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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALr MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1920
Ztrptkn tat Journal
Am ladepejasleac. Kasrapaper
-BY FRANK V,
VOLUME XLII No. 88
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ton I), c.
It would be a sad day for Japan If
her silkworms were to go on strike.
The world's supply of raw silk comes
almost entirely from that country. The
small Kuropean production was al
most cut off by the -war and the Chi
nese have fallen far behind in the race.
In 1919 Japan exported more than
150.000 bales of raw silk, of which all
but about 3, DOfl bales came to the
United States. The American imports
amounted approximately to Su,000,000
pounds, an Increase of 9,000,000
pounds since the opening of the world
war. In that time the value of the
importations Increased from $80,000,-'
000 to $200,000,000. In June, 1915,
tho invoice value of raw silk was $8.09,
and in June, 1919. it was $5.90. In
December, 1919, the price to the
American manufacturer had risen to
$14.25. and early In 1920 it reached
$16. On account of the strategic posi
tion which the Japanese exporter
holds, it Is said that he makes as. profit
of 1.000 per cent at present prices.
The Japanese farmer who engages in
Bilk culture only as a side issue often'
receives more for his crop of cocoons
than for all his other produce com
bined. In California there are but two can
didates running for the Republican
nomination for the presidency. These
are Hiram Johnson and Herbert
Hoover, both citizens of the state.
Johnson is handicapped by the support
of the Hearst papers, but this is coun
terbalanced by the fact that Hoover
it being supported by fie Los Angeles
Times, which Is a red rag in the face
of organized labor. Johnson also has
a record of bavins defeated Hughes
for the presidency, which may affect
the results or may not. The voters
easily forget that sort of thing.
Neither President Wilson! nor Col
onel Bryan was able to hold the Dem
ocrat senators together on the peace
treaty. Even the "solid south" may be
broken, in time.
Unde the caption, "Anthropology of
Another Town," Ed Howe is wTiting
a series of short stories for the Satur
day Evening Post. They are so true
to life that the reader might be led to
believe that they are a chroniclo of
actual happenings were i not for the
fact that in one of them he has a train
numbered 58 and a train numbered 18
moving in opposite directions.
The weakling nation of the world
have not shied at the League o(f Na
tions. They have expressed no fear
that their rights may suffer. It re
mained for the United States senate to
' place this country in the attitude' of
being! alarmed lest somebody try to
put something over on us. We have
been made ridiculous in the eyes of
that part of the world which does not
understand our politics
Somebody has estimated that the
money formerly spent for alcoholic
beverages would wipe out the national
debt in a few years if applied in that
direction. Observation. however,
..teaches that the average person spends
a certain amount of his Income on un
necessary things: if not on liquor then
on something else equally needless.
Knoxville, Tenn.. appears to have
found a solution for bringing the con
sumer and producer closer together by
the use of the motor truck. Two years
ago there was not an auto truck line
out of Knoxville. The farmers were
handicapped in -bringing their prod
ucts to the market except in, the old
slow way of wagon and horses. Street
cars did not extend into the rural sec
tion. ' There were only two roads, the
Louisville & Nashville and Southern
railways, to bring the. products to mar
ket. Some one started a truck line to
an adjacent farming section that was
void of transportation facilities except
the railroads several miles away. The
trucks began to gather up the farm
crops, then the passengers, and now
there are over twenty-five lines plying
between Knoxville and adjacent farm
ing communities not reached by 'the
railroads. There are twenty to forty
passenger auto buses to Maryvllle, fif
teen' miles away, daily traffic to all
nearby summer resorts, freight lines
to at least twenty points, milk routes
established and every truck and bus
crowded to its limits and more prom
ised. ( ,
LIQUOR WILL NOT DOWN.
Indications continue to multiply that
prohibition, which was generally con
sidered as settled, when ; the constitu
tional amendment was ratified, is to'
be made a large, possibly a dominant
issue in this year's campaign. The
drys, of course, would like to have this
question regarded as settled, at least
for a time, but the wets are not so
inclined. They are organizing and
planning and working for a new deal,
something that will take the edge off
the rigorous dry rule now enforced
and tilt the lid at least enough to al
low the people, or those who choose
to do so, to have just a little leeway
in indulgence, by. the opportunity to
return to the use of beer and light
wines.
This, rather than a contest over the
abstract principle of prohibition,
promises to be -the basis of the fight
now being planned against the bone
dry rule, and if the wets can have their
way they will make this the leading
Issue. If they succeed it may result
in all other issues being relegated to
the background and neglected to an
extent that scarcely will please the
party leaders. The latter would pre
fer to have the campaigns fought out
over such issues as the peace treaty,
economy and efficiency in government,
reduction in taxes and, perhaps, the
old question of tariff and protection.
But If the "wet" issue once get started
it is likely to upset all their plans, for
this Is a question that directly will ap
peal to most voters as a matter of per
sonal interest and concern, and the
contest over this question therefore
scarcely can fail to obscure all other
issues, which will be regarded as mat
ters of secondary importance.
