The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-25
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAZZ y. HOUSE
(Fssa rhilsAslpAia Pubic Lsdgas.)

The marital adventure has its emol-
lients. After a man has been abused
by his wife for a good many years he
learns that she considers him the
greatest man in the world and Is Sc
cretly very proud of him.
The fact that the growers of raisin
grapes have all become rich in the
three or four years last past should
not be charged to the column. Prac-
tically none of it was our money.
It is extremely unlikely that you
will be able to do better next year than
you did last year. You probably did
as well last year as YOU will ever do.
We talked the other day with a So
cialist who believes there will be a
revolution unless Eugene Debs is re-
leased from the Atlanta penitentiary
The theory of socialism is a beautiful
one, but since so many of those who
espouse it seem to have no sense, we
look for little relief from it.
We point with pride to Mrs. Ferris
NJ. Fulmer. On Thursday night of last
week she gave a modest dinner to
which she invited six guests. The food
was appetizing, well cooked and well
served, and there wasn't a radish on
the table. The innovation of serving
a dinner without radishes was daring
one, and Mrs. Fulmer's courage is
hereby made the subject of encomium.
Now that Mrs. Fulmer has paved
the way, it is likely other hostesses
everybody knows, is unfit for human
consumption.
The grumbling about the Harding
administration is about to begin. One
western newspaper which supported
him in the campaign already has
charged him with betrayal of the
people. What was the nature of the
presidents offense? Well, in appoint
ing a district attorney he named the
candidate to whom the newspaper was
opposed.
If you are smart the people will
hate you. If you are stupid they'll
make fun of you. Probably the best
plan is to pay no attention to what
they say one way or another.
LADY Astor's courage and quick
w.t." SO runs the cable messag e,
saved her possible injury at the hands
of soldier here Saturday. ~. .
Sparring for time. Lady Astor tried to
couraged the soldier, and he started
to run, with the woman member of
parliament in close pursuit
Lady Astor's feat, in a manner of
speaking, throws the field of conjec-
ture wide open to all corners. What
particular quality of courage is re-
CURED in chasing a man who is run
ming away? The women have been
doing it from time 1mmemorial. The
spectacle of breathless, wind-broken
man doing his best in a getaway is
enough ar c
we believe, the first pursuer to be dec
GRATED for courage in that connection.
And why lay the happy result of the
incident to Lady Astor's quick wit !?
Isn't it equally plausible to attribute
it to the feminine instinct?
'Pish posh," you say? So it is But
a rather inferior quality of the article
compared to the "pish posh" habit
ually written about Lady Astor.
when you have time one who
signs himself "A Reader Since $780,"
writes to the editor of the Public
Ledger, "let US know when this column
of cheap vulgarity called ON Second
Thought is coming to an end. Many
persons, ourselves included, are hoping
it will run out and the space be given
to something more elevating and in
structive.''
Unfortunately. the editor of the
Public Ledger is out of town. No one
in the office can answer, authorita-
lively the question propounded. The
column to which "a Reader Since
1860" objects may drag along for
months. or even years. On the other
hand. it may be eliminated at any
time. Nobody knows. Offhand, We
should say the prospects of getting rid
of it this week are not bright. The
custom in newspaper offices is to per-
NIT a reporter to- finish the weeks
work he has begun. Either that or to
pay him for full time. Probably that