Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-19
FUNNY MEN
GET CHECKS
SALT LAKE PAPER PAYS FOR
ORIGINAL JOKES
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SELECTED FOR
NEXT CONVENTION
Strickland Gillian Is Banqueted by
Old Herald crowd-Taylors En-
terrain for Judd Mortimer
Lewis

Yesterday was Mt. Lowe day for the
Press Humorists' association. Early in
the forenoon they went in special cars to
the Alpine tavern, where they found
most enjoyable surprise. Mrs Edythe
weatherred and the ten Hawaiian bellies
of the Honolulu Bulletin had preceded the
fun mixers, and with the Hawaiian sextet
entertained them with music and singing.
Mrs. Weatherred invited the humorists
to seriously consider Honolulu as the
place for their next convention, promising
all kinds of amusements and the best of
accommodations. Her invitation was re-
ceived with three rousing cheers and she
was given considerable encouragement,
but Houston, Texas, was later chosen for
the next convention.
After luncheon the whole party started
up the steep slopes of the mountain on the
hurricane decks of whole herd Of bur-
ros. All of them started, but not all Of
them accomplished the climb, for many of
the humorists found the task entirely too
funny, and literally fell by the wayside,
: where they stayed until assisted back to
the tavern.
Houston Gets Convention
When the party returned to the Alpine
tavern after the battle with the burros
the subject of a business meeting was
limited at, but it was decided not to do
anything yesterday which could be post
poned. The meeting was called long
enough to appoint committee to nomin-
ate the next meeting place for the con-
vention, eight cities having made applica-
ton for it.
Houston, Texas, won, after its personal
representative. Judd Mortimer Lewis of
the Houston Post, had read to the COM
plittee telegram he had received from
the secretary of the Houston Business
Mems league. Mort has been away from
home most of the summer, so not feeling
capable of diagnosing the peristaltic con-
dition of his fellow townsmen, he had
wired inquiring if Houston wanted the
convention next year.
The answer he got was as follows: bet
your two babies we want it. Extend cor
dial invitation on behalf of the Houston
Business Mems league. CSigned) George
P. Brown secretary"
With this he stormed the committee
room, and as the meeting was abruptly
terminated by the departure of the last
car, he got next years meeting. Chicago,
Buffalo, Cleveland, etroit, enver, Asbury
Park and Honolulu also wanted it, out
they were handicapped in not being per-
sonally represented at the meeting.
Has Famous Babies
There is a special significance in the
opening sentence of the telegram, for
Judd Lewis two babies are famous all
over Texas. In fact, aside from writing
jokes, which he says he has to do to make
the ghost walk, Judd is nearly daft about
bal;ies. He speculates in them, takes
4 thin from orphans homes and finds real
homes for them with deserving families
Etery week or two he invites all the
| children of Houston to the library, where
he entertains them for an hour or more
\ with his quaint stories. His last audience
was too large for the library. and the
biggest church in town was impressed at
the hour for the confab.
Today at $3.50 the convention leaves for
Venice to see the alligators and to take a
dip in the surf. In the Afternoon a dance
will be given in the pavilion for them.
Another surprise was sprung on the
wags yesterday, one from which they de-
rived considerable amusement at each
others expense-or profit. When the train
to which their special car was attached
stopped at Ogden, Utah, in it's long jour-
ney across the continent, representative
of the Salt Lake Herald met them and
asHed for an original JOKE from edcn'
About score of them responded, some In
prose and others in verse
Checks for Jokes
Yesterday each of the contributors was
the happy recipient of a check Not one
of the jokes was rejected. few of them
are as follows:
Say,
When a man comes this way
His gaze
Is one of amaze,
And with a cry,
OF "Oh My"
He yels:
IT want to be Mormon;
These girls are so durn fine.
I want at least dozen
That / can seal as mine.
And, by gosh,
That's JOSH
With this masterpiece w. ]. Hampton of
Yawps fame drew the premiums check
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