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Thursday, November 14, 1946 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Page 3 Phyllis Irene Holbrook '- . ' .... -t t N Courtesy Lincoln Journal Miss Phyllis Irene Tlolbrook will be married to Boyd L. Brewster Dec. 20 in the First Christian church. Miss Holbrook, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. II. D. Holbrook. is a graduate of the university where she was a member of Chi Omega. A former university stu dent, Mr. Brewster is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Royal S. Brewster. He was recently discharged from the army after serving in the China, Burma, India theater of operations for 26 months. VLojdtWinaL TUcoiinsL TLugjloAA. TOTTTE FIDDOCK Shivering with fright, I backed into a doorway. He came slowly around the corner looking stealthily from side to side. With a mad scream of anguish, I ran down the street; still he followed. Exhausted, I stopped and waited. The moment had arrived. His face was a mask of calmness as he stood before me and asked in icy tones, "Got a match?" With shaking fingers, I handed him a packet of matches. Si lently he lighted the cigarette dangling between his teeth. Then, with a look of fury, he drew a beat-up Ronson from his pocket and .tossed it angrily into the gutter. Sad Story. By this time we were fast friends, so he told me his sad story. "It all started," he began with a sob in his voice, "when they gave me that lighter. I coddled it, I polished it, I kept it filled with juice but nothing would make it light. "You can imagine my em barrassment when I dragged my lighter proudly forth to light somebody's cigarette and noth ing happened. I was forced to quit attending classes so that I might avoid the sneers and re proaches of my friends. I grew to hate the very sight of a match. "And I tried remedies. First, I sent it to the factory. When it came back, a flame shot forth and I was delighted. But it only happened once. I tried filling it with fingernail polish remover, which was most successful; I was happy, until I discovered that I was slowly poisoning myself and all whose cigarettes I lighted. Despair. "One day, sunk in the depths of despair, I dropped it into a cup of coffee, and after fishing it out .again it produced a tiny flame, which never reappeared. "I tried throwing it against the wall with a hasty word and it still stubbornly refused to function. I gave up smoking for 20 minutes, but the lighter kept haunting me. Now I am reduced to asking for matches to light my lighter to light my cigarettes. I can't stand it! What am I to do?" All my sympathies were drawn toward this nocturnal nicotine nuzzler. Stepping over his pros trate form, I lifted the faithless from the sewer, pressed the but ton .and stared in fascinated hor ror at the flame 1 produced. With a cry of terror, he sprang to his feet and screamed, "Keep it! If you can make it light, it's your." The last I saw of him, he was strolling down the street, chew ing a cigarette and singing that popular new song, "Who spiked my coke with Ronsonol." Plans for Military Ball Complicated By Baud Schedule Complications in scheduling a big-name band for the Military Ball have necessitated a postpone ment in plans. Cadet Captain Bil' Hammond, publicity chairman pi the Ball announced today. As soon as it is possible, the band will be named, Hammond said, and ticket price details will be clari fied. Hammond commented on the misunderstanding arising from The Daily Nebraskan's announce ment that the Ball was semi formal. He pointed out that the Ball has been traditionally for mal since 1911 and explained the military department's reasons for dropping the dress restrictions. Because of the recent discharge of many Nebraska men, the de partment felt that formal re quirements would be difficult to fulfill. KaninoMi IfeSded that it is the hope hi the ROTC that as many men 4jtfU"HainiiF tain the 35-year tradition and come in formal dress. Things are a bit crowded at Bill Holdcn's home. The two-bedroom house was okay when the star of Paramount's "Dear Ruth" bought it four years ago. Now he has two additional children and a dog causing cramped quarters and he can't find a bigger place. Signe Hasso, Bob Hope's co-s'ar in Paramount's "Where There's Life," is making her first stage appearance in three years as fem inine lead in '"Georgis" with the Laguna Beach players. In hr na tive Sweden, Miss Hasso played leads at the Royal Academy. Froish Coeds Freshman women may at tend the convocation in the Union tonight to hear Dr. T. Z. Koo speak, but if it lasts later than 9:00 p. m., they must return to their places of resi dence immediately, according "1o A W S President, Mfmi Ann Johnson. Preventative Steps Taken Forlnfluenza . Students may provide them selves with immunization against influenza under a new service in augurated by the Student Health service, announced Louis E. Means, Director of Student Physical Wel fare. This will be a voluntary meas ure for students this year. Stu dents wishing immunization may call at the Student Health serv ice immediately for this service, which will b furnished at cost. Danger Season Here. Women living in dormitories may call on Miss Fager, Regis tered Nurse whp has quarters at the dormitory, and receive their immunization there. Students are urged to be immunized at once, as the danger season for influenza is already here. The immunization remains ef fective several months, providing safety during the winter months. This treatment was used with great success among the armed forces in World War II, and is credited with preventing a recur rence of the influenza epidemic that scoured the armed forces in World War I. Nebrska become one of a fast growing number of universities providing influenza immunization. Yale University recently made this procedure compulsory for all students. Olga San Juan plays her part as a comedienne in Paramount's 30-star "Variety Girl." She previously has been seen as a singer and dancer and was Fred Astairc's dancing partner in "Blue Skies." Caren Marsh, who plays the farmer's daughter in Paramount's "The Big Haircut," recently took up painting but admits it isn't art. Seeking exercise, she painted her own house. Paulette Goddard is studying acordion lessons during dull mo ments in "Unconquered," her next picture. "It's something I've dreamed of ever since childhood," she says. Johnny Coy, sensational dancer in Paramount's 30-star "Variety Girl," was the only dancer invited to appear at the American Le gion's 1946 national convention in San Francisco. 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