mmmtfMnnini lion or so fight fans discovered the' same thing weeks ago. Jones, it is said, will manage the St Louis Cardinals if Phil Ball and Otto Stifel, backersof the St Louis Fed club, are allowed to buy the Car dinals. Jones managed the Chicago White Sox many years, won a world's series and retired a rich man to his Umber properties in the northwest PieXdex Ucxrzes Last season he was induced to return to baseball' and managed the St Louis Feds. o o ARE YOU DOING YOUR FORDING EARLY GIRLS? A new verb is coming into use. The infinitive is "to ford," present parti ciple "fording." It means to go on a trip, journey, expedition or venture with no particular object in view, or a purely imaginary object . For instance, one might be fording after the end of the rainbow, the fountain of youth or a perfect hus band. A friend of mine had agreed with his wife that there should be no Christmas presents given in, to, or by, any members of the family. Nevertheless, she said to him last Saturday night; "John, let's go down town and take a look at the Christmas things in the stores." "But I thought we weren't to do any Christmas giving this year," he remonstrated. "Oh, well, I don't want to shop," she replied, "but it won't hurt to go down and ford around awhile!" You see what I mean. C. B. D. , IF YOU AIN'T GOT?NO MONEY YOU NEEDN'T COME 'ROUND Though she trotted John into the court of domestic relations on a non support charge, Mrs. John Edmon son, colored, 3811 Rhodes av., de cided that she would be "puffickly satisfied if he just stayed away." John is a porter and makes $10 a week when he is working. He said he went on a strike and stopped handing in his pay envelope because his-wife didn't cook his grub for him. "He ain't give me a penny since befoh Thanksgivin', jedge," said Mrs. John. "And he takes my chil dren to the nickel show and then spirits them away and ah had to go ahuntin dem and stole them away from him. Dem's his children and my own children, they goes out workin' and he wants to stay home eatin the food they provides. He's got wimmen runnin after him and ah don't want him." "Are you willing to go home and live with your wife and give her your money?" asked Judge Hopkins of John. "Why, dat jest what ah-wants to do," responded John. "Ah wants to go right home with my fambly." "What money am he goin' to give?" demanded Mrs. John. "He ain't workin'. Course he wants to come home so he can live off my chil dren by my first husban'. Ah wants him to quit stealin' my children by him and stay away from mah house." "Pay $2 a week for the support of the children," ordered the judge. "She doesn't want you around." mmmmmmm