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TOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, October 27, 1955 A Nichol's Worth of Comment On This and That Washington (U.R) I asked Blossom Seeley what no polite man evr should ask a lady. "How old are you, dear? "How. do I know," said the pretty old gal who once was L2 &J Human Nicholm known as the "Golden Girl" of Broadway. "I've lied about my age so much that time trails behind. Put it this way, mister. I'll settle for what Jack , Benny says. That 39 stuff the longest 39 years in show business." Blossom Seeley and her hub by, Benny Fields, were at a guest table where they are ap pearing as a leam at a supper club here. And "Bloss," as Benny calls her, doesn't look a day older than any date she wants to pick on the calendar. Younger, mostly. Charm she still has and a minimum of chins all considering that she made her debut at vehatever age in the year 1906. All through the conversation, Benny kept heckling his lady, and biftting in, too. Two President , "We were the only big comedy team ever to play before two Presidents at the same time," Benny graveled. "Woodrow Wil son and Warren Harding." As history has it the two Pres idents happened to be in the big house on Pennsylvania ave. at the same time. Harding was in the driver's seat and Wilson was his guest as a former tenant. "That's the way it always goes," Blossom said, "Benny is always butting in. He. is right, on that one, though, and he general ly is. As I remember it was at a luncheon, and we sang, with out any musical background." Blossom and Benny still can sing, and they also can ham it like in the old days. Then the conversation got around to the way show girls dress today, and the undated lady had a few things to say about that, too. "The style in the old days was to wear as many petticoats as possible, she said. "With two or three pairs of pants on, nothing showed. And then along came the raw hide business, where if By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Prm Futar Writaf you didn't show almost every thing you were out of business. That's where temporarily I went out of business." Television Helps Television, according to the seasoned lady trouper, has done something to bring back more sensible dress. A voice, she said, still weighs a little heavier than the lack of clothes "in the nicer clubs, of course," Blossom add ed. At the sitting I had with Blos som and Benny, the lady was more than proper. She asked me to count her petticoats. Of course, I declined. But she as sured me that there were three. Her gown was a sensible white, flowing thing and about her neck she had a white chiffon scarf that was low. enough to show the string of pearls Benny had given her for her "X" birth day. A lot of people had forgotten about Benny Fields and Blos som Seely until they made a comeback after the movie, "Somebody Loves Me," portray ed their lives. Dog With Taste for Bread Robs Store of 75 Loaves Kalamazoo, Mich. (U.R) Storekeeper Henry Topoll had to get up early to find out who robbed him of 75 loaves of bread in six months. Topoll told police he saw a bloodhound take a loaf out of a newly delivered box of bread and wander down tne street with it in his teeth. He said the dog apparently knew the days and the early hour when bread deliveries were made to his store. He took only white bread, Topoll added. Farm Production Tripled By Use of New Machinery Chicago (U.R) One farm worker 50 years ago produced enough food and fibers for him self and seven others, while to day one farm worker produces enough for nearly 20 persons. According to the American Meat Institute, this has been made possible by a 160 per cent increase in tractors on farms, a 230 per cent increase in the use of milking machines, 320 per cent more combines and 320 per cent increase in the use of com mercial fertilizers. They'll Do It Every Time i, i V hM By Jimmy Hatlo r REMEMBER VVHENJ I PLEADED W AMLO CM TELLPfE ONLY INTERW4TIOJ4l . WITH YOU 70 BUY" lfTERhJ4noN4Li VOU EVEF? STOCK lC, M'SI T4PIOC4 he ever mad is TAPIOCA? IT WAS SEU.WS AROlWD h YO0 SUOUL0A wWSU MUST hQH HIS NECKTIE "-r TEM LOOK AT iT NOW-OVER BOUGHT AFTE 1 l.f -VlHJ To ! T" TWENTY-YOU C0UL.O4 MADE THEY GO UP-WE 1 fz"2Z ' LAST FOURTH OF 1 YOURSELF SOME REAL DOUGH.' NEVER MENTIONS i L?: I OULY HE SAID TO C GOT A DIME? 2 WANT TO ' THE D06S HE L5 , BUY FIREWORKS CALL UP AND GET THE f I TOUTED THAT ), EiV V PFD BOUND J Ilatestquote om rr-y ' 6o dowxv Vg1 Vjo ZJT ' JMii rr jSi Listening to the -PP'fryO I z "told you so" BOY t'-T fM-JLJiZ I TELL YOU WHAT MIGHT M, (ST zMfrZH & WAVE BEEN KH I TYOCte ?N MARSOEH AMSEBMM, Vw' L Z&. XSely- MM eCUBSTHursntesr. 10-77 ' "SS? S. W"fd&; Crnf,LZ,N.y. ' 1?. Ki"-" rEATVttS WSDICATE. I . WORLD RIGHTS RE.ER CD . ET F ' Gloria Swanson Toys With Reply Duke of Windsor Would Give To Princess By GLORIA SWANSON Written for United Press London (U.R) If Princess Margaret's Uncle David, better known as the Duke of Windsor, were to write to his niece re garding her present situation what would be his advice. I can't help toying with the idea. Uncle David is the only qualified member- of the royal family whose advice would not be theoretical, since he has a measuring stick of experience to judge the joys of living like "other people." It is not at all unlikely- that Modern Equipment of No Use For Moving Puppy Adrian, Mich. (U.R) Fire men, police and department of public works employees made no progress, despite their extensive equiment, in getting a puppy out of a drain tile. Volunteers opened a sewer manhole and tried to poke the dog out with a pole. That failed, too. Finally Clarence Krueger, a fireman, leaned over the end of the open tils drain and whistled. Out came the puppy. such a letter would contain great wisdom, gathered during 19 years of living as a former king among the commoners. What Advice Would he tell Margaret that the privileges of royalty are not as great as the freedom of the average man? Or would he say this life of the average man is a rugged road and, if not born to it, one can find oneself a dis placed person? Might he say that all difficulties can be com pensated by great love? I wonder if he would tell her that, if he had it all to do again, he would make the same decis- Painter Falls From Roof; Paint Tumbles After Him Milwaukee (U.R) Things probably could have been worse, but William Garske, 59, thought they were bad enough. Garske, a painter, fell 25 feet while working on a house job. That's bad. But he fell into" a hedge. That's good. But it was a thistle hedge. Not so good. And his bucket of paint splattered all over him and the bush. 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