| Show THE HE AUTHOR Or OF 75 JOKES ci Edwin vin A Oliver of the thc Yonkers Y Statesman i is Father of Conversational I r Oliver w who n f p ih th annual 1 C uon of ot the ther IheI r U I u I I r rf P orl t in 10 I II t jokes I k him has written more I r man ronn in III tho the of oC oCI I the City rity Star i MO II that hf he h nun nao written a 1 Jukes He H In Is I the Ihl dean dan 1 K mith cruft I 1011 i nil oil other rover hold their r f ae ce ur ter IB Is The Yonkers YC r Slater ll all alt of I M hi Ids Jok Jokes n r and nd th the worM world at atI t tn tit I not lIt it of ot hit hi But know knout him and andi w II i i throughout th the country I bu of a business kr r K n mole MI if or r M t niti rite Mr Ir Ol Oliver r li Is known M u Mi un i n 11 i r Ot of Ih Joke unmarried into this torm Corm of ot Joke jokey 1 y thud hild but in Its hut bas minx numerable ruble no eo that the Tank Tonie F ha more mure grandchildren i t n nr l no an oil oat than thanIn I roan In HI Ha Joke I I and anil multiplied fU en ii to the ultimate ends endi n tic v of hi hl his Julio jukes have ha been iota Hal Ual Ital t L i tongue hot to mention e i nd ht t They Ih have hae bun been r pub Cut nJ J where hr Iare they the always alwa I rt r r Jt b bi be beu i 1 f u they are not notto u to i 1 n Ui tin British mind blind minds s t written p and other nt r joke Jok 1 us J II ml 1 ore one II Iv i original model modI 1 which II j i pt I i tea nor copyrighted Jj i i h II up Into Inlo th Ih millions IP III the th Joke jIt div the lay lity II mind trek Perhaps the Ibe term tum need n elm 11 II It being betag a technical 11 known only to 10 th the trade trad lien Here U Is a Ii ample of ot the UtI conversational joke oke What would you do If you knew rely that you ou were going oln to toil il Ii jt t l hour from now no J one Id d drop dead at t once one Infinite variation are Me possible Some Sometime Sometimes times time th the convener cony are lue merely He H and nd She or Hubby and nd or Hobbs and nel but tow row and then dace me tits the birth of the Oliver orl orle origInal inal other juke joke tiller willeN have hare created c certain character them over and andover over mer lr a a the I through which to 10 pring upon the unsuspecting world any an Joke that lends lend Itself to the t form farm of or Mr Mt Oliver for tor many man year rare y ht certain charS char character har acer acter couples couple which have become I house houe hOU household hold bold words worde amongst these theae th are Mr lr and nd Yeo Yeast t and Goth and ud Pa Hence and It 11 would b be difficult to find In the a person who haa h ha not read raid In hl some om ne newspaper ip pr olt a Joke job credited to the Statesman Mr Oliver OliverI U I for tor all of thaw theae and th exchange editor throughout the coun country country try tl have IUle duped clipped them with ith glee lite lie its li lib has haa b written rIUn from fr m alx aft to ten tOn jokes Joke A AdA aday day dA six alx da days a week for Cor II t yd years n with very er little vacation HI m Ills annual AnnUli out output output put PUI average 0 jokes Jok There Thee farts furnish a nt reason lOn for tor the thi Identity of The Tap Yonkers States Statesman I man Man Nan now no and here fleet 1111 made public Mr Oliver dos doea not nol the th fun run funky nv M man Iian of or morO more or ot le I lest tra IrA dillon He H thaws h and 1111 1 Ill pa the Ihl h hair lr cutter culler t brief InIN II cat lit in Ih n tt r or 01 dree dic dl 11 he 11 is i l in n II of a II Veau He lie Hedi IJ di though ri not t When hen be he th t annual of or the Ame l rm onn Pr r e he hr takes lake his bla trunk the Ih may hove other trunks trunk at h ni though the lilt miner lion tinn but hilI Tour four or 01 nO lit ye IM K The jok ii suit i to In Miry 1 harge barIt of or 0 the Ih weather athir and 1111 to cr every ihl unction function At Haiti Balti Baltimore more three thice years Mar II r ago ao Oliver Oily had H R steamer trunk hauled to his ilia hotel botel Strickland W V then of the Baltimore American he bt wha ha wrote rote Off OA OffIn r a In 01 ot Bose Mn tn own observed the porter carr this I bait bag b gave Ise ft and ami turned tuned to the Ton Tonk Yonkers r man nun Oliver hf he h said caM