The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-14
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledger.)

Half a dozen proponents of the
bonus have sought TO. argue the mat
ter with US in a perfectly reasonable
and gentlemaniy way. But they nave
advanced no reason which seems valid
to us. If we We're in congress -which
! Heaven forbid-we Should vote
against the bonus measure. Probably
We should be def lated when we came
up for reelection next fall; but we
should vote against it, nevertheless. =
| One argument advanced by several
! advocates of the measure was that
the boys were fighting 10 save the
skins" of those who stayed at home.
1t occurs to US if anybody's skin was
in danger, everybody's was. The skin
of the man in the ranks and that
| of the non-combatant were equally
i imperiled Another favorite argument
| in behalf of the bonus is that those
who stayed at home made money out
of the war. Comparatively speaking,
a few undoubtedly did so. But to the
average man and woman the war was
tremendous financial burden, and it
will continue to be burden to the end
of this generation. We happen to
know that it was much harder to
make ends meet in 1917 and 1918 than
pit was in 1914. We We're engaged
in the business of making q living
turnout the period covered by the
dates submitted.
|
| Still. if a man feels he should be
paid a bonus for fighting for his coun-
| try in an hour of peril, We have no
wish toiargue the matter with him.
There's Always Something.
sir--Why did you change that
| working for'' to batting for?" 1
had it batting forr originally, but
changed it because, in the first place,
batting for" is worked9to death and
would be humor fallen flat. whereas
working for makes no attempt at
bats for another he is presumably the
ibetter batter.
I'd rather have a photograph. of
Adelaide.
ARTHUR CRABB.
| We changed it because we wished
scrupulously to preserve the-xerities
The assumption that getting out a
column is work always prevokes
coarse, raucons laughter around a
newspaper office and elsewhere We
would not permit any friends of ours
to make himself ridiculous by assum-
ing that writing a column is work.
| We don't blame Mr.. Crahb for pre-
fering photograph of Adelaide. ANY
body would.
The governor of Arkansas has sci
aside March % as ''no-tobaeco day.
Well. here's hoping he has good
weather for it.
That, we fancy. was the trouble
on the two days unofficially set aside
fSr the purpose Miipos of remembering
each occasion was so unpleasant as
to crab" the performance
At any rate, we can think of nc
other reason.
From I. n. DuBarry's Column.
The Merchant TaiIors' Designers
Association says President Harding is
a good dresser. He probably is, but
we don't think so just because the
M. T. d. A. says so. The Judgment
of anybody remotely responsible for
uniforming the manhood of America
in that high waistline suit effect of a
year ago carries no weight with us.
We have been suffering Unfortunately
for two weeks. About that long age
it was divulged to us in confidence
with strict injunction never to dis
close it, that a certain person wrote
THE Mirrors of Washington" There
is no greater agony than to be in pos
session of a piece of exclusive infor-
nation and not be able to divulge it.
A number Of years ago we were let
in on the fact that Basil King was the
Anonymous. We told everybody we
possibly could about it. We became a
hero to a degree that will not be APP
preached should we make" the
column.
Before we undertook this Thing we
had an idea. if successful, we'd be in
position to be patronizingly critical of
all columns and columnists for the
rest of our life. Now that it is ac-
complished the only thing we can do
is to tell the one about Jones. Jones
was a stockbroker on the Pacific
Coast He made lot of money. He
wanted to see John w. Gates. After
some trouble he saw him who are
you? ?" asked Gates. Don't you know
me?" was tn reply. I'm Jones of
the Pacific Coast. Offices in Los An
| geIes, San Francisco and Denver.
1 made a million and a half dollars in
two years" "a million and a half in
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