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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE - JOU RNAL-WEDNESDAY- EVENING, AUGUST- 14, 1918
(Etrprka iraii .TJirirrttal
An Independent Newspaper
BY FRANK V. MACLKNNAN
VOLUME -XL. .
.Na 194
Entered as aecond-c-lasa matter.
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fered the juliinited use of the largest in
formation bureau in the world.
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It can aaswer practically any question
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vice, nor make exhaustive research. .
The war has forced so many changes in
the daily life of the American eople that
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Kep in touch with, your government
during these trying times. it can heli
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL INFORMA
TION HL'UEAf. . ,,
Frederlc J. llasklns. Director. Washing
ton. i. c.
A bulletin issued by the Indiana
mate council of defense explains the.
glass in the bread" scare as follows:
"Corn flour under the microscope
shows many hard, flinty pieces of the
endosperm (germ), which have a very
glassy appearance. When baked In a
quick oven some of these particles re
tain their glasslike appearance, tho in
the ' ordinary process of baking - this
appearance is lost. This is the expla
nation given by experts employed by
the International Union of Bakers and
Confectionery Workers. In bran
Hours a nervous person might easily
fancy that particles of the hard outer
husk were glass. And dextrine some
times solidifies into a hard, transpar
ent mass, which might be mistaken
f i r glass. The natural conclusion is
that most of tl people who reported
having found glass in their bread were
deceived by the appearance of the
rrxv nnvte-rtn.""-
During the 'period in which the
people have been compelled to eat
pork Instead of beef, 'the price of live
hogs in Chicago has reached an un-
precetiented figure. iJow the ban haj
been raised from beef. Is it planned
to boost the price of steers to a level
with that of hogs? It would be In
tel esting to know whether the manip
ulation of the meat supply benefits
the producers or the packers. .It cer
tainly dops jiot help the consumers.
J.1 r . . I ' , I
., When Germany finally is whipped
she will be so thoroly whipped that
she will not be disposed to start an
other fight in a hundred, years. It Is
the history of bullies that one good
drubbing takes all the belligerency out
of them.
Tenants of "heated flats" are en
titled to heat in the winter time, ac
cording to the ruling of Washington
courts. The tenant has never doubted
his rights in',the matter, but what he
wants to know is how he is to get the
heat to which he is entitled.
Three hundred and fifty Italian
soldiers, on their way baclc to the
battle line against the "Austrians by
wav of Itussia, China, the Pacific
ocean, and the United States, enjoyed
wa, camp community service hospital
ity recently at Camp Dlx. These sol
diers, who were accompanied by sevr
eral officers, were captured by the
Austrians many months ago. They
made their way to Russia, across SI
beria into China, and thence cot to
the Philippines. There they took ship
lor the United (States and crossed the
continent, reaching Camp Dix. They
have been waiting hare for transpor
tation hack to Italy, and are eagerlj
looking forward to sailing soon.
Tc no person who has ever been 'a
stranger in ' a strange land" will a
movement, now under Way, to supply
American fighting men on land and
sea with newspapers from their home
towns seem trivial. The very fact that
our soldiers on the other side in camp,
trench and hospital are constantly ap
pealinr for "more home newspapers"
indicates a serious want that should
be supplied. Everybody realizes how
necessary it is to sustain the morale of
the nation's defenders. Nothing has
been more potent to this end than
cheerful - letters from family and
friend But many soldiers and sail
ors ire not blessed with v inspiriting
correspondence, and to these newspa
pers, either the dailies or weeklies,
from the localities in which theyhave
lived are an excellent substitute. And
even those who receive letters regu
larly find in the home papers many
hits of interesting news which the let
ter writers do not cover. It Is sug
gested by Leslie's that in every com
munity committees made up of busi
ness men, club members and parents
of sc Idlers and sailors could be formed
and these. With the co-operation of the
local publishers, would see that the
"boys" from their vicinity got copies
of the local journals.
PILING UP A SURPLUS.
The house ways and means commit
tee is industriously combing; the coun
try's .resources tn an effort to find ma
terial from which can be collected an
annual tax of $8,000,000,000. This
action is based on the treasury's esti
mate of expenses amounting- to $24,-
1)00,000,000 for the next fiscal year.
