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Zurich Herald, 1946-04-18, Page 7JUST IN FUN 1 Thrif,v 1h0111as Was rather thrifty. On a visit tt the United States he de- cided to si 'c a telegram to his frost. On inquiring at the post office he was to the charge, but that the sender's name would be free. "That' splendid," he replied, *'I'm a Red Indian and my name i "Cannacomthemoru Tani." • His Reason "Why didn't you marry?" in- quired the young man of the old bachelor. "Well, you see," replied the bach- elor, "when 1 was quite young 1 rtesolved that 1 wouldn't marry un- til 1 found the ideal woman. After xnany years 1 found her." "And :hen?" "She was looking for the ideal xnan," replied the bachelor, sadly. Just Like That Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in op- posite directions, yet always pun- ishing anyone who comes between ihent. THE SPORTING THING "Never mind Johnston — they'll do that at the mill!" To His Advantage Two strangers in a first class rompartmen, were in a friendly conversation. The ,vi.idows had ibeen closed by previous occupants, and the desultory tr.lk had drifted to the subject of ventilation. "I make it," said one, "an invari- able practice to advise people to sleep with their bedroom windows open all the year round." "Ho, ho!" laughed the other. "It im easy to see your profession." "Indeed, and what do you think it is?" "It is fairly obvious," carne the truly in lofty tones, 'that you're a doctor." Not at :a11," retorted the first, very confidentially. "To tell you the truth., I'm—a burglar!" Hard Luck After try4m to vain to ,get a house, 13ruu n set out one morning with a find -a -!tot .c-ur-die look un his Nee. Ile w turlered about all day v itlxo"t being successful, till at fast his steps led hila to the river. "AIL!" hr aid, t.1 utter despair. "how temp ing it looks!" Suddenly be heard ;t splash, and looking round, he saw l'is friend Green struggling in the water. Without attempting ,A.1 save ILitu, he 1us1 ed off to the local house agent. Learned His Lesson The memory expert had been giving his turn in the village hall. The audience had not been enthusi- astic, and the questions asked at the end of the show really infuri- ated the man. When one dear old lady `came up and asked him to what he attri- buted his remarkable memory, he thought it was tint" to call it a day. "Well, madam," he explained, without a smile, ''when I was in the Air Force, I once had to make a parachute jump from a height never before attempted, Just as I jumped from the 'plane, the pilot leaned over the side and yelled: 'Hi, you've forgotten your parachute!' Believe it or not, madam, that taught me a lesson, and I've never forgotten anything since." v "Quick," he gaspcl. "Green has fallen m the rivet. Can 1 have his house?" "Sot ry, sir," said the house agent. "I ;already let it to the ma.t typo pushed him in." Changed "By Jove," said a stranger at a dance, "what a long and lanky girl that is over there!" "Hush," his host whispered. "She used to be long and lanky — but nowadays she's tall and stately, She's lust• inherited a million," .e in the Cart "What's this I hear, flight-lieu- tentant? I'm told you were so drunk last night you pushed a wheelbarrow .through .the .native quarter. Is that the way to keep up our prestige with these people?" "You ought to know, sir. You t»rere in the barrow." Time Wasted. "This theory of governing child- ren by appealing to their rcas .I isn't all it's made out to he," said a worried school-teacnet recently. "A youngster •Leeds, a little spanking once in a while. "One of my little boys had skip- ped his classts, deceived his moth- er, been found out, .and caused such unhappiness all round. I took him aside, at.d we had a heart -to- cart talk. Johnny sat still,.looki. g at me intently. "I thought I was making great headway. I never .law a child who seemed so absorbed, even fascin- ated, by my line or argument, But you can never tell. Just as I had reached the climax in my appeal to his better "elf a light of discov- ery broke over Johnny's face. "Please, teacher," 1.0 said eager- ly, "it's your lower jaw that Moves, isn't it?" it HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured writer, ---- 12 Upholstery gimp. 13 Seine. 14 Woody plants. 16 Hastened. 17 Sedate. 19 Seasoning. 20 Insurance (abbr.) . 21 Trades. 23 Lady Literate in Arts (abbr.). 24 Giant king of 4 Basilan. 4 25 Numerous. 4 26 Ooze. 4 28 Either, 4 29 Suffer. 5 31 Permit. 33 Exists. 5 34 Electrical 5 term. 5 36 Order of Merit 5 (abbr.). 5 37 Symbol for 5 erbium. 6 38 Make slower. 40 Landed NOVELIST I ■ Answer to Previous Puzzle JAN TAX I AMEN GB= T 8 0 G A R S T` A body. 17 Sandpapering machine. H v K 18 Sleeping' visions. H r M P 21 Rumanian E S conn. 22 Selections TRUE (abbr.). a 1 R E 25 Ship's spars. 27 Supplicate. 30 Cravat. T 32 Swedish T weight. 35 South Dakota HUE (abbr.). 36 Whirlwind. 38 Opponents. 39 Consumed. 41 Spinning toy. 42 Undergo. 43 Narrow fillet of cotton. 47 Stave. 49 Ireland. 51 Upon. 52 Small particle. 54 Dutch city. 55 Station. (abbr.) . 57 Babylonian deity. 