OCR Text |
Show cub Beys of the STlil HIKE S - II FEED Did you see 'em going down Hudson avenue last night in a chain gang yell- ing "Standard?"' If you didn't, you ( missed something. Seven of 'em , weren't there, but the other twenty- I seven were and so the twenty-seven I j Standard carriers locked horns with! the big Hallowe'en feed given at Potter's cafe. It was 'a gala night for' the boy who brings your paper every, night, rain, snow or shine, with a regu-. larity that's pleasant to contemplate. Even Butts, the carriers' dog mascot, attended the "big eats." "Big eats" is ; right, according to "Parrot" Schoof. ' who said "Gosh, Lookut 'Empty' I i Brucrton. Aforo he went into Potter's ' , he was so skinny that when he walked 1 I fast he clattered and now he don't : dare walk fast or he'll splash." Parrot was right. There was plenty ofevery-thing. ofevery-thing. To most of the boys the i "spread" was quite as now as it was, appetizing, and according to Albert Douling "It was so aristocratic a feller I didn't know where to start. We just! watched 'Bran.' and we all did what he J did, and when he made a mistake I reckon, we all made the same mistake, but the feed was good, anyhow." After the "feed" several of the carriers had a chance to demonstrate their oratorl-j i cal ability and Prank Douglas, Herbert Her-bert Adams and Ernest Kammeyer succeeded In wheezing out about three words each between stammers. Someone Some-one said they were speeches, so we let , it go at that, J The contingent of news distributors j then formed squads of fours and marched down Hudson avenue like a I troop of Sammies marching into Ber- lin. They executed column right and , marched into Ed Skinner's place, the iAlhambra, to enjoy the hospitalities of j that movie magnate. We don't dare guess what happened after they left the Alhambra for, you . know, last night was Hallowe'en, and , nuf sed. nn |