In the opinion of Senator Reed
Smoot of Utah, it is a physical im
possibility for the- country to produce
the goods for which the administra
tion asks appropriations for the ensu
ing fiscal year. But even with the
possible amount of production and the
tuslness resulting therefrom, "avail
able money must move nimbly" to
transact the country's business. . Sen
ator Smoot believes, therefore, that it
is unwise to make loans or raise reve
nue in excess of the. amounts that can
be spent for war and other govern
mental purposes. On the subject of
fjast and- coming expenditures, he says:
"The 'expenses of the government
Tor the last fiscal year were $7,958.-
SC2.T21. with receipts of approximate-!
ly $4,300,000,000, and for the present
fiscal year the expense. no doubt will
bo increased to $15,000,000,000 or
$16,000,000,000. If t,hat be true there
should be raised by taxation between
tive and six billions for the present
fiscal year, and not eight billions as
suggested by the treasury depart
ment." m
. Suppose , that we raise $24,000,000,
ooo "by taxation and bonds, and sup
rcse that we are unable to spend
more than $16,000,000,000. In that
event we shall have withdrawn some
$8,000,000,000 from the working cap
ital of the county to no purpose ex
cept to invite governmental waste and
extravagance. The discrepancy that
existed between appropriations and ex
penditure last year suggests that con
gress ought now to make an effort to
establish something like a parity be
tween them.
There is said to be much rejoicing
in Vienna over the German defeat
both because, old scores are thus
evened1 up and because it brings the
end of the war nearer. The 3ermans
made many, unkind remarks when the
Austrians were driven across the
Piave.
THE NEW DAT IX AMERICA.
The government is planning to
place one million American youths in
military and" vocational training com
bined. Probably after the war there
will be little opposition to universal
military training. The array of fal
lacies which in the past bristled be
tween, the American people and the
idea of universal training, has been
gradually' battered dovnv by ar Inva-
sion of facta and experience.;
The American training camp has
teen a revelation to the people of
what universal training may be in a
democracy, not merely a defeitse of
the nation from the peril of invasion
and conquest but also an inspiring ex
perience to the individual. The Amer
ican people are' discovering what
tialnlng and discipline in the concep
tion of American officers are.
The strength of the opposition to
1-iepredness and its essential factor,
universal military training, says the
Chicago Tribune, was not iti the little
group of pacifist impracticables who
founded "unions opposed to militar
ism" and cackled shrilly about the
capilol. It was partly in the optimis
tic indifference of a generation spared
the trial of war and, forgetful of their
forefathers' experience. But it was
also found in a misconception of what
military training and discipline mean.
The average American disliked the
thought of military training because
ho thought- it would rob him of his
independence and of his individuality,
lie disliked a uniform because it
meant to him not the highest form of
public service; the manliest devotion
to his own highest ideals as expressed
in his country, but only an enforced
abolition of the right to wear what he
pleased and be what he pleased. He
resetted the military salute because
he misunderstood what it meant, tak
ing it as a sign of inferiority or servi
tude and a negation of the American
principle that all men are created
equal. -Herthought of military training
and discipline in the light of what he
read - about the insolence of Prus
sian lieutenants and the brutality of
Pvitsstan sergeants. He did not think
of the democratic universal service of
the army of republican France, and he
did not trouble to find out what dem
ocratic training and discipline might
he.
The purpose of military training !s
not to make a machine but to make a
man. a man in the full, the highest
sense of the word, the citizen ready to
sacrifice himself not under compul-sl-n
of a master but under the insiii
ratlor. of the principles and ideals of
a freeman.
President Wilson has declared that
America makes war to mtrlte the
world safe for democracy, and now it
Is learned that he is preparing to per
petuate and to expand the great sys
tem of citizen character development
which universal military training is in
f.xct. as our great camps are demon
strating. Thus a statesmanly concep
tion Is rounded out. If we fight to
make the world safe for democracy
we also work to make democracy a
living reality at home.
Universal military training as con
ceived and developed In America will
be the education of the democratic
citizen, the people's university, a
maker of men, of citizens, of patriots.
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
INFORMATION
BUREAU " v
FREDERIC J. HAS KIN, Director.
. Washington. D. C
CHILDKBJf AND THE WAR.
. III Child Conservation.
Washington, D. C. Aug. 11. At all
times a serious problem, the task of
providing adequate protection for the
Juvenile part of the nation becomes,
in time of war, a most vital and
urgent one. Victory will not mean
much if it is bought at the cost of
an emaciated young, and even defeat
may be redeemed if the ground work
for a timely reconstruction has been
placed among the growing genera
tion. The government of the United
States is alive to this fact, and the
governments of our allies have also
awakened to it. In almost all of the
countries now engaged in thet world
struggle the work of. child conserva
tion is proceeding on a scale almost
as extensive as the work of producing
soldiers, ships or munitions. Every
where measures are being taken to
lower the rates of Infant mortality,
and the fallacies which led to the
closing of the schools and recreation
grounds as p. necessary economy are
being corrected. ,
In the United States this work
has been centralized in the Children's
Bureau of the Department, of Labor,
headed by Miss Julia C. Lathrop,
eminent as a sociologist and a former
associate of Miss Jane Addams of Chi
cago Hull House. While the com
plete program for child reclamation
has not yet teen launched by the Chil
dren's Bureau, an extensive study of
conditions affecting chbildren is being
made in an endeavor to determine
which of them may menace the de
velopment of American boys and girls.
