The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-21
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAY E, HOUSE.
(Erom Phiiadeipbia Public Ledssr.l

61 sAt - .dOCo1- i
(From Phiiadelpbia Public Ledssr.l
Dempsey. the .superman.' the 'un-
beatable," we quote Joseph Jeffer-
son O'Neill, was pretty sad-looking
affair as he left the ring. even tho
he was winner. He was cut about
the mouth and left ear, and his face
was crimson from the blood drawn by
Brennan's punches"
Now, we don't know how Mr.
O'Neills vivid lines will affect you, but
when we read them we went out and
ing all dues and per capita assess
ments five years in advance.
We may add. by way of gliding the
thought with a warm golden glow
that when we join a lodge of sorrow
the event takes on significance We
had not previously Joined a lodge of
vaded Germany in the early days of
the war.
A Human Frog, as 1t Were.
Sir-I have always admired your
versatility; consequently, was graft
fled this morning to discover that your
sorrows share your salient character
that sits supine upon your soul. Now,
sorrow that can take the sitting and
the supine positions at the same time
is most remarkable. Indeed, no sor-
row not possessed by a man like YOU
could comfort itself in such a way. I
shall expect soon to learn that you
have joy that stands prone before
you at dawn and accompanies you
thus thru all the hours of the day.
G.. w, d.
How Stupid of us!- What we really
intended to say was that the sorrow
that sits upon our soul has few peers
and no equals.
The esteemed New York World re-
fers to Mayor Hylan as "a menace"
We have no personal knowledge on
which to base an opinion, but if the
general impression of Mayor Hylan is
correct, the esteemed World is COM
pllmentary, not to say fiattering.
One who signs himself Subscriber
mas written US an S0O-word letter in
winch he bitterly condemns the col
umn for its inanity its irreleyanee. its
fiippancy. its frivolity and its cheap
VIII. He also complains that when in
telllgent readers venture to criticize it
we quote their reproofs with seeming
gusto. Letters from Subscriber. -
1
in the same strain, have reached the
/ owner and the city editor Sub
scriber" asks that we be decorated
with the battered can. Unless it is
done, he is going to stop his subscrip-
ton to the paper.
| We don't know how it iimpresses
you, but it seems to us Subscriber
| travelled a considerable distance for a
very light load He might succeed in
O In off "a
wouldn't do any good. Likely we
should get job writing a column for
some other newspaper. In such equiva-
lent position we should be just as dele
FERROUS as we are now.
In the twenty years last past more
| than 100000 subscribers have Cancelled
their subscriptions because of certain
| lucubrations appearing in the column.
But, with one or two exceptions, they
| still take the paper.
Here's a Good Cabinet.
] Sir-So long as "everybody's dom
lit" why, here 1 come with my sug-
gestion as to an all-lady cabinet for
the president-elect. The names have
been selected with special regard to
fitness for the portfolios assigned
Secretary of state, Carrie Cha pman
Gait
Secretady of the treasury, Maud Bal
! llnStOn Booth.
| Secretary of war, Myra McHenry.
Secretary of the navy, Lillian Rus
sell.
| Secretary of the interior, Mrs. Rorer.
Secretary of commerce, Lucy Page
CASTOR,
Secretary of labor, Rose Pastor
Stokes.
| - Secretary of agriculture. Alice Paul.
| Attorney general, Jane Adams.
| Postmaster general, Edith Wharton.
L. J. r.
Personally, we regard the selection
, of Mrs. Rorer for the post of sec
rotary of the interior as a burst of in
! telligence closely akin to genius.
| A CLEAN of intelligence seems to
| have permeated the dome of Mr.. Will
| lard. He promises to train faithfully
for Mr.. Dempsey. Mr.. Willard, you
may remember, trained for Mr. Demp-
sey the other time by indorsing
/ checks and depositipg them to the
| credit of his bank account.
The regrettable thing about his