Judge — September 12, 1931 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE THE CLASSIFIED AD “WANTED, THOSE WHO BELIEVE CATS are car- tiers of disea d a menace to community, to form cat in- vestigating soc and demand laws regulating them. D 1067, Times Annex.”—New York Times. D 1067 TIMES ANNE abolish the handkerc worse carrier of disease than the cat and much easier to launder. er to regulate by law than the feline. What about mice? J. Cluctt. D 1067 TIMES AN <—Have read your advertisement in the Time. re general house-girl. Am Swedish, unmar- tied and love children. Part-time or day work, experienced; references. R591 Times. R591 TIMES—You answered wrong ad. Don’t want Swedish house-girl. Am forming socicty to abolish cats and regulate handkerchiefs and rats. Sorry. D 1067 Times Annex, “I'm sorry, dear, Pll be right home. 2 jusi J. CLUETT—Thoroughly agree with you about hand didn’t realize the time.” kerchiefs. Also believe we should sce the Governor about regulating the horse as a carrier of hay fever. How do you suggest we begin? D 1067 Times Annex. D 1067 Times Annex—Let's eliminate the handkerchief first. and rats later on after we clect a president and treasurer. Suggest everyone should keep his handker- chief on a leash during hot weather. Do you happen to need a Swedish house-girl? J. Cluett. J. CLUETT—Do my own work. Thanks. Would be difficult task to regulate handker- chiefs because they won't come out for saucer of milk like cat; or cheese like rat. _ ‘ Answer. D 1067 Times Anne Denver Und D 1067 TIMES ANN —Would gladly regulate my own rats but they have been Aviaton—I want to report a stolen parachute! eaten by my cat. Cat just drowned in goldfish bowl so nothing left to regulate. Traded horse in for Chev- rolet coupe. How about a law on mosquitoes ?—J. Cluett. J. CLUETT—Suaggest we drop cats and concentrate our efforts toward the automobil a carrier of disease and a menace to the community. We got midges. D 1067 Times Annex. D 1067 TIN ack where we started from, My sister-in-law's a cat. J. Cluett. J. CLUETT—Mine’s a polecat. Have decided disease is carried by tin drinking cups. Disregard pre- vious ads. Could use Swedish house- girl after all. Who is she? D 1067 “The goldfish?—Oh, times are too hard, we're breeding sardines now. Times Annex. 1b comicbooks.com