Of course, an immense quantity of de
tail accumulated in years of research
of social workers has been placed at
the disposal, of the. bureau, but much
of this cannot be applied to the abnor
mal conditions which have grown out
of the war. .-
A large portion of the study of the
Federal Children's Bureau was direct
ed toward the problem of infant mor
tality, and investigations were con
ducted in communities where a high
death rate among babies seemed due
to social, economic and civic factors
Reports of some of the investigations
have been previously detailed' in this
column.
It wast realized that infant mortality
could only be curtailed thru proper
provision for- mothers, and relative to
this a great deal of legislation has
been introduced at the behalf of the
children a bureau. The most recent,
and perjiaps- tho most adequate of
these, was the bill presented Jointly
by Mi3s Jeanette Rankin of Montana,
and Senator Robinson of Arkansas, to
extend to- the mothers of the United
States the measures of protection now
:n effect in England, where many suc
cessful lnroatls have been made into
the rates of infant mortality. :
In 1916, England succeeded In
bringing the infant death rate to a
lower ebb than ever before, and to a
much lower ebt than in the birth reg
istration jreas of tho United . States. .
The bs lief is that this was due to the
Subsidfes, which' in England are grant
ed ta such local welfare work as-pub- i
11c health iiiirting and consultation1
centers. The amount of money spent
for this purpose has been increased
each year since the "beginning of the
war ana in the budget of 1918 totals,
more than $1,150,000. for England
and Wales. ' A still further expansion
of this work is being discussed by par
liament.
It is the belief of the children's bu
reau that the present alarming death
rate among mothers and young chil
dien .-in this country can be reduced
only when the -same measures are
adopted here. hTe Kankin-Roblnson
bill provides that federal aid be grant
ed to state activities among mothers
and children of the- rural districts.
Provision is made, however, that such
etate work shall conform to standards
set by the children's bureau. For the
first year each state would receive an
appropriation of $10,000. This allow
ance, under certain conditions, might
be considerably increased.
In rural districts, where physician's
and hospitals are not accessible, and
tnere is an almost-complete lack of
trained nurses, many mothers and
babies die of ills which might easily
have been prevented. The . public
health nurse is even more needed in
such distiicts than in the large cities.
Another phase of the child conser
vation problem Is the need of provid
ing suitable means of recreation for
growing children- Considerable head
way has been made in this
regard by . the establishment of
Children's year. The Children's year,
which began in April af this year, and
will extend until April, 1919, has been
known as a "recreation drive" for
having its objective the increase of
physical vigor and adeptness .among
the boys and girls of America. It has
been given a patriotic aspect, because
an effort hss been made to implant
in the minds of the children that by
developing their own health and
strength they are performing an in
valuable service to the country. ,
This work has been aided in a great
measure by the co-operation of chil
dren's organizations engaged in war
time activities. Among these might
be mentioned the Boy Scouts, the
Camp Fire girls, the war gardeners
of the United States bureau f educa
tion, the Junior Red Cross, the boys'
and girls' clubs of the department of
agriculture, and various organizations
sanctioned or supervised by the gov
ernment. '
As a part of this the bureau pro
poses to set aside a week for the pur
pose of athletic competition between
or among the various organizations
which have taken part in the Chil
dren's year campaign. This will be
known as "Patriotic Play Week-." The
first week in September has been
suggested for play week, but wherever
another date may be better fitted to
the needs of a community, the change
is recommended. Whenever possible
play week will be held tn connection
with a county fair, a grange meeting
or o,her gathering.
Sucn activities as the children's
year campaign will be supplemented
from time to time by other endeavors,
and every effort will be made to avoid
or eradicate the sinister condmona
which have shown themselves in other
countries engaged at work. In addi
tion to the summer work at play
gtounds. children's farms, settlement
houses and other places, home life so
far as possible will be reformed and
developed. School life, and where it
Is of a wholesome character, unorgan
ised play life will be encouraged, and
instructors will be urged tc- give mora,
of their friendship and guardianship
to those in their charge. The keynote
of the whole child conservation idea
was struck by President Wilson when
he said, "Next to the duty of doing
everything: possible for the soldiers t
the front there could be. it seems to
me, no more patriotic duty than that
of protecting the children who consti
tute one-third of our population."
