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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-10
Questions-Answers

@. Where is the quotation BE sure your
A This statement is part OF the 23rd
! verse of Numbers. Chapter 32, King James
version of the Bible.
O. Who first trained wild animals Of diff
ferent kinds to perform together? J. A. {.
A Karl Hagenbeck was the first show
man to train large carniVorOus animals of
different species to perform together. He
also introduced new way of combining
animals in outdoor menageries. In his
OF Hamburg, there were no gratings nor
wires about the space occupied by groups
being employed to confine them.
g What are the topS to fruit jars made
A. At least co per cent of the caps for
fruit jars are made Of zinc with porcelain
lining Some are made Of sheet steel coat
ed with lead. and some of aluminium or
aluminium alloy.
@. VINO was the principal leader of the
Philippine resistance to American ruler f.
A. Emilio Aguinaldo led instructions
Of the Philippines. He was captured March
o. What Is the origin of the word para
A. Paradise was a term applied to the
garden surrounding the home of the Per-
sian ruler. Since the ruler was considered
diety. the grounds were considered sacred,
being literally the home of the deity.
cradle board on which the Indian squaw
carried her papoOse? NJ D.
A The Sioux name for this is poshtan.
Q. What are love birds? J. B. e.
A. This is a popular name given to
many diminutive parrots Of various general
and even Of different families. They receive
their name on account of the affection
which they display toward each other both
In a wild state and when confined in cages.
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK

Me and Pubs Simkins and Leroy
Shooster went Ground after Skinny
Martin this aftirnoon; and he was
standing in his parler windo looking
sad. and US fellows started to yell to
him to come out and he opened the
windo quick, saying, Shh don't make
SO mulch noise, will you, amt allow
ed out because my report was too bad
And he shnt the windo and then
quick opened it agen, saying Maybe
If you ring the frunt bell and my
father tells you wy 1 cant go out and
you tell him your reports was as bad
as mine, maybe he'll 1eeve me go out.
And he shut the windo agen and we
rang the doorbell and Mr. Martin came
to the door, being long and skinnie
and showing who Skinny takes after,
saying, Well, Suppose you'd like to
knO.- if Allowishes can come out?
Being Skinnies other name, and
sed, Yes sir, can he? and Mr.. Martin
sed, Not till he brings home a better
report.
And he started to shut the door
agen, and Pubs sed. Well G, Mr.. Martin
my report was mulch verse than wat
his way.
You don't say so? sed Mr.. Martin,
and Pubs sed, Yes sir, twice as bad,
and I sed. Gosh, Mr. Martin, Skinnys
report was a good one compared to
mine.
Rely? sed Mr.. Martin. and said,
Yes sir, and Leroy Shooster sed, And
g wiz, Mr.. Martin, compared to mine
Skinnys report was one of the best in
the hole cl-ss.
You don't tell me, sed Mr.. Martin.
and Leroy sed, Yes sir. and maybe in
the hols skool, and Mr.. Martin sed,
Well then all I've got to say is, Allow
ishes must of got that way from asso-
ciating with you boys. and the less he
sees of you the better.
And he slammed the door with a
slam and us fellows went GROUND
after Sid Hunt leeving Skinny still
standing sad in the parler windo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-10

international character not otherwise
provided for, and in the obsence of
an agreement to the contrary, submit
them to the permanent court of arbi-
tration at The Hague.
II. To set up an international court
of justice to which. upon failure of
diplomacy, all states shall have direct
access.
IL. To enlarge the jurisdiction of
this court from time to time by the
extension of the rules of international
law.
1s To apply inwardly interna-
tiona1 law as a rule of law for the
decision OF all questions involving its
principles. and outwardly to apply in
ternationaI law to all questions arising
between and among all nations, so far
as they involve the law of nations.
IA. To furnish the citizens and sub
jects of the nations adequate instruc-
ton in their international obligations
and duties, as well as their rights and
prerogatives; to take all steps neces-
sary 10 render such instruction eff
fective. thus creating that 'interna-
tionaI mind and enlightened public
opinion necessary for the successful
effort to bring about the observance
OF those standards of morality, honor
and justice-which force has failed to
accomplish in the past
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had come slowly back to earth they
realized DR.. Bob had pledged himself
came to disaster that evening Fate,
however, is sometimes kind to lovers.
The Truce Makers did not fail. The
town of Heartsease turned out to be
just on the edge of the prosperity belt.
All the town turned out to see the
show and the next morning by way
Of celebration the members of the
company. including a jubilant under
study of all parts who would now slip
into a new role. attended the wedding
of one DR.. Robert Granville and Miss
Kathleen Hicks.
1T was 'Heartsease' after ALL" the
character woman called as she waved
goodby to them on the observation
platform of the train due east
Copyright, 1922, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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Dorothy Dix Talks

BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Woraa's Highest Paid Woman WFlteE.

