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Butchery by Air.
AN ANTONIO, TEXAS. —
Following the example of Il
Duce and that air-minded son
of his, who wrote a brave book
describing the joy of bombing
undefended mud villages full of
women and children, one of the
leading statesmen of Italy has
delivered a speech declaring
war is the most glorious, most
inspiring, most beautiful thing
on earth. Inquiry discloses that
this cheery patriot is a hero in
his own right. As an officer, he
the retreat from Caporetta.
Caporetta was the place where
all ranks of an entire army, with vic-
tory against the en-
emy right around
the corner, sudden-
ly remembered they
had sworn to die in
the last ditch and
started for the ex-
treme rear to look
for it. Or it may
have been that ev-
erybody just simul-
taneously felt home-
sick. Anyhow, it was
months before some
of them caught up
with their panting.
Irvin S. Cobb
orator has confused the science of
warfare with the sport
racing.
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The Meaning of Words.
DISTINGUISHED gentleman,
eenth amendment was a failure, is
words of wisdom, his attitude—in
effect—being this:
The causes of sanity and safety
suffer because certain distillers and
ly sell an unnecessarily high-pow-
ered product, the results being law-
breaking, property damage; danger
and personal injury and untold suf-
fering for innocent parties; homi-
cides, mutilations, often a horrid
death for the purchaser of the arti-
cle in question.
To extend the argument further,
let us change just three words: *' .
Certain automobile manufacturers
and many local agents indiscrim-
inately sell an unnecessarily high-
powered product, the results being
law-breaking, property damage;
danger and personal injury and un-
told suffering for innocent parties;
homicides, mutilations, often a hor-
rid death for the purchaser of the
article in question.”
Now then, when the aforesaid gen-
tleman kindly proves that, in sell-
ing cars capable of traveling 130
miles an hour or even faster, for
limit of 60 miles an hour, or less,
with him.
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Practical Jokes,
Everywhere the lands were posted.
highway. Leaving his mates at the
hunt deer on the property.
“Sure,” said the owner.
right in—my place is full of bucks;
I never gun ’em myself.
me a favor. As you turn into the
white mare.
but I ain't got the heart to kill any
living creature.
misery, will you?”
waggish idea.
yell.
“I feel so good I've got to shoot
something!” he whooped. ‘‘Believe
I'll shoot a horse to start with.”
With that, he hauled off and blast-
she leaned against the fence.
“And now,”” as he turned on his
horrified companions, “I believe I'll
shoot me a couple of so-and-soes."”
He waved his rifle in their direc-
tion. The next instant one had
vaulted out of the car and had him
down, choking him until his tongue
stuck out like a pink plush necktie,
They were halfway back to town,
with a large man sitting on his head
and another driving like mad to find
a lunatic asylum or a stout jail, be-
fore the humorist succeeded in con-
vincing them it was all just clean,
boyish fun.
Now the rest of Texas is wonder-
ing whom the joke’s on.
* IRVIN 8. COBB.
Copyright. —~WNU Service,
Closed Doors to World
About 500 years ago a Tokugawa
shogun (dictator) closed Japan's
doors to the world and her foreign
shipping stopped. But for centuries
before that, Japanese fishermen and
delegates of the Daimyo (Feudal
lords) sailed extensively along the
China coast. They even voyaged to
Siam, Sumatra and Java. In the
earlier open-door days, the shogun
ate designated cerfain vessels
called *“‘go-shu-in-sen’”’ as trading
ships
ELLO, EVERYBODY:
Wow! What a thrill!
I've seen flyers
They call them “live jumps"
The boys
The other four
would be a cinch.
that control.
Of course, he could have jumped—
Even if the plane did make
him.
together.
plane take off.
and waited for death.
crashing.
Joe's body cut down the speed
And Joe, meantime, was
Somebody had
Joe recognized the flyers in the
a last salute to the dead!
Joe
snatch it from him.
it and held on.
IT WAS UP TO
“‘Shrouds’’
he thought,
The strands parted. Joe fell.
mumbled a little prayer.
and floated safely to Mother Earth.
Dickens’ Visits to United States
Dickens came to the United States
in 1842. The result of this journey
is to be found in ‘American Notes,”
published in 1842. His second tour of
the United States began late in No
vember, 1867, and lasted until the
middle of April, 1868. During that
time he took in as a result of his
readings a sum approximating
$100,000. During his second tour
he tried to correct his impressions
of America and publicly acknowl
edged his change of feelings at a
farewell dinner (which cost $40 »
plate)
The Saying “Brand-New”
The saying “brand-new” is equiv-
alent to “fire-new,” meaning fresh
from the fire, bright and new.
“Brand” was originally from an
Anglo-Saxon word which meant
“burn.” Hence an article fresh
from the forge was said to be brand.
new. The notion that ‘brand-new’
originated from the practice of put-
ting brands or trade-marks on man-
ufactured articles is incorrect. The
word is frequently but erroneously
written and pronounced ‘'‘bran-
new.”
Whitman's Tribute to Bible
Walt Whitman's tribute to the Bi-
ole is as follows: How many ages
and generations have brooded and
wept and agonized over this book!
What untellable joys and ecstacies,
what support to martyrs at the
stake, from it! To what myriads
has it been the shore and rock of
safety—the refuge from driving
tempest and wreck! Translated in
all languages, how it has united this
diverse world! Of its thousands
there is not a verse, not a word,
but is thick-studded with human
emotion.
