Automatic Age

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GIRLS, T H E Y ’VE GOT THEIR
EYES O N US
In the “ wake,” funny column o f
the Chicago Daily Tribune, the lesser
wits o f the V ox Populi contribute
their cynicisms, adding considerable
interest to the study o f H. L. M.’s
Hom o Sapiens. So many contribu­
tors hark back to mores long fo r ­
gotten, and prompt us to suggest
changing the title to “ Old Timers
Column.” The follow ing is an exam­
ple o f one pristine reader’s contribu­
tion to the romance o f the times.
He refers, no doubt, to the days o f
“ Long Tom ,” hardly recollectable in
this day o f Ball and Stick gum,
which is chewed so meticiously by
the feminity, as to be hardly notice­
able even at the opera: —
“ Girl of My Dreams”
“ N ot the girl with the galloping
jaw s that clatter, clatter. Every one
who sees her wonders what the mat­
Why a Gent Is Galled
“Penny”
to the Editor o f the Evening
Public Ledger:
Sir— I cannot understand why peo­
ple will persist in calling the Am er­
ican cent a penny. A penny is E ng­
lish money and amounts to 2 cents
American money. There is the term
penny in the American language, but
it is only used in a general way, as,
fo r instance, one says, “ It cost a
pretty penny.”
A. J. GRAY.
[T he word “ penny” applied to the
United States “ cent,” which is worth
a trifle less than half the present
value o f an English penny, is em­
ployed in this country not only collo­
quially and with the authority of
long usage but also o f dictionary
definition. One o f these definitions
is “ any coin or sum o f trifling value.“
As the cent is the least valuable coin
minted by the United States Govem -
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ter, .matter. The back o f her head
moves up and down, and her hair
stands up on the top o f her crov$l
Her cheekbones roll and her eyes S°
shut, While her jaws wrestle roun
in a wild gamut. Forward, sideway5'
back they sway, Ever keeping in tufle
and play. Her ears they shiro®^
her eyebrows rise, Her neck it
gles in glad surprise, While hef
mouth jumps and skips, And y°u
wonder how it ever slips out o f pla°e
and in again W ithout causing her the
slightest pain. You think that sh®
has St. Vitas dance, And you look »
her as in a trance; But come out 0
it and find you’ve been watching
some girl who was merely c h e w it
gum.
George P\ Hagstrom-’
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ment, its designation as a “ penn/
does not seem incongruous under th0
dictionery definition quoted.— Edit0
People’s Forum.]
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Berch Going to
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A U T O M A T IC A G E :
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indeed a pleasure to receive this
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templating attending the convention
at New York. W e are glad to
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