South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-10
The Melting Pot
COME, TAKE POTLUCK
WITH Us
THE MANICURE LADY.
BY William r. Kirk.

BY William T. Kirk.
4 got new scheme to get ahead
Of the game" said the Head Bar
ber with more enthusiasm than ne
usually displayed.
Il hope it amt anything in the
gambling line" said the anicure
Lady.
It's just the opposite" said the
/ Head Barber. Me and the miSsus
cooked up the scheme this morning
before / left home. Every time
get a bunch TO make a bet on a
horse / take the money and send it
up TO the house. and the missus puts
it away to buy them Thrift stamps
with it. We got it figured out that
/ it won't take many months for US
10 have quite a bank roll"
Now you are talking like a gent
with real sense!" exclaimed the
Manicure Lady. L always had a
kind of bunch, George, that you
would get wise 10 yourself one Of
/ these days. Goodness knows the
years ought 10 teach you something,
when you look back and see how
fast your gambling friends did not
get RICH Most OF the old plungers
that used TO come in here giving you
tips is down and out for fair. and
/ it's a mercy you've took the tip in
time. George"
Il always figured that some day 1
would get tired Of the ponies" said
the satisfied Head Barber You
/ lrpnur l,.v-r J., -
whirl, kid. and / sure had mine. but
never no more. I'm going in for
this stamp game as strong as my
bank roll will allow, and the missus
is tickled TO death.
She told me this morning that
/ she always had a kind of feeling
that 1 would quit gambling some
day, though ] can remember the
time she used TO look over the dope
sheets with me and help me pick
the best bet for the day Well. we
get wiser as we get older, I'm figur-
ing"
You don't know how proud 1 am
of you, George" said the Manicure
Lady warmly. There won't moth
ing stand between you and bank
roll now. Goodness knows you de-
serve one if you stick to your new
scheme. Brother Wilfred is wild
about the idea of saving them
stamps, only he amt got any dough
with which TO buy none with and
father looks out of the window
when Wilfred hints around for a
little kale.
The poor boy is patriotic all
right, but he has TO take il out in
talk, mostly He has wrote several
patriotic songs which would be
grand if he could find anybody to
put music TO them, and he thinks
| some of enlisting before long when
| he sees how things shape up. but
/ outside of that he amt helping the
president 10 make the world safe
\ for democracy, not any so you could
notice it,"
/ MY cousin Jake feels fine over
/ on the other side" said the Head
Barber. I've got a letter from him
yesterday and he says he is having
the time Of his life in that big ad-
venture over there-that's what he
calls it and it sounds like he meant
| it, too"
/ "Of course, he means it, the dear
/ boy!" exclaimed the Manicure Lady.
| Honest to goodness. George, 1 just
love that kind of spunk. 1t makes
me wish 1 could be a gent for a
/ couple of years. just to get one slam
at them foes Of freedomi"
I guess Wen all get a chance TO
do enough before it's over" said the
| Head Barber. Il shaved six sail
ors and three soldiers yesterday and
wouldn't take their dough-that's
| something, anyhow"
Its a whole lot. George, coming
from YOU" said the Manicure Lady.
! If folks knew you like 1 know you,
that stunt of yours would live in
| history as example Of noble self
| sacrifice"