Judge — December 23, 1916 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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“The Men Who Are Making America” ** He carries in his head more steel JSacts than any other human being.” This describes James A. Farrell, presi- dent of the United States Steel Corporation, whose story, told by B. C. Forbes, appears in this week’s Leslie’s. Besides the story of Farrell, this issue contains the first installment of “Blazing Prosperity’s Pathway” and the second article on “The Perils of the Modern Shoe” Pictures that show you what the papers try to describe, and departments that hold an interest for each member of the family in Leslie’s 420,000 homes. Leslie's Mlustrated Weekly Newspaper Passing the Mustard Adam and Eve Ate Apples How many apples did Adam and Eve ap Some say Eve 8 and Adam 2—a total gf 10 only. Now we figure the thing out far diffe. ently: Eve 8 and Adam 8 also—total 16, We think the above figures are entirely wrong. If Eve 8 and Adam 82, certainly the total will be go. Scientific men, however, on the strength of the theory that the antediluvians were race of giants, reason something like this Eve 81 and Adam 82—total 163. Wrong again. What could be clearer thay if Eve 81 and Adam 812 the total was 83? I believe the following to be the true sole. tion: Eve 814 Adam and Adam 8124 Eye —8938. Still another calculation is as follows: If Eve 814 Adam, Adam 81242 oblige Eve —total 82,056.—The Three Partners. The Boy Knew—Teacher—Who can tell me the meaning of a “round robin"? Bright boy—Please, miss, it’s what that burglar was doin’ last night when they nabbed him.—Buffalo Courier. While He Labors—“Why do you al ways take along a book when you go out motoring with Mr. Glithers?” “Oh,” replied Mrs. Glithers, “I read it while he’s making repairs on the car. In ff fact I keep up with all the latest fiction that way.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. Lifelike Play— Mother (entering the nursery)—Children, why do you sit about looking so solemn and unhappy? Why net play a game of some sort? One of them—We are playing. We're grown-up ladies making an afternoon call. —London Answers. The Joy of Being Boss—“Am yo’ daughter happily married, Mrs. Perkins?” “She sho’ is, Mrs. Lumley. She’s done got a husban’ dat’s skeered to death of her.”—Boston Transcript. Told the Truth—A man with a serious face said at a small gathering of people: “What are we coming to? Statistic show that in Yorkshire there are 30,000 persons, all natives of the West Riding, who cannot speak the Englisa language!” “Impossible!” everyone exclaimed. “Tt is true, nevertheless,” persisted the grave-faced man. “And all English, you say!” “Certainly—and ail under two years of age!"”—London Tit-Bits. Keen for Sport—It has been said of the Englishman that no matter where you put him down in the world, he will look for a piece of grass, and proceed to make a cricket pitch. Sir John Macdonald, the Lord Justice-Clerk of Scotland, has bees telling a story anent this, as a result of 2 recent visit to the front. On one side of @ road, somewhere in France, he ) will see a vigorous game of football. other side, a little lower down, a game of cricket. And then, and you find yours compelled to smile, you will notice, coming gingerly down the road in running shoes. + comicbooks.