The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-04
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By JAY =. HOUSE.
(From Philadelphia Public Ledear.l

huOCkIuS tHe SOlicse NAdIA
Sir-I read with no little interest
college we >should- have learned the
game (poker) in a comfortable frat
house"
To one of the cognoscenu this is OBJ
viously absurd. In the first place,
poker canrot be learned at college,
and, in the second, there is no such
thing as a comfortable frat house.
Any Understanding rah-rah boy
knows that.
went to college for four years and
lived in frat house, but all I know
about poker is that one should not
cali on a pair when deuces are wild
P. A. S.
Our experience with frat" houses
has not been extensive. Those at
which we have been entertained were
comfortable enough, but sadly in need
of busting. But it is mistake to say
a boy cannot learn poker at college.
One of the best poker players we
ever met was a college man-Moeller's
Barger college of Kansas City, class
of '07.
Speaking of the dear old college
days, we note that Coach Heisman, of
the Red and Blue, is quoted as say
ing: When I looked up into the
)
was nightly surprised to see many
people there whom 1 knew had no
right to be there. 1t is not impossible
to hold secret practice on the field
tho it seems so far But we must do
it, no matter how"
Probably Coach Heisman has been
misquoted, but it matters little. A
touchdown is not compelled to pass an
examination in English in order to Sc
cure its degree.
We have studied the returns from
the New Jersey primaries with some
care. 1t is gratifying to find nothing
in them which disturbs the calm Sc
| renity of standpat mind.
1t was conceivable, as we raced to
press, that the Democrats might nom
mate Mr. Hearst for Governor of New
York. In the circumstances, the
temptation is for Republicans to laugh
themselves sick; but we counsel a
policy of restraint. Let those who
must laugh do so behind the friendly
cover of an outspread hand We,
the Republicans, have a number of
Mr.. Hearsts in our own party. 1t is
,, not impossible that one of them may
some time win a nomination to high
office.
Not that we cavil at the multiplicity.
The fact that there are number of
Mr.. Hearsts is a safeguard of the
| republic. If the fatheaded and
feeble-minded ever gather behind one
! leader they'll elect the president
Our notion of it is that if Mr. Still
man had it to do over he would not
| proceed in precisely that way.
Constantine. says the esteemed
cable, showed flashes of hunor as
his throne tottered." Well, why the
| policy of restraint? We for one, would
| like to know what he said. We haven't
had really good laugh since Henry
Ford set out to reconstruct the world.
The complaint made by Mr.. John S.
Sumner to the effect that one Of the
Boni & Liveright books is Indecent
has been dismissed by the court. It
was. we fancy, just and proper de-
eision. We have read some of the
Boni & Liverright books. We can't
imagine them printing anything that
isn't perfectly proper.
! Meanwhile, we recommend sEneas
| Africanus," by Harry Stillwen Ed
wards, to those who wish to read one
of the most delightful and charming
only a bit sheathed in paper, but
it will rest your weary sour.
Our own distress over the victory
| OF the 1ankS IN the American League
| fades to insignificanee when compared
TO the fate which dogs the footsteps
| of Cullen Cain. His grief is as intense
as ours, but we can set about forget
ting it. Mr.. Cain must go to the
| World Series yet.
A correspondent who wrote us a
while back made the charge that our
occasional reference to Mr.. Cain were
prompted by desire to give the col
umn an air of respectability. Well,
| we've done it again.