The Washington herald., 1918-03-23

The girls are sometimes too
trusting.
The other day Minnie King asked
her beau, Bob Andrews, to hold her
purse while she powdered her nose
They were on Seventh street at
the time and Minnie spied a mir
rOr in a show window and right
away remembered the powder pun.
She didn't miss anything until she
got home and sent her little brother
for a loaf of war bread
Then she hollered for her $4.72.
At first she didn't connect Bob with
its loss.
hurry he was in to get away to
keep an almost forgotten engage
ment, it all cleared up.
Bob was nabbed. The 81 was
found on him.
He had spent the 72-cent piece.
he said, for some clean collars.
He begged Minnie not to prose-
cute him. She wouldn't listen.
The court fined him S10-and he
lost his girl besides.
Wife Like a Balloon.
"Jedge. ef NAH husband would
only keep outen dose Baltimore gin
mills, eberything would be awright
But he's always got his snoot
stuck in a bottle oh gin. He is de
meanest man on earth. He tOle me
dat Coroner hewitt was comm to
see me-"
Paulette Urner must have a ter
rible time with Pete, her husba nd
according to what she says.
"Jedge," piped up Pete. dat wife
of mine is like a balloon. She's no
good on earth. She's always flying
up in de air.
"Ah neber tole her dat All would
Kill her. She's mad at me cause
All amt got de money TO thow away
on dat Easter hat she saw in a win
der on Sebenth street"
There was the whole trouble ap-
parently-the money for a new
Easter hat.
OF course it's enough to make
any woman mad to be promised a
hat and then not get it.
And yet II Pete carried out the
threat. Paulette would have no
earthly use for a hat.
But the evidence failed TO show
that he did make a threat.
Pete had witnesses to prove that
he was not that kind OF a man.
And so the court naturally dis
missed the case.
BInme IL On the Booze
II it hadn't been that Otis Young
got a notice to present himself for
an examination for the selective
draft. he would probably not be in
Jail today.
Otis had been working at Indian
Head. He met his girl Immediately
after arriving here.
She went with him into the store
of Sam Sperling to buy a dress.
Otis didn't have enough money
! for the dr-ss and the girl then sug-
gested a shirtwaist.
,, 1t was bought. But in the mean
while Otis had swiped the dress
that his girl wanted and tucked it
under his coat.
On their way out Of the store
| Sperling noticed the sleeve of the
dress hanging down from otis's
coat
Policeman w. B. Hubbs was called
in and Otis was locked up.
"Ah was drunk, Jedge," said Otis,
"Ah didn't know what All was
doing. All was in town to git
drafted en- got drunk"
That doesn't excuse you at ALL"
said the court. IF you were drunk.
you couldn't very we'll be examined
for the draft. Besides this is your
second offense of this sort that we
know of. Thirty days
The Law Takes It's Bite.
Away back in January Tom Mel
son and his girl, Annie Carroll. had
a fight.
Annie was bitten about the face
/ she said. end banged about in gen.
| eral.
That same day Annie got a war
rant and, according to her own
story. she told Tom about it and
warned him to keep shy of the
loops. .-.
1 Since that day. Tom says. the
two have been keeping company
just the same.
4 The mystery Of why the warrant