Judge — April 7, 1923 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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J was getting Sunday dinner down to Idred’s.”” 4 Ve WILL GRANT that the man who VV came full upon the picture called o” was a little startled. He happened to be an elderly gentleman o had not quite kept up with modern nents in art, and besides he lived in zo. The artist had seen Chie: as bright red and rather lumpy leaned to the right a little. The sp looked at the picture and then loo al his ¢ He did this several times wre venturing to say anything his friend. “It might be the South side” he remarked. “There's been a lot of development work over there uid Thaven’t been around that ne ghbor- hood for years. Tt isn't’ Michigan Boulevard. “I ean tell you that. Understanding pictures is growing easier, but buying pictures is still hard ¢ valle cries of the better sort. The potential purchaser is on probation until he proves himself. It will be wise for him to bring a letter from his pastor certifying that a picture a good home and in the style to which it is he can give support. it accustomed, After that the potential purchaser must bide his time until he has met the head of the gallery so ly. Prices not discus: It is held to be a shocking thing to let a picture know how much it Put a price tag on a sensitive paint- ing and it will crinkle up with mortifica- tion, Dronrprtion has had at one beneficial effect. upon American life: It has discouraged the painting of still life pictures. Ye wo it was tradi- tional that every artist, at some point or other in his career, should sit down and doa bottle loaf of bread and half a cold lobster. Th now contrary to the law of the land and of course it has dd. Still if any modernist wants to violate the amendment Izzy Einstein and his helpers may have no end of trouble. let a true radical take the familiar ingredients, combine them in a new design and call the result estasy”” and we will ly offer Mr. Einstein ten to one that he cannot tell us which is the ale and which the lobster. Ree From One Fool to—ITis Lady by Gardner Rea you who seem to marry gh not me) +a month—why vary Y LADY, - (Tho \t least, say, “All men “The bes re fools,” my lady says, are wise but thirty days!” All men are fools? Beyond a doubt you Find them so: ‘The wisest man’s a focl about you. (I should know!) But, lady, since a month's your rule— Please let me be your April fool! They may not know anything about art, but they know what they like. For His Hope Chest by Cyril B. Egan N° WELL-APPOINTED and eligible bache- lor should think of negotiating matri- mony without first seeing to the proper equipment of his hope chest. The man’s hope cl Jequately out- fitted, should cont One head guard, proof against plates, rolling-pins, and electric irons. For stormy weather, two sound-proof ear-stoppers. One pair of sneakers for three o'clock in the morning use. The really loving husband would rather cut his throat than wake the wife. Two monologue strainers, fastenable over the ears: keep the harsh words out; let the kind words in. One handbook of handy alibis: brand- new excuses for age-old delinquencies. 4 Three bottles of pills for her first culi- nary efforts. And complete set of dizzy dozen ree- ords, guaranteed to give the new groom the digestion of a goat. The prospective groom should ea: in addition to the above-mentioned arti- cles some hope. Hope. More hope. sae Visitor (in menagerie)—You seem to have a big lot of men here to-day. Menagerie Employee—Yes; one of the fool newspapers came out this morning with a story that we had a blind tiger. Rd Crawford—Are you glad you learned how to cook Crabshaw—V probably find it handy. Tt won't be long before the women will have the men doing the housework. comicbooks.com