Id what hAt In th the world did dad YOU von bring briM that steamer trunk for forWell welt Well replied they she Ihl toed lold m that Baltimore was a II hot town ton a so 1 I thought hour hi Id bring r me I steamer trunk and M let It tin rna It waa a u at AI t tM this rn me meet l hag hi that Mr hr Oliver d bill hta c a ac of the Ihl al 1 Joke The humorists a n with without without out a lt vin nt n that wet wa all the th father falb r of f that of Jok J f no tin nobody body bod else elie admitted to tn he be h oW old 0 enough to tn Mm th tin and when at lit the Ihl humorists lunch luncheon eon On In the New N hotel el t uh Ington I nn durina a 1 ald 11 dale de trio to the cal lul tal 1411 city ally the man de declined to tel make a speech after nearly everybody e od els pre present nt had risen in 10 the i e R F Kler of nf the I h Rl Record t l roV forth with the Hie tI tIon song on If Wor Hut bit I Pother Then father wn wol l hi Jaw alI for Iwo minute and n l n th bl down n n the hi h house ue with wilh l 1 tak n nf of lighter In r ratter Father o vr AMP do not nol reveal hit hie bl age ego In plain fl n e ee no nor In hi looks look for far farha he hI appear to tn be bt w an 11 hut hilt he II ha has a confined that he h n a just lilt t of 0 tf see when ben the Joke as horn born bemAnd bornand and the till Ski file of nf lip iho Tonk r show how that this thin Jok I is now nn veara v old ad Ex Expert rt maiHan h v h Men en tit able to approximate the Ih are arc ot nl r rt At It t the th tn InU Inn In ht St MI Lul dur duro durIna Ina the Ih nf or ih th t h o hot at 81 attle atthe tilt the WoM r fill fair i young Inn from lb Ih St It 1111 Star approached Mr Oliver r pad pud and pencil potted menacingly Mr Oliver Oller raid ald the reporter I have been bt n to Interview you Ah uh what do you OU consider your youri yourt our i t I r Joke Th hi of ot Joke JOliN who had hed otien all mi of or them tm but bUI the one h hI he WK w thin then staggered under th the imp ct of this thU start Iha query IU end and looked blankly at t the form fonn of f the young reporter Then he replied elf Pressed l further be he salted aked the tM report reporter er Ir Whet we ai 1 when hen the light went nl out nut 1 In the tM dark darll replied tile the th young yeung man Pt Well no ao am I add Oliver When Mn I 1 called upon the Ih In III hie hi sanctum at al Yonkers I found him sitting HI III a II table taW writing hi his dally batch tt of or Joke which he hI run runs under the Ihl heading of nt Whim Whams Wham jjr Jr Oliver a effort and GIld submitted to MM Mil Interview Int from a humble of nt hi his hll right How did you happen tn tt become a Joke Job writer I 1 Inquired When 1 was waa a very vary I young roun boy said alii Mr Oliver my m lather father got the I wr western l ni fever and talked of moving molo to Kansas KAliN I Wilt was rejoiced at d th the Idea i and one day d dropped Into poetry something Ilka ilk hIt A Away ay y away to Then nen at atIa see Ia is 1 dance the landera But not to Tenne Tennessee That may mu ma not be bf poetry but It made mad my father tether and ami all n the household laugh Mr My oj father locked the tuff stuff up In hla Ms deck and nd It ItMa Ma was hown shown to te everybody who ho happened l In everybody who saw sa the Ih doggerel Soon after att that 1 made up my hi mind that my m In life was wac to try tl to tn make people Pf happy to make makei i laugh That Thai IK is why I took tank up us upon j on the aide ii iiI I J er Joke Jok n it l U It on ou III the Statesman and have h been at a I U It ever rr since liner I HK war 11 at al II t the rase a learning tn the trade of or a printer I thought up the Ih jok n while white going to and from the th end nt III night My day I had fourteen jokes jokel In the piet 1 m my heading Whim hurm each ach d du day I 1 have hae from Irom six alx to 10 ten len jokes Joke I 1 n never er use I a r Typewriters ore are pr of them but 1 I have hue no particular Ute use for them except now no and nd then to talk to 10 them when hell they get lonesome I write my jokes with a steel teel pen but I dont steal them Ihm My I Ideas Idea Id seem m to tl flow no more copiously with a drop of Ink I 1 often oCt n think up VI my jokes Joke ok lii In bed and find