The Era newspaper (Bradford, Pennsylvania) noted the seeming disappearance of once classic April Fool pranks such as the "wallet on a string" and the "brick in a hat."
Who can remember when he last saw what looked like a well-filled wallet lying innocently on the sidewalk — but with a treacherous string attached? And the battered, old hat which cunningly concealed a toe-fracturing brick — it, too, has disappeared, even from the comic strips.
Maybe the H-bomb menace has made us a less prank-appreciating generation. However, no matter what's the cause — the April Fool joke isn't what it used to be in a gayer, happier day.
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