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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BIZ LER PAPE

Yestidday pop had a little packidge
wen he came home, saying to ma.
After all there's nuthing like a old
fashion strate racer that you can strop
in the good old fashion way.
You don't meen to say you've gone
and got a reguler razer that you can
cut yourself with? sed ma, and pop
sed, You can cut yourself with a carv-
ing set, but you don't. A customer
of mine gave me this racer. he brawt
it over from Germinny.
But Wlllyuu, jest because somebody
gave it to you that's no reason you
haff to indanger your life with it, sed
ma. and pop sed, My 4 fathers dident
have their racers made SAT-. for them
and never herd of eny of them kill
ing themselves in the mist of shave
But my goodniss Willyum they had
yeers of practice, sed ma, and pop
sed, So will I, I'm going to begin tonite
after suppir.
Witch he did, locking himself in the
bath rom and wen he came out agen
he had one long scratch on each side
of his face and short ones on his
chin and a middle size one on one
ear. ma saying, Now, there. wat did
I tell you, there.
Ware? sed pop. and ma sed, The
ideer of cutting yourself all UP jesy
because somebody gave you a strate
RACER, II somebody gave you a quart
of poison would you drink it Jest so as
not to waist it?
1t depends on what label was on it,
sed pop, and ma sed, never herd of
sutch thing, if somebody gave you
a stick of dynamite would you put a
match to it?
Watts this Supposed to be. sympathy?
sed pop. and ma sed, If somebody
gave you a mad dog would you let l.
bite you?
I'm going to the movies to drownd
my sorrows, sed pop
WITCH him and me did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

Q. What is the family name of King
George and what was Queen Victoria's?
A The British embassy says that the
surname of King George is Windsor. The
toria( was Guelph aud her married name
Of Hanover. but married the Duke Of
Saxony, Prince of Coburg and Gotha. The
name was changed during the war to
Windsor. The house which had been the
House of Saxe-Coburg became the House
Q. Is the nursery rhyme Little Jack
Horner' based on historical fact7 J. P.
on the fact that Horner was a messenger
sent by the Abbot of Glastonbury to Henry
involved in the dissolution of the monas-
teries. Horner handed the parcel to the
king Kin but first tva ahstrasted the deeds t9
indeed, and the Abbot was afterwards
punished for Withholding them.
made by the government during the Civil
A President Lincoln made nine calls
for troops during the Civil war.
Q. Was Terence McSwiney ever in pri-
son before the notable occasion when he
A Terence Mcswiney's prison career
dates back to May, 1916, when as one Of
ported to Wakefield prison. Engiand he
was released, but arrested several times
after this and released leaed His last term be-
@. To settle a dispute is turkey
egg bigger than goose egg, or about the
size of a hen egg? c. N
A A goose egg is larger than a turkey
egg and turkey egg is larger than hen
egg.
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Dinner Stories

A school boy was very quick at
mental arithmetic, but on one &C.
casion he failed to volunteer an ans
wer to what the schoolmistress
thought was a very simple problem
Come" she said. Two and a half
per cent on 5000 for six months. How
much is that? Can't you work out
that little sum-"
II could, miss" said the boy, but
u per cent don't interest me-"
The audience held its breath with
amazement as the acrobat swung
high above the rostrum, held only by
a frail cord looped around one foot
Somewhere among the spectators q
little girl arose from her seat. NAM
ma" she shouted. breaking the 81
lence, "can you do that?'
The lady tried to quiet her, but the
child persisted in demanding whether
or not her mother had ever climbed
ropes or done anything of this sort
At last, embarrassed by the attention
which the child was attrac citing, the
mother jerked the child into the seat,
warning, You just wait until 1 get
homei"
OH" exclaimed the little disturber,
then you gonna try it?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

Chairman McCumber of the senate
finance committee. in paying tribute
10 the work OF his colleagues in draft
ing the tariff bill. said; I'VE have
written this tariff on the basis of
revenue" a tariff for revenue long
has been the cherished policy of the
Democrats, but IL Senator McCumber
hopes by this announcements to win
Democrat support except in the cane
sugar producing states. he probably is
doomed TO disappointment That the
bulk OF the revenue which will ne
produced will go to the manufactur-
ers and not to the government can
easily be seen by an examination of
the workings OF other protective tar
IFS. We cannot have our cake and
cat it. We cannot collect duties on
goods which are barred from entry to
our ports
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
STUDYING OUR LESSONS.

