Show r t Ceo Geo Geo Ade and James Whitcomb mb Riley Write Word W ord Pictures Picture of Old Abe Ahe Martin Quaint Philosopher Who Has I Signed Contract to Help Entertain Readers Read Read- ers oi ot The Evening Telegram Is Fi Fig ure 1 I-H-H-I- I t ll 1 1 I I I I-H I I 1 1 I- I I-H- I IHM 1 I M 1 1 M-I M 1 IH H I I 1 1 Abe Martin whoso whose delightful delightful- 1 4 ly 17 droll sayings arc are published r daily on THE TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S 01 editorial pa page e has s won a national nation nation- i. 4 01 al reputation and is il recognized 01 now as one o or 01 Americas America's keenest 01 01 fr humorists In the regular h monthly column Interesting h People in the tho American Magal Maga Maga- 41 l' l zine for tor May George Ade Ada wrote i T J the e eulogy logy that tha appears below T H 1 1 I 1 1 11 I I 1 Kin Cin Hubbard is a young man on the staff stat of oC the Indianapolis News who ladle ladies out a small portion of or homo home made humor humo every da day or of the year His Ills tabloid con eon are supposed to be bo the meditations meditations of or one Abe Martin who lives down downIn In Brown county Indiana where small smal fields of or nubbin corn nestle between th the thecla cla clay hills but where tho the persimmon th the pawpaw and time the possum make mako amends amend for tor agricultural shortcomings Nature smiles In Brown county and anyone who has visited that part of or our common In Inheritance inheritance In- In will know wh why Abe Abc Martin Is as quaint and a as Josh Billings and Artemus Ward ever eve dared to be bo In tn their respective periods Their homely paragraphs arc are now fossil remains of what was supposed to b be amusing at atthe the time But Abe Aba Martin I Is up to tho the minute He takes In the traveling trav tray cling eling troupes at Melodeon hill hm is an nn Impartial Im Im- partial critic of moving picture shows ha has looked with cold disapproval at red tourIng tourIng touring tour tour- Ing cars cars and knows knos people residing It In Indianapolis His comments on men am and affairs provo prove him to be a grim Iconoclast an arm analytical philosopher and a good dea of ot a 8 cutup His dally daily offering consists of two to parts part which arc totally totany unrelated but which are nrc wedged together In one paragraph apropos of ot nothing In particular I Fo For or Instance Theres a a unusually big crop o e girls girl with bulgin foreheads and chins carin turbans this fall Th TIme Tho streets er cr so wide at nt Craw Ills th tim nel neighbors hev hey t f use opery glasses to keep a line Une on orm one nother nether Or this one Newt Plums Plum's married dorter dotter up at In In In- Is savin up to get et a spring chicken Friday was as Tipton Buds Bud's birthday birthday birthday birth birth- day and his wife wire gave savo him him a straight handled umbrella so he ho wouldn't wouldn leave e It hangin on some bar There will always linger Unger In tho the memory Mr Martins Martin's sage observation that Somo girls are arc born with bl big biff feet and others wear white while shoes Only a few tew weeks week a ago o ho he called attention to the fact fael that tha Ez iz Pash's Puh's son law has written from South Dakota for a ticket However these fragments fan fall to give lve a a. true notion of the tha quality of or Mr Hub Hub- bards bard's delightful humor Ho has collected his best stuff Into several eral little books and almanacs which will bo be a jo Joy to anyone who likes homespun truth trimmed up with tomfoolery James Whitcomb Riley sa says s 's of him Abe Martin Martin dad dad burn his lila old picture hes he's a Brown county count fixture A kind of comical mixture Of ot horse sense and no sense at all aU The Cunn funny man who comes to bat dall dally daily cannot knock a a. three three-bagger ger every ver time but Kin Hubbard has haq a high perc percentage and shows no signs of oC letting down He lie has an aim abiding popularity In the Hoosier state elate for the reason that ho no deals In truth maintains a a. kindly mood and never ne hesitates hesi lIesl tates tatu to go art after 1 make hell believes eves and shams sham with a a. good stout hickory GEORGE ADE In this months month's Interesting People Mr Ades Ade's little article about Kin Hubbard Hub bard wh whets whet's the readers reader's appetite for I n a taste of ot Abe Abc Martins Martin's foolishness Follow lu hip are arc a a. few tew extracts Ole OlP Ez Pash started t whitewash hl his chicken coop Saturday but ho lie didn't have havo enough t finish It ft Miss MIs Germ Grm Williams t V spend th thO thOda da day In Morgantown but hut she forgot forgot for for- got t have ha It put In th thO paper so she didn't go Mother Iother cant can't flare flam up an leave lea like a hired girl False Faille teeth tee er all right In th her ther r place a little man says ays ever sounds founds probable Miss Fawl says this Is 15 po po- l. l ely tI tim th