The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-05
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY L. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia Public LedgerJ


AS to the truth of the charge, made
by an Indiana newspaper. that the
Leonard Wood campaign committee is
paying $3.50 apiece for testimonials,
we have neither knowledge nor -opin-
ion. But we deeply resent the in
nuendo in the connection. The Indiana
newspaper likens the campaign COM
mittee's methods 10 those formerly
employed by the patent-medicine man
ufacturers.
We deprecate the charge because it
is in a way, a personal reflection. We
were, for q considerable period, en-
ployed in the capacity of publicity
agent by the proprietor OF one of the
most celebrated of the live savers"
To few individuals has been given the
privilege of snatching a greater num-
ber of despairing persons from hypo-
thetical grayes. But the cordial. even
intimate, intercourse with the afflicted
was never sullied by the mention of
money. We have spread converse
tional unguent with lavish hand. We
have seen to 1t that many sufferers
were supplied with new photographs
at the expense of the house. We went
| so far once as TO LAY down" a pat
flush to, g. likely prospect" But we
could not, and did not in the role of
benefactor. bestow largesse upon
beneficiary. We may have been what
!
when it came to reading the lines but
we never got out of the "character.'
/ We deplore and deny the tacit charge.
As one Wild knows the hearts of the
people, we deeply regret the passing
\ of the patent-me edicine testimonial"
1t was the publicity of the humble. No
wonder the poor and worthy are rest
i lessi Their only avenue to fame has
been plugged
! We note,s quite incidentally. OF
course. that the feeling of extreme
lassitude which seized Colonel House
some months back. and which subse-
quently permeated the country, has
finally infected the Democratic minor?
I ity in the house of representatives.
| You remember the jape about the
! injured husband?'- We thought as
have little something on him, but
the edge is insignificant.
Talk" says an Iowa newspaper.
''of Aphrodite rising from the sea;
dream of Helen Of Troy; think of all
the beautiful women of history whose
blond tresses have altered the course
of civilization or figured in the
mythology of old-think of the most
perfect blonde ever visualized by
dramatist, poet or artist.
Well do it. of course Anything to
oblige brother editor who may also
be brother Elk. But it's mighty poor
business for married man.
AS Colonel Major Jeltz so aptly puts
it: THE word is so frequently used
until many who use it are ashamed of
the term friend themselves; there are
| Just a few now living who can tell
anything about the intrinsic value OF II
friend. So why make such frequent
use of the word? They know it is only
an apologetic word
! 1t is all right with us il the president
decides to make Article X the cam
palgn issue. We were getting ready
to yawn, anyway.
! A good husband seldom succeeds in
attra acting the attention of his wife.
A woman often looks as well as the
display in a shop window. but man
never does.
One of the portents of the times is
the disappearance from the newspaN
pers of all reference to the highly
| esteemed resident of Iowa who is VIII
liam Jennings Bryan's double. The
distinction of closely resembling Will
! liam Jennings Bryan no longer is what
/ it was.
/ A reader of the column gets some
comfort from the fact that both Wood
and Lowden ran ahead of johnson in
tho South Dakota primary. Our cor
respondent, doubtless, has the DalSotas
confused. 1t is North Dakota that
gives forth the pecan flavor. South
Dakota has never been more than
mildly irrational.
| Women. We believe, are more COM
Ipetent than men to discuss the case
| of Jason II. Bonner. Mr.. Bonner is
4 the Indiana gentleman who is the
F; father of twenty-eight children. We.
therefore, turn him over to them.
1t is possible that a woman has
greater facility in packing a trunk.
| but nobody but a man knows how 10
! stow a derby hat away in a suitcase.
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