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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17
Dorothy Dix Talks
MI DOROTHY DIX
Wszsa's Iz1ghess Paid Woman Wrisag.

Tears.
A Chicago man, who sued his wife
for divorce because she kept him
awake at night with her weeping. has
/ just been denied separation from the
Fearful lady, the court apparently
holding to the theory that a woman
has right to cry as much as she
wants to, and no husband has a right
to abridge her pleasures.
ones sympathy goes out to the man
who has had the i'll luck to espouse a
human hydrant, for if there is any
woman under the sun who gets upon
ones nerN es, it is the lachrymose sis
ter whose tears are always on tap, and
who turns on the waterworks at the
slightest provocation. or no provoca-
ton at all. No one should be expected
10 endure having such a damp, moist.
unpleasant body tied around their
necks, and so if excessive weeping is
not divorceable offense, 1t should be
made one. A wife who is a good,
cheerful, sinner is simply a matri-
monial prize compared to the wife
who is weepy saint.
For there is always the chance of
reforming the sinner, but there is
nothing YOU can do with a woman
who is tear jug, except to walk on
tlptoe around her, and try to keep
from jostling her so she won't sIop
over. You can't argue with her be-
cause if YOU differ with her on the
slightest point, she floods the place
with her tears. You can't tell her of
a fault because to criticise anything
she does is a signal for Mysteries
What she wants she gets, because
she sits down and howls for it until
1t is given to her to shut her up. She
evades all of the duties and burdens
OF life by the simple process of doing
the cry baby act.
There is no more contemplate type
OF woman than the weeper because
she has found out that, tears are a
graft, and she works them for all
they are worth. Experience has
taught her that it is easier to cry
than it is to toll, and deny herself,
and SO she takes the water route to
the goal of her desires.
Observe the woman who is a free
and easy weeper, and you will see that
she is nothing else. She never exer-
cises anything but her lachrymose
glands.
Is she a miserable housekeeper, one
of the women whose beds are never
swept under, whose bread is always
heavy, whose meat is always overdone
or UNDERGONE, and whose families are
poisoned with mean food? She doesn't
go to work, and wrestle with the
broom, and the cook book, and make
a decent home. Oh, no. If anybody
dareS to say a word about how untidy
things are, or to criticise an I'M
eatable dinner, she just boo-hoos and
boo-hoos until someone is fool enough
to try to comfort her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17
Questions-Answers

O. WHAT is the difference between
Bedouins and Fellahs? r. d. Z.
A. Arabian life is either nomadle or set
tied. The wandering tribes are Bedouins,
and the settled tribes are styled Fellahs.
Q. What is the use of the little fan in
clock which is set in motion when the
clock strikes? A c. b.
A. This fan acts governor to pre-
vent the clocks striking too fast.
O P'7ase publish list of the Cabinet
Members. D. V. H.
A. President Harding's Cabinet consists
OF the following members: Secretary OF
State, Charles n. Hughes; Secretary OF
Treasury, Andrew W. Mellon; Secretary OF
War, John w. Weeks; Attorney General,
Harry NJ. naugherty; Secretary OF Navy.
Edwin DENLY Postmaster General. Hubert
Work; Secretary of Interior, Albert Il.
Fall; Secretary OF Agriculture. Henry c.
Wallace, Secretary of Commerce, Herbert
G. Hoover; Secretary Of Labor, James J.
Davis.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. G. This
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Just FOLKS
ny EDGAR A. GUEST.