last time shell she'll change her hem waist line Grandmother didn't kno know bout tim th ben benzoate of sod sody Sho She hid her Jell Jelly t make It keep Ml Miss Ilu Fawn Is 15 n a recipe 1 on elm how t t keep from rod red at a musical mu mu- coined comedy Lots Lot o fellers tellers take tImer hat oft off In a elevator that think a womans woman's place Is IB In th tim kitchen Miss Apple who Is hi t bo be marrIed married mar mar- ried nod In Iii September has asked for a respite Ole Oln piles Turner cant can't rend read an an during tim thO Spanish-American Spanish war he be holdin holdina a paper upside down an said Hello hers here another r battleship blown t h h- h hI I 1 guess It Its It's better bUer In tIm th long run t f keep your ou mouth shut vm even If Ir you oU do get geth t th h reputation fer fee n After a f r distinguishes himself hse days he tie starts right In iii t make It pa pay Never Nevol take 1 day t yO you cant can't put back t l' l 9 Constable Newt Plum acc accidentally i ic i c t- t v l c TIM HUBBARD locked his whiskers up In a a. cash re register lster last night an an It wu three o'clock before betre his cries fer help heard All MI things come conic t f him that waits waltz waltz-If Ir If ho knows where t V wait walt If It prosperity will return no questions questions ques ques- will be asked A feller d dont don't nt hV have over two or three real friends in a lifetime Once In a 8 while awhile you meet somo some one ono that's nice an an cJ clever but ho he generally turns out t t be an agent fer fec some thin You wont won't meet any autos In thO th tim straight ht an narrow path Uncle Ez Es Pash says his new hired man Is III so lazy Jazy thet ho he had t t. sharpen all tim th stumps on omi tim thO farmS farm t t. t keep him from Irom MeUn down A woman excels ct et blamed nl nigh h ever ol thing thinS but tim th neckband o 0 a shirt Tiry Buff Butr dunt take his wife nowhere now since they're theyra married He says fellers fel teJ- fel- fel lers lera dunt run after street cars caTa after they've caught em Ther's gittin gitlin t f be too to many blamed schemes In this country t make people save thet wouldn't otherwise save aim an an lose Jose thet wouldn't otherwise lose Jose The hc Republican party is gem t give Us a 0 purt good crop after alter all aU Theres There's a good s deal o 0 speculation down hero bero ez cz t whether r Taft is a gain to run runor cr or set down A goo good deal o anxiety Is felt Celt fer Alex Tansey's safety evenin e h 1 started t visit his aunt up et Angola an anup anup an anup up t noon tda not one single souvenir card h hez hz z been received from him A friend that In need Is 18 a fr friend Indeed Lafe Lata Bud has resigned his Job at th tim sawmill cause it took up too much o o ohis his time What Is worse than havin some seine one try t t tell you about bout a play they saw You never h hear bear ar bout th tim money monc father tather used t m mane made e. e Tabitha Plum run her p peck boo k-i k o waist through th aim pt-aim- pl an lcy last Jast we week k an an by ginger Singer It played a a. a medic medley Some Somo o 0 th thO girls up et ct hey hev such uch small mall mal waists thet they tey must live l e on gety II Th Tim trouble with this US Christian business Is 15 thet youve you've got t t keep all al th lh time Seems likes Uke's hers her's twice ez es many many marriages marriages mar mar- mar s 's when tn tn newspapers papers print halt half hal tone pictures so o wel well I got ot a letter from Rush Jo sayla thit tImer ther a 0 Undo Uncle Unco Toms Tom's Cabin troupe up ther last lat week an thet th dogs dog were r r re good go but thet they hed hod poor Eup support rt Elder Berry Berr an an wife wie hev gone t 1 r koneta Ohio t. t t t. live hive l e with wih ther timer son Stephen Stophen A nt Berry Berr will wl b be greatly missed ez we hey he no no newspaper r hero her A couple o o 0 strangers here th this t s week up a n cannin factory factor One Onez z dr dressed d like a a an an th tim other looked Uk he be Il In ordinary circumstances circumstances circumstances cir cir- cir cir- too lo Its It's all al right t l' be clouse mouthed douse mouthe an an n headed cool-headed If I you rou kin be b thet way without without with with- out lookin stupid Opportunity only knocks once an an then were we're g generally In th tim back part o th tim house It'll Ill I'll soon b bo time fer tel Jewelry t t turn green geen Ther doesn't seem t t be n no effort made madet t curb th sale o a plug hats t t ble blo an commo commonplace place people Dock Marsh Marh an th thO boys bos or back from froma a huntin trip in Arkansas They killed eight quarts kin talk as as th tb theller ii eller feller feler that's not hampered by facts er or Information Once in a long time you find enough rel relaUs relatives relatives rel- rel s aU-s on speak In terms t hold a family faly reunion runion Men git sit ole before they the know U St 8 but women don dont t. t |