Show what S s chyi thinks about corned beef and plagiarism atlie HOLLYWOOD CALIF the luncheon of our writers club inc red inc is a weekly function with corned beef and cabbage and plagiarism charges this week we had with us the leading fiction writer of the fice slope sir daan forecaster cister the local weather fore forecaster another guest was william A brady the grand old man of the american stage with great tales of the ancient days anys when vibe n to qualify as a trouper one had bad to be a pedestrian before they asked you whether you could act they found out what kind of a walker you were cut but how man many y of those sure footed california beginners counted cross ties as they trudged into enduring fame irvin celasco belasco and tom wise S cobb find and frank and holbrook blinn and dave warfield ld and many another we also welcomed some new members were very exclusive there are groups here take in people who even failed to make the cook book of the month club hut but to join up with us you must have written something st significant ni inaura insurance nee or promissory notes or booster slogans were angling now tor for a distinguished Il stin new figure in the field of literature lie ile does sky by tile the way 0 0 new deal s 3rd ard birthday tot THIS HIS being the third anniversary of the new deal I 1 was just thinking that whether or not it lived through the party parly part of next november its folks could never reproach themselves that failed to give their darling the best nursing money could buy just then who should rush in but chael etrog off the courter courier of the czar shouting that the U S marines had just landed with a contradiction tra diction of the terrifically exciting announcement made only yesterday by the same fellow who took the message to garcia that time hold on im getting all twi stifled what im trying to say Is that one day the word for a planet was thit that douglas fairbanks sr was positively going to marry lady ashley As liley whereas bu but 24 hours before lie positively was not going to marry lady ashley then finally he did it mai alain n street ambition ONE hears bears san francisco would lure more inhabitants in an effort to overtake los ang angeles geles but why and why do americans get drunk on population statistics its their head lest iest tipple every time uncle sara sam looses his census figures some towns go into mourning because they grown any faster and other towns have public dancing in the streets because because a swarm of new people have hare moved in to make traffic congested and living inconvenient and pleasant neighborhoods crowded offhand I 1 think of but one city whose ruling citizens mainly are con teut with things as they are the lovely and fascinating city of charleston elsewhere we appear to share with the red ants the mad passion to take on addition red ants until the anthill overflows and all tile the old resident ants tire are lost in the shuffle 0 0 feminine bank rolls kolls HY cant people mind their own 0 WHY business A merchandising expert who probably was just sitting around the house durin during file lie colt calil spell with nothing to to do except feed the stove made an exhaustive inquiry to find out what american women carry in their handbags lie ile now reports that in addition to gobs of other things including lipstick cigarettes hairpin and recipes the average womans comans pocketbook contains 74 in cash it was perhaps all right for the gentleman to satisfy ills morbid curiosity I 1 mal gilr where he be erred was in making his discovery public just consider how busy the boys in congress will be thinking up new taxes when they hear about that much money still being in air circulation cula tinn e I 1 politicians clant malting claims TN N CONGRESS these mad march days I 1 are being much used for plain and fancy claiming tile the republicans claim the democratic party Is to blame for the recent had bad times and deserves no credit for the better times now prevalent the republican theory being that lie good fairies must have brought lem em the democrats claim that such bad times as weve had since they amov moved ed in were really inherited from the final stretch of the previous administration which as they seem to recall was one of tile the best times for bad if times a I 1 C s anybody ever saw it if there are any little odds and ends of unclassified times floating around both parties are willing for senator ln la follette to claim them for his ery own IRVIN S COBB 0 w service |