Judge — July 10, 1909 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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Mrunywick Building, 225 Fifth Aves JOHN A. SLEICHER, Westra Anwmerys James M, Lee, Managing Edit ew York. Cable Address, “Judgark.” Tel. 603 FW. Sclane ue ‘Terry, Treasurer 0130-7 Marguete P Chicaga, Ul Grant E. Hamilton, Art Editor. FUMLISHKD WEEKLY AT 10 CENTH A COPY, Subscriptions pay: which areata discount im Ne and Me ‘anadian Provinces ad Siew year ‘News Company, Kream's building, Chancery Lane, nets — latermation. Stareach's News hachange, Marna, EC. Lon: Brentane's, Areune ae 'Otera, Pars Gormany. BACK SUMMERS: Prevent year, yune Vork City UW JUDGE cannot be found at aay oews-stand, tbe publishers will be ender obiig nuts ot $300 ets res) 13s vy draft on New York, of by express or postal order, mot by local checks The contents of FUDGE are orotected by cooyryht in both the United States avai Great Britain. CONTIBUTORS must inciose a stamped and seit addressed envelope with ail manusomotsy otherivise return of the Latter when founs unavailable cannot be guaranteed. i that fact be promptly reported 00 postal-card or by letter. address, and the ledger sumber oa theit wtaypet. From two to three weeks must WHEN THE COMET STRIKES. »n announced by @ certain astronomer that there is a stray comet loose in the heavens, and in some quarters there is a good deal of ion going on as to what when it strikes us, hance or other it ¢ have discuss will happe if by some comes our way at all, V not been able to give the matter much attention as yet, but * speaking offhand we should say that a great deal depends upon whe it strikes, and when, If it strikes the New York subway during the rush hour, for in- briefly, will be that it will get its tail mighty lucky if it reaches the end of its at deal of its shine rubbed off, so that 4a feather-duster at the stance, what will hap; stepped on and will | journey without having. a gr it won't look half as much like a comet end of its third season, Again, if perchance it hits farther South, landing in Washington, it will doubtless find itself seized upon by the tariff-tinkers and incarcerated in a schedule taxing its caudal appendage out of existence on behalf of comets of domestic manu- Should it land in Boston, the most obvious thing that will se the literary sty to strike in the vi facture. happen is that the Boston editors will eri its tuil and refuse to publish it, If it w of Coney Island, some enterprising manager will bi it and exhibit it at ten cents ap tivity; and finally, if it lands in Africa Das the well, it won't be anything. new to Africa now. There is another comet down there of unrivaled brilliance, a practiced earth-yumper that has hit this old world dy in so many high spots that somehow or other we are no mor of taxicabs. Landing thers alre’ afraid of comets nowadays than we are it will probably flicker, faint, and fade away, dying ultimately of jealousy because it can’t sell its tale for a dollar a word. we are not going to worry about it until it strikes us, and not then, Anyhow, for if it strikes us for more than we happen to have in our pockets at the time, we shall give it a shove and push it off into space again, YAPS AND YAWNS. HE TWO boards on the front and back of a sandwich man are T considered almost certain signs of ill-luck in the business affairs of the we Chauffeurs are not as a class superstitious, but they consider it bad luck to hear a police magi: ** One hundred dollars, ane thirty days in jail,” when they are thems standing before the bar of justice. We understand that Mr. Wu Ting-Fang has been made lord rector of a Chinese school This is fine, Some night w shall expect to hear that th been roused out of bed hy the freshman class giv Wu Wu Wu! Wow Wow Wow! Ting-Fang! Ting-Fang! Chow Chow Chow! ile we do not look for a champion football team from these students on the water, we think iard and pool championship if they handle Incidentally, w and expect little ought to win the b Lost tt Jenar (to Christian Seienced “So you don't know wh