Show Henry No Ski Enthusiast After Mountain Ride By HENRY McLEMORE l United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK Dec 22 The 22 The busness business bus busi ness of putting a ski on your right foot and another ski on your left left- foot skis being long pieces of board curled up at the end with points on em and sliding down a ahill ahill hill or mountain has become a tremendous industry in the past two years Every week week end end on which the snow flies lies thousands of otherwise J sane New Yorkers are leaving comfortable homes and firesides and nd putting on lots of muffs and mufflers heading Into the unexplored unexplored unexplored territories of Maine and Vermont and contiguous inces Railroads run special ski trains as fast as they can put them to together together to- to gether and the thing has got so far out of hand this year that a steamship line has announced it itis itis is sending a boatload of ski people peo peo- pleto to Switzerland where they can an I annoy the Alps which Hannibal had trouble crossing even with ith the aid of elephants The big department stores of New York have placed skiing on the same basis as electric trains stylish stouts and garden hose The stores have ski jumps on which you can ski kl jump from over three escalators into ladies ladies' read ready to to The snow on these slides is artificial and know what its it's composed of of- but we suspect a base of soap flakes reinforced with rock salt Jack London would have loved it But reader I feel it a ChristI Christian Christian Chris Chris- tI tian n duty to tell you never to letany letany let letany any person no matter if its J. J Edgar Hoover never Hoover never let anybody put skis on your feet Go barefooted barefooted barefooted bare bare- footed before you let anyone put anything even resembling skis on your feet There must be a reputable reputable reputable rep rep- merchant in your neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- who handles brass Get yourself a pair and the moment any man wearing g skis transporting skis over his shoulder or carrying skis in his pocket approaches you let him have the brass directly back of the right ear a most vulnerable vulnerable vulnerable sp spot t. t I tell you this because I skied once It was on the t top p of a mountain At Lake Placid And at midnight I was on the very crest of the mountain the mountain the best mountain that Lake Placid afforded afforded af af- af- af forded at atthe the time and so far faras as Continued on Following Page |