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Show Strange as It Seems Dy John lllx iHt WfflMA Of Ik fllWf i . 11 f tH west CARRieolb - -- .ng7 NtWrOurlDlArtP rM IRtlAHO HoH-RAlPHtMlTcHfU, VS V lSupf fayorafln&pendence, Kin, I 7V , OZjs HA Won prim wiTH Mi V 'f 1 fl PoTti PtucftTtnewitwoRK. sJ V MteSSp foRPtTV 7 0,- . CKOTHETTJCQ MAYOR . . . What does a mayor do In his spare time? Honorable Ralph C Mitchell, mayor of Independence, Kan., crochets. For many year he ha crocheted, even before he became a mayor, and I Justly proud of hi work. "I entered soma of my work at th Neosho county fair under my mother-in-law's name," Mayor Mitchell says, "not only once, but several tlrqoa In fact, so often that my mother-in-law thought it best to discontinue dis-continue th practice. " Mayor Mitchell ha another hobby raising lions. H always ha several about hi horn and occasionally I photographed with on or two lion cub under hi arms. However, th mayor of Independence I quirk to defend hi crocheting. crochet-ing. "Now Uk Secretary of War Woodrlng," he says, "h' a sissy. He tat." Copyright, 19, for The Telegram |