The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-18
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger)

sReaders of the column. the legion
family, so to speak. will recall thai
we maryeled at the intimate, not 10
say confidential. knowledged exhibited
by Fannie Hurst concerning the pur-
pie indentation which marks the
windpipe of every gent who habitually
wears a collar-button. The mystery
has been cleared up. 1t seems the
spectacle of a gent, clad in trousers
and undershirt, searching from draw
er to drawer and roaming from shaw
ing soap to talcum powder, has been
nothing in Fannie's young life for the
five years last past.
The fact that she had intimate
knowledge of the subject Is not, how
ever, a reflection on the work of the
artist The masculine badge OF con-
yention has never been so faithfully
or realistically drawn. Miss Hursts
Installation of that particular splotcn
of color was nothing short of genius.
Readers of the column doubtless
have noticed how frequently we lean
upon Buck <ilby for the ultimate in
japery. 1t is with pleasure that we
present his latest. Together We had
passed thru the entrances and exits
which give upon the street. the local
room. the back hall and the indefina-
BILE line between the leg workers ana
said Buck, as the last one swung be-
mind us. s'has more doors than a
French farce.
We have read portions of DIR. Joseph
Collins's sympathetic view OF Wood
row Wilson appearing in one of the
current magazines. We are uncon-
cerned with the conclusions expressed
we have our own conclusions. We
merely note the expert manner IN
which Doctor Collins makes language
do a work of violence.
Very few of US, we go on to say.
are sufficiently adept in its use TO
make language perform the functions
/ of a blunt instrument and an edged
! tool.
| Senator Lenroot has expressed the
/ opinion that the division commanders
who sent unframed troops to France
should be court martialed. Likely
Senator Lenroot is right about 1t. Still
somebody had to go, and unframed
! troops probably were preferable to
/ aged and infirm civilians.
/ Upon one point, however. We have
and expressed an opinion. 1t is that
| this is not the time for any gentle
man not actively engaged init to fight
! the war over.
! 1t may interest you to know that a
certain Philadelphia theater, which
devotes itself exclusively to mirth and
melody, has responded to our demand
that the old-time melodies be sung.
and has set the week of May 10 as the
date of its exploration of the remi-
! niscent vein. More than that. we are
advised that tickets have been placed
| at our disposal.
If there is a hint or suggestion here
for other theatrical managers in Phil
adelphia, we are frank to say we have
not sufficient strength of character 10
suppress it.
Laurette Taylor's second appearance
at a London theater apparently was
unmarked by any violence of any kind.
But, depending as we do upon the
newspapers for information, we still
are in the dark as to what the row
was about.
n At the best. or worst the incident
would not have stirred us. but the APP
parent disposition to make a secret of
it did intrigue our curiosity.
'I do not understand" writes p J
your apparent distrust of the people y
Suppose we put it this way: Has +. j.
noticed that the people. If unrestrained
and unguided, nearly always vote for
the Hiram johnson of politics?
The marriage arrangement Of Mr.
: Danielson and Miss Hurst has its
points The strain of witnessing. three
times daily, the ignominious adven-
lures of a man at his food is the heaV-
lest cross the marital relation is called
. upon to sustain.
, There are, however, a number pi
phases of this unusual conjugal ar.
; rangement which we are unable to Wis
ualize. One of them is that of 4
woman composing herself TO slumbei
, without knowing where her husband
is spending his evening.