The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-23

There is as yet, we are glad to say,
no positive proof that the ninety-nins
cents ailesed to have been spent on a
lSewer-survey on Hot Springs reserva-
tion was misappropriated or diverted
from Its original purpose. But there
Is something curious about the tran
saction. And we Eo so far as to say
we intend to get at the bottom of 1t.
The case of the resident OF Penn
sylvania town who was given a re-
volver by his neighbors as a token of
their esteem is arouSing gales of laugh
ter in some quarters. We therefore.
pass the side-splitting incident along
Tor whatever 1t may be worth.
We Never Look at a Woman.
Sir-Altho I must confess YOU wera
not very helpful when, several weeks
ago, turned to you in my perplexity.
yet 1 have a great deal of respect for
your profound insight in matters So
cial, political and therapeutfcal. In
the hope, therefore. that my question
Will not be turned aside with testing
Icircumlocution. l again bring to your
attention few lines from the con-
temporary press. this time from a pen
no less authoritative than Cynthia"
which appear in the Evening Public
Ledger of December 9. She SAYS. "a
girl does not take a mans arm unless
D
and must be assisted" AS you are an
observant man. 1t is not necessary to
: call your attention 10 the alarming
! frequency witt which the above-men-
toned phenomenon occurs on Phila-
delphia's leading thorofares. Is il
then. l ask. the notorious contractor
system which renders walking pre-
carlous. or have you noticed any de-
feet of limb TO which Philadefphia'R
young women are strangely subject?
confess l have not
OF course. you can take the cow
ards course and refer me to the emf
nent lady herself. But I prefer not TO
be embroiled in discussions with any
but the most Intellectual columns.
G. .. II.
{ We have reached the age at which
We can observe controversy without
! being seized of a desire to engage in it.
| but we lie uneasily under the insinua-
ton of eowa-dice. No man who volun-
| tariiy assumes the marital relation.
after having looked upon life in all of
its revelations for more than thirty
! five years. may be justly accused of
cowardice.
To say that Mr.. Turulty functioned
efficiently in the presidential office
! during the crisis brought about by the
f, presidents illness is a perfunctory OBJ
servation and carries no sting. But
what We and everybody else wants to
| know is how do the Wilson girls like
their stepmother.
The esteemed Chicago Trib likens
the Republican party to q 'jackrab-
| bit" We have no notion where the
| Tribune got the idea, but probably
from the race the Republican party
! ran in 1916.
Furere NsarIox-a pbodez ,,,tl,or
and scout, who yesterday hesitated
Briefly at this desk, left a burr OF
thought with us. 1t IS that the gaming
instinct is more insidiops and destruc-
tive than strong drink. without in
any way combating his opinion. we are
able to diagnose Mr.. Rhodes's case ct
a glance. He has been recently in
headcnd collision with pat fun
| He Also sent some BlOttcrs.
Sir-The other day in the column
/ you mentioned the item OF ''fau1ts"
Which leads me to say that when
people say to you, 1--WE all have our
faults" they merely mean that you
have yours
| And futility. the height of It. il
seems to me. is whep a man, bent on
going TO Atlantic City. queries of the
trainman regarding the 7;I4, already
fifteen minutes late in starting, what
time he expects it to leave. such
impose the responsibility OF
education in quarters where the sin
gle-track mind is easily obvious.
". II. NJ.
Moral. y. c. d. y ".
Admirers of Mr. Frank Hitchcock
say he alone nominated Justice
| Hughes in 1915. AS a lay member
Of the Republican party who greatly
admires Mr.. Hughes. we therefore
suggest that MIR. Hitchcock he re-
lieved of the responsibility of picking
the candidate in 1920.
We can stand defeat, but we never
should be able to survive the ice and
snow of another campaign similar TO
| that OF 1916.
zone little nidinette." we quote the
sporting page, broke thru the Gordon
OF police and entered the restaurant
with a bouquet OF flowers. which she
presented to Carpenter" What. we
desire to ask. what Is i nidinette in
our language?
Them French terms always arouse
our suspicious
Household Hints