New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-13

other kind Of stiff but after that they tended strictly
{, business Then down at one END Of tnc dinI room
/ spots a big sign rcadin', SILENCE PLEASE!
The mattresses was all dressed like nurses too, and
goes Aoatjn around silent but busy. After we'd been
there three or four minutes and nothing happened our
av in the shape Of food, begins rubberln around to
see what the Others was gettm IS soup your guess;
Then come again 1t looked like pill time. Uh-huh
The wrinkled old dame on my right was handed bottle
G little pink ones and counts out three very careful on
the tabecoth was lookin for her 70 pass EN- 10 me
next: but she don't. The rediaced Daldhcdocu gem
,,st beyond gets one white wafer the size Of quarter
and tcks il away on the back of his tongue, rolln his
ewes thoughtful at the ceilin stunnin ookn young
woman opposite drops yellow stuff out OF slim bottle
into her water glass and strs IT vigorous
4Geeln thinks l. "Have been rung in on dope
fest. and me without even mint jujube to swallow
Just 70 be in the SWIM:
And about then Carrie in the white cap leans over
my sbouder and demands busnesslike, Your diet list
aHcv2r saws I. whsperin' husky
Haven't YOU been given your list YETI. says she.
no SAYS |. Just come. Him too and Jerks
my thumb at 'ralcOtt.
aObI1 saws she ~Then you're on the milk and zwie-
Hear that saws |, nudgin' Hub. "Al we get to-
night is
pI,T he amt lstenin' He's got his eyes glued on
~ dried up little old gent opposite one Inat no
ticed hobbn' in with a couple OF canes. ne thln'
sour Iookin' duck with brstly white eyebrows. In
front of him is round cardboard can that would hold
about quart and is labeled -TagiTag It's White
shiny stuff. like powdered mica, and he's sPoonn 1t
into p T,n Of hot water He'd just dumped IN a big
dose and was nixin it up, when what does Hub Ialcott
Do but 20 off with a bang ., ,.. ...o...
4IIaw, hawl7 roars Hub. openin the humor cutout
wide and in that big quiet room 1t had about te same
effect as turnn loose Harry Lauder record at funeral
You could hear the echo Of it go bumpn and c3romln
up and down and every last Of them drug dcStToy
cs drops what they're dom and begins Stretchn t2GI
necks our way We sure had the spotlight on US. old
Bushv Brows glares savage the bad-hcaded gent gaSP
so hard he gets the wafer down his windppe ana pro-
cceds to choke and all over the room 6uzz o. lndig
nant remarks breaks loose that skaters what lett Oh
once peaceful scene.
Meanwhile Hub Tacott has clapped his hand over
his mouth and turned the color OF nan carpet eX-
pect was bushin' some myself 50 turns and StarcS
rcprovin at poor Hub He has his chm down ana ms
eyes on his plate suffcrn' agonics expect II ne d
only kept that pose the thing might have blown over;
but he don't No. he has 10 take another peek across
the table lust as old Sour Face IS ndugn IN his first
sip Of hot Tagi-Tagi Whatever il was 1t must have
been fierce tastin stuff udgin by his map contoronS;
50 ! don't know as you can blame Hub 50 much
SHAW haw!' he explodes once more ut to raise the
roof
Well that was his finish. He don't wait to see what
gon to happen TO him for second oiense, or whether