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The CrJ&QX STATESMAN, Sclera; Orecon, Sunday: Morning, July 9. ISU
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In ft magazine recently an au-
thority on entertainment. Evident
ly not fueling well, offered some
cifres lor drowsiness, applicable
when your guest begin yawning
nd acting as if they wished you'd
never been, born.. , ' '",'.
One example is enough. He rec
ommended, in all seriousness, that
you let one of your guests lie on
the floor and place a coin on the
tip of his nose. The objective,
guaranteed , to provoke sidesplit
ting laughter, Is that the guest
dislodge the coin by wiggling his
nose,
And the magazine paid him for
it!
I dont get iL Postoffice al
' though -I've never piayed it my
selfwould seem more entertain
ing. And there are so many, many
funnier pastimes, if a fellow cares
to use his head. For instance, why
not place one of your guests atop
a fence post on one foot and let the
others throw fresh eggs at him?
' It would be novel, if for no other
reason than that you'd use fresh
eggs, when, as everyone know,
the .. customary . ammunition for
such a target always has been
things slightly overripe. , i
Inanities are the salt and pepper
of life, for some people.
Another uproariously funny
stunt would be to fill the candy
bowl with moth balls and watch
your guests' faces and listen to
their remarks, which would no
doubt be classic; especially if they
were fond of candy. Also, you
could stage an old-fashioned taffy
pull, and when you had them all
; "working like beavers, toss a pil
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low into the electric fan and offer
a" prizefor the person who looked
themost like Donald puck.. :
If nobody seemed to see the hu
mor in that, you could flap your
wings and crow like rooster,
making them think you'd sudden
ly gone cuckoo. Or you could just
walk outof the house and. leaved
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If a fellow uses his headthere's
no end of cure for ennui. Once
when, at a party ! attended, the
host saw we were becoming bored,
he introduced ' the 'dumbest of us
including me to that old, old
game called poker. He was pretty
good at it, and he made it so fas
cinating we stayed nearly all night
trying to "win' our money bacfc "
, It shouldn't be necessary for the
thinking " host to improvise ways j
and means to entertain.; He. can
always provide the fun afigle sim-j
ply by inviting: the right; combin
ation. At least one show-off should ,
always be included. He may tell
jokes i which will embarrass the
others, but maybe , they havent
been around much. What they
need is a tide in a Pullman car
smoking room. -
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Women show-offs are always
funniest Once we invited a house
ful of friends for a quiet New
Year's party.' My best friend and
his girl were on. the list, but about
10 o'clock he called up' and said
his young lady couldn't make it
"Then bring somebody else's
girl, I suggested.
- He did. We'd just nicely sat
down to a pleasant game of ana
Krams. when he breezed in with
her. " It was immediately evident
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that she was under; the Influence
of at least a strong1 misapprehen
sion. She thought she'd been fet
ched in to break up the party. And
she practically did; She held a
monotony on all the worst jokes,
and she exhibited'a tendendy to
ward acrobatics. - She did every
thing unladylike bqt hang by her
heels from the chandelier. j .
. When I asked my friend how it
happened, he . said : the poor girl
was at home alone, , without any
friends and lonesome. : Which, in
view of her behayior, wasn't at
all hard to understand. 1
Monmoutli Grad
Writes of travels !
- MONMOUTH In a letter to
Cecilia "Brennan, placement " sec
retary at OCE, Ted S. Jaross, and
alumnus of the -school, now sta
tioned at Fort Benning, -Ga,
writes: s .
'Since the last time I was on
the campus many a: mile has been
covered. First to Fort Lewis, then
to Camp 'Roberts, Calif, and now
in , the peach "' land of Georgia
where they are trying to educate
us in the line of radio operations
and transmitting. ;We are to be
here for. seven more weeks, after
which I am hoping; for six weeks
in a radio ' repair "course," and-i-I
hope a furlough back to good old
Oregon. Ill be sure to stop in for
a visit. ".' , 1
"My brother, Walter Jaross, has
returned to the states and will be
stationed at Camp .Pickett, Va,
after spending almost two years
on Kodiak Island, Alaska. The
Ocean -: and Lamron (college
news sheets) have been much en
joyed, with information . about
many fellow students and their
I whereabouts."
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Story Hours
New Feature
For CI
An added attraction has been
included in jthe program of j the
seven neighborhood i playgrounds
with Mrs. Dorothy .- Eriger -in
charge of a series o story hours,
sponsored by the Salem council
of church women, j, I :!
Mrs. Kriger's project will begin
Monday morning. Her method of
instruction involves the use ot vis
ual aids to illustrate her stories;
Her daily schedule at the play
grounds includes; ! I .j : : ;
9 to 8:30 a. 'm. Highland.- i
- 9:40-10:104-Englewood.: !' ;.;
10:50-liaf-Washington.
1:30-2:00 pV to. Richmond, j
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3:15-3-35 McKinley.
Regular projects under the i di
rection of thf playground instruct
tors will be carried ion both pre
ceding and J following the story
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Highway Commission
Plans August Tour
The state highway commission.
aiuug wiuki group ql newspaper
men and representatives of sev
eral federal s agencies, w, ill .leave
here early b August for! an eight
days tour of Oregon highways, ij
The partyt will visit i virtually
every section of the: states High
way department officials, . other
than the commissioners, islated to
make the tr are It li -Baldock,
state highwdy engineer? Herbert
Glaisyer, commission . secretary,
and J. M. Devers, at
jrney for the
highway division.
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