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.Lyceun.

For next weeks attraction at the
Lyceum Theater Manager Thomas an
nounces The Big Revue" a buriesque
extravaganza in two acts and twelve
scenes, with many amusing novelties.
interpolated.
The cast includes Harry (Hickey)
I.aVan, Claire Devine, Nellie Green
wood. Bob Nelson, William Gross,
Lofty BODIES and Helen Stuart, with
a chorus of twenty smart, vivacious
and stunningly gowned women.
The Henry +. Dixon Producing Com
pany is presenting the attraction.
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Columbia.

Enid Bennett viii be the picture
star at the Columbia the first four
days of next week in Partners
Three" as cabaret dancer who mar
ries to escape that form of life, only
to discover herself in worse straits
through a drunken and cowartlly. hus-
band. The last three days of the
week Bessie Barriscale will be pic
tured in film story of the west called
'Two-Gun Betty"
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Josef Rosenblatt Sunday.

Josef Rosenblatt, singing at the
Belasco next Sunday afternoon under
the Ona B, Talbot Fine Arts Enter
prises, is an unusual tenoE Many
critics have ascribed three distinct
voices to this man, so phenomenal Is
the range of his voice. The effect OF
his tones is magical and throughout
there is the quality that thrills.
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The New Stanton.

The New Stanton offers Sunday, Mae
Marsh. in The Bondage Of Barbara: !:
Monday, Denham Thompson's THE
Old Homestead" and Houdini, in 'rrhe
Master Mystery; Tuesday, Louise
GIaum, in THE Goddess of Lost
Lake; Wednesday, Kitty Gordon, in
Adele; Thursday, George Walsh, in
Luck and Pluck: Friday Bert Ly-
tell, in Faith" and Roscoe (Fatty)
Arbuckle, in Camping Out: Satur-
Gay, Anita Stewart, in "Virtuous
Wives"
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Apollo.

crandalrs Apollo will show Sunday
and Monday. D. W. Grifnth's 'Ro-
nance Of Happy Valley; Tuesday,
June Eividge. in "The Moral Dead
line; Wednesday, Pauline Frederick.
in The Woman on the Index; Thurs
day, Dorothy Dalton, in Hard Boil
ed'; Friday, ''The World to Live In":
Saturday, Lillian Walker, in 'rThe
Love Hunger"
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Knickerbocker.

At Crandalrs Knickerbocker. Sun
day and Monday, Norma Talmadge
VIII be pictured in The Probation
Wife; Tuesday and Wednesday. Mabel
Normand, in Mickey: Thursday and
Friday, Tom Moore in "A man and
His Money; Saturday, Lima Cavalieri
in 1.-TWO Brides"
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Circle.

The Circle ATTRACTIONS will be; Sun
day-Elsie Ferguson. in His Partisan
Wife" Monday-Wallace Reid. in '"The
Dub; also Houdini. in "rhe Master
Mystery, No. g." Tuesday-Lila Lee, in
THE Secret Garden" Wednesday-Car-
lyle Blackwell and Evelyn Greely, in
Courage for Two" Thursday-Mae
Marsh in Bondage of Barbara" Fri
day--Mitchell Lewis, in The Children
of Banishment. Saturday-John Bar
ryrnore, in "HeV Comes the Bride.
also the ArbuckIe comedy, Camping
Out"
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Palace.

At Loew's Palace Theater Sunday
and the first four days of next week
Elsie Ferguson will be featured in
The Marriage Price" story of the
battle of financial giants for the love
of beautiful woman. The last three
days of the week, beginning Thurs
day, Shirley Mason will be pictured in
THE Winning Girl"
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Ex.Emperor Charles Again III.

GENEVA, March IL (by the Associ-
ated Press) The former Austrian
emperor, Charles. is seriously i'll
again from a nervous breakdown, ac-
His wife, Zita, is employing every
m cans to leave Austria for the Ri
viera but has been unable TO obtain
French passports. She also is said to
be in bad health.
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Cosmos.