DOROTHY DLX TALKS
BT DOROTHY DIX
World Highest gaia womsa Writer.
A Fake Cure for Jealousy. 1.
A poor, foolish wife, who tortures
herself with suspicions of her hus
band, believes t.iai. the hat, found a
way to keep him from noticing other
women. It is by ogling every man she
meets. ' 1
She has heard, a- story of some
drunkard who v.-as timed trom the
error of his ways and made a rabid
prohibitionist by seeing his wife in
toxicated, and of a profane man, who
became an exponent of the pure and
beautiful speech, thru hearing his
vife rip out some blood curdling
oaths. So this wfrnan 1ms decided
that the way t cure her husband of
flirtatiousness is by beating him to it.
and being more flirtatious .than he
vould ever dare to be.
So far the result of her bright Idea
has only been that she has been in
sulted by men who, not being mind
readers, could not possibly know that
she was a perfectly respectable wo
man, and that her languishing glances
in their direction were merely part of
the moral cure she was trying to work
on her husband. Also the husband Is
highly displeased .with the nauseous
dose she is forcing him to swallow,
and her friends and acquaintances are
beginning to sit up and take, notice
and gossip about her conduct. and to
say they never would have believed It
of her. 1 . .
All of which the misguided wife
might, have foreseen. -If. she. had put
on her. thinking cap. even Xor a mlns
ute. Women cannot payt men. hack
in their own coin simply because so
ciety has laid down one set of rules
bp which men may play the game of
life, and another by which, women
may play it, and that is all there is 0
it. Whether it is Just or not, whether
jou like it or not, has got nothing to
do with the case. . '
Anyway there is no more fallacious
theory than that the hair of the dog Is
good for the bite, and that like cures
like; and especially is it untrue that
Jealousy cures Jealousy, The woman
who thinks that she can concentrate
her husbarld's attentions upon: herself
by making him suspicious of her, and
who believes that she endears herself
to him by making him think that some
other man is a.feet-to-steal her from
him, makes, the mistake -of her life.'
All that she does is to shake his faith
in " her loyalty1, and to besmirch his
ideal of her purity and goodness.
Any wife who flirts, whether to
teach her husband a lesson or for her
own diversion, is rocking the boat of
connubial felicity, and you can safely
bet on her overturning it. "The heart
of her husband doth safely, rest in
her," was written long ago as a -des-
.scription of tine perfect wife. - And it
still stands good. And any woman
who disturbs that feeling in a man
does so at her peril. - ';.
As a matter of fact, therexis only one
sUne. guaranteed blown-lnVthe-bottie
cure for Jealousy, and that is common
sense, .i Just look-at the thin of .wlilchr
you. are jealous, fairly and squarelya
and see if it is there, in the first placed
and in the second place, see if it Is
worth being Jealous -about, and yob
will generally find that the green-eyed
monster has vanished) into thin air.-
Jealousy is mostly a matter of Illu
sions; especially with women. Three
fourths of the time when they simply
eat their hearts out with jealousy they
have conjured up. out of their own.
fancy an imaginary, rival who does not
exist. They -have no .real cause, for
jealousy whatever.
fCorTrighted. lltlT. by The Wheeler Syndi
cate, lac J
A HERO EVERY DAY
"Aive Deeds of men in .
America's Fighting Service
In that stretch of the inferno along
the Marne, known as Bois de Belleau,
now sanctified by the French with the
name of Bols de la Brigade de Ma
rine, the Hun was fighting the fight
of the treacherous, taking- every 'odd
of unfairness. .He was strongly .
trenoUedT- his,! Iine3,- . hidden , behind
masses of machine guns, protected fcy
scathing Shell fire, shielded by gas
and shrapnel and high explosive. But
the marines went thru that zone ot
death to victory. And one of the
great reasons for the advance of the
Devil Dogs was Capt. Arthur H. Tur
ner. Captain Turner ivas adjutant of
a battalion. He took his place at the
head of his troops, r.nd stayed there.
When a chance to advance came, he
took the first step. With every in
stant the shell fire Increased, but'Cap
tain Turner of the marine wavered
never for a moment, insuring the
liaison of Ms troops, and personally
supervising the execution of every or
der. A citation has been Riven him
for snecial bravery. His father. Chas.
S. Turner, lives at 188 West River
street, Wllkes-Barre, Pa.
GLOBE SIGHTS
tFrora the Atchison Globe.