OUR CHILD AND THE NETGHOR'S CAT.
They are taking care Of their neighbours
cat
And making very good job of that,
For the uext-door lady was called away
So what could they do and what could
When she asked in her absence if they
That her eat was fed as she ought to be?
Now the cat is a puss that is highly bred
And on dainty foods must be daily fed;
She's a -ostly thing, as you may infer.
And the common cats mustn't play with
And not for the world would they dare
70 let
Disaster come to their neighbor's pet.
They fret at night aud they fret by day
For fear hat Miss Tabby may run away
The very last thing that they do at night
Is to see that the neighbours cats all
right
They never could rest II their charge
And perhaps be lost when their friend
comes home
God loaned them a child, but He didn't
say:
Look after my baby while I'm away"
So they seldom worry and seldom fret
For he isn't ranked a neighbours pet,
And never they trouble to count the cost
Or what God viii say IL His child be lost.
He's one of Gods children. but what of
He's not the same as neighbor's eat.
For soon will the neighbor be home to
If they've been true to their trust and
And they fear her wrath. but it strikes
They're never afraid Of the wrath of God.
Copyright. 1872, By Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Do you
think it advisable for a man past
thirty who has nothing in store for
the future or a foundation on which
to start. to try to win a girl unless
he could go in the best of style :?
There are rivals giving her a good
time in different ways. spending "a
lot of time from business duties, etc
Would it be advisable for me TO try
to compete with them?
Is it proper to try to make a date
with a girl a man has seen a few
times, but has never been made ae-
quainted with herr Or to try to go
with a girl he has just met one time :?
am energetic and capable of two
or three kinds of business and am in
telligent. Would il be better to wait
until conditions become normal again
or to grasp present opportunities?
I have always been domestic. not
a runabout, have never been ladies'
man. am fairly good-looking and have
a good character and habits.
Is twice enough to try to make a
call or notR A READER.
1t is a very sad thing when a man
money and material show ahead of
your own divine personality. A per-
son who is interesting and has charm
is just as welcome to a girl of genuine
worth as a man with a lot of money
AT least I would advise you to try
your luck
1t is all right to go with a girl
you have met only one time, but il
would not be correct to try to go
with a girl to whom you have not
been introduced.
There is no reason why you should
not have-young lady friends even il
conditions are bad I would not ad-
wise you to think of marriage until
you have sufficient money to support
a wife.
If a girl refuses to let you call
twice. you may count upon it that
she is not interested in you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17

There has been introduced in con-
gre-s a measure apparently designed
10 prevent the wholesale theft of au-
toniobiles by requiring the stamping OF
a federal registration number upon the
engine and body OF each car. For this
evidence of care and interest on the
part of the United States the owner of
the carwould pay 81 The real object of
tho bill. probably, is to raise revenue
and to provide jobs for another army
of government law enforcement
agents. Automobile owners already
are paying state and federal govern
ments $344.OOO,OOO veal N. T.
Bender. appearing for the New York
state Automobile association before
the house committee in opposition to
the bill, said that IL .0OO,O0O men
would be devned to death by cOn1pli-
cations and red tape which the fed
eral officials would inject into its en-
forcemcnt"
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE

Fred Feernot in Court
A Play
Ack
Scene, Fred Feernot wawking along.
Fred Feernot. G wat dull day. 1
think III jest step in the court house
and see if enything intristing is going
cent woman for merder and maybe I
can be a little assistants.
Ack
Scene, inside the court house.
Fred Feernot. All. Jest as L thawt.
Stop the trial. That lady is as inno-
cent as the new born snow.
Judge. Who sayGso
Fred Feernot. I do.
Judge. Who are you?
Fred Feernot. Fred Feernot. Hers
one of my cards.
Judge. I've herd of you, I believe.
Well what makes you think this lady
is SO innocent?
Fred Feernot Because 1 personally
saw another lady shoot the man and
then run. She shot him twice and I
can idennify her by the way she runs.
Judge The prizzner will please run
Ground the court room. Is that the
gilty lady?
Fred Feernot. Absilootly not. She's
too graceful.
Judge. The prizzner is discharged
innocent.
Lady. I am the Kings youngest daw-
ter and I offer to marry this young
man for a reward. I will lift up my
vale and give him q. look.
Fred Feernot. No thanks, ony did
my dooty.
The end.
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rage and a bit Of green

