in danger and
that. should it be defeated, the work
of the arms conference would go for
nothing illustrates the situation, he
says. and shows why there is so much
reluctance to incur any more foreign
commitments to which we should
have trouble IN gaining the support of
congress. Perhaps Mr.. CIews is right
about it. 1t is easily conceivable that
q president might refuse to continue
his efforts to do something worth
while for the country. if his work
continually be nullified by selfish pol
tticians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
THE RAILROADS NEW RIVAL.

In one way or another the railroads
Of the country succeeded in putting
the canals and the steamboats, out of
business. They now find themselves
confronted by a new kind of compe-
tition in the form of motor trucks.
The indications are that the railroads
will rely upon favorable Legislation to
help them out.
The rapid development of the mo-
tor truck has outdistanced the prog
ress in transportation legislation, until
today, when a truck line carrying
freight parallels a steam railroad no
one knows the respective rights of the
carriers. The truck line uses a high
way for which the community pays
and the railroad runs up q deficit
which the community refunds.
Recently such a parallel system of
carriers was in operation between two
industrial centers in the east. The
traffic was heavy and each line was
envious OF the others share in the
attractive revenue. The railroad ap-
pealed to state authorities on the
ground that it was a public utility
and needed community support. Some
time later a state law was passed
limiting the weight OF truck loads on
state highways and incidentally put
ting out of business the truck line
which carried freight IN competition
with the railroad which had made the
complaint.
In the new contest for transporta-
ton supremacy that is developing it
appears that the public is to be made
the goat. as always in the past. II
the public builds roads. it seems that
it should be entitled to the benefits
of the cheaper transportation that
follows: But. If it must hand over its
savings to another carrier that has
performed no service, little has been
gained.
Many OF the railroads in the coun-
try were built with the peoples mon
ey-roads which helped to put the
cheap water carriers out of business
but IL the canal and the steamboat
men ever called for relief it is certain
they never got It. The people are
spending huge sums on road building
and are entitled to ali the benefits to
be got out OF the expenditure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
THE JOY OF LIFE.

Cream rises to the top. 1t Is the
rlchest OF the milk. In this act of
Nature is truth significant of all
Nature. 1t puts the best nearest to
us-if we will but take it.
Joy saturates all life. The dumb
animals know it. Hardly is a kitten
given freedom in this world before it
starts to play.
Most of us crush the flowers of our
lives before they come to their bloom
and fragrance, simply by not remem-
bering that joy is for us-first of all.
And joy is everywherei Before all
else We must draw it into our hearts
and give it a regular place there. Joy
wants to come in wherever it will be
appreciated.
How stimulating it is-how rare in
its simplicity and expression.
If you have joy within you. you I'M
derstand what the stir of life means,
and YOU know what to look for to
satisfy your soul.
Joy-that is Aroused by beauty, that
is stimulated by work and service, that
the spur of laughter, kindness and
justice.
joy that rises out of the ground
after the fresh shower. Joy that gilds
the coat Of the ground when the sun
kisses the earth thru parted clouds.
Joy that comes from having done your
best icy that dances from the petals
and leaves of the flowers and gives
shade from trees. Joy that runs about
hunting out people.
The joy of life. Just glad because
you are here-and are given a chance
at something.
And what joy is possible in recrea-
ton, in sport and the out-of-doors, in
study and reading. in travel.
Also the JOY we get from our friends,
in trying each day to understand them
just a little better and just a little
deeper.
Joy will be with you il you remem-
Der that il is here-that IT is every
where you go. But you must take it
and give It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
AN ARBTTRAToR's RULINGS.

