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Show HE COLLECTS SPOTS; FOND MEMORIES ARE j MANYTIMES RECALLED ! . I!t AL WARDEN What Is your pet hobby? In ibis modern age, some people save pontage stamp! others collect pool cards, gems, rugs wall paper, fly paper and porcelains. As for me 1 I ell. 0( sPOtS. W hen one has :i collection of spols he la never al a loss for a conversation. Those who collect other tilings are obliged to say: "Come up to the house some night. L'd like to show you my lades," or old china, pewter mugs, jewelry r whatever the collection may comprise. BUI if your fad be spots lo and behold you have them, like the poor, always with you, and when the conversation lagH you have but to point to one of your sleeves or to some part of yaur attire and bellow forth, Do you 3ce that spot? Oh, boy, I wouldn't take million for the memory thai spot Inspires." hi rrnu RKl 1LLHD I got it during the days of prohibition prohi-bition yea,' 'tis un old suit and the memories they were of the thirsty order. Together with a party of six I entered a goulash restaurant and In eating goula.dj Italian sweets one of my pals overturned the dish, the result: My suit was soiled, the spot to i his day relating the history of lhe noted occasion. Spots, if permitted, will almost invariably in-variably bring memories of merry Times of festive occasions and of some "dark'' entertaining features. Take the ordinary fellow, out for a good time He becomes a perfect killjoy when something sticky or sauccful Is spilled on his clothing Apparently Ap-parently he makes light of It and within with-in due time is picking at the spot with his finger nail, mattering to himself, him-self, rubbing It or doing something he ii pro es ' 1 1 oblh lous to all is the evening over for htm? Yea, you said It! Me Is like a mere- stranger r1 ths pntv. He sits In an awkward position for fear a second spot will hit him. Prior to starting for home he . .mips Under n nearby arc light where he mumbles m himself, " Huh. aln'l nature wonderful?" Hut did some one say spots did not last forever ' They re rik'ht. They fade in time .iini then what? MISTOKU OKI M SPOT There Is always a way to preserve "cm. A few months ago Just B vear ago to be exact President Wilson was an i igden visitor. I was detailed to cover ths 'yarn." Al thr Union depot the president's car whizzed by a splash of automobile oil made Its residence on my coat Just below the elbow on the left .inn it was 0 wonderful mo-mi mo-mi to .'f the visit of President Wilson. I: ii ii. spite of all that I could do the rpol showed unmistakable signs ol disappearing dis-appearing An Idea, perhaps the clean -I er could remedy the Situation And so, with speed galore, the suit was rushed to the cleaners, where every process know.i was us.-d In an Effort to erase the spots" which carried car-ried historical rente m brafgf set Two weeks later the suit was returned. re-turned. The tailor was proud of It. He had pressed It until It shone. And n wai spotless? Twenty-four hours and my souvenir of the vMt of President Wilson lifted Its head. Forty-eight hours and it took nourishment and notice. Seventy-!. vo hours and If was again on deck In oil Its pristine beauty, completely restored to Its health. And. believe roe, I) wasn'l the other spot, there n lies of 'em. Several of lesser fire trooped forth, which needed only th revamping influence to put 'em on the memory list Ry means of just co-operation with a tailor ".-pots".' may be made to last forever If the Stilt Is "falling" to p ecei . t feels as If 11 needs a discharge dis-charge from regular service, cut the spots into squares pin 0 them with labels identifying each, and In that manner memories ot the Jolly good days will be forthcoming;. The "spot" album Is gradually coming com-ing Into prominence. It stimulates laughter. Induces reminiscences and i ids to Informal x hansos of spot experiences. ex-periences. I OR Ml! KIDDIES Ar.d the parents of the city what would be nicer than lo have 'spot" albums al-bums for their children. Uor Instance, take squares of baby's frock ruined by mucilage, purple Ink, and other dope. In a few years' time the baby will grow to manhood or womanhood and the varied and interesting blemish. blem-ish. -s of childhood apparel will be again In the limelight. Seme of the 'wise owls " the city cd and some of the other pencil pushers push-ers of this paper have Informed me that B spot" album for children could be more vividly accurate than a biography bi-ography of the average boy. II little Willie plays In the jam. "-pots" will no doubt be on the clothes of Willie, but Willie may bp too young io realize the fact that they may some duy brln back wonderful mem-ones. mem-ones. All classes of people from the babe i In the cradle to the ased men and women, no doubt have spots on thi n clothes which relite wonderful memories, mem-ories, especially in the pre-prohlbltlon days the days when i gin phlzv: , would laugh in disgust if one attempted attempt-ed to create a spot by spilling the 1 'sweets." ALL STU( K I l But then, on rny suit -which was' one of the close fitting, Rolls Royco models. It appeared just like fly paper J all stuck up. On the other hand, perhaps there are others In Ogden who have had a sinllar model. Contemplate the leopard as a sain-! pie of what can be done with "spots ' when perjseverlngly cultivated. The leopard is not endowed with human1 intelligence and knows nothing of the methods of dry cleaning and con- i Isiderlng this his achievements are re-1 I markable. Perhaps h- has many ex-1 perlemes to relate, with his man) spots" as memories. And as for you, I gentle reader, scratch your upper deck, think for a few minute,;, examine ex-amine your suit, and tell the world Of our secret "spots." I did |