Judge — February 24, 1917 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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it possible to get a taxi or something for all our luggage in this one-eyed old place? _ Porter—You'll no need ane, Maggie. Yer faither’s just comin’ doon the brae wi’ his wheelbarrow. —London Opinion. A Useless Suggestion—‘I don’t always stenographers who can spell.” ‘ “Refer ‘em to the dictionary, old chap.” “But I’m in the motor business. And that has produced a flock of words that haven't gotten into the dictionary as yet.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. gel AGrand Place—‘I hope we'll see more women in Congress,” declared Mrs. Flubdub. “The rotunda of the Capitol would be a nd place to give a bridge.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. Almost First Love—“How about this Wombat-Flubdub wedding?” “He's been married only twice, I believe, and she but once. It’s a mere boy and girl affair.” —Kansas City Journal. It Was Not Her Fault—Dr. Black— I suppose, Mrs. Brown, that you have given the medicine according to directions? Mrs. Brown—Well, doctah, I done my you said give Pete one o’ dese heah pills three times a day ontil gone, but I done run out o’ pills yistaday, an’ he hain’t gone yit.”—Christian Herald. Another Astonishing Trait—‘‘ George Washington must have had a wonderful memory, father,” said the bright boy. “Why so, m: n?” asked the father, sho was showing his son around. “Because, everywhere I go I see monu- ments to his memory.’”—People’s Home Journal, Da 'Mericana Beez'ness Man Da Gover'mant eet walk ects beat Een uniforma blue, upon da street An’ eef ect theenk you mak’ so mooch You soon weel own da town, Eet tak’ banan’, peanut an’ sooch For keep da profit down But gooda beez’ness man He smile da best he can, Tak’ off hees hat an’ looka pleas’ w'en Gover’- manta call; Ees mak’ no odds to you Wat Gover'manta do, Baycause you know you steell can mak’ da peopla pay for all Da gooda peopla com’ an’ buy So long you are so smart For keep politeness een your eye An’ beez'ness cen your heart An’ dey weell buy da theengs they want, An’ pay da prices, too, Baycause d nk da Gover'mant Ecs keep an eye on yop So gooda beez’ness man He smile da best he can, f hes hat an’ looka pleas’ w'en annybody call; Ees mak’ no odds to you W’at Gover'manta do. Baycause you know you steell can mak’ da Peop! wy in Phila- delphi E could not know, standing there in his bare feet and his rough clothes, with his little schooling, that kings would do him honor when he died, and that all men who read would mourn a friend. He could not dream that one day his work would stand in Chinese, in Russian, in many languages he could not read— Frostisoice to At. Paine's Boys’ Late and from humble doorman to proudest — rk Twain” emperor, all would be gladdened at his coming. He could not know that through it all he would re- main as simple, as democratic, as he was that day as a boy on the Mississippi. MARK TWAIN 25 VOLUMES Wersls, Exigys, Short Stores He made us laugh, so that we had no time to see that his style was sublime, that he was biblical in simplicity, that he was to America another Lincoln in spirit. To us, he was just Mark Twain—well- beloved, one of ourselves, one to laugh with, one to go to for cheer, one to go to for sane, pointed views. Now he is gone, the trenchant pen is still. Bur his joy ous spirit is still with us. | Mark Twain's smile will live forever. His laughter is eternal. The road ahead of that boy on the river bank was a hard one. Before “ Mark Twain,” a distinguished, whitehaired man, and the King of England walked and ‘talked together, his path was, set with trouble. Ie was a truly American story—a small beginning—little school- ing—good humor—and final, shining, astounding success. Send Coupon Before the war we had a contract price for pay Because he was of high and brave in- tellect, because he had humor as deep and as true as the human heart, and be- cause he had struggled with life, he was a great man. So his works are great. The Great American He was American. He had the ideal- ism of America—the humor, the kindli ness, the reaching toward a bigger thing, the simplicity. In his work we find ali things, from the ridiculous in “Huckle- berry Finn” to the sublime of “Joan of Arc,""—serene and lovely beauty as lofty as Joan herself. A man who could write two such books as “Huckleberry Finn” and “ Joan of Arc” was sublime in power. His youth and his laughter are eternal; his genius will never die. Before the Half- Price Sale Stops per. But now the ‘price of paper has gone up. It has almost doubled in price." Even the price of ink HARPER & gone up. So it is impossible to make any more sets and to sell them BROTHERS at the present low price. The last of the half-price edition is in sieht Remember that ii is because Mark Twain sacrificed some of his royalties that you can have a set at this price at all. Take ad- tage of that kindness that was so characteristic of him. Franklin Square When it is gone, there New York will never again Le a set of Mark Twain at the present price. Send me, all charges repaid, a ‘set, of Mark wain's works in 25 volumes, illustrated, in handsome | green Get set before these go. Remember, never again stamped in. gold, gold will a set of Mark Twain be offered ‘at such @ price as Ft mee em Siess, Ti poe mate this. When this edition is gone there will be no more. // ,iactory. I wit, ream, them ot Send the coupon herewith at once. HARPER & BROTHERS 1817-1917 Franklin Square, New York you $1.00 withia $ days and $2.00, 8 month for 12 months, thus getting the benefit of your half-price sale.