Judge — October 7, 1916 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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A Song of Commendation Emotu Bag on the Beach at Toon Emly Poprey stand AG, Your emptiness, — Your deflated look Sings of duty well done. Who knows, I ask, What palatal pleasure Was brought, through you, To him who parted with A Jitney For your possession? Or to her who Shared you with him? Every little Jane Has her little John: And likewise, Every Rebecca, her Ikey; And you, Who were the means Of giving pleasure to two of these, Are to be congratulated. What of the pop-corn You so faithfully contained? Deserves it more Of commendation Than do you? No, I say! For without you, O Bag, Your erstwhile owner Must have carried that pop-corn Loose In his pocket. And that would have left it Greasy! —Paul Wing Surprising Eliza AX Indiana farmer, bringing his produce to town, had found the market high for the first time in several years, and when he was ready to go home his pockets were bulging with coin. Then he recalled tow his wife had goaded him to buy some new clothes and he had felt he couldn’t afordthem. He looked at his worn shoes, his frayed trousers, his faded coat, chuckled, and said, “I guess I’ll surprise Eliza.” Going in the general store, the farmer bought an outfit, put the bundle under the sat of his wagon, and drove away, wearing hisold togs. A mile from home he left the wagon, where a convenient bridge crossed the creck, set the bundle of new clothes down on the floor of the bridge, and sipped under the structure to remove the old garments. One by one he threw them isto the creek—shoes, trousers, coat, and tat—and watched them float down the current. Then he reached around the comer and over his head for the new logs. They were gone. A cloud of dust down the toad suggested that they were | %t likely to return soon. The farmer “ated until the sun went down, then climbed to the wagon-seat in undraped tunity, and, as he cracked his whip at | the horses, remarked: ws I guess I'll surprise Eliza A Tip What wonderful profits could be made y buying some people at their actual worth and selling them at what they magine they are worth! When Nature Turns Outlaw “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!— You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout......” Thus King Lear, in Shakespeare's trag- edy, defies the elements. But man, even to- day, cannot challenge nature with impunity. The unsinkable ship goes down like a rock from the impact of an iceberg. The fireproof building is burned. The monument, built for unborn generations, is riven by lightning or shaken down by an earthquake. There are storms which make train service impossible, which delay the mails and which close the public highways to the usual traffic. Even in the cities there are times when the street cars do not run, and neither automo- biles nor horse-drawn vehicles can be driven through floods or high-piled snowdnifts. Such conditions increase the dependence on telephone wires, which themselves are not exempt from the same natural hazards. For- tunately, however, the Bell System has faced these dangers and well-nigh overcome them. Masses of wires are buried underground and lonely pole lines, even the most stoutly built, are practically paralleled by other lines to which their business can be transferred. .Each year the lines are stronger and the guardians of the wires are prepared to make repairs more quickly. So each year increas- ing millions of subscribers find their tele- ag more dependable and, within the imits of human power, they count y their use in storm as well as in fair weather. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy RN MUSIC oma 1 postago—which fs small. PAY only for music . Plain, simple, systematic. Beginners or advanced pupils. 16 years’ success. Start at once. Send your name and get by return mall, Address U. 8. School of Music, 5 th Ave. y. City. SO TO S8 WEST 77th STREET, NEW YORK Surrounded by parks, half a block of entrance to Central Park. One System Universal Service the money. Ocr create AY tae "vardiculagy. an ‘trees, No ebligatssems “Write . 7 MANHATTAN SQUARE HOTEL opposite Museum of Natural History Convenient to everything. 300 Rooms, 225 with bath and shower bedroom and bath with shower for one or two persons, 50 per - = - 82. wo bedrooms and baths, shower, three or four persons, $3.00 to $3.50 per or more weeks fur Tourists. Special Rates for Moderate prices, Club breakfasts. Excellent restaurant. iy H. PROHMANN, President GEO. W. O'HARE, Manager comicbooks.com