was wee garage and itsof green
lawn.
Eliza beth opened the door. clad in
her pretty afternoon frock. They do
not keep a servant, so just answered
the bell, 1 knew it must be you" she
said ushering him thru a small hall
into a lovely living room, furnished
plainly but with such a home atmos-
out and say, This is the house of my
dreams-cannot you come and live
with me here ?"
How do you like it. Ted?" she
asked suddenly, watching him.
Great" he breathed sharply. and
then he turned around and took her
hands in his. 1T was house like
this, Elizabeth could offer you one
like this, but it is not enough"
How do you know that?" she
laughed softly.
Don't tease me. dear-I was to
have your answer today"
She swept her arms wide and looked
at him radiantly.
This is my answer, Teddy. This
house and all il contains are yours or
they will be when you have paid Mr..
Morris the amount 1 have spent-you
can afford to do that-refund to my
guardian the money 1 have spent in
furnishing our home-I have made an
arrangement with my guardian that
all the income from the mills will go
to Aunt Diana and my cousins for sew
eral years-until you are as rich as
you think you ought to bel And-now
row
elizabeth, you are giving up your
money, your cars, your
"Everything-belo that L
may come to you! Some day, when
we have more wisdom, we will better
know how to adjust things-now We
are young and work is waiting for us
to do. Will you look at the house now
and then drive me home so that
may talk to auntie about my trous-
seau and the wedding?A
Copyright, 1922, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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President Harding's conference on
unemployment has issued a bulletin
concerning the increase in employ
nent thru the United States. which
says that from all figures available.
employment is showing a steady and
sustained gain. April reports are the
most encouraging of the year and
clearly indicate the upward trend of
industry and business. Based on re-
turns from the United States employ
ment service, April has shown the
greatest gain OF any month in 1894
For every 100 Jobs listed during the
month there were $50 applicants, as
against 1S2 in March. eos in Febru-
airy, and 226 in January. This is a
decrease OF 50 per cent in the number
applying for work, during the first
four months OF the year. In April,
Sc applicants for employment were
placed for every 100 registrations. as
against IS for March. Il for Febru-
airy. and So for January gain of
az per cent. These figures cover re-
ports from thirty-four states and the
District of Columbia and include the
principal cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17

It IS pointed out by the Fair Tariff
league that a woman who buys a pair
of wooden stockings for S2.95 gets
Homething which another woman has
been paid less than five cents to make.
The feminine operative on ordinary
work gets two cents for knitting one
dozen pairs. The hosiery manufac-
turers make their goods as cheapIy in
America as anywhere else in the
world and ship them abroad in large
quantities Retail store windows at
Chemn.tz. Germany. the seat of the
German hosiery industry, it declares,
snow American stockings today and
/. undersell the German make in the
heart of Germany. Yet the pending
Fcrdney- McCumber tariff bill gives
the American manufacturer a bonus
duty of so cents on these stockings.
Ike can increase his price to Ameri-
can consumers accordingly. and the
retailer may be expected to double it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
A LINCOLN STORY-AND A
REFLECTION OR so.

1 find in the notes offWalt Whitman
IA fine Lincoln story.
In the gloomiest period of the Civil
war, Lincoln was waited upon by a
large delegation of bank presidents
from all over the country
In the talk after the business, one
of the bank presidents asked Lincoln
if he didn't think his belief in the
permanency of the Union was begin
ming to be shaken. Whereupon Lin
coin replied in his famous story fash
ion as follows
boarded for a time with a deacon of
the Presbyterian church One night
was reused from my sleep by a rap
at the door. and / heard the deacons
voice exclaiming Arise. Abrahami
the day of judgment has come" 1
sprang from my bed and rushed to
the window, arid saw the stars falling
in great showers but looking back Of
them in the heavens 1 saw the grand
old consultations, with which 1 was
so well acquainted, fixed and true in
their places. Gentlemen, the world
did not comb to an end then, nor will
the Union now
I often read in my newspaper of an
attempted suicide-and find that In
every instance afterwards, the person
regrets the act.
The fact is that we so often think
all life has lost its appeal because we
are so close to some particularly black
and unhappy event
How often a day opens in the most
gloomy ard dark fashion only to clear
and brighten later on. And how much
different we feel in the face of such
q change.
The time to quit is never when you
feel most like quitting.
The man who seems nearest failure
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Dinner Stories

Two negro quartermaster privates
were standing on Trafalgar Square, a
few weeks before the armistice as II
battalion of Scotch HighlanderS
passed. They watched the column ap-
proach without a word of comment
so great was their amasement at a
Scotch soldiers uniform. After the
battalion passed, one negro turned to
the other and said:
''Nigger, what wuz dat?"
II dunno, testing they wuz -sojers.'
What gifts me is.dis. dey want men.
cause dey was wearin' skirts, an dey
amt wimmen, cause dey had whis-
kers"
The other negro's face frightened.
then he said: you is a pc fooli
Course dey want men, an dey want
wimmen. Dey wuz ono OF dem Mid
dlesex regiments we done heard so
much about"
Getting out a newspaper is no pic
mic. If we print jokes folks say we
are silly; if we don't, they say we have
no sense of humor. If we publish
original matter they say we lack va
riety; if we publish things from other
papers they say we are too lazy to
write. If we don't go to church we
are heathens; if we do we are hypo-.
critics If we stay in the office we
ought to be out rustling news; IL VIC
are out rustling news we are not at
tending to our business at the office.
If We wear old clothes we are not
solvent; if we wear new clothes they
are not paid for What in thundera-
ton is a poor editor to do, anyhow
Like as not, some editor VIII say we
swiped this from an exchange. We
did
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17

