Judge — June 5, 1926 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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He who dances the Charleston must pay the chiropodist. ‘ude pays $5 for each one printed A Dark Deed (Continued from page 11) ering, Mr. Hedges furtively thrust the revolver into his hand bag and crept to the door. Behind him was the wreck of ten happy years of blissful married life. He still could see her, sweet and innocent, on their wedding day. But now... At the threshold he slowly closed the door and turned about for a brief moment, to probably gaze for the last time on the little door that to him had been a gateway to happiness. But even as he gazed his eves widened in greater horror, his limbs trembled in more poignant terror... . The door was marked “Apartment ‘The Hedges lived in “5 D.” (I. E. W. Hedges was a very near- sighted man.) Hugh Wood ZN Give a sentence withthe word iS 4 Eye, ear, nose and throat.” “Eye car he threw the first ball at the match. He sure nose how to throat.” Solemn Warning Grandma (looking up from paper) —It says here that young women are abandoning all restrictions. Now, mind, don’t let me catch you goin’ out without yours, Ethel !—Collier’s Rated Old Moral Gent—And is this bottle of wh your sole comfort in your bereave Widower—Oh, no. I have half a dozen bottles in the cupboard! —Nagels Lustige Welt (Berlin) “Who Started This.” Telephone line over the Rocky Mountains Spannino the country, under Tivers, across prairies and over mountain ranges, the telephone builders have carried the electric wires of their communication net- work. Half a century ago the nation’s telephone plant was a few hundred feet of wire and two crude instruments. The only builder was Thomas A. Watson, Dr. Bell’s assistant. It was a small beginning, but the work then started will never cease. In 50 years many million miles of wire have been strung, many million telephones have been installed, and all over the country are buildings with switch- boards and the complicated ap- paratus for connecting each tele- phone with any other. The telephone’s builders have been many and their lives have been rich in romantic adventure and unselfish devotion to the service. Telephone builders are still ex- tending and rebuilding the tele- phone plant. A million dollars a day are being expended in the Bell System in construction work to provide for the nation’s growing needs. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH ComPaANY AND AssociaATED ComPaANIES SYSTEM IN ITS SEMI-CENTENNIAL YEAR THE BELL SYSTEM LOOKS FOR- WARD TO CONTINUED PROGRESS IN TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION JUST TO REMIND YOU! JUDGE Jr. takes the air every Thursday at 7.30 P. M. WJZ TUNE IN ON HIM! 23 CLARK’S FAMOUS CRUISES JUNE. 30, NORWAY—WESTERN MEDITER. RANEAN; JAN. 19, ROUND THE WORL AN, EDITERRANEAN: FEB. 5, SO! DITERRANEAN. REASON- LE; SIVE RATES. SPECIALLY CHARTERED STEAMERS. FRANK C. CLARK, Times Bldg., New York comicbooks.com