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Douglass Welch Historic Utterances Just Too Utterly Good day to you all and particularly to redoubtable old ladies who defy the com I just now made it turned to an officer and said: You know Bar- was supposed to have done just that The story goes that slip waved the Stars and Stripes from the upper window of her home when Stonewall Jac’cson marched into Frederick Md at the head pf his Confederate troops And she is supposed to have said: “Shoot if you must this old gray head but spare your country’s flag” And he looked up and said: “It starts out like a poem but you are two words short on that second line" And she tried again: YOU must this but spare yotir she said” got it” Dooley-assure- Flanagan d that this made no difference whatever and the two reeled into McGrath’s homestead where a rousing wake was proceeding full blast Flanagan just made the grand piano in the front parlor when his legs gave way beneath him As he sank down his Jaw gave the ivory keys of the piano a terrific jolt AND JACKSON “SO YOU'RE over 90! Well Imagine that!” people would say to her and she would reply: “Yes and I never ter and my hair is It is hardly likely that she hung out J73YA874 4X732 course you understand I am not vouching for the truth of this incident Of “SnoOT IF YOU must this chestnut head with only a little gray at the temples but spare your country’s flag” He looked at them wide eyed then turned to hia friend Dooley and said in tones of soft admiration “It’s true that I never saw McGrath in real life but I must say he had a wonderful set of teeth!" And obviously that wouldn't have been a historic utterance The story first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in 1863 and was written by' a southern correspondent Jackson 1 2 3 ¥ ¥ Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass 1 Y 2 NT ? What do you bid now? true A — Four heart It that partner return to three heart Is In the nature ot a sign off but one must not lose sight otf the fact that he opened the bidding Vour hand hag the value of 13 points and partner’ return to heart makes It a moral that he ha four trump You should contract for game 1 ly AYA64KJ75 said: “Frankly I feel this lacks punch somehow “Now if a little old lady were to lean out the window and defy Jackson and his whole army why there we would have something’ and I would buy It” AND CURIOUSLY the writer wrote back: "I have investigated this Incident further and you’ll be astonished to know that there was an old lady who hung out the window" Whittier picked up his idea for the poem from that article - REGRET I am always sorry to see one of bur great legends debunked but the truth is most historic utterances are made up by professional wordsmiths writers and poets and like that and there is no truth in them I often wonder if Dewey really said: vulnerable AQ483 The bidding has proceeded: Sooth East 1 ? What do you bid? A — Pass This hand tempts many players into a two heart overcall which Is fraught with danger While prospects of game are remote at the present time the risk of a sizable penalty Is distinct Beware of hands In which you have three losing cards In the suit with which your adversary has opened the “You may fire when ready Gridley” at the Battle of Manila Bay bidding Q 6— As South you hold: A Q 93 AK Q J 10 9 4 ¥A6 A AQ1094 The bidding has proceeded: The bidding has proceeded: South West' North East 1 NT 1 Pass Pass ? What do you bid now? A — Two diamonds Offensive prospects on this hand are outstanding for when partner responds with one no trump to a club opening that shows a hand of about average high card 1 points) plus a strength probable club fit Since your holding Is all controls a slam Investigation should be begun If your reverse In diamonds elicits a club preference you can cue bid the ace of hearts next to see partner’s reaction (9-1- Q 3— As South you hold: 10 98 A4 3 YAK K9 2 are - IT SAYS HERE: At the edge of a farm in Tennessee: "Attention hunters: Please don’t shoot anything on my place that isn’t movin- g- It’s probably my hired man” Want ad in an Omaha papers ’Yioung lady 19 would like running elevator In an office building Has no experience and would prefer beginning in low building ” Notice on church bulletin board: Come early Sunday if you want a back seat Q 2— As South you hold: ac- told that the first version contained only a description of how Jackson’s soldiers shot at an American flag which had been left in the window of an unoccupied home because mostly there was nothing else handy to shoot at The editor sent it back and We The Catholic Digest tells about a nun aboard a bus who forgot the name of the street where she meant to get out She was upset momentarily but suddenly remembered a famous landmark just one block away Whereupon she startled the Other passengers by calling out to the driver “Please let me off at Tracy’s Tavern" 642 YAKJ75 who companied A3 you hold: The bidding has proceeded: West North East South a window gpd belittled the color and condition of her own hair If she were at the Window we can sdfely assume she would have said : her" 6— As South felt betstill like a young woman’s” said: “I don’t think I could top Q It could have happened like this: Gridley the captain approaches the admiral in his heavens “Good quarters Gridley” the admiral says “What are you doing here? A captain is supposed to be on the bridge of his ship during battle you know” AND GRIDLEY says: What do you bid now? A — Our choice is six spades Since partner has made a positive response to your two bla without the ace of clubs he surely has either the king ot diamonds or the king of hearts or both This solve the problem of disposing of the six of hearts for surely he must have a club suit as good as five to the king-jack Grin and Bear “Yes sir I know that I merely wanted to know If you think it’s time to fire” And Dewey suppose so” sap: Oh I But you see that wouldn’t make much of a historic utterance “Oh I Suppose So" Who would remember it a minute? It' By Lickty 64 The bidding has proceeded: What do you bid now? A — A drastic bid by you Is In order at this time While your hand started out with a value of 15 points It has Increased enormously as the bidding has developed for you solidify both of partner’s suits The Indicated call Is therefore three spades a cue bid forcing to game Partner can hardly play you for more Inasmuch as you passed East’s two spade bid which In Itself was rather a conservative