"Women don't understand men any
batter than men "understand women.
The man who is always suing some
one either is an easy mark, or a nut.
or crooked.
Hank Calnan: "A little scandal
now and then hits the old rooster as
well as the hen."
John Koontz: "It is becaus virtue
is its own reward that so many -folks
ar geootf for nothing." .
It is always said of a reckless au
tomobile driver: "He won't get killed
himself, but he'll kill some of his
friends."
Several newspapers can conserve
paper by reducing their-two-column
editorials to four paragraphs, and con
tinue to be as effective as ever before.
Whenever a married men is In
trouble he never fails to say: "It
doesn't majre any Jifference what
happens to me: if it wasn't for my
wife and family I wouldn't care."
He's a liar.
An Atchison old maid of many years
standing frequently makes the asser
tion: "A woman can marry any man
she wants." Behind her back people
say of the bid maid: , "Then why
didn't she?-
G J.
EVENING STORY !
-',.When the Alarm Sounded.
BY VINCENT O. PERRY.
Mary Hilton closed the book she
had been reading and Jumped to her
feet hastily. It was an overdrawn
story of spies, of international intrigue.
but there- was a fascination about
it that kept her reading longer than
she had intended. - She looked at the
alarm -clock on -ber dressing table and
gave an, exclamation of dismay. . She
had been reading for- two hours and
there was barely half an hour left in
which to catch Mier train. She had
dressed before taking up the book, so,
if she hurried there was still time.
Thank goodness she was merely going
on a week-end visit and would not
have much packing to do! In less
than five minutes all was packed. She
began to wonder what was in her suit
case after she had closed it. She
opened it again and examined the con
tents carefully- There! She knew she
had forgotten something. She snatched
the alarm clock from its accustomed
place and shoved it into the bag. She
was confident her cousin hadn't an
alarm clock and knew she would miss
the early train on Monday - if she
hadn't something dependable to awak
en, her.- As an softer thought i she
shoved the novel in on ton. .. , - .
As usual, there was no car In sight
wnen mary arrived at ner corner. By
the time one came she was sure It was
impossible to get to the station in
time. When she alighted from the
car sne Doited for the station plat
forms arriving- hot and panting to find
nt train waiting. She had missed It!
N, she hadn't. The train was chalked
up seven minutes late. She walked
down the platform to see if it was in
sight. Suddenly she heard a buzzing
sftnnd quite near to her, -gaining force
as It buzzed. With a sharp cry of
ingiiu sne cropped ner suit case.
Some one had put an infernal machine
in it Just as they had done to the hero
in? in the novel! - She tried. Xo run
away: from it, but' her feet seemed
Biuea to ine platform. Therj she real
UKt what it was her alarm clock -o.
ing off. Her cheeks scarlet, she made
a. nasty graD for the suit case, hop
6udi siope mm no one had seen
" an imot- she had been. . In her
s out or signt she did not
f? th." "ther euit case rested be
side the one she hair tair..
When the- train pulled in, an eager
crowd -.hastened to board it. Mary
hated, crowds, especially on hot days,
he stood back as the Others pushed
forward. She could not" restrain a
ea-sp as a young man made his way
... uui is .cccieston: Btie had
uim iur a year. sue was
sure it was he. One glance at his euit
" was lost tn the crowd, made
her doubly sure. It was stthe same
a ucia. u ney- naa: unwittingly dupli
Gated. Tirpen, t tn .
... , ' J nun auvilicr . LX1I
Tirst tnristmas they had been en-
ne tnougnt or their engage
ment made her. furious: What a siliy
girl she had been to imagine herself
engaged to such a heart-breaker, she
thought angrily. If only she had seen
.him before the ' train came in she
would "fiave told him Just how con
temptible she thought he was. A
whistle from the engine warned her
that there was no time to be lost. She
boarded the last coach and found a
seat. -'i
Mary usually enjoyed train Journeys,
ibut this afternoon she, could not settle
'-'r to,enJcy--4 anjithkusv .-The
thought of Harris "kept -coming up.
They had been a devoted, chuple until
he -had been jtransferred to. another
cltyj and even" then, for months his
letters had seemed as devoted as ever.
But a sudden change had become no
ticeable in his letters. "They -became
fewer and more reserved. Finally she
had written him and asl.ed- for an ex
planation, but he had nevel answered
the letter. That told her at once that
there was another girl In the case, andi
after waiting a month for a reply she
sent him his ring: She had not sent
an accompanying word,- but now she
wished she had sent him a letter tell
Ing him her opinion'-if h1m."r-It would
not haveMooRaTftleeMnt wrffiris;- llvv
she thought, as she-settled back (n
her seat and tried to '" enjoy looklmr
out of the window. The scenery didn't
interest her. She thouglH of the un
finished.' novel in her suit case and
reached for the baa; And opened it.
