Show Will Vill Rogers Urges Baby Registration All babies should be registered and no fooling according to Will ViII Rogers Americas America's cowboy humor humor- philosopher Several years ago Will Vill made a crack in one of his stories to fo the effect that down downin in his country Oklahoma to see seea a boy running around with a pair of britches on was good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough proof he has been born I still contend it does prove he has been born said Rogers but it dont don't prove where at no nor who to and that's mighty important Somewhat bothered by this classic classic classic clas clas- sic utterance of Rogers which still lives in every nook and cranny of the thc United St States tes I sought an appointment with Mr Rogers to ask him to consider the theother theother theother other side of the matter and to crack back the other way vay to offset the harm his witticism had unwittingly caused He received me on a beautiful morning at his con comfortable ranch on the rim of Santa Monica canyon canyon canyon can can- yon overlooking the Pacific ocean When I arrived in a taxicab taxicab taxi taxi- cab Will VilI his two boys and five were playing polo on the comedians comedian's private polo field After the chukker 1 I believe I that's what they call it was fin fin- m- m ish ed edVill Will Vill excused himself to his i guests r. by telling them he had to togo togo go see a feller about and came trudging up to the high highlawn highlawn highlawn lawn where I 1 sat basking in California's California's California's Cal Cal- famed sunshine I 1 explained my mission to him and he had some little trouble remembering remembering remembering re re- when he had written this utterance in question Finally Finally Finally Final Final- ly he recalled it had been published published published pub pub- in the Saturday Evening Post in 1926 and th then n grinned widely videly over the fact that his crack was still alive and lick kick ing Now here wait a minute he said I still think I was yas right When you see a boy running around wearing a pair of britches or without em for that matter I contend it is good proof he has been born Yes I r think so too I 1 admitted ed but it does not prove where he was born nor to whom and the thing we are after is to put na na- na- na tive-born tive American children in the position that they can prove at any time that they are American citizens You say it does prove he was born but it dont don't prove where at nor who to he ruminated slowly slow slow- v- v ly Yep youre you're right I just didn't go fur enough Ill I'll fix that Watch Vatch for it in one of my Sunday articles I can say more about it in one of them than I 1 can in the I daily ones and anyway I have to t I I use the daily ones to sort of keep the in shape Dang Dung that there rosebush This last was when the thorns of a n. munificent rose standard caught in my bushy locks and the actor leaned over to disengage it Well Vell so long Glad you come out Well We'll fix it lp so 50 the thel babies 11 git get registered l |