Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-17

personally rellgl- ~ *
Gus in his attic. b. DRlsCoLl
tude toward life. Harry Emerson
Fosdick is pastor.
Although the church lacks the
benediction of time and the patlna
of long service, such as you find IN
European cathedralS, it has a rest
full and prayerful atmosphere. l
like such churches best when they
arc empty. and at dusk. l saw no
one in the vast auditorium as l
wandered up and down the silent
aisles. The glow of the WeSterlng
sun, translated by the magnificent
stained-glass windows, gave an
aura of mystic calm. They very
place and hour for city man, pc
deviled by a thousand claims upon
his minutes.
l had not the place altogether to
myself. Beside a pillar, far back,
a woman sat. Her head was bowed.
Packages were beside her, as
though she had been shopping. She
did not stir, except occasionally 10
glance up to SAVIOR the fading glory
of the sun. I chanced to be near
the door as she was leaving. Her
ewes were swollen; tears stained
her face. Her veil was of crepe.
Crows are coming back to the tall
trees in our suburban nelghoor.
hood. The first scouting party ar
rived with the earliest johnny
jumpup. There was a frightful ar
gument. and as much disagree
ment with the rulings of the chair
man as one might hear at Union
Square meeting My wife likes to
have crows in the neighborhood.
She finds them friendly, and wants
a baby crow for a pet. I've never
outgroWn my early preJudlce
against them. They used to hop
along the listed burrows, picking
up the newly planted corn, and
they were hard to get at.
John w. Carey, of Sioux City,
has the largest accumulation OF
correspondence with notables OF any
person 1 know. He is born lett,r-
writer, and gets tremendous kick
out of sending and receiving let
ters. For years he conducted The
Rear Seat, one of the bist news
paper columns in America, in the
Sioux City Journal. He visits New
York at rare intervals, and loves to
play tourist. But he's reticent about
calling upon the friends he has
known by mail.
Spot -jottings: Carveth Wells, ex-
plorer, is a handsome fellow, and
his wife is a notable beauty. They
have cozy hideout in Bermuda,
where they go to write. The
pigeon -poisoners have given the
town a breathing spell since one of
them was caught and locked up.
Poor, twisted souldsl E. Handsome,
well-mannerd Randolph Jennings,
Congressman from West Virginia,
is said to be able to get an un-
derstanding interview with Eleanor
Roosevelt at any time. Gus Van
is still WOW when he appears on
Broadway, doing the same Yid-
dish h-Italian-Irish singing act that
he did when Mother was a debu-
ttante. Mesh blankets the circus
elephants will wear in the grand
march this season were bought
from a New York jeweler and
pocketbook maker. A name that
mixes pipe organ and bazooka Sir
Guy Standing.
Bob Brinkerhoff, cartoonist, who
does Little Mary Mixup, has been
used by several artists as a model
when kindliness. benevolence and
a gentlemanly bearing were want
ed. George Marcoux used Brinker-
hoff's face in doing the original
Prof. Kindly" for an advertising
firm. And Drinks friends testify
that his face reflects his character
There's a major movement on to
artify the subways. Mural paint
ers and just plain artists are to
be employed TO make the under
ground stations shine with enter
tanning uplift. How abou Ia few
comic strips, designed to be read
at full speed? You could get a
whole strip, from bow to pow, on
the walls between 242 street and
Times Square. A whole episode OF
Popeye fro Union Square to Comfy
Island. And imagine a laughing
subway crowd, if your imagination
is all oiled upl
What ever happened 10 the split
leather shoe strings with the wire
wound ends, that did such valiant
service in plow shoes? I've just
bought a pair of shoes with only
three big brassy eyelets on each
side. and the floppy uppers that
used to characterize farm shoes.