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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, June 20, 1912, Image 14

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fore order was restored. The hat
was then passed for ballots and
the. vote announced:
ConfueiUs Waterloo Leejpiles,
186 y Frog-eye Simmons, i86
As there Were 49 Members
present arid ho one' had received
a clear majority, the president
af ese and announced :
"De officious Vote resulticating
in tie, de chair rizzes to defclire
no 'lection. De chair will con
tiriue to be yoh eloqliehtial and
distinguicated president until de
next animal 'lection,"
t TO THE LETTER
Above the great editor's desk
appeared thfc Ihdtto: ";Be acduf
ate--a mdttb that was hammer
ed into every member qf the staff
with painful insistence.
One day Sam the latest dlib
reporter, seht in a news para
graph contaihifig the. folleWihg
mysterious statement:
"Three hundred and ninety
nine eyes were1 fixed Upon the
speaker."
The delinduelit was haled be
fore his chieft
"Yoting man,'' demanded the
editor sternly, "What is the mean
ing: of this ridiculous statement?"
The cub was hot abashed, and
answered quickly;
"5if," said he, "an old hiah iri
the audience was blihd in one
eye."
Hang comforte and carpets
across the line when washing
them. Mplsten all Very sdilfed
places and nib thein with soap,
then wash jvith hose.
TACTFUL "JIM" WATSON
"Jim" Walsoh 61 Indiana) for
mer Republican "whip" of the
natiohai hdusfi, i bit the grdufld
in nieag6, p'ryihg ki nawlc-like
b6ak iftto the RoSseVelt line and
leaving a tagged pp after every
pry. Admittedly, there Is no
t'Hif tain on the Taf t side Who tan
produce bigger re
sults at a tryihg
titfle like t h l sj
Whefi our cherish
ed ifiititutidnS are
agaiff imperiled.
Watsdn's big as
set is hgVfif iriak
i n g a mistake,
which 'characteris
tic iS" iliuffiimrd
thus by Frank
Mbtej staff corre
spondent fof the
Ihdiaiiagolis SUh.
"Another newspaper man afld
I wehfc to Watson's t dine in
Washington dfleg. As soon as
we Wef6 ih the parlor, Jim's lib
tie toy caftie hi and spbke'to U.'
Theh ht ddcked. Presently Jim
appeared, and We went td ditt
nef. 4
" 'Did you notice my boy lddk'
y6U oVer When you arrived?'
aked Jim;
" 'We did,' I replied, WWs
the ahsWer?'
"'I al.ways have, him take a
look at Indiana friends first, so
I'll kiiow whether to weaf eVeh
ing clothes dr what I've gdt OH.' "
Which is about as heat an ift-.
dex td Watson's tactfultiesl as his
j best frieftd could produce
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