Evening star., 1943-07-07

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name), who does column for the
Irish Times. Myles dotes on puns
and here's a typical one. The coll
umnist has a favorite dog named
Byrne Runaway but instead of being
distressed Myles simply took up the
study of the violin.
why" he told his friends,
shouldn't I fiddle while Byrne
roams."
Kalamazoo Popular.
The popularity Of the American
song Kalamazoo pretty well fin
ished off the use Of the letter "zed"
Tor ~ with the younger genera
ton. Zed didn't scan. Ice cream Is
cream ice and the Shelborne Hotel.
one of the Oldest and most famous
hostelries, has polite notice near
the cashiers cage reading, "The
management begs to intimate that
they do not cash cheques" The
Hibernian Catch Club instead of
being fighting club Is the oldest
male voice choral society in exist
ence. The biggest social event Of
the year is held in ZOO. which is
the second oldest in the world and
Is famed for breeding lions.
The real name for Dublin is Bale
Atha Cliath." Everybody rides biz
cycles and the girls skirts blow UP
to here, but a girl who wears slacks
is apt to be stopped on the street
and given lecture. There are city
police on guard in front of the Ital-
ian and German consular Offices.
The drama still flourishes with new
groups continually springing up.
Recently the Veritas group gave its
first program, announcing that the
group has for its aim "the produc-
tion from time to time of new plays
dealing with problems arising out
of the conflict of trying to act ac-
cording to principle in world that
seems to force reason to accept ma
terial satisfaction or cold, proud
self sufflciency as its lodestar in the
lonely time when illusion vanishes.
as vanish it must, if the mind is to
mature" Running time for the
show-one performance.
The American Office of War In
formation in one afternoon had re-
quests for an American flag and an
article on how to preserve telephone
poles as well as for information on
new cure for goiter. There are
more Smiths in the phone book
than there are OBriens. There are
7 Cohens, Is Browns and only a
column and half of Kellys. A
bookie is turf accountant. A stag
party with alcohol is a blitz and a
fine day or a grand evening is a
whizzer.
The Irish Army is divided into
separate branches known in Irish
Defense Force slang as "corpses and
carcasses." Those with actual
fighting functions are the corpses
and the services of supply are the
carcasses. Setting up exercises are
known as physical jerks" What
Fifth avenue is to New York, F
street is to Washington and Peach
tree street is to Atlanta, Grafton
street is to Dublin. The prettiest
girls in Ireland are said to pass by
on Saturdays between IL noon and
pm.
Nazi Flyers in Pubs.
The most discussed things in Dub
lin are the recent election and the
filming Of Henry the Fifth" by
Laurence Talivier at nearby Powers
Court. For this film 300 Irishmen
and horses we're hired as extras and
all the men had grown great boards.
At least one paper came out edi-
torially in favor of the boards being
kept on after the film was COM
pleted, saying it made the men more
he-mannish.
A bartender will ask you when
you order whisky, Large or small"
Dublin's favorite answer was given
by the late Prof. Tyrrell of Trinity
College, who said, There Is no such
thing as large whisky"
1t is not uncommon to see in
termed German flyers in the pubs
and restaurants. They are on pa
role just as are the English flyers
and are free to come and 60 as long
as they make no effort to escape.
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