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MORE OF THOSE
Women in HERE
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LETTER FROM 5AM!
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lady, Sam
QAVE ALL
THE COATS
AWAY j
WHERE
IS 5AM ?
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BUT HE'S
ASLEEP
f I Don't know ''
Boss, he doesn't
ANSWER His
TELEPHONE .
THIS Most be the
Place £>am said
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SMILES!
Henry Was Useful.
Henry," said hi? father-in-law.
ft* he called his daughter's spouse
Into the flbrery sad locked the door,
"you have lived with me now for
over two years."
"Yes, father.”
"In all that time I haven’t asked
.'ou a penny for hoard.”
No. sir"—wondering!}
"In all your little family quarrels
I have always taken yonr part «nd
decided in your favon"
"Always, sir.”
"1 have even paid some nf your
bills."
"A good many, father.”
"And In every way helped you to
get along."
"You have been very kind, sir."
"f have tried to be. my boy, and I
hope you appreciate it.”
"I do, sir '
“Then the small favor I am about
lo ask of you will no doubt be
granted?”
“Most certainly, sir "
"Thanks. When 1 want you to
tell your mother-in-law that these
tickets for the French’ dance which
she picked up in my room this
morning must have accidentally
fallen out of your pocket, and we’ll
call it square!”
Then Someone Prayed.
A number of clergymen were dis-
ruwring the character of a venerable
woman whom they esteemed to be
wise in her generation, but a young:
man who was present .said it struck
him that she showed great lack of
wisdom in one respect.
‘What is that, pray?” inquired an
elderly gentleman.
•Why," said the young man. "she
always puts out her tubs to catch
soft water when it is raining hard."
And silence fell upon the assem
bly.
No Chance to Win.
"I couldn’t get out of marrying
her," Henpeck explained. “When
she proposed she said. ‘Will you
marry me? Have you any objec
tion?' You see, no matter whether
I said 'Yes' or 'No.' she had me."
"Why didn't you just keep silent
then?" inquired his friend.
"That's what I did. and she sat.!.
Silence gives consent,' and that
ended it.”
Not Necessarily’
One of the Sonfls in “PANAMANIA," the Annual
Show of the Harvard Has.y Pudding Club.
• njrhi. iui:;. by tt*« Star Oo—peer Cirpat Britain Might* R«*oer*M.
T SE ihe victim of an argument.
And ev’ry time 1 try
i o prove my theory lo somebody
1 get five fingers in the eye.
1 was sweepin’ here the other day.
When a gemman come by me,
I swop him wif a broom like tins.
And be turned round angrily.
That fellow got real mad at me.
Punch’d me in the beak!
Then I just did chastise that man.
The dog-gone little sneak.
Should I have stood right up to him
And turned the other cheek?
Not necessarily.
I was in a tight place jes’ las' week.
But really ‘twan't ma fault;
You can’t considah me respons ble
Cause I’d lapped up so much malt.
I was standin' outside the boozrry
When I had had ma fill—
An’ a sporty datne walked by an’ dropped
A twenty aollah bill.
I put ma foot down on that bill
As quickly as 1 might.
I couldn't hardly wait to see
That gal get out of sight.
Now, should I have followed her to do
The thing you all think right?
Not necessarily.
Ma wife, she IS a deep brunette,
(jc.-' bear that fact in mind.
Because ’twill be important in
The verdict ”cu must find) ;
I went ta see a little gai,
\Y !?h i lighter hade of hair.
And when wife .found one on ma coat.
She had me then fo’ fair.
She >iked me point-blank to explain
Jr-’ where I'd he“n lha! night.
I hemmed an' hawed an’ again,
Bui kep’ ma mouth shut tight.
Now. mould I by le'lin' he have risked
Ma chance to health an' sight?
Not necessarily.
HEAR ST’S ST N DAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. OA.. SUNDAY, MAY 4. 1913
Sam i. lie Drummer-
By T. E. POWERS,
the Famous Cartoonist
<*>pyi1jrht. lWKL by to 8t»v Oof ivy urvmt Britain Rijchia KtNMrrcd
WILD INSECTS I HAVE MET
* Copyright. 1B13, by the Star < JoanpMiy.
By I. M. STUNG, the Eminent Social Entomologist.
