Judge — January 19, 1918 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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© January 19, 1918 poor Belgians, and here I find you with both jam and butter on your bread. eric—Why, of course, mother! One piece of bread does for both.—Manchester Guard- ian. Correct!—Mrs. Busybody—Your hus- band goes out a good deal, doesn’t he? Mrs. Keen—Oh, I don’t know; he doesn’t go out any oftener than he comes in.—Bos- ton Transcript. Overstatement—Howell—Half the world does not know how the other half lives. Powell—1 think you overestimate the number of people who mind their own busi- ness.—Liverpool Post. Lucky: It Wasn’t Worse—The hard- luck champion of the Middle West is A. W. Bovey, farmer, living near Mitchell, S. D. Recently while mowing hay a spark from his pipe set fire to the grass. he flames set fire to nets on his horses’ back: The team ran to the barn, and on the way the flames caught a 1oo-acre wheat field and destroyed it. The horses dashed into the barn with the mowing machine in flames. The barn caught fire. A heavy wind carried a shingle from the burning barn to several stacks of grain and they were destroyed. Bovey says he was lucky—he wasn’t in- jured.—Capper's Weekly. It Has Come to This—*What will you have for breakfast?” inquired the waiter. “What's the use of my sitting here and guessing? You go ahead and bring me what the law allows for today.”—IWashington Star. About All—It is unfortunate that all grocers are not so candid as the marketman in Hays who advertises “ Food for Thought.” That's about all the customer gets for a dollar in any grocery this year.—Kunsas City Star. How True?—A mir . like his father before him, had often officiated at marriage ceremonies, but this was his first experience at giving away the bride. He was in a devout mood; his church was small, his salary meager, and his family numerous. This daughter had been espe- cially expensive. “Who giveth this woman to be married to this droned the preacher, Gently the father placed the slender hand of the bride in that of the embarrassed groom “Take he boy!’ he exclaimed, his face aglow. “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” —Exerybody's Magazine. Had Seen the Sign—Father—Joe, why do you suppose that old hen persists in laying in the coal yard? Joe—Why, father, I think she has seen the notice, ‘* Now is the time to lay in your coal.” —Trade Ri biggest danger," says Secretary 8 gloom." And gloom Is decidedly the German suicide Statistics prove the fact. To beat the Kaiser and his hordes we must cast off doubt and despon- dency, and the surest way of doing it Is to In this time of unprecedented national peril and world peril, America must be strong with the strength of unity—one nation. 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