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Show Joke Was on the Bom. An office boy, sixteen year old, who works in a West Bottoms factory, was Invited by a friend, two years his senior, to dine at a leading hotel the other night, .lust as the lad and his companion were in the midst of their feast the. manager of the factory took a seat at the next table. The manager saw the boy and nodded to him. The next dny the manager told the other factory executives that the office boy had dined at the hotel and they decided to ask him about it. The boy was summoned. "Heard you were at Ihe Hotel Blank last night. What did you eat?" was the question put to the boy. "Same as the manager had, 'coffee 'cof-fee and,' " was the office boy's reply, as he left the room. The laugh was on the boss. Kansas City Star, |