The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-29
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledger.)


which exists against the proponents of
socialism. But We do not regard a,
political party which has been twenty
five years on. the way without get
ting anywhere as much OF menace.
and we doubt that an organisation
made up of gentlemen so ineffective
And so. inefficient in the management
OF private affairs as is the average
Socialist voter places the well-known
republic in great peril.
We used to define a Socialist as
one whose neighbor had received
raise in salary We thank a contem-
better definition. He says a Social
list is one who has nothing to divide.
While our fear that we should never
see her again has been, to some extent.
assuaged by Emma Goldman's an
nouncement that she will return TO
this country as soon as 1t Is possible
for her to do so. we have little faith
in her expressed intention to save it."
Miss Goldman devoted nearly thirty
years to the saving Of the country ands
had to leave it in the Same deplorabie
condition in which she found it. We.
therefore, suggest that the task be
delegated to somebody who can get
away with it.
Mr.. William Jennings Bryan. we
gather from our casual perusal or the
Hearst newspapers, writes as DULY
and as uninspiredly as ever. but within
his meter Mr.. Bryan has no superior
in the list of American statesmen, rear
and assumed. ~
What is Mr.. Bryan,s meter? 1t is
| climbing to a commanding position
alongside the mechanical equipment
and dropping a monkey-vgrench into
the bowels OF the machinery.
| An Industrious man attracts loafers
as white clover attracts bees. For
every man in this country who is will
| ing to work there are three who are
anxious to watch him do it.
A woman who has married and gone
away won't go back home to visit until
she has some new clothes. For that
4 reason, a good many projected and
contemplated visits are never made.
The rule is that if man knows of
something that will pay more than 6
per cent interest on the investment he
will keep it for himself.
Medical science makes such strides
that by the time the patient RECEIVERS
the treatment to which he has been
subjected has been discarded and
| new one devised. -t
Most of the bad habits were invent
ed by men! The woman who INDUCES
in questionable practices does SO be-
cause the men have either encouraged
her in wrongdoing or have set the ex-
ample for her. Except that men do
not, as a rule, kiss each other, not
| ifsuch can be said for them.
Except for the. brief period known
as the awkward age" a woman Us
attractive from the day she is born.
/ But she does not reach her zenith un-
til she is thirty-five.s There is nothing
so fascinating as a fascinating woman
over forty.
II you wish to get in touch with the
average American family, do not take
the trouble to call at its place OF resi-
denes. Instead, go directly to the
moving picture theater.
l. Joseph was sold down into Egypt
| by his brethren. And the youngest of
every family of boys has been getting
the worst of it ever since.
Everything except cornet playing is
now taught by mail. Everything ex-
cept hot water can be purchased in
Turn a man loose in a cellar or in
an attic and he will do more damage
in an hour than his wife can repair
| In week.