The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-23
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY E. HOUSE
(Fror1 Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

the connection we wish to anoint Mr..
E. S. Martin. editor of Life, with the
pleasing unguent of soft words Mr.
Martin wrote an editorial paragraph
about Caruso-a very good paragraph
il was too. He did not characterize
Caruso's voice as golden or s;lvery. He
did not mention his voice at all. 1t is
interesting to know that the thing
could be done. We find some gratifi-
cation in the fact that it was done.
Once in a great while some writer
weaves a. new pattern. We wish to
credit Mr.. Martin with having done so.
Bolshevisn1 will make no converts in
the Middle West by it's concession of
IA per cent alcoholic content Grown
accustomed to it's own home brew, the
cent alcoholic content as soft
drink. We are satisfied the drinkers
Of the Middle West would not go back
to whisky and gin if they could They
want something that carries a wallop..
The home brew of the Middle West,
we shall add, bears little resemblance
to its anemic relative of the Atlantic
Coast. Thrown almost wholly upon
its own resources, the Middle West
has mastered another art: that of
making one drink do the work of five.
A Suggestion for Mr.. Wanamaker's
Column.
Sir-Why let Marshall Field and
Selfridge rave over bobbed hair and
rolled-up socks when our own Mr..
Wanamaker solved those problems be-
fore those pikerS were Matched? What
a chance he's missing to say, THE
good taste of the women of Philadel-
phia has never been questioned-not
to say censored or censured"! Please
let me make the column once. r. r. L.
1t is with pleasure we confer upon
r. r. L. the distinction he covets. But
it's an empty sort of honor. We have
made the column every day for more
than twenty years; there's nothing in
it.
Carter" now on view in New York
after a tour of the provinces, a pros
porous and extended season. Every
body who thinks it means what it says
will want to see it. The number is
sufficient to keep a theater crowded
many consecutive nights. For a thea
tergoer who has taste for the coarser
epics of the stage is pretty sure to be
credulous as we'll.
We haven't an idea Getting Gertie's
Garter" means what it implies. We'd
lay a little at attractive odds that it is
just another of them things.
The general disposition seems to be
to weep over the woes of Mile. Len
glen. 1t is, all right with us; it is
merely that we think the jeremiad
should not be too long protracted.
We, therefore, suggest that those
who feel the tears yelling up within
them retire to the sanctity of their
own privacy and devote fifteen
minutes to noiseless 1amentation.
That should satisfy the prophecies
consideration of other woes, of which
there are many.
Meanwhile, our own impressions of
the Mile. is that she can sock, but
can't take-it.
The Singers in the Tail.
Sir-It is with a genuine feeling of
rehef that read of Sir Douglas Haig's
action in impounding his impressions
OF the Great War in the British 1fu-
seHln. t. be opened and published
many years hence. 1t had never oc-
Cured to me that the B.. M. cou,.i be
utilized in this capacity, but it strikes
me as a happy idea. Now couldEt
some similar disposal be made of the
vast reams of diaries and impressions
I fee; sure are being prepared at this
moment? OF course, the B. NJ. couldn't
begin to hold them all, but surely
there are thousands of warehouses in
every country that could be used to
advantage in this respect. I hate TO
ask the column to take this up, as 1t
has already performed good offices in
bringing about many needed reforms,
bu- it seems something should be done
Immediately in the name of suffering
humanity. I only regret that it i5 too
late to head off Sir Philip Gibbs. His
Overwhelming, sense Of responsibility
has again overtaken him. and he an
nounces for early. publication More
That Must Be Told" H. B. P.
Since nothing can be Gone to head
off Sir Philip. the project does not
stir us. Had it done so we should
have 1eaped at it. We've been offn
Sir Philip ever since we read his PEN
picture of the city room Of news
paper office. Maybe you remember
it. He had two reporters and the So
ciety editor sitting in front of CRATE
fire roasting chestnuts.
Like the man who had the calf for
sale. that one little thing spoiled Sir
Philip for us.
The news that Wayne B. Wheeler
sat with the conference committee on
the amendments of the Volstead act
cheers us out of all proportion to the
Importance of the incident. We al
ways feel better when we know Mr..
Wheeler is around.
Some time, perhaps a congress
which resents Mr.. Wheeler's presence
will be elected, after which it will
make a mess of things. But nothing
like that is to be feared from the
present congress.