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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1920
Ccprba Stat 3oamtal
An Independent News J per .
BY FRANK P. MAC L.KNNAH
VOLUME XL.II N Sl
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Oi-KSS OF AUtiCST , IIB,
Ot The Topeka State Jonrnai, published
dally (except Sunday) at Slovaks, Auuiaaa,
for October 1, lltto.
fetate of Kansas, County of Shawnee, as.
ilefore me, a uotary public la and for the
state aud couuty aforesaid, personally ap-
Iieared Frank 1. MacLeuuan. who. having
eeu duly sworn according to law, deposes
and says tbnt be is tire owner of the Tu
peka State Journal and that toe following
is, to the best of his knowledge and belief,
a true statement of the ownership, man
agement (and if a dally paper, the circula
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the date shown In the above caption, re
quired by the Act of August 24, Kill", em
bodied in section I4. 1'ostal Laws and
lipiruistions. printed oq the reverse ot this
form, to wit:
1. That the names and addresses of :he
Iiubilsher, editor, utauuglug editor, an-i
mainca manna-era are: 0
1'ubiislicr, irank 1'. Maclanuaa, Topeka.
Kansas.
Kdltor, Frank P. MacLennan, Topeka,
KniiHita.
Alanai'lng Kdltor, Arthur J. Carruth, Jr.,
Topckii. Kansas.
l'lialnes Manager, VTilllam P4 Snyder,
ToiH.'kn, Kansas.
2. That the owners are: Give names
nml addresses of individual owners, or, if
u corporation, give its niyiie and the names
nod adiresscs of stockholders owning br
holding 1 per cent or more of the total
amount of stock. I Frank I. MscLennan,
X Thnt the known bondholders, mort
fr.'igcca. and other security holders owning;
or holding 1 per cent or more of the total
miMitiiit of bonds, mortgages, or other se
turitics: (If then are none, so state.)
Is one.
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tain not only the list of stockholders sod
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affiant has no reason to believe that any
other person, association, or corporation
tins any Interest direct or indirect in the
said stock bonds, or other securities tliao
as so stated by him.
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of .each issue of this publication sold or
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wise, to paid subscribers during the six
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must publish a copy of this statement In
the second issue printed next after its
filing. v
There are those whoi regard Hejiry
Ford's spectacular reduction in the
price of his cars as a clever bit of ad
vertislmr. Clever or not. ha Ir nnvlnar
big sum for i in the form of re-JDona Enoum regaro-nis actions as tnat
mv. i. ,Tof planting a crop which should be
duced profits. There is hothing to
prevent dealers in all lines of goods
from deriving benefits from a similar
line of advertising. Let any Topeka
restaurant man try it and see how
rapidly his trade will grow.
The New York, legislature has
passed new laws designed to Improve
housing conditions. The main provi
sions of the bills include measures
which permit localities to exempt
nowly constructed dwellings from lo
cal taxes Snd list state land bank
bonds as legal securities for state and
municipal sinking funds. Clearly the
lawmakers ' have got away from the
idea that a man should be penalized
for improving his property
According to a Washington report.
President Wilson is planning to resign
from the presidency in case the Re
publicans win in the November elec
tion. The president, so it is stated,
feels that it would be humiliating and
distressing ' to be compelled to turn
over his office to Senator Harding,
who has been one of the most fitter
opponents of the president's pet plan
lor a league or is at ions, and ne rig
ures he enn save himself from facing
this dilemma by relinquishing his of
fice before the regular termination of
his ter. This would sftouldor the rer
sponsibllitics and duties of the execu
tive for -a few months on Vice Prcsl-
dent Marshall, who also would be re
quired to figure In the actual transfer
of the office to the new president. -If
the state of the president's health
should render necessary his retirement
he will have the sympathy of the en
tire people, but they have little use for
a quitter. '
PRICES AND WAGES.
A business concern whose dealings
extend thruout Xy6 country announces
that sharp reductions in prices on its
products have been ordered without a
decrease In the wages of employes.
It has been quite generally feared
that when the expected slump in
price, of ordinary commodities took
, place, wages might suffer reduction.
iu c vvot AMD ar s. v a luc ivai Ltia-i. a 11
5 general falling off of commodity val-
ot labor.
True, it haa not been thought that
the wide margin long; existing between
cost of production and selling price
demanded such a condition. But
ahif ting markets of the past always
brought unsettlement of pay for work,
era In the fields affected. There was
small hope that the experience would
not be again encountered.
' Never before, however, has labor
been so well organized as now. The
long war's results are many, one of
them being the strengthening of
unionized industry beyond any point
previously thought possible.
So union labor is now in a better
position to defend its followers than
ever in the past. That it will fight
wage cutting is assured. That it at
the ame time opposes what it con
siders unnecesary profit making is
equally clear.
