Show I Give Up Leander Calendar Has Nary a Day Without Title By Frederick C. C Othman WASHINGTON F. F. F Leander Moorman of Peachtree street Douglas Ga is my boy and Im I'm all for him But Im I'm afraid hes he's losing the good fight for just one little week a year during which hell he'll be pestered by no no- body The suffering long-suffering Leander staked out the first seven days of April as National Leave Us Alone Week That was about three years ago and the idea was that nobody would ask anybody else during the week to buy milk for Hottentots cat eat apricot pie soak his feet in epsom salts contribute to the welfare of cats or wear a paper flower in his lapel Peace it was going going going go go- ing to be wonderful Now comes Thomas J. J Davis of the marketing marketing- division office of domestic commerce U. U S. S Department Department De De- of Comm Commerce to report that Leanders Leander's beautiful 11 dream has turned into nightmare of ot eat more popcorn to kind wear topaz days weeks and months Davis didn't put it in so many words he just reported the facts There is not one single day left leCt in 1950 that a man including Le Leander can call his own Of or Cheese and antI Onions Coming up is Idaho potato and onion week Size Large-Size week which has to do with the big economy package the Fig Festival Festival Festival Fes Fes- Apple Day Butter Day Chee Cheese e Festival and Holi Hollywood wood Salad Bowl month This is March and if the American Dairy association of 1 Chicago has its way everybody you too Leander is going to eat peaches and cottage cotlage cheese En route is Cranberry Week the idea is to make you eat em emIon emlong l Ion long o n g b before e f for o r e Thanksgiving Daughters Daughter's Day is coming up sponsoring this Im I'm inserting no comment of my own is the National National National Na Na- Cedar Chest Association The National Federation of Grandmothers clubs wants to glorify grandmothers on Grandmothers Grandmother's Grandmothers Grandmother's Grandmothers Grandmother's Grand Grand- mothers mother's Day Two associations associations associations of f feline Unc lovers have two separate cat weeks which come almost simultaneously I cant can't help hoping that my friend Leander is a cat hater Two T for lor Felines The National Cat Week of the American Feline Society Inc of New York designed to help save sav cats starts on Nov No 5 5 The National National National Na Na- Cat Week of National Cat Week Inc of Pittsburgh Pa intended to promote appreciation and understanding of cats begins begins begins be be- gins on N Nov 0 7 i. Poor Leander Hes He's got to observe observe observe ob ob- ob- ob serve Sleep Week the Ice Cream pream 1 Fiesta Vine Wine Week N National Kraut and Frankfurter Week and Poetry Day in Pennsylvania What hat makes his defeat more bitter still is that his own w week ek in which he had hoped to enjoy enjoy enjoy en en- joy his ease without one single solicitor ringing his doorbell has been tal taken en over by a number of competitors These include National Laugh Week which is not to be confused confused confused con con- fused with National Smile Week Perfect Shipping Month National Negro Health Week and Army Day I think Leander had better flee to Patagonia Ill I'll be waiting for him Copyright 1950 United Feature Syndicate |