She nearly fainted from Fiirprisei The
suit case . was not her own. It was
fiUed - With man's wearing 'apparel.
Who did It heloner to and where was
hef suit case? She remembered thst
she must have made the change when
the alarm clock - -ent off on the sta
tion platform. She rummaged thrii
the clothes in hope of findina: jsome
thlng to Identify the owner. Right at
the bottom she found a leather-bound
diary. She opened it hastily and recog
nized something- strangely familiar in
the -writing, r' Tt'-was Harris's.' ' Her
name was the first to catch her prnhceV
SM looked at the-'date an4 found the
paragraph' had been written three
.months after Harris moved. "I have
heard today that Mary is going about
with -a medical student, but I don't
believe It," she , read. Mary eouM
hardly contain herself. Who had told
Harris such a contemptible thing? The
only medical student she -had evert
known was her cousin Ralph. Harris
knew him. of course, but didn't know
th!t he had started to medical school.
The next paragraph she read was
written about a month later. .It said:
"Mary's letters seem different I won
der if there 's anythintr In ihat medi
cal student story." .Vhy; that . was
the week - they Ttad Tiad .-the '.'recerd
rush at the office.- - She had been so
tired there war little wonder her let
ters had appeared "different!"
She turned to the date she judged
Harris would have got her letter, ask
ing -why he seemed so changed. Sure
enough, he had got it! "I received a
letter today from Mary, asking me the
cause of a change in the tone of my
letters. I realize that there Baa been
a change and have written Mary, and
told her the cause of it. I have of
fered to give her her freedom if she
loves the medical student-. I am wait
ing anxiously for a reply," she read.
Mary groaned. She had not received
the letter. Whatever in the wold
would Harris think of her? She
skimmed thru the next pegs. On ev
ery one disappointment was express
ed because of no reply to his letter.
After two weeks had passed,-, he, had
begun to think that silence- waaher
way of telling him that an was off.
When he receivd the ring back he
knew that that was so. "I can never
love another girl, but my only wish
Is that Mary will be happy," was the
sentence that caused the tears to start
in Mary's eyes-
What a silly girl she had been to
mistrust Harris! How unhappy she
had made him! ' How unhappy they
both bad been, and it wasn't really the
fault of either. Was it too late to
make amends? Harris was on that
train and she was going, to find him
and ten him all. She- grabbed the
suit case and started thru, the train
In search of him. ' -
Harris started when Mary put her
hand on his shoulder.
"Mary," he gasped. "Miss Hilton
is it Mrs 7"
'Xv Harris; it is still Mary." she
EAT FISH
THB FJinLV TIKSS 1 1 My OFF
. -kHL me OHN ' S V TH - SILK- '
. JOGOBLUE 61 1 "F9MW6 -
said bravelyi "Oh, Harris. I have Just
discovered our mistake'. '1 have your
suit case. I haveAfound -yeur diary
and have read it" She was sitting be
side him and telling him all about it
before she realized It.
"What a horrible year it has been
for us both." he bald, when she had
finished. "We will have to start over
again, Mary.. You have thought me a
brute. Isn't it a good thing your
alarm clock went off. Little did we
think that that Joke about giving each
other. suit cases would bring about a
result like, this." .
. "Look, Mary interrupted, -isn i
that the cut 'St Wile church over there.
It looks so peaceful. That ivy makes
it look, like a church, in a novel. An
Ivy-clad ' church makes such a pretty
ending- to stones, gasfgl&SZzSszZi??.
'"Let's get off r.t this- station and be
married there. 'We might -not find a
better ending to.our story," he smiled,
"The train is stwpping. We will
have to hurry. Don't shake my suit
case or thar alarm will go off and
everyone will stare at us," she cried,
excitedly.' . v
(CopyrlEliU 191. by MeClure Newapaper
Syndicate.)
TRAVELETTE
. BT N1KSAH '
. . . -w-V.:St J : :-
. To look at the leisurely'Uttle" town
of Visby, in 3otland. one wc-uW ne i-er
think that it 'waa pnee: the busiest and
richest port tn thai Baltic, and later a
pirate headquarters' feared thruont
northern Bniope.
