New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
The Bus Takers

The Bus Takers
Wasn't yesterday some day."
yeah"
"And en- y'ema-a-a-gine, I was Just
layin' around ali day."
"Yeah?"
yeah I was thinkin' Anna might
of came over and bring the baby"
"Yeah 2"
"Yeah. She Was over last week. ]
was expectin' she'd pass some remark
about me TO Henry, sayin' was fresh,
or 500
"Yeah 2"
"Yeah. Henry wouldn't stand for no
remarks aboutsme. He knows I'm fresh,
but he knows I don't make any cracks
without KNOWN what I'm talkin'
about
yeah"
"And why would I want to make bad
friends with the family?"
| "Yeah." A. r. G..
Rosa Semb]e, the young woman re-
called by E. f., had chum, take it
from II. r. H., who remembers when
thyy banners made Dear Annie
tremble.
Perhaps" shyly suggests A. A. K.
barking back to the songs of child
hood, ut had its night cap on, its
night cap on, because every little wave
was permanent one"
Affection Is an impermanent thing,
as somebody was telling US only the
other day. For years our favorite lyric
lines had BEEN
Come boc1 soith mo ,ohen / go, Madge,
The change will do you good
from "Just Tell Them That You Saw
Me-" and
And 0hen pretty t0aitress brought
them tray Of food,
They spoke to her ifasuitingly, in man.
ner rather rude
from "My Mother Was a Lady" But
yesterday there came to mind the be-
ginning Of "Please, Mr.. Conductor.
Don't Put Me OFF the Train" and it has
dislodged everything else from our af-
fectionate esteem:
A lightning cypress from depot 40
grand had Just started on its woy;
Most Of the passengers who were on
board seemed to be happy and gav.
II dinnaw as I ever tarked on mar
rige BEFORE" remarked Mrs. Hogan as
she laid down the evening paper of the
night before, though tn good Laird
knows that I've thart enough about it
me bein' marrid wumman,"
"I've heard ye say that marrige
needed no difnse," said Mrs. Cassidy,
Charles Johnson Post in Good House
keeping for May.
If that doesn't make Mr.. F. P. Dunno
go back to writing, any prodding of
ours must be Intellectual.
If Mr.. Post will conduct US to an
Irishwoman who says 'tarked" or
"thart" we'll give him copy of Mr..
Dooley in the Hearts of His Country
men, 1899, Third Edition.
Five normal, healthy children born
to the same mother in less than twelve
months is Hubbard Lakes challenge
tc "Old Mother Hubbard" of nursery
fame.-The Tribune.
You know the rhyme:
Old Mother Hubbard sat on a tuffet,
Eating Christmas pie;
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
And so the poor dog got none.
"He seems to take his position like
he was bred and trained for it." Presi-
dent Harding writes, in letter of APP
probation of Laddie Boy. What saws
Mr.. Rupert Hughes, defender Of the
Harding style, now?
The ocean heeds the apostrophe of
w. S. Gilbert:
Never You mind--roll on!"
The American.
ON what poem of Gilbert's does
that line occur?
Alto the Terrestrial Globe"
(Menlo Park, N. j., papers please copy.)
Crowded though the professions be,
there are gainful vocations yet dis
coyerable. Mr.. George S. Kaufman, he
confides to Prof. Broun, is about TO
open a speciality shop. The sign will
read "Serpents' Teeth Sharpened." And
Prof. Broun is taking desk room in the
shop, his trade being the cleaning of
hounds teeth. ----
Across the street will be the empori-
UNI of Mr.. Marc Connolly, advertising
"Parsnips Buttcred"
Perhaps we shall run matrimonial
agency, though all we have thus far 10
the slogan "Locksmiths Laughed Att
Or moving van with white Mans
Burdens Taken Up" Or an orchestra
with Savage Breasts Soothed."
Or hanuty shan Nth aToa Ton