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TTTE ATLANTA flEOROTAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1913.
The Dingbat Family
This Spartacus Was Too Small a Cuss
Ooprrtfht, 1913, Internai uua) New* Serrtrr
By Herriman
Polly and Her Pals ■-*
Sad Mistake to Tip in Advance ltI3 l °‘' r By Cliff Sterrett
Us Boys
Anyway, Everything Turned Out All Right for the Giants
Refristerrd United State* Patent Office
By Tom McNamara
SAT EM, DO US A FAVDR UHU.YA? EAGLE BEAK S PRD PER IS
RIDING IN HlS CELLAR AMD HIS KIP STEP SISFeR IS WATCH -
.NIL. HIM-GO DOLV/AJ AND GET HER AWAY SOS HE OAW SNEAK
OUT AND UUN ODR GAME FORDS, THE OTHER SIDE IS AHEAD
NOW 72.T0E4-AND ITS THE JlS /aiW/NG \r — -'- / ~
f I CANT
TAKE
1 MARS'
WITH ME
SHE’LL
Q4ARREL
WITH
EAGLE beaks
\STEP SISTER i;
Au. rkshT, you Take her
DOUIN TO THE GROUNDS WlfTH
Y4HJ, SHE MIGHT BE A GOOD
L.AC0T- ILL GO AND ATTEND
TO EAGLE BEAK S STEP SISTER’.
THANKS EVER SO MUCH EM-
COME ON MART GRAB ^
MY MITT
;■ SOMETHIN' musta hawened! /
COME ON, COME ON,
EMERY MINUTE COUNTS
HURRY UP!
GOSH, IWHAT'S ALL THAT
YELLIN' DOWN TO the -
SGROUNDS ABOUT 2 “
GEE, ILL
HADE TO
FIND Ol)T •
\
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NOTHIN' AT ALL SKWNT
SHANE R ONLY GOT
Hit ON THE BEAN-
GEE, I WONDER
WHERE THE BRAf
WENT AT i
(YOU LITTLE NO ACCOUNr GOOD FOR NOTHING SAWED OFF SCAMP
V i TOLD “TOD TO MIND THE BRAT AND YOU SAID YOU WOULD!
JUST LOOK AT THE “PREDICAM" YOllVIE 6oT ME INFO AND me
) TRYING SO HARD TO DO YOU A FAOORl- YOU OUGHT TO
BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF,
YOU /Mpl r
FOOD FOR FANS
COO KE D
and
SERVED
by
THE STARFISH GlANTfe woM
YESTERDAY'S GAME- EAGLE BEAK.
SPRUDER SHOWED UP IN THE fit?
AND TURNED THE TIDE- EMlLM
MORTON STALLED HlS KID STEP SISTER
MJjAY FROM HIM somehow OR OTHER,
rHATS HOW HE IIJAS A(?LE TO SHOW
UP-THREE CHEERS FOR EMILN 1
STANDING OF THEM THERETO LOBS
H/nkies” 7 o‘ Togo
Giants* . 4 3 .57/
soijTHies % 4
ate as* / 6
M'lA
Mgk
SKINNY SHANER'S 60061Y DEPT
NO. 1g
SHANERS
EAST
DRAWING
LESSONS
JUMPING ROPE
(FOR DAMES)
dmaweri, tfr (tyAZ&uCutfi-s
U/HAT IS A 6000 WAY TO MAKE THE
/HOURS GO FASF? - USE THE SPUR.
OF 7HEMOMENT, - THERE YA IS?
HuhaJi) 6na tfr-duojy
FROM RAT MILLER- RlDfiEUMOD, l->. S.A
CW1 1$ WERE NO SUCH THING
AS A WHOLE DAN, HUH ?
peek iN To-morrows paper-
Bringing Up Father
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Copyright, 1913, International News Service.
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By George McManus
Court “Graft
1 emptations
T
Tir^e Tou HAVE
ANOTHER OOTTL.E OF
To -TRADE Fqr
A VTEIN OF BEER -
YOU JUST CONE
IHttEREI
there wont -q
BE ANOTHER 'DNe-
I WOULDN'T <O Yo
another feed Okf
that FOR nonet:
F’"Mll|lllllliii^ il
O NLY those who have had the
privilege to serve In King
George of England's household
can realize the temptation that is
thrown In the way of those who are
known to be connected officially with
the court. To the credit of the mem
bers of the royal staff It has to be
said at once that these temptations
are nearly always treated with con
tempt. A recent incident, in which
two officials of the Lord Chamber
lain’s department were implicated,
shows, however, that sometimes the
temptations held out are more than
can be resisted.
