Show page 2 topaz tp paz times tune 3 Jjune 1943 7 TIMES TOPAZ TIM JOP republished published tuesdays thursdays and Saturdays at terr the central Ceen the Cen cantrall utahrelocation center trallutah TOPAZ V JV PE JOSEPH 1 I1 biyal m ar mar joseph ito concessionaire TO ito ca 1 71 s what staff thought sprang brain teaser this on them a few days ago naturally they par excellence grew up in an come within a mile of the jug- answer and in trying to atmosphere of barkers gl ers magicians side show explain to them the intriglers freaks hoichi koochi dancers cate super complex logic and the blare of merry involved we came near to po eo rounds born in cleveland a half a century ago ohio joe was thrown into the mael- L f i your brain today I1 biow hows on the beam timed the times me we ore before bof going completely batty beser kly but forthe for the problem isstrom of carnival life before an employer had a biffi he was able to crawl on his cult time deciding among 3 hands and knees job applicants finally joes parents were members of the first japanese he put the 53 into a room troupe to appear in the barnum and bailey circus back and told them that he in 1888 his father as prop man and cabinet maker and would place either a rod red his mother as juggler and musician they toured the or white mark on their states during the days when gilbert and sullivans foreheads the person who mikado was packing the houses and popularizing all could reason out that he had a red mark would get things japanese joe was already an ac- the job whereupon toe the before reaching his teens complis hed trouper complished having tasted the thrills and ad- employer blindfolded them ventures of the sawdust trail while operating conces- placed a red mark on all and removed imbued with carnival devor joo 51 of them sions with his father own up grew on when years out he and his for their blindfolds started each of the 3 applitoured all the cities towns and hamlets in the states way to cants the the could see the other east of the atlantic seaall 2 most but could not tell which of board besides playing in havana halana and canada but the concessions he ran were skill games such as ball mark he himself had I one of them by observing throws and shooting galleries how joe country the toe the of his parents desirous of seeing tho others acted or how they did not ho found much to his embarrass- rather visited japan in 1929 he that his unfamiliarity with the native ment tongue so after a and customs handicapped him considerably miserable and lonely year he returned to the united states even today in topaz he has difficulty in conversing with his issei friends usually during the winter months whenn the carnival season was through for the year joe spent his vacabut in tions in new orleans miami and palm beach 1941 he decided to visit california having had little chance to mingle with the nisei he enjoyed his brief contact with them while traveling up and down the coast just before the outbreak joe decided to of the war stay in san francisco before takis taki a quick and work r trip to japan with his aed q operating a0 f in cleveland on curio shop pure intestinal nal for tu G he accepted ala poa position delivering packages without V 4 san francisco knowing one ean another street from an other while he was busily and earnestly learning the to po graphy of san francisco war was declared from then on until evacuation his income dwindled with the passing of restrictions limiting travel perhaps when the summer months roll along joe ito might again heed the call of the carnival then after afler relocation if you see a quiet oriental running a booth somewhere in the midwest you probably wont be mistaken if you walk up to him and say hello joe othello joel henri tomoye takahashi mother who N N act was able to reason out that he had a red mark can you trace his reasonprocess 5 ing processo use theres no catch catchuse just plain straightfor- ward logic first saw the problem in esquire a few years ago then in one of the we pocket book more series recently march coronet so and in the pro- it altogether bably familiar to you but un- if you dont already know the answer were willing to give odds that you wont out be able to figure it VACATION INTERLUDE in town tions are for or the vaca- martha marthe from washington university ogi in st louis mary S ogil graduate of the school of librarianship at denver university niver sity soon to leave for the midwest shig ta graduate of ohio ka kabashi hashi who Is planuniversity ning to do graduate work at the university of chicago warren watanabe |