Judge — August 4, 1923 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” The Study of Stud by Chet. Shafer | an excellent setting-up exer- cise, done in two counts—before and after. It is a game that affords every player an unparalleled opportunity to make a close study of the eccentricities of the currency in vogue at the present time. And it usually is a severe shock to any one who reposes much confidence in the stability of the dollar. thin the constancy of this natic em- blem is often sadly shaken. Ad- diets to the pastime who chival- rously espouse the cause of a bevy of queens or thirty miles of track in the face of the divine right of kings and the diviner right of queens, f quently learn that their holdings are subject. to change without noti The rate of exchange in poker is doggone fast. The game of poker depends for its success on the unassuageable desire of one } to pry into the secrets of another player's hand. His curi- osity is so all-consuming that he is more than willing to pay for the privilege of learning the bitter truth. Strangely enough, when the hand far exceeds his fondest hopes, it is sure to be filled with bad news for him. Oc sionally the information obtained justifies the investment. If an inquisitive player holds some pestilential intelligence in his own hand he will not have reason to be depressed. But. if he harbors a hand that looks like an aching void when com- pared with his opponent's collection his seat is then among the doleful. The calls of the wiled are largely responsible for the gloomy atmosphere that hangs around certain parking places at the poker table. In poker the pasteboards are played as close to the thorax as the suspicions of other players will permit. They are also nursed and coddled, especially if a con- JOSE takes pride and pleasure in presenting to the Great American Public the name of one whose reputation as an historian is unequalled and whose standing among the literati has never been doubted— We present Henry Ford for President of the Ford Motor Car Co. testant enters a game with some other motive than the physical betterment of his dealing and pushing muscles. If a pl s drawing power is good he needs have no worries about the result. But if he contributes regularly to the general fund from a fast sinking fund he must play them catty and insist on a round of roodles before the final put-out is made. sae Martin—She loves me all right, but she won't admit it. Burton—Why don't you try a shot of scopolamin? The worm! “Ts yours an exclusive hotel?” “Well, sir, Twill be quite frank with you. We have 400 rooms. If you will engage them all, very good. If’not, we shall be obliged to take in a few other exclusive guests.” ttt “Who is Thomas A. Edison?” “He's the man that invented the phonograph to keep us awake, so we would stay up all night using his electric lights.” te “No more genteel cuttings up.” “Uh?” “No more champagne from a slipper.” “Both seem to have gone to the discard. You might try cating custard out of one of these big flat sandals.” tots Mae—Why did Jess break off her engagement to Jack? Bess—Somebody told her that people who live together grow to look alike. Pee) “T suppose you cleared a fortune peddling lightning rods around the country this summer?” “Couldn't interest They all had their rv radio aerials.” farmer. s covered with ttt Man—He knocked left hook in the third. Woman—How brutal! Just the hook had gone in his eye! him out with a think if sae Higgs—T'm running around all day trying to get something for my wife. Biggs—Did you get any offers?