Judge — March 10, 1917 — page 4: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

E I Lilith and Eve ND NOW the scientists come forward with the story that Lilith—and not Ev was the first wife of Adam. We are inclined to believe it. “Lilith” sounds much more like what the first man might draw in his first at- tempt at matrimony. Yes, sir, we will wager the price of a good old-fashioned meal—with ham and eggs and butter and bread—that it was Lilith who first led Adam up a leafy avenue to some vine- clad oak where a priestly primate tied the knot that was to last till Ev We are also inclined to surmise that Lilith had long flaxen hair, large blue and a preference for chewing gum and serial picture shows. Of course she lisped. She probably gnawed roots and herbs with her little finger akimbo while she dug her toes in the sandy beach and longed for more laxity in bathing attire. She probably read the best sellers and the more rancid monthlies. She probably calculated that Adam would fall for just such ‘stuff as she was pre- paring for him. Adam, of course, can’t be blamed. He ignorant of the world and the wiles of woman. No doubt he thought that Lilith was the only woman in the world. We'll bet that he spent most of his unearned increment in a riotous fashion, buying sweetmeats of the miserly mon and taking joy-rides on the backs of camels built for two. Just how he happened to hit upon matrimony as a solace for his aching heart cannot be determined after this lapse of years, but such decisions are still prevalent and are counted no great m happened in the Lilith-Adam living room whe on the horizon in the orchard is problematical. tery. What Eve appeared There prob- yn lan sere Ad oy b> iC SN Sith) I ably was a considerable display of personality and a clash of wills, followed by a dogged division of collateral and a cou- ple of perorations. Poor Lilith then passed out of Eden and history, little dreaming that it would be thousands of years be- fore a belated justice would be meted out to her memory by the relatives of her up- start nval. - We hope that the Lilith-Eve contro- versy will live long and prosper. Every detail ot the whole miserable af should be threshed out unflinchingly, regardless of the odium that may at- tach itself to our revered and far-re- moved grandparents. Sixes and Sevens HIS country lacks a lot of being as economical as the candles on the birthday cake of a woman past forty. 2 “Tf you want to sleep well,” the doctor says, “lie on the right side.” But which is the right side to lie on, with California acting up so? 2 Once in a while there is a miserable failure of a high prices inquiry so conducted that it gives nobody a tip how to increase them. 2 The narrowest partisan is he who wrongly suspects himself of being independent. ¢ “President Wilson has earned the curse of Meroz, for he has not dared to stand on the side of the Lord against the wrongdoing of the mighty.” —T. R. What side would you place him, Colonel? The left, of course—but wouldn’t that crowd poor Meroz? comicbooks.com