In church or at al funeral or r JuM juet any old place 1 J writ ml in jokes Joke Ink In the Ih morn ln III After going over my In mall nail 1 de dl devote devote vote about an hour to my joker If my ar are not nOI working any II particular I full fill bark bar on a lit littie litIle tie Ile II book I J always al arty with me In which are UI mem mema for tur plenty pl nt of Joke Jok to ua use UN In emergencies le 1 I think I t must muni hIe written at t least JUO jokes n tit III my more mot than Ihan that I ut st one on time timeto timeto to 10 Puck Purk Judge Life 1111 and Mud several other oth papers pl I now no write writ Juke jokes exclusively for the Statesman of which I 1 am part pari proprietor I 1 write ril Jokes Joke because 1 cant ant help It 14 They The come Om to me and andI 1 I twist mutt get rid of ot them I get ft my m ideas Id for or jokes Joke from reading papers paper from people 1 J meet from things thing I 1 sir e and from things thing which never ever existed Th There TIIe re Is II I no 10 special history that I can an narrate bout about Mr gr I I wanted a name which would At fit Jokes Joke about men who look upon the th wine I when II it li II red when wilen It II Ita Iti It col color color or to tn he the th Of ot course COy Red no nee tight night be bI all right rIhl but It lull aull me ml no IQ I thought over the th matter until I evolved My Myths If char character abler acter of ot Yeast Yeat w was i suggested by b a friend whose tI name na va wan tall K KI East t My of 0 Patience fl and nd Patrice were taken from two IWI ladles ladle with whom ham t P Joked Church and nd of ot ire are HI Imaginary residents of n Hud and New York Tork city Ill Mi Mr r olMi related mated an lint hirl dent i til II h i hi h turned to 10 In le leIll I 1 Ill t I Ii f tenh Sf 1 nil I year recta lIra ago 10 he h was waa Introduced d to 10 Lew Iw l just t prior to in one of ot otI the I mil Th The ne night being stormy there were inspects IPpe tl of ot I a poor pour house hoes hov Lew Lt was 1111 doing some same tall lall thinking and felt blue Oliver was waa a Introduced to In him aa as a II newspaper men man and th lilt the minstrel opened up on th Ihl the newspapers nepa tI The papers paper pa r mike k me nI tired he h said Mid They hurt hurl our ur by their con continual continual statement that there lilt I III nothing new ne In l They say ny the Joke Jok I Iem one em hears hear nt Rt the Ihl minstrel shows were printed in Joe J Joke Rook Book or r ri I I i were tort told lold further back than that The ThO I papers paper tn to top stop t p that kind of nf rut mt I II I Why Wh Ill pick up n It newspaper trainer tomor tomorrow I row morning and inri 1 ilL lL ee p H R lot tot of ot J In It A c great rf t deal dal d al order than Ihan any V Vever you ever Ir hear In a 1 l show bo And An YI yet et I they My Pay the lilt minstrel 1 jokes Joke are arl old 01 Oliver listened patiently r to 10 the great who 10 had hd no Inkling aa es a to hi his hiM Identity aa II the father of ot the Ih converse conversa conversational On tonal Joke and the spa Pit of nf is wan wandering wandering 8 n nd dering d little lUll lass onta on Ht H felt that Pork Dock Dockstader stader was waa knocking him pretty hard hud and that he ought to try tr to get back at him Tell me Mr Mt the ann ano anonymous Joke Jokl writer Inquired d where do you get et your our Jokes from You Ton dont originate them Ib do your JOO 1 No not generally I tic sec a good IMd thing going about abolt and nd I 1 take tak It come times time Urn hanging K It and end usg It Itou You ou get et them IMaI out of a newspaper frequently U I suppose Ye Tea T YeWell Well 11 then tell me If IC you Ou get your jokes Jok out UI of the newspapers and you ay say the Jokes Jolt the newspapers newspaper print are areso r rao ao so old why In the name of all humorous arent nt your our joke old lAw Lew winced a little but Oliver made It warm hy by h sitting rl right it down and writing him on the spot pot hrs new n Jokes jollie which never n had seen lINn a 1 ne pa paper per pr t no the light Huh of nf day da Ho UfO gave ga th the Joke to who sprung them that night on hi hll hla Th They y took look wild and next dv it Dock Pent K ut Mr Ir liver a t 1 n f S Lon |
