The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-15
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
(From Fhiladelphis Public LedEsr)


(From Philadelphia Public Ledgsr)
Personally, we think it was I'll right
for Governor Cox to have kissed his
wife. That is one of the established
conventions. 1t is fortified by usage
and, in a manner of speaking. is a
token of regard which finds expression
in nearly every home We believe. too.
that every man should visit his moth
er's grave. But we doubt that these
purely private phases of personal con-
duct should be stressed in presiden-
tiai campaign.
The fact is, we view the campaign
which impends with something ap-
preaching alarm. If we are any judge
OF signs and portents. it is going to be
'.gooey' six months. Already the
mush-melders are in full cry With
the campaign less than three weeks
under way. the sticky stuff is running
''shoe-mouth'' deep in the streets II
boots, it would be well to fortify your
self in that particular.
The Gentleman Intrigues Us
Sir-In place of intrigue" which
word you have worn threadbare. try
interests" 'entertains' "entangles."
According to Webster's dictionary, i'm
trigue" means complex plot. private or
party scheme, second love affair.
Root. "entangled." SAM HILL. y
Speaking OF the websters, does Mr..
Hill mean Noah or Daniel? There is.
in the public mind. such confusion that
references to them should always be
clarified.
A. c., Cape May-Those who con-
ceaI themselves behind pair Of
initials should not complain If others
steal their stuff.
II the consent of this column is re-
quired in the case of the Chicago gent
who wants to be hanged and have it
over with" the authorities are advised
that they have it.
The case of the gent in question is
not without phases which entangle the
morbid in speculative diversion He
attributes his criminal instincts to
work in a butcher shop. Hitherto
| those caught redhanded in crime have
credited their downfall to protracted
| dalliance with ''redeye." Il was
| drunk when 1 done it, has been one
of the most popular and effective bids
for public sympathy.
Is this. we desire to ask. is this out
lawed excuse for the commission of
crime to be replaced by the plea, Il
used to work in butcher shop?
We Had Wondered About That.
Sir-I am writing to you as the only
literary gentleman with whom am at
present in spiritual, rather mental.
communication. 1t takes more time
to originate ideas than to absorb the
column.
But l write to register a literary
complaint. William J. Neidig can tell
a dramatic story well: but listen to
this from Stained Fingers" in the
Saturday Evening Post of July 10:
This (scenD of the finger mark?
It's hard to describe. It's
rounder; and it's something like cherry
blossoms. but squarer.''
wonder only who is the Divinity
that shapes Mr.. Neidig's scents2
As we may have hitherto intimated.
decisions OF VITAL importance impend.
Amos Pinchot left Chicago Saturday
night for Detroit, where he went to
talk things over with Henry Ford.
Mr.. Pinchot, it will be recalled.
talked things over with Senator La
| Toilette earlier in the week. One
needs no unusual gift of vision to see
that momentous events are shaping.
We hesitate to advise the Republican
thing more than another we do with
reluctance, it is that of offering suS-
gestion. But, il we were running the
campaign, we should not stress the
point that Mr.. Cox is wet" We
should picture him, instead. as being
fanatical on the subject OF prohibition.
For.-if we know the people, and we
think we do. they are looking for a
good recipe for home-brewed gin and
hopfnR il won't he necessary fo 1sa IL.
"Pick a slave out of the galley and
put him over other slaves and he will
ride them into the dust says Nell
Brinkley.
Very well. Nell. If that's the way it
works out the public should be more
widely forwarned against the prae-
tice. We give it the benefit of such
publicity as the column is able to
command.