Judge — January 24, 1931 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE “Now, how the devil d’ya put these things on?” it “Hey—what'ell, I’m payin’ for protection, ain't 1?” “That's the worst of those dumb dogs; you can't teach 'em the difference between right and wrong.” 18 The Man of the Hour 1k history books do not record how Rex, Empcror of Benightia once solved a grave problem of state, so for the benefit of those future students of the emperor's day, I am setting it down here. It consti tutes to m. ption one the bright- est pages in the world's history and will be recognized as such by poster ity if not by the present generation. The emperor was seated at his des! in the offices of International Bankers, Inc., when his telephone rang. “Yes?” he asked. Your prime minister, the secretary of the interior, the leader in the and the royal keeper of the files records to sce you, 5 “Send them in one order named. nd he was told. a time in the prime minister entered. rry to disturb you, Sire, but the people of Calchusetts, one of your provinces, complain that the tariff, re cently enacted, is ruining their trade in bri novelties with the pi tribes of Africa. They say the p mies refuse to buy the novelties be- cause of the tariff on hippopotamus hair.” COMICDOOKS=con