Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-14

lI4AIS NAAblN AAOAAOi
ing the one who's S$$
is gone by the NSSM
manner of bear IA
ing her sorrow. 1t III 81 ~ ~ N
was a comfort fore. B. DRiSCOLi
her to sit and tell us stories about
him, and to hear each CT his Old
friends speak of him, tell how they
met him. and talk about his inter
eSting quirkS and foibleS.
She told us how he was always
afraid of policemen. A boyish trait
that he had not got over since he
was made to behave as a child by
being threatened: The policeman
will get you.
Anon Carter. Fort Worth pub
Usher, went over many reminis-
cence. The Keats Speeds were full
of quiet and loving recollections.
Major BoWes, the Paul Whitemans
"a dozen whom he liked and who
had felt flattenei by his loss, took
new courage from the remarkable
woman who for thirty years was
odd McIntyre's wife, councillor and
inspiration.
Kentucky-bor Keats Speed is a
New York editor who lives up to
an outsiders traditional notions Of
a New York editor. Editing the
sun, one Of the most successful Of
newspapers, he has seen newspapers
come and go, and can't afford to
become excited. He speaks of news
paper affairs like a doctor diagnos-
ing symptoms. His greatgrand-
father was brother of John
Keats, the poet.
Coming up: Jimmie Rogers, pian-
ist and singer, from MidiletoWn,
Ohio. I heard him in a private
home lately He had just returned
from London, where he seems to
have been doing better than well.
He has a song, Come on Over on
the Sunny Side, that ought to lift
recession gloom from many an au-
iience. If he gets it going. He's
short, almost roly-poly, young
speaks American. and he has a
smile that doesn't seem standardiZ-
ed.
Heart to heart: Odd Mcintyre
never had a ghost, assistant or
secretary. 1t comes 10 me from
time to time that Well-meaning
friends have guessed out loud that
I wrote Odds column during some
part of his lifetime. The memory
Of my old friend is much more
precious to me than any mean ad-
vantage l might gain by the spread
ing Of such statements. So l go on
record, here and now: 1 never wrote
a column that was signed by o. O.
Mcintyre. I hope that ends it.
One of Gelett Burgess's hobbies
is Burgesses. At the most unlikely
times and places ne runs upon
somebody of the name. He keeps a
register Of them. From time TO
tie he gets the Burgess family to-
gether for a grand reunion. The
other day l met Gelett with j.
Harvey Burgess, who halls from
MOrehouse, Mo. He talked about
AIuskogee Red, most famous tramp
printer of the West, who died a
few years ago, mourned by all
western neWsmen. Red worked in
every news shop in which I ever
worked or visited and it wasn't
until his death that l ever heard
his real name, Andrew Redmond
We saw Snow White at neigh
borhood house where there were
many children. l cleaned these
suggestions: It's a grand experiment,
and successful. Next time, a little
less horror for the youngsters. Best
feature: the animals, especially the
.1eer. Problem: to make the nom
caricature characters appear real
enough.
Elderly women are the best guides
to good food, says Tony Wons. II
you see them entering a restaurant
IN good numbers, you can bet on
the fare, he thinks Mrs. William
Temple Of Texarkana, Arkansas,
says fresh English peas are um-um
when steamed in the pod. You dip
EN- in butter, hot, and pull the
peas out of the pods with your
teeth, much as you eat hot tamales
if you come from hot tamale
country d. Walt MacDougall visit
ed my Times Square workshop half
dozen times IN as many years.
He was saddened by a world that
had forgotten him. At the turn of
the century he was more famous
than the lealing strippers are to-
day. At eighty, a lonely man, he
took his own life When | come
home in the evening, Captain Kidd,
after greeting me, goes to a certain
closet, opens the door with his
nose, and brings me my house Slip
pers. Then he demands praise and
appreciation An Old darkey
who used to work on our Kansas
farm, observing some such traits
in animals, used To say, Puts me in q
mind OF some folks" .