The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-06
Talk Of the TOtL'n

Lucas has watched the fish fly over
the tropical seas; he has seen the sun
go down in Burgundy. and knows
icvery inch Of the beach ut Waikiki. He
is personally acquainted with the king
of Hoko Moko isle and has often kid
ded Poor Butterfly as she hung around
Toxic waiting for her man.
Lucas has wonderful mileage rec
ord. but he has a friend that has him
backed off the boards for rolling quail
tiles
The friends name is John lnokay.
young Swedish musician with.whOm
Lucas toured China i'm a band that
played the yens right out of the Mon
golians' pantaloOns
mckay is a graduate of the Eniver-
sity of Stockholm can converse>in II
different languages. and can read and
write Chinese and Russian, which are
the two hardest jargons in the world
to master. He once directed the Royal
band Of Siam. and blew a big horn
through China and the rest Of the
noodle eating orient
Inokay then organized u Filipino
band. with the intentions of touring
america but he event broke" That
was the last Lucas heard of him until
yesterday.
4 letter posted ut Habarsavosk, Rus
STA. was handed to LAcas yesterday
The epistle had been mailed on June
IS and was much the worse for wear
because Of it's three month trip across
several seas and continents.
Inokay is now member. Of the
Swedsh Red Cross. somewhere in
Russia with Il fine chance of staying
| there for IL while.
This is no bull. \ COW was lying on
the Marshall grade With her back
broken.
DID the cowslip" Yes, off the high
bank where it had been filling up on
wild milkweed, in preparation for the
evening tactical harvest.
4 flock Of tourists passcd-or
rather, they stopped in front of the
COW.
The automobile could not climb over
the bovine.
The tourists spent many sweating
minutes aud much conserved energy
in removing the late Mrs. Cow from
| the highway.
After turning the COW over they
turned the engine over and proceeded
on their way---thankful that elephants
don't roam the hills of Montana.
With the days of September upon
us, and the tide of time rolling on
toward October interest in the world
series is mounting to fever heat
II Even the cannon ball cannot eclipse
II the baseball in the hearts of Missoula
y worshipers Of swat.
They know that now big league
% pitching has given away to tent-pitch-
1 | b.,,, t.,l.
~ en- all the pop bottle heavins experts
ID iaa . ,ihs,+h utA- tsaSs .aanl, s,renades
"a over that little stretch called no
mans land"
~ Yet the fans of the Garden city are
Il roofing as madly Ms in the ha'Neon
| days of yore-once fan always !;
:. fan.
u y little thing like a couple Of dozen
- nations at war cannot possibly drive
IL thoughts of baseball from II fans
% mind.
~ AS all the swat bugs know. the Chi
:, cago White SoN are leading the Amer
" lean league and the New York Giants
are at the tip-top of the National
~ heap.
Missoula fans are roofing at the top
OF their lungs for the White SoN
! All the dope in Kelley's. the Smoke
y corners, favors the Chicago diamond
- artists They are booked to win
~ Why are they roofing for the White
SoXo
Gee. brother. that's an easy ques-
:, - ton. It's the railroad fare
That's the reason--thc railroad fale.
% These local 9ightseers of bats and
balls and cheering crowds have had 10
~ travel to the far east for their world
:. serious froIic since 1910
:. Some years of long and dusty
=. journeying has brought on Il keen de
~ sire. to save those extra shekcis ana
E; see the middle west horn in again ait
:. er the big drouth.
1T has been eight years since a
:. western team even won a flag and
~ Missoula is all for that Chicago stun.
Moral: The shortcut to Il fans
y, heart is through his pocketbook.
# Many soldiers are seen on tae
streets these days. and followin: lhem
n. are tb"ir countcrparts i'll NINA lnfe.
re small boys who have made fathers
J., lives miserable until they have bousht
,e them khaki uniforms.
re There are other small bnss. too. VINO
" haven't any khaki unifo,ms-~ihe'i
.e fathers couldn't buy them---bu "i.h
D. ,oyho,d ingenuity and adaptation '''es.
Id lave made the best Of con lii "hS.
crl With squared shoulders aud 'fes'
re heads they march along the strcc' II
ne they whistle Yankee Doodle. WIN
, military salutes they greet cach "'hes'
rd and in their little hearts of vivid IN
;eination they are attired IN A''o
n. braided uniforms with general Up
s. ,ulets
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