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' ! , i . ii ! / i ' I about once in m so oft.at oft'ft oft- oft often - : 'ft ft ' ' .at at . 'E E 'Eof ' en , of the supreme supremei " $ Yri supremeYri - ' ATO ; ; hour when they theytdU i o on ' ? f } -n n : < cyI / tdU S : ' d danced a n c e d wlth with the thethen " tOy .j j . A _ tS then prince of WalesIrvlD WalesIrvin Wales WalesIrvm Cobband and speakmg speaking " 5 of himIn himin him himin Irvm IrvlD Irvin S . . Cobb in a fondly senti sentI- sentImental senti- senti sentimental sentimental - - mental tone ' * " . as Dear David But even such a precious reml remi reminiscencc * . mscencc niscence suddenly becomes mIghty mIghtypale mightypale mightypale pale , mighty puny alongside nlongslde a pro- pro prospectlVe pro.spcctive prospcctive . - spectlVe spective achievement achlcvement which mlY may mlYchange maychange maychange : change the ancient slogan of maJ maJesty majesty majesty esty to "Honi Honi "Hom Hom "Horn Horn " soit SOlt qui Wally ViTally pense pease pensel ! " . . . Passing Passmg of or the Tra Train n Uutcher Butcher UutcherTHERE ButcherT ButcherHERE ButcherT THERE T HERE HERES S melancholy in thenews thenews the - news that the railroad ' tram train trambutcher trainbutcher trainbutcher butcher " is vanishing vanlshmg Soon , 11J.e 11Je like 11J.eso likeso likeso . so many fixtures fi'ttures fittures fictures ' of the passIng passInggeneratIon passinggeneration passinggeneration generatIon , such as the thc dried pota pota- potato potato - . to as cure for rheumatism and the thedroopmg thedrooping thedrooping droopmg drooping sidc\\ sidc sidctusker slde\\hlSker slde hlSker sidehisker \ \ tusker , , he'll hell be'll bell ' ' be an anextmct anextinct anextinct extmct extinct species . . In my earliest earl1est recollections of oftravel oftravel oftravel travel he hc has a fond place , , along alongw1th alongwith alongwith w1th with the lunch put up m in a congress congressshoe congressshoe congressshoe shoe box bo't bot boc ' , the cinder cmder in ill the eye and andthe andthe andthe the smell which made every day daycoach daycoach daycoach coach remind remmd you of woodpecker \\oodped.er oodped.er aoodped.er oodpecher a \ \ . s a snest anest snest snestOn nest . . On almost the first car trip I ever evermade evermade evermade made unaccompanied unaccompamed ' 'twas twas ' he who whosold whosold whosold sold me a sealed volume entitled ' Th > . Jolly Old Drummer's Drummers Drummcr's Drummcrs ' SpICY SpICYLIbrary SpicyLibrary SpicyLibrary LIbrary LIbraryl1th , " \ with \l1th l1th a whispered wll1spered warn warn- warnmg warning warning - ing mg not to break the wrapper be- be before before be before - fore leaving leavmg the tram train for fear ot of otarrest ofarrest ofarrest arrest I remember my guilty feel feelmg feeling feeling mg ing my youthful thrill of anticipa anhclpa- anhclpa antucipa anhclpatIon anticipation - . tion I got my money's moneys ' ' worth right rightthcre rightthere rightthere thcre there I didn't didnt ' ' get it , , later , , because becausc becauscthere becausethere there was notlung nothing m in that book you couldn't couldnt ' read at a meeting meetmg of thc the thcladles theladies theladies ladles ladies ' { aid lld with impunity . He was WlS : l indeed deed an engagIng engagIngSC0undrel engagingscoundrel engagingscoundrel SC0undrel scoundrel and engaging engagmg scoundrels scoundrelsgrow scoundrelsgrow scoundrelsgrow grow increasingly Increasmgly scarce There Therc s snotll1ng snothing snothing notll1ng nothing picturesque about an "m- "m m "in- "in in "mvestment "investment "in in "investment " - - vestment counselor " doing bus business businesswith businesswith mess messwith with the aid of ot a sucker suc1.er suc1er . list hst and a anew anew anew new issue of Bull Con preferred . S . . S . SUgly U Ugly ly Railroid Ra1lro'ld Ra1lrold Railrotd ' StatIons StatIonsNo StationsN StationsMATTER StationsXTO No N MATTER 1\1ATTER 1 1ATTER \ whIch3Y which \ way \\3Y 3Y \ ay you're youre you'regomg you'regoing you're-1-1 you're youre 1 ' - - going gomg , , it seems you must mustchange mustchange mustchange change trains tr3ms in Chicago , , and near neJr- neJr near- neJrIy nearby nearly - ly Iy by always , , change stations as wellChIcago wellChicago well wellChicago Chicago proudly boasts of more morerailroad morerailroad morerailroad railroad stations and uglier ones onesand onesand onesand and situated at more remote and andmconvement andinconvenient andinconvenient mconvement inconvenient intervals mtervals from one 3n- 3n an- an 3nothcr another an another - other othcr than any city anywhere It's Its It'sas It'sas It'sas Itsas ' as though once upon a time bme she sbe set setout setout setout out to collect the largest covey of oftr.l1ly oftr.uly oftruly tr.l1ly trl1ly tr.uly truly . . homely stations stahons m in theorld the \\orld orld v.orld vorld v.orldand \ worldand \ . orld3nd 3nd and then the bunch buncb flushed and scat scat- scattered scattered scattered - tered on her . Yet as far flr : as I can find out-cor- out cor outcorrect outcorrect out - cor correct - - rect me it if I err-therc's err therc's thercs err-there's there's theres err - there's theres ' no struc struc- structural structural - . tural reason.hy reason why \.hy .hy \ . hy through cars on onmost onmost onmost most lines Imes could not be sWltched switched sWltcheddIrectly switcheddirectly switcheddirectly dIrectly to the connecting connectmg lines Imes with With- Without without without - out being bemg brought into mto the heart of ofUle ofthe ofthe Ule the city . . Maybe Mlybe : Chicago loves the thedlshnchon thedistinction thedistinction dlshnchon distinction of being bemg the largest junc junc- june junctIon junction - . tion point pomt on earth earthS S . S . S . SIlungarrmn nungarnn Ilungarrmn ungarnn Duds Duels DudsYOUR DuelsV DncisVT'O'UR DncisVTOUR YOUR V ' OUR ' correspondent has been beenqUIte been1 .1 1 . . quite calm about that Budapest Budapestdoctor's Budapestdoctor's Budapestdoctor's Budapestdoctors doctor's doctors ' ' string strmg of nine nme duels . . I l1ved lived l1vedthrough livedthrough livedthrough through several sevcral Kentucky prImary prImaryelections primaryelections primaryelections elections , so a scrap where ) soudon't soudont ou oudon't OUdon't don't dont ' have to replace any divots divotsa divotsafterward divotsafterward a afterward terward leaves me comparative comp3ratIve- comp3ratIve comparative- comparatively comp3ratIve1y comparativeby - ly 1y by calm . calmThere's There's Theres ' nn on an average of 300 duels duelsevery duelsevery duelsevery every month m in Hungary , , but to date datethe datethe datethe the only fatalities fatnbbes fatalthes are among those thosewho thosewho thosewho who were wcre bored to death W3itmg waiting W3itmgfor waitingfor waitingfor for something to happen happe"1 happe1 happc " . . It's Its ' ' fine fineto fineto fineto to be able nhlc to appease your sacred sacredhonor sacredhonor sacredhonor honor without losing losmg any 1nY of your yoursacred yoursacred yoursacred sacred epidermis . If , in m the old da da3s das s , we'd wed wc'd wcd ' only had hadthat hadthat hadthat that system sstem } ) for adjusting pol1t1cal political pol1t1caldlITerences politicaldifferences politicaldifferences dlITerences differences , , I can think thmk of at least leastone leastone leastone one uncle and nnd several cousins COUS1l1S of ofmme ofmine ofmine ofmineho mme mine mmeho \\ho ho vlio \ \ might still sbll be nhve olIve alive and andvotmg andvoting andvoting votmg voting tha thc the regular Democr3hc Democratic Democr3hcticket Democraticticket Democraticticket ticket . , IRVIN S . COBnWNU COBBWNU COBB COBn . -WNU WNU @ - -WNU WNU - WNUSemce Scn Sen Ice |