Evening star., 1943-08-11


rens have different colors, and you
are told to listen to them and, hav-
ing picked out the particular shade
that is wailing at the moment, to
do what that color calls for.
We had practice blackout here
last night, and as soon as the siren
started bowling l rushed into the
back yard to see If I could hear what
color 1t was. You know, as hard as
listened, I couldn't hear whether it
was red or blue. cooked my head
this way, I cooked my head that
way. I cupped my ears with my
hands, and that failing I went In
the kitchen and got two coffee cups
and cupped my ears with real. cups.
All to no avail So I put an ear to
the ground and succeeded only in
getting sandspur in it.
Looked Towards Sound.
decided to try to see the color
OF the noise. I fastened my ewes
on the sky In the direction from
which the sound was coming 1t was
undoubtedly the fault of my eyes.
But 1 never saw any color in the
howl Of the siren. The noise was lust
noise. 1t wasn't red, blue, old rose.
mauve, yellow, beige or dappled gray.
Naturally, I don't like to be color
blind to noises. particularly In
town that is as likely to be raided
by the Luftwaffe as this one is. No
one with a grain Of sense would
underestimate the Importance of
Daytona Beach as military OBJ
jective. It's natural.
Think of the lift it would give tha
now harassed German peonle tn
learn that the Daytona Beach bath
ing and fishing pier had been de-
stroyed by their planes. Can't vol
Just hear them, when the good news
was issued in a special communioue
gathering in little groups on Unter
den Linden and saying, mo more
nshing for those jerks in Davtona
beach. not off the pier anyway.
They'll have to surfcast for a while -
Inen there is our coquina rock
oandshel. To raze 1t with a bomb
that cost a hundred times as much
as the bandshell would be more
than part payment for what has
happened to Hamburg. And II vou
DON'T think the boys on the VIII
nelmstrasse would hand out some
gauoy medals to the pilots and
bombardiers who scored direct hits
on our Liggetts and Walgreens and
sears Roebuck stores and juke box
night clubs, you're crazy.
! Dogs Too Enthusiastic.
| But even If we didn't have tbes.
precious military targets, the black
outs would be essential to keep the
citizens aware that there Is a war
going on. After all, the only con-
tact that most of the families in tfi,
town have with the war Is that they
have some loved one in the services.
With this meager tie they are apt to
forget all about it. So, 1t is of great
value to have these practice alerts
which keep the citizens up half the
night and darting around trying to
distinguish between red and blue
noises.
The only way I have been able to
tell anywhere near accurately
whether the siren was blowing for a
olackout was to listen to the dogs
in the neighborhood. With their
sensitive ears, they howl like the
devil when it is time to blackout.
The only drawback to this system ia
that my mouse happened to be To-
Gated only few doors from a Coast
Guard station where there is a KEN
mel full of wags. These enthusi-
aStic canine patriots bark of and on
all night. AS a result, I am up and
down switching lights off and on
half my time. My house must look
like blinker beacon.
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