The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-22
JAYHAWKER JOTS

The Lucas Sentinel predicts that the
time is coming when farmer will
consider an automobile as necessary
as header.
poets Paul and Roscoe Stubs to be-
come the Quentin and Kermits of
Kansas after January.
The Enporia Gazette's gifted poet
makes "1adies" rhyme with "hades."
Well some of them do, but most of
the ladies don't--KanSas City Star.
The Osborne Farmer hastens to cor
rect the idea that the primary law will
kill off the Kansas Day club. As long
as men aspire to crate, the Farmer eX-
plains, the Kansas Day club will -four
ish.
Congress is now setting" says the
Salina Union, and the Abilene Re
f1ector adds the hope that it may
hatch a $4,000 appropriation for
postOffice.
The Stafford Courier is only amused
by the 'cobless corn said to have
been grown in Illinois and calls atten-;
ton to the fact that few Wears ago
cornless cobs were regular. spec
ialty in Kansas.
The Atchison Globe has discovered
that there is at last a new joke on the
Central Branch. 1t is the only rail-
road mentioned in this way: And. on
the fifth day the Lord created all
things that creep
Yes, you are pretty certain to find
things in the paper that you don't
care for, and some things that don't
exactly suit you; it is to be expected
that you will and it makes no differ
ence what the paper referred to, says
the Marquette Tribune. If the paper
were gotten out solely and exclusively
for you Il might be arranged different
ly, but it is gotten out for the other
several hundred as well. Do with
newspapers as you would with the
dinner course at hotel; take what
you want and pass up what you don't
care for. 1t was set out for the other
fellow.
Mr. J. A Ramsey, of Topeka,
writes to the GaZette's fat poet a let
Ter which is kindness itself, convey
any bard feel gay, and concluding with
a protest against the near-profanity"
which sometimes disf1gures the
rhymes. He quotes a recent rhyme
have with the gas and instances the
line land then the gosh blamed gas
goes outi" He says that the children
at Topeka schools all read the
Gazette rhymes, and consequently the
writer of them should exercise great
care in avoiding coarse language. The
point is we'll taken, and the half
baked poet likes to receive criticisms
so kindly expressed. It might be
argued that children often hear worse
language than gosh blamed and gol-
darned at school, and that the express
sions, as used in the verses referred
to, have their value as illustrating the
evaporation people feel when the
lights go out, but when all is said and
done, rough expressions are better
kept out of print The Gazette's
rhymes are written without care or
consideration. in the course of the
days work and they have many
blemishes which might be avoided if
little more thought were given to
them. And now for little kick at
Mr.. Ramsay; his letter came ad
dressed to "Walt Whitman" and this
seems like rubbing it in. The
Gazettes untamed bard has many
faults, but his poetry is at least sawed
into proper lengths. and few words
rhyme here and there. and a man can
understand what the author is driving
at without having to take his verses
apart with a screwdriver.-Walt
Mason in the Emporia Gazette.