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The dancers began to tire of
the furious pace, and the gallons
of champagne.
They dropped out one by one,
until Johnson and Lucille Cam
eron were alone-on the floor.
Johnson' looked around at his
guests.
"One last dance, boys," he
yelled. "Ohs, you orchestra, strike
up 'Little Puff of Smoke, Goqd
PECK? AND HIS PECK OF
QUEER INVENTIONS
Milton E. Peck has qualified as
the "Prince of Nuts." Peck was;
until he became affected with in
curable "nuttitis," an obscure
Chicago inventor. With the first
attack of the malady which now
claims him body and soul, as well
"c claiming anyone else who will
listen to him, Peck started to in
vent such dinner articles as defy
logic, science and even are not
recognized as practicable by fnew
thought" specialists or free love
disciples who believe in all sort
of genius like revelations.
One of his latest inventions is
a spoen that will not remain in
the cup. When Milton was not
busy inventing wireless improve
ments in his hall bedroom, he was
a waiter in a Clark street restau
rant. One day he heard about the
nw noiseless soup' ajteonV He,
had in idea, He 'Would devote
his talents in the future to im
proving articles used by the
gentry in his restaurant
He started with a knife that
cannot enter the mouth. He fol
lowed this up with a unique ap
pearing chair,. You could sit on
the chair very comfortably, bu
try as you will, you can not twist
your limbs around the legs
There is a rumor that a big local
bank will buy a hundred of these
chairs for the use of their clerksr
One day he saw an intoxicated
man drop his napkin several
times, The result was the in
vention of a na.pkfri which you
cannot throw from the table, no
matter how many snakes may be
biting at you.
Milton was also worried about .
the frequent use of finger 'bowls
as drinking cups. Of course it
had to te remedied. In a few days
the worjd had the "new Peckian
npn-drink finger bowl."
After perfecting his latest
fbrain child," the scoop, soup
bowl, Peck will travel through
the country and introduce the
helpful devices for the improve
ment of table manners.
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FORGOT TQ STOP f
"Help! Help! Save me J Save
jne!" cried the excited passenger
as the steamer crashed at full
speed into the pier and splinters
flew in all directions. 'What has
happened?" Antkis she asked the
question she seized one of thS
crew frantically by the arm. s
The latter,, a tall, buly Irish
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mati?d frair reflectively. Then he
replied:
"Happened, ma'ajn? Happen
ed? Why, nothinM It merely
looks to -me as if the cap'n forgot
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