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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01

something that made me think you
could buy divorces. and had suddenly
determined to ask Mr.. Jones II he had
them for sale. cor course all this
sounds very silly to me now, for ]
know that divorce Is very simple
and very common. It's Just like a
marriage certificate. only II unmar-
ries you instead OF marrying you /;
but I. didn't know It then. And II I'm
going to tell this story I've got to
tell 1t just as It happened. of course)
We'll, / asked Mr.. Jones IL you could
buy divorces, and II he had them for
sale; and you ought to have heard
those men laugh. There were six Of
them sitting around the stove behind
me.
"Oh, yes. my little maid" (above all
things l abhor TO be called little
maid y one Of them cried. "You can
buy them II you've got money enough !:
but | don't reckon our friend Jones
here has got them for SALE"
Then they all laughed again. and
winked at each other. CHATS another
disgusting thing-winks when you ask
a perfectly civil question: But what
can you dor Stand 1t, that's all.
There's such a lot of things we poor
women have to STANDBY Then they
luleted dowr and looked very sober
the kind of sober you know Is faced
with laughs in the back-and began
TO tell me what a divorce really was.
| can't remember them all, but can
some Of them. OF course understand
now that these men were trying to
be smart, and were talking for each
other, not for me. And ] knew II
then-a little. We know a lot more
things sometimes than folks think we
do. Well, as near as l can remember
1t was like this:
"a divorce is a knife that cuts a
knot that hadn't ought to ever been
tied" said one.
"A divorce is jump in the dark"
said another.
mo. it amt. It's a jump from the
frying pan into the fire." piped up Mr..
Jones.
"a divorce is the comedy of the rich
and the tragedy of the poor" said a
little man who wore glasses.
divorce is a nice smushy pouItlce
that may help but won't heal" cut In
a new voice.
"Dlvorce is guldepost marked.
H to Heaven but lots Of folks miss
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01

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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01

"Do old folks honestly think
they are foolInn W all the time,
! wonders
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01

value and the effect Oh rural social
life would be serious. In fact, motor
vehicles and the roads on which to
use them form such an important part
OF our economic and social life that II
Is hard to picture to the full extent
what would happen.
Since all this dependence on high
way transportation has come In a
brief period Of years and with the con-
struction OF $4,000 miles Of surfaced
highways, 10000 OF which are on the
proposed federal-aid highway system,
II can be understood what further
changes will take place as the system
grows to 10000 miles in length and
other roads are built branching out
from ii.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01
GETTING DIVORCED

SYNOPsIS.-In a preface Mary
Marie explains her apparent double
personality" and just why she is
cross-current and a contradictions;
she also tells her reasons for writ
ing the diary--later to be q novel
The diary is commenced at Ander-
sonville. Mary begins with Nurse
Sarah's account of her (Mary's)
birth, which seemingly interested
her father, who is a famous aetron-
omer, less than a new star which
was discovered the same night
Her name Is compromise, her
father insisting on Abigail Jane.
The child quickly learned that her
nome was in some way different
from those of her small friends.
and was puzzled thereat Nurse
Sarah tells her OF her mothers ar
rival at Andersonville as q bride
and how astonished they all were
at the sight OF the dainty eighteen
year-old girl whom the sedate pro-
fessor had chosen for a wife. Nurse
Sarah makes It plain why the
household seemed a strange one to
the child and how her father and
mother drifted apart through mis-
understanding, each too proud to
In any way attempt to smooth over
the situation.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01

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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01

Buy Divorces, and " He Had Them
for Sale.
the way, just the same, I notice."
spoke up somebody with a chuckle.
"Divorce is a towards retreat from
the battle Of llfe." Captain Harris said
this. He spoke slow and decided. Cap
tain Harris Is old and rich, and not
married. He's the hotels star boarder,
and what he says, goes, most always.
But 1t didn't this time. l can remem-
ber just how old Mr.. Carlton snapped
out the next
Speak from your own experience,
Tom Harris, an I'm thinkin' you amt
fit ter judge. tell you divorce is
what three fourths of the husbands an
wives in the world wish was waltin'
for 'em at home this very night. But
1t amt there l knew, of course, ne
was thinking OF his wife. She's some
cross, guess, and has two warts on
her nose.
There was more, quite a lot more,
said. But I've forgotten the rest. Be.
sides, they weren't talking to me then,
anyway. So | picked up my thread
and slipped out of the store. glad to
escape. But. as said before, / didn't
find many like them.
OF course knoi nOw-what divorce
is, | mean. And it's all settled. They
granted US some kind OF a decree OF
degree, AMI we're going to Boston next
Monday.
It's been awful. though-this last
year. First we had to go to that hor.
rid place out west, and stay ages and
ages. And hated it. Mother did, too
know she did. l went TO school, and
there were quite lot of girls my age
and some boys; but didn't care much
for them. ! couldn't even have the fun
Of surprising them with the divorce we
were going to have. l found they were
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01
CHAPTER IIl-contInued.

