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The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26

they were successf- they kept living
costs at or near the war price. and
rents, public service charges. passenger
fares and many other things have
not fallen from the war figure. All
this works a hardship on such work
ers as have been forced TO submit to
a reduction in wages
Industry IS like an endless chain
and the breaking OF link throws
the machinery out OF gear making 1t
necessary for somebody to pay for re-
pairs. The wage Garner. in the end.
foots the bill. 1t is to his interest
therefore to keep the wheels re
volving.
Labor unions pay tribute to the
power OF the law of supply-and de-
mand every time they ask for short
er working day or week. a reduction
in the hours of labor creates a de-
mand for more men and that is its
purpose. A demand for more men in
any industry tends to produce an ad-
vance in wages Nand that is the end
toward which the union works. An
advance in wages must be followed by
a rise in prices and these the work
ers in all industries must pay.
The law of supply and demand in
It's application to business and indus
try is inexorable. 1t may be set aside
but it will reassert itself
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26
Dorothy Dix Tails
A Punishment to Fit the CSimo-2
RY DOROTHY DIX
wsrsA'U zIshssa RAAa W0mAn wrAenu

n Punishment TO Fit the CSime-2.
It is because women have forgiven
their husbands sidestepping,' and men
have demanded that their wives toe
the line that women are more respect
full of their marriage vows than men,
so perhaps the woman with the gun
may do more towards domesticating
man, than the woman with the cur
tain lecture has/eve been able to do.
The woman who kills the man who
has tired of her and turned to another
woman. is easy to understand She is
primitive woman and takes a primi-
tive revenge. The wife who divorces
her husband and makes him marry
the woman for wh6m he has for
saken her. is of a more complex na-
ture, but it is doubtful if her revenge
is not of subtler, and deadlier kind,
than that of the wife who has slain
her man rather than let her rival have
him.
Of all dead things in the world, the
deadest is a dead love. You can no
more revive it than you could breathe
life into a corpse, or blow upon burnt
cut ashes until you kindle them into
flame again. So the woman whose
husband has ceased to love her loses
nothing that could contribute to her
own happiness when she bestows him
upon another woman, but none the
less she takes her revenge to the utter
most when she ties them together by
marriage.
Il OF uOnOF Is hOnOrs ana loyalty is
loyalty, eternally, and the man win
did not have it in him to be faithful
to one wife, will not be faithful to an
other. Indeed, often, by the time the
second wedding bells are ready to ring
he is already tired of his new love,
but society holds him bound by the
unwrftten law to this second woman,
and so he must marry her no matter
how little. enthusiasm he has for tie
undertaking.
Generally, these marriages are not
of a kind to add to a mans prestige
in either the business or the social
worlds Often the woman is far. from
being of, his own class. or the kind
who would be acceptable to his fam
lily and friends, but even when she is
a woman of breeding and education
the knowledge that everywhere she
goes. people whisper behind their
hands the story of her past indiscre-
tions. is a stab at his pride as deep as
any fury could deal.
As for the woman, the curse of a
jealousy that eats in her happiness
day and night is upon her. For as
she took her husband away from his
first wife, so shall some other, woman
take him away from her. The weak
ness that made him her prey, will de-
liver him into the hands of a younger
and fairer vamp some day.
For as we sow, we reap. and every
wrong is sooner or later avenged.
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been recorded by commercial publish
ing houses against what they regard as
the unfair competition of the banks.
They assert that for banks TO publish
at their own expense fine books which
are given away hurts the legitimate
business OF, publi hers whg must make
their profits from selling~pooks.
The authors of the books published
by banks are, of course, paid outright
by the banks. The books being given
away there is no question of royalties.
A lump sum is paid down. In some
cases officials of tho banks, experts in
certain lines. write books published by
the banks.
The Guaranty Trust company Of
New York, the irving National bank,
the National Shawmut ba~lC of Bos-
ton. and the Mellon National bank of
Pittsburgh are other important book
publishers.
Apparently, the increased appetite
of America for reading matter absorbs
what is printed becase the business of
the commercial book publishers con-
tinues to increase.
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Questions-Anstoers

