The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-07

~ HAVE BEEN KNOWING hin
since way back y0nder when you
and I twere young Maggie. He wns
even then known as Cungerl Man
and he called hiEnSa2 the Great
Caliph. On his handOilt aibilla he
wore a big bath towel tiarban and
made high claims about ,h0wg ne
could put spells ON your enemies,
make your frail or your old man
stop two-timing and mostly Of all
he could tell you how you could
get back any lost or stolen prop
erty.
Upon this alleged talent Of being
able to tell folks how to get back
stolen property hangs this little
tale Of how the Great Caliph
turned to be known as the Great
Wonderer.
ONE NIGHT In the long ere
ago. Nine. Hyacinth Van Snoot,
well known social leader, called
in her social secretary and order
ed: eff, am going TO- throw the
most righteous strut thatdwasaever
throwed in all Coal Grive. Get
out my super exclusive mailing
list and send out some invites to
strictly the uppercrtlst." 3.l4-e.
The, great mite arrived and all
the grade-A folks rushed up to
the Van Snoot mansion like
politicians unemployed kin folks.
Cab Armstrong and his Fourteen
Furious Filharmoniacs furnished
the alleged Emusic. Gutfoot was
there in rare form. Grandma and
Grandpa Graytop, late It'll the De-
cember of lifeise span, snever-the-
less were there doing the old Vir-
ginia reel and Growing out a lotta
the young cats Jelly Belly n d
sister Muchrumble were as usual
there with their two tons Of blub-
Der a sweating. and swearing
cause they couldn't dance. close
an together like the skinny
couples. A
SOME REcALCITRANT dump
ed a quart of Joe Louis power
house in the punch bowl and soon
everybody got higher than the
Empire State building. Indeed"
Sister SatchelmQuthb Sadie Simp-
son screeched, "thfs joint is really
jumpin!"
The last soft strains of Home
Sweet Home has faded into the
eand OF lost chords andsNthe last
goodbye had been good Dyed
and the last au revoir. had been
au revoired.
MORNING CAME and so did
little Fiji back to work at the Van
de Snoot household. One look at
the house and she wondered what
manner of cyclone had spent the
night with the Van de Shoots.
Another look around and she
could see there had been some
first class larcency taking. place
when all the first class guests
were there. When they had went
ead most of the Van Shoots silver
ware had also vented. Little FIN
skipped upstairs and eased' the
grief to her mistress. She scream
ed: MADAME, Madame tiie
house has been robbed"
THE MAMMOTH Madame
tainted loud enuff to wake up
thousand Stepin Fetchits. Some
body brought in slug OF Joe
louis powerhouse to revive. ner
and it fell down her throat like a
dew drop into the Grand canyon
When she came out of the Swoon'
she moaned: Hurry, go get the
Cunger Man, the Great Caliph"
Presently the Great Caliph hove
into the great Van de Snoot man
sion and in no time he was In a
soulful trance doing his most
heavy taking and calling upon the
spirits to tell him who took away
che madam's silverware. AL the
house was tense, old man Van dc
Snoot was in a blue sweat ana
little Fiji was as fluttery as a bag
OF feathers in whirlwind. Then
of a sudden while the Great
Calipti was SummoniAg to spirits
to tell him who stole the madamas
~yxx.&R tho fw0nt dnnr, flnW omen