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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24
QuesRons-Answer

Q. Is there any especial significance at
tached to the number 30? A. W. n.
A. Forty is number that has been re-
garded as peculiarly significant. The idea
may have originated with readers of the
on the mount, Elijah was fed 40 days by
the ravens, the rain of the flood fell 40
opened the window of the ark, 40 days was
the period Of embalming, Jonah gave
Nineveh 40 days to repent, the Lord tasted
20 days, and he was seen 40 days after his
resurrection. Old English law also featured
many 40-day periods
o. To what extent did the Black Death
fourteenth century? C. P. G.
A. This plague carried off more than
the loss of life at 25,0Oo0O0
Q. How does the drug store beetle get
A. Because it eats nearly all kinds of
drugs 1t is a very general feeder and
has been said to "eat anything except cast
O.. what is the military crest of a noun
A. The crest. of a mountain is the top
line. and a military crest is the highest
point at which it is possible to make
pass or trail over the mountain.
cones? D. J. NJ
A. The Department Of Agriculture says
in this way, but not practical Usually a
cone after being buried becomes damp and
closes in such way that the seeds cannOt
sprout Cones should be dried in the sun,
the seeds shaken ont and planted
A. The word is Persian for mountain Of
light The diamond which bears this name
is said to have weighed 1913 earats orig
inally. 1t is one Of the crown jewels Of
Great Britain and its present weight IS
JOG 1-16 carats-
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24
LITTLE BENNY's NOTE BOOK
RY LEE FAYE

was jest starting to go out TINS
AFTERNOON and L smelt something
smelling like pies. thinking, G, pies,
And I went back to the kitchen and
looked in and Nora was jest taking
one out of the oven, being a bewty
looking pie and smelling more like
pies in genrel than wat it did like eny
partickuler kind, me saying, Hello
Nora, watts you making, pies?
You amt blind, are you? sed Nora.
Meening certeny pies, and l stood
there a vile smelling at it and then
1 sed, Hay Nora, I bet I can tell wat
kind it is in one bite with my eyes
shut.
You're a smart boy all rite, sed Nora.
Yes and you can tie a handkerchief
Ground them too, if you wunt, sed.
Meening my eyes, and Nora Sed, 1
know what kind it is, that's enuff for
me.
And she started to. do things
GROUND the kitchen as if the argew-
ment was over, and pritty soon L sed,
Well hay Nora, may not be home for
suppir, 1 may go GROUND to my cuzzin
Arties, how about me having my piece
of pie now in case 1 amt home for
suppir.
How about you Cheering out of heer
Nora.
Meening no.
Proving it's no use argewing with a
woman wen she makes up her mind,
and I went out and got in a game of
Cops and Robbers and wen Nora
brawt the pie in at supply it was ap-
pie with raisins in, being my favorite
kind next to peetch next to lemmin
merrang.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

President Harding and leaders of
the senate and house have conferred
upon means for speeding the ship sub
sidy bill so that it may become law
before the present session Of congress
adjourns The hearings in the house
are nearly concluded, and it will be
reported to that body as soon as the
committee has worked out few re-
naming details. It's early passage
thru the house seems assured, and it
will probably go to the senate in am
pie time for its consideration by that
body following the completion of the
tariff bill But the senate is the place
where legislation OF doubtful desira-
bnity pines away and dies. If the ship
subsidy bill must wait on the tariff or
even on the bonus legislation prob
ably it will be a long time before the
people begin to pay taxes to swell the
profits of ship owners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
PERSONAL.

A reader who has been kind enough
to write us and to encourage us about
these Talks, asks If we are really as
serious and sad as our picture makes
us out to be.
This is a fair question and one
which has been asked so many times
now that we feel it devolves upon us
to set many of our unseen friends
Alright.
No, we are not sad at all. Yes, we
do look very serious at times for we
have serious problems to face quite
often. 1t is unfortunate but true tina
one of the most serious times of our
lives is when we face a camera. The
man says: Look pleasant, please"
But the very words frighten us, for
they seem to confer the impression
that we are not doing our duty before
this sa me camera man.
And so we keep as still as night.
We do not wink. We even hold our
breath, and count ten in our mind
while the picture man hold the shut
ter open.
How could we help but look serious
and sad after such an operation
We wanted to sTnile-as is our wont
but he (tais same camera MANI said
that it wouldn't look dignified. And
it was our first thought to look dignf-
fled and wonderful, as well as beauti-
full.
Ard so it is that we have no smiling
pictures. tho we do smile a great deal
and are known for our smiie-a reai
boast.
We like to walk on the sunny side
of life and TO see the funny side TO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

