SIMPLY—" SHEMMY " 



ancestors bulge out the tombstones until they tumble 

 as if there had been an earthquake ? You don't 

 know who falls for it. The solid business or pro- 

 fessional man may take a chance. The gambling 

 spirit may be rife and after a magnum they may have 

 the exaltation of thinking when they take a polite 

 invitation out of their pocket : " Thank goodness for 

 you." 



Don't think I'm knocking the shows. I would 

 permit anyone to do his bit in any way he chose to, 

 and, as I have said, the enterprising " chemmy " (pro- 

 nounced " shemmy ") runner is not always a rook ; 

 he can be a decoy-duck shot in the inflated part by 

 what should be considered and labelled his stool- 

 pigeons (American expression). Talk about New 

 York and Paris being " tough " ; there are plenty of 

 syringers of life blood round London. 



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