THIMBLE THEATRE /*fc,50N,tGOT A HEART, OUT 1 AIN'T rr MUCH DORK ME LIFE. I BEtH *HARD MNN. nc old nGwm mam O'THE1 CtA 'l LIKED WE. SON. THE MINUTE I LAID ME ETE ON VE.BUT \ HELD OFF LET TIN’ VE KNOW I OION T WANT GET SOFT EVEN with ME A Diamond In The Rough NEVER BEEN SOFT IN' AU. ME UFE‘. NEVER*. 1 ADMIT \ HELP'T GIVED 'EM MONE^ an cuP5 O'PEARLS-. -vBOT— BUT WHEN THEY TR\EO TO THANK ME Htf BEGINNED TO GET SfcMVNENTAL \‘Q rVA MEANS" SEDIMENT*^' j^oppA-MorsEMiNENm: - ^ OKAY, SON. THANKS BUT WHEN THEY TR\EO TO THANK ME AN' BEGINNED TO GET BEOIMENTAA-, I'D KNOCK 'EM DOWN, TO KEEP 'EMTROM GETTlN _ MUSHY By E. C. SEGAR 4 'UN‘ERST(*VO THIS, THE FfcCK THM l BE ft BIT SOPT WITH WE, DONiT MENU WONT BE w HftRO WITH OTHER jpoppft World rtwnxd 9 I’1-*- «'"t->Wo Wk.i., I-' ill OTT ^ SECRET AGENT X-9 The G-Man’s Captain’s A Hard Master. By CHARLES FLANDERS £ L< flPTWN L«RWN HM CON* SHIPPING COMPANY MBS WELL, GENTLEMEN -I'M HERE TO FIND OUT WHEN WE TAKE WHOTfe THE CUSH ?] -~K M 48l SIT DOWN,VOU TRAMPS, AN' LISTEN -^ TO ME / t PICKED MXJ OUT OF TH'GUTTER, SET MX) UP IN BUSINESS AN'lET VOL) IN ON THIS RACKET- WHIT? I'LL TELL VOL). V .> .BECAUSE you HAVEN'T ANY POLICE RECORDS BUT IF VDO START ACTING FUNNY WITH ME VPU WILL HAVE, SET ME**/ n~n 1. J ft BLONDIE Hit Mother’s Child. ' ..— ....... , ■ ■ -■■■■■ ■ I ^ By CHIC YOUNG VEP, TMATfe MV SON—AND MtGWTV DOOUD OF MM r ' < & * i - s' ' ’ HENRY By CARL ANDERSON % w V «IM* JUST KIDS All His Eggs In One Basket. O Cari rt* By AD CARTER riLLIE THE TOILER * Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder. rg-0 - By WESTOVER t SOMEWHERE THAT IF a DOG'S MASTER LE> APPAREL QEHtKJD V44THTHB DOG whem HE GOBS Aw**y-rHSl DOG VUUX i oka/-\'ll L&awe My coat— M/ ae» COAT \M\U_ \EtZT__ A With a pool cue Will went BIFF! Knocked Pop on the table— stiff. Mama laughed and shouted, “Wow! “Pop’s behind the eight ball now.” world than 1 could have laarned in a dosen collage*.” — Robert Montgomery. » DANCE HALL GLOSSARY BARN—Dance Hall; place of dancing. JUNGLE—Same as Barn. OUTFIT—Orchestra. MANIAC—Leader of an outfit. STOOGE—Person running toll gate at nickel dances; under the manager. SNAKE—Floor usher. FRILL—Strange girl In dance hall; target for regular crowd. OKET—A good dancing partner. NO GO—Bad dancer. SIMPS —Called “Wall-flowers years ago. MILE RUN—A. fast number; for the best. COVERN—Technician; switch board operator. BRONNER— A devil with the ladles; self-styled man of the dance hall. GO HOME—Last dance. Anti it mutt anney the purittt when an owl hoott "to iohoo" inttaaJ of "to whom" —Jerry Freeman. 'T probably learned more in the year* of bumping around and up against the PERFECT LUBRICATION "I * * * By Ted Coo | * YES. SIR! OSCAR HAS A BIG IDEA THE WINN AH I Each year, at the approa of the Christmas season, ' ask our readers to make sil gestions—helpful suggestia that will bring happinessl those who otherwise mia not be as happy as the rest I us. The suggestions are tal placed in a big wastebaskj from which the winning stf gestion is drawn. Today announce the Winner i 1936 —Oscar B. Gifiltefisi “Why not,” he says/hj everybody save empty bj cans and string them gether for Christinas tree naments?” .. Congratulations, Mr. wl tefisch 1 You have ofrerej constructive idea — an ij that will give many father] chance to enthuse and J year take a real active f in the joyous Ynletide tivities. • * Q. and A. DEPARTM®j Dear A. Bella— . , My girl’s Pa warts me w| plain why / brought her** at 6 a. m. the other mcr*I What shall l say? —WoH Ans,—Tet! him you to work by eight. „ —A. ("Helpful l BfU • * * Constant futile bicWrrmr Means Ught o’ leve ls fuse MOUS LAST f'Phy5! . Simpson. ;vu sb ourself a good a?enit o get bookrd for a * appearance tour. thane* »•** t""'1 A *