In an arbitration finding handed
: down recently and accepted as the
Z ending of a twelYe-year controversy
between publishers and pressmen OF
New York dailies. Judge Manton laid
down. among his specific rulings, q
principle which not only is OF much
I import in that industry but of serious
and increasing concern to some other
/ lines of business. 1t involves the de-
gree of control by the employer over
his own business
/ Hitherto the pressmen's union in
sisted on such prerogatives. affecting
control and conduct of work, as the
/ determination OF the number of men
! employed on each press and the as
signment of men to any particular
work. Judge Manton brushes that
doctrine aside Parts of his findings
run as follows:
The publishers shall have the sole
right to determine the number of men
necessary to operate and man the
presses in their respective pressrooms.
The publisher will be the judge
of the competency of the men so en-
ployed. -. The publisher must have
the final decision as to competency.
All employees of the pressroom
shall perform any work pertaining to
the operation, maintenance, cleaning
and upkeep OF the presses, and shall
be subject to the orders and direction
of the publisher in so doing. .
Press crews or members thereof may
be transferred at dissertation of the
publisher from one press or one posi-
ton to another. The publisher
shall have authority to discharge for
good cause"
These are some of the practical ap-
plications Of a guiding rule defined as
follows: The employer is deemed to
have superior choice, control and di-
rection of an employe, and the en-
p.oye represents his will. not merely
in the ultimate result of the work, but
in the details. The employee engages
in performance of the proper duties
assigned to him and contracts to do so
for pay. He labors for the pleasure
and interest of another. His duties
should be defined and directed by his
employer"
If the principles set forth by Judge
Manton become generally accepted
they will revolutionize the relations
hitherto existing between employers
and employees in many industries. The
situation which prevailed in the New
York newspaper offices did not differ
greatly from that in the railroad in
dustry. It is this situation that the
railroad labor board is being asked to
change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
JUST FOLKS
THE GARDEN CATALOGUE.
By EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE GARDEN CATALOGUE.
There's never frost nor blight nor weeds
Nor neighbours chickens, cats or dogs,
To ruin all the tender seeds
That flourish in the catalogues
The humbieSt vine that's planted there
Blossoms without the slightest care.
There are no withered stalks to see,
No pitiful attempts to thrive,
No shrub that struggles desperately
To catch the sun and stay alive;
In catalogues the larkspur seems
To match the gardeners fondest dreams
The red 9eranium is strong.
Its clump Of blossom full and round,
No wind storm ever comes along
To sweep the cosmos to the ground,
No youngster ever bats a ball
Among the roses, straight and tail
1 turn the pages Ger and Ger
And see the pansies dark as wine,
And think as I have thought before,
These are superior to mine;
In my poor garden. never yet
Has bloomed such lovely mignenette-
Since pansies have the storms to face
And men must battle day by day.
They cannot wear the charm and grace s.
Their printed catalogues display.
Life IS much sterner than II looks
And scars are seldom shown in books.
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A Guest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14

When the treaty of Versailles was
rejected by the United States senate
Mr.. Wilson and his supporters charged
the failure of the treaty to partisan
politics. Those who are holding up
the Washington treaty now also are
charged with being influenced by par
tisan politics. There can be little
doubt that in both cases the charge
Is we'll founded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14

Gazing into the future Chairman
Reed of the public utilities commits
sion sees a return OF the rate making
power to the states. Chairman Reed
should take another look This coun-
try moves forward, not backward. To
wrest this power from the states and
place it in the hands OF the interstate
commerce commission has been the
work OF years. 1t viii not be undone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14

When the Versailles treaty was
pending in the United States senate,
members of that body talked them
selves hoarse in advancing pleas for
world peace The same sort of thing
is going on today and the pleas are
then
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14

least 10 per cent higher than. prices
for similar garments on which no tax
has been paid. This condition has re-
suited in al orgz nized movement by
the manufacturers adversely affected
to endeavor to obtain fair treatment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14

with murder trials. billiards. and
earthquakes. California has been able
to keep in the Hmelight thruout the
winter. The state lives almost wholly
on publicity but If it could choose
probably it would select a different
kind. The newest thing in the Golden
States publicity program is a threat
ened volcanic eruption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14

Reporting. we go on to say, isn't
what it was when we were regularly
on the job.
New Britain herald., 1922-10-23

takes The name is Pepsodent. These twe great film eombatants are embodied in l.
 Some Pepsodent effects
 Film coats are more readily combated The teeth become highly polished, GO film less easily adheres
 Pepsodent also multiplies the starch d. gestant in the saliva. That is there to digest starch deposits which may otherwise fer. ment and form acids.
 It multiplies the alkalinity of the saliva. That is there to neutralize the acids which cause decay.
 Thus Natures great tooth-proteeting agents are given manifold effect, while soap-and-chalk pastes reduce their power. These results are bringing new dental era in millions of homes the world over. And these winter, safer, cleaner teeth mean lifelong benefits. When you find them out, you will want your people to enjoy them.
New Britain herald., 1922-10-23
BEGIN HERE TODAY

