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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

While prohibition was one OF the
campaign issues in a number of states
and congressional districts. only in
FOUR states was the question OF modi-
Tying the Volstead act and state acts
modelled upon the federal statute, or
of repeating the constitutional prohi-
hilton amendment, so presented to the
voters as to enable them to return
clear-cut, definite answers affording
positive guidance to lawmakers, CAL
ifornia, New Jersey. Ohio and Illinois
had direct referendums on the prohi-
bition question. OF these California
and Ohio went dry" while New Jer-
sey and Illinois went wet" Missouri.
however, elected United States sena-
tor who is declared TO favor the
vets" it will be seen that neither
side can be said to have scored deci-
sively.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY>LEE PAPE

Ma was Introducing Embroidery in
the setting room today and I sed, Hay
ma. -- .-4r, u -,,t--..
Haven't I told you about so million
times not to say Hay ma? ma sed.
Yes mann, but hay ma, do you think
cinnanin would hurt your gold fishes?
sed.
Cinnamin, wat an ideer. ma sed.
Not saying weather she meant wat a
good ideer or wat a bad ideer, and 1
sed, Well hay ma, do you think it
would?
Stop that Hay ma, certeny it would,
it would kill them. don't know ware
you get the time to think of sutch
things, ma sed.
Well wy would it, ma? 1 sed. Gin
namin don't bert us, 1 sed.
We don't happin to be gold fishes,
ma sed.
Well we mite of bin if we was born
different, intent we of. ma? 1 sed.
Not you, you would of bin a mum
key and I'm not sure you're not, ma
Sed.
Well is cinnamin bad for munkies?
1 sed.
o keep quiet, wat do you take me
for a horse doctor or something? ma
sed. and / sed, Well anyways. ma. it
gave them about a half of a tea spoon
full and they ate it and they're swim
ming faster instead of slower.
you wicked boy, my poor Walter
and Donald, ma sed. Being the gold
fishes names, and she gave me
fearse cracks and changed tht waiter
in the aquarium and made me put Gin
namin in my milk at suppir, me low
ing it on cakes but hating it in milk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14
THE CouED SNAKE

The serpent which England has
been warming in her bosom, these
many years, seems about to sting her.
From demanding that the British get
out OF ConstantinopIe, Turkey now
has included the evacuation Of Meso-
potamia- That the Lion will fight If
necessary to retain his prey, seems
hardly to admit OF a doubt. But
there are indications that he must
fight alone. France is showing a
tendency to favor the other side.
Italy considers that she has been
badly treated. thru being kept out
of her share OF the spoils.
When the treaty OF peace was
drawn at Versailles. Italy was too
weak in prestige and power to OBJ
tain the spoils to which it felt itself
entitled. The aspiration was strong
for domination of the Adriatic and a
measure of control in the Balkans and
the Mediterranean Refusal of
America and the allies to allow it to
occupy Fiume was received by Ital-
ians as an insult and humiliation.
Italy did receive Trent, Trieste and
the South Tyrol in addition to a sphere
of influence in Asia Minor. But with
a large surplus population it desired
real colonial concessions. The prob
lem Of feeding its congested people
caused a hunger for wide stretches of
wheat land. Accordingly, at the peace
conference it put in a claim for a
large share of Asia Minor, a slice of
Dalmatia and the cession by France
and Great Britain of a part of their
North African colonies.
AS things now stand, Italy is still
dependent on Great Britain for most
of its fuel and raw materials and inn
ports also great quantities of food.
This dependence on foreign nations,
together with the attitude of su-
periority adopted by France and Eng
land IN leaving Italy out of their con-
fidence in diplomatic moves about the
Mediterranean, gals the italian spirit.
The time seems to have arrived
when whoever obtains help from italy
must pay for it She is tired of fight
ing for nothing. She probably will
refuse to pull the English chestnuts
out of the fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
ON ROASTING.

