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Show POINTED OUT BRIGHT SIDE Optimist's Brve Effort to Convince Afflicted Man That the Cloud Had Silver Lining. Mr. Juergins hnd been suddenly afflicted af-flicted with a stiff neck. Not only was it a painful . stiffness, but it caused him to twist his head arouml until he seemed to be trying to look behind be-hind him over his left shoulder, and his head was rigid in that pose. "Of all the confounded trials a man was ever subjected to," he said, "this is the limit. They say to look on the bright side of our afflictions, but I'd like to know how I could make use of this stiff neck." "My dear friend," said the optimist, "think what a golden opportunity this is to sit for your picture without having hav-ing to allow the photographer to twist your head around that way and jab those ice-cold tongs into the back of your neck !" |