Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28

was 10 the past,
reaches the point
where be mistakes
eness to his d
hosts for proof Of irwin 6 cohh
his own brilliancy,
instead Of just bad manners-well.
to me one Of the most distressing
sights on this earth is that Of an
extinct crater still trying to be the
flaming volcano it once was.
Only for Westsrners
WHAT, l ask you. is the use Of
~ being a consistent old line Re
publican back East, with fine bank
ing connections. when all you're per
mitted to do, as the other fellows
start drawing their hands for this
years big game, is to fuss with the
diseards?
Why, lots Of US can remember
when It wasn't regarded as fatal to
the Presidential prospect Of a
bright member Of the G. o. p
younger set if he happened to re-
side on the Wall Street side Of the
Allegheny mountains. In fact. quite
the contrary.
Now it seems there's a rule that
only westerners may look longingIy
toward the White House without
being accused Of trying to peep in
the deck before the deal.
so-called sunny south''
IF THE poetic pioneers who first
4 ehrlstened the lower cross sec
tion Of our country the sunny South
came hlther at this season Of Tie
year, think know what aetuated
them.
They called Dixie the sunny
South for the same reason that nat
urallsts have named certain
type Of African hyena the laugh
ing hyena-not because the crea-
ture laughs so often. but because
he laughs so seldom that Il nat
urally attracts attention.
After contemplating lowering or
leaking skies for a straight ten dayS
I'm beginning to wonder whether
the sun has retired from business
permanently. Probably about next
July I'll wish he had.
sss
Tattooed Ladies.
TN A theatrical paper / read that
4 one Of the most copiously Illus
trated tattOOed ladies IN the business
Is fixing to be divorced from bus-
band who's also Of the sldeshowing
profession. / remember the LADY
well, sitting on a platform and, IN
response to requests, slowly turn
Ing around so the audience could
see what she had to say on the
other side.
Well, every man to his taste, but
I've always figured life would be
kind Of fascinating with a tattooed
lady for a helpmate. Any time You
got tired Of talking, you could ask
ler TO let you look at the pictures.
Longs Machine Endures
I AXE CHARLES, LA.-I mean
- no disrespect for any mans
memory, but for most any one Of us
Who ever tasted success the verse
hat was written about little dog
rover might serve as an epitaph:
While he lived, he lived Ia clover
'ut when he died. he died ali over.1
/ would have said that Huev
.ong's machine, being essentially
ne-man machine, would start fan
ig to pieces before ever they buried
i'm. But It yet endures and Is DOW.
rful and. right or wrong, 1t func-
ons.
Admire such a mans record or
sspise It. nevertheless you have
} take on your hat to a personalitv
at can project itself back across
e grave.
They're An Ranches
AUT In California every patch
: Of ground where things grow
gardless Of size, is a ranch. 81
: as know there are only two
rms in southern California: ones
lion farm and the other is an os.
ch farm. 7 look for the day
len q Hollywood scalp specialist
\ refer to his establishment as
dandruff ranch.
p Texas, which we just left be-
"a us, nearly everybody Is
lcher too, or used to be. Today