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PAGE FOURTEEN THE ECHO January, 191® Just Little Hunks Of Real Stuff!! Don’t feel bad i£ friends tell you your handwriting is illegible. Some of Shakespeare’s work never has been definitely deciphered. Several of Hawthorne’s manu scripts remain unpublished today because no one has been able to read them. And Napoleon’s letters were almost in a class by them selves, some of them being mis taken for maps of battlefields . . . Sign in front of clergygian’s house in Salem, New Hampshire: “We marry you in your car. Please turn off the motor.” . . . Wild orchids, contrary to popular belief, do give off an odor. As a matter of fact, the odor changes during the day, smelling like heliotrope in the morning, carnation during the day, and lilac at night. Ever wonder about the origin of the- red and white barber pole? It seems that it start ed in the Middle Ages when the art of surgery and that trade of the barber were combined. Blood letting was then the great cure- all. A vein in the arm was opened and the patient was given a stick or pole to grasp tightly, thus mak ing the blood flow more freely. When not in use, the stick was hung outside the shop, with a white bandage wound around it in a spiral ready for use—indicating that a surgeon was available. Now you know. Ditties: Definition of intoxica tion: To feel sophisticated and not able to pronounce it... A bore is a fellow who opens his mouth and puts his feats into it ... He took misfortune like a man— blamed it on his wife ... A wom an should hold on to her youth, but not when he’s driving . . . The extreme penalty for bigamy? Two mothers-iri-law . . . Gossip col umnists are' the spies of life . . . The wife of a Hollywood scenarist was granted a divorce because she objected to jingles he wrote dedi cated to her. To wit: When you’re away, I’m restless, lonely. Wretched, bored, dejected; But here’s the rub, my darling, dear, I feel the same when you are here. Actual history contradicts Long fellow’s poetic version of the Midnight Ride of Paul Re vere. It seems that before Paul MOVIE SCHEDULE For February January 31—GOVERNMENT GIRL — Olivia de Ilavi- land, Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley. February 7—ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS — Gary Grant, Jean Arthur, February 14 — CAPTAIN FURY — Brian Aherne, June Lang. February 21 — TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM — Ann Miller, The Three Stooges and a cast of stars. February 28 — FALCON IN DANGER—Tom Conway, Jean Brooks. WHEN I LEFT HERE, THE GIRLS WERE WEARING DRESSES . Now THEY ARE WEARING OVERALLS. I (Just cant get used TO IT. OH WELU ILL GO TO THE BASKETBALL GAN\E TON!/=;hT. I KNOW THE-GfRLS WCn'T VJEAR. LONG TROUStr^s THeRE s. in / ,iiii ! i' TMEV EVEN WEAR LONG ones ON THE BASKET-6ALL COURT/ completed his ride of warning, he was captured; and a fellow by the name of William Dawes finished the ride to Concord and gave the warning message . . . Science has proved that people do not have the same senses of taste. Paper treated with phenylthiocarbimide proves the point To some it will be taste less; to others it will be bitter, sour, sweet or salty. Expect to get a terrific shock the next time a policeman lays the law on you. Electric gloves, insu lated to the wearer’s hand, provide police with an effective means of subduing criminals who resist arrest. A small battery and spark coil, carried on the hip, produce high voltage; and a touch with the glove itself paralyzes temporarily, but—unlike the policeman’s club— leaves no after effects . . . George Bernard Shaw said it: “Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as pos sible before handing it on to fu ture generations.” SHREWD QUESTION During his first campaign for mayor of New York City in 1929, La Guardia charged the popular Jimmy Walker with all sorts of corruption and Walker never answered a single charge. “Why should I make his campaign for him?” he said. “I won’t build him up. It would be fun, though, to ask him one question—what was he doing in Waterbury on Septem ber 19, 1937? Of course, I doubt if he has ever been there, but a lot of suckers would believe there was something very fishy about him and Waterbury?” Chickens should be dressed and chilled thoroughly to prevent dis coloration and off-flavor from developing in storage, says T. T. Brown, Extension Service poultry- man. Old Words By DOROTHY BOICOURT These are old words we speak, worn smooth and thin With usage, like a cherished wed ding ring. Whose soft, dull beauty passes anything The shops can offer. We will not begin To coin new phrases for an old de light. We will content us that our fathers knew Waves of the tide that runs be tween us two. Time has sufficed to makte the wording right. Yet there is newness in the cas ual phrase. As you have said it—it is young, As every Spring is young. The es sence stays, A sweet enchantment captured by the tongue— And yet, the words, “I love you”, seem to start Fresh and alive, unpattemed from the heart. Now Is The Time To: Read. Eat popcorn. Repair that chair. Buy a new linoleum. Hang up that new calendar. Cut that other fruit cake. Put ferns in north windows. Avoid getting spring fever. Open a jar of cucumber pickles. Replace womout washing ma chine rolls. Catch up on overdue correspon dence. Enjoy the lapse between holi days. Plan your dinner for Valentine’s Day. lEANINC By JOHN H. GOOLSBY Well, today we ara on the few miles of a new adventuf®' down the highway of time— number 1946. I sometimes won'^ if we realize the many detours^ may encounter and the bad , that might hold us up. No.*’ won’t be held up because we ^ not going to take this journ® alone. We know that we can ^ reach our destination alone, y, at Ecusta have always trave together. With our faith in r future and the faith we hav« our able leader we will reach appointed goal just as we hs' on six different trips before, When we use the road msP j good fellowship, confidence understanding, which means co operation, and with everyWjj watching the road, we can’t * lost. Now, each year we look ward to this course to be and each year we attain that We can do the same in 1946 use the roadmaps of mutual “ derstanding and cooperation '*'j everyone striving toward the of wealth and prosperity and piness for all. Now, I don’t think it’s to have something on your and not let anyone know aboU* I can’t help but think that ^ most wonderful Christmas we have ever had was the one year. I often wonder if you loP ^ rO' that helped to make up that P^, gram realized just how far ing it went—there was undoub*^! ly lots of time and money in arranging such a wonderful Pj, gram, but the smiles it put o” / faces of the men, women and little children was something any time you might have *P was worth every minute of it- J To Mr. Straus, Mr. Bennett * j Mr. Eversman and all the r®® j) the cast, your efforts will the memory of those that att«'j. ed for a long time and the ness that you spread can ;( measured in words. Truly, little children that came to .. Christmas parties will be the thusiastic Ecustans of totao^ ml Well, here is a story. A , | from the mountains heard job was open for a watchm^® a railroad crossing, so doWi’ ^ went to see the man about it- , man in charge said, “I will ‘'j to give you a little exami''?(rtr first.” “Ask me anything,” ed the mountain boy. “O.K- ^ . pose you are at the crossing J; two trains are coming at 70 head-on, what would you , “Waall, I’d blow my “Yes, but your whistle was J order.” “Waall, I always wesf.jce flannels. I would rip off a P^p- and flag her.” “Suppose thi« 5 pened at night” “Then, I'd O my lantern.” "But suppose L didn’t have any oil in youT tern.” “Well, I live right yonder and I would call my ' “Your Ma, what for?” holler and say, ’Ma, come on %\t and see the goldurndest of railroad injuns you evef in all your life!” ■ . I would like to close remark—author unknown— is not enough darkness in / world to put out the light o> , small candle.”
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