Judge — May 30, 1931 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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Trt Reeid— “Ha, ha, I fooled the wife. Well, here's what happened when that light flashed on. Filbert ogled it siously for a moment and then, 1 that everything oke, went about his business. he record ing apparatus showed a pulse of 60. A second light then appeared beside the first, and Filbert, startied, eved it with some qualins. It was easy to see that he didn’t like it. Perhaps he thought the two lights represented a truck or two motorcycles. At rate, his pulse jumped to 85 and he backed water hastily, tripping over a Was any loose strap on the harness and damned near breaking a fin (or five dollars). This made him feel pretty silly and he retired to a corner and arded the experimenter, who wore glasses, with some distaste. A red light was then flashed on and things began to happen. Filbert at first eyed it impatiently (apparently waiting for it to change), but as the light continued to gleam = the har- assed animal suddenly beeame y stricken and his harness recorded pulse that had jumped to 150 beats per minute. Filbert began to rush sround the k like a bull in a china shop, knocking over the castle on the bottom of the aquarium and scaring the wits out of a small turtle that had retired for the night. Jeisseey the experimenter switched off the light and smiled. Filbert ceased his mad lunging and eyed the scientist sullenly. ee said the psychologist, lifting itly from the bottom of the tank, “but it’s all for the advancement of science, you know.” Filbert’s fright turned to anger when he realized he JUDGE She thought I was going to church!” had been duped into displaying his iorism, and he fought « gled to get back into the t he could hide. As the experimenter continued to explain what he had been trying to do. however, Filbert beeame quieter and quieter until last he very calmly and serenely died Now what conclusions can be reached from an examination of the facts of this research? he most im portant to be that (a) a red light will frighten a fish, and (b) it would be unwise to install traffic its in an aquarium, so that’s how to scare a fish. dismissed. Class —Gerxey Wittiams cf uteo Cop—Awright, you tio. 15 Legs [ France, when a crime is commit- ted, the police always go out to find the woman, Over here the tabloids do it. Modern yachts are being equipped with electric refrigerators, temperature control, rad nd elee tric kitchenettes. Still nobody seems to have thought of putting aboard th thing every yatchtsman is going to need this summer artificial something to swat outboard motorboats with, Evecrniciax — Wish these darn fools who want their door-bells fired would stay home! , Do your necking at home! comicbooks.com