Show what thinks about Corned Beef and Plagiarism CALIF A r A The luncheon of our Writers Writers' Writ ers' ers Club Inc Red Inc is a 1 weekly function with corned beef and cabbage bb age ad plagiarism ism charges This week we had with us the leading fiction writer of oC the Pacific slope Mr the tho local weather fore Core caster Another guest was William A A. A Brady Drady the grand old man maD of ot the American stage with great grent tales of the ancient days s j when to qualify ns as y f e a trouper one had fi j b d 7 t-l t to be a n pedestrian 4 Before they asked r y you o n whether you C could 0 u 1 d act net the they y found out but w what h n t A Ai i f kind of a n walker valker you yon were But how many tunny 0 of t tho those s e sure footed California Califor Califor- nia beg beginners Inn e r s counted crossties crossties crossties cross- cross Irvin In S S. S Cobb ties as ns they trudged Into enduring fame Belasco Belasco Be- Be lasco Insco and Tom Wise and Frank Bacon and Holbrook Blinn and Dave Warfield and many another We also welcomed some new members Were We're very exclusive There are groups here that'll take In people who even en failed to make the thc Book of or the Month club But Butto Butto Butto to Join up with us you must have written something significant significant-in- significant In In Insurance or promissory notes or booster slogans Were We're angling now for a distinguished new figure In Inthe Inthe n the field of literature He does doeg writing sky by the way New Deals Deal's 3rd Birthday illS being the third anniversary anniversary T T. T THIS sary of the New Deal I was just thinking that whether or not it lived through the early part of or next November Its folks could never never never nev nev- er reproach themselves es that they'd failed to give their darling baby- baby kins the lie best nursing money could coull bu buy Just then who ho should rush rushin in but Michael the courIer courier cour cour- Ier ler of the czar shouting that the thc U.S. U.S. U U. S. S marines had landed with a contradiction contradiction con con- of the exciting announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment made only yesterday by th the same fellow who took the message to Garcia that time time time- Hold on Im I'm ge getting all nU fled fied What Im I'm trying to say Is that one day the word for a n palpitating pal pal- palpitating pIn planet net was that Douglas Fairbanks Sr was positively vely goIng going go go- Ing to marry Lady Ashley whereas where where- as but 24 21 hours before he positively positive positive- ly Iy was not going goIn to marry La Lady Ashley Then finally he be did It Main M in Street Ambition NE B hears San Francisco would woul O ONE lure more mole Inhabitants In an nn effort effort effort ef ef- fort to overtake o Los Angeles But Bu wh why 1 And why do Americans get Jet drunk i on population statistics Its It's Its their headiest tipple Every time Uncle Sam l looses oses his hits census figures some towns lowns go Into mourning because they haven't grown grown any faster am and other towns have public dancing In the e streets b because ause a n swarm o of new people have moved in to mal make e train traffic congested and living inconvenient Incon Incon- and pleasant neighborhoods nel crowded Offhand I think of but one city whose ruling citizens mainly arc are content with things as they are aret are are- t the le lovely and fascinating city o of Charleston Elsewhere we appear to sh shore share re with the red ants the the mad passion to take on additional red ants ant until the lie anthill overflows and al althe nIl all the old resident ants are lost In Inthe Inthe inthe the shuffle Feminine Bank Rolls Ill cant can't people mind their thel W WHY own business A merchandising ing expert who probably was just Jus sitting around the house during the cold spell with nothing to do except except except ex ex- feed the stove made an nn exhaustive ex ex- Inquiry to find out what wha American women carry In their thel handbags He now reports that In addition to gobs of other things IncludIng including In In- eluding lipstick cigarettes hairpins hairpins hair hair- pins and recipes the average womans woman's worn worn- ans an's pocketbook contains G. G l In cash It was vas perhaps all nIl right for the tike gentleman to satisfy his morbid curiosity Where he be erred was In making his discovery public Just Jus consider how busy the boys hoys In congress congress con con- gress will be thinking up new taxes when they hear about that much money still being In clr circulation Politicians Politician Making Malting Claims Claim CONGRESS these mad March I IN days s 's are arc being much used for plain and Iud fancy claiming The Republicans claim the Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party part Is to blame for the re re- recent recent recent cent ent bad times and dese deserves es no credit for the lie better times now nou prevalent the Republican theory being that the good fairies mus must have brought em The Democrats claim that such bad had times as ns w weve we've ve had hat since they moved In were really Inherited from stretch the administration ad ad- the final 0 of of- previous pre ministration which as ns they seem to recall was one of the hest best tinges times for bad times anybody tn ever sa saw w. w IRVIN S. 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