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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18371, 2 May 1925, Page 11

Another Phil May stoiy, which may . or may not have- been composed ■sfMlF<~#nt the event: " ti On one of his "stony-broke" dasv the artist went to the office of (he was a member of its staff) to in ',.1 if he .could "put his paw on aay ta»e ; sugar," as he phrased it. cashier -"sorrowfully that only:three tfeen permitted to .• papor 'in the cash-box,, for sovereigns, and that that his Balaiy was aeven weekft in advance.?' Phil made an appeal, feelings of the guardiari " /«# t|« gold, and tho ' firtt''. hope gleamed when the old gentleman incautiously uM| 'why the immediate advance of - pounds was sourgently needed. Witi) superb readiness: "There's a bailiff ia ' possession in the fcront kitchen, and—?" began May. The petitioner waa wStimoly reminded that he had ait* ironically proclaimed the advantages «S always having a man in posmatfawj'ea* pecially instancing one guett who eoukl o wait at table, polish silver, and eleai t riding-breeches as well as any valet. "Yon interrupt me," said May softer. "Let me.finish what I have to any. There is a bailiff in possession of the front kitchen under a judgment sjnampns, and he doesn't hit it with tl# fellow who's in possession of the back - kitchen under a bill-of-sale. The front - kitchen fellow is a teetotaler and the back kitehen chap Mikes his drop.' 1 . wouldn't care, but they meet is tiuft hall to argue it out. This very after? noon as I left they \%tr<s both ''ijill. 'wiled,* and were pulling off Halt ,if coats to settle the potato in The eriduranee of the artlatie meat has its limit, and-Hurit - l; : % my full-page drawing I-can compose my mind. . I WhmH etand the "strain of -the '■ tines..one moment