The evening world. Newspaper, December 21, 1915, Page 18

a Home and Comic Page “*S*MATTER, POP?” Picture Puzzles coor ee, Vi Tas Withee WHAT CAPITAL CITY 18 THIS? ONE-SIXTH OF ONE -HALF OF Arrange together the indicated fractions of the words the pictures represent until the letters spell the name of the capital olty. ‘The elty in last Saturday's puzzle wee CARSON CITY, capital ef Ne- ‘Three-sevenths of “hand car,” CAR; three-fourths of “song,” SON; two-fittha ef “cigar,” Cl; one third of “dimity,” TY. ‘The name of to-day’s capital city and another puzzle will be printed In ‘Who Evening World next Thursday. Se Meeting an Emergency. BADING Man (in travelling com- t ‘Why? ee fe go te m in. One cannot t”” 4 @ beard! 34 ‘Um—well—we'll put on “Macbeth.”—Kansas City Star. FIBB ’ MARY’S MARRIED LIFE—There Are Some of Us Who Think Bill Got Off EASY at That! we Me. LoucER, (T'S THE MAN FROM VPSTAIAS - OH, BILLY, WHAT Hes Came TO PUT KOU DIO HE PUT \, Stated DOWN FOR? ea y HAVE YoU THOUGHT OF EVERY OME You WANT TO REMEMBER BILLY. DEAR? - THis SANTA CLAUS THING is A RBARE-FACED ACU Ltt YES, HONEN-LAMB, | WENT ON THE LIST FoR THE OFFICE BCXS, THE WAGOH MEN @ND THE TELEPHONE CRERATORS DOWN AT THE OFFICE TOORY - THATS OFF OM THE LIST FOR. \ , ) HE Janitors PRESENT! (THERE, | ¢ S_Noral we =>) que _ ‘Copyelant, 1915. Prem PHONE Co CW. ¥, Evening WoFte) THE EVENING WORLD, — Tuesday? December 21) 1918 we we Becort He SN This Umbrella Went Home! we we 1) OUR TH TFeXeaon LEFT ~ 50 Capguight, 1018, ty the Prem Pubtidhing Oo, (The New York Evening World), L'v of celf-made men remind us/a genteel Southern family, and 1s; of the chances left behind us. | working only pending the adjustment LIFE LYRICS. He wore an air eo bellicose he scared opponents comatose. His fighting jaw and giant frame had helped him play a winning game. Hie minions jumped at his command and quaked beneath the master hand. But, strange to say, to save his life he couldn't overawe his wife! THOUGHT SEEDS. Frequently the deeds of others would not be #0 harshly criticized by} us if we knew what really prompted | them. When talking about ourselves | somehow we omit narrating the fool- ish things we've done. | Often the person who speaks “right out” gets “in wrong.” | | LETI ERS WE'D LIKE TO WRITE, | Dear Sir—I am in receipt of your Jetter of inquiry concerning Rowena Roe, who, in applying for a position as stenographer, has given you my name as a reference. Unbesitatingly I can recommend Misg Roe to any one who requires the services of a stenographer, but ts mot particular as to the neatness of correspondence sent out from tho office. If it is true that the best of us make mistakes, I consider her then to be better than most of us. the can make herself at home in any offce where there is a mirror and where punctuality is not compulsory. of her grandfather's estate. Prob- ably it was there, amid those refined surroundings, that she learned to chew gum by the yard, vigorously and with audible satisfaction, and to use such grammatical sentences as “ain't got no right,” “see them flowers,” “hadn't ought to of been,” and others equally correct. As a stenographer I unhesitatingly Pronounce her an excellent judge of coiffure and clothes. As a worker she is an untiring conversationalist. As to dependability, I have never known her to leave the office without powdering her nose, or to permit a good-looking male client to visit the office without distracting bis atten- tion from business to her. She was in my employ two weeks, the | of time it took me to get up enough to bring tears to her eyes by telling her her services were longer required FOLKS WE MEET. (Continued) c. U. Tonight Carry A. Load 1, Will Not Ira Fuse. (To be continued.) LIFE LYRICS, He posed as a wit and he basked in his fame, ’ And told funny stories when company inter each guest doubled up knife, But not mile widened the lips of his wife, Bhe has little knowledge of figures—| Her face wore a look of mixed sad- | other than her own. I Dave tt on her own authority that| She'd heard his jokes over and over| ‘whe 9 @ perfect tady, descended trom ness and pain— —— Ay. <7 y a ALWAYS WILL YOU ME DARLING? ‘Z. LOVE ALWAYS SWEETHEART we a we ad | GUESS! Bite t GIVE im Two } DOLLARs!! By C. M. Payne, a By Jack