The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

BY JAY E. HOUSE
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledger.l
Mr.. McAdoo's explanation that he is
going to Los Angeles to live because
| he finds the West restful. is suscepti-
BILE to many interpretations. One OF
| them, of course. is that Mr.. McAdoo
in 1924. All we claim is that the fig
ure of his alibi is unfortunate
To profess a desire for the restfui
places and then locate in a community
where one is never out of the sound
dulge in hyperboie-
Governor Edwards is reported as
having entertained Hon. Champion
Dempsey and his manager in his box
at the Rippodrome on Thursday night.
But the blow touched the column
lightly. We've been expecting to be
disappointed in the governor ever since
tier fight wearing a derby hat.
Proofroom Notes.
Sir-The word "circumdicular'' will
be found in the book entitled words
We Know Not Of" author unknown.
published about 1909 b. c. The book
may be seen in any public library
just ask the librarian to show it to you.
N Oan "GUSJSTa SDCllS HSWSIOOHl
one word and news stand two words,
showing the inconsistency of his die
tionary. We try to be consistent in
our formation of words, and therefore
spell newsstand" as one word. the
same as "newsroom-aH a matter of
simplicity and uniformity. J. G.
Meanwhile, recurring to matters of
national import, as we frequently do,
wen give the boys in Washington an
other week in which to tell the coun-
try what Senator Newberry said when
he heard Senator Kenyon had resigned.
After that we shall consider the quip
the exclusive property of the column
and govern its conduct accordingly.
winston Churchill hasn't written a
novel for three years" says the es-
! teemed New York World. We knew
the people were restless, but no logical
reason for their mood had previously
occurred to us.
But. Aside From That
Mordacious jay,
Mephitic column scribe,
Babbler opinionate,
Discredit to thy tribe
Why penn'st Satire jibe?
Thy facile instrument
Was ne'er glen thee
For purpose trueulent.
Dour Jay E-rratic,
House ill-built on sand,
Writer unsparing,
Stay thy noxious hand
Lest column crumbling,
Loosened architrave
And falling arch
Crush thee-empirie knave.
H. L. C.
II. L. c. says he can't get his stuff
printed anywhere else. and we are ever
striving to encourage the literati
And that reminds us to write a para
graph about H. L. Hershey's Cara
vans of Night" We haven't read the
book yet; possibly we shant- We are
always threatening to read books and
almost never doing it. But when a
youth of twenty-one can get a book
published by the Century company the
chances are he has something.
We have referred to the volume in
question as Caravans of Night" We
crowned Mr.. Hershey with a very
creditable set of initials, altho we are
not sure they are the correct initials.
This session is being conducted at the
office and the book is on the library
table at home. But both the title and
the initials are approximately correct.
We don't know how 1t affected you.
but we failed to get much of a thrill
out of the royal wedding. After a man
has been married ten years one we'd
ding is much the same to him as
another.
of the correspondents insisted it was
a thrilling event.
The Whispering Post
w. L. T.-But why. old top, should |
we write you a letter? We do not re- |
call having assumed any obligation |
to do so. You don't like Philadelphia |
All right!
]. E. B. S.-Favor received and con- !,
tents noted. Here's to a better and |
more intimate acquaintance.
Mark Sabre-As we understand your |
reasoning, the fact that we were not |
in the service entities you to a bonus |
from the government in the sum of /
500. Very well, we're convinced. |
but there are a lot of people who won't
get it.
The esteemed cable carries the in |