Judge — May 20, 1893 — page 6: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

BLISS IN THIS IGNORANCE. MAN-APRAID-OF-EMPTY-BOTTLE (finding a pair But Man-afraid-of-empty-bottle knew nothing of gum shoes)—" Big heap warm foot-jackets. — —— Big. medicine for war-dance,' about the excessive elasticity of rubber. LATTER-DAY COLLABORATION. HE WAS young and literary and she burned with enthusiasm to help him with his work. He desired her help more than anything on earth, except herself, but she, alas! was not literary. She confessed plaintively that even her graduating essay had been written by another girl. What was to be done? In an unlucky moment she read a novel by Justin McCarthy and Mrs. Campbell-Praed. That settled it. Collaboration became the dream of her life. Deep literary discussions followed day by day, and at length an understanding was effected. The collaboration was to last their life-time and was to begin immediately. The next day she announced confidentially to a bosom-friend, “George and I are writing a novel.” The friend was deeply interested. “How do you manage it, with chapters about—or do you supply the plot and he work it out?" “Oh, we don’t bother about those things. You see, it is all love-making nearly. [ told George that would be best, because all the girls at school liked love-making in novels. So George does all the writing and I— men are so stupid—I show him how.” wadoa:aonesnon! REASON ENOUGH. S4QNE thing more,” said Mrs. MeBride to the applicant for a place, after other details had been arranged ‘satisfactorily. “Why did you leave your last place?" +» Pappa, vhy ou veer Jour thaned rings wile Ger eanate “The woman of the house wanted three evenings out a week,” was the satis- inside? Vy don'd you turn ‘em ont?" factory reply. “'Vhy, Jakie, I'm a shentleman, und no real shentlemen talk dis way.— —Dey talk dis way." BOUND TO SHINE. comicbooks.com