Judge — June 5, 1926 — page 17: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

JUDGE THE OUTLINE OF HUMOR BEING A_ PLAIN HISTORY OF WIT AND HUMOR (Whats gone before.) Nothing much! IV ASSING — quickly through the Neo- lithic and Paleolithic Age we find that some- where in here religion started and then, you might say, the fun began. L. J. Dusenberry, LL.D., in his “Palzo- lithic Platitudes” states that religion was first discovered when Neo- lithic man told some one he was anemic and the reply was “I don’t care what your religion Tiglath Piliser I and II (Note boyish bobs and poker faces) is!” This caused a re- ligious war which has lasted ever since. V Civilization, we are told, had its beginning in Egypt and historians agree that it is evident from relics unearthed in the Eridu district that there was some reading. They base their beliefs on the fol- lowing record: (See Weed’s “Excavations in Mesopotamia.) It seems Tiglath Piliser I asked Tiglath Piliser I] what he should give his wife Isis for her birth- day. Tiglath Piliser IT suggested a book and Tiglath Piliser I said: “No, she’s got a book.” This proves conclusive- ly that there was civili- zation of a sort. We will dwell but very little on the Egyp- tian Dynasties and their ilk; in fact we will ig- nore them entirely which brings us to the fall of Rome and why (Cont'd next week!) “Fo’ de love of Mike, go ahead! You’se backin’ dat mule comicbooks.com