] didn't even think of asking Faith
er, of course. l never ask Father
questions. Nurse says l did ask him
once why he didn't love me like other
papas loved their little girls. But
was very little then, and don't remem-
ber 1t at all. But Nurse said Father
didn't like 1t very well, and maybe
did remember that part, without real
ly knowing 1t. Anyhow, never think
Of asking Father questions.
i asked the doctor first. thought
maybe twas some kind of a disease,
and II he knew 1t was coming. he
could give them some sort of a medl-
cine to keep 1t away-like being vac
cinated SOS not to have smallpox.
you know. And told him so.
He gave a funny little laugh, that
somehow didn't sound like a laugh at
all. Then he grew very, very sober,
and said:
"Tm sorry, little girl, but I'm afraid
] haven't got any medicine that will
prevent-a divorce. If l did have,
there'd be no eating or drinking or
sleeping for me, I'm thinking-Pd be
so busy answering my calls"
"Then it is a disease" cried.
And can remember just how fright
ened felt "But isn't there any doc
tor anywhere that can stop itT
He shook his head and gave that
queer little laugh again.
"rm afraid not" he sighed. "As
for it's being a dlsease-there are
people that call 1t a disease, and there
are others who call 1t a cure; and
there are still others who say it's a
remedy worse than the disease 1t tries
10 cure. But, there, you babyl What
am 1 saying2 Come, come, my dear,
just forget it. It's nothing you should
bother your little head ever now. Wait
till you're older"
Till I'm older, indeedl how I hate
to have folks talk to me like that
And they do-they do 1t all the time.
As If was a child now, when I'm
almost standing there where the brook
and river meet!
But that was Just the kind of talk
j got, everywhere, nearly every time
] asked any one what a divorce was.
Some laughed, and some sighed. Some
looked real worried cause I'd asked
It, and one got mad. (That was the
dressmaker. / found out afterward
that she'd had a divorce already, SO
probably she thought asked the ques-
tiOn on purpose to plague her.) But
nobody would answer me-really an
swer me sensibly, so I'd know what II
meant; and most everybody said
"Run away, chlld," or "You shouldn't
' talk of such things" or. "Walt, my
dear, till you're older; and all that
Oh, how / hate such talk when
really want to know sOmethingl How
do they expect us to get our education
IL they won't answer our questions7
don't know which made me angri
est-I mean angrier. Tim speaking
of two things. so ] must. / suppose
hate grammarD To have them tall
like that-not answer me, you know
or have them do as Mr.. Jones, the
stOrekeeper, did, and the men thers
with him.
II was one day when was In thert
buying some white thread for Nurse
barah, and II was a little while aftel
had asked the doctor If a divorce
was disease. Somebody had saiC
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01
The Radio craze.

A Chicago schoolboy has equipped
his little sisters baby buggy with a
radio receiving set SO, that when he
has to watch her in the afternoon he
tunes in, catches concert, then goes
and plays ball while baby is lulled to
sleep by sweet, ethereal music.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01
ROADS ARE BIG BLESSING

The cost OF keeping up Amer
lean roads and building new ones
last year was "a for,eyery man,
woman and chlld-after deduct
ing money from auto license
fees. SO reports the National
Automobile Chamber OF Com
merce.
1t is equivalent to a cent and
a tenth a day for each Of us. To
save that much. few would sur
render even the street In front
OF their house.
Roads are about the greatest
blessing Of civilization. also the
cheapest.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01

No ugly, grimy streaks on the
clothes when Red Cross Ball Blue Is
used. Good bluing gets good results.
All grocers carry it.-Advertisement.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01
One Of the RarkIs Kind.

