Judge — June 20, 1896 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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

A PIECE OF BRIC-A-BRAC, ALL over it are painted scenes Of gardens gay and sultans glum, And reds and yellows, blues and greens led quite ad libitum, Veiled faces at an awful risk Veer out from dim seraglios, And on one side an odalisque Does simply nothing else but pose! Beneath a crescent moon and star A bulbul charms an olive spray, While turban, mosque and scimitar Are jumbled in the oddest way. In fact, though taking little space, Tis really quite unique, because T priced it as * that little vase, And bought it for **a Persian vauze THE TRAITOR, DOUBT. T fell in love once on a time, ‘She was a maiden strangely fair ; Her eyes spoke volumes, but her charm Lay surely in her golden hair. Her tresses floated from her head In dainty wavelets, oh, so rich ! But this is what kept puzzling me: T could not tell just which was switch. NOT A POOL-PLAYER, HOWEVER. Putting a ball in the side-pocket, A NEW-WOMAN MARTYR. 1K (exasperatedly)—"* Thunder! Maria ‘s worn out my shirt REAL MEAN. HERE had been a wedding in the family, at which Charley, four, had officiated as a page. The event made quite an impression on him, and hearing his mother speak of her own wedding shortly after, he asked, “Was I your little page “Why, no, you funny little boy ; you were not there,” said his mother. “Wasn't I invited?” “No,” said his mother, laughing ; “neither invited nor expected.” “Charley's face fell, hi heaved and he burst into tears, crying, “Your own little boy and not in- vited to your wedding! I didn’t think you'd do that!” And he refused to be comforted. ABSENCE makes the heart grow fonder—of the other fellow. “Shrink! phy, ef dot suit vos left in der vater von hundred years it vould not shrink von inch. No, sir!” CHOLLY’S NEW BATHING-SUIT, Before using. Ten minutes afterward, comichooke:com f