MARTHA PHILLIPS uom masters
WILBUR & LYKE "Stars As They Are"
'Your Turn Next" News Weekly
COMING THIKSDAY SPECIAL PRODUCTION
"THE SPLENDID SIN"
YANKEE DOODLE CAME TO TOWN
WITH A LARIAT IN HIS HAND
There is an old tradition that one
tall, lean, bewhiskered individual
came to town riding on a pony, stuck
his feather in his cap, and called it
some absurd name generally associ
ated with Italian table d' hotes. The
tradition is all wrong. As a matter
of fact, Yankee Doodle came to town
as a pedestrian, and wore no whisk
ers either on his face or jokes. In
fact, his mirth was so fresh, so new,
that it was soon the talk of the town, i
and clever young men earned repu
tations for cleverness by repeating
his jokes and forgetting the copy
right line. This shows that they
were destined to ultimately edit com
ic magazines.
There is -no doubt that Will Rog
ers is the party of the first part in
the celebrated Yankee Doodle legend.
