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Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Sorority Gives
RUSHING Par+y

Gamma Alpha chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi sorority recently gave a
rushing party that was most in
genious as well as an enjoyable
affair.
Game of the evening was the
popular cootie, and the insect theme
was used in all the decorations,
spider and its web ornamenting the
invitations, with huge webs decorat-
ing the club rooms, with. bouquets
of chrysanthemumS adding note
of color.
In the game, Miss Helen Dudley
won high score prize and Miss
Blanche Channon, the consolation
Invitations were sent to: Mes
danes Mickey Geiger, Earl Thomp-
son, Aubra Freeman, Philip Swee-
ney; the Misses Helen Dudley,
Eleanor Doyle, Nowassa Westover
Frances Niles, Lucille Templeton,
Betty Hogue, Wildred Nelson,
Martha Davis, Dorothy Dobel,
Hulda Free and Blanche Channon.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
En+er+ains for
Thanksgiving

Mrs. Fannie G.. McCrory has been
enjoying visit from her son, Vale
McCrory of Phoenix, Arizona, and
Mrs. McCrory and their two chill
dren, Sue and John, who are spend
ing the Thanksgiving holidays in
Ell Centro.
In addition to the members of
her family, Mrs. McCrory enter
tanned as her guests at dinner
Thanksgiving day, Miss Martha
Davis, Miss Wildred Nelson, Miss
Zeila Wilkerson, all of Ell Centre
and Miss Meta Beardsley of San
Diego, former Ell Centran.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

SHOES
Ration Book l, Stamp 18. good
indefinitely for one pair rationed
shoes; Ration Book 3. airplane
stamp l, good indefinitely for one
pair of shoes.
MEATS, BUTTER, CHEESE
OILS
Ration Book 3, brown stamps G,
H. K, good through Dec. a. stamp
L good through Jan. /, 1914.
SUGAR
Ration Book 4, stamp 30, good
for five pounds of sugar through
Jan. Is, 1914.
CANNED GOODS
Ration Book 4. green stamps, A,
B, and c, good through Dec. 20.
GASOLINE
Coupon 8, A book, good for three
gallons through Jan. 81, 1914.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
CALENDAR
SATURDAY

Entire Nos club, 8, 10000 club.
Dance, $3.50, ElkS club.
SUNDAY
Sunday sevices, chuches.
Congregational meet, IL, Presby-
terian church.
Mission festival, IL, 2:30, Grace
Lutheran church.
O.E.S. Installation, 4:45, Masonic
temple.
Choir concert, 1880, Methodist
church.
MONDAY
Cactus Gavel club, 6:15, CalifOrnia
hotel.
Sea Scouts, 1880, Scotu hut. Il
Carpenters, 1880, Labor temple. -
Ell Centre lodge No. 384, F. and
A. M, 1880. Masonic temple.
O.E.S. Installation, 8, CaleXicO.
Luthern youth rally, 8, Holtville.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

Lutheran young people of Imper-
ial and Yuma valleys will attend
a youth rally Monday night in the
civic center, Holtville, 8 o'clock.
The Rev. Mr.. Thomas Coates, as
sistant executive secretary of the
International Walther League Of
flee, Chicago, ILL.,, is to be chief
speaker of the evening. The Rev.
Mr.. Coates is touring the west coast
in the interest of the Walther lea
que wartime service program.
The membership charter in the
International Walther League will
be presented to the Holtville and
the Yuma young peoples society,
these two groups having been ac-
cepted recently into membership.
The Ell -Brawley group was
the first of the valley groups to
join the International Walther
League.
At the recent convention of the
league, a new zone was added to
the district, to be known as the
Imperial Valley zone, including the
societies of Brawley, Ell Centre,
Holtville and Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
News Hens About
Valley Residents

Walter e. Havekorst of Los An
geles, formerly manager of the Ell
Centre branch, Bank of America
now with the headquarters in Los
Angeles. is spending a few days
with his mother and sister, Mrs.
Amelia Havekorst and Miss Vera
Havekorst of Meloland
Sgt. and Mrs. Charles P Thomas
arrived from Sherman, Texas this
week in time to enjoy Thanks
giving with their families, Sgt.
Thomas having Is days furlough,
being stationed at Camp Make.
Texas. st. Thomas is the son of
Mrs. Agnes Thomas of Ell Centre
and his wife. the former Lorene
Thomas, is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. L. Thomas, also of Ell
Centre
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
THE POST-PRESS

