A MUNICIPAL authority is considering abolishing street lamp-posts.
Staggering news, indeed, fgr those late-night gentlemen who cling to old @eas.
8 So There!
A CONVERSATIONALLY-inclined cab driver was telling Stephanie Diamond, the actress, about some trouble he had had the other night out in Squirrel Hill. Seems he had taken home a drunk and the fellow refused to pay his fare. After arguing with him a reasonable length of time, the driver finally socked him on the nose.
"All right—I'll pay," the drunk weakened. "But I won't give you any tip because you-made my nose bleed." oe He Didn't Belong to Her A woman sitting in a tram next to a little boy was asked for her fare by the conductor.
"and ow about the little boy?" asked the conductor "You'll need a ticket for him."
"No, I won't."
"You will Ow old is "Dunne."
"Well, I do. "Es six if 'e's a day. That'll be another penny."
The woman refused to pay and a heated argument began. Suddenly the child spoke up. "Aw? shut up!" he exclaimed, "Here's your penny. And, anyway, she ain't my ma. Never seen the old girl in my life!"
Ah's Reasonin' Fine A NEGRO employee was being questioned during an investigation after a trespasser had been killed when he fell from a moving freight train.
"Did you see the man on the train?"
Yes, suh."
"Where was he?"
"Bout thutty cabs back from the engine." "Where were you?"
"On de back of de tend ah of the engine."
"What time of night was it?" "Bout lebon o'clock."
"Do you mean to tell me that you saw that man thirty car lengths away at eleven o'clock at night?"
"Yes, suh.
"How far do you think you can see at night?"
"'Bout a million miles, I reckon. How fah is it to de moon?"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.