Caricature; wit and humor of a nation in picture, song and story . and over these he spent an hour of labor, at last breath-ing a contented, soul-satisfying sigh. He dined at the club and afterward strolled about. awaiting a full house. Atnine the rooms were wellfilled with members and theirfriends, and Clubton beggedthat all assemble in thesmokeroom. His request was hilarious-ly responded to, and when allnad quieted down, Clubtonmounted a chair. Gentlemen, he began,-this is the night of youremancipation. All of you—?no, I refuse to make excep-tions—have upon divers oc-casions drunk deep of th
Caricature; wit and humor of a nation in picture, song and story . and over these he spent an hour of labor, at last breath-ing a contented, soul-satisfying sigh. He dined at the club and afterward strolled about. awaiting a full house. Atnine the rooms were wellfilled with members and theirfriends, and Clubton beggedthat all assemble in thesmokeroom. His request was hilarious-ly responded to, and when allnad quieted down, Clubtonmounted a chair. Gentlemen, he began,-this is the night of youremancipation. All of you—?no, I refuse to make excep-tions—have upon divers oc-casions drunk deep of theflowing bowl. Aye, so deepthat when you reached homeyou found it serious and diffi-cult labor to locate the key-hole. Gentlemen,he added,bringing into view a lock andkey, I wish to introduce toyou to-night, Clubtons Mag-netized Keyhole, the Abe Lin-coln which is to give youfreedom. Note the absence of all mechanical features. It is just a plain lock andkey doctored with electrical juice. The secret of itsmarvelous power can be yours alone, as you need but. A RAH-RAH AVIS, have your personal nightkeytreated. I magnetize thelock and key. Note the re-sult. He extended arms un-til a distance of about twofeet intervened between thelock and key. Then he gradu-ally diminished the distance,and, when it was within afoot of the lock, the key andClubtons arm were jerkedswiftly to the lock, the keyinserting itself speedily andproperly. Hold tight to the key,gentlemen, and it will g^ideyou. No more suspiciouswives. All is well with you close the door,withdraw the key, as the cir-cuit between the bolt of thelock and the bracket is thenbroken. Come up, boys, andplace your order. Prices areright. It is reported upon au-thority of the club steward that seven men were pain-fully injured in the rush which ensued to place an orderwith Clubton.
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