Established 1896.
Published Sundays as combined issue
Of Imperial Valley Press and The
Morning Post, by the Imperial Valley
Publishing Company, 625 State ST., El
Centro, California.
Paul jenkins, Publisher
and President
a. c. Johnston, President and Nd
vcrtiSng Manager; Mrs. Logan H.
Jenkins, Secretary.
Member United Press, California News
paper Publishers Assn. WcSt-lIolliday
Co. Inc, national representatives.
Rates. in combination with either The
Morning Post or Imperial Valley Press:
Single copy Sc; carrier paid -in-ad-
vance: l month, S1.00; 3 months.
S2.75; 6 months, S5.25; year, $1,000.
BY Mail: | month. S1.O0; 3 months
$3.50; 6 months, $3.50; l year, $500.
Outside of California S1.00 per month
fiat
Entered at Ell Centre. Calf, post
ledium to good cows 1912 rs, cutler /
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Ins+aIIs
Officers Sunday

Signal chapter No. 276, Order OF
the Eastern Star, will have its an
nual installation of officers, with
Mrs. B. o. Mitchell as worthy
matron, and Mr.. E. Lee Hiteman
as worthy patron. Sunday after
noon, 4:45 o'clock, in the Masonic
temple.
The installation is open to all
friends of the order and promises to
be a decidedly impressive affair.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28

Mrs. j. E. Burns presided as
worthy matron, and Guy L. Hatch,
at worthy patron, for their final
meeting Friday night in the Ma
sonic temple, with installation of
new officers of Signal chapter,
o. E. S. set for Sunday afternoon
at 4:45 o'clock in the Masonic tenn
pie.
Mrs. Burns invited as special
guests for the evening all the 1943
matrons of the valley chapters and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Birthday Party
Last Sunday

CaleXico, Nov. 81: A group of
friends gathered Sunday at the
Charles Williams home west of
CaleXico to celebrate Betty Will
liams' 18th birthday.
Games were played and refresh
ments served to: Ruby and Wanda
Smith, Beverly and Wanda Will
liams, Patricia Williams, Pauline
Mitlock, Bobby Lou Edge, June
Glass, Roberta and Robert Archi-
bald, Dwight Spears, Marian
Springer, Darline Kennedy, Virginia
Elan, Barbara Stinson, Marilyn
Ruge, Loleete Burr, Connie Smith,
Jerry Worthy, and Betty's sisters,
Peggy and Shirley Williams
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
PRESENT JEWELS

MID. Ibdlpl tlCyllOluo uldut CiiC
official presentation of her jewel to
Mrs. Burns in a beautiful ceremony
and Mrs. Burns had the pleasure of
preserving Mr.. Hatch with his
jewel
Coming as a complete surprise to
the worthy matron were a number
of gifts, one from her officers, one
from her associate matron, Mrs
B. o. Mitchell, worthy matron-e elect,
and several others as well.
AS a farewell tribute to Mrs
Reynolds, Mr.. Hatch conducted a
clever mock radio skit, in which
tokens of appreciation for her many
years of service to the order were
featured.
Upon completion of the meeting,
the group adjourned to the banquet
hall where beautiful decorations in
gold and white greeted them, Mrs.
Charles Correll, formerly secretary
for the chapter coming from San
Diego to perform this service for
Mrs. Burns.
Individual place mats in white
and gold, nut cups in the same
decorative theme, centerpiece, ef-
fective arrangements of Scotch
thistle, the corsages, all contrib
Ited to the setting.
Mrs. Walter Wakefield and Mrs.
Russell D. Hoy were the committee
in charge Of refreshments for the
evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
Past Ma+rons and
Patrons to Meet

Past Matrons and Patrons asso-
citation, Order of the Eastern Star
will have its monthly meeting Tues
day night, $50 o'clock in the
Masonic temple, having a pot luck
dinner, business meeting and card
game
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
All CLUB PLANS CAKE WALK

