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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL-FRIDAY EVKNING, MAY 16, 1919
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VOLUME XLI No. 117
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ton. D. C.
: The outlook for cheaper bread next
fall is encouraging. It seems hardly
"jiossible that the price of wheat can
Jons remain above the government
guaranteed price. The report of the
-department of agriculture for May es
timates the winter wheat crop at 900,
000,000 bushels in round numbers.
With aa estimate of 350,000,000 bush
els, part of which has pot been seed
ed, a total wheat crop of 1.250,000.000
bushels is possible for the Unitel
States. Allowing 600.000,000 bushels
for bread and seed requirements for
this country and 650,000,000 bushels
for- export, this will still leave approx
imately 76,000,000 bushels outside the
estimate of European requirements.
Baaed on $2.26 per bushel, the gov
ernment guaranteed price, the wheat
crop is valued at $2,034,000,000. The
estimated yield for rye is 123,000,000
bushels, which compares with 100,-
,,000,000 bushels last month and with
:-the record of 89.000,000 bushels last
ear. The condition of wheat for May
ft was 100.5 per cent, the highest
known on wintea wheat for that pe-
' Hod. It compares with 99.8 laat
month, 86.4 last year and a ten year
'average of 8 5.4 per cent. Approxi
mately only 1 per cent of the wheat
acreage has be abandoned, leaving
.4S.S33.000 acres to be harvested.
j" New words have been introduce!
Into the utterances of German offi
c!a!i since the submission of the peacj
Kiealy. These ;ire "vanquished" and
,.J"deitated," an-1 ar t..ed in describ
dnsf the condifon of (Germany. They
..6-fford the first evidence given by the
Huns that they realize that they were
whipped. The use of thesa words in
this connection argues that Germany
is attaining a more wholesome frame
of mind.
At Versailles there has been ad
vanced a proposal to pool the ships
of the German merchant marine ami
jlivlde them among the allies in the
proportion of tonnage-losses during
the' war. It is easy to see who would
get the lion's share. It is doubtful
.that the altruism of the American
"people would extend so far as to ren
.der them willing to surrender the ves
sels interned in this country before the
war. The government expended a
large sum on those ships in repairing
the damages done to them by the Ger
man crews. To give them up, how
ever, would be in line with the prece
dent established when we paid Spain
$20,000,000 for the Philippines, which
. already were ours by the laws of war.
There are many indications that the
division of the spoils of war at the
peace conference will leave sore spots
"Which dnly a league of nations will be
able to heal. Only the most careful
handling of international questions for
years to come can prevent other wars.
'National selfishness is far from being
removed from the world.
The railroad administration ran be
hind $192,000,000 in the first three
months of 1919, or at the rate of
768. 000,000 per year, which would
he an average tax of about $7 ver cap
ita upon very man, woman and child
fin the Country, or-about $30 per fam
ily. Government operation of public
Utilities comes high but It seems we
must have it, at least while the coun
try is at war.
The war is over, so far as our mili
tary exertions are concerned. Con
tracts for war supplies are being
closed out as rapidly as possible, the
enldlers are being demobilized, and
the country is returning to a peace
basis. But the offices at Washington
Continue to be as congested as beforet
In fact additional clerks are being en
paged every day. For instance, dur
ing the week ending April 26, 1,084
clerks were discharged and 1,500 en
gaged. In spite of its diminishing ac
tlvities, the war department In those
six days took on 280 employes, the
treasury 118, and the department of
commerce 80. put it may be that the
government merely is providing Jobs
for returning soldiers.
WHEN PRICKS WILL FALL.
An explanation for the much re
duced purchasing power of the dollar
was given recently in the British
house of lords by Lord D'Abernon.
According to Lord D'Abernon, the de
preciation in the value of the dollar,
or as he terms it, money, which ap
proximates 50 per cent, is due to the
(treat increase, during the war, in the
quantity of legal tender in circulation.
Since 1914 the paper currency of the
leading nations has increased from
five billion dollars to thirty billion
dollars. That means, says the British
economist, that the amount of legal
tender has increased so much more
rapidly than the amount of commodi
ties in use, that it has had a very im
portant effect on the level of prices.
In studying the fluctuating value of
the dollar, that is its value as a me
ddium of exchange, a bedium for ob
taining the necessities of life, says In
vestment News, one must be careful to
discriminate-between cause and effect.
The' diminished purchasing power of
the dollar is not the cause of the high
er costs of necessities, rather it is the
effect; and the higher cost of necessi
ties and commodities, labor included,
is due not so much to the increased
output of paper currency given the
value of legal tender, as to the greater
increased demand from all over the
world for these commodities and their
very much decreased production dur
ing war times.
Paper currency was issued during
war days by various nations for no
other purpose than to retain a gold
reserve and by so doing conserve their
credit. Unwilling to pay in gold, the
nations at war resorted to their credit,
and the various governments of Eu
rope, those of Great Britain, France.