Mildred Andre and girls viii bring
to the Cosmos Theater next week
one of its dalntiest musical offerings
in the form of a quintet of pretty
and talented girls who sing well
play the violin and are graceful
dancers. 1t Is an exceptional act in
a bill that is much out of the or
dinary as a whole. Frank Bush, one
of the best story tellers in vaude-
vile, will return after several years.
with new grist of funmakers;
Charles Mcdonald and company will
present THE ExACbief of Police" 81
little comedy drama of merit: klut-
ing's animals, including dogs. cats,
doves. and all white, will entertain
the grownups as well as the children
with an act beautiful; Peterson, Ken
nedy and Murray win bring the latest
speciaities of the New York rath-
skelIers, and Mcclure and Abbott, a
new thing IN comedy acrobaiics. call
ed "Bumping the Bumps" William S.
Hart will be the pict ire star in the
matinee film, The Breed of Men" an
Aircraft picture of powerful story.
East Lynne, With Variations" will
furnish the comedy. and the Patbe
news and the Bray photographs will
complete the bill.
Sundays performances, starting at
pm, will present finc entertain
ment of selected vaudeville and fllrn
features.
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Carolina.

The Carolina will offer Sunday, Pau
line Frederick. in "Out of the Shad-
ow"; Monday. Constance Talmadge. In
Romance and Arabelia": Tuesday,
Jane Goes A-Wooing': Wednesday,
The Sign of the Cross: Thursday.
Heart of GoId": Friday. "rhe Hidden
Truth; Saturday, Mickey"
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Home.

The Home Theater will show Sunda Z
Constance Talmadge. in Romance and
Arabella,"; Monday. Vivian Martin, in
"Jane Goes A-Wooing'; Tuesday
William Farnum, in THE Sign of the
Cross'i Wednesday,, Louise Huff, in
Heart of Cold: Thursday, Anna Case
in The Hidden Truth: Friday, Mabel
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Revere.

Tho Revere will show: Sunday--D.
w. Griffith's ~The Greatest Thing in
Life" Monday-Pauline Frederick. in
out of the Shadow" Tuesday
Vivian Martin. in "Jane Goes a-W oo-
ing" Wednesday - Constance Tai
.madge, in Good Night, Paul" Thurs
day--Dustin Farnum. in"Capt. Cour-
tesy"; also The Village Chestnut"
E'riday-Montagu Love, in ''The Rough
neck" Saturday--Charlie Chaplin, in
Shoulder Arms
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Empire.

The Empire Theater will show Sun
day and Monday. Priscilla Dean. in
The Wild Cat of Paris; Tuesday,
George Walsh, in Luck aud Pluck;
Wednesday. 1.-The Regeneration
Thursday, Edith storey, in "As the Sun
Went Down; Friday, Francis Ford. IN
The Craving; Saturday. Theda Bara,
in The Light"
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Garden.

Next week at Moore's Garden two
picture dramas OF more than ordinary
interest are announced. From Sun
The Lamb and the Lion" the story
of youthful housebreaker who finally
becomes the bride of a rich and aristo-
cratic man. From Thursday until the
following Sunday, The False Faces
viii feature Henry n. Walthau.
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Avenue Grand.

Crandall's Avenue Grand will show
Sunday, kitty Gordon. in THE Tn
yelling Hand; Monday, Pauline Fred
rick. in The Woman on the Index: !:
Tuesday asd. Wednesday. D. W. Grif-
hth's Romance of Happy Valley !:
Thursday, Charles Ray. in '"I,he Girl
Dodger": Friday. Mabel Normand. in
isis Hopkins": Saturday, Alice Brady,
In THE World to Live In"
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Salome." Tuesday--Ruth Clifford. in
The Cabaret Girl" Wednesday
Tom Mix, In Hell Roarin. Reform
Thursday--Wflliam Farnum. in Les
Miserables." Friday--Mary Miles Min
ter. in The Amazing 1mpostor." Sat-
urday-Bert Lyteil. In Path
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Strand.