Business in the United States has
improved and stabilized during the
spring months of 1922, according to
the Monthly Review of Retail Trade
prepared by the National Retail Dry
Goods association. Various factors
have contributed TO both improve
ment and sterilization. notable among
them being price reductions which
served to maintain the national sales
volume; reduction of unemployment
attending increase OF Industrial activ-
ity, and marked increase in sales ini-
tiative as specially evidenced in in
crease of advertising outlay. Business
failures were fewer in April than in
any one of the four preceding months
While retail trade for March, 1922,
was 141s per cent less IN money value
than in March, 1921, according to the
figures received from the 446 repre-
sentative stores reporting. the mer-
chandise volume offset the discrep-
ancy because it was sold. in March last.
at prices lower than those of March
1921, By from 10 to 20 per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24
! HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON
Dear Mrs. Thompson

Dear Mrs. Thompson: A boy has
invited me to a picnic. Am sup
posed to take the lunch?
DOUBTFUL
AS a rule the girl takes the lunch
to the picnic.--It would be absolutely
all right for you to ask the boy II
he wants you to provide the lunch.
1t may be in this case that other ar
engagements have been made
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am en-
gagged to a young man and his mother
has never called upon me. Now 1 have
had an invitation from her inviting
me to his home for dinner Do you
think I should decline the invitation
until she has called on me?
RUTH I.
Accept the invitation to dinner.
Without doubt your fiance's mother
has the right spirit toward you and
does not realize you would prefer to
have her call first. Do not look for
formalities. You will be happier if
you meet your husbands people with
a heartful of love and cordially. To
look for sights would be a very bed
start in your new family relationship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

The story OF Henry Ford's life and
work by himself is being published
seriauy in McClure's. An interesting
feature in his account OF how his son
EdseI bought out the minority stock
holders in the Ford company in 1919.
Mr.. Ford says: My son Edsel pur-
chased the remaining 415A per cent
of the stock because certain of the
minority stockholders disagreed with
nay policies For these shares he paid
at the rate of $12.5OO for each 800
par and in all paid about seventy-five
millions" II those stockholders had
known what was coming. Mr.. Ford
probably would have had much less
difficulty in persuading them to put
their money in the enterprise at the
start.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

ing that it was really the other fell
lows doing. Before the air clears it
is indicated that a number of these
statesmen will have had an "ex'
forcibly prefixed to their titles The
best thing to be said of the tariff
muddle. continues this writer, is that
it promises some very much needed
political funerals in both houses of
congress, OF which the recent obse-
quies over Senator New OF Indiana
may be taken as a sample.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

If the Observation-Disclosures tariff
bill become a law. some of us may be
forced to stop eating. The bill taxes
every mouthful of food. Mutton is
taxed "a cents a pound; lamb. s
cents: dead chickens, 6 cents a pound.
Cream pays 22A cents a gallon.
These are samples of many food taxes.
They viii stop imports Uncle Sam.
who needs revenue badly. Will &c.
none from these rates, but the con-
sumers will pay the retailers many
millions of dollars because protection
has become prohibitive. Tariff build
ing. says Samuel Hopkins Adams in
Leslie's. has always been regarded as
a log-rolling process What the
rolling, he declares. is a SNOWFALL
rather than a log Each contributory
interest, be It farm bloc or manufac-
turers group. has given its own
sturdy push to the rolling sphere.
thereby adding more bulk until the
accommodating mass has taken on such
weight that It is now out OF control
and Is whirling down the slope at the
bottom OF which stands the toilfully
rebuilt, structure of business revival.
When the ball hits the building the air
IS going to be full OF splinters and vio-
lent language. Mutual determinations
viii then be in order on the part of
our representatives in congress who
set the thing in motion. each explain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24
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everything. We have a sense of hu-
NOR, we tEfink-which is often more
valuable than rare rubies as a pos
session.
We like wholesome fun at every
stage of the game. We don't ike
long faces and solemn professions.
We even try to smile-and otten
the mood. So as to put others in the
mood, you see
We are very fond of that line OF
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's: Laugh, ana
the world laughs with you-weep, ana
you weep alone"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24
JUST FOLKS
nv EDGAR A. GUEST.
CONSOLATION


at is all for the best" so they said
As l stood by my dead.
But 1 doubted the word
That so often 1 heard;
I could catch but the moan
OF the mother, alone,
And feel but the blow
Which had stricken us SO
why" I cried, should it be
God must so punish me:
Why should my baby die,
When are hundreds near by,
Old and feeble of breath,
Waiting only for death?"
And they answered me low:
God has ordered it so"
But today thru the years
That have ended our tears,
We have memories rare
That no others may share;
We can look back and see
Why the blow had to be-
BY that mound and its sod,
We are closer to God.
Copyright, 1922. by Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

