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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11
Dorothy Dix Tails
A blessing in Disguise-2.
NJ DORoTHY DIG
Wezad's highest Paid Woman WF4ess

A Blessing in Disguise.
= And we know there are poor. tired.
overworked husbands, men who love
domesticity and long for their own
fireEides, and home cooking, but who
are forced to live in boarding houses,
and hotels, and who spend their lives
toiling to pay doctors, and specialists,
and sanatarium bills. Suppose these
men understood their wives! Many a
women who is coddied. and petted,
and "poor-deared" by her husband
would have to pull off her pink negli-
gee. and get off her couch, and en-
ter the Kitchen, believe me-
Also take nerves, as an example. We
all know meek, down trodden men
who wipe their feet on the door mat
before they enter their own doors, who
have to go out on the back steps to
smoke, who wouldn't dare to bring a
friend home to dinner, and who jump
when their wives speak to them be-
cause their James are of such ner-
vous temperament. Jane says so, and
they believe it.
Suppose they understood Jane, and
knew that her nerves were temper,
and selfish determination to have
her own way. Wouldn't Jane have to
behave herself, or else lose a perfectly
good meal ticket?
You know she would Every wife
has her own trade secret about how
she works her husband. She has
studied him until she has the whole
technique of how to play upon his
weaknesses, at her fingertips.
She knows that if she were to sug-
gest, flat-footed, that they should give
up their comfortable old home, and
move into a more. expensive house on
fashionable street that he would say
mo" and stick to it. Therefore, she
begins finding fault with the house,
and complaining about its being dark,
and the lack of bathrooms, and the
defective lighting, and she discovers
that the plumbing is bad, and she
harps upon how many repairs the
place needs, until finally she makes
her husband dissatisfied with it, and
then she springs the new house on
him, and gets it.
Or, if he is an egotistfc man, she
prods his vanity and his self-love,
and throws in his teeth the way some
other people live until he buys new
house to show that he can keep up
with the Joneses.
No sensible woman wants her hus-
band to know by what arts and wiles
she induces him to do the things he
said he never would do, nor why she
is SO sweet and amiable, and the din
ner SO good, on the day when the bills
come in for her new fall wardrobe.
Still less does she desire him to know
just how to play upon her own foibles.
Therefore, the women who are mar
ried to men who do not understand
them should cease to worry over it,
Lady Luck is with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11

tries did much manufacturing and felt
themselves injured by the American
tariff on manufactured goods, they
would, in all probability. lay an ex-
port tax on coffee. This would bother
the United States, as we raise no coz
fee. This, however. is not likely TO
occur.
1t would not be surprising If Italy
and Spain should raise, by means OF
an export tax, the price OF olive OIL
Those countries practically monopol-
ize that trade and the United states
is a great consumer. Italy. France
and Japan, should they see fit, could
follow the same tactics as to silk.
One element which restricts the re-
prisals which the other countries can
AFFORD to make is the general con
sumption of most OF their products
Under the most favored nation trea-
ties, no country could tax exports to
the United States without taxing ex-
ports to all other countries. The
problem, then, is to find something or
which the United States is the prin-
cipaI consumer. Rubber is the most
conspicuous example. Rubber can be
taxed and the United States VIII be
the only country seriously injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11
BETTING ON ELECTIONS.