But an organisation, while it may
maintain established wage scales for
a time, canhot furnish employment to
its members. The ability of the unions
to increase the waaje scale beyond a
figure thitherto known has been based
on labor scarcity. If prices of labor's
products shall be forced down to a
point where production no .longer -is
profitable, either wages will fall or
production, will stop. When produc
tion ceases men are thrown, out of em
ployment. This process already is un
der way in the oast. Many labor
unions have large accumulations" of
money and can maintain their mem
bers out of work for a time, but this
could not go on indefinitely. The
whole situation will work itself out in
time and workers will be willing to ac
cept lower pay whenever the dollars
they receive will buy more than they
now do. '
The national election is less than a
month away and then comes the
Christmas shopping. Truly, we are a
buav rjeonle and thera la iinmAthlnr
Hoing "all the time. '
UBERTY BO.XDS.
The trouble lies not with the liberty
bond but with the treatment accorded
It, says Modern Farming in replying to
subscriber who complained bitterly
because Modern -Farming; had urged
holders to keep their bonds and buy
more. The subscriber declared that
veiled throat of dire consequences
to all who would not buy" persuaded
him to become a bond holder and
when he desired to sell his $50 bond
he could get but $46 for it.
"This same farmer subscriber," con
tinues Modern Farming; In its answer,
would not expect his agricultural
operations to do what he expects his
liberty bond to do. Suppose he 'In
vested' J50 in seed corn, fertilizer and
labor, then, a short time later he need
ed gome money. Would this farmer
expect to be able to sell his partly
grown crop of corn for as much mon
ey as he had put into It, labor included?-
No; he would realize that In or
der to come out even, let alone make a
profit, he must carry the crop to ma
turity. " 'Maturity." Pay particular atten
tion to that word. Repeat it. Matur
ity. Maturity of the corn crop makes
possible the realization of a return of
money invested, with a possible profit
if the aeason has been favorable.
"Selling; the liberty bond before its
maturity is comparable to selling the
com crop when partially grown.
"The farmer Who bought a liberty
ready to harvest on the maturity date
indicated on the bond..' It is not good
business judgment to expect to real
ize the maximum benefits from this
crop until it is ready to harvest. If it
becomes absolutely necessary to sell
this crop (bond) before the harvest
time, then he must regard himself as
being somewhat at the mercy of the
buyer, and must expect to make some
sacrifice.
"The good business method, -In case
money is required, is to use thef liberty
bond as security for a loan at a bank.
Then the 'accrued interest' which pur
luoscnaer rexers to won lo 81 1 1 1 worK
to the advantage of the original own
er, reducing the cost of the money
from the bank, and enable him to hold
on for the final benefits at harvest
time.
"It is easy to sit back and talk aboiiT
the possibility of changing supposed
Iniquities,, but unless such talk is
backed up by constructive suggestjons
for its accomplishment, it is but de
structive criticism.
"We are glad to repeat our former
advice liberty bonds are the safest
Investment a man can make today: the
present owner of a liberty bond cannot
afford to part with it until its matur
ity. at which time he will have re
ceived interest in full for the use of
his money, and will have his principal
returned Intact."
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
Inft
'ormaiion Bureau
FREDERIC 3. H ASK TV, Director.
Washington. D. OL
"PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS.
8 The Pierce-Scott Race of 1853.
Washington, 3D. C, Sept. S. The
campaign of 1S52 marked the end of
the Wig party as a factor in national
affairs. For the third time tha or
ganization placed expediency before
principle to nominite a war hero for
president. WinfSeld Scott was the
hero of 'the" War of 1813 and of the
War with Mexico.- He had been de
feated in the convention by a narrow
margin by William Henry Harrison
when it was necessary to choose a
hero candidate to oppose Van Buren
in 1840. That was Tippecanoe against
Lundy's Lane, and Tippecanoe won.
As will be renumbered, Scottwas de
feated in 1840 by a letter written to
secure, abolition support in New York.
Writing letters was the one great busi
ness of General Scott's life. He wrote
letters to everybody, about everything,
and at all times. His letters ruined
him and his party, and when the votes
were counted It was found that he had
been overwhelmingly defeated by the
Democratic "dark horse," Franklin
Pierce. Scott carried only four states
in the Union, receiving but 42 . elec
toral votes to Pierce's 254- , !
When President Taylor died he was
succeeded in the White House by Mil
lard Fillmore. As has been the case
in every instanced which a vice presi
dent has become chief magistrate
(with a single exception) the policy of
the administration was reversed. Tay
lor had permitted his policy to be dic
tated by the conservative Whigs.
Fillmore was a liberal. As a result of
the right-about-face attitude taken by
Daniel Webster, who went over to the
non-interference-with-slavery side in
his speech of March 7, and of the suc
cession of Fillmore, all' parties were
enabled to get together once more on
a compromise basis.
One More Compromise.
It was Henry Clay, the Great Paci
ficator, whose compromises had kept
him out of the White House, who was
once more called to the front In his
old age to bring about peace. The
Compromise of I860 was arranged. . It
included several measures. The most
important was the admission of Call'
fornia as a free state, as that broke
the balance of power between free and
slave states in the United States sen
ate. It was the one concession to the
north, but it was of far greater im
portance than the south realized. To
the other side the concessions were a
stringent fugitive slave law, the main
tenance of slavery in the District of
Columbia, the payment- to Texas of
10.000.000 for yielding its claims to
New Mexico, and the organization of
Utah and New Mexico as territories
without restrictions as to slavery. By
this compromise. Henry Clay united
the warrlngyeloments of the Demo-.
cratiopartyfcnd destroyed for all time
the party which he organized and had
captained for so many years.
