Judge — November 19, 1910 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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Thankless Thanksgiving. ‘a THESE days of horseless carriage: =) a “ wireless telegraphy, p28, \ Pgs smokeless and noiseless guns, ete, the tendency ! of the American people is toward a thankless Thanksgiving. Too often the day is everything else but one of giving thanks. Its spirit seems to have followed the path of least resistance and to have drifted away from the old land- marks, JupGe has no desire to preach a Thanksgiving sermon, but does want to sug- gest that an inventory of the things for which one should be thankful could well be taken while one waits for the turkey to get done. To be ‘safe and sane,"’ let us have a noiseless Fourth, but never a thank- less Thanksgiving. Poets Change Boarding Houses. CCORDING to literary tradition, poets have from time immemorial \ lived in garrets and attics. Recent newspaper ac- counts would indicate that many of those who court the muse have changed boarding-houses. State prisons seem to lead, but insane asy- lums are a close second. An inhabitant of the latter has just learned that a poem of hers has won a magazine prize, consisting of a trip to Europe with all expenses paid. Unlike the poets of yesterday, she has keen business sense and insists that the terms “all expenses paid’ include the cost of tak- ing her guards with her when she goes abroad. THANKSGIVING NUMBER PUBLISHED BY LESLIE-JUOGE COMPANY Baunseicx Buitoima, 225 Firtw Avenue, New ¥ came deocame* Tex. e092 John A. Sleicher, President. . + Managing Editor. jrant E. Hamilton, - ‘Art Editor. Judge’s Caption Contest. Junge does not believe in extending time on contests, and the one announced in the issue of September 17th closed on October 30th. The captions received are now being looked over and the names of the prize-winners will be published in an early number. WHERE THE EARNINGS OF THE RAILROADS GO. “Stop, Look, and Listen.” HOSE who think that rail- roads are run simply to pay dividends would do well to ‘‘stop, look, and listen.”’ The cartoon on this page shows how the railroad earnings are divided. In view of the actual facts in the case, one does not wonder that railroad employes are organizing to demand a square deal for the railroads. As ‘‘His Honor’’ mentioned some time ago, the railways are the busi- ness thermometers in this country. Keep the thermometer up by giving the railroads fair play. The Democracy of Humor. UMOR knows—with apologies to Kipling —‘‘neither border nor breed nor birth."” One has but to glance at any news- paper to see the democracy of humor. The freedom with which papers swap jokes is most re- markable. Editors have no politics when it comes to clipping the ‘‘wit and wisdom"’ of the press. Humor, like politics, often makes strange bedfellows. It is a bit amusing to see the jokes from the French ‘funny’? papers reprinted with proper credit in the religious journals. As a mat- ter of fact, the only thing upon which the religious publications agree is what is hu- morous, Some critics have been bold enough to say that the change from frowns to smiles that has come over church mem- bers in recent years has been due to the de- partments of humor in church papers. Whatever may be the facts, there is no question of the truth of ‘‘Laugh, and the world laughs with you."” Brief Decisions from the Bench. HEN it comes to ‘‘scrapping’’ with the tongue, women are said to be unable to hold their own. The person who likes to make it the hottest for you is pretty sure to be your coal dealer, About the only people who never try to break into society are burglars. The man who speaks of a red-headed girl as the one with the auburn locks generally has not only the poetic sense, but also good sense. Fame awaits the inventor of the feeless telephone. The straphanger can usually be depended upon to stand up for the street-car com- pany comicbooks; com