Arizona republican., 1920-10-04
Little Stories
Of The Town

The following group of short stories have been gathered from, an old scrap book by the office boy. who copied them as his contribution to this week columN of Little Stories. Ezra Ken dall's story first appeared in the Gen eral Manager. Chicago; the fable, Ne Humorist and He Tack" by Lowell O. Reese in Leslies; Bill Yves North story was printed in the Chi cago Times Herald, and George Ade's What Came Out in the Wash was published simultaneously in a number of syndicate newspapers.
 How Ezra KendalI's Face Slipped want to tell you about something that happened to me while we were going from New York to San Fran cisco. One morning I squeezed into the little room at the end of the car that they use for washing, and I found it full. I started in to wash my face. and 1 had it all soaped up nice when the train struck a curve and shot into tunnel-and my face slipped out of my hands and it slipped into the hands of the man next to me.
 And he must have lost his face at the same time. for he kept right on washing mine as though it was his own.
 I said to him: Excuse me, please, but this is my face that you are washing"
 He says: Then some one must have mine"
 The man standing next to him says: I've got it. I guess" he says. T haven't said a word yet. and the face I am washing is talking all the time. v And when I got my right face back. someone had stuck his finger in my eye.
 The man next to me says: Don't say word" he says, the face I washed bit me"
 North Carolina Was Pink
 While standing on top of Lookout mountain a few days ago I was car ried back to memories of dear old Bill Wye. for we had stood together upon the same spot some years before. and a guide then told us that we could see seven states from that point of view.
 Where's North carolina?" Wye in quired.
 The man pointed to a particular place in the purple horizon.
 What makes you think that is North Carolina" Nye asked.
 "Oh, we know by the direction and
 
 there. the man replied.
 Well. I know that is not North Carolina" Nye declared with some ve- hemence, land you would know it. too. if you would stop to think. There is a map of the United States. and you can see that North Carolina is pink I lived in that state considerably, and I've helped to paint it red. Of course, l go away sometimes, and then it fades little, leaving it pink. No. sig you can't stuff me that way. The place you are pointing at a color blind man could see is purple
 Nye said those things so seriously that the man was almost dazed. He gave Wye a puzzled look and then went on to point out other sisters in the old confederacy. Ye Humorist and Ye Tack f
 Once uponne a time there lived a longhayred Ape who was an Humorist
 Yea. for manic years he hadde beer earning hys salarie writing jokes about ye fuunie Tack. ''Itte is ye star Joke mention ys Tack & ye Public hath c fitte. When times gette dulle & have notte ye bryce of a quick lunch, sitte me down & write ye humorous Tack. & ye editor buyeth itte for Two Dollars. & ye Reading Publick tyetf itself into a knot & sheddeth teares of mirth over ye Tack. Of a truth. VI Tack is ye greatest Joke in all Gre ationl"
 Thatte nyte. as he went hykinl across ye floor with hys first-borI weeping in hys arms he trod uponn' | Tack.
 Ye which drave itself half an incl into ye Humorist's sole. soc thatte h. leaped high into ye ayre & bumped hys hedde agaynst ye ceiling. God wot Alsoe he cursed & sware ferventlie d with greate zeale.
 "Alasl" duoth he. as he sate uponn ye floor & extracted ye instrumen from hys foote. it cometh home L me thatte notte always is a Tack Joxe,"
 A Joke is Joke onlie when itte i | on ye Other Fellow.
 A Joke is butte Sorrow turne, sharp eDd firste.
 Ye Rumorist goeth on for mani days, butte ye Publick gettethA evel once in a while.
 The Fable Of What Came
 Out In the Wash
 A kind of Rough Carpenter in tn Verse Line one day held his Head wit his left Hand while with the fire I Wing he carved the following out O a solid block of the English Language using a Fountain Pen.
 It was a Sentimental Song entitle "Oh!" When he had it Done on bot sides. he read it over and admitte that it was exceedingly -tisb. seemed to him that Harry B. Shit would have to use Want Ad to re cover his Laurels and the Privat Muse of ". S. Gilbert would be awft 1, Jealous. The Little Thing that wrote right out of his Head ran a : follows:
 Ohi Gentle Maid with Eyes so blu
 Oht Chances so alluring, Oh! Constant be and ever True, When l am far away.
 Oh, Mild Coquette with Dimples rar Ohl Love will be enduring, . Oh! Say that others you'll forswear
 And name the Happy Day.
 It was such a Neat Thing to done by Hand that he took it to Friend who worked in a Music Stor and had it measured for an Air. The they had the Ditty printed in she' form with Cover in two colors. The