Show ci about 0 ti t war debt hangovers ANTA MONICA CALIF IS SANTA in summarizing governmental finance for the fiscal fiscal year secretary eved even list the thirteen thousand millions of dollars owed to us by defaulting foreign nations but americans at large wont forget if you doubt this wait till one of 11 these debtor countries S I 1 gets in a fresh jam and turns to uncle sam for succor 44 and brother you can spell that mat last word the other way and still be right we know what we were gets get irvin IrvinS S cobb ting e into when we stuck around too long after the fighting ended in 1918 makes me think of a colored labor ba tallion who went on the loose at brest on armistice day A top sergeant rounded them up get to work on dem freight piles he commanded but de mess al done over declared a spokesman and us boys only enlisted fur de duration of de war lissen barked the sergeant de war may be over lak you specifies but fur sich ez you de duration aint hardly started a 0 0 woes boes of french hotels I 1 TF F OVER the woes boes of the french 1 resort hotels anybody catches me shedding a tear come out of an eye dropper and not from the heart im thinking particularly of the romantic and soulful riviera which under the surface is just as romantic as an adding machine and soulful as a cash register there where E phillips oppenheim once delighted to op and the yankee suckers rushed in ready for their skinning and never disappointed is the original home of the deft shortchange short change and the masto donic overcharge there ive seen my many a mistake made in the bill and never yet one in favor of the customer influenza complications S SINCE INCE the last bedside bulletin so many souls have inquired that I 1 am offering a supplemental report on the work of the wrecking crew first I 1 cracked an ear drum cries of whose then this clinging california influenza moved slightly south by west within your correspondents area so now ive fallen into the hands of a throat specialist A fine fellow but easily satisfied in the matter of entertainment his idea of a sprightly conversation is to hold down my tongue with a spoon and have me say ah what I 1 claim is when youve heard one ali ah youve heard em an all but he hirly fairly hangs on my words theres a gleam in his eye I 1 dont like hes beginning to crave my tonsils ton sils taking political sides ODAY some entirely fair mind ted TODAY ed patriot who is snuggled up close to the throne or hopes soon to be proclaims landon is as synthetic as a rubber duck roosevelt is the only hope of an imperiled people what price a constitution when we can have frankfurters tomorrow another gentl gentleman ernan who likewise is as unbiased as a spite fence bursts forth with something like this reelect re de elect roosevelt and your country forever is wrecked landon alone can save our threatened institutions A real statesman he eats in the kitchen and hates to wear neckties meanwhile mr roosevelt remains calm and seemingly seem ingli confident governor landon remains calm and seemingly hopeful the two opposing camps ON THE republican side there temporarily is a lull incredible though it sounds col theodore roosevelt jr is not getting ready to run for anything later reports may change this organizing the speaking bureau for the democrats chairman rayburn does not list among the chosen orators the nr acne ne of his most distinguished fellow texan in vaudeville it breeds a laugh when the second half of the sketch makes the wrong answers but politics is something else again can it be that uncle jack garner has become the grade gracie allen alien of his sex only they do let gracie talk A writer who taking sides wonders at length whether the homespun suspender wearing qualities of gov landon can overbalance the melodious and limpid lines of president roosevelt for this problem the appropriate musical accompaniment compani ment would seem to be 64 poet and peasant IRVIN S COBB copyright service |