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C\ery C ery Ctery Cterymorning Cerymornlllg C\erymorning C erymorning \ mornlllg morning locking loohlng IooLlug spic splc spit and spin sp'ln spln span ' hegoes 11P tie 11Pgoes tiegoes goes out e\ldenly e ldenly cIdently eidently c\ c \ ' , Idently ( to business Yetin Yet Yettn Yetto tn to all ( those hose ( l\e l e he } \ \ e . } iears yvirs l'1rS l1rS ' a suit sllit stilt of .1othee 1othee elothe < . clotheshas : has ne\er ne er neer \ ' , hlln hung : in his closet and nnd noth nothIng nothinn nothing Ing inn Ins II1S his been found on the tbe (11 11 diesser ( dies eseer : er or orin orin orin in the tbe drawers ? \ Nor t\or t or or ha\e ha e h'1\e h'1 h1 hae ' \ ' , the cleantowels clean cleantowels cleantowels towels supplied each moining mOlnlng motning everbeen ever everbeen everbeen been used . e . eThe . The recent shooting shootlDg of n a chow by bya bya bya a count In an apartment house bouse corr coat coatdon corridor ! dor don , " with "Itb Itb subsequent court proceed proceedings proceedings lOgS ings . , brings brlnos to mind the fact fnct thatdaily that thatdally thatdaily dally daily elevator trouble occurs In a fashlonible fash rash fashlomble rashlonable lomble lonable residential hotel botel whpre wh"re whre where ( " guestsare guests guestsarE guestsare arE allowed to keep I.eep Ieep . dogs Gpnerally Generally Generallya Gpnerallya a couple of women battle but some some- sometImes sometimes sometimes - - times the seces se es are diversified The TheC'1use Thecause Thecause C'1use C1use cause ' Is always alwRys alw'1 alw1 ' s the tbe same Dogs gofor go gofor gofor for each other In the elevator elevntor and andtheir andtheir andtheir their owners take talee up the fusse fuss e . e . e * . eBack Rack Bach Back to the land note note- noteOne ' . - One molng moiug molngvan moiugvan mo\ingvan mo ingvan \ , ' van owner at Gaiden Galden Garden City , L I- I Iwhere I Iwhere - where many of The Seven Se\'en Se 'en en ' \ tlI11hon Million tlI11honsleephas Millionsleephas Millionsleep sleep-has sleep has - has mo\ed mo ed moed moted mo\ mo \ ed fifteen families f'1mllies f1mllies ' toConnecticut to toConnecticut toConnecticut Connecticut faims farms fm ms within wltbln the tile last few fewweeks fewweel.s fewweeks weekse weeks weel.s weels . e . e . e . eSpe Spe Speiking Ib.lng Iblng tking . of back to the hnd land hndthe.e's landthere's landtheie's landtheies the.e's the.es thees there's theres . ' that shack shacl . colony In la the Jer I sey meadows across ncross from the New'1rl\ New'1rl New1rl Newark New'1rlairport Newarkairport Newarkairport ' \ airport The meadow meal1o\\ meal1o meal1os mendow \ \ s ai 11 'ii ii ' ' e a those famousstretches f < 1mous famous 1mousstretcbed famousstretches stretcbed stretches of salt marsh m'1rsh m1rsh ' whkh whh.h whhh whlt.h whlth . . are stillun stili still stiliun stillan un an reclaimed despite the many plans plansthat plansthat plansthat that have been advanced ndvanced to m'lhe mlhe make m'lhethem makethem makethem ' them useful So far as this WrIter WrIterI WrIterknos writerknows writerknows I kno\\s kno s knows \ , nothing noUung has ever been r'1lsed r1lsed raised r'1lsedIn raisedIn raisedIn ' In the Jersey meadowb meadow meadows ! : > But the shackdwellers sh'1ck sh1ck shack sh'1ckdwellers shackdwellers ' dwellers have bave laid Inld out neat nent littlefarms little littlefarms littlefarms farms and the caily early eny : ) Indications arethat are aretbat arethat tbat that they will bring brlOg forth fortb crops @ 1933 1 33 Boll Bell Syndlcate-WNUService Syndlcate WNUService SndlcnteWNU Syndicate Sndlcnte ) -WNU WNU - WNU Service Servlco . . |