Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1922, Page 15

COMIC SECTION Casper, Wyo., March 12, 1922 Oupyright. 1922.-by International Festare Service, tne. Greet Behinta highs Reserved. Registered U. S. Patent Office. Cisse LL ALLL LL, a Z : : Y 1 VATCH OUT VHILE Jee bc VOR So (T DONT Y ; |APPEN SOME MORE =F NEES EE j FEEL NES Ll NET UND DER | Boys (SS HALLUF E'T ALREADY! SS S PAGE FIFTEEN THIRTY BILLION RUSSIAN PEGPLE IN FAMINE AREA Gravity of Situation in Soviet Nation Increases; French Steamer Leaves With Food. WARSAW, March Tl—<By The As sociated Press)—Delegates from Mos- cow arriving here today to participate in the hygiene conference called hy the League of Nations for March 15, reported that the famine-stricken Population of Russia now numbered approximately 30,000,000. They said Turkestan is in the path of threatened desolation and the dis- Rrict of Odessa among the most deso- lated parts of Russia. The “black land,” which formerly was the gran- ary of Europe, ts practically desert- ed, they sald. FRENCH SHIP SAILS WITH CARGO. MARSEILLES, March 10.—The French stenmer Jacques Fraissinet, with a full cargo of 4,500 tons of wheat destined for the famine suffer- relieve Russian famine sufferers. || Smile Specials Of Eating Houses Are On the Joke List a | Although you usually go into your favorite eatery to get a square meal you often get a little round of Iangh- ter on the side. Yes, your favorite waitress sometimes cracks a few puns az she hands you some buns. Bat it isn’t always the waitress, or waiter, who serves the smile specials. Tho fellow sitting next to you may make @ perfectly “ripping” remark. Also, you may overhear the fiapper-girlie across the table utter some snappy saying to her chum on her left. Fun from the restaurant always fills the bill of fare on the screen in “Topics of the Day” fitms. Have you a taste for mirthful morsels? Yes. Woe thought so, that’s why we se you chofce funnies from the eatery Wr your relish and enjoyment. + Deserted. “Cheese sandwich!” ordered a cus- tomer in the rapid-fire restenrant. “Sorry,” answered WHeioise, the waitress, “but the cheese has just run out." “Well, why didn’t you chase itr” piped the customer.—Kansas City Star. ‘Cutting Change. Dinner (scanning bill of fare)-Rump steak 40 cents and again 50 cents. What's the difference? Waiter—You get a sharper knife, with the 5@ cent one, sir—Detroit Free Press. Landlord Like. Bixby—No cottage pudding. Watress—No, sir. Bixby—What not? Waitress—House shortage, stn—~ Judge. Oversight. “How did you order your steak, str?” the waiter asked after a long absence. “Like a fool, I did it personally,” bellowed the patron. “If I'd had any senso I’d have ordered it by mail, a month in advance.”—Ambricun Le gion Weekly. Discovered! Restanrant Manager—Glad to see you, sir. And how did you find the steak? Patron—Oh, easy enough. It was right under the potato,—Topics of the Day Films. ——— f Co, “What is this teathery stuff? “Filet of sole.” “Take it away, waiter, and see if you can get me a nice tender pleco from the upper part of the boot, with the buttons removed.”—Tent and Awning Review. Barbered. Patron—How come this hair in my fee cream? Waiter—Sorry, sir, ft must have slipped in when they were shaving the ice.—Wisconsin Octopus. An Angler. An Irishman went into a restaurant on Friday, and asked: “Have yea any stewed whale?” “No,” said the walter. “Then ye can bring me beefsteak,” said Mike, “Lord knows I tried to get fish."—Vandeville News. —Toppics of the Day Films. ——— genes OIL CENTER Is WORKING RORTH OKLAHOMA CITY, Qkla., March 11. —A petition that the future center of the oil production of the United States would be in northwestern Oklahoma, western Kansas, Nebraska and Mon- tana, was volced by speakers at the national convention of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists there. —__.-___ Avnosegay of roses, a tablecloth, a fur coat, a horse and halter, a curry- comb, a hightcap, a pair of scarlet hose, a falcon, a cross-bow, and a pair of tongs are among the things received by the King of England each year as rental for portions of his en- tailed Duchy of Lancaster estate. Each article represents the “rent™ paid, or supposed to be paid, for somq Jmanor, farm, or piece of land. i