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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10
HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have been
married four years to my second hus-
band. 1 have a little boy, ten years
old who lives with us. His papa is
dead. We are farmers. My husband
thinks a woman should work every
minute of the day. I do all my house
work, raise chickens and milk. Some
times I am so tired I can't milk and
if I don't for several days he will
hardly say a word to me. He is angry
because I was not at the barn.
He never wants to take my boy or
me anywhere. He thinks We should
work and sleep and never leave the
place. work awfully hard and
will have a dreadful life. am only
twenty-six years old, a good cook and
housekeeper and I am good-looking.
My husband is forty-five. Do you
think he really loves me?
He never says anything kind to my
child whom I dearly love. Could you
tell me some way to change my hus-
band or what to do, for I am not
happy? I have no home except this
one. Please advise me.
EN-HEARTED.
Probably your husband has a driv-
ing nature and altho he loves you. he
does not realize the necessity of look
ing for your health and happiness He
works hard himself and expects every
one else to do the same. Some people
except work.
Perhaps thru love and tolerance of
his ways and an effort to understand
his point of view. you can tactfully in
fluence him to do some of the things
you want him to do Do not think so
much about changing things as about
making the best of. conditions as they
are and being happy in spite of them.
With good books and the joy of hav-
ing your child with you, perhaps you
can make your life seem much worth
while. Perhaps IL you did not have
this home you would be forced to give
up your child. If you look far
enough you will find that you have
blessings. and it will make you hap
pier to feel gratitude in your heart
than resentment because of your
hardships.
If you plan your work wisely.
think you can conserve your strength
and. by neglecting certain duties,
manage to take care of the cows and
chickens. Even if your house goes
longer without cleaning and certain
articles are washed but not ironed,
you Will live just as long and viii
have more time for other things
Since you have married a man so
much older than yourself, you cannot
expect him to enjoy the same things
you do. He is settled in life and
amusement at night does not allure
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

started the quarrel. you know, my
boy
Dorothy and Ted privately compared
notes and giggled gleefully.
Six weeks later Ted's mother shared
the contents of two interesting letters.
Grandmother wrote: TT is SO many
years since we planned the dining
room that my plans are probably out
of date anyhow. So L told your father
that I would give up the carved oak
and Spanish leather Z wanted in the
dining room. However. he insisted that
should have it, and the work is going
forward"
Grandfather wrote: ut is so many
years since we abandoned the plans
for the dining room that your mother
had actually forgotten that it was I
who insisted upon black oak and Span
ish leather. 1 nearly made the blunder
of reminding her, but fortunately re-
memb ered in time that it might cause
another quarrel. So I insisted that
she should have her way-and Incl
dentally got mine!"
How lovely!" cried Dorothy
Here is a secret between your dad,
you two and me- said Ted's mother:
BLACK oak and Spanish leather was
my suggestion as compromise.
Mother wanted Louis XIV. and father
would have nothing but mahogany"
Copyright, 1922, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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QuesfiOns-AnsloeT

O. What are moth balls made of? G. W.
A. They are varying combinations OF
eamphor, tar. creosote, and napthalene.
Some formulas contain cedar oil.
Q. Mhat make of golf balls did Hutchi-
son and Barnes use when they won the
British and American open championship
A. Both men used spalding SOS
O. Were high schools original in this
A. The nigh school is distinctly an
American Institution. The English High
first of its kind. and gradually, as free
elementary schools were established thru
out the country, the high schools followed
Q. Where did the slang expression Hes
a hellbinder" come FROM j. r. 2.
called f t8 5S% sge b2 ia fse
steatns emptying into the Great Lakes. This
is an extremely. ugly but perfectly harmless
life and hibernates in cold weather.
@ Was the play shore Acres ever
A. James A. Herne wrote Shore Acres"
in 1ss3-S4. and it was first produced
The Ha wthorne" at Chicago in 1892, taking
Boston few weeks later
Q. How many Hessians were brought TO
this country during the Revolutionary
A. The total number of Hessians
IT 313 returned. The others either died or
remained here to become citizens. These
cost Great Britain about 1T70,0O0 pounds.
Q. Are bananas grown from seeds or
A. The species grown for fibre and for
ornament usually produce seed and
propa gated by planting seeds The edible
banana Of commerce has a perennial root
from which the plant is perpetuated by
sprouts or suckers
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JUST FOLKS
RY EDGAR A. GUEST.

