Smyrna times., 1942-01-29
The
What Not Shelf

We had occasion to visit Fay and
Carl Crossley last week. We work
ed at the Equitable Trust Company
in Wilmington for four years with
Faysie, so we know her pretty
thoroughly, and since Carl is local
yokel, we know him pretty well
too. Anyhoo, Carl was Tubing
when we arrived, and Faysie, with
the bland innocence for which she
is noted, forwarded the information
that Carl was enjoying a Bubble
Bath.
ut doesn't leave ring" she ex-
planned carefully.
/ We were happy to hear that it
was Carl's preservation of energy,
and not his happy indulgence in
Bubbles!
And speaking of Bubble Baths
in our humble opinion, they are
grossly overrated. The bubbles are
too cold and the water is too hot,
and by the time you have pondered
and fumed over this state of af-
fairs, the bubbles have disappeared
anyhow, leaving nothing but a
sense of futility and a nice per-
fume. A quick, steaming shower
seems much less trouble than MAX
ing bubbles.
Local Boy Makes Good. Howard
Green, who was quite active as
the drummer boy in the old Smyr-
ma Band, has recently become Al
Green and his Cadets, and is play
ing for the capers of the Lotus
Pond customers. Judging from
the number of cars surrounding the
place Saturday night, GREENE must
make the kind of music they like,
and much!
The local committee for the Pres
ident's Birthday Ball, to be held in
Dover tomorrow night (Friday),
has decided to arrange for a bunch
of Smyrna girls to attend the dance
stag" At the dance, commit
tee will properly introduce them to
the service men stationed in Do
yer. In this way, each Lieutenant
will have his choice of dance part
ners, and each girl can enjoy the
popularity of lifetime among uni
forms. Evelyn Webb is local chair
man of these escort-less girls.
We may think food prices are
soaring, and complain bitterly, but
read what an article in The Out
post, written by Americans in
Britain, has to say about food con-
ditions in London:
GOOD EGGS
'How are your hens these days?
How many eggs did you get last
week 2"
With monthly ration of only
one egg per adult, four eggs per
child, the welfare of few hens in
the back yard has become a con-
topic for thousands of
new to the game of poultry
keeping. The game is, of course,
to get as many eggs as possible
from a few hens on a ration of |
meal and no corn.
And then the article goes on to
say: Americans may have to pay
a triffe more for onions, but they
can get them; milk may become
more expensive, but Americans can
be thankful that they are not lin
tied to one third of a pint a day
like adult Britons."
At long last, the Smyrna Little
Theatre has set the wheels of activ-
ity moving, by settling on date
for the next playful.
Monday, February 16, is the
weeks from this next
And service men in uniform will
be admitted free of charge, as the
Little Theatres part in aiding
morale for defense
Tickets will be 35 cents, tax in
Guided.
The two one-act plays will be the
poignant dramatic "Trifes," by
Susan Glasspell, and a burlesque on
.he old "mellerdrahma, Her Fatal
Beauty, or A Shop Girls Honor"
One play is stirring and tense, the
)ther ridiculous and funny.
'Trif1es" is being directed by Jay
Davis, and "Her Fatal Beauty" by
cd. Hill.
The audience will also play big
part, for they will have to imagine
here is a curtain! Due to the lack ]