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r, . ',.- fffc I f I 1 HE ISS VR.V ACTUJE OND" y C50EATJC , ADOCPH . "35ERE ) i rtJUMPS AOAIX). Etf,- VERS ISS 4EC JfeP ' IN THE NEAR FUTURE The woman presidential candidate sf'diad just concluded the keynote L peech of her campaign. Hoarse cheers from the multitude snook the rafters of the big audi torium, and as to the poor old welkin, it could ring no more. An enthusi astic man, standing on a chair in the rear, threw away his hat and coat and slapped a glum-looking neighbor on the back. "Some speech!" he yelled. "What?" "Fair," said the glum man, "but not fthe kind that mother used to make." --Philadelphia Public Ledger. o o TIT FOR TAT Pf "There is no reason for mentioning: ur name," said the eminent player. nn are a nress asrfint. not. an ao.tnr" "Believe me," replied Mr. Boostlng- T i . 1 x l... 4 imu, a yicaa ageut. xita iu ue BUiutJ aciorriu wuviuue a. mar max. ue ue- . lieves all the things ne hammers out Xon the typewriter." Washington star. i n. y. there is a girl up in harlem that won't hardly speak to her pop. and he has always "been a pntty good pop to her, too he has been a good pop to her for about 27 or 28 years, and never no kick coming at all but you know how it is, yittles is high, and it sure does cost money to buy a girl clothes these days, even if they don't seem to take very mutch material so the old man, away down in his hart, wunst in a while, would wonder if it wouldent be kind of nice if maggie would cop out some nice steady young guy and they wpuld fix up a flat of their own and take some of- the white man's bur den off pa well, a few days ago it come to pass a young feller had been hanging around pritty regler, and taking maggie to the movies and all that, and one night maggie went in to her dad, and she says papa, mr. fish has asked me to marry him, would you like to have him come in and ask your consent. darn the consent, maggie says the old man, but if he can spring any good news like that on me, let him rush in with it, i. certenly need sumthing to cheer me up The look he got from maggie wouldent cheer up noboddy, but he is feeling fine just the same. o o NO PARTING She I'm afraid poor papa will miss me when we are married. He Why, is your father going away? New York Sun. ks4fc-, &- r