The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-02-27
SINGERS NEED
LUCKY CHARMS

tees have been showing much i'm
provements over the first. Miss Hop
kins tells us. At first, when our di-
rector lifted the baton and COM
manded "Sing!" all opened their
mouths and nothing came out. A
few days ago she again issued that
command and one little squeak
came forth. The silence and
squeak in case you are concerned
are caused by severe colds not ig-
norance on the part of the chorus
members. Miss Hopkins supposes
that at this rate the operetta will
be in fine shape by the time of its
date Of graduation, Friday, March
18th, which brings up another
thought. This date has aroused
much superstitious fear in the OPP
eretta casts bosoms. In their search
for good luck charms they have
found themselves in the lmelight
Of the schools curiosity. Just why,
1t was demanded, Is Lowell Higley
wearing those loud orange socks?
Lowell explains that orange Is his
lucky color and he's not taking any
chances. Bob Stradford and Will
son Talbot were caught out on the
campus on their hands and knees
frantically digging up snow. To our
inquiry about whether they had lost
something, they casually explained
that they were hunting for four
leafed clovers. Our attention was
then called to the other side Of the
school-house, where we found Wv
ian Higley trying to explain why
she had corked her little playmate
on the bean with q horseshoe. She
says she was throwing It over her
left shoulder which is supposed to
bring luck. We stopped into the Of
flee for brief chat with Mrs.
Church and In our thoughtful way
we inquired the reason for the pllz-
zled look she was wearing. why"
she demanded in q hurt tone,
Should the school supply rabbit
feet to the students Of K. n. g.?
Can't they ftlrnish their own feet. I
mean7" The guilty parties asking
for these good luck charms have
been traced down-they are Verne
Foraker, Joyce Elliott. Albert Som
derman and Martha Chellis. We
recommend q little hunting trip to
the hills for q supply Of rabbit feet.
Toodling on our way. we were de-
termined to find out what the re-
mainder Of the operetta cast were
doing to protect themselves from
the evil effects Of Friday; the 18th.
But we didn't have far to look, for
as we stood at the assembly door
q redhaired young lady flew past Us
and wildly chased around the room
finally stopping abruptly when she
caught something In her hand. APP
preaching her timidly, we asked In
q meek voice, Miss Brown, what
are you doing to ward off the evil
luck Of the operetta date?"
She opened q hand and calmly
proceeded to dismember an inno-
cent fly.
II am using q tonic which my
great-great-great uncle Hezbah
handed down which viii success
fully ward off all evil luck. Take two
dozen flies legs and boil in two
teaspoons vinegar for ten minutes.
Add quinine to taste. It's very sue
cessful," she assured us. We took
her word for It. Our further investi-
cations led us to subtly inquire why
the black eyes, bruises and scratches
that Marcia Vincent and Wayne
Smalley were decorated with. IA lit
tie fight?" we suggested, but were
coldly informed that upon reading
a book giving directions for good
luck blindfo1ded or we might say,
they had started to walk down.
When we suggested an elevator they
coldly turned on their heels and
left us as we were standing
there, up rushed Peggy Burton.
II heard that you were asking for
good recipes" she said shyly. When
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