Judge — October 27, 1928 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE ERTAINLY HAVE RACK D THE ROCK EER PROUDLY Insurance records show that many people live to be fifty, even in spite of gags like the following. “How old's that kerosene lamp there, mama?” asked little Dolly Puddleford. “Why, three years, tie,” gagged her mother, ing straight for her chat- Then turn it do it’s too young to smoke!" flouted Dolly,cloping with the butcher. Just a little girl in seduced circumstances. Dry Mother Goose Ten little speakeasies good and plenty, running Nine were closed up, then there were twenty. Twenty little speakeasies keeping open late, Nineteen raided, then there were thirty-eight. Thirty-eight: spea hold and free, Thirty-seven padlocked, now there are fourteen thousand, seven hundred and three. (Including the original ten.) Hanvine, in Brooklyn Eagle pasies running A recent. American wedding was filmed, broadcast, and gramo- phone records were taken. ‘This represents a real attempt to make the thing binding. —Loxpox Orinion WHY DEDUCE DONT YOU WRITER SCOTCHOGRAM SENATE IN AND WINDY PRIZE FOUR MORE WEEKS SCOTCH © GaRns SAWYER WIFE HEREIN [HEESE HEREFORE FRE “UCE AGREE YOU LE 1 WANAMAKER WAY. THIS ISA SAMPLE SCOTCHO- GRAM ALL WORDS USED MUST BE AUTHEN- TIC RENO =DOM “ER GO MINE DIVORCED Translation: Saze your wife here in Reno; she is here for her freedom; let us agree. You let her go. 1 avant to make her mine the worst way. The idea of a Scotchogram is to send a wire with as few words as possible by the use of euphonious (or krazykrack) words as exemplified above. In this Scotchogram (when translated) twenty-eight words have been sent for the price of seventeen. $1,000.00 IN PRIZES FIRST PRIZE $500.00 SECOND PRIZE $200.00 THIRD PRIZE $100.00 FOURTH TO ELEVENTH PRIZES $25.00 EACH In addition Junce will pay $5.00 apiece for each Scotchogram printed during the course of the contest and these will also be eligible for prizes. In case two or more contestants submit the same prize winners, each will receive the prize. RULES OF CONTEST 1. This contest runs for sixteen weeks, 7. Scotchograms can be sent by full It began August 4th and will close rate Telegram, Day Letter, Night midnight, November 23th. Message or Night Letter. Each wire must bear the name and ad- dress of the contestant. Foreign readers may send Scotchograms by cable. Address SCOTCH: GRAM, N.Y. When. sending more than one Scotchogram on the same blank separate them by the word “period.” 2. The shortest and cleverest Scotcho- grams that say the most in the few- est words will receive the prizes. The Editors of Juoce will be the udges. Each week, beginning August 4th. several of the best Scotchograms will be printed. $5 apiece will be paid for these, and they will also g. NO he eligible for prizes the same as the ones not printed 4. Contestants may submit as many 9% The winners will be announced ° in the December 22nd issue of $. ALL SCOTCHOGRAMS MUST Juce and prize checks will be BE NT IN BY WESTERN sent to the winners on that date. UNION WIRE 10. Wire all 6. DO NOT SEND SCOTCHO- GRAMS COLLE PHEY WILL NOT BE AC SCOTCHOGRAMS BE RETURNED. WILL Scotchograms as they wish, Scotchograms to SCOTCHOGRAM EDITOR, Judge Publishing Co., Inc., 627 W. 43rd St, New York City. comicbooks.com