Callahan COME, JOHN HENRY, HURRY ! WE'RE NOT HALF THROUGH =a WIFIE'S XMAS SHOPPING WOULD BE VERY FATIGUING: | JF SHE>DION'T HAVE HUBBY To CARRY HOME rr COURTSHIP" WOULD BE A PRELUDE TOA LIFE OF SWEET |[[F IT DIDN'T TURN INTO A BATTLESHIP” AFTERWARDS, DON'T You TELL ME You Lost THAT DOLLAR OUT OF YOuR ENVELOPE | Po HER BUNDLES . Nya D. DODDDODGHHIOIIOVs The Wrong House. TE agent stopped at the plazza of the cottage by the sea, where sat @ bronzed and rugged old man. “If you are troubled with moths, as no doubt you are, I have just the proper remedy.” “Moths have never bothered me,” said the old man, “How about the grasshopper pest? O I have something here which is guar- anteed"-—— “I don't believe I've seen a grass- hopper in forty years, The fact vial “But surely you want to be pre- pared to fight the locusts, Now, this package contains"”—— “have never had any trouble with locusts, and I never expect to,” re- plied the old man.” “Well, you've got me stumped,” said the agent. “How do you manage to escape all these things?” “Easy enough. I'm captain of the brigantine Nellie M., sailing between !here and Java."—St, Louts Post- ny Everybody Happy. VICAR of @ certain Wnglish Parish was @itting in his study one morning when in burst the verger in @ great state of excitement. “Mr. " mentioning the curate’s name, “wants you at once, sir,” he exclaimed, “He has married two couples and married the men to the wrong women and he does not know what to do.” “Have they signed the register?’ inquired the clergyman, “No,” was the verger's response. “Then they can be married again,” said the vicar. “Tell Mr, T will be at the church in a minute or two to perform the ceremony.” In due course the incumbent made his way to the church and found the parties gathered at the entrance. Be- fore he could gay anything one of the bridegrooms approached and eald: “We have been talking {t over, sir, and we have made up our minds to remain as we are.” And they did so, —Philadelphia Ledger. hphie Ledeen Slight Mistake. N Kansas City they tell of e broker | of who moved from the city out into the country. He went out some distance and, since the railroad was poverty-stricken and the service con- AY’S GOO Was expected to arrive he eet ont ina dray to fetch it from the ot- fice. He reached the raiiway station which, by the way, he had never seen-after an hour's drive. No one was in sight, but there was his chicken coop, With his man’s as= / sistance he soon had it on the dray. and set of for home. He had pro eeded but @ few rods, however, wi he encountered man in uniforn, with tho title “Station Master” on his cap. “What have you got on that drag?” demanded the station master, ex-| citedly. “My ‘new ehicken coop.” “Chicken coop, nothing, Y carrying off Blankville Junction.”-= Detroit Free Press. fia Lc SSE A Simple Remedy. CHINAMAN was asked if there were good doctors in China, “Good doctoral” he ex- claimed. “China have beet doctors tn world. Hang Chang one good doctor; he great; save life, to me.” “You don't say ol How ia thas?’ “Me velly bad,” he said. “Me caliee Dr. Han Kon. Giv some medi- cine, Get velly, velly ill. Me calles Dr, Ban Sing. Give more Me glow die, callee Dr. H. time; no ‘cual Pong Mee 5 Og a, Whirlwind, the Drummer. | HEY were talking about a prem< ising young man whe he@ failed to make good ee @ trawelr ing salesman. The first man gald to the afher man: “It was queer about thet boy, He geemed to be a regular whirlwind. His first trip was @ rattling snccess, but all he brought beck from his eee+ ond trip was @ bunch of fresh ex. cuses. “What was tt you called bim—as whirlwind.” “Yes.” “I see, All ‘whir? at the and all ‘wind’ at the finish,’ land Plain Dealer. Censors on the Seashore. RVIN COBB, looking over an At+ Jantic City paper when he wae there for tho trial performance “Back the fact that the seashore papers are as careful never to mention « Lp Ay od ing as a San Francisco paper avoid mention of earthquakes, relates hia Records 4 sequently poor, he travelled to and | tence in a story, intly doctored from town by automobile, by the consors: After a time he decided to go tm] “Mr, So-and-Bo Gted of Ld for ohicken raising and ordered a | shallow water, The body was co patent chicken coop, On the day i | covered!” Neotel a |