Show TALES OF THE DAY This Vstis Too Mticl A few years ago Jim Chessley was one of the best allround athletes on the coast but he made a specialty of baseball base-ball and sprinting One night after being be-ing out with the base ball crowd he suggested sug-gested that they go up to his lodgings and look at a new suit he had bought to sprint in Though it was 2 oclock in the morning morn-ing they accepted his invitation Chessley put on his new running shoes and trunks While he was still prancing about the room before his admiring friends a commotion was heard out in the hal and cries of Stop thief Chessley threw open his door in time to see a man darting down the stairway He dashed after the fellow and after a sprint of halt a block caught him When Chessley took him by the collar he whirled around as if he intended to fight but when he had sized Jim up from the top of his head to his spiked soles his jaw dropped he shook his head hopelessly and said I give up pardner When they keep a man ready in runnin costume to chase a feller at 3 oclock in the morning theyre too many for meSan Francisco Post I His Itemized lull I jAn j-An artist employed In decorating the j I properties of an old church In Belgium being refused payment in a lump was I asked follows for details and sent in his bill alI I Corrected the ten commandments 5 1 Embellished Pontus Pilate and puta I ribbon in his bonnet 320 i Put a new tall on the rooster of St Peter and mended his comb 302 Replumed and glided the left wing of the Guardian Angel 4 18 Washed the servant of the High r Priest and put carmine on his cheek 5 1 Renewed Heaven adjusted two stars and cleaned the Moon 715 Reanimated the Jlapies of Purgatory and restored souls 30 Revived the names or Hell put a new I tail on the Devil mended his left hoof and did several Jobs for the ea I damned 7 17 Rebordered the robe of Herod and readjusted I re-adjusted his wig 40 Put new spotted dashes on tho son of Tobias and dressing in his sack 20 Cleaned the ears of Balaams ass and shod him 302 Put earrings Into the ears of Sarah 2 O Put a new stone in Davids sling enlarged en-larged the head of Goliath and extended ex-tended his legs 302 Decorated Noahs Ark 3 O I Mended the shirt of Joseph and cleaned his ears 40 Total 59 16 Lipplncotts |