The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-06-22
Lisht. Of New York
Ml.l. STEvENSO ON

Camouflage: A friend informed
me that on the road to Bear Noun
tain on q recent Sunday afternoon,
q funeral procession was Flooding
its way at q pace common to funeral
professions travelling state high.
ways. Fourteen cars, with shades
drawn, followed the hearse. It all
looked regular enough but the suspi-
/! cions of state trooper were aroused
principally by. the fact that no ceme-
terry could be reached easily by such
a route. So he sped his motorcycle
until he came to the hearse. Where
are you going?" he asked the driv.
er. The answer didn't satisfy the
trooper and he ordered the driver
to open the hearse. In il was no
body, the cargo consisting Of food,
including big supply Of ice cream.
and q large assortment Of liquors.
Further investigation showed that
the occupants Of the cars were
bound for a picnic and not q
funeral. The trooper recorded the
license numbers Of the autos and
headed the hearse driver for the
nearest police headquarters.
Post Surrender: The design for q
proposed victory arch, depicting the
four freedoms, which the Broadway
association plans to erect in Times
square after the war. has been
submitted to Mayor LaGuardia and
Edgar J. Nathan. president of the
borough of Manhattan. for approval.
The arch will be temporary and is
to be replaced by a permanent
structure following generally the
lines of the National war memorial
in front of the house of parliament
in Ottawa. which was dedicated by
King George vi. May 81. 1899. Both
the temporary and permanent
arches would be erected on the lis
land in Times square just north
of 43rd street. The cost is to be
met by the Broadway association
and by others having interests in
Times square. Miss Helen Lucia
Willoughby, daughter Of p. A. Will
loughby, chairman Of the general
committee. designed the arch.
Committing: According to reli-
able informant, New Workers who
maintain summer homes near the
metropolis pay more for their food
than they do in the city. The result
is that many a meal is cooked In
New York and eaten in the country.
One big purveyor Of ready-cooked
viands. with an establishment near
a railway terminal, does such a
heavy business that it is almost i'm
possible in the afternoon to get wait
ed on in time to catch train. Hence
wise ones place their orders as soon
as they arrive in the city or during
the day by telephone. That vegeta-
bles also travel from New York to
the country was revealed to my in
formant when he questioned deal
er in Old Greenwich, Conn.,. as to
why tomatoes, asparagus and mel
ons cost more than in the city. The
answer was the truck carriage from
New York-truck drivers being paid
! SIS q week. Maybe I should have
learned to drive a truck comment
| ed the commuter.
War Tales: In Australia, they're
telling that one day the son of Gen.
Douglas Macarthur asked his emf
nent father to explain the difference
between an ordinary rifle and Ga
rand repeating rifle. There's quite
a difference" the general is quoted
as having replied with SMILE Its
just as if spoke and then your
mother spoke"
This one is reported to be popu-
lar in London: An American soldier
was walking down Whitehall looking
from right to left. Finally. he
stopped a young British officer who
seemed deeply concerned about
something. Say" inquired the
Yank, "can you tell me which side
the war office is on?"
The Englishman pondered. I'm
not quite certain" he said at last,
"But think on our side.''
Similar: A few years back, BARI
tone Walter Cassel, currently Met
| ropolitan opera star, played juve-
nile in Jimmy Durante's show,
.'Stars in Your Eyes" Cassel met
| Durante the other evening and in
formed him of his rise in the must.
cal world. Durante, apparently only
trife awed, told Cassel he too had
travelled a long way since the old
days. having only recently appeared
in q heightened place, the swank
Copacabana.
de only difference" averred Du-
| rante, els dat where worked, dey
got a bar"
Cassel informed him that there
was also bar at the Met.
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