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RAVINIA SHOW BOAT STOPS RIVER TRAFFIC Old Man River Crazy About Minâ€" strels; See Them Here on March 28â€"29 14 (By F. V. Degenhardt) On board $.8. "Gen. Jackson" en route for Ravinia March 28 and 29: All de way up to Paducah dey is plum minstrel crazy just fum listening to YES SUH! Sedalia â€"Down in Ole Missouri Ford Sedalia Chickens JAMES sOBEY‘s MARKET 511 Central Ave. for real tenderness and flavor; I recommend BOWDEN & SON St. Johns Ave. A railable at these Markets de big Ravinia Showboat company ) practicing dem songs fo‘ de Ravinia Minstrels on March 28â€"29! Ginhead Sadler en oi‘ Barbecue Bede done wrote a song whut dey calls "When de Cuckoo Birds Am Singin‘ in de Amalula Tree" en man, dish yere song am got sex appeal dat‘s all dey is to hit. Every high yaller wench long ol‘ Mississippi am shuffling wround jes lak she all done got St. Vitus danceâ€"jes cair". keep still, Ah reckon when dey hears dat song. C,. C. NIEBUHR 11 8. St. Johns Ave. RAVINIA MARKET Ravinia, 111. T HE PRES S | "Porkehop‘s" back with alcohol, en‘ Iwhen "Porkchop" get a whiff of de alcohol he dislocated his neck tryin‘ to lick it off.: Whoa Bill, here we jes gits a telegram fum Mister Nichols, de walkin‘ ‘cyclopedia of Sweetland‘s llamous pharmacy. Hit sez, "Don‘t worry I‘ll be out in front the night you show in Ravinia with a basketâ€" full of ripe tomatoes and I‘m sure goin‘ to sock Professors Black and Blue on the nut with a couple of ‘em." Now folks, we ain‘t insult. . This | Nichols is jes‘ jealous ‘cause we is givin‘ the bum‘s rush to his mailâ€" order ~nerveâ€"tonic bizness. When we gets to a town down here all de ailin‘ folks comes down to de boat and we Bent the Steak ‘ Well folks, Ah sure come ~near bustin‘ in two up in Bullhead Bayou las‘ night. "Sloughfoot" Stokes done orders him a beefsteak at de Magnoâ€" lia lunchroom, wout dog gone, he jes couldn‘t cut itâ€"man, hit wuz dat tough. De waiter comes out directly, en‘ "Sloughfoot" sez, "Jes‘ take yo‘ ol‘ steak .back, Ah cain‘t cut it! "Misâ€" ter waiter he pick up de steak en looks at it all aroun‘â€"holds it up to his eye,â€"jes‘ lak he wuz measuring it to see «f eny wuz missin‘, den he sez, "Ah‘m sorry, but Ah cain‘t take dat steak back,â€"you have bent it!" "Say man, whut kind of a cigar is dat you is smokin‘," asked Chitlins Leonard. "Oh dat am a ‘Robinson Crusoe," replied "Sloughfoot." "Sho, Sho," said Chitlins, "Ah know, its a castaway." But all joking asid we done had a accident de other night. "Porkchop" Fox doneâ€" dislocate his neck. It seems dat he had de lumâ€" bago, en Doctor Voodoo Black rub LLLLLLLLLLL0OPLLLLLLL8LLLL.L0 PAA*TITPTETITHPT t TT iITTITTTITTTTT 14608 CHICAGO AVENUE ; EVANSTON PaooL & PIPER FI* ]HE correction of imâ€" proper health tendencies in the formative period of the child‘s foot is usually merely a matter of properly fitted shoes. We have made proper fitting our basic principleâ€"on proper fitting we willingly place the responsibility of upholding this «tore‘s unique reputation. â€"INC: CHILDREN‘S SHOE SPECIALISTS CHILD‘S SERVICE SHOE Ten Eikhideâ€"8% to 2 tore Hoursâ€"8:30 to 6; Saturdays until 9 laffs dere livers back in shape agin‘! In the Catfish News . "Lissen here," chimed in Chitlins Leonard, who wuz readin‘ his paper, "it sez in de Catfish News,â€""House fo‘ sale, six rooms partly furnished, including fo‘ lady boarjers’.” Big airplane been fAying over us all day, â€"bet dey is newspaper reporters fum de Associated Press. Mâ€"mâ€"m man, dey jes‘ done a loop: de loop and a nose dive." "Dat man is sho doin‘â€" dan‘gus doin‘s, Ah ruthah it wuz him ‘an me," said Ginhead, An‘ Ah sho would," replied Barbecue, "but lemme tell yo‘ somepin,â€"blackman, Ah suttinly wouldn‘t want to be up dar without him." . "Oh dat am old stuff," said Porkchop Fox, "Ah heerd ; de pastor say in church las‘ Sunday )dat Esau done sold his heirship to Jacob!" Oh boys, dere goes de old whistleâ€" "Whoooâ€"0â€"0â€"0! _ Whoooâ€"0â€"0â€"0!" _ Dat means big rehearsal! Oh man look at dem cullud gals rush fum de stateâ€" rooms,â€"all dem highâ€"falutin‘ ‘gals, }jes’ quivering fo‘ to dance! â€"Oh oh, dere‘s "Slapfoot" Nelson, king of de bigfoot buck and wings! March 28 and 29 Oh man, oh man, dese yere Ravinia Minstrels is gettin‘ too good,â€"an‘ dey‘s no use writin‘ no mo,‘â€" "Umâ€" pahâ€"pah, â€"umâ€"pahpah!â€"" dat‘s it,â€" "When de Cuckoo Birds Am Singin‘ in de Amfalula Tree." Hot dog! Ah‘m comin‘! Good bye folks, an‘ see you on March 28â€"29 in Ravinia! An air weeding over Roosevelt field was satisfactroily ended with a paraâ€" chute jump.â€" Most married couples don‘t get down to earth until after the honeymoon is over. Thursday, March 20, 1930