Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . paraded barefooted as naked Filipinos, dressed up in nothinbut burnt-cork, straw hats, and hula-hula skirts that reachedhalf way to the knees. Never heard of Doctor McClurg, the leader of that perces-sion, and the worlds greatest corn conductor and ingrowintoenail trainer? Well, the Doc was a darb—a tall, fine-lookinguy, sport, about a hundred and leven years ancient, beinthe oldest two-legged Elk in captivity. Old Doc carried thepurple banner, with plughat, specs, linen duster, three-footSanta Claus beard, dignity, and great credit
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . paraded barefooted as naked Filipinos, dressed up in nothinbut burnt-cork, straw hats, and hula-hula skirts that reachedhalf way to the knees. Never heard of Doctor McClurg, the leader of that perces-sion, and the worlds greatest corn conductor and ingrowintoenail trainer? Well, the Doc was a darb—a tall, fine-lookinguy, sport, about a hundred and leven years ancient, beinthe oldest two-legged Elk in captivity. Old Doc carried thepurple banner, with plughat, specs, linen duster, three-footSanta Claus beard, dignity, and great credit to the lodge. Saint Louis reporters fell hard for Doc, and the paperswas filled with echoes that blowed through his whiskers alldurin the convention, the Doc bein seme gabber. Followin Doc in the parade came Strassers full band,thirty pieces, blowin real encore music—and them birdscould spiel even if the band was only half full. Then camethem Davenport Elks, lookin like theyd just broke out of amovie studio, and they burned up Saint Louis when they 123. oZ a iZ la
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