We thought that we were going on
one grand holiday when we were
handed our diploma and people
clapped their hands as we left the
stage.
But now we have learned that we
were just entering school, that in a
much larger sense we had to go right
to work studying our lessons the same
as before-but in more serious man
ner than ever
We have to keep reverting to the
earliest hours of childhood, that we
may not become too artificial.
friend wrote me a letter the other
day. She was talking about her life
work, which is TO make children hap
pier. This was what she wrote. and
it was so true and simple that I want
to quote the words TO you:
There's no taste in all the world
as downright. as fresh. as exacting.
as uncompromising. a child's. They
want what they went and they don't
want what they don't want We cali
them whimsical and ourselves def
mite. Nothing of the sort They are
the definite ones We are the ones
who take substitutes"
We ought to walk into a child
world oftener and go to school all
over again.
Every day brings its fresh lesson.
Do not lay IL aside until tomorrow
for tomorrow viii bring a lesson OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

for miscellaneous structures. The def
mite revival in new construction is
regarded as the more significant be-
cause the present movement got IN
der way in the out-of-season months
The value of building permits issued
IN twenty leading cities totaled S17s,-
100000 for January and February. a
gain OF $s.0O0.Oo0 over the total re-
ported for these cities for the entire
first quarter OF 1921. For the three
months period. contracts awarded IL
twenty-seven } rtheastern states rep
resented an increase of IS per cent in
value over the corresponding period
of 1921. Construction expenditures
for March are estimated in some
quarters TO ave been larger than for
any previous month in the country's
history.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25
Dorothy Dix Talks
The Fifty-Scven Difference Varieties
of TnuA-O
BT DOBoTHY DIX
Ws0aa'a A1ghes8 Paid Womaa WFasaR.

l The E1fty-ScVen D1f1erenCS NaF1e1eS
of Love-.
There are many reasons why it is
| inevitable that a man should weary
/ of the woman to whom he sustainS an
/ Illicit relationship sooner than he does
| of the woman he married. One thing
is that sentiment plays but a small
| part in the life of the average man.
| He soon tires of love making. Kisses
pail upon him. With the woman to
whom he is married he can then fall
back upon the role of partner.
He has the interest of founding a
home and family with her. He has
children in whom he can take pride.
They have the same friends, go in the
same society. They have a thousand
mutual interests that bind them to-
gether.
On the other hand. the setting up
of a little establishment with wo-
man who is not his wife, is done in Sc
crecy and shame. If there are chill
dren, they are nameless,- and a trag-
edy. He cannot take the woman into
his world, and when he descends to
hers it is to mirgle with those for
whom he has contempt. And he new
err trusts the woman. because he
knows that she who was too weak to
resist temptation once, will not be
strong enough to fight it a second
time.
Men are more faithful TO their
wives than they are to their mis-
tresses because men are unconsciously
influenced by the mere fact that they
have made a marriage contract. They
have entered into a definite, concrete
covenant that can be enforced by law,
and they are much more apt to re-
spect that than they are a mere inn
piled gentleman's agreement. 1t is
the feeling that he has got to stand
by a. bad bargain, ethat he can't go
back on the trade he has made, even
if it is q losing one, that makes many
man stand by a woman who is nag
ging, and lazy. and high tempered,
and eXtravagant. and everything that
is repulsive to him in a woman.
OF course there are men who de-
fault on their marriage vows, but most
of them are pretty good sports who
live up to the terms of the agreeme
they have entered into.
Another advantage that the wife |
has is that the mere fact that she is |
a mans wife sets her apart in his |
eyes, and makes her superior to other |
women. She belongs to him. She is |
his pick of all womenkind. She-bears |
his name, and his vanity is her shield |
and bulwark. That is why a man can
even have a passing fancy for some !
other woman. and still admire his
wife above all other women, and in |
his sould be true to her.
And men admire goodness in wom-
en- more than any other quality. They :
may be lured by beauty. and fasci-
mated by wit and charm. but the thing |
that holds q man to the end is the
belief in a woman's goodness that is
as sure as his faith in God.
The wicked woman may have her
hour, but the good woman has all
time. Don't forget that, sister.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

