The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-05

always very polite and old-fashioned
said that perhaps it would be better
If he were to drop right int the mod
ern world: and there was a murmur
Of pleasure and applause all around
the room. The members all sat up
again and felt that they were going to
get something. So the Dean began
reading again.
THE modern world begins with the
Black Death. the expulsion of the
Moors and the disruption of Feudal-
ism"
There was ripple Of excitement at
this because they all thought he meant
the Black Death was coming, was go
ing to happen now, and they thought
that the expulsion of the Moors was
goodnatured hit at the Sydney
Moores being put out Of the Arcadia
apartments after the last kid was born.
But when they gradually caught on
that all these things happened hun
dreds Of years ago the members just
Gied on it again. SO, of course, Nc
Sorley had to interrupt again and ask
the Dean to come right down to the
world of today.
SO Doctor Foible gave sigh and he
turned over pages and pages Of his
manuscript and he began again.
THE world of today"
That's the stuff" said McSorley.
"The world of today begins with
Queen Anne"
McSorley apologized and said that
he was afraid he must ask the Dean
to come right down to the present.
He said that it was such glorious
afternoon that he was sure the menu
bers would want to get on to the links
or into their back-lot gardens and so
he would ask the Dean to talk about
things of right now.
Well, with that, late in the day as
usual with professors, Dean Foible got
well started. And it certainly was in
teresting! Did you know that right
after the great war all the European
countries We're Joined in League of
Nations, so that there can't be any
war anyway? Hence why diSarm? The
Dean made it as clear as anything,
and the Ignoramus club just ate it up.
1t seems that whenever any trouble
starts the league holds a meeting at
Lucarno, or at Stresa or at places
like that, and that stops 1t. Some Of
the members had a little trouble with
the names because they didn't know,
or didn't remember, that Lucarno Is
a big summer resort up on the Ca
tineau in Quebec. StreSa was worse.
Well, we gathered from the Deans
talk that Europe is in pretty tick
fish condition, just the same. 1t seems
to come and go. Last Tuesday things
looked pretty good, and then on
Wednesday, it appears, England held
conversation" with Hitler or with
some one and put things to the bad.
However, it blew over till Friday and
then some one "asked a question" In
the French chamber-the word means
room apartment, or bedroom" and
things started again.
The Dean had just got to there when
there was big noise outside in the
street and the fire engines went past.
The audience could hardly sit. And
then some one put his head in at the
door and called out:
Boys, it's Macpherson's Flour and
Feed and they say one of the stenog-
raphers is caught in the upper Of
fee and she may get burnt up!"
So Of course the meeting broke up
and they all rushed for the street. To
rescue the stenOgrapher? Yes, of course,
to rescue her IL they could, and If not,
well, they didn't want her to be burnt
up, but II she was going to be burnt
up anyway, you know what l mean,
we're not Europeans, but If she had
TO be burnt up, we'll you see 1t.
However, they got her out all ex-
cept that her hair was pretty much
scorched. Too bad, wasn't it.
Even so, 1 think the meeting left
sort of painful impression, all that
talk Of wars and Quarrels. Most of the
members, think, were glad to get into
their back garden lots and help the
girls water the grass path. Glad we
don't live In Europe, Ell, what2
@ Stephen LeacOck.--wNu Services.