Judge — October 25, 1930 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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— sna OES POE “Don't worry, Mr. Freeliple, I’m just borrowing it for a minute.” Investors’ Department Questions and Answers S. V. P. asks: I bought Wildcat * Oil at 26; what should I do? Answer: Regret it. Z. inquires: Have a hundred shares of Confidential Copper. Should 1 hold it? Answer: You don’t think you could sell it, do you? Anxious: What would you suggest for a long pull? Answer: Rope. Puzzled: Have some stock certifi- cates which I purchased from Swindle and Company. Think them counter- feit. Please advise. Answer: It makes no difference. W. T. H.: Bought Wiffle Water Power. What do you think of it? Answer: Remember the drought. —R. C. O'Brien JUDGE Preparedness I is now October 23rd. That means only 63 more days to Christmas. Better hurry. Better put on your thinking caps. Days speed by before you realize it. In past years we did Christmas buy This year de mands Christmas alibi-ing. Ingenuity is the need now. You can’t afford gifts. But you've got to send some- thing. What, then all it be? Some enterprising greeting card manufacturer ought to snap up my ic n idea that can best be de rd by quoting two or three sug gested sentiments: seri ccert these Christmas greetings bright, Sent in all sincerity. They're all that you will get, despite Hoover's great’ prosperity. A “ater 1 had selected To send you, dear old pard, But now, with soul dejected, I pen a postal card. Blame Chi Copper Mining, Blame Steel and Tel. & Tel., Blame Indian Refining And other stocks that fell! Soa Us my creditors pay up, Until the slump is through, This printed rhyme that cost a dime This year, my dear, must do! —Artnur L. Lippaann Sicutseeina Aunt—Don’t they serve straws here? wu comicbooks.com