The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-15
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e. HOUSE
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

We recur to Mr.. Beauvais for the
reason that he has been one of our ia
vorlte characters. No newspaper hero
of the day has impressed us more
We fear he is going to spell it all. He
insists he must so on the stand ana
testify. He says he must clear his
name and that he is going to tell
everything he knows.
Mr.. Beauvais should let well enough
alone, His tight-lipped depressed
course has won mahy eneemiums. The
men have openly admired him; 10 the
women he has been a fascinating fig
ure. Once he begins to babble he will
lose both his place in the sun and his
following.
The Bait Is AIIuring.
SirEStiek to your column. 1 take
the Public Ledger only to read it.
Many days that is all do read. Stick
another year and you shall have a
bushel of Rambo apples. They are
fine. L. A.
Temporarily. and in order that we
may print L. AS letter, we abrogate
Rule No. 8. Rule No. 8 is that no
communication complimentary to the
reporter who writes it may appear in
the column. We do so that we may
pie. 1t is twenty or twenty-five years
since we tasted one, but to this day
the memory sof the feasts under the
Rambo tree, which, stood In the lower
part of the orchard just back of the
blackberry patch. is guarded treas
ure. For aught we knew the Rambc
had disappeared from the glossary OF
pomology; it is years since we heard
the name. We'd swim in Heliespont
for q bushel of Ramb0S.
While we are upon the subject we
wish to make inquiry concerning an
other cid and highly esteemed friend
Who raises White Winter Pearmain'
now? There was an apple! Its flavor
never has been equaled, its pulchritud'
seldom approached. The last Pear
main we ate came from grandmoth
er's cellar and that Mas-let's see?-
that was the winter of 1890.
Geraldine Farrar says Mr.. Tellegen'i
allegations concerning her are 'frivol
| Gus and a sham" We don't know a.
to that. What we do know is that tbs
refusal of the attorneys in the case t
permit the allegations to be made pub
| lie has greatly disappointed man,
thousands of people.
There is, we go on to say. nothins
so unsatisfactory to the public las
divorce obtained under the cover of :
chamber hearing, unless it is one il
which the testimony is entirely sup
pressed.
You May Find This Intriguing.
Sir-This may start something
Frank H. Vizetelly, LID, Rtc, il
''Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases.
writes as follows: l-''English author
and journalists are abusing and over
working the word intrigue today
| Sir Arthur CUTLER Couch, On page 8
of his book ON the Art of Writing
uses it: We are intrigued by tn
process of manufacture instead of be
| ing wearied by a description of tn
| ready-made article Mrs. SidgwicR
in Salt and Savor,' page 232, wrote
But what intrigued her was LITTLE
| Mama's remark at breakfast" From
| the parliamentary news one learns
that Mr.. Harcourt intrigued thu
| house of commons by his sustained 81
! lence of two years and that 'Londol
| is interested in and not a little in
| trigued by the statement The use o
intrigue in the sense of 'perplex, puz
zle, trick or deceive dates from 1900
Then it fell into a state of somno
| lence, and after an existence of in
nocuous desuetude lasting till 1894
was revived, only to hibernate agail
| until 1894 1t owes its new lease o
life to a writer IN the Westminste
| Gazette. a London journal famous 70
its competitions in aid of the restor
| ing of the dead meanings of words.
&. G..
That's all right about the writer OF
! the Westminster Gazette; maybe h
| did dig it up. All we ask is that tn
people of this country be not permit
| ted to forget the quiet, retiring, self
| effacing little chap who popularize'
| and gave it vogue over here.
We have referred to the fact tina
Judge Aandis's decision in the RutI
case would make him or break hin
with the column. Well, the Judge wa
a trifle less aggressive than we has
hoped, but we have decided to permi
him to stick.
AS far as the Ruth case is con
cerned, only one other feature of il
now assails our curiosity. We shall be
interested to observe the manner IL
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