The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-23
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledger.l


Our. domestic arrangements appar-l
emily intrigue c. ". o. He writes;
Please, sir, will you tell me how you
work it so as to have coffee three
times a day Can you have it at home
for breakfast, dinner and supper ana
still MAINTAIN domestic peace"
We often have coffee four times. a
day; we could have it five times. The
limited domestic encourage of which
this -su bscriber is the senior member
and the titular head is conducted on
the theory that either member of the
hentouragc may have what he wants
when he wants it The central idea is
that either may do exactly as he
chooses in any given circumstance;
that the senior member is to run the
country and the Junior member the
household.
How does it work? Wei, sometimes
it does and sometimes it doesn't; but
the idea is a grand one.
Elsewhere in this newspaper sym
pathyNhas been expressed for the pro-
fessional Irish" who seem to be in
danger of losing their meal tickets.
The impending unemployment is more
extensive than is thus indicated. The
professional War With-Japan" states
man is facing ten years of idleness.
On several occasions we have dis
cussed in acerbetic language the case
of the tonsorial artist who devotes
| his art and his powers to the projec-
tion of the facial massage 1t may
interest you to know we finally have
devised a perfect defense against his
kind. All that is necessary is to pre-
tend to be very deaf.
We tried the recipe on a Phiiadel-
3
chuckled with glee as he yelled his
ID off.
What. in your opinion, is the mat
ter with Cabell?" writes one who
frankly admits the column isn't the
There's nothing the matter with
Cabel, He is remarkably gifted
most misunderstanding man. The
ultimate in asininity was achieved
when the bar sinister was drawn
against "Jurgen.' But Cabell is for
those who like him.
The attitude of the co-unan is very
simple and, we fancy. unassailable. 1t
is that it is all right if you like Cabell
and equally all right if you don't.
Discussion in this co umn is quite
frankly lowbrowed. We are as we
have. frequently pointed out. a high
lowbfow. We have a smattering of
many things, including literature and
the other arts but we don't pretend to
know anything for certain. We could
pretend to be a highbrow. Probably
we could get by with it: a great many
do But we shouldn't have nearly so
much fun.
The column is opposed TO giving
! publicity to any congressman whose
annoyance at the fact that Judge
kenesaw Mountain Lands holds two
jobs finds its vent in an attempt to
relieve him of one of them thru
statutory enactment. Therefore. the
name of the gentleman most recently
to seek to interpose cold steel between
the judge and the federal bench will
not appear herein. But in the event
that you are curious as to his identity,
it is disclosed in the news columns.
Judge Landis' administration of the
show window of baseball has been
highly satisfactory to US But as we
pointed out at the time of our tenn
porafy incumbency of Cullen Gains
sold themselves into slavery for seven
years. They will writhe in agony, and
they won't be permitted to utter
sound.
Meanwhile, we shall proceed upon
the theory that gentleman suffi-
cient1y gifted ably to administer two
jobs is entitled to hold them.
In the connection, we have a few
hOurssthat are not otherwise occupied.
If there is a $50. 0.0D4 job rattling
around anywhere, we ask that it be di-
>rected to our address.
The Atlanta gentleman who infer
posed the defense that his mother
didn't like the girl was. very properly,
we think, relieved by the jury of all
the obligations in which a breach-of-
promise suit for $4,000 involved him.
Under the circumstances. would you
say the mothers jdgment was good or
bad?
J. P. S. writes to nominate Wayne
b. Wheeler as Grand Glum Coon of,
the World, and moves that the nomi-
nations be closed. Very well. the
chairman wiz assume the responsible
ity of declaring they are closed.