The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BIZ JAY T. HOUSE
tFrOn PhiIadalphia Pu5lie Lsdgarl
!, 15stf Wri,es His Chrlstmas Letter

No. 1871 Writes His Christmas Letter
Sir Well, my stretch of cap
tiyity is almost completed and m not
sorry take it from me- -1he Wst-5, We
will read a declaration OF indepenu-
ence to me in few more months. So
If Won happen to know any one VINO
wants to give a Woodworking crook
a chance to make good at honest toll.
why, just give him my number
mean it, honest I do. r,-,...
No. 1871 Clinton Prison
Those who sympathize with the op-
pressed will regret to learn that
number of miners living in the Vicinlty
of Herrin, Ill, are being'so seriously
disconnected by government as 20
make it unlikely that they viii be aoie
to spend Christ9 as with their lam
lilies.
1t is. we go on to say. a tyrannous
and barbaric g government which COM
pels a man to be in attendance on a
criminal court when he might be loaf
ing at thapool hall or barber shop.
by the way" writes w. K, with
out spoofing, I wish you would give
us some of the experiences, grave ana
gay. of your career as a public official
/ believe you could make them both
interesting and Instructive
The experiences were commonplace
and uninteresting. Here and else
where we have written OF them-per-
haps too frequently. We may say
however, that such a job has its post
hurnous thrills. Only, yesterday one
of these thrills communicated itself to
the defendant. Altho it is three and a
half years since we lett Zenlth, tliS
Zenith Trades Unionist, the organ OF
the poor and oppressed in that vicinity
last week devoted nearly three-quar-
ters of a column of its valuable space
to telling the world what poor fish
we are.
The Joyous moral we deduce there
from is that the ex-puoIic officiai VINO
survives his own funeral procession
for a period of three and one-haf
years must have chafed somebody.
A Testimonial.
Sir-We have found, my Adelaide
and /, that this colored clay. when
mixed with a non-drying oil, makes
one of the finest mixtures to apply to
wall paper, the kitchen stove, the
cat, the rugs, the baby carriage and
the electric train. We can both guar
antee that colored clay is the most
harmless present for children and, at
the same time, the deadliest in the
way of damage producing qualities
yet put up by the innocent toy
makers Ii. . IL
We refer to the New York woman
who has been supportingfa a family of
sixteen children on an income OF So
a week not particularly that we may
point to the incident as an example
of unusual thrift. What we really
wish to do is back up the New York
World in its assertion that it is just
as well the husband and father has
been in Africa for the four years last
past.
Ambassador Harvey is coming
home. HIS prospective visit stirs
within us the speculative and conjec-
tural moods. What American news
paper will achieve the distinction of
printing a kindly line about him?
Why not go ahead and win the dis
tinction for the column? Well, that
isn't a bad idea. Doubtless an appro-
pirate phrase will occur to. US in a
day or two. For the moment we
merely express our admiration for
stairs by Woodrow wilson who made
no effort to conceal the injuries sus-
tanned in the descent.
1t also occurs to us. in the connec-
tien, that some newspapers could
scoop" the world by printing a kind
ly line about Attorney General
Daugherty.
New York theatrical managers are
a plan to establish cen
rral ticket agency where tickets To
any theater may be purchased at an
advance of ten cents. This clearly
a conspiracy to make theater ticket
phia managers will not permit them
selves to be drawn into it.
Suggestions.
Laundering Lingerie-It takes con-
siderable time to take off and replace
he ribbon bows ana from