Readers invited to submit humor and verse pieces
Readers may contribute original humor epigrams jokes anemotes poetry and bright sayings. Accepted material paid 1 to 10 dollars per piece and 25 cents to 1 dollar per line for poetry. Unaccepted submissions not returned. Manuscripts one side only addressed to Standard Fun Shop Headquarters 33 West Park Street Butte Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Fun Shop
West Park Street
Butte
Montana
Fragmentary Dialogue About Music and Tobacco
A fragment shows Mrs Wilson and Mrs Mann in a quip about a bagpipe and tobacco packaging. The exchange hints at wordplay and misheard phrases with playful humor.
College Humor and Home Food Fables Across Pages
A collage of light verse and classroom sketches shows Mrs. Casey and Mrs. Malaprop trading quips about the president’s arrival, a home dinner scene with the college cheer leader and his mother, and playful classroom misuses of words. The tone is humorous and nostalgic with names like Anita and Esther Gruenfeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red” Parkinson
Harold
Krazy Kindergarten Teether's Comparative Florida California Cool
A 1925 humorous piece in Krazy Kindergarten features dialogues about climate and preference between Florida and California. Polly Wansa Cracker and Alberta McMahon debate heat humidity and year-round climate, noting California's mountains and Florida’s boom speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Jr
Teethher
Florida
Frank H
California
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Miss Cinders
Tulie
Mac
Kus Scor Stover
Brad Carter
Santa
Claus
Rascal
Bill Counselman
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Sikce Kias
Bisa
Cagipright
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Petey
Hollywood
Cinder
C. A. Voight
Gumps
Bim
Sinner
Sydney Smith
Kenrietta Zander
U.S Pat
Peper
Anita
Mary
Sally
Esther Gruenfeld
Krazy College
Gertrude
Allie
Allie Gallera
Teether
Louis Eauer
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