Judge — July 16, 1921 — page 31: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

ERLE JOHNSON ommy Kat BouGHut HIM A HAT To START THE SEASON GAY— in May Four Rhymes About a Rhinoceros By Cyrit B. Ecan I (His Queer Nature) CRAGGY creature, Gar-gan-tu-an, Gothically grotesque: A tragi-comic relief in the cosmic arabesque; Now filling with mirth, Now thrilling to fear— With his comical girth, With his nose like a spear; Amammoth Toad that speeds likea Fox: Old Rhino is a Paradox! II (What Makes Him Wild) How Creased The Beast! His Suit— Poor Brute— Doesn’t fit abit. Wherefore, If he roar -—-shsh iy But suabEs oF CHEESE! Wuo’s THAT HE SEES IN FRONT OF HIS OWN HOUSE— A Mouse! ALL THAT. pone! And ramp and rage, And stamp the floor Of his iron cage, Well, let him— Don’t further fret him! Drawn by Cuartes Hucues “SPEAK FoR iT, Fino!” And please don’t laugh, You silly calf. Wouldn’t you be angry and ill at ease, If your Pants were Baggy around the Knees; Forcot THE HAT, THE PRICE— Its SEASON SCARCE BEGUN—IS. It’s VERY SAD; THREE DOLLARS ADD To FIT HIS BIG HEAD SORE— A BORE. If tailored sloppily and in haste They failed to snugly hug the Waist? O give the Beast a Safety-Pin, That he may tuck his Trousers in! Ill (His Final End) His Freezing Point is Rather High: If Breezes blow a trifle colder— This Pachyderm will Rockify Intoa most Fantastic Boulder. Iv (Old Joke— New Tune) When I gaze upon the Rhi- noceros And his visage So terrible, Ludicrous, Quaint— Like the Stew at the Zoo, I mutter Prepos’erous!— Sush Ridikilis Animil Cain’t Be And Ain't! Drawn by Curtox Meee ’ DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN A BETTER HOME. 31