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Show i$k. ! The Lord' Shock Troops WESTWOOD HILLS, CAL. In peace: I knew streets in New York where citizens cit-izens went at their own risk, and policemen walked in pairs. But some were as safe as though they'd been in church a doctor doc-tor with his kit; a nurse in uniform; uni-form; a priest or a nun; a preacher preach-er or a rabbi, and always a Salvation Salva-tion Army worker. In war: Ask any veteran what organization, or-ganization, no mat- ter how big its per- " sonnel, or how fat f i Its purse, outdid the Salvation Army j"" in service to our Sv- soldiers, whatso- 1 ;x " J ever the race or jjj the creed or the k . color. r-x "N At Christmas: ' i Who sent Santa ! --'"!" -J down cold chim-neys chim-neys to gladden the rvin S. Cobb hearts of children at hearthstones that elsewlse would be desolate? Who brought a measure of holiday cheer to the misery-laden, putting clothes on the backs and dinners in the stomachs stom-achs of the naked and the hungry? So, for their eleventh-hour drive for their Christmas fund, thank God for the Salvation Army. Every cent went where It should have gone when you gave it to them, for verily I tell yon, as one who knows, these are the shock troops of the Lord. That Marveloui Hen WHATEVER became of the hen which from time to time hauled off and laid an egg with mysterious Initials on it? In my days on a country newspaper this gifted fowl was a regular Journalistic feature. Her output might be soft-shelled and shy a yolk, but always the cryptic writing was there. Once she produced an egg bearing bear-ing letters which many translated as prophesying "war." But somebody some-body pointed out that if you read the message the other way It spelt "raw," which also seemed to cover the case. This barnyard phenomenon died too soon. How the New Deal boys could use a hen capable of turning out weird alphabetical combinations combina-tions and then going off and forgetting forget-ting them I Afterthought Among all the office of-fice seekers or office holders who have been or may be mentioned for a Presidential nomination next year or even for Vice President you will search in vain for the name of Governor Hoffman of New Jersey. Destroying a Skunk I'VE Just been reading until I stopped to gag the latest novel of one of the new school of authors; au-thors; you know, those so-called realists who mistake filth for fiction fic-tion and lewdness for literature. I wouldn't say this person was much of a writer, but he certainly is a practical dirt-farmer. I've never believed In censorship for creative work ; and as regards this group, I've always gone on the theory, paraphrasing an old line of an old ballad, that they were more to be pitied than censored. But for the Individual offender offend-er against common decency well, when I was a youngster down South, they told me the surest way to destroy de-stroy a skunk was to pen him under un-der a barrel and Just let him smell himself to death on his own per sonal perfumes. Our Younger Generation IN THE paper I see where, for their Sunday sermons, three ministers min-isters preached on modern youth with particular references to the shortcomings of same. I haven't a doubt that the first caveman, surveying the antics of his coltish brood, remarked In tones of gloomy resignation to his hairy mate: "Well, mommer, the world's done pretty well while we ran It Look at the hole In the roof to let the smoke out, that I thought up right out of my own head, be-geel And now when I get the trick of the new throwlng-stlck worked out, civilization civ-ilization will Just about have reached her peak.- But heaven help the poor old earth when that bunch of crazy kids yonder takes hold I" Before we Btart blaming the oncoming on-coming generation for everything, Including Its own sins, which are sufficiently manifest already, let's go back to where tills buck-passing habit started. Let's go back to Adam, the derned old experimentalist! experimental-ist! IRVIN S. COBB. C North American Vowpftper A1)1sdc, Inc. WNf Service.. |