Boosting, after all. is just a little
removed from boosting.
The boaster is quite well looked
down upon, whereas the booster is
cheered with lusty regard.
There is a little injustice here. Let
him boast who will-providing he
boasts about what he has actually
done, about what he has actually
earned, and about what is actually his
by right of working and thinking.
Why not? Should a man not be hap
PLY proud over what he has been able
to achieve? And should not others be
glad with him?
Burns fills many a page with his
light, honest boasts about the re-
wards of poverty. Old Sam johnson
tages of poverty during the days
when he knew it so wen. And the
whole world has long since applauded
their sentime nts as savoring of courage
and bravery of character. ~
The virtue in boasting lies in its sin
cerity and genuineness.
1t becomes sort of defense of our
earnest efforts toward success. And
when it takes that cast, it is woven
with the very fibre of inspiration.
No one should be more proud of a
good or heroic act than the one who
performs it, 1t is he who has in
herited something by divine right of
toll.
1t is only when the boaster wanders
from the field of fact that his words
lose their charm and dignity. :
There is something very refreshing
about the chap who recognizes his own
luck as something which he himself
has had a great part in manufactur-
ing. His very BUSINESS attracted this
same luck-it couldn't stay away!
And so he happily sings it out to
others-which is a manly thing to do.
Copyright, 1922, George Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14
Dorothy Dix Tails
rbe F.theics of Courtship-2.

tElG E1NnelCS VI SOtat
ON the second signboard 1 would
write: Be Bold. Not Too Bold. Never
ask a girl for a kiss. fake it. She
is bound to refuse to save her face.
But be sure first that she doesn't OBJ
ject to being kissed Women like
men who have courage and assurance.
but they hate freshness. Cave-rnan
stuff goes big with women. but they
Iothe familiarity
The third thing thar I would write
on the sign board would be: Be
Generous, But DO Not Let A Woman
Work You. Women hate ughtwad,
but they likewise have contempt for
an easy mark. The woman who
he can afford has no intention OF
marrying him Otherwise, she would
be easy on his pocket Indeed, the
first sign a woman gives of really
having serious intentions is when she
begins to suggest the movies instead
of the theatre, and soda water instead
of supper after the play.
But on the other hand, a girl con-
siders it an insult for a man to be-
grudge the rice of what he spends
on her. and when he takes her to
the poorest places. and buys the six
teenth row seat in the theatre, she
regards him as a cheapskate. There
fore, when you take "A girl out, give
her the best that your purse allows.
and don't haggle over pennies.
When you make her girtS put some
thing into your present besides money.
Consult her tastes. Remember the
desires she has expressed. Never
forget that a woman would rather
have a fifteen cent bunch of field
flowers that has some real personal
significance, than a fifty dollar bunch
of roses bought hit or miss.
The fourth thing 1 should write on
the sign board is: Don't Be Jealous.
No man looks so much a figure OF
fun as he does when he sits around
grouching. pea green with jealousy.
every time any other man comes about
the girl with whom he is in love. Nor
does anything else so disillusion
woman. or cause her to think Some
wrong thoughts about what sort of l fe
she would have with a man who
would go into sulks every time she
was decent to another man. Moreover.
the jealous man confesses his infer
iority to his rivals, and no woman
wants man who puts himself down
as a second rater.
Finally, on the last signboard I
would write: Go To II. If you want
a girl ask her. Make her believe
that you are going to drag her to the
altar by the hair of her mead if you
can't get her any other way. Put
pep into your love making, and don't
make the girl do half of the counting.
Cupid smiles on the bold lover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

The petition of the railroads for
permission to reduce transcontinen-
tai freight rates has been denied by
the I. c. c. This may at first, appear
to be contrary to the best interest Of
shippers, but there enters into the sit
uation the fact that intermediate
rates would remain undisturbed- In
terror cities therefore would pay for
the reduction made to coast to coast
shippers. Furthermore. the applica-
ton was not made in the public inter-
est but with the purpose OF enabling
the railroads to compete with the
Panama canal later rate. 1t appears
that in order to restore transcontinen-
tai traffic to their. lines the railroads
must reduce rates all along the-way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

rnousIy in different localities In the
same surroundings ''living wage" for
one workman might mean either af-
f1uence or Indulgence for another. In
a hundred different places there
would be a hundred ''living wage"
standards for a hundred different iu-
dividuals. And the fluctuating quail
ity- OF these standards IS further ac-
centuated when the number of per-
sons dependent on the worker is taken
into account.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

The tariff commission will begin
hearings at once on petitions before
it for changes in rates, according to
the elastic provision of the tariff law.
Some business men are asking for a
lowering of rates. while others are
urging an increase. About fifty Pc
titIons have been filed, the wool sched-
uie and the hosiery industry being
among the more important affected.
What was the object in passing a tar
If law with which nobody seems to
he satisfied 1t would. at least. have
been as well to pass that part of the
bill providing for adjustment of rates
and then let the old law stand. Much
or the time of congress could thus
have been saved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

