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The daily Alaskan., 1922-02-25
LOVE TRIUMPHANT

War never feared Gods love could
 rear
 In man a sense of right Until sweet Peace bade strife 10
 cease.
 And filled mans soul with light Sin never knew how strong and true The power Of Love divine, Until it felt our whole hearts melt In peuitence sublime. Asleep. awake, no one can take
 From us this LCve divine, As sons of God, His love evolves In Brotherhood lublime
 Beatrice Evelyn Austin,
 Los Angeles, Cal The above poem was given to the Alaskan last summer by the author. Miss Austin, and was laid away and forgotten until the receipt Of a copy Of Reason. a quarterly magazine, from her father, B. F. Austin, stat ing that Miss Austin had passed away last October. Miss Austin, with her mother, was a visitor in Skag- way last year for several weeks with quarters at the Portland hotel and made many friends by her winsome manner and Eeuuire loving disPosi- tion. B. F. Austin IS editor Of Req son" which is mainly devoted to the New Thought" movement and Miss Austin was associate editor. The little poem which appears above was written one day when she was in the SEaCway Alaskan office and it is as sweet, pure and fragrant as her own California violets.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-02-25

If your power needs do not include traetive work, you can obtain the Caterpillar" Motor in 30, 45, 55 or 75 horsepower for a stationary or portable unit.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-02-25

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
Dorothy Dix Tails
Mother AS a Handicap-2.
Ell DOROTHY DIX
WozsA's Hfghese Paid Woman Writes.


Knowing that her friends are going
to be turned into figures of fun makes
the girl self conscious, and the young
people themselves sense the air of
hostility in the house, so that they
seldom come. They goS to some place
where the girls mother holds out the
glad hand, and where the old people
and young laugh together, instead of
the old laughing at the young.
Many a mother who wonders why
her daughter, who is pretty and at
tractive, does not receive the attention
| that some homely girl does, could
find the answer in herself. You still
have to bait your trap with sugar to
catch flies.
Then there is the mother who is
the demon chaperon. She labors I'M
der the conviction that her precious
Maud would be kidnapped if she got
two yards from her, and that every
man has some nefarious designs upon
her. Therefore. when Maud is asked
to go to a place mother has to be
dragged along too. and whenever
Maud has a man caller, mother sits
within earshot SO she can hear every
word.
The result is that Maud stays at
home, alone. Not many youths in
these days have money enough to buy
three theater tickets and ct ceteras.
Nor is it stimulating to conversation
to know that one is being caves
dropped. 1t isn't because young peo-
pie want to say anything that is i'm
proper that they don't relish having
it overheard. It's just that a silly
thing sounds too silly to the cold and
critical listener.
Naturally a good mother keeps a
wary eye on her daughter, and knows
where she goes, and the character of
those with whom she plays about.
proper hour, but beyond that a nice
American girl needs no watch dog on
the job. Nothing is easier than to
chaperon a girl into the old maids
home. If a girl has been brought up
to the age of 20 with the right sort of
principles instilled in her she needs no
chaperon, and if she hasn't had mod
esty, and honor, and self-respect bred
into her, then all the chaperoning in
the world won't save her.
Finally, there is the obsessing
mother. You know what mean-the
sort of woman whose own PERSONAL
ity fills her house so full that her
husband and children are just shad-
owS in it. She monopo1izes the con-
versatiop, she bosses the job. She's
the whole works.
The girl with that sort of mother is
always silent, quiet little thing, with
no chance to show off what she is, or
develop any personality, and she is
generally she1ved unless she takes her
courage in both hands and fees from
mothers wings.
What sort of a mother are you
Are you help or hindrance to your
children?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
HELPING THE BOYS

