Life — November 16, 1928 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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18 Lil FE ——————— this week went to Nels Kinnell, the So. Pac. asst. passgr. agt., who piloted his viola across the finish of ‘Poet & Peasant’ overture two bars ahead of his nearest con- tender. « Maj. Gen. Hunter Lig- ett taught his horse to shy grace- fully so he could be grand mar- shal of the Armistice Day parade in traditional manner, eeeMr. Kebuchi has come and gone, He is our new ambassador from Nippon. See if you can write sweller poetry than that, Mr. F. P. A.! Chet Johnson. CLEVELAND Mr. ano Mrs. Joun W. Raper have returned home from New Mexico where they spent two months with Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, the latter having y been née Dorothy Raper. is looking fine and will return with new vigor to his job of writing witty cracks for our local evening paper, the Press. «A prominent Cleveland lady who would not like it if we told her name refused to run for political office this fall, and they are telling it around that it was because she had heard that politics makes strange bedfellows. ***Football is the order of the day and many of our citi- zens spend all of Saturday afternoon listening to the games. This is not the best way to en- courage this manly sport as our boys need money to pay for coaches, etc. ***The “Community Fund” for this year is now under way and Chairman Adams guarantees that no man, woman or child shall suffer for food, clothing or shelter if his, her or its needs be- come known to the Fund. So there are two ways to get through the winter, viz., give your money and apply for aid, or keep your money and live on it, Ted Robinson. PORTLAND, ORE. Witt wassail and song and other signs of merriment our dis- tinguished white-coal purveyor, Lewis A. McArthur, is welcomed home from Lunnon, where he traded some valuable pointers on electric power development for the very latest in English accents. & Among our popular citi- zens who have taken Home Lire’s tip to do their Christmas shoppin; early is A. J. Lewthwaite, the well *°*Through the high-handed refusal of our overweening election officials in refusing to take Home Lire’s advice to put the voting booth on the Waverley golf links, some of our best citizens were robbed of their inalienable privilege of voting. Drake O'Reilly, Allen Peel, Howard Holland and others of our outraged citizens join with ye editor in asking how long must we endure this sort of thing. & Ye old grads at the Uni- versity Club have insured them- selves another year of good health by electing to the presidency Dr. Edmond J. Labbe, who succeeds Dr. Calvin $. White, with Dr. Andy Hall continuing as vice- president. Good eats and low in- surance rates is the new motto of the club, Hugh Hume. BOSTON Severat local goosebone weather prophets declare we are in for a very cold winter. This is good news to our r le as they will be able Dy freze’ thele own ice cubes without owning electric refrigerators. *Rogers Hornsby, who had a $40,000-a-year position at Braves Field ‘this year, has taken a pew job in Chicago, he being tired of being a good loser. *Al Shechan, the pop. mgr. of the Tremont Theater, punctured a myth this week. Al says he has had many a house sold out in the last 30 yrs., but never hung out an S. R. O.'sign. In fact, he never SUN., Nor. 18th —LORD'S DAY. heard of a theater that had an S. R. O. sign and he wouldn't even know where to get one inted. ‘This shows you can't ieve the dramatic critics. The Lindsays of West Newton had a house-warming the other night and if you think it consisted of just turning on the automatic heater you're mistaken. ***A young couple in Milton started housekeeping last week without thinking they got their furniture at the wholesale price. Neal O'Hara. CHICAGO Tuere’s some talk of a foot- ball game here Saturday. ***Art Meeker, Jr., is show- ing the readers of the Herald and Examiner how to break into Chi- cago society and it looks like an inside job. Ye scr. rec'd a_ swell comp. the other eve. from Mar- galo Gillmore, the prom. young Inge. of the Theater Guild, Marg saying that F, P. A. and we were her favorite reporters, and any time that girl wants a good notice for any fart she plays in these parts she knows where to get it. ***No sooner do we com- plete our payments ‘on one edition of the Encycloprdia Britannica than we are invited to subscribe for another. What used to be the Rolls-Royce. of reference works now scems to be changing models as often as Chrysler. ***Still speaking of uneasy Not much excitement today, due to ministers resting up after election, voters catch- ing up on their golf, etc, MON., Nov. 19th —Charles I, of England, born 1600, later beheaded, re —Coaches of defeated teams issue statements say- TUES.,Nor. 20th Fr WVStch us neat. Saturday.” WED. y, —Pres. Coolidge di THU., Now. 22nd FP stating to do so. 21st —One month from today is year’s shortest day. ‘ides to proclaim next Thurs- this being his last chance YRI., Nov. 23rd —Final “pep rallies” by hopeful undergraduates, SAT., Now. 24th —Yale vs. Harvard, Army vs, Nebraska, California ayments, te this town gets much igger ye leg-weary ed. will to subscribe for a moe it Ashton Stevens, DETROIT Cart SmitH was wearing a smile as broad as his face and stick- ing out past the sides yesterday, Who's been buying a big policy this time, Carl? ***Advance census estimates set our population at nearly 3° 000,000 souls, of which about a million and a half already live here. u% Clarence Darrow, a lawyer from the Chicago neighborhood, is telling that he got a drink at a speakeasy the last time he was here, and he speaks very highly of Detroit. It is things like this that help put our little city on the map, Garrels, Blott, Friedman, Gilbert and Oosterbaan are among the departed great now prominently mentioned as players whom it wouldn't hurt anything if they were on the Michigan football team right now, Homer Guck, lately men- tioned in these columns, writes from San Francisco saying he is not in Detroit. He is in San Francisco, Elmer C. Adams, NEW YORK «> Practically all the leaves are denuded off the trees by now, ***Donald O. Stewart was a caller on Harpo Marx the other a ***Ring Lardner of East Hampton is in town for the win- ter social season, ***There was a lot of tlk last month about Indian Summer, but it is not due till this week. & Seems like only yesterday the subway was too hot and now the snow removal problem is im- munent, fiss Alice Babst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Babst was introduced formally to N. Y. 5 ciety last Tuesday. Earl is a Crestline, ©., boy who now lives in N.Y. **°The Horse Show ended on Nov. 14. The horse is still something to see in spite of the popularity of the automobile, only nobody got rich buying General Horses. @& Pres. Angell of Yale is feeling pretty bad about how the Michigan football team did this season, Jimmy being an old Ana known paper manufacturer, Mr. Lewthwaite has just laid in his winter's supply of Lincoln limousines, vs. Stanford, Princeton vs. Navy, Carnegie Tech vs. N. Y. U., Illinois vs, Ohio State, Northwestern vs. Dartmouth. Arbor’ football player himself, a well as baseball and tennis player. F. P. A. comicbooks.com