Judge — February 23, 1918 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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The New Allies Officier Allemand —“ C'est rien German Officer—"“It’s nothing—just Serbians! j MATRIMONY On to Him—One evening some time since John Henry called on the darling of his heart, and while talking to the fair one he casually referred to some of the hard- ships of the present day. “T see, Gladys,” he remarke the price of coal has gone up that it is hard to get at any pri “Has it?” responded Gladys, without showing any great concern. “Yes,” answered John Henry, “and they say they are also advancing house rents, while sugar——” “Look here, John Henry!” suddenly interjected the fair one, with a withering expression, “If you want to break off our engagement, say so, but don’t try to beat around the bush in such a cowardly way.” —Philadd phia Telegraph An Ideal Marriage—Sir Arthur Pear- son says that blinded soldiers have no difficulty in getting married. Of course not—and they say that the combination of a blind man with a dumb wife makes an ideal marriage. — Cleveland Plain Dealer. Timmid— a man down- that A Sleepy Humorist—Mrs. John, wake up! There's irs; I’m sure I heard a noise yawn. Husband—Oh, go to sleep. What you heard was probably the rubber piant stretching itself.—Boston Transcript. est des Serbes\” —La foire (Paris) It Was a Full Moon—‘Does the moon remind you of anything?” a ntimentally, courtship days. he thinking of their said his wife. ” he asked. he said, “on club nights.” Boston Transcript. Not all Hours—Mrs. Willis—They say your husband comes home at all hours of the night. Mrs, Gillis—No; Toun Topics. only the late ones. Must Be More Imaginative—She— Do you think that people are less roman- ticand imaginative after they are married? He—I don’t know about the romantic part of it, but if they are going to try to explain everything they've got to be more imaginati' Boston Transcript. ag emer so nme m8 JUST KIDS | How She Would Find It Out—Willie and Jack are two youngsters who are pu- gilistically inclined. The other day the following conversation took place be- tween them: “Aw,” said Willie, fight; that’s all it is.” “Naw, I'm not.” protested Jack, “but if I fight my ma’ll find it out and lick me.” “How'll she find it out, eh?” “She'll see the doctor goin’ house.""—Har per’s Magazine. “you're afraid to to your Will Outgrow It—"I1 know thing I won't tell,” sang a little girl, as little girls do. “Never mind, child,” said the savage bachelor; “you'll get over that habit when you are a little older."—Brooklyn Citizen. some- | LAWand LAWYERS Sememmmeneree err ones arene tial The Skin of a Thought—Justice Holmes of the Supreme Court has plas- tered a new metaphorical phrase on the hitherto callous definitions handed down by that y august body. In a decision of January 7, written by him, he places on judicial record of the highest court that “A word is not a crystal, trans- parent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content.” Could any other on the bench have written into such a paper a chameleonic phrase that would better have warmed the literary heart of Dr. Oliver Wendell Homes?—IWall Street Journal Straws. She Paid the Paint Bill—In Chi- cago a short time ago a woman was haled into court, charged with intoxica- tion. She was fined $10, and as she arose, she said to the judge, who, she had heard, had just completed a new house in a suburb, “Well, I suppose you need these ten dollars to help paint your house.” “Oh, yes,” said his honor, genially, “And I think you'd better give me $5 more, and I guess I'll paint the blinds.”” —Case and Comment. Under the Perfect Government I populo italiano secondo il sogno tedesco. The Italian people, zccording to Germany's dream.—L’Asino (Rome). comicbooks.com