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Show i GOV. DUNNE'S TIP AGAINST "TIPS" Some one, quite innocently and well-intentioned, endeavored to apply a whisk broom to Governor Dunne of Illinois the other day when he wasn't expecting it. It was a sight to see him leap away and glower defiance de-fiance at the intruder. And that "reminded him" and he told it himself. him-self. "I have come to disapprove of uninvited un-invited attentions from brush wield-ers," wield-ers," he said, "especialy since a little tpisode in a Chicago restaurant a few weeks ago. "We had dined well and paid well, though our coffee did not cost us 35 cents a cup, and were leaving the place. I was talking to a friend, 1 think it was Ed Roche, when suddenly someone confronted me, stopped me, and laid violent hands on me. In one of the hands was a whisk broom. The broom was swung against my back and over my shoulders, and some of the whacks hurt a little. "I turned to the husky gentleman and ordered a halt. " 'If you touch me again with that broom,' I told him, 'I will have yoil arrested for assault and battery.' "The man gazed at me in wonder. " 'Yes, I will,' I repeated. 'Don't you know that the laying on of hands is enough to prefer the charge of assault and battery?' "We went along, and I expect the broom boy thought I was a little strong with my law. But that is true. So if any citizen of the state is attacked by persons with brooms, seeking 'tips' for services which are not wanted, they may fall back on assault and battery if they like." |