The jails Of ireland again are be-
ing occupied. Erin never is happy
until her prisons are filled with pa
triots- When England fails to attend
to the matter she looks after it her
SELF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

The proofroom is in the clear 1t
was ''genetic" in the copy. We have
no interest in the matter, but we'll
agree to keep an eye on such sartorial
equipment as they find redundant If
the gentlemen wish to fight it out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24
just When Everything Was Calm and
Peaceful

Sir-No doubt J. s. is elated over
having made the line" as the late
lamented 3. L. r. would have said.
therefore hope the proofroom is at
fault in printing "genetic" instead of
generic" which is. ! am sure, what
both ]. S. and Darwin meant.
j. s. NJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

The need of a big, vital star for next
seasons vaudeville must be apparent
to every manager 1t is unlikely that
Babe" Ruth can go out and repeat
his triumphs of last season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

We are not sure the New York man
who refused to take his wife to the
golf tournaments he attended is the
wise bird ne is cracked up to be. We
have tried both plans. 1t is much
easier to convince by ocular demon
stration than by word of mouth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

Unless we misread the motion pic
lures, to do so would be to violate ev-
cry ethie of the frozen north.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

If that is a tip to the vaudeville
managers they are welcome to it. Tho
champion in a twenty-minute talk on
How the Battlefields Impressed Me"
would sweep the vaudeville circuits
next winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

And, we observe as we proceed to
be rough and ungallant, there is no
other place in which a woman is less
likely to be in the way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

Mr.. Dempsey is sailing for home. We
have already read his impressions OF
Paris. So has everybody else, and it
will not be necessary for the New
York papers to reprint them But we
would like to know what Mr.. Demp-
sey thought of Chateau Thierry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

We notice, quite incidentally, OF
course, that the advertising depart
mcnt is billing us as a humorist. We
suppose we ought to say something
funny. If somebody will supply us
with the angle we'll end to meld
it into a paragraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24

Or, We are willing TO reverse the
process. OFT & Hay run a photograph
studio in Towanda. There is the raw
material for a wheeze which would
set the people to laughing their heads
off Let some reader who gets over
big on his own front porch try his
hand at reducing it to laughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-24
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e HOUSE
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledgsr.l

We are treasured to learn from his
authoritative statement that Mr.. Fred
Beauvais did not sell Mrs. Stillman's
letters to the attorneys representing
her husband. We knew no gent
schooled in the code of the great wide
open spaces would so far forget him
self as to sell a lady's letters. In fact.
no gent schooled in that code keeps
a ladyS letters.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-19
A NEW ROADSTER
ANNOUNCED BY NASH

Following closely its announce
ment of a new sport model" Nash
Motors is now in production on a
roadster of new and improved type
The body. toned in rich maroon Is
swung low to the road, the wheels
being finished in bright vermillion,
The top is ecru silk mohair while
the upholstery and interior trim
ming are all dark grey Spanish
leather.
The new Nash type ventilator
graces the cowl just forward of the
one-piece windshield, the posts Of
which are nickeled. There also Is
a nickeIed radiator shell. The new
roadster includes such other refine
meuts as a new steering mechan'
ism. oil kipp equipment and new
barrel ad-lamps, equipped with
an exclusive Nash device that per
mits light adjustment to any angle
quickly.
Across the front Of the chassis
side-members is a heavy bar that
anchors the frame solidly against
weaving" or road strain.
The new Nash roadster will
make particular appeal to those
who require a car OF this type for
business or pleasure and whose
preference lies with one that IS
powerful yet handsome in appear
ance.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-19

Protests against the DETACHMENT ot
highways by unsightly road sigr
billboards are being received at ma
uonal headquarters If the Ameri'
can Automobile association almost
daily. According to A, A. A. Off
cials there seems to be a great and
crying movement against the use OF
these billboards among the mem
bership of the A. A. A, in every
part Of the country.
All sorts of remedies for the
abatement of this nuisance are
suggested in these letters, from the
enactment of suitable legislation to
a refusal on the part Of motorists
to purchase any articles so adver-
tised
In addition to the marring of
highways, it is pointed out, the bill
board constitutes an absolute men,
ace to the motorist by attracting
his attention from the road ahead
and often causing a more or less
serious accident.
II believe that the road sign bill
board should be abolished said
President George c. Diehl of the A,
4. A. These signs serve as dis
tinct menace to motorists, especial
lv when they are placed, as many
Of them arc, at a sharp curve or a
road intersection, A motorist driv-
ing along the highway and APP
preaching such sharp curve or road
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-19
INCREASED OUTPUT
FORCES CHEVROLET
TO BUILD ADDITIONS

