Judge — November 11, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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

es. ht. ast ere nd Scholar—'* No, 'm. a full list from home after I have had time to think a little. I will leave my "phone number, and if you want a more detailed description of the contents of the bag I can ’phone it to you, can’t I? The bag itself was a gift from a dear friend who has lately passed away. So sudden! She was sick a little less than twenty-four hours, and I value the bag all the more highly on that account. We were like sisters, and she— Oh, there is some one else wants to come to the window! Beg pardon! Of course you will "phone me if the bag comes in. Come to think of it, 1 may have left it in one of the big department stores downtown, but I think I left it on the car."” Excited His Admiration. 6 ELL, what do you think of it?’’ asked the Englishman who was showing the American the ruins of the abbey. “Great!’’ he replied. ‘‘What a fine railroad station it would make if it was in good repair!"" McFee—‘'I feel like a pugilist this morning.’” McFoo—'‘Before or after?’ AS TO THE DOUBLE NEGATIVE. Teacher—' Haven't you studied your arithmetic lesson ?" * The Brave Days of Old. By S. B. RISER. N DAYS of old, when men were bold And street cars were unknown, No maiden sweet longed for a seat A lout claimed as his own. And in those days, when valiant chaps Went boldly forth to fight, They did not have to cling to straps While they rode home at night. Endeavoring To Be Polite. 6s] OOK out down there!’’ yelled Pat, after a heavy beam had fallen from the sixteenth story. “‘What’s the use looking out now?’ called a man who had narrowly escaped being crushed. “There mayn't be anny use, but I thought you might be provoked if I didn’t notice it.’’ A Misfit Name. LITTLE Florence climbed upon her father’s lap on her birthday and put her arms around his neck. Father al- ways called her ‘‘Toodles,’’ and until now she had answered to the name. But now she looked at him in surprise. “‘Why, I’m three now! I should think you'd call me ‘Threedles,’'’ she said. I didn't have no time to learn nothing bat me grammar lesson."” Distinguished. 6¢PQUT,”’ she complained, ‘‘you ought, before you marry, to do some- thing worth while. I think every man owes it to himself to make an effort, while he is still free, to gain some kind of distinction.’’ “Well, I’ve done that,’’ he replied. “Oh, have you? In what way? “‘I was at a meeting last night where I was the only man who didn’t have a degree from some college.’’ Womanly Caution. 6¢C)H, HAROLD,” said Mrs. Newly- wed, ‘‘a strange man was here to-day and he said he wished to read our gas meter.”” “Well, did you let him in?” “Mercy, no! He used very poor grammar, and I felt sure that he would not read it properly.”’ Overzealous. 66 JY JOURNEY in this world is al- most ended, brethren,”’ declared an old man at a recent experience meet- ing. ‘‘I have not long to live.’” “Thank God!’ shouted an earnest but somewhat thoughtless brother on the front bench. ~ 2 2 28 8&2 8&8 &2@ 8 @ BB B B comicbooks.com