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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
JUST FOLKS
~ EDGAR A. GUEST.

WHEN THE PAPERS GONE TO PRESS.
I've sat at banquet, and I've seen the
silver shine,
I've heard the wit and eloquence Of many
I've had ali sorts Of dinners since my
dining days began; .
But there's one glad table somewhere that
One bunch I'd like to meet with when the
long days work Is Ger,
One meal I'd like to rush to after all the
That good old midnight supper when the
papers gone to press.
We held them in the old days in a hole
And many a night the table had no linen
And the food was far from dainty, but the
gang which gathered round
Was the finest bunch of fellows that could
anywhere be found
Then we talked the long day over, with Its
list Of various deeds
Which reporters live and share in, but the
reader only reads;
We punctured sham with satire, a. the
boys still do. I guess,
Who meet somewhere at midnight when
the papers gone to press.
Now the gang with which I gathered has
been scattered far and wide,
And some OF them are wealthy and some
of them have died.
There's a new lad writing murders, and
new pen telling tales
OF his sad and sorry fellows in the hos
pitfalls and jails;
And l, who once was eager for excitement.
sit sedate
Doing idle rhymes for copy-just dreamer
by the CRATE,
brought me some success,
But 1t stopped those midnight lunches
when the papers gone to press.
When all the town is sleeping and the mid
night bells have tolled.
The bows who fiji The columns will assem-
Bile of old,
They'll be hungry Just / was, and
they'll be as short of cash,
But the room will ring with laughter and
the lightning wit will flash:
And some cub will sit in my place, but
he'll never know or care
How many gray old timers now are wish
ing we were there,
For with all the years have brought US, We
still miss the happiness
OF those good old midnight lunches when
the papers gone to press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
Dorothy Dir Tails
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Worries Highest Paid Woman Writer.
The Love Pirates-2.

Undoubtedly, there are many men
and women who follow home wrecking
as a pastime. They are neurotic
creatures, who get an added thrill of
joy out of filtration, thru the knowl
edge that they are causing some one
else to suffer the -tortures of the
damned, and are committing the I'M
pardonable sin themselves.
There are men who think every mar
ried woman IS fair game, and who
have no conscience about leading
weak, silly wives to forget their mar
riage VOWS. They make love to mar
ried women rather than single women
because 1t is safer, for they are.Xellow
ours, too cowardly to pay the price of
their flirtations
And there are plenty of women,
plenty of girls, even, who boast of
their attractions for married men, and
who take a devilish delight in flat
tering some bald headed old idiot into
thinking that he is young and hand
some again, and in love with them.
and in making their fat, old wives mad
with jealousy. These women belong
to the gold digger clan, and they pre-
fer married men to single men be-
cause they have more money and are
easier worked.
After all, however. to punish the
love thief is not as important as it is
to prevent the robbery taking place;
and it is cynically true that most men
and women make less effort to safe
guard the heart that has been given
into their keeping than they do to take
care of a battered silver spoon.
No woman would leave her diamond
pendant lying around exposed to the
covetous glance of any light-fingere
chambermaid. On the contrary she
keeps it under lock and key, but she
will appear in a sloppy wrapper, with
her hair uncombed, and have a quar-
rel with her husband at the breakfast
table, and send him disillusioned, and
disgruntled, down to an office full of
daintily dressed business girls who are
alive and alert. and whose advance
ment depends upon their making
themselves agreeable to him. And then
she'll wonder that some good<looking
stenographer snatched away from her
the affection of which she was too
lazy and careless to take care.
A man who has ten thousand dol
lars worth of bonds hires a safety de-
post box in which to keep them safe.
But he will marry a pretty, warm
hearted, pleasure loving, young girl,
and after he marries her he never
says a word of love to her, or shows
her any tenderness, or takes her to
places of amusement, or does anything
to make her life happy. And he can't
understand how it happens that some
glib talking chap, who feeds her hun
cry soul on love-making, and gives her
the pleasures he doesn't, steals her
heart away from him.
The moral of all Of which is that If
We don't want our treasures to be
stolen, we must take care of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

and his host sitting outside deep in
the country paper, brought in late
yesterday. He shouted a. gay good
morning, and when later they sat eat
ing told droll stories and cracked
jokes as tho there were no such things
as girls and rivalry in the world. But
as they sauntered outside, putting
pipes of very good tobacco, he wheeled
upon Keith, saying grimly: You saw
me clip that snakes head-how'd you
like to swap shots with me?"
What for?" Keith demanded, his
eyes blazing.
For love-name no names" Phil
returned.
Keith, tense all over. said simply:
81 am ready, ONLY have no weapon.
Where can I get one?"
There" said Phil, nodding toward
a table where lay several pistols. Keith
snatched up one without looking and
stepped out into the sunshine, saying
in steely tones: Now for-word."
Bout face? One" Phil cried, rails
ing his pistol. Keith did likewise,
gray-faced but steady.
Phil looked at hi1n, smiling grimly
and fired in air, saying: "Jincy said
last night she loved you best-you
may have her. But you shouldn't
have lived to do it if you had shown
the white feather"
Copyright. 1922, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate. }
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
A~ ~ 49,
copyright. 1921. By the WhseisI cyndIcata
Luc.1
George Matthew Adgn1s
Daily Talk