President Fillmore 'was a candidate
for the nomination. General Scott
and ,Mr. Webster were the other aspir
ants. Mr. Fillmore had. urged the
compromise thru congjress and had
approved it. He wished the whole
country to accept it as the final dis
position of the whole slavery question.
The country, for the most part, wished
to accept it as such. The Democratic
convention approved. The Whigs had
to do so. To swallow the Fillmore-
Clay compromise the northern. Whigs
were forced, but they would not awal- i
ibw Fillmore. So thev took Scott.
whose sympathies were believed to be
with the anti-slavery wing of .- the
party. I
General Scott was nominated on th
fifty-third ballot in the convention.
after heated sessions in which a dele
gate would now and then arise to
spring a letter from Scott. When the
nomination was made. Senator Jones
of Tennessee, the "Lean Jimmy" Jones
who had twice defeated James K.
Polk for governor, leaped to the plat
form with a letter from General Scott.
It was a letter of acceptance couched
in less tnan a hundred words, but
pledging loyal and exclusive support
to the platform. That all too sudden
letter helped to do his business in Noc
vember. - I
Another Note-Writer. j
General Scott had- in years gone by !
affiliated with the Nativist party in
Pennsylvania to the extent of writing
letters attacking the Catholics and op
posing the foreign element in politics.
These old letters the Democrats used
against him with great effect. Horace
Greeley shouted himself black in the
face in his attempts to defend Scott
from Scott's letters, but it fyas of no
avail. '
General Scott himself took the
stump in an effort to win over the
voters of foreign blood. He was a
great flatterer, and tils references to
the "rich Irish brogue" and the "sweet
German accent" of some of his hear
ers were nothine less than ludicrous.
"The Whigs soon realized that Scott
would be defeated, but the candidate
hoped on. When it was all over he
gave out an interview in which he de
clared that he owed his defeat to the
New Tork Herald, the Webster defec
tion and the luke warmness of the
Fillmore administration.
Daniel Webster consented to be
come ther head or a bolting Union
ticket. bOT-h
e died a few days before!
the election and his little party died
with him. A few days before his
death Webster sent for his bosom
friend, Peter Harvey, and asked: "Is
Rufus Choate going to vote for
Scott?" "I don't know," was Harvey's
reply, "but I think hot." Then Web
ster said: "Tell him not to ruin his
future bif voting for Scott, and tell
h;m. as my dying message to him, that
after the second day of NovemberXl
next the Whig party as a national
party will exist only in history." The
publication of this interview in the
Democratic papers a few days before
the election did not aid tjie Whig's
dying cause, altho Choate announced
his fealty lo Scott. Webster's predic
tion was correct. In 1852 the Whig
party died and in the same year Henry
Clay and Daniel Webster, its greatest
leaders and its worst enemies, were
gathered to their fathers. In the elec
tion the Whig ticket carried but four
states Massachusetts and Vermont intilTi7, .fnl..','Slen.".,R:
New England and Tennessee and Ken
tucky in the south.
The 'Malneaca.,, .
In the Democratic party that year
there was a great fight for the presi
dential nomination. Lewis Cass,
James Buchanan. Stephen A. Douglas
and William L. Marcy were the.prin
clpals, but from the first it was be
lieved that a "dark horse" would win.
Sam Houston, then a senator from
Texas, who had been governor of Ten
nessee and president wf the republic
of Texas, was a formidable possibility
for a while. But Houston had lately
become a "Maineao, tnat is to say, he
had become .& -teetotaler and a pro-
hibitionist, and was in favor of the
extension of the Maine liquor law to
all the states. Persons holding such
views in those days were called "Main
eacs." ,
On the thirty-fifth ballot in the
Democratic convention the Virginia
delegation plumped a solid vote for
Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire,
whose name had not been mentioned
in the convention altho the New-Tork
Herald had suggested him aa the pos
sible "dark horse." That started the
ball, and Pierce was nominated on the
forty-ninth ballot. Pierce had a good
record aa a politician, had served with
some distinction as a brigadier general
in the war with Mexico, and had the
negative strength of being a compro
mise man. '
When Pierce was nominated Che
Democrats did not yet know how
many mistakes General Scott would
make or how many letters he would
write. They only knew that the Whigs
were certain to nominate him and that
he was a war hero. Iv was in the
frightened effort to get a hero to
match a hero that Houston was pro
posed, and that Pierce was selected.
Yet how few Americans remember to
day that Franklin Pierce had a war
record In Mexico?
The Pierce nomination was the first
in which the onlooking galleries in a
national convention took part. When
Pierce's name was first voted for, a
New Hampshire delegate, wild with
excitement, invited the people in the
galleries to join in the cheering;. They
accepted the invitation, despite the
precedent that had always obtained,
forbidding the galleries to cheer or
applaud. The result was the first con
vention "demonstration." It lasted
for eight minutes. Thus waa begun
the unhappy custom which has made
bedlam and a mob of every national
convention since.
The campaign in 1852 waa affected
to a considerable degree by two side
shows that were running the prohi
bition movement and the woman auf
frage propaganda. The suffragettes
held a great national convention
which was attended by women from
all over the northern states, ' most
of them attired in "bloomers.'-V Eliza
beth Cady Stanton and Susan B.
