Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
''Chirps'@
from the
Democrats Pen

plain to me what all this talk about
freezing means. I saw in the papers
that the United States was all hot
and bothered about freezing up Japan
in this country; and Japan was put
ting the United States on ice out there
in the Pacific.
And all the while-last week and
first of this-I was liquidating SO fast
that I was threatened with a trans
formation into a grease spot. Just
how anybody short of Pixies Peak,
Iceland, Laborador, or the Alaskan
Peninsula could talk about freezing,
I couldn't understand.
Reminds me of the early stages OF
the ice manufacturing business. The
commercial product hadn't made its
entrance into the far corners of this
or any other country. It is told that
on one occasion backwoodsman went
to town and entered place where
LIQUID refreshment was served. While
the bartender was making a mighty
cool sound with the shaker, our friend
asked:
whats that making noise in
that tin cup?"
"That's ice," was the reply.
"G'way, man." said the thirsty soul,
"I'm not so green as I look. Ice!
Ice, hell, whoever heard of ice in Au-
gust?"
And so I say-profanity deleted-
whoever heard of all that freezing in
such weather as we've been having.
If there's any freezing part of this
country, I'd certainly like to pitch my
tent there or whereabouts. This hot
weather is enough to set man crazy.
] did read about man who went crazy
trying to find the shady side of the
street. That's all right; nothing un-
usual about a man hunting shade;
but, in this case, one can readily see
what effect the heat had on the poor
soul, when he was trying to find the
shady side exactly at IL o'clock, mid
day. The fellow certainly was WOODY,
but I don't wonder; the heat was a
very fair sample Of what might be in
store when we leave this country and
don't go to japan either.
But, here comes another view Of it:
MY old friend and fellowchump, Les
lie Callahan, ST., says we don't know
what hot weather is. The Eastern
Shore, during this torridity, was a
cold storage plant, compared to the
temperature of the locality where ne
spent few days last week.
Grit, Leslie, excuse me, went down
to N'Orleans to attend Lions In
ternational Convention. He says we
don't know anything about how to
sweat up here. He was fearful he'd
resemble so closely a walking stick
when he got home, his friends
wouldn't know him. When he went
down there he prepared to roar with
the best of 'em, but he got so weak
he couldn't have extricated himself
from a mouse trap had he put his
foot in it. His roar was reduced to
a squeak before he headed for the
"Good Old Ea's'n Shot," and "bullieve''
it. or not, home looked sweeter than
ever before; and when he landed here,
he wanted to know where all the hot
weather was we were croaking about.
How-som-ever, he said people down
there went about their business just
as if it were all in the days stride.
He said some of the men didn't wear
much more than a collar button; and
the women could give our fair sex
cards and spades and beat 'em out,
when it came to dressin' to suit the
climate. And who blames 'em.
Well, Sir, sorta pitied these water
ing places. It was shame to take
the peoples money. Crowds jammed
the beaches and the only way on
earth to keep cool was to get into
the swim. And you know some peo-
ple get all hot and bothered trying
to do that, anyhow.
How-some-ever, there's good deal
dependent upon ones mental attitude.
You know, we all get mentally flus-
trated at times and that brings on
phvsical infirmities. Mental attitude
accounts for a lot. Reckon if one
would just stop for minute and say
to himself: "This is nice cool wealth
err" it would be that way-or wouldn't
it?
Maybe you've all heard the story
about little Johnny and his sick faith