At Moore's Strand, from Sunday
through Wednesday, viii be shown
Where The West Begins" featuring
William Russell in story of many
thrilling qualities. The last half Of
next week Edgar Lewis production
of Love and the Law" gripping
screen story, will be shown.
Evening star., 1919-03-13

Sunday the Princess will show -Jane
Goes A-Wootng"; Monday, The Sign
of the Cross; Tuesday. Heart of
Cold: Wednesday. '"rhe Hidden
Truth; Thursday. Mickey; Friday.
Under the Top; Saturday. Douglass
Fairbanks, IN The Half Breed"
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Capt. Stone to Visit Home Here.

Frank w stone, vice president OF
the National Savings and Trust Com
pany. received this morning from his
son, Capt. F. Wayland Stone. at Pan
anna, the following message: Leave
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Crandau's.

AZ Crandalfs next weeks films in
elnde "A Gentleman of Quality" fea-
turing Earle Williams, from Sunday.
through Tuesday; ~The World to
Live In" (Alice Brady, "Wednesday
and Thursday; ~rhe Lion and the
Mouse" (Alice Joyce. Friday and
Saturday
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Savoy.

CrandalFs Savoy viii SHOW Sunday
and Monday, Romance of Happy
Valley; Tuesday. THE Girl Dodger";
Wednesday, 'The World to Live In;
Thursday. Kitty Gordon, In "The I'm
yelling Hand; Friday, Mitchell Lewis,
in 'Iife's Greatest Problem; Satur-
day, Enid Bennett, in Happy Though
Married"
Evening star., 1919-03-13

granted Arrive about 1st" Capt
Stone has been stationed at Panama
for year. He was born in Washing
ton and brings with him his wife. who
is q Washington girl, and their daugh-
ter Barbara Mr.. Stone made visit 20
the family In Panama last August
Evening star., 1919-03-13
Photoplay Features.
METROPOLITAN.

At Crandalrs Metropolitan, from
Sunday through Wednesday, The
Probation Wife" will feature Norma
Talmadge; "a Man and His Money"
starring Tom Moore, is announced for
the last half of that week.
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New Navy.

The New Navy next week win show
Sunday and Monday-Theda Bara. in
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Princess.

Normand. in Mickey: Saturday. Fred
Stone, in Under the Top
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Gayety.

William S. Campbell. producer Of
Rose sydeirs London Bellies. h
Evening star., 1919-03-13

Consisting of Buffet
with plate glass mirror,
Table and Six Upholster-
ed Seat Dining Chairs-a
wonderful sale special at
the low price of $59.75.
Evening star., 1919-03-16
From Czecho- -Slovakia.

DR. JOHN CHEKHoFF Of Rutgers
- University. one Of the two hun
dred experts chosen by President will
son to study out the new central Eu-
ropean boundaries, said at q dinner in
Raleigh:
II heard q Czecho-Slovak story on
my last visit to Prague. It's a story
about a chap named Mucha, who ar
rived in Prague penniless and hired
himself to an undertaken. The under
taker sent him Off to lay out an old
man who had died the night before.
''Mucha departed, finished his job.
and returned to the undertaking shop.
There's nothing else doing now
the undertaken said. Well go and get
a drink
80 they had drink at the corner
cafe. and then Mucha produced gold
piece.
wen have another said he.
ing, said the undertaken. Where did
you get that piece Of gold?'
"I found it, says Mucha. IN the
old miser's hand when I laid him out
oh, good gracious said the under
taker. you shouldn't have touched that.
We Czecho-Slovaks always put a gold
piece in the hand of the dead.
That's queer CUSTOM, said
Mucha. What good Is a piece Of gold
to man when he's a corpse?
ut pays his fare across the Jor-
dan.' said the undertaken.
"'Oh, well.' said Mucha, with a laugh.
'we'll let this old boy swim. What are
you drinkin boss?'"
Evening star., 1919-03-16
SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON D. c. MARCH 16 1919

