The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-09
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledgsr-)

Hope is entertained by Doctor
Grayson," we quote the Washington
news hounds, that the president soon
will be so far advanced on the road
re- recovery that he Will be able 70
Withstand the rigors of an automosiie
ride
Riding in an automobile is one or
| the most rigorous of the rigors. 1t IS
| comparable in its severity only with
the hardships of the easy chair or the
| deprivations of box mattress Doc
tor Grayson should permit his distln-
guished patient to take 40 chances.
Add Wood Alcohol.
Three of the prisoners arrested, We
pipe from the A. p. bulletin. are:
Adoiph Panarelli, a wine and liquor
dealer.
| John RomanelI, an undertaken.
| Samuel X. Saieeby. a druggist.
| Apparently, all that was needed TO
| make it an alright combination was a
coroner who would stand for the
play"
If our japery in the connection
doesn't appeal to you. and probably 1t
won't. you are hereby licensed to at
tach your own singer.
IT returned to this country" this
| Doctor Eermilye Is quoted as saying,
to be greeted by Invitations to my own
wedding" Which is. we believe, the
customary procedure. After everybody
else has been told. the prospective
| bridegroom is advised concerning the
plans for the wedding.
The Cognoscenti Rises.
sir-As the Acknowledged molder of
Philadelphia's literary taste. feel 1
can stand no more. My proposition to
you has two alternatives: Either that
you give third thought to your para
graphs on literature. which will elm
mate them entirely, or that you rush
into something else where angels fear
to tread. If you would confine your
sarcasm to its natural realm-politics,
about which, dare say, you know as
| little as you do OF literature. you would
confer the highest favor within your
gift upon those of us who rank Harold
Bell Wright second only to the master
VINO is the subject of your most recent
attack-Maurice Maeterlinck
very truly cannot say yours"
ARABELLA REPLYER.
NJ. Henri Russell. whoever he is,
also takes a fall out of the column.
| America, explains NJ. Russell. has
tangled the harmonic soul-strings of a
dreamer and poet" We regret to hear
IT, We had no idea our Japery in con-
/ nection with NJ. Maeterlinck's visit
would SO visibly affect the poet
Il Since. however. we are wholly I'M
j able to control our disposition to- be
playful, We offer a suggestion which
we fit to the situation. 1t is that the
law compelling foreign poets to come
to this country and lecture for $4,000
a night be repealed.
The s'oId soaks'' in the areas Of low
| precipitation have known for years
that wood alcohol is Intoxicating. They
learned that by experience. The thing
that will surprise them Is that 1t is
also poisonous.
| OF those who give up wood alcohol
i because of its poisonous nature.
"Muskogee' Red" probably will be the
most reluctant. ''Muskogee" has
reached the point where neither ia
,,maica ginger nor bay rum do much
for him.
Another long distance record has
been hung up. A writer in one of the
current magazines kept one OF his
characters unconscious in sana-
forum for a period of five years.
i We don't know whether she died or
got we'll We didn't finish the story.
4 Mr.. Bryan may or may not be the
Democratic candidate for president.
But If he doesn't get ii he likely can
spoil it for the fellow who does.
The probabilities are that Mr..
/ Bryan, when he dies, will leave no
great feat of constructive statesman
ship behind him. But his fame is en-
tirely secure. He will always be re-
Democratic party.