The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-08

The study of Johnnyism mas become the
fad of chorus girls.
Miss Bessie Mai Skeer. one of the prettI-
est of the Frank Daniels coffee Boy
flock, has taken up the subject quite seri-
ously, and in two books she keeps for a
magazine. One is a scrapbook, in which
she recorded thoughts of others. while into
the second she jots her own.
"A Johnny" she said, SIS one of the
necessary evils the chorus girl comes to
know, sooner or later. Most frequently
sooner, and this, I maintain, is all the bet
ter. She will then the more quickly find
the remedies necessary for his curing.
There is no cure-all What will set one
Johnny right will only make another
worse, so there you are The johnny pre-
tentative depends upon the johnny him
self. For instance, to the gentlemaniv
Johnny, one of the observant word-to-the-
wise sort, a disdainful look is sufficient to
make him forget that he wants to buy n
supper OF two but with the thmble-sliull.
the business end of loaded umbrella han
VIZ - IiAS bNSts anu SOliiGllLlGS the OTllN Der
suader.
"Of all Johnnies, the Canadian breed is
the very worst. They all but kidnap a per-
son. After the performance, carriage after
carriage is lined up at the curbing. and
when a chorus girl makes her appearance.
it's 10 to ] she'll be grabbed by the arm.
and almost before she knows it, driven
away to cafe. pity the just-joined girl,
for unless she's been accustomed to the
Teethy-Teddy brand of strenuosity. she's
fairly up against it, The cure for this stvie
of Johnny must necessarily be heroic. Pass
out of the stage door cautiously, and at the
first move of the would-be kidnapers up
with the left guard, then with a catawam-
pus, side-swiping, upward swing, plant one
squarely on the southwest corner of his
jaw. Sidestep quickly, to avoid the rush
he will make, and as he lunges forward,
land Hasty- Helen jab in the solar plexus.
If that doesn't calm his nerve, hold your
index finger quite rigid, and jab it in his
eye. This method is guaranteed.
There is the persistent Johnny. He'll
follow you about twenty feet behind, for
thirty-seven blocks, to all appearances for
the mere privilege of watching your gait
The only sure way of being ridded of him
is to outrun him. He'll usually put up a
pretty lively sprint, at that. He's harmless
as general proposition, and if you don't
feel like running, you might stroll into a
park. There he'd probably be stopped, as
CANNES are not usually allowed.
ITO this same harmless class another
may be added-the juvenile. / honor him
for one thing. however, and that is his
Suitability. He can't be downed. You
may tell him go home and ask his mother
to hear his devotionals, and so queer him
so far as you are concerned, but if you
turn around you'll see him tackle another
girl with;
Let's go and get something to eat
"After about twenty rebuffs, he will go
to the nearest drug store, buy himself a
chocolate ice cream soda, then go home to
dream of future conquests.
"Of all the despicable Johnnies that ex-
list, the conceited addlepate is the king.
Tipping his hat in a way he thinks quite
resistess and altogether fetching he smirks
like catfish and says:
"'Where shall we go?
''The nerve of such a nonenity! 'Of
course! Any girl would jump at the chance
to sup with me. so what's the use of ask
ing? Am / not Cholly Numbsllullovitch,
son of the Oldmansky? Wen, | should
mutter' That's what appears in his every
move and what he needs is a sound slap
on his face that will loosen his brain 50