You're changed again. Susy," he
said, land can't get a word"
II suppose you want to tell Na1e
about Polly?" she asked in a repressed
voice.
'.PolIy?" he questioned. You mean
the little kid on the next farm No,
it's about you"
Susy famed crimson. Then she
gravely took off her hat, pulled off
her hair net and smiled up at him.
''Can you say it now?" she asked.
''Susy, Susy, you raggle-tagg1e
gypsy" he whispered huskily, you
know what 1 want to sayI''
Perhaps said Susy slowly. "I
city,
Copyright 1922, by The Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14
Observation-Disclosures

Topeka State Journal:
Thru the columns Of your valuable
paper please quote the Webb-Kenyon
law; also under whose administration
was it passed? And obnge, j. L. h,
Howard, Kan
Dear Sir: The webb-Kenyon law
was an act or regulation in regard
to the liquor traffic prohibiting the
shipment of liquor from wet to
dry state. Tt was passed in 1913 and
vetoed by President Taft, and passed
over his veto by the Senate, Septem-
Der %, 1913. 1921; House. March 1,
1918, 244-95.
The constitutionality of the Webb
Kenyon bill was upheld by the United
States supreme court, January 8, 1917.
O. HOY many of the automobile tourists
camp out over night and what per cent
stop at hotels? J. E. c.
A since it is nGf sn est s0 m Ppe
can be made. 1t is thought that only 90
per cent of the tourists camp out, while 50
per cent seek hotel shelter at night
a O. What does the date "A L. S922
A A L. prefixed to given date stands
for AFTER Light" and the dates stands for
the year since the creation, according to
Masonic cSsneeptiordi This Is vsry si Rs,
q. Did C1eopatra's son ever reign n
"A a. Ptoiemy XVI called Caesarion, son of
Cleopatra ard Julius Caesar, reigned as CO.
regent with his mother from A TO 80 B. c
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

The living wage propaganda is dis
posed OF by the New York Tribune
With clarity and effectiveness in a few
sentences as follows: So long as the
diving wage" was only an abstraction
nobody quarreled with it. 1t was eco
ironically nebuious and innocuous.
But when people tried to apply it con-
e~etely its illusory character became
manifest and its ACCOMMODATIONS
began to work mischief A ''living
wage'S is beyond practical definition.
either economically or sociologically.
A dollar has a different value for
nearly every Garner and user. It's
purchasing power also varies enor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14
JUST FOLKS
LIES STORY.
AZ FDGAR A. GUEST,

To write lffe's story well one must be
Wise in the beauty of courageous deeds,
The strong, clean virtues and the simple
creeds,
And tho sn vice some truth OF nature lies
And creatures do those things which gods
despise.
Who tints with splendor what is shame
full leads
20 baser standards him who b1indIy reads
Who loves the mire shall never higher
To live life's story well needs wisdom,
too
wisdom to pass BY grossness undefiIed.
To see the worst Of nature and come thru
Fit to be trusted by little child,
To know that mud exists and must be
seem
But still to fill your life with what is
clean.
Copyright. 1922. by Edgar A. Guest.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

What probably is the most extensive
place of religious worship in the world
has been set up by the United States
secretary of agriculture 1t has a
floor space of $50 acres. A great out
of-dOors shrine for all denominations,
in full view of the huge snow cross on
Holy Cross mountain in western Colo
RADIO. is created by an order of Secre-
1ary Wallace. The tract was selected
in a situation giving a full view OF the
snow cross formed by two large fis-
sures in the mountain side, which are
perpetually filled with snow and from
which the mountain ana national for
est receive their name. The cross is
500 feet long on the mountainside.
Secretary wallace's order provides
that no one sect or religious denomi-
nation may be given the exclusive
right to use the area, but that it be
sc managed that any denomination
may be given the privilege of erecting
shrines or other structures to be used
for devotional purposes. Adequate
spaces will be provided for public
camping Grounds and buildings in or
der that the public needs may be fully
met.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

In Constantinop1e the allies are sit
ting on a powder keg which may ex-
pIode at any minute. A less important
circumstance than the shooting of an
archduke may again plunge Europe
into war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

1t must have been-a surprise 70 the
tariff makers. to discover when the
votes had been counted that their ef-
forts in behalf of the dear people were
not appreciated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