Kate is self-possessed woman"
"Yes, TO her ow."-Boston Tran
script.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-06-01

Two-thirds Of the bread cast upon
the waters isn't returnable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-29
BEULAH CHAPTER TO ELECT.
New Officers VIII Be Installed al
Meeting December 16. V

Members of Beulah chapter No. "a
Order of Eastern Star. will hold their
annual election of officers at meet
ing at 1880 o'clock Saturday night al
the Masonic temple. The new Off
GERS elected will be installed Deem
Der 16.
A memorial service for the thirteen
members of the chapter who died in
the last year will be held at the meet
ing Saturday night.
The present officers of the chapter
are: Mrs. Margaret Bostic, worthy
matron; Hugh T. Fisher, worthy pa
iron; Mrs. Marion Sullivan, associate
matron; Mrs. Cora w. WEIGH, secre-
tary; Mrs. Helen B. FarnSworth, treas
urer; Mrs. Isabel Lewis, conductreSs;
Mrs. Flora r. Brookens, associate con-
ductress; Mrs. Lille E. Brown, chap
lain; Mrs. Hilma Maggie, marshal; Mrs.
Lillian o. Anderson, organist; Mrs.
Ruth Deitz, Adah; Mrs. Ruth Sharp.
Ruth: Mrs. Harriet Anderson, Esther;
Mrs. Lucy Harshbarger. Martha; Mrs.
Lucy Whiteker, Electa; Mrs. Grace
Irene Sage, warder; William j. Bond,
sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-29

Gold Bug" in the high school audi
torium tonight at o'clock. The play
is being coached by Miss Ethelyn Lind
ley. Harold Carr and Evelyn Carlson
have the leads. The play tells of the
attempts of the grandson of a million
aire, who becomes disinherited, to
make his own way by opening small
country newspaper in a southern town
HIS newspaper is a failure but he finds
a chest of buried treasure thru a code
which falls into his hands.
George L. Whitlock was elected SUI
perintendent of the Sunday school of
the Lowman Memorial Methodist
church at the annual election of Off
GERS Tuesday night at the. church.
Whitlock succeeds E. d. Spokesman.
Mrs H. J. Cleary was appointed SUI
perintendent of the newly organized
intermediate department Other de-
partment superintendent appointed
were as follows: DR.. H. H. Cook.
adult; Mrs. J. H. LuxtoB, young peo-
pie; Mrs. p. w. Bruce, Junior; Mrs.
Leslie Hawley. primary; Mrs. H. B.
Baker. beginners; Mrs. c. w.
Schwartz, cradle roll; L. H. Mosser,
recreational; Mrs. N. c. Nelson, mis-
sionary; Mrs. J. NJ. Stark, temperance;
Mrs. Ida Mayberry, home: Mrs. L. w.
Lommasson, fair exhibits. L. w. Lom-
mason was elected general secretary
and J. w. Fish was elected assistant
secretary. Fred H. Willis was elected
treasurer; Miss Margaret Hulse. en-
rollment secretary; Miss Carrie Ken
drick, centenery secretary, and p. H.
Skinner, librarian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-29
FOR ROYAL ARCH MASONS
Eifty-Sixth Annual Convocation VIII
Be Held Here Monday.

Members of Topeka Chapter No. 8.
Royal Arch Masons. will hold their
fifty-sixth annual convOcation Monday
evening at the Masonic temple. The
principal business will be the annual
election of officers.
Among the prominent members
who will attend the meeting are; Will
liam Whitmer. who served as high
priest of the chapter in 1879, and who
is the oldest living past high priest
in Topeka; most excellent companion,
VIII c. Chaffee. past grand high
priest of the grand chapter of Kan
sas. and Owen J. Wood, grand high
priest of the grand chapter of Kansas.
Wood served as high priest of the To-
peka chapter in 1905 Twenty-six of
the high priests of the chapter are
living.
The present officers of Topeka
chapter No. 5 are: Kenneth NJ. Pom
eroy. high priest; Chester A. Buell.,
king; Samuel Alexander, scribe; Ell
mer F. Strain. treasurer; George w.
McClelland. recorder; Frank E. Leath-
erTnan. captain of the host; Robert c.
Caldwell, prin.- pal sojourner; Edge ID.
May, royal arch captain; John w.
Morgan, master third veil; Leverett H
Tiffey, master second veil: Gus o.
Huebener. master first veil; William
J. Bond, sentinel; John A. Bright,
chaplain; Alexander H. Mcdonald.
organist; Peter Couture, master of
properties, and James Nelson, director
of work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-29

