Judge — November 29, 1919 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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Le Lion—Quelle brute! Surement qu'un de ces jours, il me flanquera un mau- vais coup. The Lion—What a brute! Some day he is going to get real nasty—Le Péle Méle (Paris). A Dash of Novelty—“You seem to take a remarkable interest in prize fighting.” Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum; “it may be a trifle crude of me; but I can't help enjoying a little mix-up now and then that didn’t start in an argu- ment about the league of nations,”— Washington Star, An Interesting Game—A_ whole passel of folks to whom this story has been told have said it is not true. But Representative Albert Johnson, ot Washington, swears it is so, and John Vilbur Jenkins, Secretary Daniel's right-hand man, declares he knows dog- gone well it is true, because the prin- cipal character in it was a blood relative of his. To pass the buck to Johnson, the story is put in his mouth just as he tells it: “A number of years ago we were bound for a state convention out in Washington. On the train were a great number of poker players and one man, 11-29-19 a widely known politician of the old school, who desired to sleep. “The poker game ran well into the night and the players made so much noise that the old politician could not sleep, so he got up, slipped into his long linen duster, shoes, hat and shirt, and came into the smoker to watch the pl He evidently forgot to put on his trousers, or thought he would slip into them later. “The game was very interesting, how- ever, and it fascinated the politician, so before anyone realized it we had rolled into the convention city. It was broad daylight. OF coursi reached for for the door, everyone immediately patcks and made'a rush The politician, minus his trousers, was in the lead. “When the crowd caught sight of him, naturally it began to applaud loudly. Never before in history had any man come to a state convention attired as he was, Being a good politician, of course, he had a speech all prepared, so_as soon as the applause subsided sufficiently he made his way to a truck on the station platform and launched into a note speech which lasted half an hour. His reception was uproarious. “While he was speaking the train carrying his trousers pulled out of town. We took him to his hotel in a closed cab."—IVashington Star. 20 Something Fine—“Six lady candi- dates have cast their hats into the ring.” “What do the lady voters say to that? “They are busy studying the display of millinery."—Louisville Courier-Jour- nal, In the Limelight—“I see,” boasted the rural visitor, “that our Congress- man from Plunkville had his say in Congress yistiddy. “How was that?” “The leaders let him make a motion to adjourn.”"—Louistille Courier-Jour- nal, More Interesting — “We might brighten this Congressional Record a whole lot,” said Senator Sorghum, re- flectively. “How “By cutting out a lot of these speeches and putting in cloakroom gossip."— Washington Star. Never Again—“It is a hard matter sometimes for a man to live down the mistakes of his early life,” remarked the philosophic person. “That's true,” said Senator Snorths- worthy, the eminent prohibition leader. “L once wrote a testimonial for a spring tonic that was 40 per cent. al- cohol and to this day my political foes use it against me as campaign ma- terial."—Birmingham Age-Herald. Unkind—“Does your husband take a keen interest in public aff, J “No, and I'm glad he does't. Things would surely be much worse than they are if he were trying to run them.”— Detroit Free Press. An_ Advantage — “A stammering man has a great advantage,” said the busy citizen. n what way? “He can think before he speaks, and still hold on‘ to your attention.”—IVash- ington Star. All Fray and No Work Pourquoi faire qu'on a demandé la Journée de huit heures....pis-qu'on est tout Ptemps en gréve? “What's the idea of demanding that the working day be limited to eight hours, when we are on strike all the time ?”—Le Rire (Paris). comichooks.