Judge — August 9, 1924 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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Help—Maurder! (Continued from page 22) gall stones, and nearly every other ill that flesh is heir to, except flat feet and ap- pendicitis, Please do not consider these remarksasa reflection upon the worthy doctor's book. It was ever thus with us. When, as a child, we secured from the drug store counter copy of “Horatio’s and read therein, we a free Almanac” immediately felt acute symptoms, such as those described, all over our diminutive person, and only the fact that the sarsaparilla, unlike the almanac, was not free, restrained us from immediately consuming six bottles of it, and sinking into a drunkard’s grave. At home, on top of the medicine closet, re- posed a ponderous volume calculated to assist mothers in determining what drugs to administer to afflicted members of the family. ‘Ten pages of this book would send us into a high fever and create a demand for belladon The book had to be concealed. Now of course Dr. Rinehart is writing just the opposite of a patent medicine almanac. He doesn’t want to sell you medicine, but to teach you how never toneed medicine, and prob- ably he has done a good job. He cer- tainly sounds sensible, and he writes with But we are constitutionally un- able, to this day, to read about symptoms without immediately having them, With- humor. folder. on proven natural resources. principal. Investment Opportunities.” G. L. MILLER & COMPANY, Inc. 113 Carbide and Carbon Building 30 East 42nd Street, New York Please send, without obligation, folder | “Why the South Offers Investment’ Oppor- 1 tunities,” with circular describing a 7% Miller Bond Issue. ---=-—----~-----5 | Name Geese al “Go on! Wot are yer afraid of. You've only got to slip it over ‘is ’ead!" —Passing Show (London) out any disparagement of the author, we can truly say that his book makes us sick. Preswest Coo.ince has recently ad- vocated the creation of a separate Bureau of Education, with representation in the Cabinet. We now have a Bureau of Education, functioning under the De- partment of the Interior, This bureau issues pamphlets of reading courses, and one called, “Sixty Selected Stories for Read these four pages of facts For a quick and convincing answer to the question, “Is the South a good investment field?” read this little four-page It tells just how far the South has progressed in in- dustrial development, and indicates future development, based Miller Bonds, paying up to 7% interest, are a safe, tested method of investing in the South on first mortgage security. No Miller Bond ever delayed a day in paying interest or Mail the coupon for folder, ““Why the South Offers G.L.MILrceERnsG. 113 Carbide and Carbon Bldg. 30 East 42nd Street New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis Buffalo Atlanta, Memphis Knoxville Boys and Girls,” lies before us. It causes us to wonder if the bureau may not be functioning under the Department of Agriculture. Under “Scier for in- stance, are listed Frank Stockton's ‘Fanciful Tales,” Howard Pyle’s “Won- der Clock,” and the Peter Rabbit series! This is for grades one and two. Grades three and four have listed under “Civies, “itizenship and Ethics,” “Alice's Adven- in Wonderland” and—guess—“Tom Under “Science” the same grades are asked to consider the Jungle Book. Grades five and six find that “Gulliver’s Travels” are “History and Biography,” while W. B. Hawes’ excellent le, “The Dark Frigate,” i -itizenship or ethics. The same grades are informed that W. P. Eaton's “Boy Scouts. in Glacier Park” is science. dam good stor Of course it is a nd it is geographically have it on excellent au- uthor never knew he was writing sc However, probably Shakespeare never knew that Hamlet was crazy. | Not that we have any objection to boys | and girls reading any and all of these books—especially “Boy Scouts in Glacier Park.” But why in the name of sanity tag them with such ridiculous labels? “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is a gorgeous flight of irresponsible fancy, an essay’ in the pure magic of inspired non- It doesn’t teach a bl thank God. ‘Tom Sawy equally inspired story of reality, of un- adulterated human nature. It doesn't teach a blessed thing, either. It merely s acquainted with Tom Sawyer and a few other imps. Still, we must remember that this list ified by a bureau. Bureaus ave a passion for classifying. The less a thing is capable of classification the more delighted they are to imprison the poor wild creature in a pigeonhole, to make the Queen of Hearts an instructor in Civics,