The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-23
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY 4. HOUSE.
fYfoa Phiiadslphaa Public Ledgsfl


The New York Worlds frenzied at
tack on certain of Mr.. Harding's ten
tative cabinet selections puzzles many.
But it is a matter which yields read
lily to expert diagnosis. The World is
about to lose the yellow jacket and
the peacock feather it has worn for
eight years.
Naturally, too, the World still is
angry because its candidate for presi-
dent. Herbert Hoover, was nominated
by neither of the great conventions.
But we doubt that it should hold Mr..
Harding wholly responsible for that.
Some months ago we suggested to
the correspondents with the Harding
party the idea that something really
interesting about the Hardings might
be written by bright and snappy re-
porter. The suggestion seems to have
| borne little fruit. One Of them sent
in the president-elect's golf score yes
terday.
We figure there are 100000 male
voters in this country WHO want TO
know what sort of golf Nj. Harding
shoots. Not one in fifty of them gives
a hang who he puts into his cabinet.
Mr.. Harding became a great national
figure in June. 1t took the reporters
eight months to find out what the
public really wants to know about
him. Has. we desire to ask. has re-
porting become one of the lost arts?
Meanwhile, the fact that Mr.. Hard
ing had a 1o3 won't hurt him any with
the great American public.
Vox Popnli Continues to Vox.
Sfr-You have invited expressions
from your readers as to why a sales
man should try to sell you a made-up
tie He was, no doubt, an intelligent.
up-to-date and wide-awake salesman
who wanted to add to your comfort
while living and had in mind your
welfare hereafter.
statesmen, as rule, are very
astute. This one was particularly SO.
What's wrong with a made-up tie
the kind With band. not those that
nook on? They are easy to put on,
look and wear well and are comfort
able. l presume you prefer the four
ln-hand. In my opinion, the inventor
or that abomination is worthy of the
! most excruciating punishment, death
excepted. 1t has caused more break
ing of the third commandment than
any other pesky preparation in his
tory. l have to wear them because 1
am unable to find the made-up kind;
but every time 1 put one on that is
worn smooth by continual yanking
| and hauling. I either tear the
"dinged" tie. rip hole in the collar
or shirt or all three. Often after I
nave managed to keel-haul the
blamed tie to the proper position and
wrapped it like a sore finger and
| tucked away the remaining couple of
feet, I discover the collar has broken
from its moorings in the rear.
To secure the rope-like effect be-
tween collar and stickpin one requires
the aid of a marlinSpike and a pair
of pliers. To remove the tie a scratch
all or a rat-tail file is requisite. / can
not see The reason for buying four
yards OF four-in-hand when so little
of IL is visible. If you were a travel
ing man compelled to catch early
morning trains you'd heed the sales
| mans advice. f.
Sir-Isn't that made-up tie maun-
dering just column stuff? If not. my
theory is that il is theway you crease
that soft brown hat that misleads
them- 1t is entirely too young for
you and makes you look like a retired
prize fighter. H
One doesn't wear a made-up tie be-
cause it isn't done. The meter of one
who has trouble with a four-in-hand
Is that of assistant conductor of a
ferryboat on the Usage river. The
hat to which II. objects is green, not
brown. The manner in which we
crease 1t is justified by the fact that ,
H. noticed it. We defy any man, no
matter how pulchritudinous he may
q
dora shaped hat with curled brim
Private owners of the railroads
have simple plan.' writes our favor i,
lite author of light and casual fiction, :
who is none other than Arthur Bris-
bane. They would take $500,000,000
annually from the wages of more than ,
million men and use the money for i
dividends, thus putting the roads on a
profitable basis /
The premise may be truth or fancy. |
We don't know. Taking into censid- |
GRAFTON the fact that Mr.. Brisbane |
formulated it, it probably is fancy. |
But, granting that it's true. what's |
wrong about it? We chance to own |
a little. very little, railroad stock 1t |
was purchased with money earned by |
the perspiration of a corrugated edi- |
torial brow and saved a few dollars at |
la time. What's wrong about wanting
the railroads to pay US per cent for