A youth who signs himself Bash
full writes me that he is very much
in love with a girl, and wants to ask
her to marry Inn, but he doesn't know
how to do it. And he asks me if /
will tell him how to word his pro-
posal.
/ Why, son, there isn't any School of
| Correspondence course in love-makin
that teaches cut and dried way of
how to pop the question. A proposal
should bubble right up from the heart
with the heat and fervor of a volcanic
eruption. 1t should be something a
man can't resist doing. not something
he has to have a formula for doing,
and, after all, it doesn't really matter
how one does it, or what he says. If
( the girl wants the man any old way
| is good enough. and works. and if she
doesn't want him nothing he can say
or do helps
AS a matter of fact. the way. in
which men pop the question depends
very much upon the type to which
the man belongs. There is the man,
for instance, who always pulls the
cave man stuff. He clutches a woman
to his breast with a force that loosens
/ her back hair. and smothers her with
kisses, and murmurs to her in a hoarse,
passionate whisper that she is his
woman andsthat he. is going to marry
, her whether she Will have him or not,
and that he will fly with her to the
ends of the earth.
This style of wooing, IS very effec-
tive with debutantes who are young
and romantic, and with women who
are verging on spinsterhood. and who
have seen so much love making that
they have become conRoisseurs in it.,
and like it stiff and strong.
Then there's the poetic way OF pro-
posing. This calls for the proper
stage setting-a full moon, a seques-
tered spot. secure from interruption
a band playing soft music in the dis
lance. At the psychological moment,
when the girl has gotten properly
doped up upon atmosphere. the man
takes her lily white hand in his, and
begins quoting mushy poetry to her.
and SO leads her up, along flewery
pathways. to the point in which he
invites her to dwell forever more in
fairy castle with him.
This is a beautiful way to propose,
but it is dangerous, because if the
man really means business he sud
denly finds that he has forgotten his
lines. and that his Adams apple is
about, to choke him. Also the mod
ern maiden is a hard boiled PROPOSE
ton, and she is mighty apt to be sus-
picious OF a man whose proposal
shows to much technique and finish
1t looks to her as if he was over
trained. and had had too much ex-
perience.
Then there is the way the practical
man proposes. He puts about as much
emotion into asking a woman for her
heart and hand as he would in get
ting a sixty-day option on a. carload of
pig iron. He generally does IT in a.
cause a full meal makes him yearn for
all the comforts of home. He be-
gins by telling a girl how much mon
ey he is making. and that he knows
of a nice, little apartment, or a cute
bungalow that would just about suit
them, and then he asks her how she
would like to come and be his little
housekeeper~
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
DON'T TRY TOO HARD.

large number of our failings must
be credited to our too intense trying.
To decide to do a thing is of vaster
Importance than to determine to try
SO hard" TO do it. If you try TOO
hard you will worry yourself out of
doing it at ALL
Our tasks must be mapped out
ana then we must go right to them in
happy heart and get them done.
Many people use up all their
strength in merely trying.
L know chap who has been trying
for years to give up the cigaret habit.
He has never succeeded! 1 know of
another who said that he was not go
ing to smoke any more and who
D1DNT-largely because he forgot
about the task before him the minute
that he decided not to smoke any
more.
Don't TRY too hard!
We need all the energies at our
command for every task we do. We
cannot give part of them to useless
worries, or unnecessary tests.
I once read of a great awkward fell
low who was footman to a rich man.
One day he decided to sacrifice to
God his life, with its pleasures: but
that God had disappointed him, he
having met with nothing but satisfac-
ton in that state.%
The story of the various conversa-
tions of this man are told in a little
book full of interesting observations
and truths. When the occasion for
practicing some virtue offered. he ad-
dressed himself to God in these words:
Lord, I cannot do this unless Thou
enablest me" And then he tells us
that strength came. And when he
failed he would confess in this fash
ion: Lord. it is You who must hinder
my failing" And then he would not
worry any more.
We need to pass on more. And to
pay less heed to the thousand and one
little irritations of the day that really
have no need of us.
Go ahead and do everything that
you think will add to your own hap
piness and to the happiness of others
but don't try too hard to be happy.
Just be happy-and let a good many
of the unimportantcies of life take
care of themselves.
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JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
THE FAIRY TALE MAN.

