Judge — April 24, 1897 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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uage EASTER. A GLEAM of lilies in the scented air, And pale, pure blossoms scattered where Her dainty feet will press them on her way to church, The while I hasten thither in my search ‘To find a token in that sweetest face That will assure me of some saving grace A burst of music in the cloistered gloom ; ‘Vhe white-robed choristers adown the room Are but the tuneful pages of her trai ging her to the temple where I fain Would lay my heart adoring at her feet And win the rapture that were all too sweet A glow of sunshine in the outer world, And tender leaves in vernal freshness furled. © How beautiful !" I cry, my heart aflame <t To win this charmer to my humble name ae “I'm glad you like it, dear,” she says, de- “Dear papa says the bill has made him poor.” MARY C. FRANCIS. ear 2 PREOCCUPIED. 3 A a URAL pana? re GEOGRAPHICAL, NEPHEW (who is showing him the sights)— UZZLEIGH (indignantly) —"* do you 1 “s » bing my mandolin a to pieces? Are you wronented Teacher—" Plato, what isafarm?” ysce'sine wear theer ee St2z.et08N (his roommate, in justification\—" No ; it was Plato—* A farm, sit, is a body of i UNCLE SiLAs—“ Wa-al, nevvy, I can't say ez all your fault. You should have known more than to have left Jand entirely surrounded by a fence.” __their faces ‘tracted my ‘tenshun very much.” a red-backed mandolin lying face down on a boarding-house beg lniebeitwilight HER MARRIAGE REFORM. ‘+ BEFORE I answer yes to your proposal,” said the Chicago lady to her lover, "1 AN IMPORTANT DISAGREEMENT. must tell you that I have become a member of the newly-organized marriage- Belle—"1 understand it was the question of settle- reform association, and that I intend to adhere strictly to its rule.” ments that broke off the match between Laura and Mr. * What is its rule?” asked George hoarsely. Veasey.” “Instead of allowing divorces to occur as annual events in families, we women have Grace —" Not exactly settlements. You see they decided not to marry unless the men will agree to a five-year marniage-contract.” couldn't agree on the amount of alimony he was to pay when they were divorced.” ON THE SHELF. POOR Florence! she's left youth behind, IN CHICAGO. And, ab! too well she shows it; str For now, when Easter comes to mind, Mrs. Seldom Singell—~ : zi pals ae “Thanks, Jack: but it eee 2 Where is the one who knows it? look well for me to dance. I 4 lost my husband to-day.” She lovers had aplenty. Jack—" Divorce? ‘a Of course she wasn't thirty then, Mrs, Seldom Singell— Ni ad / . But just turned two-and-twenty, a real, genuine death. That's \ honest I have the undertaker's ‘ss QUALIFIED, certificate in my pocket.” f a _ Lary Lazarus—" Say, Weary, ‘ * listen ter dis snap in de newspaper. = *Wanted—an elderly man ter eat REFERRED. ai \\ an’ sleep on de premises.’ Ain't dat a puddin’? Suit you an’ me ter pieces.” Yet I can well remember when Junicus—* There was a young artist out here some time ago, What became of him?” "4, AN EFFECTIVE SCHEME. Bowte Bill— Hanging nuuss—"' Henry, there's another tramp coming out of our committee has all necessary in- place. That makes the fifteenth for today. Its unbearable. You must oe buy a savage dog. formation about that fresh Mx. Suusut I can’t bother with a dog, dear; but I'll try and find youth,” a way to scare them off.” 2, AN EFFECTIVE SCHEME, A SKYE SCRAPER, if He did. comicbooks.com