The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-27

We see by the papers that Presi-
dent Harding is TO give serious con-
sideration to the selection OF chief
justice of the supreme court Pish
posh, say we. wed be willing 70 put
down what we have at ODDS OF & to
that President Harding has the new
justice picked right now.
The most vacillating Of presidents
could pick a justice Of the supreme
court in five minutes. Why all the
frou-frou about it
The column is glad to have the sup
port of the esteemed Reading Eagle
| In its effort to fix the birthplace OF
Sarah Bernhard, and 1t is worth not
ing that the Eagle is inclined TO be-
Ueye the story that Bernhard was
born in Emaus. Lehigh county. to De
authentic.
In the course of half-eolunan dis
cussion of the matter the Eagle says:
"a number of Berks County his
torians are trying to learn If the lady
has Berks county relatives. A ram
| lily eff that name was quite numerous
| in North Reading and the city named
a reservoir after the clan. There are
/ numerous Bernhardts in this section.
All of them can speak Pennsylvania
German. which would seem to put
them in the Emaus group as k;nsfolk
of the French celebrity"
we were of two minds on the dues-
ton of Bernhardt's origin. Even the
evidence submitted had left US a bit
shaky. But the esteemed Eagle has
convinced US
We were greatly pleased to receive
a letter from wv. II. B." congratulate
ing us for clear and correct express
sion in the matter of giving the peo-
Pile their freedom and letting them
alone But he sort of spoiled it for
L. Il. - . l.
gle-tax system is the onlyjway to do II.
Maybe the paternalistic system of
government is what this country
! needs after all. We know nothing of
single tax, but we'd hate to see the
country turned over to those who be-
/ lieve it's adoption is the only way to
5 save the world.
A Job for the Ladies.
sir-I have suggestion for these
publie-spirited women who talk SO
!, much and leave some one else to DO
; the work. The Mormons are actually
l campaigning in eur town. They are
king a heuse-to-house canvass.
: Each day at noon preaching services
are held outside the postofffee by two
, rather attractive, looking girls and a
imam with a bull neck. brick-red
complexion and sieaming gold filled
smile. They don't actually advocate
polygamy in their talks, but they de-
fend it II you ask them about IL You
wrote in your admirable column <over
year ago that while there are excep-
, lions, most men are polyganlists at
heart. So men cannot be depended
upon to be the aggressive parties in
this case. The women who proclaim
their intention of putting the world
on a higher plane ought to consider
this fight peculiarly their own. Can't
they scare up enough courage and
energy to make these Mormons hunt
II cover? S. T. s.
t We are sufficiently familiar with
the~newspaper business to know there
| may be some dynamite in the forego-
? ing communication. 1t is the contribu-
ton of an anonymous correspondent
!, We don't know anything about the
facts in the case. re- ~
But we do suspect that a Mormon
hunt would attract large and fash
ionable audience.
The suggestion is a happy one, pro-
vided the Constitution and Bylaws do
not make it obligatory that the flower
= be werfl in the lapel of the coat. The
> percentage of men who can COM
fortably and sereneIy wear a flower as
an exterior decoration is as one to ten
thousand. The necessity OF support
ing flower renders the average man
SELF conscious and unhappy we seek
to help Father not to bsfuddle him.