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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-03
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE

wasent allowed to go eut this aftir-
noon on account of having a bad cold
getting verse, and Mrs. Hews came to
see ma, Ieeving her automobeel out
frunt, and they started to tawk about
bringing up children, Mrs. Hews say
ing. Appel to their reason, that's my
motto that I go by, appel to their
reason, I always say
Absilootly, sed ma, that's the very
prinsiple invariably use with Benny.
wenever tell him to do something I
ixplain to him jest wy, and l never
tell him to do enything unless he sees
its for his own good.
Quite rite. ixackly. sed Mrs. Hews,
and ma sed, Absilootly. And pritty
soon Mrs HeWs went and I sed to ma,
Hay ma, can 1 go out now?
Certeny not, with a cold like that,
certeny not, sed ma.
Well gosh, G, ma, you told Mrs
Hews I dident half to do enything I'M
less saw it was for my good, and I
don't see how staying in the house is
for my good, so I mite as well go out
sed, and ma sed. Wat nonsents, izzent
it for your own good not to make your
cold eny Verse?
Well, maybe. but 1 cant see that it
is, and you sed I had to see it for my
self, so I CESS III go out. [ sed, and ma
sed. I CESS you'll do nuthing of the
sort, the ideer.
Well G WIZ ma dident I tell you 1
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Observation-Disclosures

inside or outside? c. A. M.
A The Bureau of Forestry says that
trees grow around the outside Every year
a ring of wood is added on the tree.
Q. Please give history of the design on
the new dollar F c; Who posed for the
A. The office of the director of the mint
says that eight artists were invited to sub
init models for the new peace dollar. The
fine arts commission selected the one
adopted as the most artistic and this was
approved BY the director Of tRe mi mint and md
of the designer is Anthony De- Francisco
There were 1.0oG459 in the first issue: No
conventionalized head of a woman.
Q. What is the strength OF the United
States army air service: E. II. D.
IS aviation squadrons. IL balloon COM
panies. and sirshlp companies
Q. Is the name timber wolf ever used
except as applied TO the animal of that
A. Migratory workers in the lumber
camps of the northwest are sometimes
particularly those who are identified win
Q. What effect will crude oil or easo-
line have on first class concrete: T. d.
A The geological survey says that
crude petroleum, or gasoline win not have
any effect upon concrete
O. Which company employs more peo-
pie, the Ford Motor company or the Pull
A There are approximately 1900 en-
ployes in the Ford factory at Detroit.
Michigan. The Pullman company employees
20,0o0 men in its operating department. and
at busy times 1000 in the manufacturing
department at Pullman, Illinois.
tAny reader can get the answer TO any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. Director, Washington. D.. C. This
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President Harding, addressing the
farm conference. said: mo country
is so dependent upon railroad trans
portation as is the United States. The
irregular coast lines of Europe, Its
numerous indentfng arms of the sea-
,as well as it's great river system al
ford that continent exceptional water
transportation. The vast continental
sarea Of the United States is quite dit
ferently situated, its greater Deepen
-dence upon RAILROAD transportation
being attested by its possession OF
near one-half the railroad mileage OF
the world and even this is not ade-
uuate." While this country may not
be so favorably situated as Europe
in regard to water courses, it should
not be overlooked that we do not
make US of what we have. We have
built railroads and now we are build
ing automobile roads, both at enor-
NOUS expense. while our natural
highways remain unused.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-03

chair across the ingram carpet so tnat
he was near enough to piciz up the
ringless hand. will you marry me
right away"
The tan clock in the corner licked
on busily and the girl radiantly i'm
agined that the heavy tones were
laughing. During the years of almost
hopeless waiting she had thought the
ticks were solemn. had fancied that
the pallid, moonfaced clock stared
down at her pityingly. Now she knew
that 1t had waited with her for the
joy Dhat had come just as she had be-
come resigned to the loss of her old
sweetheart Yes" she said just as
she heard her fathers step in the
kitchen.
And so some one cleaned you out
on the train" cried genial Tom Dor
rance. Never mind: 1 can give you
a temporary place in the store until
you get turned around. Guess Daisy
will make me- added the father. who
had come to certain conclusions as he
regarded his girls flushed face and
radiant eyes.
George looked embarrassed. 81 tried
to explain. but she shut me off every
time" He glanced over at her quiz
zically. II have plenty of money. L
mailed some drafts to the bank from
Liverpool, but the bank is closed to-
| day. You see, 1 plan to buy a house
right away for Daisy. couldn't de-
eide between the ola sawyer resi-
dence''-his hearers gasped; : the Saw
yer place was the show place of the
| town, large and handsome, with sew
| eral acres of ground and a dollhouse
for roses-'and brand new bunga-
low right in the village. So 1 thought
I'd wait and let her do the deciding.
!, Women are apt to have very decided
notions about homes"
Tom Dorrance rallied. The sou-in-
law he had welcomed so heartily was
a wealthy man. well" he chuckled.
Daisy thoughtg you lacked even an
overcoat, but 1 guess she won't hesi-
tate long over the choice. The Saw
yer place." he added wonderingly.
NO cried Daisy. Il shan't. I'd
| like to have the tiny, brand new
bungalow right down here among all
our friends"
And while George beamed over her
loyal choice, Jim Skinner, the new
innkeeper, was raucously relating the
tale of the stranger who had impu-
IDENTIFY asked him to advance five dol-
lars until the bank was open. "Hs
didn't even have an overcoat," he end
ed shrilly.
Copyright. 1922. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-03
Dorothy Dix Tails
BIZ DOROTHY DIX !.
worlds highest Paid Woman Writes.
The Final PRICE,.