Italy. Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Russia found no alternative available
than issuance of paper currency. As
the demand for war munitions, food
stuffs, etc., became more voluminous
and more exacting, prices went up;
more paper currency, still based upon
the nations' credits was issued, and
larger amounts were called for to pay
for needed articles.
Kven had there been gold enough
to pay in the yellow metal, there is
little doubt that the same phenome
non of rising prices would have taken
place. In this way the actual pur
chasing value of the dollar diminisher.
Not until production is again ma
terially enhanced will there be aiy
general and suff'ci-nt decline in prices
to approac htha former status of the
working world. When workers in
Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany,
Austria-Hungary, llussia, in fact, all
of Europe, and to a very large extent
the rest of the world, Jhave resumed
their places at the bench, the shop,
the foundry, and elsewhere, and whfn
they produce in the interests of peace
and not of war, will a satisfactory re
adjustment be effected. When that
Say retuTnig, the prices for commodi
ties and foodstuffs will fall; the pur
chasing power of the dollar will in
crease and the interchange of necessi
ties fir money assume a- more equit
able basis.
DINNER STORIES
Here is another story from Mr. J.
C. Percy's "Bulls and Blunders." A
cranky, impecunious doctor was trav
eling third class when a laborer got
into the compartment at a wayside
station and immediately lighted his
pipe. The tobacco was strong and the
smoke got into the medical gentle
man's eyes, nose and throat. At length
he could stand it no longer, so, touch
ing the "son of toil" on the shoulder,
he quietly remarked: "You will par
don me, but I am a medical man, and
my twenty years experience has
taught m- that all the bad cases of
cancer of the tongue come from smok
ing had tobacco."
"Well," said the laborer, removing
his pipe, and looking straight into tfie
eyes of his new'y-made acquaintance,
"my forty years' experience has taught
me thaY all the bad cases of black eyes
and bloody noses come from interfer
ing with other people's business."
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
. Wlirre Is the painter, Michael Angelo,
buried y K. A. H.
A. His tomb is in the Church of Santa
Croce, Florence, Jtaly.
. Whrn did the 5 per cent tax on
pianos xn into effect? A. V.
A. Thin tnx went into effect on Febru
ary 2.". 1!10. the date on which the revenue
hill of 11H8 whs passed. The first monthly
retnrn bv dealer should have beeu made
on March 31, WW.
Q. How is the Chinese dish Chow Mcine
made? I. 1.
A. Chop nd mix nrt cupful nf chop
ped v..l, one nud one-bulf cups of celery,
one-lmlf cup of water chestnuts, one-half
cupful of mushrooms, and one-unlf cupful
of biimhoo tins, chopped fine. Cook over
slow fire, Kilrrinff cnMniitiy until tie
meat is done, and the vegetables are tender.
Then steam three cupful of nooilles ntll
they become soft, and frv In deep tut until
brown. Smother with first mixture and
serve.
. Name some of the men prominent in
American affairs who were fnregu horu.
Where was each born M. V. W.
A. William H. Wilson, secretary of
labor, w.is born in Scotland: Andrew Car
nejtie. born in Scotland; Samuel tintuperV
born In KnIaml: Alexander G. Hell, bom
In Scotland : Hear Admiral WtlHat.i S.
Sims, born in Ontario. Canadu: and frank.
Itn K. Lnne, secretary of the interior, bora
iu Uauada.
Q. Pid the American Tied Cross rare for
the American soldiers wounded iu France?
A. No. They were rared for by the
medical corps of the army with its own eu
liated personnel and nurse corps.
(Any reader of The State Journal who
wants the facts on any subject can tec u re
prompt service by writing The Topeka
State Journal information bureau. Frederic
.T. Ha skin, director. Washington, U. C.
State your question briefly and enclose
a three-cent stamp for ntnrn nostaee. a M
inquiries are confidential. Nie replies Leing
sent direct to each individual.)
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
BI WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
For May 18 is "The Grace of God."
Eph. 2: 4-10; Titus 2:11-14.
Mercy Triumphant Thru Tragedy.
The greatest problem of all ages and
all lands has been how to keep good
men from becoming bad and at the
same time to know what to do with
bad men who are determined to keep
themselves bad and make others like
unto them. The child of the highest
civilization and the son of the deepest
savagery are here seen upon the same
level. Human life is unendurable
where sin taints and wrecks the gains
both of thought and of material en
deavor. Education, culture, wealth
what are these worth where depraved
passion has made them all its slaves?
A millionaire's home on Murray Hill
becomes quite as horrible a hell as any
Mulberry street sub-tenement when a
conflagration of evil passion burns
unchecked.
The story of the deulge, well-nigh a
universal tradition, gives us certain
teachings upon the ways of God's
mercy, moving thru the tragic and
terrible events of life toward an ulti
mate triumph of goodness over evil.
Kin Self-Destructive.
The story of conditions in the an
cient world before the time of Noah
corresponds to many a dark narrative
of later ages. Evil is increasing
among the children of men. The hour
when the creator looked foith upon
the- works of his hands and pro
nounced them "very good" seems to
have passed, never to come back. The
deeds and the desires of men wax
worse and worse. Horrible crime and
passion produce more daring designs
and imaginations, which in turn bear
swift-maturing fruit. "Where will the
broadening cycle of depravity end?