Q. Is Term insurance issAed 10 soldiers
during the War still in force: 2. e. d:
protection will not extend beyond March 3
/ 1926. The Veterans Bureau says that al
| Term Insurance now in force must be con
verted by that into one or more of the
six forms of permanent insurance issued by
them. These include Ordinary Life, 20
| E Endowment. 80 -yeefr endowment, and En-.
downment ut age 90 In ease Term Insur-
iustatement upon very liberal terms
Q; Why aren't Pengsins found at the
A. No reason is advanced. Penguins
are native to the Antarctic regions. just
as polar bears are found only in the Arctic
Q. What is the meaning of the term
%commoa carrier? l.. I'll. i.
"A. A common carrier is n railroad or
steamship company which carries trans
ports passengers or goods for hire;
Oak tree of Connecticut? q L.
A. The tree rec was bgSIa blGSn do down on on
the tree was made into a handsome chair
which is preserved in the capitol at Hart
q which are the 10 longest railroads? !?
4. According to average miles of road
st. Paul. 11,OS0; Pennsylvania, 103sT: Chi
cage Burlington & ssk 9akincy aS9a; Atehison
western, S,4Of; Great Northern, s,255; Chi
eago. Rock Island s Pacific, 1862: Mis-
L
ms; Southern Hallway, 6,971.
Q. Why was a Peace Dollar" issued
last yearl D. B. L.
A. This dollar commemorated the dec
laration of peace between the United States,
Germany 5nd Austria. exchanges of peace
treaty notifications having been made IN
Berlin on November II, 1921, and in Vienna.
November S. 1921 Peace was proclaimed
by the President Of the United States
a few days loter- The Peace dollar takes
the place ef the old design Of the standard
silver dollar which has been used since
1878.
q. Can egg production be increased by
the use of artificial light in theNwinter
timeg s. :.
A. The Department of Agriculture says
that experiments tend ia prove that this
can be done Turning on ELECTRIC light at
{ 30 in the morning is the usual method
Of adding light hours to the day This is
done from November 1st TO March 1st- An
average length Of day Of Il to u hours
gives the best result
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George Matthew Adams
Y Daily Talk
THE FRIENDLY CIRCLE.

I like my little friendly circle. 1t
covers miles and miles-because pals
arr3 friends are not measured by dis
tance or weight or color-or anything.
There's 'sFitzie'-he's one of Uncle
Sans men out on the sea-thousands
of miles from my little typewriter,
my books and my home. But he's
one of the circle. And he warns at
and stretches it. so that those nearer
are made all the more, beautiful to
me.
And I could take them up, one by
one in the same way--buh you see,
it's my circle and YOU wouldn't be in
tterested.
But you hav a circle, tool
What a small, shrivelling world it
would be without these circles. Each
one in every circle meeting the diff
fcrent moods and wants, and each one
always ready to help or to suggest
and sometimes to admonish Kindly.
1 have noticed that the greater a
man becomes, the more dependent
he is on this friendly circle.
Jesus had his disciples. And no
one ever un Ter TODD his friendly circle
like He. did. There were both men
and women in that circles. Only on
one or two occasions did He steal away
to be absolutely alone. For there are
times when even the friendly circle
seems powerless to help, and when a
Higher Power must be appealed to
for superhuman strength.
The man or woman who travels
tighten and brighten the way is one
of the saddest sights in human life il
sell:
What would Christmas means to
such a one? What could success
mean? If, indeed, there could be a
Love your friendly circle. Stream
it with warmth
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE. :

