The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-29
Tersely Told


Have you had Ia grippe? If yol
haven't had it you will probably ge
L. so don't worry. Everybody in Pen
sGcola seems to have had it at on'
time Or other within the past two o.
three weeks. And, everybody who ha!
had 1t, mas had one or more remedies
that ARE sure to cure you" There:
certain fellow who was much
Threatened with it. So much so, tha
he got cold feet and laid off from
work Che works at night)-put on &
sub. and all that sort Of thing
Then he proceeded to cure it. This
was his plan.
First he went home, took a hot bath
climbed into his clothes and went out
into the night air-one of those fOggy
wet, rainy, sort of nights, it was
Then he drank four or five, or maybe
1t, was six "grogs." Grog is best made
with cup of steaming hot tea and a
nip of Jamaica rum. After that he
didn't care what he drank and he
drank lots of things. OF course, it was
after nine O'Clock by that time, but
that really doesn't make any difference
in Pensacola If you know the way,
and he had several more. About four
O'Clock G.. NJ. he went home He got
into bed and slept sOundly. The next
morning he woke up. The aches and
pains and feeling that the last day on
earth had come, had gone. There
was no headache. In fact he was as
fit as If he had just returned from his
midsummer vacation
OF course. doctors say that every
thing he did that night was entirely
wrong. The doctors say you ought to
take strychnine, stay in bed, keep
warm, and all sorts Of things, but
doctors generally have an awful mean
deposition, and anyway, how'S the IN
dertaker going to make any money if
everybody follows the doctors advice.
The Smile Club has started The
mayor stopped the reporter on the
street yesterday and asked him about
it. Then he smiled. He couldn't help
it, Nobody can but help smile when
the Smile Club is mentioned It's
made up of smiling people and smilers
are to be found in abundance any
way. The fellow that refuses to join
the smile club when asked, especially
when the fee Is only one smile, needs
something You just can't help it.
Among those who smiled and by a
smile be It understood, it is signified
that you are open TO membership, the
reporter saw yesterday Sheriff Van
Pelt. The sheriff not only smiles, he
laughs, and therefore he is entitled to
even more than an ordinary mem ber-
ship. Then there's Marshal Sanders.
The marshal is pretty busy all the
time but the fellow that's in trouble
usually has his story listened to with
more or less a smile of sympathy and
hope so the marshal is necessarily
% An ole &c
the police force, who does day duty,
Is another one who smiles He smiles
even when men ask him to lend them
money, so he is also more than elfgi-
Die. In fact, everybody in Pensacola
IS eligible and all one has to do to
ind out those that are entitled to join
he club is to stand on any corner on
9alafox street and hail his friends.
They all smile. Why, doesn't make
my difference. They smile. That's
sufficient.
'.Only those who have been here for
many years can appreciate the i'm
,roYements made during the past
hree or four years TO the Plaza" said
prominent citizen yesterday who has
-tWays been interested in park i'm
i wen remember about eight years
so when the Plaza was a dumping
round for garbage, while rank weeds
rev to a height of from six to ten
eet, making an excellent sleeping
lIce during summer nights for
ramps. At that time benches were
q the square and these were often
rought into service by Ioungers as
Tell as few policemen who do not
appen now to be members of the po-
ce department Yes, times have
-rought changes in the appearance of
ne Plaza, especially durfng the past
ear. when Commissioners Clark,
reenhut and YOnge have had charge
the work of identifying the place.
would like to see all other commits
toner's as Industrious and manifest
lie interest these gentlemen are dis
laying"
He was from up the bay. He (
asn't always a farmer however. In s
eed he was once one of the prorli- ,
ant citizens of Pensacola, but he got
he simple life bug" and he's really
wing it. Few of those who take Up :
lie simple life really follow it out, but :
2 does. from the soft black shirt and )
e, wool sweater, cheap suit and big
-oSans that he wears, to his CONVEX
sSfoA " htSl - bdSSQ mainly ABOUT r
DIV many watermelOns and sweet DO I
toes he is going to raise-he is the
OF simple life. The I
lly inoongruity is that every so of [
n he comes into town and takes on
few to prove that he is really not
] altogether a member of the farm. 7
s union or something like that. G
He was in town yesterday, and he C
I'd taken on q few. He and two
lends were afhRrnd in q cnnI1lnd