The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-28
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY Z. HOUSE
(Fron Philadelphia Public Lecgss)

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leisure and left an estate of 100000.
The task OF writing convincing BRIEF
for honest toll grows more difficult
from year to year.
Our admiration for Senator Jim
Reed, while not as yet overpowering,
increases. The senator. who lives5 in
a community in which it is considered
a capital offense to do so, has bolted
the Democratic ticket.
The senator. we go on to say, lives
in Kansas City, where voting the Re- !,
publican ticket and hiring the wrong
lawyer are the only offenses for which
a culprit is punished.
The penalty for boiling the Demo-
cratic ticket is social ostracisTn. The
penalty for hiring the wrong lawyer
is confinement in the penitentiary for
a term of years.
mo man who has any real work in
the world" we quote George Bernard
Shaw, has time or money for a pur-
suit so long and expensive as the pur-
suit of women But. and we ask it in
all sincerity, what else is there?
Meanwhile, we express. it as our
own intention not to relinquish this
| inestimable boon until Mr.. Shaw, or
some one equally qualified to speak,
suggests a satisfactory substitute.
Mrs. Cox says she knows nothing OF
| politics, is fond of outdoors and does
MT care for White House honors. We
seldom leave anything to chance, but
the wheeze is so obvious we are going
to let you write it yourself
However, we seize the occasion to
say the good old word for Mrs. Cox.
She has kept out of the campaign in
a manner to win the admiration of all
! impartial observers. We believe one
/ with such a sense of discreet repres-
sion and improbable taste would adj
minister the social side of government
with grace and tact.
r. r. D. may be right about it, but
as we interpret it, all Europe wants IS
separate maintenance.
The Lillian Russell Symposium.
| Sir-When the world was younger.
when the blood flowed more freely
thru ones veins, when it was spring
twelve months of the year and the
iris on the FURNISHED dove was per-
petual, 1 first saw Lillian Russell.
What matters the year? Is it polits
to inquire too closely?l If Phryne, be-
cause of her beauty. was deemed in
capable of wrong doing. so Lillian, be-
cause of hers, should be incapable or
growing old. If / set the year as
circa 1884, it is simply to head off the
unpleasant individuals who Insist upon
dates and other unpleasant things. The
play is forgotten. All I recollect after
the lapse of years is a youthful, un-
draped figure glowing with superla-
tive health. exuding beauty, who
LII - FaaN
strains of 1.-The Lost Chord" Her voice
was fresh and of delightful quality
her method spontaneous, her manner
modest and a little wistful Every
real man. in the audience loved her.
She sang more artistically a little later
lin her career say in "Girofle-Girofla,"
but what she had gained in art she
had lost a little in freshness. Women
admired her equally with men. and
yet the sex generally is merciless 10
it's sisters. 1t is almost worth whiie
being old and a has been" to have
seen Lillian Russell in her girlish
prime. OLD TIMER
| Sir-Lillian Russell first appeared
in Philadelphia, according to the
| writer's memory, in 1878. She was
VERY pretty and modest. w. w. A.
Sir-I have been told on good au-
thority (uncles are good authority,
/
appeared on the stage In 1879. She
sang in "Pinafore." L 1irst saw the
"airy fairy Lillian in go or 81 at the
| Park theater, Brooklyn. She sang in
La Cigale," and what an impression
she made in my adolescence! Later
saw her many times at Weber and
Fields during the fall and winter OF
1900. The buresques were Fiddle
Dee-Dee" and "Quo Vas Is" Besides
Miss Russell there were Fay Temple
A ton, Bonnie Magin, frankie Bailey
(and her Iegs), Joe Weber. Lew
Fields Sam Bernard, Pete Daily and
the prettiest chorus ever. Can you
beat them? Not these days! l recall
Miss Russell sang MY Evening STAR
1t was always a big hit Them was
the happy days. II. H. II.
Mr.. Bryan grows foppish as his
years increase. We should not be sur
prised to hear he had sent his trousers