Seemingly only in the self-inflicted
destruction of the sinners. "Let us
eat and drink for tomorrow we die!"
Sin is suicide. "O Israel, thou hast
destroyed thyself!" is the phophet's
true interpretation of the nation's
plight in a later age of its career. So
fell ancient Greece, perverting its love
of beauty into unbridled lust, and de
basing its power of soble thought to
lowest levels of casuistry. So fell
Home In the hour of her greatest
wealth and world-wide possessions. So
will fall any nation, and city, and
home, and soul, that lets sin have free
course. The worst penalty of sin is
sin working out its own nature and
producing its inevitable sequences.
Have the fires of hell cooled because
men no longer believe in a literal and
physical flame of brimstone? Not so.
When a soul going on in the self de
struction courses of sin comes to say
"Myself am hell!" he is reaching the
limit of conceivable agony.
The' Sphere of Moral Surgery.
"What is God's way of meeting this
mad rush of humanity on the tobog
gan slide of ever-deeper sin? Shall
a world of beauty and wondrous pos
sibility lie fallow and idle because
man, the glory and crown of creation
has -blotted himself out of existence?
What is the remedy? One that in its
terribleness shail fit the awful malady
of the patient.
Here is a cancer sufferer. The lit
tle spot of diseased tissue, seemingly
so trivial, is spreading. Every day
sees larger ravages of the devouring
demon. Skin and nerve and sinew
waste away before its merciless ap
proach. Agony, indescribable now,
and presaging worse things in the
future, is the victim's lot. What shall
be done? A poultice? A perfumed
lotion to counteract the offense of the
senses? Concealment by bandage
and elaborate screening? No- There
is only one resort. The operating ta
ble the keen, glittering knife, whose
swift movement shall go faster and
further than the cancer's progress.
And so the surgeon stands prepared,
bending above the diseased tissue, and
ready for his work. Is he merciless
as his strokes cut and cut again? Is
it cruelty to thus mutilate? No, it is
supreme mercy; it is greatest kind
ness. Even go the story of the deluge
stands out as the earliest and sublim
est representation of a divine mercy
that shrinks not from moral surgery
where nothing else will avail. To save
the good by removing that whieh is
hopelessly bad; trfreplace contagion
by isolation; to look beyond the ter
rible processes of the immediate pres
ent to the results that in due season
shall appear that is divine. It is
God's way where no other way will
avail. It is divine wisdom where hu
man devices are avowedly helpless
However awful the tragedy, however
fearful the picture of desolated realms
and countless corpses as the waves re
cede, it is far less appalling than the
thought of humanity's doom if left
to itself to continue unchecked the
course of self -destructive madness
which was invading all realms of
man's being.
For be it ever remembered the story
of the deluge ooes not end as the
waters reach their utmost height, anoi
tne inundation of plain and valley and
hillside comes to its climax. God has
not forefotten what has been blotted
out of sight by the rising and engulf
ing billows. The end? No, the end
is not yet Some things axe Indeed
ended but only that others may begin.
What next?
The Stimulus of a Fresh Start.
Who does not respond to such an
incentive whenever and wherever it
comes? The new yeai. after the
weeks and months of the old one have
been crowded with mishaps and fail
ures and follies: the new home, where
old associations are gone, with their
enticing temptations; the new task,
with better adaptation to one's pow
ers and one's likings all these things
send a thrill of- new purpose into the
soul that has grown burdened and
hopeless under old conditions.
Here was the merciful purpose of
God, revealed clearly in the outcome
of this tragic chapter, but to be equal
ly attributed to every portion of it. A
new start for a world that had gone
wrong! The dove that flies forth and
comes back with the first symbol of
cheer goes out again and returns no
more. The ark, its purpose achieved,
is abandoned, its one j?afe voyage a
sufficient, return for all the labor spent
upon it. The preacher of righteous
ness delivered, not alone from the per
ils of the rising waters, as they creep
higher and higher above hilltop and
mountain summit, but from the grave
perils of the floods of ungodliness and
depravity which had raged around his
household In the old days for him
and his a new world indeed opens as
they go forth from a captivity which
had meant a deliverance.
So it often is, so it might much
oftener be. when God sends into in
dividual lives some startling provi
dence which causes old things to pass
away and al! things to become new.
Many a deluge of financial disaster
leaves a man bereft, bewildered and
perhaps tempted to despair; but out
of the very ruins of an old life there
may be built a fairer and a better
fabric
The Bow of Promise.