IDENTIFY. but persistently. And Patty
thought she had never seen her in
scrutable sister SO pleasurably excited
as she seemed to be. Haight fingered
on with the show, travelling in the old
mans car.
Two weeks from that fatal Sunday
night Patty was wondering why Laida
the FORTRESS brought her note.
AS she opened it a check fell into
her lap. She read:
Dear Kiddie-rm married-to Mr..
Haight- He is really more than half
owner of the show, a widower. with
coolies of cash. Sorry to bust up our
team. but-you knowi Philip says to
home-I think you'd better. OF course
it'll be all right with the old man
got to be. Ta-ta! We're going to
Florida for the trip. I'll write
'LAIDA.
"P. s.-oh. I forgot. Maybe I was
kind of mistaken about Jeff Macalns-
ter. Forgive me, kiddie. but couldn't
have got along in the show business
without you
OF course It was to Mrs. Boyle that
Patty straightway repaired. Did
ever hear anything against the boys
character" Indignantly protested that
good lady. Would have sicked him
on to a good little girl like yourself,
then? Go on with you! He's as
straight as a string!''
Patty did forgive Laida. It was
when she settled herself in the home
bound express, with the feel of Jeffs
kiss on her lips and his words in her
ears: I'll come for you, dear, the day
the show closes in the fall"
Copyright, 1922, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

In a published volume entitled THE
Truth About Henry Ford" it was as
serted among other things that the
mamufa cturer had turned over to the
government s2s ,OOO. 900 in war profits.
presumably earned on automobiles.
motors. accessories and Eagle boats
manufactured for the government on
war contracts Secretary OF the
Treasury Mellon, after a vain search
for the money. wrote to Mr.. Ford ask
ing for an explanation. Mr.. Ford has
replied that the statement was made
without his knowledge or consent and
that he knew nothing about il beyond
what he had read in the newspapers.
Perhaps the author got his truths
mixed UP with the S29.OOo.O0O fine
levied against the Standard Oil COM
pany by Judge Landis- 1t will be
noted that the sums are Identical
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

: That new building operations thru
out the country may reach record
breaking proportions for the year is
indicated by the tremendous amount
OF capital now being absorbed by the
building industries, and the unusual
demand for additional funds TO be
used for these purposes. say 9. w.
Stratus & c.. who are among the ma
lions largest lenders Of money for
new buildings. They announce that
since the first OF January they have
underwater first mortgage building
loans OF S43.9SO. 900. md that from
inquiries for additional building loans
now being received there is every in
dication that the nation is on the
threshold OF an era OF unprecedented
building activity. With regard to the
building situation they say: I'VE be-
lieve building activities will proceed
on an ascending scale as the seasos
progresses. ere is a good demand
for funds with which to carry on new
building operations. and the general
Fundamental conditio- in the situa-
tion are now so nearly normal that
since January we have underwritten
building loans amounting to S4s,ss0.-
goo. OF which $3.50. 600 was for
apartment houses. sl2,s5O.O00 for Of
flee and loft buildings and s5.120.0OO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

