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Show JIMMY BRSTT IS ' PRACTICAL JOKER New York, July 29. Whllo a scissors scis-sors grinder was busily engaged In sharpening cutlery opposite the Me-tropolo Me-tropolo hotel the other day, Jimmy Brltt, the ox-prize flghtor, sauntered up to a group of men In the lobby, cast a casual glanco across tho street and said: t ( 4 "Holy smoko, but there's a dandy makeup." "What do you mean?" somo one in-" quired. "Why,"- Jimmy replied In a confidential con-fidential way, "that's Billy Bums. tb0 detective. I used to know him In Frisco. No makeup can fool me." Instantly the group took life and In a few minutes the whole bunch was across the street. They told others and so did Jimmy . Pretty soon the scissors grinder was playing to a gallery gal-lery of about fifty people, whllo Britt looked on from across the street Meanwhile Detective ! Burns was strolling down the boardwalk at Atlantic At-lantic City. |