It Is ever present, just as sunlight
flashing across raindrops has ever,
from the eariest dawn of creation,
caused the prismatic colors to appear
But men do not always see it; and
we will need the clear revelatiqjj of
the meanings of the Almighty to see
the tokens of a sure and sound hope
amid the storms of life. '
There Is hope which "springs eter
nal in the human heart, but which is
a human instinct rather than a spe
cial divine gift. There is a hope
which is born only of faith, a confi
dence which comes "out of the
depths," when we have entered them
and emerged, conscious of God's pres
ence and guidance at every point of
the journey. For to the belieyer in
Gods-goodness in all things, because
he is able to look beyond the begin
nings to-a final goal, the bow of prom
ise ever appears. No midnight can
banish the clear shining of the Sun of
Righteousness; and wherever his
beams glint across the storms of trial
and tribulation, the glories of a more
than earthly hope crown all the con
quests of God's mercy.
"Sometimes a light surprises
The Christian while be sings;
It is the Lord who rises
With healing In bis wings.
When comforts are declining
ile grants the soul again
A season of clear shining
Tu cheer it after rain.
ia.Jrape
CLOUDS.
Clouds are wat makes the scenery
in the sky. Wen th.eres enuff of them
that all you .an see. but the sky takes
up so mutch space that it wouldent
be eny use of Jest a few clouds trying
to make a cloudy day.
"Wen a big black cloud goes in frunt
of the sun the sun disappeers. but wen
a little wite one goes in frunt of it the
cloud disar peers. This proves you
cant allways ixpeck to do a thing jest
because you see sumbody elts do it.
Clouds genrelly wate till a lot of
them get together before they start
to rain, because if peeple saw jest one
cloud raining by itself they wouldent
even take the trubble to go in the
house. Therefore wen theres no clouds
its a sine that if it rains it will be
unixpected.
Clouds are all sorts of shapes, de
pending on the clouds'and your imagi
nation. One persin mite think a cloud
looks like a elofunt. but the morehe
argews the less enybody elts will ad
mit it. This proves that everybody is
intitled to their own opinion.
Herds can fly rite thru clouds and
proberly do. -. . :?
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BT ROY K. MOULTON
It may have been noticed by some
of our regular readers that this col
umn has been rather full of wheezes
lately, grabbed- from hither and yon.
The reason is that we have been hav
ing the flu, which for several days set
our well-known efficiency back about
sixteen kilowatts. Being fat "and
lazy," as Burns Mantle says, the flu
struck us rather hard, but we got out
in time to wear our last year's Easter
hat and take part in the parade. We
were a little slow about having this
fashionable ailment, but, as somebody
said: "Better late than never."
Benjamin Franklin Holzman tells
us of his conception of the champion
tough-luck guy of the universe a
friend of his. This man paid for a
$1,000 operation on his wife on Thurs
day and on Friday she sued him for
divorce.
MY HUSBAND AND 1
BT JNE
THE PROMOTER'S WIFE
BARBARA MARKS TWO CAIXS
AXD IS FURTHER DISTURBED.
CHAPTER LXV.
To my disappointment Lorraine
was not at home. I really felt badly,
I did not want to return home, and
could think of no other friend upon
whom I dared to call in the mood I
then was in. Suddenly I thought of
Blanche Orton. While I was jealous
of her, disliked her, I received her
at my house and on occasion visited
her. Perhaps if I were very tactful I
might get something from her.
"To Mrs. Orton's, Thomas." I
would try it. Anything was better
than fretting and fuming at home.
''Mrs. Orton will be down in a mo
ment," the trim little maid told me.
After w.aiting about ten minutes I
heard the rustle of silk and Blanche
appeared in one of those wonderful
negligees of hers. A daringly design
ed affair, but wonderfully becoming.
"What a lovely (Oriental looking
robe," I exclaimed after she had
greeted me. Unconsciously thinking
what a lot it must have cost.
"Isn't it! I am horribly extrava
gant when it comes to this sort of
thing. But I just have to liave them,
that's all."
"I should have them, too, if I could
wear them. But such extreme styles
are not becoming to me. Some way
I look too fanciful in them."
We talked of people we knew, of
the new plays, and of clothes, that
never failing topic when two worrfen
are together. I tried for a long time
to screw up my courage to say some-:
thing about Neil, and finally she gave
me an opening.
"I am so restless when he is away,
I said with a little laugh, "I think I
am worse than when we were first
married. I roam over the house, go
shopping, but can't keep stilly a mo
ment." Sr'he raised her eyebrows,
then;
"But how charming. Tou have
been married let me see, how long?"
"Oh. I know I am silly," I interrupt
ed, not qmte liking her tone, nor the
lifted eyebrows.
"What do you do when he is out.
Tou -are often alone evenings, are you
not?" It was an impudent question,
impudently asked, but I would not
quarrel with her. that had not been
my object in calling.
"Not often unless he is over here
with you." It was a bold stroke. But
it would at least let her know I was
aware he visited her without me.
EVENING STORY
Wanted A Chauffeur.
BT BERTHA R. M'DONALD. (
When Mrs. Hastings discovered her
daughter Mildred had promised to
marry Harry Preseott she raised a
great disturbance and forbade the
young people seeing each other. She
was determined to marry Mildred to
one of the millionaires who visited
their summer resort every year, and
Mildred was equally determined to
answer the call of her own heart only.