FaSS ONs
When you have done the best that
you can and know-pass on.
Life must be viewed as something
ahead. To be satisfied, and then to
stand still, means failure.
Those who stay with a sinking ship
must go down with it-losing their
chance for being rescuer by neglect
ing to grasp their first opportunity to
leave.
No matter how big a mistake you
have made-pass on.
Acknowledge your errors, IL neces-
sary. but don't carry them with you as
q part OF your equipment.
The traveller IS to be happily en-
We'd because he never stays long
enough in one place to grow weary
or tired of his surroundings. And he
may carry on with him all the
beauties and Vaccinations of each
place.
Every minute life Is passing on. We
must be urgent in the things we do,
so as TO get as many done as possible
But pass on without regrets,
And try to leave things behind that
will continue to add cheer and glad
ness long after you have passed.
Aim to live permanent life. For
Eternity is made up of the best and
happiest which the Here and Now
creates, thru you and thru me.
Let the crowd wrangle If # will
but you pass on.
Gather the ssentials as you go, and
build big. Cleanse your heart of ev-
cry imagined wrong-and pass on!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
lITTlE BENNY'S NOTE BECK

The Park Ave. News

The PARK ave. news
Weather. Posserbly better proberly
VERSE.
spoart. Sid Hunt smoaked cawfes
in one OF his fathers old pipes last
Sundey and says he hopes no frend or
his will ever haff to suffer wat he
suffered.
Bizziniss and Financial. Mrs. Pick
EFT gave Pubs Simkins 10 cents to
shovel the snow away from in frunt
of her house last Thersday and PUBS
gave Sam Cross 6 cents to do 1t after
offering him 5, and Sam gave Artie
Alexander cents to do it after OFFER
ing him s, and Artie Alexander did 1t.
Pome by Skinny Martin
There Mite Not Be Eny
o it's nice to eat red apples
In peece time or in war,
And heer the old familiar saying,
Hay will you gimmy the coreg
Instristing Facks About 1ntristinE
People. Last Satidday aftirnoon Sid
Hunt shined his shoes and misteri-
ously went somewares but he denies
he's got a gerl.
Sissiety Mr.. Ed Wernck got han
kerchiffs for his berthday with his in
tiaI in the corner, saying they're better
than nuthing.
Lost and Found. Nuthing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
ALL SHOULD PAY

Representative of the farmers and
of organized labor have appeared be-
fore the house ways and means COM
mittee in opposition to the levying of
a sales tax as a means of financing
the soldier bonus. These persons,
however, represent a widely prevail
ing attitude of the public. which de-
Tands that a bonus be paid but that
the rich be made to pay it.
Attempts to make the rich alone
support the government have been
made in many forms. They have
never succeeded. They never will.
An expenditure OF $500, 600, 900 to
s450.O0O,000 a year for two years, as
has been estimated as necessary to
start the bonus, means additional tax
alton OF an amount which will be
felt. The burden and its consequent
aepressiveNeffect upon the revival of
business. prosperity provide the most
plausible argument against the bonus
DILL. Many conservative business men
believe that the consequent depres-
ZION will be so great as to do even
he soldiers more harm than the
bonus viii do them good. This may
aot be true, but some sacrifice will
se necessary to provide the adjusted
compensation. It is proper to make
hat sacrifice as slight as possible.
sut it cannot be eliminated by at
cmpting to shift the burden from
me back to another.
I'VE do not presume" says the Chi
ago Tribune, ito say whether u gem
iral sales tax. a miscellaneous lux
iry tax, some other form OF special
Ak, or a combination of two or three
ihould be adopted. What we would
Emphasize is that the money must
some out of residents and property
'wners in America, and that the ef-
ort of any class. whether laborer.
'armer, merchant, or capitalist, to
lodge it will be futile"
II the sales tax be a tax upon con-
umption, all agree it will hit heav-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

