Smyrna times., 1933-02-15
ABOUT TOWN
ByJay Dee

Well, here it is. Someone
thought it would be sort OF fun; I
did, too, and you can figure the
rest out for yourself. Hope you
enjoy it.
Anyhow, the thing that attract
ed my attention for the weeks
most noteworthy happening is the
proposals received by two of our
eligible maidens. The proposers,
young, personable, and financially
fairly well off, were fatty refused.
In times like these! Just goes to
show that proposing is a lot safer
than it was. Poor Dad didn't have
chance when he held her hand,
she started her Hope Chest.
Incidentally: young man about
town often invites the apple Of his
eye to spend the weekend with
him and his parents in this town.
A venerable and portly citizen
made it his business to personally
congratulate the maid on her good
fortune in snaring such a catch.
Was it blow when he was in
formed that there had not been
even the slightest mention Of
matrimony? He garrumphed for
a week and still refuses to speak
to youngsters under fifty.
Rats Lead Way to Simpler Eating.
I suppose I may go to Mr.. Baggs
and get that new gastronomic del
icacy- filet or rat. Or how about
a nice rodent stew? or, Lady, we
have some beautiful Duck Creek
rats today. Whoops! Take it
away. Invite me out to dinner
some night, and I'll bring it up.
l mean the subject of rats.
Some of the cast in the play the
other night gave some noble ex-
hibitions of doubtful comedy by
getting too much artificial stimu
lation. There is a time and place
for everything (not originaD- Pos
sibly I'm mistaken, but it certain
ly didn't add to the production.
In last weeks paper an article
stated that farmer fell from a
hay wagon and almost wrecked
himself Some very good friends of
mine have fallen from the wagon
and it did ruin them.
The maid told me to get a ham
for Sunday dinner How should I
know she didn't mean a fifteen
FOUNDER? Well, I've had ham
three times day for week. Two
Of us were invited to dinner with
friends in Wilmington, and l was
all excited over the prospects of
something tasty and different. Our
hostess was non-commital as the
devil and all agushing with antici-
patton of the hit her meal was go
ing to make. Drooling at the
chin, sat down to good old ham
In three hours 1 could talk coher-
emily again.
Ingenuity deluxe. The Collins
twins recently had a birthday (all
honors evenly divided.) One of the
twins is in the South, and the other
is in the state The one in the
North felt the depression, and
thought it adequte to send a card
The one in the South, however, was
rolling in money, so she sent her
last dollar as a gift. Not to be
outdone, the receiver of the dollar
bought a gift of her sisters favor
ite candy with the money and sent
it South. Everybody's happy.
Billy (Kid Sluggem) Roe didn't
go to school one day last week. He
has two boils. One of them is on
his cheek, and the other makes
corduroy pants even more uncom-
Portable to sit in than usual.
Of All Thingsl "Bess" Roe evil
IDENTIFY has forgotten the spelling
bees" of her elementary school
training! On Monday, after hav-
ing the front door of her home re-
paired and putting a coat of paint
on it herself, she tacks up print
ed sign to read: "P-A-I-T."