The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-07
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAZZ e. HOUSE
.Eros Phi..eelphia Puhlie Ledger,

We are not much interested in the
observations and conclusions of Lucia
Ames Mead, of Boston. who recently
attended her first political convention
and wrote her impressions thereof.
But since we can use them as peg
on which to hang para graph or two.
we are not above employing them for
that purpose.
.Dsppnriation, recrimination, half
truths-that is the game as taught the
new woman voter. writes Mrs. Mead.
by those skilled by years OF tactical
experience. Unless the new woman
is to scorn insincerity. exasgeration, Ill
will and try to set a new standard, OF
political manners and morals, the
spiritual blight which has fallen over
both parties will not disappear"
The chief trouble in politics is that
most Of those who make OF 1T either
an adventure or a career feel that
they must cater to the "boobs" ana
"fatheads' A large majority OF the
v1tg Papnlat; on. falls haoss yi. as tat
heads" determine the result of every
election. The way to elevate the stand
ards of politics is to elevate the stand
ards OF the well-known human race.
It is a large order. but that is the
place to begin.
Having watched women in the act
of eievating the ballot, we are not
much heartened by the inmediats
prospect. Because she is more intense
and more emotional than man, wo=
man. under the stress OF politics. will
go little further In recrimination ana
exaggeration than her husband. ana
much further than the hardened and
ira n %gAt.
The fact is the hardened. skilled
political tactician INDUCES in not more
than q modicum of recrimination and
exaggeration. He merely puts the
poison in a handy place and tells the
"boobs" where it is. They do the
spreading.
The case Of Mr.. Edward Trowbridge
Collins is another prop under the
theory that clear head and clean
hands usually go together.
The Lyrics OF the Yesteryear.
SO many have submitted the trifling
Of THE Butcher Boy that we have
thought it worth while to give this
touching cowboy lyric space, altho it
does not fall quite within the metes
and bounds set for the symposium.
Lived butchers boy I loved fun well;
He eourted ne-took my heart away,
And then with me he would not stay.
"He took another girl on his knee,
And told her things he didn't tell me,
Oh. grief! Oh. grief shall tell you why,
Because she had more gold than /.
He went upstairs to get some soap
And found her hanging by rope;
He took knife and cut her down,
And on her brow these words he found:
"..Oh. bury me not the brond prairie,
Where the wild coyote can howl DER me
But on my breast put a turtle dove
To show the world died for love-"
Sir: Here is so much as I remem-
Der of tShe Is More To Be Pitied
Than Gensured":
"She is more to be p.tied than censured.
z She is more to- be helped than despised;
She's only a 1nssie who's ventured
On LIES stormy path ill-ndvised,
Too-1oo-lu, too-le-law, too-loo.ll,
ee-daw-tfee dee -di do -de-ooo.
If you'll only stop to consider
That man vas the cause of it all.r
W. II. e.
That concludes the program, You
now are at liberty to dispense to your
homes. We thank you for your. lib
erai contributions and for your kind
attention.