Show what co bb th inks about corned beet beef and plagiarism HOLLYWOOD the luncheon of CALIF our writers club inc red inc is a weekly function with corned beef and cabbage and plagiarism charges this week we had with fiction writer of us the leading the slope mr air daingerfield the local weather forecaster another guest was william A drady brady the grand old man of the american staze stase with great reat tales of the ancient days when to quai fly as a trouper one had to he be a pedestal pedestrian trl before they asked you whether you could act they found out what bat kind of a walker pt you were but how m many any of those sure tooted footed california beginners counted cross ties as they trudged into enduring fame I 1 belasco elasco Il and tom wise irv irvin n S cobb and and frank bacon holbrook blinn and dave warfield and many another we also welcomed some new members were very verb exclusive there are groups here take in people ale who even failed to make the book ot of the month club but to join up with us you must have written some thing thin significant si ant insurance or promissory notes or booster slogans new deals 3rd ard birthday bi THIS bof being the third anniversary or the new ne w deal I 1 was just thinking that whether or not it lived through theoti 0 h the early part of next nest november i its ts folks could never reproach themselves that failed to give their the best nursing money could buy just then who should rush in but michael gloff the courier ot of the czar shouting that the U S marines had just landed with a contradiction tra diction of the terrifically exciting announcement made only yesterday by the same fellow who took the message to garcia that time hold on im getting all twi stifled what im trying to say is that one day the word for a planet was that douglas fairbanks sr S r was positively going to marry lady ashley As liley whereas but but 24 hours before he was not going to marry her then he lid did man main street ambition 0 ONE NE hears san francisco would lure more inhabitants in an effort to overtake los an angeles eles but why I 1 and why do americans get drunk on population statistics its their head iest lest tipple every time uncle sam looses his census F figures some towns go into mourning because they grown any faster and other towns have public dancing in the streets because a swarm of new people have moved in to make maize traffic congested and living a inconvenient and pleasant pleasa fit neighborhoods crowded offhand I 1 think of but one city whose ruling citizens mainly are content with things as aa they are the lovely and fascinating city of charleston elsewhere TiNse where we appear to share w with ith the red ants the mad passion to take on addition red ants until the anthill overflows and all the old resident ants are lost in the shuffle feminine bank rolls WHY W ry cant people mind their own busi business A merchandising expert who probably was just sitting atin around the house during the cold spell with nothing to do except feed the stove made an exhaustive inquiry to find out what american women carry in their handbags tie ile now reports that in addition to gobs of other things including lipstick cigarettes Imir pins and recipes the averige average comans womans pocketbook contains in cash it was perhaps all right for the gentleman to satisfy his morbid ruri mity where he erred was in making Ms ills discovery public just consider how busy the boys in congress will be when they hear about that much money still being in circulation iciano making claims IN COING these mad march days d ays are being much used tor for plain and fancy claiming the republicans claim the de democratic ino party is to blame tor for the recent bad times and deserves no credit for the better times now prevalent the Ke publican ican theory being tillit the good fairies must have brought brou lit lem cm the democrats claim that such bad times as weve had since they moved in were really inherited from the clr unal al stretch of the previous administration which as they seem to recall was one ot of the best times for bad times anybody ever saw IRVIN S COBB C service |