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v ft i. t -i' 1 .f ' i.,vv" " v' ' t v.' f Ti PVfArla! Kaftan - v t Aiw r.' on? V, i BC r - EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1917 cRAPPLti Wit and Wisdom of a Busv World ft THE TOONERVILLE TROLLEY CAPJO By FONTAINE FOX. , "' y y fl y 0HC A DAY THE. SKIPPER SToPS AT HlS Youngest daughter's house AHD amuses his uittle grandson FoR ABOUT HAUF AN HOUR. (Copyright.) Wasted Talent THE PADDED CELL J.miJu ii ti Tha Major (ti dlhtitiKuHht-d hul tone) Yen hae a nwffloent . tay dear sir, but jou're waited ab solutely wanted .in a uniier You ought to tie a.Drlll.Scrfctant' Unable to Decide ."Why didn't you cntIM? ' "X couldn't dccldo whither I want to bo a colonel or an admltal." Plain Folka ' I I I r Taller Genera) I "ad only two In my last place, an they wai i ury plain people Prospective Mistress Well, bo are we. General Yei, mum, I know, liut they wan plain In their lUIn' J HE. SAlDSOMTrtlM6-! 6.aT Help You LoSeV y VEi)T-JoHuyi ) lt!fKeL'iu Catch f 3L-T V TJ-CATCHERS H,Rfc Ghe Him Co'd Cabbage Connie was rather partial to a younft man who was unpopular with her piioiUH. After many elled hlntn, her father thought It best to speak plainly. ' Look here. Connie' I don't like that younp man. Next time he cornea you .must elf him the cold shoulder." "Oh, fathci," said Connie, raising her dainty eyebrows, "thut wouldn't ho n. bit of sood Ho'h a vegetarian." Tlie Young Lady Across the Way SCHOOL DAYS By DW1G w? a )V) Is ! iC Wt4ie4ln. IT The yount' lady across the way nays some men have the knack of speaMng without notes, but her father olwayi reads his extemporaneous speeches. Oh, Yes, You Can? The famous explorer was describing a harrowing adventure that had be fallen him. "I peered Into the Jungle," he said,, "and there before me lay a trunkless body." "Here, what are you talking about?" snarled a rival explorer. "Who ever heard of a trunklesa bodyr , ' n fWA cWSgk WHAT HOME IS TO YOU ON A COLD, DISMAL NIGHT VSfj.'r. mufafw vK Taylor tn Loi Anxles tOtL) TtaMj. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR HAT? Godwin. In Pittsburgh Dispatch. DOING HIS BIT From tho People, London, England. UP AND AT 'EM From PanMnr Show 1 0-rin "-lM. NOW HE'S CRYING FOR THE MOON mm Ytf m :?S-sarl7 Dorryman, In Waahlntton Evening1 Star. UNTIL DECEMBER 5 From D Amaterdammtr, Amsterdam, Holland. . THE WITCH AND THE NEUTRAL CHILDREN Having lured Switzerland Into her prison, the Geiman witch seeks to entice Holland by giving conl in exchange for a million loan. Oll'.l Hi :'u '"mi ,vr 4KTLm?lK -.iJA fe?;i f ..mFJ ltl j?.?Vr atf S3w',S-m -"'". . J) k":l '., ';4W.41iiMlaMHBHMalHlaHH ':M? trtvU," ". mtK ''," mr, )(, . 7 "' n!ir t ,,i h r