WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:17.060 Animals have a field day in New Jersey. 00:17.060 --> 00:19.140 Kisses pay off a $5,000 debt. 00:19.140 --> 00:21.580 A song was written about a champ's remark. 00:21.580 --> 00:22.580 Can you imagine that? 00:22.580 --> 00:25.820 Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is Lindsay McCarrie, back again with another assorted 00:25.820 --> 00:29.980 collection of odd facts and news items with which to amuse and entertain you for a while. 00:29.980 --> 00:33.980 Until my cohorts and I return in just a minute and a half, we hope you'll wait, won't you? 01:59.980 --> 02:05.980 You've all heard the old song about the animal fair. 02:05.980 --> 02:08.980 It seems that all the birds and the beasts were there. 02:08.980 --> 02:13.300 Well, in the first part of the month of August, 1926, the state of New Jersey had an animal 02:13.300 --> 02:14.840 fair all its own. 02:14.840 --> 02:18.660 It was on August 5th that the phone rang in police headquarters in Middleton, New Jersey. 02:18.660 --> 02:19.660 Police, there's Sergeant speaking. 02:19.660 --> 02:20.660 This is Oliver W. Holton, owner of the Twinbrook Zoo. 02:20.660 --> 02:21.660 Yeah. 02:21.660 --> 02:22.660 It looked as a leopard loose from my zoo. 02:22.660 --> 02:23.660 A leopard? 02:23.660 --> 02:24.660 Yes, it's vicious. 02:24.660 --> 02:25.660 It escaped from a crate. 02:25.660 --> 02:30.660 You better warn everybody to look out for it because it's dangerous. 02:30.660 --> 02:33.660 Shoot to kill if you can't capture it. 02:33.660 --> 02:36.660 I'll offer a hundred dollars reward. 02:36.660 --> 02:37.660 Get it alive. 02:37.660 --> 02:38.660 Yes, sir. 02:38.660 --> 02:39.660 Higgins, Mallory, Kessedy. 02:39.660 --> 02:40.660 There's a leopard loose someplace. 02:40.660 --> 02:41.660 We've got to get it. 02:41.660 --> 02:44.980 But Saturday, August 7th rolled around and the spotted killer was still on the loose 02:44.980 --> 02:46.980 roaming the Red Bank countryside. 02:46.980 --> 02:51.060 The reward went up to $500 and rifles were loaned by the National Guard to nearly 100 02:51.060 --> 02:52.060 men. 02:52.060 --> 02:53.060 The hunt was on. 02:53.060 --> 02:57.060 Meanwhile, still in New Jersey on August 9th in Prompton Lake. 02:57.060 --> 03:01.060 Say, ain't that a dog howling? 03:01.060 --> 03:02.060 Yep. 03:02.060 --> 03:05.060 Been hearing it for quite a spell now. 03:05.060 --> 03:06.060 Wonder what's the matter with it. 03:06.060 --> 03:08.060 Let's take a look outside, Joe. 03:08.060 --> 03:10.060 Sounds like it's pretty closed. 03:10.060 --> 03:11.060 Okay. 03:11.060 --> 03:14.060 Say, there it is. 03:14.060 --> 03:15.060 That collie right over there. 03:15.060 --> 03:16.060 Hey, get away from there. 03:16.060 --> 03:17.060 Shut up. 03:17.060 --> 03:18.060 He ain't going to get. 03:18.060 --> 03:19.060 He's staying right there. 03:19.060 --> 03:20.060 Well, I'll... 03:20.060 --> 03:25.060 Say, look, run in a little piece, then stop still. 03:25.060 --> 03:27.060 He wants us to follow him. 03:27.060 --> 03:28.060 Yep. 03:28.060 --> 03:29.060 Come on, let's get Sam and Cole. 03:29.060 --> 03:31.060 That dog might have found the leopard that's running loose. 03:31.060 --> 03:34.060 Come on, we'd better get a couple of guns just in case. 03:34.060 --> 03:39.060 A half a dozen citizens followed the frantic dog, following him to a mud hole where they 03:39.060 --> 03:40.060 stopped. 