The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-02
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e. HOUSE.
frrom Philadelphia Public LedgarJ

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| 1t is as we suspected. The editorial
colleague who resented the structures
cast by the column upon that fnoffe n
1 sive and unostentatious member--of
the male quartet. the first basso. ad-
mitted when pressed. that he used to
| sing first bass himself. He has moth
ing on as. So did we; SO did we.
Having thus led up to the matter,
and somewhat skillfully we fancy, we
shall proceed to reveal what We had
. In mind. In a recent contribution to
contemporary literature George Ade
takes upon himself much OF the oblo-
guy for the defeat of James G. Blaine
| for the presidency. Mr.. Ade believes
| his appearance in a male quartet
which sang at Blaine rally in Battle
Ground Ind, was the final straw upon
Mr.. Blaines wavering political for
tunes We cannot permit Mr.. AIDE to
assume the entire burden of the igno-
minious issue of the 1892 campaign.
, The quartet OF which we were MEM
Der sang at several Blaine rallies
We wish to give credit where credit
is due. We. therefore, note that SO
far as our observation has extended.
the esteemed New York Herald was
the only newspaper to sense popular
curiosity concerning the appearance
of the young prince when garbed in
civilian overcoat and a derby hat.
We have habitually referred TO him
as the young prince. We hold that
man who has had one year of active
service in the British navy. four years
of war and one year in university
cannot properly be classified as "a
F., boy"
Upon the action of the senate in re-
| jecting the peace treaty there will be
! varying opinions. But 1t emereed
| from the combat with one distinctive
achievement to its credit-it restricted
| Senator La Foilette's loquaeity to q
period of sixty minutes.
| We have been deeply concerned as
to the fate of the covenant of the
league of nations: so deeply con-
cerned. in fact that we have read
some of the newspaper stuff concern
/ ing it. But we cannot string along
with the New York World in its belief
| that "the senate has made itself
menace to the welfare of mankind
and the United States stands dis
/ credited as nation"
That seems to US to be an extreme
view. Now we should say President
Wilson has pulled another "boneF''
and let 1t go at that.
The president. you may remember,
wrote letter once before.
| 1t may interest you to know. pro-
vided you contemplate running for
president. that you must advise the
voters of South Dakota. of such inteu-
ton by January 1 or forfeit your
| chance of receiving the vote of the
! South Dakota dele egation in the na-
tional convention.
! We strive to serve When we chance
upon an unimportant piece of news re
are unhappy and distrait until such
time as we have passed it on to the
general public.
The Dallas widow who broke her
she would have her prospective hus-
band under her feet all the time. had
both the feeling of every woman who
| has experienced the marital relation
and the courage to publicly express 1t.
| We have no wish to reflect upon the
J character or habits of the twelve Ala
| fenced to Jail for making Inoonshine
| whisky, but having tasted moonshine
whisky, we hold that. considering the
nature OF the offense, the punishment
is Inadequate.
| We suggest, therefore, that the next
moonshiner convicted of Illicit distill-
| ing be sentenced to drink his own
| product.
We have no notion as 20 the gravity
| of the criminal offense committed by
the two Philadelphia girls who spent
s1s for ice cream and oyster stews:
But we go so far as to say they were
guilty of grave dietetic error.
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