William S. Knudsen, vice -pres-
dent of Chevrolet Motor company
in charge Of operations, announces
that work will be begun at once on
| two important industrial additions
at Buffalo and at Cincinnati.
A tract of 29h acres of land has
been secured at Buffalo, located at
the corner of East Delevan avenue
and the Erie railroad, with a front
age of $50 feet on the Erie and
about 500 feet on East DeleYan.
The property is less than four miles
from the center of the city. Build
ings will be erected at once, with
400, 600 square feet of floor space
for the Chevrolet Motor Car COM
pany and 100000 square feet for
the Fisher Body Corporation Botn
companies are subsidiaries of Cen
eral Motors Corporation. Chevrolet
will employ about 1000 men at
Buffalo, and Fisher about 1890,
with a daily payroll of approXi-
mately $4,000. The plants will
produce 500 complete cars daily
and every effort will be made to
have them operating shortly after
the first of the year, in order to
meet the increasing demands for
Chevrolet cars.
At Cincinnati, tract of land
comprising t6 acres has been ac~
quired This is located at Norwood,
! suburb about 8 Y miles from the
Cincinnati city hall. There is front
age of 1,400 feet on the B. & O.
tracks and 1900 on the p c. c. &
st. J.. The Norwood buildings will
have 100000 square feet Of factory
space for Chevrolet and 10000 for
Fisher. Chevrolet will employ about
200 men and Fisher about 900 in
the production Of 300 completed
cars daily. The daily payroll will
approximate $4,000.
additional space is imperatively
needed" said Mr.. Knudsen. "The
additional 500 ears a day will be a
great help, but additional space Is
required and is being arranged for
as speedily as possible.
'When the present program Of
Chevrolet expansion is completed
we shall be operating on a very
large scale. It will include addi-
tions in several states, and the daily
production of Chevrolet cars should
be 1000 inside Of six months from
now, to speak conservatively."
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-19
AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION PROTESTS
AGAINST BILL BOARDS ALONG TIE HIGHWAYS

intersection wants to see what is
around that curve or down the in
tersectiug road much more than he
wants 10 see a huge sign adyertis-
ing "Whozi2'' tires or somebody's
patent medicine or chewing gum.
"The day Of the billboard and
the need Of such methods Of adj
vertising is past, The class of peo-
pie who use the highways and to
whom such signs presumably APP
peal are a class that read the news
papers and magazines, and who are
governed largely in their purchases
by the advertisements of reliable
products advertised in a reliable
newspaper or magazine. 1t would
appear to me that the intelligent
advertiser would soon become
aware of this iact and would trans
fer the money spent on billb0ards
which constitute an affrOnt in the
eyes of most intelligent citizens, to
legitimate newspapers and maga-
zines, where such advertising would
have weight.
with the general trend OF OPP
position to billboard advertising
developing over the country. as Is
indicated by letters received at the
A. A. A. headquarters, it can be
but question of time until the
American public will take things
into its own hands and find some
means for the abatement of this
nuisance
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-19
BETTER GENERAL
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
PREDICTED IN SOUTH

The chief impediments to prog
ress have been at least partially re-
moved; prospects for general busi-
ness expansion II the south are
good. settlement of the labor con-
troyersies on the railroads, in the
cotton mills and the coal fields,
putting a million men back to
work, higher wages in some indus
tries and excellent haryests have
given the people an increased pur-
chasing power. This was the opin-
ion recently advanced by Frank H.
Gibbes, of Columbia, South Caro-
lima.
This will make particularly
heavy demands on local transport
tation facilities" Mr.. Gibbes fur
ther pointed out. shippers in the
south should, therefore, exercise
the utmost care in the selection of
their hauling units to be sure that
they are able to dispatch their
goods with promptness and econ
omy,
II venture to say that in the ma
iority of cases it will be found that
the motor truck is the most valu-
able unit available for short-haul
distribution. The fact that mil
lion of them are in use today is
proof,
zone particular large shipper
that / know Of stated that the rea-
sons for this pronounced prefer
once for the truck were that larger
loads could he carried by trucks;
the combined loading and unload
ing time per unit was far less than
for the number of horse drawn
vehicles required to handle the
same load; and, less running time
was necessary to handle the same
amount of material.
"The American Railway Express,
probably the largest user of local
transportation units in this coun-
try, has found that increased econ
omy, larger volume of business and
greater satisfaction result from
truck usage and that the truck is
not affected by weather or road
conditions.
81 am told that postoffice de-
partment at Washington after sew
en- years experience with motor
vehicles has come to the Conclu-
sion that they have many advan-
tages over horse-drawn equipment,
even where the distance to be trav-
eled is short. In one city alone
$4,000 was saved by the motoriza-
tion of a portion of the letter-box
collections and parcel-post delivery
services"