Judge — January 12, 1901 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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| i JUDGE'S FAVORITES. NRIETTA CROSMAN AS ‘ MISTRESS NELL.” -ars sweet Mistress Nell had waited, pining, ing to find this incarnation new you, comedienne, perchance divining uur future, struggled in the darkness, too. Ah, Henrietta! all that dark dejection Was well worth while, for this combined perfection, IN THE LIBRARY. Y SHAKESPEARE he had shaken up, And rumpled every leaf ; My Dryden he had wet with ink, Imagine here my grief ! My Gray was black with finger marks ; And, in my study lone, I thought how very sad it was A boy like this to own, Young, which was new, appeared quite old, He'd handled it so much ; And Gay looked sad, for it had not Escaped his vandal touch. My Hawthorne had some leaves detached, For Hunt I had to look ; He'd torn my Hood, put extra curves Upon my dainty Hook. Perplexed, I gazed within the fire, And dreamed of single joys, Of libraries far, far beyond The reach of woeful boys; Where Bacon could be saved from harm, And Hogg not slaughtered be ; When gazing round, the cause of all Peeped thro’ the door at me, Two chubby arms were round my neck Before I was aware ; What could Ido? I could not scold ; Would you have chided there? And so I kissed the darling one In little robe so white Who'd come so meek, so To kiss papa good-ni ight. . MONROE M. ROSENFELD. jocent, dime,” Tie MAN —"' Say, boy, hold my horse for ten minutes and I'll give you a OF COURSE! A DOCTOR easily can wed Though he may not deserve her, For on life’s sea a girl, of course, Would want a life-preserver. EARLY PIETY. 'HE early inculcation of re- ligious principles is doubt- less of benefit to the future life of every child; but it is to be questioned whether the best re- sults are accomplished for the youngster of three or four who is conveyed to church Sunday after Sunday and compelled to sit in silence for an hour and a half or more, with only the drone of the minister's voice and the variety attendant on the ordinary Progress of a church service to Tue cat—" Darn that man! T'll settle him. This is amuse him. This is about what the third night he has kept me awake with his yowling !"" Dorothy Dumpling’s father thought one day, when, after hearing the little girl chant with wearying persistency, for some hours, the words, “ I am a painted rooster, yes I am sir, yes I am sir," he discovered after much tactful inquiry that this was her interpretation of the old hymn," I am a patriot true, sir,” etc., etc. IN TOPSYTURVY LAND. AN OBJECT LESSON. * I'm going to bring young Yabsley home to supper to-night.” “Why, we haven't a thing to eat in the house, the cook is intoxicated, baby has the colic and mother is coming !” Mr. Jones—"* Ves, that's why I'm going to bring him home! Tke young fool is thinking of getting married.” A STIPULATION. __ THE noy—"All right, mister, but, understand, if ye're gone more den ten minutes it'll cost yer a quarter.” comicbooks.com