The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-13

There are a number OF young To-
pekAns of high school age-from the
best Of families. too-who are realz-
ing their ambition by acquiring a
reputation for fast young men about
town" Frequenting dance halls in an
intoxicated condition-lord knows
where they got it-prancing into res
taurants at late hours, loudly pro-
claiming their success in capturing
wild women, shooting craps and hunt
ing aces these youngsters are giving
gray hairs to father and worried
wrinkles to mother. Available motor
cars and touches from dad" have ac-
centuated their speed.
The question naturally arises
what can be done about it? Between
you and me, We know these boys. We
know their parents We know their
worth, their blood, their natural gift
in physical and mental equipment.
We know their parents would not ap->
prove. Also we know their parents
would not believe or thank an ae-
quaintance who would warn them or
inform them of their sons actions.
There IT. only one solution lesson
from bitter experience. 1t seems al
most cruel to accept as remedy the
penalty that must be paid for this
wave of boisterous frivolity, but un-
| less more stern methods are adopted
be shocked at the exposure OF a
youthful misdemeanor.
Between you and me, do You sup
pose these boys will take this warn
ing?
| This Rock Island move establishing
four-way division point out of To-
peka promises to mean the addition
some day of hundreds of families to
the city's population. And never could
a town wish a better class of infabi-
tants than railway traipsnen and en-
ginemen 4 railroad man always
hunts and finds the best there is in
| life. A liberal spender, an amuse-
ment seeker, d lover of good clothes
and good living, he is an asset to the
town in which he lives.
washburn college commuters have
become greatly interested in a street
car conductor. He is a typical Eng
Iishman. He says "cawnt" and may
| not "a la W. W. and he talks in
the jerky jolly way, all the time his
pink cheeks growing pinker. The
, other evening the car was crowded
as usual-and an old lady, attempt
ing to reach the exit, was being pushed
ahead by impatient passengers. Then
came the shrill cry of our across-the-
seas brother: Patience, people,
patience. Fawncy yourselves in such
a condition as this dear old lady.
Rome was not built in day. Patience,
people. patience"
They're whispering some fearful
| yarns over town about the cavorting
of a few of the>young married couples
rof the exclusive set. Imitators of
I Baccaccio have some excellent ma
rterial right here at home.
Now that high prices have pune
! tured the skies there is a national
movement for 'stabilization." What
we want is reduction, not Sterilization.
Daniel G. Reid. the Western fl
nancier, who gave Wall street such
a shock bae9E in 1903 when he amass-
ed a fortune out of Rock Island
stock, has been divorced from his
third wife after a sensational scandal
dealing in lingerie and fashion models.
The late Mrs Reid was given $2.5ee
a month alimony. That's a lot more
than the Rock Island got
Moral-when your master fiirts,
hire a lawyer.
The Topeka Saturday Night club
and the Topeka Press club may be ex-
peeted to blossom forth in customary
comedy any day now. Frank farrell,
the funniest Roman of them all, is
back again.
Young brother. and small sister
came stomping up the stairs unusually
early one evening. why to bed so
early?" mother asked as she tucked
away the last wisp of hair before the
mirror. Daddy has the 'don'ts' re-
piled brother mournfully.
A well known Topekan is boasting