If you are ruptured, your big op-
portunity has now arrived. If you
like to be free from the slavery of
! gouging, pinching, chatting trusses
| that make life a burden, then HERE
| and NOW is the time to act.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams, experts in
rupture cases trained under the per-
sonal direction of w. S. Rice, of
of the Rice Non-Surgical Rupture
Method, will be at the National Hotel,
Topeka, Kan, Dec. and 2.
These experts are here to personally
demonstrate to all ruptured people
what the Rice Rupture Method can
accomplish. You have. no doubt
heard and read much about this IA
nous Method and the cu~o- which
thousands have reported from it. Now
you have the chance to find out all
you and to see what it can do in
YOUR OWN case. Just call at the
hotel and these experts will give you
their personal attention, best advice
and complete demonstration absolute
ly without charge.
Are you tired of that binding, ham,
pering, uncomfortable truss? Would
you like to be free of it forever? Then
investigate this Rice Method and find
out the possibilities it holds out. Sure
ly a Method that could cause so many
thousands of former ruptur1 sufferers
to report cures must be worthy of
your full and complete investigation.
The Rice Method is different from
anything else. 1t is modern, up-to-
the-minute, abreast of the latest scien-
tific developments. 1t is the one
Method that you are not asked to
take on faith alone-the one Method
that is positively demonstrated to you,
right on your own person, without any
charge whatever. You do not spend
a penny unless, after having a full |
and complete demonstration, you de-
eide that this is the Method for you. /
And you-you alone-are the sole |
judge of that.
In justice to yourself, come in and /
see these experts. Remember, they
will be here only two days, then your
will be gone. Grasp it
NOW. 1t may prove to be the wisest
thing you ever did, and anyway. it
costs you nothing to find out.
Remember, come to the National
hotel, any day from 9 to IL forenoons,
2 to 5 afternoons, or Z to in the
evening. The dates are December 1
and 2.
Don't let this opportunity get away
from you.
w. S. RICE. Adams, N. Y.
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-29
PRESBYTERIANS To K. C.
National Laymen's Conference VIII Be
Held December 4 to 9.

A delegation of about twenty-five
Topekans will attend the national lay
mems conference of the Presbyterian
church at Kansas City. December 4
to s. 1t will be the largest meeting in
the history of the denomination exclu-
sive of the general assemblies.
Governor Henry ]. Allen will speak
at the opening session Monday eve
ming on THE Responsibility of the
State for Industrial Justice" There
will also be an address by DIR. William
Hiram Foulkes, general secretary of
the Presbyterian New Era movement.
who recently returned to the United
States from survey of missions in
the Orient.
DR.. S. S. Estey, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, will speak at the
second general session of Tuesday
morning.
The representatives of the First
Presbyterian church at the conference
will be: w. w. Bowman, ]. B. Lari-
mer, Mrs. s. s. Estey and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Martin
The Representatives of the west
minister church will be DIR. c. H. Ler-
rigo, L. w. Wilson, C. K. Roose, N. T.
Veach, Fred Z. Gates, DR.. c. G. Muir
laugh. The Rev. F. F. Ogle will rep
resent the Third Presbyterian church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-29
lIOdOe Casualties

