Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07

Now this god demanded hu
nan sacrifice. He had high priest
who ministered to his images; b
had countless devC
tees who travele
/ about, gathering i
the victims to fee
his cravings. tn
3 feeble and the care
less, the aged dOd
derer and the un
wary child-thes'
were the favoritt
Offsprings. Yet the
collectors spare d
--ss none at all, neither
Irwin S, Cobb the strong nor the
halt nor the help
less. Often, in their madness, they
destroyed one another. Each year
the cruel tally mounted-sO many
thousands dead, so many hundreds
Of thousands crippled and broken.
These curious people lived in a
place called America, and the god
they worshiped was called Speed.
The World-ProbIem-Solvers.
I'm CONSTANTLY running into
4 somebody who knows exactly
what's wrong with the world and
what ought to be done about Il,
but can't make up his mind wheth-
er to have his eggs fried on one
side or turned over.
At lunch today, encountered one
gentleman who could diagnose all
our political and economic ills-just
like that land name the remedies.
too. In fact he did name quite a
few while was looking after the
check. And yet I know for a posi-
tive fact that his wife won't let
him pick out his own neckties and
he can't be trusted to cross the
street by himself, owing to not be-
ing able to decide off-hand which
automobile he prefers to be hit by.
The Passing Of KipIiug.
TWENTY-THREE years ago,
4 visited Rudyard Klpllng at his
home IN Sussex. Gracious IN his
hospitality. he nevertheless was al
ready showing signs Of the mania
for secluslon, which, following the
death Of his only son in the World
war, made Of him an entrenched
recluse.
Paroles and the Death Penalty.
G oMETHING said here the 9TH
y er day brings an impasslOned tel
egram from a gentleman who de-
mands to know how / stand on the
summary releasing Of prison in
mates, and my position on the In
Fiction Of the death penalty.
Well, nobody except the party 10
question may be deeply Interested
In my opinions, still this seems rs
good a place as any to answer him.
Since any convicted criminal has
the right to appeal from the yer.
diet against him, I'd like to see a
law In every state giving the citI-
zens IN the community where he
was tried the right to appeal from
he act Of any parole board in turn
ng the said criminal loose again.
And I'm sure more Of us would
'e against capital punishment IL
'nly we had reasonable assurance
t some punishment for murderers.
.idnapers and degenerate beasts
7ho attack women and children.
The Santa Anita Races.
III HOPING those American arch
biologists who are digging into
ncient Troy find Ulysses famous
OGDEN horse. It would help me 10
Ondrm a theory that a wooden
Orse must have been the original
odel for some Of the entries I've
cen betting on at Santa Anita
ack.
l recall one reluctant nag whose
ime escapes me, but It certainly
lould have been Bide-A-Wee, out
Virginia Creeper BY Stationary
lgine.
Everybody here goes out there.
rae Of the actors own race horses
some Of the race horses own
tors, Tn not sure which. And You
all the studio playwrlghts
anking about I'm pranking about.
ell, It's great place TO write
lys--a race track Is / quit 20.
; after the frst few days. It
de me 50 late for dinner at night
waiting for my horse to come In.
Midgets ia the House.
'OU remember what happened
the time before this when j.
rgan appeared at Washington %
q senatorial investigating COM
tee how patriotism might be-
lblned with profits n such
Z as not seriously to damage
Ier2 A sideshoW dwarf came ana
tied 10 his lap.
! on the present visit Mr. Nor
Graves q repetition of fhnt
lsome incident I can think ofGf-
TENDERS Of the house. not to men
many ofice-holders. any one Of
m could play that Lllioutlan,r
and nobody would notice fhe
renee
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