The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY =. HOUSE.
(rrom Philadelphia Publie Lsdsss.b

We know nothing of Mr.. Rodolph
Valentines art and we are only mild
ly interested in the revelations CON
corning his salary, but we are not in
sympathy with the note of criticism
directed at his disregard OF the con-
ventions in appearing in a New York
courtroom on September Is wearing
a straw hat Buying a soft hat is the
heaviest cross mature manhood Is
called upon to sustain. Any man is
justified in Sinking the transaction.
It is worth recording, in this con-
nection, that a customer can force
salesman to sell him soft hat that
won't make him look any worse il he
is sufficiently aggressive. We bought
hat on Chestnut street last Saturday.
We knew what we wanted and in
sisted on having it. But we didn't
get it until we drove the salesman
into a corner and threatened him with
bodily injury
There is some protest against the
remarriage of the ex-kaiser; but, after
all, it's about what he deserves.
The fact that there is some dissatis-
faction with President Harding might
easily have been forecast. The man
who tries to be decent to everybody
seldom is satisfactory to the public.
The Well-Known Pennsylvania Dutch,
Sir-It is with considerable interest
that I have read your comment on
Pennsylvania Dutch tdioms, and while
do not think she is as bad as she IL
wrote = Helen Reimensnyder Martin
to the contrary Notwithstanding
desire to bring to your consideration
several instances of the popularity In
the manner of expression of this
quaint folk.
A lady with small child was
standing at railroad crossing in one
of our Schuylkiil county towns re-
Gently. waiting fer the passage Of a
crossing. After the train had passed
the child said: "Aint Nom, makes o
little red house, then it's ALL"
A huckster with his wife, driving
thru the streets of Allentown. selling
produce, stopped before a house. The
woman alighted and went up to the
door. After a few minutes wait the
man said; Did you bell?" To which
the woman replied: Sure / belied
but it didn't make" r. W. r.
Sir-Speaking of Lititz and His off
is ALL how do you like this: The
scene is Bethlehem. the town of the
Bach Festival A young lady from
New York was in search of apples, but
the time was between seasons when
| SAASAO dAiA ITO dPplO5. nave you any
apples?" she asked. To which the
storekeeper replied. mo, ma'am; the
old ones is all and the new ones AIM
yet"
Sir-In all this talk about PennsyI,
Vanla Dutch lingo you have failed Il
utter one word OF praise for the cele
brated pie of Seuse Besslehem and
vicinity. Two inches thick, juicy and
served for breakfast, too. S. i. @.
sir-Your mention of the peculiari
ties in the speech of the Pennsylvania
Dutch reminds me of a sign that i
supposed to have adorned door il
Allentown. 1t read: "BeiI Don't But
ton, Bump" And, speaking of signs
nera's one you can call to the atten
tion OF the sign editor. You'll fine
1t somewhere on Wayne avenue. /
says: DIR. Lawyer, Dentist"
sir-A. r, W. is right. Come t,
Dutch in it's purity. Peter seheirer i
known here as English Pete
| Our friend and seme time collabor
ator and relief. 4, c.. has submitted
been buying cement and finds that l
costs him $14.10 a long ton, or abou
what he would pay for furnace Goa
II he were buying. He asks il Their,
isn't something rotten in Denmark
and leaves it to US to decide.
Frankly, we don't know whethe
the condition indicated exists or not
In this country everybody is unde
suspicion, but nobody knows whethe
the suspected parties are guilty. II
the course of a busy, well-spent iifi
devoted to the service of the publ,
we've investigated 10000 outrages
Only two or three of them really hap
pened.
WE'LL that's settled. We like II
keep busy. If you have linoleunr t,
lay, leaves to burn, a course of train
ing for childish minds to prescribe; i
| you want to know how to wash wooier
blankets, wish assistance in selecting
next years chautauqua talent, are
looking for somebody to write tbs
book for your musicai comedy or are
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