Yestidday was my teetcherS berth
day and 1 had d present for her, being
a pickture of flying angels and a
clouds I bawt in the 3, and cent
store, and brawt it down wen went
down to brekfist, saying to ma, Hay
me. will you rapp this up nice with
this paper and string so it will look
iXpensive?
Hand it heer. Ill rapp it for you, pop
sed.
Now Willyum, you know you'll ony
make it look like a reck, ma sed.
I don't know\enything of the sort,
enybody with jest a little bit of con-
fidents can tie a meet packidge, pop
sed.
Enybody but you. maybe, ma sed.
Now watch me, jest watch me, lit
tie confidents is all it needs, jest con-
fider ls, pop sed. y
started to rapp it up, ony as soon as
he got the paper folded on one end
it came unfolded on the other END
before he had time to put the string
on, ma saying. You seem to be having
a little trubble, Winyum.
Not at all, on the contrary, this pa
pep is too small, that's all. pop sed.
wy don't you add a little more con-
fidents to make up for the scarcity of
paper, hee hee, ma sed.
And the string is no good either.
ware the mischiff did you Set a hold
of sutch a slippery peece of string,
Benny? pop sed.
Maybe the string assent got enuff
confidents, hee hee, ma sed.
Some perform and others 1aff, pop
sed. Wich jest then the paper came
undid at both ends and the string
broak in haff and pop jumped up
mad, saying, A good workman needs
good tools, take that junk away.
And he put on his hat and overcoat
and went down to the office and ma
tied the string together agen and
raped the pickture perfeck the ferst
time she tried.
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JUST FOLKS
A BoOK AND PIPE.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

a BOOK AND A PIPE.
Give me n book and my cozy- chair and a
pipe OF old perique
And the wind may howl and / shall not
care that the night is cold and bleak.
For I'll follow my friend of the printed
page wherever he leads me on
I'll follow him back to n banished age ana
the joys of a life that's gone.
I'll stand with him on a brigaDtine with
the salt wind in my face.
I'll hear him shout when the whale is seen
and share in the stirring chase,
And III him say as the gnlls fly by and
round us overhead:
Every bird up there with its ghastly cry
is the soul of sailor dead"
III 90 with him where the pole star CLEANS
and the-arctic nights are long,
I'll go with him to the land Of dreams
AWAY from the surging throng,
I'll stand with him on the battle line where
the sky with flame turns red,
III follow this faithful friend OF mine
wherever he wants to tread.
oh, whethar it be adventure grim or the
calm Of n noble mind,
Or a to sail and a ship to trim or
pearl of truth to find,
Grant me an hour in my easy chair and
pipe full of old perique
And there's ever n friendly book up there
that can furnish the joy ] seek
Copyright, 1922 by Edgar A Guest)
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THE SUPREME LAW

