The Bourbon news., 1921-08-23
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low case as a futurlSt landscape.
About fifty per cent of the women
voted in the recent primary, but
only about one per cent of the sex
who were candidates for Office won.'
High-f1ying is a dangerous pastime
for the aviators, but not any more so
than other kinds of "high-flying"
that some of oureociety folks in
dulge in.
A reading of the country papers
of Kentucky show that in nearly
every case the old politicians and
office holders were defeated by young
men making their first races.
This week about fifty men have
been engaged in reconstruction
work on High street-and about one
hundred and fifty able-bodied "spec-
tators' standing around watching
them do the work.
We are not afraid of automobiles
when driven by sensible people, but
we do live in dread that some reck-
less fool will run over us some time
when we are peacefully vending our
way along the street.
OF course, if you object to the pro-
posed three-cent postage you might
send your love letters collect" It's
worth three cents to have the priv
ilgege of reading the silly stuff a
fellow writes when he gets good and
mellow from love. s'
.
Some crazy statistician estimates
that taking the whole population of
the world the average person doesn't
bathe oftener than once in forty-two
days. This shows that the soap in
dustry is not affected by over-pro-
duction, but by imperfect distribu-
tion.
An entomologist says toad is
worth more in a garden than a goo
mouser is worth in a residence. A
whole lot of Paris amateur gardeners
who bucked the recent drouth are
persuaded that a bullfrog is worth
as much in a garden as man with
a hoe.
If you are financially able to do
so it would be wise thing to stock
your larder with canned goods and
other provisions. Reports indicate
that prices will be high this winter.
1t does not always pay to let every
day provide for itself, especially in
the matter of preparing for the inner
man.
Our idea of wasting time is dis
cussion of the size of the Rockefeller
fortune. Once it is conceded that it's
the biggest in the world, there il
room only for amusement that the
bald-headed old party who is golfing
his way toward the century mark
should continue to take keen inter
est in the fluctuations of "gas."
The position taken at Johns Hop
kins Hospital that $1,000 for sur
gical operation should be the maxi
mum, is less interest than
would be the argument that a poor
man who wants his vermiform ap-
Dendix removed should not have to
choose between an operation at a
public hospital and the incurrence of
load of debt
| We have reached the conclusion
that the only happy, harmonious and
successful way of conducting baby
show is to allow the mothers of the
babies to be the judges and have a
prize for everybody. This would ap-
ply very we'll to that baby show told
of in a Falmouth paper some time
ago where one of the judges, mere
man, made a woeful mistake.
A Paris woman wrapped bundle
in COPY of THE BOURBON NEWS,
and sent it to relative, who is a
missionary in China. Eleven weeks
later she received a letter from the
relative asking if there was any
chance of getting pair of No.
shoes that had been advertised in a
special sale conducted by one of the
local stores. That ad didn't cause a
sale in that particular instance, but
! it was possible.
| Nothing could be more comforting g
than the decision of a British court
of law to the effect that poker" is
a game of skill, not of chance or
luck. Over there, where baseball has
never succeeded in gaining perma-
nent footing, it has long been known
as the national game of America,
and went by the name of "bluff. y
That, as all addicts know, was to dc
it an injustice and it is gratifying tn
have the higher courts regularize its
status. Yes, thank you, We'll take