WHY
"Why?" from the cradle to the grave,
Is mans persistent cry;
"Why do we work." and "Why do we
save?
'.Why do we live and die?"
Ever it's ringing in our ears,
With never clear reply;
what is the reason for our tears 2"
Sorrow is ours, but why"
The great man questions day by day,
Even as you and /
Many must work and few may play,
But nobody tells us why,
Come or Ego" says the mother fair
To her small standing by,
And he filings her the worlds one ques-
ton there
With his petulant, peevish "why: 2"
Duty whispers a word to all:
Toll while the minutes fly"
And man replies, as the younRster small
Il know that I must, but whyE
Why do we lose and why do we gain?
Why do we smile or sigh?
Ever we stand at lifes window pane
Seeking the reason why:
Yet still believe it is ordered so,
Tho our joys in ashes lie.
Some day the purpose of life we'll know
And our God shall tell US Why
Copyright, 1922. by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10
Dorothy Dix TALKS
Ell DOROTHY DIX
s's lzIghess Paid Woman "
A Spotlight on Divorce-2.


Being an intelligent, and high
spirited woman, she was miserable
enough, and no doubt there were times
when her letters cut to the quick, but
she also belonged to her generation,
and its pessimistic philosophy was
that woman was made to weep, and
that she must suffer and be strong.
Besides, there was no refuge for her.
If she left her husband, she was dis
graced woman, with nowhere to go,
and no way to make her living. so she
had to stay married, no matter how
she loathed it.
same type of man, and he treated his
wife as he had seen his father treat
his mother His father was over
bearing, and despotic in his home. He
was selfish, and stingy. He never
showed his wife any tenderness or
consideration, because he honestly be-
lieved that he had conferred such an
ineStimable honor upon her by marry
ing her that she ought to spend the
balance of her life on her knees be-
fore him.
Johns mother was also an intelli-
gent and high spirited woman, with
about twice as much brains as his
father had. She writhed fiercely un-
der the ignominy of being nothing but
a bond woman. She resented bitterly
the family expenses out of her hus-
band. 1t makes her sick with disgust
to have to wheedle and flatter, and
cajole him, and use the methods of
evil women to get along with him.
But his mother belonged, too, to
her generation, and it turned its
thumbs down on the divorced woman.
The law had given her husband all of
her money when she married, and if
she left him she would be homeless
and penniless, and SO she stayed mar
ried, but she did not bear her cross in
meekness, and humbleness, and silence
as had her foremothers- She fought
back, tooth and nail, with the fury of
the impotent, and her home was
battle-ground thru all the years of her
married life.
John married Mary. He began
treating her just as he had seen his
father and his grandfather treat his
mother and his grandmother, but
Mary belonged to the new generation
of women who demand a square deal.
And when John refused it, she put
on her hat, and beat it to the divorce
court She did not have to stand
tyranny and niggardliness because she
was perfectly capable of supporting
herself, and she knew that everybody
would have more respect for her for
getting a divorce than they would for
her for living with a man who had
killed her love and respect.
Women stood mean husbands when
they had to- Now they don't have to
stand them.
And that's that about divorce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

When there is no joy-when Cullen
Cain refuses to mutter and the we'll
spring of humor dries at its source
we turn to the sporting page of the
New fork papers for balm and hearts
ease. In such mood we yesterday
sought the sporting page of the World
and read this paragraph: I'VE ought
to know in the next two weeks
whether the Giants are going to have
any real opposition this season or
whether they have, as seems now the
case, a walkaway for the 1922 pen
nant.''
When that paragraph appeared in
type the Giants were leading their
league by a margin so slender that one
days play might well wipe it out alto
gether, and they had just lost six out
of the last seven games played to two
OF the weakest teams in the league.
AS we have indicated, others upon
whom we depend to lubricate our
sense of humor occasionally fail us,
but the New York sporting writer's
never do.
Il say to the president of the United
States" the newspapers quote Senator
Stanley as shouting, that this is not
Austria; this not Russia; this is the
once-free America
Ours is busy life. We had not pre-
N4Ously given InuCn LnOOSnC 10 senator
Stanley or made any attempt to
classify him. But for the moment,
and pending further consideration of
the matter, we shall put him with the
obsolete wind instruments.
The Ambidextrous Mr.. Laciar.
Sir-Permit me to offer an amenda-
ton in re your column of Friday. Per-
haps it is not a correction. since it
springs from my desire to keep your
readers well informed. You mention
sam Laciar's hardships in listening to
24S concerts. They were hardships
greater than those suffered by the
Puritans when you consider that he
the performances. I have never seen
the redOubtable Sam for two consecu-
tive seconds without a cigar between
his lips. last saw him in the Rack ct
Iclub eating buckwheat cakes and
smoking a piece of oakum at one and
the same time. A T. S.
The intimate personal reactions of
the late Mr. Walter w. Page and the
late Mr.. Franklin K. Lane now are
available to readers of current litera-
ture. If you have not perused them.
lit may interest you to know that Mr..
Tumulty still stands alone. He is the
only one who made the return trip
that cuffed him.
We envy the ballooning gentleman
who landed in the Ozarks. Given a
light steel rod, or even a cane pole, a
little tackle and a bucket of minnows
and we don't know any place we'd
rather be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

