Judge — August 27, 1921 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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The Amende Honorable By Mary GRAHAM BONNER GHE is no longer young in the sense that youth calls young. But she is far from even being called middle- aged. A small child, of whom she is very fond, had an operation for the re- moval of her tonsils. The child was a particularly nice child. She wanted to do something very special for her. She thought of her old rag doll— the doll which had always brought her so much comfort when she was a child. She had outgrown all of her child- hood things except that doll. So she took the doll to the small Jean and told her that the rag baby would remain with her until she be- came quite well again. The small child was delighted. There was something that appealed to her in the lovable ugliness of the doll. But not so the grand- mother. “Have you ever washed the doll’s face?” the grandmother inquired of the visitor. “You don’t think she’s very—hy- gienic—you mean?” “Well!” grandmother exclaimed in a tone which said quite plainly she thought the doll was far from a wel- come visitor to a small, sick child. A quick flush of color spread over the young woman’s face. Yes, it was true. She had never outgrown that doll. It actually hurt her to hear the implication against her. The grandmother was quick to see she had blundered and inquired gently: Drawn by G. B. INwoop. Astronomer's Son—On, Pa! “Have you had that doll ever since you were a child?” The young woman brightened. “Yes, ever since I was three years old!” Drawn by W. G. Fann. “Two?—ROUND TRIP?—WHERE T0?—” “AHNEM—ER—WHAT GOOD TUNNEL TRIPS HAVE YOU?” 15 Looka HERE! The grandmother thought to make amends for her previous lack of cordiality. After all—she supposed the doll was hygienic enough. She turned to her small grandchild: “Just think, Jean, dear, how very, very old that doll is! You must take great care of it and thank your good triend for being so kind to you. It’s not every little girl who can play with a doll as old as that!” Social Standing By C. CHAMP Dix, JR. Now ’way down South You’re a Colonel and a star, If your grandaddy fought In the Civil War. In the East and the North Where they shimmy and they jazz, The one who shakes the most The better chance he has. But out in the West, Just by the setting sun, It depends on how you handle The rope and the gun. While the whole world over, (You’d better take this tip), You'll be rated much higher If you’ve something on the hip!