Judge — November 10, 1923 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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Drawn by J. Bute “Alice certainly has a contagious giggle, hasn't she!” “Heavens, tined!” What’s Wrong With Movies? (Continued from page 20) the collecting all. sorts of books. ren he sold his collection, and concentrated with the profits on Tennyson and Stevenson, not being one of those millionaire magnif- icoes Who could skim the cream off the whole field and hire twenty librarians to catalog the loot. He was a man, too, who could find bargains. His book will restore hope to humble collectors who have, of late years, despaired of finding anything they can afford. He doesn’t write so well of his treasures as A. Edward Newton, for example, but he creates the impression, at least, that his collection didn’t cost him nearly so much. However. anybody who desires to pos- sess such things as the original manu- script of Stevenson's Requiem (with the third stanza which was never printed), can hardly hope to achieve his end unless he becomes a corporation lawyer, a motion picture star, or a plumber. ‘The wise col- lector nowadays, who isn’t. a man of means, will gather in the first editions of his contemporaries, at the regular retail rates, and bank on his flair for literature. Some of them will be worthless in a year, even as second-hand books. But a few will have risen in value. After ten years, a still smaller number will be worth a good bit. The men who began collecting firsts of Kipling and George Moore in the I should say so! She ought to be quaran- 1890's, with letters and autographs. are not complaining. Whom do you pick t day for immortality? Arthur Mache Have you a file of the old Reedy’s M ror with the original “Spoon River Antholo Some one of the books issued this autumn will be worth $100 in fifty years, And, after all, it takes more genius for collecting to spot it now than to know that a first folio of Shakespeare is a desirable item. cad Egg View News Notes by Leslie Van Every NALILEO SPRAWL is beginning to realize how big his feet really are. He he counted as high three different per- sons tromping on them, at once, during the parade yesterday. * * * Truman Bilge thoroughly disgusted Miss Phrony Edgin the movie show Saturday night when he fell asleep and snored so vigorously that she simply had to quit trying to read the titles out loud! * * * The dancing reform is now so strict here that Sherm Spoor would just as soon dance with Myrt, his wife, as with any other woman. gy “What is your idea of collective bar- When a man brings along his wife and his mother-in-law.” 645AD Hexa- gon diamond Ring. $55.00 644AD-—En- graved, Dia- mond $37.50 7 6S50AD-7 dia. ire Clus., $87.50 inum Ring. 3118. 50 649AD —Pre- Ep Cluster. , $73.50 653AD —W 654AD.-Rlue- Cluscer: white, Dia MONEY DOWN Any of the startling diamond values pictured here be yours without risking a Each item is i on your simple request without a single penny down. Ifyou don’t that it is the biggest ba you havi Yearly Div lends on all aiemona ex: changes. Also, 6:2 bosas privilege. MILLION DOLLAR BARGAIN BOOK FREE Send for your copy. to- day to Dept. K2388. Si the greatest aieptay ‘of diamond and jewel ry bargains in ‘America for your- self. sold under the Lyon Charge MILLION DO! Recount Plane “BARGAIN - BOOK ‘FREE: J.M.LYON & CO. 2-4 MAI JANE, NEW YORK LL TAN aloo ges sM.LYONACO! comicbooks.com