The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledgerl

| The fact that no requiem to Hon.
Dempsey's unfortunate histrfonic ad-
venture was sung by the column was
due to an oversight. We had intended
to express fitting regret. We can over
| look the blow sustained by dramatlc
art, but the fear that the family which
relied upon Hon. Dempsey's activities
during the period Of the war may
come to want. obsesses us.
The conclusion is that the proletar-
! list is wiser than it was. It used to fall
for the gladiatorial bunk"
Studies in the comparatively unim-
| portant reveal the fact Judge Alton b.
| Parker has emerged frorl the debris.
There must be something to the judge.
Few men tunnel their way to first
page publicity following the total col
lapse of presidential air castle
Christopher Morley projects the
opinion that the test of a weekly mag
azine lies in the ability Of. it's back
numbers to hold and eugross the
reader. We have no wish to contro-
Ivert Mr.. Morley's conclusion. We
merely wish to add that the test of q
paragraph is its authors ability to re-
fleet upon it without embarrassment
and shame after he has retired for the
night on the day it was written.
There is, we are persuaded, no KEEN
err pang of contrition than that which
assails the column hound when he is
in contemplative or reflective mood.
Arthur Stringer's heroine in THE
Diamond Thieves" is described as be-
ing dressed in "chamoisette gloves, an
English-lookins blue cape and coy
looking nurses bonnet with white
strings" Will Mr., Stringer pardon a
suggestion? 1t is that~his heroine be
excused for a few minutes with in
structions to complete her toilet.
/ We have noticed that those who
care for controversy may always have
the opportunity to engage in one con-
corning the merit of the various
} brands of safety razors.
4 We gather from the difficulties en-
countered by those who wish to secure
! seats in the theater that the contro-
versy as to whether Mr.. Jolsons show
verges on putridity has been decided
in the affirmative.
Theatergoers, broadly speaking.
may be divided into two classes. The
smaller class goes to the theater for
the purpose Of being stirred or
amused The other and much larger
class in the hope that the show is as
bad as it is purported to be.
l
The Examinations of Jab Swisegood.
There is controversy in every neigh
borhood as to how long widower
should wait; but the consensus is that
he should not rerarry within the year
of his bereavement.
| Now that the war is over. the wom-
| en- have returned to the task of paying
off the debt on the church property
with renewed energy and zeal.
There is no set rule. A man may
be honest, industrious, energetic and
accommodating and live to die in the
poorhouse
The type of man who becomes the
father of fifteen children invariably
regards it as a distinction to have
done SO.
The rule is that if you are not
prejudiced you are not interested.
When a woman says to. her son.
you ought to be ashamed of your
self" that is an indication she is Sc
cretiy proud of him. u .ii,s"5-
Formerly a man could get his name
in the papers thru participation in an
accident in which he sustained
| broken leg. But war and the indus
trial issues arising from it have sos
dwarfed news values that a man must
now have his leg broken in three
places to secure mention in the press
reports.
The phraseology continues to be- en-
riched by the employment of polite
and elegant terms. Nowadays we re-
fer to that particular spade as "uncon-
ventional love-" and let it go at that.
The most lifelike picture of father
is the one which reveals him In the
act of putting his hand in the right
hand pocket of his trousers.
You can attract brief and passing
attention by talking common sense.
But If you wish to recruit large and
enthusiastic following you must talk
folly.
| Eph Wiley notes that most of the
men and practically all of the women
who engaged in war work under the
auspices of the Society for Getting in
the Way have returned from France,
There is nothing in the theory that
women dress for men. Women dress
for other women.
| With Ethel Barrymore defeating
her career to truth, Justice and DEM
! ocracy and Willard Wattles devoting
his life to the cause of fighting the
capitalist, the profiteer. the insincere
politician and the Bolshevist. we are
sibility which we formerly shouldered,
and we wish to express our gratitude
to those who have voluntarily as
sumed the burden.
If we could induce somebody to
write the column. waving the remun-
Grafton therefor, we should now be
able to devote to golf the. time and
attention which the game merits
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