The evening world. Newspaper, May 16, 1921, Page 19

By Georgow.Peck With pillustpations, Jaciiecoogan: Stor tn film version HE bad boy had been away to echool, but the iflness of his father had called him home, and for some weeks be had been looking about the old town. He had found few of his old friends. His father had recovered somewhat from his Winess, and one day he met his old chum, a boy of his own age. By Courteayel StantonaVanVlictCo. Copyrights towler, 1904, 1908, 1006; by Thompson and Thomas, Dee cer" tools wet Chopaa, Tae Hennery and His Chum Return hs trousers. “I am trying to get rid of my customers. I have got money enough to live on, and I just stay here waiting for the old cat to die, I have only got six customers left, and one of them has got pneumonia, and is go- ing to die, then there will be only five. ‘When they are all gone I shall sit here by the stove until the end comes. There is nothing doing now to keep me awake, since you boys quit getting THE LAST TIME THEY WERE IN THE BOYS WENT OUT JUST AHEAD OF THE OLD MAN'S OVERSHOES. The bad boy and the chum sot busy at once, talking over the old times that tried the souls of the ne chbors and finally mid boy asked about the old groceryman, and found that the old man ‘ it at the old wtand, with t yme oid stock of upon him, and surr m it began to rk they ente pking the r cat that had « yc back, where it crawling u rend « s the boys entered the store the cat aised its back, ity tail be . . rolling pin, 1 > hile the old 4 min held up wnds and hc but one of nd tak drawer reach Into my pistol pocket ar © my book. "This ts the fifth time been held up this yoar, and 1 eo if [ am not held up about I can't sleep nig 0, put down your hands and When 1 m 3 iinpressed by that aid Dus mano His Wue eyes looked h 4 the old squar tyou, white ard iS huir he was full of and en- spine eracked like jowalK, tnusiaam. it case th AA . aie wea ene un: eacealh; thusiasm in making this oid piano We are the only Bad Boy and | nd ready for bu boys danced a jis an inch thick wit years ago, the strayed from burre!, a I thought,” y laughed i through the lor wud the ¢ & hysterteal lau whiskers, and he lugged the boys a n he had a liking for them, not- caused hie » you { wanted my money, You ar nd and can have the whole me milk into two boys as and w new them t wie © bad boy looked whieh hil during the the away prunes, be cut on t old fellow stand as his cu: Well, wo! he bad boy, ay he took up a dried prune and tried to crack wi hatchet on a two-pound weight ing to his chum who was stroking t singed hair of the old cat the wrong way. ay, old man, you ought to got a hustle on you. Why don't you clean out this shebang, and put in mew stock of goods, and have clerks with white ns on, and 4 girl book- keeper, and goods that pe will buy and cat and not get sick? grocery store down street that | clean as a whistle, and [ notice « your old customers go there. Why don't you keep up with the times?" “Oh, [ain't running a dude place,” said the old man, as he took a plew of soft coal and put It in the old stove, aod wiped the biack off his hands on c me mad haven't beer boys, do you know, I ve) mad since you quit only fun I have t my customers coms her had when at my ro thing y I r that if n y can go i mad ant else to trade, (Another Story To-Morrow.) BY SOPHIE Woprrtaat, 1921, by ‘The Press Publ Id piano whien | was have ag sent up to New York, I wanted to get some one to fix this ptano in workable shape while it was down there. me one recommended to me a who had identified with me forty years. , like new Many a man wou tackled the job, becnus: It meant 1 practically wis old man knew thi apart A suunding beard in Wiis piano which would be difficu p these Jays, and hated hing in up when it could gt uch y service Inany years to t ould be worth while. It ing Whole propos wd had t ve, and L word that he would do he ‘mount lined to eit u the pial nd it on its way nuiles to ne Coperiest. 199 ‘ The! New York'kectava World) QUESTIONS. 1, What is the largest river in Maine? 2. What is the system of enforced labor common in Mexico called? In what Mexican State is the | city of Vera Cruz located? 4. What is the State flower of Con cticut? 