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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1939)
V ' # r » -H . ' - I remember that horrible ni*ht in the tranche* at If it waa but yestar- day. llMart! we Mood, horrified; the kid kneeled on the ground, hit rijrht hand ffclhed. ashing the help of the gods. Shells burst overhead casting herie shadows upon the faces of the panic stricken men below. It could not happen! “God,” murmured one of the men, “•hoot, for God*t sake, shoot!” “Give him lime! Take it easy!” The hid drew back his arm slowly. < so slowly. The eyes of ten men were riveted upon his hand. Suddenly his arm shot forward! His fingers open ed, and by .the light of the flares m the skies, we saw the most ghastly flMftiriUilr mMmtf There it lay before our eyea, eight passes in a row! —Jark-o-lantern They laughed when I said I had take it one the egg-plant. They didn't know a vegetarian never takes it on the laapbj j - Under the swinging street car strap The homely co-td stands and stands and stands and stands and stands. — Punch Bowl S ^ . j 41 THK THtriliBARES It was a clear June day, when all the birds were singing, all the trees were green, and all that sort of stuff. Three old maids were just returning to their little' eMflpga, They wwm slightly surprised when they fouml the door open, but were more * mazed when they entered the parlor. “Some one sat in my* chair.” said the first one. “Someone has been in my Chair,” added the second. “Someone has been in my chair too,* offered the thirl old maid. They moved on to the kitchen. “Someone has just finished my soup,” said the first maid. “Some one has just finished, mine also,” said the second one. “My soup is gone too,* said the last one. They progressed on ward into their bedroom. The first maid looked at her bed and exclaimed, “Someone has juaa been in my bed.” The second looked and hat feed and said, “Someone has just been in The third <4fj.maid looked at her bed and yelled, ♦‘Goo i ight, girls!” ! J * ■f • : t 1 —J ark-o-let ntern Fresk.: “Must not be anybody home in that house.” Soph.: "That’* a fraternity house and thdy jart giving a party.” —rSour Owl • Everything may have a hidden meaning. Even the small red school- house may have something behind it. I < j —Duke V Duchess St N SHADOWS The girl who does everything under the sun always has shadows under her eyea. j j ] .f ^ ^ \ 1.jS [• iW" Doctor, will the scdV show? M. D.: Not if j^uraflal. —Judge j S hK I i 1 H ; Ji j : i|. . l . The heavy sugar daddy and a new chorus girl r were enjoying a little dinner in a private room at a road house. As the meal neared its finish | he clear his threat and said: “E-er, 1 er, how about a little demi taase now, • dear?” T knew it! I knew itV exploded the girl. “I knew you weren’t treating me this nice for nothing.” k —Kitty Kat „ “Professor, do yop think it’s right for me to sit on yopr lap when you explain your theory of reincarnation ?” “Why not? We only live once.” - Punch Bowl Where there’s a will there’s a rela*. —Urchin live. -Wampus • • j’An time Dey |Imbb * n» > j no H«gs, darn iti FEBRUARY de time fo’ aigs >’ aigs is de EasU* Easts’ an' dey ain't —Spartan “Let me show yog something new in a snappy sedan,!’ suggested the salesman. “I don’t think you could,” she sweetly replied. -—Covered Wagon Whenever . T 1 ; i , you meet just say - [ "How about; lunch at 1 | «•. ft VANNOY'S East Gate \ i TTW WATCHES DIAMONDS Hi T - i;j. Jr • JEWELRY B Hr GIFTS TTi|:: i 0 | l Of All Kinds h\ it' ■' ‘if Ifs New—We Hate It” See us before ’fm) pur chase that captain’s watch. Wtj can save yop mm, ^ ’ /in CALDWELL’S JEWELRY STORE Bryan. Texas \i .. 9 !