The work of the veterans bureau
has reached a stage where little crit
icism of it now is heard. Its prog
arrived.
1t is reported that there are more
than 10000 students receiving in
struction in 3,22s schools and colleges
turnout the country, as well as in
business establishments, shops and on
farms. Every one of them has been
found by medical authorities to be
disabled either bodily or mentally in
the service of the United States.
Ninety per cent of them are enlisted
men, representing every creed, ma
tionality and race, and half of them
have at least one person dependent
upon them; some have as many as
seven dependents.
Many men have completed their
courses, and others are being gradu-
ated every day. Every vocation is
represented. and in ever large indus
trial center an employer can obtain
additional competent personnel in a
short time by communicating with the
veterans bureau at Washington.
The graduates of the governments
schools are not permitted to termi-
nate their training until they have
proved themselves skilled workmen
and able to meet the practical re-
quirements of the vocation in which
they are engaged. The courses vary
in length from one to four years, with
an average length Of two years.
1t is a mistake to suppose that many
of the men are suffering from loss Of
limbs. Statistics compiled by the ver-
Grams bureau show that less than
per cent of the men in training have
suffered amputations. The rest have
received disabilities such as shrapnel
or gunshot wounds and other disabil-
tiles to which the civilian population
is ordinarily subject, such as heart
trouble, bronchial diseases, and minor
troubles The men are given courses
of training in which their disabilities
will not be a handicap or interfere in
any way. Those suffering from tu-
berculosis do not even start their
training until the disease is arrested
or inactive. In the majority of cases
the disabilities are not noticeable and
in no way prevent the students from
carrying on and competing with civil
ian workers on an equal basis.
The service that is being performed
for these men is one for which the
public is glad to pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26

you mind letting me pretend that
am boarding here, not working? III
explain it all some time" Mrs. Gin
| ner agreed, but later was puzzled over
the request. If the uncle believed
that the boy were not working then
it must be that he had enough money
sent him to make it unnecessary; if
he had the money, what did he do
with it? Perhaps he had lost money
gam bling or something and was work
ing to pay a debt of honor. 1t was
too much for the easy-going Mrs. Gin
/ ner. So she kindly asked Malcolm
to invite the uncle to family dinner
at which every one, including Mr..
Ginner himself, would be primed to
treat Malcolm like a paying boarder.
But something very unexpected hap
pened at dinner that night Mr.. Gin
ner recognized in Roger Smith his
very dear. old college friend.
IF I'd known that my nephew was
boarding with the family of my old
friend, how happy I should have
BEEN
You certainly ought to be con-
graduated on having nephew willing
when he has no money said Mr..
Ginner.
work his way!" exclaimed Mr..
Smith, and then there had to be ex-
plantations. Mr.. G1nner had forgot
ten for a moment the instructions of
his wife.
Then all eyes turned on poor, en-
barrassed Malcolm.
well, now the cats out of the bag
laughed the uncle. why don't you tell
US why you did it?''
Malcolm looked very intently at
Emma and Emma blushed.
Because" said Malcolm, looking
first straight into the eyes of Mr.. Gin
ner and then at his uncle, because
the first time I came, on an errand
for a friend of mine, I decided that 1
wanted to-to-take Emma Ginner to
the junior ball."
Wanted to take her to the Junior
ball!'' Knocked the uncle good ma
turedly. why don't you be frank
and say you decided you wanted to
marry her?"
There was a little startled cry from
Emma and gasp from Mr.. Ginner.
THAT is what 1 might have said, sir, !"
said Malcolm very solemnly. Then
there was an awkward silence and
then dinner progressed and every one
was very merry.
That evening a little later Malcolm
went on his accustomed trip to the
cellar to tend fire, and Emma follow
ing his whispered injunctions, went
with him. Standing in the coal bin
together they plighted their troth, and
five minutes later back in the family
living room craved thier families
blessings.
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
SENIORITY STUMBLING BLOCK.

