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Show if ' i 1 Hunt For Feeding Place Gets Him To Tangoing For Chow -t- m it VRDEN, I ran lnto.n bunch of old timer lit Ithi Mealy hotel a tew minutes .- r t r i iwtepped lrom one of the speedy trolley oars of the d'iot lino the other da; land :it once pulled the corkaorei i he mental on'. i All Kgtorters have 0 pet query that is, a pel way of ojproachlng men 'and wltb u grin. 1 a?ked: 'What' ' stirring "' ' mi.- o l he Kfnls, ;i native son, whtascd hack at mc, thinking, no doubt, was after something hot, Mtutlnc "Do you wiint an oarful of fluff r the real ov down?" It happened ttcit one men a fi- nancler or at least a fear financier ho hail three iron men lost n bet to mc some steen months afro and be-t)ri be-t)ri hungry, be extended a kind weir Icome to me. and elated mc with this remark: "Let's bo to n dinner, nnd lehat over old times. " THEY . FORTH. ."Yer on," says I. So vve hobbled forth to put On tho j "nose bag " It was Sunday evening and all was WCII. We Journeyed up Twenty-firth street and peered In all of the cafes. They were jammed We visited the b-t lo town; they were crowded ami It seemed seem-ed like hundreds were In lino walling 'for dinner. Sunday wo were Informed Is the biggest d.iy in the week for the cafe nwii. i the majority of the town folks dining out. so to spn.ik. Not helng very hungry 1 hail hopes i of eating two or three fried chickens, some sliced tomatoes, several ears of corn, a Jazzy dish of "spuds," hot bis- Icults, Jelly, Ice cream, coffee and any other sweet that was to be presented' I was so hungry I could have eaten Isawdur.t. But for three hours we hob-ibhd. hob-ibhd. here, there and everywhere, and I Just as the clock struck '. bells o.-somethlnp o.-somethlnp musical we eniereo a swi-. Joint on Twenty fifth street. too LATE. Elappy Yea' A smile went over my t.iis countenance. He. too. was hungry. This. however. aviated I when a demure miss said "We observe ob-serve the Sabbath after 9 o'clock, and 'don't serve guests after that hour." And so, down-hearted, we entered u 'coffee house, minus hunger, and en-Joyed en-Joyed sinkers and Java. 'Twas some I supper. And d'yu know they tell me those conditions exist every .-Minday. Yea And one cafe man Informed us that the people who eat out Sundays ano, there are hundreds of 'cm -have to stand In lino, waiting their turn It reminded me of the old "navy" bean days. But Bh bis name was Bill Invited Invit-ed me lo the hotel and We enjoyed the : evening chatting on the political prob-! prob-! lems ot the day.. Bill is u booster for i the "Gin Phiz" party while I wear the colore of the "alcoholic blues" aggregation aggre-gation and my motto Is "You tell 'em alcohol, you've got the spirit " I And so we chatted and chatted and chaiied and in my estimation didn't Ige anywhere. GAlTTERIN'Ci INFO. "I've been sticking around the lob-hies lob-hies of the ogden hotels for the pasi 'Week sopping up information," said Mill "the trond of the Democratic party Seem 8 to be against a wet plank, fold icct-o! And they till me Bryan wants to pull a pipe organ recital hero On "Shall WC gather at I he t iver." I "Speaking of the peerless one," says I. "did you ::ce th advertisement I 1 1 1 - inj a lecture at to Certain '. M. C- A by Bryan, free of charge'.' Isn't it a wonderful climate, nature sure la expensive ex-pensive out here. And after helping to wallop the famous fourteen polntD lo- announces as his subject, "The Ten Leper. ' "Grape Juice Bill, lecturing for (nothing, you've got to show me," Bill snickered ' Ml, II-..-. .1...... r II, lanllM ,,r nations ?" nyi 1 "I dontio, allthey talk about is the iikkcr question. More Interested ii that than the candidates, oveh. Tjo voters of fCentliclcy are strong for liberalism lib-eralism but some of them are still 'against a wet plank Many birds running run-ning around with their tongues out .i foot looking for a slug of hootch, wear ICepaCka for spats. Here Wilson Vetoed Ve-toed the Volstead act, but pongireas scared stiff, passed it Huh the antl-saloon antl-saloon league has got 'em lumping IthrOUgh the hoops." m MORE B K-F1R1NG. I "Yes," says 1. "They've ot no limn I kick nowadays thun a mug of one hall ;Of one oer cent." "I had a snort of the old fashioned Stuff with a Democrat the other da it carried the : -He back-fire, i me ot my friends a staunch Democrat carries It on the hip, on his breath, and uses It for perfume on his hanky Yet this self same guy Is yelling against even a moist plank He's a 'dry. an Irrigated dry, lots mare like him In Ogden." I And we could have chatted until November but lie- bright lights, la Broadwuy, were dimmed low and after exchanging greetings, the after dlnnei mints, dished out a la political gnb. drove away the hunger that lounged In the bread boskets a few hours before and all In all we both profited by the , results Yea. that's when a feller needs a friend but the Democrats, the Kepublcans. nor any other party could get me and Bill to vote for anyone any-one other than the parties we represent repre-sent And with It all political gab is a good remedy for an empty lunch counter and If ye don't believe so. Jlst you try It." |