U Vlsby today is a simple country
community, i nterested in Its market,
its rose gardens, and its neighborly
gossip. The, only Indications- of an
ever.tful past are , found' in-the 'sur
rounding stone walls built obviously to
keep out undesirable, visitors. -Busl-
r ,"nr. A.Xr.mh.
i-like towers and bastions enipha- ,
iness
sized the determination of the wealthy
citizens of pld Visby to? defend their
homes and riches '.o-the death,
Its wealth and ostentation l the
thirteenth century were-bt reat that
it was popularly reported that Jewels
were the playthings of Vi by maidens,
and that the women spun with golden
distaffs. l nese rumors 01 caratess
wealth roused Valdemar, the Dane, to
action. A maid or Visby, to avenge a
personal slight, betrayed her city to
the enemy, and Valdemar entered
easily thru the gates that appeared so
formidable. - " .
The plunder seeking Dan?s ordered
"three .vats brought to the market place
and filled with gold. With this, and
other booty that took their fancy, the
invaders- triumphantly set sail, only
to lose their treasure in a shipwreck.
That was the beginning of the fall
ofv Visby. Pirates claimed it. as a
meeung place ana reiuge, lis spienaon:
fell away, its fortunes waned, and
from Visby, the rich and fearful, it be
came Visby the quiet and the lowly.
HEART AND BEAUTY
' , PROBLEMS
BT MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.
'Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
of twenty years and I am going with
There are boys living in this towri
young man living in another town.
who have tried to stop Our friend- j
snip. inis young man tens me ne
thinks everything of me. He has
told me two or three times he would
be over and then did not come and
he has been acting very queerly to
ward me. Sunday night he came to
see me and said he knew he did not
treat1 me right and told, me what
these boys had said. They -tried to
break our friendship. My boy friend
till ho-wnnM drnn thm mnA An -t..,
i : ' " -
; is right It I would take him back.
would you take him back or stay
away from htm? HAPPY.
Giver the boy another chance, but.
do not appear to be eager 'to have
him come back.
- Dear Mra Thompson:
dress be washed nicely?
fhould it be
starched? THANK-. YOU.
A net dress may be laundered at
home very nicely. A very little starch
may be used if It Is desired to have
the dress slightly stiff, but if ironed
while it Is quite damp It will hare a
light stufness anyway.
AND SAVE MEAT SAYS
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BT ROT K. MOULTON
No use trying to learn how to pro-
riounco tnose - rench towns. The
American troops don't stop in them
long enough, - . - -
Speaking ot the elimination'", ot
swank, the walking sticks ai disap
pearing from- the- avenue-. Enough
wood has bfen-tised in? wsfking sticks
tc build, a . fleet of airships which
would wripe the western front off the
map. '
There is only one" ifgumenragalngt
the United States jumping In and
straightening out the affairs of Rus-
sis, . . . v , .
If we do that w(j are liable trfget
Trotzky back. ;
It Is only bis Just due to, state now;
even at this late date, that Compa
triot Simeon Ford is not the inventor
of the flivver. '
We have beeri asked about this a
great many times. . . .
It Wasn't even-one of his relative
who did the deed.
His Pise In th .hii, : :;
We'll give him i plaee "In '-tita-iyiCi -
WltU heat at a hundrtHfeLeosTJ V'
A suitable spot for a Htm .
with quaking end-quivering' knees. y.
The sunniest snot we ran. find. -i-
The hemp will-be dnnffiiug, near:
The platform Just built for his kind. -We
ll pull-the trap door with a cheer., ,
And when the, performance i done
. -And bis final Journey is made
To the piece where the beat records run, '
. He'll long for a place la the shade.
Stories are coming- In of farmers
getting lost in their corn fields and
sending up skyrockets to guide rescu-
Ins parties. It is to be hoped some of
tn kaiBer',Tnumerous espionage ex-
pens are passing the news along to
Berlin.-
. -Little Wartime Economics.' '
Abolish your dining room and rent
i 11 to .some . eligible single gentleman
bedrpom. thereby gaining several
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Buy a second-hand cutaway coat
and black ti and go out buttling.
Butlers are scarce and those we see
on the stage and in the movies seem
to be well fed. They draw good sal
aries. - - ' .
You must wear -rubber heels to
avoid headaohea. Headaches make
for - inefficiency. Genuine rubber
heels are expensive, but you can find" a
Verv satisfactory 1ibatltittA In th. wa
pancake your wife makes according to
me accepiea recipe. A pair of these
pancakes will wear all winter in the
-
The old-fashioned garbage problem
has gone to the realm - where the
woodbine twineth, along with the ser
vant problem. S
'Ko garbage, no problem., 1
Any American who has sought to
force an electric lighting company to
retreat from the original figure on its
bill will not be impressed by the com
paratively small task of driving the
Germans out of France. .
