The acme magazine . 1=>£n> —— Once upon a time Colonel Tom Holmes was called upon to appear at an after dinner talk-fest. He developed a new type of humor, appealing so strongly to the public, that he is nowin demand as a popular speaker, and is talkin* most every night, telling merry tales. Evenhis minutes as Clerk of the Board of Health are so punctured with references to cafe parfait,asparagus vinaigrette and pate de fois gras that the sending out of notices to cut down weedsin back yards are retarded. Notice the turned down glass, the pained expression on Tomsface shows that the carb
The acme magazine . 1=>£n> —— Once upon a time Colonel Tom Holmes was called upon to appear at an after dinner talk-fest. He developed a new type of humor, appealing so strongly to the public, that he is nowin demand as a popular speaker, and is talkin* most every night, telling merry tales. Evenhis minutes as Clerk of the Board of Health are so punctured with references to cafe parfait,asparagus vinaigrette and pate de fois gras that the sending out of notices to cut down weedsin back yards are retarded. Notice the turned down glass, the pained expression on Tomsface shows that the carbonated water has just given Some Trentonians and their Coats of Arms. Evidences of aristocratic descent in the old familiesof the capital city. *§86»$K$KERE and there throughout ifltf «, «8i Trenton, are silent, cher-• *• J J 95 ished evidences of the au-attsaaKg»g tiquity of some of the fam- SRSTSRJSs ily names that have help-ed to make the city fam-ous. Such mementoes are nothingmore than an incised piece of batteredsilver, a time-stained sampler, a half-worn signet ring or a crudely painteddesign on the front leaf of a in whatever form the evidences maybe found, they tell the story of race andcreed, and of how hundreds of Tren-tonians are descended from the Hol-landers and Huguenots of New York,the Cavaliers of Virginia, the Puritansof Massachusetts and the Quakers ofPennsylvania and New Jersey. These reminders of the past arerepresentations of coats-of-arms grant-ed to some direct ancestor of a localfamily, who having borne them byright, for some distin-guished service to hissaff PJSsli^Pc
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