The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-11
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

The esteemed washington Posts re-
ference to 1t as "a ore-gailus cornfield
crowd" come to "yawp at the rare
sight of a president" is inept. aitho
the Posts conclusion as to the i'm
probability that the crowd represents
or expresses any well-defined senu-
ment is true enough. The 'one-gallus'
rustic has disappeared from view. Ex-
exists The faded red suspender has
been swept into the discard along with
tho food-eEcEusted waistcoat and the
black SLOUGH hat.
Nowadays the holiday attire of the
embattiei agriculturist consists OF blue
serge coat and trousers, usually some
what the worse for wear and exposure
to the elements, a pink-striped shirt.
shoes of exceeding yeiiowness with
formidable toes somewhat upturned.
purple socks and the golfing or motor
ing cap of commerce manifested in
varying shades OF grayish mixture. A
yellow belt of vivid hue holds his
trousers in leash to his person. The
! chance that his cravat will be red as
sumes tho aspect of extreme proba-
bility. The waistcoat Is regarded as
superiority and is rarely projected
as part CT his sartorial display either
| in summer or in winter. There are
exceptions to the rule, but the accou-
| termerits herein described have come
to be the sign manual of the rural
community.
The era in which sartorial eminence
could be attained thru the medium OF
a celluloid collar and pair of red
| shareholders has passed forever.
Them was the days; them was the
days.
| Among the scattering few who, fac
| ing a crisis. stand out like Mars at
perihelion, we note the lean and taci-
turn governor OF Massachusetts. With
an election which involves his poiiti-
cal fortunes less than two months to
the windwards the Massachusetts, Cas-
sius refuses to barter, to sidestep or
to skitter. We express no opinion as to
the merits OF the row, altho We are
abundantly blessed in the matter of
| having one. But the osseous spinal for
nation always gets hand in this peril
style OF piffle.
Nothing pleases US SO much as the
| spectacle of the voice of eloquence
| Joined to the pressing needs of the mo-
ment For that reason we are graft
fled to learn that one of our most emil
nent platform performers will devote
the winter to the matter of lecturing
on Plato.
Ludendorffs feat in whipping the
British army was considerable accom-
plishment, but bombing Red Cross hos
pitfalls was one of the best things the
| Germans did.
| sHe says he whipped it.
Formerly the pointless conversation
expended itself In about equal proper
tons on the bartender and the girl at
| the cigar counter. Hereafter the girl
at the cigar counter will have to listen
| to all of 1t.
The crowd which rioted In Boston.
lQpting stores and destroying property
in its exuberance of feeling. is de-
| scribed as having been good ma
tured." So, IL you accept the Hon.
Lincoln Steffens's word for IL, were
| the McNamara boys.
| AS became one who had spent much
| time in analysis, Mr.. Steffens was
! more definite and given to detail. His
description of the MCNAMARA boys was
that they were healthy, good-natured
animals"
The moral seems to be that really
angry mob is a thing to be dreaded.