Judge — April 16, 1921 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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of Digest Drawn by Werseas Parsee Brothers in Business— An advertise ment manager was going home one night in a tramear. It was late. and the man who sat next to him began to talk What business are you in?” he asked “The advertising business.” ‘Is that so? I used to be in the adver- tising business myself. 1 gave it’ up. and went into the rag-and-old I was a sandwich man though: bottle business. for a theater for six months. Say,”’ and he leaned over confidentially rin’t it hard work when the wind blows? London Tit-Bits Recognized the Sets —“ What do you think of my library?” “L was just looking it over and I ne tice that you were visited by the same book agents who landed me." Detroit Free Press Too Curious—Tillic Clinger says the reason she didn’t last long as salesgirl at the jewelry counter was because when a man came in and said he wanted some thing nice for his baby she asked him if his baby was . a girl ora chicken Dallas News She Called a Floorwalker—* Arc these lace collars good value?” “Yes, sir.” said the pretty saleslady “1 wear them myself.” “How about these silk stockings? Utter Louisville Courier Journal, silence. The Boss—A\ traveling salesman vis- ited a small town and sold the proprietor of its general store some merchandise When the goods arrived they were not as represented and the merchant quently returned them. But the house conse the World’s nevertheless attempted to collect the bill sight draft on the al bank, which returned rored ind drew g merchant through the lc the dyaft un The house then wrote the about the standing of the mer chant and the postmaster laconically: re plied that it was O.K By return mail the him to secure a lawyer to collect’ the account, and received the following The undersigned is the merchant on whom you attempted to palm off your goods. The undersigned is president and owner of the bank to which vou sent your sight draft. The under signed is the postmaster to whom you postmaster tina house requested worthless wrote, and the undersigned is the lawyer whose service you sought to obtain for your nefarious business. If the under signed were not also the pastor of the church at this place he would tell you to go to hell." —Pickup. Did It Ever Happen to You? Cax 1 orrex you soste- THING FOR MADAM, SIR—? Diner—No, THANKS Viotrts? A nox or noxnoss?” anne “OM, JUST A LITER ROS Diner—I said Xo. 1 meant No. Cax'r you see we're Le Journal Amusant MARRIED A Mod. write you gry?” Yes, but it didn’t bring any money s he'll send me a few sandwiches by parcel post.—Boston Tran n Prodigal Son—* Did you father that you were hun Well, Well! the country club.” Over what?” “A countryman tried to Louisville Courier-Journal, Great excitement at join.” Neat—She—Sce that girl at the third table. Don’t you think she’s awfully young to wear such a decolletté gown? He—Well, she certainly is a stripling. Boston Transcript For Men—Any piece of bric-a-brac looks like an ash tray to the man who smokes.—Cupper’s Weekly. Describing the Scenery—" He's mak ing a mountain out of a molehill.” : Getting up a summer pros pectus.""—Louistille Courier-Journal. Crooked Boston—Mr, Penn—They say the streets in Boston are frightfully crooked Mr. Hub—They are. Why, do you know when I first went there 1 could hardly find my way around? “That must be embarrassing.” “It is. The first week I was there 1 wanted to get rid of an old cat we had and my wife got me to take it to the river a mile away.” “And you lost the cat all right?” “Lost nothing! I never would have found my way home if I hadn’t followed comicbooks.com