Arizona republican., 1920-04-26
Little Stories
 Of The Town

lady's peace of mind the series is here with presented.
 cars there are on local lines, one has to wait just as long as ever? In fact, one might even say with some degree of truth that the more cars there are, the longer it seems to take one to get to the corner you're waiting on.
 "Why is it that, on the big street cars used on the Glendale line and frequently the Indian School line the cars that have the steps at only one end, you know,-women invariably try to get on or get off the car at the end where there are no steps? The cars have certainly been here long enough for anyone to know their peculiarities by heart. yet every day l see women start to get on the car, look at the steps al one end, and then head resoiutely for the end that has no steps. Can anybody explain it?
 Why is it that Phoenix people and a good many of them too,-have a habit of getting on street car with out looking at its sign. and then asking the conductor or somebody what car it is?
 Miss Best announced. in giving out her questions, that she would make public at a later date some valuable facts on local conditions in general.
 Tale of Borrowed Trouble
 A Coconino rate payer who came to the capital recently to shake hands with Governor Campbell, was dis appointed when he found the chief ex- ecutive was out of town. What did you want to see the governor about ?' said an old time politician from Navajo county. Because" said the Coconino man, I'm worried as what's going to happen to the country. Everything seems to be going wrong" Look here said the old timer" just listen to a little a do any good Once upon a time when the world was young there was a man who had all he wanted, not much, just enough, so he did not have to work or worry. So he put up sign over, his door, which read: Sans Souci,' that is here lives a man without a care. Well, one day the king came along, all wor- ried about affairs of state, and sees this sign. He sends for the man and says, You have not a care. see.' No answered the man, trouble never troubles me- Well. says the king. we'll see. I'll give you just thirty days to tell me. when I call again, how much the earth weighs. If you don't know by that time-off comes your head,'
 Well, Mir. Don't Care got 'em bad. The king had handed him one. He could neither drink. eat or sleep. 'What'll I do.' he walled. This is punishment on me for being so boast full He had a friend, wise man, who came along, heard what had happened, smiled and said. Don't Worry. friend. Don't cross any bridges until you come to 'em.' But Don't Care wasn't satis- fled. and so the wise man said he would help him out with an answer to the kings question when the time came. Don't Care was reaSsured, but still worried. Soon there was only a day or two before the king was due to come around. and Don't Care was in terror that the wise man would not show up. but at the eleventh hour he came. and give him the answer to the kings question.
 ..Soon came the king, laughing up his sleeve, thinking to find the man wor- ried and terrified. but instead he found him all smiles. What said the king, are you not afraid of losing your head?' No sir replied the man, I have the answer to your question: Shoot said the king. Well your majesty, you wanted the weight of the earth only?' Sure snapped the king. Well. then, sir replied Don't Care, please have all the stones taken out of it first and I'll give you the right answer
 What did the king say?" asked the Coconino man. That's not essential" replied the old timer. This little story points a moral for you. Don't worry about whats going to happen to your country till something does happen. He's like the wise old man of my story. so go back to Coconino and figure out what the earth weighs without the stones, and don't worry Ia, ta, old man.