Senator McCumber makes a strong
plea for the enactment of his soldier
bonus bill but in his argument over
looks an important point in that con-
necuon. It is that President Harding
has stated positively that such a bill
in order to command his signature,
must make provision for obtaining the
money to pay the bonus. The senator
suggests that interest payments from
Europe be used for the purpose but
his bill does not say So The measure
can hardly become a law without the
approval of the president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

The opinion Of the attorney gen
eral in the case of Mrs, Clara White
OF Finney county is, in substance thaO
Z schoolma' am has a perfect right TO
dance her head off if she cares TO DO
so. But this does not seem to touch
the point at Issue. which is that Mrs
White is deprived OF authority to
teach in the schools of Kansas There
never has existed any doubt regard
ing her right to dance or the right of
a school board to permit dancing IN
the schoolhouse. What Mrs WHITE
and the public want to know is how
snail she obtain a certificate of au-
thoritv to teach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
The Park Ave. News.
BIZ LRE pAPE

The Park Ave. News.
Weather. Crate.
Exter Mysterious Disappearance!
Last Thersday morning the Simkinses
piano. was found locked and the key
no wares in site. The family is still
looking for it and bleeve it is a plot
on the part of Pubs SO as he wont
have to practice for a vile. altho Pubs
says not and is helping to look.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
Jest the Opposite.
dreemed, herd sweet music
Filling the surrounding air,
But it was ony pop in the bath room
Gargelling in there.
Sissiety. Miss Mary watkins ony
mezzures 20 intches GROUND her waist
even after a harty meel.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Sam Crosses baby sister
Udeen tries to put everything in her
mouth irregardliss of size, the rest of
the family thinking its Smart of her
but Sam thinking it's dunn.
Cakes stirred by experts 10 cents
a half hour, or speshil rate of cents
if we lick the bowl. The Ed Wernick
and Lew Davis Cake Stirring Co.
(Avvertizement.)
Errands ran quick and reliable.
Reasona BILE rates No free list. Con-
suit Artie Alexander.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

Il is pointed out by advocates of a
ship subsidy that other nations aid
their merchant marines by subsidies Of
one form or another. and, IN order to
meet that sort of competition, the
United States rRust expect to adopt a
similar policy, as proposed in legisla-
ton now pending in congress" It
might be said in reply that other ma
tions do many things that we do not
and this fact may account in some
measure for our position as the rich
est and most prosperous country in
the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

but their bill of costs must necessarily
be almost as large as that of the union.
In addition there is the drain upon the
taxpayers OF West Virginia and the
federal government, as well as a large
If somewhat intangible expense to the
general public due to increased cost
of coal and the effect of the contro-
versy upon all other industry.
That the struggle will be prolonged
indefinitely is apparent from the un-
yielding determination expressed by
leaders on both sides Unfortunately,
from the public viewpoint, it is fight
that cannot be fought to a finish with
a decision that the defeated must ac-
cept. Accordingly the public not only
may be unable to decide who is right
and who is wrong in West Virginia,
but may never see a victor emerge
from the fray. Meanwhile, the public
pays and pays
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

There are. those who regarded
Henry Ford'S recent campaign against
the Jews as a bit OF clever adyertis-
ing. but Norman Hapgood quotes one
OF Ford's employees as saying that his
boss really was mad. This is what
he said, according to Hapgood: Il
think it is Rosicka Schwimmer who
made him mad at the Jews. She was
a Jewess. you know. She sold Ford
the peace-ship. which is said to have
cost him 100000. and Ford never
forgave her. Some one told him the
peace-ship was all a Jew trick. and 1t
made him mad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

The threat of certain British ship
ping interests Of retaliatory measures
on the part OF their government, ex-
pressed by Sir owen Phillips. NJ. p,
recently, it is said. will not scare the
Republicans out of tariff or marine
legislation. It matters little what
scares them out II only something
shall prevent them from enacting such
legislation as is proposed. The dila-
toriness displayed already indicates
that something has scared them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10
BANKRuPr NATIONS.

