Judge — December 19, 1908 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE (Continued) FEATHERS DIDN'T AGREE WITH HIM. In the old days of early Methodism in | central New York, there was no more familiar figure than the Rev, W. H. Old- | man. As a presiding elder, it was his duty to visit the different Methodist churches in his district, Probably no| mon enjoyed eating more than he. After his day’s work was done, he ways took a light repast before retiring for the night. One who knew him well | telimthe following amusing experience : nday evening, after the work and | of the day were done, and we we out ready to retire, our hostess proposed that we enjoy a little luncheon. 1 was not in the but Brother Oldman said if it was ent he would have some bread and milk. As the lady turned to go for . he remarked, in an attempt to be cetious, ‘You needn't mind, sister, | ing the cream off.” perhaps a trifle nettled at his k, brought him a bowl of full Office of SANTA CLAUS & CO. To the American People: Cornet “UNMESUTTED — This is to certify that my Picture Department By FY. Corn for the Holiday Season of 1908 will be at the coe Judge Company, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York City. They have prepared a beautiful illustrated catalogue of the prints best suited for Christmas wondered, as I hed him dev: “ “ * : soar it it trond not-be heed gifts and will send the same upon receipt of eight the rich fluid, if it would not be heard from About t morning. And it was, iddle of the night I was ed by groans coming from the om in which the elder was passing the it. twas unmistakably the distressful of the gormandizing elder, Our host told me that he found Brother Oldman sitting up in bed, holding on to his overloaded stomach. But suffering nature took care of the case, and the | ind the food parted company. ‘our bread and cream was rather too much for ye, I reckon,’ said the host. cents in stamps. I might also say that they have for sale a number of the origina! drawings and paintings from which these prints were made. These are much larger than their reproductions and make an adom- ment for any home. You will be surprised at the Copyright, 1997, by Judge Co. “"Oh, no!’ returned the discomforted “ 3 ” cd = cpicuresnin-an attempt to tan, the COURS BRULY” prices, which range from one to twenty-five dollars. laugh, ‘That's not it. It never did Beaee nema . ue ae eal Feria Har bare 15 19% Write for them. © with me to sleep on feathers ! NOT QUITE SO CHESTY. Frank $. BI jovernor of sew | York, was talking the other day of how ung men Were apt to take too serious of their importance. Later ir however, they generally took th proper view-point. By way of illustra- tion he told the story of the congressman who returned, after a term at Washing- ton in which the latter had not put) through all the bills he had promised his constituents, to his old home and went to his tailor’s for a ne’ -w suit of cloth r see, sir,’ said the tailor; n't been in for two or three years. Perhaps I had better re-measure With all the compliments of the season. SANTA CLAUS. P. S.—I also want to say that a year's sub- scription to JUDGE or LESLIE'S WEEKLY is Coontahe a weekly reminder of the giver, and makes an ideal WITH THIS RING I THEE WED — Christmas gift—both are published by the Judge Thy James Montgomery Flago. In black, 14219, Company. JUDGE COMPANYY faiton'an A CLOSE SHAVE. “MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.” wi reply. *Chest a trifle lower down, that’s David Warfield, the actor, was de- gressman Fairchild, who is ulxo all, sir." scribing his European trip. ‘*The best! president of the Bundy Time Recordin;: thing I saw was the Milan cathedral,"” Company, was speaking recently of the SILENCING ECHOES. he said. “The worst was the English importance of paying strict attention to Emerson Hough, th “The barber. The English barber uses a dull one's own business, He illustrated his Way of a Man" and several other popu- razor.” He lathers your nostrils. and point by the following conversation be lar novels, is very fond of outdoor life. i He brushes your hair with a tw It takes a good man to beat him when hat runs by machin t a rule not to meddle it comes to telling @ story around the “I'll never forget my first experience | with other people's business,” said one. camp fire at night. While camping out of a London barber shop. It was adim, | ‘That's right—perfectly right,”” wi in the Adirondacks with a party of his stuffy room, I sat in a straight-backed ply. friends, the conversation turned on chair. The barber, though his razor sut I see you have a new confidential vchoes and how plainly they could be was dull, cut me three times. by Juder Co Photog: All right,’ said the fat man, ‘You'll change in my figure, though.’ + tailor got to work with his tape. ed out and said at the jotted down, end, Well, the measurements are about s they used to be, Yes, sir; about the same, the s heard, Echoes were getting ‘*louder| ‘**Will you have a close shave, sir sir—yes. and 101 until silenced by the fol- he asked, after going over my face once. ‘He's a hard-looking case; I have lowing statement by Mr. Hough: “I wiped a few ruddy drops from my him intoxicated a dozen times, and “Out in the Rocky Mountains it takes chin. I wouldn’t trust him out of my sight eight hears. to hear the echo of your, ‘‘‘If I get out of this sue alive,’ 1 with a sixpence. Took him out of char- i a voice. When I camp out there, and just | said severely, ‘I shall certainly consider ity, a The house: before I pull the blankets around me for it such."”” Not altogether.” to dn Meeaing, eelaned this up © the night, I shout out, ‘Time to get up!” How then?"" convince you:"” and —do you be! it?—the echo wakes. A microbe is a small animal which ‘‘Well, you know. He happens to Builder—* It looks an old plumb-line me next morning! bites everybody but a Christian Scientist. ' be my eldest son.”” | Have you had it tested lately?” comicbooks.com