The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09
ON THIRD THOUGHT
A La JAY {. HOUSE

During the absence of Jay E. House,
who is now touring westward with the
'Missus," his city hall friends are en-
deavoring to keep this colin going.
There is this to be said in behalf of
President Wilson: Undoubtedly he
has keenly missed the presence of a
feminine influence since the loss of
Bryan But we doubt very much
whether younger woman can fill the
void.
The announcement of his enga ge-
ment coincident with his advocacy of
woman suffrage will not help him any
in getting the support Of sick wives
and permanent widows.
The A. P. continues to engage in the
fiction that Thomas a. Edison pre-
sided at a convention of inventive
genluses. AS the wizards only means
of hearing is through his teeth we
presume he received the oratory by
gnashing the table.
If you do not get that one, be it ex-
planned that Edison tests his phono-
graph records with his teeth.
We hand it to Judge A. w. Benson
He can tell an old soldier story with
out running by the stopping place.
Buz Hapgood says his son-in-Iaw is
the kind of fellow who calls them
Vulgarians
Mush. piffle, flapdoodle-don't for
get these words. 1 leave it to the
reader to make the customary para
graphs.
A P. Tone Wilson, of the CrossRa
Democrat has nose for news. The
Cross-Ray says twelve brands OF
whisky are sold in Topeka.
That this list is incomplete is doubt
less due to the fact that the investi-
gator was interrupted m his rounds By
an officer of the law.
Eph Wiley says that the Rev. Robt
Gordon has lost much of his prestige
since he was seen on the corner OF
Ninth and Kansas avenue picking his
teeth.
Fiction is leaving truth at the post
in the race for strangenesS. There's
the story of the Topeka man who
doesn't know whether he was robbed
of two million dollars. or whether il
was only 81.
What. may I ask, has become of the
old fashioned newspaper that used to
spell it Servia?
We do not know exactly what the
usual writer of this colin would say
but there certainly should be some
thing about the parade the nissus put
on in the Pullman.
Speaking OF Pullmans, since Robert
T. Lincoln has become the head of the
Pullman company he has made
strong bid to crowd his illustrious
father from the place as the greatest
benefactor of The co1ored race.
We did not see the lady who ap-
peared on the streets of Topeka with
her stockings rolled down over her
shoe tops, but 1t certainly couldn't
have been any funnier than one of the
Giblin girls who wears mans socks
Buck Kilby says that he used to
have an ambition to be president but
now his only claim to distinction is
that the pan under the refrigerator
has only run over once this season.
If we were a Democratic president
at this particular period we should
most certainly grasp the opportunity
of falling from our $4,000 job into
the lap of a charming and wealthy
widow.
We read a great deal about the
number of idle workers, but careful
perusal of the want columns will show
IndI lHeTe Is always room 1OT Oil ca
perienced arm waiter"
We notice that Willum Alum Whyte
has gone to Indiana to make speech
on James Whitcomb Riley'S anniver-
sary. Not wishing to interfere, with
the program we should still like to
see that he and Albert J. Beverage
were going to sing a duet.
Far be it from us to seem grasping
or mercenary but as long as he are
assuming the burden of this colin
during the absence of its fond and
loving parent is it more than fair
that we expect to share in the emolu-
ments thereof?
Norton Bank Opens Branch.
Norton, Kan, Oct. "a new bank |
opened at Oronoque, a little town ten |
miles west of Norton today The in |
is a branch of the First Ma |
tional bank of Norton. The officers |
are: President, Elmer E. Ames; vice |
president, Charles w. Campbell, and /
Charles B. Strickland. The
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