The evening world. Newspaper, December 18, 1915, Page 14

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: a : i i 5 -——"trome and Com DODHOSODODPGOOSGDIOY ‘Mayor i Walker: of Delhi By BIDE DUDLEY t ODWOHHHOOOe) TG, by The Prem Pubiehing Oo, (Tae New York Evening Works AIS ANTI-GAMBLING ADDRESS IN HARLEM FAILS TO CONVINCE. | Mayor Cyrus Perkins Walker of Deibi, Tex., made another unsuccess- | ful attempt to address the Harlem Home Society at Forward Hail last night. The meeting ended in a smail- sized riot, brought on by interrup- tons while the Texas reformer was speaking. The Rev. Hopkinson Hev- erly Botts, President of the Society had asked Mayor Walker to taik on “The Evils of Card Playing.” | When the Mayor reached the hall, | Accompanied by his Texas companion, Constable Peles Brown of Delhi, the piace was crowded. President Betts took Mr. Walker to the rostrum and introduced him as the whining light of Texas righteousness, When the ap-| plause had subsided the speaker took Up his subject energetically. “Card playing is all wrong,” he said, “Down in Texas any ons who indulges in it in ostracized.” | »"We looked that word up in Web- ster’s,” said a voice coming from the} centre of the hall Everybody's gaze was on Constable Brown immediately, The Mayor, realising that the Constable was in & talkative mood, said: “Ladies and gentlemen, that inter- fuption came from my old friend from Pexas, Constable Pelee Brown. T knew what the word meant, but he He looked it up to satisfy his wn curiosity. Mr. Brown is suffer- tne with « toothache, Down the street I bought him a bottle of whis- key and tokt him to fill the tooth—a/ hollow one—with the Nquor, and thus stop the pain.” “Guess the tooth muat have leaked,” aid a man tn the rear of the hall, x. , as I was saying about card- Playing,” the Mayor continued, “it is @bhorrent and”—- | “Webster give us that one too,” @x)4 Constable Brown. —_ — ~ _ Bo ee eee a eee mm Se ee , , en ic Page of THE EVENING WORLD, Saturday, December 18, 1915 ALSO. ersopE Hi Hie § “*S’MATTER, POP?” LAN SAKes!. WHAT WERE YA EXPECTIN' A AUTOoMORBEEL ? ‘OP Td Live To Have ONE OF YER STOCKINGS ‘To HANG UP on WRISSMUS_ <—~ aaa GANGWAY GAN SWAY @ q FLOOEY AND AXEL—aAnd, Anyhow, Axel Seemed to Be Getting Too Much Enjoyment Out of It! HEY Look FLooey ! VE GOT OUR NAMES IN DAS PAPER IN VUN STORY ABouT Ford's PEACE PARTY !! ELOOEY, A SAWED-OFF, BALD HEADED LITTLE RUNT FROM~ =~ NEW YORK— S ONE OF FORD'S PEACE PARTY, ORD STATES HE REGRETS WELL, WHAT DoES IT SAY AtouT ME? “TRANSLATE 'T FOR ME, 1 CANT READ SWEDISH Yee simp! How po I KNow YA AINT JUST MAKIN THar vert! “How many hollow teeth did you way be had?” asked the voice coming from the rear. ‘The Mayor was vexed. “You two gentlemen will kindly permit me to proceed,” he said. “Now, as to card- playing, you may not believe it, but I I don't “And you don’t want to know any old maids, either,” said Constable Brown. “That ain't what we come here for.” “Have another toothful, eaid the man in the rear. , “You have a wrong impression, my friend,” said the Mayor, addressing the man who had offered the com- ment. “The Constable is not a drink- ing man. He is merely unfortunate to-night. It is too hot for him here. Wvidently « portion of the liquor has trickled down his throat. He never @rank @ drop of liquor in his Bite. Now, as | wae saying about card-playing, one day as I was Baestng through the corridor of Det- a's, Grief hotel I saw four men from Wreoklyn playing bridge in parlor A. I was horrified and"-—- “Playing Brooklyn Bridge, ¢h?" gald the man in the rear. “Yea, or rather—no, Kindly re- frein from interrupting me,” said the Mayor Ofrmly. “I immediately or- @eted Constable Brown to arrest tem.” brother!” “N they got all my money at drew," said the Constable. “Pay no attention to him, friends,” said Mayor