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' theI I I I ' New Is " probably probabl7 the last la.t lat . time Ume 1cJ to 1cJrecount torecount torecount recount this th1a instance of 01 the humor humoroua humorow humorBUS oua ow Ity Icy ay play pIa playthat , . aat that that went on between betweenFDR betweenI'DR betweenTDR FDR I'DR IDR ' and end Henry 11eDJ7 WaUace Wallace When Mae MaeWest MaeWest Ma MaWest West . was .s s . suIn suing , frank Wallace tor for tordivorce fordivorce fordivorce divorce the papers paper . were tu1lof tuffof tufl tu1l tuff of si sid sidties lo-rtes lo rtes - - tie ties . headeduMae headed "Mae Mae uMae " West Charges Charles Wal Walla08 Walbtoe Wallaoe la08 btoe Unkind UnkIDd to Her ' The President Presidentac Presidentsctssored Presideniscissored ac sctssored sored one ClDe out and sent It to th the thevice thevice rice vice president with a note tn ( ( In hb his hbown hisown hisown own handwriting ) reading Henry henryIs HenryIs Is . thl this , the tho way to treat your wom worn women wornen wornen en ? " i IncidentI I Ernie Pyle r reported ed the Incident Incidentof incidentof Incidentof of captured Nazi General Generai von Schi Schl e eben eben eben ben . , who squawked to Yank corn cornmandera cornmenders cornmanders eI I mandera menders about American photogrd photogra photogrdpbera photographera photograpbers pbera phera taking taldn41 his picture without ask ask9C ig * 2 . Rqr pernilssion rIWaslon lsslon And d bow how Gen Gener Genoral Gencral ! er oral 1 CoUIna Cons CouTns r reminded minded Von Van Schi Schl ebeD ebeo ebeDthat ebeothat elx'nthat elxnthat ' that in the United States there is a sI sItree aree I ICree Cree tree ( pr press ss and we in the arm army armycangpt armcannot ? , canQ.9t canQ9t cangpt . stop our newspapers lrom from fromprinting fromprinting ( prinUn printing , the news and taking pc pcture p c ctares chires } ture tares . ' In Time ( or Life Lile ) a few edl edt edlI edlUon edttions edilions I Uon tions . ago we read what the ph t g grapher grapher grapher rapher said when Von Van Schi Schl eber eberbarked eberbarked eberbarked barked Oh I am bored with you youAmerican youAmerican youAmerican American photographers taking r y ypicture ypicture ypicture picture The American hoc sf s f r c s ! sman aman man ( who understo d Gt Ge Gr ( r , ar n ) snapped mapped back And 1mb I m b red tdk tak tdklog taklog tdkIng log pictures of captured Nazi gen genuala genoral generals uala oral . ' ' . I I IThis This Is I . the newest Russian RU'I'IlaD RUIIlaD ' ' gagoverheard gag gagoverheard gagoverheard overheard at the Madison B r ScIvan 'c c Sc ScIvan < ' Ivan van Ivanovltch Ivanovitch died gallantly i tt It f e emidst tmidst fmidst midst of battle sobbed Katerii Kateril Kateri , aMIkhaUovna 8 a 8MlkbnUovna aMlkhallovna MlkbnUovna Mlkhallovna Mfkhallovitch Mlkhallovltch Mfkhailovitch Y Lsay c \ . csay say he uttered my name with his lastbreath lasl last laslbreathy lastbreath breathy breath ? ' ' Part of It replied the nt rut n t modsoldier rned rued rnedsoldier ruedsoldier soldier only part of It ItI itAn i iAn I An Ironic fact Is that George M MI MCohan MCohan 'Cohan Cohan I ' Cohan never could scribble IIcribble suecessful sue suecessful suecessful cessful ditty about baseb 11 II thsport the thesport thesport * sport be he loved so much Cot Col an at atall atall aiall all Broadway knew was a s P 10 to 10Grounds toGrounds laGrounds Grounds faithful Yet the two song songs songshe songihe . he wrote about baseball were never neverperformed neverperformed nevelperformed performed more than a few tired tiredtimes tiredtimes tiredtimes times . , even with John McGraw and andthe andthe andthe I the Giants- Giants Giantslending Glanta-Iendins Glanta Iendins - - lending themselves to ill its illI illpl"omoUon itspromotion iUpromotion pl"omoUon plomoUon promotion " Yet Albert Von Tilier Tilzer TIl er 1 , 1'Take ' "Take Take uTake 'Take " Me Out to the Ball Game GameI Gameid Gameis I id a as . famous as the game itself anc and ancYon andVon andVon Yon Von TUzer Tilzer saw his first baseball con contest conteat contest test teat only a short while back aftel aftei aftelbJs afteihis aftelhis bJs his tune had been played and sun sung sungfor suntor ( , lor for decadesTake decades'Take decadesI decades I ' Take 'Take Me etc was not the firs firsbasebaU firsbaseball firsbaseball basebaU baseball song ever written IfI8 I l \fI8 fI8 188 188a \ 188a 8 a ballplayer named Kelly v . was \ 'IS IS ' s ai III am 10 to 10up toup ioup up in Boston A ta fa thful far t f u II s rill r 11Ic I I liea , ( a ditty tagged Slide Kellv Kelly Keilv Sl SI I de deThe deThe deThe The three-word three word - - phrase bica blCd e i r rI n rIpopular npopular npopular popular than the sor SOl gA g gA A son song & , was responsible f r r Dn fin sl 51 slIng 51tog sIng ) Ing tog a baseball Stl stirs st ; r B . 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