The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-12-06
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
{From Philadelphia Public Ledgsrl

We take il as a compliment that the
Young prince finds this country as
democratic as his own These. so &c
| speak. United states make progress
We are optimistic enough to believe
the time will come when we shall have
the same degree of individual freedom
accorded citizens OF Great Britain.
As the matter stands. an American
| citizen is privileged to think what ne
| pleases SO lcng as he keep it to him
self. and he may do what he chooses
| il he is willing to brave the chance OF
being arrested and convicted for vfo-
| lating some law passed for the purpose
of regulating his personal conduct.
We implore the attention of readers
of the column. IL such there be, the
while we attach a nosegay to the Lapel
of senator Poindexterss coat. Senator
| Poindexter, who is an ostensible can
didate for the presidency, doesn't pre-
tend that he has pushed in; he admits
| he got in.
Meanwhile, we stand ready to per-
form the same office for any other
gentleman who is willing to be equally
frank about IL.
| widespread discussion of the present
| STYLES in woman's dress enables US to
credit a New York milliner with a
profound remark. You know, said
| the milliuer, "a short skirt Doesn't at
tract as much attention as long skirt
| used to when a woman held 1t up a
| trifle high on one side"
At the risk of appearing trite we
pause to observe, Amt 1t the truth ="
cit u.s." says the advertisement, the
/ greatest novel ever written. In the
I NJ g. -. ufw~1n
this messag &c is like a heaven-sene
blessing that will cheer and give cour-
age to millions of weary, storn-tossed
souls that have all but gone down in
these recent years of world chaos"
You will naturally enough, be curl
{ Gus to know who wrote it. We don't
mind telling. 1t was Harold Bell
Wright.
! We grant that Mr.. Wright's feat is 3
noteworthy one. Nothing that is triv-
| ial engages that writer's time and at
tention. But. at that. it constitutes no
such performance as that given by Mrs.
John II. Curran. of ST. Louis. who
| writes blank verse with ouija board.
Our attention having been called to
Miss Ann Rinkie. of Poughkeepsie. n.
| Y, we mention the fact in order that
those who consider that sort of thing
amusing may laugh their heads off.
In the recent election in Chicago
1a0.S91 men and 3o.1S7 women voted.
Tie on your own cracker. We have
more trouble now than we are able
properly to assimilats.
Reserve some of your sympathy for
the young prince, whose rapt contem-
plation of the American girl is clouded
| by the knowledge that he hasn't 4
| Chinaman's chance.
| It may be worth nothing that AIDE
| laide, who has been dreaming of a six
room apartment with sun parlor, two
| baths, vacuum cleaning service, south
| ern exposure, large living room and
I modern refrigeration, was wide awake
when we left home yesterday morning.
So far as we are concerned. the con-
/ tFibutor to the New York World who
Is denouncing wartime" prohibition as
a usurpation of power may rest from
| his iabors. He has US convinced now.
! We are also moved by the argu-
\ ments touching the steel strike ad-
vanced by the Kansas Trades Union
| list. The Trades Unionist says Judge
| Gary Is a liar, thus convincing prac-
| tically everybody who reads IT that the
steel workers have won their strike.
! The humiliation of the rattlesnake
may be said to be complete. Statistics
show that of the approximately
1905 600 deaths in this country every
| year not more than one can be attri-
buted to snake-bite.
Not only has the rattlesnalSe been
discredited, but we look forward to the
time when bayrum will take its place
in the vocabulary as a synonym for
certain death.
Centralia has facilities for dealing
with the /. w. W. denied many other
western towns. Great forests cover
the countryside adjacent and rope IS
plentiful.
A westerner with whom we recently
talked. while praising his section of
the country. both for it's beauty and
its utility. frankly admitted it's lack
of some of the essentials. ut is" he
explained. twenty-five miles to a tree
and twelve to a telegraph pole. 1t
sometimes takes US the better part of
a day to dispose of a cattle rustler."
The West no longer is a country OF
exceeding leisure. 1t has begun to
count time.