4-H CLUB PLANS CAKE WALK
Silsbee All club is giving a cake
walk on Tuesday night at 8 O'Clock
in the Silsbee school. the members
inviting everyone interested in this
type of dance to attend
H. Lee Landerman, assistant farm
advisor and All club leader, will
lead the program.
The proceeds from the cake walk
will be used in club activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-28
OF Interest to Women
Edited Ry Anne Hardy Davis
Outgoing O.E.S. Officers
Preside at Last Meetinq

also Ethel Martin, advisor for the
matornS, and Dorotha Fitzpatrick,
deputy grand matron for 1913.
Eeach member was presented
with an attractive glittering cor
sage in gold and white, the 1943
colors, with special corsageS for the
guests of honor.
All business for the year was
completed, annual reports were
made, and the presentation of the
jewels to Mrs. Burns and Mr.. Hatch
was made.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
Affair WITH Lily

||TNHEY told about his long
range platOnic affair with
Lily Langtry, the actress.
"They told about the time he
pulled off a heavyweight cham
pionship prizefight (FitzSimmon-
MaherD in his back yard.
They told 80 yarns 10 show
that he was too easy 10 be taken
in. and most of the Stories were
at least half true"
About Lily Langtry. allegedlv
the most beautiful woman in
the world Of the 70's and sos,
there is a lot. Roy had never
seen the friend Of kings. but
he went galootS over her from a
picture. He named his place
Langtry, and excursions were
organized 10 show people Roy
Bean in his tavern-court room at
LangtrY So. finally. a train
stopped there one day with the
Lily herself TO pay her respects
70 her bewhiSkered yahoo Of 4
lover. But alas and also dod-
blast il! Roy Bean was dead.
The Lily was, anyhow, in her
diftieS, fat and probably gray. SO
Roy died as all lovers would die
-aglOw with the vision of the
lady in all her glorious, un-fly-
blown youth.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
Social InseparabIes

A NIGHT club-the social in
"A Separables-Archduke Otto,
who was born 10 the royal pur-
ple-and Serge RUbenstein. who
was not Lately, we've been
trying TO master the art Of
summoning walters as the cap
tains and headwaiters do-a
rare accomplishment, difficult TO
deScribe-eXcept 10 say that it
sounds like a frustrated kiss.
A farewell drink to RAF
flight pilot, Duke DAILY, before
his departure overSeas-others
helping him celebrate his last
day in New York, being his
handsome bride, Paula Stone.
her pop and nom, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Stone, affectionately known
since their early stage days as
the Rolling Stones, Martin
Block. the radio ballroom man
and Capt. Frank CoiTyn, head Of
the aviation society, the early
birds and the first airman dar-
ing enough (for his time) 10 fly
under the Brooklyn bridge g.
Fred Stone tells me that his
brother-in-law. Rex Beach, the
novelist. after 80 years, has
given up smoking.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
Finally He Changes

nNE sunny morning. however,
~ something h ppened d 10
Hiram HoopSWing What it was
that hapepned 10 him. ! cannot
set down here because | DO not
know.
All I can ten YOU Is that the
man strode suddenly into his liv-
ing room and addressed himself
20 his wife.
"ImOgene," he stated "you
will listen To me-"
His wife looked up and blinked
in amaZement.
"Yes, Hiram? ." she ask G d.
What is il >"
81 am through" he announced
dramatically with flowers and
siIkwormS. The public wants
>lush and sex. and that's what
I'm going TO give them from now
on.
I'm tired OF SIaViRg for moth
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
His Wife Raves

4 NYHOW, ImOgare took D.
"A upon herself 10 criticize hor
husband work. Morning, noon.
and night she ran,cd and r3vcd.
"NhateVer are you working
on ." she would cry. Cant YOU
understand that people won't
buy books about the beauty Of
suburban rose bushes? or the
thoughts Of n SillSWOrm?
"Nhy don't YOU write some
thing that has some interest 10
it? Something that everybody
can understand.
Something about beautiful
young girl whose mother forgot
so ten her. and who has made
good in the big town, and who
marries some football hero at
the very end.
That's what people want 20
read. Not your junk"
Hiram Iloopswlng, sad and do
jcrtcd, would sit az hi, type
writer, putting az his pipe. He
would listen and l.,tln. And
when She was finished. which
was very seldom he'd venture a
few tinid words. N
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
New Appeal for Women

