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TEEN -TION TOPICS
By BARRY MURKAR =
The little man with the sun-tan-
ned face and white sideburns was
reclining on the
veranda of his
modern brick
h. me, when I
called. Typical of
his dress. were
the gr trousers,
brown shirt and
yellow police b'a-
ces, ' The little
man, who is
known to thou-
sands of readers for the above cha-
racteristics of his person, was Gre-
gory Clark, the famous Canadian
writer.
"Who is that you have out in
the car?" he' asked as I mounted
the steps.
"Oh, that's Susie," I replied, "she
came along for the ride."
"Well bring her in. She can
talk with the ladies of the house,
while we are up in the den."' And
that is the way our interviety with
Gregory Clark began.
"Getting into newspaper work to-
day, is much harder than it was,
when I first started," pointed out
Mr. Clark. "There is far more com-
petition, and daily newspapers to-
day seem inclined to hire experi-
enced newsmen; rather than a
• greenhorn, who wishes to start in
and learn the business."
At this point a green and white
.marble, fell from his pocket and
rolled across the hardwood floor.,,
Recovering it, Ile explained: "We
have numerous cats around here,
that pester my birds. I have a
sling -shot and stand on the back
steps and fire at them. I haven't hit
anything yet, but I've scared the
old heck out of a lot of cats."
"What do you advise a young
person, who is interf ted in getting
into newspaper work?" I asked.
Greg looked me square in the
eye before answering. "My advice
is t start at the bottom- n a
country weekly. \Vt :-k hard at the
job, and some day when your
chance comes to work on a big
newspaper—work harder than ever.
.Move heaven tad earth to get the
job, and at least you are started on
I.he way,"
And that me friendlies is the ad-
vice of one of Canada's top-rank-
ing newsmen, who knows that it
is no easy job to get to the top of
the ladder in the newspaper pro-
fession.
"Now about your and Jinn Frits
the cartoonist. Do any of the stor-
ies you write, ever really nappen?"
I inquired.
"The most of them develop from
actual experiences of Jim and I",
Greg i..formed le. "We have hunt-
ed, fished and chummed around to-
gether for 30 years, We started
out together as cub reporter and
cub artist, and although we are
much alike in our play -habits we
have a few differences such as Jim s
preferring duck hunting to my cirri
hunting and he like billiards and
the races, while I would t ither go
for a walk or drive in the country."
"Does Jim actually live arounri
the corner?" was our ..ext question.
"He lived around the corner fro -n
me for about 15 years," replied
Greg.
"Tell me something 'Lout the
Greg -Jim stories, Where do you
get your ideas? How do you plan
a story? How many words are
there in a Greg -Jim story, and how
long does it take to writ,: one?"
Greg took a deep breath, settled
back in his easy chair and begat,
the answers to my questions.
"In 20 years, I have travelled
thousands of miles. I have talked
BEAUTY CONTEST winner 'of Glencoe Fair with Clown,
Leona Fisher, Wardsville, won expenses paid trip to Windsor
contest next year offered by Mr. Simpson of Windsor.
;ortsSue
or r ,titer
By FRANK MANN HARRIS
("A Sixb't Critic")
FABLE (With apologies to the
late, great George Ade). Once upon
a time there was a Certain Province
that had Very Liberal Sunday Laws.
Whenever the Day of Rest rolled
around John Citizen had his choice
of attending church, ploughing up a
golf course, sniffing the sweet aroma
of burned gas on the highways, stay-
ing home and nagging the wife and
kiddies, or attending church. If des-
perate he could even listen to the
radio. But despite all this vast var-
iety of entertainment, strange to say
the Ingrate was still not satisfied.
* * *
So at last a group of High Minded
Philanthropists decided they.'. would.
do something about it. They decided
to 'send' a Representative Delegation
. of Six to call on the Head Man of
the Province; and included in this
Representative Delegation were a
Baseball Mogul, a Hockey Magnate,
a Football Promoter, a Roller Rink
Proprietor, a Moving Picture Im-
pressario and a Sports Reporter, the
latter being taken along because the
Taxicab held six anyway and there
wasn't any sense in wasting all that
space.
