The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24


to know how / stand on the summary
releasing of prison inmates, and my
position on the infliction of the death
penalty.
Well, nobody except the party In
question may be deeply interested In
my opinions, still this seems as good
place as any to answer him. Since
any convicted criminal has the right
to appeal from the verdict against
him, I'd like to see law In every
state giving the citizens in the COM
munity where he was tried the right
to appeal from the act of any. parole
board in turning the said criminal
loose again.
And I'm sure more of IFS would be
against capital punishment If only we
had reasonable assurance of some pun
ishment for murderers, kidnapers and
degenerate beasts who attack women
and children.
forgot to say the message came
"collect." SO l judge the gentleman
is not only curious, but frugal.
The New Champion Bride.
DEFORE she seemed to despair of
ID ever getting start on husbands
again and sort of slowed up, I used
to think Peggy Hopkins Et Cetera
Joyce had the best claim to the title,
"The Bride of Her Country" But a
new champion has arisen.
SO rally around, you earnest Holly
wood contenders for the All American
Matrimonial sweepstakes, and salute
your queen. She's Mrs Virginia Over
sinner Patterson Stark Seeger Gilbert
Kahn Cogeswell Gould-Porter, who has
| lust been coaXed to the altar for the
eighth time in that many years. And
she still but q mere chit of girl.
If ever that record-busting lady
holds a family reunion. won't there be
a crowdi And. if she keeps on marry
ing around, to and fro, the day is COM
ing when the rest of her name will
have to run as a second section.
wonder how it happened she never
met any of the Mdivani boys?
The Santa Anita Races.
TN HOPING those American archeolo-
L gists who are digging into ancient
Troy find Ulysses famous wooden
horse. It would help me to confirm
| theory that a wooden horse must have
been the original model for some of
/ the entries I've been betting on at
| Santa Anita track.
| 7 recall one reluctant nag whose name
escapes me, but it certainly should
have been Bide-A-Wee. out of Vir-
ginia Creeper by Stationary Engine.
Everybody here goes out there. Some
of the actors own race horses or some
of the race horses own actors, I'm not
sure which. And you see all the studio
playwrights pranking about I'm prank
ing about. Well, it's a great place to
write playa race track is. I quit
going after the first few days. 1t made
ma so late for dinner at night-wait-
ing for my horse to come in.
Midgets in the House.
X/OU remember what happened the
i time before this when J. p. Morgan
appeared at washington to tell sena-
torial investigating committee how pa
triotism might be combined with prof
its in such a way as not seriously to
damage either? A sideshow dwarf
came and nestled in his lap.
If. on the present visit, Mr.. Morgan
Graves a repetition Of that gladstone
incident, / can think of fifty members
Of the house, not to mention many
office-holders, any one of whom could
NAV that Liliputian's role and nobody
would notice the difference Both mid
gets and congressman seem to be run
| ming to the smaller sizes these times.
| IRWIN S. COBB.
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