The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-30
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

We trust the young gentlemen of
pennsylvania Military college do not
go too far. A recurrence of the mid
Victorian young woman would not ex-
actly spoil existence for us. AS an
elderly gent blinking in the sun, we
should still have the glorious MEM
cries of the years lying between 1914
and 1921 to console us. But the young
gentlemen of Pennsylvania Military
college will find that life is drab
enough to those who make the best
of it.
A woman is the finest scenery, but
much depends upon the view. We re-
call the feminine investiture of TWEEN
ty-five or thirty years ago, and we
have always considered the severe
straw sailor, the plain shiTtwaist, the
stiff linen collar, the balloon sleeve
and the long trailing skirt the heaviest
cross beauty has been called upon to
bear.
Mrs. Lydig Hoyt. Her pearls of
thought, FLASHING as they do down
the various avenues of publicity. con-
tinually intrigue us. But we are
bound to say her feeling that sit is
fine to wake up in the morning feel
ing you've got something <rsal to do
that day" leaves Mrs. Hoytin a lonely
and isolated position.
The boon for which most of us
yearn is that of waking up in the
morning with the feeling that we are
free to turn over and go to sleep
again. Probably the most highly
esteemed of all the privileges is that
of laughing at an alarm clock.
Lady Astor's Wit Blow to Drink
Bill" runs headline in the more or
less esteemed New York American.
Probably you are interested in what
Lady Aston said. We were; and since
Lady Astor's cleverness always in
trigues US, we went to the trouble to
read the appended news item.
"As she was being constantly in
terupted,' we again quote the more or
less esteemed American, Lady Astor
chided the members. saying: Now do
listen. 1 may be rude, but L am not
longwinded."
The Americans conclusion that
Lady Astors remark killed the bill
seems plausible enough. No mere
drink bill could withstand the force
of that witty indictment.
There is considerable dissatisfaction
ruling permitting those addicted to
Standardization to purchase four and
seven eighths gallons of beer and
three gallons of wine a month. We
suggest that those opposed to the
ruling induce Mrs. Aston to say some
thing witty about it.
Personally, We Don't Think They Are.
Sir-Is it not possible AdeIaide's
views on corsets are a trifle narrow?
Far be it from me to attempt to eriti-
else any lady's ideas as to the correct
<e
but from my occasional contact with
the gentle sex L have been given to
believe that the corset is as obsolete
as the tight shoes of the Chinese maid,
and just as healthy.
1 was reared in a Victorian atmos-
phere in which 1 gathered that femi-
nine attirements consisted only of
hats, gowns. and shoes. In times past,
when ambling around with some de-
mure young thing, L have actually
blushed while passing a family wash
line where dainty Lether garments
were exposed to public view.
If you would care to let me know
how you squared" yourself with AIDE
laide after her difference of opinion
with her youthful guest I would be
for what, you ask? Why, for being
the attorney for the defense. w. B.
There was nothing to square" We
didn't utter a sound. If marriage has
done nothing else for us, and there is
divergent opinion pro and con. it has,
at least, taught us repression.
We do not attempt to project AIDE
ladies exact viewpoint with regard to
the corset. We know so little about
such things that we, perhaps, would
express it inadequately But we don't
believe she contends for the old-fash
toned chain-armor accessory. She is
committed, we fancy, to the newer
girdle effect.
. But it is a curious thing that after
savants, scientists, saints and man
kind generally have excoriated the
corset for a thousand years there
should be a general uproar because a
large and growing segment of femi- |
ninity his discarded it.
Aside to Norman Jeffries: We be- |