Evening journal., 1919-02-17
NEWS ODDITIES

NEW YORK-A League Of Joeys," or
clowns union. has been formed by
white-faced performers at the Hippo
drome. There are sixty pantomlmists
In the union.
NEW YORK-A set Of false teeth are
awaiting their owner. A local Theatre
box ofilce holds them for the man who
laughed them out at show.
NEW YORK-The process OF hiring
walchman 10 watch watchman proved
worth while 10 a local storekeeper.
police found several pairs Of silk stock
ings on the first watchman.
NEW YoRK-That girls were the
stakes In a Baltimore club gambling
game was the statement OF Pauline
Coleman. Police viii investigate the
club.
CHICAGO - Patrick Ryan, boarded,
pulled a keen one. Here's a present
FOR YOU" he said 10 fellow diners. lie
/ produced an axe and proceeded TO lay
about right merrlly. New address, Cell
3, Tier 4.
CHICAGO-"Tom, Dick, Harry and
Joe.r 10 20 "a, are ready TO quit life
OF crime. Caught attempting &c crack
a ave and ten emporium they see no
hope Of getting by with a bank.
DETROIT - Hereafter when Ely
Michael shoots crap hen take care TO
lose. lie won nifty cents from two
men and they promptly shot him for
his temerlty. He viii recover
MONROE. Mich.--An enjoyable time
VAS had by nearly everybody here To- |
iav Three cases OF whiskey fell from
, booze smuggler's truck. The whiskey |
lid not go into the sewer.
FREMONT. Ohio.-School board las
aiken hand IN readiustment prob
lens. Now that Yanks are coming
home the board has forbidden teachers
20 attend dances with high school boys
as escorts.
CARiINVILLE. m.-Clty Marshal
Dick Dunn marched into the high school
building. The pupils aiched Out !
"Cau EN- back" he cried. Quit lean /
ing on that fire alarm button them" re- /
Piled Principal Blue,
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-some thief
Broke lock off barn door of the B. & o. |
coal company. harnessed team and
drove load Of coal away. Then returned
horses and wagon.
KANSAS CITY. Kas.-Set of $500 mink
| furs slipped from Mrs James GQodelle
shoulders in the Baltimore Hotel lobby
unnOticed Her husband applied for
and received them at the desk. Furs
still missing.
BEAVER FALLS. Pa &C. NJ Frank. Of
! Woodlawn, gave a friend who wAs
threatened with "nue" a swallow from
his half pint OF life saver The po-
Ice found IL out, Frank paid a nue OF
$500 and got a temperance lecture from
the court.
PITTsFlELD. n. J. - Everybody
whooped IL when Pauline LOugee,
years old gave a birthday party. All
the guests and the hostess had whoop-
ing cough.
pITTSFIBLD. n. H.-A skunk which
.crawled through a furnace pipe and
entered the parlor OF prominent fam
ily via register. met a violet death. But
his memory fingers.
PHILADELPHIA Rosine Skebbe,
step daughter OF superintendent % Pc
lice Robinson, and her husband. were
arrested by mistake while pursuing mo-
tor bandits who robbed them OF more
han $1,000.
ALBANY. N. Y.-The 80 cent cock
all Will arrive soon, hotel keepers here
warned today. Several hotels are get
ing ready 10 raise the prices.
/. CHlCAGO.-- Piazzez, seven, to-
o2y has lost three fingers as a result
VI picking up IN object he thought was
. :. sislrstte. Frank put the supposed |
IL tx IN On stove to see what It would do. /
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Tho WNrER BOARD ROUTINE
mast 10y s consumption OF water for .bo
Ions ar amounted 10 " 90 600 -
I M o an increase OF 81. ooo ,ra,, sN-
ny ny corresponding weer sanons over
caIlops "npa9e last week was o. q, oo- re.r ess