We thought for a time the new
party probably would be unable to
elect any of it's candidates Tor office;
but with the radicals in control at
Washington, it will have fine chance
in two years and should sweep the
country in four.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-10-31
LA EMPRESA TEATRAL
DE ARECIBO INCRESA EN-
Ell CIRCUITO BRUNO
VAZQUEZ

Segdn telegramas recibidos On la tar
de de aver, la empresa del Teatro Oil
yer, de Arecibo, ha firmado contrato,
entrando en- el Circuito Bruno Vaz-
quez.
Felicitamos a los Sres. Empresarios
de la ciudad del Captain Correa por
su ingreso en- el Circuito, pues asi de,
muestran una vez mas su enorme de-
SEQ de proporcionarle al simpatico pt-
blico arecibefio la oportunidad de ad-
mirar las mas bellas producciones CT.
nematogr&ficas que Sc importan Pto.
Rico, entire las cuales fguran "Fasci-
naci6n'', por La graciosa Mae Murray,
"Un Mentido Paraiso", con Dorothy
Dalton Conrad Nagel, Y ''Es MI
Hombrs', presentando al favorito del
be.lo sexo Rodolfo Valentino y Doro-
thy Dalton. Estas peliculas han sido
aplaudidas delirantemente en- todos los
cines en- que han sido exhibidas.
Extiendase tambien nuestra felicita-
ci6n a los amigos vazquez y Bruno
por Ell .6xito del Circuito en- todos sus
programas. I
Jaime Gelabert tiene la palabra....
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-10-31
MANIFESTATIONS DEL LIDO
TORREGROSA A PROPOSE
TO DEL MOVlMlENTO
NACIONALISTA

On Redactor de Ell MUNDO conver-
So aver bfeves momentos con sl Lcdo.
Fernando Torregrosa, uno de los mas
caracteriecdos lideres del pratido Ma
cionallsta y quien de acuerdo con ru-
mores nuy sostenidos, circulados en-
San Juan, habia presentadO, con ca
Iactet irrevocable. su renuncIa como
miembto del Consejo Supreme de di-
cho pArtido.
Ell Lcdo. Torregrosa comenz6 por ne
garnos enf&ticamente esos rumores.
Nos dijo que no pensaba hacerlo por
ahora, va que es nacionalista compile
to, habiendo abrazad0 el ideal, nos di.
jo por carifo y por amor.
Cnando le preguntamos ST era cierta
Ia renuncia del Lcdo. Algeria, el sefior
Torregrosa hizo un gesto de duda ful-
niinante. Torregrosa no cree que el
Lcdo. Algeria, abandone las flas en-
estos momentos psicol6gicos en- que Sc
halla bajo la tremenda acusaci6n de
haber ccmerciado con el ideal en- con-
nivencia CON e. gobiernO. HabiendO ST
do Algeria Quien llev6 a los Tribuna-
les al Lcdo. Travieso para que aclars
sus manifestations de Caguas, Torre,
srosa no cree en- las noticias que han
eirculado sobre su renuncia.
Ell Lcdo. Torregrosa concluy6 mani
festAndOnos que en- el partido Nacions
hsta, 10 mismo que en- el Unionista hay
crisis, honda y signifcativa crisis.
-Scrisis de hombres-le pregunta.
mes
Y el seior Torregrosa rehejando er
su rostro y en- su expression el maxine
cOnvencirniento, respondi6:
ST; crisis de hombres....
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-10-31

En la presente controversial que Sc
viene sosteniendo entire el partido unio-
nista y La administration insular, ell
pals ha sido sorprendido, una otra
veg, con hechos verdaderamente mex
p,icabIes por 10 extraordinario de los
mismos, que han producido gran expec
taci6n en- todos los animos. No ha pa
sado nadie inadvertido Ell EJcho la
tente Ae que, cuantas veces Ell partido
de la nayoria ha iniciado una campa-
ia contra el Gobernador Reilly, por
fuertes que hayan sido los argumen-
tos Y motivos determinantes de la pro-
tesla, siempre ha surgido alguna que
otra circunstancia que ha favorecido al
Gobernador contribuido, mas sun
que el respaldo Unconditional del Pre-
sidente hacia 81, a que este permanez-
ca impasib,e ante los ataques y salgs
siempre completamente neso del COM
bate.
No vamos a enumerar las circunstan-
cias que dejamos apuntadas como eau
santes do ese fen6meno; pero por ira
tarse de la mas reciente y de la que
eonsideramos de mas graves consecuen
cias para el pals y el partido, vamos
recoger los concentrates que Sc han
hecho prop6sito de la actitud del
Lcdo. Cayetano Coll y Cuchi, quien
la mayoria de la Camara, en- "cau-
cus'' secreto, le RETRO su conaanza, y
quien desahando esa actuaci6n en- con-
ira suya, visit6 q! Presidente Harding
y defendi6 y mantuvo juzgar por los
despachos recibidos, Ia politica y los
procedimientos puestos en- practica por
el Gobernador durante su permanen-
cia en- Puerto Rico.
Tan conocidas son de todo Puerto
Rico, las dotes de sagacidad polftica,
de sabidHrfa lnteligencia que ador.'
nan al sr. Coll y Cuchi, que puede ase
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-10-31
LOS TRABAJADORES DEL DO
RADIO, VEGA BAJA Y VEGA
ALTA AMENAZAN CON
IR A La HUELGA

