Coming Into Washington from i
Marlboro—Just as one rounds n
sharp curve, a large sign In very
bold letters, orders:
"Stop.”
The driver slopes down, of
course. And then he reads the
smaller type, and is Informed
where the best steamed oysters
may be obtained In the capital."
The sad part of it all is that the
address is wrong. Once upon a
time, In the good old days, as an
epicure declares, a visitor could
get the best steamed oysters at
the place in question.
“But those days are gone for
ever," as the comic strip advises.
PEOPLE’S FORUM
Humanity la Saved
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
It Is true, the human race was
on the brink of destruction. But
in every crisis arises a genius, and
this man was Archibald Hauser
vauverboski.
Archie came from a long line
of scientific discoverers. His
great granddaddy, Abbie Percy,
discovered that lye, washing pow
der and mattress springs would
make corn whisky. Narcotic Van
Beezer, his grand uncle-In-law,
found that a combination of old
Ford Inner tubes and alarm clocks
would make silk hose.
So. Archie threw himself Into
the widening breach between hu
manity and its destruction. He
arose before the world with all
the majestic splendor that a to
mato can rises when it Is hit with
a broom stick. He was the man
of the hour, the world’s only sal
vation.
In one glance Archie knew
something was wrong. Two things
were wrong; first, the human race
had worn blisters on their thumbs
from pressing the buttons so often,
and second, the electric Juice was
off. Archie Immediately called
the Alabama Water Power Com
pany, but received no satisfaction.
