The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11
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in the obvious retort to Mr.. Bryan's
asseveration that they can't make
monkey out of him. We fancy that
before the week is over hundreds will
have wimpled the wheeze.
Mr.. Bryan, however, has his points.
We began writing unpleasant things
about him in 1895. There was time
when he was good for an editorial
paragraph a day and an editorial
leader once a week. Up to 1919 he
was invaluable as humorous or semi
humorous topic He still Is worth
dozen paragraphs year in any col
unan. Few unconscious humorists
have lasted so long.
The story that Babe" Ruth signed
at a figure approximating $4,000 a
year is bait for gudgeons. 1t was
sprung for advertising purposes and
with the object of drawing suckers to
Ruth signed at $4,000 or $4,000 a
year. The annual run of 'hogwash''
concerning the demon hitter is on.
The Babes" contract will. of
course, be on file in the office OF the
We have the speculative instinct.
Well lay the New York sports writers
800 apiece at eveng that the con-
tract calls for a figure under $4,000.
them, take one take both, that it is
under $4,000.
Here Are the Vulgarities.
Sir-I have read IAN Old Subscrib-
er's'' letter in your column. After re-
viewing the letter you request that
some of the vulgarities to which he
objected be pointed out to you. Now
in this same column you mention EN-
poria as the town which took meas
tn her
knees. And, furthermore, in this same
column 1 note what you say about
Nebraska's Normal school and the cir
cumdicular pill, and il you had a
daughter you'd teach her to smoke
before you sent her away from the
homo fiFeside to school so that she
might not be subject to the fumiiia-
ton of confessing her inadequacies.
Or, in other words. smoking by women
is redemptive.
Now, honor bright, do you consider
this good Sunday school stuff, and isn't
there shadow of viigarity lurking
near? Don't you believe it would be
a paying proposition to raise the
and quit happening the church peo-
pie? FRANK FUHR,
We don't see how 1t would pay US
to change the standard and get on
higher ground. People say it's all they
take the paper for. II we changed
the style of the column and put 1t on
higher ground they might cancel their
subscriptions. Then where should
We be?
Congressman Patrick H. Kelly, of
Michigan, has announced his can
didacy for the United States senate on
the platform that money shall not be
the determining factor in the election.
Wen make a little wager with Con-
gresham Kelly, too. 1t is that un-
less he spends more than the law al
lows he won't be elected senator
Anyhow, who shall say that money |
is the determining factor in any popu- |
lar election? Those who had Mr.. |
Ford's campaign in hand spent lot
of it, but they couldn't elect him.
Well, just This Once. p =
Sire. r. Nutty is vice president OF |
the Gulf Refining company, and Wes-
both live at Squirrel Hill, a suburb of
Pittsburgh. DORAN.
On the whole. however. we don't
know anything that jntrigues US less
than the subject of names.
1t is announced that Mr.. Debs will |
resume the leadership of the Socialist
party at its national convention in |
May. Does that mean he has given up
the work Of getting the boys out of
the cubicles?
It's a long time since we observed
hat while this Mr.. Zbyszko sounds
ike a wafer, he looks like club sand
wieh. 1t ought to be good for one
more trip, and we herewith start 1t
IN its way.
Frankly admitting that baby resun-
Dies both his folks and hers is the
shortest way and the most satisfactory
n the end.
One never can tell. W. J. Bryan
seems to be about the only American
statesman who has justified every
augh of which he has been the in
'piration.