Judge — December 1889 — page 37: what you’re looking at

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CHRISTMAS JUDGE 35 AN UNFORTUNATE CRITICISM. out to select a Christmas present for his wife, and he came home Reet suffering from nervous prostration.” THEIR PRE ; New York girl (aged 10) —" Oh, Carrie, you ought to see my Christmas presents! I got a splendid pair of bracelets, a beautiful big doll, and such a lovely necklace! What did you get?” Boston girl (aged 9)—“ Oh, such interesting books, Sadi There was a volume of Joseph Cook's sermons, Procto “Other Worlds than Ours,’ Flammanon on the planets, and Emerson's poems.” HE GUESSED IT. “Say, SMIKE,” said a punster fiend; “what kind of log should a ship use on Christmas day to measure its rate of speed >” “Why, a Yule-log, of course, Yule loggerhead,” promptly answered Smike, who was a punster fiend himself. vA CHRISTMAS HAPPENINGS. HOW HE POPPED. TOMMY entered the parlor where his sister Mamie was enter- taining her best young man. “T would like to have your sister for a Christmas present, Tommy. Will you give her to me?” “Can't,” said Tommy. “When I caught Fitz Dudeigh kissing her the other night, she said, ‘Now, Tommy, don’t give me away,’ and I said 1 wouldn't.” AN EXHAUSTING TASK. Alpha—*\ see that your friend Bondsby has sailed for Europe. What is the object of his vis Omega —" He goes to recuperate his health, which is broken down by overwork.” pha—" Overwork? Why, I never knew him to do a day's work in his life.” Omega —" You don’t know all, One day last week he went Is there a shoe made that after it is worn awhile will not lose its shape, and soon cause discomfort and satisfaction ? The Burt and Packard ‘“‘Korrect Shape” fills the bill, and the man- ufacturers present the following reasons, viz.: SWH 1st. We use nothing but pure Oak Sole Leather for the bottoms and the highest grade of BF Te stock for the uppers. ad. Our last models are made in our own factory, and the “Korrect Shape" is the result of years of experience in catering to the wants of a critical public for a high grade of shoes. 3d. As we no doubt make more fine shoes than any other concern in America, we are able to give employment to our work- ing-men every day in the year, which gives us the advantage over the majority, who have a period when they “shut down,” in a choice of workmen, which is the secret of not only making a fine shoe, but securing uniformity from year to year. These shoes are made in four grades, which are stamped (in addition to our Trade Mark) on the bottom of each shee, viz.: Hand-Made, Hand-Welt, Burtwelt, and Machine Sewed. Our goods are sold by at least one first-class shoe dealer in almost every town, and our agents should carry all styles, Congress, Button, and Bal, for Gents, Boys, and Youths, ut if not sold by YOUR dealer, don't permit any substitute for the “ Korrect Shape,” as we have arranged to supply any one in the United States who cannot! This Trade Mark, showing the Qg% get these goods of our agents, and prepay all express charges, /Aws| (40 in a natural position wi ithin ? bringing them 10 your door without extra cost. Send for 4 . Fs : a shoe, and also the words {ILLUSTRA All information concerning our different styles, and how to obtain these goods, etc., etc., forwarded by simply naming the Curistmas Jupce. “ Korrect Shape,” is stamped on the bottom of each shoe. comicbooks.com