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Papa ese - 9 *°8 RR, * ay 0-39 (Aes. 1-11-80) POMS" 11 1960 George Spelvin, Amerlean: ———, BEC 8 pegpereeces W seer Wife Is Intellectual (Here Ie another autobiographical chapter in the life of “George Spelvin, American,’ as recorded by Westbrook Pegler) By WESTBROOK PECLER HEY GET THE FUNNIEST ideas, you would not even know they were thinking about anything, except who had a baby or who | had a fight with their husband. Then they say, bey, Pop, how much moncy - in the world? The husband says that depends what kind of money, you mean how many siotys? She says do not tease a girl talking about slotties, I want to improve my mind s©0 you can be proud of me. The guy says I am proud of you even if you could not even count your change, but a zloty is a Polish dollar. She sald well of all the crazy names i0 call a Gollar. Then she said how much is a plaster? I sald gosh, how do I know? Get out the book, the book has a part in the back where it tells you all os PEGLER kind of things, how much does a gal Jon of water weigh? What Is a ptarmigan? How muc is an acre? Bhe said that reminds me, how much is an acre? I said well there is 640 acres in a mile, She said how much isa mile? I said | 5.280 feet long. She said then , aot = meee te wnt lane oo now JOE is an acre? I said an acre is Hot long, an acre js like this. Bo J did lke this with my arms. Dreamie said so an acre is square like this and a mile is long like a string but there is 640 acres in a mille. It does not figure. I said please, Baby. I had a hard day in the busy marts of trade, you know, tooth and fang. So when I get home I wish those old days would come back when they had those teevee roller derbies. I used to neta kick out of them, no payola {o those babes the way Uiey used to beit each other | over the rall. Dreamie sald you cai gay that again. But those double-dome study-bums gaid it was a shame for us to be so ignorant so they were going to mage us intellectual. Questions Nke what is the rainfall of Madagascar? Who wrote Carl Sandberg? Then it turns out to be a frameup. I sald what came over you tonight, anyway? Everything quiet and you suddenly break out Jike eraly-abcot acres? _ a - oe cos ase ed The Weshisgtos Post end Times Herald The Washington Dally News The Evening Star Mew York Herald Tribune __.._._.. Mew York Jourad-Americes Mew York Mirtor New York Daily News New Yeort Past The New York Times _....___-—— The Worker The New Leeder ___.._._--— — ‘The Vell Street Jounal —_——— Dete _ WAR’ 1960 {foo 7 } KOT TYRORDED MAR 11 1960 2 coe bate ed — If. -_-.