Milford chronicle., 1936-09-18

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Of this size. Santa
Monica will have
them. Our boosters I'd
clubs will attend to T-,,;D rohh
that.
What I'm getting at, though, is
that any fellows who've given as
much Joy to the world as Amos m
Andy deserve whole set of
plaques. If they don't wear out,
thinking up their stuff until l get
tired Of hearing it, they'll go on
forever.
Hello. Kingfsh."
Vocal COntOrtiOnists.
XXTHY must tenors make such
w funny faces when they sing?
And why must lady vocalist clutch
both hands to her tun-tum when
she reaches after a high note, as
though she'd just felt the first pangs
of cholera morbus? And why must
there ever be any professional pian-
ist who also is a professional dam
druff fancier and looks as though
he should be gone over with one Of
these sand-blasting machines that
they use to clean off Office build
ings. Just ordinary soap and water
wouldn't do.
And, oh, why does a basso in
sist on singing at great length Of
the joys Of life at the bottom Of a
coal mine and. for an encore, ro-
hook me in the cra-hadle of the da-
heep until I'm as seasick as a COW?
Hasn't anybody since Rutherford B.
Hayes was President, thought up a
new song for bassos? And isn't any
body going to do so before the sands
of the desert grow cold? 1t looks
like years and years to wait.
frances Diplomatic Game.
XHTHILE France was asking us to
w enter into a neutrality pact''
as regards Spain, it would appear
she even then was extending very
material 'sympathies" to the 10y
alist side. Anyhow. Italy thinks so.
and Germany, too. And now Portu-
gal sprouts unrest and Great Brit.
ain issues threats.
Since we already were neutral
and. II we have any sense, will keep
on being as neutral as a stop-and-
go signal-America didn't need to
enter any pacts. And if we continue
minding our own business we'll
have neither a sick headache nor a
fresh batch of uncollectible foreign
loans when the present mess is
over.
The point is that France SEEM
ingly has been caught playing a
double diplomatic game.
Wholesale Mercy.
XNTHO killed Cock Robin? Who
w cares? Dead. isn't he? His
widow and orphans can go on relief,
can't they? But how about pretty
Boy Sparrow? There's the one to
think about-so young and SO gifted
and ambitious.
The Women's Aid Society for the
Freeing of Criminals How soon
can we get that poor lad out into
the sunshine once more? He takes
aim so much better in the SIN.
shine. Must we wait until he breaks
out?
The state parole board-Not at
all. ladies, not at all. Just be pa
iient q little while. then leave it to
rs.
Gov. Mushy ]. Sapp-But why
wait? When l think Of that bleak
and that hard-hearted I'm
lie Sam I'm proud to have some
sentiment in my soul.
Pass me that pardon blank.
The Wisdom Of Frogs.
"A LADY naturalist at the Smith
sonian in Washington has been
experimenting and she says that
rogs not only listen to political
peeches on the radio but, by their
roaks at the finish. indicate a deem
Of same. This helms
D confirm an opinion I've had au
long, that the only end OF a frog
'hich Should command my entire
Is the end the legs grow
when fried in crack-
r crumbs.
On second thought though. may
e the frog has more brains than
m giving him credit for. When
o1 applaud Of the end Of a broad
lst there's no chance for an IS.
ore,
IRWIN s. COBH.
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