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iflWDON MAHIT DON’TWOM-AN TO Fi(5HT — I' S'Pu rv K !By Elizabeth Neale.Ri-iui Ni'V., June *2U.—The two auto-mu!»i!os wliicli hu:om nose to nose boron? Ll*o dwor oT tin* boulevard madhouse wore grins ami rolled their winking brass .lamps like hugr eyes.The huu«e may have oiiec had a irjte beach online tu Jure llie joyriders n oiu lhlt;* i in* worn Lax I path, hnl now only t.lu: sign.•Mjick Juhtjpoih Champion soiihal from the porch root at lhe little neai -l heat ideal Jack Johnson posters which speckeJed llm other buildings. It beamed on the Sunday crowd which nudged crankiiy up the steps l.o tables where liquid smiles were stowed away.Burney Fire?, the nihlior,” brought a hospitable grin from the room ahovf* and draw I iugly announced:The. youug lady can come right up an’ see Mlstuh Johnson, now. *Ho led the way to the second floor along narrow halls and op dark stairs.Mentally groping alter a descriptive word for the house, chateau'* |Xppcd into mv^head for no reason in the world, unleus t'»bc coming’ event In the shape of a remark from the black gisuit, spicily seasoned with Trench, cast a shadow foi my direction.Pawdon my ilishtibilc.1'--Johnson *said.The 4,disliahilo%- jWim a blue sweater open at the uncle. Johnson explained that he was about .to dress- and step Into the..“jctidttoriom .next dom* Jo box for the crowd. Dressing menu! shedding his dishabilo* and sundry other gurhiotity.iand .appearing in tnr-quvisc nnuks, decorated Avjin me whklh CV0J) tJjc foriy-llvo ColtAmerican colors. - . ,.f • , on the bureau jump.(The crowd had payed two hicj a ••] likes the kind what sa.M-: 'Jackscar to sec the champion perform and Johnson, yo' come . here. You miff’to bunny hug and lo turkey trot mo and fetch that/ when ihe band Int. up a loviii’ rag- a second thud made all of the fumi* after the champion h;ul gone.) nine visitors jump in unison. JohnsonThe line up in .Johnson's . room saw me look apprehensively at a sman beamed like the front row of u ruins- stove which vibrated sympathetic* trel show with the pug, genial end ally in the midst of a heap of ach-nian. tossing out jokes in the spotlight.1 letic traps. J|: ..FIist there came’. Fnvlcy, iollirigj Otu Im a bad one,” lie warned1, against the piano; a friend of Jnlm- j fairly cxuning good humor. ‘Tin liable son’s from down south aud the friend's to pick uj that liUJp slove aud toss trig w »fc. Thou c-arac the big smoke*' him tbrough the window or pick up spilling over the sides of a morris your chair and throw, d oil top of .the chair ivilh a Jacily gowned while piano.woman silling on the chairarm turn- • The end man was waxing hilarious, mg the ('Iiiiiupious drawj intQ a nasal Furey announced Uk^-it was time for twang by piayfuiiy tweaking, his nose the turquoise trunks, To there was with her jeweled lingors. safety in retreat. “'I'lic row seemedj hone you're cornin' to the llghU eclipsed by \i dark cloud of gloom Johnson, said. 1 likes lo have the when the end limn .was led away.- - . i . . .ladies?; there. I can always, see the An hour later tho,' ring, draped cx-Jsilks' when t step into the ring and travaganlly with patriotic, colors, was 1 nan hear the patter, paLlcr of those empty again. . The cruwd which had hands. watched the rolling eyes and goldThe- more Indies they is. the rucr- iooihed grin of the champion reflected rici-T he grinned. I saw’lots of 'em hundreds of lesser smiles as it 2rc-when 1 fought Ketchcl. (pared to turkey trot under the stir-Soino speculator wondered whether I veil lance of «t h hie .coated official. Johnson” won hi nil minister the same Down the boulevard one of the blackheatin' to Jeffries as lie handed lo autos wbizzed in the gkuTing sun Ketch el. The white woman grew on- with the champion, wearing disha-fhaisiasiir. She brought out a pair of bile, at the steering wheel, A tiny gloves and pointed to the rip .KclchcTs negro hoy teetered on his stomach tenth made in the leather when John- over a boulder on the roadside, son's p.-wen'ui fist ground into his Ain’t * lie swell. • ’ he whispered,lace. From car to ear lie grinned. ■ I feltOf clmu’sc. i don't know wlutl I'm my mouth relaxing. 'Under Urn in-aoiir tc: do to Jeff. fluencc of the jovial Jack juhuson,John son spoke as became a oham- champion, r too had caught a grin, pion about to meet 'a cjhainploiijytlieii in a i’ash lit was the end:-inun .again,.Jf I can’t knock him out, I'M just lull him to sleep with my friend. ft is uieiui was a bass viol which lean-■ * ; •. ' i *.•cd up: ght against the piano humaniy.The ladies like my music. Backthe conversation switched to the sex of frills and fluffy ruffles.Jeffries distaste for women r in a training camp wao brought to his notice.It ilon*t hurl n woman to. see a prize light, he smiled. It gives ’em spunk. 1 like a woman with lots or go lo her; one who will pound the table. His great fyd- came down on a small tabic with au. Illustrative thudJohnson, in “Dishabile” Genial End-Man, Says Woman Writer After Chat
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Logansport Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 29, 1910
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
John H.
IL, USA 10 Jun 2018
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