The Tennessee legislature has ap-
propr.ated $4,000 to erect a memorial
to Andrew johnson. Yet while he
was president he escaped removal
from office by the narrow margin OF
one vote. The vote which saved him
was cast by Senator Edmond C. Ross
of Kansas. 1t killed Ross politically.
He was expected to vote against John
son but changed at the last minute.
Since the histories do not mention il
perhaps few know that Ross action
was due TO the influence of Winnie
Ream. the sculptress, at whose>home
he was a boarder. Ross's declining
years were passed working as a print
er at the case in New Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17

The automobile trade is coming 20
be regarded as an index OF the state
of prosperity. Increased sales of mo-
tor cars prove that the buying power
of the people is increasing. a manu-
facturer of A well known expensive
car says his production this year will
be Is per cent above that of any pre-
vious year. Another concern sold
more cars in April than IN any other
month in its history. Still another
maker of moderate priced cars says
that April was the biggest month in
fourteen years, and two others say
they will have done more business by
June 5 than during all of 1921.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17

Interest rates have gone so low that
investors are finding it difficult to
place their money where It will COM
mand profitable return. There has
been much complaint because men
with money have been buying paper
paying a good rate instead OF invest
ing in industries But government
4 s at par, treasury certificates bear
ing but Z per cent interest and mu-
nicipals at a premium are not attrac-
tive. No man wants to have idle
money on hand for any considerable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17

In certain quarters the demand is
being made on congress that it frame
a tariff law lin accordance with
American interests" But it is appar-
eht that american interests" in this
case means the interest or the manu-
facturers and not that of the consum-
crs. Surely, the manufacturers are
not the only American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17

rights. The governing class of men
is in deep ruts of our present eco
nomic system. The sympathy land
wide understanding of women is need
ed in politics today.
81 like to think she added with
smile, that the farmers have been
the first to express their belief in these
things by nominating a woman for
governor. and I am proud of their
confidence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17

may in truth be nearest to success.
The inventor never knows the mo-
ment he is going to stumble onto the
desired result.
If very unhappy people would move
just a little closer to the happy side
of life and get some of it's feel, 1 am
sure that one of the fine lessons of
life would be quickly learned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17

length OF time SO the probabilities
seem to be that more and more CAPT
tai will seek investment in building
and in industries that hold out a
chance of a profitable return. There
is nothing more industrious than
money. Always it is seeking profit
able employment. When It finds no
work ready at hand it makes it.
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Copyright. 1922. by the Wheeler Syn
dictate Incl
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Candidate Thoroly Feminine.

The first woman nominee for gov
ernor is a feminine person. With all
her terse explanations of credit and
taxation problems, she gives femi-
nine picture of the governors job
Governing a state is housekeeping
on a large scale" she says And a
woman is suited to such work because
the instructive tendency of woman
hood is good housekeeping. The
housekeeping OF state includes all
phases of human welfare-care of in
fants. provision for motherhood, prob
lens of education. housing, food, and
clothes, protection of the weak, the
unfortunate. and all wards of the
state.
"Wemen have vision of an economic
system that will function primarily
thru the state and will be a powerful
factor in emphasizing the superiority
of human rights above property
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-17

Sir-Just suggestion from one
who has read the column several
years Some time ago you exchanged
pulpits with, Mr.. Cullen Cain. why
not do SO again? 1t will be a pleasant
break in the monotony for everybody.
Trusting this villa be received in the
spirit in which it was sent, I am.
II r.
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French pastry a specially All
kinds pastry ana cakes n.ads. to or
der fsr naaaa@ts. dinner parties. exc.
r:soue a.. Preach Cafe. City Hotel.
T. flaniei l.gz HEELS Il
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Mr. T. E. yGhngE Of 3a3 yulasia
avenue lest Wednesday afternoon FER
Jack srnstIaa IL 4ss VITA !ter tstgrtssr
Mrs SHsse fiaik1eE vsho IS IL
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Mr.. and Mrs FRANK J L0rr. arriv-
ed T~lErsssay afternoon fYsaEs Denver
Col, ans pt@r IN spend the Riat.- In
Davtans-
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ci.sau .@,-x ros4fse men 70 see hlin .sissuf
joining tbs company iae I--sst