Show THE THE THE- Eye Ants View DY BY BY MAO MAC Every once In a while I wish a guy would show up and say Mac you yon look real re busy this week Wont Want me roe to prepare the for lor you our Well this week It almost happened happened happened hap hap- my good friend Dr John Martineau Morgan physician was just here to hand me part of the Current Medical Digest with this article by Amigo OHara OUara Cant Can't tell you you who who Mr OHara O'Hara may be but this week hes he's amigo mio OLD MAGAZINES NEVER DIE DiZ TIlE THE DOCTORS SAVE EM The other night I 1 dropped In at my doctors doctor's to have my sinuses s needled I didn't really drop in ill he he telephoned and called me a Ii coward After seeing there wa was no room to elt either er hang hanc my coat or I sit I left my coat on and stood I tried for a few moments to es establish establish establish es- es a rapport with the waiting room full of victims in an effort t to build esprit de corps and dry up my cold sweat This longing for limber prattle was soon damp damp- ened After a perfunctory glance at my entrance the self-convicted self group went back to theIr ther I magazines The only magazine left on tl tun table was an issue of Morticians Monthly which I had already seen In a a forlorn attempt to keep my mind off oft what was in store for me I fastened all my attentions on a senile wasp which was having difficulty dif dU- dif dif- in clinging to the shade of the floor lamp FID Finally it disappeared duo around d the the shade bade and I bus bus- led Id myself with a stare sutro at my 10 shoes I began thinking bow how awfully stupid-looking stupid all aU shoes hoes lUe ore are This in turn led me meto to examine other peoples' peoples shoes While engaged engaged engaged en en- in this I found a pair of women's shoes with high neelS and a couple of silken limbs that would have made Marlene Dietrich's Dietrichs Dietrichs Dietrich's Diet Diet- richs rich's look lumpy in comparison To think of all that time I wasted on a wasp A About out this time I felt I ww wa being stared at Looking northwest northwest north north- north 1 west I found a bald fellow foaming foam foam- lag ing at the eyes This meant he came with the girl with the legs so I looked southeast and found my wasp again My ly bald friend had hud all the cards lis Not Nat only the blond blood but butan butan butan an interesting old Issue of a trading picture magazine My l private theory is lf that doctors docton write In for back Issues I resumed my leg ogling in an effort eUort to distract the bald mun from the magazine figuring he might put it back on the table to concentrate his venomous glare at at atme me It worked he reluctantly laid the magazine on the table ana aua I started to scold me optically I gave him my best eyed cross return return re return re- re turn and made a lunge for tor the magazine Alas before I could get it a nimble grandmother neatly scooped it up leaving in Its place a hot issue of ot The Southern Southern South South- ern Nebraska Knitting News I Every one ono lanced glanced to s see lee e what bad had been discarded and decided to keep what they had bad I IMy IMy IMy Ii i I My next plan was one of desper desper- Finding a vacant seat I II I picked up the Issue of the Morticians Morticians Mor- Mor Monthly and started Hipping Hip flip ping through it 11 It was of course ch chock k full tull of ot tubes syringes pails palls I chatter about the trade t After Atter a minute or two I let go with a stifled chuckle and was re rewarded rewarded rewarded re- re warded by having three heads pv iW w up Then I 1 gave out with laugh No 9 the kind you give in church when the usher spills the basket I 1 followed th this l with No 7 th laugh you give the boss after hU his tory ry I Finally teeing seeing that all heads I ti Were Svere ara op up I gave them No LI i L I t b li Is of 01 ourse the kind i I Je you yes S yo T when you first see lee a ar r French pat po t card eard Managing a I I the mag bode bock on the table secret contented look I plopped The phony laughs worked according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to plan The unwanted magazine was now sought after Grandma was once again the fastest fastest fastest fast fast- est and got the morticians magazine magazine magazine maga maga- zine while I 1 at last got the sweaty picture magazine Within minutes minutes minutes min min- utes I located a piece I had started start stan ed two years earlier and found where I had left off oft After 20 minutes of ot concentrating ing I finished my article and looked up to find that only grandma and I 1 and a latecomer were left waiting Suddenly grandma let go with witha a B laugh lough a mixture of No 2 Z and No l 1 that was waa exquisite to ka A kathe two the least She laughed loudly several more times before she he was called Inside by the doctors doctor's doctor doctors doctor's doc doc- tors tor's nurse nune Feeling foolish but strangely curious I went to her chair and once again picked up the Morticians Morticians Morticians Mor Mor- Monthly Will you all please be on the lookout for tor t. t the e pre-convention pre Issue of the Morticians Monthly If you find a copy please check page 47 and then send it to me That's the page grandma tore out |