Anthony were two prominent figures.
The prohibition movement did not en
ter into national polltcs. but it was
4 great factor in state and congres
sional contest.
When it was all over the country
oreathed' easier. The Democrats had
been restored to power by an over
whelmingly and non-sectional vote.
People hoped and believed 1 that the
Compromise of I860 would stand, and
that the agitation of the slavery ques
tion would die out. They were de
luded, but their honest belief at the
time explained many things that seem
to be unreasonable in the light of later
events.
George Matthew Adams
, Daily Talk v
OUTLETS. ' . 1 '
I was in a barber shop the other
day, and as I sat in the chair T heard
a rather alsrmfcng noise from,. the
place where they put the tewel to
sterilize. But in a 'minute something
blew off, and the noise stopped.
aaked the barber what that was,
and he said it was the safety, valve J
an outlet for excess steam. i
The rest, of the time in my chair, I
sat thinking about how wonderftjj it
was that there were outleta to Uk,
care of so many things.
I sometimes think that much of -the
trouble of the world is caused because
there are . so tew people takiag id
vantage of outlets "theft care Tight
within their reach.
Nature-very wisely gave to us all
much, mere ehetgy.than we ordinarily
need. The idea of surplus forms an
important part in jthe life of anything.
There mast always be a reserve- of
some sort.- But. at times, even this re
serve becomes an evil. Theman with
too little money worries -himself over
how to keep within it, and the man
with too much money worries himself
over caring for it. -
So that outlets are both fundamental
as a usef jl force and very necessary.
But every outlet should be a healthy
and a natural one. - People cry when
overwrought and nervons and It's
a good thins;.
The sound of happy voices, changed
scenes and laughter are the finest
outlets for grief and loneliness.
To keep the mind clean and '-the
body fresh, there is hothing to com
pare with the "out-of-doors," where
God walks around, looking over what
He has created and arranged.
If there is something very strorrgly
wrong about you. study yourself.
What you need is to locate a fewout
lets! Questions Answers
Q. Who gets credit for-the abolition ot
the slave trade?
A. Granville Sbarpe, an English philan
thropist is given this honor by many au
thorities. In 1772. be obtained the de
cision of the Knglish judges in the famous
ease of the negro Somerset, tbat aa soon
ss -a slave set foot on English soil, he l
came free. Sharpe was a friend ot William
Wilberforee, the member of parliament,
who championed the negro cause until bin
death.- and helped to abolish slave-trading
and slaveholding in Rnglano.
Q. We see news Items quoted from tne
Japanese paper "Nltchl Nltchl." What
would thla name be in English? H. J. F.
A. The Japanese Embassy says that
Nltchl Nltchl" wonld be literally "day
day" but a broader translation is 'May by
dav.
Q. Has the United States a considerable
part of the anthracite coal of the world?
C. A. B. -
A. A small part of the world supply of
anthracite eoal Is In the 1'ntted States. Most
of the coal of this classification is In Asia.
America has the greatest supply of blttsm
innns coals In the world. The rennsri
vanla coal fields are the only important
ones in this country where the close fold
ing of rocks has changed the bituminous
into anthracite.
Q. Why is the water of tbeea salty?
F. G. O.
A. The salines! of the sea has been at-
trlbiiteil to the washlnr out of salts from
the land by rain and by rivers, and Its
gradual concentration bv evaporation. Moo
srn authorities, however, believe that on
account -of the similarity existing between
the salts of the ocean and certaia products
of volcanic eruptions, that tbe sea has been
salt from the beglnlng.
Q. Is any part of the United States free
from electrical storms? R. L. W.
A. The Weather Bureau says that ssrnjr
as iiro n. um pan or inia country is ea-
ever, they are much more frequently '-observed
in the esjstera and central portions
of the conntry th3n in tbe fsr west. la
fact, along the immediate ' Pacific Coast
the occurrence of these storms Is compara
tively rare and It la stated tbat tbey -are
without many of tbe severe chsracterialcs
observed ra tbe- more eastern districts.
(Any reader can get tne answer to hay
Juetulon by writing Tbe Tooeka Stars
onraal lnforasatlnn bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director. Washington, D. C This
offer applies strictly te Information, frbe
bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical,
and financial matters. It does not under
take to settle domestic troubles, nor te
undertake exhaustive research en any
subject. Write your question plainly- and
kr .f! riiv., .... . .l -.) A 1
enclose 2 -cent stamp for return posts. .
All replies are seat direct to Uw taaulra) '
Evening Story
, The Big Bully! ... ,
BY RAY BAKER.
"You're too young to be a . man
hater," observed Aunt Emma, pour
ing another eup. of tea which was
)decidedly black.
Ella Winslow, her niece, sipped
her tea, which had been diluted con
siderably, and arched her eyebrows,
and said nothing.
"Look at me," her aunt went on,
fingering the cup handle in pleasant
anticipation. "Here I'm near fifty,
and have had two husbands, and "
Here she paused to convey the cup to
tier mouth and set it back on the
saucer with an air of contentment.
Leaning across the table, she resumed:
" and I don't know but I'd take
another chance, if I got one,."
