Show If q ci j 1 v o t tr r 1 I Have you he heard d of the poet Mac Mac- Swithin Who writes writes of how joyous is life life life- When hes he's not H it his bed with a a. pain 0 In his head bt Or ha having vIn a light tight his wife Whenever you chance on on ona a a. poem Unusually full of delight You c can ean an tell by the glee In the tho I lines Unes ne s that you see has lost the last tight fight t Wedding bells ring frequently among amon g the natives of southern Rhodesia Through an interpreter Ed Td Thierry ry asked naked one of the wives of a a. chief ho hohe how w lie he managed to struggle along long with five wives She smiled disdainfully at such fluch Ig Ignorance ignorance ignorance ig- ig norance and replied Young white man man five wives ca can support a a. man better than one wit wife can Which isn't any merry jest among African natives For the women do all 1 the work all the time Polygamy among natives is dying out gradually Missionary work has h as helped but the bigger factor undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly edly Is that tribal wars are much more infrequent and women are not so vastly vastly vast vast- ly in in the majority as they used to tobe tobe t be when numbers of men great were e slain in battle at regular intervals Wives are costing more too Payment Payment Payment Pay Pay- ment for brides called was wa only 40 worth of cattle in 1911 The following year quotations on brides had gone up to 56 66 Now it is pretty clo close to o 75 76 Anthony Freeman Milford Mass doesn't give a hoot for the h. h c. c 1 1 Other day Anthony got on the outside outside outside out out- side side of ot twenty-five twenty fried tried eggs four tour slices of ot toast a pound of potatoes and two quarts of milk all aU at one meal Now the food dealers can can boost the I price of ot things some more and say Anthony Is the cause cause of the food tood shortage Maybe the dollar has dwindled ed in value and the modern penny too But the old fashioned penny the penny the big round copper coined by the gov gov- from 1793 to 1857 1857 ls is hitting new high records The cent of ot 1804 is valued at by rare coin dealers They'll pay for a penny of 1799 ancient pennies bring from froin 10 iO to each Member what that wise guy guy once said saW Save the pennies and the t take k care of themselves Oh On it exhibition here only This This This' new new picture of spring spring- painted with pen and ink by one of our least celebrated artists l a a YOU KNOW ME ALl ALI Sure AI Al Does So Does Joe That's Joe That's Why They're All Kickin By LORRY A. A JACOBS LARCHMONT MANOR N N. Y I March You'll 2 25 You'll have to admit that its it's an thing to hear of citizens citi- citi citizens zens berating a traction company for tor Installing new equipment Of course its it's considered quite the thing t to be berate berate be- be rate the traction company company- but its it's very seldom that a storm of protest is aroused over a matter like this But theres there's a reason Twenty years ago Larchmont Manor became dissatisfied dissat dissat- Y 1 with the horse cars which met all the trains and the company yielding to public opinion more or less gracefully put in an electric line and placed Skippers Al and Joe as as s conductors con con- Thereupon Al and Joe intent on serving the public proceeded to get on speaking terms with many fussy old gentlemen some of whom seats on the stock exchange and occupy have much more money than Al AI and Joe ever hope to have And the twenty years years e rs of service so O i accustomed Al and Joe to their customers customers cus cus- I that instead of calling the streets they simply called the name of the customer f It was nothing unusual to hear near Skipper Al call the name of some patron patron pa pa- tron two or three times get n no re re- re o. o T TW W L i pR J l spouse and finally rush in and grab the absent t e patron by th the coa coat t lapel and propel him toward the door Therefore the e wail from Larchmont t Manor at the proposed action of th the e streetcar Car c company in n removing worn- worn rt out cars and substituting s one-man one cars car in place e of f them I thus doing dolS awa away Y w with with- h the I need for Skippers Al an and Joe I Ii I Its an outrage shouts one one o of ot f Larchmont's nt's best known Why halt half citizens J I the time Ill I'll rind find myself f to o t the end nd of ot the th line t i t.- t. |