Z Any business which is not operated
for profit is almost certain to encoun-
Tter deficit every year 1t is so with
the postal service 1t is so with the
y NJ G. A. Both concerns are per
forming a public service and the pub
JIG must make up what they lack of
paying their way. In the case OF the
postal service. the pubic does this
thru taxation. In the case of the Y.
il does it thru contribution OF the nee
essary funds. The Y. performs a pub
lie service similar TO that Of our
schools and should be supported by
taxation but it isn't, therefore Topeka
citizens are being asked to make up
shortage OF $4,000. That they will do
it readily and cheerfully there is no
room for doubt. To maintain the Y.
is n civic duty which all recognize.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

In a diplomatic sense the Russians
at Genoa appear to be far smarter
than the others. but they lack the
force OF position. When they or any
others put Lloyd George in a corner,
he merely puts his foot down hard
and tells them where to head in and
what he says goes. The others may
be superior strategists. but the British
prime minister has superior power
and does not hesitate to use It, in an
emergency. When he speaks all lis
ten and govern themselves accord
ingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25
JUST FOLKS
THE RICH IN SPIRIT.
az EDGAR a. GUEsT.


There is no door to sorrow barred
Grief holds Contemptuous disregard
of pride and pomp and fortunes gold,
And pleasures which are bought and sold
In this the rich and poor are kin:
Deah calls and AZ must let him in.
Still there are rich men in woe.
And plainly does the difference show.
As one with wealth may grace his board
With food the poorer can't afford,
So one who's richer in belief
Has more to soothe the pang of grief.
The man of greater faith can bear
His hours of anguish and despair,
His lonely ways and nights and weeks
With peace which money vainly seeks;
Faith can wealth of strength supply
Which gold and silver cannot buy.
Just as the rich of purse provide
Comforts to poorer men denied,
So those of greater faith, in woe.
Have dreams the faithless cannot know;
Rich of spirit, they can face
The days of grief with nobler grace.
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

From Paris and from London as
surance has come that the equity of
tho American claim in the matter OF
maintenance costs for the Rhine army
will not be disputed. The French and
British governments recognize that
the claim is Just and must be met.
This recalls the story of n suit in jus
tice court for the collection of a debt
Tat Murphy, who was on the witness
stand. was being questioned by the
court, when the following dialogue
took place:
The Court-"You say you presented
the bill to Mr.. Smith 20
Pat-'Xis. yer honor. I presented
it"
The Court-"wsn. what did he
say?"
Pat-"Yer honor. he said he'd pay
it"
The Court-"Did he say anything
else?"
Pat-"Well. yer honor, he didn't
gay anythin' else in me actual pris-
ince. but just as was goin' out OF the
dure l heard him sayin' somethin'
about a pigs eye"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

its own, as new as that which is given
you for today.
Grow as you learn,
Let that which comes to you pass
thru you-and beyond you. Know
that for which you strive and sweat.
pass your tests-both material and
spiritual.
And eliminate your conceits and pet
theories. Build your castles to live
in-and to invite others TO enjoy.
Study to Iivel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

The Russian delegates to the Genoa
conference appear to be willing to
agree 20 almost anything il only
somebody will lend their government
some rel money Every day affords
additional evidence OF Uncle Sans
wisdom in remaining away from that
conference
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY z. HOUSE
tErom Philsdeiphls Public LsdgsF.l

References to who's Who" dis
closes the fact that Sir Conan Doyle
is sixty-three. We thought so. Those
between fifty-seven and sixty-five are
the dangerous years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

Miss Murray came to the dinner at
tended by one cavalier. There were.
perhaps. 200 men present. Within
thirty seconds after her entrance 169
of them were trying to follow her
around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

Harriette Underhill refers to a re-
cent picture as the best thing Mae
Murray has done We are not famiIia T
with Miss Murray's work in connec-
ton with screen art. But if her recent
picture surpasses the performance she
gave last winter at a dinner in Phil
adelphia it is humdinger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