Declaring that the treaties agreed
upon by the international conference
on the Limitation of armament
should be ratified without reserva-
TONS" the governing board of the
general committee on the limitation
of armament at a meeting on Monday
voted its support to the work of the
Washington conference. The general
committee on the Limitation of arma-
Inent is composed Of leading men and
women turnout the country. Oscar S.
Straus and Samuel Gompers are hon
orary chairmen. The resolution en-
ters into detail as to the reasons for
approving the treaties and declares
that they already have the approval
of the people Of the United States
and of the world" They may have
such approval as is here mentioned,
but they have not the approval of the
United States senate, and do not seem
likely to get it. In the senate politics
is paramount to every other consid;
Grafton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

wrote the Kansas City firm aoous =.
setting forth certain data conos l. ii tI,e
our earnest struggle and oegsins ~
courtesy Of reply. II we ; are er Xouf fhe
safed such courtesy. we snalI Prn a,-s "a a
letter herein. We wish to make
clean job of it.
Adelaide at the moment. we iAIes'
is splitting the back of the cnleken l
nreparatory to basting it with ohttel-
when we arrive home, some time
within the next hour. she wa ., 81
ahead and make the gravy. Ana thas
sets us ajaunt in another realm OF
speculation: Why does a woman a.
ways wait until her husband reaches
home to make the gravy? Knowing
that he will arrive on the dot OF a GER
tain hour. why doesn't she go eneso
and make the gravy and have 1t READY
for him when he comes!
Adelaide. we shall add, is preparinS
for her semi-annual journey west
ward. All that remains to be done Is
to buy a new hat, and she hopes 10 get
away Thursday night. Has J. n p,
Jr., anything by way of entertainment
or diversion to suggest?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
Questior1s-AnsUers

Q. What is sesamum? L. Eff.
A. Sesamum is name given to a genus
herbs The bland fixed oil obtained from
them keeps well and is used both as food
and cosmetic. The oil cake. mixed with
deiicacy in India. In 1921 the sesamum
yield in India was $4,000 tons.
Q. What is the origin of the word bash
A Bashfui is allied in the word abash
in derivation. Abash is derived from the
constituent. In Middle English abash was
confused with abase. until the word took
on a tinge Of the meaning Of abase.
Q. Is the 31st Regiment of Infantry to
be sent home from the Philippines soon !?
A. The War Department says that the
Manila, P. l. However, men in companies
of that regiment whose terms of enlistment
are nearing a close will be returned to the
Q. What census is the immigration law
based on? W. Z. b.
A. The recent immigration law restricts
immigration to per cent of any national
ity already in this country, according to
the 1910 census.
railroad stock in 1901, how high did the
A At that time, the price Of the stock
rose abruptly to 1000 bid.
g. How long is the moon full? P. F. R.
a. The full moon, astronomicany de-
moon differs by exactly $50 degrees from
that of the sun. As this condition is
momentary, the moon is full for an instant
only.
Q. How many Lieutenant Generals were
there during the Civil war; p. L. A
A The War Department says that T. s.
Grant and w. T. Sherman were the only
Lieutenant Generals in the Federal forces
during the Civil War. There are 10 soldiers
listed as Lieutenant Generals in the Con
federate Army during this period.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The histories used in the high schools
of the national capital are said to
contain page after page of free trade
arguments, socialistic theories, and
boishev.stic doctrines totally, out OF
place in any school book, and espec-
tally in a book that purports to tell
the story of American history. His
tory. whether in school or out, should
deal in facts and not in theories or
deductions. History like news,
should give the public the truth and
let it draw it's own conclusions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
SPRING POETRY.

william Alien White, the Jay
hawker states own "Bnr', comes out
in Judge" with the first spring poem
done in prose. 1t follows:
Spring! And 1.-The livelier iris is
already changing ION the FURNISHED
dove" to wit and namely politics. The
air is filled with the tang and joy of
new candidatures, the crisp joy of
new issues, the inspiring atmosphere
of delicious hypocrisies. Soon we
shall drink thirstily the SAVIOR of the
candidates cigar, and in a few weeks
the voice OF the slogan and the roor-
back will be heard in the land A
beauteous season Is the spring with
its ancient awakening of new am
billions, new hopes, new lies about the
taxes, and how to reduce them. In
the spring the young mans fancy
lightly turns to the alluring prospect
of getting an office where he can live
without brains. Always the simmer
ing glory of a political job dances be-
fore his eyes. and so he goes out
blithely with his little old campaign
lie to lure the ballot from the guile
less citizen. This year he has bur-
nished up the good old lie about the
taxes. They are going to be reduced,
and we are going to get something
for nothing. These are great days
with spring in<the air. and the cam
paign lie floating dangerously upon
the substituting breeze that brings
rich hints of summer sweetness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

lest the wealthy man who spends
most, but this is no unfair imposi'
ton. The point is to get the money,
and to get it in the manner best cal
culated to avoid a disastrous burden
upon industry in general or an in
justice upon any restricted class Or
individual.
The decision on method, suggests
the Tribune, is a task for the ways
and means committee and the experts
of the treasury department rather
than for representatives of the farm
class. the labor class. or the indus
trial class.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are two
girls who will entertain two boy
friends soon Since this is the first
time we wish you would tell US how
to go about It
BROWN AND BLUE EYES.
Just remember that the boys are
callers and entertain them as you
would any caller, regardless of sex.
Perhaps you have some interesting
kodak pictures you could show them
or a game to play. II the four of you
are together you might make candy.
Try to be as interesting and gracious
as possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

