The Washington herald., 1917-10-05
Tie Bsrber.Aep RAG.

Ahe R1rUeInOp Rag
"Yonner. Nah husband wux gittin'
trimmed IN de barber shop en- All
went IN to help him."
Help him or the barber?" asked
the court OF Ida Young. who was ar
rested for disorderly conduct and as
saulting Policeman Atehison.
II wuz heipin' nah husband, en- dey
thowed me out en- said dey didn't cut
wimmens hair nor shave 'em elder"
answered Ida.
OF course Ida didn't go in for q
shave or hair cut. but because her
husband had told her he was being
trimmed" She didn't catch on.
The minute she got in the door. she
made a dive for the nearest chair
and pushed the barber away from q
man he was shaving and almost made
the barber cut his throat. Even then
II wasn't her husband.
The barber called a cop and cop got
his too. The court fined Ida SIS. Next
= Just Like Deadwood.
Out I'm Good Samaritan Temple. you
are supposed to be good to your
neighbor. no matter what he does.
The place is used as a dance hall.
And what is a dance without q few
pints and few razors and guns? 1t
would be awful risky to go unarmed.
Before starting out Wednesday night
Clennie Lewis did what lots OF others
did, put a gun In one pocket and a
half pint in the other. 1t didn't make
any difference whether he wore good
clothes or not. he must take some
courage" with him.
Policeman Lester had his eye on the
place and when a crowd got in one
corner. he thought 1t was time to in
vestigate. The boys were kicking
about having their girls stolen. Out
came the bottles. and before they
could get to their guns. Lester had
the worst looking man in the bunch.
Clennie wasn't quick enough to get
rid of the gun like the others were.
but at that he is probably saved from
a murder or manslaughter charge. The
court fined him s6o
The Weaker Sex.
The other day we said, Never in
troduce your best girl to q better
looking man thau you be-" Today
we change 1t around and tell the
girls not to introduce their best fel-
low to a better-looking woman than
they be.
Bessie Grant had always been told
she was pretty. So she was. But
Rebecca. She's a pippin.
That Is. she was before Bessie
mailed her and spoiled her some.
Why she did it was like this:
Bessie and her beau had been as
thick as peas in a pod. Until Re-
becca came. Then the poor fish
changed like a chameleon.
Bessie was completely deserted. One
night she saw Rebecca and Alyer
slobbering over one another and she
heard him say. Honey. All thought
Bessie was some Iovin' baby. but
oh. Nah Lawdy. yo is some class
compared to that gaI.'
This is enough to make any woman
do spmething rash. Bessie waited
until Alger went and then she did
her part. She is not sorry, either.
that she had to give up a ten-spot
Susie Was Boozy.
Susie Phelps ran UP to a police
man all out Of breath and told him
someone was numbering her husband.
The cop felt for his gun and fol-
lowed her.
He didn't know that Susie was dippy
and had no husband. All she had
was a powerful Imagination.
A complete search Of the house was
made. 1t was empty except for the
two searchers. Just as the cop was
about to investigate Susie a man ran
in and told the cop to hold her. He
did.
She was wanted to answer for an
assault committed last week. All the
time she had been hiding in an empty
house. drinking gin until she had lost
her senses.
Susie had broken a stove lid over
the head of another woman in a
quarrel about a board bill. II she
had only bought a new stove lid