The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19

the ground with great speed, but usual
ly crawls along-like a toad, when sd-
vancing upon its prey or when over
come with fear, Jerboas are found IN
Africa and in Southwest Asia. Their
diet is, strictly speaking, vegetarian
but some species will eat eggs and
even birds; while one, the Afghan
species, has mastered the secret OF al
most complete abstenation from wa
ter, when in a state Of freedom, though
accepting liquid when captive.
The following is not clipped from
Leslie's Weekly:
The "Jepoba, begoba"
Comes not from Neshoba.
Or any close place around here 81
Where they like to drink ''red eye
Get wild as ''Dick Dead Eye"
On likker, wild white line or beer.
The poor little ''roderent'
Wen bets not deororant
If he uses not water inside
But when he Is caught up,
His spirit all wrought up.
IT'S then he becomes all pie eyed.
IT'S strange, our opinion
This Afghanistan minion
Drinks only when captive you see
For we, when at freedom
R~ambunctious jam'reedom
Drink whisky and holler with glee
But when we are captured
We're not a bit raptured
But tame 'Gawd," how tame we must
be. N. G.
Think Mr.. Petty, the Associated
Press operator, is just grand" said a
pretty young Miss, who works in h
Scimitar office building. Now the
question is how can a petty thing be
grand"
Again she piped how can such a
smooth young man as that other opera
tor be named "WOOll6y." FTP
Vincent Carline, treasurer of the New
Lyric theater, says he used to work at
the Bijou, which used to be a car barn,
line name.
Frank Gray never will get blue as
long as attractions bring money to the
New Lyric like the Eltinge show did.
AL Wilson, dramatic editor Of the
morning sheet. has quit singing tenor
because he thinks he Is a better actor
than that other actor that used to be
a German singer until the war and then
shifted to Banshee ballads.
Ben Stainback, manager Of Loew's
| Lyceum theater, looks like Gen. Grant,
but we opine he would hesitate before
giving a general grant to free seats
in his theater.
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Bob Tally, as press agent, would, hate
to see a bob tally Of the box office re-
ceipts.
Wonder why Angus Neimeyer wears
mourning on his coat? Gould 1t be
Gently reported consuming Of $3s, 900
worth Of liquor by fire?
We don't believe anything like that
ever happened in Riverside park.
Seven prunes for a dime Is the price
now. The price of homemade whisky
is expected to rise in consequence.
Now that the homemade product Is
SO plentiful bootleggers are expected
to provide individual g~raveyards.
NOT IF THIS HAPPENS.
Cold tea at 500 a case was what one
bo%otlegger sold to another the other
day after a trial package of real acid
had been tested by the wary logger.
INsTALLMENTs.
BY Christmas the bootleggers trust
is expected to sell half pints on terms
Of Isl down and one buck a week,
title in said bottles to rest In logger
until whole amount paid
Goodbye, days of torrid summer,
When your brow was ever damp,
And your clothes stuck to your body
Like a clinging postage stamp.
We note where a ''nonsinkable'
:. steamer was launched recently at New
Orleans. While not deigning to take
issue on the question, we wager the
vessel Is well supplied with life belts.
Even II there were no calendars the
dilapidated appearance Of straw head
pieces would indicate summer mus
surely be at an end.
Married life may be all right,
But others term II freaky;
And seek to find in risky realms
A wicked, little Bolsheviki.
A close audit of expenditures at soda
fountains, movie shows and filling sta
tions mot r~estaurants) might lead ia
a partial solution Of the H. c. L. prob
lem.