Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-27
BY DUDLEY GLASS.

BY DUDLEI GLASS.
Andy Wimp came back to Atlanta
today, with a brand new overcoat
which swept the ground, a blue hat
evidently constructed from the pelt of
a well groomed French poodle and the
same old smile Andy always wears. The
gang around the theatrical clubs gave
him the glad hand and as many high
balls as he cared to carry-and Andy
never was lazy. He says he has some
thing new on tap which will bring in
SO many iron men that he'll be pension
ing x-basebali managers next season,
which is an Improvement on Carnegies
plan. as everybody will admit.
Il gotta vode-veel act that's simply
scream" said Andy, explaining his
prospects as security for a small loan.
| Il haven't wrote the patter yet and I've
got to figure out the plot, but | can get
some newspaper guy to bull that stuff
some night after the show. But I got
the main idea. I'm going to star Jack
Johnson in n three-act skit which tars
and feathers him the first round, runs
him down with bloodhounds i'll the sec
ond and lynches him as the curtain
falls And I'm goin' to call it The
Smoke Nuisance Amt that some idea!
l get Hugh Cardoza will book it forty
weeks on Keith time and Wen play the
beaches all summer-that is, if the
smoke lasts that long"
"How's things been on the road
Andy, and what's your newest graft?"
asked Billy Sharpe, who used to be a
side partner of Mr.. Wimp in various
amusement enterprises under roof or
canvas. What are you SO wrapped
up in that overcoat for. anyway? It's
a swell blanket, all right but it's warm
in here and nobody will steal it if you
keep your eyes OPEN"
Behold Wmp's Front"
Mr.. Wimp arose, gently stripped off
the ornate outer garment and revealed
a thin scarlet jacket built Of red can
ton flannel and adorned with brass but
tons. Below this was q pair of flesh
colored tights which many earnings
had failed to render proof against the
naked eye. Beneath the scarlet jacket
were two layers of newspapers in lieu
of shirt, while q two weeks-old copy
Of The Billboard served as a chest pro-
tectOr and the foundation to which
three-inch collar was carefully pinned,
But the collar was clean and the broken
patent leather pumps well polished. No
body ever saw Andy Wimp when he
didn't have a good front
That's the answer" returned Mr.
Wimp. Behold the papers. The show
business is on the toboggan and I've hit
the bottom of the chute | rode in on
the RATHER this mornln', with niger
fireman THROWN enough coal at me be-
tween Marietta and the local yards to
keep a poor family warm all through a
get for a throw three balls at the Mig
gers head outfit all one summer at a
Dutch beer garden, l wouldn't be here
to tell the tale. But learnt something
about lodging that season.
And His Name Was Zeno.
q was spielin' for carnival outfit up
to yesterday. hittin' the tank towns
South. After I'd made the openin's ]
ducked inside and doubled as Zeno the
Lion Tanner. We hit a string Of rainy
days with mud knee deep on the lot and
the ghost couldn't have walked with a
crutch. Pop Wilson was the main boss.
l struck him for the price of a couple Of
beers and he said there was nothin'
dom.
"Looky here Pop says I, putin it
up to him strong, just like that, 'when's
this outfit goin' to pay OFF,
Pop comes back at me straight off.
81 amt got the coin to pay you all
off at once't' he says. But I'm startln'
in today. I'm goin' to pay everybody
in the show, in full. But I'm goin' to
pay off alphabetically. and you're down
on the pay roll as Heno, so you'll be
some time gettin yours
"Zeno the devil says l. Next time
l join out with "a shoestring troupe
like yours I'm goin' on the list as
Ajax
"And Here | Arn-Broke."
We'll, that night ! gets in a crap
game and wakes up next mornln' with
my real clothes faded out and uothn'
left but this bunch Of lion tanners rig
GIN I'm so sore ! slides into Pops
bunk, lifts this coat he paid sixty bucks
for in Cincinnati and his parade hat
and ducks for the water tank. And
here I am, broke hut in the midst Of
friends. Who's goin' to buy?"
When Atlanta saw Mr.. WIinp last, in
the fall Of 1910, he was two weeks