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Monday,

NANCY

OH, SLUGGO !--- ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE ANY

RESOLUTIONS?

YEP.I'M GOIN' TO BE VERY POLITE TO EVERYBODY, FROM

NOW ON!

OH, THAT'S A SWELL RESOLUTION --- HOW DID YOU COME TO THINK

OF, IT!?

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By Ernie Ernie

January 29, 1940.

Bushmiller

OH, IT JUST CAME:

TO ME, A LITTLE

WHILE AGO!

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The Public ȧro cordially invited to inspect and test the now cars

When better cars are built-

BUICK will build them”.

NINOTCHKA

THE JEWELS

IT WAS on a warmish April day in Paris that the manager of the Hotel Clarence was astonished to see a bearded man wearing the fur-collared coat, fur cap, and heavy boots of a Russian emerged from the revolving door and stand gawking at the lobby's magnificence.

"Is there anything I can do for you, monsieur?" he inquired.

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"No, no," replied the Russian, backing hurriedly out.

The manager's atonishment turned to mystification when a second man, similarly clad, entered, stared about and beat a hasty retreat, only to be followed by a third who examined the lobby hastily as he kept turning the revolving door which ejected him as quickly as he had entered.

The three Russians went into a huddle on the side- walk.

"Comrades," said one, “why should we lie to

each other? It's wonderful!"

"Let's be honest," said the second.

"Have we anything like it in Russia?"

They shook their heads in agreement.

"Can you imagine what the beds would be like' in a 'hotel like that?" inquired

the third.

"They tell me when you ring once the valet comes in," said the first.

"When

you ring, twice you get the waiter, and when you ring three the maid comes in-a French maid!".

"Comrades," said the second, a gleam in his eyes, if we ring nine times ----- Let's go in!"

"Just a minute, Comrade Iranoff," said the first, "I have nothing against the idea, but I say let's go back

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"My jewels! Why do you bring this up after so many years?"

"Connect me with Mercier, the jeweller, please."

The waiter's hand, about to place the napkin, hesitated, re-i mained suspended over the table as he listened to Kapalski,

"Oh, Leon, you are so good to me?" she murmured, slightly mischievously, and kissed-him.

"You can be rich if you say I had dinner with the word. Guizet, the newspaper publisher last night. I sold him the idea "I want to speak with Mon-of publishing your memoirs in steur Mercier personally," said the Gazette Parisienne." Kopalski into the telephone.

to

to

to the Hotel Terminus. and inquired the price of rooms. Moscow made our reserva- "I'm afraid our

are "Monsieur Mercier?... This "Oh. Leon!" she proteated. tions there. We are on an rather stiff," said the manager, [is Kopalski of the Russian "Sweetheart, we won't have

Board of Trude. We arrived bother about our future if you are official mission and have no anxious to get rid of them.

willing to raffle off your past!"" Yes, every- right to change the order of

"Why should you be afraid ?" this morning. "Oh I might be able to ne-thing, is here, the necklace, too. "Was it for this," sighed -the our superior."

commodate you," said the man- All fourteen pieces.... No, Duchess, "that I refused to endorse "Where is your courage, Com-lager, haughtily eyeing their one Monsieur, the court jewels of the Dr. Bertrand's mouthwash, or rade Buljanoff? Are you the suitcase. "Is there some more Duchess Swaan consisted of but say that the Vincent vacuum cleaner Buljanoff who fought on

was the only one over used by the the luggage?"

the fourteen pieces., Yes,

Romanoffs! .. And now you want barricades? Are you now afraid "Oh, yes, but have you a safe naturally we have all the neces-me to smear my life's secrets over to take a room with a bath?" big enough to hold this?" sary credentials,"

the front page of a tabloid!" "I don't want to go to "Not in our vault, but there

The waiter hurried' from the Siberia," said Buljanoff, step-is one suite with a private safe, room....

"I understand how you feel, there is a limit to everything: ping into their waiting taxi. but gentleman, I'm afraid.

THE maidticularly pride and dignity. of the Grand Paper has a circulation of two

lion and Guisot is willing to pay Duchess Swanajany price!" opened the door

"Imagine two inillon clerks and of her apart shop, girls peeking into my life for mont, and sou! Think of my lovely life be smiled at the ing wrapped around, cheese and elegant Paris-blood sausages!"

playboy

"If Lenin were alive," said The apartment may suit your the third Russian. "Comrade convenience but I doubt that it Kopalski, he would say, Bul-will fit your convictions. It's jano Comrade, for once in the Royal Suite." your life you're in Paris.

Don't

The three Russians glanced

be a fool. Go in there and ring at each other almost in conster- three times."

Ration. Then they drew aside. "He wouldn't say that," ob- and consulted together in low jected Irano. "What he would voices.

jan

say is, 'Buljanoff, you can't "I warn you, Comrades," said who entered with the air of a afford to live in a cheap hotel. Buljanoff, "if it gets out in Mos-man thoroughly at home.

"Good morning, Doesn't the prestige of the cow that we stayed in the Royal

Count Bolsheviks mean anything to Suite ive will get into terrible d'Algout. Her Highness is still

{ dressing," you? Do you want to live in a trouble."

After further palaver, they returned to the manager. "Give

breakfast."

but

"He's a walter at the

Hotel Clarence, poor devil. You know him. Tell him-won't-be-able-tu. vee him for half an hour."

"The Court says if it could be an soon as possible. It is luncheon time and he's just between courses."

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The Duchess, with excuse, went into the living room,

"How, do you do,

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she said giving the Count her hand. "Have you lost your job?" .

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"This morning three Soylet ugents arrived. They are going to sell your Jewels to Mercier. I over- par-heard their telephone conversation." "Did I hear something about The fowels?" asked Leon d'Algout, ap- roll-pearing in the doorway.

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a hotel where you press for the "We'll just say we had to take "That's all right,” replied the hot water and cold water comes it," whispered Iranoff, "on uc- Count and entered the Duchess' and when you press; for cold count of the safe. There was no boudoir with the easy air of an water nothing comes out at all ? other safe big enough. It's a old friend. She turned towards blindly. If this in your decision, Phooey, Bulfanioff}***

perfect excuse."

him and he kissed her lightly. you must be prepared for the con- go 10 sequences-I will have to "Good morning, Swana,”. "I still say our place is with

"It's really a wretched morn- the common people," replied Buljanoff, but wenkening. "But the Royal Suite," said Bul-ing, Leon.. I can't get myself him, and he know

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and I look brittle. My face "Stop threatening, my little Volga WHILE his doesn't compose well. I am so boatman! I don't deserve this/ two comrades bored with this face! Why She kissed him, "Two million}

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