The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-23
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledssf-l

We assume the immediate ratifica-
ton of the treaty. safeguarded. OF
course. by proper reservations is Il
matter of tremendous importance.
The newspapers have indicated that
such is the case. The voluntary COM
mitee on tho safety of the republic.
which meets in the hotel lobby every
evening, holds unanimously 20 that
view: But having carefully consider
ed the matter, we can't see that it
makes any particular difference to US.
The chief trouble in this land of
free and independent thought ana. IN
a manner of speaking, home OF intel
lectual displacement, Is that the aver
age citizen. being always under the NV
fluence of parttsa nship or propa ganoa.
inevitably makes a spectacle of HIM
self.
A ,ran;s interest in f;rei relaNss
as soon as he discovers IT isn't his
own home that is burning. But u
woman continues to be excited lon-
after the tiremen have smothercd the
Pile of trash in the back yard.
Probably the most difficult ching
. is to be amusing at the breakfa 81
table, aliho there are those who con-
tend that the attempt to project
clever remark thru an ear runpet mas
it tied.
We have read the prospectus of ;he
! promoters of the Leonard Wood, as
they have nicknamed him. boom for
president with interest. Mr.. Wood seems
to he sweeping .:he country. But We
also discover. after making - hasty
| computation, that of the seventy-eiSht
! delegates so far elected to the I;epub-
lican national convention, only two
are Ior him.
Observations of the Callowhill Thistle.
To those who worry about growing
old: Would you exchange the WON
| ders and philosophy of your axperi-
/ ence for the perfectly inane privilege
| of shouting, go up, baldhead?"
When a woman of sixty n.ar-ies \
man OF twenty, either she has an eN-
/ cess maternal instinct or else she lacks
! the usual complement of buttons
Some there are to whom youth 3
the most beautiful thing in the world.
but when the Thistle entertains Adde'S
| cence she has a strong laundering for
the bottomless pit.
A young girl, nearing her majority
learns to mince her step; a boy. upon
| the approach of his, begins to spit.
The Thistle.
The rule is that stealing from Il
neighbor marks man as a thief. But
stealing from a corporation merely
confers upon him the distinction OF
Unusual shrewdness.
Mary Pickford lodged the reporters
who sought to interview her. Upon
one point in the connection we bubble
with curiosity. AS a veteran inter-
viewer we should like to know what
the reporters would have asked Miss
Pickford had they been able to find
her. If you had the privilege of ASK
ing Miss Pickford a question, what
| shcu you want to know?
The incident has, of course. a GER
/ tain news value. 1t has been estab-
lished that a motion-p picture actress
can dodge a reported. Inasmuch as no
motion-picture actress had ever pre-
viousiy tried the trick, there was some
question as to whether it could be per-
! formed.
We stand for all of the great moral
issues, but il you can deliver the
goods the fact that your fingers are
stained by cigarets probably will not
cause you to lose your Job.
Every man CANDLES now and then
TO the extent of betting IS that a new
hat won't make him look any worse.