Judge — November 23, 1918 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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COURTSHIP } f Selfish—He—I don’t mind Madge kissing her dog, but I prefer to have her kiss me before and not after. She—How selfish of you! Don’t you suppose Fido has his preference, too? Boston Transcript. Far Famed—They were engaged to be married, and called each other by their first names, Tom and Fanny. He was telling her how he had always liked the name of Fanny, and how it sounded like music in his ear. “IT like the name so much,” he added as asort of clincher to the argument, “that when my sister ( ked me to name her pet terrier, I at once called her Fanny—after you, dearest!"” But I don’t think that was very nice. id the fair girl, edgin; y from him. “How would you like to have a dog named after you?” “Why, that’s nothing!" said Tom, airily, as he saw he'd made a mistake. “Half the cats in the country are named after me!" —Detroit News. Love Is Blind—He (Check Depart- ment) loved her (Advice Department) veree much—that love-at-first-sight kind, you know. So one pay day he felt that he should give her a material expression of his burning love, and he therefore pur chased and gave her a beautiful and ex pensive box of flowers. She accepted the gift graciously and carefully placed the box under her desk. But he, poor love- sick one, thought she was throwing his gift away, and as soon as she left her desk he rushed over, grabbed up the box of flowers, threw it on the floor and stamped on it repeatedly, such was his rage. Love is indeed blind, and such is life—The Chase (Chase National Bank). Sure Thing—Husbend (the father of six daughters)—There’s a gentleman in the drawing-room who wants to marry one of our daughters. He is a wine merchant. Wife—A wine merchant? Thank good- nes: Then he will be sure to select one of the older brands.—Paris L’Tilus tration, The First Sign—‘I think he wantsto marry me.” “Has he said so?” “Not in so many words. But he’s begun agreeing with father’s political views.”—Detroit Free Press. Lenine in the Kremlin De Guest vax Czaan Nicotaas—Vandaag ik, morgen gij Ghost of Czar Nicholas—Thus am I today, thus shall you be tomorrow. —Dr Amsterdammer (Amsterdam) A Try-out—He—Could you not learn to love me? She (coyly)—I really don’t know. He—Well, suppose I give you a few sample lessons.—Boston Transcript. Needless Worry—He—The Govern- ment is warning people to be economical with paper. She—Oh, Harold, do you think they will make us cut down our love letters?— Baltimore American. Reduced Portion “Crest les restrictions.” “Why did you spell ‘appeal’ with one * “War restrictions, sir."—Le = Péle (Paris). ARISTOCRACY Loan Some—“ When a man of humble antecedents marries into a family of aristocrats he is often reminded of the fact that he is self made.” “Yes, indeed. Hardly a day passes that some member of the aristocratic fam ily doesn’t try to touch him for a loan.”— Birmingham Age-Herald. Monkey ‘‘Shines’’—“ Do you believe in the Darwinian theory?” “Yes,” said Miss Cayenne. “I don’t know much about it, but it provides some sort of a stopping place for people who would go on forever bragging about their ancestry." —Washington Star. The Knowingleys—‘“Our new neigh- bors are very refined and wsthetic.” “Are the “Yes; they don’t borrow anything but our best silver and cut glass.”—Bosto2 Transcript. Where Was Her Maid?—‘ Are you acquainted with Mrs. Swaggerleigh?” Not well, although I once exchanged a few words with her.”” “Where?” “Over the telephone. The operator gave me the wrong number and I had the ex clusive Mrs. Swaggerleigh on the wire be- fore I knewit Birmingham Age-Herald. comicbooks.com