So there had arisen between the two
a battle royal in which the community
was greatly interested.
Harry Prescott's only rault lay in
the fact that he was a struggling bar
rister, with no particular fortune save
his honest heart and steady ways, but
that was sufficient to taboo him for
ever as a future son-in-law for the
fastidious Mrs. Hajtfngs.
She was harassed night and day
trying to keep the lovers apart, but
the town was not large and nothing
short of locking her daughter up
seemed to solve the problem.
. "Mildred," she said one day, seem
ingly apropos of nothing. "How would
you like to make your Uncle William
a little visit?"
"I'd love it!" answered the daughter.
"But why the change of heart, Mum
sie?'" "There's been no change of heart. I
suppose it's no more than human to
allow you to visit your dead father's
brother once in a while, even if I
don't particularly like him."
Mildred was a wise child. She saw
fit not to question th- goods the gods
provided and went away with a song
in her heart and a merry twinkle in
her eye, while Mrs. Hastings sighed
a sigh of great relief with each suc
ceeding mile which rolled between her
daughter and "that insignificant
Preseott."
Uncle William was delighted to
have his favorite niece with him.
"Do you shinny a car about as well
as ever'" he asked, pinching her rosy
cheek.
"When Mumsie lets me out, but
she's so afraid I'll smile on some man
a few cents less thayn a billionaire that
she rarely lets mf drive alone."
"Well, you can go alone here all
you like, and when you get tired of
driving the car yourself we'll adver
tise for a chauffeur."
One day soon after this an idea
popped into Mildred's little brown
head which refused to be silenced, and
she remarked casually to her uncle:
"I had a letter from Mumsie this
morning she's about ready to whisk
me home again. There's a brand new
millionaire in town."
"Bother take th millionaires! I
need you here."
"We'll put off the evil day as long
as possible, Uncle, but don't you think
we'd better get the new chauffeur and
let me break him in before I have to
go?"
"Well, maybe, but you 'tend to it
put the ad in .and then I'll interview
the scamps as they come along."
Of course it couldn't have been Mil
dred's fault that there was only one
applicant in answer to their adver
tisement; and if Mildred was just a
wee bit nervous when the applicant
was being interviewed Uncle William
never appeared to notice it. Mildred
proceeded to "break in" the new
chauffeur with a vengeance, bm if
uncle noticed any growing intimacy
between the two ho made no com
ment. Finally. Mildred decided to take
Uncle William into her confdence. The
animosity between him and her moth
er was thoroly mutual, and she was
reasonably sure of his being a strong
ally in any project which was some
thing Mrs. Hastings did not want-
"I suppose you've guessed, uncle
dear, that Mumsie sent me here to
get me away from a man she didn't
like?" she queried.
"Urn er perhaps."
'Well, she did, and he's the very
nicest man you'd ever want to know,"
"Who is this paragon, anyway?"
"At present he's your chauffeur, but
most of the time he's the smartest
lawyer in our city."
And then uncle laughed long and
loud and merrily.
"What are you going to do about
it?" he asked when he could get his
breath.
"I'm going to marry him by some
PHIXPS
"Well that Is rather often." She
drawled the remark.
"Yes. but when it is business a wo
man will concede a lot, you know."
"When it is business yes."
Her tone, the repetition of my own
words made me flush with anger.
What was she trying to do? Was
she intending to imply that Neil came
to see her socially, not on business?
I bit my lips to keep back a retort
suited to her implication, then said
instead:
"You see Xeil knows so nany peo
ple." has business with them. Really,
I tell him sometimes that his acquain
tance is becoming too numerous. Thai
it is fortunate we have decided upon
so large a home, that we will need
it to entertain them all."
"Your home is charming, exquisite.
Are you proposing to entertain a good
deal? I judge so from your remark."
"Yes, I shall almost immediately
give some small affair3, then later,
some larger oms The house is not
quite reudv, but will be very soon."
"How delightful! I suppose you
have made up your lists. If you need
any men to Jill out, I know some de
lightful fellows who ara popular, and
who would be a great aAJition to any
social affair." -
"I shan't forget, but will call upon
you if I need them." We were talk
ing 'all around Robin Hood's barn,
and g3tting nowhere,' as father issd
to say. So I plunged in, remarking:
"How can you endure those coarse
vulgar men Neil sees when he talks
his business here with you?" It was
crude, tactless, but I had become des
perately anxious to find out about
Neil's affairs. I had been thwarted
at the office, ani would not be here
if I could help it.
"What a question! she laughed, but
there was no laughter in her tone. "I
endure them because I like Neil, and
am willins to crucify myself to help
him, which I understand is n ere than
you are willing to do." She spoke very
slowly, haltingly almcst.
"Indeed it -is: I can't endure tn as
sociate with such people. I think Neil
is to be congratulated thai he has a
friend so unselfish. For of course
you reap no benefits from these or
gies." It was not politic, but I could
not help it. Then I left, boiling with
indignation, while she smilingly bade
me good-bye, and asked me to come
soon again.
