| Show what thinks cobb about privacy for the windsors Wind sors SANTA MONICA CALIF in order to live quietly and escape as much public attention as possible 2 im quoting the di dispatch the duke of windsor and mrs simpson following their marriage will seek a secluded residence in the united states the idea is not new hoping to lull kill stanford white in some very remote secret nook harry thaw picked out a N e w york roof garden on the first night of a big musical comedy and only lately one of olour our movie queens striving to get away from it all put on all her portable jewelry and went to the broadway preview of one of those colos I 1 irvin S cobb sal titanic gigantic masto donic super screen epics only to come forth complaining that one could never flee to the most private of hiding places without being annoyed by crowds so america is certainly the right place for the newlyweds honeymoon where nobody will stare at them or follow them or yell at them or ask for autographs or photographs to or interviews or try to tear their clothes off for souvenirs why just offhand off hand I 1 can think of fully three spots where famous folks may enjoy such immunity mount mckinley in the winter death valley in the summer and alcatraz island all the year round giving up earl browder cp OR years it has been my regular custom to give up something during lent last year I 1 gave up boiled turnips I 1 never eat boiled turnips anyhow and jokes about mae west the year before I 1 gave up anthony adverse at page 2749 and nearly all little theater movements the year before I 1 gave up upton sinclair as my spiritual guide in matters political for this year I 1 decided to give up mr earl browder I 1 dont quarrel with his bis sincerity he happens though to be the outstanding exponent in america of the communist movement which has done so much for human happiness and human progress in the countries that tried it such as russia victory dinners WHO says new dealers arent smart business men that victory dinner means a clear profit of figuring the food at 5 a head and the co combined speeches at 30 cents which even if they average up to most after din ner speeches is indeed a high valuation back in andy jacksons day you you could coul d pay off a campaign deficit with hoop poles and coon pelts and in in thomas jeffersons time the strongest pack mule in virginia tote worth of vittles bittles vitt les S so or naturally jeffersonian simplicity and jacksonian thrift will wih be extolled presumably the republicans will follow suit with a dinner or donation shower for john hamiltons hope chest needy guests will wear liberty leaguers old clothes while the idea of having i n g canada annex maine and vermont will be strongly opposed congressman ham fish will S speak peak such being his ha habit bit unless for economys sake they switch his name around hind part before and serve him as two courses signs of spring 0 OUT UT here the first sign of spring is S not ot the birds coming back mainly our birds dont flit away they go mute awhile being practically the only residents that even temporarily refrain from bragging about the climate or in case of a cold snap explaining that this is very unusual with us the herald of spring is the surf bather that hardy adventurer who plunges in and comes forth as blue as an easter egg and as deflated looking as a toy balloon on the morning after circus day because the pacific is never what call a real cozy ocean and especially it following a winter we make fun of the bathing suits our mothers wore but middle aged persons of both sexes di sporting on the beach in the modern skimpier skim pies present a morbid not to say gruesome spectacle except to students of the adult human leg including the the tull full the bowed the double jointed the buckled the knock kneed the spavined in ed the ankle sprung the heavy chocked hocked the varicose veined the fur bearing etc etc sometimes a fellow gets to thinking that right young babies and raw oysters are almost the only things that should ever be exhibited on the half shell IRVIN S COBB C V service |