Attention is called by the New York
Times to the fact that of the arrests
made in the metropolis on last Tues
day not one was made for betting on
the election. What is true of New
York probably is true of every city In
Kansas. Yet both states have laws
forbidaing election wagers and impos-
ing penalties therefor.
One is forced to the conclusion. says
the Times. that this Law is n dead LETT
ter"-that nobody wants It enforced.
that no prosecuting Official feels I'M
der any obligation to enforce it. and
that its violators are without COM
junction The betters are. indeed. q
little cautious about advertising their
names. but thsy make no real secret
Of what they do, and their agents
make none at all of serving them
Yet the law against e'ect'on betting
- admitted by everybody to be a
proper one and the arguments that
led to its passage are valid. now as al
ways. For the consequences of such
bets. SO far as they have any beyond
So winning and losing OF move-- are
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day of Susans visit to the Catherwooo
81 Robbins office with his head in
whirl. Mo Miss Knox" meAA him; but
Miss Stetson did and aoidiy COM
Tmanded him to accompany her to
Staten Island There in a fine cid
house overlooking the Narrows, Susan
explained matters to him.
LAS for jameson she said,- "his
judgment of values was sound. but
T. p. & 0. was raided by the bears.
However I got two of my brokers at
work and we squeezed the shorts.
This allowed Jamesonlto pull out and
make good. But as I didn't propose
to have him using the firms money
for speculative purposes 1 let him go.
propose to keep a closer supervision
of the firms affairs after this, SO 1
shall not be able to handle the
Smithson Estate. How would you
like to take my placer"
No, they were not married at once
it was not until Charley had man
aged the Smithson Estate for year.
And it was two years before the name
of the Wall street firm was changed
to Catherwood & Fosdick.
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Questions-Ansmers

,Soa g: What English authors were born in
A. Bacon. Blake. Broun, Browning,
Byron, CHANGER, Crashaw, Defoe, DeMor-
gan, Dome, Gaskell, .Gibbon, Gray, Her
rick, Hunt, Huxley, 1onson, Keats, Lamb,
Milton, More, Morris. Newman, Pater,
Pinero, Pope. Mrs. Radcliffe, Rossetti, Rus
Kin. Shirley, Spenses, swinburne, Walpole,
O. What viii make IT hard to see thru
screens from the outside? w. Ia s.
A. IL window screens are painted with a
thin white paint, instead Of with black,
those inside the house may look thru the
inside.
Q. How does the refraction Of the
earth's atmosphere alter the apparent posi-
ton Of the sun J. J.. l..
A The Naval Observatory saws the re-
fraction due to the earth's atmosphere
eauses the sun to appear slightly higher in
the sky than its true position The max
imum elevation, which occurs when the sun
is at the horizon, is about equal to thu
suns apparent diameter.
tAny reader can get the answer TO any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
HRskin. Director, Washington, ID. C. This
offer applies strictly to Information The
Bureau cannot give advice on legal medical
and financial matters IL does not atteiapf
to settle domestic troubles. nor to undef-
take exhaustive research on any subject
Give full name and address and enclose two
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Write your Question plainly ana brie u.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11

Today the country is engaged in
commemorative the end of the Great
War. -Four years ago was signed the
armistice putting an end to the most
stupendous conflict in history. Hav-
ing made the world safe for democ-
racy. the people believed that there
would not and could not be another
war of serious magnitude for many
years to come. But on this, the fourth
anniversary OF the armistices we find
the world threatened with another in
ternational struggle which promises to
be little less in significance, and
fraught with no fewer dire conse-
queuces than was that which closed
four years ago. The impending con-
fiict, instead of being merely a war of
nations, is a war of continents. 1t is
Asia against Europe. 1t is racial
war that threatens. It is inconceiv-
able that America again shall go to
the rescue of civilization but she can
not escape all the consequences of
such a struggle if it come.
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JUST FOLKS
ACCOMMODATING A LADY.
BY EDGAR a. GUEST.

