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Show kicked the hat' Then a voice beneath it asked: "What do you want to kick my hat off for?' , " 'Are you clear up to your neck in mud?' asked the man who had done the kicking. " "Yes, and that ain't all. said the fellow fel-low who lost his hat. 'I'm standing on a load of hay.' " Kelly and Cahert. comedians at ' the Orpheum, raised a big laugh by a reference refer-ence to the same case. "Yes, I'm prosperous," said Kelly. "I picked up $10,000. I guess it's the money the Scotchmen lost." M'WHIRTER ROBBERY INSPIRES JOKERS AT THE THEATERS " The McWhlrter robbery, with the police Investigation following It, and all the various va-rious ramifications of the case, are "meat" for the stage comedians. In two theaters reference was made to the case last night. - Soon after he took his seat before the audience In the Salt Lake Theater, George H. Primrose, the minstrel, said: "I always feel at home in this town. I came to Salt Lake City the first time long before McWhlrter lost that $10,000. It waa then that 'I heard that plug hat Joke. A fellow walking along saw a plug hat In the middle of the street. He |