Show LIL tto U l i 1 1 n r. r t r 1 j. j Il 1 Ih m W i t. t C 5 The Funniest Men Meri Merion Menon I 1 on onEarth Earth I I I u THE PRIME MINISTER I 1 have decided Mr l Weber after secure that some dime dimo you jou OU might be bo called upon to act as brime minister and I am asking you OU now as a g n do you think you jou C could lt 1 tilt till I the positions With equal politeness I must de tie tie- dine cline I couldn't be a minister Why I couldn't even be a preacher You have not got to preach Veil how could I Z be a minister preaching A brIme minister does not have to preach I told you Should I take up a collection No em no No collections whatever No Veil Vell how do you ou expect us minis minis- t tore e t A ril lii si r tS By the court Oh I I I- dont don't like the sound of that The TIme last time I was supported In incourt I court they fined tined me roe and allI all 1 I did was to step on the gas a liddle I But nut you jou are not going to be fined It Iss a high h honor to be the time brime minister You will assist the l king in solving s h problems Oh the king he ho has to do some arithmetic No his problems are problems of state Which state Alt AH the stat s. s Veil that iss a far reaching idea I dont don't hardly feel teel equal to It Your modesty is but I must insist that you ou are to be the tha brime minister yell Veil if you jou insist I will try It out So you ou have decided to undertake it Who Iss dead Nobody iss dead Veil Vell then why the undertaker You undertake the position of or brime minister Oh I am the undertaker for the brime minister When did he die Ho He Iss not dead You yourself arc are the brime minister I will explanation into the details The king Icing desires to see you In the tho throne room Thrown room Who Vho thrown it Numbskull that you ou is Nobody thrown It ft It is where the throne Is Is- Is the throne which the king sits on I wouldn't go JO In But you must go In the throne room But suppose the tle king dont don't like my looks in the throne room II mi might ht sit on me instead of ot the throne and then Id I'd pet Jet thrown Be not You are the brime minister und the king desires you sou ou to help him with the budget The King wants me to help him him budge what Tho budget the budget But suppose I 1 couldn't budge it You ou dont don't ha e to budge it It does not have hae to be lifted The Tho calls for tor a large sum of money I can hear bear It calling but I can answer Why not Because I have haYe only The king will help you Jou raise the budget lou Iou said I didn't need to bUdge It Now you ask me to help the king raise it If we cant can't budge it it how can we ne raise it I You are so ao dumb like a bell I r could break every sab of marble in fri your Jour dome I will make it more elm elm- yet Maybe It iss not the that the king wants you sou for maybe he wants you rou ou to meet with the committee on street cleaning Should I bring my own broom 1 For vat For to clean the streets You dont don't have tb to clean the streets We Ve will say Instead that he I desires an audience for another mat- mat ter O the king desires an audience 1 0 Iss he Ie going to give a show No he Iss isa not going t to give a sho show I An audience means an appointment I And an art appointment means I A Vel date ai Veil then n I will bring the lUng king in a calendar No he lie don't dont want none What then You have a date with the king to discuss foreign relations Whose relations the kings king's Everybody's foreign relations I wouldn't Couldn't gossip like that for any any- thing Everybody's relatives' relatives business iss not my business But the kings king's business Iss isa your Jour business The king Icing can mind his Ills own business business business busi busi- ness and I 1 will mind mine amine I dont don't j like the job respect Ii hI If you 0 he show the king and disrespect disrespect dis dis- will have you locked in the third imperial subterranean sub cel lar 0 0 he will lock me In the cellar Chass and ma maybe be also he would cut off your head 2 1 resign Before I the tion accept post post- on I never was cut up to be a minister anyway anway We will win sing Time The King ICing Was Vas as In ln the the Counting House Counting German Marks Marks' Copyright 1924 Readers' Readers Syndicate Inc |