Smyrna times., 1941-11-27
The
What Not Shelf

to have R. Bell as guest columnist
last week after all. Any number
of people have said, "Sure enjoyed
Chips column this week." We could
wait until hardening of the arter-
les set in before anybody said to us
Sure enjoyed your What-Not this
week." All WELL Professional
jealousies!
Anyhow, we can enjoy good
case of self-pity-and besides-the
boys in the composing room read it.
They have to!
Dottie Handloff Footer, and her
Marv told us good one last week.
end. They live in Washington
where this happened, and they
swear it is true.
1t seems that a certain colored
man, who was arrested for doing
good carving job on a buddy, plead
ed insanity, and was taken to st.
Elizabeth's (Washington's Farm
hurst for a psychiatric examination.
When asked if all his people were
in the habit of carrying razors to
a dance, he replied, "Oh yassah!
It was an info'mal dance!"
Formal dances call for a cutlass.
Hardly ten minutes go by these
days without someone staring in
the Times Office window. They
stand and look and look, and some
times they say, "Oh, isn't she
cute" or Il think she's beauty"
or Doesn't she have lovely eyes?"
Ordinarily, it would be very fiat
tering- but-oh awright then. They
are looking at the pictures of the
babies in the Contest.
(This sentence is censored).
Little David Hudson is going to
grow up to be a gentleman and a
scholar He displayed a streak of
chivalry the other day that proves
it. During one of his visits at the
office, he was sitting on our lap
demonstrating an uncanny skill for
jamming typewriter keys, when he
turned and gave us a critical, head
to-foot survey. Say" he said,
why do you have your best dress
on, and where are you going"
1t happened to be a very old
dress with new collar, but David's
tact made it seem like an exclu-
sive Paris creation!
One of this towns Thanksgiving
No. 1 visitors was Marianne Webb's
young Marine, Ralph FAIRIES. Ralph
has been undergoing severe train
.ng at the Marine Barracks on Par
ris Island, S. G. They take it and
like it down there, and if any of
the "boobs" even look sullen, into
the brigg they go, to feast on bread
and water. Good humor and obed-
fence are stressed So is starch.
While Ralph was here he starch
ed his shirt so that he could show
off his uniform to his friends.
Ralph, however, was not needed in
the show, and his part was entirely
superf1uous. That shirt could have
supported the coat, trousers and
shoes single handed, and could have
walked from here to Taylor's
Bridge without straining wrinkle
Raymond e. c. Mulderic, alias
Moe of WILM's 5 o'clock Noes
Show, and George Buchanan (Robt. |
Taylor) Ogle, both of Wilmington,
(or is Mul from Chester?) visited
the Smyrna Little Theatre Monday
night, and gave some valuable sug-
gestions on rejuvenating the club
house stage set. Wilmington
Drama League Stage Manager
Ogle felt right at home, for this is
his seond visit. He even gave a
speech, which he swore (and how'll |
that he wouldn't do.
This was MuPs first trip to Smyr-
ma, and it was with trepidation that
he came-not knowing the welcome
he would get after his fued with
the What-Not. That is all we are
allowed to say about Mulderic. The
fued, you see, was called off Satur-
day, with much ceremony. AL
though nothing has been said pub
licly, the fued has been carried on,
hot and heavy. Anyhow, the
hatchet is buried, and all we can
say is that Mulderic is pretty.
And that he like the Rye-alto!
Theatre, of course.
And that he is going to wear
long pink tights in the Drama