(Tomorrtiw: Barbara welcomes Neili
more eagerly than ever before.
hook or crook but I promised dear
old dad I'd never marry without Mum
sie's consent, and J want you to help
me get it."
"Leave it to me, Milly, my girl.
We'll have her eating out of our hand
yet."
That same day Mrs. Hastings was
thrown, into hysterics by the receipt
of the 'following- telegram:
"Millie bound to marry my chauf
feur. What shall I do?"
A telegram being entirely too slow
for the enraged mother, she sought
refuge in a long-distance telephone
call, and when she finally succeeded
in getting Uncle William on the wire,
she was so flustered she could barely
make herself intelligible.
"Has has she married him yet?"
she finally managed to ask.
"'Not yet, Maria, but I don't know
how long I can hold out against her."
"Oh, save, me, William for your
dead brother's sake save me from
this awful disgrace!"
"Is there anybody there back
home? If she's bent on getting mar
ried, perhaps "
"Yes yes there is!" exclaimed
Mrs. Hastings, grasping as a dying
man at the proverbial straw. "She's
been in love with Harry Preseott, a
young, lawyer here. Tell her if she'll
only come home she can marry him
any time she wants to. I'll promise
her anything!"
Uncle William went back to the
lovers, accompanied by a poorly con
cealed smile of triumph.
"Milly." he said, "your mother says
to some norne and marry Preseott
that a lawyer, even if he is poor. Is
more dignified to have in the family
than a chauffeur. But we'll take no
chances on her changing her mind.
I've sent for a minister-and we'll tie
that knot good and tight right here
before you start back."
So Mildred married the humble
Preseott after all, and with her moth
er's run and free consent.
(Copyright, 1010, by tlie MeClure News
paper Syndicate.)
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DrX
.World's Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Parasitic Children. 2.
All of us know some strapping big
youth who loafs around, and plays
pool while his frail old mother's work
knotted hands support him. He is
the young man whose laziness and
worthlessness his mother tries to
camouflage by always telling us about
finding any congenial occupation, and
how unlucky John is in his never
so he is just home for a little while
a while that lengthens out until the
pallbearers carry poor, overworked
mother to her first, and last rest.
And all of us know the colossal
egotists, and adamantinely selfish
young people who capitalize their ro
mance at their parents' expense.
There is John who Jias never sup
ported himself but who takes unto
himself a wife and lays the burden
of her support on father's and moth
er's already overburdened shoulders.
There is Sally who falls in love with
a worthless man and who persists in
marrying .him in spite of all the warn
ings and entreaties that are given
her. In a few years Sally gets tired
of fishing a drunken husband out of
the gutter, and being starved, and
beaten, and she comes home to moth
er and father and with two or three
sickly and neurotic little drunkard's
children for thenv to raise.
Apparently it never occurs to these
parasitic children what a cruel and
brutal theng they do. They never
seem to think that when parents raise
their children to maturity . they have
done their full duty by them, and
that the children have no right to
expect to be supported any longer,
and still less right to thrust their own
nhiMrpn'e ;n nnrt rn Vi f m -
To bring up a family of children
for a poor man and woman a long
succession of sacrifices and self de
nial, of toil and bitter privations. The
father is a slaare to his children. He
must crucify every taste and every
longing; he dares use no penny of
what he earns for his own personal
pleasure because it takes every cent
to feed and clothe and educate the
children. The mother's life is one
long stretch of weary days and anx
ious nights, one long turmoil of la
bor, and scrimping, and saving, of
sacrifices, and selfish devotion to her
brood.
And the old people look forward
to a littlo ease, to a little letting up
of the strain, a few extra comforts
and indulgences when their children
are grown, and they are robbed of
these by the hand they loved and
trusted if the child turnu out to be a
parasite.
That is why I would ask every
young majt and woman: Are you a
clinging vine that is surely sucking
the sap out of the parent tree and
killing '? If you are, quit it. In the
name of humanity get out and do
something for your father and moth
er. Don't let them do anything more
for you. And don't marry until you
can support your own family.
(Copyrighted. 1010, by the Wheeler Syndi
cate, iUC.J
THE SECOND EDITION-
Seems like I'm livin' over all the childhood
thnt I knew.
An' dnin' all the reckless things that once
I used to do
For that litHe chap beside me with the
toused idiftck of hair
That is always into trouble an' his
mother's (creates; rare
Is the image of bis daddy, in his every act
I seo
The living, moving picture of the boy I
used 4o be.
People say that lie's jut like me an I
guess it must be true
For lie's simply doio' over all the things
I need to do.
You'll find him g;iyly wingin from the
top branch of a tree
Or tight-rope walkin fence tops with bis
two arms wavin free
An he's never really happy till he's wal
lowed in the dirt
An he keeps hin mother busy sewtn' but
tons on bis shirt.
The women folks all wonder where be gets
his heedless ways.
But I know that the? are rooted in my by
gone yesterdays
An I see in vtry action what his mother
cannot know
That he's simply livin' over all my life
of long ago.
