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ATLANTA, GA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1918.
Copyright. 1918, by th« fltar Company. Or«*t Britain
Pinches the Flesh.
DF3fElTRER how wo anod to cltnf
Ta m aVIaA aa MM-
3y T. E. Powers, the Famous Cartoonist
Qnmt RrltAin Right* Rwnud.
WKATA BEAUT I PUL SET
WHAT ARE THETj/Wl DEAR?
FDRqiVE ME SIR,I.3/AASHED
THE ECQ
— To mother** skirt go wide,
A * through a crowded thoroughfare
She’d glide I
plymou m
KDCKS AHD
SPANqiED
ORPINQTbWS
Kid* can’t elfng that way newaday*
Since mother* wear tight skirts,
’Cause erery time a kldlet grab*
It hart*.
Discouraging the Deer.
1 1■fTFTIF! l* a certain guide In the Adirondack* who nurses a Keen aenao
of humor with reference to gentlemen from the etty who reeort hither
for "sport."
On one occasion a Nsw York clubman Hatred this guide whether there
were any deer thereabouts.
Tlie guide affected an air of deep reflection, end then replied:
“As I remember It, sir, there was a deer In this district some months
ago, but the gentlemen from the city kept shooting and shooting at It,
so that finally It was obliged to leave the county.”
COOK.
A RULUOA/^/rtfi’SS
Appearances Are Deceitful.
UUfHERl! are yon going, my pretty maldP
™ “I’m coming, not going, sir,” she said.
“1 thought yoa were going, my pretty msM.*
“That’s the fanlt of this paanler gown,” she nU
A Short Acquaintance.
rpHERE wsa recently In the employ of a Baltimore women a meat AfV
ful cook In the person of a huge negreas from Richmond. fflte had
not been with th« Balttmor# household more than a week when ahe an
nounced that ahe was to be married In three or four days, and would
have to leave.
"You are going back home, then?” sighed the mist ream, for the servant
was. Indeed, a valuable one.
"No, ma’am, I ain’t gwlne back home; It's a Philadelphia gentleman.*
"But,” pleaded the lady of the house, "you'vo been with me but a
week."
"I'se sorry, ma’am; bnt X don’t see how I kin help It. The gentleman
wants the weditin' to b* on Thursday.”
"Conldn't you get him to postpone It Just a little longer—until I can
get another cook?”
" ’Deed, ma’am, Td like to oblige yo’; but de fact la I ain’t well enough
acquainted with the gentleman to ask him to do that.*
^TlHCENT /A,5Tor^\
Presents his Fiancee
with a Rare Jewel.
BRADY THE
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Oh, Bill!
LIE HR’S an ode to the bills R1T1 Lowe owesi
** Owed bills Bill to friend and to foe owesi
The bills high that Lowe owes
Make Bill sigh with low “Oh’s”!
For billows of Lowe bills Bill Lowe owes.
Duck
One on the “Cub.”
A CHICAGO newspaper man tells of a "cub” reporter who had been as
signed the task of reporting a sermon to be delivered at a church In
the suburbs.
Now, the "cub” arrived late, near the close of the sermon, and took a
seat near the door. When opportunity offered bo aoked b1a neighbor, an
elderly man: "What was the text of the sermon?”
” ’Who art thouf ” answered the old gentleman
“Chicago reporter,” replied the "cub."
just watch TPe fjoosE W/ves
League * br/n^ this
FELLOW 7t> Ms KNEES PtiSTirZ
Capacity.
T here was a young lady named Doris Peart,
Who flashed Into fame as a chorus girl)
One who tried, but In vain
To fill her with champagne,
Exclaimed, "Say, she must be a porous girl!”
QEE HE MUST HAVE
LOTS OF /
A Christening Formula.
CERTAIN clergyman of Providence, Rhode Island, was onoe asked by
a woman of his parish how It was that he always managed, without
using Jealous feelings among the mother*, to find words of praise for
babies b# was called upon to christen.
"It la very elmifle," said th» divine. ”T Just take the baby m my
rock It to and fro. and say, This U INDEED a beby.’ ”
LA^ /HA SAFE—
TAK/HCMO
A Real Optimist
Is easy enough to be pleasant
When nothing at all runs am Is*
DoLtFAJ cqqs and THE
price will come Dow*
Funny Things You Hear—Here and There
Copjrlcht, 1913. by W»r Ompsny. Orvst Brftai. Swml.