Her niece looked idly out the win
dow of the cabin.
"It ain't -nautral," Aunt Emma
persisted, "for a young woman to se
clude herself like that from male so
ciety. Now, there's Frank Samson,
for instance "
Ella turned, with a gesture of im
patience. "Now, what would be the sense of
burdening myself with a man?" she
exclaimed. "When women can get
along all right on their own resources,
why. take on such a responsibility?
Do you think I want a man to boss
and bully me around? All men are
bullies at heart, if not in actions.
Frank Samson, especially, is too physi
cally strong; to be morally strong.
He'd try to break my will, and I don't
want it broken. I like to have my
own way, and I'm going; to continue
having it."
Aunt Emma drained the 'cup.
"Ella," she said, surveying her
niece's profile, "you're too good look
ing to be a man hater. Now, ff you
were very plain and unattractive it
might be excusable to talk that way.
Furthermore, you surmise too much.
You get a thought in your bead and
never stop to consider you might be
wrong. j. I know lots of tender
hearted men, and my two husbands
were that kind. 'No man could be
mean to you, I am sure."
"You're talking of the men of an
other generation," Ella retorted.
"I'm talking of present-dajr men,
I've seen enough of them in busi
ness to know they're heartless. My
employer sent me on a vacation, pre
tending to perform a kind deedjvbut I
know the real reason was he realized
I required a rest in order to do my
best in his intersts. He bullied me
Into taking the vacation. It's natural
fora man to be a bully. You may call
It something elsedetermination, for
instance but it's Just plain bully. I
want none of it."
"You're w"rong," her aunt said de
cisively, "Dut there's no use arguing.
Maybe some day you'll be convinced
youi hfcve been unjust." -."Maybe,"
Ella admitted, grudg
ingly. To tell the truth, Frank Samson had
attracted Ella more than she cared to
confess. She resisted this attraction.
however, for she was sincere in her
aversion to men and was determined
never to marry. '
Ella was a successful business wo
man, having recently become mana
ger of a retail tire concern In Chicago.
In the slack months of winter she was
ordered on a- ninety-day vacation by
tne ouuying proprietor, and she chose
her jaunt's home in California, as he
uisca io spena it.
Aunt Emma. was- comfortably fixed
financially, but she lived in a. modest
cabin,, on. the outskirts of the small
city. She took it upon herself to en
tertain her. niece by Inviting young
men to the house, and it that way
Jiiia oecame acquainted with 5Yahk
Samson, a membepxf one of the city's
foremost families. . ..
"( His father owned a large orange
grove, ana frank attended to the
wholesale marketing of the fruit. He
had spent two years In college, but
was too interested in athletics to waste
time on his books, and was called
home. - . ,
! Frank was !mors,than six feet In
height and wa broad, too. He had a
good-natured way abouthim that In
terested Ella, but she tola herself It
was only a veneer that would rub off
or close acquaintance. Nevertheless,
she couldn't help thinking of him con
siderably. i The day following the dialog about
men Aunt jsmma and Ella went for
a walk in the forest that surrounded
the city. They were lovers of nature
and liked to wander among the tall
tfees.
, They had walked for perhaps half
an nour along patJja when angry
voices at one side attracted their at
tention. Curiosity- prompted them to
part the foliage and look into a clear
ing:, where two men stood face to face.
"I tell you you can't have it," said
one of the men, tall and broad-shouldered.
"And why not?" questioned the
other, f horter but equally bnOad, with
a thick necks' "Is it yours?"
"No. but . it's not yours. either. and
you let it alone or there'll be trouble."
and the larger man held a fist under
the other's nose.
' Ella felt sick at heart, for she had
recognized the aggressor as Frank
Samson. She saw the other man stoop
toward the ground, and then Frank
gave him a shove that sent him
sprawling on his back. f .
Ella ran away, but ber aunt did not
follow. - '
"I knew it,-I knew it." Ella repeat-
ea over and over.-as she ran toward
the cabin; and. once in it, she indulged
Un a few tear. Altho she would not
nave aamutea it, sne nad begun to be
lieve Frank different from other men.
Her aunt appeared soon, puffing
from exertion, for she was stout.
" 'Twas a big disappointment." tjhe
gasped, settliag herself in a chair and
fanning herself with a book. "There
wasn't any fight at alL FrarflT Just
picked the other fellow up and gave
him A. COfwl Rnanlclnv a nrl Vw.. r.
down the hill."''
"The big bully!" . Ella cried. "I"
knew he was like that. A. big, .husky
fVllnw nllrlnv nn n .m.11..
- f - - V - haf a fino ,f,mni. e "j";
i,1 J Ji"e f"m?! .f Present-day
- To save herself, she couldn't help
bursting into tears, and she lay on the
sofa and gave full vent to them. Aunt
Emma looked astonished for a mo
ment, then crossed ' the room and
patted her niece's head.
"There, there. j;irl: don't take -on
that way. He wasn't bullying the oth
er fellow. The other fellow was Sam
Brinkin, an exrprise fighter. And do
you know what the fight was about?'!
Ella didn't even raise her head.
"I'll tell you." said her aunt softly.