An they nny that I should atop him wbea
ne risks bis prefioas- pat
An change his willful nature, but it's forty
years too late.
Copyright 11)19 br Krigar A. uet. ,
New York Cotton Market.
New York. Mar lfl, COTTON Spot,
steady ; middling,. 30.06,
BIG DOLLAR DAY!
Bargain Eyent Brings Crowds
'to Topeka Today.
Stores Crowded With "Shop
pers" and Buyers.
This Is Dollar Day In Topeka.
Never before have the stores 'en
joyed such a business .on this bargain
event.
Despite the threatening weather the
farmers drove in from considerable
distance. And the showers failed to
daunt the spirits of the thousands of
town buyers who flocked downtown
early this morning and who were stilt
jamming the stores at a late hour
this afternoon.
Merchants report that in many in
stances the clerical forces have been
unable to take care .of the buyers
without delay.
City railway agents report that
hundreds of out of town shoppers
came in on early morning and after
noon trains.
Dollar Day has become a long
planned and looked-for bargain event
in Topeka.
EASTWARD, HO!
Stream of Humanity Turns
Back Toward Europe.
Aliens Leaving This Country
. In Large Numbers.
"Washington, May 16. A wide
spread exodus of aliens from this
country was reported today by tne de
partment of labor. Inquiries by the
department's investigation and inspec
tion service have revealed that al
ready large numbers of foreign born
residents are leaving the country and
that even more expect to depart when
steamship accommodations and pass
ports can be obtained.
Unemployment and family- Interests
were said to b important factors in
stimulating the eastward flow of the
human tide which for decades has
set only westward. Ethelbert Stewart,
director of the investigation service,
said there also is the desire of many
foreign born to return to lands now
freed from German or Austrian domi
nation.
Figures from many cities show that
fully 50 per cent of the aliens of cer
tain races intend to return to Europe,
many of them to remain there, in
an Indiana city with a large Human
ian population, from 40 to 50 per cent
want to return to their home land.
Already 150 Italians and 100 Greeks
have left this city. An investigation
by a steel plant showed that 61 per
cent of its alien employes declared
their intention to return, and of this
number 91 per cent said they were
going to stay.
A prominent Hungarian of Chicago
estimated that 50 per cent of the
30.000 unnaturalized Austro-Hungar-ians
in that city would return to
Europe. fIn a Connecticut city with a
Polish population of about six thou
sand from 1,500 - to 2,000 expect to
return. -
Amonf? Lithuanians there s a
strong feeling that if7 Lithuania be
comes independent there would-be a
large movement back to that country.
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS '
R. T. Flora, Etate" meteorologist. Is out
of tlie oity on a tour, of inspection to the
weather bureau stations at Clyde ana Clay
( 'entpp.
rof. Roy Towne nf AVashburn eollege
will lecture to his Ffblr claxs Kunriuy st
lO a. m. nt the irtt t ongrepational chureti,
corner Seventh and Harrison streets. All
men are welcome.
Rifle and nisto! experts from the Kan
sas National iiuard will represent the suite
at the national rifle and ptetol meet at
Caldwell. N. J., August 25-.10. This an
nounectuent was made by the adjutant
general mtiay.
Dr. S. S. Kstey, of the First Presby
terian chiirrh. has aepted the invitation
of the members of the graduating c-Ihkh of
the Topeka high school to preach the bac
calaureate sermon. The service will be
held feunday moruing. June 1.
Under a new course planned for the
Topeka niirh school students may stuoy
orchestra music next year.- Time will be
prorided for the new course in the sched
ule of regular school hours. The class
will be in charge of the music teacher.
The case of Ruth Wright, proprietor of
the Cozy theater, charged with showing an
uncensored picture was continued until
May 'J9 in the court of Topeka today.
"Borrowed Clothes" was the picture over
which the trouble arose, the claim being
that the heroine borrowing the clothes
didn't "mooch" enough.
"Stop Thief" will be put on this eve
ning at the high school auditorium by the
members of the graduating class. It is a
crime comedy, full of crooks, their victims,
and lots of fun. The leading parts are
taken by Oils Back and Lois Ferguson.
Miss Grace Kchoonover. of the dramatic
art department, is directing the play.
The traffic cop at Eighth street and
Kansas avenue came to work this morning
to discover that some unknown friend had
left a new traffic sign lu the middle of
the block. The oM one had been carried
over near the comfort station. The sign
post is new and the cop has absolutely no
idea who placed it in the center of ihe
street.
There is no community In the nation
that entertains a more genuine affection
for America's most distinguished romantic
actor. Otis Skinner, than Toneka, and the
announcement that he is to return to the
(irand on Haturday matinee and night. .
May 37. for an engagement lu his beat
role. Colonel Philippe IirUau, In "The
Honor of the Family," Is one that Is
bound to bring joy to the heart of every
local ineatergor.
