The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-28
Town Gossip and Stories
By The Iattler.

Iattler. '~,--->~S resting instead of promenadng And continuing. he said. with a blush very becoming to his particular style of beauty, on account of the fact that he was talking 10 the young lady at his side, "I wish 1 had worn my B. Y. Ds" Yes, Bob really can blush).
 It was just here that Nature butted in. showing that Bob is one of her true sons. or noblemen, which ever you wisl to call him, and that she wishes to grant his every wish. It wasn't possible. however, in the matter of the desire for the B. V. D's.
 But it didn't take the old mother long to decide that she would do her best to give Bob his wish, for all of a sudden the particular yenti- lator in the wal of Eagle hall just above where Bob and his partner were sitting opened wide with q rush of snow and a fall of the beau tiful came through and straight down on the heads of Bob and the fair one.
 And it had the effect of cooling them off quickly. A large part of it went down the young lady's neck and Bob's fIll dress collar wilteI quicker than it would have done at a dance on full fledgcd summers night.
 Bob now believes that all he has to do is to express his wish and he will get it.
 A Case Of A creek man dropped Mistaken. into the Whitely-Wood- Identity. ward Co, offices one
 morning last week. The junior member of the firm was on the job The creek man looked surprised.
 I'm glad to see you got out on bail" he said. "I told all of the fellows out at Olnes that you cer- tainly could not be guilty of the crime charged and that they cer- tainly would not hold you without bail"
 What do you mean?" asked Woodward And further conversa- tion developed the fact that the creek man had got the names "Wood- ward" and Woodbridge" mixed. Sank Every morning all the Opens people who happen to To Music. be in the vicinity of
 Second and Cushman hear what at first seems to be the lit tie German band playing Die Wacht am Rhein." The serenade usually takes place about 9:15 And investigation reveals the fact that the sounds emanate from the Cal utfnedQ N1CtrOla ShOp.
 Now if you happen to be one of the investigators of the early morn ing music and go to the Victrola shop you will find the door of the establishment standing wide open and the photograph which is furnishing the music standing right in the door, You will further find the proprietor of the establishment placidly doing his morning sweep ing.
 You will not notice anything par ticularly queer about the proceeding until you start to leave the place. Then, as your gaze wanders across the street, you will perceive the real reason. For, standing in the open door O. the American Bank you will see "Pinkwhiskers" Brun- ing with smile on his face as wide as It can possibly spread, re- galing himself with a good cigar and listening to his favorite nation al anthem For in these days of countless German victories in the war in Europe, Pink" wears smile that won't come off
 The business of the day at the bank therefore does not start until the music stops Then Pink" shouts across the street "Deutsch- land Ueber Alles" and retires to his cage.
 The Victrola Shop has Die Wacht am Rhein" in English and German MT. Pruning Is now thinking of pre- Senting the establishment with record of the same piece of music in French
 The Black It is too bad, but it Fox Father seems that no matter Of Panama. where some people go,
 some kind of a name other than that under which they were christened follows them around. When in Fairbanks, the person about whom this story is related was known as "Nabisco Bill" his fame having been related in both i poetry and prose in one of the local | dailieS under that head, until the