The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-04-04
All Went for NOught

wouldn't be quite the correct term,
but "all dressed up and all for
nought" would be putting it more
truthfully.
A story is told at the expense of the
Hotel Morgan at Morgantown, West
Va, and its hostesses. But 1 know
that even the hostesses can laugh at
it themselves now, although at the
time it must have made their faces
red.
Mrs. Elinor Roosevelt, the first lady
of the land, had made reservations
at the hotel as a guest and was to ar
rive after an inspection trip at the
Arthurdale project.
The hotel strutted. All the finery
was gotten out, shined up and the
ladies' donned their best evening
gowns. They obtained the best the
market afforded in the way of poul-
try and choice cuts of meat to be
ready for the occasion. They waited
patiently and breathlessly.
Elinor Roosevelt appeared-in a
leather jacket, head band and fiat
shoes and more or less tired from her
trip. She went to her room. The din
ing room became filled with people,
the ladies in their best, and again they
waited eagerly.
Mrs. Roosevelt appendicitis time
in the same leather jacket, head band
and fiat shoes.
After looking over the menu calmly
she ordered creamed Clipped beef on
toast.
A Missouri newspaper prints num-
Der that will interest the math sharks.
It is 142,857. Multiply the darn thing
by 2, or by 3, or by A, or by 5, or by E,
and you get the original numerals, al
though located in different positions.
Go a little further, if you are inter
ested, and multiply the 142,857 by T.
and see what you get. 1t is surprising
~
Here's another one that will tell how
old your friend is and how much
money he has in his pocket.
Have him put down his age; then
double it; then add five; then multi
ply by so; then add the amount Of
change in his pocket Unjust be less
than S1.OO); then substract 365; finally
add lis. The first two figures OF the
total will be the mans age and the laSt
two the amount of money he has in his
pocket.
So you don't believe it. All right,
here's an example: Say the man was
% and had 81 cents in his pocket.
Twice 20 is So; add makes 63; null
tiplying by SO brings $3.50; adding the
change in his pocket makes 1887; sub
tracing 365 leaves 1922, and adding
lis makes 2937.
That's as deep as you had better
get into figures. There's the four bill
lion, eight hundred million work re-
lief bill, passed by Congress. There's
the four hundred million appropria-
ton for armies. There's the call Of
Hitler for $4,000 men for army duty
in Germany. There's the huge deficit
1.-THE blessing in disguise according to
the Democratic administrator that
hangs over every citizen of the coun-
try.
But when you get into figures like
these your mind goes into whirl.
It's even worse than figuring how to
get out of paying your income tax
if any.
It's funny how the ones really re-
sponsible for the numerous bills that
were poured into the legislative hop
per tried to pass the buck and dis
claim any responsibility. Meaning in
particular the bills pertaining to Oak
land.
We borrow the next item from an
other newspaper. The only reason that
we do so is because spring houseclean-
ing has not passed our way as yet, and
believing that we might be just lit
tie late, on account Of other more i'm
portant matters, we quote from one
who is evidently going through the
housekeeping experience.
"Now is the time for all good men
to get their heads together on the
mourner's bench. Spring houseclean-
ing is on it's way. We hope we are able
to survive the turmoils that come with
this annual frenzy just at the time of
year when flowers are beginning to
bud and peace should reign on earth.
1t is thought most wars begin in Apri.
so that males will have something
else to do besides beat rugs and clean