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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pages can be turn't an' read. The last nummer wasna sae sair mutilatit as that for Sept. 24, an' I hae read some o' it. I see ye say that Jix addressed "the gaping Ayrshire yokels." That's a fine sentence. I hae nae doot the chap that wrote it read it twice or oftener, and smile't at his ain smertness. I widna say but he compare't himsel (muckle tae his ain advantage) wi' that Ayrshire yokel, Rabbie Burns. Rabble's fairly weel...
...raised" we say oot here) among the Ayrshire yokels, an' I dinna min' seein' them gap much, except when they might be tryin' tae read a newsmagazine as dull as TIME. No that ony siccan drivel was produced in Ayrshire, but there bein' nae censorship on dullness, some yawn-provokers frae the ootside at times got on tae the newsstaunds, an' were whyles bocht by chaps that werena "on" tae their contents...
That evening on the streets of St. Andrews, newsboys sold "Bawby's" picture framed beside that of Tom Morris Jr. One dismayed Scotsman growled, "Ye're nae a gowfer at a'-ye're juist a machine." Another said: ". . . the gr-reatest gowfer in the wur-rld." Carried on Scottish shoulders to his hotel (beside the 18th fairway), Gowfer Jones hastily sought privacy. The terrific strain had ended in an attack of nausea. When it had passed he said: "I'm too happy to talk. To be a champion at St. Andrews is quite too much...
Said Bobby Burns, sapient Scot: "Nae man can tether Time." So TIME, at times, runs wild. Thus, TIME which "discovereth all things," blazoned business item commending Servel President Seaber for expeditious action in approaching production of gas fired refrigerators. Not discovered by TIME is the fact that for over two years the Ice-o-lator, gas fired refrigerator, has been serving hundreds of homes. Its makers, National Refrigerating Co., Winchester Arms sponsored corporation, apparently lack potent publicity promoter. "Improve your TIME and your TIME will improve you." Reader, not yet subscriber, V. MACGRATH...