But it doesn't seem possible that
i Germany could have run out of braes.
E3
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges Barley Meal
War Bread ' Eggs
Coffee Elderberry Jelly
LUNCHEON.
Potatoes Fried in Milk
War Ri-Mttl - i
Peach Butter Stewed Corn
Tea Rice Boiled in Milk
DINNER
Potatoes Boiled With Beef Bones
fcan a netiC0 n1 Barley Fritters Ieft over)
: tomato Kenan
- Cream of Rye Bread and Biscuit
Baked Apple- Nut Margarine
Cereal Coffee
Breads.
Oatmeal Bread One and one-half
cups rolled oats, two teaspoons salt.
HOOVER
one-half cup sugar, two cupsBbillfla;
water, one cake compressed yeast, fivta
cups flour. r&S&'S.-jft iS.'feyi
Mix together- oats, sugar nd.'saft.'
Pour over two cups boRing water, iet
stand until "lukewarm, then add yeatr,
which has been dissolved in one-quarter
cup of lukewarm, water. Then add
five cups of wheat flour. Knead.
Ellgbtly and set 'in warm placet. Jtt'
rise about two hours, knead thoroly.v
form in loaves and put into pans. Let
rise again until light. Bake about
fifty minutes. ,
Cinnamon Bread One TOrf cup
butter, one cup- sugar, one teaspoon
cinnamon, one-half-cup milk, one egr
of egg substitute, twe caps- flour, two
teaspoons baking POJf Jna,t evV
raisins.' . " '- , !
, Bake in thin sheets and while hotl
spread with- butter and ' spi khkle with;
powdered sugar and cinnamon. . j
' Barley' -Gingerbread Oae-quarterl
cup butter or shortening, one-half cup!
sugar, one-half cup New Orleans mo-i
lassesr one cup rich sour milk or bui-
termilk. one egg-(beater), two cups
barley flour, one teaspoon Hnger, one
half' teaspoon cinnamon,- salt to taste,
one scant teaspoon soda.' -9
flft flour, salt, spices ui. d soda to
gether and ntli in order given. Bake
in sheet for; twenty-five, to' thirty
minutes. ,
- '' Tried nepii.jii. s
" Baked -Cornmeal PwttdtiSgi,. HfrotAi
above menu) Two-thirflav cup corn--,
meal stirred Into one qua ml!c Which,,
has been scalded; let IV partly ooU -add
one beateji egg, oup saistns. mar
garine, size of egg. Bake. Berve wit h
lemon sauce.
Hominy Mush One-half cutr fine
br.mlny. , one-half teaspoon salt, three
cups boiling water. Put all together
in doufcla holier, ooolr three hours
Add more water at mush seems stiff.
All preparations of corn absorb- a
great deal of water in cookingand
hominy usually needs . a Uttie mora
than four times its bulk. . . .. ;
DINNER STORIES
He had been nuirried.-sihptlta yearj
and had taken to spending Ilia even
ings down town with the boys. One
night his conscience .worried hlrh and
he thought he would 'phone his wife
and get ber to come down and meet
him and have dinner with him. 84
he called her up. -
"Hello, kid." he began. -"Say, slip
on some old clothes, and -run down
and meet me on the quiet. . We'll hava
a good dinner and then we'll .get .
machine and go cut and smear a llttio
red paint around. How about tt?"
"I'll be delighted to Join you. Jack.
was the reply. "But why not coma un
to the house and gee. me ? Tbera'av
nobody home!". , , '
As the young husband's name tat
Tom. he spends his evenings at homa
now. "
And his wife wears a queer smite
when he isn't looking at her. - . "
"I suppose. Eileen." the huaewffa
remarked to the new 4jrt. wlsgs
feigned Indifference, "that you asei
heard my husband snri - mfi'mnrifn
ing rather earnestly this morning, f
hope, however, that you did not think
anything unusual was going on ?"
"Niver a bit. mum. Of wamt had
a husband maself. an' niver a daw
passed that th' neighbors didn't r a
lav one or the other uv aa would bo
! ki,t entoirely.'
Xamrs In the 3fcrm
Depth Bomb is a form of oossnk
which so far lias proved t hat snasst
iirp fill H v,- 1 '... rt. , 4 j . .
I submarine- It tm loaded - wttA fmrm
29 to Se pound of hiaTa, stiiIiIsi
usually TNT. and la carried la
special apparatus at the star "4. tato
ship, where It is so aditart Uaat ft
can do Instantly dropped. Tho borarla
Is provided with aa appliance thjg
is set to snak it explode under water.
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