Judge — August 21, 1920 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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Made Him Impatient “THOSE PEOPLE ARE YOUR PATIENTS. Doctor?” “Baul Most Uninrerestinc courte— MARDLY EVER sick.” —Le Rire ) Getting Even—* Here isa charge fora call lasting half an hour onour telephone,” said the lawyer to his wife “Yes, dear. That was my call. I was asking a friend of mine a question,” replied the wife “And did it take half an hour to ask a question?” “Yes, hypothetical questi it was one of those .”—= Houston Post. Typical—“ What do you know about this suit?” “ Absolutely nothing.” “In that c interposed the judge, “TL cannot allow over two days for exami nation of this witness.”’—Louistille Cour- ier Journal. Unreasonable — First Lawyer — The Smith-Robinsons are kicking because we don’t settle the estate. cond Lawyer—As if we didn’t need the money as much as they!—Boston Transcript. Trained Appeal—‘ What did Ella’s lawyer beau do when you told him it was time to go?” “Tried immediately to secure a stay.” —Baltimore American Going Light—“ How many law books will you want to carry to court, coun- selor?” t over four. It’s only a $10 dog Louisville Courier-Journal shabby visitor was?” “An old college friend,” said the mul Limillionaire. “1 noticed him tucking a banknote in his pocket.” “Yes, a little friendly touch. About the time I was expelled from college Bill was batting around 99 in all his studies.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. Turn to the Right—Perspiration rolled down his brow as he desperately chewed his pencil and stared vacantly down at the blank sheet of paper before him. It was the final examination of his senior year at college. To fail in it meant that he could not graduate; that he would be disgraced; that his whole life would be ruined. Shudders involuntarily dl he realized that he was a through him rank failure. The paper of t his eyes. But he did not © man on his left lay invitingly: be glance at it. One could see that he was struggling valiantly against temptation and, though the effort was heartrending, he would sacrifice everything for the sake of honor. No, he would not copy from the man on his left. The man on his right knew more. Houston Post. Couldn't Use Him—*There’s a col- lege graduate at the door. He wants a job “What can he do?” asked the self- made man. “He says he’s pretty good in Greek.” “Umph! Tell him I haven't sold one dollar's worth of goods to Greece since I've been in the export business.""—Bir mingham Age-Herald The Progressive Snob “ DesPITE THE WAR AND SUCH LIKE, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT HUMANITY KEALLY DOES MAKE PROGRESS. FOR INSTANCE, WHO WOULD THINK THAT THAT OLD HAIRBRUSH WAS MY ANCESTOR!” —Passing Shoe (London) 21