Evening star., 1942-07-08

Henry McLemore. grievances.
The board that draws up the
final plans of how the world-to-be
is going to be should include some
of us small fry whose elbows, knees,
and shoulders have been worn thin
by contact with life as she is lived
by the great majority of people.
Let the great minds have the
final say on the vast and sweeping
changes to be made. But, at the
same time allow the little voices to
be heard on the little things that
need improving.
Let us consider a few of the little
changes that should be made to
insure happier life in the future,
but which certainly won't be con-
sidered by men of such stature as
Mr.. Welles or Mr. Wallace. There
Is the matter of the moving picture
double-feature that, will never come
up at the peace table unless there is
a representative of us tiny folk on
hand. The double-feature causes
more misery than the common cold.
1t should be outlawed by interna-
tional law, and millions Of citizens
would be saved the torment of hav-
ing to sit through two hours of a
grade Y film, which was shot by
Brownie camera and acted by extras
making a comeback, in order to
see the one decent movie on the bill.
Postwar planning should also
include action against the movie
usher, the regal critter, who, while
you are stumbling about in the
dark, says Better seats will be
found one aisle over" and leaves
you to grope your way to a side
line seat from which the actors all
appear to be thin as rails and to
talk out OF the sides of their mouths.
Drugstore sandwiches should not be
overlooked when the world is given
a spring houseeleaning. 1t should
be the inalienable right of every
| -the-counter gourmet to be able
to determine what kind of sand
wich he is eating by the taste of it,
and not having to depend on the
word OF the waiter or waitress,
Particular attention should be paid
toward doing something for the
chicken salad sandwich. AS it is
now, bits of chicken sometimes are
| allowed to creep into 1t and spoil
the taste of the white meat of cell
cry, drumstick OF pork and thigh of
mayonnaise.
Bargain sales of all sorts should
be barred in the World of Tomor-
row. There isn't family living that
couldn't keep within its budget If it
were not for the fact that stores are
forever having extra values" day.
A man with so shirts will buy a 5lst
one If he sees chance to get a s2-
buy for the amazing price of s2.99.
woman, with enough petticoats for
the world to hide behind, will get up
bright and early and flght her way
through bowling mob to get
$296 petticoat marked down to $2.94.
Some law should be enacted that
will protect the driver of car from
being asked by the person at his
usually his wife) to close the back
door that has come open or half
open while the car is in motion. This
is probably'the orneriest task in the
world-this twisting around in the
drivers seat, throwing the left arm
out OF joint, cricking the neck, and
yanking on the handle of a rafting
door. In the World of Tomorrow
the person in the front seat, who is
not driving, should be the one to
close the door, even if it does muss
up her dress and risk her hair do
being blown out Of place.
The showing of baby pictures by
parents should be taboo, too. Few
men or women have the poise, the
quickness of mind, the sweetness
of nature. to say the right and gra.
cious thing when proud parent
whips out a picture of blob of bare
daintiness stretched out on piano
bench.
These are just few of the many
things that we unimportant people
might be able to suggest. Let us
start now to groom delegate to the
peace table. If accompanied by
sugar-cured ham and $40 in stamps,
this department will be glad to ham
die suggestions for this important
post.
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