Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03

SO much silly stuff!
Chairman-There come some people
now Everybody
Girl at Fancy Work Booth-This Is
only two dollars. Isn't 1t pretty? It's
to hang over your waists In the closet
to keep them clean
Customer (sternly)-I put old pill
lowcases over mine!
Stray Young Man-How do you do,
Miss Gray?
Miss Gray-Oh, Mr.. Gormley! 80
glad to see you! How nice of you to
come!
Young man, hurriedly-Your moth
er said you were here when l called,
so came to see If couldn't take you
home.
Miss Gray-Why, certainly! Do look
at these pretty things, Mr.. Gormley!
Isn't this bureau cover too sweet? Don't
you want 1t?
Gormley-Why-er- do
with It?
Miss Grey-Oh, give 1t to your moth
er or our sis
Gormley-But I'm a sisterless or
phan.
Miss Gray-Oh, knew you'd want
| it-only four-fifty! Thank you SO much!
Nellie, take Mr.. Gormley over to see
the bags and sofa pillows and tell the
girls at the candy booth to see that
he gets waited on!
Aoo Wy ~
won't! l won't! want another nickel!
only got choclut doll out-a the
grab bag with the other one and Billy
got a watch! Give me another
nickel
Girl in White Ito portly, prosperous
looking man)-Oh, Mr.. Lankem! Here
is the loveliest soft pill
Lankem-That's all right. I'll take
1t and ten dollars worth of other STUFF
you just pick EN- out. stopped in only
| five minutes on my way to a meet
ing.
Girl in White-How perfectly love
| ly Of you! I'll send you these pic
tures-nobody seems to buy them. You
can give them away or something,
you know The frames are really quite
nice.
Girl In Blue crushing up to the
chairman)-Oh, what shall do? Til
| lie Phillip is so mad because we've no
room for her behind the candy booth,
and she's all fixed up and everything!
And we spilled half the Lemonade, and
that awful Jones boy put . live frog
into the spring water at . penny q
glass; I'm nearly crazy!
Chairman-Oh, went insane hours
ago. I'll go see what can do
Customer-Ill take that table cover
l bought here little while ago-the
green one. Why, of course, bought
it and paid for It! They wanted me
TO let It stay here awhile to decorate
the booth. Why, It must be here!
Then you've gone and sold It over
again to some one else and l must
say that's no way to run a bazar! II
was the only one liked and
Customer in Seal-I positively
couldn't find a thing l wanted. Any
how I'd rather go to the matinee with
the money. Maybe they'll mark things
down at the end of the evening.
Gormley-I'm sorry, bait unless
you'll take my watch for security
really can't buy those kitchen aprons!
| have a bureau cover, three sofa pill
lows, five pounds of candy, a framed
photograph and six pincushions al
ready! Miss Gray. are you ready to
go home now?
Miss Gray Tin confusion)-Oh, Mr.
Gormley, I'm so sorry-you can't i'm
agine | totally forgot to tell you
when you first came that Mr. Brown
was coming after mel promised him
yesterday! You really don't mind?
Gormley (olasping hts varied pur
chases in both armseOh, mot al
all! Don't mention It'll"
Chairman-Everything is sold but
the things nobody wants, so well auc
ton them of nowl People always
will buy things II they think some
body else wants 'em.
Girl In Blue-Does anybody know
what will take chocolate of crepe dc
chine? Somebody laid chocolate dol
from the grab bag on my chair, and
sat on IL!
Everybody (as the doors close after
the last Observation-Disclosures but I'm
glad it's over!