THE FAIRY TALE MAN.
He wasn't so successful in the busy market
place.
The thoughtIess used to whisper that he
couldn't go the pace;
He wasn't built for battle, he was gentle
n child
He was very meek of manner and his
speech was always mild.
But when youngsters gathered round him
he was never known to fail
To hold their rapt attention with a won
drous fairy tale
They called him Uncle William and they
never seemed to
That his coat old and shiny and his
trousers thin and bare;
They didn't know he wasn't making money
in the town,
They loved him tho he hadn't any claim to
world renown:
He could lead them on adventures down the
happiest of trails.
And was richer than banker when it came
to fairy tales
They couldn't see his weakness, they could
only his mind,
Which was stored with fairy stories of a
most enhancing kind
The Rrown-ups called him simple, some
thing old folks often do.
But the children f1ocked around him for
the wonders that he knew:
And they idolfzed old William, poor of
purse and sometimes frail-
Who knew better than their fathers how to
tell a fairy tale
Perhaps he was a failure, it is not for me
He met ct his his rounds Of duties in an easy
going way.
He bore no heavy burdens and his purse
But the children idolized him and they saw
fault in him
Tho some say his years we're wasted in my
mind the thought prevails
That God made Uncle William just TO tell
those fairy tales
Copyright, 1922, By Edgar A Gnest-)
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AN ENDLESS CALL FOR HE'LL

AN ENDLESS CALL FOR HELP.
Those engaged in ian effort to keep
alive as many Armenians as possible
are making another frantic appeal for
funds. Owing to a 25 per cent reduc-
ton in appropriations. they say, the
Near East Relief will be forced to
caucasian famine zone within the next
few weeks. unless the American pub
lie comes to their rescue.
The present population OF the Ar
menian republic, it is pointed out, is
400, 600, including 100000 refugees.
owing to war. invasion. civil war and
drouth. the country has been reduced
to its present state of famine. Five
hundred thousand persons are desti-
tute and large numbers are actually
starving, especially in the country
districts where no crops were reaped
this year, and food supplies cannot be
carried.
The great majority OF the town pop
uIations are represented to be without
any regular employment, and in the
last few months. since the authorities
have been obliged to cease all issues
of rations, without any ordinary or
legitimate means of earning a liveli-
hood.
Up to date. it is estimated the Near
East Relief, thru the generosity of
the American public. which has given
s6O,O06,OOO, has saved the lives of
million Armenians. OF these. over
10000 children are behind the walls
Of orphanages, where they are being
fed, clothed. housed and educated for
the Industrial and agricultural re-
Mobilization of their country. 1t is
the declared policy of the Near East
Relief not to help adults until the
children are cared for and in each
case, if possible. to make the recip-
lent self supporting.
A committee of women, of which
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait is chair
man. is making a Lenten sacrifice ap-
peal. Sponsorship booklets. each rep
resenting IS a month, $50 a year,
have been sent to women's organfza-
tons turnout the country. Contribu-
tors are asked to send their offerings
to the women's emergency commit
tee. Near East Relief. Mrs Carrie
Chapman Gait. chairman. ISL Fifth
avenue. New York City.
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A HARD Roam TO TRAvEr.

Under the caption: who Pays for
Our Roads," a writer in Leslie's says:
What does the motorist pay for the
roads? Ask this question OF some OF
our benightcd legislators and the an
swer will be- Practically nothing
ask il of an automobile owner and he
viii say, All of 1.-TWO or three times
over" ask it of a statistician and he
will tell you that the total tax on auto
mobiles and parts Cincluding license
fees) amounted to nearly double the
maintenance costs of the entire road
system of the country. And so the
automobile owner is right
Such statement as that made by
the statistician may surprise the av-
erage conservative motorist whose fff-
teen to thirty dollar a year state Ii
cense fee on his passenger car may
seem like a small proportion of his
share OF road maintenance cost, saws
this writer. but it is a fact. that the
federal excise tax on passenger cars.
trucks. accessories, parts and tires
amounted to nearly s12O, 900, 900; the
state license fees to another s125.-
100000 and personal property taxes on
motor vehicles brought the total to
nearly sS4O,OOO.O0O for the year of
1921 During that period the total
maintenance cost of the highways of
the county is estimated at S1sO.OOO,-
600. This left balance obtained from
the motorcar industry of approx
mately $3.50, 900, 900 which could have
been applied TO the construction of
new highways.
The fact that the balance OF this
money was not so applied but that it
was diverted into other channels from
which the motor vehicle owner re-
ceives no exclusive benefit, represents
one of the faults of our present sys-
TEN of taxation.
Every fair minded motorist will ad-
NIT that it q right and just that he
should be made to pay his share of
road deterioration. The modern hard
surfaced highway represents a direct
convenience to him without which his
motor vehicle would prove of little
value as medium OF transportation,
but he cannot feel that his pneumatic
tired passenger car or cushion-tired
truck should bear the entire brunt of
road repairs and maintenance when
the sharp-shod horses and steel-cov-
cred wagon wheels create consider
able amount of road destruction for
which they pay nothing.
The ease with which such funds
have been collected and the apparent
Willingness Of the car and truck owner
TO bear two or three times more than
his share of the burden has made him
so easy a subject that annually
dozens of bills increasing the license
fees are presented in each state. In
fact when additional revenue for any
purpose is needed the mind of the
legislator seems to drift unerringiy
toward the automobile. Car owners
have shown a willingness TO do their
part and more but they can not be ex-
pected to submit indefinitely. TO in
justice.
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The normal consumption OF sott
coal is about SOC. 100000 tons annual
II. but the capacity of the mines OF
the country is 700. 900 OOO- Not only.
therefore. are there 40 per cent too
many mines. but apparently they are
overmanned in about the same pro-
portion. each being prepared to work
TO capacity in the rush season.
The need of the coal industry, from
the point of view of both labor and
capital. seems to be that there shall
he fewer mines and these continuous
Is. rxnrkad.
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How to develop foreign markets

