POSTSCRIPTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 8, 11 January 1944, Page 4

POSTSCRIPTS

Chronicle and Comment

_ BY PERCY FLAGE • The Kaiser once said: "We will hold ■ on to the last, so help us God." Goeb- ' bels sounds like that. [ * * ♦ ; ■ La Guardia, Mayor of New York: "I just can't help feeling now thai • tEe jig is up soon in Europe." : * * * . "Das Reich": He who gets weak in ; . the knees should at least hide his ' weakness, to prevent his state of mind • from affecting other people. •' . MEIOSIS. To jo: "The situation does not per ' mit of optimism." ' ("Evening Post; • (.6/1/44.) [ ,THE THREE BEARS. (Modern version.) | Bernard Freyberg. Bernard Montgomery. Bernard Paget. —KAY. . * • ♦ 1 LIMERICK. As a beauty I am not a star, There are others more handsome, by far; But my face—l don't mind it, For I am behind it, It's the people injront, f^he^ar. ♦ * • * POLICE—NOT BOOKMAKERS. . Christopher McNamara, 39, hotel porter, of Hammersmith Road, sentenced to four months at West London, was stated to have approached Detective-Inspector Sands and another officer in a hotel at Notting Hill Gate, and said: "I can see you gentlemen are bookmakers. I can do you a good turn. He then offered, states the "Evening Standard," to sell the inspector a book of clothing coupons for £2, saying that they were easy to get rid of and would fetch £3 in the West End. ♦ '♦ ■ ;..■ ;ftCRACKPOT. Hitler's greatest mental "trouble is deadly. He suffers from schizophrenia1 and has' now passed over the border-i line from sanity to quaint madness^ He, like others, has a split personality, and fails to contact with reality. All this fits in with Hitler's mental makeup. His constant retreats to his mountain sanctuary at Berchtesgadenj his long spell of brooding, introspection, and silent communion with himself: his mystic, visionary "ideals"—all point to the "other half" of his personality which has gained the upper hand. That is 1 why his judgment be- . gins to falter. The sane, practical, logical half of him has disappeared. * * .*. LEAP YEAR. Bachelor, take, care! . Avoid my Lady Fair! - Of you may lose Your right to choose, And fall into her snare! She may- claim the Leap Year honour Custom has conferred upon her And lead you up the stair, Ere you are aware! \ During 1944 You'll be safer at the war Than risking it elsewhere} —H. GALLAGHER. * # ♦ ' INTIMATION. Battleaxe: Few people would agree with your political scheme. P.W. (Aramoho): We do not buy either short stories or verse. H.S.: Sorry, but we find that we will not be able to deal with thai matter for some days. / J. Finlay Campbell: We have a letter for you. S. ("Why Retailers Go Mad"): Over long-drawn. Thanks all the same.. Just Jimmy: Your lively yarn is too near the edge. Column 8 is still working. M.D. (Napier): Second, floor in the "Evening Post" building will reach . us. Our regards-. Hamlin: You have to' be careful with the censorship these days. "Oky Doke" ("Up the Line"): Will look into the matter. Glad that you have followed this feature for years.