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Show I'' Among the certificates of justifiable justi-fiable absence from school received re-ceived at tho Madison school this . . week was tho following, slfrncd by a local doqtor. "This is to certify that waa sick and under my car for two days. March 2S, 2D, 1920." Tho doctor omitted to say whether the patient damaged the car at all, and report say3 the " child is completely recovered and ; at- school again. How she was sustained during the "imdor-car , period" is not stated, either by I", u 's the doctor, or the patient' or tho parents. Darn Thoso Indian Xamcs You, who have done likewise, hark to a talc of one who tells correct spelling by sight. A blotter in tho j Culley Drug store, on the table of tho branch postofficc, bears mute evidence of a mental struggle, which, some time druing tho past week oc-' oc-' curred. Tho person who went through tho cerebral gymnastics, (suspected of being Irene M. B the I complete name appearing on the blot- tor), was evidently consigning a letter, let-ter, package or money order to Colorado, Colo-rado, and on the following marked her efforts. "Pcaublo". This evidently evi-dently looked wrong and the next three trials resulted in "Pueablo," "Peacablo" and "Peoble." These also were evidently warped in the eyesight, eye-sight, of (he writer and as a final effort, Pubelo appeared on tho blotter. blot-ter. As this was the final attempt, as far as could be ascertained, it is surmised that this spelling, which contains all the essential letters,, even if misplaced, was transferred to the letter, package or money order. Darn thoso Indian names, anyhow. In This Paper Forty Years From Now The window washers went on strike today for $100 a week salary. J. Frothingham Butts, ' cashier of tho Sixth National bank, has been held on suspicion while an accountant account-ant goes over his books. His family had an egg for dinner last "Wednesday! night. I The committee appointed in 1910 to Investigate the alleged - shortage of sugar has Just made Its report, tho report being to the effect that thero was and still Is a shortage of sugar, i The skirts, which have been grow-' lng shorter every year, are shorter than ever this season. Lenine and Trotzky had each other imprisoned in Petrograd this week. The senate is expected to take some decisive action this week on the Leaguo of Nations covenant, first sibmlttcd in 1919. The stars Aro out When we are young. But we aro H So enrapt In crowding our youth That when night Comes We are too sleepy To notice The stars. C. Blytho Sherwood AND HERE'S A YARN" About a near-sighted old lady, who, while standing on tho car tracks at I Twenty-fourth street and Washington stopped a messenger boy and asked i him where sho could got tho Twenty-j Twenty-j first street car. "If you staJid there -long enough, you'll get it in tho back," that blithesome blithe-some individual epoko bock. DO YOU REMEMBER "Way back in the good old days when men used to wear nighties. |