DAUL IIENREID. who seems
Il to have become the new
appeal for the women-joining
the ranks of such predecessors
as Charles Boyer, Jean Cabin,
Clark Gable. and a few others
=. The other afternoon over at
the Warner Bros. studio'in New
York. there was a mad stampede
OF all the women employees when
1enreid entered the building .
The pretty young secretary TO
Frank Armstrong was hurt i'm
the melee-cut lip and bruised
hand :. Zero MoStel, who defi-
nitely is not to be included
among the above heartbreakers,
broke up proceedings on a night
club dance floor the other night
in a hilarious take-off on a
Jitterbug routine. with the con-
nivance of pretty partner
A young major sitting with a
group of officers took IL seri-
ouSly and was about TO repri-
mand this miSbehaving buck pri-
Nate in the ill-fitting uniform
when a lieutenant colonel at the
same table checked him The
colonel was having the time OF
his life watching and finally,
the young major began 10 relax
smiled weakly grinned broadly
and then laughed out loud
lie summoned Joe Hoffman, the
captain Of the walters, who told
him the soldier clown on the
floor was Zero Mostel, the
comedian.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
Rare Apparition

THORNE SMITH AGAIN
One Of the greatest disasters
that happened 10 these Y. s. A.
IN the last 10 yelarS. next 70
Pearl Harbor Of course. was .lhe
death Of Thorne Smith. who
died in 1891. The rarest gift of
the stingy gods 10 humans is
The groteSque. cock-eyed, topSy-
turvy laughingly bawdy. cnoop-
crnatural mind. Thorne Smith
had it. John Collier has il. The
Partisan comic writer's had il
ta, laD, II is a rare apparition
in the L s. A. because we have
not Yet risen 10 the Domain Of
the Absurd in literature. So
Thornc Smith was an Event
You, of course. have seen his
TOPPER series on the screen
and his THE PASSIONATE
WITCH They are hilarious
nonsense. but authentic hilar-
iOuS nonsense a In RabelaiS, Gill
bert & Sullivan and John Col
Ter is the hardest thing 10 write.
You can't manufacture it. You
must be born a Thorne Smith
or a fBugS" Baer. with a brain
turned inside out. N
Here. then. is THE THORNE
SMITH 3-BAGGER" Double
day-Doran) right off the pickle
boat Here are SKIN AND
BONES" Ga skeleton. a man and
a bevy of spanking gals). THE
GLORIOUS POOL" (three peo-
pie who regained their youth
some high jinkSD and good old
TOPPER" again, who is as inn
mortal, il seems, as moonShine
and booze.
Having achieved the Scent
cigar and being on our way 10
mop up Hitler and Tojo, what
we need now is another Thorne
Smith. Hear our prayer!
Copyright. Is43. by King Features
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
By Mark He!!inger
HEIIINGER SHORT STORY
nmrluHlnIUunlnHIlluuHI

Meanwhile. Mrs Hoopswing
was going IN tor an extra ro-
nance or two, or five, or six, on
the outside.
She would leave Hiram eve
nlngS TO 90 10 the movies.
She would spend a night or two
a week away from home with
her dear cousin, Dora.
She knew. Of course, that she
was perfectly safe in doing
whatever she wished That hus-
band of hers was pretty dumb.
4 guy who writes about flow
crS would trust anybody!
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
Clubbing Leathernecks

4 T ANOTHER night club a
n couple of leatherneckS who
between them have accounted
for IS Jap planes in the Quad
alcanal fighting Mai. John L.
Smith 10 were his share) and
Capt. Marion Carl Che was salts
fed with 16) both look like
a couple Of Jale juniors &.
here. too. at dinner is a brainv
father and son duo. p. and
Denis NcEvoy-the latter just
returned from an important mis-
sion abroad.
4 promising newcomer is n
member Of the Ruth Cleary's
girl orchestra she is both
violiniSt and SoloiSt--her name
is NiCki Sringer.
4 trip down 20 the village for
an evening of diversion, preceded
by dinner.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04

ing. From now on, I'm descend
ing 10 the level of the lowl l V
mind. At once"
For the first time in tn hei =
married life, Imogene said moth
ing. She couldn't believe that
her husband had finally begun
so show traces of sense,
But Hiram did it. And how he
did il! For some four months,
he worked in a frenZled manner.
So they wanted dirt, did they :?
We'll. he'd show them.
lie pounded away on n novel
that was 10 advance the cause Of
bigger and better filth. And
when he finally brought the
completed work 10 a publisher,
il was snapped up Immediately.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
Siqned for Others

