Judge — July 27, 1918 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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DGE y the eport heels oring- with dbug > the gaily _—_ the cate, iiling such man hink j — J y 27, 1918 Close to the Soil By Ozarxtax An Inference “TT s’pose you noticed that I’ve built a w addition onto the hotel since you were re last?” said the landlord of the Pe- nia tavern “Ah, y responded the guest. How many people can you make un- mfortable now?’ An Eccentric Stranger “A quaint sort of feller came along hur sterday in a motor car, and stopped in mt of the gate,” related Mr. Gap Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge, Ark. “He ked if he could get a drink of water, and said, ‘I reckon!’ He wanted to know if could tell him bow fur it was to Tum- wille, and I said I reckoned I could. Next he asked how many children I had, 1 told him I reckoned there was fourteen. He inquired if it was going to rain, and I answered that I reckoned it vas. Then he grinned at me and says, ‘This seems to be the day of reckoning,’ and I said, ‘What say?’ just like that. He grinned again, and driv on. Some- thing sorter funny about that feller, and still he didn’t ’pear to be precizely crazy. Mebby he was one of them German prop- erganders, or something! An Ominous Possibility “T’ve promised my fourteen children to take em to the circus at Tumlinville next Wednesday,” stated Mr. Gap Johnson, “and if it rains that day you needn't be surprised to read in the next issue of the paper that a prominent citizen of Rumpus Ridge was slew in cold blood by his own offsprings.”” The Difference “Ah, the loneliness of life in a great city!” mused Professor Pate. “You may go for weeks and never be greeted by a smile of welcome or have the warm hand of fellowship held out to you. Beyond your business associates no one cares whether your portion is happiness or woe. But how different in the friendly village. A stranger cannot be on the street half an hour without being asked his name, where he is from, and if he is seeking bar- gains in real estate; being informed that he looks a great deal like a feller that was lynched or something in the same region eighteen years before; offered opportuni- ties to purchase tickets to entertainments gotten up by the very best people in the community; and assured in whispers that the gent addressing him has reluctantly consented at the earnest solicitation of his many friends to become a candidate for the legislature. “Tn the cold and heartless city, because people resent having the noses of total trangers embedded in their private af- ‘airs, they refrain from snouting into the business of other folks. Butin the frigndly country there is no such hesitancy.” Supplied by U.S. Govt to Service Outfit Separate Set Gem Blades 7 for SOc Wherever Duty calls—in the training camps, in the trenches, on the seas—the GEM Service Outfit in its natty little suit of Khaki is the universal favorite among “our boys”. Strong, light, convenient—fits in anywhere; equipped with the wonderful GEM Damaskeene Blades that assure a quick, smooth, com- fortable shave under any circumstances —blades are in dust and rust proof, wax paper wrapped package, sealed. More than twenty-five years old— Millions of Gems in use today. $ 00 Gem Military Outfit includes razor complete with seven Gem without Damaskeene Blades and Strop- hee ping Handle. (Add soe for Canada) Ask for the GEM at your dealer, or the Post Exchange, Camp Can- teens, or Quartermaster’s Depot. Gem Cutlery Company, Inc. Canadian Branch, 591 St. Catherine St., W., Montreal Complete Compact New York comicbooks.com