* * *
The Head Man of the Province
received them most graciously and
asked them, in his best Chesterfield-
ian manner, just what was biting
them. So with one accord they pro-
ceeded to tell him of the Terrible
Sufferings of John Citizen under the
Liberal 'Sunday Laws, how their
Soft Hearts bled for him Day and
to men, women and children in all
walks of life. Hundreds of them
have contributed sayings and
themes for my stories and have
never known it. I tell the story to
myself first, then Jim and - hold a
story conference that he can get
an idea for the illustration, which
is very important. The story is
written seven weeks ahead of • ub-
lication. I drive an open car, and
get out in the count - as much as
possible in search of material. I
also mingle with the crowds on the,.
street, and in the store- There
are about 2,000 words in a Greg -
Jim story and the actual typing is
almost 2 hours, althcugh the story
takes four or five days planning,"
"Whew," he gas, e. "does that
cover them all?"
"Did you ever write from other
places, when you were covering a
news story," I continued.
"I have sent thein in to the office
by wire, cable and mail from all over
the world," stated Greg. "In Italy
they tried to stop 1 story frr go-
ing through. The were certain it
was code. Finally tl.ey let it go,
at six cents a word."
We then went dr'vnstair5 where
Greg's daughter, Elizabeth and Su-
sie were chatting and eating frozen
coke. Trust Susie to get in on tlu
eats, I thought. Greg then showed
us his collection of walking sticks,
his books and animal mountings,
carved from wood.
After lool.ing around the walls,
trying to find a Jim Frise cartoon
of "Old Archie," we bade this new
found friend and his family good-
night, Heading out along the Lake-
shore Road for home, we had a
very contented feeling way down
inside. And I might add, a very
happy feeling.
ling
Night, and how something would
have to be Done About It immediate-
ly if not sooner.
* * *
At this point the Sports Reporter
was heard to whisper, "What a
Pushover this Egg turned out to
be!".
* * *
•
Then the Head Man of the Prov-
ince said .to them, "Did I hear you
gentlemen tell me that, in making
this Request, you have only the
Interests of John Citizen at heart
and have no—if you will pardon the
phrase—Ulterior Motive or Motives,
such as Red Propaganda, or Profits,
or anything discreditable like that?"
So one and all, singly, doubly and is
concert, they assured him they were
thinking solely of John Citizen.
* * *
"You do yourselves Very Great
Credit," said the Head Man of the
Province, "and I can see that you
are all High Minded Philanthropists
indeed! So with your Assurance in
mind I will immediately instruct—I
mean, of course, request—My Legis-
lature to pass an Act loosening up
our Liberal Sunday Laws still
further; so that now John Citizen
will be able to have the Healthful
Recreation of Baseball, Football,
Hockey, Moving Pictures and Roller
Skating in addition to the Vast Var-
iety of Entertainment already at his
command, And you, gentlemen, in
return will—"
* * *
At this juncture a Breeze that felt
as though it carne direct from the
Upper Arctic seemed to sweep
through the Reception Chamber,
causing the Sports Reporter to try
and recall where he had put his
Winter Blanket for safe -keeping,
and what it would cost to get it out.
But the Head Man didn't appear to
feel it, and continued—
* *
"You, gentlemen, in return will be,
I am sure, Only Too Glad to do
Your Share. Interested as you are
only in the Welfare of John Citizen
you would naturally be Loath to
Profit in Any Manner from the loos-
ening of our Liberal Sunday Laws,
and would desire to work what is
vulgarly known as For Free. So I
shall instruct—I mean, of course,
request—My Legislature to frame
the New Act so that all mone-
tary returns, such as admission
fees, etcetera, from any such
new Sunday entertainments will
be turned over, without deduction,
to some Worthy Charity. As for you,
Mr. Sports Reporter, I shall be
pleased to make arrangements with
your Esteemed Employer whereby
any Emolument you might ordinarily
receive for reporting such Sunday
entertainment will be devoted to the
same Good Cause."
* * *
But now it was the Head Man of
the Province who noticed a breeze—
only this time it was the wind made
by the Delegation of Six taking it
On the Lam out of the Reception
Chamber with the Sports Reporter
three lengths in the lead. "Why,
wherever can they have got:e so
abruptly?" the Head Man said to
himself, "I had so much more to
say to them; and besides the Camera
Man hasn't got here to Record this
Historic Moment for Posterity!"
Then a sudden thought came to him.
"I have it," said the Head Man.
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A story about a fish that leap-
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The angler, fishing in a Malay-
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"On examination the tail of a
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The fish. described as ilan be-
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