Judge — March 30, 1907 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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

FABLES FOR EASTER. QNCE upon a time a Vain and Silly young Hen saw a basket of Colored Easter Eggs in a store- window, and thereafter it took no Comfort in life. “Oh, me, oh, my!" it cried a hundred times a day. + If I could only Lay Beautiful Eggs like those the People would come from Far and Near to-see me, and I would have this Bunch in the Barnyard Stung to a finish.” The other Fowls gave the Silly Hen some good advice, but she would have None of it, and declared that if She couldn't lay a Pink, a Blue, a Green, or a Red Egg, She would lay Nong at’ All. So silent and morose did She Become that the attention of the Farmer was called to the Matter, and as he Wrung her neck He said, ‘+ As you haven't been Laying for me, I have been Laying for you; and now that I've Caught you, we'll see if you are any Good as a Fricassee.” Moral—Many of us, like the Silly Hen, waste our time striving for the impossible when we should make the most of the opportunities at hand. Once upon a time a $200 imported Easter Bon- net in a milliner’s window began to make Fun of a Hat near by marked «Only $5.” + Your face would make a Brooklyn surface-car Hurry, and your Grammar would cause a Hobo to smile,” sneered the Costly Hat. «Oh, why was I placed in Such company ?” “I'm sorry, Miss; but it's not my Fault that I'm not Blue Blooded like you,” meekly replied the Cheap Hat. «I've been Blue enough in my Time, you may be Sure.” *Oh, I suppose you can’t help it. But never mind ; my Beauty will soon attract some Rich Per- son's notice, and my life will thereafter be one Con- tinual round of Pleasure.” sad Shortly afterward the two Hats were Boxed up and sent to a Certain residence. The Cheap Hat was a present for the Cook, and she took the Best of Care of it for Years and Years, and its life was an Easy and contented one. Not so with the Costly Hat. While its new owner Raved over it, so did her Husband, but in Quite a Different Manner. When he learned that he had been Stung for a $200 Bonnet, he jumped on the Hat with Both Feet and threw it into the furnace. Moral—The moral to this little fable is as plain as the five-dollar Hat. A. & Lewis. tz AN IMPORTED MODEL, SNES MONTCoWERY Lace /- 66'THIS, madam,” said the saleslady, “is. one of . f { our new spring models. It is called the Salome.” The customer looked at the hat with some in- FUTURE PROSPECTS. terest, then inquired, HAT makes the Lenten maiden smile, Devout she is without a doubt— ‘« But why is {t called the Salome?, Idon't see Although sackcloth she wears? We cannot gainsay that. anything suggestive of that title. - Why does she gaze about as if She's figuring, to tell the truth, “It is to be worn with seven veils, and you She had no Lenten cares? Upon her Easter hat. mustn't take it off in the theatre.”” Twelve m. A COLD WAVE IN CATDOM. comicbooks.com