03:40.060 --> 03:41.060 See anything, Joe? 03:41.060 --> 03:42.060 Nope. 03:42.060 --> 03:43.060 No, anything, Ed. 03:43.060 --> 03:44.060 That dog sees something. 03:44.060 --> 03:45.060 Hey. 03:45.060 --> 03:46.060 Hey, look, Ed. 03:46.060 --> 03:47.060 Look in the center of the mud hole. 03:47.060 --> 03:50.060 A cow? 03:50.060 --> 03:51.060 Yeah. 03:51.060 --> 03:53.060 Stuck in the mud with only her head showing. 03:53.060 --> 03:54.060 Come on, get the others. 03:54.060 --> 03:55.060 We'll get her out of there. 03:55.060 --> 03:56.060 Poor critters. 03:56.060 --> 03:57.060 All right, come on, boys. 03:57.060 --> 03:58.060 There it is. 03:58.060 --> 03:59.060 There it is. 03:59.060 --> 04:03.060 Anxious to help, the collie jumped into the mud hole and promptly got stuck right in the 04:03.060 --> 04:05.060 way of the cow's rescuers. 04:05.060 --> 04:07.060 First, the dog had to be pulled out and then the cow. 04:07.060 --> 04:08.060 Can you imagine that? 04:08.060 --> 04:12.060 But that isn't all about New Jersey's Animal Fair of August 1926. 04:12.060 --> 04:16.060 It was on August 11th that Leon Scholder of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was taking his pet 04:16.060 --> 04:18.060 chimpanzee for a walk when... 04:18.060 --> 04:19.060 Now, now, take it easy. 04:19.060 --> 04:20.060 Take it easy. 04:20.060 --> 04:21.060 You'll... 04:21.060 --> 04:23.060 Hey, hey, oh my gosh, he slipped out of the leash. 04:23.060 --> 04:24.060 Hey, somebody catch that chimp. 04:24.060 --> 04:25.060 Somebody catch him. 04:25.060 --> 04:26.060 Get after him down there. 04:26.060 --> 04:27.060 Get after him. 04:27.060 --> 04:31.060 Spurred on by yells and commotion, the chimp raced down the streets through alleys. 04:31.060 --> 04:35.060 Every once in a while, he eased the strain on his feet by swinging through trees and 04:35.060 --> 04:37.060 dropping to earth in front of frightened citizens. 04:37.060 --> 04:46.060 He bit three of his pursuers and then... 04:46.060 --> 04:51.060 Gosh, I'm glad you got here, boys. 04:51.060 --> 04:56.060 I think I've got that chimpanzee cornered in the cellar at 309 Center Street. 04:56.060 --> 04:59.060 Just give me a hand and we'll have him in no time. 04:59.060 --> 05:00.060 We'll take care of him, mister. 05:00.060 --> 05:01.060 Better let the police handle this. 05:01.060 --> 05:02.060 This is no job for you. 05:02.060 --> 05:03.060 What do you mean? 05:03.060 --> 05:04.060 It ain't a job for me. 05:04.060 --> 05:06.060 Say, I guess you don't know. 05:06.060 --> 05:09.060 I'm the dog catcher around here. 05:09.060 --> 05:13.060 The two officers and Mr. Hauk cornered the wandering chimpanzee in a cellar where Mr. 05:13.060 --> 05:17.060 Hauk tossed a dog catching net over the slippery simian and the chase was over. 05:17.060 --> 05:22.060 One more chapter had been written in the August 1926 saga of the New Jersey Galloping Animals. 05:22.060 --> 05:24.060 But one more was to follow. 05:24.060 --> 05:28.060 In orange, a little dog decided to chase a cat but forgot that the cat was smaller and 05:28.060 --> 05:29.060 a bit more agile. 05:29.060 --> 05:32.060 The cat slithered between 209 and 211 Main Street. 05:32.060 --> 05:36.060 The dog followed him only to find that the space between the two buildings, although 05:36.060 --> 05:40.060 ample for kitty, was just a little too small for himself and he was soon held fast. 05:40.060 --> 05:43.060 A few moments later, the phone rang in an orange police station. 