The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-08
OUT IN The COLD
Bruno Leasing Writes His I'M
pressiOns of Convention.
However, He's More Interested
in Pretty Hotel Cashier.
SHE HAS SUCH LOVELY EYES
Delegates Spend Much Time
Whetting Appetites.
Music Plays Important Parts In
Candidates BOOmS.
SHE HAS SUCH LOVELY EYES
tBY BRUNO LEssING.D

Chicago, I'LL, June Sine question
that I was asking myself all today was
whittier are we drifting? 1 had no
ticket for the convention. wrote TINS
in the lobby of the hotel.
| should have been sitting in the
front row of the convention jotting
down my impressions. Instead OF
which l sat ticketless in the hotel lob
10y. Somebody COPIED my ticket. the
worst punishment that can betall MN
is that they nominate the culprlt on
the first ballot. Still, / have my I'M
pressions left. They are offering fab
ulous prices for convention tickets
and if ! can get mine back, I'd ike
to sell it,
I'd rather have a couple of hun
dred bucks than to go to the finest
convention that ever convened Ihe
cashier here is a young woman with
black hair and the finest eyes you ever
saw. Any man who would work OIL a
phoney check on her ought to be
hanged. / have been wondering wheth-
err her first name could possibly be
Genevieve. You see, I'm giving you my
GeneVieVe. You see, I'm giving you my
The Procedure.
don't know exactly what time it
is because l lost my watch AT TINS
moment somebody in the convention
is calling the roll the band is playing
and everybody is talking. One man
whose name, let us say, is Bill, is say
ing to the next man to him, whom we
might as well call sam:
Say, Sam. what 90 you say to run
ming across the street for little ap-
pctizer. They'll be calling the roll for
an hour"
To which Sam replies: " cure on"
OF course. when they get across the
street they are not served immedi-
ately, because there are about 400
others ahead of them A girl IN the
gallery is pointing to a man with
whiskers who is carrying q banner
and asking her escort whether that is
Hughes.
A fat man who looks like a travel
ing salesman, is standing in front OF
the cashiers window, twirlinS his
1nustache and making eyes at her
Why doesn't he pay the bill like a
gentleman and go? He probably has
wife and children at home, if he's
ever home.
Uses Hotel Paper.
am writing this on the hotel paper
| brought along a nice big pad, but 1t
is il my trunk and have lost the
trunk Still. when you read things in
a newspaper you never know what
they were write on They say that
r Il. Powers, the famous cartoonist,
once drew a cartoon on his shirt
bosom and had to wait in his under
shirt until it was photographed
l hear n band of music outside and
everyone is rushing out To see what's
up. l know what it is without get
ting up. The suffragettes are parad-
ing. l am convert to woman suf-
frage. After the way the Republican
J oliticians have bungled their party's
affairs, I'm in favor of giving the
woman a chance if only to see
whether they could possibly do worse
l don't care much to see women par
aiding. however, because a man has to
twist his neck so much to take them
all in That drummer is still hanging
around the cashiers desk.
Bill and Sam have returned to the
convention by this time and the roll
call is still going on One delegate is
asking another whether he thinks
Roosevelt will come on to Chicago.
NO" is the reply, Il don't think so;
he'd make a great mistake if he did"
We'll, sir says the first delegate, Il
don't agree with you and I'll tell you
why
You know, as a rule when a man
says he doesn't think so, it sort of
forces you to take the other side.
Somebody yells Three cheers for
Teddy Roosevelt" and the whole con-
vention is in an uproar. Everybody
the cheering will last. That is always
very important. I'm wondering what
became of my watch.
A man just came in and said it
wasn't suffragette parade at all. He
said the suffragists are not parading
All the suffragists probably have a
crouch on. The music belonged to
the Burton boom. Music plays an i'm
portant part in politics in this country
You see I'm just giving my express
sions as they impress me. The physical
LABOR OIL writing isn't SO hard, but the
strain on the judgment is quite some
By this time I'm sure somebody is
making a speech in the convention. [
haven't any idea who it is because I
haven't paid much attention to poll
tics They usually select a man with a
beard and grand voice. The speech
rarely means anything and very few
people listen to it but it is considered
great honor.
Two men came in and stood in front
of me. One of them said to the other:
Did you hear that story about the
woman who caught her husband at
lunch with his stenographer The
other man hadn't heard it, neither had
l. Well, SIR" began the first man.
the wife came into the restaurant and
saw her husband with his stenogra ph-
er. The stenographer was very pref
ty. So the wife-say, let's go over
there and sit down.
So they moved away and l cannot
tell you the end of the story.
I'd like to go somewhere. l haven't
the slightest, notion where I want to
go. except that it would be to the con-
Vention- I've lost the key to my bag.
else l would go upstairs and play soil
tare. Solitaire is very soothing to the
nerves. although frequently there is a
strong temptation to cheat. All, WE'LL
The cashier is beginning to smile at
the drummer chap. l tell YOU per
sistence is a great thing
Delay China CabIcgrams.
New York, June S.-The CONNER