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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
7
A collection of quick gags and classroom quips including a hillbilly singer description, a tongue in cheek menu suggestion, a nervous student contemplating a dangerous bridge, driving advice, and a kindergarten reply about a coin toss. The bits hinge on wordplay and misinterpretations with a retro humor tone.
A compact quotation emphasizes that real growth requires effort and work. It asserts that development, both physical and intellectual, comes from activity and that work is a prerogative of intelligence and a measure of civilization.
Sheila loses her New York job for offering unwelcome advice and recalls a summer friend named Peter. In a family scene her purse reveals fifty dollars, but it must be returned to the purse owner. She visits the wealthy McCanns, reunites with Peter, and ends up locked in a library with him as he escapes through a window.
Sheila and Peter cling to life after a fall from a roof top fire escape. They descend to a dim studio where two men enter, one with a pistol, forcing them into a closet and warning silence as danger closes in.
In a tense scene Sheila and Peter hide as voices argue in a studio. A loud Irish man and others drift in with warnings and questions about Garrity and the young arrivals. Ken exits unseen as danger lingers, leaving Peter wary of the men’s quiet, unsettling stares.
Sheila and Peter flee in a car driven by Ken into a snowbound night. Ken plans to deliver Sheila to her mother in White Plains while two accomplices target the couple, leaving Peter behind. The trio stops at a roadside inn as danger closes in and Sheila clings to cover and courage, hoping for safety.
Colonial style bedspread embroidery offered with simple stitches and motifs. Includes transfer pattern of 18 motifs from 4 by 6 inches to 144 by 2 inches, stitch illustrations, color schemes, and materials. Send 15 cents to Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept New York with name and address.
A country ramble joke features Mary praising George who responds with a dull compliment. They meet farmer Jollop who is tending pigs. He explains the phrase ditto by pointing to two pigs by the fence to illustrate a twin or repeat meaning.
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