05:43.060 --> 05:47.060 Yeah, orange police station. 05:47.060 --> 05:52.060 Say, there's a dog stuck between two buildings, 209 and 211 Main Street. 05:52.060 --> 05:53.060 You better get him out. 05:53.060 --> 05:55.060 Okay, I'll send somebody. 05:55.060 --> 05:59.060 Tully, Gareth, you two are the skinniest cops around here. 05:59.060 --> 06:03.060 Go down to 209 Main Street and get a dog out that's stuck between two buildings. 06:03.060 --> 06:05.060 The two officers went but the dog was stuck fast. 06:05.060 --> 06:08.060 The officers made funny little noises like a cat, tossed ropes and did everything to 06:08.060 --> 06:10.060 get the dog out but it was useless. 06:10.060 --> 06:13.060 The fire department was called and the ladder lowered between the two buildings. 06:13.060 --> 06:17.060 The dog refused to climb the ladder but was eventually rescued by slipping a hooked pole 06:17.060 --> 06:18.060 under his collar. 06:18.060 --> 06:21.060 And that about ends New Jersey's Animal Fair. 06:21.060 --> 06:26.060 In the seven days between August 5th and 12th, New Jersey had a loping leopard, a quagmired 06:26.060 --> 06:30.060 cow, an over enthusiastic collie, a chasing chimpanzee and a wedged in dog. 06:30.060 --> 06:32.060 Can you imagine that? 06:32.060 --> 06:34.060 Well, here's an odd way to clear up a debt. 06:34.060 --> 06:38.060 From a newspaper of December 1, 1909 comes a story about the Temple of Emmanuel in 06:38.060 --> 06:39.060 Chicago, Illinois. 06:39.060 --> 06:42.060 It seems that a debt of $5,000 had accrued. 06:42.060 --> 06:46.060 After a conference, it was decided to hold, of all things, a kissing bee. 06:46.060 --> 06:47.060 Can you imagine that? 06:47.060 --> 06:48.060 More than a score of girls. 06:48.060 --> 06:51.060 Each of them, a pretty miss, volunteered their services. 06:51.060 --> 06:52.060 Said their leader. 06:52.060 --> 06:56.060 The girls will line up in a corner of a hall, which will be known as Smackville. 06:56.060 --> 07:01.060 Kisses will be 50 cents each and no one man will be allowed more than a dollar's worth 07:01.060 --> 07:02.060 from one girl. 07:02.060 --> 07:06.060 If the men want to kiss more than that, they will have to take their money's worth by kissing 07:06.060 --> 07:07.060 all the girls. 07:07.060 --> 07:10.060 Of course, the various kinds of kisses came up for discussion. 07:10.060 --> 07:14.060 Some girls said the kiss should be limited to a platonic peck upon the cheek, but said 07:14.060 --> 07:15.060 one practical miss. 07:15.060 --> 07:16.060 Nonsense. 07:16.060 --> 07:18.060 What man will pay 50 cents to kiss a girl on the cheek? 07:18.060 --> 07:20.060 We won't do any business at all. 07:20.060 --> 07:24.060 And so it was agreed to take a chance with the more amorous of the kiss purchasers who 07:24.060 --> 07:28.060 might try to get more than 50 cents worth of osculation by prolonging the kiss. 07:28.060 --> 07:30.060 Said the spokeswoman of the girls. 07:30.060 --> 07:31.060 This won't be any love affair. 07:31.060 --> 07:35.060 This is purely a business proposition to lift the debt on the temple. 07:35.060 --> 07:39.060 I'm sure we can charge 50 cents per kiss because it's worth every bit of it. 07:39.060 --> 07:43.060 I've always hated mustaches, but I'll take a chance on them for the good of the temple. 