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...good many persons in this country as well. But . . . the American psychology regarding Prohibition is basically only a form of the sort of make-believe and dressing-up that every child indulges in. No one would think of calling a child a hypocrite because he dresses up as a cowboy or a policeman. Other peoples are, in other respects, just as childlike and naïve in their psychology as the Americans are about Prohibition. For example, consider the problem of why Englishmen wear silk hats. (They still do.) It is apparent to the meanest intelligence that a silk...
...mispronounced British peer is perhaps "Lord Chumly," spelled Cholmondeley. The Marquess and Marchioness of Cholmondeley stubbornly persist in calling themselves "Chumly." Last week their daughter, Lady Aline "Chumly," presided over a charity rummage sale at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, while their youngest man child, Lord John "Chumly" donned a "cowboy suit" (imported from the U. S.) and took sixpences from people who wanted to dip into a bran tub for prizes of doubtful value...
...Republicans renominated Governor Richard C. ("Honest Dick") Dillon, famed in his last campaign for his 22-word campaign speeches, and objections to wearing a dress suit at his inaugural ball. Governor Dillon said he might cut his campaign speeches this year to eleven words. His opponent: Democrat Bob Dow. cowboy Attorney-General...
...Water Hole. As every cinemaddict knows, one of the sure-fire plots is the one about the vivacious, vampy heiress who is kidnaped by either a cowboy or an engineer who wants to tame the shrew. This time it (Jack Holt) is an engineer, though neither rod, bob nor transit appears in the Arizona locale. He abducts Judith (Nancy Carroll) because she won a bet with her cronies that she could make Engineer Randolph propose in a week. Hidden behind a window are the losing cronies who at the proper moment expose themselves, causing prodigious embarrassment to the engineer...
...Indian. He had a reputation for absolute truthfulness and reliability, and was a crack shot. He never learned to read or write (except his name), but he knew Mexican Spanish, Canadian French, and a half dozen Indian tongues. He was the first white man to become a cowboy, the greatest Indian fighter the country ever had. Before he was 50, he had scores of scalps to his credit and many an Indian believed he had a charmed life...