Show i ce S THOUGHTS ON till MINUTE MAN rho minute man was a minute mail regardless of hours 0 0 0 lie ho was ready to ight any anil and nothing less titan live years was considered overtime lie ile came into being at bunker till which was not a golf course and nt at L hington which was wag not a sedan ile ho would have thought ho he wan being mollycoddled it if till nil ho he had been asked to a give up was coin cent fort ablo transportation and ilia two lumps of shirr buc r in his coffee e the minute mim man would have thought himself a five minute egg it t ho he felt it necessary for or ilia his government to mention ills his war obligations every time there was any mention of indigestion tablets beer whisky cigars end and toothpaste i 1 4 rationing was such a self culli vatch habit with him even in time of peace that in time of war ho he re gadded it as impeding the national effort it if he admitted ho he had an appetite for fresh meat tito tho minute man alan so called because lie ho watched the ilia minute hand on a clock when ills his country was la in peril lie he oven even watch the file hour handl hand the ono on tool he kept at hand at all times was his rifle and he was hs his own night and day shift it ills life was so hazardous that he lh thought ought saving his scalp was more important than saving money and he would have been a little sickened by the thought that he would b be recorded ded as doing his part U he h merely bought war bonds the bc minute man alan thought thou slit the minutes important and the ilia only price lie ho fixed on them was in terms of ufa life and death in urns time of war ho he thought hla his rights fully protected lf 11 at the end nd 31 f every minute ho he still had his gun and could replenish his powder tho the minute man mail never dreamed of 30 minute radio programs ams to arouse his patriotism to have listened to a 15 minute air appeal to his americanism every few hours would have made him feel fed insulted the minute man wanted his news straight raight tt and his battlo reports undiluted and the one thing his government never had to ask was wan shall we tell him now or do you think it would upset him the manuto man alan was a man every minute ile he won against incredible odds after years of heroism made secure a gr great eat nalie naile nion for nearly two centuries 4 NO CARDI to market vi arke to market some sugar to buy homo again home hams again sugar mo me pet eyel elmer twitchell is so BO timid these sugar bugar bug ar rationing days that he even address his wito wife as my sweet any more MIKE AND no leering fetid jests did they employ they used no jokes from smoking room or pit and yet down through the years they brought us joy dy by cleverness and decency and wit theirs was no search for situations vile no gags dug from the sewers ot of broadway clean wholesome comedy such was their style and they would have been out bt 6 place today farewell to mike farewell to td mey met er tool to them we bow and gladly give great thanks for they were comics to traditions true who never dug for laughs beneath wet planks I 1 P i 4 0 california to try dim out 11 headline le adline if it wants lessons it should take tak the ho matter up with connecticut 4 0 4 WAR wan TIME R B R TRAVEL fading out Is peter mower who always had to have a lower cramped in style Is bosley baer who ajo r e without a chair quite depressed Is peter cable he had to have a chair and table bananas site are hard bard to get due to st akings sin kings of bar banana taina boats boat by subs stoking sinking lem cm as it were in bunches bunc bun bas chos |