07:43.060 --> 07:47.060 No girl will be allowed to sell more than 400 kisses. 07:47.060 --> 07:51.060 We salute the genius of the person who thought up the plan of selling kisses at 50 cents 07:51.060 --> 07:54.060 each to liquidate a debt of $5,000. 07:54.060 --> 07:57.060 For the musical portion of this Can You Imagine That, we're going to present another of those 07:57.060 --> 07:58.060 interesting song stories. 07:58.060 --> 08:01.060 That is, we're going to tell you how a certain song was written. 08:01.060 --> 08:04.060 The title of our lesson today is I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now. 08:04.060 --> 08:09.060 This famous old song was written, as you probably know, by Frank R. Adams and Will M. Huff. 08:09.060 --> 08:10.060 But how? 08:10.060 --> 08:13.060 Well, it seems that Mr. Adams and Mr. Huff were collaborating on a new musical show, 08:13.060 --> 08:14.060 The Prince of Tonight. 08:14.060 --> 08:18.060 During this collaboration, Adams gave a party at his summer home in White Lake, Michigan. 08:18.060 --> 08:21.060 Among the friends he invited were two young ladies who were known to be chums. 08:21.060 --> 08:23.060 Came the night of the party and... 08:23.060 --> 08:27.060 Well, well, well, I was just beginning to give up hope. 08:27.060 --> 08:28.060 I thought you weren't coming. 08:28.060 --> 08:31.060 Oh, no, Mr. Adams, I wouldn't miss your party for the world. 08:31.060 --> 08:32.060 Good girl. Good. 08:32.060 --> 08:34.060 Oh, you know Mr. Huff, of course. 08:34.060 --> 08:35.060 How do you do? 08:35.060 --> 08:37.060 How do you know? I'd begin to give up hope too. 08:37.060 --> 08:40.060 But now we can have a real party with such a charming guest. 08:40.060 --> 08:44.060 Your compliments sound a great deal like lyrics for a song, Mr. Huff. 08:44.060 --> 08:45.060 He's got you there, Will. 08:45.060 --> 08:48.060 Oh, where's your friend? I thought she was coming with you. 08:48.060 --> 08:51.060 Oh, she had a previous engagement. 08:51.060 --> 08:54.060 She asked me to thank you and excuse her. 08:54.060 --> 08:55.060 Well, that's too bad. 08:55.060 --> 08:58.060 Well, come along and I'll introduce you to some of the people you haven't met. 08:58.060 --> 08:59.060 Coming, Will? 08:59.060 --> 09:00.060 Yes, I think I will. 09:00.060 --> 09:03.060 And incidentally, I'm going to put in my bid for the first dance. 09:03.060 --> 09:06.060 Well, it may be that the young girl wasn't having a very good time. We don't know. 09:06.060 --> 09:09.060 At any rate, we find her later out on the veranda in the moonlight, 09:09.060 --> 09:11.060 singing a romantic song through the trees. 09:11.060 --> 09:14.060 Perhaps she thought of her absent friend who had a date, 09:14.060 --> 09:17.060 maybe with a handsome lad down from Yale in her bulldog shoes, 09:17.060 --> 09:19.060 pegged-top trousers and a calabash pipe. 09:19.060 --> 09:23.060 While she was on the veranda, Adams and Huff were standing nearby talking. 09:23.060 --> 09:26.060 Well, Will, you've got to get out the lyrics for that one song. 09:26.060 --> 09:30.060 I've been writing lyrics in my sleep. I can't seem to get a good theme, a good start. 09:30.060 --> 09:33.060 Oh, never mind. We've been stuck before, but we've come out of it all right. 09:33.060 --> 09:37.060 See, Frank, a young lady seems to be a bit lonely without her friend. 