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Show PLIGHT OF THE AGEDVhlle AGED . \ While \Vhlle Vhlle not a pleasant subject to dwell upon , an occasional look lookahead lookahead lookahead ahead to the condition which may surround old age would be ad- ad advisable advisable ad advisable - visable , even for those whose cucumstances cncumstances circumstances ' in 'In m eaily eally life are sat sat- satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory - - isfactory and whose future seems sepms secureVe secure . \ We \Ve Ve may we well II be reminded remmded that neaily neally nearly 80 per cent of all old oldpeople oldpeople oldpeople people are wholly or partially partial1y dependent upon others for support support.Yet supportYet . Yet many of these in eaily eally and middle life hfe were prosperous ; ; someeven someeven some someeven even wealthy . . ' \ Who \Vho Vho wealthyVho can not look about him and see acquaintances acqumntances who were wereonce wereonce wereonce once the envy of their neighbois neighbors neIgh bOIS , but who through business re- re reverses reverses re reverses - - verses , accidents , illness or extiavagance exhavagance extravagance aie ale now brought to feelth feel1hp feel feelthe the 1hp th sting stmg of poveity povelty1 poverty povelty1Usually ? Usually such disastcis disastms disasters might have been averted by a leaSOll- leaSOll reason- reason reasonable leaSOllable icason-able icason able - able exeicise exelClse exercise of prudence and thrift . Keeping up with one's ones one'sneighbors one'sneighbors onesneighbors ' neighbors in a false display of piosperity plosperity prosperity is one fruitful source of ofold ofold ofold old age poverty , and there are many others . \ Much 1\iuch 1 iuch of the misery miserywhich misery miserywhich " serywhich which accompanies old age might be avoided by looking ahead b be- be before be before - fore it is too late . . Correct this sentence : "I I " always invite criticism , and try to toprofit toprofit toprofit profit thereby . " . It would not be surprising surprising f fthat if that that well-known well known - tabloid , the theCongressional theCongressional theCongressional Congressional Record , , should become more spicy than usual next nextseSSIOn nextsession nextsession seSSIOn . . A writer declares that orld's orlds tiorld's orld'sproblems the ti wolld's wollds ' problems are solved before beforea a shaving mirror . A lot of them are solved before the one in inmilady's inmilady's inmilady's inmiladys " milady's miladys ' compact , too . . - . , 7 _ _ ' - . L i _ - - - It looks as if the unemployed will get jobs , even if Uncle Samhas Samhas Sam Samhas has to hire them all aU . . , i . * . Forty-foot Forty foot - highways are being beingurged being bemg urged , , which would call caIl for for36foot for3Gfoot foi36-foot foi36 foot 36-foot 36 foot 3G-foot 3G - trucks and buses . . Our proofreader want to know whether to spell it "boloney boloney " , " "balon balon "boloney"baloney boloneybaloney " "balonr "baloney baloney r , " or "bologna bologna " . " Chinese Chmese scientists have taken the pucker out of green per per- persimmons persimmons persimmons - simmons , , but are still baffled by the grapefruit squirt . . An explorer has discovered that tigers can cJ.n cJn . climb trees . The TheTammany TheTammany ThTammany ( Tammany tiger appears to Lo be up a rather tall taIl one right now . e . " eIf If . as we are told , , every man has seven love affairs , a woman womanshould womanshould wornaishould should be sure he has had Sx SJX sax ) pievious plevious previous on ones ones s before she marrIes marrIeshlm marriesClam marries.him marrieshim . hlm Clam . I Our monetary policy will piobably plobably probably be settled by a check-up check up - to todetermme todetermine tdetermine ( determme determine which side has , > the most picturesque vocabulary . toI I |