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
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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.
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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
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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
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all over him and the bush. Worse
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Chicago (U.R) Chicago has
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detectives to prepare a list of
the 10 "most dangerous men"
lished in the police department's
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On the other hand, he might
say that if the group captain and
the princess set aside their love
for the laws of the church and
the good of the crown, it might
have a better chance to endure.
This way it would probably go
down in history as a great love
story.
He might write Margaret that
she is too young to realize that
the one who has the least to sac
rifice has a greater responsibil
ity. In the case of Captain Town
send, who is not only a man but
one of some years, think how he
could prove his love,' his char
acter and integrity by insisting
that this young princess should
not make these great sacrifices
for him.
Old Cliche
Because of that old cliche
"Time will tell," as it has an
unrelenting way of doing, Uncle
David might remind Margaret
that should the marriage turn
out to be an unhappy one, there
could be no divorce, nor playing
the role of the "innocent party."
While I am speculating, I
might as well go the whole hog
and wonder what "Wally" of
Windsor would be able to offer
Townsend in the way of good
advice. For example, how to
make the person who has sacri
ficed for love happy.
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No matter what kind of product you want to
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You know the maker stands back of it guar
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