The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-30

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8A scd,er boys have had
A their heroic moments.
and bravery IL 50 giors-
ously common these days
- 4 d not news. but we saw n
= 4 cool nerve yesterday that we
uu< 70 give tribute TO.
\ vzs ia q show house, and n
ur&enne was In the midst OF a
- q iess funny story.
II .h<n. In the middle OF the
~. up near the front. a fat
rz<sman inopportunely threw n
nvx no meek. quiet and apollo
~ 1t. II was a loud and con.
nIsye fit. an eye-roliing. limb
osrAins. head-wobbling fit. and
! ndsded the laps OF several
nuhbaring good folks who really
= ~ little III expcrinecc.
~ getting out Of range. those
nG just gained; the contasion
1milement spread. folks began
- up IN their seats. In a mo-
= & two some dear lady was
~ shrek. and then 1t would
Uhen all off
i Of the audience. however.
II zee the fit. 20 they looked
= comedienne. and there she
calmly Watching the fit.
perfect possession Of her
~ sort Of RELAXED. seemingly
- ready to spring to the point
= story.
- half a minute she held them.
= some efficient folks laid
- on the gurgiing fat man and
= him out. the audience Just
~ Its breath and started to rise
md get a good view. and the
- person calmly remarked:
E Hssp your seats: just a little ac-
1T is's now over. As I was
~ about the two Irishmen"-
= n half a minute more every
~ present had forgotten all
eput the fit.
Probably Il had been several
~ since she had been blessed
vln : 1T. anyhow. a real. gush.
= ft II you gather what we
nsn. Aid right at her feet. but IL
= hatted one Of those penciled
ssxovs a culver. we missed II.
IN ERE is story told by a
It'll civilian ernploye on one
Of the transports that
handed American troops
to yladivostok.
= & one Of those stories that
, NJ make Uncle Sam any more
psnr with soldiers and gobs. but
. ne sort Of yarn a lot OF re.
1nins sailors and buck privatcs
- tslling.
ms private was on sentry duty
= u the Arctic SHOWS. When the
sasd vas changed he didn't ap-
- and search discovered him
7'as 10 the snow.
ne vas well frozen, so frozen
- ansrene set In and both his
naa to be amputated near the
happened that this luckless
g 800 mao IN a hip pocket a small
~ q whisky. II was not charged
- ne was drunk; he merely had
- On his flank for emergencies.
1 oseause Of that small flask
lseeives no Insurance from the
s1anent; he can take his two
stumps and hustle.
{ .he accident insurance OF ev.
q Z. satsle man was rendered nun
=. ~ 'o'd because he took a flask
~, ~ MN on a fishing trip. there
80 not be much insurance writ.
= u Seattle.
: nc Sam should, in our opin.
ss'se s'se The lads who faced the
"a ~ Russian winter the best OF
"s'hsr than the worst.
IL AATrLE Is a busy and
mi prosperous city
But lot OF these busy
houses must be doing
r. business on a shoeu,ring
is,,.' - le''ows took more than two
bs - = one night this week soot
\. a.nss for $50 bank note
pyrs.' sso wanted TO split their re.
y" ss and divide their weal,b o,,,
IA : 'ne sso bill. neither Of them
I'd .snt. and up and down sec.
~y paraded io"''h Sves'
,.''..I y hotels. and pool halls ana
nd an's' ,s.''s' and candy Kitchens
a. A. s' !, ,,s'ands-oh. they tried EN-
Ter. ~ ~ = everybody told tho ,r,,,h
N,ss sAsnt $50 in the entire to.,n
Money mos, NOSE who did have tbe
et ., .'"usht II was some new
~.ans.s con cor game, but in many
u ''ere wasn't $50 in me
ssiie y, ~ a 'wo. who had planned on
l~et T. - extensive EXTENSIVE evening, walked
lalaa N'r room. their fortune
I ~, Iae' mould not occur again. ,so