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PAGE 8 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 1945
"St1ntt1 Clt111s Is Coming To Town'' • • • • • • Shop Et1r/y!

WHY . BATTLE THE SHOPPING CROWDS IN THE CITY? Visit Ship's Service wallets, key rings, and bill folds. Smooth finished poker chips, high quality cards, and
No. 1 and view the gala display of Christmas gifts behind the counters. At left is pic- novelty parlor games will make delightful gifts for family and friends. Luxurious
tured the jewelry department. In this department one can find exquisite pieces of traveling bags and suitcases can also be purchased at Ship's Service. The tobacco
costume jewelry, necklaces, watches and rings. A large assortment of engagement department is complete. Practically every type of pipe is on display in addition to
and wedding rings are there for prospective grooms. Perfume bottle (i nsert ) enta ils many fine blended tobaccos. At right is cosmetic counter containing popular brands
only a small portion of the wide variety of perfumes and colognes at the fragrance of lipsticks, powders, and creams in addition to shaving lotion and cologne f.or men.
counter. Pictured at center are leather articles and parlor games, including leather ( Insert ) Candy - always an excellent gift.
R,ooms Were Hard to Fine! minutes later he came running CO: Sailor, are you saving half
"Anything will do," he said to out to the clerk. of what you earn ? Civilian Life Is Good, But Forget The
the clerk. "Say," he cried, "that woman S2c: No, sir, I don't get that Hero Stuff When You Go Back
"I can let you have a cot in the in there is dead." much.
ballroom," replied the clerk, but "I know it," was the answer. By Bill Mauldin anxious to see how many free
there is a lady in the opposite cor- "But how did you find out?" * * * (G. I. Artist and Civilian ) beers his uniform will get. He
ner, and if you don't make any * * * He : "Shall I leave the dim ligJ:>'" pops off about what a raw deal
noise she'll be none the wiser." Sailor Sam tells of the Navy burning?'' (SEA).- Many people say being he's getting and he asks every
"Fine," said the tired man and dentist who got a salute of 21 She: "No, turn the dim thin 1 a civilian is no good, that after
being one for a few weeks you'll civilian between 16 and 60 "Why
into the ballroom he went. Five gums. off."
wish to hell you were back in ain't you in uniform, Bud?"
the Army. They're nuts. Since being home I've found
The discharge simply means that the loudest are those who
Masthead Fiction that you are free to begin living suffe.red the least. After a citizen
A CAR WITH A HEART • i, • • your own life. It's good to be runs into a few of these charac-
By Robert Perez, BM2c refuse that had settled heavily on that cute littl.e dish that had free like that but it has some ters he ·is going to be very cau-
I tious about the honest guys who
, , . my runningboard, gave indica- lunch at the same cafeteria. drawbacks.
The car had been sitting m tions that he might have been "I tried vainly to carry my I've found that people gener- have had their pants shot off,
,front of the _sam~ hou~e for th e · guilty of this neglect before. body majestically. I still had two ally try to give you little breaks lost their girls while overseas,
past month, its tires shghtly de- "He certainly did the street an good hands, a top hat and the here and there because you were can't find a job and are just try-
flated, one light on th e _right injustice and I was beginning to intestinal fortitude to continue. in service but they don't fall all ing to get along.
ha nd ~ide hanging limply by a take on the same aspect. Dust had "The top hat didn't last long. over themselves. There are a cou- If you have to deal with some
torn wire a nd th e roof soggy if settled on my body like gray hairs "Twenty-two fellows had other ple of reasons: mug who got fat from the war
not almost worn through by the One is that so many guys have and doesn't want to give you your
on an aging man. ideas. The first punt proved that,
rain. From all appearances it was come home they are no longer a due get as tough as you like and
,obvious that this relic had been "The cleaner had other things when the ball went sailing novelty. The other reason is that throw the book at him. But until '-'
'out of use for some time. No to do. through my already weakened car once in a while they run into you're sure about him, don't ap-
"He'd finish that dime novel top and landed on my dash
one had seen it moved. The length some punk who got his first pair proach him with a chip on your
he had managed to salvage from board. Glass littered my soft,
of time it had lodged by this of shoes in the Army and is shoulder ... "
the rear seat of the last car that upholstered seats.
