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By lack Dionne

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 2O years-Some less.

Radio Or Thermos Bottle

Two colored brothers were smoking over their noonday lunches, and talking over the wonders of the times, as simple minds so easily do. They talked of modern inventions, of modern trains, and motor cars, of flying machines, etc., etc.

"Boy," said one, "we sure got some wonderful things in dishere worl now, but they ain't ngthin' kin compare wid dishere radio. Man alive ! Jes to think. You can sit right in yo'home an'listen to de band playin'tunes in New Yawk or in San Francisco. Boy Ah'm tellyou, dishere Radio is de mos' won'erful invention folks has evah seed".

"Well", said the other ruminatively, "Radio's O.K. Ah know, but it ain't de mos' won'erful invention.No suh ! Not by a whole ldt it ain't."

"Whut you mean, niggah," said the first in big surprise. "You means t'tell me you knows a invention greater den de Radio?"

"Suttingly Ah does," positively replied colored gent Number Two.

"Den boy," said thefirst. "Ah axes youwhut it am. Dat's what Ah wants to know. Whut is dis great invention ?"

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"Niggah," said Number Two. "Ah refers toa Thermos bottle. You heahs me. A Thermos bottle,"

"A Thermos bottle," said the other in .wonderment. "Boy, whut you mean, a Thermos bottle?"

"Niggah," said the other. "You means to stan' whah you is an tell me you ain't never hea'd of no Thermos bottle? You mean t'tell me?"

"Ah does," said the first, positively. "Ah nevah hea's of no Thermos bottle. Go on, tell me. Whut kin dis Thermos bottle do?"

"Listen, black boy," said the other. "Stan' yo'se'f still, while Ah ilucidates dishere Thermos bottle. You takes dis bottle dis mawnin., an' you fills it wid hot coffee. Tomorrow mawnin you takes de covah off dishere Thermos bottle, an. boy, de coffee jes as hot as when you puts it in de bottle. You takes de hot coffee out, and youfills de bottle wid froze ice cream, an you puts de covah on. Tomorrow mawnin you takes de lid off dis Thermos bottle, an' I'm tellin' you de truf, boy, dat ice cre:un jes as ha'd as when you puts it in de Thermos bottle. Yassuh. Dishere Thermos bottle keeps de hot coffee hot. It keeps de col' ice cream col'. Whut Ah don't understand, niggah, is HOW DOES DISHERE THERMOS BOTTLE KNOW WHEN TO DO WHICH? DAT'S WHAT AH'D LAK T'KNO'W'"

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