The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-24
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY E. HOUSE
tFrom Philadelphia Public LAdger.l

tFrom Philadelphia Public LAdger.l
while you are confessedIy no
psychologist, and wish to state that
the Widow Zander's type never indites
diaries Consequently. the cause for
the shock which put the perspiration
on Uncle Bins Adams apple had no
basis in fact
We are no prophet, but when it
comes to-psychology we yield to no
contributor. Every human being does
some fool thing, wholly unexplainable
and never in character 1t would
have been like the Widow zander to
keep a diary. She would carry it
about with her and she would lose
it, Somewhere in the gear of the
human mind there is always a loose
cog Vaccination invariably is
wrecked on some unconSidered trifle.
We thought the lost diary the artistic
triumph of Mr.. Smiths conception.
Some of those kicked down the
front steps and out into the street by
Mr.. Wilson took their punishment
stoically. Others indicated that they
were annoyed; Mr.. Lansing wrote a
book. But Mr.. Tumulty was perfectly
sweet about it. He even went back
and kissed Mr.. Wilson good-by.
Unfortunately, that which happened
to Mr.. Tumulty ultimately happens to
nearly every man who has hero.
P. L. NJ. wonders why in the name
of common sense We waste coIumnar
space printing letters from those who
imagine they can teach US how col
unn should be done.
Strategy, boy, strategy! In no other
way can we so easily demonstrate the
fact that they can't teach US anything.
Turning from the capacity Of con-
fessor to that of adviser, we suggest
that you do not become unduly ex-
cited over impending tariff legisla-
ton We've seen this country ruined
a dozen times by new tariff measures
and it hasn't been hurt yet.
Commissioner Haynes authorizes
the story that Texas bootleggers are
burros to stampede in order
to give warning of approaching pro-
hibition agents. The educated burros,
it is said, do not actually recognize
the agents as dry law enforcement Of
ficers, but are trtained to stampede at
the approach of any strangers. This
is done by the bootleggers feeding
them sugar and having accomplices
give them q. sugar substitute causing
severe pains in the stomach.
Prohibition ought to have fair
chance, but how is it going to get it
If Commissioner Haynes keeps the
people laughing their heads off half
the time?
H. A B. writes: 'In one of your
recent columns you lamented the fact
that you had never seen any one in
the street car reading On Second |
Thought Cheer up! I shared a seat
with a. 'nittener' this morning who |
brought on the car only the editorial |
section of the Public Ledger, and the
first thing he read was your column: /
and what's more, it took him over ten |
minutes to do it. What do you make
Of it?"
We note the incident in order that |
we may match it with a personal OBJ /
Just the other dav for /
We caught man reading the column.
We stood over him from FortS-sixth
street to Fifteenth. He was lean
ascetic-looking gentleman of thirty
1at, black overcoar. a green cravat
ind a soft collar. He was neat, but
lot gaudy.
What puzzled us was this: He read
he whole blamed column from begin
ling to end, but the expression on his
ace was unchanged in the process.
Not the flicker of an eyeIid, the com
AS OA SOlAS VI d Iac1al Ilgnt or Shad-
w, marked the mental orgy in which
lie was INDUCING.
The Russian Soviet delegation has
Isked the allies to pay it damages
o the extent of twenty-five billion dol
ars- The sGenoa conference is dis
'osed to look coldly upon the claim.
tut we fancy it will be paid in the end
And we know how it will be done 4
America will hold a drive and raise
he money by popular subscription. 4
The paragraph you wrote in the
QUINN tor April ~ huzzas A. ]. S..
about the coal operators wishing toll
I'm their own business for a. change is
ne pest you have ever written
Wen, 1t was all right for the oper-
tors, but probably the miners. had
ney seen 1t, would not have liked it
0 well. :"
George Matthew Adams i
Daily Tok II,