same curbing like an unwelcome
he had missed with his broom but
roomer went undetermined, prob-
not with his fingers. Maybe he'd Police Came
ably because no one had paid "The police soon chased the kids . Ho//pwood Pln-lJ/J Parade -
much attention. better finish the story later, the
boss was beginning to question off the street. It was too danger- , f'
Its lips were sealed to the out- his empty container and bulg- ous. Somebody might bump into
side world but in its mechanical ing pockets. me and get hurt. He might get
kingdom, its little mind had func- "By this time his broom which cut on the glass- or dirty from
tioned smoothly once. The blood had been casually dropped by the my dust.
had flowed freely through its curb, accidentally landed in a "Better quit, fellows!
vcins- -the stead" p:mndinr; of its muddy pile of cigarette butts, "The good men checked my ere-
heart had sent the plasma speed- gum wrappers and a general all dentials. Maybe they would take ,
ing down into its legs to give it
around conglomeration of refuse I care o~ me. I was ~eginning to
motion. that had hid behind my right front feel bred and mistreated. I
Both of its' eyes were dependent tire. The cleaner couldn't get to needed a bath and a ·good rest.
on the life-giving fluid-and they all of it with his broom. Instead "Gee, that certainly was a
had done their job well. The stor- he poked at the green wrapper pretty red wagon that was pulling
ies they could unfold would prob- with his steel-pointed stick miss- up in front of me. How I envied
ably fill volumes of every· day ing on his first try but digging that sleek, trim body and those
life. It was blind in one eye now. deep into the heart of my tire. strong shoulders.
Only the mind functioned feebly. "The sun shone brightly on the
"Well," it thought, "I have be- Nasty Tir,es
long curved hand that coiled
come a nuisance no·w. "I h" d b k ·1 " menacingly about the broad shoul- ; \....,
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isse
ac angn y.
"One child, while playing ball "Oh well" he must have said, ders of the red car. Suddenly I
in the street, had accidentally put "nobody would notice- it's on the there was noise from the motor ,
a finger in my other good eye, right side an~way. Besides, hadn't ; and the long hand started to un- ·
knocking it carelessly to the gut- the nasty tire completely cov- i coil and move smoothly towards
ter and leaving me as totally erect the rubbage, making it im- · the front end of my body.
sightless as a blind man with a possible for me to do a thorough I "Ouch, that hurt!
copy of the morning paper. job? "Now I was moving, limping on
"But the little tyke hadn't gone "He picked up his broom and i one side. Somebcdy picked up my
home without his share of the tried to s~ake off the papers that right eye.
bruises. I defended myself ably hung -on hke hungry leeches, but I "The kids were hollering, why
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and bit the boy with · my newly to no avail. My front bumper I didn't know.
acquired set of jagged, glass- looked like a good place to bang 1 "I passed the cafeteria. There
sharp teeth. off the little pests. But this, ·he : was my old friend, the street
Cleaner Was Busy found after the first thud when ' cleaner slouched over his lunch
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"The street cleaner was utterly a part of me crashed heavily to and only raising his eyes when I
unaware of my previous harmful the deck, was far too brittle for went by. He was probably jealous
inflictions. Even I forgot my his particular use. I because he wasn't ge~ting a free I
bruises when we met. I could feel "He would try my fender. This ride.
the mutual resentment. The way proved a tower of strength and I "One woman raised a hand ~~==="'-'=====--2~~=~='-?:.=
~he cleaner went about his work, stood up to at least four healthy threateningly. With the other she LINE ON LYNN-Diana Lynn, Paramount's talented starlet, has
avoiding my rear tire, snatching smashes before crumpling along- held a child protectingly. been receiving a flood of mail from sailors all over the world. "Out
only the papers that were in side its comrade. I "Oh, well, I didn't lik th o~ T~is World,''. her latest flicker, ma_y have somet_hin{! to do with her
" . , , e .e rise in popularity. Currently you'll find her working in "Our Hearts
view and maneuvering around the I It he didn t hurry he d miss ne~ghborhood anyway." were Growing Up."
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