The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-16
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Truth is mighty. but very few care
for it at the expense OF being annoyed
by it.
A Rerfunctery performance is that
given by two women engaged in kiss
ing each other.
In making Mr.. Ivan 0lson, the hero
of a mere worlds series the sports
writers are discodnting his greater
gift. Mr.. Qison's feFtissimo note is
his genius for arguments In his seven
| teen years as a ball player he has
never lodged verbal controversy or
conceded defeat. He has argued his
way thru four leagues and on and eff
eight ball clubs. Resides his work as
peitry performance.
That" says the esteemed Chicago
TFib in the course of an editorial
mean by reactlonary." Yes. yes. go
on. What does one mean by ''reac-
tlenary?" Wed love to know.
There are tricks in all trades
Within twenty-four hours after we had
| expressed the thought that the ia beoed
| novel, "Jurgen," probably would bore
us stiff. Norman Jeffries made the
lonely and tedious journey to Narberth
for his copy of the Cabell book and
1
One can get most anything in this
world by pretending he doesn't want
1t.
| Every man has his weakness. This
| 'Duster' Mails, who has written his
name in imperishable letters in the an
mails of the 1899 world series, is left
handler.
Those who write the publicity for
Mr.. Harding say he does not in the
least object to being called a stand
patter." We credit Mr.. Harding with
a moment of clear vision. The time
is cdTning in this country when the
word ''standpatter' will no longer be
considered an epithet.
One Of the new voters talking conf
aentiaily With the column regarding
her new and God-given opportunity,
SAID she found herself unable to vote
either of the old party tickets because
they represent machine politics, She
VIII, therefore, cast her maiden ballot
for Mr.. Christensen, if that is his
name, OF the Farmer-Labor party.
We had expected something like
that and long ago framed an answer
TO 1t. Machine politics, to use less
| OFFENSIVE phrase, is organized politics.
NO party can win an election or get
| anything done afterward without a
machine. Until the Farmer-Labor
party organizes machine and gets 1t
70 WORKING smoothly and efficiently
It viii be a futile Political gesture and
| VIII constitute itself refuge only
for those who have failed to grasp the
fundamentals of government.
The most Impressive and ruthless
machine to come under our ofserva-
| uon was that of a labor union to
| which We ence belonged and of which
we still are an honorary member.
There is a good deal of banal talk
about the freedom and the privacy of
the great open Spaces We lived for
many years in the great open spaces"
In the latter portion of that period
We moved and had our being in a lit
tie eelenial house situate on the cor
ner or two wide residence streets on
the edge of a country town. Turnout
, the growing season the fragrance of
alfalfa continually permeated the
| dwelling. We could sit on the front
porch and look off into the great
open spaces" at lew-flunE hills which
fenced the horizon. But In all those
years we never knew a moment of
privacy nor suFcease from contact with
| the pests of Humankind. We never
made move that wasn't classified and
subjected to critical analysis by a kind
ly yet curious community. sags
1t may interest you to know that
we have finally found seelusion that
is impenetrable, a privacy that Is Sc
cure 1t is In city apartment house
where the rush and rattle of rapid
| transit and the eternal honking of a
myriad Of motor cars is ever on the
| ear.
There is a good deal of "flapdpodle.'
Much of itsis released in this propa-
| "a RI a nT Va 6rrra zvaa 1d
| The man who dances may be able
| to induce his friends to pay the fid-
| ler once, but the rule is that he must
| meet the bills for the second frolic
| himself,
Our observation is that, those who
are plying the Armenians are not
| those who have bought rugs from
/ them.
| We refer now and then, to the emo