Judge — February 7, 1920 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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Hotel T ing room myself att Well, it is hard, as P. J heimer of New York fo get Jupcr pub- time” these strik- nal days, but he mber what Miss Dick of Yonk N.Y. re minds us: ter all, ‘the most difficult task in the world is to read Jupcr without laughing!” out of the ing say lishe: ingly should rer A Spendthrift Explains By Kexsetu L. Rowe NOME of the most promi- S nent people in this country are carrying ign to encourage thrift in an end to no a cam- pa the hope of puttin, the wave of reckless spending which has almost swamped us Chey tell everybody to work just as hard as he can, produce just as much as he can, Drown by NW. Warn Tie Amount oF and save all he can Do these people know what they are talking about? Is ita good idea to listen to them? If | work as hard as I can and save all | can, I will eventually have capital at my disposal. ‘Therefore | will be a capitali But all over the country men are being urged to demand their rights from Capital—their rights being, so far as I can discover, about one hundred and three per cent. of all that Capital possesses. And the men are obediently demanding their rights from Capital, and are striking and refusing to work until they get them If | work hard and save and become a Capital and build up a business with my capital, my workmen may refuse to work for me unless I give them a part of what T have obtained by my hard work and my thrift ‘They will not deserve it, for they will not have lived as frugally or planned as carefully as I did. If they had done so, they would have been capitalists like myself Naturally enough, I shall not be wildly enthusiastic about giving up the fruits of my labor to Yet that is what may ave my money and strangers. happen if I become a capitalist Why, then, should I work hard and save? Would it not be wiser to work as little as possible and spend all the money which I get? I much prefer to do that rather than to give away my sav- His Inueriance Tax Hays Just Been Pusiisien ings to men who have less ability or less self-control or less industry —_ than I Drown by GB. tywouo It’s hard enough to save un- the bes litions. 1 t makes a © IN THE Papers doubt whether I shall be able to force myself to go in for saving until this country gets back on a basis of justice for all, and there is an end of the twaddle about the injustices and the non-productiveness of Capital “LT made a thirty-six at gol “Which hole?” Undue Familiarity Cop (angrily, to fair motorist)—The nixt time ye ¢ at me signal, I'll pinch ve! Fair Motorist (colcring)--Sir! How dare you! n't stop To Avoid the Rush tinctly saw my daughter sitting in Last evening, sir, 1 « your lap. What explanation have you to make?” “T got here early, sir—before the hers.” Assuming Responsibility The Father —As 1 see it, about all you do is to drive the car around The Boy—Well, sir, someone has to doit: and you admit yourself that you haven't the time Great Mileage “You've heard of the wonderful hay that ran for a hundred years a day?” “Yes, but that doesn’t seem so remarkable when we consider some of the motor tire records we read about.” one-b What Then? First’ Railroad Man—We'll own A the country some day. Second R. M.—-What'll we do with it when we get it? “Live in Paris.” comicbooks.com