Show Lightning a news newl Item says knocked the rubber heel hul Off both beth shots hou worn by a rai man mn And WI we thought all an the time that they thy absorbed shocks hock I I The Riddle Payrolls trimmed and wages wagO sliced Homes Hon that go to can cancel tl H debt Cars ara half paid for tor for sacrificed Hordes in Unemployment's nt's n net t. t Mines and mills and factories Run half time with half haJt th their force Sheriffs Sheriff's sales and bankruptcies Markets gone sone from bad bod to worse wone Children hungry mothers mother sad Red Cross swamped with worthy p poor or I lo scattered while their dad dM Hunts for work from door to door Is it famine No instead Surplus corn and surplus wheat heit Surplus copper silver lead Surplus farm products ts and m meat nt Surplus suits BUIt and azid women's wear Surplus radios 3 and cars Surplus products everywhere Bring disaster worse than war Who will wUl solve this thit riddle w weird 1 Loose the knot with wizards wizard's touch Why d dots does s man for tor brains revered Starve because e h he hC hA has too much I I I Fares FaT Kids jn n Salt Lake older than 5 years ears should get set together and send end the traction company compan a a. nice nico letter of ot thanks thinks In it st it we Wi t would suggest they include a 3 little item congratulating lating the heads of the tram company company com corn pany for tor reU relieving vIng them of ot a 8 certain certain tam tain amount Qt tort torture re And nd atlon Ten kids can now ride ride- the tram tramcars tramcars tramcars cars for tor two bits or for so EO much mucha a a. dozen as u it were if It they're theyra be between between between be- be tween the ages age of ot 5 And 12 Th That t. t J we believe is one oe ot of the great developments de developments de- de of oC this Hoo Hoover r prosperIty prosperity prosperity prosper prosper- I de-I ity administration which makes us almost wish I IIA 4 annual I we no WU TV Were W ere IC kids ii again annual I we no WU TV Were W ere IC kids ii again We Wo remember when we were kids how we e used to ride the street cars with our mother and when we wo had to wear 6 year old earold clothes even cven though we were II 11 and how we wo Had to shrink whenever the conductor came through the car to collect fares fues so 10 wed we'd look like mere suck suck- lings lings' i I If rail railroad oad companies now start selling Juvenile tickets by the dozen a a. great deal of oC har hardship of oC a 3 kids kid's embryonic career will have been spared At an any rate were we're glad th the traction company h has s reduced f fares res ev eves even though we still cant can't bring ourselves around to the point where we approve of ot their electric b busses Suits Suit If it you call caU a a. certain telephone number in the city and when a voice olce answers at th the other end of ot theline the theline line reply Id like a a. c couple Uple of ot suits Hults pre pressed s d at such such- such such and such West Such and street within with in fifteen n minutes an an automobile wl will 1 drive up in front of ot your door a a. strange looking gentleman will alight aUght and will m mysteriously st walkup walk walkup up tip to your front do door r looking rather bulgy Th The bulge will have been caused by the suits he has come to press or or in oth other r words he will wUl have hae two bottles of oC your favorite liquor tucked away in the mysterious ous depths of ot his loose fitting sitting clothing The liquor he delivers deliver depend depends upon the color suits you jou have to be pressed If It its it's a a. light suit its it's a two to one bet you'll get gin or alky or something like that A A. medium medium me me- suit calls caUs for another flav flavor r rand and a a. dark suit calls for something else V We never learned what he delivers if It you inform him hint you have havea I 3 a pencil striped blue gray suit in your our wardrobe you would like touched up or a a. 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