Judge — June 21, 1924 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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Pelicantata ELICANNA Was a lady, Pelic Andrew was a youth, And they both were pelicanny Downright sharp, to tell the truth. PelicAndrew was a merchant, And he dealt. in many things: Policandy, pelicandles, Pelicanvas, wedding rings, Silver spoons and pelicanoes, Even pelicanteloupes, Pelicandel 50, Pelicanopies and ropes. PelicAnma went ont shopping: For she needed lantern wicks, ‘Two pelicans of lima beans And pelicandle sticks. At the shop of Pelic\ndrew, Pelic An The price was more than she would pay, asked for beans: But not beyond her means. They squabbled over lima beans Until the noise they made Sounded like a boiler foundry, Or a pelicannonade. samnibal!™ she © nw von what Pld tell vou pelieandidly, VI pelicancel you!” Now, neither one would y Id a points ANYWAY THE DANKNED DOG hNEW WHAT HE LIKED F They haggled for a we = eee = They bargained over lima beans Sot ‘Till neither one could speak. “HE AT MUT RETRIEVE 2° ASKED youne“ Fost- MIGHT!) ANSWERED MR. POST'S HOST, “TL settle th ore a pelicanny lass; If you'll be my PelieArma Twill buy the oil and ¢ he whispered, “Can you sell merchandise?” he asked, “T pelic So they ] ‘Yo the parson’s and were wed. R. W. * she said. ieantered over A Promising Boy Hostess (at children’s party) why do you say Johnny, , thank vou" every time you help yourself to another cookie? You've said it at least. eight times. Mc “No, thank vou I promised her T would. Johnny 6 warned me to say fter the second-one and err A lecture was delivered recently aboard an airship crossing the English Channel. Apparently there is no esc: nowadays unless every passenger provides his own parachute and life-preserver. “I Dont Tainw HE'D FAN To GO GET A QvAIn__— lf TRE BLAMEP BIRD WAS BROILED AND ON WAST!” The Fable of the Goat and the Poor Fish A Gort, one hot summer's afternoon, went down to the bank and ex- ly began talking to all the poor Fish. He had a rumor to pass on which he said was every bit as hot as the day. “You want to be sure and swim around to this party that’s on to-night,” he bleated. “T have it straight that there is going to be some real beer!” But when the poor Fish swam up that evening and sampled. the refreshment, they found there wasn’t any The Goat, amused. such thing, however, was) very much Twice or thrice more the Goat's trick When he cried, “Real beer! Real beer!” a whole shoal of poor would navigate around to a party which otherwise they would not been found, succeeded. All they got was near beer, 13 langhed at for their Is. At last one day there was a party at which real beer indeed was provided. The Goat eried out again, this time in earnest. But the poor Fish, naturally supposing it was the same old whiskered hoax, would not lift.a fin, for so long, th ment. offic The real beer stood around finally the dry enforee- ls even heard of it and came and confiscated it. Moral—A liar is not believed, expecially when he protests he has a sense of humor. Farmrax Downy. ttt It is reported that Col. H. TL. Rogers paid $100,000 to Count Salm von Hoog- straeten for his daughter's freedom. Salm, Qualm, Palm, Balm. comicbooks.com