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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09
Dorothy Dix Talks
Thriftiness and Honestly.
II DoRoTHY DIX
3 1Ftxhese Pad Wenan I

Thriftiness and Honesty.
The other day a man said with hu-
morus boastfulness:
when I die I am not going to cause
my executor any trouble. make
good money but I indulge my family
and myself in everything we want
andfwe live up to my income as we go
along, so 1t is not going to take any
bunch of lawyers to interpret my will,
and administer my estate"
"And you call yourself an honest
man." asked a quiet little fellow who
was listening.
Certainly do" replied the
spender. Hasn't a man a right to
blow in his own money if he wants
tor"
up to certain point only" re-
piled the quiet man, "every man knows
that somewhere in life he Is going to
need g. contingency fund. No man Is
immune from sickness, or accidents,
or old age. No business is safe from
disasters. No man holds a job that
he may not lose. There are rainy days
that are sure to come to every human
being, and if we could provide shell
ter against them ourselves and don't
do it, but force somebody else to take
US in and protect us, we have NOT
played the game honestly and squarely
'"It isn't honest to hold other people
up and take their money away from
them. And it is just as dishonorable
a thing to do when we wear the cloak
of a poor and needy relative, or friend
as it is when we are disguised with
the black mask of a highwayman. ]
don't know but what I think that the
sponging relative is the more con-
temptible of the two because you can't
fight back at them as you can at the
robber.
They've got us bound and gagged
with pity and affection so we can I
even cal for help. 1t is so sad to see
those who have had SO much, and
who have lived in the lap of luxury so
Ilone, reducA to committing petty
larceny for a living that we almost
overlook the fact that they ought to
be wearing stripes instead of our sec
ond best clothes.
mot long ago." continued the quiet
man, "a man who worked for the
same firm that I do, died suddenly
For fifteen years he had been getting
a salary of 100000 a year. He was a
prince Of good fellows. always ready
to buy for the crowd, always with his
hand in his pocket. He lived in an
expensive apartment. He kept a fine
car. He and his wife dressed smartly
They were regular first nighters al
the theaters, and he called half the
head walters in town by their first
names, which costs money as we all
know.
We'll, the man died, as I said, and
when his funeral expenses were paid
his wife had the furniture in the
apartment, a used automobile and
$500 in cash That was all. And she
was a middle aged, frail little woman
used to luxury, and as absolutely in
capable of earning a dollar as she was
of nerfOrniQV a miracle"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09
THE RIGHT TO sTRIKE

The public has been puzzled to
know why the apparently uninpor-
tant question of seniority should jus
tify the continued idleness of thou
sands of men upon the enc side and
the very serious public menace of Il
discontinuance of railway rransporta-
ton upon the other; why II is that
trains should be dynamited in New
Jersey and abandoned in Arizona;
why workmen should be assaulted
here and murdered there. when only
the question of precedence in promo
ton was involved.
L. z. Sheppard, president of the
Order of Railway Conductors, ex-
plains the issue. In reply to an in
quiry as to the attitude of President
Harding, Mr.. Sheppard says:
1.-THE president has been fair ana
has been of help in the situation in
every way possible. What we now
hope for is the getting of help from
some railway executives not so tena-
cious as others to see that it is the
fundamental right of men to strike
that is involved, rather than seniority.
''The Railroad Labor Board says
that men on strike no longer are en-
ployes. We hold, and many good
lawyers hold with US, that men do not
forfeit their rights when they go on
legal strike.'
So the real issue it seems is the
right to strike without suffering any
of the penalties which naturally fol-
low. Employers may take their in
jury without redress. The public may
pay its penalty of suffering and loss,
but he who causes the loss of all
parties insists that he alone shall es-
cape the penalty of his own act.
THE doctrine of the right to strike
has been urged SO long and so vocif-
erously and by those who have con-
fused the issue with the right to quit
work" says the Mining Congress
Journal, that it is but natural that
escape from all penalties SHOULD now
be urged. The fact is that the right
of a number of workmen to quit by
mutual agreement for the purpose of
coercion is a conspiracy and not a
right and the issue of priority is be-
ing made to further entrench those
who claim as a right what is in fact
a conspiracy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

