The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(Fron Philadelphia Public LedssE.)
The EIopemcnt.

The Elopcment.
From Daisy Ashford: Her Book.
Il am ready now.- said Sylvia. in.
a weak voice, as she put package of
biscuits into her bundle.
III carry your luggage" said
Leslie. picking up her bundle which
was tied in a white tablecloth-
Sylvia had been more particular
! than Leslie as to her luggage. Besides
all her underlinen, she had with her
two pairs of clean sheets and pillow
cases, some bath towelS and soap.
likewise a sponge and a yard of fan
mel Tin case she lost any. "a flask of
brandy, some new potatoes and a
toothbrush.
1t is a pleasure to read of fore
! handed her re, and We INK Miss
Ashford for supplying one. Too many
brides feel they have dor.e enough
when they present their husbands
with a bill for dental work.
The correspondents differ as to the
length of time the convention cheered
Mr.. Wilson. AS it appears to US. the
time involved is unimporta- :. The
point we make is that any noise, or
other evidence of disorder. was un-
seenly in the circumstances.
Upon the outcome of the convention
we offer no opinion, altho various per-
sons have sought to trick us into
doing so. But We know what is going
on in San Francisco.\ They are slip
ping the raspberry" to-a king.
While Mr.. Wilson may. and prob
ably will, WIN on points. he will come
out of it stripped of his mace and
''frisked" of his scepIer.
>The fact is. and we violate no con-
! fidence in saying so. the Democrats
are as tired of Mr.. Wilson as you are.
F., If the column is today less the hand
maiden of mirth and jollfty than is its
won't attribute ii to the fact that we
have Just learned the dastardly details
p, of the craven act by which Allen o..
Ryan was barred from the New York
Stock Exchange.
| We haven't been so desolated since
we read Thomas w. Lawson's own
story of the outrages to which he was
subjected.
tragedy in which Kitty Gordon was
one of the principals with the intent
to express our deepest sympathy. No
woman whose back has furnished US
with as many paragraphs as Kitty S
will ever find US lacking in the finer
1
Il see the beginning of new day.
! the Hon -Pussyfoot" Johnson is
quoted as saying. the birthday of a
new hope. a time when no mother in
fthe world will have to SIT up nights
worrying about tn, grog shops getting
her boy
The Hon. "Pussyfoot' paints a
delectable picture. He sings what is
known in the vernacular as a nasty
camePs- hair and spreads his old rose
with a captivating flourish. But none
J of the mothers we have known worried
much about the grog shops. The fear
! that consumed them was that some
"hussy" would nail the son and hefr.
To every wife and mother peril to
her family expresses itself in the guise
| of younger and possibly better-look-
! fng woman.
In Which Another PitfaII Is Exposed.
Sir-You ask what objection is there
to a xpan marrying a woman older
than himself. ! know Of no objection
to a man marrying a woman older
than he is. but 1 know a serious OBJ
| lection to asking about marrying a
woman older than himself" 1t is that
the word THAI is a conjunction and
not a proposition. JOHN LUM.
| We thank Mr.. Lum for his kindly
intent in clearing certain of the
| struggling foliage from our field of
| phraseology. But if she Information
| is to be of any val-ie to u.s., we must
learn what a conjunction is and why.
And that would again involve us. after
many years. in the struggle for
knowledge. We are not at all sure the
game is worth the candle.
| In a way we know what a preposi-
/ ton is. 1t is some hing with which
one must not end a sentence But we
share the general ignorance relative
/ to- the conjunction. AS a matter of
fact, we bear a little more than our
proportion of the load.
AS we scan the debris of the Chi
cago convention we ponder the shat
tered hopes. the wrecked ambition, of