If the wet and dry issue figure large
in the coming campaign, it promises
to be a dominant issue in politics for
many years to come. The wets scarce-H
ly will abandon the effort to obtain a
tilting of the tid, and should they fail I
in the present attempt, they will re-1
new the attack with every coming
campaign. The drys, on the other
hand, will be just as zealous and per
sistent in efforts to hold the ground
already won, and should the wets win
a point at any time, it will simply
mean redoubled efforts to reverse such
a decision and thus put -the country
back under "real" prohibition.
A long drawn-out contest over this
question seems unavoidable, and the
politicians and the public may as well
settle down to face this situation and
make the best of it. Until the wets
have shown their strength, however, it
is not likely that either of the leading
parties will dare openly to side with
them.
, Exports of antiquities from Paris to
the United States increased from $2,
000,000 in 1918.to more than $10,000,
000 In 19 19 exports of beads and
spangles increased from half a million
in 1918 to two and one-half million
in 1919; of costumes we imported in
1918, $1,600,000 worth, while in 1919
we imported $4,000,000 worth. It ap
pears that anybody who has anything
to sell can find a ready market for it
in the United States, provided . the
price be. high enough.
THE LAW;8 DELAY.
. With the recent execution in Wash
ington of a negro ends a case that em
phasizes the need for a revision of
our court procedure so that speedier
justice maSy be meted out to convicted
criminals, particularly of the class to
which this man belonged. The crime
for which he suffered the extreme
penalty ot the law is one which in
some) states incites mobs of lynchers to
take the law Into their own hands and
administer summary punishment.
It Is delays such as have taken place
in tha District of Columbia that fur
nish much of the justification upon
which advocates of lynch law base
their arguments. Were there court
machinery available in every state for
the swift trial of suspects and the
prompt execution of sentences in that
class of cases there would be fewer re
sorts to violence on the part ot out
raged citizens.
The wJshi ngton case was a particu
larly atrocious one. A young war
worker awoke to find a negro in her
room in the middle of the night.' She
grappled with the intruder, was
dragged thru an open window into the
back yard, and there shot. In a few
days she died. In a week the, arrest
was made, but 403 days elapsed before
the murderer expiated his crime on
the galtfows. Tet there seems to be no
blame attaching to any of the officials
connected with The trial, or the coun
sel. The remedy lies in curing the
law 'of defects that -hinder the execu
tion of justice. ' s
Th piiblic clamor which a few
years ago was directed against the
railroads, with results now familiar to
everybody, recently bas been turned
against the meat packers. It will be
a serious misfortune to the country if
another great Industry shall be bank
rupted and wrecked in order to fur
ther the ambitions of & group of poli
ticians. It may be. however, that the
lackers will be able to slide from un
der as did Standard Oil. the steel trust
snd-the harvester concern.
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL .
Information Bureau
FREDERIC oVHASKlS, Director.
--, - Watsldngton, DiCi
JJTCTJE CONGRESS;,
Washington. C. March 17..
When congress closes on Saturday
niphts. and our, august lawmakers de
part for home, their secretaries now
get together and hold a Little Congress
f their own. kittle Congress is a new
organization, just three months old,
but already it has solved, to its own
satisfaction, the peace treaty question,
the Irish question, the rational ship
ping policy, and a few other matters
which the big congress is still worry
ing over.
Little congress nas its speaker, ser-
. , . i . , r t , . . . ..
or Democrats gather when tney wisn
to discuss party affairs, is one of the
most beautiful halls in the city, and
is only a little less dignified than the
real house of TepreseVitatives chamber.
Floor and ceiling are white marble,
and the walls are white, decorated with
pillars. Brown velvet window hang
inns a lone srreen topped table and
rows of chairs are the main furnish
ings. When it is arranged like the
house chamber, with a speaker's desk
and the chairs in a big semi-circle, and
the glittering chandeliers are all light
ed, it is a room to Inspire a young sec
retary to heights of eloquence his con
gressman might, easily envy.
At eight o'clock sharp, on Saturday
night, the speaker of Little Congress
bangs on the big table with his gavel,
and the members come to order.
' The subject for discussion before
Little Congress tonight," drawls the
speaker in his best public, voice, "is
that of soldiers' bonuses. Most of us
realizes that the nation owes some
token of appreciation to the men who
so ably served it in the war. Tonight
we shall hear from four members wno
will place the phases of the question
before us. -
The debate follows, with speeches
by four members dssignated before
hand. Later, however, all join in the
senmage, and before- midnignt little
Congress resembles closely big con
gress on an intense day.
