Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-23
"Chirps'' ~
from the
Democrats Pen

Well, Sir, one of the metropolitan
dailies offered to give five bucks to
the one who would furnish the best
solution of the problem of Herr Hess
flight to auld bonnie Scotland.
What intrigues me is, how in the
name of Sam Hill is that paper to
know what is the best solution. 1t
would have to, wouldn't it to award
its prize. Then, if it does know, why,
in the name of all that's good and
holy. does it want to ask other peo-
pie. That newspaper must have
more money than it knows what to
do with.
Then, again, saw where this same
daily had published six of what they
called the "final' installment of let
tiers and each one, bless Peter, would
get five cart wheels. So I'm sorta
up in the air, like Hess himself, be-
fore he lit upon the Scottish "braes."
I'm just little late, but had a
solution, which l know would have
won the prize. just can't explain
why I think it would. If were to
be governed by experience, l would
stay off such bats as those. I've
burned the candle at both ends trying
to win first one $4,000 prize and then
another. When the result was an
nounced, there were about $500 names
as prize winners, but, search as l
might, l couldn't tree mine on the
list. 1 tell you, the best cure for
conceited individual is to get him to
try one of these exercises; if the
starch isn't taken out of him, then the
Atlantic Ocean is the only thing that
will soften him.
But, started to tell about my solu-
ton. I made an acrostic out of Hess
name, like this.
Hell
Exit
Scotland
Safe
He made his getaway from hell
on Earth and landed safe in Scotland.
How's that? 1 think that's all right.
1 would give any of you people per-
mission to use it, provided you'd
divvy up the five simoleons, when
they came rolling in.
Now, none of this sounds like there
was any cock-sureness on my part;
none of that conceit, just spoke of
which would lead to a downfall. Pm
just stating bald fact. That's con-
fidence not conceit, if you know what
mean. :. But it looks to me as if the
III and H" men had few words and
one went up in the air, because his
breathing wasn't very secure in the
lower areas of der Vaterland." I'm
not quite sure of my German, tho
by all the rules of natural proceed
ure, water" should be masculine.
Anyhow, l risked it,
Somebody wrote an explanation of
the No. German citizens flight,
comparing it to the Trojan horse. Of
course, that was before the age of
air ships, altho' there is one legend
of the uncertain days which told of a
young inventor who had visions of
air traffic in his minds eyes, so he
made wings of wax and fitted them
to his shoulders.
He, possibly, made better than he
anticipated because he scared away
at the first trial. His father warn
ed him, however, not to fly too near
the Sun-it would be dangerous. But,
as now, young people think old peo-
pie fools; so, I can hear him giving
the old man the Ha! Ha! and saying
to him: "I'll flop my wings when and
where please" Result was he went
up to speak to old Sol who appeared
to get hot over the intimacy. He
shed few rays on the wings of the
young aviator. They wilted and
down went the young fellow into the
sea, which ever since has been known
as the Icarean Sea from "Icarus'
the Inflated flyer. Seems to me that
would have been better legend than
the "horse" incident.
Coming down to later and historic
times, maybe our friend Hess was
like that fellow who made a motor
iously successful flight by steering
his plane in the opposite direction
from that in which he set out to ira
vel. "OneWay Carrigan," they call
ed him. Maybe our "Cherman" went
in the wrong direction, and he too,
has gained fame thereby. However,