1t is al right for the striking shop
Inen 10 obtain restoration of seniority
lights if they can. There will be no
objection on the part of the public.
Hut the strikers seem to be experience
ing some difficulty in convincing the
railroad executives or anybody else
that they are entitled to these rights
either legally or morally. or that there
are, in fact, any such rights in exist
once
Since seniority. they say. was not
an issue in the original controversy. it
is not an issue now. The federal
transportation act, they insist, did not
take away from the men the right to
strike. They say: Admittedly we
have the right to strike and. therefore.
We do not forfeit our standing as
railroad employees because we strike.
Any other construction of the law
would read into the transportation act
a penalty which is not contained
therein"
Here is a. clear statement of the
dew of the railroad workers on an
isaportant matter. Not only have they
the right to strike at will, bur- they
uDL D6 pGIallLCQ IOE
They are the sole judges of g. griev-
ance justifying them in quitting work
in a body. In going out when they
splease for any purpose that suits them
and staying out as long as they please
<hey suffer nothing except loss of
wages while striking. Seniority rights
remain with them. These march out
with the strikers and then march back
when the strikers march back. II this
be the accepted procedure once It
must be the accepted procedure any
humber of times.
There is. therefore, according to
this view of the case, no reward for
remaining at ones task while ones
Fellow workers go on strike. True.
one draws ones pay and presumably
one's hospital bill will be paid by the
railroad if one gets shot or hit with a
brick by a striker or strike sympa-
fhfzer. Also one does not forfeit ones
seniority or pension rights by not
striking. But the new employe who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
AIM TO BE SUPERIOR TO
YOVTRSETF

YOURSELF,
1t is not a very worthy task to aim
to become superior to someone else
That other one may not be any toe
superior.
Better to keep setting a mark that
is much higher than any YOU have
ever attained before. And then as you
work up near to it, set another one
still higher.
L looked out of my office window
today and watched bricklayers plac-
ing their bricks, row upon row. The
head man placed a string from one
end of the building to the other and
then the workers completed the row.
Then the head man raised the line
and the building grew in height.
am of the opinion that such work
ers are inspired as they see their work
mounting up into space in the shape
of a great building.
What we should do is to keep aim
ing to be superior to ourselves
Then we are sure to grow-and to
know that we have grown.
Do not be satisfied to do any work
just well enough to pass the eye of
him who is your teacher or employer.
Keep building better all the time.
Keep breaking your own records
The champion is he who works his
way. thru excelling those who are
weaker or less determined.
If you have had a good day today,
make tomorrow a better one.
The morbid mind is the one which
keeps wrapping itself up instead of
unwrapping itself and sending out into
UnhappineSs is the child of selfish
ness.
The better you mould yourself. the
better companion you are sure to be
to others
Disappointments wither away If
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
The Park Ave. News
BY LEE PAPE.

Weather. Crate.
Exter! Pubs Simkins Brakes Leg!
Exter! Last Wensday Pubs Simkins
sat down so hard on one of the gilt
chairs in his parler that one of the
skinnie legs broak rite off and Pubs
landed on the floor and bumped his
nose and then got a licking to make
him feel even verse.
Spoarts. Amung the different TRICKS
Skinny Martin has tried in vane to
teetch his fertile spoart are standing
on its hine legs, shaking hands, rolling
over, and running after a stick.
Sissiety. The annual minstrel show
is being tawked about as usual by Mr..
Leroy Snooster, Mr.. Sid Hunt and
others. witch if it axuilly takes place
it will be the ferst time.
Pome by Skinny Martin
Sad but True
Eat drink and be merry
For tomorro we may die,
They are after US with swatters,
o sutch is the life of a fly.
Intristing Facks About Intristfng
People. Mary Watkins has a very
changeable disposition. One day she
is libel to come out in a wife dress
with wife shoes and the next day
red dress with patten lether shoes. so
you never know how to Expect her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
LET WE'LL ENOUGH ALONE.

