Judge — August 23, 1919 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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Making Art Safe for Morality The Mouth of Babes—*I hope your little boy never tells a Jie.” “I don’t know. I do know that at times he tells a lot of embarassing truths."—Kansas City Journal. Independent Thought—Mother— And are you learning anything in your les- sons in natural history in school, Ethel? Ethel—I think | am, mamma “What have you learned?” “Well, it’s taught me to think that it wasn’t a cow that jumped over the moon at all; that it was a kangaroo.”— Yonkers Statesman The Bare Fact — Dorothy and Harold were visiting at their uncle Frank's, who had grown quite bald since they had last seen him. Dorothy said, “Uncle Frank has not got much hair now, has he, Harold?” “No, not much hair, but he has a fine lot of head:’’—Chicago Tribune. 20 | THE SEX Le Prune-time Pleasantries — “Well, I've got one for you this morning,” said the man with the red necktie, breezing into the breakfast room. “Why is a woman like a flivver?”” “ 'Cause she costs a lot of money,” sug- gested the blonde typewriter. “Wrong.” came from the conundrum propounder “Because she has good lines,” came from a Ford owner. “Nix,” replied the man, between prunes “Because she knocks,” of the bank cashier. “No, you've all got to back up,” said the man behind the red i Because she rattles along so. Statesman. was the effort “Who's been mark- asked Mr. Clip- Mental Splurge ing this Sunday paper?” ping. “T have,” answered Mrs. Clipping. “Good heavens! If you were to buy all the articles marked in these depart- ment store advertisements it would cost e several thousand dollars.” no intention of buying those replied Mrs. Clipping, calmly. “Twas merely doing a little Sunday shop- ping.”—Birmingham Age-Herald. Fulsome—Woman may be a weak vessel, but she can hold a conversation Florida Times-Union. Abated Line Den Forargade Abborren—Han matte ha som nat daroppe. For en timme sedan bet jag ac masken och han har dnnu inte satt pa nagon ny. The Angry Fish—That chap above must have gone to sleep. I took his bait an hour ago, but he hasn't sent me any more since!— Kasper (Stockholm). comicbooks.com