It is encouraging to note that or
ganized labor is preparing to make a
fight for its rights, in the courts. That
is where every difference that cannot
be settled by mutual agreement,
should be threshed out. The courts
Of this country were set up for the
purpose of seeing that every citizen
shall receive Justice. The constitu-
ton never contemplated that differ
ences between individuals or organiza-
tons should be settled by force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

have just as much to tell you as you
have told him. Unless he is able TO
forget and forgive quickly, I would
advise you to break your engagement.
thetic and unkind. Unkindness is one
of the greatest, if not the greatest sin.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
nineteen years old and have been go
ing with a boy for over a year. He
is one year my senior. like this boy
very much and we have been getting
along nicely until a widow who has
been divorced came between u.s. Since
he met her he very seldom comes to
see me. For over week now he has
not come.
Do you think it is right for young
man to go with a woman who has
been married and who is very much
older than himself? What can 1 do
to make this boy see his mistake
Should 1 try to persuade him to stop
going with this married woman?
Blonde
1t is all right for the young man
to go with the divorced woman if he
wants to. By no means interfere be-
cause he is not accountable to you
for his actions. 1t seems to me I'M
fortunate when a young man goes
with a woman much older than him.
self, but that is his affair, and he
tolerance and sweetness than in youn-
ger women of his acquaintance.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a girl
fifteen years Of age and have light
brown hair. My parents will not hear
of me bobbing it, altho 1 cannot fia
it in becoming way. What car
I do? PEGGY THANKFUL
Obey your parents and try to i'm
prove the appearance of your hair
If you brush 1t thoroly every night
and morning it will look smooth and
well kept ond If you try hard enough
you will be able to find an attractive
way to dress it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

A few miles out of Kansas City, it Is
reported, a farming community has
established a rural market in which
all the growers of the vicinity unite,
each with an individual booth. They
advertise their offerings and a con-
slant stream of motorists seeks them
out. Community roadside markets
likewise have developed in great num-
bers along the state highways Of the
east. This manner of cutting out the
overhead. while it may not greatly
benefit purchasers, is a fine thing for
the producers, who are able to obtain
city retail prices for their products.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09
JUST FOLKS

BY EDGAR A. GUEST,

LIE W OOOs
1t was a little yellow dog, a wistful thing
to see,
A homely, skinny, battered pup. as dirty
could be;
His ribs were showing thru his hide, his
coat was thick with mud,
And yet the way he wagged his tail COM
pletely captured Bud.
He had been kicked from door to door
and stoned upon his way,
"Begonel" was all he'd ever heard, 'twae
all that folks would say;
And yet this miserable cur, forever doomed
to roam,
Struck up a comradeship with Bud, who
proudly brought him home.
I've never seen so poor a dog in all my
stretch of years.
The burrs were thick upon his tail and
thick upon his ears;
He'd had TO fight his way thru life and
carried many a scar,
But still Bud brought him home and cried
Say. can l keep him, MAJ"
think the homeless terrier knows That age
is harsh and stern.
And from the shabby things of life in
scorn Is quick to turn;
And when some scrubby yellow dog needs
sympathy and JOY
He's certain of a friend in need, If he can
find a boy.
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
The Park Ave. News
BY LEE PAPE.

Weather. Verse.
Spoarts. Sid Hunt had tape mez-
zure in his pockit last Sattiday and a
contest was held to Sc who had the
biggest he'd, Sid Hunt mezzuring all
the fellows heds and Pubs Simkinses
was the biggest, the other fellows all
saying it proved that a big he'd wasent
eny sine of smartness and Pubs say
ing it proved it was.
Sissiety. Mulch Excitement was
caused last Sunday aftirnon by Mr..
Persey Viewer wawking down the
street in a new pair OF wife pants,
causing a berst of applause from all
Pottses frunt steps. Amung those
Joining in the applause was Mr.. Artie
Alexander, Mr.. Sam Cross, Mr.. Leroy
Shooster and Mr.. Ed Wernick.
2 Pome by Skinny Martin
Leeve Others Worry
Don't pine if you are bow legged,
If you're mock kneed do not weep,
Watts the diffrents even if you're pid-
gin toed?
For bewty is ony skin deep.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Sid Hunt is teetching his fox
terrier Teddy to carry packages in
his mouth, so far the result being Z
broak eggs and 8 squashed tomatoes.
Lost and Found. Lost-A buntch
OF keys not fitting eny speshil key
holes. Finder can have his choice of
eny 2. Sc Lew Davis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09
DINNER STORIES.