golf clubs. Seems easy to swing
driver and crack out the little white
ball. Take it from me, though, it's
nothing of the kind. Why. l spent
hours and hours out on the practice
tee with grouchy Scotch profess
sional trying my best to hit it right
And l couldn't. AT the end of three
weeks ! was still a duffer. All I'd
accumulated were palm callouses and
backache. Yet l knew Just how it
should be done. l can repeat it now.
One-you take your stance Two
you start the head of the club back
in straight line with the left wrist
Three-you come up on your left toe
and bend the right knee. And so on
Yet I'd dub the ball off only few
yards.
"T&en. when that was over, I'd go
In and change for my dancing lessons
More one-two-three stuff. And say
some of these new jazz steps are
queer, aren't they? I'd about got
three or four all mixed up in my head
when I'd have to run and jump into
my riding habit and go through a diff
Evening star., 1919-03-16

too. Rut, of course, she couldn't last
out, And it's a wonder she didn't
wind up t a nerve sanitarium."
Honest" says Babe. beamin' on me
and grabbin' my hand. Isis that
all:"
"Ain't that enough?' says I.
But that's so easy fixed" says he.
why, | am bored stiff at these resort
places myself ! thought, though. that
Lucy was having the time of her
young life. What a chump / was not
to see. Say. We'll take a fresh start.
And next time. believe me. she's going
to have just what she wants. That is,
III l can persuade her to give me an
other trial"
1t seems he did, for later on he tells
me he's bought that cute little stucco
cottage over near the country club and
that him and Lucy are going to settle
down like regular people.
With nursery and all?" I asks.
There's no telliug." says Babe.
And with that we swaps grins.
Copyright, 1919. by Mcclure syndicats.)
Evening star., 1919-03-16

when 1 got to thinking of how Babe
would take 1t when he found out
Wen. 1t got on my nerves, so that I
simply made a run for home. There.
You can tell him all about 1t, and
suppose he'll never want to see or hear
of me again"
Maybe" says I. "but I have my
doubts. Anyway. it won't take long
to make test"
And when I'd left her and strolled
out to the gate where Babe is pacin'
up and down anxious. he demands at
once: We'll did YOU find out?"
''Uh-huh." says I.
"Was-was it something 1 did9' he
asks trembly. -. iaagSi%S..
Sure it WAS" says +. :sYou let her
in for an intensive training act that
would make the Paris Island marine
school grind look like a wand drill.
You should have had better sense. too.
Why, what she was trying to sop up
In six weeks most young ladies give
as many years to. Near as I can judge
she was making game. play of it.,
Evening star., 1919-03-16
Can You See It?

col ROOSEVELT hated the bol.hes
viks. and one day in New York he
said to reporter:
we've got a disreputable tramp
bolshevik in Oyster Bay. He held me
up In front OF the general store the
other evening.
The worlds all wrong. colonel he
said. IT us bolsheviks had our way.
wed make a law compelling the rich
to divide up with the poor. Then all
would be equal. Wouldn't that b4
grand"
Grand? No, you ignorant fool
said l. In ten years after that equal
start there'd be the same inequality
there Is now.'
Then said the bolshevlk cheerily
then we'd divide up again. Divide
up every ten years. It's easy as rollin'
of log. Can't ye see 1t. olonel?"
Evening star., 1919-03-16

ferent lot of rne-two--three motions.
And Just as I'd lamed myself in a lot
OF new places there would come the
swimming lesson. thought could
swim some, too ] learned one sum-
mer down at Far Rockaway. But it
seems that was old stuff They
aren't doing that now. No, it's the
double side stroke, the Australian
crawl, and lot more. One, two,
three, four. five. six. Legs straight,
chin down. and roll on the three. And
If You dream it's pleasure to have
big husk of an instructor pump your
arms back and forth for an hour. and
say sarcastic things to you when you
get mixed. with a whole gallery of
fat old women and grinning old sports
looking on--Well. I'm telling you it's
fierce. Absolutely. 1t was the swim
ming lesson that finished me. Espe-
cially the counting. Why, Lucy
Smell. you poor prune.' says l to my
self. you're not having a good time.
You're back In school, second grade,
and the Ounce of the class That's
what 1 was, too. A fiat failure. And
Evening star., 1919-03-16

