Judge — June 25, 1921 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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Greek herefore claimed that a 3 per cent content is not harmful, “Be it the decision of this court that a 3 per cent. Greek content be declared illegal except in such cases as it is proved harmless.” n, this decision As may be sc settled that question, but a new one soon arose. A great deal of capital had been invested in the publishing houses which were print Great numbers ing Greck books of men were employed in the work of printing and distributing these books. Much sympathy — was aroused at the thought of throwing so many men out of work. This cloud, however, was soon dissipated when the publishers announced their intentions of turning. their plants over to the printing of the Dotty Dimple Series and the Rollo books. About May the first, a run on Greck books started, Frightened by the approach of the fatal day, the devotees of My Lady Minerva began to buy all the books on the market. Of course, the price went up at once. Books that had sold for seventy-five cents now sold for four or five dollars. Not only the regular imbibers of Greek bought these books, but even those who in the old days never indulged now became obsessed with the idea of getting some Greek while the get ting was possible. The night of May 31 which shall never be forgotten by anyone who witnessed it. All night long crowds roamed the streets, in toxicated by long draughts of Homer and Nenophon. The book- stores and public libraries were packed. An air of deep mourning pervaded the city. If it had been possible to abolish the craving for Greek, the law is one would have been successful. But it was there, and could not be satisfied by potations of Mother Goose and Lambs’ Ly Soon there appeared on the mar- ket preparations such as Hello and Platona, which were like the ancient Greek, but without the evil after-effect. Booklegging became common. The bookleggers sold something which resembled the original, but which had not been aged properly. This was even more harmful. Cases of bad verse and split infinitives became so numerous the librarians were unable to Drawn by Ganonen O. Rea Homewarp THE AUTO-TUNTeY CHUGS MIs WEARY WAY. Draven by Watren De Manw “I po nor PAssep! Bet, MY DEAR, YOUR HUSBAND WON'T EVEN BE ALLOWED TO KISS You ON SUNDAY “T KNOW, BUT IP HE ISN'T ALLOWED To, HELL WANT TO THE Worst Way.” THOSE NLUE LAWS ARE cope with the situation. In fact there was more reading of Greck after the law passed than before. Influenced by the thought that pro hibiting a thing causes men to desire it all the more, and leads them to go to all lengths to get the thing denied, Congress in the 1948, repealed the Anti-Greek Law. at caused such dismay to the Aunty-Hellers that they disbanded and ed making laws to govern the habits of The Hon: W. Hemings det cea their fellow-men. Ryan was so overcome by disaster that he refused to run for President on the High- brow Party ticket. Is There a Genius in Your Hou We have seedless oranges. fircle's cock crs, iceless refrigerators, kickless beer horseless carriages, childless families, petti coatless girls, rhymeless poetry, days and sleepless nights, but the wor holds its breath in anticipation of the genius who will give us the odorless onion. orkless books.com