Since the close of the war, the fed
eral reserve board has retired enough
currency to pay the soldier bonus.
The government could reissue this
amount of currency in the form of le-
gal tender notes without producing
an initiation greater than that which
existed before. But of course so SIM
pie a method of settling the matter
will not be adopted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
TO STRIKE OR NOT TO STRIKE


The coal miners have been called
upon to cast a referendum vote on
the question of a strike, to be in
augurated April 1, provided they vote
in the affirmative. If there shall be a
strike on April 1 the question, on the
answer to which will probably deter
mine the strikes success or failure,
is the one of whether or not the
miners are entitled to their present
wages. Specifically their case seems
weak. It is no longer seriously de-
MED that living costs are down and
that wage rates generally, altho the
downward movement has been slow
err, are also down. Why is the miner,
it is asked, alone deserving of war
wage rates which others no longer
gete In the main. what he receives
comes out of the purses of other wage
workers.
The strike therefore is doomed to
recognized as a necessity of life is in
volved. 1t will not have the sym
pathy of the people. No strike can
succeed without that.
The leaders of the coal unions that
are threatening a strike say employ
ment in their industry is precarious,
and that is true. But to argue, as
they do. that uncertainty of employ
ment is a reason for not readjusting
| their wage scales is to approach the
trouble from the wrong angle. The
very cause of so much unemployment
at the union mines is the excessive
cost OF getting the coal out of the
ground. The dear cost coal cannot
be sold except in emergencies or other
special instances, so the mines are
compelled to slow down or to close
altogether.
That a wage cost can be high
enough to stop the work of the wage
commodity price can be so excessive
as to kill its sale. An example OF
this has been seen in the case of rail
roads. But either the coal union
leader does not comprehend this fact
or he does not want his followers
/ to comprehend it. Else why does he
insist that wages should stay up when
it is those very wage costs which
make the unemployment of which he
complains?
In the non-union bituminous fields
of West Virginia, miners have &C.
lcepted cuts which have brought theil
wages back to the 1917 level, pre-
ferring a lower wage scale and steady
employment to a high wage. scale and
no employment. Most of the mines
in the New River district are nov
running open shop" many of them
are working every day, and coal il
being mined to sell at a price which
in some cases is less than half the
cost of Undermined coal. The United
Mine Workers of America must OBJ
viously make the same choice thai
the non-union miners in West Viz
GINA made-the choice which may
come only after they have lost ar
expensive strike, but which, when Il
comes, will assure more nearly con.
slant employment and higher month
| ly earnings for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

Since the wheat crop has been
saved by a timely rain, the crop killer
now can turn his attention to the
fruit. After all the pessimist is not
without his uses. For one thing he
causes US to have a greater apprecia-
ton Of our blessings than we >might
feel were it not for his activities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

A circular sent out by the federal
treasury department says: New
capital must be provided before the
country can enter upon a new era of
prosperity. This CAPITAL can be pro-
vided for the revival of industry only
thru the savings of the people" The
people probably are saving more than
they ever did before, but many are re-
a realization that If they succeed in
making a profit the government VIII
take a large part of it away from
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

hand worker. 1t is possible to DO
much finer work with it, and it rs
more enduring.
Hence the making of platinum jew
elry promises to remain, what all jew
eIry once was and probably still
should be-one of the fine arts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The United States senate needs a
man Of 'Bryan's stripe and proper
tons" in the opinion of the Sioux
City Tribune. But hasn't the senate
enough trouble makers already?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19
4 Good Time to Buy

and it's perfectly
hg Good quality getting all the
- shopping here intensely interesting
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19
Bleached Muslin
lU for Sl.ZO

Fine quality bleached muslin
one yard wide. Made from best
selected cotton. free from
starch. Suitable for fine under
wear. 10 yards for SIPS.
-Petersen's, Second floor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19

Silk stripe and plaid tissue
Ginghams fill the requirements
for summer wear dresses. An
unequalled assortment of this
beautiful fabric. All fast colors
and neat patterns.
-Petersen's. Main floor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19

Another opportunity to buy. 40
inch Plain Sheer Voiles in a
splendid color range A 45c
quality now on sale at "a &c
-Petersen's, Main floor