The meetings of those young polit
ical enthusiasts are not entirely seri
ous, any more than the real congress
is always as solemn as it likes to be
pictured. After the main subject of !
the evening is settled to the liking of
the majority of secretaries, a petition,
from the Sweet Pea club of 'Rockville,
Md. is usually presented before thel
body for consideration. The Sweet
Pea x;lulv we hasten to explain-, is a
fictitious 'organization which is
ardently interested in reform. Con-1
gress has so many reform organiza- j
tions to deal with seriously that the
secretaries decided to have one of their
own which they could be "facetious
about. , So petitions are introduced
from the Sweet Pea club askins that
the germs be. legislated out of exis
tence, -or that men's clothes be stan
dardized, and then Little Congress
proceeds to consider in mock elo
quence the advisability of these meas
ures.. ,
Members of Little Congress copy
the house and senate only in so far
as they approve, and when they disap
prove it is in no uncertain laneniae-e.
The question early arose as to whether
or not the body should be non-partisan.
This; was quickly settled no
political parties in Little Congress, and
no division of Republicans on one side
of the hall and Democrats on the
other. The secretaries decided that
they would be guided bv nrincinle :
before politics (tho whether the secre- I
tary or John Cabot-Lodge would rise
to defend the Lea&rue nf Vatlnna is
doubtful to our mind.)
Anotner point of tradition came I
up. According to the constitution of
the organization, a speaker holds of
fice two months. When the first
speaker's term ended, he stated firmly
that he would not consider another'
terjn. as .he had always believed in
one term for executives and now he
would put his principle into practice.
This is probably the first case on rec- j
ord where a man refused a nomina
tion for second term on the strentrth !
of his past remarks. i
This first speaker of the congress
of secretaries was Ned Baldwin, secre
tary of Representative Sinnott of Ore-!
gon. Besides knowing all the tricks!
or the secretary trade, Mr. Baldwin!
Is a newspaper man and has been I
three limes secretary and twice-act-i
ing chairman of the Oregon state Re
publican committee.
Mr. Baldwin is responsible for the
name Little Congress.
"I Just always thought of it as a
Little Congress and referred to it that
way." he says, "and most of the boys 1
liked it. We had a hot debate over
the name, tho, and considered Con
gress Junior and a number of other
names. But Little Congress won."
The object of Little Congress, Mr.
Baldwin explains, is to promote good
fellowship, and for the members to
gain knowledge of parliamentary pro
cedure, to become more efficient as
secretaries, and to improve the art of
public speaking. -
Any secretary to a senator or rep
resentative or any other attache of the
capltol can apply for membership. So
far none of the woman secretaries
have asked admission, but Mrf Bald
win says they have the same oppor
tunities to run for Little Congress as
the men. Lack of interest on the part
of the women he attributed to the fact
that after keeping a congressman's
dates and "correspondence straight all
the week .most woman secretaries pre
fer musical comedy to political debate.
The men, however, are extremely in
terested in the new organization and
it has already grown from the four j
organizers to a membership of sixty. ,
The members say that they are gain-
ing a great deal of valuable in form a-
tion and experience from the meetings
of LittleCongress.. A secretary at the.
capitol has to know as much as pos- i
sible about the business of lawmaking.
Callers stream in and out of his con-
gressman's office all day, the thickness I
of the streami depending on tha impor
tance of the name on the floor. Nine
teen out of twenty of these visitors
never see or talk to the man they ask
for, but most of them go away -with
their missions accomplished. The sec
retary tells them how the representa
tive stanfis on the homestead bill,
what his opinion of the eight hour law
is. the status of his latest bill, or
whether he has & vacancy for West
Point. To handle these callers re
quires something more than a vague
idea of what that particular represen
tative stands for and is doing.
A secretary who has been with hia
congressman for a. number of termor is
one of those impossible combinations
of efficiency, versatility, and politeness
that you read about in business men's
'magazines. He dictates an irresisttbJe
letter to irate constituent, tells.' a
phone caller that the .Representative
cTa, rml.Sn of Speer Gietrit'trict and run for office there, but
meets in the caucus room of the house heJl'0"ldv.haY,t,t0JbuUiJup a "f? sup"
of representatives office building. The Port, for his friends and acquaintances
caucus room, where the Republicans would naturally be m the district he
l is on the floor of the House, anf plans
a press notice or a speecn, all at once.
There may be times when he settles
down to ofie thing at a time, but we
have never happened to call on these
occasions. Some congressman are
knows as men with single track foinds.
Their secretaries never enter this class,
even if they become congressmen
themselves. - i
When asked if Little Congress ex
pects to train men for the national
legislature, Mr. Baldwin said that the
Saturday night debates will undoubt
edly prove valuable to a man whs later
runs for public office, but that there
is no thought of this in holding the
meetings.
"Many people have the idea that it
is the easiest thing possible for a sec
retary to become-a senator or repre
sentative," he went on. "Really it is
the most difficult. A secretary who is
loyal to hiB employer cannot run for
office against him. Of course, he
might establish residence in another
had left. About the only way for
secretary to reach congress is for the
congressman to retire or die. and even
then not one secretary in a hundred
succeeds hi employer."
