Judge — February 28, 1925 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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No, this is not the third act return of the faithless wife, it is merely our window dresser having trouble with a wax figure that won't stand up. The Absorbing Adventures of Professor Blotter KOFESSOR Biorrer, who was the first man to introduce the Turkish Bath into Turkey, has decided to settle the earthquake problem once and forall. It seems he learned yes- terday that science attributes the cause of earthquakes to the depth of nd he brought this matter to Sxecutiv let us assume that the ¢ deep just off the shore. Now, how shall we reduce the depth of the ocean ay with earthquake indeed?” said President and do a “Tt Coolidge. “On first thought I might suggest all the dirt off the island into the ocean, so that we could fill up the bottom of the ocean dit wouldn't be so deep.” “Ah.” said Coolidge. “On the other hand, if we shoveled all the dirt from the island into the ocean, then there wouldn't be any that we simply shovel KRAZY \RACKS five me a ventence with the “Pee Ween up Bes with a toothache sincerely this | morning.” agp poy 9 ach ary brah ra, “Wha’ dye shay—lesh go up on roof an’ hav’ a drink on th’ housh.”* idand any more. and we might just as well never have started in the first inging the bettem of the ocean up nearer the island, we could. simply lower the island until it was near enough to the bottom of the ocean so that the earthquake peril, would cease to aid Coolidge. rth he completely under .thiswould ied to leave the islan concluded Professor Blotter, “There is just so much ocean, and obviously if it isn’t deep one place it would have to be deep another, Consequently, why not it deep off an imaginary hen there would only be whieh imaginary — earthan wouldn't hurt anybody “Un.” said: President Ce Corey Ford whic praise indeed, comicbooks.com