The Bottle Fly.
T HE botlle-fly. ladies and gentlemen, is one of our com
mon insects. It might be classed with the pests. A
full grown bottle fly covers a wide range, but may be
found In larger numbers around cafes, buffets, bar rooms,
sideboards and similar fields. It belongs to the “Souslum”
family. It Is not an aquatic insect, water being something
it generally avoids, although in its younger days it some
times takes a little water on the side.
When the bottle fly first appears it has no marks to dis
tinguish it from other social flies, except, perhaps, it clings
to the bottle in Infancy in a rather prophetic manner. The
full-fledged bottle fly, however, Is easily distinguished by
means of its bright red proboscis, mottled appearance, er
ratic movements, and irregular habits.
The fully developed bottle fly takes little solid food, but
possesses a chronic thirst and drinks practically everything
containing spirits and malt except, perhaps, perfumes and
gasoline. The perfectly developed and mature bottle fly
may be detected by its constant aversion to water.
The average bottle fly is received in society for a con
siderable period, but they are ultimately cast out because
of their unsociable habits and their habit of kicking in win
dows or smashing bats or chucking strange ladies under ihe
chin.
Some bottle flies, it has been said, are poured back in
the bottle after they die. This Is a stage joke, however
They seldom have such luck.
The Lady Bug.
IIS insect Is as varied as the feminine sex can vary, and
that, of course, is the limit of variation.
The genuine lady-bug, so-called because they call them
selves ladles, may be found in large numbers at teas, re
ceptions, parties, tours, bridge parties, etc. In fact, the
lady-bug of this social variety is found almost everywhere
except in her home or with her children.
She is a strictly social Insect, covering a wide range of
ountries. She is of the geuus called “Vanium She iq the
most violent in the United States, hut more aggressive in
liutope. In England the lady-bugs are fast dying out. The
lady-bug. although attractive Ib really a vicious little Insect
without the least mother Instinct or a soul for domestic life.
Long ago, one of our best known poets wrote a most
ouching lyric concerning a lady-hug who was chattering at
a rose tea while her home burned up and her children were
destroyed. She had not become a lady-bug early enough,
which accounts for the children You will doubtless remem
ber the wonderful and soul-stirring poem, my rriends, as it
begins as follows
"Lady-bug. lady-bug, fly away noma
Britain flights Rpserml
The lady-bug is a great chatterer, saying vain nothings
at teas and receptions, but talking most viciously about her
acquaintances behind their backs The lady-bug of ancient
and proud family Is not so vicious, and vulgar, and vindic
tive as the lady-bug developed from sudden riches. Lady-
A blow fly never allows any other social Insect to approach
him without telling him what a great ntan he (the blow
fly) is, how wealthy he is, how smart n» is. what a gay dog
he is. how smart his children are. how handsome bts stenog
rapher is. or something like tbs' Hut a full-fledged blow
fly never praises his wife or gives her any credit he busies
only concerning hlrrseif
Sometimes .these pests may he exterminated with t. magic
sentence, such as, "Well, pay me t )nt $3(1 vou have owed
me for three years." or, "Yea, 1 saw you sweeping out the
office as 1.stepped in to collec; that $1 1 JO your boss owes
me." or, 'EnY-opk'’ You were uevei out of Uocheco County
until you came betel”
bugs cause envy, jealousies and dissatisfaction in life and
are a menace to our entomological social world.
The Blow Fly.
Y OU all have heard, ladies and gentlemen, of the blow fly.
There are both male and female blow flies, but doubt
less the male species exceed. They are common everywhere.
Frequently they are more than common, being plentiful.
They belong to that social Insect family, the ‘ Swelled-
headinm."
The blow fly is not really a dangerous social msect; he
Is a hit of a pest and quite bothersome. During working
hours he is not so bad,’but during social hours he’s the limit.
One blow fly has been known to innoculate an entire club
room with ennui for an hour. This popular (with himself)
social insect can always be spotted by a loud buzzing sound.
Frequently his buzzing gets to be something like this:
"My-auto-is-the-bestzzzzzzz."
“The-hoss-snid 1 wvs-the-sniartesr-msn-in the-oflicezzzzzzzz."