Mr. Baldwin has located one senator
and seven- representatives now in con-
' gress who have been secretaries. These
are Senator Harris, of Georgia, and
Representatives Lufkin, of 'Massachu
setts; Burroughs, of New Hampshire;
White, of Maine; Sheppard, of Texas;
Mead, of New York; Smith, of Idaho,
and Lanham, of Texas. Besides these,
Representatives Crisp, of Georgia, and
Browning, of New Jersey, served in
clerical capacities in the house of rep
resentatives. These congressmen have been made
honorary members of Little Congress
and have spoken at open meetings to
tell of their experiences and "old
times." One representative remem
bered the time when a secretary to a
congressman received a monthly sal
ary of $50, paid only when congress
was in session. Another went him one
better by recalling his experiences
when senators thought $20 a month
enough to pay for an office valet.
- Little Congress is a very young in
stitution, so young, in fact, that not
all the secretaries know of its ex
istence. But it is a hustling body,
and Ned Baldwin has great hopes for
its future.
"It's hard to get people to do things
for the first time in Washington," he
says, "but we are past that stage, and
we expect soon to have a membership
as big as the senate."
It is impossible to say what effect
Little Congress will have on big con
gress: A secretary is often a very im
portant person, and when he starts
speaking in public meetings on mat
ters of state, he is apt to get some
decided opinions and talk them over
with his congressman. Maybe the
peace treaty will get decided in con
gress now that the secretaries ? have
settled it.
Questions Answers
Q. Has an aTowed ngrnosMc ?Ter bcn
president of the United States? O. It. F.
A. No president bas ever denied the ex
istence of a God, and no president ever
refused to take the oath of office ending in
"So help me God." Presidents Jefferson
and Lincoln were not affiliated witlt any
church, but it Ss held that each belierfcd "in
God.
. Is steam visible? A. H. C.
A. Actual steam is not visible. The
visible white Taper which Is frequently
referred to as steam is in reality a collec
tion of fiue moisture particles which are
formed by the condensation of true steam.
Q. Is there any special reason for the
arrangement of letters on a typewriter?
I. H. M.
A. The alphabet is arranged on all stan
dard keyboard typewriters so as to place
letters together which are most frequently
combined in words. This arrangement is
thought to oe such as to allow a maximum
of speed in operating the machine.
Q. Can a widow of a Spanish war ret
eran obtain a pension? I. M.
A. The pension bureau nays that widows
of Spanish war veterans with an annual in
come of less than $250 may be pensioned
regardless of the cause .of death if their
husbands rendered ninety days active
service and were honorably discharged.
Q. Why are eggs given such prominence
on Easter?; .T. K. C.
A. The use of eggs at Easter is a cus
tom of great antiquity. The ' egg was
early regarded as tlre svmbol of resurrec
tion. It is probable Mhat the Christian
cbnrch adopted and consecrated an earlier
custom. The egg is held a symbol of
spring, life and of the fecundity of na
ture. Q. Is the earth larger than the moon?
1. V. H.
A. The surface area of the earth Is esti
mated at 197,108.580 square miles, while
that of the moon is placed at 14,085,000
square miles. The mass of the earth Is
approximately 256,000,000 cubic miles. while
the volume of the moon Is about oneforty
ninth an greart.
Q. What rules should be followed In
writing a scenario? L. W. K.
A. Scenario writers are now required
merely to tell the story of the play and
not to give the action scene by weene. The
detail is now worked out 'at the studio.
The chief necessity la a dramatic story two
or three thousand words long that is capa
ble of being converted into pictures. The
scenario writer should see his story in a
series of pictures and so tell it that it wflt
call forth those pictures in the mind of
another. The manuscript should, of course,
be typewritten.
(Any reader can get the answer to- ant
question by writing The Tooeks, State
Journal Information bureau, Frederic J.
ifnskln. Director, Washington, D. C. Thla
offer applies strictly to information.- The
bureau cannot give advice on legaj, medical,
and financial matters. It does not under
take to settle domestic troubles, nor to
undertake exhaustive research on any
subject. Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address and
enclose 5 -cent etamp for return postage.
Ail replies are sent direct to the lnaairer.
JUST FOLKS
BIT EDGAR A. GUEST.
TlTT JtsEAaL. GITER.
Tb money gift is easy, there are hundreds
here to pay
And settle back contented while the toilers
J'J, T A
Men Yhe S5a?msvleS
And then leave- ltfor another to go out
aQd do the deed,
But in every worthy struggle that shall
help the race to climb
The world is always seeking for the men
who'll give their time.
The money gift Is easy, but a better gift
than no If.
(Is to dedicate to service not your money.
For tho. gold and silver often are the
things a cause demands,
Xo righteous dream can triumph without
willing hearts and hands.
And in every field of service that Is known
to mortal ken
Ton can hear the leader calling, not for
money, but for men.
- .
The money gift Is easy, many gladly pay
' the price
Who Bit back m timed of danger and refuse
- the sacrifice. . :
There arc men who give their money for
a purpose that is fine -
Who neven sharer the burdens or the bitter
fighting line.
