The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-24
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia fUbiIc LedssrJ

he wishes to project in the column.
addresses US as Dear Humorist- We
are as adamant in the face OF the
coarse approach-the, so to speak, I'M
strained conversational unguent- But
we yield rather readily to the suotler
batteries. We all have our little weak
nesses.
Oh. yes, we ramble so. what d. NJ
L. wanted TO say was that he. too.
had noted the death of Admiral Peary
in Washington. on February 20, wear
ing the Arctic outfit in which he dis
covered the pole.
However, the meat in D. NJ. LIS
communication, which was written on
March 4. seems to lie in the singer
thereof. Let us hope he last lines
as he reaches for his pruning knife.
let us hope that a year from today
We learn from our favorite news
paper that if the suffrage amendment
fails of ratification this year the
women who are interested purpose
holding the Republican party respon-
sible. We were not one of those who
opposed the extension of the suffrage.
We didn't care two gelatin whoops
about it, and don't yet But the
trouble for candidates and political Or
CARNATIONS has just started.
Looking into the future with
trained vision and a clear eye we make
ready to blush for our sex. We know
our kind. In its effort to cater to.
flatter and cajole the lady vote 1t is
getting ready to give an exhibition OF
spinelessness compared with which
the angleworm is as tempered steel.
We learn from our esteemed con-
temporary, the Geographic Magazine.
that IL the copies of that magazine
printed for the current issue were
placed end to end they would extend
from New York to Jacksonville. Fla.
We concede the legitimacy of the en-
terprise, but il lacks novelty. 1t has
been done with Mr.. Rockefeiler's
money, the corn crop and many other
bulky commodities.
If the Geographic wishes to IN
trigue the column it must plan a new
adventure. We do not ask for Il
career. Such as it is, we can make our
own. Blu. adventures in the utility OF
placing articles end to end must have
the merit of novelty.
'In the Far West" says our favorite
writer. Arthur Brisbane by name.
trains used to be held up by bisons.
herds of tens of thousands. sometimes.
In Far Eastern China train service is
, bothered by Chinese suicides throwing
themselves under the wheels Bisons
and Chinese workers, desperate thru
lack of opium. poverty or general dis
gust with life, form an Interesting
contrast, clutterinS up the wheels OF
steam engines in such different ways
Which is all right. Of course But
what is the answer? Is it too much
to ask that our favorite New York
newspaper print the solution along
with the rebus.
The Michigan man who Rugged his
fiancee so hard that he fractured her
collarbone seems open TO the charge
not only of exhibiting unsportsmsnlil<e
zeal but also TO that of tackling too
high.
At first we were at a loss to deter
mine why the New York newspapers
referred to this Joseph w. Arnstein as
Il master mind" Later on we learned
Arnstein was accused of STEALING
100000 and the allusion was stripped
Of its mystery
once having mastered the argot OF
the New York criminal and financial
world, however, it becomes exceeding
ly simple. A master mind" is one
who forcibly separates his f'llow clti-
zen from a sum not in excess of $500
600. A Little Napoleon is one who
achieves a sum between 100000 and
81. 000. 900. A Napoleon" is anybody
who takes more than 100000 from
its rightful owners.
Leave it to the average man and
good music is the O'Clock whistle.
81 note your reference a time ago"
writes a correspondent. ito the Wo-
man who drives from the back seat.
You seem a cornucopia of useful in
formation. What is your prescription
for that evil?" There are n number
Of palliatives, but only one specific
Teach her to drive from the front scat
and see to it that she does it,
Three or four hours of steady work
in heavy going will cure the most
stubborn case.