The Washington times., 1925-07-18

Doc Baron had him in tow. That
something new under the sun, and
Ever hear of sugar souse
None of you birds who spent
wood before Volgtead clamped a b
attention to confectionery bun.
Stone at the present time, although
: foanning fIagon in his impeccapl
before we tell you how harmless
aid sugar intoxicants Ad lets ram
HE along and reveal the tale in our
own way. 1t. sennss that Mr.. stone
has not been In the well-known
pink for many the moon.
First, he went to Hot Springs and
had q lot of rheumatism boiled cut
of his aching limbs. But Al IS
plunger, 80 while he shook the oid
rhe1inat,z he yielded enough flesh
to bring him down TO loo pounis'
twenty pounds below normally.
He returned anon, to this city ana
Hax Hoff. Kfs manager. Then
sta rted another series ofcomplainIs.
First he went to the dentist tina
had one Of those painless experts
TOW with three molars and couple
I ~ hicusnids. The gentleman with
the names extraction ito the said
dentist) removed five Of the teeth,
and found an abscess clinging to
each fang like Ivy to the old oak.
That made Stone feI bit bet
ter, Then he found that some
thing else allied him and called
upon q physician for . little prac.
tfce on his anat6my. Said ex'
pert. charging the usual rates,
himself of his tonsils.
So on Tuesday next Mr. Stone
will meet a scaIpel. After the duey
is ended the tonsils that Turk in
Adams throat will be out. But the
bad teeth and the excess tonsils
didn't call for the manner in which
Stone was losing weight.
With his teeth extracted, his
tonsils, gone, there didn't seem
many parts in the Stone machinery
that could well be spared. He need.
| ed his hands and arms, or else he
would be out of employment. Al
| though Adam has never been a
sprinter in the ring, he couldn't
very well battle without a pair OF
legs.
- III HIS pSEp4GAALy AC SOASAlb 4SOO
Baron, that wise counsellor and
What the blazes is the matter
with ne?" queried an anxious
Ardian Constantine Stone, of the
sawbones.
Come over to the office and III
look you over,1 suggested the doc
tor. So together they trudged to
the office OF Doctor Baron with a
thump here, punch there. tap
somewhere else went over the bat
tier.
Seem to be sound all right" OBJ
iserved the physician, cant find an
lout anywhere. Now lets hear some
timing about your habits and life
Stone recited to him the simple
1life that AID leads.
'tWhat about your diet?" suggest.
led the doctor, land what do YOU
leat?''
| Stone recited the menu upon
which he bases his three per diem.
ooh yes" added AID, as an after
thought, ~ love candy. eat a
couple of pounds every day."
4 "YOu eat what-t-t?" inquired
Doctor Baron, you eat what-t-t?"
81 eat a couple of pounds of
candy every day" Stone repeated,
whats the matter with that?"
Matter with that" echoed the
physician, what are you, one of
Those boys who cut it out when Vol
1stead came into power?'
"Never took drink in my life,
Responded Stone.
well, you've missed somethin,
said Doc. but that's neither here
nor there"
1.-The trouble with you, old boy,
he continued, lis that you are con-
lfectionery drunk. You are a sugar
souse. The first thing you do is
lieut. out that candy. Don't eat a
single piece of that stuff until 1
tell you"
Mr.. Stone accepted this ulti-
matum with all the celebrity and
Ieagerness of man getting death
lsentence. Bue he manfully stuck
his hand in a coat pocket, yanked
out paper bag and threw it into
1.-The street.
THAT goes for me-" he said 70
the doctor. There's the first half
lpound on today's rations."
So, Adam proved by that little
feat that he has will of Stone,
(which is rotten pun, but tells
the truth just the same.