KOOTIES
H IS OWN DEDUCTION:
The following story is fron the Seattle”!** I*”-—An ol i nnerican
negro was asked bv the proprietor of a store how he hnppene i to need
, credit when he had 3uclfa good crop of cotton*
"De ducks got 'bout all let cotton, sah, " was the reply*
o "What do you nean, the lucks got it?” he was abked.
!fou see. ” explained the old. nan, ”1 sent <iat cotton up to Hen
phis, an ley deducks dd freight and dey deducks de storage charges, an d
dey deducks de comic si on, an' isy ieducks the taxes* ^es, sail, deducks
got 'bout all dat cotton, rn let's why I* se iiere*”
SONG 0V THE SNOW SHOVELLERS
Iscue the shovels without more delay,
There is’ sciur. ^Y'ow to be shovelled away.
Some new snow shovels, OSergeant, please run
Issue the snow shovels, I want to get one.
(chorus)
Issue the shovels, issue the shovels,
New snow is falling today.
Issue the shovels, issue the shovels,
Or it will all drift away.
Issue the shovels, with hand quick and strong,
\7Iiy io you tarry? VJhy linger so long?
See 1 It is failing \ Oh, hurry up quick
And out ''rich the shovels, the snow is 30 thick* (Chorus)
Issue the shovels, to each soldier nan,
7e want to shovel the best that we can*
/inis of thewinter are piling up snow#
Issue sene shovels, then watch us all go* (Chorus)
Soon will che season of winter be o'er;
Soon will the snow cease to fall arr no re*
Haste then, dear Sergeant, no time for delay,
Issue us a shovel and that right a'/ay* (Chorus*)
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IN POPULAR PARLANCE:
Pedro: /hen I went to the theater in Seattle, they put me in the cold
est place in the house*
Mack: /here was that?
Pedro: Z row.
The New Year is with us and in the words of Shakespeare, may ’’Pair thoughts
and happy hours attend on you’* luring it* I thank you*
George T* Hasury.
A popular non~c ciar^i s si one 1 officer of Ths >3* u*'6* was seen near head
quarters at 10:00 a.n. shortly after the holidays.
'’Hello, sergeant l faere are you going? 1 he was asked,
”Goin' to work, " was the reply.