Judge — December 2, 1916 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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| caused € Uns n he has endency ard sh d stom. Patch nt, bu, dit.) gullet e Others Christmas E never quite get used to Christ- mas; although year after year it offers about the same sources of joy and = entertainment, AIA we always seem Wh to get something new from it; new faces, new forms of dyspepsia, new useless presents and new bills. Then isn’t it true that the hanging up of a stocking is one of those fundamental and permanent human i of which we never tire, and which appears to be fresh? It contains the clement of surprise, and it appeals to the imagination, especially when the only place to hang it on is a radiator, and you're never quite sure whether the steam will come up suddenly in the night and melt the contents for which you have been shopping for the past Se ure than the watching of children as they take down their Christmas stockings? It is almost worth all the trouble and expense of having a new baby each year, in order that we may keep ourse! provided with this sensation, even if it does curtail by twenty minutes or so the automobile tide without which no Christmas is now complete. Those deterrent things about Christmas of which the cynics are perennially wont to prate—such as the giving of tips, the bother of making Presents to people who don’t want £8) ee: them, and of receiving presents you don’t want from those who don’t want to give them—are not all these of small con- sequence compared with the delightful thought that even if there were no Christ- mas at all we should probably find some other way to live beyond our income? Two Christmas Tips Wie making out your gift lists per the requests of your relatives and friends, be sure to include thereon a traveling-bag. If any one of them de- cides to get you one, he won’t have nerve enough to send it to you empty. So you'll probably receive two or more pres- ents from him. See? While reading gift lists that reach you from relatives and friends, quickly scratch off any traveling-bag items that you run across. eionnd eed Future general—Mister Santa Klaus, I wanter exchange these for some little tin soldiers. Sixes and Sevens HEY should always retain the “obey” in the marriage ceremony. It is a triumph of hope over experience—a pledge unobjec- tionable to her who makes and him who kcepsit. # Whena woman hasn’t anything more tosay she'll tell you so. 2 Some spell it “Rumania,” and some spell it “Rou.” Before the war is much older, they’ll spell it—well, guess. 2 John D. Rockefeller says the Apostle Paul wasa “fine business man.” Paul was no Dun or Bradstreet, though— for he rated himself “one sent.” 2 Election’s over, and Uncle Sam must paddle his own canoe—the spellbinder rests on his roars. t Our observation is that the devil is the only European who hasn't denied starting the war.—Galveston News. If the devil is a European, no wonder they thought Columbus was a fool to try to discover any- thing new in America. 2 The woman voter who changes her party allegiance can’t claim to have voted for Lincoln or Jackson, anyhow. 2 If everybody votes for it who be- lieves in it for the other fellow, arbi- tration wins in a walk.