Judge — March 31, 1928 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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You Can’t Fool Mr. Pomeroy Mr. Pomeroy’s alarm clock finally brought him from under his blankets and as his met the insurance company calendar he chuckled, for he noticed it was April Ist. “All Fools’ Day,” chuckled Mr. Pomeroy as he took his matutinal teaspoonful of Dr. Koozem's Tonic for Tired Peo- ple. “Oh, b but won't some people be made to look silly tod * Then he put on his red flannel underwear, took an ounce of Pepemup Spring ‘Tonic and | sat down to a nourishing break- fast of canned fruit, flannel cakes and concentrated coffee. He | nearly laughed himself into apo- plexy at his favorite comic strip. Mr. Pomeroy hung on a trolley strap for thirty-five minutes and | ) duly punched the time-clock at | 8.40. At noon he scampered for the street and consumed a ham- burger sandwich at Ton’s Grille. On his y back to the office he carefully avoided walk- ing under a ladder, and behelding a black cat, hurriedly crossed the street. There on the sidewalk in front of him was a black let. Trying to fool him, eh? Well, he'd show them. As he passed the object Mr. carelessly kicked it to the gutter. Two minutes later Nick, the street cleaner, picked it) up. Twenty minutes later Mr. Astor- morgan gave Nick a reward of five hundred dollars for the wal- let’s return. Pomeroy After a hectic afternoon with the ledgers Mr. Pomeroy con- | sumed his usual ninety-cent table @héte dinner and sipped from his flask. He drank with fidence, for hadn't Pete assured him that it contained genuine pre- war stuff? At midnight he con sumed another hamburger sand wich with onions and sat up at his radio until three in the morn- ing listening to some anaemic mu- | | sic from Minneapolis. con- As he reached to turn off his light, Mr. noticed the | | calendar Stepping over to the wall, he tore off the April Ist. page. * he chuck- led, remembering the pranks he had played on the boys at the office, “they certainly made fools ot themselves today. 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