AFTER THAT, IT'S EASY! "Mike and Pat who had gone to bed drunk got up early one morning to catch a train. Mike went down the dark passageway of the hotel, feeling with his foot for the top step of the staircase. The elevator shaft door was open and he stepped down and fell ten stories. When Pat came along a few minutes later he reached the open elevator door but was more cautious and he called down: 'Mike, is this the staircase?' 'It is,' said Mike. 'But look out for that first step, it's a son-of-a-gun.'" THEY WILL NOT STRIKE She stood in front of her dressing case- The rouge was used, "Say what they like, TURRIBLE! TURRIBLE! One Sunday two lovers went to church. When the collection was being taken up the young man explored his pockets and finding nothing, whispered to his sweet. heart: "I haven't a cent; I changed my pants." Meanwhile the girl had been searching in her bag and finding nothing, she blushed a rosy red and said: "I am in the same predicament." QUITE ODD BUT LOGICAL Isn't it funny? A ruse is a blind, a blind is a shade, a shade is a shadow, a shadow's a ghost, a ghost is a shade, a shade is a color, a color is a paint and paint is a rouge. Therefore, by Euclid, axiom one. rouge must be a ruse. And curiously enough it is true.-Yale Record. THE LOST WAS FOUND "When I was a little boy," sweetly piped the hard-boiled sergeant, "I had a set of wooden soldiers. One day I lost those soldiers, and I cried very much, but my mother said, 'Never mind, Johnny! Some day you will get your wooden soldiers back.' And believe me, you bunch of wooden-headed dumbbells, that day has come." Painters and Decorators Wanted to receive every cent their labor produces. If you are only making a painter's ordinary wages there is very little chance of your receiving any more unless you MASTER A SPECIALTY and thereby draw a specialist's pay of from Twelve to Fifteen Dollars a day or more. Others are doing it and they had no more experience than you when they commenced; just make up your mind to get started. You might as well use your spare time this coming Winter to great advantage. Send for one of our FREE, ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES, describing our MAIL COURSES in Pictorial, Decorative Art and Theatrical Scene-Painting. These courses are of special benefit to ambitious painters in all branches of the trade. No special talent for drawing required and you can easily learn same in your spare time. The courses are highly recommended, practical and up-to-date in every respect. No agent will call on you. Write today. NOW. LEARN A TRADE THAT PAYS WELL. NATIONAL COMMERCIAL ART SCHOOL Dept. 5. Omaha, Nebraska. IKE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, SEPTEMBER, 1924 RECEIPTS The financial statement is closed regularly on the last day of each month. Financial Secretaries will please have their reports at headquarters on or before the 30th day of each month. All remittances received from The following shows all money received from August 31, 1924, to September 30, 1924. Each member should check this statement and note if remittances made are properly credited. September 30, 1924, to October 31, 1924, will appear in next report. 58 24.00 46 217.00 47 218.50 48 118.50 49 177.50 50 272.50 51 457.00 52 152.50 53 151.50 54 215.50 55 86.00 6.00 126 10.50 127 800.50 128 249.00 2.50 129 244.00 130 159.00 56 23.50 10.80 131 33.50 57 71.00 2.50 132 11.50 133 36.00 121 458.00 202 260.00 14.40 288 122 53.50 203 7.50 289 10.00 123 35.00 124 53.00 125 11.00 208 33.00 210 59 189.00 184 80.50 135 74.00 8.00 217 7.50 137 154.00 218 122.50 63 5.00 64 118.50 142 21.00 65 104.00 144 63.00 16.65 224 147 781.50 225 61.95 110.50 302 37.00 3.00 373 25.50 204 124.00 10.00 290 35.00 5.75 374 35.00 205 27.00 291 80.50 22.09 375 4.50 206 87.00 293 20.50 376 14.50 207 34.50 294 55.50 377 4.50 295 18.00 5.80 378 12.50 209 30.50 8.00 296 151.50 9.90 380 54.00 14.50 3.60 297 4.00 881 211 82.50 2.70 298 19.00 1.00 885 22.00 213 205.50 300 369.00 388 38.50 214 71.50 9.00 301 130.00 389 14.50 1.10 474 34.00 215 1.00 39.50 390 13.00 476 127.50 216 18.50 391 121.00 2.50 477 42.00 392 83.00 478 393 24.50 4.70 479 894 36.50 480 7.00 396 95.50 12.00 481 898 42.50 483 24.00 3.60 899 485 120.50 400 31.00 4.00 486 18.00 401 37.00 10.50 487 163.50 78.00 69 107.00 70 3.45 12.50 151 103.50 232 17.50 234 73 322.50 26.00 236 15.50 40.00 406 32.50 2.70 407 26.00 408 61.50 409 66.50 2.25 490 130.50 5.00 491 60.50 492 10.50 6.50 494 17.50 496 2.00 2.50 6.50 158 29.50 497 86.50 7.10 498 105.00 ---- 161 27.50 19.50 500 39.80 .20 |