Judge — August 25, 1928 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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

Husnaxn—I'm glad we didn't go to the shore, Ame have to worry about sharks! The Prodigy We first noticed little Otto's moncy-making possibilities on his third birthday. His mother had been reading him the story of Noah and the Ark when Otto asked who watered Noah's garden while he was aw We immediately sent this to the Graphic and received One Dollar from the editor of “Out of the Mouths of Hotsy-Tots” or some such department. One Dollar wasn’t much, but it was a start. Later t me day Otto asked if Mrs. h was Joan of Are. This brought in Two Dollars and 8 Fake steam shovel attached to car, sa he can get away with parking it any place in city. Try Tis on Your Prvacc acuen—How do you spell “equator?” “Hovw do you spell it?” “B-q-w-a-t-o-r” “Yep, that's right!” I promptly realized the great op portunity which was presented to me and gave up iy job to devote myself exclusively to. my child's of Otto's best cracks, T might add his most profitab was uttered when he was in one of rare bad moods. ‘The dear child was behaving rather out of temper and a friend, try- ing to persuade him to lay down the axe, asked if he'd for a nic! 1 rather be good for noth- said Otto, with a vicious swipe at the piano, Beside what got out of the newspaper svn tes, we also realized a goodly sum from the movie, radio and revue rights. Otto's income, last y just — slight! Coogan's. | We he goad Was under — Jackie ought the Rolls- Royce entirely from royalties ac- cruing from his dear, sweet little lisping remark that “Cannibals must like college boys because the : so easily stewed.” th he picked up con- siderable profanity while visiting his grandmother, and my wife and I were worried sick because so few of his darling statements “re. printable. And now. the has fallen and. it Phe future is in- deed grave. It looks as though I shall have to go back to work. Otto has the mumps! real seems hop: comicbooks.com