The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-23
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia Public LedEer)

IT wish" Mr.. Franklin D. Reese-
Welt is quoted as saying, every Ameri-
can could have been a silent witness
Their splendid record and their high
purpose are an Inspiration I need
only to add that my regret in leaving
my post under President Wilson is
softened by the knowledge that my
new commander-in-ch will be his
wholly worthy successor"
And, we go on to say. and other
flapdeodle.
Prince Joachim not only fought ia
the war but he seems to have differed
from the other young Hohenzellerns
in the rspect that he had chin. It
wasn't much of chin, perhaps, but
it was sufficient to- distinguish him
from the crown prince.
In other respects Joachim disclosed
the family traits. At any rate, the
newspapers say he got the divorce
| It may be, of course, that we are
hypercritical on that particular point.
We do not pretend to be familiar with
the older customs and the higher civil
ization- But in that section Of the
country from which We recently
emerged, it was considered courtesy
1
cree.
| Buck Kilby always attributed the
prevailing procedure in the matter OF
divorce to the fact that men had Rore
endurance than women But we~Tf-
ways considered it a courtesy born of
inherent gallantry.
The Yacht Race.
waupaea, Wis, July 1s.-Henry
Monniehenny, a retired farmer living
four miles west of Waupaca, went vio-
lently insane today. Mr. Monniehenny
had just finished reading the thrilling
details of the yacht races and physi-
clans say his mental equilibrium
toppled under the strain.
North Platte, Neb., July Esquire
Joseph Hosight became so violently
excited over SATURDAYS yacht race that
he went to bed wit4but winding the
clock. The result was that the entire
| family oversight Sunday morning and
breakfast was delayed until nearly Z
o'clock. 1t was the first Saturday
night in thirty-eight years on which
Squire Hosight had neglected to rein
earnate his ancient Seth Thomas.
| Louden, KY, July 19.-Sir Thomas
lLipton's proposal to supplant Captain
Burton. has stirred the people to high
pitch of indignation. The yacht fans
here are taking sides and old-timers
foresee a renewal of the Horsford-
Howeome feud as a result. The last
time the Horsford- Howcome feud was
renewed thirty-eight persons were
killed and more than 100 wounded
Canal Fulton, Ohio, July 1e.-Amos
Fullright, the oldest canal boatman on
the Wheeling and Lake Erie canal
has written a letter to the local apel
severely criticising the crew of the
Shamrock for its ineptitude and lack
of seamanship. Mr.. Fullright will de-
liver an address on yacht racing to a
mass meeting in front of Abe Poplar's
grocery store tomorrow night Cana
Fulton is agog.
Greeley, Colo, July 19.-In an argu-
ment today over the respective merit:
iof the Shamrock and Resolute, one
alfalfa grower was desperately wound
ed and two potato raisers suffered
severe bruises.
mysterious way the natives here hav,
learned that a series of yacht races ar,
being sailed on the Atlantic coast anC
many OF them have taken to the
woods. Since those who have disap
peared have neither food nor money
suffering may ensue-
We held the new Farmer-Labo
party. in higher esteem than some
We should not be surprised to see i
give the Socialists a hard race.
The Socialist party isn't what /
was. So many of its members eithe
are in the penitentiary, or out OF
bond, that the organization goes int
the campaign appreeiably weakened.
Il met her at a bridge party,
writes Frances McDonald, the mos
brilliant of the younger school Q
women writers. which, by the way
is the next best place, after a bargai
counter, to see a woman as she real
| ~ isl
J Yes, yes, go on Was she, perhaps
kissing the nine Of spades or the 81
of diamonds good-by?
In the main. we echo the senti
ments of the correspondent who say
there is nothing to say for the salooT
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