The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-20
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY e. HOUSE. :
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledgss.l

I an0fneF puDllC letter. addressed IN
this instance to Mr.. Secretary Hughes.
demanding statement concerning
the League of Nations. Since Secre-
tary Hughes is very busy man. with
little time to devote to the insignifi-
cant and unimportant, we crave and
assume the privilege of making the
statement Mr.. Holt desires. Nothing
is being done about the League of
Nations: 1t is extremely unlikely that
anything will be done. The League of
Nations is dead
Not only that, it was buried In a
potter's field.
OF course, we do not expect this
frank statement to deter, Mr.. Holt in
the practice OF his favorite indulgence.
which is that of writing open letters
to public officials. Nor would we have
his pleasures. But the fact is, there
lis blood on the ak. There is some
controversy as to its source, but the
fear that it is that of the League of
Nations is very general.
What we really object to- however,
is the descriptive term fearless" as
applied to Mr.. Holt in a communica- :,
Any body can write to the president or
the secretary of state. We know, be-
cause we have done it. More than
that, we got an answer to one of our
ietlers, ~hlcn is more imam MI Holt
has been abe to do. No courage is
required to write an open letter to a
public official. It is the least hazard
Gus feat in the category of futility.
We are not interested in Mrs. NAL
lory's public retort to Mile. Lengien's
classification of the five leading
women tennis players. The papers
will confer no favor on us in printing
it. But we should like to know what
Mrs Ma1lnrxy 1yiE faJ nd
fide atially.
If the news printed in the papers is
authentic. the George J. Gould chill
make note of the fact for the reason
that. while most of our time is de-
voted to the unim portant, we find the
unusual ever intriguing.
A Practical Suggestion.
Sir-Re your apparent prediction
for the insta llment plan: Would it not
be wiser to put your available cash
and the pay check in a savings bank
and take thought? Possibly time
wealth could be more wisely invested
or disposed of than to be dealing with
usurers- ]. E.
AS we have indicated. ]. Els sug-
gestion is an admirable one. We have
often thought of opening a bank &C
count, but for one reason or another
never got around to it. They say it's a
fine way to save money.
But, after all, we value J. Els letter
more for its quality of revelation than
for the sage, practical advice it con-
tains. We have long contended that
the dominating impulse of the average
American citizen is expressed in his
desire to tell somebody what he ought
to do. If he can't tell relative, a
friend or neighbour he will pick out
some stranger of whose affairs he
knows nothing and tell him.
If inadequate facilities for caring
for lost babies is all that is holding
up the Sesqui-Centennial. let the d.
rectors go ahead with it. We have
not great deal to do; we'll take care
of them.
w. E. D. Stokes, who has just been
notified by the courts to pay over the
alinony, is franker and less reticent
than most. He says his wife proposed
to him.
The purported transfer of Babe"
Ruth to Chicago has been branded as
fictitious by all of the parties to the
alleged plot. All we have to say is,
ii the Yanks had a chance to trade
the Babe for Eddie Collins. they
were suckers not to do it.
All right, Beany! You wait and see.
We thought at first it was an over
sight, but we reluctantly reach the
conclusion that the Litry Digest
doesn't want us to vote in its referen-
dunn on booze and the bonus.
Knowing nothing of tennis, we are
not fitted to write authoritatively of
Mrs. Bjurstedt Mallory's professional
skill. But there is one thing we can
say of her: she had no inferiority COM
pick.
why are some stenographers red ?''
premises the invaluable Arthur Bris-
bane Because" he concludes, they
are on the inside. They know how
BIG money is made, how it is spent
and some other things"