New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
ANDY HEARS RADIO
 AT FRIENDS HOME
Florida Reltor Tells About
 Land Down There
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Dear Mary Ann:
 Last evening I called upon a friend to return tho snow shovel which I had borrowed last winter and after seeing that 1t wasn't dam aged much he invites me in to hear his radio. I failed to note the name but I guess 1t was a good radio because when l tuned in l got three stations at the same time.
 It seemed like all the stations was having the same programs. as everywhere I tuned in l got a whistling solo. also got static. Gee. but that station comes in strong. My friend takes over the dials and finally the disturbing noises put on the soft pedal and we hears the Boston Symphony Orches- tra, which played several selections without coming up for air. We en- ioyed two songs by their guest solo,
 st, entitled Bye, Bye, Black Bot tom" and Mary, How I Love Your Sister,
 Leaving the orchestra fiat We dials our way to x. Y. Z., where a young lady from the Cosmetic Beauty Parlors was giving advice, although nobody asked for 1t, on how to preserve the features. Her slogan was "save the surface and you save all" After hearing that plain soap and water is t great aid to beauty we tunes in on a program presented by a mail order house from station S. o. S. (send only stamps) in time to hear some fella in love. who vas too lazy to do his own courting and was asking the moonbeams to give him hand, in "Moonbeams. Kiss Her for Me-
 He also sang a comedy song that vas good. entitled My Heart is Full But My Pocketbook Empty, which was about a young fella also in love. who hired a taxi to take him. self and girl to the dance. When they arrived he didn't have any money to pay for the ride and the taxi driver gave him few pieces of his mind. saying, T gave you a lift. pay me. or I'll lift your map so far that the rest of your body will s7end a week trying to catch up to it.. The young lady saved the day. also her boy friends face, by hand ing over the coin which she had saved for a spring bonnet.
 Then we got Florida and real Ia "a to1J l> !, | many parcels Of marshy lowlands and sat that it is always best to show thu prospective customer the land while the tide is still out. We left that station before he tried 10 sell us lot. and got l.. I. A. K. and heard man whose name was Mir. Nnianias or something give a talk on Fishing"
 This guy knew more about hook Ing fish than a f1apper at sum- mer resort and said that the reason why the biggest fish are not caught and avoid the hook, incidentally the frying pan, is because the fella on t'ia other end Of the line knows less about fishing than the fish does. lie stated that fish have traits like rs humans, and that's why so many of them are caught.
 I guess he meant that if fish and man would attend to their own business and look before they leap. they wouldn't be hooked by tempt ing bait. There are certain seasons for trout. bass, etc., but its open season all the year around for suckers.
 He told about one of the fishing trips. It seems that he was out on a lake in a rowboat, had anchored and cast his line. While lighting his pipe for a smoke he accidentally knocked the oars, which were placed on the seat beside him, over board. There he was. three miles from shore. and no oars. Suddenly he felt a tug on the line and the rowboat moved forward. Going to the stern he was astonished to see that a large fish, easily weighing 30 pounds (net weishO had swallowed the hook and was actually towing the boat
 Being a quick thinker, he hastily pulled up the anchor. and instead Of trying to catch the fish he yelled words Of encouragement to him. When within 50 feet Of the shore, the motive power stalled and he fell exhausted q mean the fish, not the man) Picking up the fish which was perspiring freely from its exer- tions, he revived him with stimu- lant from his pocket flask. removed