Judge — March 9, 1918 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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[ WOMAN ‘The man in the corner seat At last he spoke. will you kindly Honesty looked worried. Madam,” he said, take this nickel and give it to the con- ductor when he comes around? I have been trying to catch his eve, but he ap- parently does not sce me. Will you see that he gets it? The woman sat bewildered in presence of such extraordinary honesty. but she good natured’ ceepted the trust. After the man left the car she, too, attempted to establish a line of communi cation with the conductor, but failed. She was nearing her own destination, but conscience forbade her leaving the car until her neighbor's fare had been paid. Before that feat was accomplished she had been carried four blocks beyond her street. When she finally got home her temper was slightly damaged. “But you shouldn't have been so ac- commodating.” said her husband. ** You should have got off at your corner.” “But how could 17° the woman ar- gued. “With that man’s honesty before me as a sample of right living I simply had to turn his nickel over to the con- the ductor,” “ Maybe you are right,” said the man. admiringly. “Women certainly.do have fine notions about these things. But it is too bad. You had to walk back.” “Oh, no, 1 didn’t walk,” she said, rode And that cost you another nickel?” No, it didn’t,” she said. The con- ductor never even looked my way when he came through, and I got off without having to pay.”—N York ning Post. Extravagance—" The cook burnt the steak again,” exclaimed the experienced housewife. “Dear orkins. been a me,” exclaimed young Mrs “Wouldn't ordinary coal have little cheaper? Washington The Dears!—Belle—I hear the Gov- ernment is badly in need of camouflage artists. Nell—It_ is a wonder you have not been snatched up with that complexion, dear.—Baltimore American. Before and After—At first a woman doesn’t want anything but a husband, but just as soon as she gets one, she wants everything else in the world—E. W. Howe's Monthly. Dracon by Cares Bruce Barkxsratinn Planning His Future for Him with me, my lad, that he does k “You're comin’ al Mermann the Hun feel Candor—WM istress—1 am not quite satisfied with your references. Maid—Neither am I, but they are the best I could get. Getting Acquainted with Her “Godson! Voyons, pensiezcous un peu é moi au ont? * Oh! oui... jemdisais: *Wivement perme, quej'aillecoir un pewla gueule qu'elle a “Come, ftow, didn’t you ever think of me when you were at the front?” Sure! I sez to myself: ‘Just. wait ‘Il I git my leave an’ go see what kind 0” mug she’s got!" —Le Rire (Paris). as soon as this is over!” a better *ole.)— Bystander (London) Hasn't Kept Pace—*She hasn't kept pace with her husband.” “What do you mean? Hasn't she been able to spend his money as fast his salary was raised?"——Detroit Free- Press. Satisfied—New!ywed—I have just in- sured my life in your favor for $20,000. But if I die within a month you won't Revit. Wife—Oh, 1h wait that long. all right, dear, I can —Boston Globe. No Real Equality—Sihe—At last the time is coming when the sexes will be on an equal footing. He—That can never be. She—Why not, sir? There will never be any real equality between the sexes while a man can’t go through his wife’s pockets for the loose change he wants.—Baltimore American. comicbooks.com