The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e HOUSE
CFrom Philadelphia Public LedEer.)

lads who accompanied the party south,
made out his. income tax return be-
fore he left, SO that troublesome mat
ter will not interfere with his vaca-
ton. There is, We contend, no ele-
ment Of news in the statement that
the president made out his income tax
we want to know-what everybody
wants to knows, did he pay it in
a lump or take advantage of the in
staIlment provision?
Reporting, we go on to say. isn't
what it was when we were regularly
on the job.
We have polite letter from the
lady who rallied to hear US talk the
if possible, to find out why they pay
US money for our regular act. She
thinks there is no mind in sex and
that there was nothing feminine In her
speculative excursion
Well, maybe not. We don't profess
to be able to discuss any subject learn
eddy. But we don't believe there is a
man in the world who would go to
that much trouble to learn whether
money his employer pays him for his
act.
That ought to start an argument. 1t
might develop into row, and We are
sorely in need of a row with which to
give this column grace.
We are not much concerned with
the present row in New York as to
whether stage people will some day
refuse to appear in indecent produc-
tions. There are more important
things much nearer at hand. A de-
vice by which sterling actors such as
Bruce McRae and H. Reeves Smith
10 ol from
plays of the type of The Gold Dig
GER seems to US to be much more to
the point.
Plans for a National Wilson club,
composed of all persons named Will
son, who are supporters of former
President Wilson. have been made.
OF course. it is none of our business,
but may we ask what for?
Pending reply to the inquiry, we Of
fer the suggestion that a National
Wilson club. composed of those
able to recruit much larger mem
bership.
There are cries for the author of
the plan. If Mr.. Franklin D. ,Roose
welt is in the audience, will he kindly
stand up? They may be calling him.
Why should the Socialists hold a
idea. But We suspect something needs
fixing, and that the Socialists are go
ing to attend to the matter.
The Whispering Post.
w. A. F.-Thank you for the invita-
ton. We shall cherish the thought
that you considered us worthy of it.
But unless golf ball is the objective,
pedestrianism doesn't intrigue. Ex-
cept that of riding horseback, it is to
ha Lon ef oil Of
pastimes.
W. S. E.-Can your committee to-
gether and report progress. It's FL
mer.
r. r. Cit was a base calumny. II
that will ease you.
F. M.-We were in error. of course,
in referring to him as Colonel George
w. Harvey" Still, that's the kindest
thing that's been said OF him yet.
We have, we believe, discovered an
other ultimate in futility. New York
is taking an unofficial ballot on the
bonus shall be raised thru a tax on
beer.
Harry Kemp, poet laureate of
for pugiIism. Poet Kemp's apostasy
will infIict no serious blow to either
calling. and it may be a good thing
for Poet Kemp. Pugil:sts. whatever
their failings or their virtues. eat
pretty regularly.
your suggestion writes a custo-
mer, that Wadsworth Camp kill off
the characters in his novels was well
taken; but he hasn't done it. 1 have
been reading his most recent contri-
button to fiction in its serial form.
Every snob and bally ass in his roper |
toire survive in it."
OF course, when we found we didn't
like Mr.. Camps first novel we should
have tried to get his job. But, as a
matter of fact. all we did was to stop
reading his stuff. There are times
when we feel almost a weakling.