Judge — September 2, 1911 — page 10: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

IT TOUCHES THE SPOT. “" What you got that hot water bottle on your bsck for, hippo ?"" “"Sh! cars and lights and everything quite like New York. This is a picture of the shop where I bought a lot of little souvenirs and here is a picture of the restaurant where we got our meals, and, oh, see this fountain! I forget the Square it was in. It was erected to the memory of—what was that man’s name? I had it on the end of my tongue when I began showing you the pictures, but the name has gone from me. I'll think of it be- fore you go. Here is a statute of—who is it? The name is so blurred I can’t make it out. But it is some Scotchman. Probably it was Robert Burns. They'd be apt to have his statue in a Scotch city, and yet the face isn’t like his, is it? This is a picture of the block on which they used to cut off the heads of “SAY, JIM, AIN'T IT TERRIBLE TO RE 80 DEFORMED 2” I got a pain in my back."” the kings and queens as if they chickens, Wasn't it horrid? Here isa picture of Marie Antoinette going to her execution in a cart. We saw the very spot where—this is a picture of the big opera house in Berlin. I was a good deal disappointed in it and a lot of other things in Berlin. I suppose that it was because I had my expectations aroused too high. This is a picture of ——"’ “T really must go, dear. I'd dearly love to see the whole three hundred of them, but——"" “Wait until I show you the picture of Rome. We were there three full days, and went all the time and saw every- thing. This is the forum where they used to have those awful scraps Macau- lay wrote about, and this is where the Pope lives. We thought we saw him in the garden, but wasn’t sure. Rome is just awfully in- teresting. It'sall historic. This is the Coliseum. It carries you right back hundreds of years to stand in it. This is the little inn where we stayed and this is the queerest old cemetery. Oh, Rome is too dear and interesting for anything! I got this pin I am wearing there. I didn’t give but sixty cents for it, and you could- n’t buy it in America for less than three dollars. You really can get some big bargains abroad even when you add the duty. This is a picture of ——"’ “I simply must go now. I'll come around some other day and have you show me all of the others. It is ever and ever so interesting. Almost like going abroad oneself."’ “Isn't it, though? Do you know that I mean to invite all of my friends here some evening and give them a descrip- tion of my trip from my post cards. It seems really selfish to keep them all to myself. Don’t you think so?”” Random Shots. NE can't teach an old dog new tricks. Think how many men atill put coat shirts on over their heads. To-morrow never comes, unless it's the morning after. The tortoise beat the hare to it, but he missed most of the scenery. Trigonometry can solve every triangle but the eternal one—he, she, and it. Advice is cheap—if ignored. —Denald A, Kaho OOT your own horn or it may be tootless. (WEDDING RINGS?OH YES!} EVER BEEN THERE? How the wedding ring and the jeweler look to young man about to be married on the ‘‘Q.T."” comicbooks.com