The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-27
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY e. HOUSE
Erom Philadelphia Public Ledger.l

/ It is only fair to the gentleman
who volunteered to send US a book
and then, apparently, neglected to do
so to present his side of the contro-
lversy. He says his records show the
book was mailed on September 6. In
asmuch as it failed to reach US, he
| claims he is sending another copy
which, at the time of going to press,
had failed to arrive
| In August, 1912, Adelaide gave US
a letter to mail. Inasmuch as it was
a letter which obviously called for an
answer, she was greatly surprised and
mystified when, after two months had
elapsed, no reply to it had been re-
ceived In the end she charged us
with having neglected to mail it. We
recalled perfectly having done SO. We
rememhef@sd having stopped at the
counter downstairs and purchased a
stamp. We recalled the fact that there
was a new girl, a blonde, at the coun-
in casual discussion of the trend in
dress and compilations. We remem-
bered meeting Bill Burlington as we
started to the mail box, letter in hand.
We recalled having dropped the mis-
sive into its proper receptacle. We
| piled up a mass of direct evidence in
the case which was unassailable.
! In 1917 they were sending cast
clothing to the Befgians. From a
closet Adelaide retrieved an old suit
1 of clothes and an opera hat It is
| as you have already suspected: She
found the letter in a pocket of the
coat.
What. queries c. D., sis a COON
and what is a jigger?" Frankly. we
don't know. We only know what Mr.
Frederick L. Allen says they are.
( Writing in Harper's, Mr.. Allen class
| flies them thus: "a COON is per-
son with a heavy touch as disti1
! guished from jigger, who has light
/ touch. While jiggers look on life with
a genial eye, goons take more stolid
and literal view. 1t is reported that
| George Washington was a COON,
whereas Lincoln was a jigger. Glad
stone seems to have been a COON,
| Disraeli a jigger. Victoria and Prince
F.! Albert, as described by Mr. Straehey,
were both goons of the first water; Mr..
| Strachey himself. on the other hand,
is obviously a jigger. Most Germans
are goons; most French jiggers. Lloyd
LGeorge is one of the most jiggerish
things in contemporary affairs. Mr..
| Harding. on the other hand, friendly
and affable tho he/may be, is revealed.
as a COON in his messages, the Ian
guage of which is of incredible specific
| gravity"
We thought you might want to
know.
| Reference to Mr.. Strachey and his
| book equips and panoplies the col
umn with a. thought. 1t is that his
lueubrations concerning certain
| Duke of York and a certain Duke of
| Cumberland are not calculated to do
them any good.
The fact is Mr.. strachey talks aw-
| full about some of his own folks.
We are frankly critical of the liter
airy gentlemen and overlook no OPP
| portunity to indicate it. But two of
| them recently have attempted a con-
book in which they try to prove John
| Quincy Adams was a great man. If
| they get away with it, they shall have
due credit in this column.
| You know about our flair for the I'M
! usual? Well, a picture of Mr.. Harding
seated at his desk has been printed.
! "It is not minimizing the role of
| Secretary Hughes" writes the distin
guished M. Lausanne. ito congratulate
! him in that he enjoyed the counsels
/ of that marvellous international mind,
E1ihu Root, and that he had near him
| that extraordinarily keen observer.
henry Cd00I 1OaSey dS Wen dS tIle
assistance of that loyal and brilliant
man, Senator Underwood"
| AS we have frequently remarked, we
are a gIutton for speculation, a slave
/ to conjecture. Who do you suppose
Mr.. Wilson would have pickedto assist
thru the rooms had he been holding
parley?
'T render this slight need of praise
all the more gladly" writes C. A. K.
as he touches the wound with healing
unguent. because always before my
| impulse has been to chide you sharply
| for your straining after smartness
your unrelieved cynicism, your pow
erty of Inspiration
We fancy C. K. A misapprehends
the column. 1t doesn't claim to be-
smart or clever, or humorous. Doubt
| less it strains after smartness. It
may very well be that its cynicism
is unre1ieved and that it disc1oses pow
erty of inspiration. What can be said
| for it is that, in more than twenty
years of experience, it never lauded a
fool scheme, kissed a, fictitious hero or
assisted in gliding a. cheese.