Walker. “That |» the way I handle gamblers in Delhi, As| Liptimated before, I have uever had a | @ard in my hand.” At this point the Mayor took aj @sink of water from 4 glass on a | table nearby and then pulled his handkerohlef trom his side pocket to | mop his brow. With the handkerchief | ¢ame a deck of cards which flew all | over the si Murmurs of surprise x was furious, § tricked me,” he ds were put in my pocket to embarrass me.” “What's trump?" asked the man in| the rear, it was the last straw. Mayor Wal- ker ordered Constable Brown to take the fellow out. A fight followed in which the Constable was knocked down four times, but he subdued his | man and got him to the street by Fansing him ‘something that 1 ike a bottle. Outside Policeman | Gilvhooley got into the fray and ar rested Brown, taking him to the sta tHon house, where he placed a change | Of forgery against the Delhi man. ' Mayor Walker got Brown out on bail The affair broke up the meeting and apt the entire membership of the So- Glety to talking. There is much indignation, | SPECIAL provided for your signature, week on this page of THE EVENI To All Who Have Colored “Mother Goose Fairy Books” in Competition for the Five Dollar Awards, The last page is printed to-da page must be colored, and by vou. than TUESDAY, DEC, 21, ‘ening World, No, 63 Park Row, New York City. All the “Mother Sessa Fairy Beske* received in the contest that arefully colored will be distributed b: SVENING WORLD as CHRISTMAS GIFTS among the ritdee ie the hospitals in Greater New York, Announcement of the three award winnera will 1918 Prose Publishing Co (MY ive MARY’S MARRIED LIFE— CIGARS SO NO oNeEy] Wore) PLEASE, URS? (ine SURELY. DEAR! “Na Gor TO HAND IT TOS /o BETCHA Louver my | ( ! Pur WILL FIND cicars, Pe. WELL, ( SHE HAS, Ss 7. KMAS 1S ONLY @ FEW 4% CINE SEN Ges Mercvteldtey 2/1 aniy. mes: H) You ewe wen Aint NO THOSE CHRISTMAS THREE-FERS Clears FoR. -~ fel TELL Ya} Papa WHat) 5 Pi Bec Nou KEPT { | 7 Sey For HER! } 4 sy 3OOQHHOHDHI[LIOWHGTOGIANDWOGHOOOO) " & Life L ies 8 Copyright, 1995, Press Publishing Co. (N. Y. Evening World.) @) ry BY BAZEN CONKLIN ® 3QOOSDEHODOGOOOIEOSODOOD® 1915, by the Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Kreniug Werld), WHAT CAPITAL CITY IS THIS? a g a i THE MOTHER GOOSE FAIRY BOOK By Eleanor Schorer | Arrange together the indicated |fractions of the words the pictures ,Pepresent until the letters spell tho |name of the capital city, The city in Thursday's puzzle was | LINCOLN, capital of Three-fifths of “links, fourth of cage,” Cy tw “parasol,” OL; one-third The name of to jand another puzzle ‘DBOARD THROUGH net," N. "a capital city ill be printed in The Evening World next Tuesday, > ERE’'S Uncle George Peters and Aunt Susan Hall and a family of cousins named Tripp, ! Whe knew Jones was living, but, that's about all, when he was in poverty’s grip. | snubbed him and never would call, write or phone, for fear that poor Jonesy might ask for What’s in a Name? tA aoe Peony. diese hat toe ont. | dren a policeman stationed at | the door was instructed not to admit any adult, An excited woman came running up to the door and demanded admiasion. “I'm gorry, mum,” replied the po- iceman, “but I can't let any one in but children,” |. “But my child 4s dressed as @ but- terfy,” exclaimed the woman, “and has forgotten her wings.” "Can't help it," replied the pollee- man; “orders 1s orders; you'll have to let her go as a caterpillar,”—Liver- pool Mercury, They se eorge Peters and Aunt | Hall and the family of cousins named Tripp, | Palavering, fawning and honeying, all have Jonesy held fast in the r arip. On Jonesy's band wagon they're beg ing for rides since he's made by playing "war INDICATED — MARGIN NOTICE Mother Goose Wishes You A Merry Christmas! 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