Judge — January 3, 1925 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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WHAT TO TALK ABOUT—BUT WHY? by Don Herold “VPs wnat class of insurance are you interested?” I. shall in- quire, with a sparkle of expec- tancy in my eye, if an insurance agent ever comes into my office and seems at a loss for something to say. “What particular qualifications would a young n need to enter the insurance business?” is the next question with which I shall provoke him, if he seems to lag. Or “What g tee assured that the insurance issuing the policy is reliabl I shall never have dull c with insurance or accountants, or actors, actresses, or architects, or army. officers, or artists or authors, or with any other of several hundred classes of people. thanks, oh, thanks upon thanks, to a little book [ have just’ found entitled “What to Talk About,” by Imogene B. Wolcott. (Putnam’s.) It was published last year, but it is has the mpany nVersa- tions again, agents, such a pippin that [am going to do my share to make it immo It is based upon the theory that all you have to do to be an interesting conversationalist (if you have sume- where got the idea that you want to. (_ Funnybones oT Gad dee will pay 85 for cach one, printed N Sa And then it gives questions to ask almost every A few are babies, bachelors, be) is to ask questions. known class and profession. of the “B's” bankers, boys of grade school age, brides, bridegrooms, brokers, build- ers, ete. If you anticipate meeting a broker or a baby, you look in the book be- forehand and find a few remarks. In the case of a baby, the ques- (Continued on page 28) Sue—Where's the rest of your evening suit? He—Well it’s cut the same as yours, isn’t it? “TL Resolve” Vy Tuat better Year than resolutions to start the New gest a series of pract high-minded and beneficial to the majority? In other words, lofty and helpful declar- ations like these “LT resolve I come to next time America to travel on the boat with apa and my sisters. Luts Anc Finvo. “Toresolve not to exceed a quo! mamma, masitns and aunts. of more than five husbands during 192. “TD resolve Prcoy Horkixs Joyer. to limit my indorse- ments this year to six brands of facial ul Revowren cream, two kinds of hair polish « four contests.” VALENTINO. beauty “TD oresolve to run for ne office higher than dog-catcher during I the: a well-deserved Jexxincs Bryan. “We resolve not to let Frank Mun ate Us, by giving the American pe rest.” —Witniat lg ‘retaining the best features of each’ during 1925. Il Progresso Italo Americano, The Staats Zeitung, The Christian Science La Vie Parisienne, The Atlantic Monthly. The American Mercury. Monitor, Arthur L. Lippmann Why the bathing jersey? comicbooks.com