Show CREPE SAVES SALOON TRADE St. St Louis Keeper Puts Put It on Door While Wie Closed to Raise Rase Money to Pay License License Li- Li cense cene Tax Imposed by City The home horn of or St St. Louis Juno C. C G. The C.-The St at nt Fort saloon keeper Thomas Thomal and Riley Light a 0 street has haM for tor three o enu avenue been the Mecca of 01 callers caler to offer days tia's tas ta's sympathy for him In his late lata their bereavement There was a a lon long his door streamer of ot black crepe crape on omi and timid the thc saloon to all al Intents and ond purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses tram from outside Inspection was a of mourning place adorned the front The he fact that crepe in Rileys Riley's ingenuity II duo due to door was WS Rles to close his hits saloon contriving a ruse cose 1 without giving out the temporarily he ho was going oln out busIness business bus bus- Impression lon that wa iness incas for far ar good S Sad Day fur for It was Just like this III ley's leys application application license to carry on the cation for a saloon business wont treat before the tho board some sometime commissioners of liquor license was grunted granted and ho got time ago another sell wet goods for to ready him year even If It was to cost the tho money for fora but he could not raise few days a thought hard about the tho big Riley his doors trade ho he would miss with closed and that bitt some ot of life his customers might think ho hind had gone out of business bust busi como ness hess forever and would never him himlie back to read and He lie picked up a newspaper advertisement an undertaker s By Gobbler ho lie said to himself Ive got an idea On Saturday night crepe streamers leer door hung on front They rimey wont won't think Im I'm out of business bind busi now ho lie mused know ness the tho for having reason a Ive I've got rood good deere shut Neighbors Neighbor Were When the neighbors called time did not remain long und timid they timey seemed happier happier hap hap- and wiser when they left pier door The Tho crepe camo caine off Rileys Riley's had vis visited Is Tuesday It came oft off after he lie the tho office o-f o the clerk of the ho court pleas anti and laid out for fora of common a license Most of his hla customers by this time timo know why his saloon was ho is congratulating con con- closed for a few fow days and amid himself upon saving his business |