The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-10
ON SECOND THOUGHT
X By JAY u. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledsae.)

Somehow, the literature of the
Mike Healy Texas POOL fails of its
purpose. Tho one sucker with whom
we are on familiar and intimate terms
read it only to clasp his attenuated
roll a little tighter. After being IN
the oil business thirty-two years."
writes Mr.. Mike Healy, II believe the
Mike Healy Texas Pool will be the
| most profitable undertaking in my
career"
| If the oil business is as lucrative
as Mr.. Healy pretends, he wouldn't be
| N it at the end of thirty-two years
Long ago he would have got his and
gone. There is a catch in it some
! where. Either Mr.. Healy is a poor
| operator, or the oil business is not
what it is cracked up to be. Unless he
/ can explain, this apparent discrep-
ment. the pay check for November Z
will go unhypothecated.
| Meanwhile. it seems to US Mr. Healy
is saddling himself with one burden
| some and wholly unnecessary detail.
He personally signs his letters with
pen and ink. instead of using the fac
smile signature, which is the custom
of his trade. He might better employ
his time spotting anti-clynes. A
sucker doesn't know the difference be-
tween signature and its facsimile.
A smart, clever guy seldom falls for
either.
1.-THE photographer who managed to
get you in a picture with the winner
writes a lady from Nicetown, de
serves a prize. Your presence GER
tainly helps to make her good looks
more apparent. Your daily pitter-pat-
ter is bad enough-please don't get
your picture in the paper any more. -
Curiously enough, we were not
crazy about that picture, either, altho
we prefer it to the one that l. running
in Mr.. Mitten's cars. Our theory is
that the photographer who creates
the presentiment of feeble elderly
man should furnish him with a staff
on which to lean. In neither instance
did the photogrS pher furnish a staff
or other prop for our declining years
However, and joking to one side. as
Ring Lardner might phrase it. if the
Nicetown lady wishes to see the best
of our recent photographs. let hel
turn to page 6S of the Saturday Eve
ming Post of the issue of September
16. We like that one. The one the
collar manufacturers have been using
isn't SO bad either, altho we have q
|, feeling it makes our Adams apple d
trifle too prominent.
AS one who sticks up for baseball
throwing episode in ST. Louis. Bui
we are not, we are frank to say, nearly
SO indignant as we should have beer
had the incident happened in New
York.
Down at Frederick, Md, the othel
night, somebody took a shot at tn,
I<u Klux Khan and the Khan is justl,
! indignant. Nobody can blame it
either. AS we understand the objec
and purpose of the order, If there i
. violence to be done the Khan will ad
minister it.
One trouble in this country is tina
when an organization, or individual
originates a line of good stuff some
body tries to appropriate it.
what Is the Matter With tn
Women?'' flames from all the dea,
, walls in Philadelphia. We are curious
, to know whether those responsible
! for the implied question are seriou
, about it. We've looked the womei
over with our usual care during tn
year now rounding into its stretch
> and we can't see that the sex has
defect.
. 1t is true most of them now ar
wishing they hadn't bobbed it, but /
/. will crow again.