The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-10
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stand for the men is attracting con-
siderable attention and, need we say.
melting much acerbic comment. Pos
sibiy the column will lose prestige be-
cause of its audacious attitude. So
far as we have observed. we are the
only writing man in the country who.
within the last ten years. has dared
say a kindly word for the American
husband and father. We expected to
become unpopular. and we have not
been disappointed.
We intend to continue to stand UP
for our kind. Those who like per-
fumed phraseology dipped in mush
and dedicated TO women should read
some other column.
One who signs herself Gueniyere
Fish thus misspelling "Guinevee,"
writes: II, being a women, appreciate
the fact that you understand women
perfectly. Won't you, therefore. tell
me whether women have completely
changed in a generation, or simply
whether 1 understand the facts better
than used to? In my youth thought
women were uncertain, coy and hard
to please, that they required a lot of
wooing and chose their mates from
among many suitors and only after
thoro consideration. Now the idea
seems to be that a woman bends all
of her energies to capturing a man
and isn't so very hard to please.
Light, please, oh wise mani"
No other solemn subject yields so
readily TO japery as that OF the marital
relation. We might cite the case Of
Buck Kilby who, on being asked where
he met his wife, said. IT didn't meet
her; abe overlook me-" The endeavor
Of the three wifloushby girls comes
readily TO mind. 1t was said of the
Willoughby sirls-we know it was
said of them because we said it-thac
they had given street parade every
afternoon for ten years and had never
succeeded in selling a ticket to the
evening performance. Marsh Whit
locks delayed and belated marriage
was one in point Marsh married so
late in life that his surrender piqued
the curiosity of the natives. When
they asked him why he did it he said
he was out Of breath. But none of
these incidents really settles the issue
raised.
And 50. we shall merely observe that
we do not pretend 10 understand wo-
men. We are frank 20 say we never
were chased by one. But we give
them credit for certain shrewdness
and sagacity. Women have learned
that the coy, uncertain, hard please
attitude no longer catches fish, and
being shrewd and sagacious, they have
changed the bait In fact, the bait
has been changed seven or eight times
within the memory of the writer. And
while 1t Is still deemed unladylike for
woman physically to extend herself,
it is considered perfectly proper for
her to meet gent half way. Our
observation is that she generally
does SO.
The Low Down on Mr.. Honska,
Sir: Permit me. as q former Ne
braskan, to enlighten you. regarding
the esteemed and capable Mr.. Hon
ska, late OF the Nebraska football
team. Mr.. Honska, completed his ar
duous course at Nebraska some time
since and departed for other and less
public fields of endeavor. Since his
regrettable leavetaking. however,
Messrs. Chaloupka, Shonka and
Otoupalik have upheld the honor and
glory of Czecho-Slovakia on the grid
irons visited by Nebraska And
Messrs. Hubka and Puceiik will en-
deavor to do likewise at Penn State
this afternoon. Football is a mighty
useful ladle for stirring the justly
famed melting pot. E. H. T.
Much that is in Z. IL. It's commune
cation Is new to us. but our curiosity
concerning Mr. Honska still is, un-
stated. AS we recall 1t, he matricuiated
In the department of music at Nebras-
ka U. and took bass drum. Did he
ever realize on 'he years of arduous
study devoted to that instrument?
Mr.. Bryan's suggestion TO Mr.. Will
SON has been pronounced admirable
by many. But, unfortunately. IL comes
from gentleman who has been trying
for twenty-fou years without being
able to have a single suggestion
adopted.
We don't know how you feel about |
II, but had we been talking continu-
ously for twenty-four years, and in all |
that time nobody had paid the slight |
est attention to what we'd said, we'd |
quit.
We make various deductions from |
the returns. One of them is that when 4
the Republicans buy an election they |
do very thoro job of it.
1t was known, of course, that the '