Judge — April 4, 1925 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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| The Biography of Blinks | Bows into a physical culture home at the usual early age, Blinks was compelled to walk around naked until he was three years old. When he was four years old he could chin himself cighteen times. At the age of twenty Blinks would recline on his back while six people ked over a plank resting on his chest. Twenty-one s came and Blinks could chin himself thirty-five times and = run 100 yards in nine seconds. From January to March cach year. when the temperature hovered around zero, Blinks bathed every Sunday in the surf. He frolicked with chunks of ice and) gleefully dived into. the iey waters, Spectators oa shore caught and a horse w coughs watching Blinks on zero mornings, but Blinks was on hand bright and carly every Sunday until the weck before last. On that desolate morning his audience ap- peared but Blinks was missing. I was woefully disappointed for the sight of Blinks in the surf Sunday mornings was a constant source of wonder to me. So I called up his home and a sad voice answered me. “TL beg your pardon,” I started, “but this is a friend of Mr. Blinks. I missed him at the beach to-day and was wonder- ing if he had gone to Greenland or Siberia where the bathing is really enjoyable in the winter.” There was a little sob on the other end. “Oh, I'm so sorry to have to tell you,” came the voi “but Mr Blinks died last night. He was at the movies and sat in a draft, which resulted in his catching cold and finally he developed pneumonia It’s too bad, but T always told him g picture theaters were : and to keep out of them.” | Arthur L. Lippmann “Why does he keep bobbin’ his head up and down?” “That's Jumbo, the original Yes Man.” — Americans will not wait Accustomed to instant communication by telephone and telegraph, our military authorities realized in the late war that the American Expeditionary Forces could not depend on the communication services of Europe. The necessary plans, materials and engineers were sent over in ship loads. A world record was made by the Signal Corps in establishing lines of communication indispensable to every branch of the army. In a surprisingly short time, every American general in France had at his disposal the communication facilities to which, in America, he had been accustomed. Europe was sometimes startled by the amazing methods of the telephone workers from overseas. The American- trained Signal Corps units invariably sought the shortest way, overcoming all natural obstacles to extend the needed means of communication. The Americans were not content to wait. They expected and demanded the same ever-ready telephone connections which they had at home. The Bell System has set a world standard for prompt attention and continuous service. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES BELL SYSTEM One Policy, One System, Universal Service “THE FLAVOR Lasts PATENTS : If you got a laugh out of last year's ADVERTISING NUMBER of JUDGE You il go into hysteric | over this years OUT APRIL 9! Drawn, burning skin AFTER SHAVING soothed and cooled by healing, antiseptic Mentholalum Write for free sample Mentholatum Co., Buffalo, N.Y., Wichita, Kans. L comicbooks.com