The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAY E. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public LedEsF.l

great hurry for the proofs of his
speech Of acceptance personally placed
it in type on one of the linotypes in
his newspaper office fascinates u.s.
The linotype is one Of the most intri-
cate of the better-known mechanical
contrivances. Linotypiug is the work
of an expert. Mr.. Harding has been
a pretty busy man for the twenty-five
years last past. When did he learn to
operate linotype?
As we some days ago suggested, #
you are not already equipped with
wading boots, it would be the part Of
wisdom and precaution to order a
pair.
We have lived long enough to see
the country saved several times. In
fact, we cannot recall a time when it
was not believed to be in imminent
danger. But it is our recollection that
none of the rescues we have been per-
mitted to witness was performed by a
third party.
A third party. we go on to say, is
the one from which the promoter who
is engaged in selling opportunities to
catch driftwood on shares gets his
customers.
Harvesting is a real man job" says
the more or less esteemed New York
Tribune. land yet the farmerette has
proved woman is just as apt as q
man at it" The Tribune goes fur
ther. To prove its contention. It prints
picture of a woman feeding corn
fodder to cow with a pitchfork.
The picture in question is, however,
perhaps the least notable of the Trib-
une's pictorial representations of farm
life. The one we fancied most was
that of group of young women
CARRIED in sports clothes of approved
style and cut engaged in giving a man
dolin concert.
1t has been our privilege to observe
| a good many women engaged in the
humdrum tasks of the farm. We
never saw on CARRIED in sports clothes
and we never knew one who could
! play mandolin. The Tribune has
sounded a new note in rural art.
And while we are on the subject of
art, we wish again to caution Atlantic
| seaboard opponents of the ''b'gosh'
picture. concerning their vicarious de-
| piction Of certain farm customs. No
body can milk a COW while facing the
| bow of the animal. The process Of re-
moving lacteal fluid from its original
package may be performed efficiently
only by one engaged in contemplating
vessel.
We have mentioned this matter be-
fore. We hope it will not be necessary
| to refer to it again.
! We wish to congratulate Governor
! Cox on his success in obtaining an
audience with President Wilson. A
good many have endeavored to do so.
notably Mr.. Lansing and other lead
| Democrats 4
/ the first to actually succeed.
Meanwhile, the occasion also served
i to reveal Mr.. Roosevelt, who had previ-
ouly resisted casual efforts to classify
/ him. Mr.. Roosevelt's fortissimo note
| is the vocal "blurb." His. apparently,
I is to the orifice from which the mush
of the campaign is to trickle.
"She is a strong-minded woman"
/ writes Frances Mcdonald, who is de-
| scribed by her friendly biographer as
! the most brilliant of the younger
school of woman writers. land her
| husband is the usual type found
| shackled to a strong mind. Where
| these retiring and self-effacing men
riage is one of the unsolved mys-
| teries."
| Ambitious young men who are look
| ing 10 the Will 90 well 10 con-
slider the postal service. The post.
! office department hs,- just announced
its old-age rewards. II a young mar
will go into the postal service he can
after working thirty-five years and
reaching the age of seventy. be retired
on a pension ranging from $3.50 &c
$72o a year.
We had no idea the rewards of the
postal service were so ample. The
knowledge produces a glow which. Il
some extent, compensates US for oul
grief over the recent defeat of Senator
| Gronna.
Gronna's defeat was a hard blow t
US. If they should also convict VIII
liam Bross Lloyd, Chicago's millionair,
Socialist. we should be disconsolated
Meanwhile, II this paragraph hap