Show Joke On the Joker Young Waldorf Astor told in Now York a story Illustrative of the abounding spirits of tho English guardsman There was a young subaltern of high birth he said who had unusually un-usually strong forearms and wrists He had tho habit of slipping up behind be-hind seizing a mans coattails and zlppa quick powerful jerk and tho coat would be split clean up to the collar This joke had been played so often that everybody knew It At a country coun-try house wo were both visiting I decided de-cided to play a joke myself on the strongarmed subaltern Accordingly one night In the smokeroom I placed myself before him and then I turned my back temptingly I know ho would not be able to resist those coattails Ho did not resist them He seized them In his vise 11ko hands and in a Jiffy tho trim shapely coat I was wearing hung like a rag upon me spill up the back In two halves The subaltern regarding his work laughed loud and long When ho was done said quietly I slipped up to your room a little while ago and this Is your coat that I have on now |