5. What is the conical sac which closes the heart called? 6. By what other name is the per- mmon also known? 7, What is the monetary unit in Mexico? 8. Of what European country was Peter the Great monarch? 9, What is a book containing a list of all standard drugs and directions for their use called? 10. What in the art of proparing, compeunding and dispensing medi cine called? ANSWERS, 1, Penobaeot; 2% peonage; 8, Vera Crug; 4 mountain Jaurel; 6, pericar- dium; 6, date plum; 7, peso; 8, Rus- aia; @ pharmacopocia: Igpphermacy THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY MAY 16, | HAVE A Renee WE ARE GOING Pas) HAVE OW CAN JTHAT CAT, Now 2 ee Bese By Maurice Ketten THE CAT IS WASHING HIS FACE Do Mu BO RU REALLY Ay eXASHES FACE IT sn N SURE ! HEIS WASHING UP FOR COMPANY +H | ME INVITE THE <@8\ FANILY hing Co FEW weeks ago while 1 was jown in New Orleans ft found WEEKS By Isaac Shuman. 21, by the Prom Publishing Ca L MIACO, oldest o mous of circus clowns, | but he insists he 1 e dressing room when pired confidence before leaving, I went to his home 8 The litle parlor was full of old pianos, and he looked chadr in his little sitting room at No. nth Avenue, rubbing his t nervously together and peering anxi- old timers together ake them ve again and Tt was Rot so much the money as 1 in the work wos all broken and th not a sound except dis eccs and then with window quietly sewing. have Unaged bravely, and it together and have it Hive agala. 08 sooxe a ntue shared her interest in his Moe gazed out © ut within two mc ife is Mot jusL work am confident he 6 to him who can lighten up when he recei It will inean more to many others © haa been con- fe to go along with Httle with real love in his ef. adelphia street ear walked to the was taken to a hospital, Ringling told him gent calling him affectionately by the nick- name he alone uses. easy from now on, You'll wet your check ever the mame, And you needn't come back unless you want to," @o Al ls home “onty for # rev.” thingw that could be if only some willing hands would take hold and oxercise mede like new, surely worth while to aay the least in off to you, Emile Du- New Orloana, even tf you ave not much of thts world’s goods, the plonsures that mat oe give are more THE MAN WH, KEPT. HIS WORD MIACO, KING OF CLOWNS, 16, TAKES TWO REST AFTER 67 YEARS’ WORK of them, but I'l nover forget Haight ar me, Hed to his wife, She eet & Chambore, Do you bh ast in the bi ayed on the Madison Square on July we decided to get married,’ "And," he a’ tayed marr picture there Al My ne at the Hippodrome, brek Te bout my drew be prompted t. Smith's Crescent’ City Cireu Horace Sauth was a greac rider, H wet Was the fi t 1 ope 1} Y there ta ke bing Z fa) ‘ \ 1 oar the i W been h Y ' w v wt i were 7 & Chartle A r ) 4 FS ‘ co k \ t 1A « 1, “all th € Bhakeop I » T peare ever wrote, but a4 th soe ‘Ma p larger, the spoken lince became lose tan has sense enou ised And now a clown rurcly has to Foo! giing’s of course is the groatest to play the Fool ’ PME a Sec eh “New Or. rie,” the old note creeping “We travelled in hoates ssippl. Laura and 1 met was fifty-three years Wifty-four, Al,” corrected his wife S rurht, fifty-four. Laura don as fifty. We were play 1867, when Jaughing, “we've r since. See that my son Al, and how assistant silence in the room for by the creaking * Sonso enough to play the Bool, * ve been with fifty cirouses and he repeated, “And I've worked hard PAGE MR. EDISON * NEAL R.OHMARA °¢ Edison Claims the Average College Guy Is a Dumb- bell and Can't Even Answer Dumb Questions— Here Are Some for Tom, He’s a Wizard and He Oughta Know ’Em All. Conrrteht, 1991, by The Proms Publishing Co. (The New York Brening Warta). THOMAS A. EDISON, Menlo Park, N. J. Dear Tom: We have read your wise cracks in the paper about these college guys. We always thought, like you did, Tom, that a colleger is granite from his thorax up, antd we got a flash at the questions. And having torn off a peep at them, we would now like to get rather personal, You claim the average college gny is a dumbbell. Righto—perhaps! Tut, Tom, did you ever try your questions on Henry Ford? How many do you think he could answer withont cranking up bis