The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-06

do some family shopping" said a news paper artist.
 '.He went into Sol Caheen's store the other day and said: Sol, l want to see lady's shirtwaist-the thinnest thing you have in such.'
 '.I am sorry, said Sol she has just gone out :"
 Jack Bethea, though a well-known and able newspaper man, takes his profession most seriously, and his dignified bearing to his brother reporters, especially the youngsters, at times excites humorous wrinkles in the eyes of his confreres Of the fourth estate The anecdote of an in cident in The Age-Herald office was re- lated at the Newspaper club last night.
 'H was about o'clock In the morning., said the genial reconteur, when the greasiest blackest, dirtiest imp of a printers devil came in the editorial rooms with a bunch of galley proofs in his grimy hands: i.s
 Hey there, you Bethea,' yelled the imp to the studious copy reader, who was laboriously editing a mortuary notice. Holt says fix up these proofs. Ye hear?
 .It was then that Jack Bethea majes- tically rose from the editorial desk and giving the imp a supercilious once-over, he said with an the dignity at his com mand:
 Boy. when you address me, say MT. Bethea." Understand?
 s"The imp looked at Jack with quiz his dirty face for moment or two, and then came the characteristic explosion:
 " ITO ell wid y'u, Jack, and your d-n name; what Holt wants is corrections on the proofs And the imp left the room whistling Dixie. ''
 A serious mien after that was impos- sible and Jack joined in the laugh at his expense.
 '.Despite the feeling occasioned by the recent senatorial contest, the campaign was not without it's lighter moments" re- marked Hugh M Locke, former assistant solicitor and an ardent admirer of Cap tain Hobson. ''The political jokes sprung by rival camps were exceptionally hu- morous, but I recall none that struck me as being so droll as the following, which is told on Captain Hobson:
 "The captain. so the story goes, was campaigning among the wilds of south eastern Alabama, and was doing much personal work among prospective voters At one point he chanced upon couple of darkies who, he had been told were prospective voters. The negroes listened to MT Hobsons preliminary remarks pa. tently, but betrayed little enthusiasm Ffhally one of them remarked that they were going vote for MT. Underwood.
 "'Why.' exclaimed MT. Hobson impa. tiently, I don't believe you know who Captain Hobson is
 Knows 'im!' calculated one of the darlSies Course I knows i'm. Amt he callin' 'imself de great destroyer jest cause he sunk de Titanic?'
 MT. Hobson never even explained." "A man encounters many strange things in the course of day, and many are the senseless questions propounded at the of. flee of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company said Jack H. F DeWindt a few nights ago, ''but the bes one have heard recently was not asked in the office of our company, but in 2 drug store.
 "A very little girl walked into the store | and asked the druggist for some pink dye She stressed the importance of its beint pink, and said it must be of the bes quality. Not in those words of course but that was what she was driving at "Tho druggist asked the little miss wha she wanted with the dye I don't wan it, she replied Mas stomach has beei sick for a long time and the doctor tolt her she would have to dye it (diet), ant she said she wanted to make 1t pretty color while she was at it.. Charlie Mandy was discussing The Age Herald swappers' Column the other da, with several friends, ali of whom ex pressed their interest in the clever car toons by Blackman and the great possi Utilities of the column and It's unique ads when they got through he unburdene' himself as follows: Whenever hear o swapping, 1t calls to my mind an ol, man named Dutton, who enjoyed grea reputation as a swapper. In fact. 1t wa l a byword in our town that to get in swap with the old man was to be bested ssOnc day he approached a neighbor an'
 said. 'Bill. I will swap my red gam