Evening star., 1937-05-26

before he finally drags himself, by
brute force of will power, to sit down
and face the typewriter to do his
stint. Another paragrapher ap-
proaches his labors with obvious JOY,
never firing of the sight of his
thoughts ticking out into written SEN
tences and essays-but when he writes
something he especially approves of
he can be heard to applaud himself
like mad (but right out loud.
A fellow who writes about matters
serious and deep. smokes cigarettes
while at work, but always holds them
shielded under the palm of his hand
like a schoolboy trying to catch a
quick drag before teacher comes
around the corner. This chap, one
of the most valuable contributors
We have to our own daily effusion,
usually is adamant when appealed
to for more of his excellent material,
but when he makes up his mind to
contribute writes about 20 "Waysides"
at clip and throws them at us with
fine flourish.
Lady columnists also develop the
technique of the daft. One we know
sits by the window and smokes and
| smokes and smokes cigarettes until
her deadline is only a few minutes
away, then turns on the typewriter like
fury and whips off the yarn in a
trice. Another is famous for the fact
than she has attended dozens of con-
vlvlal parties in Washington where
| most of the guests suffered a definite
eclipse of memory before the eve
ming was out, yet shea stout fellow
at any punch bowls always able
to remember every detail of the cele-
bration. down to costumes and the
color schemes OF the gentlemen's
black eyes.
Our favorite of the female of the
species, however. is an amiable lady
who has invented her own rules OF
punctuation. grammar and spelling
and def1es the world to change them
II she wants to put all the words ir
sentence in caps" she does it, ant
fooey to the copy readers. Commas
| are as dust before the wind to her
and dangling participle is charming
as Spanish moss. hanging head down
from the trees Of Georgia. She is the
proudest OF the proud eccentric spirits
in a balmy calling, and we rattle the
bars of our cage in salute to her.
X X X X
STOUT.
FelloW Just back rom Akron.
Ohio, tells US that employees of a
certain firm, out there recently sat
out the dance bit too long in pro-
test against Working conditions.
They Dent on prolonged sit-doun
strike and 1D1,en they came back
found the firm had gone broke and
out OF business. No uorkers, no
stock. no income.
CAMARADERIE.
| RUSINESS IS business and all that
but when Jim Robb of American
Airlines was arrested for speeding re.
Gently, hauled to the twlfth precinct
and told to post $40 bail. he didn1
have 1t in pocket at the time. The
| fellows who came to his rescue were
acquaintance, employees OF rival air.
lines here.
NEWS,
Fatherhood being matter much
in the public prints these days,
Dhat With col. Lindbergh a poppa
again and lady doctor out In
Maryland announcing that she has
delivered more than 1000 babies
and noticed that all fathers oroan
alike, ,Ue submit an anecdote oper
heard on a street corner the other
day.
Chap Dus telling hoD a pal of his,
in a state of filters before the ar
riudl of his first infant, finally
called up on the telephone when
the glad tidings ,Dere reality.
| HE ,Dhooped and hollered IT'S
here! It's herep about 20 times
before could get out a ,vord. Then
said, Boy or grip and he shouted
One or the other and slammed
dotp7l the receiuer."