Judge — June 21, 1919 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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| 4 } “Tsu much, (London). A Sense of Humor—" My dear sir,” said the friendly old gentleman to an- other man who was smiling grimly as he read an automobile advertisement in a magazine, “pardon me, but you seem to get some amusement out of that beauti- fully illustrated and finely worded adver- tisement.” “Yes,” replied the other. “I can take a joke, even when it’s at my expense. I oven one of these blankety-blanked cars.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. The Future Will Tell—Redd—I see aman in Bangor, Maine, just left in his will $5,000, the income of which will be used to care for his faithful old horse. Greene—There you are! You never heard of anybody leaving money to care for a “faithful old automobile,” now, did you?—Yonkers Statesman Beats Attar of Roses—Barr—What is the most expensive perfume you know of? Karr—Gasoline.—Boston Transcript. Hope Deferred—Church—I see my neighbor has got a three-thousand-dollar car. Gotham—Where did he get it? “The car?” “No, the three thousand dollars?” “Oh, he hasn’t got that yet.”—Yon- hers Statesman. Sot particularly, except that there the men wear practically nothing, too.” —Passing Shoo An Empty Phrase—“ And we can sell you this car on easy payments,” said the agent, pleasantly. “My friend,” replied the prospect, “the expression ‘easy payments’ belongs to the same category with that other well- known fib, ‘painless dentistry.’ ’” ? York Globe Give Her a Chance—Redd—Do you believe in allowing women to do men's work? Greene—Well, I don’t mind letting them crank the car, if that’s what you mean.— Yonkers Statesman. SPINSTERS Lo Biologic Discovery—"‘There’s such a difference between a bachelor and an old maid.” “Of course. You don’t hear the latter referring to it as single blessedness.”— Philadephia Bulletin. The Rhubarb Lady—She—Look at that sour-faced old maid who has been ng in one place trying to find out what the couples coming near her are saying. Isn't she a regular sport-spoiling wall- flower? He—I would call her rather a rubber plant.—Baltimore American. A Wronged Woman—Meud—Your friend, Miss Blank, roi be married? Why, I had the im at she was a woman in her declining years. Ethel—Oh, dear, no, She's in her ac- cepting ones.—Boston Transcript. ir to the Ground— Patience— she doesn’t approve of the caring her hair down over her Patrice—Of course not. She’s too old. “What do you mean by too old?” “She's at that when it’s not safe to do anything which would prevent her hearing a proposal of marriage.””—Yon- kers Statesman Practical Art “Tas du travail, en ce moment?’ “Oui, je fais des silhouettes de politiciens.” “Pour le Rire?” “Non, pour un fabricant de girowcties.” “Got any work nowadays?” “Yes, I'm making silhouettes of politicians.” “For the funny papers? “No, for a weathercock manufacturer.” —Le Rire (Paris). 8 comicbooks.com