The Washington times., 1933-07-18

And the melody that poured
from that magical box-what
do you think it was? Yes, We
Have No BananaS'-I give you
my honest word. I've gone to
the trouble of doing some re-
search work for you, fella. The
organ grinders have tough times
renting their machines these
days. In the old days they
could lease them for so cents a
day-but there's a scarcity so
they have to buy them and they
cost from $3.50 to $500. One
Brooklyn family specializes in
the manufacture - Molineri is
the name-chiefly the bigger
ones that you draw along lik" a
wagon. Those monkey organs
don't sell like they used to-
and it seems trained monkeys
are harder to get-the kind that
tip their hats. So / am very sad,
SObOl, because the day will
come, mark my word, when
there will be no more hurdy-
GU dies-juSt as there are no
more umbrella menderS-and
then I'll have to listen to the
radiO-and that will be the
end"
eff you are curious as to why
the digit 81 is considered luck
lest of numbers" politely writes
David Freedman, Eddie Can
tors ghost writer" I'll tell
you. To begin With there were
land, water and sky. There
were sun, moon and stars. Noah
had but three sons. Jonah was
in the whales lily three days.
There were three patriarchs-
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Abraham entertained three
angels. Daniel was thrown into
a den with three lions for pray
ing three times a day. Job had
three friends. st. Paul speaks
of faith, hope and charity.
Elijah prostrated himself three
times on the body of the dead
child. Samson deceived Delilah
three times before she dis
covered the source of his
strength. The sacred letters on
the cross are 1. H. S. The
Roman motto was composed for
three words, In hoe Signo.'
There is earth, heaven and
hell. In mythology there were
the three graces. CerberuS had
his three heads. NeptunS held
a three-toothed staff. The
Oracle of Delphi cherished with
vcaeration the tripod. The
Nine MI 5 sprang from three.
In nature, we have male, female
I'd offspring; morning, noon
and night. The clover is three
leafed. We have fish, flesh and
fowl. And on Broadway there
is always the three-corner af-
fair-the triangle"
TrifIe, Upset!
81 forgot to tell you" writes
Bert Nevins, "the mechanical
horse named after you in the
Tuesday night races at Rose
land won consecutive Tues
day nights but last week it
didn't win. A 22O-pOund lady
tried to ride the SObOl entry
and the nag broke down and
cracked in the middle. We are
very upset-anG so was the
LADY,. You seem very partial
to the sacrificing young ladies
and gentlemen who de' ote
themselves to missionary work
but I'd like to remind yoI of
story" writes Lesley Kuhn. "Of
the jealous young Baptist who
departed America to become
missionary in China. Before
leaving he confided his plan to
convert all China to Christi
anity. Twenty years later he
encountered his friend again
who asked him whether he had
had any success redeeming the
Chinese. I gave it up, mur-
INJURED the gentleman, with a
shrug. They wouldn't listen to
me. I've learned one thing. At
the age o. 20, man thinks he
can save the world. At 40 he's
glad if he can save the hair on
his head"
I'm looking for a suite of Of
fices," writes D. L. c., "and I
wan it on the 18th floor. You
won't believe it, but I had the
toughest time locating build
ing that would admit there was
a13th floor-I finally found a
few, however. And now that
I've found them, In! taking a
suite on the 7th floor because
my wife kicked at the last min
ute. At any rate, I learnC that
the ChrySler, Emipre State, the
Irving Trust and the Bank of
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