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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —27 erous jobs necessary around a cir¬ cus ground. The program was dated fo May 21-22 but had to be postponed owing to unfavorable weather. One indoor performance was given May 25 but it was impossible to have all the fea¬ tures but the public proclaimed it one of the most unique stunts ever attempted in Decatur. Mr Brown, now Adam Hindpaw, attired in frock coat and silk plug hat, the later somewhat too small for his head, presided in really profes¬ sional style. Mr. Thomas, in regular ring-master’s dress, with his splendid voice and ready wit, kept the audi¬ ence almost ,spell-bound. He had an opportunity to enlarge on his descrip¬ tion of the ostrich as this bird’s ap¬ pearance was considerably delayed. Mr. Brown excused her as she was on her nest and the delay was justi¬ fiable as ostrich eggs are scarce in this region. Our ever faithful Mr. W. F. Berry, the effcient make up man, was on the job as usual, and turned out a very artistic group of show-people. -o- MISS COFFEE’S COMMANDMENTS 1. Thou shalt not whisper 2. Thou shalt know thy grammar lesson. 3. Thou shalt write well. 4. Thou shalt not copy. 5. Thou shalt not chew gum. 7. Thou shalt not waste one moment. 8. Thou shalt at least attempt to recite. 9. Thou shalt keep the floor clean. 10. Thou shalt mind thy own busi¬ ness. N.B.—The last is the most import¬ ant. Concentrate on your likes—forget your dislikes. Teacher—“I believe you are twins” “Why is that?” Teacher—“One person couldn’t be so dumb.” The reason ideas die so quickly in some heads is because they can’t stand solitary confinement. Some persons think that the only thing that they can use their heads for is to keep their ears apart. A pedestrian is a man whose wife has gone with the car. “ ’Tis hard to be poor,” sighed the artist. “Ah, ’tis hard to be poor,” sighed he. “O,’ that’s all right,” said the sketch pad “If you’re busted, just draw on me.” “He finished his correspondence course, didn’t he?” “Oh, yes, I was on the postoffice when he graduated.” “What animal drops from the clouds?” “The rain, dear.” “Willie Green,” said the teacher, you may define the word ‘memory’.” “Memory,” said Willie, “is what we forget with.” Even at its worst, life is amusing —if you have a sense of humor and a sound body. Diligence is the mother of good luck. Good habits are not made on birth¬ days nor good character through New Year resolutions. The work shop of character is every-day life.
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26 DEEDS AND MISDEEDS CIRCUS “Let’s have a circus!” That magic word “circus” did the word. Mr. Brown who now became Mr. Adam Hindpaw manager of The Combined Adams Hindpaw and Barndoor Bail- hay Ringless Circus, was swamped with petitions and suggestions from the boys and girls and in an incred¬ ibly short time the skeletons of ele¬ phants, giraffes, giant hootuses, woo- fuses, gooks, ostriches, horses, and wompus cats were in the old gym. Mr. Gibson supervised this work in the manual training department. The next step was to put flesh on these insightly frames and the teach¬ ers drew to decide on which animal she would practice “plastic surgery.” The agonizing sighs and groans emit¬ ted as each one drew her slip became more or less intense as she learned the size of her animal. Miss Bunner was appointed commander-in-chief of the animals’ beauty shop and opera¬ tions began in earnest. Miss Brandyberry’s wompus cat had such beautifully rounded curves, and as she is a lover of felines any way, “wompus” was very quickly finished. Miss Moran’s and Miss Sellemeyer’s giraffes would have been but little but for their necks. They patted, and padded and wadded for hours and two very graceful necks resulted. They feel qualified to eliminate any unsightly neck hollows. Miss Bunner who is always capable of doing “big jobs” began with Miss Spangler on the mastodontic frames of the elephants. Before they finished the beasts they decided it was a huge task. Miss Coffee who had been assigned the task of selecting the literary gems and witty flashes contributed by the students for the annual offered to help the ladies but she sewed the front legs of the elephant to the pants of the hind legs and was summarily ex¬ cused by the “head operator.” Miss Magley showed unusual ability in her work on th e Latin ponies, Caesar and Cicero. Of course, she has not been out of high school very long. Miss Dorwin to whose lot fell the feather¬ ing of the ostrich, proved that our Miss Sellemeyer, had a rival. The gooks, that rare specimen, was made really beautiful? by Miss Me Gath. She must have used much of her Irish ingenuity to evolve such a won¬ derful creation. Miss Hower’s woo- fuses were really clever little ' animals but during the first performance one little baby woofus became lost from its elders and had to be steered from the arena. Mr. Beard, and Mr. Barnett were general utility men and did the nunr-
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