MORE, he was Immediately
VA signed for another. The
editions rolled off the press al a
great rate. There were two such
editions before publication and
that was only the beginning.
The checks began TO arrive
and fat and Juicy they were. TOO.
And Mrs. Imogcne HoopSWing.
as YOU can well imagine was a
very happy woman
She was fully determined 20
leave her sap hu b n d a few
months before. But things We're
quite different now II was eX-
aCtly as she confided TO her girl
friend one afternoon
I'D he crazy To leave Hiram
now" she said happily. why.
II looks as though the dope is
going to make fortune,
"I can get plenty of dough
from him, and l can still have
a many romanceS a. I wish.
He hasn't the slightest idea of
what's going on.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
FeIIow-in-a-Hurry

yellow in hurry in Fifth
L avenue-Lt. Douglas Fair
banks jeff Davis. king of the
hohoes Of America, drops in -.
tells me the hoboeS are all out
for the war-veven One-Eyed
Connolly is an Inspector Of gun
parts-at 80 cents an hour d.
Jeff shows me a letter and a
document from Secretary Nor
genthau, commencing him for
his countrywide tour in behalf
Of the war bond sales cur
rently. he is back In New York
10 AID the mayor IN driving the
derelictS from the Bowery into
constructive work for the gov
ernment-preferably on farms.
"If they can't see their way
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
Durante Back

pACK TO pep up Manhattan
I'D comes Jimmy Durante in Il
triumphal night club debut {.
It is an older Jimmy -- but still
boiSterouS. still an assassin of
English. still breaking up pianos
and scattering music sheets
Jim my "upses TO him and
shakes his head and hot.chaS--
he sneaks admiring glances at
himself in the mirror. straight
ems his bow tie, leers al the
beautiful maidenS who cluster
around him. bawlS out walters,
bullieS his old partner Eddie
jackson and all in all brin & 5
back memories of anther decade
when he and Eddie and Lou
Clayton were the kings of the
night club entertainers IN these
parts Jimmy Durante'S re-
turn is something TO cheer about.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
Nakedest Mortal

ID T HARRINGTON, " b o
Il would come out swinging in
other days if you limited he was
wearing a toupe. now does a
nightly head-stand in a silk
topper which denudes him Of the
dome-doily. 10 the hysterical de-
light OF the cash customers . &.
Harrington, bald, is about the
nakedest mortal you ever set
eyes upon ;, Five women at a
table, exchanging news about
their husbands overSeaS--MrS.
Vincent Sheean, Mrs Robert +.
Sherwood, Mrs Dwight Deere
Wiman. Mrs. Byron FOv and
Mrs. w. AveTell Hartman d.
at Lindys. Billy Rose. Ben
lIecht. Kurt WE'LL and Moss
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
New York Cava|cade By Louis Sobo|

DAPPER Chinese gentleman

nAPPER Chinese gentleman
~ with brief case under an
arm, trying to get a cab at Fifth
avenue and Filtieth street,.
V. Soong. brother of Nine Chi
ang Kai-Shek and said to be
her closest adviser In the
last seat in the last row at the
premiere of Harriet at the
Henry Miller, Mai. Charles Mac
Arthur watching his wife, Helen
Hayes. give the best perform
ance Of her career.
Another interested observer is
Lyman Beecher Stowe. grandson
Of the woman portrayed by Miss
Hayes-Harriet Beecher Stowe
Among the first nighters
who cheered were Grace Moore,
Mrs. w. Averell Hartman. 1t.
Eddy Duchin, Deems Taylor,
MeSsmore Kendall, Fannie Hurst
and Miss Walda Winchell.
A captain leads Al Jolson TO a
table away from the floorside at
a Broadway nitery and then
tells him 10 look around In
back of him on the wall is a
yellowed program dating back
10 1911-announcing Al Jolson' s
appearance at the Winter Gar
den in Robinson Crusoe il"
IF 1 could get a play like that
again. I'd go back on the stage
tomorrow" is Jolsen's comment.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
THE REALM
OF BOOKS
by BENJAMIN DecAsSERES

