Show 4 A i ab about Prehistoric Lore DEL T EL RIO TEXAS According Ac Ac- 11 cording to the scientists who have a great way o of naming earthly phenomena without inquiring into the wishes of the phenomena weare we weare weare are now living in a terrestrial terrestria l era known as the C lC period This will be news to a lot of ot pe pepie people people peo peo- o- o pie who rather suspected we were wet oe e living through a stage which might be called Chaos SUIT Still its it's no wonder wonder wonder won won- der that the word hasn't got around I generally yet because because be be- cause this present era is quite a young era as eras go Its It's merely a few million million mil mil- lion years old which to our true geologist is the Irvin S S. S Cobb same as yesterday Mention a few million years to him and hell he'll say phew and just snap p his fingers like fingers like that I wonder If It the authorities would woul d pardon a suggestion from a poor poo r ignoramus whose acquaintance with geology is largely limited to tw two o of ot its surface phases namely Regular Regular Reg ular paved roads and those derne d detours When we consider most o othe of ot f the humorous illustrations and th the e bulk of the humorous text printed in the average smart magazine of ot today and the even spicier lines heard in smart modem modern plays wouldn't It be more fitting to call caU it It not the Holocene but the Obscene Obscene Obscene Ob Ob- scene period The Laws Law's Long Arm THE long arm of ot the law law Its its it's a grand phrase isn't it So mouth mouth- filling IDling so satisfying to the honest citizens citizen's souls soul It conjures up visions of ot unrelenting ing warfare against crime inevitable ble punishment for tor the guilty Its It's the bunk Its It's the bunk because of ot crooked croaked lawyers venal policemen complacent complacent complacent compla compla- cent prosecutors soft-hearted soft or corrupted jurors witnesses bribed or intimidated the laws law's delays reversals of ot fair verdicts on foolish technicalities a false sentimentality ty which forgets the widow and orphan orphan orphan or or- phan of ot the victim and thinks only of ot the family of ot the killer most often otten of ot all abuse of ot the powers to commute and to pardon and to pa role These days when I see a sentenced sentenced sentenced sen sen- offender handcuffed to an officer I find myself saying to myself myself my my- self Chances are that fellow literally literally literally lit lit- or figuratively Is wearing that decoration only temporarily The Passing Years Tears EVERY p VERY newborn year Is a rosy prospect just as nearly ever every y dying year is a dun colored disappointment dis appointment But without revived revive d hope what could we look forward to except being measured for lor a shroud It seems only yesterday when 1937 was busting In a radiant bouncing child baby-child his arms burdened with promises bless his little soul After several false also starts happy days were here again Nobody was aimIng aiming aim aim- Ing to remodel the Supreme court Senator Ashurst told us BO so and didn't he know He didn't Secretary Wallace slightly assisted assist assist- ed by Divine Providence would Immediately Immediately immediately Im Im- im- im mediately have the crop situation well in hand Grass would grow only in the street leading to the rho almshouse The Wall Street boys were expecting two suckers In every every ev ev- ery cry pot And the song of ot the Bulbul was heard la to the land land land-ah ah the bull- bull bull Within the month 12 the can party again would be a age go gc concern Well If It its it's a going ct cu co cern the question is where And now laden with future gifts gUts comes 1938 1038 How time flies Why e before you know it will be old enough to take a job with the radio and will be signing vials nials Gambling Houses Douses A A ONCE famous sharp card not sharp not reformed but said retired retired said to tome tome me Show me a professional gam gam- bUng bling house where the roulette wheel tan Isn't crooked where an any other oth eth er mechanical device la fa on the square where the operatives from the bosses on down dawn wont won't skin akin a I customer customer call call him a sucker If U you want to the terms are Interchangeable Interchange interchange- I able and able and Ill I'll drop dead from shock because no such outfit ever existed nor ever will cot so lon long as fig games I can be tricked as all of ot them can I and gamblers are out for tor the coin cola as sa they naturally are and the hand head i Is fa quicker than the eye which It is s But how about the mathematical mathematic I percentage in favor tavor of the bank bank- bank bank- Isn't that enough I asked How about the mathematical percentage of ot crooked law enforce ment enforce officers who have to be bribed he countered Theres There never enough coming In to satisfy those babies IRVIN 8 S. COBB Copyright Service |