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Show THE CITIZEN 15 AffftSoft Iftettroirffiic x Trying to write a column of non- sense every- - week reminds us of the old adage that "There's nothing new under the sun," which of course is not literally true, for there is little or no evidence that the ancients had anything to compare with many of our modem inventions. During the writer's comparatively short life have been developed the telephone and telegraph, electric light and power, the phonograph, automobile, radio and airplane, none of which seems to have existed in past civilizations. But some of the things they did have are quite wonderful to contemplate. For instance, in 538 B. iC., when Cyrus captured Babylon it was a city of three and four story houses on straight streets, forming squares and was fourteen miles square. A wall 85 feet thick and 335 feet high surrounded it and it was possible to drive and turn a four horse chariot on top of it. In 234 B. C., Cato said that the highest praise that could be given a man was to call him a good farmer. He spoke of tree trimming, weed cutA most talented sculptoress and ting, road building, plows and other author. Miss Caroline Parry has re- tools which seem quite modem to us. About fifty years B. C., Julius cently returned from New York City where she has been studying the past four years at one of the foremost art schools of this country, the Women's School of Art of Cooper Union, and has established her studio in this city. Miss Parry's works have a similar appeal to those of Cadman as she has made intensive studies of the tribal customs of the American Indian and finds her most vivid expression in portraying the romantic lore of these peoples in her plays and statues. She is the author of the beautiful playette, "Washane-na,- " which will be produced March 22 by the Ladies' Literary Club. Caesar built Rhine using driver. And married life a bridge across the some kind of a pile Aristotle wrote about in a way that would sound perfectly good today. A boy friend of ours says he don't mind girls smoking cigarettes so much, but he hopes they wont take up big black cigars and he positively refuses to marry one that chews tobacco. . What do you expect law makers to do, anyway, play tiddley-winor something? ks The Citizen hasn't been called upon to print any "Bottled in Bond" labels yet. Looks like the Chamber of Commerce was going right ahead selling the scenery, which adds emphasis to the fact that you have to sell what you have to sell. Jasmine," said Sambo, "Yo' all reminds me o brown sugah." How come Ah reminds yo--' o brown shugah, big boy ?" "Kaise yo all's so sweet and so unrefined." MORE POWER TO YOU If you should meet old Diogenes coming down the street at high noon one of these days in 1929 carrying his lighted lantern doubtless lie would tell you that he was looking for a place to park. Of course you do have to change I an automobile tire occasionally but think of the good old days when you had to bother with old Dobbin's fly nets. Aviation Grade The sum of $7,500,000 has been given to Yale for the study of man. If we want to know all about man wouldnt it be cheaper and quicker to ask the woman who owns one? Drive to a Super Pump Adds Wings to your Motor |