Judge — November 3, 1923 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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Then she proceeds to set down a series of raw materials for stories, mere sketches of people and situations, and tells you to do the rest. But are they mere sketches? Read her thousand-word ac- count of what became of Colonel Shays after his famous rebellion (and we'll bet it’s the first time you ever knew what did become of Colonel Shays). Do you want a It’s all there. So is ‘isher’s Uncle Giles, who managed to liv ve without working. The truth is that s story teller can rouse your imagination and tell his tale in about one quarter of the s mmo writers use. Mrs. Fisher has mere written some excellent short stories with true French brevity. Her raw material is anything but raw. It’s extremely ighly finished. It’s so highly finished tit sounds casual. We suspect her of playing a joke on the American public. Eorotp Aver, violin teacher, master {Iman and Zimbalist and Heifetz Seidel and goodness knows how many end of all Europe's musicians for s, is now living in Ameri He | “My Long Music rd A. § ss This book is interesting for its gossip and reminis- cences of the musically. great of two generations, but it is more interesting to us at least, for its comment on musical life in Americ Why, Ame all the musicians foreigners? And_ it would do us Yankees no harm to ponder Not, he says, because we lack tial talent, but because we don’t | make it possible for this talent to be developed. It isn’t considered an impor- tant, a thrilling thing, when a boy or girl i American town shows on if his parents are him to tnusic, these is gene’ quate school where he can go without impossible expense. Only a rich man’s son or daughter ean be thoroughly edu- cated in music in America to-day. And, alas, rich men’s sons and daughiters seldom are the geniuses. . we don’t expect, as an result of this book, that either Henry Cabot Lodge or Magnus Johnson will introduce a bill in the Senate estab- lishing a national conservatory to educate budding fiddlers from Skowhegan, Me., or East Houston street. It has cost us | so much to make the world safe for democ that we can’t afford anything to ms civilized. We’ sly go on importing our fiddlers for quite time. And the supply seems to holding out. tae A Sad Case by William Sanford A CARPENTER worked on my bungalow And made some minor repairs. He drove back and forth in his limousine And seemed to be free from cares. He finished the work and departed, But when he brought in the bill, Thad to give him the bungalow And I owe him ten dollars still! Sas A man may be a hero to his valet and a zero to his stenographer. ns ask Auer, are almost | Could the telephone directory in the hands of each subscriber be revised from hour to hour, there would be no need for the information operator. But even during its printing and binding, thousands of changes take place in the telephone community. New subscribers are added to the list. Old ones move their places of business or of residence. Though their names are not listed on the directory, these subscribers must be connected by the highways of speech with all others in the community. To supplement the printed page, there must be guides at the crossroads of conversation. Such are the information operators, selected for their task because of quickness and accuracy, courtesy and intelligence. At their desks, connected with the switch- boards in central offices, they relieve the regular opera- tors from answering thousands of questions about telephone numbers that would otherwise impede the rendering of service. If they are unnecessarily asked for numbers already in the directory, service is retarded. “Information” stands for the most complete utilization of telephone facilities. “BELL SYSTEM” Crossroads of Conversation AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy, One System, Universal Service, and all directed toward Better Service ‘2 Bblitaine SS Cluster n perfectly cut, blue white Diamonds are so clos on Down Platinum, exquisite is the workmanship that, the soli 4 ly startling. Looks like W-SWEET INC. @ !650-1660 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com