Judge — May 14, 1932 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE shake it again when it returned? —J. B. Deschapelles, Sweet Springs, West Va. A. Our primitive ancestors lived chiefly upon birds’ eggs and cocoa- nuts. The ripeness of a nut or an egg was determined by shaking it. If a nut mz a sloshing sound, it was eaten; if an egg did, it was thrown at one’s nearest enemy. This habit pe ts today in shaking the match-box, but it is only on ee Oc- casions that the match-box is after- | ds eaten, WuaT did Little Red Riding ride?—E. W. Spooner, New- A. I can find no record that Little Red Riding Hood could either read or ride. Gene (Professor Showers will pay $1 for | ; . all Quecries acceptable for answer in “LT couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd come and join you. this department.) QUEERIES Answered by Prof. Paul Showers Dip a trolley motorman ever stop his car for the belated out-of- enger who had run two blocks to catch it and v only five feet when it started up?— Lb. K. Hickcox, Verona, N. J. A. Howard Weef, motorman on a Thurston Road street car in Roches- ter, N. Y., did so once during a thunder storm. Weef had sighted the belated passenger just in time to set his car started, when a bolt of lightning blew out the elect cur- | rent and halted the car. Thi infuriated Weef that he sat sulking for five minutes, refusing to open the door. The power was then re- so stored, and Weef was able to start up his car again without having ad- mitted the passenger. How can one get a shoes on?—M. W Point, I. A. Make a slit in the top of each shoe from the toe upwards. As this has been known to spoil the shoes, you may prefer covering your feet with cocoa-butter to make them slip into the shoes easily. But this may spoil your socks; so you had better remove them first. If you don’t want to look as undressed as that, leave your shoes home to dry and just wear galoshes. Nobody will know the difference any’ pair of wet - Hunter, West Wuy does the lender of a box - of matches always shake the box before handing it over and then 15 comicbooks.com