The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-19
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY =. HOUSE
(From PhsIadelphia Public Lsdsss.t

1.-The class in Pennsylvania Dutch
having been dismissed" postcards w.
X, why not take up the hackneyed
phrases of modern novelists? For in
stance, why cannot girl pin q flower
in a mans lapel without q little pat"
We yearn for new games. and the
column is open to discussion of the
hackneyed phrases of modern novel;
lists; but we doubt that anybody will
want to play. The phrase to which
reference is made is both hackneyed
and inept- A woman doesn't give a
man a little pat' in the circumstance
indicated. that she does is lean over
and pick travelling off his coat.
And that reminds us of another
feminine trick. When man goes away
on a journey his wife says. IT hope
you'll have good time, dear" But
what she really wishes and hopes is
that he won't
It's a long time since we quoted Ar
thur Brisbane in this column, but his
very recent conjecture concerning the
, late Christopher Columbus is one we
would share with our readers. sHe
died neglected and never knew what
he had discovered" wrote Mr. Bris-
bane. IF he could come now Id Il
flying machine to watch our election
demonstrate their inability to govern
| themselves, he might say, I made 4
mistake"
What we claim is that Mr.. Brisbane
sailed down four hundred years of
time, travelling more than half a mil
| lion miles on his journey. in order to
| get to bat in a pinch, and then fouled
out to the catcher.
However, we are disposed to pursue
the hypothesis to its logical conclu-
sion. Comparatively speaking. Column
bus was man of limited education
and experience. Suppose he should
| Importance would the utterance. be
and who would pay any attention to
it?
The National Restaurant Associa-
| ton has promulgated the following
rule: Guests who do not tip are TO
be waited upon with just as eager
enthusiasm as those who are more
| generous
| It's a grand rule, but we seem to
detect two false assumptions in it.
| One of them Is the assumption that II
I will work. The other is that the be-
| stowal of a gratuity is a reward for
/ service. The patron of a restaurant
| doesn't tip for service. He tips in
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| him as q good fellow and think well
of him Every patron leaves the seat
Of his gistatory achievements stalked
by ghost in the guise of fear. The
fear is that the help is talking con-
temptuously about him.
| We went out the other night with
out tipping the hat-check girl. We
! couldn't sleep. The fear that we had
lost the respect and esteem of the
young woman we hadI never before
/ seen and never expected to see again
kept US awake most of the night.
| Ours is a speculative and conjec-
tural nature. Today we are wondering
what the authorities will do next in
| their efforts to still the suspicion that
they are not trying to find the guilty
/ persons in the New Brunswick .trag-
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| Speaking OF Columbus, as we were
a time ago, for his time and place he
must have been quite a fellow If you
don't believe it, try to get some wom-
/ an-pick out any woman you want--tC
pawn her Jewels in order that you may
be in funds sufficient to take a little
trip.
Unfortunately. the language of the
gentleman who wrote to rebuke US
for our attitude toward the so-called
political prisoners is such that his
communication cannot be printed Il
would get the paper into trouble with
the postoff:ce authorities. But he says
what we need is what we'll get and
that we needn't worry, as our time
will come.
We hope the gentleman doesn't keep
| US waiting In order to facilitate
matters, we suggest a meeting at the
southwest corner of Sixth and Chest
nut streets at $50 o'clock this after
noon. In order to give the meeting a
sporting aspect, we covenant and
agree to run the gentleman into the
Delaware river for the delectation of
| the audience.
We trust the hour suggested will be
! satisfactory. We'd make IL later, but
we have to come back and write the
| column after it is all over.
We came back from New York the