Show what j L 0 aks about cobb pensions for fop veterans S CANTA ANTA MONICA CALIF 0 merely another little prophecy by old doctor cobb the amateur soothsayer who never said a sooth hes surer of than this one agitation for a blanket pension to cover till all world war veterans regardless gard less of ratings or physical condition will start as soon as those lately won billions are distributed at first some veterans organization will oppose it not for ion long though at first congress will be lukewarm then see a great light and this new pension 31 act one that will be to all previous pension acts what a whale is to tadpoles tadpole swill will be passed at least the veterans hare the argument irvin S cobb of patriotic service on their side and it true that to nearly all of us has come a new conception of the national figurehead no longer is it square jawed self dependent dekende n t yankee doodle its a generous joi jolly ly smiling santa claus bringing free checks for everybody defying the almighty following F the example set some i years ago by a certain famous personage a cocksure cock sure infidel made a speech lately defying god to smite him dead on the spot it seemed first off a very sound idea but nothing happened so the gentleman took this for proof there was no god and went his way rejoicing some look 1001 on this as blasphemy but granted that every man Is entitled to speak his opinion on religion id call it pure gall think of inviting the almighty to suspend the entire cosmic scheme while forging a thunderbolt to abolish one solitary copycat of an amateur ajax would you call out the standing army of the united states to kill a cockroach lady killers TI T HAS been in print so often you yon must know it by heart yourself at sight of her recreant gentleman friend the poor bruised butterfly felt a great sense of her wrongs the wretch wanted to go back to his wife or something equally dastardly and the next nest thing she knew she was holding bolding in a smoking automatic that accidentally happened to be in her handbag along with some lipstick and a recipe for fudge and he be was deader then the prosecutors chance of convicting her for the killing but just prior to that everything went black before her eyes theres one detail which never varies that going black before the eyes business it was in the case they tried recently in new york its in this latest case at chicago ITIs a sore affliction always marked by total lapse of memory and frequently coupled with temporary insanity but its certainly fine for marksmanship the lady scores a perfect bu bullseye bulls eye invariably I 1 wish I 1 could go blind to order that thata a way id be the best quail shot that ever came out of kentucky brawls in hollywood I 1 have hot southern NATURALLY blood which seems to be the hottest there is although down home I 1 never noticed st it but up north it if trouble Im people would speak of my hot southern blood when all the time I 1 thought I 1 was having a chill being thus all hot blooded up I 1 adore fl fighting han if somebody else does it since our moyle moyie heroes always stage their com combats bats in some utterly secluded spot such as a cafe or a night club I 1 hurry hither and yon hoping to be present when an embittered star satisfies his honor by bouncing a special order of sweetbreads sweet breads under glass with mushrooms mus brooms twenty minutes 00 90 cents off some rivals classic profile but its hard enough for me to get in touch with a waiter let alone a good plate tossing contest english reds again printed here recently S SOMETHING about the way the english handle their reds and pinks prompted an english gentleman to write giving further details atwould see seem rn that over there all public sery servants ants including notably state paid school teachers must swear to uphold the crown which means they cannot preach communism to their pupils without violating a solemn oath and it if caught so doing they lose their official beads instanter moreover no avowed or suspected agent of the soviets may use the radio to preach the overthrow of tile the existing government in favor of the russian plan in other words forgive the pun please britain never shall be slavs IRVIN S COBB service |