Smyrna times., 1943-08-26
orb BLES


Times. In order that you may be
better informed, Dribbles wishes to |
advise you that the normal weekly
circulation of this invaluable news
paper is somewhere in the neigh
borhood of twice the number you
named. 1t is only fair to suppose
that your guess was based upon
the information you possessed at
the time you lived a mile West of
this great city. Since you left
these parts, by taking in the sub
urbs, the circulation has increased
to its present record-an all high.
Son, anytime you wish to pass
along a word about your colds,
lprickley heat, or Dhobie itch, it's
OK by Dribbles. l don't know so
much about your not having a
mice smooth shoulder to lay your
head upon ?" No doubt, you have
one or more of these tucked away at
different points. I never knew
fox to run around telling his farm
er friends whose hen roost he in
tended raiding the net night. Quite
right A fox just could not bring
himself to do such thing. On the
whole, judging from the sound of
your letter, I would not say that
you were leading life of mascul-
inesolitude out there in India. Not
many of our Boys really debut
just try to get them to admit it.
More power to them.
Yesl A number OF the younger
folk around these parts are think
ing rather seriously about that
state of living, called marriage.
After all, you realize that this sort
of thing has been going on for
years. It's not new war time
custom just started. Then again,
it's considered the proper thing to
do when certain types of heart all
ments become chronic. The best of
families recommend it under var
ious conditions. And, no doubt, the
same sort of thing will be going on
when you return, after your "twen-
ty years in India" Bets are being
placed at fifty to three mills. Could
be, you may try it YOURSELF some
of these days. And, if you are as
good judge as your father was
back there a spell, you'll be
mighty lucky boy.
Jimmy, on the solid stuff, you've
hit her about right. Hope all the
young men feel the same way
about our Country when they re-
turn. 1t would be a wonderful
thing for our entire Nation, if peo-
Iple would only want to learn more
about their Government. Right
now. 1 think it is about the best a
man can find any place in the
world-yes and a little better than
that. his does not mean that it
cannot be improved-it can. The
Share Choppers in the South, the
, Tenement Districts in all of the
, larger cities are living proof of
this. The right sort of education,
with the proper kind of help, could
, do a lot in two or three genera
lions. 1, too, am true believer in
!. the saying THAT Charity Should
Start at Home" 1t just doesn't
make sense to dress a kid up in 6
; new suit of clothes, at your owr
expense, if you know that he intends
, to start a fight, and mess himself
all up, the very minute your bach
is turned. Time enough to do thi!
once the child has learned how t.
behave in overalls.
Son, you have forever earned the
i'll will of all HOGS in this world by
chasing the Axis dictators, ant
their supporters, with the barnyart
swine. If you ever studied the
' habits of a hog, you would realize
5 that they are not messy by choice
1t is the way most folks keep them
On the other hand, the Axis gang
sters you Boys are now fighting
Il are corrupt and dirty all the wa,
through. Human lives, human suf
q fering, we'll it just doesn't mean {
y thing to them even when they arr
T losing the fight. God should hav,
a just punishment for this kind O
T people. Nothing that the mind O
|. man could think of would ever b,
r able to infiict a just type of punish
:. ment on these men. None tina
t would repay, even in part, for thu
untold suffering they have caused
, in this world. My conception o
:, Hell would be comparative par
adise in which to house such blood,
! wolves. AS long as people live Oh
q this earth, they should give thank
to God daily that there was al
t, America at this time. Jimmy, you
! can always be mighty proud of tn,
n little old U. S. A. wherever you
may be stationed. Yes! Evel
q though you may be wearing tina
). long white beard you spoke abou
: in your letter. No doubt you ar
> playing Santa Claus to some fai
lady, and that is what brought thi
/ thought into your mind.
;. Since you remarked about tn
mails haino i1,anro1rod latol,r n.