' I - can drlnk-more-and-keep-soberei'than any-o her man-ln-
Amerieazzzzzzzzzz"
"Shedold-everyone-I-was-a-iierfect-Adonis;, ?/.**»!"
This buzzing sound varies to almost every shade of topic
known to conversation.
JUST FOR FUN
Copyright. :W1H, i»y Ui# Htar Company
REMINISCENT PARROT.
A GENTLE and pious old tailor
Bought a parrot once owned by a aal'or.
When the dominie called
He was really appalled,
And the tailor grew paler and p^ler.
WITH SITTING.
rpKAt’HER -John, give me a sentence containing
the word “notwithstanding."
John “The man's trousers were worn out, not with
standing.”
OH, MERSEY!
T HERE was cnee a young fellow named Kersey,
Who went for a walk In New Jersey,
But he never returned.
And they afterward learned
That mosquitoes like meat in New Jersey.
ODE
BY A CONFESSED PESSIMIST
S OME folks have cattle on a hundred hills.
And some folks don t.
Some folks start fires with hundred dollar bills.
And some folks don t.
Prospentee its's plain to see is very much on hand—i.e.
Some folks have all. they want—but ME—
I don't.
SHORT STCfRY WITH HAPPY ENDING.
M ISER JONES climbed into bed
“To-morrow.” he chuckled, “I’ll turn Widder
Smith out of her cottage, and serve eviction papers
on Henry Johnson, and hev that Hansom boy sent to
the Reformatory for stealing my apples, and git Law
yer Hicks to draw up a will cutting off my daughter
with ten cents and leaving the rest of the money to
the Society for Killing Stray Cats. Ever since I took
to that mushroom diet I been saving an awful lot
ou my eating expenses, though, of course, 1 suppose
1 don’t gather all they Is on the place. But I wouldn't
throw away ray money buying a mushroom book.
Them mushrooms I et to-night tasted awful funny,
but 1 guess K I just go to sleep Ml be reeling all
right to-morrow."
HENRIETTA'S OFFENSE.
A TIFFIN, OHIO, man once discovered in ambush s
sad faced little girl with a fistful of mud. She
was standing in a sheltered corner of a grocery
store and was from t time peering around down the
street.
W ho are you ua.Uu s lor, iilt.e girl?' asked the
man.
«rvmt Rritsin tUshU R«ssr»e(l
"Henrietta.”
“What's Henrietta done? asked the man, with a
significant glance at the mud in the child s hand.
“Nothin' Don’t you know she 1 * Queoo of the
May?”
A'
NOSE BETTER NOW.
N amateur dramatic club put ou the play of
"Caste.” In the laet act old man Bokles Is sup
posed to be a hopeless drunkard, with a big red note.
This chap, not having a papier-mache bom. built oaa
up of cotton and spirit gum. Spirit gum Is made of
ether. When old Eckles went to light his pipe he
also lighted bis nose.
“Oh, doctor!"
AT BAY—OVER THE BAY.
XJE was returning from an evening at the Authors'
and Actor*' Club. The hour was late and, pos
sibly because of weariness, his legs seemed some
what unsteady.
With difficulty he made his way Inside and had
Just succeeded in crowding his hat under the sofa
and hanging his shoes upon the halltree, when a
voice from above called, "Arthur!”
"Yesh, m'dear!”
“Are you not ashamed to come home in this con
dition?”
"Wbish condlshon?”
“You know well enough. You are Intoxicated "
' Thatsh a libel, woman Never more eober-ber-ber
in m’ life.”
“Arthur, gay chrysanthemum.”'
(Prolonged pause.)
"M'dear—I’m drunk.”
NO USE FOR QUININE.
gOWBO—What are yoti doing for your ooW
8oeo—Taking the open-air treatment,
lots of oxygen during the day.
Howto—What do you breathe at night?
Boao—Ntghtrogeo.
Breathing
THESE FUNNY WORLDS.
T HIS is an aggravating world,
'Tit neither sound nor nioo;
It’s either hot as—hot can fee—
Or else rt’t cold si ice.
And should we try another one.
No more in peace we’d dwell;
’T would either be as cold as ice.
Or else as hot as—hot can be.
COUNT8 HIM OUT.
NY father knowa that It's ths Lit tie
k count.