"It was about a caterpillar. Sam
wanted to capture it and torture it,
and Frank wouldn let bim.'
Ella raised herself quickly, a light
of Joy in her eyea.
"Oh, I'm - glad!" she exclaimed.
"He wasn't a bully, after all. I could
not stand it if he was."
Outside the cabin an 'auto horn
squawked, and they both went lo the
door. Frank Samson sat in a big car.
"Come on for a ride. Ella." he
called. "I have some things; to say
to you important things.'
Ella felt like accepting, but she
must fight this man's growing power
over her.
"I don't fcelieve I'd better," she re
sponded. - f'l think " - ,v
"Don't think, then," he insisted, get
ting out of the car. "Come on, I tell
you. I'm used. o -giving -orders and
being obeyed." ' He grinned broadly.
And Ella went griding in the big car
and listened to the big things the big
man had to sav.
(Copyright, 1KW. by the McClura News
paper Syndicate.)
JUST A GIRL
By JANE PHELPS
A GREAT TREAT FOR MARY
AND TOM.
CHAPTER 102.
. It was amusing to see Mary's face
when we went into tbe Blackstone.
Surprise, amazement, curiosity were
so blended that her expression of de
light brought a hearty laugh -from
Tony.
"I see you are going to approve my
choice of a place to dine. Miss Mur
phy." he said, as he walked with her.
leaving me with Tom another proof
of his kindness of heart, I thought
Tom was a bit awkward, but he did
not show his feelings as plainly as did
Mary. She fairly bubbled.
Tony had reserved a table for four,
and at tary's plate and mine were
corsage bouquets of lovely rosebuds.
Mary looked at me, and when I pinned
mine on she did the same, first hold
ing them across to Tom, so he could
Ktnf.ll them.
'Ain't aren't they lovely!" she said
to me.
"Indeed thev are."
"Do men like htm," she glanced at
Tony who, busy with the waiter, was
paying no attention to her for the mo
ment, "always buy gins nowers wneu
they take them out to dinner?"
. "Not alwavs. Mary."
"Ain't it aren't no, isn't it Just
grand ?" she asked in a. stage whisper.
Tonv heard this time, and replied:
"I am glad you're pleased. Miss
Murphy.
'Pleased! It is lust like I have al
ways thought heaven would be. Love
ly music, lights, everybody looking
happy. It's mighty gooa -or you, mr.
noif.nd. tn ask Tom and me."
f'lt's mighty good of Tom and you
to come," Tony replied with a smile.
"Here comes the waiter. I hope I
have ordered things you liRe.-
Tnnv had ordered a very bountifu.
dinner, but had left out the unusual.
hiiihlv seasoned dishes he usually ia
dulped in. There was thick cream
soup simple - fish, young lamb with
peas and potatoes, salad, a wonderful
gnffm crackers and cheese
Just' the kind of a meal a person of
simple tastes? unuseo. to a noiei ,
-niAv THen he and Tom
smoked a good cigar while we talked
and listened to the'music.
"I neer eat so much in all mjr life
nn menl '" Marv said to me.
"Neither did I!" Tom agreed. - Tony
had left us for a moment; someone
v,..iim him to tbe teleDhone.
Tt win r nice dinner." I said, then
added: "Mr. Deland always knows
hnw tn An the rierht thing.
"Do you know. Zena, I think that's
what makes him so nice. He Just
seems to know what -Tom and we
would eniov. I'll bet nowne wouiu
have had a lot of them queer dishes
with fancy name ir you ana mm no
been alone. But he knew that Tom
and me wouldn't like tnem, oecau
w ain't used. to. that kind of eating.
But it WAS good of him to bring lis
to this stilish place, plain folks like
us." - .. .
"You heard what he said, that it
was good pf you to come, and I agree
with him. Sh s. there he comet
now-" l
'"I have secured tickets to a show.
I hope; you haven't seen Tt,'( he said, as
he sat down. We had not, of course.
and we left at once.
He had four seats in the orchestra,
ti frant nf the house, lb-wat
a musical comedy and Mary was so
delighted that she kept us laughing
with her quaint, remarks. Tom. too.
seemed to enjoy every nit or tne piay.
Dnrlne- intermission. Mary whispered:
""Backs seem to be the part of their
horlia women like to show at tne
theater don't they, Zena?" In front
of us was a large woman, her very
low a-nwn held on ar straps OI jet.
Tony heard and laughed. After
wards he said it was more at. Mary's
expression than at what she said. .
Mary" was .a bit embarrassed and
as id nathtnr 'further about the gown
ing of the women. But her remarks
about the play and the characters
were really funnier nan anytning on
the stage.
"She's a whole show In herself!"
Tdny said in an aside to me.
"And such a dear." I replied.
"I'll bet she is! No one could help
liking her."
I made up mp. mind to repeat that
remark- to Mary. She was apt to un
derestimate herself.
On our way out I saw Mr. Claxton.
He bowed and smiled at me. How
happy I was that I had told htm oi
Tony, and that he seemed so friendly.
(Tomorrow Mary keeps Zena up.)
JUST yOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
, WHE.V THE MIM8TKK CALLS.
