The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-18
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY z. HOUSE.
lFrom Philadelphia Public Ledger.l

Now give this letter the same per-
sonai consideration that you would a
letter from a personal friend" writes
Mr.. G. NJ. Richardson, of Fort Worth.
| "and one who is trying to make you
some money and act accordingly, and
! 1 am going to expect to receive
, check from you by return mail. Now.
am figuring on you, SO don't dis,
appoint me, as feel sure the quicker
we finish these wells the quicker we
will make some sure-enough money.
The sum which Mr.. Richardson asks
| is a mere bagatelle-only $62-50. We
shall be glad to send the anticipated
check, provided Mr.. Richardson Will,
by answering one question, clear up
the doubt which clouds our mind.
We want to know why he wishes to
make money for US. He is under no
obligation to US. We don't know him.
we had never previously heard of him.
How come he is neglecting his tried
and true friends to make money for
a stranger?
you probably have invested in oil
stocks and have not had any returns
and have become discouraged" con-
tinues Mr.. Richardson. It's a humili-
ating confession. but we never have.
We are impatient of delay. Our poor
preference is for games in which one
may be Numbered in the course of an
evening.
1t may interest you to know that the
Committee on Public Affairs of the In
ra-Fraternal Cou Gil has adopted
raigned and severely condemned. The
resolutions are too voluminous for re-
production here. They would be. But
we dedicate to them sufficient space
in which to print the last paragraph.
The paragraph reads: I'VE want
to go on record as condemning as UNI
American and un-Christian the state
ment of such = pernicious doctrine
which seeks to undermine the great
principles upon which our government
was founded and for which it has
stood and to brand as seditious the
attempt to inject the virus of race
prejudice in our American institutions
based upon class and religious diff
ferences which can serve only to stir
up class and race strife and bring the
before the enlightened peoples of the
world"
InN other words, our friends of the
Intra-Fraternal Council object to q
frank statement concerning certain
conditions. They disprove it by brand
ing it as seditious and declaring it q
pernicious doctrine which seeks to un-
dermine the, great principles upon
which our government was founded.
That probably will convince every
body. making it unnecessary to de-
vote further space to the matter.
However, the Intra FraternaI Coun-
ell ought to know one thing: The
colored folk of Grigsby City will laugh
their heads off when they hear the
Washington Negroes have passed reso-
lutions condemning us for unfriendli-
ness to the race.
The explanation, made in the news
columns, that Uncle John Shell. who
died Tuesday, was too old to enlist in
the Mexican war will be satisfactory
to most That he was too young to
have been of much value as a fighting
man in the Revolution generally Is
conceded. But this explanation of the
pacific nature of Mr.. Shells career
won't satisfy John Klopfer.
Mr.. Klopfer will want to know what !
Mr.. Shell was doing during the War
of 1912.
Well, Why Didn't He Say So?
Sir-Scientific formulas, hitherto |
satisfactory, were not accurate enough |
properly to record the results of re- |