How to develop foreign markets for
American products without in return
swapping this country with goods
produced abroad under lower wage
and living conditions. is one of the
most important problems before the
national foreign trade convention to
assemble in Philadelphia next month,
in the opinion OF w. p. c. Harding.
governor Of the federal reserve board.
who. in a statement approving the
purpose Of the convention. says: In
order for a country TO sell, it must
buy. and il is clear, especially in the
present state of world finances. that
International trades must be carried
ON by an exchange OF goods and serv-
ices with other countries. In my
opinion. one of the most important
problems to be considered by the
convention will be the adjustment OF
American trade relations with other
countries in such a way as to develop
foreign markets for American goods
by making reasonable exchanges with
them" There is little announcement
for the high tariff advocates in this
statement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-10

The railroads were built and first
operated to enrich the promoters. and
consumers of transportation might be
damned. Then they were run for the
stock market until crowded TO or over
the verge of bankruptcy. And next
they fell into the hands of the bank
ers to produce great fortunes in COM
missions on debt issues and reorgan-
izafions. where they now are. And
the public comes into the reckoning
just as before.-New York World.
But the worst thing that ever hap
pened TO both the railroads and the
public was when the roads fell into
the hands OF the government. This
the World must have Intentionally
overlooked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-10

7yhe vote of congress in favor of the
,nnointnent Of two dozen additional
i,,ages will result in a largely in
creased expenditure of public funds.
s1so II will provide Jobs for an equal
number of LAWYER politicians. thereby
strengthening the political fences of
certain members of congress. Any
merits which this action of the ma
tional legislature may possess do not
appear. Few officials OF the federal
government do less work for cor
responding amount of pay than do the
gentlemen on the bench
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-10

The coal miners are making q
strong bid for sympathy with their
denunciation of the operators who
have refused to participate in a cen
trail competitive field conference. They
are saying that this alone is the cause
OF the strike This IS but camouflage,
declares the Coal Age and adds: 1T
Is 3 legitimate thrust at a weak spot
in the operators armor. But it is not
the real cause OF dissension and dis
agreement. That is the rate OF wages.
What must not be lost sight OF is that
meeting in one group or in several.
the operators demand deflation of
wages. On the surface the bituminous
coal strike is a controversy over pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-10

The echoes Of the ST. Louis high
school scandal had scarcely died
away before charges of a similar ma
ture arose in Spokane. In the latter
city the matter OF investigation has
been turned over TO grand jury
These charges OF gross immortality
among students. even il without foun-
dation in fact. seem to indicate that
there is something wrong somewhere
in our public school system or such
accusations would not be possible.
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Russia is maintaining an army of
approximately 100000 men. while
America is feeding the Russian peo-
pie. Could any situation be more
absurd? But any attempt to make
Trotzky disband his army would re-
suit only in bringing starvation to
more Russians.
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cedure; in reality it goes much deeper
and is concerned with the fundamen-
tai economic problem OF wage read
justment."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-10

The wires carry the announcement
that Galli-Curcf has been robbed of
jewelry worth 100000. If the prima
donna really need the advertising her
manager should devise something
possessing more originality than a
story of that sort.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-01
74.OO

Formerly $500 to 1860
WOMEN'S Dresses for Daytime,
Dinner and Evening Of crepe chiffon,
Metallic brocade. gold and silver
ace, crepe Roma, crepe satin and
elvet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-01

Formerly $3.50 to 1850
W 0 ME- MS AND MISSES
Dresses Of Matela:se, crepe de chine.
Canton crepe, Poiret Twill. crepe
Pomain and crepe Elizabeth.