The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-10

This department is not abnormally
observant, BUT it observed that the
leaders of the "get-your-money backY
mob at the first aviation meet, y54e
NOT visiting merchants, but local
IStreet-corner experts, VINO hao ietI
their wives and families at home, and
were under suspicion of having crawl
! ed under the tent in the first place
| The weather is still conducive to
peevishnes, and If any of those per-
sons mentioned in the above para
graph decide to object, they may find
the writer in the little room with
the south window. WELCOME is our
favorite wall decoration.
Personal: The gentleman who mail
| ed to this department a copy of the
H. C. 'Philistine," should forgive said
department for the faux pas. The
weather has acquired our angora to
such an extent that we are unable to
get the point of anything. Twas but
last evening that we sat for three
hours upon the business end Of q tack,
believing. the while. that it was
sofa pillow.
When the appointed hour arrives,
King George will arise, cast his more
or-less eagle eye over the assemblage.
and ask the Bishop Of Huckleberry:
rs Hon. Jack Johnson here?"
| He Isl the divine will reply. VERY
WELL" George will say, now that the
United States representative is pres
ent. let the coronation come off az
advertised
1t is barely possible, of couse, that
the woman who attempted to commit
suicide by hopping into the turgid
| good word, don't you think) Arkan-
sas river at Wichita, may have been
a stranger in that locality. Otherwise,
she was playing for notoriety. Those
familiar with the city, know that
| a
ment down there, and thatNthe fish
are rubbed down after a bath to keep
them from catching cold.
FIRST CALL FOR HARVEST
| HANDS!
And a voice answers: you'll have
to yell louder than that to be heard,
unless the weather moderates"
few highbrows who appointed
themselves a committee to investigate
the New York theaters, have issued
a report. They report that the
itowner and hotel dweller, sets
standard above which the theatrical
manager dare not pass
To the "out of towners" who have
sized New York as a suburb of &C.
henna, this news will come as a de-
cided shock. Amt yoh ashamed of
yourself, you 1ow-browed out of
towner? WhadJa mean by lowering
IlHo I1OTal SLanQdTOS OF the New YORK
White Way?
While meditating over the above
paragraph, and waiting for the next,
there comes to US the thought that
the estimab1e Associated Press does
fall for a lot of idiotic drivel. The re-
port of the resident high brows on
New York theatricals, came over the
wires at a time when a decent dog
fight may have been in progress
! somewhere, and full report of the
dog-fight would have been of more
interest to a million readers.
A Kansas boy was mobbed in Mis-
, souri, because he was charged with
. stealing jug of whisky. The papers
, give it space, but 1t was nothing I'M
usual. Stealing whisky is Great
! Crime in Missouri, and suspicion
: would fall naturally upon citizen of
Kansas, where 1T is customary to get
whisky and then lie about it,
One advantage to being president is
that it is not necessary to perform
any great stunt to get ones name in
the paper. A president gets half a
stick of perfectly good newspaper
space when a little soup is spilled on
his vest.
| If there are no women, children or
, policemen in sight, go ahead and saw
what you think about this weather.
We dassn't print it, and it isn't right
/. to let it pass without comment