The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-28

an old Indian, Chief deap-Much-Puz-
zled. "This is quite an idea letting
the Indian inside race track once
q year." we said.
'White Man much good to Indi-
an" the chief replied. "Yeah fair"
"H0w?" we asked.
"White Man let Injun come to
track but no let him near betting
windows" said the chief.
1--WE never thought Of it quite that
way" we said. ''We thought the
Indian was kept from the windows
just because he didn't have two dol
lars"
Indian no think White Man small
enough to look at it like that" said
the Redman.
"What does an Indian think of his
annual view Of the White Man at
the races?"
"Heap interesting. Very good for
papoose. Pap0ose watch White Man
running around in circles trying to
run a clamshell into string of beads.
Make fine lesson. Red Man have no
juvenile problem"
"How does it affect the adult Red
Mani"
adult 1njun watch race crowd
ten minutes and know why White
Man so screwy. One thing puzzle
Red Man much"
whats that?"
white Man has plenty wampum,
plenty clothes, plenty food. Why he
always in such hurry to get more
wampum?"
'He does it for sport" we ex-
planned.
"Injun no understand that kind
of sport. Injun think sport means
to hunt, fish and shoot"
''That's what the White Man does
at race track. He hunts for good
things, fishes for tips and shoots the
bankroll."
''No fun hunt horse. More fun
hunt deer"
eyes, but all race-track addicts
think a horse is going to turn out
to be deer. We notice that the
Indians at race track sit down
most Of the time, yawn openly and
often 60 to sleep. They never stand
ON chair and YELL"
Indian got more sense"
"They never curse horse"
''No. Horse good friend of man."
"They never curse the boy on
horseback"
'Boy on horseback okay think In
dian"
"And we have never yet heard a
Red Man yell Foul, Thief or Rob
ber' at the races"
"Red Man not sure enough to yell
such things"
cat the end of the day we have
noticed that the Indian squaws look
J fresh, and gay and happy while the
white ladies look frazzled, exas-
perated and all in. How conner"
white lady more civilized" said
the chief. Indian squaw unciv-
! ilized."
| On yean!
"Oh plenty YEAH" concluded the
Indian.
Remaining the Stars
A. P. Herbert has the Idea of the
| Century. In fact Of all the cen
turtles. Realizing that the Greatest
Show on Earth has no popular fol-
lowing and no mass audiences be-
cause of the difficult names pinned
on the performers, he proposes that
something be done about it.
What show is he talking about?
The heavens at night! The great
boundless array Of stars and con-
stellatiOns.
Mr.. Herbert would label the stars
so that Joseph P. Doakes could feel
warm interest in them. And we
second the motion. Only an astron-
omer could oppose it. And he could
do so only because he wants to keep
the heavens all to himself, and has
the necessary reference books.
-
The man or woman never lived
who didn't wish to know the stars
and understand the heavens. But
what happens? One or two fiirta-
tons with all those t0ngue-twisting
names, and it's all over.
One bottle of Scotch and case Of
beer are being given to soldiers who
capture a Jap on Bougainville. We
| thought Scotch and beer worth more
than that everywhere ON earth.
| Spare Parts of Poultry Provide
Food Novelties" Headline.
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John Gunther has been divorced
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