Show Fad Facts About Old Glory Significance of the Stars The star is an ancient symbol of power and lofty aspirations Stripes alternate alternate alter alter- nate red and white instead of white and red simply because of the In Invisibility In In- visibility of a top and bottom stripe of white as compared with the sharp visibility of red Several days after the flag was officially adopted troops of the Continental army at Fort Schuyler hoisted the stars and stripes It was made out of ot a soldiers soldier's soldiers soldier's soldiers soldier's sol sol- sol sol- diers dier's white shirt a piece from a alady's alady's alady's ladys lady's red petticoat and a patch of blue from an overcoat About a century ago a captain was thrilled to see the flag being raised on the mast of his ship The sight inspired him to describe the national emblem with two classic words The captains captain's name isn't well known William Driver However his description of the flag became one of the most memorable memorable memorable able phrases in fu history Old Glory During a dinner in Shanghai some years ago ngo the British consul toasted the English flag with Here lIere is to the Union Jack the Jack the flag of flags The flag that has floated over every continent and every sea for a thousand yea years years- the flag on which the sun never ne sets An American named Eli Ell Perkins then arose looked directly at the and offered this toast Here lIere is to the Stars and Stripes When the setting sun lights up her stars in Alaska the rising sun salutes her on the rockbound coast of Maine It is the Flag of Liberty never lowered for any foe foe and and the only flag that hay has whipped the flag on which the sun never sets One of the tributes to the Stars and Stripes was made by Lincoln He lie noted I see our flag every day but I have never re regarded regarded regarded re- re it for a moment steadfastly without deep emotion J. J Elinson wires I hear Truman had a lotta trouble on his cross cross- country trip The porter kept putting put put- putting putting put put- ting off his bags in Missouri Lifes Life's editorial says the present congress has built up an Impressive impressive sive list of accomplishments Then under the heading Business Passed Over it lists such Inconsequential Inconsequential Incon Incon- sequential matters as price control control control con con- civil rights legislation federal aid to e education d u c cat a t l Ion o n compulsory health Insurance and minimum wage increases merely increases merely the things that make a democracy work Theres There's a good movie situation inthe in inthe inthe the manner in which the Journal Journal- Americans American's Crosby scooped col col- colleagues colleagues leagues on the Lonergan murder case He arranged with a police contact contact contact con con- tact to tip him off when Lonergan con confessed essed The code was Its raining raining raining rain rain- ing like heck Three hours before the con confession the police official passed Crosby on the stairs at headquarters and casually casually casually casu casu- ally said It looks like rain Crosby notified his city cily desk and anda a front page was prepared reporting Lonergan's confession It was held for release An hour later the same police pollee official official official of of- passed and said Its raining like heck Crosby phoned his editor editor edi edi- editor tor and a few minutes later the Journal American hit the streets with the confession scoop two hours before any of its rivals I News Item Dr A. A II 11 Rice of ot Berkeley Calif Calit says ruptured eardrums can result from an overzealous overzealous overzealous over- over zealous kiss that again Doc Kin hardly hear ya yal Broadway Chop Suey Jean Dalrymple Dalrymple Dalrymple Dal- Dal rymple flew to London to witness the premiere of her new Paul Jean Sartre play She took along a dozen boxes of bubble gum for the Savoy hotel bellhops who prefer it to tips Ups The town of Draguignan France has voted to name a street Rue de dc dela dela la Lily Lity Pons Talk about sewIng sewing sewing sew sew- ing up the field Santa Rosa Calif Calit has a publishing firm which publishes publishes pub pub- lishes its two newspapers They are the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and the Santa Rosa Republican An editor just back from Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington reported seeing some Missourians Missourians Mis- Mis around the White louse House wearing Truman buttons This time next year was the retort be wearing Truman hats Quotation Marksmanship 1 E. E Hubbard Hubbard Hub Hub- bard One machine can do the work of 50 ordinary men No machine machine machine ma ma- chine can do the work of one ex ex- extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary man Don BlandIng BlandIng Bland Bland- Ing A flower watched her dance and learned how to sway Victor Vic Victor tor Hugo Whenever I see a man with i woman In his arms I think of a gorilla holding a violin James Burrell Politics is like an insane asylum whew where people keep saying things they never mean menn to other people who are never listening listen listen- ing Richard Harding Davis No civilized person goes to bed the same lame day he gets up |