“I dunno. I never see him afore.”
“Well, let’s slug him, anyhow, or else he’ll be puttin’ on airs.”
Vendor: “You leetel girla musta move away!”
Miss Casey (from de Fourt’): “Move away? You Dagos is a puttin’ on airs, ain’t you? I may not be a millyunyair, an’ I may not eat charlotty roosters or drink lemon phosphiks, but I ain’t a-goin’ to let no Dago give me points wot to do, an’ doan’t yer forgit it!” (Exits, muttering something about “bringin’ de gang aroun’ an’ cleanin’ somebody out.”)
STARS AND STRIPES.
First Little Girl: “My father was fighting for three years. He carried the stars and stripes, and he’s got the flag yet.”
Second Little Girl: “My father was in for fighting for six years, and he carries stripes yet. He’s got a striped suit now.”