Segun inforrnes que hemos recibido
de la isla. sabemos que los abajado.
res del Dorado, Vega-Alta y Vega-Ba
ia, celebrarAn pr6ximamente una asam
tlea general con Ell fin de adoptar III
Fan d' mejoras en- sus salaries, y some
terlo luego a los colonos y centralistas
de dichas comarcas.
En- la actualidad, de acuerdo con IN
formes que nos han dado, los jornales
que peiciben esos trabajadores Afic-
tian entire so y 20 cts, con un prone
clio segdn dicen, de 10 horas de labor
6iaria.
Los trabajadores tienen Ell prop6sito
de enviar su peticion sobre aumento
de salaries todos los colonos v cen
tra,istaS de aquellas regiones, y conven
cerles de la justicia que entranan sus
Gemandas.
81 lo1 patronos--dicen los trabajado.
res-se niegan acceder nuestros de-
Feos, sntonces no hay mas remedio que
ir la huelga, va que esta es el itico
medic a nuestro alcance para hacer VA
Ter nucstros derechos.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-10-31
HAY LA CREENCIA De QUE FL LCD0. CAYETA-
NO COLL Y CUCHI OBSTACULIZARA CRANDE-
MENTE LA LABOR DEL PARTDO UNIONISTA
DESDE SU PUPITRE DE REPRESENTATIVE
SE ULTIMS ACUACIONS EN- WASHINGTON DFCULTARAN FL QUE SS
COPANR0S DE CAARA lie OFREZCN COMO PEABAN UNA OPOR
TDAD PARA RECONSDER Ell ACERDO ADOPTADO POR Ell CAUCUS

"Podra ser que w abandone mi pues-
to de Speaker, pero Ell partido no
sabe que asi como he sido hasta ahora
un combatiente defendiendo los ideales
de la colectividad, seguire, desde mi
pupitre de representante, combatiendo
en- favor de mis- ideas contra todos los
que ahora me calumnian y me comba~
ten. FL partido y mis- directories igne-
ran que somos veinte v seis represen-
tantes que sin mi voto no podra pa.
sar ninguna Ley sobre Ell veto del Co.
bernador, y 81 la Camara no consigue
hacer este, estara fracasada su pelea
con ell Ejecutivo.''
Por estas manifestations podra su-
ponerse, como asf va 10 vienen dicieli-
do muchos, cual habra de ser la labor
del Sr. Coll y Cuchi en- la C$mara de
Representatives.. ~
Habfa el prop6sito, y en- ese sent!do
habfamos dido expresarse a muchcs re-
presentantes, entire ellos q los sefcres
Tizol Y Guerra, en- ell sentido de que Ia
C&mara debia darle al Sr. Coll y Gu
chi una oportunidad para reivindicarse
y asl poder reconsiderar, 81 era menes-
ter, o. acuerdo adoptado por Ell "cau-
cus'' para otorgarle nuevamente la
confianza de la Camara y del Partido;
pero ante las ultimas actuaciones de
Coll y Cuchi, defendiendo al Goberna-
dor acusando a lideres portorriuue-
fics de haber despertado I'M sentimien-
to anti-americano por la America del
Sur, es cast SECURE que por sinceros que
sean. los deseos de los representatives.
que sienten simpatia personal hacia 81
ST.. Col, y por muy mobiles bnenas
Que sean sus intenciones, ante esos he
chos, tendran que dejar solo con sus
responsabilidades al, politico que asi s.
cOmportado en- mcmentos tan difi
Giles como 6stos. %