The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-05
BUY MANY SMOKES
Members of Legislature Liberal
in Patronage of Cigar Stand.
Sat, Smoke and Be Merry Is
Established Policy.
PEPPERMINTS THEIR FAV0RITE
Many Chocolates Are Consumed
by Lawmakers.
LegisIadies Do Not Have to
Ratronize Candy Store.
PEPPERMINTS THEIR FAVORITE
BY LOIS RoBINETTE.

BY LOIS ROBINETTE.
Eat, smoke and be merry, for to-
morrow you may diet" is the policy of
the legislators.
A demoniac temptor turks in a cor
ner just outside the door and catches
in it's snare the wise Did Kansas Sol
ons. Daily it sucks in their IS per
and opens it's greedy mouth for more.
It takes nothing short of bloated
millionaire to come to Topeka and
make laws If their patronage of the
candy and cigar stand in the state
house is any criterion.
Still Eat Peppermints.
In the good old days" when their
thirst was quenched by something
stronger than distilled water we are
told that the legislators pockets per-
petually bulged with peppermints and
cloves. Then perhaps there was
method in their madness. Today pep
PERMITS and cloves are still their
favorltes-perhaps from force or
habit.
They're great chocolate-eaters, too.
"Chew-ability" is the main considera-
tion when buying chocolate bars or
any other kind of candy. They can't
) afford to endanger their few remain
ing bi-cuspids or a perfectly good set
of store-teeth by partakinG of butter
scotch and taffy.
Topeka-made cigars are their favor
tie smokes. Perhaps it's case OF
..WhfIe in Rome, do as Rome does"
Getting married or having new addi-
ton to the family are not the only
times when treats are the thing. They
say at the state house that mans
influence varies directly with the
number of cigars he passes around.
In many cases the men who smoke the
htIxr
cross your heart n hope to die II you
tell it to a living soul, but those who
assemble under the state house dome
buy at those two stands alone more
than 500 smokes daily. It's the bust
ness of the keeper of the stand to
know every senator's and every repre-
sentative's favorite brand. Got any
of my brand in yet?" is popped at him
from all sides.
Eat Portable Lunch.
Quite a number of these low-sal-
aried lawmakers are SO hard up that
a chilli joint for lunch. They take
nourishment in what may be called
portable lunch''-consisting of two
chocolate bars and an apple. These
legislators have more than one sweet
tooth and possibly tho reason for the
apple instead of another chocolate
bar is the frequent admonition from
their wives at home in some such
words as, Now. John, do be careful
what YOU eat. for you don't want to
get sick away from home" And
.John. knowing that he would certainly
die il he had an attack of indigestion
away from Mary's good home reme-
dies, proceeds to eat apples.
They Chew Gum.
Yucatan, Juicy Fruit, and Spear
mint tie for first honors in the gum
contest We would suggest that a bill
be passed providing for the lacking of
signs on all pieces of furniture in the
two houses, bearing this inscription,
DO not park your gum here!" Per-
haps ear-parking would then be in
vogue.
The legisladies do not patronize the
stand very heavily.-ard why should
they?-with all the gallant gentlemen
present.
They prefer apples TO sweets every
time. Because" whispered the lady
who watches the stand. You know
two of them are rather portly and
they're afraid sweets will make them
portlier. The other two are afraid of
becoming Ike the first two are now"
Buster Brown has the rep of be-
ing the prize apple eater. He says
t..at's what keeps him SO healthy.
Pages Eat Peanuts
The pages are the peanut-eaters, but
they'r strenuously opposed to having
the nuts hulled, as it gives them moth
ing to shoot at the bald-heads.
And so. along with the arduous du-
ties Of making the laws of q common
wealth. some eat and grow fat, others
eat and grow thin, but they all eat
In the words of Zip Van Wrinkle, May
lHcf 1--we long an hrosporl"