The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-11
~" MAN ANSWERS
MANY QUESTIONS
Secretary Gets Chance TO Show
All He Knows.
GRINs AND KEEPS Ar IT
Solves conundrGms With One Hand
While He ShoveIs Out Smokes and
Writing Paper With the Other
Mostly He Knocks out Three Bag
gers and Homers, but Once In
While He Fans.
(From the stars ana strlpea.l

(From the Stars and stripes)
Have you ever hung over Il desk in
n Y. M. G. A. hut long enough to get
a slant on the questions the gang hurls
over the mound to the secretary be-
hind there?
They are like the Question Box coll
umns OF 90 Siwash newspapers rolled
into one, and the way the Old boy with
the red triangle on his sleeve bats at
'em and knocks out three-baggers and
homers with 'em is sure II caution.
OF course, sometimes he fans, but
then what would any fellow do after
he's been handing out all day long p.
A. at 73 centimes per each, swapping
! scent American postage stamps for
soap wrapper French money, shooting
lot OF bull to a crowd Of rufnex to
write home to mother, or cashing post
office money orders for $903 or $785
when the rate of exchange is 5.71, and
then some doughboy asks him how to
write a letter to his brother In Montey.
niger.
orlns and Goes on.
Wouldn't that make any ordinary
cIss rear up on his hond legs and blow
off steam? Bui the "Y" fellow lust
grins and goes to IL. / can't help think
In sometimes that fellows just ask
'Y" man lot of fool questions to see
II they can get his angora. For In
stance, here's some / heard with me
aFt =
minutes while l was waiting for
"Y" man to look up and see If Bloody
Mary killed Queen Elizabeth or If Bes-
sic done the trick to Bloody Mary.
Slow do you spell 'provlnciaIismY"
Imagine a K. T. pulling that, win you?
How much postage does it take to
send hanky with Souvenir de France |
broidered on it?'
Then some crophead what looks like
he's doing r. G. work at Sing-Sing
asks; 'Where in he'll is A. p. O. 95G0?" |
Then big fat slob of an Arbuckle /
from the PHI SINGERS comes in with a
caddoky over his sergeants chevrons
and springs this one: 'What's the
French word for kfss?'
Then lolIypolly second loot blows
in. What was the date the Loosi-
tania sunk?" asks the loot.
Then comes in a couple Of colored
boys from below the Wright and Dit
son line and they buys some plug and
sweet chocolate, aud one Of 'em leans
over the counter like he was feeling
for the rail with his right foot and
wanted at the same time to whisper to
Harry in the white coat that he was
awful thirsty but he didn't have the
centimes' to raise a gusher, and he
says low-like to the sec:
How 10 This One?
"Say. boss, me and buddy wants to
Snow II you all was ever serving bah
n the caffy of the Jeffson hotel in
Fancy springing that on a 'Y" guyi
Then along comes a fellow what
Ised to be a cavalryman on the bor-
Ter. He was one of them hard-bolled
mes what spit rust.
Say" he says, looking as prominent
is the white citizens committee, "who
vas the guy in the Bible what had
honsand James oil to hlsself, and was
here a Jew named Joseph who was
J. 0. L. cause he had fancy overseas
at and his pals couldn't get none at 4
he Q. MI"
Wonder what struck him? Must have
OF religion all to oncet.
Then pink-faced mommer's boy
trolled in to get some writing paper
0 write love letter to his Lizzie and !
got so darn dlsgusted that they let
thing like that wash his mess kit in
q. s. pan that just thanks the "Y"
ian and turns around and goes to Y
'ork and spits on the floor and beats
!.
Gee them Y. NJ. G. A. fellers sure 4
ught to have the Croiks de Gurr, all 4
ght. IS