The reason that so many people
fail in life is because they are not
willing to pay the final price of sue
cess.
For all that we get in the world we
have to pay something Nothing is
free, but when we pay. little, we get
The trouble with most of Us is chat
we are always on the still hunt for a
bargain. We want the best, but we
expect to get it marked down from
dollar TO fertynine cents, and we
are surprised and disappointed when
we find that we do not get first class
articles for a second class price:
In truth, there are just as few bar
gains in success as there are in depart
ment stores. The real, genuine first
class goods that are yard. wide, and
all wool, and that will not shrink or
fade but that will stand the wear
and tear of daily use, and the fierce
glare of publicity, must always be
bought at a high rate. For cut-rate
prices YOU get cut-rate goods. Not
without reason has the word cheap
become a term of reproach.
1t is the little extra price you pay
that gets you the genuine article in
stead of pinchbecks.
Take the matter of business sue
cess for instance. Two poor boys of
equal ability start out in life under
the same conditions. Both must work.
Both must deny themselves many
things they would like to have So far
they both pay the inevitable price of
the poor man who has his way to
make in the world.
But one of the boys pays as little
as he can. He does just as little work
as he can to hold his job. 1t is simply
a bread and butter problem with him.
His interest in his work is purely per-
functory. He never tries to learn any,
thing about the goods he sells. He
makes no effort to improve his tech
nique, or acquire superior. craftsman
ship. He is the last to punch the
time clock in the morning and the first
to leave in the evening. He spends
every cent he makes, and grumbles at
being i'll paid.
The other boy puts every ounce or
intelligence and energy he possesses
into his work. He strives continually
to improve himself, and to master
everything Connected with his job. He
| makes his employers interest his own.
He is always willing to work overtime
in any emergency. He saves his
money.
One of the boys is a failure who
never gets anywhere in life. He is a
poor, nl-paid drudge till the end of
| the chapter. The other boy rises to
success, and at middle age is prosper
Gus, and respected, and has made his
own place in the sun, just because he
| had the grit to pay the full price of
| success for the thing that he wanted.
| copyright. 1921. py the Wheeler cyudIcata
| Lpc1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-03
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk


How gently it arrives-nighfalli AS
tho some huge robe were wrapped
about the body of the earth.
Before you realize. night comes on.
And the glories of the day, with its
fragrances and beauties. give place to
quietness and peace.
Grayer and grayer-until here and
there lights begin to flicker like the
sparkles from a diamond, and the
astounding sunset is replaced by dark
ness, thru whose sky holes stars peep
and twinkle.
Nightfall-when the soul throws
off its masks and sits naked for COM
munion.
Always I resent the artificial light
ings at nightfall. When I was a boy
on the farm l remember that / loved
| to go far from the house at nightfall
and sit on some great rock or near
some stream and Just listen in the
silence which was only broken by the
night owl or the whippoorwill or the
crickets chirr. For hours I would re
main. And the memories are now full
of sweetened happiness.
How soothing is the spirit of night
fall!
The days work is over The hours
of meditation are on, and the body
says: I am ready for rest now. And
the heart of one says: L want to laugh
and play q little-the day has been
long and full of movement.
| AT nightfall the wheels of farm and
factory go to bed with their masters
Even the flower droops its tiny head
and closes its eyes. The hen gathers
her own under her wings and the
froiics of Nature are put away until
the morrow. s4g,.g Z as-s9es
Even the mills ofitlIes gods close
their doors at nightfallasfftF - II
And the tired tots of the street seek
home and bed. While the weary wan
derer with no home at all to which he
may go. lies down among the leaves
of the forest, on some bench or IN
some corner where he may find few
hours of undisturbed slum Der.
For nightfall, like the crystalled
snow, descends upon both rich and
poor, happy and unhappy-like the
impartial mercy of God.
If you have troubles, shed them at
nightfall-that your dreams may be
full of love, getting you ready for
service in the morning.
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the mantle of a good name and a con
secrated life, the world would be vast
ly richer. We are running present
happiness, wrecking homes and de-
priving children of their highest birth
fright by the mad endeavor to lay up
money for them Cannot Elijah say
a word to US to the effect that money
is the lowest form of riches that can
be passed on? How much more the
world owes to the sons of ministers
than to the sons of millionairesi
Only the Elisha spirit can receive
the Elijah spirit. The disciples would
have missed all had he been of a less
purposeful and discerning sort. The
mantle can descend only to the one
whom it will fit. The younger man
had been made ready thru Common
He had been in the school of the
days for this uncommon experience.
prophet.
we speak of the mantle as Elijah's
beuuest; really. Elisha was himself
the gre gift of the stern old prophet
to his day and nation. He had trained
his successor tbs work, like that of
Jesus, would be carried on by dis
That is one of the obligations of men
who have been called to great serv-
ice They should equip their sue
cessors. Almost every city in the land
has one or more big churches built by
or for preachers whom the. people
thronged, which are at present empty
or nearly so. There has been no man
to come after This is the greatest
opportunity of the Sunday school
teacher; he may train up another who
perhaps will do greater work than he
himself has ever been able to ac-
complish. Imagine the privilege of
being the one to give L. vital touch
and turn to a Moody, a Livingstone,
a Phillips Brooks. This gift of in
spring our sons and our pupils to
loftier heights than we ourselves can
scale is one of the divine compensa-
tons of life.
The Chariot of Fire.
The spirit which would not be denied
had kept Elisha at Elijah's side,
when a less resolute man would have
older man had promised that if his
disciple should see him when he was
taken away, the boon of a double
portion should be granted him. We
can imagine the devotion with which
Elisha kept his eyes fined upon his
master. Then the wonder befell:
Behold, there appeared a chariot
of fire, and horses of fire, and parted
them both asunder; and Elijah went
up by a whirlwind into heaven.
"And Elisha saw it, and he cried.
My father. My fatheri The chariot
of Israel and the horsemen thereof"
And he saw him no more; and he
took hold of his own clothes and rent
them in two pieces.
"And he took. up also the mantle
of Elijah that fell from him, and
went back"
No words can add to that. It is
climax It was Gods vindication
and reward for a servant who had
been true.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-03
JUST FOLKS
"MAKING GOOD"
By EDGAR A. GUEST

"MAKING GOOD."s
This is making good in life:
Being patient thru the strife,
Being glad that you can bear
Now and then the touch of care;
Being cheerful day by day,
Being careful not to say
Bitter things which leave a sting
This for laborer or king,
When the records understood,
Is the depth of making good"
This is making good on earth:
Being glad to prove your worth,
Being kindly, being true,
Doing what you find to do,
Even tho youI strength is faint.
Without whimpering or complaint;
Doing little, doing much
With brave and manly touch,
Drawing water, hewing wood
Cheerfully-is making good"
This is making good with men:
Standing up to service when
1t were easier to stop
And to let the burden drop;
Doing more than is your share,
More than you were asked to bear,
So, when finished is the test.
You may say you've done your best
This, in every neighborh0od,
Is the depth of making good"
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A Guest)
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.PIrrsBrRGH PLUS,

