Judge — January 4, 1913 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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soon and enjoy the sight of her roses, which ‘‘took up two hundred feet of _ the back garden, and the lilac bushes, all of forty yards high.’” Here little Dorothy May spoke up. “Mother, dear, you said our roses cover two hundred feet in the back garden, and the lilac bushes are forty yards high. Mother, dear, I—I—I wish I could li-lac that!"’ And the Band Played On. The late Senator Thomas B. Reed was a great admirer of Colonel Wil- liam Riker, of Poland Springs, Me., and a full growth of deep, dark, Durham-colored whiskers. Apropos of the whiskers, the following tale was first told by Tom Reed: “Once alittle boy asked his papa this question: “Papa, are angels men or women?’ “They are all men, my son, all men.’ “**But, papa, I never saw a picture of an angel with whiskers!’ “‘Certainly not, my son, certainly not; for even a really good man can become an angel only by a close shave.’ '” Climate or Company ? The late Admiral W. S. Schley was noted for his quick and effective an- swers to all questions, He was holding a religious discus- sion with a young society woman that lasted for some time. The ad- miral was importuned by the young woman to tell what his exact im- pressions were of the heaven and hell of theology. “Tam very anxious,”’ she said, in her charming manner. ‘‘to know just what your opinion is of the two places, and 1 would like a definite expression as to each.”” “Well, my dear young lady,’’ an- swered the admiral, ‘‘I shall be un- able to answer that question fully until I know whether you are in quest of climate or company."” The original campanili were the watch-towers of old Venice, guard- | ing the little republic from invasion | by hostile fleets. Later, bells were mounted in ‘these same towers to give warning of attack and celebrate victories. 4 Judged by modern telephone standards, such a system of com- munication seems crude and in- adequate. In -the civilization of to-day, a more perfect intercommunication is One Policy Seven Million Watch-Towers in the Bell System essential to national safety, con- venience and progress. The Bell System binds together a nation of nearly one hundred million people, by “highways of speech” extending into every nook and corner of this great country. Seven million Bell telephone Stations are the watch- towers which exchange, daily, twenty-five million messages for the happiness, prosperity and progress of all the people. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One System Universal Service only, Portland, Me. Omaha, Neb. Manchester, N. H. Baffalo. N. ¥. Greensboro, reensboro, N.C, Columbus, Obio. For Liquor and Drug Users Al A scientific treatment which has cured half a million in the past thirty-three years, and the one treatment which has stood the severe test of time. tered by medical experts, at the Keeley Institutes For full particulars write To the Following Keeley Institutes: Adminis- ff OI8N. Stiles St Waukesha, Wis, N. Broad St. Winnipeg. Manitoba, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Puebla. Mexico. London, England. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com