"I've had hard day." said the
tired business man aboard the eve
ming train for home. zone of my
office boys asked for an afternoon
off to attend his aunt's funeral. SO
being on to his scheme. as 1 thought
1 said I'd go along too"
His friend chuckled. Great ideal
Was it a good gamer"
That's where 1 lost out" sadly
admitted the man of business 1T
was his aunt's funerai,"
zone thing you've got to admit
about them movie actors" magnan-
imously said the landlord of the
tavern: They give just as good
shows here in wayoyerbehind as the }
do in Kay See. and after the en-
tertainment is over they don't stand
around on the corner and get off
singing wittisizzums about hick burgs,
neitheri'-Kansas City Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09
Ouestions-AnsweB

Q. What was the mystery or story in
connection with the famous question as to
who struck Billy Patterson? A. B.
A. Various versions have been published
of the Billy Patterson mystery. A recent
one locates Billy In England and makes
him victim of college prank. According
oxford students and the river boatrnen of
whom Billy Patterson was the leader One
night Patterson was captured by the coli
legians, given a. mock trial and sentenced
to death by the guillotine. The prisoner
was conducted to the execution chamber.
shown the beheading block and the heads
man armed with a huge battle-3x, and then
biindfolded, bound hand aRd foot and
forced to kneel with his head and neck in
the block. At a given signal the victim
was struck on the back Of the neck with a
cord that had been wet in cold water. II
was. only a light blow, but 1t proved as
fatal as # 1t ha9 been delivered with the
would not stand the shock. The frightened
students removed the body to the river
PAM soa e. Snd tha.
q. what does t. H. stand for after
a. The .'T. r." after Honolulu stands
for Territory Of Hawaii.
O.. How tall is the statue Of the Venus
A. The height of the Venus of Milo is
feet inches.
Q. What is the correct version of the
mountain and Mohammed proverb? 2. n.
A. In Bacon'S essay on Boldness, It is
given as IF the hill will not come to Mo-
manned, Mohammed will come to the hill"
Q. Which Is the largest bone in the
body7 n. p.
A. The femur is the largest, longest and
strongest bone in the human body.
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One of the oldest insurance poll
cies on record was that of a man who
insured himself at Lloyds against the
consequences of laying violent hands
on his mother-in-law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

The indications are that the Greek
army will need another Xenophon to
lead it out of Asia. European armies
invading Asia and Asiatic armies in
Vading Europe usually have met dis
aster Meantime it is reported that
King Constantine is preparing to alb
dictate. He could hardly perform
greater service to his country. 1t is
said that he plans to call his son
George to the throne. But what
Greece needs is the steady guiding
hand of Venizelos.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

The Kansas candidate for governor
On the Socialist ticket, is reported to
have been converted to Socialism
twelve years ago. If he has prospered
since that time as have most Kansas
farmers, it seems surprising that he
has not changed MS views. But a
Kansas farmer can afford to main
tain any sort of views, he likes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

1.-THE Republican party" declares
Vice President Coolidge. approaches
the coming elections with great con-
fidence, because it has the conscious
ness of duty well performed" If there
fore, the election should go against
the party it would not be because con-
gress has failed to do its duty, but
may be because it has done more than
its duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

After rearing his five children in a
way that rendered them incompetent
to provide for themselves, the late
Park Benjamin left a will cutting
them off with a dollar each. This
looks like a case for the society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

The shop unions rely upon force to
obtain the granting of their demands.
They may goad the public to a point
where it, also, will employ force. Rul-
ing by force is a game at which two
can play and in which the more pow
erful of the contestants wins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

overload the women of the country
with things they do not need, but to
train them to steady. intelligent and
efficient buying.
IF our women were trained to
spend the money which goes thru
their hands for the best good OF all
the members of the home. and if the
children who are to come after them
received this training also, you can
understand what a tremendous uplift
It would be to the nation"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

Vice President Coolidge calls at
tention to the fact that strikes fire.
quently accompany a Republican ad-
1ninistration but he neglected to men
ton that they frequently are brought
about by high living costs resulting
from tariff legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

If Robert NJ. LaFollette be the
sort of man that the people of Wis
consin want to represent them in the
United States senate, nobody should
complain. He at least has been shrewd
enough to avoid the experience of
Rerger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09
GoMPERs, STRAW MAN

Samuel Gompers seems to find de-
light in setting up straw men. In his
Labor Day address, he said:
If workers are not free to stop
work--to strike-then they are not
free. The bed rock Of freedom is
the right to stop work. Slaves are
chained to their jobs. Freemen may
quit their jobs. All else is worthless
If That right to quit work is destroyed.
Great organizations of employers and
of powerful financial interests have.
since the signing or the armistice.
been seeking to destroy the right to
quit work. Now the government it
self, thru its powerful legal depart
ment, throws its influence with the
employers, to destroy that elemental
right.
This statement of the issue between
employer and empIoye appears absurd
in view of the fact that neither the
government nor anybody else is seek
ing or has sought to deprive labor of
the right to quit work. What the
government is trying to do is to Sc
cure to men the right to work if they
desire to do so.
Mr.. Gompers also assumes to speak
for labor. while representing only a
small part of it. Nearly everybody
works while the number of workers
who vote for Mr.. Gompers is but a
slight minority OF the total of laborers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