Even tho his own company sent its
own truck TO haul steel from the Mil
fwauilee plant of the Illinois Steel
company to his factory. the E. He'll
Co. manufacturer of steel automobile
struck bodies in Milwaukee, was kom-
PEELED to pay the freight rate IN that
steel from Pittsburgh, according to
1.-The testimony of Julius p He'll. vice
fpresident Of the company, before the
federal trade commission. 2. Prices,
Mr.. He'll testified, are quoted on the
Pittsburgh plus plan. by which a base
price at Pittsburgh is named and the
freight charges from Pittsburgh to
the destination is added. All COM
panies except one independent firm,
quoted ON the Pittsburgh base. he
sad. The complaints have alleged
THAT the steel corporation dominates
price fixing. even 10 the extent Of
forcing Independent companies 20
quote prices on the Pittsburgh basis
The pittsburgh Base" case was
filed before the federal trade COM
mission on July 81, 1919. following
numerous attempts made by western
and southern manufacturers of rolled
steel products to adjust this contro-
Eersy with the steel mills. The origi-
nal application for a complaint was
made by the Western Association of
Rolled Steel Consumers, an organiza-
ton of manufacturers in the west,
having for its sole purpose the aboli-
ton of the pittsburgh Base"
The application was joined in by the
Southern Association of Rolled Steel
Consumers, a similar organization in
the south; the states of Alabama and
Minnesota, civic and commercial or
CARNATIONS in Birmingham, Alabama.
Duluth, Minnesota and Superior Wis,
and numerous other commercial
bodies in the west and south. Later a
number of other organizations also
Joined with the applicants, these in
Guiding the National Association of
Purchasing Agents, the American
Farm Bureau Federation and other
important bodies.
The Pittsburgh Base" controversy
Is an old one, growing out of a trade
practice which became firmly estab-
lished in the steel trade with the ad-
vent OF the United States Steel Cor
poration about 1901. The pittsburgh
Base" or pittsburgh Plus" as the
practice is generally known in the
steel trade, is simply trade practice
which prices all rolled steel, sold any
where in the United States. "f. o. b.
Pittsburgh" That is, no matter where
the steel is made or shipped from. ii
is priced at the Pittsburgh mill price
plus the freight from Pittsburgh to
point OF destination.
Thus, steel made at Chicago; Gary
Ind; Birmingham, Ala. or any other
point of steel manufacture, and sold
In the same city in which It is manu-
featured is nevertheless priced at the
mill price Of the steel plus the freight
from Pittsburgh. For illustration, Il
. manufacturer of rolled steel prod
ucts in the city OF Chicago sends his
struck to a steel mill at South Chicago
or at Gary, which is only few miles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-03

Calling attention to the fact that ev-
cry sort of business is organized ex-
cept agriculture, Arthur Brisbane
says: THE answer to the farmers
problem might be: Why don't you
organize? You have in your hand the
greatest, most necessary of all mo-
nopolies-food. Keep eggs, butter
meat, milk, vegetables on the farm
and the banker Will soon aecommo-
date you"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-03

The recent advance in the price of
victory notes to & figure above par
now is explained. Purchasers had q
tip that they could be exchanged for
the new treasury certificates which
bear the same rate of interest and run
three years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-03

In a discussion of the soldier bonus
one Washington writing man puts it
this way; wen either have a bo-
nus or we won't. If we don't have it.
we will have a political volcano. II
we do have it, we are apt to have a
financial upheavaL You pays your
money and takes your choice But
you pays your money in either
event."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-03

cant see hows it's for my good to stay
in? sed, and ma sed, You'd see it if
you had the slightest paftickle of sents.
Well kgosh. G. ma. holey- smoaks, 1
sed, and ma sed, No argewments,
please, you mind wat 1 tell you
weather you see or weather you don't
see.
WITCH I did. Proving people ony ap-
peel TO your reason as long as it werks.
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''Don't worry" interrupted Daisy,
wishing to save him humiliation, ''you
can get work here and we'll love to
have you make. US a visit. Perhaps
father viii nee 1 some one in the
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BUILD NOW

1t will put money into circulation, some OF
which will COME BACK TO YOU
Every new home in YORK adds to the popula-
tion of York It enhances the value of real estate
around it. The jobs it creates increases the
EARNING POWER of our workers, and AhSo
THEIR BUYING POWER, which means NEW
PROSPERITY FOR ALL.
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Here's one time you can be public bepe-
factor" while at the same time SAVING YOUR
SELF A LOT OF MONEY.
Just realize the big fact that the cost of every
thing that goes into BUILDING is about as low
as it will be for years to come,-in some cases
lower!
The home you BUILD NOW will cost less
NOW. It will get you out of the RENT PAYING .lLl
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Birmingham, Ala. May 1o.~-Mer-
chants of the country were urged to
put on steam and prepare to handle
the business Of tomorrow by Gov
ernor Harding OF the Federal Reserve
Board, in an address here today before
the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods
Association.
In many indications of improved
conditions both In this country and
abroad are apparent, he declared. and
business men should forget the mis-
fortunes OF the past and make ready
for the opportunities of the future
The situation today, Governor Hard
reverse of what IL was at the end of
1919. surplus goods having now gone
into consumption and there being n
marked reduction in the goods on the
merchants shelves.
Tho fact that "A revival in agri-
culture" he said, has come much
sooner than had been expected by
those who regarded the low prices OF
last summer as permanent, has
brought new hope and courage to the
agricultural district and affords y
basis for the belief that there will. In
due time. be distinct business i'm
provement in those districts