Zoo Calendar
If you ask a Kirghiz his age he
may reply, “I was born in the year
of the Dog, and have lived five
rounds,” for these nomad tribes of
Mongol-Tartar descent know noth-
ing of our Western calendar.
have a system of their own, dividing
time into “rounds,” consisting of
12 of our years. Each round is
subdivided into 12 parts named aft-
er ap animal. Hence you will hear
of “the year of the Snake,” ‘the
year of the Horse.” or “the year
of the Bear.”
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STAR
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Movie « Radio
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HE day of the handsome
hero with soulful eyes and
long lashes is definitely over ac-
cording to theater managers
throughout the country. Wil-
liam Powell, Clark Gable, Paul
Muni and Spencer Tracy are
the current idols of audiences
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and coming
James Stewart.
Certainly if the Metro-Goldwyn-
Almost every company has had a
and all of
ro-Goldwyn-Mayer have taken all
the old ingredients and made them
wn Wom
Warner Brothers
and moves to Metro-
a producer, he and
Clark Gable will
both start arguing
with executives that
they simply ust
make a picture to-
gether. Clark has
forgotten how
hard Le Roy tried to
give him a start in
pictures years ago.
When Clark was a
stage actor and trying to get into
pictures, Le Roy recommended him
to Warner Brothers. He asked only
$250 a week, but Warners thought
that was too much for a guy with
such big ears. Now they would
gladly pay that much just to get one
of his ears in a picture!
anata
Nowadays Shirley Temple rarely
romps around the Twentieth Cen-
tury-Fox lot visiting sets where pie-
tures are being made. She stays in
her dressing room bungalow and
strange are the sounds that come
out of there. It seems that Alan
Dwan who is to direct her next pic-
ture thought it would be very cute
for Shirley to beat a drum, so he
sent her a whole set of trap drums
and hired a teacher to give her les-
sons. No one, least of all Mr, Dwan,
realized that Shirley would take to
not
Clark Gable
wo Worn
Studying box-office reports for the
past few months, R-K-O have de-
Lily Pons and Nino Martini.
hard to find stories for singers. Par-
Joan Blon-
dell has decided she would rather
a
ries.
Sing called “Chalked
Pn
er, nationally known
sportsman, author,
hunter and authority
on dogs who broad-
Sunday
in the interest of a
is heard
over NBC's red net-
work coast-to-coast
at 2 p. m. with a re-
broadcast over WGN
of the Mutual net- a
work at 2:45. Becker poh Becker
knows the woods
and waters of North and South
America as few men do. He has
hunted bear, moose, and sheep in
Alaska and made explorations in the
little<known reaches of the Amazon.
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ODDS AND ENDS—Connie Boswell
will be on the Paul Whiteman program
again on January 28th . . . Robert Taylor
asked to have Virginia Bruce play opposite
him in “Northwest Passage” because she
was leading woman in his first big screen
success, and he counts on her to bring him
luck . . . Ted Husing, ace sports director,
has entered a knitting contest in New
York and defies anyone to make a crack
about it . . . When Grace Moore, Gladys
Swarthout and many other famous singers
attended a business meeting of the Metro
politan Opera Singers association, they ir
sisted on ing a recess so as to liste
to a Charlie McCarthy vi
ward G. Robinson and Jean Hersholt
their whole radio
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N. Y.
Information Not to Be
Found in Encyclopedia
Answers to a general knowledge
test such as these help turn the
teacher’s hai
Period costumes are dresses all
with dots,
wrote
comedies and errors.
The people of India
asis and outcasts
way's capital is called
Christianity. |
Lipton is the capital of Ceylon. |
A republic is a country where
no one can do anything in pri-|
vate.
covered
Shakespeare tragedies,
Favorite Recipe
of the Week ~
Salmon Hominy Casserole.
HE combined flavors of salmon
and hominy is pleasing, the
combined texture of them is in-
teresting, and the appearance of
the two in a casserole dish is ap-
pealing indeed. Try this combina
tion for a tasty luncheon or supper
dish.
Salmon Hominy Casserole.
1 No. 2 can hominy 1% cup grated Ameri-
1 No. 1 tall can cancheese, salt and
salmon pepper
4 tbsp. butter 4 tbsp. flour
2 cups liquid, part is cup buttered
milk bread crumbs
Arrange the hominy in the bot-
tom of a greased casserole and lay
the salmon over the hominy. Melt
the butter in a saucepan, add flour,
and stir until smooth, Add the
liquid which is made up of the por-
tion drained from the hominy and
salmon and enough milk to make
2 cups. Cook until the sauce is
thick and smooth, stirring con-
Add cheese, season with
salt and pepper, and pour over the
hominy and salmon. Sprinkle
crumbs over the top and bake in a
moderate oven (400 degrees) until
the crumbs are brown and the mix-
ture thoroughly heated, or about
30 minutes.
An asparagus tip salad with tart
French dressing would be good
with the casserole dish. The canned
asparagus is available in all green,
all white, and white with green
tips, so your fancy has an oppor-
tunity to choose the variety pre-
ferred.
MARJORIE H. BLACK.
irs LUDEN'S
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peat the third or fourth night if |
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Second, Calotabs are
romoting
the elimination of cold poisons
from the blood. Thus Calotabs
serve the double purpose of a
purgative and diuretic, both of
which are needed in the treatment
of colds.
Calotabs are quite economical;
only twenty-five cents for the
family package, ten cents for the
trial package.—(adv.)
toxins.
Be True
To God, thy country, and thy |
friend be true.—Henry Vaughan. |
Slain Foes
The sweetest honey comes from
foes we slay.—Tracy de Land.
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driving, and economical lu-
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Winter. Quaker State Winter
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It flows freely when cold. . .
gives the motor full-bodied
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