ACCOMMODATING A LADY.
When I was young my parents said re-
"The male unto She female sex must always
courteous be-"
My father dwelt on this at large. he talked
unto the ladies gentlemen would always
be polite"
So when she asked of me to play, altho my
I undertoois to play the game Just to Oblige
the lady.
1t seems they had to have the fourth, hut
three OF them there were
And so 1 took the vacant chaiF oblhsing
them and her.
graciously she smiled
She seemed to be as tender and as winsome
child;
much hesitating
Her partner 1 agreed to be-to be accom-
modating.
"a half cent a point" said she, for cash
the lady played
Rut since she shared the risk with me why
should 1 be afraid2
She seemed gentle as a child-lVe used
that phrase before,
But when / trumped her king OF hearts
you should have heard her roar;
And hate and rage and ugly looks the
gracious lady fed me
When / threw out diamond card and not
the spade she led me.
1 did not ask to join the game, had
merely heard lady's plea and played the
friend in need
Yet oh, the bitter things she said, and
hateful things Sshe did.
The time she bid two clubs and then left
her with her bid
Perhaps. my dear old dad was right, but
bridge whist never played he,
1t cost me seventy dollars to accommodate
a lady!
Copyright. 1922, by Edgar A. Guest)
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HOW THE BONUS WORKS.

A subscriber to The State Journal
has written to his favorite paper to
ask whether "boys enlisting before
the war are entitled to full benefit of
the Kansas bonus" As this paper
understands the situation the Kansas
adjusted compensation bill, which has
apparently received the stamp of ap-
prevail on the face of incomplete re-
turns, provides that each man who
was p resident of the state of Kansas
at the time of entering the service
and who served in the World War in
any branch of the army, navy or ma
rine corps prior to November IL, 1918,
and who was honorably discharged
therefrom, shall be paid the sum of 81
a day for each day of his entire serv-
ice.
For the information of many who
have written for Interpretation of
what is meant by resident entire
service" and other terms. the follow
ing is given;
The term resident must be defined
by the compensation board which will
be composed of the governor. the Sec
rotary OF state. the adJutant general
and the state auditor. When this def
milton has been given by the board it
probably will be necessary for the SUI
preme court to hand down a ruling of
conf nation 1t is pointed out that a
man is a resident OF a particular state
as soon as he arrives therein with the
intention of making that place his
home. On the other hand he is not
eligible to vote until he has been a
resident for six months There will
be many claims which either may or
may not be paid in accordance with
the ruling of what shall constitute
residence under the adjusted compen-
sation law. 1t. may be said with as
surance that the compensation board
w be guided by a broad minded at
utude in forming its policies.
A man who was in the army at the
time OF declaration OF war would be
entitled to Compensation If he were a
resident of Kansas at the time OF his
enlistment, according to literal read
ing OF the bill
No provision has been completed
whereby relatives of deceased soldiers
will come in for payment. 1t is
thought this matter will be worked
out so as TO include such relatives.
The law win become effective
within a few days after it has gone
thru the routine of passing the state
legislature. It will likely be late in
March or the first part OF April Of
1879 before ex-service men will begin
receiving their Kansas bonus checks
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LITTLE BENNf'S NOTE BOOK
The Park Ave. News.
BY LEE PAPE

The Park Ave. News.
Weather. Better.
Exteri Big Lossi Pubs Simkins
Thersday and ruined 10 cents werth of
chocklit covered cherries in a bag,
saying that's the last time he'll ever
carry enything valuable in his back
pockit-
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Artie Alexander can go to
sleep very quick at mite but he is
the morning.
Pome by Skinny Martin
Small but Active
My father has little automobeel.
He is in it mite and day,
o other fellows fathers cars may of
cost more
But can heer his the ferthest away.
Things You Awt to Know. A bum
bel bee wont hert you unless you bert
it ferst but wen you are in doubt the
best thing is to run
Safety Ferst. Some good ways to
pervent axsidents is as follows
1. Wen crossing a street never see
how close you can leeve automobeel
get to you without hitting you. ALI
ways be at leest 5 intches past it wen
it goes by.
2. Don't pet mad looking dogs or
horses with their GERS back.
g. Don't hold eny conversations in
the middle of a bizzy street unless its
absilootly necessary.
4. Be exter careful vile wawking
past billings If bricks are falling off
of the roof.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State Journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrg Thompson: am seven
teen years old and have been invite5
to a party No boy has ever taken me
anywhere and I don't know who to
invite 1 want to go very badly but
I don't know who to take unless in
vite the boy next door who is year
younger than ! am. Would you ad-
wise me to invite a boy from school
who has never taken me anywhere, or
would you advise the boy next door :
OLIVE X
Invite the boy next door. The fact
that he is a year younger means moth
ing.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Kindly print
a lotion for chapped hands
RUTH.
Glycerin. one ounce; bay rum. two
ounces; carbolio acid, twenty drops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11