Mr Paw savs thst It used fo be
Whenever the minister nme for tea
'At tbey sat up straight ia their chairs at
, Bight
An' put all their common things onto' sight,
An' nobodv cracked a )oke or grinned,
lint they talked ' the way tbat 1 eopw
sinned
Au' tbe burnla fires tbat would cook yon
sure '
When yon rome to die. if yon wasn't pure
'Twss a gloomy affair. that used to be
When the mieister csme for tea.
But now when tbe minister comes to call
I get htm. out for a game of bell.
And ivou'd 'never know If you'd see him
"bat.
Without any coat or vest or hat. ;
That he Is -a minister, no slree!
lie looks like a regular man to me.
An' be knows how to go Into tbe dirt
For the grounders hot wltbont getttn
hurt
An when sapper's rea'fcr. both nim an' me
Have te git washed up agate tor tea.
He's played all the games mat the tellers
play
When be was In college. Aa one big day
He came to bat with tbe score a tie
Aa' the pitcher slipped bim one, shoulders
"I K--
An' b wallMtfd It over the fence for fair
An weav tbat ball game right. then aa
there!
An my Pa knows that It's true, cos be
Was np in tbe grandstand where he eoeio
Once In a football game be -played.
An' the winnin' toochdowa alone-be made
My Paw says whenever he got the bad,
Ue conld rua so fast that be'd beat 'em
"- ,
Be says that the .feller whell Just play
fntr r
Is fit for heaven or 'anywhere.
An' fun's all right If your bands are clean
An' 'yoov never cheat an' joe don't gei
mean. A x
Me says that be never has understood -Why
a feller can't play an' still be a-ooo.
An my Paw savs that he's- Just the klna
ifa minister tJtat be likes to fin a ,
So I'm alwaya tickled as I can be
Whenever nur minister cornea for tea.
: (Copyright, 1930, by Edgar A. Guest.)
ON SECOND THOUGHT
(Froas Philadelphia raue Ii-) .
' We do not wish to dwell upon the
circumstance that our favorite mana
ger. John J. McGraw, finally found an
actor he' could whip, altho the casual
interruption of Mr. McGraw"s un
broken string of defeats well Reserves
a paragraph. We refer to that phase
of the - incident merely because we
wish to hang a lucubration upon It.
The overshadowing fact is that Mr.
McGraw, having partaken somewhat
copiously of the good cheer provided
at the Lambs club,, went out and
talked about it. - .
Thru havinar seen and observed
them for many years, we are familiar
with the ethics ot the "tight town"
and the arid wastes. They are that
no gent, either voluntarily or under
pressure, betrays the . source of his
hooch. It isn t done. One maysj
wriggle upon tne witness nana or ue
like a gentleman, but he doesn t tell
where he got it.
We trust we shall not be accused
of unnecessary projection of our per
sonal affairs if we illumine the point
by reference to our one proud mo
ment. It was suspected by the "author
ities" that we had seen beer pass
across the bar of a club in which we
were a guest. Haled into court, we
declined to give testimony pro or con,
or vice versa. Constructively speaking,
the doors ot the don Ion keep closed
upon us. We heard tbe rattle ot
chains and the click of the turnkey's
key. The sounds persisted for many
months. Had it not been for a friendly
writ of habeas corpus they might be
audible yet. But we didn't "spill" it,
and they never found out.
We don't care for Jail life. We have
no more than our proportion of moral
courage, nut. now mat me arena oy
are upon the nation, it is well that
men should know' the ethics of per
sonal conduct In a crisis of affairs.
Concerning Johnny Murphy's Death.
SIr-J. J. R. writes of the "passing
away" of John E. Murphy, of Du
mont's minstrels. As Mark Twain said:
"the report of his death is greatly ex
aggerated." I saw John B. Murphy
"passing away"- down the Boardwalk
in Atlantic City this afternoon. He
has had his own show InAtlantlc City
for twenty-five years. He performs
n m -v. . ,
each day and would show a lot of
pep" if told 'he were dead. Willis
Prickett is also alive and runs a
dramatic stock company under the
name of "The Four Pricketts." J. J.
R. muffed that one also. Joe Mor
ton was Murphy's dancing partner.
John E. Murpriy was not of Ray
mond and Murphy and did not dance
against Danleno in the international
dancing match. He met and de
feated Horace Wheatley. of England.
And lastly, George Primrose never
used sand in dancing, altho three
others mentioned by J. J. R. did use
it. CM.
Otherwise, we assume, J. J. R.'s
revelations are entirely authentic. ,
But. we go on to say, since the sub
ject has been vintalized, it will be
nothing to us when thetk Hog-dancers
cease fheir "clogging." The news
that the art had perished would de
press us as litlro as a threat to de
prive us of Walt Whitman's verse. -
The esteemed New York World de
votes more than three columns of
spaco to proving its contention that
Harry M. Daugherty picked Mr, Hard
ing for president six years ago.-- With
white paper what it is. it seems ; a
waste to do it. The bare wordTh'f the
esteemed World would have beepvfiuf
ficlcnt, so far as we are concerned''"
lore than that, we'll say Mr.
De.ugherty is a good picker and one
who disclosed an admirable quality of
persistency. The World quit its can
didate for president three months
after it had selected him.
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE COOK
BT LEK PATE.
