The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
Facts Fiction Fashions and Features Of Interest to Women
Babes in the Jungle 0. HEsRy
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gan; -sinch I've had the gout 30
bad I sometimes play q social
game Of cards at my house,
Neither OF you ever knew One
eyed Peters. did you, while you
was around Little Rock7 He
lived In Seattle. N. Mex"
Before we could answer. Mr..
Morgan hammers on the floor with
his cane and begins to walk up
and down swearing in a loud tone
of voice.)
They have been pounding your
stocks today on the street. Pier
points" asks Klein. smiling.
Stocksi Nor roars Mr.. Nor
gan Its that picture I sent>an
agent TO Europe TO buy. I Just
thought about n. He .cabled me
today that II amt to be found In
all Italy. I'd pay $4,000 tomor-
row for that picture-yes, SIS, 900.
give the agent Ia carte In pur-
chasing It I cannot understand
why the art galleries Will allow
a De vinchy to-
why. Mr.. Morgan says Klein;
3 ~@-SeeAS yOa OWhCo all VI hAAo
De Vinchy paintings"
what is the picture like, Mr..
Morgan7" asks Silver. TT must
be as big as the side Of the Flat
iron Building"
Tn afraid your art education
Is on the bum, Mr.. Silver" says
Morgan The picture Is twenty-S
seven inches by forty-two; and It
is called Loves Idle Hour 1t
represents q number Of cloak
models doing the two-step on the
bank Of purple river. The cable
gram said IL might have been
brought to this country. Ny col
lection will never be complete
without that picture. Well, so
long, gents; US financiers must
keep early hours"
You see that bundle Of printed
stun In the corner, Billy? That's
gold mining stock. / started ont
one day to sell that, but I Quit II
In two hours Why? Got arrested
Tor blocking the street. People
Fought to buy IL. I sold the DO
hceman block of IL on the way
to the station-house, and then I
took Ii on the market I don't
want people to give me their
money Iwant some little consid-
erauon connected with the trans
action to keep my pride from be-
ing hurt I want 'em to guess the
missing letter in Chic-go, or draw
to pair of mines before they pay
me a cent of money.
Now there's another little
scheme that worked so easy had
to quit it. You see that bottle of
blue ink on the table? I tattooed
an anchor on the back part of my
hand and went to a bank and told
EN- was Admiral Dewey's
nephew. They offered to cash my
draft on him for a thousand, but
didn't know my uncle's first
name. 1t shows, though, what an
easY town 1t is. AS for burglars,
they won't go in a house now un-
!ess there's a hot supper ready and
few college students to. wait on
'em. They're slugging citizens all
over the upper part of the city.
and. I guess. taking the town
from end to end. it's a plain case
Of assault and Battery"
Monty" says /. when Silver had
Stacked up. you may have Man
haitian correctly Disseminated in
your perorative, but / doubt II.
I've only been in town two hours,
but II don't dawn upon me that it's
ours with a cherry in 1t. There
e amt enough rus in urbe about 1t
to suit me. I'D be a good deal
much better, satisfied il the citiI
Zens had a straw or more in their
hair, and run more to velveteen
vests and buckeye watch charms.
They don't look easy to me-"
You've got 1t, Billy" says Sill
yer. "All emigrants have it. New
York's bigger than Little Rock or
Europe. and it frightens foreign
er- You'll be all right. 1 tell
you feel like slapping the people
here because they don't send me
all their money in laundry bas-
kets, with germicide sprinkled
over It I hate to go down the
street to get 1t. Who wears the
diamonds in this town? Why,
Winnie, the wiretapper's wife. and
Bella. the buncosteerer's bride.
New Yorkers can be worked easier
than a blue rose on a tidy. The
only thing that bothers me Is I
know I'll break the cigars in my
vest pocket when I get my clothes
all full of twenties."
7 hope you are right, Monty"