maneuver Q 4— As South you 853 4KJ Q 1072 ¥ WtK tp: A Art jl tittr yNI L Jb 984 The bidding has proceeded: Sooth West North East 1 2 ¥ Pass Pass 1 Pass ? What do you bid now? A — Two no trump This may seem lather drastic with only six points In high cards but partner has shown a very powerful hand with a value of at least 19 points which gives the partnership a minimum of 25 points It seem to u It Is desirable to Indicate possession of a partial stopper In clubs Y Dr Van Dellen - Ever Get a Guilty Feeling? NY Jurors Have It Bad This New York law which makes determination of both guilt and choice of execution the duty of the jury is to my mind a bad law and m u c h too r o u g h on the citizen who did not sign articles to profes s i o n a 1 Solomon T h d law in effect for this becomes year the first time calls for the jury first to vote for guilt or Innocence In capital crimes and then to vote again for life or death for the condemned Nobody I ever heard of wants jury duty of any sort It is of course the citizen’s particularly If the prisoner In the dock eventually gets strapped Into the hot chair with his head shaved I think It vastly unfair of the state to saddle its responsibility on Sam Smith and Mamie Jones ' who ul d rather be home cutting the grass or making dinner than deciding whether a man lives or dies I THINK IT is wrong to make a professional out of an amateur with human life at stake to make a Solomon out of a citizen And I also think that there will be so much miscarriage of justice as jurors bend over backward not to bring in a “guilty” verdict that the law will be soon and justly repealed morally duty to heed the calL IT IS NOT the citizen’s duty to afflict his sleep with the knowledge that he and 11 other good men and true sent a man off to fry It is too much a butdet! on the nQnprQfessional In the case of Francis Bloeth convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of a Long Island woman and also suspected of killing two Long Island businessmen In 1959 the killer sneered at the panel as he left the courtroom “Have fun” he said “You called me a killer Sleep tight gents” This gibe from a killer Is cheap enough but It is more than sufficient to" haunt a pillow I have never sat on a murder jury but I have talked with people who have and the strain of handing In a decision which can influence the sentence of life or death is fantastic To compound this strain with the responsibility of becoming "executioner as well must be quadruply harrowing AT LEAST it would get me to such point that I would hesitate to vote for guilt In the first place if I had to decide fate in the second place On this premise I surmise that many fully accredited murderers will beat a guilty verdict If only because of the jury’s disinclination to be parcel to the pronouncement of sen- For bride with normal feet would be hard to marry off- The deforming process was begun when the children were between 2 and 6 years old after it was completed these women could hardly walk This was not the reason for binding but it did keep the women - indoors and out of temptation and mischiefr IT IS DIFFICULT to describe the appearance of these poor feet Molding and tight bandages raised the arches upward like a tent and shortened the feet The big toe was turned outward and ihe other four toes were bent un” ‘ der the soles When the mutilation was complete the heels and four smaller toes bore the weight of the body THE CANADIAN Journal of Surgery carried an article on the subject by two Chinese physicians living In Hong Kong These men say the gait had no resilience or spring and the women walked “with a stamping gait like wearing wooden stilts” It was almost impossible to go up and down stairs walk on a slope or run Wedding Bells? 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Naah!” f lotus-Shape- warned 5 ” d ered small and feet the acme of beauty He signed on for the full cruise and If the jury says the man’s guilty his duty Is to pronounce sentence hold: 10 Chinese consid- - just By C H Goren- hold: an under 30 years of age — No one knows-hothe custom started except that the ancient and she was inordinately proud of that fact And then an aide approached the general and said: “I suppose you realize general that the old lasy has just made a historic utterance which will go ringing down through history May I suggest you make a historic utterance on this occasion too?” Answers tofBridge Quiz Q 1— As South you lete and It -- By Bennett Cerf Flanagan burned into his pal Dooley just outside the Whlrlaway bar Neither distinguished citizen was feeling the slightest pain “Flanagan me boy” said Dooley “you’re Just in time to come to Me- - s Grath’s wake with me" “A fine idea” allowed Flanagan “but I never had the pleasure of your friend McGrath’s acquaintance” Thp practice of binding the feet of Chinese women existed more than a thousand years The fashion has become obsowould be diffi-cult to find this type of deform- ity in any worn- - A 15 Soaper Says Ancient Chinese Created Life Shorter Fcet-a- nd up" We are also told about Mrs Frietchie that although she was in her 90s at the time “Consider yourself reduced her hair had retained Its to sergeant Now tell the natural chestnut color except men: for a little gray at the temples -- Monday November 11 1963 Dr Van Dellen 4 MTfBBMTOllNlS S£A HARDLY LIKELY Just Try and Stop Me QUOTABLE: "A girl’s biggest asset is a man’s imagination” — Bob Hope — “The great use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts it”— William James “No one can cut new paths in company He must do that alone’’— Justice Holmes “It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness"— Confucius er - HEAVENS there general I am a colonel Colonels don’t give orders to the men directly You can only give orders to the men through a sergeant and I don’t see a And sergeant anywheres” Jackson — you didn’t mess around with him — said : “GOOD bara Frietchie coup-weath- The Salt Lake Tribune By Blake The whole incident is even more confused actually because now scholars tell us that Mrs Frietchie wasn’t In Frederick when Jackson rode In She was up country visiting her sister Alice who was ailing from a bad case of vapors a consequence of breathing too much night air “Tell the men not to shoot the flag and watch out they don’t knock off the old lady” And the officer said : manding generals of Invading armies “SHOOT IF old gray head country’s flag And he said: " “Now you’ve And he Annual ' Grants Lots |