Inez j. Phillips has filed a petition for
a divorce from F. M. Phillips, charging de
sertion and non-support. Mrs. Phillips
says they were married in St. Joseph In
1117 and In March of this year she became
111 with influenza and while sick her bus
band deserted ber, failed to provide for
her or pay her doctor bill. She asks a
restraining order making it Impossible for
Phllltns to dispose of nny property they
have in Kt. Joseph and other places until
settlement of the case.
Residents of California are mncta alarm
ed over th; " Japanese peril, according to
Mr. and Mrs Philip L.nx of Los Angeles,
who are visiting in Topeka. A It ho the
merchants can, easily compete with them,
Iaix stated, the Orientals are siiKrlor to
the Americans In agricultural pursuits
and ajx crowding the white farmers out.
He predicts that one of the race roust
predominate In the state. Lux Is a brother
of Samuel E. Lux and mas a resident of
Topeka for forty-three years, but moved
to CallfornV eight years sgo. Their home
Was sear Washburn1 college.
YANKS HOME TODAY
Record of Ships Bearing Soldiers
From Overseas.
New Tork. May 1 6. The transport
Plattsburg, laden with 1.899 persons,
most of them sdfdlers, reached port
today from Brest.
HOGS IN KANSA
That Is Title of New Booklet
Issued by Mohler.
Will Je Distributed Among
Swine Breeders of State.
"Hogs in Kansas" the kind that
sell tor $21 a hundred on the Kansas
City market la a new booklet Issued
today by J. C. Mohler. secretary of
the state board of agriculture. The
book contains 429 patfea, with 350 il
lustrations, and is to Ie placed in the
hands of practical hog growers in this
state.
Much valuable information for
breeders and growers is contained in
the new book. AH manner of ques
tions of interest are discussed. " Prac
tically the entire book was compiled
thru the questionnaire system, blanks
having been sent to nearly 7,600 Kan
sas hog men. Marketing, sanitation,
cholera, losses thru disease and a
? umber of other questions are dis
ussed by Secretary Mohler.
Not Book of Theories.
Commenting today on the compila
tion of the new book Mohler said: '
"The subject was approached with
open mind, and predetermined Ideas
were kept in the background. It was
the policy to use the facts as reported.
In other words, there was no partic
ular effort to prove anything, but a
persistent effort to report things as
they are. No effort was spared in
bringing out and uncovering, from the
immense wealth of data received, all
points that were of value. Accuracy
was the watchword and to it speed
was subordinated.
"The report is comprehensive and
complete. In fact all the things that
have to do with the hog, from the time,
it is born until he reaches the form
of finished meat product, lias been
considered and treated.
"Tho there are already In existence
a number of excellent treatises on tha
raising of hogs, it is felt that never
before has there been gathered be
tween the covers of a book so great
an amount and so high a quality of
first-hand information on this sub
ject. The book applies especially to
Kansas.
"The information was drawn from
Kansas sources. It is intended for
Kansas farmers. The subject is treat
ed chiefly from the standpoint'of the
hog raiser, yet the scientists have been
drawn upon freely. In all, we feel
that we have a right to he proud of the
work, and we believe that it will fill R
definite need because of its t special
application to Kansas.
"It would be hard to pick out any
particular chapter of this book and
say that it is the most important Yet
attention may be drawn to several
striking features. First might be men
tioned the estimate of the cost of- pro
duction. In this estimate It was the
plan to present the cost on the basis
of quantities rather than, in values
wherever it could be done. This was
deemed wise because prices fluctuate
from year to year, while quantities re
main about the same. So far as is
known, these are probably the first
complete and comprehensive figures
yet .published on this difficult prob
lem. They should form a reliable ba
sis from which farmers may figure
their profits and losses."
WOMAN A SUICIDE
Wife of Millionaire St. Louis
Broker Kills Self.
HI Health Given as Cause
Prominent War Worker.
St. Louis, May 16. Mrs. Beatrice
Price, wife of Thomas K. Price, mil
lionaire grain broker, died last night
from a self-inflicted bullet wound, po
lice declared today.
Mrs. Price shot herself Wednesday
evening, police declared. She died in
a local hospital. Police suppressed
reports until this morning on request
of Price.
Ill health is given by Price as the
cause of his wife's act.
Last summer Mrs. Price received
notoriety when she became a com
mon laborer at tho "Drake Section
Sanitalre," a war camp of women at
Bayslde, L. I.
Local Mention.
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Npw York. May 1. MONKT Mercantile
paper. .'ViS5Vs P" cent. Sterlinif. m day
lillla. 4.11214: commercial, m Iav tillla oil
hankx. 4.',L: commercial. (Ml day hilla 4.C1 3.
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New York Liberty Bond Msrket.
New York, May in Clowe bonds: :!i.
v.:ui: first 4'. JKV.VI: second 4 . -Mil:
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Rails laid the foundation for totlar'e very
broad and active slock market, heavy hov
liig embracing hlrh and low grade "lrsu s.
hales approximated l.lKKl.lKio shares.
United States steel. American Te'ep'one.
Industrial Al'oltnl and food, tohn.'.o end
motor specialties were the f-orisp:-noita fea
tures of the final hour. The closing was
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