According to the United States de-
partment of agriculture, the per cap
ita consumption of eggs in the United
States Is one-half an egg day. The
department suggests that every one
not only get his full share, but double
IL by eating the whole egg. Eggs are
comparatively cheap just now. More
eggs have been laid this year than
ever before. The total runs up to
something hike twenty-five billion, an
increase of 10 per cent since the
armistice. Increased production is at
tributed by department marketing
men to the fact that more hens are
laying. There has been decreased con-
sumption of poultry and farmers have
been compelled to keep their hens
on the farm. Hens must eat, and
to pay their board they must produce
eggs. The American hen does not
seem to stand in need Of a tariff duty
to protect her from the cheap labor
of foreign hens nor to enable her to
maintain an American standard of
living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09

One of the oldest insurance poll
cies on record was that of man who
insured himself at Lloyds against the
consequences of laying violent hands
on his mother-in-law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-04
/ SHIP SUBSIDY
BILL ASSAILED
Woman Candidate Calls II
Rank Class Legislation

wAsHrNoToN. May Enact.
ment of tho ship subsidy bill "will
create q gold mine for tn shipping
interests az tho expense OF the farm
eru." Miss Alice Lorraine DAILY. can.
didats for governor OF South pakota
On the non.rartissn hague ticket do
eiared today 20 tho lcint senate ana
house committee holding hearings on
the subsidy bill.
Miss Daily. from Mitchell. =. d.
ehsrged that congress has thus far
handed tho farmer ''nothiIs hut gold
bricks"
This bin proposes long term gov.
eminent loans 10 shipownef- ~ per
cent = year" shs said Yet the chief
objection Of this congress 10 the
Norris farm products corporation bill
was that tho rate Of interest on gov.
ernmentai loans 20 the farm was too
low. And that rate was about per
cent
The farmers are nov paying .
per cent on long term loans. ana as
high as 10 per cen. on short term
loans. but congress ahivsrs when
mention II made Of governmental aid
for the Agricultural industry thru
lower interest rate. 20 farmers.
This hin would exemps rich ship
OPERATORS including the Standard
on Co. the seei Trust end the
packers from income tar. but no
such proposition TO free fhs farmer
nom income tar would ee for q mo.
rh~nt tolerated In this congress-
This btu seeks 10 bind THE row.
erunrnt 10 pay half or bird of tho
cost Of all ships TO ne bui., ana pri.
vatsly owned In future. even the
ships OF the .etsndard On. the Steel
Trust and other piE corporations
which have fleets as a necessary In.
cidentsi part of their business but
would you gentlemen faver the gov.
eminent paying half or third OF the
cost OF farm mnehinsryf-'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-04
Peggy Joyce
Getting Over
Poison Dose

PARIS. May t.--isseove~sd from
the effects Of tho overdose OF sleep
ing potion which yesterday nearly
cost her life. rexgy Hopkins Joyce
today was able 10 leave her hotel
and lunch at . fashionable Paris
restaurant
Peggy. who declared william Ar
rssurix. young Chilean st.sohs shot
himself because shs Tilted him. said
she would not attend tho funeral.
icrrsxurir's wife was quoted ~ say
ing;
'If that person wants 20 attend.
I shall not inwrfere."
Peggy has not completed her plans
for returning 20 America Hbs had
announced that she and Dempsey
probably would return togvther Sat.
urday. hut when jock described this
CURLY rs . 'pipe irezn." she ad.
mitted shS was uncertain about their
Joint movie venture
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-04
New University Is
Planned at Denver

DENVER. May "A new univer-
sity 10 TO be established In Denver.
according TO articles OF Incorporation
filed here late yesterday. The new
school Is TO be known as the Thomas
jefferson University. Inc. and is
capitalized at $4,000. A residence
and correspondence school viii be
maintained
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-04
Husband Anglers Her;
Wife Shoots Herself

DENVER. May Airs. Mona
Hight. 90. who il about to become =
mother. was In a critical condition
here today al the result Of . bullet
wound in the head inflicted by her
self. according to her husband. How.
ard NJ. Hight
The latter said his wife became an.
cry when he spoke OF discharging
one OF his employees
Mrs. Hight then walked into the
bedroom OF their apartment and shot
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-04

cash and securities, according 20 est
mates made by bank officials today
Tho bank was entered after tho ban
dits had cut all telephone wires into
the town and had bound and gagged
the night marshal.
They escaped In an automobile
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-04
Loot of Bandits
Will Total $4,000

LAFAYETTE. Cole. May <~-roo,
obtained when four bandits robbed
the First National bank hera early
yesterday. will total sbou, SIC. 1000 tn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-04

herself with . large calfber pistol
Hight told police.