The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-07
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger.l

Two or three phases of the Hon.
Jacques Dempsey's cable to Miss
Elizabeth Ryan intrigue us, but none
more than the asseveration, duly re-
corded in the news, that Jacques
penned the cablegl-m himself per-
sonally. Miss Ryan will be proud OF
that cablegram. We fancy it will oc-
cupy a place of honor upon her IL
brary table.
However, one sentence of Jacques's
communication mystifies us. Here's
hoping you bring home a new cham
pionship," he says. a propos or Miss
Lenglin. Now what has Jacques
against the French? He never has
been in France. What is the OBJ
scure and irrelated cause which in
spires his dislike of the French peo-
pie?
AS we had expected, the authentic
ity of Mr.. Harding's letter to the COL
umn has been assailed, Now. we are
much toQ modest and self-effacing to
discuss the matter, but We are salts
fled Adelaide will be delighted to per-
NIT any doubter to peruse the COM
municaticn.
The Gentleman Advises Restraint.
Sir-Ip the paper the other day you
said, Labor in the minds OF Ameri-
can people is thought of with a hiss"
Do you really get paid for that sort
of stuff? Do you hiss when you think
of labor unions? 1 never heard any
thing hiss yet but snake. Why not
hold yourself down to where you
know what you are talking about?
wonder that you are not lured to
some other paper. Believe me, if the
editor considered you as good as you
| think you are, you would sure have
some pay envelope. You would have
the flat all paid for. So long. Ring w.
the second. F. r. MAILMAN.
| The column has its faults, as who
of us has not, but it always tries to
| print both sides of the question. And
we are quite frank to say we believe
| Mr.. Hallman's eloquent presentation
of the cause of labor will win many
to his viewpoint.
| We have no wish to attempt to
parry Mr.. Hallman's flashing stroke.
That would be quite beyond our poor
skill. But we may be pardoned If we
| amplify the thought to which he OBJ
jects We said the other day that
as a once-active member of labor
union we were impressed by the feel
ing that labor had plenty of rights
but no sense. The fact that labor
invariably attempts to controvert dis
senting views by INDUCING in personal
| abuse seems to lend plausibility to
the observation.
| 1t is with regret we notify the cir
culation department that we proba bly,
have cost the paper another sub
| scriber. The other day we attempted
to project the middle west view of
the Irish question. which is one of in
difference rather than of active in
terest As a result, we just have been
compelled to hang up on lady who
| called us on the telephone. Laying
down the premise that she had read
| the Public Ledger for fifty years, she
wanted to know why we had written
such a monstrous lie. We terminated
1 the conversation as quickly as pos
sible, but we sre obsessed by the feel
! ing that the paper has lost an old
| and valued reader. .s-sss =
For the reason that we have no
set conviction in the matter, we might
be converted to either side of sthe
Irish question. But we have one in
violable rule: nobody can abuse US
over the telephone. In the first place,
we should be permitting a violation
OF Adelaide's inherent rights; and,
| in the second, we won't stand for
that sort of thing from anybody else.
That's the rule, and we intend to
stick to it if it costs the paper every
subscriber it has
A Gala Event Is Postponed.
i Sir-Might it not be a happy ar
rangement to combine with your re-
ception to your following at Broad
Street station on Saturday morning,
July 2, the formal presentation of the
hat by G. B. E.? AS of additional
interest to your public, will Adelaide
be with your? L. S. NJ.
Unfortunately, the gala event to
which L. S. NJ. alludes has been post
poned. Those in authority think it
best that we proceed to the ringside
at an earlier hour and have arranged
for us to take train at 4 O'Clock Fri
day afternoon. We are going over to
listen to the burble of the mob. In
telligence, coherency. common sense.
judgment, wisdom and restraint will
mark an ebb tide in New York late
Friday night or early Saturday morn
ing. The English language will re-
ceive the drubbing of the ages. 1t is