Judge — January 11, 1908 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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CHER, F JOHN A. SL Wer Burges Johnson, Managing we 14 Gramancr. , Treasurer fe Fnilding. Chicago Ut Grant Hamilton, Art Editor. Editor RKLY AT 10 CENTS A COPY. $5.00 230 13s, or by express of postal order, mat by lava check The contents of JUDGE are crotected by conyrght in both the Unies States and Great Britain CONTHIMUTORS mu: otheripise return of the latter lose a stamped and self addressed enivelope wwth all manascrDts, in fours unavalanie cannrt be yuaranteed. if that fact be promptly reported om postal-card or by letter. WOULDN'T THIS JAR YOU? ON FRIDAY (an unlucky day) in Kansas they say, these words were spoke by Wm. J. “*T shall not volunteer—that's straight —as pre idential candidate. But if I'm drafted, [ assert, I never, never will desert"? Momentous day! momentous word! Through Christendom no n Kansas City man and beast stood all thought of sacrifice so vast. Oh, shyly fragrant mignonette ! . shrinking violet ! hidest ‘mid thy western grass till delegates may chance to pass and pluck thee from thy humble way, to make of thee a vast bouquet. But, Will better volunteer, Perhaps in Dy sound was heard; no wh stirred; wh Thou oh, modes eed our warning, dear; you'd really aver, in July, when mighty hot-air aft, you'll not be sitting currents ply perhaps, despite your gentle ¢ in the draught! HE Pope has imposed gre d with the tholie journ ‘er excommunication "* upon all per- nthly review, HM Kinnovamento burial is sons connec modernist" ( nied to editors, proof-readers even printer's devils—and the gat of shut to them all, J respectfully recalls the ¢: of acertain ancient king wh ed his throne to be set upon the shore, where, with sceptre in hand, he bade the ti Men's minds are hard to rule. E nnot_ make his meek and lowly south accept government ow WHALES, ixth annual meeting of the Vertebrate Valeontologists of held recently in New Haven, took action to save the from extermination. It is a large matter, and should recei popular support. Japce hopes that the next annual message ems nating from the White Hou Terent parts of este ure-study will en en » to cease its flow. will urge Congress to establish whale- preserves in r national domain, Patriotic citizens erywhere int raise at least one whale from seed, It is possible that plant- ing slips will hi satisfactory re: though advice from your n man would be « pare sure, to est nursery: where he can go toget a bit of whalebone. HE keeper of Louis insane y= lum took all of his women inmates shop: ping during the Christmas rush, He ys that the expe ence was beneficial to them. Another proof that like cures like a hair of the dog to teal the bite, Owing to the increased si Wf JUDGES great Limeri Dowt miss A NEEDED REFORM. ALKER, the absconding Connecticut bank cashier, is in the hands of the law. He is a man of excellent appearance, dig- nified, gray-haired, as befits so earnest a church-worker as he was while he lived at home, When the law takes its course there will be very many letters from sympathetic folk, urging clemency, even par- don; and when he reaches jail he will be overwhelmed with bouquets s the case. ‘The worse the crime the more the prisoner appeals to sympathies such as these. JUDGE, too, greater end to strive for. Reform is ¢ not enough of the comforts of life \d lovely. But the only true reform hin. The trouble with our jails is that they harbor too many uncultured people. ‘The tastes therein are low, often de- praved. A few gentlemen inmates will work wonders. Think of Thaw in the Tombs ! is been there Delmonico has served Christ- mas dinners within its walls. od cigars are the rule rather than 0 it goes. Let the reform watchword re-echo through the land, “More gentlemen in our jails!” It is a noble charity. Everyone should put a shoulder to the wheel. sted slippers, It is alwa see needed in our jails. ‘There there — not enough that is brigh comes from Since he h exe OUR OWN THEATRICAL PATENT. A WOMAN in Hartford has cut off a certain local dramatic associa- tion in her will because she received tickets for rear seats at a siven in one of the local theatres. Unfortunately Jent upon philanthropy. Perhaps is why some, even of our New York houses, can afford to sell 8 from which the stay invisible. As we cannot pound our rs into submission and compel them to eliminate these chairs, ooks. JUDGE has a scheme deserving and greater publicity than this space al- system of mirrors arranged along the rear t, and the reversal of all back-row seats, tely behind pillars and those in nooks and alcoves, so that all theatre-goers who might otherwise find that they had drawn a blank when facing the stage would un- der this system find themselves actually PAG in the bald - headed row when facing the mirrored wall. special perforn the © theatre is not dep an let_us appeal to their pocke of more det: i lows—in a I of the chairs immed “ Let us go fur- ther and suggest that all seats be reversa- ble; for there have been occasions when we ourselves, sitting in an actual front row, have found the reality almost too much for our ungog- gled eyes, and we should have enjoyed the occasional relief of a subdued reflee- tion. Think it over, managers; we claim a royalty. un postfoned until next week. comicbooks.com