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Show " For Sweet Charity. From Tit Bits. Although I was one of the victim 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's shoes was placed on a stand In front of a certain room. A placard announced that the owner of these shoes had, in the interests of the bazar, offered to kiss every male person who within the next half hoar purchased one of the necessary tickets, price 1 shilling each. The tickets were sold by a number of pretty girls, and, In the hop that it was one of these who would do the kissing, the young fellow bought the tickets by the half-dozen. Ere the half hour was up 200 tickets were out We all Impatiently awaited admission into the room. I was among the first to enter and it was some time before I quite realized how he had been victim- ized. The only one In the room save the osculating candidates was an old, merry looking joker: He was fat, had a rubicund proboscis, and his breath reeked with tobacco. But he blandly assured us he was the owner of the shoes He showed us a receipt which proved that he had that day purchased the shoes from a well-known local firm. But he proudly said there was no intention to defraud. He was quite willing to let us have our money's worth; he was quite willing to let us kiss him. We unanimously declined. |