The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-03
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAY Z. HOUSE
(Fron Phiiaasaphia Public Ledgss)


ments the fact that we seem uncut
tured. Which somehow and for no
reason at all. reminds US Of an incl
dent to which we had the good for
tune to be an eyewitness. 1t was July
in Reno. Under a burning sun the
heavyweight champion and the con-
tender were moiling in a prize ring.
Jeffries was fading. In the latter's
corner Jim Corbett chartered. From
Corbett's lips dripped continuous
stream of vilification and abuse de-
vised and designed for the purpose of
getting LII Arthuh's" capra bircus.
To johnson the twofold task inn
posed upon him seemed lightsome.
Steadily and relentlessly he drove JEFF
fries toward obscurity and, at the same
time. he measured mental processes
with the twittering Corbett and gave
him quip for quip. The tide of battle
swung the two men into such position
that johnson looked directly at Cor
bett outside the ropes at Jeffrfes' cor
ner. Jeffries. very tired. leaned heav-
lily on the contender. johnson flashed
his artistic and compelling dentistry.
Say, JIM" he said, this big stiff
can't fight any better than you can"
Nothing much. 1t merely occurred
to us that il we were cultured we
might be as uninteresting as some of
those who deprecate our lack of Gull
ture.
In Which T. p. G. Is ScuttIed.
Sir-It appears to me your judg-
ment of T. P. G.'s poem is rather
hasty. You concern yourself with
somewhat faulty rhyme and apply a
license when you cavil at the express
sion lower pedals" 1 use the word
poem" advisedly. The two stanzas
are real poetry Even the expression
to which you object is beautifully
not contended himself with the mere
use of the striking term pedals; he
goes further. He emphasizes the fig
ures by calling them lower" thus
opening whole imaginative vista.
And consider the snorous repetition
of but" in the beginning of the sec
ond line. A lesser genius would have
written which" Consider the deli
cate humor of ''streeta cleaner" and
the facility OF shades encased in
buckled Shoe vacuum cleaner"
state house crew" NJ. w.
The columns distinguished con-
temporary, +. P. A., confesses that his
most frequently recurring dream is
that it's a second to press time, and
ne cannot think of the one additional
line needed to complete his column.
Our most frequently recurring dream
is that we have lost our Job and that,
broke, seedy and, usually very scantily
attlred, we are walking the streets in
search of bone. We were on one Job
seventeen years, and we dreamed that
dream an average Of twice a week
during the entire period.
That's ours What, by the way, is
yours?
IF you're inviting criticism" writes
=. B., apropos of nothing, try this on
the linotype machine: Every para
graph of your daily vaporing is a dis
gushing exhibition of your own per
sonal conceit."
And he may be right about it. Who
shall say?
In moments of abject humiliation or
mental distress we turn to readers of
the column for solace and comfort
And we are wont, at times, to impose
problems of conduct upon their judg-
ment. Those who follow the column
thru the maze of its difficulties may
recall the pitiable blunder which for
many days last year marred the tran
guilty of our domestic relations We
refer to the incident of meeting Ade-
la1de at the West Philadelphia Station,
only to find that she had gone to
Broad Street.
Well. Adelaide has written that she
- CoiiilliS HOInt Sne mas not tnQl-
Gated the station at which she will
disembark. From long experience. she
probably realizes the futility of trying
to tell us anything. We are going to
leave it to readers of the column.
Should we meet her train at the West
Philadelphia Station or at Broad
Street? West Philadelphia is her nat
ural terminus, but one can ride to
Broad Street for the same money; and
Adelaide is a thrifty soul.
It is not enough, however, that we
are mentally distressed; we must also
be ground into the dust of AFFECT hu-
initiation. Last summer We spoke |
kindly and in well-intentioned way to |
the chief concerning a young man |
named Cullen Cain, then a resident of
Chicago. Thru that chance recommen- |
dalton, Mr.. Cain subsequently Joined
the staff of this newspaper. on which