Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-20
lRoM TIE WIDOW.

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Sure mike, I've heard from th'
Grass widow again And she says
says she, as follows. to Wit
Yes, | heard you and ! understand
perfectly that you are expecting me
70 send you another letter for your
page What ! do not understand IL,
Why in the Sam scratch YOU pick on
ne when you know | need my little
plt Of ingenuity to help me get by
You VIII keep this up until the wrath
~ some OF our friends will fail on
US as well as the unjust and they
viii consign us to places whore they
pell things In daahes instead Of let
ters. (Awful Grass widow. She won't
say that any more)
Besides, there are Grass Widows
IN the good old town aren't there ?
What's the difference They arc all
the same. otherwise they wouldn't be
Grass widows They all 20 on the
theory that husbands may come and
husbands may go--but mostly the
latter.
but | may ns well confess that Il
int anything you have said thai.
prompts this, It IL just plain, every
day, vulgar, curiosity. Yes'm. There
are one or two little things / am
curious about and | think perhaps,
You, being you, may be able to tell me.
once, when | played bridge out
on West silver they told me that the
reason Joe Goodell had never pro-
posed to n girl was because he had
never been able to overcome his habit
Of eating crackers. you know these
little sweet animal crackers ! know,
AZ that, he rs a regular guy and car
rios matches IN His pocket ana every
hing. And they said that VIII kelc-
her had gone into training 70 learn
20 carry cane. And little girl Mt
the same party confessed that she
loved every bone In Buzz Ticrney's
head. cts up TO you Buzz to find
out who she ia,)
And | want TO inquire about the
proposed matrimonial scheme you
We're trying to put across. From all
that's been said on the subject. I
should think some OF those Albuquer-
cue boys would have that gone feel
Ing, something like you have when
you Just miss n car at Second and
Central, Personally, | hope to Jimmy
every bachelor IN town has to buy a
marriage license before the year is
NJ. Not that have anything against
them, but hecnuse you and | are just
hatchery agin" the serene, contentcd
happiness Of being bachelor
"And boys, when she mys to you
In cold, Icy tones, eat them eggs
your know you are married mac.
There Ia just one thing more |
mn a -. AtfIs L.. "a IL.
New Mexico that makes one SO hungry
NIL Of the timer Ia 1t the boundlosa,
Vastly, world Of sunshine that IL rum
ming loose out thero7 All the time
! lived there. | felt like could eat
from a cucumber pickle 20
a New Mexico politician. And a lady
on the train told me If | stayed away
q year I would not care TO 80 back.
10 look like that, wonder"
see
Floorwaiker--lTo man who
seems undecided which way TO
go)-,Aro you looking for some
thlng2
Party addressed--No sir. I've
lost my wife
AND THEN SOME
Hy common consent the committee
having charge Of the hig l1lks' bazaar
20 10 held next month has been gvon
the name Of the eFolirh committee"
which would indicate that the Elks
ARE stealing some of the stuff OF the
raw-raw boys up on the hill. But
what's IN q name7 Nothing much.
unless It happens 10 be on the back
of promissory note.
The Folliea committee is bus!ly arr
ranging for tho bazaar, one OF the
most onioyablc programs that Alhu-
qnerQue folks have ever had offered
10 them. II is 70 last for ono entire
and complete week. the whole thing
TO bo Of a style and sort that will
make everybody sit up and take
notice Members OF the committee are
lying awake nights thinking up now
stunts to nun of during the bazaar
and every morning new batch of
IDEAS is produced which VIII be sure
10 result ln unbuunded fun for those
who take Ina tho show
a regular honky-tonk. with nrizes
each night for the lady and tho gent
that can do the best and most orig
inal terpsichareau twist and grand
prizes at the end OF the week for
The most beautiful lady and the most
popular gent. Is the latest wrinkle
that has been unfoldod in the bazaar
That ought to ho a lot
of Fun Then. on the final night 81
he show. there is TO be masquerade
ball and Everybody who has ever at