Judge — December 27, 1919 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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Draven by Hemean P Digest of the World’s Humor Easy—All we have to do is to get out and get the local news, come back and typewrite it, write this column and an other alongside of it, edit and wire news 1 the proofs and write the headlines, re: and the state press, and go out again and get some advertising and some more local news, if any can be found. — Vidalia (Ga. it ce. The Editor's Platform We will speak out, we will be h Though all earth’s syster We will not bate a single word Nor take a letter back We speak the truth, and what care we For hissing and for scorn, While some faint gleamings we can see Of freedom’s coming morn? t liars fear, let cowards shrink, Let traitors turn away; Whatever we have dared to think That dare we also say. Forest City (Ia.) Independent rd s crack The Ancient Jest—A. Luckhurst re turned Monday from an extended trip to Illinois, where he was called to attend the funeral of his mother-in. He visited old-time friends, and enjoyed his trip very much.—Clark (S D.) Pilot Review. Or Sunday Morning?—The Rever- end Snare gave two good sermons Sun- day which if some of the pe ¢ of Ogden and community who haven't attended church service for fifteen or twenty years had been present to hear, they might not have slept quite as peacefully Sunday night.— Manhattan ( Kas.) Mercury. The Eight Hour Day r = ¢¢ soir apr pt heure - me back this evening afte even that would be overtim: ) Le Péle-Méli What the Preacher Said—While the editor of a certain newspaper was away from home for awhile, he left the paper in charge of a minister of the gospel During the minister’s stay in the office the follow letter came from a subscriber “TL know very well that I paid my sub scription to your paper the last time I was in your office. If I get any more letters from you as I received last week I will come in and maul h—I out of you.” The minister answered the note like this: “TI have been trying to get that out of the editor for ten years, and if you will come down and maul it out of bim then my dear sir, I have twenty members of my church I will let you operate on.” exchange. Ww TRAYEL e § Sure!—Flath: men travel more ii they do in the winter? Bensonhurst—Why, sure! Just think of the number of miles I have to i the lawn-mower compared to those | to travel with the snow-shovel!— Yonkers Statesman, h—Don't you think the summertime than Cause for Gratitude—“I got a cin- der in my eye. Should I complain to the railroad administration?” “You reached your destination without other mishap and in a reasonable length of time, didn’t you?” “Oh, yes.” “In that case, instead of complaining you ought to wire your thanks to the rail road administration.” —Birmingham Age Herald. Those Slow Trains—Bacon— Been away? Egbert—YVes, just made a flying trip South. “Oh, did) you go in) an acro plane?” “Certainly not; train.” “Well, I can’t understand how any- ng on a Southern train T went down on the body can call flying, Yonkers Statesman Disappearing Service »,”” said the commuter. I'm not making any complaints about the road.” “Then you are satisfied.” “T won't say that. But the last time I complained about my trip they took that train off the next day.”’—Washing ton Star comichoo!