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E v. v Darling Durling All the worlds world's a stage a show Then learn thy part With all thy heart Or bear the burden of thy woe PaUI Pall das All the worl worlds world's s 's a stage isa is isa isa a saying generally credited to Shakespeare H However wever Palla Palla- das Greek epigrammatist said it 1100 years before Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shake Shake- speare was born The prophet Nostradamus a d dam a m u s predicted the current European war would end in Turkey John Howard Payne the American American American Amer Amer- ican who wrote Home Sweet SweetHome SweetHome SweetHome Home was buried in Tunis for 31 years before his remains were brought back to his native land In the World war men were killed and were wounded Way things are going now it seems there will be even more men killed and wounded in this war The Germans have had the most casualties so so far Now take the case of a date where one of the people concerned concerned concerned con con- does not show up on time How long should theother the theother theother other person wait 1 According to the tle experts if the one waiting waiting waiting wait wait- ing is a man he should wait 20 minutes for the lady no more no less A woman should not wait Walt more than 10 minutes for fora a man man We get a better idea of the effect of the rubber shortage on this country when we consider that before the war one factory used rubber in 30 different articles Michael Michael Michael Mi Mi- chael Arlen profited to the extent extent extent ex ex- tent of over from his novel The Green Hat Hat which was made into a play starring Katherine Cornell and a film starring Greta Garbo Mr r. r Arlen Arlen Arlen Ar Ar- len whose real name is Dikran is still around but doesn't seem to be bl doing much writing lately Victor Mas s i v e Thespian Vic is 6 feet 3 inches tall yet he was the shortest of five brothers brother During one period of ot his colorful career Mc Mc- fought a six-round six bout with Jack Johnson at Vancouver ver B. 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C During World War I Vic Vie was for a time the provost marshal of Bagdad William Powell has been a film actor for 21 years and is still going very strong That's That a very good record However that of Richard Richard Richard Rich Rich- ard Dix is a little better Dix has been in the films 25 years and has been a star for 21 years Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons Fitz- Fitz simmons genial race horse trainer He was born at Sheepshead Sheepshead Sheepshead head Bay Long Island in the vicinity of what was once Americas America's Americas America's Americas America's Amer Amer- ica's greatest race track I saw my first horse race at Sheepshead Sheepshead Sheepshead head bay Mr Fitz still lives at Sheepshead bay which incase incase in incase case you dont don't know is not very far from Coney Island It is a place where the fishing is wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- and the clam chowder is the best in the world What is called Coney Island nd c cia clam 1 a m mc mc c chowder h how o w d e r should really be called Sheepshead Bay clam chowder Ninety per cent of stenographers stenographers stenographers are women but a man Charles holds the record for taking and accurately accurate accurate- ly transcribing dictation Mr took dictation at the rate of words a minute The average efficient feminine stenographer can take dictation at the rate of words a min min- ute The demand is now so great that the federal government government government govern govern- ment asks only that a stenographer stenographer stenographer be able to take dictation at a rate of 80 words a minute The 30 pieces of silver for which Judas betrayed Christ would now be worth about 1128 in United States money It is continually said there is no money to be made in writing poetry yet James Whitcomb Whitcomb Whitcomb Whit- Whit comb RIley received a word for his poem An Old Sweetheart of Mine Many people keep their wrist watches on while operating a typewriter This is very bad for the watch and will soon cause it to be too fast or too slow About the best dog for use in the army is the Doberman Pinscher This breed Is a cross between a German German German Ger Ger- man shepherd dog and a fox terr terrier er and is named after the original breeder D Do Doberman o b e r m a a n. n 1 Many people believe the fox terrier is the smartest of all aU dogs The They may be right In Shakespeare's day school scho school l lin in the spring summer and fall started at 6 in the morning and and lasted until 6 at night In the winter the youngsters had to togo togo togo go to school from daybreak t to dusk Show this item to your young son so he will know what a lucky fellow he is to get out of school at 3 in the after after- noon When I was in grammar school there was an overflow w a couple of years so half-day half sessions were Intro intro- I had a wonderful break at that time I was in the morning morning morning morn morn- ing session went to school at 9 and was Yas through for the day at 12 no noon n. n King ling Features Syndicate |