The magnitude to which the moving
picture business has grown in this
country is illustrated by the fact that
the 10 per cent tax on admissions to
theaters for the 1920 fiscal year
amounted to sT6.73s.647. Around
$500, 900, 900 is Spent annually for pro-
auctions. and our exports of moving
picture films during 1920 totaled SILL
eOO,OOO-47, 900 miles of film. 1t is
estimated that there are $4,000 mo-
ton picture theaters in the United
States, so per cent of these represent
ing the smaller variety charging from
Ii to II cents admission. This COM
pares with approximately 1880 the
aters in the rest of the world. There
is a total seating capacity of more
than 100000. On the average this
Is filled at least twice daily, and it is
a fair estimate that the theater own
ers. take in each week a total of $14,-
5oo. 900. or an average of over $1,000
600 day This makes a total annual
expenditure for movies of s75O,O0O,-
eco, or, based on a population of 1885,
600, 900 people, an annual average ex-
Ilenditure for each person of STA.
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PEACE By RESOLUTION.

A lengthy petition signed by more
than 5000 American citizens, includ-
ing men and women of prominence
and high attainmepts, has been pre-
scented to President Harding in which
he is urged to issue a call for world
conference at washington to take up
the question OF outlawing war and de-
claring 1t to be a crime against hu-
manity and civilization.
The petitioners affirm that 1.-THE
time has come when all civilized ma
tons can and should abolish the war
system as a means of settling interna-
tionaL disputes" They further be-
neye that international law should
now be codified and made more def
mite and certain than it Is, and that
all rules that tend to promote Justice
among nations should be given spe-
cial emphasis
The present appears to be a most
inopportune time for launching such
a movement. Europe and Asia are
lined up along the Dardanelles ready
to spring at each others throat. They
can hardly be expected to listen to a
peace call from this country. Besides
war can scarcely be abolished by res
OlTtion.
If war is to be outlawed, there must
be provided effective international
maShinery toward the enforcement Of
the high decree of conscience and rea-
son. The petitioners may contemplate
a, superstate, with an international
navy and army to restrain and punish
violators OF the decree, but they do
not suggest such means of enforcing
a compact outlawing war. If they do
suggest such means, there is the
League OF Nations ready at hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11

Tomorrow has been designated as
Roll Call Sunday by President Hard
ing and on that day clergymen of all
faiths thruout the United States are
asked to consider the subject OF the
Red Cross and Us aims and ideals, and
TO present these aims and ideals to
their congregation. The sixth annual
Roll Call of the American Red Cross
viii be held from today to Thanksgiv-
ing day, and it is hoped that every
American will answer to the Roll Call
and sign his name for another years
membership in this organization for
the service of all mankind" The Red
Cross is the only organization in the
world. according to statements of its
officers, which regards neither race.
nor creed, nor nationality. and serves
all slike when the need arises It
works in peace as well as in war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11

Uncle Chester Thomas, in his day,
was remarkably successful IN politics.
One of his maxims was: IF you can't
lick 'em, jine EN- This policy seems
to have been adopted by the Repub-
Iicans in North Dakota, where they
havs aided in the>eIection OF a Nom
partisan Lacquer to the United States
senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11

