The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-08
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY E. HOUSE
tFron Philadelphia Public Ledssr.)

mo longer is silk underwear con-
sidered a personal, intimate gift,
writes one Of the leading authors OF
A. T. concludes that the vaccination
mark is about the only personal, in
innate gift" left.
All of which leads to certain other
personal intimate'' reflections and
question of Curious who wants to
know if we can tell him why it is
about so many girls that the back of
their neck is prettier than the front of
their face"
The conclusion reached by Curl
ous'' is not in agreement with our own
observations. And, since nearly ev-
erybody win want to know what we
think about it, our opinion is that a
girl always looks better coming than
she does going. A girl in the act of
receding is handicapped by her hat,
which never looks as well behind as
it does in trent
Peculiarities and idiosyncrasies of
conformity, gait and carriage are also
more noticeable in the receding wo-
man. Where does Curious" get that
stuff?
over the matter pretty thoroly. We
have treated all of its various aspects.
We did so because one can't leave any
thing to the people. When they are
| able to settle thing, which is infre-
auently, they nearly always settle It
neighberly. They do the 6est they
can. But they do try our reactionary
soul.
81 was amazed and shocked" writes
&c. d. s., 'at your admission that you
! have no morals. had assumed you
were a gentleman-that otherwise you
would not be employed in your present
capacity" All we can do is to counsel
c. D. s. to go on reading the column.
| If our admission that we have no
morals shocked her, there is fine line
| of seismic disturbances in store for
her. We have lot OF good stuff we've
never pulled.
The Woman's Patriot Is quoted as
saying: Lady Astor's first great tri-
Jun phi as member of parliament has
the early publicity, courtesy and ap-
lplause which attended her first
speeches have departed-that her fell
low members are already a little tired
OF the lady member"
| OF course, we entertain no such idea
of the lady member We don't believe
her fellow members are tired of her.
, The Woman's Patriot as ''catty." But
I'VE do claim none of Lady Astor's fun
ny stories was funny.
But, in any event, Lady Astor would
not have been able permanently to re-
tain her place in the sun. If We are
any judge of character, that position
| is bespoken by Alice L. Robertson,
congresswornan-e elect from Oklahoma
Recently Jacob Hamon, Republican
national committeeman for Oklahoma,
lay dead at his home in Ardmore. He
had passed OUT as the result of a
pistol wound. He had told the sur
geons and his friends that the wound
had been accidentally self-inflicted.
There were rumors to the effect that
! Hamon had been punctured by a lady
friend. But Hamon. facing certain
death, stuck to his story and died with
it on his lips.
Miss Robertson was interviewed
touching the tragedy. She expressed
| the opinion that Hamon had died as
the result of just judgment inflicted
by an avenging God. She also told OF
her reluctance to attend the funerai
or to be "rnixed up in any way with
the magnificent tribute paid to Ha-
mons memory by his fellow citizens.
| Now, we claim a woman who has he
strength of character and the poor
| taste publicly to -criticise dead man
! is bound to attract and hold wide
spread public attention. In any event,
Lady Aston would have been sup
| planted.
1t is believed, If it were to do over,
that the crazy man who six years ago
i last summer shot the Archduke of
| Austria would be sent to some conven
| tent asylum for the insane and that
| nothing more would be said about 1t.
What does the second native reply
when the first native says, How are
yep" asks P. D. S Well. unless the
| line of repartee recently has been
changed, he says, Never felt better,
/ ner had less"
| There is so much dissatisfaction
about it that we take it the next mass