It Rose Slowly Like A Gull Sensing

[in 1889] The Last Big Tract Of Indian Land Was Declared Open For Settlement, In Oklahoma. The Claimants And The Speculators Mounted Their Horses And Lined Up Like Trotters Waiting For A Starting Gun. The Itchy Ones Jumped The Gun And Were Ever After Known As Sooners-and Oklahoma Was Thereafter Called The Sooner State.

In Golf, Humiliations Are The Essence Of The Game.

Between A Quarter And A Third Of Los Angeless Land Area Is Now Monopolized By The Automobile And Its Needs-by Freeways, Highways, Garages, Gas Stations, Car Lots, Parking Lots. And All Of It Is Blanketed With Anonymity And Foul Air.

Cocktail Music Is Accepted As Audible Wallpaper.

Washington's Birthday Is As Close To A Secular Christmas As Any Christian Country Dare Come This Side Of Blasphemy.