Referring to renewed agitation and
proceedings recently started before
the interstate commerce commission
for further reductions in freight rates
on farm products. the Railway Age
declares that freight rates already are
lower, compared with the pre-war ba-
sis. than the price of almost anything
else the farmer has to buy It might
appropriately have included what the
railways are forced to buy. To be
consistent, q demand for a reduction
in freight rates should include a de-
mand for a reduction in the wages OF
railroad employees. in steel rails. roll
ing stock and whatever else enters
into the business OF railroading.
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at least potentially bad. every one of
them.
When certain other laws have been
openly, flagrAntly and defiantly vio-
lated, states have appointed special
agents to prosecute offenders Why
Is an exception made in regard to the
II on election wagers?
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zacy that descends slOng blood

legacy that descends slong blood
lines.
Abraham Lincoln had it, SO did
nearly every other great man who has
come out of the middle west. The
origin of the strain is lost in conJec-
fure Likely it had its genesis in the
uneoual battle waged by the pioneers
with nature The thin veil of roman
ticism in which it nearly always is
draped doubtless is accounted for by
the fact that having nothing else to
sustain his soul, the pioneer painted
pictures and dreamed dreams.
And Mr. Lewis has another purely
iddIe~ western quality which we shall
attempt to visualize in this way: He
could establish friendly and confiden-
tiaI relations with group of hoboeB
gathered around pile of burning ties
in a secluded spot adjacent to the
railroad right-of-way. He could dine
with them out of a tin can and would
be invited TO do so. And he would
have no feeling of condescension, no
consciousness concerning it, To him
it would be just another experience.
AS we have said, we dislike contro-
versy, but once in a great while it Is
impossible to avoid it.
Z Adelaide postcards: Am having a
delightful time; wish you were here"
We leave it to you. Isn't that as
delicate and convincing compliment
as any wife could pay to husband?
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Eve (London).
''Most men marry a girl they love
little to escape marrying one they love
less
"a wife is so irrevocable and in
terminable. You have to put up with
her all day, and, what's worse, all
night, too. And that not for any age
but for all time You've even got to
do it, I suppose, in the life beyond.
Fancy waking up in the next world
and seeing your wife still there!"
''She had not the Imagination to be-
lieve he could be as great as he
dreamed. 1t wanted imagination to
think that a child whose neck she had
washed could be the equal of Thack-
cray or Dumas. But even Shake
speare" thought David must have had
his neck washed by someone -
"Rossenal." by Ernest Raymond.
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Dinner Stories

A man came into the club the other
dav with his face haIf-hidden by stick
ing plaster.
"A motorist friend of mine has Just
met with a nasty accident" he ex-
planned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11

The huge Republican vote two years
ago was attributed TO dissatisfaction
with the administration. Are we to
regard the big Democrat vote OF this
year as proceeding from a similar
state of mind?
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Similar Reprisals Expected.

The officials at Washington expect
the plan to be extended. There are
other commodities which Great Brit
ain produces but of which we produce
very little or none at all. Tin is one
of these. 1t would not surprise Of
fetal Washington to see Great Britain
raise the price of her tin. To some
extent. the price of tea could be raised
altho there the production of Japan
and China would cut down the British
monopoly.
The American protective tariff is
built on the theory that the United
States produces practically all the raw
material she needs. That was espe-
cially true until rubber became so i'm
portant an element in Nmodern life
Rubber is the most vulnerable point
of attack and that is the spot Great
Britain picked out. There are not
many others to find. but wherever
there is q commodity of which Great
Britain has anything like monopoly
and the United States has n lack. the
American people can make up their
minds to pay heavy toll,
What other nations WIN do in the
way OF reprisals against the American
tariff has not been divuiAed as yet,
ness in the American sources OF sup
ply win be taken full advantage Of
Reprisa1s may be expected only from
the manufacturing nations or the
situation would be more uncomforta-
bic for this country For instance. II
Brazil and the Central American coun-
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As we have said, we dislike contro-
versy, but once in great while it Is
impossible to avoid it.