The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-02
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY E. HOUSE
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

The news is that Carpenter is learn
ing English. Had we been approached
in the matter, we should have sug-
gested that he wait until the fight is
over before attempting to master the
language. The talk he will hear from
Dempsey's corner is likely to preju-
dice him against one OF the most
beautiful of modern tongues.
Not that Carpenter will hear much
English from Dempsey's corner, but
that he will have achieved such super
ficial knowledge of the language as
to lead him to believe the handlers of
his antagonist are speaking English.
We have studied the. various news
paper pictures of Ted Ray, now cur
rent, with some care. We reach the
conclusion that his pipe is out.
Memory Tests.
We remember that on August Is,
1883, we played first base for the Fos-
ter, (Mo-) baseball team in a game
against the neighboring town of Vir-
ginia. We recall that Foster made
| the trip in a farm wagon and thatwe
were the youngest man on the team.
The wagon was drawn by a bay horse
and a sorrel mare and the score was
Is to 2 in favor of Foster. In the
the right field for Texas-Leaguer,
| interfering with Bill Tiff, who was
set for the catch. Bill "bawled us OUT
good and proper and Virginia scored
| two runs on the hit.
We remember it all very distinctly
but what good does it do US now?
On February 6, 1898, we went into
| the postoffice at Elkhart, Ind, and
mailed a four-pound box of candy to
Miss Louise Roman. care Bette Stuart
i Tn al
particular to write the address legibly
and to attach the amount of postage
| indicated by the postoffice clerk. Miss
Roman never received the candy.
We remember every detail OF the
| transa ction; but what particular ad-
vantage is there in being able to do
so?
\ It was on June 5, 1892, that we first
heard the song, Little Annie Rooney"
1t was an interpolated number in the
musical spectacle, "Bluebeard. Jr,
then playing in the Coates theater in
Kansas City. Eddie Foy was the prin-
cipal comedian and Ada Deaves was
prominently cast. The hit of the per-
Torrance, however, was a fresh young
| blonde. whose glorious alto voice
threaded the chorus of Little Annie
iGRooney" with exquisite harmony
We remember every incident of that
performance; but who cares?
| In May, 1908, we were dragged off
an editorial desk to help cover the
great Kaw Valley flood. We did not
again sleep in a bed for nine days.
We forgot what dry clothing meant.
We, saw all of the tragedy of that
| inundation and remember it to the
minutest incident We still can re-
peat, word for word, the thousand1
word lead we wrote for the flood
story the night the avalanche OF
water which poured down the Kaw
| VALLEY reached its crest.
But if we were to do so, the audience
would yawn itself to sleep, and if we
| attempted to talk about the flood, the
| people of Mount Ararat, Johnstown
| and Galveston would laugh themselves
sick.
| At $40 o'clock in the AFTERNOON of
September %, 1908, we registered at
the Hotel Martinique in New York
city. Before going up to room AT
we bought copies of the Evening Sun.
Mail and World Having read them,
+, we made a modest toilet and then.
! sailed forth to dinner, which we ate
at the Beaux Arts, if that is the way
to spell it. After dinner we called up
made an appointment to meet them
at the Hotel Aston. From the Astor
we went to stubs apartment near
Columbus Circle and started a poker
! game which lasted until o'clock in
/ the morning.
It ali comes back to US very dis
tinctly; but who gives whoop?
Most of that which you remember is
Junk" The ability to store your
mind with information doesn't get you
anything 1t is what you can do that
i counts.
We have it from Grantland Rice,
and anything coming from Mr.. Rice
is right out of the feedbox, that Bobby
Jones' the demon Atlanta golfer, is
nineteen years old. Young Mr.. Jones
i ages a little as the years go by, but he
is, we believe. the only golfer now be-
fore the American public who was
seventeen for six consecutive summers