Judge — October 29, 1921 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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z= Jonah watches Knuck demons Bear—Hist! There's old Bear man Kangaroo. Just es- sir! caped from the Zoo; what He sure has the on earth shall we do? down. “Watch me subdue him by the power of the human eye.” Kid Pie-ruts UST bein’ kids is the best part of : life; That is, if you’re fellas, not merely can play at pie-rut’s wild strife, But girls! Girls ain’t very brite, havin’ curls! You know how it is, in long pants or short, Even a fella in short pants will grow Into a man with a pie-rut’s red wart On his chin; but a girl? Never, oh, no; How could a femi-nine pie-rut get by As a crule cut-throat for treasure in sand, Or swear by Skull-’n’-Bones, blood-in-her eye; Supposin’ even she votes on dry land? But a boy can wear a charm or nose-ring; AS a Si oorge of the Spanish Main, Force folks to bite the dust an’ evrything; Make people walk the plank into the rain! Only a = mascu-line pie-rut knows style In robbin’ a ship of chests of fine gold; How to bury it on some lone- some isle With ghost-guards of his victims, shot down c-o-l-d! Could girls, except as slaves of pie-rut men, Or passenjers, play the game with pleasure? Indeed, if it is so decided, then: Let ’em be the ghosts on “Gee whiz! buried treasure! shim trate just what (Thought) — Yes, Knuck is a wonder. rascal do him in. Who’s Who in Zooland By Mary GRAHAM BONNER Sir Giraffe 'PHEY say I'm stupid. Well, let them so! They y that the ostrich and the camel are both stupid but that I’m more stupid than either one. That is to say my brain is of si ler size. Well, 1 can’t have everything. I’m not greedy. “TI can’t have my great height and a big brain. At least, I fancy not. Some would rather have the brain. Not so with me! I am sure I could never have my long and handsome neck if I wanted so many brains in my head. | couldn’t grasp every- If the giraffe hasn’t mied all his spots off!” 23 gone and power the human eye has, to subdue a wild beast. Bear (Thought) —I do believe Knuck is going to Bear (Thought) — Old man Kangaroo mistook the human eye for the evil eye. Kangaroo—Scat! You old rag doll! thing. Greed wouldn’t be right. “I’m fourteen feet tall. That’s a good height I'll admit. And I’m a nice, good-natured animal. I’m happy eating clover hay and other delica- cies. “But it’s not fair of them to talk too much about my small brains, for I'm pretty good to people. I’ve done more for joke-makers and picture s than any other animal. Why they’ve joked about a sore-throat a great, great, great, great grand- father of mine had again. and again and again and we've tried to laugh as though it were quite a new joke. We're pleasant when you think of the way we've laughed at that joke alone—or at least if we haven't laughed uproariously we’ve never been so rude as to say we heard it before! “And we let them stare at us when they come to the zoo und never do we get mad! Yes, the giraffe family have done their bit in entertain- ing the world!” Posing Tommy By PEARL HALEY PATRICK TOMMY, let me brush your hair, nice, nice, nice, Make it smooth and shiny— so— Be still! I've told you twice! Got your face all washed up clean? Got your whiskers straight? Did you wipe your feet off good? Now we're ready. Wait! Tommy’s ’spression isn’t good: he’s blinking at the house. Wish that I could make him think that he see’s a mouse! . / comicbooks.com