Judge — December 21, 1912 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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An Honest Doubt. ELISSA’S kiss is something quite ecstatic; So great your joy, you’re eager to f display it. A Your ecstasy is ecstasy emphatic— ' ’Twas yesterday | heard a poet say it. The feast that she prepares incites your praises; So great your happiness, you want to air it. All day you’re full phrases— 'Twas yesterday I heard a gourmet swear it. of laudatory They may have ample reasons for their blisses, But words of praise from me? I shall not waste them. Why should I laud her cooking or her kisses, Since I have never had the chance to taste them ?—Nathes M. Levy. Couldn't Tell Which. Mrs. Jones ran out the back door and sped across the lot to the dividing line. “Mrs. Beckett, oh, Mrs. Beckett, come out! Come on out quick! There’s something happening at Mrs. Newwed’s across the street!’’ “‘For the land sakes! what is it?’’ bubbled Mrs. Beckett, hurrying to- ward her neighbor. “Well, I gist can’t make out," shrilled Mrs. Jones, ‘‘whether it’s a baby or her first cake!”’ “SAYING THINGS BEHIND HER BACK.” | Young Daday—"I think funny baby can't say ‘ Papa’ yet can say ‘Santa! "” Young Mamma—"‘But isn’t it the same thing?" It Depends. Student in physics—‘‘Could you get a shock by holding onto the re- ceiver of a telephone?” Professor—‘‘It depends upon who is talking.’’ : The Shortest Day. December 21st will be this year, as it was last, the shortest day of the year, especially if you have done your Christmas shopping early and paid your bills as you have gone along. A Professional Opinion. First M. D.—‘‘Has he any deep- seated trouble?”’ Second M. D.—'*Yes; a wife wait- ing for him in the subway station."’ The Judge Was Wise. “*What do you think of my new hat?” asked the judge’s wife of her husband. . “Twill reserve deci- sion until I see the bill,” was the guard- ed reply. comicbooks.com