Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1928, Page 39

‘ LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE, Pop and ma and my sister Gladdis ‘was all reading in the living room, pop starting to laff and saying, Theres no use tawking, you cant beat Dickens, au- thors may ccme and auhors may go, but a classick is a classick. Wats a classick, pop? I sed, and pop sed, A classick is a book that is red by your grandparents and your grandchil- | dern, though not at the same time, na- | turelly. A classick has more sents than common ordnerry books, and genrelly more werds too just for good mezzure. Dickenses books are classicks, how about that, fokes? he sed Yes indeed, ma sed. Charles Dickins | was a grate writer and no home should be without his books. Our home teny hasent bin since we got his com- plefe werks many years ago and a cuckoo clock with a 3 years subscrip- tion to a magazine called Sunny Hours, although the magazine went out of cir- culation about 4 munts afterwards and wasent werth reading anyway, and the cuckoo clock breethed its last wen Benny pulled it down on his hed as a baby, but Charles Dickins still remains a grate writer, she sed. Yes, he batted out some swell yarns, you haff to hand it to the old boy, Gladdis . sed, and pop- sed, Lissen to this, fokes, its ware Mr, Pickwick goes . 1 wunt to read you some of Not now, Willyum, Im in the midst | of a story, ma sed, and Gladdis sed, Not | now, father, I dont want to lose the | thred of this thing Im reading. Abe Martin Says: . SPNACH N BuLK or-AN A straw vote only shows how eligible voters might vote if they wuzn't too lazy ' go ' th’ polls. Gee, wouldn’ it be dull if th’ saloons come back? lifting, Speeking of classicks, yee gods, he sed. 1 just picked it up at a casual news- stand for idle curiosity, ma sed. dont ixpect to read it all through by {|T take my own home THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, THE CHEERFUL CHERUB il » OVER TOWN ADVERTISWN' GOOFY BOWERY IN ™ movies — 1 SAW ™ c V everywhere . This isn't hard as it may seem — 1 move without the slightest care cavse I'm living in 2 dream. ‘e W S HONEST - ’ I'Mm A LTTLE PRAIRE FLOWER = GRoWING WILDER EVERY HOLR. NOBoDY PAYS ANY ATTENTION TO ME = I'M AS HAPRY AS CAN BE - {BUD FISHER HES BEEN ACTING STRANGELY EVER SINCE HIS APPLE SAUCE BUSINESS FAILED ~ 13EENG THINGS ! THE 1D€A, {GOOFY BOWERS WN THE TS Sy Kip, You PU2ZLE Me: You'VE BEEN IN AN INSANE ASYLUM; YOU AIN'T 60T BRAINS €ENOUGH To HOLD DowN A Flve DOLLAR A WEEK JOB; YOU'Re ARUNT; You'Re - 1928., WELL, IT'S THIS WAY:- You ALWAYS APPEAR SO CHECRFUL! FOR THe LovE OF MIKG, WHAT HAS A FORTY-SIX YEAR O\D ASH-cAN L\ke You TO BE cHeeRFUL OveR? t‘ue GoT TWO TEETH LEET, AND THey HIT! Wat is it? pop sed. And he looked | any means, she sed, and pop sed, Thats at Gladdises ‘magazine, saying, Unvar- | rite, by all means skip one or 2 of the nished Stories, yee*gods, Unvarnished | smaller advertizements, yee gods Im Stories in preferents o Dickins. And | going ware I can find some real liter- he looked at ma's magazine, saying, | ary peeple to bowl wit Lovers Confessions, how. sweetly up- Meening the bowling alley. Something to Be Thankful For. “CAP” STUBBS. - —By EDWINA He’s Saying It Now! HE'S A GENTLEMAN HE WONT DARE LEAVE ME _HELL FOLLOW ALONG THINGS- HE DID ZEHR=-OH—-Un— GO HOME AT 1*HEARD EV'RY WORD,Y0U : SAD — AIN'T, THAT ‘WoT YOU ‘SA\DI'N NO—#\* ONLY neLLot -4 ¥ T'LL FIX THAT GOOF WHO TURNED ME DOWN. A UTTLE LETTER TELLING JUST WHAT L THINK OF HIM WiLL 6IVE ME SOME \ SRTISFACTION ANYWAY WELL-ERZER ™. YOU SND - GIRME’, Aw g\ r?sz,‘g_flvg DN‘. To cgns Tlée Je‘a fismm - ., YOU. . : FOOTBALL CORCH 0! I ALusgsay YO / COLLEGE TEAM, THE . L H § » SAY LENR- LISTEN To THIS -+~ DEAR SIR :- IF THEY SOLD HATS To FIT| MEN'S BRAINS YoU'D BE WERRING A THIMBLE ON YOUR BEAN. YoU MAY )\ * HAVE BEEN BRED IN COULECE Bur YOU'RE JUST A CRUMB JUST AS T WAS AL SET AND TVeE BeeN BRAGSING | To everyBopY THAT 1 HAD 1T CINCHED! ; ME—IMY LAND., CHAIRMAN OF THE ATHLETIC CoMMITTEE HRLF- WITTED HUNK O BOLONEY ! < wn=nn- 4 7 4 = Al e \ : | 7 s | HE'S AN EXPERT ACCOUNTANT BuT CAN T HAVE SOME OF THOSE CHICKENS FEET IN THE BARREL MISTER HEINBOCKLE?, WERE FROM MISSOURI! N HAFTA S MISTER HEINBOCKLE GAVE ME A CHICKEN YARD FOR MYSELF! THREE FEET DIcK ,You‘RE. NOT EATING YOUR SPINACH ! SECAUSE IF I UKED INACH — [’D T SPINACH ok ALBERTINE RANDALL z Reasoning! TUE BOoy WHO FOUND T . g TCKETS SITUATED ONTHE 40 Yaro T LINE FOR A FOOTBALL GAME PLAYE D Ry THE PREVIOUS DAY — f