Judge — January 27, 1912 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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The Language of Flowers. By CAROLYN WELLS. OUNG MEN who are timid or bash- ful may often express their senti- ments toward a lady by sending her a bouquet. To such we gladly give the appended information as to the meaning of the various blossoms, for nothing is more disastrous than to convey a wrong message by means of ill-selected posies. Apple blossoms indicate that the lady is the apple of your eye. Peach blos- soms signify that you consider her a peach, while daisies imply that you think her one of them. A rubber plant carries the pleasant message, ‘I like to look at you’’; while tulips subtly murmur, ‘‘May I kiss you?"’ Stock means, ‘‘I have taken a flyer in Wall Street’’; while a bunch of orchids, tied with violet velvet ribbon, declares, ‘‘I am in debt."’ To be sure, one does not always wish to send affectionate mes- sages, and the reverse sort may be discreetly expressed in the language of flowers. Wall flow- ers signify that in your opinion the lady is not popular. Fox- gloves are merely a synonym for the old fashion, *‘mitten’’; while, if you wish to break off entirely with the lady (and doubtless she will consider herself well rid of you), send her a spray of lemon verbena. Household Talk. Husband —‘*A fool and money are soon parted.”” Wife—''I haven’t noticed any of the fool about you for some time.’’ his If and But make a poor pair to draw to. Habitual Training. In old China Y. M. C. A, To teach all the athletic tricks; Successful they'll be at swinging the clubs, If we judge by their use of chop sticks, Poor Married Man. “The time will come,”’ thundered the suffragette orator, ‘‘when woman will get a man’s wages!”” “*Yes,’’ sadly muttered a man on the rear seat; ‘‘next Saturday night.’’ With Them, but Not of Them. “‘Why is Jones so smiling?’’ “His wife has joined the Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise, and he thinks now she will have to shut they're building a up for a while. NOT INSPIRED. He—* Have you read my lates: poems? They were inspired by you.”” She—"'Oh, Mr. Scribbler, I don't think it's fair to pat the blame on me."’ Children vs. Dogs. Apartment houses which do not admit young children are becoming more and more numerous, while those advertising that dogs will be welcomed with open arms are constantly increasing in num- ber. The railroad company that refused to transport children would soon find itself in hot water. The landlord who discriminates in the matter of the age of his tenants should be dealt with by legal injunction and forced to remove his unfair restrictions. Until there is a change in the present biological scheme of things, there must be children before there can be landlords and nerv- ous tenants, and that they must suffer and cause their parents to suffer the indignities of disbarment simply be- cause they exist and are so unfortunate as to be young seems a travesty on modern civilization. Not Up-to-date. The Queen of Hearts was mak- ing the tarts. “Hold on!’” we ced. ‘Have you got a sanitary bakeshop?”’ Sundries. Don’t think a girl will coo like adove just because she is pigeon- toed. Optimism isn’t just grinning, but this is where most of us “get off. “This is a dog’s life,” yawned the vivisectionist, ashe rolled up his sleeves preparatory to the slaughter. Money may talk, but it is usually a bit ungrammatical. A ring on the hand is worth two at the door. That will be about all now. comicbooks.com