The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-04-03
WRITTEN ON THE CUFF.

Were you awakened by the terrific
thunderstorm on last Wednesday
night? The boys from "down home
say that winter is broken and that
the snakes are awakened by the first
thunderstorm. Steam heat must have
the same effect here. They have been
awake here all winter.
Some daily prints are all worked
up over the fact that butterflies are
found in Winsted, Conn. Spring is
here and all that stuff. We saw sew
en- in Dreamland last Thursday night.
A WARNING TO HUSBANDS! A
very healthy gentleman and his wife
stopping at the Morrison Hotel rang
for bell boy, wishing to have his
suit pressed" He thought that he
heard a knock at the door. Putting
his suit on his arm, he opened the
door. A nosey night detective, stand
ing in the dark, seeing man with
his suit ION his arm" drew his own
conclusions. The gentleman, closing
the door, remarked to his wife, "a
false alarm, dear" The brainless de-
tective with his ear GLUED" to the
key hole, hears false alarm, dear"
He knows that he has clean case,
knocks on the door, and demands
that the couple leave the hotel, which
they willingly do. A jury awarded
them $4,000 verdict as salve
Harry Mohr awarded the brainless
detective with perfectly good dis
charge.
This department, in an article last
week. explained to the gaping public
why Buck Weaver kicked up. We
further said that when he had talk
with Comiskey, he would reioin the
team. Well, he saw Comiskey and
he is on his way back to work again.
One more prediction If Risberg
is satified and consents to play when
he joins the team. with the young
pitchers that "Kid Gleason has pick
ed IN, the team that beats this agre-
. ACCOMPLISHMENTS f,snasssts f-ysss
ball fans wish to discuss the things
that happen in baseball intelligently,
read THE WHIP.
Georges Carpenter, the French
champion, who is here at a $1,000 a
day for so days, and 100000 con-
tract from the movies. 1t took 35
trunks to pack his wardrobe and he
is still buying here. Now Jack"
behave.
! know some prize fighters who
could pack their wardrobe in a cigar
box and would still have room for
plenty of cigars.
The odd prescription" is getting
wonderful conversation to get the
ear of the doctor to-day. Tough
times!
This is Sunday. While we are
writing this, bands are playing. The
public is wearing smile of pleasure
and if the doctor would only listen,
life would, indeed, be a pleasure.
Oh, doctor, have heart.
Ping Bodie, who played here with
the White Sox, asked Miller higgins
10 be allowed to 60 over to New York,
Higgins refused. Ping Bodie eatehes
himself rain and goes ON to New
York. Higgins is one manager who
manages He told Ping Bodie he was
not feeding out of the Yankee Trough
rny more. Ping has a swell opinion
of his Ball Playing ability, which is "a
little better than the man who signs
the check.
The Cubs found more rain in the sun
kissed hills of California than any
other Ball Club in training.
The magnates must need the Money.
Can you remember when you used
to go" to the grocery store for a gal
lon of coo oil and the grocer would
put potato on the end of the spout
to keep the oil from spilling out?
Do you remember when you fused
to go" to the butcher shop and ask
for nice sirloin steak for about
thirty-fve cents and you told the
butcher not to cut it too thick
please?
Lee McGee, did not belch up his
promised bit of information on the
crookedness of our best-thought-of
FASTENERS.