The Coconino sun., 1922-03-10

Part of the economy campaign in political circles in this state, we reckon, is the recent purchase by state engineer Maddock of 150 dozen monkey wrenches.
 John Metz recalls when he was deputy game warden under Joe Pro chaska, then newly appointed state game warden, on their visiting Oak Creek together Joe asked John if he ought to have the boulders in the rapids removed so the fish could swim through them.
 At the Rotary meeting last week Dr. Fronske spoke about having to be out late the night before because of the stork. Billy Switzer said mo- body could tell him anything about that bird, because he had visited him nine times.
 Charlie Hillebrandt came down to his work at The Sun office the other morning with dark circles under his eyes and generally worn-out look. When asked what was the matter, he said he'd been up all night trying. to compose some poetry. Here is what his travails brought forth:
 Twas in restaurant they met,
 Romeo and Juliet.
 He had no cash to pay the debt,
 So Remeo'd what Juliet"
 Tom Yancey Pulliam has many in- quiries from prospective settlers who would make their home in these parts. Tom always writes them that it's good enough around here any place.
 Writing this colyum this week is dretful easy. Two kind co-conspira- tors have done most of it for us. The two following articles are their con- tributions. The first one, in which Gertie comes across with a short skirt, is contributed from Denver, by major John D. Guthrie, well-known here. The one following that is a satire written by Flagstaff lady who says we mustn't use her name, and so we won't! Lots of it will sound familiar to lots of you.
 "Now 1 want to say something about this here short skirt bowling. A girl has got right to wear a short skirt if she wants to, although I'll tell the universe lot of 'em are using poor judgment in wanting to. If was built from the knees down the way some of them danes is, would not only wear skirts to the ground, but wrap my figure in blanket as well.
 However, l don't see where the men come in with any right to criti- cize. A lot of men wear their pants too short but you don't hear any howl rising up from the girls, do you |? And even if the men went around in knee trousers do you think the girls would consider it any of their busi- ness? I think some men would look better in knee pants than they do in long pants. They couldn't look any worse, anyhow.
 And some men are so childish they never ought to have got out of knee pants anyhow. Take my boss, for instance; he has one of those open faces such as would fit Little Lord Fauntleroy (you know what I mean baby blue eyes, pink skin, weak chin, blond hair'nd everything) and he be- longs in knee pants. He is about 45 years old but he don't look right in long pants, but do you think I tell him SO? Not at all. It's none of my business, yet he had the nerve to tell me last week I must wear longer skirt or not take dictat;on with my knees crossed as it looked bad. I don't know just what he meant but he had a nerve. Believe me, he looks bad to me, no matter whether he sits with his knees crossed or not.
 "And one day last summer he criti- cised shirtwaist l wore and said mustn't wear it at the office. It was one of them peek-aboo things from Paris. We'll, l changed it, but I should have told him that the shirts he wore had been driving away customers for years. He wears white ones with pink stripes and blue ones with red dots and he has the nerve to tell me what kind of shirtwaists I should