But the man the world Ss seeking in the
tasks it has to do.
Is the man who'll nhare the struggle sad
stay with ft till it's thrn.
Copyright lJO by Edgar A. Gpeat.
V
' Evening Story
-Uranus.
BT K. RAT BAKER.
On the peak of Montoith mountain
Gordon "Winslow sat and discovered
stars, and measured the density of
celestial solids, and found spots on the
sun.
Almost any time of day or night
Gordon could be found looking-into the
reflectors of the big telescope. An en-
thusiastic star gazer and student was hated his work the infer!or quauty of
f?h? yinslw just out or collese,the goods he was asked to sell, the
with his degree. small business men's method;1 and
However, it must not be supposed j iastIy the way he, as well as fhe rest
that Gordon had no interests on the : of tne heIp wa3 treated
terrestrial globe. He had a number I .0ne -would think I had just com
of such interests, and one in particular menced tb work." he grumbled,
had to do with the Summit Hotel. , "Burch seems to think his clerks can
where Jonas HardwelrTeigned as pro- j pjay bundle boys, do errands, or any
prietor and his daughter held sway other old thing!"
as a breaker of young men's hearts. I "Perhann h feels he can't afford to
Gordon's was among" those that had
Deen crusneo, ana ai times wnen ne
was watching some distant world "knd
calculating the number of millions of
miles it was from the earth his mind
would wander and he would sigh deep
ly, and his assistants would speculate
as to the difficulties "the prof" was
meetingin the solution of a knotty
sidereal problem. " .
"Well, it was a knotty problem how
to get back into the favor of KeIe'n
Hard we 11, for get back he was deter
mined to do. Gordon had been in her
good graces only a few months ago
more than her good graces. They had
been practically engaged, but relations
had been broken because a dance at
the Summit House and an observation
of Mercury were scheduled for the
same night, uordon enjoyed dancing,
especially when Helenvwas his part
ner, but it was his duty to turn his
telescope on the planet, which was in
a positionmost favorable for terres
trial inspection. 1
"Very well," said Helen. "If you care
more for your old star than for me.
go ahead. I can find a partner.
That was the last time they had
been together, Helen at once began
weaving her charms about the rich
young men resorting at the hotel, and
soon she had nearly As many satellites
as Saturn, which boasts of eight in ad
dition tb its rings.
Gordon wondered if Helen missed
the telescope, at which she had sat
many an evening, listening to his dis
courses on the universes Surely she
must, he decided, for she had display
ed enthusiasm over astronomy. If
both of them had not possessed more
than their share of stubbornness it is
likely they would have effected a re-
Lconciliation; that - is, before, the
wealthy satellites began exerting their
influence.
Early in December Gordon became
interested in a celestial phenomenon.
Six of the pla&ets were maneuvering
in their orbits so they would be align
ed on the same side of the sun. By
astronomical and arithmetical deduc
tions Gordon figured-that on Decem
ber 17 Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Sat
urn and Neptune would form a con
junction, while far on the other side
of the sun Uranus would hold forth,
an outcast. Off at a tangent from
the lined-up planets would be the
earth. -
Gordon was not the only as
tronomer waiting for the conjunction.
In fact, some of them predicted
storms, earthquakes and other phe
nomena on the earth due to the
strong gravitative pull to whicb the
sun and earth would be subjected.
These predictions were exaggerated by
excitable persons until it became gen
erally known that the end of the
world was scheduled for December
17.
Gordon smiled at these prophecies
of disaster, but said nothing. He had
no fears for the safety of the globe
which was his home, for he knew the
same conjunction of heavenly bodies
had occurred before, altho not within
the last few thousand years.
The settlement on the mountain was
agog with excitement as result of the'
predictions, which they read in the
papers. The superstitious were wor-
ried; others were interested because
of the diversion, while others became
enthusiastic because of some scientific
germ that existed in them.
Gordon watched the planets man
euver for alignment, but kept silence,
altho the settlement was waiting to
hear from1 him. It ie not many vil
lages that can boast of an authority
on planets.
As he studied the heavens Gordon
unconsciously placed himself in the
position of Uranus. He was an out
cast from Helen Hardwell's affections;
he was alone, far at one side, while
her rich, admirers he referred to as
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter. Saturn
and Neptune. They were pulling to
gether for her.
On the night of December IS about
11 o'clock, Gordon sat in his study
reading. There was no particular rea
son to watch the skies, because the
planets1 were on the other side of the
earth and would not be visible to Kim
until shortly before sunup.
Gordon had a book on economics be
fore him. However, he did not read
long. Dreams of Helen Harawell in
terfered. He head the door crack and looked
toward it, to see Helen, standing there,
smiling.
"Please don't be angry with me.
she pleaded. "T know I'm intruding:
but I have jurt got to learn something
about the the end of the world.