The Modoc club is looking for its.
next victim.
At each of the last two concerts
given by This singing organizat ton
there have been casualties
At Auburn. Director George w.
Barnes was right in the middle Of
a song when a gasoline lamp fell
from the ceiling, struck him on top
OF the head and rolled to the floor.
Fortunately il went out and caused
no explosion. But there is a nss.y
scar on top OF the directors scalp.
At Elmont the other evening
Tom Powell. business manager Of
the Modocs. asked the Methodist
n mister whs-s he could change
his clothes. (The Modocs always
dress in evening duds when they
sirg.D He was directed to a closet
in the rear of the church. He
walked in, took a step and when he
was revived he was in a heap on
the floor of the basement with
broken bottles all around him. GA
bottle of Scotch in the basement-")
HIS back was wrenched and he re-
ceived several bruises. He fell
distance of twelve feet
The club will make a thoro in
spection of the next hall in which
1t sings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-29
REFUSES TO TALK
Attorney Silent on Report Con-
corning Jordan Baby.
Mother and Boy Now in Care of
His Divorced Wife.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 29.-Frank
Warren declined today to comment on
reports from London that Mrs. John
Jordan, mother of Nancy Jordan who
will be brought here and given a home
by Warren's former wife. had made
q statement to the effect that he is
the father of the girls 3-year-old son.
II have nothing to say about it;
was Warren's only comment.
New York, Nov 29.-Nancy Jordan,
the little London mother. and her Il
year-old baby, Francis, who faced de-
pertation from Ellis Island on &C
count of the boys illegitimacy, today
protection of Mrs Mary Van Trump
Warren of Kansas City, Mo, who Of
fered them a home and was directly
responsible for their coming to
America.
Met Thru Correspondents.
Mrs Warren, divorced wife of
Frank G. Warren, prominent Kansas
City attorney and who met Miss Jor-
dan in Europe during the war and in
troduced the two women by means OF
arrived here last night
from Washington and hurried to greet
her wards for the first time.
The meeting took place in the home
of r. D. Jenkins, Mrs. Warren's attor-
nsy and friend, who signed the bonds
for The newcomers release from inn
headquarters. The two
women, both young and high types of
their respective country's beauty,
greeted each other with affection and
cordiality as if they had been lifelong
friends.
Miss Jordan refused either to deny
or admit that Warren is the father of
her boy when she was shown a Lon
don cablegram in which her mother
said Francis was the Kansas City law
yer's son. Since her arrival in Amer
lea, she had maintained steadfastly
that it was not Warren.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-29
WANTS TO VOTE
Oldest Member of IngIeside
Family Interested in Politics.
Many Topekans Remember Her
as Teacher in City Schools.

When one gets very old, one isn't
expected to be very much interested
In politics But consider the Oldest
member oe Ingleside, Topeka's home
for elderly women. She is ninety-two
years old. but she isn't sitting back
and letting the world go by She
wants to vote.
her as a teacher in the city schools,
where she taught for many years.
Miss Kennedy. the matron of the
home. was one of her pupils.
Away back in IA. she began to
teach. She was a strapping big girl
Cor so she tells She is rather a frail
little body now.) Her father had sent
her to school for the first time the
year before. when she was 13 years
old. She hadn't thought about teach
ing until one day a member of the
school board vac visiting at her home
He watched her setting the table and
suddenly asked, "Can you teach a
school? You're plenty big enough"
Earned 81 Per Week rs Teacher.
She laughed. yes, I can teach
good school," she said. and in spite
of her family's objections, she did
teach. She earned a dollar a week
When the Civil war came along, she
decided to go as a nurse. She had
had no training, but a friend wrote to
the authorities, recommending her as
a girl who knew enough to take or
time she nursed the soldiers. She
was a northern girl thru and thru
II think my father would have tied
me up by the chin if he had thought 1
was at all sympathetic with the
South" she said
She hasn't so very much use for the
Happier of today. or "flipper," as she
calls them She says that girls were
different in her day.
She has been at Ingleside- three or
four years. a comparative newcomer
Some of the members have been there
for twenty years and many of them
over fifteen years. They paid $500
when they came and that has been
their only expense.
Ingleside is running behind There
are so many expenses to meet and so
little coming in with which to meet
them. Nearly all the money which
has been given is in this or that trust
fund, so that only the interest can be
used. Kansans are being asked to
help this home for aged people. 1t is
the first time in twenty years that
such request has been made Sure
ly. we will not, cannot fail that re-
quest
The drive is on this week. Send
your contributions to the Associated
Charities Drive. in care of the Cham ]
Der Of Commerce, Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-29
M. F. AMRINE IS SPEAKER
Tells Topeka Co-Ops of Conditions in
Kansas Penitentiary.

An infinite amount of suffering
among the families of the prisoners
in the Kansas state penitentiary could
be avoided If the money earned thru
the labor of the prisoners could be
used to help the families, according
to NJ. F. Amrine, warden of the state
penitentiary. who spoke Tuesday eve
ming at the Thanksgiving party of the
Topeka Cooperative club.
The labor of the prisoners in the
last year has earned the penitentiary
a profit of $4,000 over the general
running expenses, Mr.. Amrine said.
He will appeal for legislation to pro-
vide for the Use of this money in car
ing for the families of prisoners. The
prison now has an unusually large
number of young men. The average
age is much lower than it was several
years ago.
The only cure for crime is in child
training, according to Mr.. Amrine. If
the child is given the right view of
life he will probably stay on the
straight and narrow" Lack of edu-
cation is often a cause of crime, he
said,