Judge — August 25, 1917 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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Passing the Mustard The Retort—Husband—Your extrava- gance is awful. When I die you'll probably have to beg. Wife—Well, I should be better off than some Poor woman who never had any practice! !—London Opinion. The Biblical West—The following sign is nailed to one of the slender posts support- ing the porch-roof of a country store in a hamlet of the far West: “Don’t hitch your broncos to the pillars of this ttmple. »Remember .Samson.”— Christian Register. Silly Custom—“ Did her father give the bride away?” “No. He said that would Le a silly custom when he knew very well that in a few weeks they’d both be back living at his expense.” —Detroit Free Press. The Scapegoat—“I suppose you have repudiated alcoholic drink since prohibition landed.” “No,” replied Bronco Bob. “I’ve got a certain lingering respect for red licker. And I’m kind 0’ glad to see prohibition enabling it to prove an alibi v a case of natural cussedness asserts itself." —IVashing- ton Star. Not at All—‘Being a poor man, you need a thrifty, economical wife “Not at all. What I need is a rich and liberal wife.”—Boston Transcript. ’ All Right in the Morning—Officer—Is your brother, who was so deaf, any better? Bridget—Sure, he'll be all right in the morning. Officer—Y ou don’t say so. Bridget—Yes, hi rrested yeste and gets his hearin’ in the morning.—. pool Post. Caught—" Hubby, you know that letter said I gave you to mail?” s, my dear; I assure you I maile “No, you didn’t. I thought I ga’ you, but I gave it to father.”’ Courier-Journal. Not Exactly—Gibbs—So you blame our Present troubles on the middleman. Dibbs—-Not exactly. I blame all our troubles on the first man.—Dallas News. Pa Knew Where to Look—Edith— Dick, dear, your office is in State street, what I told papa. He ma such a funny mistake about you yesterday. He said he'd been looking you up in Brad- Street.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Pi Fan—Librarian—Look here, this bust akespeare is on the pedestal marked " ten Cleaner—Sorry, sir, he must have got his base on an error, sir.—Boston Transcript. Ss FILM FUN The Magazine of the Happy Side of the Movies The making of a movie is almost as full of romance and adventure as the finished film itself. There’s many a laugh and prank that hap- pens “off-stage” that never reaches the screen. If you like to have the big motion picture performers tell you some of these incidents in anecdote and interview they will do it for you each month in FILM FUN. You will enjoy the play more when you see it on the screen if you know the “inside” of its production and get acquainted with its heroes and heroines. You can meet your favorites informally in the colmns of FILM FUN. Besides their chatty stories and the striking pictures of the new features soon to be released you'll find the magazine full of laughter and fun all its own. Tear off the coupon and end it in. Ten cents a copy-$1.00 a year or 25 cents for a three months’ ‘‘get acquainted ’’ subscription. 225 Fifth Avenue FILL.M FUN New York Published by the Leslie-Judge Co. FILM_ FUN 225 Sth Avenue, New York Enclosed find (25c) ($1.00) for which please send me PILM FUN for (3 mos.) (1 year). Name, Address... comicbooks.com