The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-11-10


speakers says: when you have
nothing to say, sit down." Obedi-
ence to the rule by masculine
stumpers would give many a man
who wants a seat in Congress a seat
in the campaign.
When I go nutting
In the wood,
Tie nuttiLg there Is
Not so good;
And SO I leave the
Forest floor
And patronize the
Grocer's store.
A good many Christians pray
that the world may be converted,
and then sit down to wait for God
to answer their prayers. But if
they are farmers, they never pray
that God will plough their corn
fields, and then get up on the fence
and wait to see the dirt fly.
We hear complaints from Paris
motorists regarding automobiles
and other vehicles not turning to
the right in passing another one.
Surely everyone is familiar with
this simplest of traffic rules and it
must be pure carelessness or pure
cussedness that makes anyone per-
sist in violating the rule.
A pile of junked automobiles is
not yet so common a sight as it is
likely to be in few years. Most
automobiles are not yet worn out,
and many of the first million cars
are still running, though they may
have been rebuilt and made over
with new parts several times. 1t
it said that at current prices the
scrap from an automobile is hardly
worth the labor of making it. What
will become of the used cars when
there are two million or more a
year to get rid Of?
Surely, the most carping critic
could find little to complain of in
the brand of weather Kentucky is
having just now. Beautiful, clear,
sunshiny, just enough of the au-
tumn tang in air to make one step
lively, just enough frost in the air
to make life worth living, and there
you are in Gods country. Our
friends who are fastening to Flor
ida for their winter stay may be
missing something great, after all,
by not deferring their departure
until real winter comes.
The query department of this
great family journal has received
the following: Should a gentle
man who is sitting next to you at
formal dinner be intoxicated, is it
proper to take any notice of his
condition." Our etiquette editor
tells us to inform this querist:
According to the observance of the
proprieties required by good breed
ing, you should ignore the fact. On
the other hand, should he attempt
to blow powder from your should
ers, or try to undo your couture or
headdress with a knife, it is proper
to stand up, and pointing at him,
say: This bum has insulted me.
I am a lady, even if I am in soci-
ety."
Joe LAWN, who is sojourning at
Hot Springs. has heard many good
things there. He says one of the
best heard there recently was this:
"A little boy from Canada, who had
never seen a negro, was riding in
Hot Springs with his uncle, one of
the old-timers, when he spied a
sleek colored woman crossing the
street near one or the busy cor
ners. He asked his uncle why that
woman BACKED her face, and was
astonished when nunkie told him
she didn't black her face, that it
was her natural color. But the kid
was inquisitive and would not be
denied, and came back at him with
the question, well, nunkie, is she
black all over like that?' OF course,
nunkie said she was, and then
kiddie spoiled the whole afternoon
by sweetly but mischievously re-
marking, Gee, nunkie, you know
everything, don't your"
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