European nations are having a hard
time in their efforts to borrow money
First Russia was denied and now Ger
many's application has been refused.
Both countries, it seems. must amend
their ways if they would obtain credit
among those having money to spare
The chief difficulty in connection
with the attempt of those countries to
float a loan seems to be that there is
too much politics and TOO little bust
ness attached to the plans.
The underlying motive in connec-
ton with the proposed German loan
is the admitted necessity OF placins
Germany on her feet. whereby she will
be able to effect her own rehabilita-
ton and in addition give aid to ad-
jacent nations-in fact, become the
central force in bringing about the
reha Utilization of middle Europe. Back
Of all this lies the earnest, even urgent,
desire Of Germany's creditors in the
matter of reparations to see her
placed in a position where she will
be able to meet the demands under
those claims.
For more than half a century before
the outbreak of the war, Germany
was the banker and Industrial admin
istrator for a large portion OF CONT
mental Europe. Her capital and her
business talent helped to build up
Russia's industries. German skill in
organization backed by German mon
ey was a power in Italy. in Austria
and in the Balkan states. Germany
financed the purchases of raw ma
terials, cotton, copper, rubber, and
countless other imported products for
the manufacturers of Moscow, War
saw, Prague. BUDAPEST, LODI and
other busy centers. She was a large
buyer of Russia's flax, of wool from
Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Ru-
mania The bankers of Frankfort fire.
quently came in answer to the call
of the manufacturers of Turin, Padua
and Milan.
With Germany only barely able to
look after herself. a great part of
continental Europe has been forced to
look around for new financial connec-
lions. and the result has been a state
Of confusion bordering on chaos. For
this reason it is felt that the first
great forward step in the reconstruct
ton of Europe will be placing Ger
many solidly on her feet.
Paper money initiation and the fan
tastic figures reached by Germany's
and Russia's floating debts constitute
the principal obstacles in the way of
the loan from a business point of
view. The mark now stands around
.35 of one cent, or about one-sev-
entieth of its gold value. The value
OF the ruble is too low to estimate
The largest item in Germany's float
ing debt consists of discounted treas
Try bills On June 80 last year these
stood at $4,000, 100000 marks. On
May 20 this year they had reached
the new high level of 2S5, ZOO, OOO, 900
marks. The other items in the float
ing debt would bring the total UP
close to OO.OOO.OOO.OOO marks. If
these were redeemed at par, it would
mean that Germany would pay out
nearly $4,000. 100000. or more than
three times the national debt of the
United States. This is more than her
entire national wealth.
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Many Of the big lumber mills are
reported to be running night and day
in an effort to keep up with the
heavy demand for lumber incident to
the building boom. In the first
twenty weeks of 1922. orders exceed
ed production by Is per cent; while
for the last week orders exceeded pro-
duction by rs per cent. it Is reported
by the American Lumberman."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

Much might be done in preventing fu-
ture accidents if grade crossings were
eliminated in the construction of hard
surface roads. This could be done at
little additional expense at the time
these roads are being constructed. 1t
would cost little more to build the
road under the track.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

The Balkan countries seem to be
recovering from the effects OF the
war. The king of Jugo-Slavia has
built a new palace and this week is
marrying : a Rumanian princess
Both these things necessarily come
high
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

The cheapest machine-made lace.
such as poor women use, made here
as cheaply as anywhere in the world.
IS taxed 90 per cent IN the Fordney
tariff bill. with the wholesalers and
retailers charges, this will be $50 per
cent upon the lace the working wo-
man and the farmers wife wear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

The interstate commerce commits
sion complies statistics OF accidents in
volving loss of life or injury IN which
railroads are involved. According to
these figures. last year 1.OT2 persons
were killed and 4.S1s persons injured
in accidents at grade crossings Most,
OF these were automobile accidents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

A party of Frenehmen is coming to
this country the latter part of this
month. it IS announced for the pur-
pose of adjusting Frances debt to the
United States Let US hope that they
viii not forget their pocket books.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-03-24
New Government for
Palestine Planned

LONDON, Feb. 81 - ASSOCIATED
Press MaiD-Provisional plans for
the future government of Palestine
under the British mandate which
have just been issued make provision
for the appointment of a High Com
missioner to be known also as Com
mander-in Chief. He is to have
power to appoint an executive council
to be constituted in such a manner
as may be directed by the British
government.
The High Commissioners will also
be assisted by the Legislative Council
of 25 members. Of these latter,12
are to be elected and every man in
Palestine ove % years old will be
entitled to vote.
The High Commissioner would be
authorized to divide the country into
province or districts and all rights in
public lands and also all mines and
minerals.
Three languages, English, Arabic
and Hebrew are to be permitted in
the debates of the Palestine council,
in government offices and law courts.
If any religious community or any
considerable section of the population
in Palestine should complain that the
terms of the mandate were not be-
ing fulfilled, it would be entitled to
present a memorandum to that effect
to the Legislative Council or the High
Commissioner who would be required
to forward it to the Secretary of
State for submission to the League
of Nations, unless the High Commits
s1oner gives a written reason to the
petitioners for not forwarding it,. .-.