TIfere is nothing eqta1 to the status
" oe business, as a regulator of wages.
The textile industries may be taken
s as an EXAMPLE. These are said to be
more completely employed than for
more than two years.
This industry was notably affected
by strikes-some OF them dragging
N along for months. All have now been
settled. and. in nearly every instance.
4 the employees have won against wage
reductions, and against a return TO
the 9-hour day. only one company,
succeeded in reestabIishing the 9-hnur
DAY. II yielded on its demand for a
20 per cent reduction of wages All
the other companies gave way as to
both hours and wages. This is a
fair Illustration of what has been
taking place in all Industries
F-SsIowing the break and depres-
sion OF 1920, Il became imperative, IN
nearly all lines. that wages be re-
Guced il the business was to be con-
tinued- Wage cuts were started and
readjlistment in this regard developed
satisfactorily during the era of un-
employment Then began the rising
demand due to the faA that everyone
was running out OF supplies, including
the individual consumer. Jnemploy-
ment decreased steadily. Before
long. wage reductions ceased. Any
chance OF making profits by reducing
tie cost OF labor was shut off. Busi-
ness Iurncd to advance IN prices as
the only road to prqrit In tho textile
Industries. afflicted with strikSs. the
very curtailment OF production be-
came nrominent elefncnt leading to
rising prices and to a restoration. or
wages.
There can be no general advance in
wages without 4 corresponding ad-
vance in prices. 50 that the wage
Garner gains nothing in the long run.
An Increase in wages in any special
Industry may benefit those employed
in that industry. but at the expense
Of their fellow workers in other in
dnstries-
This was illustrated by the coal
strike. when the reduction in output
caused an advance in prices which
other workers were compelled to pay
The railroad strike probably would
have resulted similarly except that
the law prevents the railroads from
raising their rates. The roads. there
fore were forced TO pay their losses
out OF accun-ulatAPns WHICH We're
needed Nfor other purposes to the.
detriment OF business generally.
steady work is more important to
the wase Garner than the wage re-
ceived or the cost OF living. When
jobs are hunting men wages always
are good This was illustrated dur
ing the war But when men began
hunting Jobs wages began TO decline.
Il was then that labor unions began
the attempt TO maintain war time
wages in defiance Of the law OF sup
pS and demand. To tho extent that
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autumn and Pat was kept little too
busy for his comfort One day he
was called to the superintendent
office, told that his job was made
permanent. and handed a special
officers star. with instructions to
always wear it in a prominent place.
to respect 1t, and warned to keep busy.
Sure, says Pat, ITS to the ground
me nose has been kept since I've been
here, like a worried foXhound, and If
it's a prominent place ye want for the
star. 1t will have to be the seat of tne
trousers, I'm thinking, with all re-
spect to it,"
you'll have to dive off that tall
cliff and rescue the heroine" pro-
nounced the movie directar.
" WHAT" CALCULATED the star, "Why.
Certainly not" returned the di-
rector comfortably, you can't pos
sibly drown "
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26
HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABEFH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am going
with a young fellow and he says he
loves me and wants to marry me, but
am NOT sure whether I love him. He
makes a date with me and if the
roads are bad he doesn't come as he
lives in another town. When I ask
him why he didn't keep his date he
says the roads were too bad, but
think he ought to come rain or shine
if he loves me.
When we have little quarrels I all
ways get the blues and anxiously wait
until the next time when he comes to
see if he Will make up Do you think
love him enough to marry him?
Whose place is it to give the first
Christmas present, the girls or the
boys? BILLIE.
Since you are in doubt about your
love. for the young man, you may be
sure you do not love him enough for
marriage 1t seems to me you arc
most unreasonable and selfish to eX-
pect him to 20 to see you when the
roads are bad. 1t is most difficult to
drive in bad weather and there is al
ways danger of getting stuck You
may be sure that the young man
loves you since he has asked you to
marry him.
1t is the mans place to gve the first
Christmas present. In fact it is un-
ent ever unless she is engaged. I
would advise you to send a card or
Christmas letter or give a book
Dear. Mrs. Thompson: 1 am a wild
ow, forty-eight- years old Ny hus-
band has been dead a year. Before
his death-we had a man in his early
thirties rooming at our house. Soon
after the death of my husband he
married and moved away. Now feel
that 1 have no one in the world to
turn 20 unless it is this man. 1 real
ize I have no claim on him, but be-
cause of some legal difficulties want
ts consult him about a lawyer and see
what he thinks of my problem. Do you
think his wife could possibly object If
I asked him to come to see me to talk
bver the matter MRS. W.
The wife would have no reason 70
object-if you called at their home, but
1 would not advise you TO ask the man
to come to your home.
Bear Mrs, thompson: I received
a Christmas present from my fIance's
n0ther and I~did not send her any
thing. Would you advise me TO send
a New Years gift or merely show her
my sincere appreciation Of her gift
in letter. CLARA
Write the letter, showing your ap-
probation. A gift which comes as an
afterthought or to pay for something
received is valueless. On your fiance's
mothers birthday or at Easter time
YOU might send a gift. however.e<
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26

There is to be no railroad legislation
at this session of congress, and It IS
doubtful whether 4 special session OF
the new congress can be fOrced.
Probably the militant insurgents WY
have to cultivate patience and await
the next regular session in December,
-S23.-ChiCagO News
This is impOrtant-if true The rail-
roads need and are entitled to rest
IL would be n fine thing for the eoun-
try II other business could be ex-
cmpted from government interference
and batting by politicians for a while.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26

Probably few men ever obtain all
the money they want but Senator
Couzens OF Michigan appears to be
one OF the few. He is quoted by the
editor OF Forbes Ma agazine as saying:
Il left Ford, when L was IS, because
I got tired OF making so much money
It became a burden. It was almost
obnoxious. distastefuL I had no prs
ticular use for so many millions So
I stepped from under this avalanche
of money-and TIM heartily glad
cid. for have found more genuipe
satisfaction in striving to serve my
fellow citizens than can be derived
from ordinary business activities
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sugar, two teaspoons baking powder,
one-quarter teaspoon baking soda, two
small tablespoons lard. Mix all In
gradients thoroly and rapidly, add
three-quarter cup sour milk, mix
quickly, roll out on floured board to
fit pan used above, cut hole in top OF
crust to permit escape of air, bake in
hot oven until crust is brown. CThis
serves five small helpings or three
large ones.)
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26

