The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadeiphia Public Ledgsr.l

A correspondent who calls the
Hoover as a little tin god on wsals-"
But until the correspondent can estab-
lish the fact that his judgment of
columnists is superior to his ability to
spell one-syllable words we shall de-
cline to appear downcast.
A writer in the New York Tribune
wants TO know Are the Old Guard of
the Republican party prepared to
raise hell AGAIN." II failure to regard
desirable candidate the party can pre-
sent for president Is to be construed as
raising hell" we are afraid the Old
Guard am.
AS lay Republican we have no
marked preference in the matter of
presidential candidates. Only three or
! tour or the five or six Republicans.
real and assumed. prominently mem
uoned In connection with the nomi-
nation would drive US temporarily into
the Democratic party. What we wish
10 KNOW is. II We chance to prefer
some candidate other than General
wood. will that make us an enemy
20 20 .he Republican party and a traitor
The indications now are thai the
point poiht is going to be raised. We should
aiHe ruling on II in ample time to
ADJUST ourself to destiny
| The newspapers say liquor men will
| continue to fight. The newspapers ars
/ mistaken. There isn't any firht ~
! is a rear-guard action and the guard
~ out OF ammunition.
| And that brings up a matter of ,,a,-
sonal conduct upon which we wish 10
yohter U with the readers of the column.
chance to be the possessor of one
short quart of the elixir known &c
'Old Crow" 1t was presented to us
by sheepn1an of Cheyenne, Wyo,.
VINO had taken US into his cellar to
permit us to contemplate his amDle
store. We carried IT two-thirds of the
way across the continent, thereby vio-
iating many of the "bone-6lry" statutes
along the route Possession OF .Old
Crow is a violation of the spirit tr
not the letter of the prohibitory law.
Should We personally pour the con-
tents of the bottle into the sewer or
can the work of destruction safely be
ihtrusted to servant to perform?
1t is. as we have indicated an .h-
struse question pertaining to personal
conduct. and we wish the advice OF
others in the matter
We are,reminded,- in the connection
or the case of the Pittsburgh saloon
| Keeper VINO some years ago traded five
quarts OF liquor for a F'ragonard tap
estry worth a fortune Interest in art
treasures has become so keen in re-
cent years that the saloon keeping
gent, II he is willing to part with the
tapestry, might be able to get his five
lquarts back.
But. in any event, there will be little
disposition during the next two or
three years to laugh at the Indians
for trading Manhattan Island for a
!
shrewdness of the Indian is going to
be much less frequently impeached.
| Football has for us no sectional n
peal. School district So in which We
matriculated and from which we grad
uated. had no football team. Walter
Camp showed the same fine neutral
lty In his selection of an ans'Ali-Amerf-
cam team which com prises ten play
ers from the east and one from the
middle west.
Mr. Camp. as do most other men,
grows nlellower with the years. Thei e
was a time when no Middle Western
player could make" his team
We note the approaching production
in New York of John Drinkwater's
play, Abraham Lincoln" with keen
interest, Mr.. Drinkwater's play is the
one in which Abraham Lincoln says
My word!"
II may interest you TO know that
Theda Sara, when she posts a letter.
sticks the stamp in the lower right
hand corner of the envelope. And then
again it may not. But. having no
gift of humor. we strive TO give the
column the personal touch.
Likely, the Philadelphia court which
held that "pagging'' is not proper
ground for divorce was right about IT.
There Is little disposition anywhere to
! soften the blow to the man who can't
stand punishment.
Altho we are not one of I S most ac-
tive proponents. the Forthcoming ap-
pearance of "Everywoman" on the
screen makes it possible for us 10 say,
q. good word for the film drama. The
"fillum" presentation of Every
woman" cannot possibly be as bore
some as was the speaking version OF
the piece.
How dare we? There are times
when we throw discretion to the
winds We once polsed fun at Ben
Hur."
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