The daily worker., 1926-12-18

from Nero to Saint Patrick.
Curse prohibition" the devil muttered, ''but
thanks to good police captain slake my thirst
sitter fashion" ~
The jewellers did not have care in the world.
Il wonder how the devil they getting along
In heaven" remarked Pope Plus II to Queen Eliza
beth who reclining on a pile OF cinders in
0er near the fire.
Heaven! He'll" retorted the queen angriy,
~brng me on another centurion. Your modern effem-
macy gives PAIN Me for the old days when
. had toabe a man or he lost his head"
"He lost it anyhow" sneered Sir Walter Raleigh
emerging from the pantry with highball his
palm. Sir Walter made circle around his neck
with the idle hand. There red scar. ha
Had loved my queen with half the vigor had
put into my potatoes might have died Of old age"
he sneered. Fss 6,e ta.Is sAW a.
Elizabeth was in a philosophical mood. 80
Queens areain hard luck nowadays" she replied.
I'm my day queen could do as she pleased. but
Row queen might get fined for cutting OF head,
crowded she does not do It with gun"
"You thinking about Chicago" laughed the
Devil, who was busy attending to the guests.
At the mention of Chicago all got the
1cb. s
Napoleon took his hand out of his underwear and
Hannibal from underneath Cleopatra's armps. Car
Nicholas the. Last, of Russia for a moment stopped
kicking an image that looked like Rasputin. The
Devil informed your reporter that this was Nicholas
favorite pastime. I'm fact" said the Devil unless
smother hotel"
whats the iatest?" asked Machiaveln who just
walked into the drawing room In with
Woodrow Wilson who stil wore crutch. Wilson
appeared to be quite a favorite In he'll tho the wo-
men did not admire his furniture.
They tell me that the war is over" replied the
Duke of Wellington I'm fact am inclined to be-
neve the rumor since had very few arrivals here
recently think It's about time to start another
war"
Thafu
Nobel of Sweden the famous high explosive expert"
You always gloekjng for trouble"
Listen to this hypocrite," laughed Captain Kidd.
Here Is as brazen pirate scuttled a ship
or went thru crews jeans"
Just then there was a terrible noise AZ the door
= as II thousand fists were beating on a drum
What the devil Is that?" said Satan angrily
Looks like we are going to have some dodgers Co."
he ordered, nodding to Warren G. Harding "go and
see who the hell is there and If he Ia not Mason
don't let him in"
Harding took out his gun and looked to see If It
was loaded He moved to the door and opened It
cautiously, like man expecting the arrival Of q
CRATER but fearing bill collector. Harding was
shoot first and inquire afterwards" man Holy
Chief" he twittered as Senator Mckinley from mi
nois staggered into the room.
The party was disrupted right away. The guests
we're anxious to know what was going on Was
0e world the same as 1t used to be or was it
shanging? Would there be another war? Who
Here was the man who could tell
The newcomer was taken in hand carefully
Give him the warmest spot ON our best gridiron"
ordered Satan woodrow Wilson jumped to carry
ont the Instructions Such was his aacrity that he
eorgot his crutch
i like to do a member of the G. o. P. favor"
he muttered with an unhoy CLINT In his eye Il can
neVer forget how nice they were to me about the
league of nations"
The guests did not lombard the senator with
questions until he was nicely toasted and acclimated
Then Volley Of questions hurled at him. The
senator refused to talk about anything except the
weather on the ground that he would have TO con-
suit an attorney since anything he might say would
probably be used against him politically or in court
But he was willing to speak generally on the de-
telopment of social consciousness from the days Of
Nero until now.
Speech Speech" hoered the guests Queen
Elizabeth by this time had her sixteenth hghbaiI
ana she eyed the senator amorousy. Mckinley
feared that all his contributions to the Methodist
church had for naught as his eyes fondled the