Judge — January 1, 1921 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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Drawn by RoW. Fe Fatuex Astuses tHe Bany Just Outside the Window By Pex Gross opular Novelist sat in his luxurious The man dozed "THE study before a blazing log fire. tel clock ticked cheerily, a brown cat on the hearth “It’s no use,” the Popular Novelist shook his head, “there’s no more wonder, no more thrill in the world. The war took all of that- there’s nothing left.” Outside his study window passed an automo- bile. In it sat a well-preserved, ruddy-faced man of fifty. He was one of the wealthiest men in town. Thirty years had passed since he ar- rived in America, an immigrant in the steerage Now he spoke of Rolls-Royces and yachts with anairof nonchalance. His son was at Harvard, his daughter at Vassar, his wife at—Reno! France has almost won her great | fight against war's destruction. Eighty per cent of her wrecked and crippled factories again hum with activity. All of the 4,006 villages and towns in the devastated regions have again re- sumed municipal life; and of the 6,445 schools in this vast area, 5,345 have been rebuilt and opened. Farms, factories and homes again cover most | of the scarred land. In her reconstruction, France has shown the same unconquerable spirit that stopped her invaders at the Marne. And here, at home, another great One Policy Then a policeman came into view. Just a little over two years ago he led his platoon into a German machine-gun nest, and, almost single: handed, put the enemy to flight! In a bureau drawer at home were a Distinguished Service Cross and a Croix de Guerre. As he walked along now, he was wondering how he was going to meet the new increase in his rent, and de- vising means by which to buy a pair of shoes for little Tommy next Saturday. Behind the policeman walked a boy and girl They were returning from school, he was carry- 27 Winning the Battles of Peace AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY ] i AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES peaceful victory is being won against the greatest odds. This has been the fight of the Bell telephone employees to rebuild a national service. Despite all of the difficulties of the post-war period, the organized forces { of the Bell system have established | | new records in maintenance and 5 construction. Facing, after the armistice, a public } demand such as was never before | known; they have yet responded to the nation’s needs with hundreds of new buildings, thousands of miles } of new wires and cables, and with the { installation in the last year, alone, of over half a million new telephones. One System Universal Service And all directed toward Better Service ing her books. He wore a sweater with the ‘var- sity letter on his breast ‘Il be there tomorrow,” the girl was saying, nd if you win, I'll let you wear my ring.” The boy bent closer. They laughed softly, the world was suddenly very wonderful! radi The minute hand on the clock had moved only two spaces but the Popular Novelist sitting i! before the fire in his study again shook his head. “No use!” he lamented, “nothing ever hap: | pens any more... . | wonder where I can find | romanc