The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-03
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(Frcn Phliadelphis Public Ledgsf.l


once more we approach the task OF
voting for a candidate for vice presi-
dent in perplexed mood. Mr.. Roose-
Welt will not do. II he does not drool
rhetorical excelsior. at the least he ex-
9 sss.snt cal" c wsgs But It We have
it from what appears to be irrepToach-
able authority that "Silent car emp
ties the pan under the refrigerator.
The first thing we did after assuHa-
ing marital responsibilities was to es-
tabiish our theory that enaptying the
pan under the refrigerator is not q
mans work. Every reader will UNDER
stand that il is impossible Tor US TO
vote for a man who does il.
Meanwhile. We watch Mr.. HAYS go
to confessional before the senate com
naittee with no Taisgivtngs. Mr.. Hays
is not impressive, but he Is as smart
as fox, and no smart man permits
his hands to become defiled in ma
| tional campaign.
We sense your unspcken thought
I We wish. toe, we might find somethihE
/ besides politics TO write. But what
else is there?
We yield to the theory. generally
prevalent in newspaper circles. that
! the Rev. Mr.. KepfTnan. of Titusville, Is
2 news. HAD we Deen up ms
paper we, doubtless. would have given
4 him front-page position. But IL he -
1 news, the too excitable summer colony
at Washington's Crossing has made
him such.
The Rev. Mr.. Kepfmans IDEAS en-
bathing suits and kindred topics are
net worth a line in this column Ihey
should be equally valueless around
Washingten's Crossing.
Q
i Bobby Leeeh has announced his
/ willingness to again go ever Nlagara
4 Falls in barrel, provided a suIticient
amount of coin is forthcoming. We
refer to the matter here for the pur-
pose of saying that is one cause 10
which we shall make no contribution.
Those who play te the ''boops" ana
"fatheads" get teo much encourage
, raent as 1t is.
It NAV be true, as Upton Sinclair
says that nobody is payins any at
tention to his latest book; but. if IT
were our book we'd be the last per-
son in the world to admit It.
However. the sense Of dslleaey in
herent in some writing men is almost
wholly absent in others.
You remember Ellen Beach Yaw2
! Well, she's married again.
: Nothing. We merely wished to
! render the column typographicaiiy
) symmetrical by tapering it off with q
couple of short paragraphs
IT appears that we did not make our
9 connection with the Erwin Bergdoll
: case entirely clear to certain readers Of
!. the column. We refer to it again for the
! purpose of clarifying our position. We
: had nothing to do with the Erwin
Bergdoll case. nothing whatsoever
We didn't even know he was going to
surrender. Fer some reason, we were
> kept in ignorance of the entire plan.
" A reader who. we suspect. scans the
! events of the DAY somewhat casually
: Wants TO know whether Harold Bell
Z Wright is married again" or yet
J Both.
1T is an open secret" says the Nav
r York Times, that the Republican
Headers are worried" Irasmuen as
the Times probably believes its own
stuff, let it go ahead and, laugh its
. head off The probabilities are it
went have another chance this year
Keeping track of the unirnportant is
5 our chief business, but we pay some
tcasual attention TO the unusual. As
: an instance, Miss Florence Charles
worth, of Oak Park, ILL.,, waited until
her soldier boy returned from
France before deciding TO marry him.
. Poland's victory in the circun1-
stances stirs us out of all proportion TO
its consequence from 4 personal stand
, point. It encourages us to think the
Hon. Dempssy's hold on the heavy
+ weight championship is less secure
than it is generally believed to be.
. Which reminds us that there is
, new contender for the lightweight
championship who, II we are an-
Judge is entitled TO consideration. He
/. is the Iilineis congressman who
sprung the story that Great Britain
} had contributed $S7,soe to the Deme.-