The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-07-16


Tea Cup Gossip Club" He noticed
an old gentleman oil color who had
apparently purchased a watermelon on
the West side and was bringing II out
10 the South side. The old gent was
hall asleep and swayed to and fro as
the train went around curves. The
watermelon on the seat beside also
swayed to and fro and finally dropped
off onto the floor of the car Noscys
eyes almost popped out of his head
when he saw that the melon contained
a quart bottle OF real stuff. The old
man jumped as il shot, picked up thu
bottle and left the melon on the floor
oil the car as he disappeared onto the
platform Nosey has been trying ever
SINCE to locate the store that sells such
real melons
NN LAST SATURDAY night
] Noscy approached one OF those
~ men who sell hot tamale> out Of
a baby carriage and asked for one OF
the delicious articles that he was sup
posed to sell The man paid no A.
tention to Nosey but continued 10
boiler up to the third floor OF that
nearby apartment building. Nose
then looked more closely al the seller
OF the Spanish delight and discovered
that the man was one OF the leading
lights OF Chicago's society and had
adopted this disguise N order To MAKE
sure that he was admitted INTO tae
apartment building without the same
close questioning that happened to
him once before Noscy reported the
matter TO the Hot Tamale Syndicate
and he noticed that now the hot tdmaic
men are going to have a Union to
prevent scabs like this gentleman
from working Labor conquers all
things
COME PEOPLE ARE never salts
fed to leave well enough aluuc
~ Noscy was ont on the beach the
other afternoon dnd ~a, engage! IA
watching very loving couple who
were sitting on an old wooden hex
Some good Samaritan had fognd
another box much larger and went up
TO them offering 1t IN place OF the
one they were occupying. he boy
and maid accepted and sat down. The
maid jumped up with a scream and
pointed wildly and angrily al the nails
sticking up and upon which she bad
Just sat The boz rushed at the man
who brought the box, giving HIM
much the same kind oil beating Dcma=
sey gave Carpenter He protested his
innocence but to no avail. Auothrr
case OF the lady not seeing the point
Always leave we'll enough alone, e.
socially on the beach
+ VERYBODY HAS wondered
where the old gentleman with
the white whisker, aud mastache
has been going to keep such late
hours Nosey took it upon himself
to look into the matter and testified
10 a number OF the old maids IN Cos
sips Row that the olt gentleman Is
not as old as he looks lie lrequcuts
the downtown cabarets as regularly
as most people go TO church and there
fever is a time when he has not at
least two young girls hanging on his
arms as he goes from ono cabaret TO
another. Every morning he goes to
his doctor who Immediately gives hun
Prescription and he departs with
light step. What is in that prescrip-
ton Nosey was not able 10 md out
but intends to as II certainly seems to
be the nearest approach to the elixir
OF life" ever found
XyOU THINK THAT wash tubs
v the old fashioned tin kind-do
l. not move. but Noscy knows bet
ter. He was rummaging in the back
OF the house OF one OF his old friends
when he noticed large wash tub
which was turned down begin to move
across the yard Nosey knew that he
was sober SO he rushed over to the
tub and was about to lift II up when
voice from beneath cried out For
Gods sake, please don't move this tub,
| have no clothes on. Go get me
some clothes somewhere and help me
to some secluded spot" Noscy rushed
off and got some clothes-ladies'
clothes at that--and helped the moving
tub between the two buildings. ! he
voice then told Nosey to go in the
alley and look for a pocket book
Nosey, without thinking did 50. When
he returned he found that the occu-
pant of the tub had gone, leaving no
card to identity itself Nosey now has
seven such mysteries which he must
solve and so walked on asking each
passerby if he had seen a strange
feure in women's clothes pass? Be
fore long Nosey declares these mys-
teries will no longer be mysteries as
the truth will out as well as murder