Judge — August 20, 1927 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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

JUDGE get at you, Vacuum mosquito catcher. Draws the pests in before they can Business secrets. Margot Boy, I’ve hung around with ALL sorts of dames in my time. There was plump ones and thin ones and tall ones and short ones and smart ones and dummic Some of them gave me the air, some I sent on their way. But the prize peach, the last word, was Margot. This Margot was a pip. She made ev frail within a hun- dred yards look like a bolt of green shoddy with the moths in it. I met her on the outing the boys at the office threw last sum- mer at Swan Point. I’m sitting, resting my dogs after a daffy potato race or something, when I look up and see this swell broad standing behind me. You know, one of these tall, slim mammas in a cool-looking dress and a big, floppy hat like in the a Sol 1 Q s, did I see her boy friend, some ‘gent from the bookkeeping depart- ment, Well, I just seen this bird ‘holding hands with one of the stenogs behind a willow-tree, so I play dumb and pull a fast line out why go look for that guy when I’m here. And in ten min- utes she’s telling me how she likes a good show, especially when they’s a smart guy along to ap- preciate it with her. So I make a date with her for the next night to eat chow mein and see the show at the Lyric, Well, in about two weeks me and Margot is as thick as thieves. I'm doing all the talking, with her yessing me to death, and pretty soon I’m beginning to look at the finger hoops in jewelry store windows. Everything's r and one it I come out to her house to take her to a dance, and she Baby doesn’t WANNA go to dance! “What?” I says, thinking I ain’t heard right. “Baby feels very PUNY dis evenin’!” she says, “Say!” I sa “what is this, the fourth grade? Maybe I better tie a bib on you and wheel you around in a ca “Oo, bad daddy! s “Makin’ fun your baby! Baby all toi-ed and. wants to go to beddo!” comicbooks.com