A WOMAN In Tarry town cut a hole In her ^hus
band’s trousers and got $10 he had held
out” from his pay.
Now let us hear the dear militants stand right
up and demand "equal rights!”
The first eugenic baby has been born In Oakland,
Cal. It's ten to one she will grow up and marry a
man named “Bill," who lx bow-legged, flat-chested,
and flvo feet two.
Coryrlxht, ISIS. by tb« Star Ompsny. Ormt Brftala Right*
a smooth-Bhaven peach, a grape without appendicitis
and a banana with a non-skidding akin.
not come across with anything as rare as strictly
fresh eggs, porterhouse steak, lamb chop* or a rib
roaat of beef.
(ew York hotel advertises that It Is to run
n't music. T^here’s no novelty In this, the odd
is. there is to be no orchestra there.
A Lawrence (Kan.) professor declares that egga
three year* old are edible. That's a strong statement
But whether or not they are edible, they are being
eaten every day by 999 out of every 1,000. The other
one doesn't eat egga
"WILSON BENDS STRONGLY WORDED STATB-
JENT TO HUERTA."
"WHITMAN AFTER MAN 'HIGHER UP.’"
"CHRISTMAS WILL COME DECEMBER 25th
THIS YEAR”-—and there’s as much news in this last
headline as any of the others.
"Women’s Spring Styles to Follow Natural Lines’
ssys a headline. From all appearances the styles
followed woman’s natural Hues for years and caught
up with them some time ago. The only way garments
can follow them any closer will be for the woman to
line them with liquid glue.
Robbers fished for watches and got $2,500 worth
from a Broadway store window. Must have been
WATERburys.
"Turpan.—General Portflongozaluellazla* moved
with his troops to within three miles of Marmalu-
kozon while General Dlazamtllan la encamped at
PopacchatacllU. They expect to clash in the open
country somewhere between Padreonmumulakula In
Zlnduellarlos. The” But you know now what
Sherman meant In his remark concerning war.
Commissioner John I-awley, of the English branch
of the Salvation Army, says long whiskers cure a
bad temper.
Most of ux had rather he a bit peevish.
The Bummer home of George C. Boldt, proprietor
of the Waldorf-Astoria, of New York, was robbed the
other day. Of course, the robbers boldted. Now, If
Mr. Boldt had had his home boldted
"Drinkwnter vs. Drlnkwater” appears on the di
vorce docket in Chicago in croax-libei. Each one
claims the other one didn’t. .
The American Pomolngic.il Society of Washington
La diopiay a puckerles* peialtuiaon, V\ e »Lli lac*
Mahogany, gold, silver, silks, diamonds and other
trinket: were included among the Wilson wedding
gills, out it is ItoLauJe that even Ui* eualuiifeol Uid
"Great sexcltement over sale of Pankhurst Book,"
Is the way one New York paper made the announce
ment read.
We will wager nine to ten that the llnotyper
did It with malice aforethought and th* proof
reader hadn't the he ait to correct rk
Bat the man worth while
Is the man who can smile
When he reads a bnm verse like this.
The Dog and the Train.
rpHE railway service In some of our Southern States has ever been a wih-
1 Ject 0 t Jest on the part of traveller from New York.
"One day.” says a Gothamite, "I was waiting for a train at a place
near Athens 'in Georgia. On* bonr, two hours, two hours and a half
passed, but no train. Just as I was about to make arrangements for a
vehicle' to drive mo to the next town, the station agent said:
«I wouldn't go to that trouble, sir. That train’ll be along soon.”
-What makes you think that?" I demanded.
"•Well,’ said he, ‘I’m pretty certain It will. Here comes the conductor’s
dog now.’ ”
Advance Fashion Notes.
S OME senatorial togas are being worn stained.
Crepe effects will continue the rage in aviation circles.
Manufacturers of food products will continue to wear diamonds.
At receptions given by customs officials in honor of those returning
from abroad, diamonds will be worn by the guests in the right shoe heel or
in the hollow of a left upper bicuspid.
Stripe effects will be worn by bank cashiers returning from Canada.
Changeable effects will remain in vogue with cooks.
Wash fabrics will not attain any degree of popularity in hobo circles.
Salomes, serpentine dancers and other stage exponents of the poetry
of motion will wear pleased expressions.
Hempen scarfs about the neck will be noticeable at certain Southern
exclusive functions