Twice had the beautiful EVE STRAYER been near meath that day, twice had she barely escaped with her life from the hands of men who fought with blind frenzy in the Adirondack woods to gain possession of the gem of priceless worth, the Flaming Jewel, which her rough and law breaking step-father. t.,. MIKE CLINCH. madly hoarded as the means of giving her the education of . lady"
 First stolen from the refugee COUNTESS OF ESTHONIA by Qu1NTANA, the great international thief and then stolen from Quin- tana by Clinch, the jewel had reached America and was now un- der Eyes pillow as she recovered from her treatment at the hands of Quintana and the murderer, Lever ett
 Clinch was now in the woods, sav- agely intent on wiping out Quintana's s gang, and with him was JAMES DARRAGH, known as HAL SMITH, who, unknown to Clinch had sworn to restore the jewel to the beggared countess. Guarding Eve was
 TROOPER sTORMONT the man she suddenly realized she loved.
New Britain herald., 1922-10-23
l% ELAkINGx & JEWE:L!!:;t$SS ELS M,..-B RoBEpT W cHAMpgps A% S~ olOQQ CHOICE
POBEPT W CHAMBERS
oloQQ CHOICE II DORIAN coAnA1r

Instinct led again while wits worked madly: Harry Beck Is two miles back on guard, Where is Sard ?"
 The silence became terrible. Once the glaring light in front moved, then became fixed. There was light splashing, Instantly Smith realized that the man in front had set his torch In tree-crotch and was now covering somewhere behind a ieveled weapon. His voice came presently:
 He! Drap-a that-a gun damn quick"
 Smith bent, leisurely, and laid his rife on messy rock
 Now You there! Why you want sard Eh?"
 ''1'll tell sard. not you," retorted Smith coolly. You listen to me, whoever you are. I'm from Sard s office in New York I'm Abrams. The police are on their way here to find Quintana"
 movement might have meant death, but he calmly rummaged for cigarette, lighted it, blew a cloud insolently toward the white glare ahead Then he took another chance.
 T guess you're Nick salzar. aren't you?"
 "si. am salzar. Who the dew are you?"
 I'm Eddie Abrams. sard'S lawyer.
New Britain herald., 1922-10-23
SHOCKED AT
 BOLD, BARE DANCER
Isadora Duncan Leaves Nothing
 to Audiences Imagination

Boston, Oct. 23.-Isadora Duncan danced in Symphony hall here yester- day afternoon in a transparent cos tune that left nothing to the imag ination and which left even less when at various times during the perform ance the left upper part of it slipped from her shoulders with no effort on her part to keep it in place.
 And at the close of the dance, while her audience gasped, she walked to the footlights and, standing in the full glare of the stage lights, waved flaming red scarf and shout ed:
 This is red. That is what I am''
 Virtually every person in the au- dience accepted this as a defiance and recalled that the dancer had been held up at Ellis Island by the immi- grafton authorities when she returned from Russia some weeks ago, No- body hissed her at any stage of her performance but many left the hall. Even the musicians of the orchestra, accustomed as they are to audacious dancing and theatrical undress ex-
 
 was done to stop the dance.
 It Just Would Slip.
 During the first part of the per- fornance Miss Duncan wore a gown that was not quite transparent but which persisted in slipping from her shoulders Her next dance, however, was performed in the transparent garment, with parts of her body en- tirelv bare. She made no attempt to cover herself when the lights were turned on, and after she had waved the red scarf she walked across the stage under the lights with the con- ductor Franko, whom she called to come upon the stage.
 Tn the final dance Miss Duncan ap- peared in an abbreviated red costume and carried a scarf of similar color. Her contortions and writhings fln- ished, she came to the front of the stage, following the applause. and told the audience she would say a few words. She began by urging those in the hall to be sure to read the latest work of Gorky, the Russian author Of him she said; He IS a real hero of the revolution
 Calls Americans Wild.
 With utterance of this sentiment \ came a smattering of applause. She