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Show BIT OF A SCOTCH PUZZLE I Becauae Scotch Policeman la Not Po. I llceman on Sunday Leaves Question Unsettled. BJ When la a policeman not a sollco- I man? This la a question that has t. I riously agitated the Scotch fhjtn appearing In "Bunty" at the Comedy I theater, New York, alnce they re- I oelved a letter from a distinguished resident Scotchman. In the letter he I objected to the use of the word "po- I llceman" In "Bunty," and suggested I that "baUlfr or "sheriff" be used In- fl stead., "Polloeraen," he Insisted, I would never be heard In Scotland. fl Scotch policemen. In certain com- fl rnunltles, do not work on the Sabbath. fl There Is no such thing as a Sunday eft 1 policeman In Scotland, but upon any '" extraordinary occasion, the Bcotch players contend, any self-respecting policeman, If called upon, would do his duty. Will Jaxone, who plays the port of tho policeman, Insists that, although he has had no personal experience with Scotch policemen, ho has had a social acquaintance with many of them, and that the word "policeman" Is the only description of these men be has ever heard. Also Graham Moffat, the author, has also used the word "policeman" In the actors' lines. "When we wero boys wo all had a good deal to do with a policeman," sayB George Ingloton, tho stago manager. man-ager. However, the point made by the writer of tho letter Is not settled, becauso be-causo a Scotch policeman Is not a policeman po-liceman on Sunday. |