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Show NOTHING SERIOUS . ly Dan Valentin Canasta if th newest card erue to hit Salt Lske City. Rich men play it, poor men play it Downtown stenographers play It during noon noun. And the eoedi up at the university are just wild about canasta. And plenty el local bmtUesssaea are coming home these Bights U a dirty hease aad a link full of aawashed dishes Jul because their wire have spent the afternoon after-noon slaving over a hot canasta table. j Which brings us up to the reflection that fads are funny. During the flapper days of the 20s. Salt Lake went nuts about mah-jongg a game played out of ivory sticks marked with Chinese symbols. In 1922, if yen didst own a mah-jongg set, yen Just didnt belong. During the depression, jigsaw puzzles bad their day. Remember? Nobody could afford to go anywhere, so everybody stayed home and tried to piece together intricate patterns. Remember how hard it was to piece together the blue sky in a scenic jigsawT After the jigsaws came backgammon. Anything to Stop Hoarding Everett Jennings of Ogden reports that be heard the following In a grocery store. An irritated male customer rushed into the store, threw down a $10 bill and told the clerk: kQulckTgIveme a case of coffee before all these selfish hosrders get it ail." Teacher, Givo Mo the Socrot The story Dr. M. Lynn Bennion, Salt Lake school superintendent, superintend-ent, told at the open house at the Dilworth school might be old but it's still funny. It concerns a pupil named Johnny who had an eye for pretty girls. It got so bad that Johnny's teacher sent a note home to Johnny's John-ny's mother. It resd: "Your son is a good student He is alert and grasps new knowledge quickly. But he spends most of bis time chasing pretty girls. Can you do something about it?" The mother read the note and sent back the following reply: Very Interested to get your note. Sony I cant help ent with any suggestions. But if yen ever come scroti a wsy to stop Johnny from chasing girls, let me know. Hi use It en his father." If s Safer In the Ring Gene Fullmer, 19-year-old West Jordan lightweight priie fighter, has just about decided to concentrate on boxing. It's safer. A veteran of some 75 professional fights. Gene has never been hurt in a fight But when he ventures out of the ring, it's too bsd. Playing football. Gene suffered a broken leg and acquired a trick knee. And the ether night he played a little basketball and he had a tooth knocked out His manager, Marv Jensen, ssys he is going to confine Gene's recreation to the squared circle. The Boo Look Better G. Blsir Richardson was explaining the Utah state sesl to an out-of-stater the other day. He explained that the state sesl sported a beehive because the Utah folks were so industrious. 1 Bees work hard and long and live in colonies just Uke Vtahns," he said. "And," he added, "we used the beehive on the seal because it looks better than an ant hilL" ...... Sam, tho Sad Cynk, Sayst It looks like some people are trying to change the navy seng to "Anchors Away." ' |