The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY Z. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger.I
Topeka. Kan.


The column concerns itself scarcely
at all with the wetghty issues. 1t is
the insignificant and the trivial that
appeal to 1t. The announcement that
the crown prfnce-the one you are
thinking about-has invented a cuff
link fairly holds US in its spell. We
are wildly curious to know whether IL
can be easily inserted in a dress shirt.
To us that particular performance has
always been the most complex and an
noying of the problems connected with
personal adornment.
But, at that-we say at that-we
can begin the business of inserting the
aforesaid links at the moment at
which Adelaide begins. for the last
time. to address her nose with a pow
der-puff and still be ready for the
party in ample time to buckle her car
rage. boots.
We have just read a lengthy treatise
outlining various of the cures for
those who stutter. Why one so gifted
and panoplied by nature should wish
to cure himself passes comprehension.
1t is the ability and the inclination to
talk freely and fiuently that makes
most of the touble for the individual
and the world in general 49,
Probably the most annoying thing is
that of knowing somethingxand being
restrained, by courtesy or the oDliga-
ton of secrecy, from telling it. Acct
dentally. or by intent, the identity OF
| those who drove the wedge between
| the president and Colonel House re-
Gently was revealed to us. The knowl-
dge that we don't dast" print 1t is the
heaviest burden we have been called
upon to bear for months.
| On the other hand, there is no Joy
in life comparable to exclusive Rnowl-
edge of secret coupled with license
to reveal it to the world.
we go further than most in our
| frank admission that we do not under
stand Doctor Einstein's theory. But
we also proceed to revel In the depths
OF self abasement and humiliation by
admitting we haven't the slightest idea
as to what it Is about.
| Our only interest in the site selected
| for the Forthcoming controversy he
tween the Hon. Dempsey and the Hon.
Carpenter concerns itself with the
should regret It IL anything happened
to impcril the support the ''champeen''
has given his mother since the hour of
his country's trial.
| OF course, IL pressed, we'd admit
entertaining the hope that Georges
| knocks William Harrison's block off;
L
personal prejudice from which we en-
deavor to keep the column purged.
| 1t is our expe, fence and observation
that man TO whom are given the
qualities Of perseverance,, pluck and
the herculean task of keeping his back
warm thru the winter nights
| Tt may interest those who noted our
perturbation upon the point as to what
a gent should say to an actress once
we have framed a conversational sally
| to the needs of the occasion. We
te she is over the heads of the
Give loafer his choice and he will
select the boon of interruptiag a buay
man in the act of making a living for
himself and family.
There is criticism of the Chicago
sheriff who imposed upon the major
offenders in his prison involuntary at
enoancs at hanging. Upon the act
In question we have no intent to en-
gage in controversy. We merely OBJ
serve the theory to the effect that ev-
eyry criminal offender be provided
during the period of his Incarceration,
with a victroia, a five-foot shelf OF
down quilt sustains a repulse here and
there.
The notion that a criminal offende r
may be reformed by feeding him PES
seirode pudding from gold Spoon
has also been discarded by many
The Indignation of the column
again knows no bounds. They are
talking of sending big Bill Haywood
back to the penitentiary.
We note. quite incidentally, that in
response to an Imperative demand
another member of the literati has
written a story about Greenwich VII
lage. We are panied to observe that
the chief~patron of the arts and follies
of the Village. the Middle West buyer.
has again been omitted from the pic.
ture.
Being a liberal spender and having
an expense account, the Middle West
buyer has been, SO to speak. the cor
Inerstone of the imitation wickedness
of the Village. Those who leave him
out of the ensemble deal art stagger-
ing blow.
virtue Is due to those who publicly
advocate IT.
It cost the manufacturer a dollar
a thousand to perpetrate the fancy
band which signifies to the world the
fact that you are smoking a two-for-
a-quarter cigar. AS a somewhat per-
sistent smoker, we offer the opinion
that 1t isn't worth 1t.