The Coconino sun., 1926-02-19

for, an disturbin' ev'ryone else that
paid their money to see the show,
she said.
eyes, ma'am," said Paul. "But that
butter-scotch had the upper set Of my
false teeth in it, an you better hist
your feet outa the way cause I'm a
goin' to look some more
Art Holt, editor, of the Culver,
Ind, Citizen, recently retired, and
this is what he writes about it:
Sometimes / am asked how like
living a retired life. ] feel like an
escaped convict I've been in Jail,
states prison, insane asylum, and fif-
ty-six years in a newspaper office.
ought to know. On the other hand
I'm still married. But of course one
can't have everything. | feel a sense
Of freedom like a hen in the neigh
bor's garden. The knowledge that L
don't have to- is as pleasant to con-
template as a row of tomatoes on the
kitchen window sill. There's only one
other man besides the editor, in the
community who is obliged to be in
terested in everybody's affairs-and
that's the preacher And sorna les
it's pretty difficult when you got
your own sore toes. | have encoun-
tered more curses than kisses Per-
haps chat is because when people are
satisfied with your work they say
nothing, when if you have given ut
terance to something which they dis
approve they bawl you out. ] never
put out an issue of the paper without
saying to myself, i wonder what I've
said, today, or this week, to make an
enemy. Even with the best inten-
tions and greatest care, mistakes will
get into the paper and when a mis-
take of judgment is made the miser-
able thing is sprawled out in black
and white for everybody to see and
talk about And people don't easily
forget or forgive a wrong If it is in.
print. So this is one thing I've chuck
ed by retiring Another thing is
that | don't have to do a certain
amount of work in a certain time, re-
gardless of wind, weather or back
ache. If don't feel in the humor for
going to this, that and the other thing
! don't have to-"
81 didn't understand your name
the fair female travelling man said to
Spence Dingle.
''Dingle," said Dingle.
"Do you spell it with a B as IN
Bill?" she asked.
mo, with D as in pickle" said
Dingle.
Hen Warnock, in Billy Switzer's,
was shown the pretty customer some
oil stoves.
II think I'd like little oven" she
said.
Hen blushed, bit his tongue, step
ped on his foot and stammered:
"Honest, lady, I'm married" ne
said
Walter Dubree writes from Phoe-
nix deploring the natural fickleness
of mankind and womankind. Walter
says he knows three different mar
ried couples there who announced
they were going to name their child
Calvin, after the president, and not
one Of them did. The first baby was
named Mary, the second Priscilla and
the last Phyllis. Walter says some
people just don't seem to be able to
keep their minds made up to any
thing.
DR.. Il. S. Flett and some Of his
chums when they were students IN
medical college scared a drunk most
to death one night. They were play
ing penny ante, the drunk sitting
near. He went to sleep. They turn
ed off the lights and resumed the.
chatter of the game, making a loud
noise to insure the drunk waking up.
When he did, and, though he couldn't
see thing, heard the boys rafting
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