Judge — June 3, 1922 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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

Drawn by Epwarp Gorw ey “What makes Tramp so proud and ha aughty?” ‘He’s been adopted by a bootlegger and gets meat three times a day now. Song of Hunger By Strickland Gillilan ng ISN'T a lofty theme I sing, Of platinum birds on golden wing; It isn't a highbrow note I strike— Instead of soaring, I merely pike. But I'm here to state to your listening ear, Old friend sincere! ef my heart, I'm darned I pen no line to the wimpling brooks— The sort of poems you read in books; I lilt no lay to the stars above, Nor wet my pencil in tears of love But my belt is loose and whatever I say You will know 1 mean in the surest way. For I warble of food of the sort that man Has loved since the moon and the tides began: I have tuned my harp to an edible theme— To a pair that I reckon make quite a team. For the partners my muse for its sub ject takes Are homemade sausage and buckwheat cakes! If there's anything better than these at morn, When you've answered the breakfast horn, succulent Come on, old timer, and name ‘em, quick— The winners from these will be mighty slick! But far as I've gone, there's noth- ing seems To beat these two in my hunger’s dreams. Let Carman, Don Marquis, Le Galli- enne— Those valiant and competent poet- men— Parade their knowledge of meters and feet And rhymes that couldn't be more complete At the retail grocer’s I've set my stakes— I'm singing of sausage and buckwheat cakes. Only one-fifth of the buildings owned by the Bell System are shown in this picture A Telephone City Above is an imaginary city, made by grouping together one- fifth of the buildings owned by the Bell System, and used in telephone service. Picture to yourself a city five limes as great and you will have an idea of the amount of real estate owned by the Bell System throughout the country. If all these buildings were grouped together, they would make a business community with 400 more buildings than the total number of office buildings in New York City, as classified by the Department of Taxes and Assessments. Next to its investment in modern telephone equipment, the toward Better Service BEGINNERS ENCOURAGED First Young Doctor—How are you coming along? Making good? Second Young Doctor—Fine! I'm thankful I didn’t begin to practice in the days before prohibition, though “Same here.” SILENT ON CLASSES “What classes is your college son in?” “I do not know. So far, he has only mentioned his frats, his clubs, and his | teams.” largest investment of the Bell System is in its 1,600 modern buildings, with a value of $144,- 000,000. Ranging in size from twenty-seven stories down to one-story, they are used princi- pally as executive offices, cen- tral offices, storehouses and garages. The modern construc- tion of most of the buildings is indicated by the fact that the investment in buildings is now over three times what it was ten years ago. Every building owned by the Bell System must be so con- structed and so situated as to serve with efficiency the tele- phone public in each locality, and to be a sound investment for future requirements. “BELL SYSTEM” AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy, One System, Universal Service, and all directed DOG EAT DOG “How do you account for all recent failures in Wall Street?” “That's easy. Customers are so scarce down there that the brokers have taken to gambling among them- selves.” the ALL GONE NOW “What do those X’s on that barrel mean, dad?” “I am surprised at your ignorance, boy. Don’t you know that ‘Ex’ means formerly?” comicbooks.com