Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-09-02

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Well, we got as far as Baltimore,
didn't we, on our trip to the ma
tons capitol? had begun to get
sleepy. Well, as a matter OF fact,
every member of the party was
sleepy. There were two others be-
sides me, so we decided TO spend
the night somewhere in the vicini-
~ OF Baltimore. All. along the way
there were drive in places which
read, Drive In, Tourists" ! sup
pose we were tourists, funny, II
you get I'm a car and drive beyond
the city limits you are a tourist.
So since we were one OF those
things, we drove i'm. We got very
nice room, or rather couple OF
rooms. The bath room was OIL the
second floor. and the rooms were
on the first. We had all forgotten
TO take bath robes In our hurry.
In polite society believe that they
call them Negligees. but since I'm
Just plain folks, ! still call them
bath robes. so we had TO wait un-
iii the family went TO their slum-
Der, and then sneak surreptiously
up to the bath room to perform our
ablutions. For long time I've
wished for chance to sleep in
the country, where everything
would be quiet. and | could get a
regular rest. Well / had II that
night, and from now on I'll take
the city. Every thing was so quiet
that | could hear myself think. l
never knew before just what l
was thinking. but found out that
night The only noise heard were
the crickets criking. or what ever
IL that they do. And OCCASIONALLY
night bird calling to its mate, or
maybe someone elses mate (maybe
birds cheat tool. | never thought
about II until that night, but had
a lot of time theiS to think, for II
was TOGO quiet to sleep, ] lay there
and wondered about the birds.
maybe they have little cabarets In
the woods. where they celebrate
after us mortals have gone to sleep
and make woopee. Imagine signs
like this. Lady Bug Sandwiches,
One Chirp. or Japanese Beetles
on a leaf. two chirps,' or Glasses
Of dew. two chirp." wonder IL one
could get high on dew? Well any
way thought of lot of things |
which seem foolish TO me now, but |
seemed perfectly rational to me
then. | wished with all my heart |
that | could hear fire engine /
zizzing past, ora pice noisy street
ear, and. then would be lulled to |
sleep as usual; but nothing hap
pened. except that the crickets |
kept on crikng. and finally | heard |
the grandmother clock in the hall
boom out seven o'clock. Since they |
do not use daylight time there,
knew was really eight o'clock.
Then fell asleep and dream
ed well | don't remember what |
dreamed. but II was nice noisy
dream. and woke just as the
clock was singing out ten o'clock
| called my friends and we sneak
ed up to the bath room between
jumps, and got our baths and
and once more were on
our way south. We were pretty
by this time. on account OF
not having eaten since the day be-
fore. so being food conscious, we
started to look for place to- eat.
We passed the "Black Duck, but
II made me think of Pate Fol De
Gras. and | never did like liver
anyway. so we passed that one up.
Some of the sign painters on the
road must have been poets. There
was one which said Lunch Cinco
Sunco" now II they had only put
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