| Show Scented Sailors Merchant Howls owls as Middies Find Bubble Bath Bargain By Frederick C. C Othman V WASHINGTON I I am not the theone theone theone one to charge the midshipmen of the U. U S. S Naval academy with taking bubble baths Neither do I accuse them of smelling like violets on Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day verbenas on Tuesday roses on Wednesday heliotropes on Thursday carnations on Friday geraniums on Saturday and lilies of the valley on Sunday Maybe Maybethe the navy doesn't smell sweet at atall atall atall all but the evidence gentlemen is official The merchants across this land as you may know have been bombarding congress with complaints about the government government government govern govern- ment selling our fighting men all kinds of merchandise from diamond rings to washing machines machines machines ma ma- chines at wholesale rates and tax free in post exchanges The house armed services committee commit commit- tee has been investigating howl l in Person And there were the storekeepers ers of Annapolis Md seat of naval learning howling in person person person per per- son about losing most of their business in luxury goods to the navys navy's 11 shops there for sailors only Among them was a wispy little gentleman W. W C C. C Armbruster Armbruster Armbruster Arm- Arm bruster who runs a gif giftie tie on Annapolis' Annapolis Main street I stocked a Daily Diary bubble bubble bub bub- ble bath to retail for he began A what cried Representative tive tl Jack Z Z Anderson of Cali Cal fornia A Daily Diary bubble bath repeated merchant Armbruster who seemed surprised that the gentleman from California was unfamiliar with it This comes in a package of seven tubes one for each day Sunday Monda Monday Tuesday and so on with a dif different different different dif dif- ferent perfume for each day As AsI I was saying the retail price was 1 per package plus 20 cosmetics tax And a very good- good selling i item tern it was too Bottom Drops Obit Oyt OytHe He had sold six gross of Daily Diary bubble bath in short order and had ordered another large supply when The bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom dropped out of or our Daily Diary bubble bath sales he said Investigation revealed that the naval academy's ships' ships stores had taken over the sale of Daily Dally Diary bubble bath and was re re- re tailing same tax free at per lovely smelling package This made the proprietor of the gif giftie tie bitter He protested to the tho manufacturer who was in inclined inclined inclined in- in to sympathize but who pointed out that the navy was selling 10 times times times-that's that's right 10 times times times-as as much Daily Diary bubble bath as Armbruster ever had I welcome competition he said choosing his words precisely precisely precisely pre pre- but I do not relish it from the government when it violates our trade fair-trade laws ignores its own excise taxes and does not even collect the Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- land sales tax Infantry Different That tal takes es care of the perfumed perfumed perfumed per per- fumed sailor situation the Infantry Infantry in infantry In- In fantry is different Its favorite fa purchase from post exchange stores seems to be diamond engagement engagement engagement en en- rings again at wholesale wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale and again tax free The jewelers were incensed Committee Committee Com Com- Counsel Robert W. W Smart was reeling off the soldiers' soldiers purchases purchases purchases pur pur- chases running mostly to gold watches silverware and dIamonds diamonds diamonds dia dIa- monds especially diamonds Mostly l the privates buy diamond diamond diamond dia dia- dia- dia mond rings he said They get engagement rings for half price Now here is one staff sergeant who bought two diamond wedding wedding wedding wed wed- ding rings at the same time You gather there was bigamy bigamy bigamy big big- amy involved inquired Representative Representative Representative Anderson There was romance in the theair theair theair air replied Attorney Smart And if I were any kind of re reporter reporter reporter re- re porter Id I'd drop over o to Annapolis Annapolis Annapolis Annap Annap- olis and sniff This being Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- the place should smell like geranium Copyright 1949 1940 by United Feature Syndicate |