""The town ie just crazy about the
big show the planets are going to put
on," she continued, advancing into the
room somewhat timidly. "Are there
really going to be earthquakes and
things? Up at the dance at the hotel
the folks are waiting for me. Tou
see, they sent me as a delegate of one
to find out what's going to happen.
Tou won't let me return and report
failure, will you, -Gordon?"
Gordon stood up. smiling.
"Certainly not Helen. Tou're wel
come to all the information I can give.
It la- said that such a conjunction of
planets will cause sun spots. If that
is true there will be sun siots as the
result of the present situation in the
solar system. It also is said that sun
spots cause Btorms and earthquakes.
If that theory is correct, there cer
tainly will be storms and earthquakes
as a result of the alignment of the
spheres."
She seated hersl and he did like
wise. "Gordon" she said, "I'm an awfully
stubborn girl, but you see I'm yield
ing. I'm sick of the bunch at the
hotel. They don't know anythlngspx
cept dancing and bridge, clothes and
golf and tennis, and how to. spend
money they never earned. Tom
Thatcher didn't even know the earth
revolves around the sun until I told
him. Fred Beakman thought the stars
were five-pointed, until I told him they
are spheres. - Sam Adams thought the
earth was the biggest thing in the uni
verse except the sun, until I explained
that the planet Jupiter is more than a
thousand times larger.'
Gordon smiled again, whimsically. A
"Tom Thatcher is Mars." he said.
"Sam Adams is Venus; and isa't -he
The Woman Who Loved
Earned
A Modem
By JANE
ROBERTS VniEXOS TAKE A
CHAPTER 61..
Robert was moody, silent, and dis-
aerreeable much ST tha time, rfe
i do differently, 'Large oaks from little
aerons grow you know," I quoted,
! laughing a little because Robert
hooked so lugubrious.' But I really
felt more like crying. "I suppose Cald
ing and the other big stores had to
start some time in a small way."
"Talkingthaf, way doesn't make be
ing treated like1 a lackey any easier!"
Robert snapped, then begged my par
don. ,
"I don't know what ails me, Gerry!
Honest, I try to keep my temper, but
everything seemsAo rub me the wrong
way. I am sorry I spoke so cross to
you. Tou deserve better from me."
He spoke so humbly and looked so
distressed that I made very light of
his grouching, and laughed at him for
j a silly goose to care what he did so
long as he had to spend the time.
"I never care what I have to do
I told him. "Madame pays me for the
time I spend in the shop. And it real
ly makes no real difference whether
I trim the window or sel hats. My
time is hers."
"I don't see it that wjry at all. I
am hired to sell goods, not to play
errand boy."
"But if there are no customers,, and
other things need to be done"
"That makes no difference!" he
said, so impatiently that I stopped
arguing, altho I couldn't stop thinking
that perhaps if Robert had less sense
of his own Importance, and more in
terest in his work, he would get along
better.
some Venus? I've named all your
satellites after planets."
She flushed.
"I'm thru, with satellites," she told
him. "I'm going to be like Venus and
Mercury without any moons. But
how about yourself, Gordon? Haven't
you a planetary name?"
"I'm Uranus, because I'm all alone
on the other side of the sun, in the
present arrangement of things.
Uranus is an outcast from the solar
system, and I'm an outcast from you."
"Gordon," she said suddenly, "would
itbe very improper for me to stay
here tonight and have a reserved seat
at the big performance in the- sky?
Tou can help me to catch up on my
lessons about the stars, and early in
the morning we-can see the planets to
gether. I'm not going back to the
hotel." i
At the hotel the anxious crowd
waited in vain for their emissary,
while she sat at the -telescope -the
whole night thru.
In the morning she looked with awe
as Jupiter, blue-white, burst into
flame in the sky, while Saturn took on
a dull orange hue and Mars sparkled
red. Down in the sky, near the cres
cent moon. Venus appeared, twice the
size of an ordinary star, shining with
an intense white light that rivaled
Luna's and close to the horizon little
Mercury blinked.
The stars began to fade as the sun's
rays shot over the horizon. Only
Jupiter and Venus and the moon con
tinued to shine.
"Oh, it's all so wonderful," Helen
breathed, as. tired from her lonir visril.
phe turned from the telescope.
' Tou may be Uranus, an outcast,
she whispered, "but you're all ' the
world to me.
She nestled her head against Gor
don. Her arms encircled his neck.
(Copyright, 1020, bv the McClure News
paper Syndicate.!
Dorothy Dix Talks
BT DOROTHY DIX
Werid'a Blgkest Faial Woman Writer,
Husband Tf-stins 2.
If he eats what is set before him
with relish, and asks no questions, -you
will have a husband who will be com
fortable, and reasonable, and easy to
get along with, but if he has to have
just some one particular table where
the light is just so, and there are no
drafts, aui if he fu-sr-s over the menu,
and tells the waiter exactly how he
wants everything cooked, and if Uie
gets into a temper If the service isn't
perfect, and his evening is spoiled if
there is a grain too much or too little
seasoning in his faace, consider well
before yo,u marry him. He will make
the sort of a husband who" is always
batting his wife's housekeeping, and
wondering why she .never learns to
cook, and who snoops around the ice
box, and censors the garbage can, and
life with "htm will be domestic slavery.
