The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-20
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY .. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia Psbiic Lsdsss.l

III fFrom Philadelphia PsbMc Lsdsss.l
For the first time since our casual
but congenial association with him be-
gan We are compelled to split off from
i"Doc" Douglass, the literary critic.
| Doc" thinks This Freedom" treats a
vital and significant theme in 9 highly
interesting and entertaining manner.
i We claim there is no story and that
1.-THE manner in which that fact is set
forth is tedious and uninteresting.
Having marched hand in hand with
\ the Doc" on nearly all of the great
issues during the three years last past.
we regret the separation. but we're
taking the first road to the right
n. j. Tosses a Whimsey
Sir-A word of caution from a ma
tive son of the far-famed City Of
IBrotherly Love to one< who has not
dwelt long enough among US to
fathon1 the insidious moves OF our de-
Be not m.sled by the smiling cam.
iouflage of our Jocund Mr.. Bingham.
He is a professional humorist, dealer
in Quips and quirks. Should he toss a
whimsey into the column, it is to try
1T out at kankakee. If it gets across,
lit wins place in the repertoire
Mr.. Bingham cannot be accepted as
an authority on Lititz patois With
tine chtef product of the pace he is
more familiar. The worlds largest
claims to know Lititz as she is spoke,
let him interpret: His off Is ALL"
And, If there are any Lititzians in the
audience. let them decide.
1t is, we think, fitting and appro-
pirate that Mr.. FRANKLIN d. Roosevelt
should head the firm which has been
organized for the purpose of investing
the German mark. Mr.. Roosevelt is
familiar with deprecated currency
His campaign for vice president never
was quoted higher than two cents on
the dollar.
If it is to be left to u.s. and that
seems to be the wish of nearly every
| body with whom we have discussed
the matter, Mr.. Secretary Davis en-
thusiasm over the fragmentary settle
ment of the shops strike is out of
proportion to the significance of the
leVent.
Mr.. Davis plight may become ap-
lproximately that of a Middle western
dramatic critic we once knew. The
critic in question used all of his adj
jectives on Adelaide Thurston when
Ishe came playing Sweet Clover early
in the fall. The result was that he
hadn't a shot left in his locker when
Mrs. Ffske appeared later in the
season.
What Mr.. Kipling said, or didn't say,
: is unirnportant. But there is g. grow
t ing feeling in this country that the
NEXT time Europe is to be saved the
task should be delegated to those who
threw it overheard.
Americas betrayal of Europe and
9 her subsequent ingratitude were
: reprehensible things But the plain
: plug American citizen, one of whom
: I've are which is getting mighty tired
of being told about it.
The Thin Red Lane of History.
J Sir-According to my recollection, i
Twas in the Garfield campaign tina
lCol. Fob Ingersoil visited the stat,
!, iof ] aware and made some sacri
, legious remarks about the Democrats
! party. Thereupon Chief justice
Comegy's Every old and very deaf
' INSTRUCTED the grand jury of Eewcas
! tie county to indict Ingersoll for bias
: pheny the next time he entered TIN
5 state. Ingersoll then published a. SO
: called explanation stating that n
I failed to appreciate the situation unit
: he heard that tho eminent chief jus
r tice had been born on the eastern
! shore of Maryland; that he did no
: know just where that was. but upoI
| inquiry he was reliably informed tina
t oysters had once had legs, but tina
: God had taken those legs from then
Ito keep the people of the eastern
( shore of Maryland from starving t.
: death. 80 A. B.
One thing seems certain: The lat
ldr. Ingerson was shooting far below
his natural form, or he has beer
greatly overestimated. If we are an:
judge of 'comebacks," he 'flived'
his.
; Even So" retorts NJ. B.. 1.-The fac
, THAT virtually all beggars are takers
} doesn't apply to the unhappy genuine
: heggar. OF course, possibly beggari
. are mot proper subject for q
} column
II Beggars are all right for a column
they are, in fact, a not uninterestine
lsIhject. There is no such thing as g
genuine beggar. The individual who
follows that trade is a faker pure and
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