Judge — March 28, 1925 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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Modesty Ww I want to know is this—is every woman naturally an ar- tist, or has every artist a feminine trait in his mentality? It looks like it, when one dwells on the subject of modesty. Take a stockbroker, or a plumber or a lawyer, and if you tell him how unique and wonderful he is, he will probably button the pocket where he keeps his wad. But try it on a woman! Tell her that her ey rs ure as the stars above, that her lips are but rosy rapture of delight, that her mind is the quin- tessence of wit, wisdom, purity and general perfection, and she will take you absolutely seriously. Explain to her that, in your opinion, Helen of Troy, Mary Pickford and Betty Pierce are pikers in comparison with herself when it comes to a question of physical beauty, and that Plato, Bernard Shaw and Al Jolson are mere boobs when weighed in the balance against her genius, and she will say: “Oh, do you think so? The same ingrowing modesty is al- ways to be found in any form of creative artist, whether he paints, sculps, writes or makes music. (Ac- tors do not come into this, as they are notorious for their modesty!) It “Why did I kiss that girl?” —Gaiety (London) is almost impossible to. praise an artist, as he talks all the time him- self and doesn’t give you a chance. “Look at the foreshortening of that elbow! — Masterly!) Not another man alive could have done it! And look at that shading! Priceless! Genius!” The same with an author. “Of course,” he will yell, “you bave read my last novel? You wouldn't be educated, if you hadn't! I must ad- mit, that my latest book is the great American novel—it stands alon There I have come to the con- clusion that women are born artists, while artists suffer from the same over-developed modesty! Thomas Edgelow Alarm clock for sound sleepers. As You Were! ROM an authentic source we learn t there are at this moment 51 poor unfortunates at work solving crossword puzzh (These figures do not include the returns from Siberia and Zambezi.) If we could but peep back we would find that in the pre-crossword cra, of these 3. 31 synonym BA11 were helping the wife on raid's night off; 1 might have been observed taking the dog out for a walk; 2,392,169 were busily engaged in improving each shining hour at bridge and mah jongg; 13 were asleep at the opera; 2,894,506 were asleep in bed. The Fair Athlete SHE could swing a six-pounl J dumb-bell, She could fence and she could box, She could row upon the river, She could climb among the rocks, She could golf from morn till eve- ning, And play tennis all day long, But she couldn't help her Mother, “Cause she wasn't very strong. comicbooks.com