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POLLY WITH A PAST
THE CADUCEUg
REAL WINTER
BEING A JOE LAWLOR STORY
WITH A MORAL
iNCE upon a Time there
was a Girl whose first
Name was Polly and her
Last Name—oh well—lets
call her Polly Prim. Pdlly
first saw the Light of Day
m a Area consisting of 3,000 Souls
The Chief Occupation in said Hamlet
being a Cotton Mill and an Outfit
which advertised their Sardines as be
ing Delightful for Weed End Parties.
Polly’s Father and Mother were just
plain, old, fashioned Polks and would
have made admirable Leads for Den-
nman Thompson’s “Old Homestead.”
They had always believed in the Gold
en Rule and in “Early to Bed and
Early to Rise and you never meet the
Regular Guy’s.” Their Heart and Soul
being Centered in the Only Girl. It
was natural to assume that Love here
was' a Blessing.
But now the Plot like all Plots start
to Thicken and we now see Polly a
18 Year Miss whose Beauty and Sim
plicity had made her the Ann Mur
dock of the Town. She was hailed
by all as A Little Queen, that is except
by the Over 45 and Never Been Kiss
ed Gang who decided to wait and see
the Result of ’her Popularity before
starting to Peddle out the Poison The
Quarterback of this Gang was Han
nah P., Her Score Card told the World
that she was a Leader in Pronouncia-
tion, never purchased Ragtime Re
cords and who also Introduced the
theory of One Armed Men for Sun
day Collections in the Churches, Pos
sessing sharp Features and a ’ Cold
Nose it was seen that she had the
Rasmataz for anybody who pulled any
General Electric Stuff around the
Town.
The Big Event of the Year in the
Hamlet was the Charity Ball and was
attended by all the Plutes and Plebes
It was he Annual gathering of the
Clans and all made Merry until the
Wee Hours of the Morn. Polly look
ing like Mimi the Hit of the Latin
Quarter Hop was there escorted by
Obidah J.—who was the Youngest
Druggist in Town, was considered a
Slicker, had boasted of Riding a Camel
in Ben Hur and of Sitting in the Smok
er with the Men. It really was a Com
ing Out party for Polly and enhanced
her Popularity more than ever. After
this Pete her Radiant Personality
was much sought for. She became
known Ho the Youhger Element as a
Good Sport. However the Puritan Ele
ment led by Hannah F.—did not inter
pret her Frolics in this Way. They
decided that she was a Fourth Dimen
sion and must be reasoned with ac
cordingly. So putting Twg and Two
together, it wasn’t long before the
Cold Glances and the I Got Something
On You Stuff .was shot at the Only
Girl.
Like all Maidens, Polly carried a
Sensitive Nature and before many
Small Town Moons arose she felt that
something else was in her Life be
sides being talked about and to make
this Story finish well we must place
CAMP GREENE CAUGHT IN
ICY GRIP
The icy breath of zero gales swept
Camp Greene last Saturday, Sunday
and Monday. Frozen water pipes,
shivering soldiers and an extra drag
on the coal pile were features of the
cold snap which held the camp at the
opening of the week. Sunshine and
a rising temperature have been the
blessings which have visited the war
riors since Tuesday.
So rapid was the fall in temperature
at the week end that the men were
taken off their guard. Water pipes
were not protected and as a result
there were icicles protruding from
the faucets markpd “hot” on Saturday-
morning.
At the hospital,the nurses tell that ■
there-were several cases of water be- '
ing frozen in the water bottles, which
were filled on Saturday night and
which had been intended for aiding
in the comfort of those who had filled
the containers with hot water during
the evening.
Sunday social calls found their' gar-
Men who had hung out washings for
ments dangling as stiff as boards from
the lines between the tents.
On Monday morning the men of the
hospital were issued an extra blanket.
These ad^ed coverings were indeed
blessings to the soldiers who had shiv
ered in silence through the nights be
fore. The men were ordered from the
teiiJ;s into the barracks as a fuel sav
ing measure and the tents which once
lined the company street back of the
barracks row have been torn down.
the Little Queen in the Metropolis of
America, a Stranger in a Strange
Town. By a Horatio Alger process
we find Polly being engaged by the
most Original Producer in the Movies,
as being possessed with a Wonderful
Future, and it wasn’t long before she
was playing Leads and naming her
share of the Collateral.
Like all other Over Night stars,
Polly’s chance came in a Film that
was made famous. Her name came
to be a By Word in every Household
and it wasn’t long before the Yokels,
back Home who thought the Only
Girl was a Super-Witch were Clamor
ing for her to come back for a while,
just only to see her. Polly being a
Regular Bit of Feminity did and the
Reception accorded her would make
Edwin Booth weep with Shame. Every
thing was forgotten. Hard Glances ’n
everything. They told her they never
realized she was a Diamond in the
Rough and that the Cause of her
Trouble had since died a Natural
Death.
Her father and mother are now rid
ing around in a Rolles-Royce and
somebody tells them when meals are
to be served. Polly is still in New
York, the same Thoroughbred that she
always was, and an Apartment on
Riverside Drive that would knock your
Eye out. The Name of this Girl cannot
be given by the writer but the Hamlet
well Yes.
Moral:—Never knock nobody unless
you know just what they pack.
B. H.Siephent’ Amusemenl Enterprises
E. R. FORTH, Mgr.
Liberty
Park
Gamp No. 4
Bert Jackson
and his
Girls
of Today
SNAPPY SONGS
DANCING DOLLS
Matinee
4 O’clock
Evening
6.30 and 8.15
SECTION RESERVED
FOR COLORED
SOLDIERS
General Admission, 25c
Reserved Seats, 35c
and
FUNNY COMEDIANS
Better pay the Camp
Theatre a visit now be
cause time is getting short