Show 71 about abou t humane fox hunting ANTA MONICA CALIF S SANTA in england it has been decided that fox hunting is humane this opinion emanates from the hunters the foxes have not been heard from on the subject maybe you dont know it but theres a lot of fox hunting among us especially down south couth being but a ilot of stubborn nonconformists south erners do not follow the historic rules A party at large wearing a red coat white panties and high boots would be mistaken for a refugee from a circus band and anybody blowing a horn as irvin S cobb lie he galloped across hill and dale would be set down as an insane fish peddler and if you shouted view halloo tant ivyl lf or words to that effect think you were a new kind of ho hog a caner caller down there chased the fox until hes wise the foxes have learned that the hounds cant follow trail on a paved highway and to so quit the thicket for the concrete when the chase is on A fox has been sitting in the middle of the big I 1 road listening to the bewildered pack on second thought maybe brer fox so smart after all not with automobile traffic what hat it is a hard choice stay in the jf v roods and get caught or take to the pike jike and get run over i courageous republicans WHO HObes besides ldes the writer can recall when the democrats held their jubilation rallies the night before a presidential election and the republicans the night after the returns were we re in when they had something to jubilate over now the sit uati onis just the other way around the literary digest poll was practically the only thing the republicans had to celebrate during the entire fall fail season of 1936 still we must give that diminished but gallant band credit for courage here in an off year spiritedly planning against the next congressional campaign english recruiting THE THE english are still havin having g J trouble inducing young fellows to 6 join the colors first the government tried to increase enlistments by giving every recruit a giddy denew new blue uniform absolutely free of charge and still the lads refused so now as an appeal which itis believed no true can withstand the military authorities announce that hereafter tommy atkins will have time off for afternoon tea this may be a new notion for peacetime but during the great war the custom was maintained even up at the front many a time ive seen all ranks from the brigadiers on down knocking off for tea however t this h I 1 s militate against his maje forces be cause at the same hour the germans over on their side of the line were having coffee or what the germans mistake for coff coffee ee and the french took advantage of the lull to catch up with their bookkeeping on what the allies owed them tor for damage to property ground rent use of trenches bilI billeting eting space wear and tear etc etc did it ever occur to our own general staff that guaranteeing a daily crap shooting interval might stimulate volunteering for the american army the job ot of censorship 0 r NE reason why moving pictures are so clean is because some of the people who censor them have such dirty minds to the very pure everything is so impure is it not why some of us think the weight of popular opinion rather than the judgment of narrow b rained brained official judges in various states slates should decide what should and what should not be d depicted epic ted anyhow there are so many movies which slightly amending the old ballad are more to be pitied than censored sponsors of radio programs also lean over backward to be prudishly proper but without let or hindrance the speaking stage month by i month grows fouler and filthier suggestive lines once created a shock in the audience mind the lines no longer suggest they come right out and speak the nastiness sauce for the goose sauce for the gander atwould seem or maybe after the reformers got through saucing radio and screen there any left over for the so called legitimate stage IRVIN S CUBB service |