The publishers have sent US copy
of B. L It's posthumous book, The
So-Caued Human Race" and express
the hope that We will mention it. We
will, and have now done so. The
Columnists Union has agreed that =.
l.. T. was the best in the business II
you are crazy about columns you can
get an amazing amount of cerebration
from B. L. rs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-25

which reminds us that. just the
other day, a reader up Easton way
accused us of trying to initiate MARX
twain. And. gosh, we only wish We
could
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-09-21

leave of absence on account of il
health. He is relieved by W.. R
Smith of Great Falls, who has been
general superintendent of this terri
tory the past five years. Mr.. Smith
is succeeded at Great Falls by Fred
Wear, superintendent of the Butte
division. T. F. Dixon, former train
master at Great Falls will relieve Mr..
Wear.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Wilbur return
ed Tuesday from a three weeks vaca-
ton spent at Denever, Cleveland and
other eastern points.
Dispatcher G. E. Emerson left on
Wednesday for a two weeks visit
with relatives at Portland.
Dispatcher w. F. Hall has been on
the sick list the past week.
Miss Ruth Smith, clerk in the
trainmaster's office, spent the week
end with relatives in Havre.
Miss Margaret Dominick, clerk in
the superintendent office visited re-
latives in Rugby, N. D., last week.
Harry Savage, former car foreman
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-09-21
STATES OF AMERICAN
STATE OF MONTANA


I, C. T. STEWART, Secretary of
State of the State of Montana, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of an Act
entitled Gan Act for the Submission
to the Qualified Electors of the
State of Montana of an Amendment
to Section Fifteen of Article Twelve
of the Constitution of the State of
Montana, as amended: Creating
County Boards of Equalization and a
State Board of Equalization, and De-
fining and Prescribing their Powers
and Duties"
In Testimony Whereof, l have
h~ereunto set my hand and affixed the
Great Seal of the State of Montana
at Helena, the Capital, this 1st day
of August, A. D., 1922.
C. T. STEWART
24-13t. Secretary of State.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-09-21
VETERANS FAMILY LOSES
WAR RISK INSURANCE

A World War veteran died at the
age of twenty-six in a Middle West
ern city a month ago, leaving his
widow and baby son-to face the world
without funds. He had permitted his
War Rish Insurance policy to lapse
several months before his death and
he had never rerewed it.
The most poignant fact about this
tragedy is the failure of this ex-ser-
vice man to re-instate his insurance
sure his family an estate of $4,000
which was the amount of the policy
upon which he had paid premiums
during the war.
He had been seriously i'll for a
year, suffering from a disease whose
earliest symptoms had developed dur
ing his eighteen months in France.
The regulations governing both War
Risk term insurance and converted
insurance provide that if a person is
suffering with a disease or injury in
Cured in or aggravated by active
military or naval service during the
World War, he may reinsctate his
policy provided that he is not totally
and permantly disabled, by the pay
ment of all premiums in arrears, to-
gether with interest at the rate of 5
per cent per year compounded an
nually from the due date of each
premium.
This provision, remember, applies
to men who are suffering from dis
ease or injury-men who would be
refused new policies or reinstate--
ments of term or converted insur-
ance may not be made after a mar is
totally and permantly disabled. Men
in good health are not required to
pay up all back premiums-they
need only pay premiums covering two
months to have their insurance REIN
stated.
Ordinary prudence dictates the
necessity of every ex-service man
knowing just what his government
insurance rights are. Six hundred
thousand veterans are now carrying
government policies. How many of
the remaining 4,0OO,0 900 were carry
ing policies but let them lapse, are
familiar with their own rights?
If any ex-service man has permit
ted his insurance to lapse, he should
Immediately get in touch with the
Service Officer of his Legion Post or
write direct to the u. S. Veterans
Bureau, G. D. Hibbard, District Man
ager, Minneapolis, Mimi, and find
out just the conditions on which his
insurance can be r~einstated.