The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-12
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY e. HOUSE
fFrom rhiladslphia Public Ledgsf.1~


Eugene ". Debs, Socialist candidate
for president. interviewed in the At
lanta peniteDtiary by Norman Hap
good" runs a 'sblurb' in our favorite
newspaper. the New York American.
Having read the Interview. we quar-
rel with the conclusion reached by the
more or less esteemed American Mr..
Hapgood did not interview Mr.. Debs;
he interviewed himself.
We. therefore, ask permission OF the
more or less esteemed American to re-
write the "blurb." We should phrase
it in this way: Norman Hapgood in
tervicws himself in the presence of
Eugene Debs, of the Atlanta peniten-
tiary.''
However, for the task in hand
that of constructing q bridge of emo
tional fluff between Mr.. Debs and the
| mainland of freedom-Mr. Hapgood is
a we1l-chOsen and fitting instrument.
As a lachrymal performer he ranks
high. He has the faculty of infiltrat-
| ing the tear of sympathy with GER
| tain acrid quality. and he invests an
emotional orgy with delicate. flower
| like touch. 10y
We trust, however, that the phrase
illogical floss now in process of dedi-
cation to the martyrdom of Debs will
| not be permitted to obscure the we'll
known facts In the case At critical
period in his country's fortunes Mr..
Dcbs violated a law made and pro-
| vided. He did it with full knowledge,
| somewhat flagrantly, andn apparently,
| with considerable pride of perform
ance. For that he was sent to the
ipenitentiary. What's the hurry about
| getting him out?
The newspapers have decided that
| the league of nations is the issue. In
| asmuch as there Is nothing else, they
probably are right about 1t. 1t has
been our purpose all along to make a
small contribution to the. campaign
! fund. But we wish to do it in our owr
| way. We have. therefore, decided tC
renew every shirt torn by the sover
eign voters between now and election
day.
The Whispering Post.
Y. why trifle with your luck?
B. A. S.-Your definition of pro
4 gressive" is fairly ingenious. but 4
doesn't mean anything. For your in.
formation. it is Jasper Ellington, MOI
Buck Kilby, around whom that par.
tfcular whimsy is woven. Buck Kilb,
| is a good dresser on and off.
F. D. S.-The season is closed or
the o1d-song stuff. Sorry. why moi
try again?
\ Ex-Fan-"Cicotte" has been angli
cized and, following the English Gus
tom. is pronounced CROOK" NJ.
It has been a dull day as days go
Its one intriguing moment came wheT
we read, in the esteemed Waco Times
Herald, that the many blunders mad,
by the Republicans have been so nu
merous as to preclude the possibility
of Democratic defeat"
There IL good stuff in the newspa.
pers., One has only to search for #.
Along with<keeping track of the uri
important, we make occasional note OF
| the unusual. Probably the young wo.
man on Chestnut street yesterday
whose dress was longer than her cape
| would have been embarrassed to death
had she known 1t.
Mr.. Sousa Secs AnOthcr Sign.
A Sir-In a millinery store wirdpw il
Columbus I saw this one:
/, Pure Ladies' Silk Stockingst'
| Z Why the discrimination?
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA.
We haven't read "Jurgen," and Il
probably would bore US stiff were We
permitted to do so. But the report
of the committee that it would be in
advisable to attempt to raise the bar
against Mr.. CabelPs book inspires u.
with vast longing to peruse IT.
1t Is, we go on to say. it is the i'm
proper that intrigues the mind.
Those who have repeatedly and per.
sistentiy wished that Mr.. Harding
| would say something will find, by re.
ferring to the daily press, that he ha,
just uttered the largest mouthful OF
the campaign.
Before I get through" Mr.. John ]
McGraw is quoted as saying, I'll make
baseball one unpopular place fol-
crooks" We are not sure as to what
effect Mr.. McGraw's attitude will have
on baseball, but the news that he in
tends TO devote his attention to it will
be great relief to the theatrical pro
fession.
Meanwhile, If when Mr.. McGraw
concludes with baseball he concludes