The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-04
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY g. HOUSE
(From Phliadelphia Pubite Iedsss.,

We do not wish to dwell upon the
circumstance that our favorite mana
ger, John J. McGraw, finally found an
actor he could whip, altho the casual
broken string of defeats well deserves
a paragraph. We refer to that phase
of the incident merely because We
wish to hang a lucubration upon It.
The overshadowing fact is that Mr..
McGraw. having partaken somewhat
at the Lambs club, went out and
talked about it.
Thru having seen and observed
them for many years, We are familiar
with the ethics of the tight town"
and the arid wastes. They are that
no gent, either voluntarily or under
pressure, betrays the, source OF his
''hooch.' 1t isn't done. One may,
wriggle upon the witness stand or lie
like a gentleman, but he doesn't tell
where he got it.
We trust we shall not be accused
of unnecessary projection of our per-
sonal affairs if we iilumine the point
by reference to our one proud mo-
ment. 1t was suspected by the author
tiles" that we had seen beer pass
across the bar of a club in which we
were a guest. Hailed into court, we
declined to give testimony pro or con,
or vice versa. Constructively speaking,
the doors OF the donjon keep closed
upon us. We heard the rattle of
| chains and the click of the turkeys
key. The sounds persisted for many
months. Had it not been for a friendly
writ of habeas corpus they might be
audible yet. But we didn't 'tspilr' it.
and they never found out.
We don't care for Jail life. We have
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courage. But now that the dread days
are upon the nation, it is well that
men should know the ethics of per-
sonal conduct in a crisis of affairs.
Concerning Johnny Murphy's Death.
SIR. J. r. writes of the passing
| away" of John E. Murphy. of Du-
mont's minstrels. As Mark Twain said
the report of his death is greatly ex-
aggerated." I saw John E. Murphy
passing away. down the Boardwalk
| in Atlantic City this afternoon. He
hns had his own show in Atlantic City
for twenty-five years. He performs
each day and would show a lot of
| pep" If told The were dead. Willis
| Prickett is also alive and runs a
dramatic stock company under the
name of 1.-THE Four Pricketts" ]. ].
R. muffed that one also. Joe Nor
ton was Murphy's dancing partner
| John E. Murphy was not of Ray
mond and Murphy and did not dance
| against Danleno in the international
| dancing match. He met and de-
feated Horace Wheatley. of England
And lastly, George Primrose never
used sand in dancing altho three
others mentioned by J. J. r. did use
it. C. NJ.
| Otherwise, we assume, J. j. RS
revelations are entirely authentic.
But. we go on to say, since the sub
| ject has been vintalized, it will be
| nothing to us when Thea iog-dancers
cease tAeir "clogging."' The news
| that the art had persisted would de-
press us as little as a threat to de-
prive US of Walt Whitman's verse.
The esteemed New York World de-
votes more than three columns of
/ space to proving its contention that
Harry NJ. Daugherty picked Mr.. Hard
/ ing for president six years ago, With
white paper what it is. it seems a
| waste to do it. The bare word OF the
| esteemed World would have been esuf-
l ficient, so far as we are concerned.F
More than that, wen say Mr..
Daugherty is a good picker and one
| who disclosed an admirable quality of
| persistency. The World quit its can
didate for president three months
after it had selected him.