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Show For Sweet Oharity. From Tit Bits. Although I was one of the victims-, 1 remember being greatly amused by a practical Joke perpetrated at a bazar In aid of an important charity. During the afternoon a pair of lady a shoes was placed on a stand ln front of a certain room. A placard announced that tho owner of these shoes had. n the Interests of the bazar, offered to kiss every male person who within the next half hour purchased one of tho noeesrtjaxy UcketB. price 1 chilling each. The tickets were sold by a number of nretty girls, and, in tho hope that It was one of thoso who would do the kissing, tho young fellow bought the tickets by the half-dozen. Ere the half hour was up 200 tickets were out. TVe all Impatiently awaited admission into the room. I was among tho first to enter and It was some time before I ciulte realized how ho had been victimized. victim-ized. The only one ln the room oavo the osculating candidates was an old, merry looking Joker. He was fat, hod a rubicund proboscis, and his breath Peeked with tobacco. But he blandly aanured us ho was the owner of the BlHoB showed us a receipt which proved that he had that day purchased the ohoefl from a well-known local firm. Bui ho proudly 8aid there was no Intention to defraud. He was quite willing to let us have our moneys worth; ho was quite willing to let us lcltsa him. TT e unanimously declined. A |