58 Tin (symbol). STERE C EA H E JAN GmISiIAN SMUTS RNH APWA'E S OPER T FERN EAR HA pro•pet ty. 3 Palm lily. 4 Street (abbr). 5 Alleged force. 6 Compass point 8 Hail! 0 Daybreak (comb, •form). 2 Paid notices. 3 Peel. 5 Daze. 6 Nullify. 8 Shop. 9 Cringe. 0 Her --- is now Mrs, Montagu 16 2.0 24 L 5 O P T A M O R A R T Barstow. VERTICAL 1 Conveys. 2 War god. 3 Disencumber, 4 Bone. 5 Vestibule. 6 Chair. 7 Pig pens. 8llight (abbr.) 9 Creditors (abbr.) 10 Ardor. 11 Color. 12 "Buckeye State." 15 Heavenly I 2 3 4. 5 6 9 8 9 10 II ■ ■■■■,fl, )i 13�{{n" ■■f�rLi;.f; 14 ■■■ ■■ ; �Y 1 ' 1,!'t1) , ■.118 yeti.", 19 ,r ref, ; 42 �y. 4f.'j 2t :1 if ;, �■.�22 g`b:�3 ` �,t: j ::o>. v.... aS iill 3 o111 1,, .' o 31.f ■ 32 ■ 43 48 53 56 33,34 nN P.4'.4•61 5 3—• 1 J 39 r., d t_- l� .., I'i' 40 41 42 tris^-`te'i' ri„ t•( ` �,t: j ::o>. v.... aS ry46 �, r, '4,.,.ryA, 49 s•�rtt :Ver! 5o 51 ?.;�•` s2 ^'^- 57 i`,,7,' "•,ri < 58 59 50 14 1 VOICE OF THE PRESS Truth Comes Out Str..nge as it may seem, flan) occasionally pops out at Nazis tes- tify at Nuernberg, For Instance, t.. admission that the annihila- tion of Coventry was deliberately plc.nned, after all these years of claims that the bombing resulted from the planes getting lost trying t( find another target. --Windsor Star. Faith in Humanity In all my travels over the world I have never lost hope for the hu- man race because in the lowest slums of the big cities and the hovels of the blighted lands there's always someone bravely strug- gling to make a flower grow. —Detroit Free Press. Something to Laugh At Commenting on international affairs, a London newspaper sug- gests that the greatest need of the world today is a revivalof laugh- ter. This opinion seems to he shared by *.h. designers of the new spring bonnets. —.Toronto Saturday Night. Situation Worsens Fewer men are now applying for farm work than at any time during the war. In Canada's most essen- tial industry the labor situation has worsened. —Farmers' Advocate. Hot Stuff Among the hottest news is the story from New York that the pepper shortage in the United States niay last for years. —Stratford Beacon -Herald. Classy Robbers Some bandits show more class than others. Down in Missouri, a bank was robbed of $7,000, the robber going away in the bank president's car. —St. Thomas Times -Journal. Reckl:e; Accident statistics reveal that home is the most dangerous of all places. But with a reckless un- concern for their own safety, peo ple still persist in hunting houses. —Peterborough Examiner. S king Secret Rome newspaper charges Sov- io t Russia with running an exten- sive spy service in Italy with the cooperation of Yugoslavia. Evi- dently they seek the secret of why Musso didn't topple from that bal- cony soon r. — Windsor Star. His Annual Fit With spring styles in the offing father is due to have his annual fit. - —Chatham News. Aim to Please "Do you serve prunes?" the guest asked the waiter. "Ma'am," he said, '"we serve anybody. What'll you'have?" —Ottawa Citizen. Reminiscent A Japanese volcano, now in eruption, can be heard twenty miles away, doubtless reminding the natives of Tojo in his better days. —Edmonton Journal. Why? We turned out ships in time of r easily but it is impossible to build houses the same way amid the distractions of peace. —Brat don Sun. Bound to Get You There's no use. If you make out your income tax return wrong, you are in the hands of the law; if you make it out right, you are in the hands of the receiver. —Farmers' Advocate. The Stalin Way A man like Stalin, we under- stand, is so used to getting his own way that he writes his diary three weeks in advance. —Windsor Star. Mass Production Three hundred typists are need- ed in Britain to speed divorces. Anglophobes will say the British. were always slow on mass produc- tion. —Hamilton Spectator. Or More! Harnessing the atomic bomb will be like putting the saddle on a hundred million bucking bron- chos, —St. Thomas Times -Journal. Upside Down Pan lit Nehru, potential Indian Prime Minister, stands on his head every morning before breakfast. We feel like doing the same when trying to understand the Indian problem. — Hamilton Spectato.r RoyvttER CONCEMTR,A°i' For BARN and LIVESTOCK SPRI Adual-purpose DDT Pow- der Mixed with water one pound makes one gallon of Barn Spray OR five gallons of Livestock Spray in their most effec- tive form. Convenient. economical and no fire hazard. .t/2 Ib., 2 lb. cans. °Regi trademark ASK YOUR DEALER FOR Putt .1 MACDONALDS' er THE SPORTING THING "His mother was frightened by a bulldozer!" MUTT AND JEFF— Even at that, it's a good thing the ration book held out. HOLD JUST A SECOND, MUTT) PL'VERYSERVICE NYMO!S CASH AND CARRY! WHERE DO YoL1 WANT - SET IT ON TELE TABLE! -1' ABLE? By BUD FISHER REG'I.AR FELLERS—A Worth -while Hardship IT SAYS HERE THAT iCE. CREAM 15 A HEALTf4 FOOD, OU YOU B'L•EEVE. T? -!AT 'A WHY YES, 1 GUESS SO, ITS MADE OF MILK. AND SUGAR. AND EGGS' By GENE BYRNES E'.....,WELL, WHY`(CHA PAY ME. T MORE OF ITRE YOU DOY SPINACH, MONO POP—The Trench, Colonel; Not Pop! TH IS SAP P16A 'I A3 S HER AND TURNS C)P AGAIN AT THE VILLAGE! 1NN. SI fZ ! AttottOd by TLo nett 8yndkitta, 'Yne,)