The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-14
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY Z. HOUSE
(From PhiladeIphia Public Ledger.)

(From PhiladeIphia Public Ledger.)
Contemplation of Ralph Riley
Obenchain's matrimonial debacle, fur
.nishes US inspiration for further
philosophical gestures. How come
Madelynn to desert SO noble and self
sacrificing a gentleman? The theme
continues to be proyender for those
who analyZe the various emotions of
the human race. The problem is
ridiculously easy of solution. Ralph
Riley was too good. theoretically,
women worship noble, self-sacrificing,
unseifish men. But, as a matter of
fact. they can't bear them
Likely Ralph Riley win get Made
lynn back. 1t is inconceivable that
a Los Angeles jury will convict a
young and beautiful woman And, at
the moment, she has nowhere else to
go. But if she runs true to sex, she
will always loathe him.
If you care to leave it to u.s. the
Chicago clergyman who attacked
mothers-in-law from his pulpit is
looking for publicity. In conformity
lines. If the other well-known ave-
nues of publicity exercise the same
restraint, you probably have heard
the last of that particular clergyman.
Rule No. II. we shall add. pro-
vides that no Illumination of the I'M
important or untrue obviously predi-
Gated on personal grievance or a de-
sire for personal publicity shall be
mentioned more than once or shall
occupy space in excess of six lines.
Our own acquaintance with moth
ers-in-law is not extensive But we
sing of one. Her seventy-eight years
lightly her that she
might be the sister of her daughters.
A keenly alert mind looks out upon
every phase of human activity with
undiminished interest. Wherever she
thought, unbiased Judgment and gen.
tie humor.
And. more than that. she laughs at
our jokes.
Which, we add as postscript, is
more than wife will do for hus-
band.
The Sign Editor Grows Felicitous.
Sir-A recent advertisement read:
MILE. LUTECE
The Well-Known Modiste
Prepares for Fall "a
Hope she lands in a soft place.
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA.
1--WE have one consolation, how
ever writes Mr.. Lawrence Godkin in
the New York World, "the business of
railroad transportation under govern
ment ownership, to which we are rap
idly drifting, could not be worse man
aged from the financial point of view
than it now isl
We do not question Mr. Godkin,s
conclusion. Doubtless he knows all
about it. But we must ask him to be
more explicit. What is the consolation
to which he refers2
Books and Literature.
Sufficiently in your column you
said IF Winter Comes is the second
best book of the year. Have you seen
1.-The Last of the Mo-hi-cans," by j.
Fenimore Volstead? This book is most
popular and sales are phenomenal up
state. They sell at SO cents up, ac-
cording ITO location, and the hip
pocket edition is in>big demand Owing
to ban on sale and possession, it is not
seen, in library bookcases, but is found
in cases in cellars. REVIEW.
The New York World appears to be-
lieve the tragedy at Allenhurst was
due to prohibition. 1t intimated that
"hooch' precipitated the lamentable
and fatal Conflict, and by inference
reaches the conclusion that had there
been no tragedy.
The alibi thus projected is Ingenious.
but it won't stand up in this court.
We recall attending a dancing party
in the fall of 1895, twenty-four years
prior to the beginning of statutory pro-
hibition, at which there was consider
able liquor and seven fights.
We are going to fool the correspond
ent who wants to know whether Emma
Goldman or Henry Cabot Lodge has
done the country more harm. OF
course, he wants US to say Senator
Lodge, but we don't intend to do it.
We don't know much about the
antecedents OF Congressman Herrick,
but we take 1t he was elected in an
uprising of the people. 1t is only when
the bosses lose control of the situation
that congressrn en- such as Herrick are
elected.
Well, It's. q Fine Day.
SRI appeal to you as a specialist
in the unimportant for assistance in
deciding who is the greater man. Will
liam T. Tilden, Jr., or Samuel j. Til
den. The amount OF space William
T. has been getting in the newspapers
to preserve some proper conception OF
the RELATIVELY OF values. G. w. D.
Relative values IN the news are de-
termined by the people who read the
news. One may quarrel with the
Justice of this conclusion, but he can
not question the fact of it. Every
body knows all about William T. Til
den, Jr., the daring young aviator and
ace Few remember that Samuel J.
Tilden Invented electricity; fewer still
know that he is the greatest of au-
thoritieS on glazed pottery.
There's the bait. What odds does
G. w. D. offer it won't be taken?
Weather note.-January will be
cold with variable northeriy and
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