The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-02
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAY E. HOUSE.
tFrea Phiiadslnhia Public Ledssf.l

cali decent people should be in bed
by 1 O'clock" says one of the eminent
uplifters. They might as well be.
They may take it from one who is, SO
to speak. a connoisseur of the early
morning hours, that nothin much
that is indecent or disgracefu1 hap
pens after i o'clock in the morning.
By that time sin has drawn the cur
tains Of its shame about it and has Sc
cluded itself until night again brings
out the stars.
Our own observation is that those
from II to 1 are the witching hours.
BY IL o'clock everybody who is going
to get drunk is drunk. Everybody who
contemplates public indecency of any
kind has either completed his act, or
is ready to give it. Not SO long ago
we spent the hours between 1 and
o'clock in the morning in that sector
OF Philadelphia bounded by the city
hall. All we saw were three painted
women, a drunken sailor, and seven
taxicab drivers. 1t wasn't worth wait
ing for.
The point, of course, is that decent
people who are astir at 1 o'clock in
the morning. or later, are looking for
something indecent or disgraceful.
fruitless quest.
1.-THE result" reports an esteemed
contemporary, Shows that Mr.. Debs'
word could be trusted. He did not run
away" We imagine Mr.. Debs' word
can be trusted, but we doubt that his
failure to run away proves it. Mr..
Debs is one of those who couldn't run
if he tried.
And Mr.. Debs wouldn't run away if
he could. To be compelled to live in
hi hI1G
Bill Jones.
He took her fancy when he came,
He took her hand, be tookakiss.
He Tb 5Sek r oS hee modest face at this
he took to coming afternoons,
He took an oath he'd ne'er deceive;
He took her masters silver spoons
' Old Song.
almost any one who has dress
suit" writes one who wishes to de-
fend the democracy of the San Fran
cisco aristocracy, lis able to meet
| whomever he pleases."
But. at that, the San Francisco
aristocracy seems to be tightening up
a bit. We were last in San Francisco
in 1915, and we were travelling light.
We hit the town wearing a shepherds
plaid suit of nonchalant mien, tan half
! shoes and a soft brown hat. We eX-
| perienced not the slightest difficulty in
meeting the San Francisco aristocracy.
/ We met it repeatedly, afternoon and
evening, at Tait's and Techau's. All
one needed then to assure himself Of a
| hearty welcome was the money with
which to buy a drink and the DISPOSE
| ton to spend it.
| If the San Francisco aristoeracy has
| progressed to the point at which it de-
mands evening clothes, democracy is
| decadent.
! Rosalind Harrington Frost sued
| Elihu B. Frost for divorce. She said
he was addicted to drugs. had dragged
her about the room by her hair, had
| kicked her out of bed, had bit and
threatened to kill her. and had said
he would have the legislature pass a
| law permitting man to have as many
women as he could support. Very
properly, we think, the court at Reno
gave Mrs. Frost decree.
| But, in so far as its bearing on the
public interest is concerned, the de-
cree is unsatisfactory. 1t doesn't say
exactly how far a husband may go
| Very few husbands wish to run the
risk of being divorced. But nearly
every married man would like to know
how far he may go in the matter vi
Furnishing his wife.
Honest worth seems to have scored
another signal victory over capitalism
They say the "other woman in the
Stillman case was a plumbers daugh
ter.
| Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands
drawing a salary of $4,000 a year,
writes one commentator on sports
has already earned at least a year.
salary" We revel in particulars. VIII
the esteemed commentator on sport.
specify the manner in which hS
. earned it?
A number have written to deplor,
our tacit offer to quit on Septembe
Is. Three or four go so far as to sa.
! they'll stop the paper if we do. w
appreciate the support of those VIII,
have rallied to our gonfalon, but w,
. want to do the fair thing. We dom
want to quit. but If we are injurin,
this newspaper to the extent "Reade
Since 1860" believes. we ought in al
extension of time in order that w,
might clear Ep all obligations incurret
before being compelled to leave town
} VIII Reader Since 1850" kindl
: write again and tell US whether GU
proposition is satisfactory? II it isn't
| we'd appreciate it if he'd fix a dat
, that will be satisfactory.
We finally found out little abou
: the Stillman divorce case and are nov
prepared to discuss it with those VIII
: are concerned only with its superficial
$ aspects. One of the superficial aspect
of the case which We find intriguin
is Mr.. Stillman's declaration that h
' intends to guard his family's honor.
, However. If you wish to talk on tn
deeper and more insignificant Incl
I dents of this marital debacle it woui
! be, perhaps, just as well to take it Vi
= with somebody else. We got into tn
/ case too late to apprehend its signifi
I cant phases.
Joe Jackson knows a man VIII
f knows how to make parsnip wine. w
e are not interested in the formula an
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