}umpy and don't want to talk about
Babe at all.
"Oh. he's all right" says she. II
have nothing against him. He-he
meant we'll"
-, AS bad as that. was he?" says I.
! shall hate to tell him"
But " wasn't Babe, at ALL" she in
sists, Don't you dare say it was,
either. II must know. 1t was that
awful hotel life II just couldn't
stand it,"
"Eh?" says !. and l expect I must
nave been gawpin some. why, l un-
derstand you were at one of the SWELL
est"
I'VE We're" says she. THAT was
the trouble. And l suppose if I'd known
now l might have had a swell time.
BUT =! didn't. I'd had no practice. And
say, if you think you can learn to be a
regular winter resort person In a few
weeks Just try it once. did l went
at ~ wholesale. All of the things I'd
wanted to do and thought I could do
1 tackled. 1t looks like lot of fun to
see those girls start off with their
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Washington Boy in Gas and Flame Division

And they sent us for replacement so
many corporals and sergeants and so
forth that there never was chance
to promote any of our own boys.
out from American University and
went through from start to finish
there weren't so many who did--had
chance at promotion. l think our
officers would have liked to shove
some of us up. but they never had
that wasn't filled by the replace
ments."
The "gas men" were. to their great
disgust, at first scheduled for the
for. two days into German territory
before orders came that sent them to
the right about on the joyful march
toward the coast to take ship Tor
home. The delay at Brest seemed al
most more than they could bear. but
the trip over, ON British ship, In
care of British civilians, was fine. And
their welcome in New York! And at
Camp Mills. a fellow could actually
get water to wash in and stood some
chance Of getting cleaned up. If he
was so minded: And they were given
new uniforms for their ragged ones.
After a day or two, down to Camp
Kendrick, at Lakehurst, for mastering
out; their final review. when all their
old officers came to see them--many
of their original officers had been
brought home to train others in the
gas and flame business. and were just
about starting for France with new
gas and flame regiments, when the
armistice came-and to shake each,
him on a good fight well won. Even
Mrs. Atkinson, their colonePs wife,
who had come all the way from Cali
fornia to welcome them and wish each
one individually godspeed. came to
home again.
The wound stripe? Why. 1t was a
case OF the gasser gassed-back in
September. He says the boches didn't
get him even at that. He had been
gray dawn. and up to his waist in
water twice, and he was about as cold
and wet and miserable as he ever ex-
pected to be, when he stumbled into
a shell hole. from which the gas had
not quite all evaporated It wouldn't
been In state of physical exhaus-
tion. But as It was, he found himself
in hospital and he had to stay there
for few days before they let him
get back with the boys again. But"
per cent Of casualties in our regiment,
and most of them the real article,
you know"
Now his small nephews are trying
on his gas mask. and his shrapnel
helmet. A prodigal Uncle Sam is giv-
ing those as souvenirs to each Of the
men who wore them. and asking him
how many mon he killed. Young
Poore handles the uncouth things at
fectionately, saying. "A fellows gas
mask and his shrapnel helmet We're
his best friends out there, and, be-
lieve me, there were times when he
wished that little old tin hat was as
big as bathtub"
Evening star., 1919-03-16
Balkan WhiskerS.

