The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-18
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY 4. HOUSE
trron Philadeiphia Publie Ledssx.l

Not long ago a welI-known woman
writer accused the column of being
unfriendly to women-of dlsllking
them. That accusation has been laid
at our door many times. In long
career as a free-lance newspaper
writer the offense Of being unfriendly
to women has been charged against
us oftener than any other. But there's
nothing in it. We greatly admire the
women. BY some of those who know
us best it is said We are too fond OF
them.
The thing we really deplore is the
publicity about women. Most OF 1t is
utterly foolish and is reflection on
good womanhood- Women are as
smart as men, as honest and as con-
scientious; but they are no smarter.
no more honest and no more conscien-
tious. Nearly all of the publicly about
women is based on the premise that
they are superior to men. 1t isn't
true, and because we decline to &C
cept it as truth We are charged with
being unfriendly to women
We are moved to the foregoing re-
Elections by the case of Miss Alice
Robertson, the new congresswoman
from Oklahoma. Miss Robertson is a
good woman and is much smarter in
every way than Miss Jeanette Ran
| kin, the only other woman ever elect
publicity about Miss Robertson is ut
terly foolish and will tend, in the end,
| to make her ridiculous in the public
| eye. If Miss Robertson were man,
| it is likely she would make good
record in congress. Being a woman,
she has little chance to do SO. In an
effort to make it appear that she is
q super-person, Miss Robertson's vol
untary press agents will do her ire
parable injury.
| The case of Clara Smith Hamon,
| who Joined the church Immediately
| after she had been held blameless for
| killing her gentleman friend, recalls
| to mind the incident in which. the
| Grayson girl figured. 1t all happened
1 in Grigsby City a good many years ago.
| One CT the churches was holding re-
vival, and under the eloquence of the
/ evangelist the heart of the Grayson
| girl melted and she went forward.
The Grayson girl had a beautiful, il
! unframed, soprano voice, and, as n
| marked brand plucked from the burn
ing, she was invited to sing in the
choir, which had been considerably
augmented for revival purposes. After
the revival fas over she continued to
appear in the choir at the regular
services. 1t caused a good deal of
talk, and they finally spoke to her
about it. She was greatly surprised
to learn that, altho she had the best
her in the choir.
/ 1t is no reflection on the church
that the Grayson girl almost immedi-
ately returned to her previous en-
vironment and her former associates.
Probably she would have done that
in any event. But the church which
Clara Smith Hafnon Joined will be in
/ a very embarrassing position if she
takes a notion to sing in the choir.
>
! The plan to have the American Le-
gion run this country. for the next
forty or fifty years1is entirely safis-
factory to us. Until the country falls
into the hands of the little group of
serious thinkers. we shall not worry
much about its future.
We all need police supervision. No
man can be trusted to the point at
which he is permitted to take all he
wants.
If There Are No Objections.
Sir-Couldn't alimony be classed as
court plaster? G. r. N.
Those who fear for the safety of the
republic have had another jolt Gov
ernor Kendall has signed the bill max
ing the sale of cigarets lawful in the
state of Iowa after July next.
However. the advance of sin and in
lQulty IN iowa Is OFFSET by the deadly
repulse sustained by the forces of evil
in New York. Prohibition enforce
ment officials in~New York have de-
creed that if you are caught in the act
of giving lift to a friend who hasa
bottle on his hip you lose your motor
car.
On the whole, we should say the
days enga gements resulted in stale
mate.
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