The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-17
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia Public LedserJ
Topeka, Kan.


It, happened in a Pullman car
headed westward She was a movie
star. gorgeously caparisoned ana
abundantly chaperoned, travelling to
tho vicinity of Los Angeles to make
picture. After that she was going
back to N York to play a leading role
In a dramatic production. She had
her contract n everything. She told
everybody in the observation car about
tor nearly everybody. And she
spoke well of Billie Burke, Marguerite
Clarke, Doug Fairbanks and Bill Hart,
Pickford.
Now, the preceding paragraph may
appear to you to be dull recital OF
an insignificant incident. But 1t
seemed to us to carry the old. old
moral that anything can happen once.
That she was younger, much
younger, than either Miss Clarke or
Miss Burke and incomparably better
looking than Miss Pickford may have
had something to do with 1t. Youth
and beauty are two of the most SELF
satisfying of the emollients. But We
recall TINT in the days when Richard
Mansfield was considered an actor and
! Isadore Rush a beauty actor-folk
spoke none too well of their contem-
poraries.
The country at large knows more of
its history than 1t did ten years ago.
but there still are a surprising NUM-
Der of people who believe Betsy Rose
won. the battle of Bennington
To achieve social position woman
must have charm and culture, or fam
| lily or money. But all a man needs is
evening clothes.
We note an omission in the story OF
| the gentleman, late OF Chicago. who,
ION the morning of his execution. ate
breakfast of steak and potatoes and
seemed to relish it." The omission
| relates to the thickness of the steak.
To interest a reading public steak
| must be at least two inches thick. Re-
porting isn't what it was.
| faction in the fact that this country IL
free from entangling alliance is a
modest sort of emotion. Had he been
less shrinking and violet-like. Senator
Borah would have told the country
who had kept it so.
+ The esteemed Chicago Tribune
credits" wood alcohol with two
uDes system of bookkeeping will meet
with approval in many quarters
You may not get that one at. one
I
believe 1t is there.
The newspapers of Lincoln, Neb..
lrefer to him as Belasco Ibanez, Blasco
Ibaney and Glasco I. Bonez. Having
had your laugh at the Lincoln news
papers, we suggest that you try 1t.
We have hitherto refefred to the
attempt TO pin Governor Lowden TO an
expression of an opinion on the prop
osition of the league of nations We
doubt that Governor Lowden can be
discredfted in that way. Those who
wish to ruin him must continue to
play upon his palpabie weakness.
What is the governors baIpable
weakness? Hadn't you heard? Why,
it SO happened he married a very
charming woman who CHANGED TO be
the daughter of a ricn man. identified
during his active years with a very i'm
portant industrial enterprise.
We are a very particular and fin
icky people. The sight of a candidate
who is connected by marriage or other.
wise, with success is always offensive
to us.
We have no particular advice to
, offer to the reader who writes in to
say he goes to bed at / o'clock-fn the
. morning further than to observe that
4 he misses the best part of the night
4
before midnight There are fewer
bores abroad between midnight and 3
O'Clock In the morning than at any
other time during the calendar day.
We wish TO avoid the appearance OF
the dogmatic or the oraculnr. But we
! speak from experiences. The best thing
to be said for the human pest is that
ne re,ires early in order to make a
precipitate start.
4
Now that opportunity to spring Il is
again upon US. we offer the opinion
. that the leap year Joke is the least
active stimulant in the category of
hiiarity.
We make obeisance to p. ]. D., who
says he reads~the column every day.
That is more than we have ever been
able to do.
Woman's favoriie satiric jest is that
! she has no confidence in. men. For
THAT reason. the trustfulness of Mrs
Clara Gabourey, of Tower, ~. D.,
makes deep impression upon US. Hav-
ing made arrangements TO marry
again, Mrs. Gabourey announces she
will discontinue the custom OF taking
In washing.
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