1t is pointed out by the advocates
of ship subsidy that unless congress
pass such a bill, the United States
will be the only important nation in
the world not granting government
aid in the maintenance of a merchant
marine. Admitting this to be true
the people of this country may still
see no reason why the United States
should follow the lead of other coun-
tries
Great Britain extends aid in the
form of mail subventions and in one
case has combined this with a con-
struction loan. For the current year
Great Britain is spending 1896
pounds sterling on her transatlantic
subsidy, 10000 pounds on the India
service, 1885 pounds to South Africa
and $4,000 pounds to continental Eu-
rope. But Great Britain owes more
money to this country than she can
well pay. while we owe no nation
which subsidies its merchant marine.
The government of Canada makes
payments for the maintenance of
coastal and commercial services. These
amounted to over a million dollars for
1921, and. this was the lowest for sew
eraI years. In addition to that, the
Canadian government contributes
1880 pounds sterling a year to main,
tain a line from Vancouver, B. TO
New Zealand and Australia An
agreement has also been made for
government aid in maintaining a sub
sidized line from Canada to the West
Indies
Canada finds it necessary to come to
Uncle Sam when she wants to borrow
money.
Australia has a government owned
merchant marine. New Zealand con-
tributes to the support of the line to
British Columbia and also to the
maintenance of a line to San Fran
cisco. but neither country is able to
show a substantial increase in popu-
lation.
France kept up O. ship bonnty sys-
tenn prior to the war and during the
war had a aforementioned mer-
chant marine. The ships have been
sold to private concerns and the gov
eminent is paying $500. 900 francs In
subventions this year. Yet France is
SO neaN1ty IN oeDC TO Other countries
that it is doubtful that she ever can
pay out.
Italy has used various bounties and
subventions for many years and for
the current year-is paying 100000, 900
lire for subventions and 46s.70o.oo0
lire for construction bounties. And
Italy is almost hopelessly bankrupt
Spain pays n subsidy to a company
operating transatlantic lines, based on
a specified rate per mile, and also
large subsidies to lines operating to
African ports. Do We desire to be in
a class with Spain?
The force OF the old saying that
the proof of the pudding is in the
eating" is exemplified in the subsidy
matter. without subsidy the United
States has grown to be the greatest
and the richest nation in the world
and has become the banker for those
countries which pay subsidies to their
merchant marine. Would it not be
better to let well enough alone7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
JUST FOLKS
By EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE DEMON DRIVER
He asked me to ride,
And he opened the door
| Of his roadster full wide.
But I'd ridden before
With that demon OF speed
And 1 thought of my nerves,
How they danced like n reed,
As he swung round the curves.
And 1 thought of my heart,
Beating faster with fear.
When he just missed a cart
And a child playing near;
And / thought of the way
He abuses his brakes,
And my fear and dismay
At the chances he takes.
4 few months before
I had sat at his side,
Heard his great motor roar
On that perilous ride;
There was sweat on my brow
Which grim terror had drawn,
For 1 thought: Here and now
Is eternity's dawn"
1 chung to my seat
AS he drove thru the town,
Passing street after street,
Never stacking her down
As we swung and We swayed
Thru the women and men,
This the VOW that I made:
Never, never again.
He asked me to ride,
And he opened Fthe door
OF his roadster full wide
But I'd ridden before.
And recalling my dread
And my cheeks white as chalk,
I thanked him and said:
Il would much rather walk"
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A. Guest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26

