The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 15, 1938, Page 16

BEN WEBSTER ALL OVER TOWN MATT AH, GOOD MORNING, GOOD ) BLESS YOU, PROF. MATTIX- I'D BE MATTIX HAS GONE, MORNING/ A FLOWER. FOR:J AFTER DISTRIBUTIN' POSIES BEFORE DISTRIBUTING THOUSAMDS EACH OF U9, \F YOU OF DOLLARS, BRINGING PLEASE - HAPPINESS INTO THE LIVES - OF. HUNDREDS OF PERSONS — BUT, FOR POOR O' THIS THREE DAYS, UNBEKNOWNST ' _ iy / TO EITHER THE OLD < g PROFESSOR, OR BEN WEBSTER, HiS A CONSTANT COMPANION, \A MYSTERIOUS MAN HAS THERE MY GOGD MAN, (T WON'T RATTLE BUTY | HUNDRED-DOLLAR BILL \S RIGHT, MAIGTER / BUT DON'T A\ AM QUITE PROULD OF IT/ ~_/ PROF. MATTIY, Y AFRAID | D\D, I “N.DID YOou DO y"BEN-FACT 15,1 PR e ? i Ao THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER/ OH , IF ONLY THEM By EDWIN ALGER WASN'T THAT PROF. THAT HAS T LOCKED THAT GETTLES [T/ THE OLD GUYS GOT MORE SUGAR THAN ANY OME PERSON SHOULD HAVE — GET GO/N' FEET! /| 6OT {_work T0 00! SHURE,AN' THEY'RE MATT MATTIX? | MEAN T\ BOTH GINEROUS, BUT @OT THE MONEY — TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS HE'S PAID ME FOR FLOWERS THi6 PAST WEEK/ ... ALL THE DOPE Y'CAN GET ON THE BACKGROUND AN' HISTORY AN' RELATIVES OF PROFE MATT AMATTIX — RUSH 1T TO ME —LISSEN/ HE'S GOT PLENTY COCONUTS/ ENOUGH FOR - ALL OF Us/