The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-30
Jim AND ME-
RY HOLDING

We'd just arrived from some
where off in the. Northern part of
the State-we don't just know
where-we were In Tacoma to
learn somethin'.
The Country Merchant oftimes
feels he is growing stale and
when / felt that feelin' sorter
stealth over me ! said to the
Druggist, Jim, Les go to Taco
ma and find out somethin'." Jim
was ready In a minute. That's
why we're here.
We felt as fresh as two young
colts. Jim said that was condi-
ton that induced great hunger
Jim's a druggist, We know. We
liked to the biggest looking res
taurant we could find. We felt
we'd clean 1t up-eat 1t up, /
mean.
Well. Jim and me sat and or
dered what we thought we could
successfully store away and cali
ed for the evening papers. Jim
says, "Where'll we go tonight?"
Bein' kinder green about the City
and not KNOWN any place to go,
] sorter suggested that we let the
paper decide it for us. After Jim
had read the headlines about all
the latest, he turned like all
smart men do to the last page of
The Times. He studied carefully
for a minute or two and says,
This is where we'll CO." I said,
Where, Jim?" He says, These
here Tacoma people are holdin' a
Food Show of all kinds of things
good to eat and it's all pure.
They only charge 10c so let's go
an learn somethin' an see IL we
cant take new idee back with
u.s."
Up the X street cable we went
to the Glide Rink an in we went.
f'Ohl My" says Jim, Amt this
great There's Postum an
Crackers an Candy an yeast an
electric stoves an whoppin big
loayes of bread" An that amt
all, every one of them contrap-
lions is decorated all over an in
side of 'em is some purity good
lookin' ladies who ack Just as
pleased to see You and want ter
show you everything they have
around.
Say" says Jim, after a min
ute's deep study, This is where I
camp" (Jim's bachelor, We
know.) We walked along an
looked this way an that with
them gals a smilin' at us all the
time.
One says to us Wont you taste
this. mister?" another, Have a
Cracker?" but somehow, Jim and
me was Just too chicken hearted
to take anything from them
dainty fingers. We would 'ev
stood an looked at 'em longer.
being so nice to everybody, If it
wasn't for the crowd movin' us
ON.
A little further on we saw some
gals maxim candy with their
hands, an charming Miss told
us how they mixed It up-an' as
we was watchin' this display Of
finger gymnastics around them
chocolate drops we heard behind
us man tellin' about spice an
extracts an bakin' powder.
Well, Jim an me sorter felt
more at home with a man talkin'
so we turned and listened. The
more that man talked the more
we wanted to listen. He told how
spices an extracts was made and
how TO tell the difference between
good an bad. He told us about
Baking Powder an how to test
Il an gave us coffee to drink that
tasted mighty good. He called
Il Bill an said twas what we
needed on cold night.
Then this man. who was some
wonderful talker caught my eye
and lookin' me through says,
Taste this Mapleine." Well, con-
sarn It. he Just hatchery hypno-
tfsed me. / had q quid 'ev ter
baccer in my mouth but in went
9 big piece of Mapleine sugar.
Well, Jim was lookin' at me then
m he knew ] WIS uncomforta-
bic. Aw, but say, didn't last
long, that terbaccer taste. The
Mapleine just took that all away
and dinged II l don't believe III
chew Mapleine sugar altogether
from now on.
Well. the crowd was movin' us
on Agin an we walked along. We