The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-16
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

1t seems to US the rejoicing over
the release of John Mcnamara from
the penitentiary is unwarranted in
the circumstance. No true admirer
of the healthy. good-natured Nc
Namara boys will rejoice so long as
Jim mcnamara is deprived of his
liberty And since Jim Mcnamara
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
life for the little trick he played on
the Los Angeles Times, it probably
will be three or four years before he
finally is pardoned.
We, therefore, suggest to our fell
low northumberland since we have
carried a card" since 1891 we have
full license so to speak-that the
celebration for the Mcnamara boys
be delayed until Jim is released We
feel that should US workingmen do
otherwise we would stultify ourselves.
The moral of it all seems to be that
when one talks to Germany he must
say it with shrapnel. That's the only
Does any one really know Warren
g. Harding" asks the esteemed
New York World. We had assumed
the World knew him. 1t had not oc-
Cured to US that any newspaper
would accuse a man of being a weak
and incapable tool of the interests I'M
less it knew a good deal about him.
We have been relying on the World
Tor such information concerning the
president as we desired If the World
has been guessing, we shall be com
PEELED to subscribe to another news
paper.
James j. Corbett has come out
strong for Jack Dempsey. Mr.. Cor
bett says Mr.. Dempsey is fine
young American citizen, whose habits
are exemplary and whose love for his
mother ennobles him.
AS to young Mr.. Dempsey's habits.
we heard different; but it can, at
least, be said for him that, unlike
Carpenter, he did not desert his
| mother in time of war.
| We string along with the editorial
coadjutor who takes the ground that
the motorist who was driving forty
! miles an hour in an attempt to reach
Amber was unjustified in the cir
| cumstance. And the feeling that one
| who travels even twenty miles an
hour reaches Amber soon enough is
very general.
| In the connection, we seize the OPP
| portunity to regild an old wheeZe
The man who is in a great hurry sell
! dom has anything to do when he gets
| there.
The newspapers made a tremendous
russ over Einstein and his theory OF
relatively. 1t now develops that no.
body knows exactly what it is, and
that, in any event, it doesn't amount
to anything. The great trouble in this
| country is that nobody can attract at
tention by talking sense. II it is de-
sired to interest the crowd, one must
talk fiddle-faddle Of one sort or an
other.
The Einstein theory is fiddle PADDLE,
and the country blamed near went
crazy over it for a few days, altho il
has now forgotten all about it.
| Thomas A. Edison is a very useful
and distinguished citizen, who is talk
ing too much for publication. The
| trouble with Mr.. Edison is that he is
| trying to live up to the image of him
self the newspapers have created in
| the public mind. Since the newspa-
pers always overwrite the distinguish
! ed citizen. no man is capable of living
up to them. In his effort to do so, he
| invariably says foolish things.
| People are constantly being advised
| to read both sides of a question before
making up their minds; but they pay
| very little attention to the advice. No
body wants to read the other side of
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