The Newsboy [pointing to Jerry’s frock coat]. I almost had one of them dress suits once.
Jerry [not without satisfaction]. I got six of them.
The Newsboy. I hadda get one so I could take a high degree in the Ku Klux. But I didn’t get one.
Jerry [absorbed in the paper]. I got six of ’em.
The Newsboy. I ain’t got none. Well, much obliged. So long.
The newsboy goes out.
Jones [reading over Jerry’s shoulder]. It says: “Idaho flays Treasury choice.”
Charlotte [wide-eyed]. Does that mean they’re going to flay Dada?
Jones [looking at his watch]. Senator Fish will be here at any moment now.
Charlotte. Well, all I know is that I’d show some spunk and not let them kick me out, even if I was the worst President they ever had.