Judge — January 30, 1926 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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Five Hours in Chicago E LOOKED first at her face, which was pretty, then at her ankles, which were enchanting, and lastly at her left hand, which was gloved in hand-stitched mocha, so that he couldn’t tell whether or no there was a band of platinum on the third finger of it... . He told himself that travelling had its compensations after all. Suddenly, almost without lifting the lazy lashes from her cheeks, she spoke to him, ually. “T’ve often wondered, too,” she said, “why it is that one may speak to strangers on trains—when one may not in theaters or restaurants or—or Turkish baths.” So blandly had she read his thought that he laughed quite wholeheartedly. “Perhaps we could both smoke if we went out to the observation car,” he said. “Let's, said the girl. When two attractive young strangers decide to kill idle time together, time isn't the only thing that had better watch out! See ‘Five Hours in Chicago,” in the current issue of Snappy Stores. On all news- stands—20 cents. Clear-Tone e Your sy skin can be quickly cleared of Pimples, Black- heads, Acne Erupt tions on raatee sacs or body, Barbe rs Itch Enlarged Pores, Oily or sity Stine CLEAR-TONE has been Tried, Tested and Proven its merits RE over 00,000 test cases. WRITE TODAY for my FREE Booklet—“A CLEAR-TONE Skin” —telling how I myself after REE afflicted for fifteen years. ES. GIVENS 224 Chemical Bide. Kansas City, Me, Teaspoonful of Abbott's Bitters on half Grapefruit, a delightful breakfast tonic. Sample bitters by mail 25 cts. in stamps. . Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. INS [INSIST UPON KEMP'S BALSAM| FOR THAT COUGH! ASK DAD—HE KNOWS What They Laughed at in the Good Old Days Charles Sarka in Judge, 1904. IN THE TREACHEROUS Why so many ships are wrecked. Your Only Safety If you'd made love to any girl In policies invest, A fire insurance one comes first; With love she'd fire your breast. ’Gainst burglars you must nex! ure, She'll steal your heart—no joke; And lastly one ‘gainst accident, For she will leave you broke. Judge, 1 ey Manila Major-general—I learn that in you I have a treasure as a recon- noitering spy—that no man can equal you in wading through muck, moras- ses, slush and slough. American Soldier—Well, your ex- cellency, as a suburban commuter in New Jersey, I hope I haven't waded through fourteen slushy springs for nothing. —Judge, 1898 SOUTH SEAS ZZ ee Durand in Judge, 1899. Mollie sat upon the stove and it was hot-to-Mollie. comicbooks.com 3 s