J. II Mercer invites the livestock
men OF Kansas to rise in their might
and oppose the merger of the Armour
and the Morris packing interests. To
q rank outsider it looks as tho 1t
would be easier to deal with four VII
lains than with five.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26
Dinner Stories

Pat Dennis got a temporary job
in Golden Gate Park, San Fran
CISCO Armed with a large sack he
was sent about the park to retrieve
fallen leaves and twigs. 1t was
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Spanish Salad-One-half small head
cabbage, one-half green pepper, one
half red pepper. Shred cabbage very
fine. Add chopped peppers, and mix
with salad dressing. Serve very cold
on Crisp lettuce leaves and garnish
with a dash of cayenne -a7d strips OF
pepper
blackberry Tarts-One' and one
quarter cups flour. one-quarter tea
spoon baking powder. one-quarter
tablespoon salt, five tablespoons cold
water. Sift dry ingredients, cut in
shortening. then add water. n little at
q time and mix with a Knife to a
paste of consistency to clean the mix
ing bowl of all flour or paste. Roll
out about one-duarter inch thick and
place on the reverse side of muffin
tins to bake When done, set aside to
cool. Then fill the cases with black
berry conserve.
Fresh Pork Pie-One-half pound
fresh pork, one small onion. one tea
spoon salt, one-quarter teaspoon pep
per. one-half teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce Boil all together for two hours:
have one pint liquor left Place while
very hot in casserole or baking dish
cover with the following. rollesP to fit
dish: one and o2e-half cups flour. one
half teaspoon salt. one-hah teaspoon
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Household, Hints
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST :
Grapefruit.
Farina with Cream and Dates
(two or three)
OmeIet.
Muffins. MarmaIade.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON
Cream of Tomato Soup.
Saltines- Nut Bread. y
Stewed PruneS
Chocolate.
DINNER
Nodded Hamburg loaf.
Hot Tomato ESauce-
Glazed sweet potatoes.
Creamed Turnihs.
Red Cabbage Salad.
Blackberry Tarts.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26

II Henry Ford adhere TO his an
nounesd DIan OF expanding his 1:ant
as long az-nen want jobs he has on
hand a big undertaking
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26

The Christmas admonition issued to
the public by Prohibition OFFICER
Haynes to ''be Of good cheer" prob
ably will be regarded as Joke By a
considerable number Of persons
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-26
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Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-18
HIJMoR OF THE DAY

T never saw such energetic outdoor
 T think they have danced into wasp nest "-Louisville Courier-Journsi ..I drove hundred miles-speeded the whole distance-wets all the way-hut didn't skid a .bft. .",='-- t
 What were. you drixings.'
 A yacht .'-sSsshville Tennekse4r-
 Jolrnaiisnn-In my opinion. no one ean be gocd-iooking unless well dressed
 Fine Artz-And yet Venus was a sue. cess-Columbia Jester.
 50 her heart-was hrokenz'
 "Yes. in two places. Southampton and Newport"-Life-
 she-Marry you, Why your salary wouldn't keep me in hanckerchiefs
 He-Oh. very well III walt till you cold is better-Boston Transcript.
 'Algy was talking to you very earnest ly on the veranda last evening"
 "Yes. about love and life. l wonder what he mesnt?'
 Probably didn't mean anything. girlie.' Louisville courier-Journai.
 This hotei,p declared the clerk proud: iy. Ifs run on the theorJ that the guesi Is always right"
 .Fine." declared the man who had been. there a week 1T don't owe you a cent. American Legion Weekly. Are you trying to keep the young man on the fsrm?" ..No. sir" replied Farmer Corntossel. I'm in favor of their goin' to town There's heap more mooushine flicker | made an circulated in the rural districts than there is in the cities.@-washington |