Show BITS OF COLOR A TENDER ROAST Tho boys were getting their stories up The blue smpko curled round tho blazing blaz-ing lights Typewriters clicked and the ofilcr pup Snored as he had on n hundred nIghts When suddenly over tho telephone camo A request that made other events seem lame A pallor pnroad on thc poor mans face Who held ho receiver to hIs Mr He looked like one who had crone tho pace Or one made old by I a sudden fear But ho mastered courage and managed to cry Whichono of you boys Is willing to die Tho newspaper mon looked pod find crave A crisis was near limy know full well Theyd do their duty and try to save The papers name If l they went through Jicil Tho cooking school wants a reporter today to-day To dine Just to BCD what tho paper will say Tho man who was doing police ran out Tho night men fled to another room The man about town like a man with gout Looked pained as ho thought of an awful doom While tho man at the telephone shook and shook AH ho listened to words from the brand new cook Tho poet fell with a nlckonlng thud I Ths political man was ghostly white Tho rallrpad scrlbo thought his namo was mud And dropped his Faber he could not write While the man at the telephone tried to take Tho message from ono who was learning to bake The mining editors lips grew blue Tho sporting editor made a Jump Tho society editress livid too Said got some water Il l faint you chump P While the t mnn fit the telephone swore a swear As tho cold sweat trckcd from his billowy hair Next the church reporter turned arose And slowly moved from tho stricken spot As quiet ag any old sport goes After a night with n Cot Jack pot While the man at the telephone sans relief V Began to realize that his time wan brief From undor the table walked tho pup Tho man at tho telephone got hope Tho noise had wakened the poor thing up A thought ho could go und oat the dope Then tho man at tile telephone said with vim The dog will bo down you can try It on him S 0 THOSE SEESKIN WAISTS Tho summer man studied tho summer girl for several minutes The summer girl wore a beautiful gown of some light stuff with one of those sieve effect yokes Tho summer man could control his curiosity curi-osity no longer nnd said I see you aro wearing ono of those new RcesUIn waists It IB recorded that sho got over in a corner and laughed greatly to herself but sho pretended to be l so angry that ho Isnt calling her by her first name anymore any-more a 0 GOOD FORMA FORM-A man wont homo to lunch one day and took a friend along And after lunch he went to work and slaved till dew evo When ho returned from work he saw that there was something wrong His darling wife was sobbing and ho asked what made her grieve Oh John sho said with tearful faca when you were up at noon heard you say you thought that Annie Lauries form was fine There dry your eyes my little one ho said you cried too soon TIlls Annie Lauries not a she Its Just a golden mine e WHATS BRED IN THE BONE In lots of childless houses wives call their husbands Pa Sometimes a follow will hold a quean and want nobody else near other times hell hold ono and kick If ho doesnt draw thiee more Those who know never take a bottle off the Ice unless py put another ono on Tho busiest men arent the ones who rush about town with lead pencils stuck behind their cars Perspiration Is about tho only thing that i gives you a run for your money now I days TOD GOODWIN |