Evening star., 1937-05-22

oNh 4o1 1uOAc IIl01l q IQOtlt1l6, pun.
ishing him all unbeknownst to himself.
This lad is great golf enthusiast,
and the senior workers around the
office have methodically loaded the
bottom Of his golf bag with lead,
adding a bit more now and then 50
that the increasing weight would not
be too perceptible.
When comes the day that the wag,
moderately puny fellow. tries to
pick up his golf satchel and finds he
can't lift it at ALL they expect to let
the secret out Until then, he shall
80 putting around the links, wonder.
ing how clubs that are so light in
the hand can be so heavy in repose.
OBSERVER.
A hopeful reporter recentlp fol.
loped Orrille Wright, the puppy
OF oil flying, on an inspection OF
the Army Air Corps Flying Fort
ress,' that tremendous bdt-uin1ed
monster that is the pride of the
service.
The scribe Ddited and ,Daited for
Mr.. Wright to make some intensely
significant statement, crack that
Do,Ad 90 do,Un in history.
Mr.. Wright walked straight up
to the british bird, operprown heir
OF his oun brain, and looked at it
carefully.
Then he said, Il see that they
used four different sorts OF ripets in
this atrpLdne"
TWILIGHT.
IN AN Alexandria garden belonging
to no one whose name we want to
make an issue. we spent yesterday
afternoon from S to I, talking about
nothing more consequential than the
fact that an English daisy has a yel-
low center and red leaves, that it will
last from one Saturday to the next
II cut and placed In water, that red
bachelor buttons cost $50 each in
some strange country I'VE didn't
quite catch the name), that the boy
next door, who Is planning to be mar
ried next month, has bought an old
house down the street and is doing
most Of the remodeling with his own
strong hands.
The conversation was accompanied
by low tinkles from full glasses, an
occasional burst OF song from birds
charging about in the rose bushes.
Through it all, We tried to remem-
Der the name Of the man who wrote
a novel called The Rivet in Grand
fathers Neck"
He was a Virginian, not over feet
tall.
TOURIST.
WHEN he came back this week
W from a trip abroad (won In a
contest for publicity agents who could
think up brilliant ways Of making the
public believe certain motion pictures
are part of the Hay diet), Ray Bell
Of the Loew's organization was asked
If he'd been to Z certain city In italy.
Mr.. Bell studied the matter a mo-
ment, said. Wait, I'll see." He dug
out a small book, started tanning the
pages.
If I've been there, it's in here" he
explained. Went to 50 many places
We had to make a list OF them"
ADDENDA.
MAY We take the liberty Of inform
ing our readers (reader?) that
the item at the bottom Of 4 certain
Wayside column this week wasn't our
own idea
1t read: THE government of Brazil
Is encouraging the establishment of
new industries
We knew that all along, and
wouldn't have said . word about it,
except that the column ran a tride
short on type, and a printer thought
you ought to know. Very original,
these BraxilianS.
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CHORINES.
In the Sunday school of d Meth
odtst church on Massachusetts, dpe-
nue. last ,oeek, the boys and girls
uere stnging q hymn wl,en an
elderly gentleman marched dovn
the aisle, his trock coat bulging
gently in the breeze, and deposited
a cage OF cdndries on either side of
him as he sat doUn.
The canaries promptly Joined in
the chorus. The singers turned on
a btt more polun,e to drown out the
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