Mrs. Janders came to see ma yestid
day aftlrnoon, being a little short lady
with pointy feet, and ma brawt down
her new hat and Mrs. Janders sed, o,
ixzent that perfeckly exquisite.' I think
thats simply adorable. O, Izzent that
Jest too absilootly cunning for words.
O thats simply the darlingest thing I
ever saw.
Wlch my cuzzln Artie) was there,
and me and him started to giggel and
couldent hardly stop, ma saying. Ben
ny. Artie, wat are you jgigrrellng about?
Nuthlnc I sed. and Artie sed. We're
just giRgeling. Wich we kepp on do
ing on account of the longer you glg-
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gel the harder -it is stop, eJipeahilly
wen theres 2 of yon. and after Mrs.
.landers had went home ma eed. Now
a rent you boy ashamed of yourselves
carrying on like that? and l sea. wen
gosh, fr, ma, Mrs. Janders nawked so
funny how could We help it? S
I wunt -yon. to understand -poeple
have a perfect rite' to talk the way
they please, sed ma, and I sed. Well G,
gosh, ma, even the way she tawked?
and ma sed. Certenly and I d,nt want
to heer another word about it.
Wlch me and Artie kepp on tawk
iqg that way all aftlrnoon. and Artie
stayed for supplr and wile" I waa eat
ing my mash potatoes I sed. O, these
mash potatoes are too perfeckly won
derful for werds, theyre simply Jest
too bewtifilL
The doose jfou say, sed pop looking;
serprized. and Artie sed. And O der,
these pees, theyre simply al.nost too
divine, and I sed. And O sutch meet,
its. jest too absilootly perfeck.
Heer, heer, hay. hay, sed pop, cut
I said. Well G, pop, gosh, mm sed that
waa the way to tawk, ana? pop sed,
Lillian." did you ever say that?
Dont pay-eny attenion to him, WU
yum. I meerly sed it was all rite for
Mrs. Janders to tawk like that if she
wanted, sed ma, and pop sed. Its not
eiavi en rite for a parrit up aatree to
tawk like that and I dont wuntlo i
heer
eny more of It.
,Wich he dident.
Dorothy Dix Talks
I
Bt SOSVOTBT BIX
Wasters BT1 1, bast JPaM Wemasi Wilasa,
Are Yon a Good Wife? 1.
Do you ever wonder if you give
satisfaction aa a wife? When you see
your husband of an evening wUh the
smoke of his cigar curling about hie
head, and a far away look in his eyes,
do you ever wonder whether he is
thlnklne- that the best investment he
ever made in his life was when he
bought you a wedding ring, or if be ia
speculating upon what the fool killer
was doing not to get his number on
the day he undertook to be" your meal
ticket for life?
If you are curious on this subject,
apply these acra tests to yourself:
Have you thrown away the bait
with which you caught your fish 1
t iou oeitea your nooa witn gooa iooks.
P0"fre w,ayB o clean, and fresh
nd -lnV' w"h yur hair omt!d so
5ecommBl2' nd y"r " nlCeL5 P
SanS '"V 1 uLl" von" Lw'o
I trim and neat. Have you grown
sloppy and slovenly and dowdy? Do
you screw your hair up into a little
hard knot, that would make the Venus
do Milo look like a scarecrow, because
it's the easiest way to get it up? Do
you wear run-down-at-the-heels Up
pers around the house and consider
a much-besolled kimono good enough
to adorn yourself in for a mere hus
band? It takes a man with a super
human talent for , loving to keep
enamored of a woman who looks aa it
she needed to be sent to the laundry
and whose kisses taste pf cold cree.ru.
You also baited your hook with
flatterry. You made the poor sucker
who nibbled at that alluring tidbit be
lieve fhat you thought he was tl.o big
gest, strongest, handsomest, wisest
man in the world. When he expressed
An opinion, you appeared to think it
the utterance of an oracle. You asked
his advice and let him tell you how he
would run the world if he was at the
heed ot things. Ypu laughed at his
stories and applauded hjs jests.
.-.Have you" enit--brfingp, Incense at
his feet? Do you interrupt him in the
midst of his best -story to tell him
that the woman, next door has got a
new hat? Do you remind him that
you read the Joke he haa lust told
In the column of the funny paper?
T ...... ...... 1 . . !.... ft.)-'
4jv, juu ujiciiij tiuui ana vfiuii'ii mi,.
criticize everything he-does, from the
way he has his hair cut, to his pro
nunciation? -4-
It must be a terribly disillusioning
thing to marry a Woman because you
think you are getting an admiring
audience in her, and then find out
that you have got a cricket on the
hearth who Is the president of the
Amalgamated Order of Lady Knock
ers, i '
Did you let your .first baby put your
V. . ........ ....... .... .. 9
joint that It has neverarot in again?
So many women never think of their
husbands ns anything hut their chil
dren's father, a convenience mercifully
ordained by Providence to supply the
wants of Johnnie, and Tommy, and
Mary, and Janey. He has no rights
where the youngsters are concerned,
and If he has to be worked to death
to indulge them in everything their
greedy young hearts crave,! well, it's a
J pity, but it has to be done.
(Copyright, 1920. by the Wheeler Syndicate,
Inc. . .
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