Evening star., 1937-08-07
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.

of Interesting Events
and Things.
JOURNALISM.
~ ROM Alaska comes the best
l. answer of the year to the
perennial question. What is
L news?" 1t is contained in 4
copy of the Nome Daily Nugget, just
received in this Office. The paper S
editor has taken three column ad-
vertisement to announce:
Your friends and the paper are
interested in knowing whether you
have-died, moved. eloped. sold out,
been shot, been born, had a baby,
caught cold, been robbed, been
gypped, been married. been arrested.
gone crazy. bought car, been visit
ing, had company, been courting. been
in a lght, stole anything, gone 10
church, cut a new tooth, sold your
house. had an operation, been snake
bitten-or done anything at all"
And seen any polar flyers passing
the house.
APPLICATION.
Local lad out OF D0rk Dds Woit-
ing around the personnel Office of
drug store chain here when he
sa1u another young chap come
striding out brisklp. all aglop.
Any Iuck'" said No. 1.
Sure" said No. 2. PLENTY. Job
starts Monday. But listen, you
haze to use system or something"
"Whaddya nean?" said No. /.
We'll Uaited around for days,
trying to see this guy ,cho does the
hiring and firing. Finally got
tired OF it, so I ,pent into tele-
phone booth here in the drug store.
called up and sent him telegram.
telling him pas Waiting outside to
see him. Worked, too, all the way
through"
WALKING their beat on quiet
w day. a couple OF policemen told
Judge John P. Mcmahon in Police
Court the other day, they espied a
colored man scuttling through an
alley with a 5-gallon can slung over
his shoulder.
They chased and stopped him.
"Whatcha got there?" they said.
Kerosene, said he Indignantly
If you don't thinks so. smell It,"
The officers did 1t smelled exactly
like corn liquor-which 1t was.
BON VOYAGE
MOTE from Mr.. Vernon Bryer,
who signs himself Operator
95860' 0'-sorry, we don't recognize the
number
Gentlemen;
"Out of work in your fair city,
thought of trying Baltimore
After hitch-hiking, mostly hiking,
a pal and myself got here about II
midnight Next day, success. Now
all my hotel bills and food bills are
on the Army. and I'm on the way to
Hawaii via New York, Panama Canal,
San Francisco. So long til three
years, etc"
Goo bye.
TRAVEL ,OGUE.
WASHINGTON lad just back from
trip TO Amish and Mennonite
Counties, Pa, brings US more valued
items for our store OF little-used in
formation.
In Lancaster. says he, they serve
pretzels with lee cream instead OF
cake
A well-knovn restaurant there spe-
cialiaes in beer donuts" You don't
dunk the sinkers in beer. They're
made out of the stuff
The men never shave after mar
riAge, 80 a House of David base ball
team wouldn't even get play if it
came transforming into town.
Farmers raise tons of tobacco but
seldom use it.
And \ village named Ephrata, Pa.
has sign in the street:
DRIVE SLOWLY NO HOSPITAL
HERE
WRONG IDOL.
Nothing we cdr, say, not even
about an obscure ritual in Jnpon.
but that some one comes dlonU to
tell VS. ne should hare said some
thing else.
Miss Lucy McClenon, for enam-
pie, informs ns that the oeisha girls,
pho hare special serpice in honor
OF dead cats each year in Japan, are
barking up the nron1 tree Cat
Qnt, says she, is not made from
the innards OF kittens, but from the
inside turnishinas Of sheep. There
fore she jeels the oetshn girls
should hape huge. 'scuse it,
please" ceremonial, to stratohten
everything out.
And if rou think we're going to
take sides IN a contropersv on that
Subject-hdh!
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TIMING.
7 EFT alone to await the arrival OF
her date at a friends apartment
the other night. lass we know was
supplied with the usual soda. ice and
whatnot for refreshment. The date
was late, and she thoroughly relished
the brand Of potable that had been
left around. In fact, by the time he
arrived, she had acquired what is
impolitely known as snootful
Escorted almost directly to her