OCR Text |
Show WALTER WINCHEEL ' WINCHEIXIKB TO ENOW? (You wouldn't T Oh. I'm oofly aoddyll That tha Queen of the nil islands ha MO husbands! hus-bands! i Bo why should this guy Solomon gat audi publicity?) aaa That the average annual Income of U. S. doe-tors doe-tors Is 13000. a a a That H. L. Mencken, one of tha country' heavier Intellectuals, never allowed hi mind to ba clouded by a college education. a e a That lawyers' briefs ara anything but that. (And their bills!) see That Jack uxidon's wife, Charmalne, cured him of his alcoholic appetite by allowing him to get "blind" one day a week Thursday. Jack got so disgusted with tha routine, he quit entirely, aaa That Oscar Wilde was a notorious llne-llftcr. a e a That all pictures showing Washington Crossing tha Delaware include the 6 Lars and Stripes, which vasn't created at tha time. aaa That La f cad to Heam, famous writer and aon of a Oreek mother and Irish father, married a Japanese woman and became a Jap citizen. (That making a bum outla Kipling "East I East," ate.) a a a That there are so many female hoboes on tha "road ' today tha railroads ought to run co-ad freight cars. (Slogan; Praila on Rails!) a a a That high heel ara Indirectly a causa of varicose vari-cose veins. a a There' a law In aom Ohio town against kissing kiss-ing a woman on public streets. (I'm still old-fashioned, old-fashioned, anyway.) aaa That a Boot recently arrived here ura thera ara more til La worn In tha U. 8. thaa In Scotland, 'aaa That hundred of million of Liberty bond which have been called by the Oov't. and which have long ceased to bear interest, have not been presented for redemption. (Who laid depression?) aaa That there are only four edition of Poe'i "Tamerlane" "Tam-erlane" In existence, and If you find a fifth you can retire for life. e e a That your chances of being murdered In Memphis Mem-phis are greater than In any other U. 8. city according ac-cording to official statistic. a a e That that ad offering IM for IBIS Liberty head nickel I a phoney. (There were none minted after 1B12.) aaa That the United State government nut out even kind of money, not Including coins. (I don't know what they are, either.) a a a That the first air-mail stamp (New York-Washington, York-Washington, 19 II I are aald to be worth 11000 each, aaa That not until February. 1112, did the people of Kentucky know Uut Madison was elected president presi-dent In the previous November. e e That the first typewriter was received with suspicion. It seemed subversive of exlsUng condition. condi-tion. (A reporter who took one Into a courtroom proved It real worth to a procreating nation.) a e That prise fight cannot be staged In Alaska or Washington, D. C. (They're federal territory and boose waa also Illegal in both these spots before be-fore prohibition, I mean.) a e e That although the Chrysler Is the second tallest building here, the observation tower of the Woolworth I higher than the Chrysler. e e That for the death aoene In "La Boheme" one of our grandeat movie actreeaee apant days In a Loa Angeles hospital watching people die, so that she would know how. - That Noel Coward's "Cavalcade" I a great motion picture, and Diana Wynward. the leading lady, l someone to cheer about I a e That many friend of Ben Franklin advised against his starting a newapaper because there wa on published in Bos Ion! e e e That aome people look upon the college yell as a useless accomplishment (Oh, I dunno. It cornea in handy in the fish business.) , (Copyright, lata. Dally Mirror. Inc.) |