South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-09
MAN IN THE STREET
Telephone Mishaso0ka 10

People can put up a good front
with old clothes. II they WILL" says
one opponent OF the overall fad We
never had any trouble putting up a
good front with the old duds. but
the consciousness OF a fraZzled and
tattered rear Is too distressing for
a delicately nurtured and sensitive
creature like Us.
4 New York lady who believes IN
cremation is certainly In a fix. The
ashes OF two OF her husbands have
J become mixed. We suppose the best
she will be able 10 get in the next
world will be a composite who will
unite the stinginess OF both.
The reason so many Of the timid
hiGhbrows think this country is not
capable OF self government is be-
cause OF the reputation II gets at
/ the hands of n bunch OF trimmers.
dodgers and sidesteppers that go 20
congress.
4 California scientist says there
are millions OF universes. Yes. We
! have heard men speak OF countless
eternities. too, but nobody has ever
4 mentioned anything about the limits
yet
II the prediction that gasoline
will reach 80 cents Il gallon by fall
comes true. there are a lot OF folks
| in this town who will have TO walk
more, eat less or bust.
I Isn't IL a little obsolete to speak
Of dark horse" candidates? Would
II not be more ineligible 10 call
them dark fiivvers." considering the
/ caliber OF them?
\ man isn't crazy because he
at Henry Eggleston. It's the nom
: inertia.
! Lord Dewar-O memories that
/ thrill and burn-returnS 10 London
! from Africa with the Information
! that old III. c. l.. has even invaded
the dark continent. the price OF
4 wives now being eight sDearheads
each compared with four spearheads
! In pre-war days. No escape even
for the savages.
| 1t makes no difference what n
! fine fellow your friend is IL he dif-
| fers from you in politics you sus-
/ pect that he would steal an election
I at the bat OF an eyelash II he had
chance.
/ IL has been suggested that Mars
Z ignored us because we were bone
dry. And then ne may have ignored
Us because he considered us bone
head.
1t is not hard to tell a poor girl
ny her clothes. She always wears
silk and lace at her work.
An inQuisitive subscriber wants "a
know when the population % AIish-
awake is going TO be announced
We know neither the day nor the
hour. but we are prepared for even
Qualities and await the result with
calmness and resignation.
A Boston specialist says as a rule
women have a keener sense Of hear
ing than men. They don't have To-
listen so much as TO wear the auri-
cular tympanum out. as men do.
A New Jersey girl suing for
breach OF promise. got verdict for
only cents. At that rate breaches
are cheap enough In New Jersey, but
pants are expensive as ever.
A California clergyman has quit
the pulpit for the movies. Well. we
shall not judge him. We suppose he
was hungry.
III Cleveland the pros are looking
for a man they employed as a tester.
r., He Interpreted the job to be that of
faster, and he won't report 10 draw
his salary for fear he may be fired.
Well, we may expect another
raise in coal prices. Schuyler Rose
went 10 Kentucky Friday 10 play
n the races.
/ Secretary Meredith says serious
! difficulties confront agriculture. The