KNICKERS

Dear Editor,

Some weeks ago I read a pseudowitty story in your paper by some crack-brained hack writer who found his delight in giving us knicker wearers the razzberry. As long as the U.S. continues to remain a country of free speech, free press and free lunch we oemand that you give ui:: so~u prominunt place in your paper to answer the aforementioned flatheaded staff member.

There must be one of two things the matter with a man who would write such an articel. Pursonally I think that he is as low as a German mark. Either that, or he is so crooked that he can't expose hisself any further by wearing knickers, and get any one to trust him any futur.

On the other hand there are two reasons why we wear knickers instead of long pants, Since time immemorial (or at least since I can remember l men have ever sought the elixir of youth. Some wanted a swig out of the Spring of Youth to rejuvenate them; some have tried grafting monkey glands to themselves, and yet this has not seamed to raze them to the standard of the former posesor of the gland. So, since these have proved to be of no avail we have finally found the real solution in our quest for youth - knickers, and when we wear them we are accused of being bootleggers while in reality not more than one out of every three of us has ever smuggled any hootch in his britches. The second reason for knickers is that the greatest karacters of all time have worn them. Supposeing for an mstant that Adem had taken the attitude of the riter of the precious article and "stood pat." Cotton growers, and sheep would then have been run out of bizness by the nursery,lhe hatchery of palm and fig trees. But in looking over the great personalities of history how many of them wore long pants? Take for instance Caesar, Cleopatra, Napoleon, Washington, Jefferson, Harding. Especially noteworthy is the name of Harding who achieved many great deeds in his short term as president, and yet the thing for which his name will go down to posterity is his golf game, and this was always followed in knickers.

The gentleman (?) who wrote that articel seemed to take great pleazure in his pass word "I.W.W." but for his we wish to print ours, "K.K.K."Knickers or Knone, Knosey.

Yours for knickers, unattacked and unscorned,

I. Will Wearom -March 17, 1924