Judge — April 30, 1921 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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One l Last Week—Joseph Hilles heim got stuck with his car one day last week P. C. Nagal was out breaking roads with his billy goats one day last week Edmund and Norbet Schroepfer were running a race up west one night last week Pete Goblirsch was seen out hunting on A. Hillesheim’s frog farm one day last week k Bock and Henry Slander were out riding bicycles one day last’ week. Sleepy Eye (Minn.) Progressive Sounds Like Blackmail—So far we had three subscribers drop the Observer because we are raising the price fifty cents a year. We will later print the names of all who refuse to take the Observer because of the increase in price. Massena (N. Y.) Observer. Proper Procedure—A New Haven (Mass.) newspaper reporter is defendant in a divorce case in which the plaintiff asks $250,000 alin The sensible pro- cedure in the case of the wife who thinks her husband, a star reporter, has $250,000 is to confine the patient in a padded cell and then institute the lunacy inquest.”"— Louisville Courier-Journal. Troubles of Ye Ed’’—We commend the following from the weary pen of Brother Houck of the Chilhowee Blade to all those aspiring to run a newspaper of their own. If this doesn’t avert the tragedy, nothing on earth can Editing a paper is a business. If we publish a joke people say we are rattle- headed. If we publish original matter they say we don’t give them enough se. th 4 lections. If we give s tions we are too lazy to write. If we give a man a putt we are partis If we compliment the women the men are jealous; if we don't we are publishing a paper not fit to make a bustle of. If we rema are too proud to ming mon herd”; if we are are not attending to our business. wear poor clothes, business is dull; if we wear good clothes, we don't pay for ‘em Now what shall we do? Some will say we stole this from an exchange; others will say nobody but us is mean ugh to write it.— Kansas City Times nin our of with the on the street we If we people The Proper Ratio—* This magazine caters to farmers’ “How so?” “Tt devotes a page to poultry, a ps to faney work and ninety-eight pages to love stories about people in high life.” Birmingham Age-Herald. wives.” An Unsympathetic Audience “My DEAR! IT MUST HAVE BEEN TERRIBLY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO LEARN TO SING “YES, INDEED—ESPECIALLY WITH xercunors!”—Le Journal Amusant (Paris) 1s Noah,” wrote the boy one of the Reasonings—* in his composition, “we most kind-hearted of men, “How do know he hearted? “Because he was so fond of animals.” Washington Star. you was kind- Why Be Thankful?—Mother always kept little Tommy up to the scratch in the matter of grace before meals, and she made no difference when she took him to tea with her one afternoon at a restaurant. She said to Tommy after the waitress had served the tea: “Now, say grace. please, Tommy.” “But, mamma,” objected her seven year-old little son, * we're paying for this. aren't we?""—Los Angeles Times. That Would Do It—* Mamma!” “Yes, Ethel.” “Do you know where Robbie's wash- cloth is?” No, dear; why?” “Oh, Robbie's got the hiccups and I wanta scare him."”—Younkers Statesman. She Knew Time—Four-year-old Betty had been permitted to go visiting at Aunt Ruth’s house. About 4 o'clock Uncle James made ready to take her home, but Betty objected strenuously to going. ‘My muvver said I could stay all day,” she said, “and it’s all day till it’s dark." —Indianapolis News Nothing Much—* Pa, what are an cestors?”” “Well, my son, I'm Your grandpa is another.” “Oh! Then why is it people brag about them?”—Boston Transcript one of yours. comicbooks.com