Evening star., 1926-04-04

A POTTY man had bought Star
from a boy. AS he was pocketing
the change a dime fell to the tagging
and the boy swooped for it. But
the man covered the money with his
foot.
Hold on. son. I don't like your
precipitancy. Take off your hat, sir,
and let me see the shape of your
head"
The boy grinned and whipped off
his cap.
We'll. sir nature has done good
part by YOU, as far as your cranlum
goes. and | like that blue spark IN
your eyes. but 1 have my suspicious
Of your fingers: they are too ready
on the grab. Now, young man, /
am going to make a practical demon
Stration. couldn't stoop down to
nick up a fortune. so I'll Just move
my foot off this dime and watch re-
suits. If you live up To your head
YOU will hand it over like gentle
man If YOU hike off with it YOU
will probably call it taking advan-
tage of the market. aud one day YOU
will grow into a president OF cor
poration tn 1t has no soul. Now then,
sir: one for the money. two Tor
the show. three TO make ready ana
four To ,
He moved his foot: the boy dived
for the coin and ran of as last as
his feet could take him.
You blanked little sCalawag. You
blinketv- blank little rascal. YOU
God bless YOU. kid, take off my hat
To YOU. sir--keep it son-won't eh :
Well. | honor YOU all the more for
it--mighty fine boy, sir.
For the. newsboy, with a widening
of a grin into rich. unstudled laugh :
ter that showed a mouth over fun
of big, white, 'tush teeth, was
back from his run and handing the
potty man his dime. q
In his diagnosing of head and
hands the man had forgotten to
reckon with the impishness of run
loving street tacker
* * x
A MAN kept his grip on an un
"A lighted cigar. Ills obvious wife
was chewing gum. Between them, they
handled plea sa ntries-like thls'
"you might have the common decen-
cv TO take that thing out of your
mouth while you are in the car, any
how,
What about resting up the gum
Gum is healthy, while tobacco Is
n vile weed that ruins YOU, body and
soul. eS, anu Nod liNii ''lO
money on tobacco than YOU do Tor
bread for your wives ana chlidren'
Have YOU had any difficulty, 50 far,
ahout bread for you and the kids!
"Shut M. while I'm talking! | for
pet the exact figures but Mrs. George
Blank said at the club last nlgh'
that
"My memory is better. This eoun-
fry spent over thirty millions on chew
ing gum last year-not that I'm KICK
ing gum, understa0d----
Don't believe a word OF 1t, but,
ANYHOW, it makes 40 difference Every
man who sells or uses tobacco IN any
shape or form will have TO suffer Tor
it when the time comes to be Judged
And, as to the vile creatures who raise
the stuff
Without knowing it, the lady had
dealt q back blow to passenger just
behind, who had been listening in.
And. as it is adage-doctrine that list
eners never hear any good of them
selves, she would have had no excuse
whatever, for landing another sort of
blow on the speakers fair back
husba md had already set her up for
Spring in a gray coat with collar
of silvery fur. Besides, the liStener-in
wasn't of a military turn. And be-
sides again, she had heard other
bigoted ladies assume the same re-
sponsiblity for heavenly judgments,
so she lost interest in the little dia-
logue for the reason that the scrap
pers vanished-in a way that all of
us dreamers know about and there
she was, back to childhood land: -