09:37.060 --> 09:40.060 Or it may be we're just a little too old for her, Will. 09:40.060 --> 09:42.060 Now, let's go over and cheer her up. All right. 09:42.060 --> 09:44.060 Here, here. Oh. 09:44.060 --> 09:48.060 What kind of business is this? Pretty girl like you standing out here alone. 09:48.060 --> 09:51.060 I'll fix that up during the next dance. Oh, thank you. 09:51.060 --> 09:53.060 You seem to be down and thought. 09:53.060 --> 09:57.060 Oh, yes, I guess I was dreaming a little. 09:57.060 --> 10:01.060 Maybe it's absurd, but I was thinking about my chum. 10:01.060 --> 10:03.060 I guess I'm different than she is. 10:03.060 --> 10:07.060 But everywhere she goes, she seems to have such a good time. 10:07.060 --> 10:09.060 So many gentlemen, friends. 10:09.060 --> 10:11.060 Well, I... 10:11.060 --> 10:15.060 Well, I guess I was just meant to be a wallflower. 10:15.060 --> 10:20.060 I wonder... I wonder who's kissing her now. 10:20.060 --> 10:23.060 Oh, now, isn't that silly of me? 10:23.060 --> 10:26.060 Excuse me, please. I'll be back in a moment. 10:26.060 --> 10:27.060 Yes, certainly. 10:27.060 --> 10:29.060 Frank, did you hear that? 10:29.060 --> 10:33.060 I heard it, Will. I wonder who's kissing her now. 10:33.060 --> 10:36.060 I think that's it, Frank. I think that's it. 10:36.060 --> 10:39.060 I wonder who's kissing her now. 10:39.060 --> 10:43.060 I wonder who's looking into her eyes, breathing sighs. 10:43.060 --> 10:46.060 Telling lies. That's it. That's it! 10:46.060 --> 10:48.060 I wonder who's kissing her now. 10:48.060 --> 10:51.060 Just a chance remark, but it was enough to start Adams and Huff 10:51.060 --> 10:54.060 on the lyrics to a song that was destined to sweep the country. 10:54.060 --> 10:57.060 Oddly enough, when the song was put in the show, The Prince of Tonight, 10:57.060 --> 11:00.060 the management and the principals concentrated on other songs 11:00.060 --> 11:03.060 which they thought would get the most applause from the audience 11:03.060 --> 11:06.060 and almost ignored, I wonder who's kissing her now. 11:06.060 --> 11:08.060 Can you imagine that? 11:14.060 --> 11:19.060 I wonder who's kissing her now. 11:19.060 --> 11:24.060 I wonder who's teaching her how. 11:24.060 --> 11:31.060 I wonder who's looking into her eyes, breathing sighs. 11:31.060 --> 11:35.060 Telling lies. 11:35.060 --> 11:45.060 I wonder who's buying the wine, for lips that I used to call mine. 11:45.060 --> 11:52.060 I wonder if she ever tells him of me. 11:52.060 --> 11:58.060 I wonder who's kissing her now. 11:58.060 --> 12:08.060 I wonder who's buying the wine, for lips that I used to call mine. 12:08.060 --> 12:18.060 I wonder who's kissing her now. 12:18.060 --> 12:28.060 I wonder who's buying the wine, for lips that I used to call mine. 12:28.060 --> 12:36.060 I wonder if she ever tells him of me. 12:36.060 --> 12:45.060 I wonder who's kissing her now. 12:45.060 --> 12:48.060 And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, the song that made a nation hum 12:48.060 --> 12:52.060 and was built around the chants remark of a young lady who envied her chum. 12:52.060 --> 12:54.060 Can you imagine that? 12:54.060 --> 12:56.060 Well now, before I turn you over to your own station announcer, 12:56.060 --> 13:19.060 I'd like to say this is Lindsay McHarry bidding you goodbye now. 13:26.060 --> 13:28.060 Thank you. 13:56.060 --> 13:58.060 Thank you. 14:26.060 --> 14:28.060 Thank you.