Show p p in wv about rt The Laws Law's Injustice ANTA MONICA CALIF SHad SANTA S Had Had it happened in an- an another another other on-other other country wed we'd sa say w What at curious ideas foreign foreign- foreigners foreigners foreigners ers have of law enforcement enforce enforce- enforcement enforcement ment A footpad with an evil record held up a victim A bystander saw the crime Identified the thIef The ruffian was held under Indictment Indict indict- indictment Indictment ment ut he could cou gIve bond The spec spectator was de tamed as a mate mate- materIal material material rial a witness witness a gen gem gen gen- gentie gentle tie tle way ot ut saying he hew w s locked up ex- ex exactly ex exactly as though he had been the crim- crim criminal crim criminal inal Well be he was irvin B S Cobb guilty of being poor Six months later came the trial The defendant having been out all that time lime on ball bait looked hale and hearty The prosecutions prosecution's witness was produced under guard pale and sIckly from close confinement It didn't help his health any when the crooks crook's attorney browbeat hIm yelled at him film practically accused hIm of perjury The Tha citizen sued cued the state for tor false imprisonment tor for loss of at wages for fol or separation from hl tam fam family ily Uy for all he d suffered Under the statutes he ha had no standing They threw hi his case out Meanwhile the convicted crook had been Keen released by the parole parol board and was free tree as a bird Aquatic Aquatic Novelties Novelties discoveries were INTEReSTING made In Hawaiian waters by gov gov- government government government Ichthyologists For fear the similarity of o sound may lead to wrong impressions let me state that this department has nothing to do with Secretary Ickes although since Ichthyology pertains to fish Mme Secretary Perkins might pos pos- possibly pos pas possibly sibly have a contrary view on this point Because they do say there are moments In the cabinet when all is not sweetness and accord However the point is that Uncle Sams Sam's piscatorial sharps dredged up upa upa upa a fish that Is most delectable for lor or sIx months of o the year but poisonous the other six months So Sp a af least they've found a creature emblematic ic of the California climate Let Lot this be regarded around here as treason I will state that Im I'm as loyal a native stepson as any that ever came cams out ot of o Iowa having been here long enough now to join in passing resolutions endorsing the scenery and at intervals uttering three loud ringing cheers for the sunsets Also let envious Florida refrain from gloating To typify Florida's climate that fish would be good only four months of ot the year and power power- powerfully powerfully fully hard to put up with the rest of the time w Lecturing Adventures TN ALABAMA is a sect which for lor- for forbids IN 1 bids its converts to laugh or even smile Now I know who It waS bought out the house when I delivered a humorous lecture down there The other day a chap me why I didn't go back on the lecture platform I told him Id I'd appeared in practically every sizable town In America and though it was years ago and probably popular indIgnation indignation tion had abated now still I wasn't taking any chances I chances I was waiting for some new towns to be built Once I tried the experiment ot of sUpping slipping around to the front door to hear what the crowd said coming out That was the night I attempted suicide by gas but was saved when someone passing through the hotel corridor smelled smelted something that smelled even worse than the hotel smelled A lecturers lecturer's lot is not a happy one But usually It its s the audience that suffers most a Eating Oysters S a brand new movemEnt THERE called oysters eat In any month month- you month you please movement or unless youre you're working v on space rates it may be called E 0 O I A A M Y P PM M Hl tor for short Its sponsor says rays the prejudIce against eating oysters in months having an r ur In them Is a fallacy dating back 2 years when between hie hiccoughs coughs a Roman senator said Oysters should be eaten only Anly In certain seasons So It appear appears weve we've been penalizing penalizing ing ourselves ever since then for foe the theof indigestion of a Roman senator although so far as eating the Ule CaB Cali Cali- Cali California California fornia tomia oyster is concerned he concerned he runs around forty to the dozen I dozen I per per- personally per personally could refrain retrain for the tha whole v year without any undue longIngs The California oyster looks some some- something something thing like a brass overall button suf suo suf- suf suffering suffering fering from Still maybe It s all tor for the best Because during May June July and August Is he oyster does practIcally practically all his courting Theres There's lit lit- little lit Ue ht-Ue tie tle enough romance left in the world and and who am I to come een between an oyster ana his love Ute life lIe tie doesn't seem seelI to haIe haae ha Ie e any any- too much fun the rest of the time IRVIN S COBB COnD Senke r |