MY FAVORITE STORIES

ByJack Dionne

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

It Was A Mighty Cold Day

We have run some cold weather stories in this column at various times, but here is a new one from the colored viewpoint.

Two niggers \ilere busily engaged in telling lies to one another, and one big story led to a bigger one, until finally they got to talking about cold weather, and one of them told abouia cold spell-that took place one time "way up No'th"' Everything froze up, according to this story, in the. {ace of a suddetr Slast of c6ia tnat caie from the Pole itself. The rivers froze lo the bottom, it was as much as a man's life

HOO-HOO CLUB NO. 9 MEETING

James T. Johnston, vice-president of The American Bank, San Francisco, was the speaker of the day at the regular meeting of the San Francisco Hoo Hoo Club on{hursday, September 30. His subject was "The Human Element in Buiiness," which was very interesting and instructive. H. W. Sinnock, sales manager of the Redwood Sales Oo., was the chairman of the dayl President J. Walter Kelly presided over the business session of the meeting.

was worth to stay out of doors for even a moment, and he gave all the details to show how terribly cold it was. "Why," he said, "they was a eagle flyin' a mile high when dishere No'the' came along, and dat bird jest froze right whah he wuz. Turned plurrto ice vvid his wings stretched wide. It was so cold he jes' froze right whah he wuz, up in de air, and stayed right dah, suspended."

"Huh?" said the other colored gent, unbelievingly, "How 'bout gravity?"

"Hell", said the cold story teller, "gravity done froze up two hours befo' de eagle did."

Charles Brace A San Francisco Visitor

Charles Brace, Los Angeles, Southern California sales manager of the Chas. Nelson Co., was a recent San Francisco visitor, where he spent afew days conferring with Mr. James Tyson on company business matters. Charlie has a large number of lumbermen friends in the Bay District who were glad to greet him again.

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5 in. and 7 in. in round edge, square edge and bevel edge patterns.

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