The evening world. Newspaper, December 23, 1915, Page 16

THE WORLD'S Picture Pazzles Ovorrers, |B Yeek Mintatea Weel * | WHAT CAPITAL CITY 18 THIS? TWO-THIRDS OF Arrange together the indicated | fractions of the words the represent until the letters spell the mame of the ital city. ‘The city in last Tuesday's puzzle) Home and Comic Page of THE EVENING WOKLD, Thursday. December 23. “"S’MATTER, POP?” w uw we uw uw we we we wt By C. M. Payne WovtDdD You rut Loon AT Ow AM 1 GONNA GO INTO A THe CHRISTMAS Buy KRiItTH MUTH one, * deta “PRESENTS You PRETHENTS IF N' O Cound Buy witt I'M iIntHIDE UVA Fro E UNDR RED Five HUNDRED Lion >A ie DOLLARS a, 3 (Com ADS Troe Pubiieding Co OT Pvenine Womey (OR, BILLY, SCEE, SWEETY, THES (SOME @HRISTMAS, wis (S THar ALL GOODNESS, LOVE, You Put THEM 1) POSTMAN BROUGHT YOU YEAR, EH, LITTLE GIRL! ) (THE Postman BRO OUGHT TO GET & ‘Teer tes Ng Sa Gn THE OTHER noon!) (esr OF CHRISTMAS (see SANTA SENT ME A NOU, DEAR - ONLY LOT OF NICE Tees sant Jol Usirnl (AINT EXPECTIN’ ) ‘ PRESENTS FROM Your, PACKAGE ID ae Bun) S ONE ? ANNTHING FROM "TWAS EVER THUS! — Most Men Have a Vote, but Few Cast It at Home! ‘By Bud Counihan was OLYMPIA, ca: ton. One-sixth of | half of “lyre,” LY; one-third of “ram,” M; three-fifths of “piane,” PIA, | ‘The name of to-day’s o and another puzzle will ‘The Evening World next eday. a Probably Futurist Music. i was a “reformed” old fash- joned country newspaper editor who had found farming « better| paying industry than editing, and he Was discussing crops with a company Of feliow rarmers at the village gro- p Fan says the Indianapolis News. “Well, Lem, s'pose you're &@ reg'lar now—been at it for ten years,” arked one of the friends. “Oh, I'm a farmer all right,” said io, “and I sp'se I'll always be one, Dut I tell you the smell o' printei ink is still music to my ears,’ deal pods “FICTION Hasen Conklin Copyright. 1915, by the Press Roary Go, (The New York Kveuing World), They left their apartment se snug in the city Te move to the suburbs so green and eo pretty— Moved into a house on a corner lot there And summered with joy in “the fresh countr: Then winter came on and the furnace was stoked; It ate up the coal and refused to be choked. Twixt furnace and sidewalks which had to be red ‘The happy home life in the suburbs was “queered.” Each morn as he wades through the slush to his train He vows they'll move back to the city again! A RECORD Of a little conversation between two dear friends anent their Christ- mas presents: MES. A.—Oh, Helen, I'm so glad you dropped in! Now you can help me tie up my Christmas packages— MRS. B.—Splendid! And after we have done that you can come over and help me with mine! Oh, what a@ lovely centrepiece! Who is that ? MRS. A.—Oh, that’s for Mollie I hate to waste it on her, but ves such ,lovely presents MRS. B.—I know. She married well and can afford to, What he ever saw in her, though—— MRS. A.—Well, from what I've heard about HIM I guess—-you know how those things will come out, He [last year, and you know they don't Good t MORNIN’ NOW CAN You TELL ¢- x ony WELL WHEN HES WITH um-yeS! BUT BETWEEN WHY HES A ’ fe WHETHER Your mn HOW DEMOCRATS, HES A OURSELVES WOT ie GONE. el; Ase NN MNS Sure! HUSBAND 19 A WoT_HE were “DEMocRAr “AN' \NHEN He AT H (e=nt} Sace AN’ wound Go AHEAD “DEMOCRAT “OR A 19 SiR! HE'S WITH TH’ REPUBLICANGY TE AN TNC OME PS t LIKE To ASK Ay ‘aN sa REPUBLICAN’? Laces al y) HES A REPUBL r ~2" outa} | + FEW G@UESTIONS, o, Se C x (ee ° 2 fone ey) . @ ® (A Ceo: re es et os “IT : ~O fe oS f 5 \ “oe « fF a Wh av ; : ; : x ; TA ge CE, ~ ag at ie pM, LIFE’S LITTLE “IFS.” mm a: By Jack Callahan | u t $4,000 is shifted dn the system to Fiame at $3,000, A © such shifts and where will jow land?" A Pair of Snuffers. MAN holidaying in the High-! few lands was engaged one night in writing a letter in a hun e, where he had obtained a on. The guttering candl d him and he called out: that Mrs, McPherson, can you give me] Bilson sald to n r of snuffe ‘No!’ A pair o* snuffers?” repeated Mrs. Bones, poor fellow,’ Pherson, somewhat bewildered.| ‘has eloped with my wi “Weel, I'll dae my best.” apolis Jow MRS, A.—i'm giving it to Nellie Briggs. Ruth Fisher gave it to me on the merit ay to ex- f Bilson, terrible ae fallen Bones? travel in’ the sume sel, so 1 guess it's safe. MRS. B.-—-Not to Nellie Briggs! Listen, dear, 1 gave that to Kuth Fisher year before last and the year before that Nellie Briggs gave it to me! Why don’t you give it to Clara | Jones instead of that cheap ht MRS. AI wouldn't give C Bilson, Minne- i ft In a few minutes there was a com- —_ anything that cost over nifty o motion outside. Two stalwart tig- i Last year she gave me a card Me ShAPHAn' ih, felon’ Oy atte ve The Visitor. . nF 5 sew ine betta bs by i: lod y McPherson, PPORTUNITY knocked twice at 0 nine cei gave her 2 nis is° Donald McDougall.” she the’ man's doo! ; |said, “and this is Dougall McDon- 4 hasy turd te a ee ald.’ I dinna ken what ye want wi’ hock a third time when the them; but I'm thinkin’ the two o'| door was hurredly opened by a wom. them tak’ mair snuff than any. ither twa in the parish.” — Pittsburgh | Chronicle-Telegraph | tunity. “Come! I've no time to lese.” @ lovely handkerchief, 1 only paid thirty-seven cents for it, but it was! soiled, 1 did it up and you'd never know but what it cost at least a dollar! MRB, B.—Yos, she told me about it, You know you were thick with Ella ‘ Where is the man?” said Oppor- -Te ¥; You're the very one he's lookin; Murray last year and when you and TAKE OFF UCAN'T MRS. MRS.BROWN, | - for,” sald the woman. “But—he's oc. * Ella had your tiff, Ella told Clara i ! HEAR | Dangerous Sport. | cupled.” about the handkerchief, Your HAT A D HER WITH “You're his wife, aren't you? ‘Tell MRS. A.—The mean, spiteful thing! HAFFTA And after 1 kept her seeret—you know how she had that trouble about AND STAY GET JIM'S MY OWN EARS. Sreuain Wee So bsorne eres ae igs altace me. He'll think her charge account at Lacey's—and MRS. JONES SUPPER. BELIEVE ME. as talking at the cap-|_, | at are sport of tuna fish.{’™ mistaken, He'll think you are | Ing off the Pacific coast, relates The | 8°/neone else.” n “That isn't my fault. I've d never told a SOUL but you, and{ Pathfinder. Re ew 0 SOnS tay Anna Taylor and Nina Humphreys | WHAT SHE SAID | “To get them,” he said, “we go out| iy; Good day! ; gud Louise Turnbull! Bbe aaved ire AgoUT You j{n a small motor boat and fish with af p90: ¥ Til tell Bm, to keep it in strict confidence and I " long line baited with flyin fish. It is mn who you are, considered poor sport to catch nothing | Give me WAS AWFUL. farger than a 100-pound tuna.” Juat at that moment the man rushed At this point a colored messe out af bed Opportunity, ‘Then who had been an_intere ne purned POURRIY to se wile stepped up and said ty “Why didn't you let me know she but did I unde ;; was knocking?” he said “Why, she almos vay. Just like you!” > did! And I pledged her not to tell about the handkerchief and see the way she kept her promise! MRS, B.—What a charming bonbon dish! Listen, dear, you're not giving anything to that Sara Janeway after the horrid way she's talked about you! MRS, A—I've simply GOT to, Helen! Nora Thomas saw her buy- ing things in Campbell's last week yo" went fishin mall motor boat “Yes,” the Californian ‘answered, amilingly, "we go out that way fre- | quent 2 weekly meeting of the Mar Ge Be tals ee ae rae bees | "But, asked the wild-eyed negro, pled Ladies' Society for the Bets pomething for me, You know, we | joey Fe feared yo’ might ‘ketci, ter Control! and Guidance of ve to give lots of presents to people | | hs sate ions sbands had ° we don't like just because they give ——— pe and .» ad soak besa called to things to us and would talk about Us Why They Fought. A meck looking little woman stood Se eee sae ot) cet up in a far co of the room, ien't it in sting doing up presents this way! You know, dear, tts nice | to be prompted by purely kind generous motives once The Christmas spirit is r beau. | tiful, don't you think s all, 1] must be going, dear. Now come over later and help me with mine, I must hide YOURS, of course, it would never do to let you guess what it ia! | MRS, A.—I hid yours in a cl when the doorbell rang. [ th it would be you, I just know you have something lovely for me! Goodby, dear! (A few minutes later) | It had’ better be as good as the present I bought fc Ie it sant I'm going to drop Wainwright better an ‘A RS. CARNES had a new maid, and while she went on a day's motor trip she ventured to leave the children in charge of the girl 2 i “Well, Annic,"” asked the mistress on her return, “how did the children ¢ behave during my absence? Nicely, 1 hope.” “Nicely, indade, mum," replied thi ut at the end’ they fou y, mum ‘ought! exclaimed Mrs » Annie, she quavered, “is in el." fe runs an lady, “but a his model, You self made man."London “When Broke? Call on BENJAMIN F hd have money, but I'd rather have EA husband's disposition to live wars, B.—1 know, dear, What's thet you're doing up? Oh! I thought it looked familiar, -You didn't need two cut glass comporte anyway. o Offers Enormous Barg DIAMONDS Watches, Jewelry, Bich Cut / Glass, Vine Gi and Glass Clocks, Um- eR AA LUA Ty A Terrible Misfortune. 66 HEY are shifting Consuls on T the merit system,” said Jer- ‘ade, the Duluth collector. d man in Shang- hal at $4,500 getting shifted to Bar- celona at $9,000, Another Consul just dying to get in with me! Mrs, 1, (outside)—Atter ll I spent on her present if she doesn't give me something just as good—well, she’s awfully tiresome sometimes! And Della Mason ty much m@re con- wenial! , breliae, Opera Glasses, Ete, Ey uli Until Chrint: Oven Bvenefaplahed OTON Yt