Evening star., 1924-03-23
Heard and Seen

| Senator hckellar Of Tennessee deft-
! ~ removed u cinder from a mans eye
| by the powers OF speech at a recent
meeting of a citizens association.
| The senator is probably not aware
of this combined surgical and ora
torical feat, and probably would dis
claim it, but the man benefited swears
Mr.. McKellar did it.
Here is the way the thing happened.
Any one who ever has got cinder or
a bit of dust in his eye and could not
get it out will appreciate this latest
discovery:
The man suddenly felt the cinder
enter his eye, so swiftly. indeed. that
J his quick batting of the eyelids did
no good whatever.
| The cinder was in to stay. All day
the man tried to dislodge il. He poked
swore at it, and finally went TO an
oculiSt.
! Under a powerful eyepiece the lat
ter located the cinder, then announced
! that it was out.
| 1T feels as bad as ever" remon
| strated the sufferer
1T is all cut up and will feel that
way for several days. said the other.
! After SUFFERING few more days the
man decided that the cinder mos, GER
|
could be doubt bout if. The ocu-
list gain said it wasn't
But it really was. There is no mis-
/ taking thing of this kind 1t is
| right there with one, day and night,
! making one acutely conscious of it.
Now here is where Senator Nickel
; lar comes in. He arrived at the citi
! zens association about the same time
as the man with the cinder still in
his eye.
Then the senator cut loose On the
topic of street car fares. The man
senator arrived at an unusually force
| full place in his talk. The man blink
ed his eyes, cinder and all
Suddenly blissful state Of ease
swept over the optic. The cinde- was
! take about it being there, now there
could be none about it being gone.
! Whatever happened, or however 1t
occurred, the cinder disappeared lit
| orally in the twinkling of an eye, and
Senator McKellar gets the credit.
| Sometimes it is easier to accept a
thing than to refuse it,
| This was proved last week by gen.
tleman who daily attended the Lenten
services being held at a local theater.
| Tshers daily hand out leaflets con-
!
| hymns, to be handed back to the ush-
, ers at the close of the services.
! Although not being singer, the
4, first day the man took leahet, any
| how. carefully returning it. This be
\ ing an unnecessary bother owing to
! the fact that he did not and cannot
| sing. he next day politely refused
! leafiet.
The usher gave him look as il to
say, You poor heathen." The third
day, refusing a leafiet again, the
usher gave him another look, as il to
, say, this time, You poor lost soul"
The fourth day the usher and head
| usher held a whispered conference.
which made the songless man acutely
! miserable.
The nth day he sailed into the
lobby with a smile as of a won soul
! on his face.
Happily he accepted leanet He
smiled.
! The usher smiled. The head usher
| smiled.
y x
Bill Jones likes to fool his father.
He used radio last week to play his
latest joke on the old man.
/ Bill went around to friends house,
| then called his father, also q radio
fan, upon the telephone.
"I have a one-tube set here that we
iihave just got California on an
nounced Bill.
Quit stringing me. Bill" replied the
elder Jones
mot a bit OF it-you listen while
get you some stations" said BILL
His father. at the other end, heard a
voice, a strange one.
This is KGO, Oakland, Calf" said
the voice. You will now hear Betty
| Smiles sing, The End of q Perfect
Day"
Then came the tones of a sweet So
prano singing Mrs. Jacobs Bonds ia
nous song.
Now I'll tune in on Salt Lake City"
came Bills voice. The announcer was
heard, then music. So they went
across the continent.
But it was really four of Bills
young friends who were acting as
announcers, and the old man really
was listening to one of WsshinSton's
own stations, with the announcer le.t
out. CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.