DROF C1.IVE DAY of Yale, a spec
cialist on the Balkans. said In q
recent interview:
There is Balkan story in praise
of cleanliness. The scene is 4
brigands' camp.
THAT prisoner there said g
brigand. pointing his knife at
young Turkish captive, he combs htS
whiskers every morning
THE other brigands listened In
astonishment. and the captain said
"I don't see how the fellow stands
IL. Why. | only comb my whiskers
once a month. and then IL nearly
pulls my chin on
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A Junker Type.

u~THE German junkers are such a
bad lot that their very virtues
would be faults in other people"
The speaker was former Ambassador
Gerard He went on:
"The Germans remind me OF Mrs
Smiff's second husband:
"'My second amt no saint said
Mrs. Sniff but III say this for him
he's better than my frst by a long
shot. He's in Jail SO much, you see.
that practically all / earn I have for
my own use
Evening star., 1919-03-16

IF you are tired Of muddling over that
league of nations thing you might
angle worm.
That is what one woman did the
other day. She was breezing through
Dupont Circle when, seeing the poor
thing straddled across the tagging
where 1t was bound to be sQuashed,
she got out her handkerchief. lifted
1t up, laid 1t on the grass and went
her way. She made no remarks--hav-
ing no one handy but on the
principle that actions speak louder
than words she must have considered
that anything alive enough to curl
Evening star., 1919-03-16

up aimlessly into terra Gotta rings
was alive enough to want to keep on
living: We humans like to live-and
haven't we biblical word for it that
all there was to the incident, except
that
A nice boy who saw it was 80 inn
pressed by the woman's samaritanism
that he told about 1t to another wom-
an who was pegging at a desk-like
this. And when he was through it
reminded him to introduce two more
worms at what you might call an.
other angle.
Il had a bit of work done-not much
It took. but which required expert
handling; When the workman was
through he said he hardly knew what
TO charge. but told him to judge the
price according to it's worth to me.
AS said to him: Last summer when
l was fishing up In Maine. where bait
was scarce. If you had brought mo
TWO angle worms I would gladly have
pald you dollar each for them, be-
cause they were worth that much to
me at tnat particular time and place"
ana that was all there was to that.
except that
Next morning when the woman who
pegs was waiting for a car on Capitol
Hlll she almost stepped on an angle
worm tnat hadn't sense enough to
membering the Samaritan woman. she
nfted 1t from the tagging and placed
IL between he bushes that run alonR-
slde the track. And that is really all
mere ! Is to the whole thing, except
II two everyday women intent over
their own affairs will take the time
ana trouble to save a couple of fool
isn angie worms from being smashed
Hsa nssore eoaIy tney could get any fun out Of
that some higher power saves us
from danger, as we 20 bIind-baftine
our way through life? The worms
VIII never know of their rescue or be
worm? And, anyhow. it knows the force
OF good example
You might call this Much Ado
About Nothing" admitting that
Shakespeare said 1t arst.
A car on its way to the Union Sta.
tion was held up by a truck-lonr
caterpillarish thing-that stretched
from the curbing to the track. The
motorran got out, estimated the dan.
fen from Q, IL. scratching Saa the green paint
to yell oSe vaf to and abs returned to hi. post
their truck out Of the way. The "hse. drtsl
erS did nothing but look helpless he
Wig waS1erment-and neand did it exceedingly
trains said things. Other cars wh,u.
zee zea up and stopped in the rear. And
tne minutes passed. Then the motor
man. reinforced by conductor. % cot
pescSaS eae aad o1a, unscsswed r the fender which
car. When the fender was OF r. the the
shoe, moe1rman n;. made another estimate and
snook his head. Then the two screw.
ea @ the FENDER back on again.
The passengers made more re-
mar marks and more cars tailed up be,
nnd. AMI the minutes keep on nasstno
Then in the middle Of everytbins %
somebody, laughed and the rest ~
the crowd decided to follow suit and
SoI know what laughter viii do 90"
me good humor put a bright ides
under the motorman's cap and onca
more. aided by his conductor. he GOT
ed' ed iis ana rssr %ent oyer to the truck. turn-
can kiss your hand, and-the incidenf
was over Unless you could get at the
missing trains. s
MAMIE LANCASTER.