The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-06-02
BY Maude Tanlunson

Happening into the drugstore
recently for refreshing pause,
/ sat next to Mrs. A. M. Hardy
and she was telling me that she
gloried in the soda counter as a
meeting place for all America.
OF course there may be few
thousand unfortunate folks who
disdain the place but II really is
the spot where friends, lots of
men do 1t, can get together for a
short visit. One drugstore that
! go to has mirror down its
length. It's really interesting to
sit and watch the reflections Of
folks caught off guard and TO
catch bits of conversation. Some
man may talk of the batting av-
erage of his favorite baseball
player. Another group is talking
business, and as for the women,
they talk about everything. And
the children are like busy bees,
begging for ice cream cones.
Who Dat?
The annual American game of
guessing who's who" behind the
dark glasses that folks are putting
on these days is now underway,
Talk about masks, no disguise
could be more thorough. If one
doesn't know the dress, hairdo,
figure or walk of the person be-
hind the glasses who gives such
cordial greeting on Delmas on
summer day, one is at utter loss
as to the speakers identity. And
nothing Is more disconcerting
than to have to talk to a person
wearing dark glasses. The eyes
are part of the conversation and
hide them, one feels like one is
talking to a blank wall.
East. West--North. South
| used to think that cities laid
out north and south were the best
ever, but this east and west busi-
ness that goes on here has got
ten me down. Walk down Delmas
on sun shiny morning and its
like wearing binders, II one has
on glasses. II is the same in the
afternoon going the other way.
Unless your sight is extra strong
you are apt to pass your best
friend without knowing it. And
even best friends don't like to be
walked by without recognition,
even if it's the suns fault.
Peppermint Panacea
AT the station, | ran into Mrs.
S. Z. Cowan and Mrs. Garnet
Cameron down to see their sister.
Mrs. Pearl Young off on the first
leg of her trip home, which will
be Hattiesburg where she will Wis
1t friends before going on to Pan
ola, Ala. Mrs. Young, who has
been visiting her sisters for the
past three months, or more, gave
me her panacea for train sickness.
! suppose 1t can also be used for
car sickness. II is teaspoon of
essence of peppermint in half |
glass OF water. OF course after |
taking one may begin yodelling |
or break into singing Back in the |
Saddle Again" but it's worth |
trying.
The Queens Depart
With the final meeting of the
Junior Woman's Club for the !
1e49-50 year at Community Ac-
tivities building last Thursday,
the queens have departed from
the scene until the curtain rises
on meetings in the fall, That is,
all but the Progressive Club
which holds its last meeting be-
fore summer adjournment, at the
home of Mrs. W. c. Havens, June
0 when the election of officers
will take place. II will be in the
evening instead of the afternoon
as is the rule. The various gar
den clubs will continue meetings
through the summer and PEG
members will get together for one
social meeting a month The club
usually meets twice month.
Guests In Adkins Home
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Adkins are
expecting her mother, Mrs. J c.
Lewis, and her brother and sister
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Lewis
to arrive from Lawrence. Kans..
during the weekend to visit them
for some time.