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1. E. Wood & Bro., Inc. "THE LIVE WIRES"
WHERE QuALITY Is HIGHER THAN PRICE
ALONG THE SCENIC ROUTE
In this present day, the age of the automobile, when Mr. and Mrs. So-and-So decide to motor to Such-
·~d-Such a p l a c e , t h e y w i l l , n i n e
trmes out of ten, take the scenic
route regardle:;s of whether it is
longer or shorter than another way.
They have read in newspapers and
magazmes the various advertise-
ments such·as, "Come to Carolina.!
P ossibly the exclusivene:>s of these meetings is what makes them so dear to the heart of the average man. Let a member of the weaker sex enter the room when such a session is in full swing and the fe'eling and at- mosphere is automatically changed. Whether or not it is changed for the better or worse I am unable to ay, but you will have to admit that a woman's influence is a wonderful
power, and she certainly uses it to her own advantage.
The power of creation is surely greater than that of demolition, but I. assure you that the latter' nine bmes out of ten, when the woman
breaks up a bull session, is consid- ered the greater and best force. She cannot make a bull S'ession, but she can add to her authority by ending one. Then, let me add, that such additions are welcome no matter how grave the subject under discussion.
r. B. D.
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OUR SHEIKS OF V. E. S. A maiden asked me yesterday
Ofboy atV.E.S.;
~ncl the boys who sheik the women Are the last ones that you'd guess.
"Oh, to meet Whitehead," she sighed,
"That cool, collected sheik.
He waved at me once as he passed
With your sweet 'Eaglebeak.' Why do you call him such a !lame? This 'Eaglebeak,' I mean.
I think that graceful, curving nose Is the cutest thing I've sePn.
And of all the clashing, dancing
You're here
and We're here!
Wonderful roads and scenerv" or "T lal J ' '
-with a more attractive assortment of Fall Suits and Topcoats to welcome you with than we have ever had. Models of distinction-with
fall snap and style, from
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rave ong the Mohawk Trail and get the benefit of the most wonder- ful views in the country," and ma.ny
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others of the same nature.
So Mr. and Mrs. So-and-So em- bark in their family car, be it a Rolls or a Flivver, and seek the scen- ic route.
Miles and miles of bad road bumps, and jolts, but always the
ame encouragement : "Never m.ind dear, we'll hit the macadam soon' and then we'll lie back and listen t~ the engine purr, and take in the scenery." More miles of bumps and jolts, and then suddenly they come
out on the main highway. " Well here we are at last," they sa.y in turning the family chariot onto the
good road.
And so they lie back, and the motor purrs, and they look for the scenery, but they do not see it, for the mere reason that they cannot.
" Five Miles to Smith's Garage" -
"Eat at Jones' Cafe When You
Arrive at Strawberry Crossino-''- "D o
- ang e r o u s Curve Ahead" -"Slow Down to Forty-five Along Thi Grade"- "Y ou Are Now Enter-
of summer, clinging, almost tangi- bly to the landscape. November seems out of season this year-a lit- tle ear.ly to say the least. A cloud passes. Its shaqow, falliug on the mountain, shows bluer and darker than the surrounding parts.
As one's eye leaves the mountain and travels toward the foreground, there is less haze and the colors be- come more vivid, with seemingly more green, more bare places, some cultivated, some not. Deciduous trees give place to evergreens.
The sky is getting cloudy, and by afternoon I fear it will be rather darkened. I don't see as much light blue on the mountain as I did a
short time ago. It iS' now the sun- light falling on the landscape that's more remarkable.
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It is now afternoon; and the scene
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sheiks,
ing Schenectady; H ere in 1813- " The one that's won my heart
etc."
"Don't worry, my dear," they say,
"we may not be able to see past the other side of the road now but sure- ly the advertisements said that there were superb scene:; along thi route."
Is that charming, smiling Elgin boy,
The king of Cupid's dart.
I spoke once to an athlete- The best one in your school. He said he held all records;
. Several miles farther on, they H e 11·as clashing, calm and cool.
THE OLD,
round a curve, and there before them
is the scenery that they have been
seeking. Rolling hills, a winding
river, beautiful fields, lovely homes;
and near the top rea.ds-"You Will
See This and the Like When You
Come to Florida." rrhe tourists
glance at the signboard in disgust, McBrayer, Boyd, and Head;
and pass on. At the end of several more miles of billboard scenery, they decide to turn off at the next detour, and get on the most di"rect route to Such-and-Such a place.
And this is not only true of Mr. and Mr:>. So-in-So along the road to Such-and-Such a place, but it is true of every tourist, and on practically every highway in the United States.
"Bah!" says Mrs. So-in-So when she again reads the advertisements of the scenic route.
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. BULL SESSIONS
· The right to hold bull sessions is one privilege that belongs to man only. The non-participation of fe- males in them is an assured certain- ty. They may go to our barber shops, wear mannish-looking clothes, drive the same make of cars, and carry hip flasks and do almost every-
That woman hater Farinholt,
And that lovely Mr. Meade.
'l'here is Pelton with his blushes;
Bertie Bowman's wieked line;
That darling Bobby Wayland,
And that sweet Pete Constantine.
These are the boys for whom we .
pme,
The sheiks at whom we stare;
Yet we'd give up all of these to
know
How that Rhett boy curls his hair."
G. C. B.
LANDSCAPE TO TOBACCO ROW, NOVEMBER, 1926
It's morning ru.1d though there is a briskness in the air, the frost last
night was fairly light and the day ig sunny enough for one's comfort.
T obacco Row, the mountain in
back of school, is red, purple, bronze
yellow, with still a touch of green,
has changed.
covered by heavy, billowing clouds. I didn't realize how long I had stopped, because it is now almost too dark to write.
Suddenly a break in the clouds lets in a shaft of the afternoon sun;
falling on the mountain top it makes·
a remarkable scape. But the clouds
are always changing, and the break
is mended. It is too dark to - '
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thing under the sun that · their lingering as though loath to let the
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brothers do, but the holding of the aforesaid gatherings is the exclusive privilege of the male only.
frost do its work, or perhaps they are pines. Over all there is the blue haze
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