Show Friday Thirteenth t. r-t. 1 IA 1 r. r 4 J 4 40 ti 4 4 eo 4 4 J l i o. o By Milt Ia Davis i S TOP TOI look and listen I Watch atch your step Beware I There There's a black hand pointing to this late date on the Calendar of Cal Calam- Calam am- am the Thirteenth In tho tho the Thirteenth Thir Thir- ity ris Friday fact its it's Friday in this A. A D. D 1918 the tho the last chance for year untoward untoward un un- un- un toward circumstances to gc get busy Let the su susceptible Salt Laker subi subscribe cribe to to quakes 4 1 shivers and anti misgivings Let the skeptic put himself in In a sf proper frame of f mind min by saying boo a n couple of I times I AI 1 S Soothsaying circles are shaking their their hea heads s dubiously Some of the more finely-attuned finely mediums who went into trances have backed out again feeling faint and calling for the fortun tellers fortune feeble the tile sm smelling salts The tellers are arc oracles ominous the tile prophets palsied Tho The only levity to tobe tobe tobe be heard is tho thin thin high cackle of the tile grouch Let Jet not the tile wisher well-wisher gaze into the well where truth is concealed concealed the the si sight ht may sHock him him an and expunge the smile from his countenance Let the tho optimist go slow for tho the merry ha-ha ha on his lips may nitty soon ring in his Ilis cars If It anYbody feels like i Into o laughter let him him choose the hollow mirthless variety variety thus thus tho the dabblers Ih Iii destruction warn varn Those who fear that trouble Impends today havo have Jotted down own this questionnaire to put tho the unwary Into a Has lIas your our Insurance lapsed lapse Are Aro tho the lightning rods nailed tight and thi th the cyclone cellar balled bailed out have Havo you ou watered time the century plant Has HaIJ the tho cuckoo lock been fed ted it Its Its' dally ration of caroway seeds Is 12 the family horseshoe stUl secure secure- securely securely securely ly fastened over tho the door In Is the flivver locked up Has lIas your chest protector been properly prop prop- only erly adjusted Does Fido tho fierce Siberian poodle wear a 1 muzzle IH Is there thoro a hole hola in our your change pocket 1 Have you ou an any relatives who ml might ht Pay you ou an unexpected visit aver er the thic holidays Aro Are you In iti the thc habit a of oC startIng starting start start- Ing tho the kitchen fire with gasoline b of oC cros crossing the street when the sign says sars halt hall c of skating on thin ice tl ft of teasing tho ostrich at Liberty park 0 e of ot telling the thc corner cop what you ou think of him asman as ns asman man to man 1 Tho The person who cant can't answer that questionnaire correct correctly tho the pessimists lM P will win bo be placed In class Al for fir sorrowful sorro service e. e Look In Vain for tor Comfort Even those who fear the tho worst will willbo bo be disappointed declared orto of the most downcast of th tho thic The lot Jot of or the populace will be sad indeed There will be bo a n general lack of s sympathy sym Brn m poth pathy and the tho man who sprawls on the tho icy sidewalks will look hook In lit vain for Cor a word sord of ot comfort from tittering bystanders The person who gets Jets up HI early will wm find the morning chill and ho he who wi-mo arises late will ivill receive no consideration from tho ho office time lIme clock The rho lowly book bool agent will bo lie greeted coldly coMly by the prospective purchaser pur pm chaser and the bill collector will pine In vain for tor a word of good cho cheer r r. r Even Hven the subpoena-server subpoena must do his dut duty without tho thio reward of a a. proffered proffered prof prot- cigar Th This Is Friday the Thirteenth Thirteenth Thir Thir- and amid when Its Ihl twenty twenty- twenty tour four hoi rs rs have run their the course twill be ha one ono day nearer the tho first of the month when bills come due again Those These high gear powered high agencies of anguish arc in store forthe for tor forthe the ordinary unoffending citizen what Friday the tho will win bring forth for rash Individual who breaks a or walks a ladder or raises rals B an nn umbrella Indoors 01 or la Is lathe the tho third smoker on n a match Isa isa Is la laa a matter to refer fearfully to catas catastrophic conjecture conjecture nothing less Desdemona Des Des- demona nothing less lesa |