Thirdly, observe the man's general
outlook on life. .Take note whether he
thinks this is a pretty good old world,
all things considered, and whether he
is inclined to uelieve the best of his
fellow creaures. and to think that ev
erything is bound to turn out pretty
well in the end or whether he is
gloomy and grouchy and pessimistic,
and believes that all men and all wo- )
men are liars and deceivers and is gen-
erally disgruntled with life. " j
Whether married life seems long or j
not depends upon whether you get an t
optimist or a pessimist for a husband, j
For when a woman has ceased to be j
an angel to a man and becomes just
another human being he treats her as
he does the balance of the world, and ;
he smiles upon her, or frowns on her, I
or jollies her along, or knocks her just
as he does others. j
In the fourth place observe a man's
feeling towards his own possessions.
There are men who are .disillusioned
of a thing the minute they get it. and
who are never satisfied with anything
they have. They are eternally allured
by the other man's horse or house or
automobile and see nothing but faults
with their own. -
There are other men. of a compla- i
cent nature, who find that their own ;
mere possession of a thing enhances it i
with mystical qualities of perfection.
Everything they have is flawless. By j
some chance they get the best automo
bile of that particular make that was
ever turned out of the shop. Their
house is a marvel of the builder's art.
Their dog has supernatural wisdom.
Marry a man who is discontented
with his belongings and he will be a i
fault finding husband, who will always
be wandering Around looking with
covetous eyes on other men's wives
own things, and you shall have a faitu- 1
ful husband who will .always admire j
you, and brag about you to others, for
an
Story or Home and Business
PHELPS :
Betty "Weed gave another little par-1
ty about this time. She said she gave congratulate W. H. He achieves a
it so we could all rejoice together over I considerable result without recourse to
Robert a recovery. So many had been J verbosity. So many ot those who nc
kille'd with automobiles and so many ; gotiat. interminable journeys in th
others permanently injured, that she
said it was only fair to have a party
for Robert. -
T bus. it V.. nnlv an t e I act t n .
cheer him Up. I had met Frank on
my way home from the shop, and had
told him that Bob was depressed and
blue. ' t
"We'll have to do something to
wake him up." he hod replied. "Toy
know that conditions grow on a fel
low if he tribes way to it. And really,
poor old Bob has had it pretty rough
lately."
"I know it. Frank. yr for the first
time I had felt an inclination to speak
of Rtobert and his failure in business
to someone besides Mary Ryan. But
I caught myself just in time. Thej-e
was nothing Frank could do. Why
tell him?
""What w-ere you about", to say,
Gerry?"
"Oh. nothing! But Bob really needs
cheering up. His . accident kept him
in the house so long he isn't quite
himself even yet. And then the loss
of his position because of his enforced,
absence, the position: with such & dif
ferent type of man, has combined .to
mae him unhappy."
"Wsi that the reason he lost his
position with Burch? I didn't think
they would do a thing like that. It's
a rotten trick to discharge a man
when he is sick." .
I felt my face flush, and yet I could
not say anything to disabuse Frank's
mind of the idea that Burch V Com
pany had been unfair without letting
him see that Robert was to bame. So
I said nothing, while he continued to
say untrue things about that firm.
When he left me he said:
"Betty and I will get our heads to
gether and see if we can't have some
sort of a gay shindig-to cheer Robert
up a little. That was low down trick
that firm played on him."
(Tomorrow Invitations.) .
the very fact that you are his wife
clothes you with every virtue and
grace.
Oh! there are many ways in which a
girl can size a man -up if she w-ill only
look at the things he does, instead, of
listening to the things, he says..
(Copyrisit. 1919. bv fhe Wneelcr Syndicate
Inc.) - ..
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BV IiEB I'AI'K.
I was wawking throo our dining
room this, aftirnoon jest wawking
throo, and wat did I see on the side
bord but a grate big round cake with
chocklit icing all over it, me thinking,
Gosh, G, Ira glad I saw that, now I
wont eat much for suppir so 111 have
plenty of room for it. -
Wlch we had sHamberg stakes and
mash potatoes and pee for suppir,
me saj'ing, Jest give me one Hamberg
stake, ma, I dont feel like meny Ham
berg stakes.
Wy the ideer, the last time we had
them you ate at leest 6 and wunted
more, sed ma.
Who, me? I sed.
Tes, you, sed ma, and I sed, Well,
I dont feel like meny Hamberg stakes
today. -
Tou look like a few, sed pop.
And ma ony gave me one, taisting
grate, but I didenKask for eny more
on account of thinking I would get j
more caivts uii bcvuuul ui uui iiuyiiis
ate meny Hamberg stakes, and - ma
sed. How about some more peez and
potatoes, Benny?-.
