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Show Sabout: Making Money in "Stir' BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. Things certainly are lovely love-ly for the boys in the big stone bide-a-vee homes, is it not so? At San Quentin here in California, Cali-fornia, chosen groups turning out counterfeit money and never nev-er having to worry about getting in jail, since they are already In. And a nice Jolly strike on at Aleatraz. And In my old home state, the inmates in-mates Just seeming -sv .to rome and go at jjV will, as it were. But in Illinois is 04fo where the chaps f' x " enjoy the benefits S of congenial soci- ' ' ety without the tvf', i bother of paying L r ' dues, f must be f , ! grand, serving as a memuer of tlie maiLrrtrifr & house committee of Irvin S.Cobb the JoUet Indoor Country club, what with crap games and poker parties and liquor made right there on the premises, and shots In the arm at the low rate of one dollar per shot. The day is at hand when "prison break" in the headlines won't mean that some of the fellows on the Inside In-side are trying to get out but that some of the fellows on the outside are trying to get In ; and who could blame them? The Yellow Peril's Peril A T THIS moment the question before the house is whether It is more perilous to be a statesman states-man in Japan and give offense to the soldiers or a soldier in America Ameri-ca and give offense to the statesmen? states-men? I-Iowsomever, at the risk of being penalized for punning, this innocent inno-cent bystander ventures the prediction pre-diction that amongst us there won't be any more of these summary removals re-movals for the Hagood of the service, serv-ice, as It were. Because when something happens off or on a military post to make Tom Blanton the blood-sweating behemoth of Texas Democracy, line up with a lot of Republicans well, I never thought I'd live to see the day. I don't believe Uncle Tom did, either. I'll bet nobody Is more surprised than he Is. Abolishing Potlatches AT LAST accounts, the Canadian parliament had a bill before it to abolish potlatches. When an Indian In-dian gets prosperous, he gives a party, with free food and drink for all, and whatever he has left over he bestows upon the guests and so winds up beggared but happy. That's a potlatch. Although at present confined to the Indians, it's not their own Idea. They borrowed It from some of the early settlers. It's an old Scotch custom. Tracing the genesis of traditional tradition-al things is Interesting. I thought the famous motto of the Northwest North-west Mounted Police had originated originat-ed within the force until once when I tackled some native smoking smok-ing tobacco at a trading post in upper Ontario. As Boon as I recovered re-covered consciousness I knew whence came the slogan, "Always Gets Its Man!" That was years ogo, but I still have dizzy spells In humid weather. 'Tis Holdout Time IT IS the gladsome season when last year's stars swear they'll never put on uniforms again unless un-less they get better contracts; while the manngers Just ' as loudly declare the boys will accept what's offered or stay out of the game for-evermore. for-evermore. Through anxious weeks each group proclaims that, from the position thus taken, It will never, nev-er, never abate or Jot or tittle. But when the first robin starts north and the last training squad starts south, something always happens. hap-pens. One side decides to abate quite a few of the Jots. And the other side says, "Oh shucking, nft-er nft-er all, what's a tittle more or less between friends?" So this spring's hold-outs become this fall's pennant-winners, or otherwise oth-erwise as the case may be, and frequently Is. And behind tlift scenes, everything In either championship cham-pionship team will be just as peaceful peace-ful as n cage full of panthers until this time next year. Which Is the Leisure Class? WHEN Mr. J. I'ierpont Morgan said any American family that kept a maid belonged to the leisure class, he touched a responsive respon-sive chord in the bosom of this household, only he got the proposition proposi-tion mixed as It applied to our little lit-tle home-nest. 'Twas a maid we had for a short Bpell who really qualified. Possibly Possi-bly we didn't give satisfaction. Anyhow, Any-how, one evening she took umbrage um-brage and some guest towels and n ham and one thing and another and silently stole away. But looking look-ing back, I can't recall anybody else who could be so leisurely and so classy, both at once. Wo are wondering now what class we belong to on the present jrniil's night out. IRVIN S. C0B3. t'oovrlplit WU Service. |