Punishment in such a case is swift
and severe. So soon as any one joins
the royal household it is made per
fectly plain to him or her that any
attempt to gain personal profit by
reason of their position means in
stant dismissal, and this rule is never
departed from, no mater how Impor
tant their post may be. No mitigat
ing circumstances are taken into con
sideration in such a case, and the
mere fact that the confidence of the
sovereign has been betrayed Is re
garded as sufficient to have the cuN
prit removed from the court.
No Orders From the Palace,
It is safe to say that scarcely a day
passes that any one known to be con
nected in any way with tlie royal
household, or possessed of any in
fluence there, is not approached With
suggestions that he might benefit his
own pocket by falling in with
schemes propounded to him. It Is not
many months since one of the best
known officials of the Lord Chamber
lain’s department was offered a check
for $3,000 if he could get eC royal
warrant stating that the firm in ques
tion had been specially appointed to
supply a certain article to the King.
It was known, of course, to those
who made this offer that the official
in question had access to the blank
forms upon which these warrants are
drawn up, and that it would not have
been a matter of the least difficulty
to get one of these signed by the then
Lord Chamberlain among his daily
pile of documents. The offer was in
dignantly rejected and the whole mat
ter reported to Viscount Knollys, his
majesty’s principal private secretary,
with the result that the firm which
made the proposal is still without the
royal patronage and is probably won
dering why no orders from Bucking
ham Palace come Its way.
It is not always money that is the
bribe offered to court officials. So
cial advancement is often the bait
dangled before them. A case in point
may be quoted. One of the principal
subordinates of the master of the
horse was approached two or three
years ago by a lady of title with the
suggestion that she could obtain
handsome fees for presenting young
ladies at court if he -would undertake
that they should receive the neces
sary "commands.” The lady in ques
tion possessed great influence in the
political world, and openly promised
the official a baronetcy if he would do
this for her. When he declined to
.take any part In this scheme he was
'then threatened With the lady's grave
tfUlspleasure, and was bluntly told thajt
I she would make It her business to see
that he was removed from his posi
tion. His retort was prompt and sur
prising. He went direct to his official
chief and laid the whole incident be
fore him, with the result that he con
tinues to hold his position in the
household and the lady in question no
longer receives invitations to court.
Lord Stamford ham once remarked
that “one never knows how popular
one is until one Is appointed t# a
position at court.” This is certainly
true, since invitations from people of
whom one has had no previous knowl
edge simply pour in from all quar
ters upon those whose good fortune
It is to serve either the King or the
Queen. An amusing story may be
told in this connection. About this
time last year an extremely well
dressed lady went up to an official
of the Lord Chamberlain’s depart
ment in Piccadilly one morning, ad
dressed him by name, shook him
warmly by the hand, reproached him
for having “neglected her for so
long,” and made him promise he
would call upon her on the following
Thursday. This done, she tripped
away, leaving the courtier gazing
after her in amazement, since he had
not, and has not to this day, the
slightest idea of her identity.
King Edward’s Champagne.
It Is not often that an official of
the court Is so directly approached
with an offer of monetary reward for
his services In getting a royal war
rant es was the case a few months
ago. He was written to hy a firm of
cigarette merchants hailing from
America, forwarding him samples of
their goods, together with the cool In
timation “that they were well aware
that the cigarettes were Just the
thing the King could smoke and en
joy.” and that for every 1,000 that
His Majesty ordered the official ap
proached could have 60 per cent of
the account repaid.
The reply was curt, but deserved.
It was to the effect that the samples
had been handed by the courtier to
his chauffex who pronounced them
rubbish, and that in those circum
stances he did not feel justified In
pressing them upon his sovereign.
It was due to the late King Ed
ward, one of the finest connoisseurs
of wine who ever lived, being served
with a very indifferent brand of
champagne one morning that the
gravest case of corruption that has
ever been proved against the officials
of the British court was brought to
light. He asked the name of the firm
who supplied it and what on earth
it was doing in his cellars. He pur
sued this matter to some length, and
ultimately found that one of hts most
trusted servitors had been substan
tially bribed to introduce this wine
into the bins of the then Prince of
Wales preliminary to an application
for the royal warrant in the ordinarv
eourse. It is on record that the of
fender in this case was continued In
his position Just under half an hour
after King Edward was informed of
his identity.
Didn’t Mention Names.
A number of enthusiasts, returning
from an important match In New
York, were playing cards in a railway
carriage. Among the number was a
rather shady individual who had lost
one eye. but seemed to be winning
freely, and time after time he scooped
in the money, put down by his less
fortunate comrades.
This continued for some time, when
the man at the head of the table felt
he could stand It no longer; so he
rose in a fearful temper and re
marked :
"Book ye ‘ere, boys, someoM ft ere
is cheatin’. Now, I don't want to
ntion ;>n.v names, but if he dooe If
again I’ll knock his other dyu <mt» M