No mam, I sed..
Well I never, sed ma.
Do you think it would be better to
tone for the docktor or jest save time
and ring up ad ambulants rite away?
sed pop.
O by the way, sed ma, while we're
on the subjeck of eating 1 wunt to
warn everybody theres no dlzzert to
nite, I made a cake for the cjjiurch
fair and it took up all my time.
Aw heck, G, (aw I sed, and pop sed.
At. last I appreciate the sensations ot
the old marters for the sake of the
church, and I passed my plate with
nuthing on it, saying. Can I have some
more, ma?
More wat? Sed ma, and I sed. 'Ev
evrything, espeshilly Hamberg stakes.
Wich she did.
The Little Girl shown in this picture has
grown. Her mother is dressed in & different
stylt, but . - v
They Still Enjoy Their Pianola Just the Same
for tnere is new joy in the Pianola with each
new roll, and all the new music is on player -:.
.rolls. : : '
The Pianoia-Can Be Purchased From $750 Up
and OUR THRIFT PL AN makes paying easy.
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llVTIEiVlClNfS
KJ'I - 5os'fl'XOic Co
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAT E. "HOUSE.
(Frsm I'hlladalpbla Pablte LatUttr.)
Just s we had despaired ot tjettinsr
a "rise" out of anybody, W. H. flashes -to
the surface with the suggestion that
th term "reactionary Republican" is
not an eoithet but an epitaph. We
direction ot phraseological effect never
arrive at their destination.
The daring of Senator Harding pro-
J vokes our admiration to the point at
which we reach up and pin a rosette,
to the lapel of his coat. "I magnify
no posthumous claims to an intimate
friendship with Colonel Roosevelt."
the senaXor is quoted as saying in one
of his recent speeches, "and could
have no title to his political mantle.
i even if such bestowal were possible in
I this republic"
We don't know whether Senator
Harding can be nominated or elected.
We have no notion as to whether he
would make a good president. But
his frank discussion of a matter which
every other candidate is trying to
straddle has attracted the favorable
attention of a number of customers.
'There is," writes one eminent pub
licists, "more than one way to kill a
cat." Buck Kllby, therefore, suggests
that all of the various methods be em
ployed. A good deal ot the light housekeep
ing is predicated on the theory that a "
meal is anything that can be carried
home from the delicatessen.
' The Whispering Tost.
The trouble with the "columyer"
not, as "Gladiolus" asserts, that he is
what is vernacularly known as a
"grouch." The trouble is that h is a
shy anemone whose reticence makes
him inscrutable to the casual observer.
But the reputation of being a grouch,
assiduously cultivated by many, saves
them' much trouble and annoyance. A
grouch is not expected to sing and
dance and, make merry for the edifica
tion of the villagers. Nobody suspect
him of playing the ukelele, and he is
placed on no soliciting committees as
sembled for the purpose of separating
the hard-working citizen from h's
dross. One with the reputation of
being a grouch is less frequently af
flicted by the various human pert
than one called upon to sustain the
illusion of geniality. When a human
pest tackles a groucH the latter can
turn on his heel and walk away with
out hurting anybody's feelings. Jt is
precisely what is' expected'of him. -Ths
town cut-up never slaps the grouch OA
the back.' He invariably reserves that
mark of distinction for the sunshine
scatterers. No drunken man sob
himself to Bleep upon the grouch's
shoulder; no politician buzzes in his
ear. The grouch frees himself from
many of life's petty annoyances at no
expense either to dignity or energy,
and because he spreads the conversa
tional unguent, with a' sparing hind
he generally is esteemed a gTeat deal
smarter than he really is. Oenia'ity
subjects its possessor to a continual
strain. ' To be a grouch !s greatly to
minimize the friction of life.
Which reminds us of another of the
inequalities of liter: i Had Dr. Frank
Crane or Colonel H. Addlngton Bruce
written the foregoing "splash" it
would have hex n considered literature.
Editors woulif have vied with eacTi
other in "paying money for it. We
shall, doubtless, have trouble in get
ting it past the Chief. It may not get
Into the paper at all. .
To our mind, however. Mr. Hoover's
fortissimo note is not expressed in the
fact that he is a very able business
man. To us the appealing quality of
Mr. Hoover's involuntary candidacy in
that he has never tried to kiss the
people.
If you wish to please a man. dance
with his wife, thus relieving him of the
obligation to do so.
Moulton Musings
BT ROT K. MOULTON.
If Mars does succeed in establishing
communication with us and tries to
get an earful of gossip about thin
planet, we are in favor of connecting
Mars with Colonel House and let it
find out what l(. can get.
Mr. Taft says half a league would
be bettc-r than one. Cribbing Tenny
son's stuff?
There hasn't been a" pair of old
shoes thrown at a bride and groom in
two years. The guests just naturally
hate to take 'em 'off.
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