The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-25
ON TIE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
Busy.
: ROY K. MOULTON.

Ill BY ROY K. MOULTON.
Busy.
When Wilson goes to take a ride
Upon the Chesapeakes foaming tide
wireless summons him right back
To his old presidential shack,
For things have broke in Mexico
When Wilson goes out to the links
To stretch his legs and shake the
kinks,
He gets a call to hurry home,
A cables been received from Rome,
Or Bryan's phoned from kokomo.
When Wilson goes out for a walk
Around the block, behind him stalk
Three messengers in haste to say
That he must come back right away,
The senate needs him mighty quick.
He hears the White House phone bell
peal
The cabinet must meet at once,
For Castro is performing stunts,
Or John Bulls thrown a brick
They're fighting down in Salvador.
They're starting up that Balkan war.
The dogs of war in China yelp,
The tariff thinkers cry for help.
There is no chance for leisure.
The carping critics snarl and howl,
Muck rakers rake the bones and
growl.
1t seems that, to a great extent,
The job of being president
Is not one round of pleasure.
Suspenders.
Another great national institution
is threatened by the faddists who can
never let we'll enough alone. Tailoring
experts, having been goaded into it
by the scions of high society, have
f,. l1v-
that within a very short time it will
be obsolete.
This seems to be striking a blow at
the very essence of freedom and lib
erty for which this great country is
more or less noted throughout the
world. By the aid of suspenders this
country has accomplished a great
deal. All the great buildings, all the
immense bridges and all the public
works have been erected by men who
wore suspenders. Without the sus-
penders what could they have accom-
plished? Echo answers: "What?"
If those men had gone about hold
ing their clothing on with one hand
and with but one other hand with
which to work would this country be
where it is today? Hardly.
Nothing gives a working man more
confidence and more power to do
great things than a good pair of sus
penders. Suspenders have been the
main support of this nation for many,
many years. Most men have to work
with both hands. How could the
dauntless fireman have courage to
run up a ladder and rescue the
chee-ild from a burning building I'M
less he wore reliable suspenders?
AS usual the reformers offer no
substitute. They do not suggest
the coming race of men shall
fasten their clothing with nails,
library paste or clasps. They simply
seek to tear down great national in
without putting anything in
its place.
Much is heard in automobile cir
cles of satisfied owners In this
the Following letter has
Just been received by an automobile
agent from an owner who appears to
be satisfied and then some:
Dear Sir:-You ask me to write
and tell you why [ purchased one of
your cars. L give the following rea-
sons:
The Price-The local dealer is my
and he gave me so per
cent off. That is why 1 like the
price.
style and Body-During most of
my life 1 have ridden in a buggy and
your car appealed to me because it
bears greater resemblance to a
buggy than to an auto. Then, again,
when l am humping along over the
country roads 1 feel right at home.
because it reminds me of a milk
Many an argument we had about that
wagon, too, but later father gave in
and had springs put on
Appearance-The people around
here go in very little for style, and
had I purchased a fine looking car
If advanced body design the chances
Ire they would have gained the i'm
that L was stuck up. With
-our machine a great many people
never know but what I made it my
SELL.
THE Engine-A great many cars
nave motors that you can hardly hear
1t all, which is rank nonsense. With
ny car. if I should be struck by a
rain at a crossing, 1 have a chance
% collect damages, because I can
prove that neither 1 nor any one with
n block of me heard the locomotive
whistle
Easy Cranking-I have seen owners
If other cars turn and turn without
getting q spark, while with my ma
,hine I never have to crank more
han fifteen or twenty minutes before
t starts right off.
Yes. indeed, your car is a great
ar and if I We're to have one MADE
o order, the only improvements
would insist on would be a shorter
md smaller hood, a louder whistle, a
narrower seat and body to dfscour-
lge, if possible, the present dep1orabIe
custom of your drivers to lounge lux
lriously in the cushions and force
hem to sit. if possible, more erect;
he elevation of the body at least an |
'ther foot and the substitution of
olid wooden tires instead of the
pneumatic. This would obviate all
ire trouble and with no noticeable |
decrease in the riding qualities of the |
ar as constructed at present.