EDOY BEAN" - Folk fig,
IL ures' of a people are those
prolonged and giant creations of
The eXtravagant. the lawleSS and
the frustrated elements in the
lives of our work-a-day selves.
We are all the cowed victims
from cradle 90 the grave Of the
menacing finger Of parents, GUS
toms, laws, public opinion, clcr-
les and a mass of other you
can'ts" that seek 10 robotiZe us.
Emerson said that society was
everywhere in conspiracy against
the soul Of every living being.
And so we have Paul Bunyans,
ROlands. Robin Hoods. Davy
Crocketts. ST. Georges, Tyl
EulenSpiegels, Bluebeards - and
Roy Beans.
G. L. Sonnichson, a Staid
Texas professor, has written a
rattling good book entitled Roy
Bean (Macmillan). Roy was
"the law west Of the PecoS." He
died in 1903. And the stature
of this nimble-tongued liar and
sound three-bottle rascal Of the
Southwest has been growing
ever since. Why2 Because Roy
was the staggering. lying, rov-
ing sort of fellow that most Of
us would like 10 be-SecTetly.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04

clear to help Uncle Sam, then
let's put them in concentration
camps where guards will see
that they do their share"-in-
SiSts jeff.
On the very day that the pa
psrS report the disappearance"
of Barbara Bennett, her sister,
Joan, greets Morton Downey
affectionately as she invades a
popular nightclub with her hus-
band, Walter Wanger De-
spite his divorce from Barbara,
Downey still remains on the
friendliest terms with Joan and
Constance.
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
Bad Man Memories

GEE what inroads Judge"
~ Bean has made on the Sc
date. law-abi1ing ego of Prof.
Sonnichson. He dedicateS his
book to -"the memory of the
horse thieves, card sharpS,
drunks. killers and desperadoes
without whom there would be
no law west Of the PecoS."
The professor evidently likes
those fellows, as who of us do
not mainly in the movies, OF
courSe-but the movies are just
ourselves out on a tear. Any
how hers q sniff at this fellow
Roy Bean:
"They told about the time ne
held an inquest ove- a dead
body on which he had found $40
and a pistol. He fined the corpse
$40 for carrying concealed weap-
Ons.
"They told about the Irish
man who was brought into court
for killing Chinaman. Roy
turned him loose. remarking that
he had gone through his law
book and found that it was hom-
lcide tO kill a human being.
But, he said, I'll be damned if
1 can find any place where il
says it's against the law to kill
a Chinaman.'
They told about his habit OF
dlvOrcing couples he had mar
ried, though he had no legal
right 20 do so. explaining that
he only aimed to rectify his
errors
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
Duranty Scores
DURANTY.

WALTER DURANTY, the for
W eign corr Spondent. whose
latest book TSrarch for a Key"
IS a Scmiautobiographical novel
and about the best writing Job
he has turned out -. Duranty
likes cafe life Maxwell
Bodenhcim famed novelist and
poet Of other and happier days,
who is still trying 10 get himself
work at anything that will Weld
decent salary -. He writes
IN TO protest p recent state
ment In a newspaper that he
forced his verse recitations on
tearoom patrons in the village,
uninvitcd O.. Il was and always
have been hired and paid by tea
room proprietors 70 recite my
verse before genuinely applaud
ing audiences, he insists.
Copyright 1913. hy KING Yestur.s a
-
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-04
To His Loving Wife
Nd what's more important,
n he never will have"


All Of which was excellent
reasoning. II was excellent rea-
SoninG. that is. until the night
that Hiram brought home one Of
the first copies of his book and
presented il to his wife.
lie would have brought her
one before, he said, but he was
SuperStitiouS about such things.
Then he put on his hat and left
the apartment
Mrs. HoopSwing sat down 10
examine the book The title was
"Infidelity" And when she read
the dedication. She almost fell
through tho floor.
Infidelity'," IL read fs dedi-
Gated to my loving wife. Imo-
gene. As always, she il my in
Spration." -.
Copyright 1913 Nv King Featsres