Judge — August 3, 1918 — page 15: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Drawn by Joux Coxacuer “Aw! “Some dog you got there, Will He's nothin’ but a pup Josh Billings, Jr., on ‘‘Luv’’ By Lewis Atten Browne have lived menny yerz and I have notised that luv seams to B preverlunt awl so in the Wintur, Sumer and Fal, with the axsent on the “ fal.” I wood not have menshund luv at this time if it haddunt ben that our made seams to have fel in luv agin. This timeit is the iseman. A while a go it was the growsers boy. Our made is al ways falin in luv with someone. It seams to be a sort of slo fever with her. I spoak of it 2 my wife and she sed “Good land Josh, kant a humbul made hev a hart just like the ritchest gurl, just like a quean or a printsess?” and I sed “Of coarse she ken but good gosh she doan’t haf to Sis folks in sist luv is a Spring mal a day but I loaf on us and make U do haf the work just B caws shez in luv, doz she?” “Tt is a grand thing to B yung and in luv” sed my wife. For a few weaks it iz I admit’ I maid reply, “but how ken you remembur so far bak?” “U doant kno what luv is,” snapped my wife. Bein a old married man I stopt rite thear. A fool wood have aregued but not me. Howevur I do kno what luv is—it is treeting everie one square, doing your darn dest to provide for your own and restrainin your self from telling your wife awl the truth awl the time or what you reely think ov her. Sundry Superfluities “Among the most useless things on earth,” said old Festus Pester, whose experience has been wide and whose out- look is pessimistic, “are the Congressional Record, all odes, a son-in-law, an Hon. with a message, well chosen words, pars- nips,.crown princes, cures for baldness, family trees, minutes of the last meeting, Prussian peace mo’ ng resolutions and spurs on the heels of lieutenants of av ” ° Final Instructions Moving picture actor—Did you give the papers that story about my renewing my contract with the Flickerscope people at $50,000 a week? Press agent—Yes. Moving picture actor—All right. Now go down and tell the manager that unless he comes across with the $30 back pay for the past two weeks’ work I'll go back to my old job of railroading. comicbooks.com