Judge — September 24, 1921 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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me,” said the Canadian caller, as he reached for his hip pocket, “but do you drink unything?” “Oh yes,” answered his Kansas “anything!”—Barber County (Kan.) Index, Dry HUMOK—*Pardon host, Ain’? THAT THE LIMIT?—“There’s au mysterious craft hovering off shore. Would you like to run out in my motor launch and look her over?” “Are you a good judge of dis- tance?” “What do you mean?” “Do you think she’s’ three miles out?” —Birmingham Age-Herald, FrotHY Music—Why did you tuke Meyerbeer off the dinner card?’ “People kept thinking it was some- thing to drink.”~-Louisville Courier- Journal. HOME BREWTALITY—A local man tried some of his homebrew on the cat the other night, and the animal rose up and whipped a 12-inch elec- round.—Elderado tric fan in one Times, ‘THOSE INCRIMINATING PAPERS— “Why does the boss always keep his desk locked?” “Important papers.” “He never locked up his papers be- fore prohibition came in.”-—Detroit Free Press. THE Booze CRU ‘Tell me about your houseboat cru “When we’d gone about 10 miles down the river, we tied up at the bank and one member of the party located a ‘still.’” “Well, go on.” “That’s the end of my travelogue.” Birmingham Age-Herald. Srune!— “Talking about = dry towns, have you ever been in Leaven worth, Kansas?” asked the com- mercial traveler in the smoking car. “No? Well, that’s a dry town for you, all right.” “They can’t sell liquor at all there?” asked one of the men. “Only if you had been bitten by a snake,” said the traveler. “They have only one snake in the town, and when I got to it the other day, after standing in line for nearly half the day. it was too tired to bite.”--The Falcon. Unbalanced Partnership IMPOSSIBLE SOMETIMES HAPPENS!" Flegende Blaetter (Munich) What did that pretty when you stole a ki Johnson: She s all to-day ?”—London graph. Weekly Tele- a clerk in an Emporia news stand to a man who had just bought a two cent stamp. “That's all right; you’re welcome,” replied the customer. — Gazette. Emporia Another Unshot Bromide VirWs OF A VENDER—"You hear a lot about Easy Street.” “Well?” “But a man who peddles articles from door to door never finds it.” Detroit Free Press. “TL fear I ‘THE COUNTER-IKRITANT lack salesmanship.” “Why?” “Well, a lady had been looking at grand pianos for two hours. Prices didn’t exactly suit her. I thought I’d do something for the store so | then tried to sell her a paper of pins.” “Well?” She got indignant.” Courier-Journal. Louisville Auto INTOXICATION——“You dis- charged your new salesman?” “Yes. He’s not suited for the automobile business. “How’s that?” “He tried to sell a $7,000 car to a school teacher.” —Birmingham Aqe- Herald. ABILITY RECOGNIZED— “Your boy Josh is drawing good wages,” marked the neighbor. “His services must be valuable.” osh deserves credit,” declared Farmer Corntassel. “! won’t say his work amounts to much. But the price he manages to get for it shows some classy salesmanship.” — Washington Star. re IN His Vo. “That salesman certainly is a live wire,” remarked a merchant to Miss Prim, his book- keeper of uncertain vintage. “So I observed,” snapped that lady. “His slang was shocking.”—Amer- ican Legion Weekly. Perfect Little Blithe HEIGHT ONE SEES ABOUT! -London Weekly Telegraph A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE OF AVERAGE comicbooks.com