§ 309 Caught in the Jam
There is an actor in New York who is distinguished among other qualities for his frugality. There have been other frugal actors from time to time, but probably none quite so much so as this gentleman is. His passion for personal economy has come to be proverbial. Let us for convenience call him Jones, which isn’t his name at all.
One day in the early part of December of last year a gentleman of a waggish turn of mind came, with a look of concern on his face, into the Lambs Club. He approached a card table where four brother members were playing bridge.
“Did you hear about the accident to Jones?” he asked.
“No,” they chorused. “What was it?”
“Well, it just happened over on the East Side. While Jones was doing his Christmas shopping he got crushed between two push-carts.”