The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-15
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledgsr.D

The suggestion that Barrie may
strikes US absurd. II is not at all
! in Barrie's style. Their never has been
any doubt in our mind as to its author
ship Henry Ford wrote it
And that naturally explains Mr..
Ford's recent silence. He has been SO
busy writing the presidential rressag ge
| that he had no time to lead the people.
We profess no. expert knowledge
concerning the prize ring and its sateI-
| lites- For authoritative informal ton
touching fistians we lean heavily on
the floor above. But it strikes Us that
this Josephus Beckett is foeman
worthy OF Jess Wizards steel
Fortunate for the Republican
party" We quote the esteemed New
York Tribune. IN securing Mt this time
| the leadership of a man of the spirit
and ideas of Chairman fIays''
We have no wish TO write a minor
chord into the Tribune's eulogy OF the
titular head of his party. Our quarrel
withe Mr.. Hays, such as it is is with
his press agent But we propose in
diting no rhapsody to him until he
wins an election or two. The column
never stops a race at the quarter to
braid rhetorical laurel into the name
! of the pole "hoss."
That there is something Ito" Mr..
Hays. We no longer doubt. The man
who survives the phraseological goo"
p, IN which Mr.. Hays's press agent bath
ed his superior has his points.
! Exploring the news of the dav for
excitement we ran across the story OF
| hfgh-up" circus wedding in which
the bridegroom. noted performer in
! pink and tinsel. is described as being
| slightly deaf" 1t put US in specula-
! tive mood. Is the misfortune OF deaf
ness. we wish to ask. an advantage or
a disadvantage when considered in its
bearing upon the marital relation?
There are a number of queries COM
ing under the head of matrimonial
! privilege" we wish never to have
| heard. One of them is How much
did you lose?" Another and more
i CALLING Interrogation is, who is the
! woman?''
| The proposal to coin a twelve-and-
| a-half-cent piece strikes US as another
OF the numerous exercises in futllity
There no longer is anything worth
will buy.
And. since it would require 4So such
pieces to purchase a pair of $50 silk
| impose an additional and unnecessary
burden on the female of the species.
At any rate, the New York woman
who says she needs $4,000 a year for
| the support OF her husband. and who
| is asking the custodian of her estate
| to give it to her. shows an apprecia-
ton and a Willingness seldom found
in members OF her sex.
Speaking of gluttons for trouble. as
| we occasionally do. the University OF
Pittsburgh Is planning to drop
| Georgia Tech and Lehigh in order to
add a couple of tougher teams to its
football schedule. We make no men
tai note of football schedules. but. as
we recall 1t. Pitt played nobody but
Penn, Penn State. w. and j.. West
\ Virginia and a few other practice
games this year. and naturally does
not want to vanIp thru another sea-
son.
/ The Prince of Wales has acquired
the habit. He made a speech at the
prizefight. The ability TO make a
speech Is one OF the happiest and
most desirable of faculties. The
trouble Is that most of those who pos
sess it develop a deplorable disposition
to do SO.
The amazing thing about the case
Of Doctor Reddish. who is on trial
before an Illinois court. is that the
charge is murder. We had always
regard the offense as n dietetic error.
He is" said Eph Wiley in discuss-
ing one of the presidential candidates.
the sort of man accused by his
neighbors of wearing a corset"
! While we admit his dexterity. we
have no great admiration for the new
continental heavyweight champion.
AS we understand 1t. he went to war
in 1914. leaving his mother to get
along as best she could for more
than four years.
It is long since we wrote brief for
the American pugilist. but it must
be said that very few of them were
so unresponsive to or so negligent OF
their home ties.