Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-11
BONNIE BURR
FOOLS CROWD
4 7 N OORE'
8 1 kE SHOP
Passes Through Lane of
People Four Times, Once
Without M a k eup-Wiii
Show Art of Camouhage,

i had the greatest time yesterd "
I IN mont OF Moo e : akery when the
crowd OF people were there 10 cap
ture me. 1T was really lots of fun
/ fer me 1or the reason tEat you peo-
pie just wait to see me but tail TO
say the words to me-
Listen, dear friends; yCu must ask
everybody, for you don't know how
/ viii be dressed. The first time
through the crowd yesterday | was
dressed as Il schoolgirl ana walked
through the crowd with two ether
girls about my height. DO l know
those girls? Ne, / do rot.
But | waited on the corner until
saw them coming and when they
got up to me | just turned and walked
throu, III with them the last time
came through was Iust about - min
utes of four and | was dressed like
myself just to see il ycu we're wide
awake, and found out TO my surprise
that you were sound asleep.
! / know that some OF you knew me,
from the way You looked at me, but
| was gone before you could get to
me NCu know that YOU mus act
quick, fer Will not wait for you to
make up your minds. il it takes too
long. Mr. Wright, MY manager, said
that a great many of you saw ne,
hut my walking through with no
makeup on must have taken your
! bl cath away.
! | was quite amused at 4 couple Of
i ladies who were standing at the cor
ner OF Varney's window. | was just
inside of Varney's store, after just
going by the bakery, and overheard
i the conversation. One WAS saying to
! the other that she bet tnat she
could find me, but it might be in
ny room" JUS goes to snow that
some people think that no one ever
plays on the square any more, and
felt like going up to those women and
giving them a piece of my mind, fol
when people dl not knew what they
are talking about they ought to keep
still.
From the way you people try to
catch me, baby could do as | do.
. | was approached three times ycstcr-
day. but every time they had the
words wrong. If you cannot remem-
ber the words, just read them from
the paper, for | will make it just
as easy for you as / can. Owing
to the Iact that Mr.. Wright, my man
ager, has been very i'll for the last
few days, it has made the work much
+ harder for ne, for he is cuch a help
to me in my work.
Today | will appear at Greenleaf
& Clements Drug Store and tomorrow
/ will appear, in the morning be-
tween the houfs of 10 and II at See
Jay Lewis Used Car DeDaNment,
450 Main street, and tomorrow night
at the McLane Slaughter Company
meat market, and | will appear in
/ the store between the hours of 7 and
is o'clock.
And they say that | might as well
bring the hundred dollars along with
me, for they will win It. Tonight
will appear at TIE Tulane theatre on
the stage in makeup, giving all Of
J. you chance to see how | really
fool all of you.
| thank you. BONNIE BURR.
These are the rules IN catching
me:
You must have three months
paid IN subscription YOUR hand TO
The Imperial Valley Press and the
latest copy of the paper in your hand,
and the words that are to be said
are:
pardon me, but YOU are the Mys-
terious Bonnie Burr Of The Imper-
ial alley Press, tie leading daily
newspaper in the Valley -
Remember, you can get the paper
or subscription from Jack Louis, the
human foghorn.