=. other means of ending the rail-
strike having failed there is being
manifested an effort to end it by de-
stroying railroad property This
method never has succeeded in the
past and it is improbable that it will
succeed in the present instance. How
ever. those who are burning company
property and wrecking it with bombs
probably are radicals who would not
work under any conditions and 40
mot want anybody else to work. Their
grievance is against capital and all its
REPRESENTATIVES. The railroads happen
Eat this time to furnish them an outlet
-for their activities. A bomb has been
sexDloded in the Alton shops In New
Jersey a train was bombed as it
-passed, regardless of the fact that it
scontained, not strike breakers or SOL
oilers. but women and children return
sing from the seashore.- A st. Louis
railroad bridge was damaged by ex-
lplosions; rail spikes were drawn in an
sattempt to wreck a train near Chatta-
'nooga. \ bridge was burned near FL
Reno. 1t is inconceivable that these
deeds could have been perpetrated by
union men such as the public knows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs.LThompson: am thir-
teen years old and am very tall for
my age. Is there anything can do
to stop growing? Some people tell
me I am as tall as a girl of nineteen
or twenty. I had my hair bobbed and
that helped me look somewhat young
err.
I will appreciate 1t very much If
you will tell me anything I can do.
Can Apu also tell me of anything
I can do to make my hands fat?
They seem so thin I am afraid to
show them. BROWN EYES
I cannot tell you of anything that
will stop your growing. Don't worry
because you are tall, however, be-
cause soon you will stop growing
and are merely getting your growth
at younger age than most girls do.
I can imagine you feel unhappy about
your size and compare yourself with
the other girls at school. Try not
to be sensitive, because in a few years
the difference will not be noticeable.
Massage your hands with cocoa but
ter every night. Also eat plenty of
eggs, drink at least quart of milk
a day and remember that good food,
exercise and plenty of sleep will fat
ten you
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am girl
eighteen years old. After graduated
this year I started to work for $40
a week. NOW l feel as tho ought
to pay my board, but I do not know
how much. L have my dinner at the
place where work and SO 1 do not
eat much at home. Mother and have
agreed to do as you say. 7e
STAR BOARDER.
Circumstances should govern what
board you pay. If your mother needs
the money badly, SIS would not be
too much, because you could not rent
a room and have board anywhere
else for that amount. If, however,
your motherrdoes not need your money
badly, she should not charge you for
for the room and should try to figure
how much your board costs. Since
you are living at home, I would sug-
gest 81 a week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26

seriking railway employees continue
to insist that the roads are out Ito
crush the unions" 1t may be true.
But if-the men had remained on their
jobs it is doubtful that there would
have been any attempt to crush the
unions. Disagreements between en-
ployes and employers have come to
mean war and both sides use any
weapons that are available.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26

fills strikers job until the striker
wants 1t back-what of him? Out
he goes when the strike is over, If the
strikers seniority contention holds
good.
This Is the position taken by the
striking railroad shopinen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26

From tine to time, during several
years past, The State Journal has
urged the necessity for requiring all
vehicles TO carry lights at night. 1t
is gratifying, therefore. to note that
NJ. W. Watson, state highway en-
Efneer. plans to bring the matter to
the attention of the legislature at its
next session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26

you pay no attention to them. Aim
to be superior to yourself! Stay away
from mediocre levels of thought and
action. Each foot you climb higher
gives you strength and confidence for
the next step up.
Brighten up. The world not only
wants ycu-but needs you!
Copyright, 1922, George Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26
Questions-Answers

O. Has anyone advanced the theory that
Jupiter is inhabited? ID. q. II.
A. The French astronomer, Flammarlon
says that there is a possibility that Jupiter
o. What is meant by salad days7 r..
G. NJ
A. Days of youthful inexperience are
sometimes so designated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26

Mr.. Jewell, of the shop crafts, gets
a salaryof SIS. 000 and there is some
question in the minds of disinterested
observers as to whether he is earning
it this summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26

Meanwhile, we know no matter OF
unimportance more intriguing to one
who knows both sections than the
casts pretended Indifference to the
west and the VESTS affected contempt
for the east.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-26

In the halcyon and parlous days of
which we are prone to become remi-
niscent the only editor who, without
equivocation, condition, subterfuge or
an expression of doubt, offered us n
job was Mr. Lord, of the Sun. The
experience was so unexpected, so I'M
usual, so staggering. we thought there
was something "phony" about it, and
we did not again show up in the Of
flee of the Sun for more than ten
years