encyclo paedia? Your reply will be eonaid- ered confidential. You ¢wirled off some dirsy con- nndrums on the rah rahs. Will you let us soak you with some cross-fire repartee? Nothing disagreeable tn- tended, yunderstand, but let’s see how much YOU know. Here és our own Iist of riddles, and take your time with ‘em for the next ninety days: What great man first said, “I love my wife, but oh, you ki?” What State produces the most wooden clothespins? What is a typhoon? A macaroon? A spittoon? What makes the Grand Canyon grand? Yon invented the talking machine »well, then, what tune is on the back side of the “Dardanella” record? How much does a phonograph needle weigh? Why are records 10 cents more han before the wart Who was Titus A. Dromm, and why? You were once a telegrapher. All right, then, how much does ft cost to send a ten-word message from Ashtabula to Rahway, N. J.? Did Julius Caesar part his hair fn the middle or on the side? Who invented the patrol wagon? Of what metal are beer checks constructed? Did tuther Burbank make your Orange plant? Who was the first straphanger?” When did W. J. Bryan stop ran- ning for President? Who wrote “The Boy Stood on the Boen) ne Deck,” and wert BUT, TOM, DID YOU EVER TRY YOUR QUESTIONS ON HENRY FORD? a Describe ‘he Government of Russia. What precions metale are used for making hash? ‘Who struck out Casey? What is a leopard? Are you sure? You invented moving pictures. Well and good. Then why do movie guys ahways have shaved necks? Why do movie stars always have second wives? Can you pronounce film In one sytlable? Whore picture is on the $20 bits? Who was Solomon's seventy-second wife? What are the principal ingredients of stud poker? invented the two-piece bath- ing suit? Who went him one betier? ) was the temperature of Dante's “Inferno™ And last of all, Tom, Who's loony now? Very ¢raly yours, A. SMART ALEGK: / «the THE, /ARR FAMILY™ . Bx POY I. MECARDEL.1L. eerie ivi, by The Frew Peitibing Os (The New Tet Brame Walt) i, RANGLE was in @ most som- M bre mood when he met Mr. Jarr. “Gori!” he eaid gioom- dy, ‘1 do everything I can think of to phone Mrs. Rangle, but to hear her you'd think I was the worst guy hat ever lived!” “The tre : don’t understand women,” sald Mr. tarr in a patronizing tone, What have you been doing now? “Nothing. [only said I didn’t want to go to church,” replied Mr. Rangte, cager to air all bis sorrows, “Wasnt it better for me to be truthful and honest about it, and if I dido’t want to go to church Say & But L tp like @ man—and I got a spok haw le afier this ou do the Jarre, “Well, alon Mra. Jarr will aoc « pre read one of Dr. Strat ont." 1'8 seTMONS OD the wickedness of modern life, It puts her in mind of church and she'll say, ting to be regular heathens, never go to a church, and that’s @ Aropie to the children. You tgo to chureh, no matter what Vd a “That's bow it af began with ua, and now my were oad muta le vo to church Sunday nae oneal Hd that do? 1 wand \ when the time Mr. angle, “itut it € 1 f w till wn ne rw t it.° We | ee rape ried an a oalm and 1 ent; Tl atay in and 1 nidren,”” said Mr, Jacr Don't y¢ want to go to my her's 7 auked Mr. Jar *{ de not!’ replied Mr, Jarr very That's alwaya the way with you, 1 Mra. Jar other alwasa ented you © never cared no wonder, wh gone out of your way » AMtror rv What will she think w Ny lew a8 to come and take dinner with her" Thur Mr, Jarre grated Bia hat and rushed aut and ran imto Mr, Rangte ee ee le with you ts that yoo ine tui) you bow I work it, and ine,” said Mr, Thursday or go by or being led off to evening church by his wife. WALKING ON HIGH HEELS HARD STUNT TO LEARN ON SHORT NOTICE. F course women learn to navigate on high heels by 4 lifetime of practice, but when one who has never negoti- ated them attempts them the first Venture is apt to be anything but convincingly gracetu So Carlton Atherton of the Tambourine and Bones Club, Syracuse University, called on to play a “young y” part in their forthcoming show, decided to practise up a bit before his age appearan The picture shows him borrowed from a fair “ taking a lesson in “navigation.” SUPERFLUOUS HAIR yoved PERMANENTLY by the podn nd R Tort of ita suse ookiot sent In. Binin