Judge — December 16, 1916 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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Christmas Mignon Y LADY FAIR in stippered fect Comes tripping down the winding stair, \od in a shadowy retreat | ‘wait her there. Below the Christmas tree aglow With shining lights awaits my love. 1 whisper—and her footsteps slow In the alcove. ste glides away, a merry: sprite The sweet perfume of mignonette Comes back to me this Christmas night— Hearts ne‘er forget! Life is a flowering Christmas tree Lade with no blossoms of regret. For, e’en now there floats to me Sweet mignonette. —Horace Seymour Keller The High Cost of Having Guests “What was the most valuable Christmas present your family received ?” “An invitation out to Christmas dinner.” A Hero A HERO is a man whose conduct during some crisis would exactly coincide sith what you would have done had you been placed in his environment and faced the same exigencies. The motives and im- palses which govern his actions are so en- tirely similar to your own that a spontane- ous bond of sympathy springs from your heart. You entertain towards him an under- current of brotherly affection which you are never able wholly to suppress, and any imputation that subsequent emergencies will find him lacking is, of course, a reflee- tion upon your own intelligence. Thus the status of a hero is firmly estab- lished, and depends almost wholly upon your own complacent estimate of his prow- es. And of course your own estimate of a hero is an absolutely fixed quantity, even though it be but based upon your own maginary conduct. Father Settles It KNOW there is a Santa Claus Experienced and wise, By logic’s clear and changeless laws, To prove the same I rise. The truth of what I prate about, While seasons come and go, Beyond the shadow of a doubt I know, He sees that Robbie gets his sled, Prepares the ring for Sue, Makes sure of Ruth's doll trundle bed, Remembers baby, too: He orders up the dinner set The mother’s smile to win, And never does he dare forget The kin. He spreads his checks adown the list, And if he’s broke when done, He's not the sort to say he’s missed er lot of fun. there is a Santa Claus! The chance to doubt is slim I know, [know he is, because Vm him.—Charles Campbell Jones. ; People who live on Mars must wonder ©W on earth the people live. IS¢ In the cream- colored, nut-- brown tin A PIPE BLEND THAT HAS MADE “RICH-MILDNESS”POSSIBLE @@ By selecting and blending just enough of each kind of tobacco —not too much or too little of any one kind—Harmony Pipe Blend pve you a flavor such as no other tobacco has ever accomplished. The Harmony flavor might be called “rich-mildness” so skil- fully does richness shade into mildness. a best of all, absolutely without a trace of harshness or discord. LegstteM, S5boc00 Cr. HARMONY 2A PIPE BLEND@ To be had at clubs, hotels and most tobacconists. If your dealer cannot supply you, enclose 15 cents in stamps, and we will send Pi this full-sized one-eighth pound tin, prepaid. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., 212 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. comicbooks.com