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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
9
A collage of dated jokes and bemused one liners about doctors wives nurses cooks soldiers sailors and parents. The bits feature punchlines on looks truth and manners set in military and civilian life with repeated benign ribbing of gender and social roles.
A surreal dialogue unfolds with a taxi driver and a guest over umbrellas and rights. A Chinaman note hints at identity, while a chaplain and a schoolteacher exchange quips about money, meaning, and the word sufficient through a playful classroom vignette. A hotel clerk and guest joke about a rope fire escape, hinting at reform and safety in a mock civil exchange.
A businessman wakes to a fairy in his office and asks how she stays unseen. She answers she lends people money. Mrs. W. G. Miller and granddaughter Joan Sens visited Houston with Clinton Tubbs family. Elmo Sens family joined to bring them home. Carol stayed for a week.
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