The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-28
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

We assume NJ. r. K. was taking ex-
ception TO the statement that so or
80 per cent of the population is in
terested IN the fight when she wrote:
1T Is true that wives and mothers
and other females were at one time
classed with idiots and not as citizens.
but 1t is not within the recollection of
the writer that they were ever ex-
cluded from the population. Better
limit your statements of this popula-
tions-proportions popularity to this
brutal game"
AS we have indicated, NJ. R. K. lacks
clarity. We know she is taking a
wallop at the column, but we can't
make out whether she is swinging or
uppercutting. In any event, we do not
intend to limit our statements. The
observation that 80 or 90 per cent of
the population is interested still rides.
AS an instance, Adelaide, who never
| read line of ring literature in her
life. will consider it in the nature of a
tragedy IL Dempsey wins.
We don't know who started the
story that prize-fighting Is a brutal
| game. 1t must have been somebody
! who never saw one. The worst thing
| about a prize fight is the conversation
of the spectators. There is nothing
more tiresome or boresome in the
|
I. H. c. confesses he is greatly in
terested to note that the word I'm
trigue" has not appeared in the col
umn for a week. We wish to hold 1.
H, C.'s interest. We therefore enter
into a stipulation not to employ it
again in any connection until the
morning Of July /.
AS an honorary workingman, we
evrv Hv,N h.
tary crisis in his affairs. By COM
parison, Mr.. Gompers is safe and rela-
| lively sane. While he sometimes
picks at he bedclothes, he never sets
fire to them.
We always thought Mr.. Gompers
loverstressed his point that labor was
loyal during the war. 1t was to be ex-
pected labor would be loyal during a
crisis in the affairs of its country. II
seemed to US Mr.. Gompers "gummed'
his cards by insistence. But on the
whole he has been an easy king, dis.
posed to discuss instead OF demand the
prerogatives Of royalty.
The theory that Tuesday was ths
longest day of the year is an erroneou;
one. The longest day of the year II
the one. Immediately preceding that OF
which You begin your vacation.
ne NEWS tldI carpenter WedES Sus
penders has given rise to some cap
tious comment. In a measure. 1t il
justified. The gentleman who exposes
a pair of suspenders to the gaze of thu
world lays himself liable to criticism
i But as compared to the gentleman
who wears both a belt and suspenders
his offense is a minor one.
We make some progress. No at
tempt was made to mob Rear Admira
Sims when he landed. There were
few Boost at the railroad station
but, on the whole. there was no dis
order. 1t still is far distant. but Their
may come time in this country whel
a man may express his honest opinion
on a question of public interest with
out being mobbed for 1t.
Mr.. Bryan is quoted as saying h
regards a sufficient amount of slee
as the most important item of per
sonal hygiene. Doubtless, Mr.. Brya
also believes it can be secured by leg
! islatfve enactment.
Legislative enactment having beer
&, as you will recall. Mr.. Bryan's recip
for everything else.
Z Sir John Foster Fraser predict
/ peace in Ireland before the end of tn
l week. This morning one hundred mil
= lions of Americans, more or less, wi
read Sir Johns prediction and tiff
millions of them will remark, Wei
r that will spoil Ireland for the Irish"
I The frankness of the Republica
I state committee intrigues US. No ma
who knows anything about politics o
who is interested in the success of
, political party wants a woman TO m
:. its campaigns. Instead of "staliing
. and "pussyfooting" the state commit
!, tee met the issue squarely and 4
! such a way as to preclude any sue
remote possibility.
It may interest you to know tina
there will be no change in the man
. agement or policies of the Sawye
! sanatorium of Marion, o., owing I
8 the fact that DR.. c. E. Sawyer has be
. come President Harding's persona
j physician. At any rate, a reader of tn
column who received an announce
ment to that effect thinks maybe