Judge — June 26, 1909 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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ae aad THE NEW YORK GIRL AT CONEY ISLAND. HEN poets old their stories told Of mermaids and the sea, I granted wise their passion cries And all their ecstasy. But toll the bell, for, sad to tell! (Oh, that it were not so!) ‘Those mermaids fair, with seaw With Pan died long ago. hair, And yet the tale would somewhat fail So fill your glass to every lass And every seaside pearl, Come, modern men, the toast, say when: e's to the seashore girl! EDD MARVEL. AERIAL ECHOES, 1912. (By our Airship Correspondent, Perey Breeze.) UN goggles, 11 cents, Cloud-proof sailing coats, $ S ship horns, from $1 to $20, Life-preserving parachutes, ach, Big aerial sale at the Stellar Airship Department Store. Trading stamps given.—Adv. We hear from good authority that Philadelphians prefer auto- mobiles to airships. Talk about provincialism! Mr. Bill Breezem brought to this office a magnificent wild tur- key which had become impaled on the knifelike prow of his new scorcher, the ‘ Mercury.’” Come again, Bill! Aunt Hetty Green had a narrow escape from serious injury the other morning. While sailing over the Bronx in her new forty-nine- dollar air machine, the rudder suddenly snapped and the ship became unmanageable. Aunt Hetty calmly opened her green umbrella, which was made in Connecticut in '77, and safely descended to Bronx Park, where she distributed peanuts to the school children, Moral: your umbrella when on a flying junket. y Vanastor and a party of club friends were gunning from the upper deck of the former's magnificent air yacht, the ‘ Jupiter,” the other morning. when Reggy sighted high above him what he supposed was a bald eagle. Blazing away, he brought the game to WHILE YOU HAVE SooTHE GiANCE— San may pee 50 happy “fomorrow <You wont have ‘to cheer up deck, It proved to be an old-fashioned turkey buzzard with a bell around its neck. The wine was on Regagy! Owners of automobiles who left their machines in Cogger’s ga- several years ago are notified that if they do not call and claim property at once the cars will be broken up for junk. The garage is to be dismantled to make way for a mammoth launching dock for airships, —Adv. Much excitement was caused in peaceful Yonkers yesterday by the elopement of Miss Byrde Smythe and Mr. Harry Highflyer. The young couple ascended in Mr. Highflyer’s aerial runabout, the ** Swallow.’’ Miss Smythe’s father was very much wrought up over the affair, and, leaping into his aeroplane, gave chase, At last ac- counts he was far out-distanced, the elopers crossing the Canadian line and heading for Montreal. Good luck, happy ones; and may the old gentleman's gasoline give out before he catches up with you! VICTOR A. HERMANN. ANY men would go through fire for a girl if she had money to burn, A BIRD PUZZLE. ises me so much. It's how the as ever laid there! “Ir isn’t the size that RE YOU LOOKING FOR A NICE SHADY SPOT FOR THE SUMMER BLACKWELL’S ISLAND OPEN ALL YEAR Shodlest Place, Shadlest People tn New York City ‘Twenty Minutes from Madison Square. Easy to Reach. Hard to Leave, Write for Terms. Special Accommodations for Thirty Days BARS OPEN ALL NIGHT. comicbooks.com