Judge — March 20, 1926 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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E looked around the table. To think that he had been afraid! To think that he had hesitated about coming to this dinner party! Among all these important and cultivated people, he alone could speak easily and with calm assurance of literature, history, philosophy, art. These others—they seemed speech- less! They all turned to him with questions, amazed at his great fund of information, paying him the com- pliment of absolute attention. At first they had hardly noticed him at all. He had seemed so quiet and unassuming, even a little timid in this fashionable and well-bred com- any. But then conversation began to ag. Not even the latest murder trial could re- vive it. There was an awkward pause. No one seemed to know what to say. “T wonder if capital unishment will ever be abolished,” someone ventured. “More than a gener- ation ago,” said the quiet guest whom no- body had noticed, “‘Vic- tor Hugo predicted the end of legalized murder. He said the dawn of the twentieth century would see the end of hangings. His predic- tion hasn’t come true yet.” bookmaking. Venetian page within famous Philistine.” tributors to Guizot The Elbert Hubbard ap Book is a fine example of Roveroft The type is set style—that is, a ‘a. page—and printed in two colors on high- grade tinted book paper. It is bound Scrap Book style and tied with linen tape. ‘The covers reproduce the binding of Elbert Hubbard's magazine, Included among the con- Elbert bard’s Scrap Book are: H. G. Wells Daniel Webster Benjamin Franklin John Ruski verybody Else Seemed Speechless! Why They Began to Notice Him Everyone turned to look at him. He spoke so quietly, so confidently. He saw that they were interested, and he continued to speak. He knew what to say, and he said it with the assurance and ease of one whose mind is sim- ply stored with information. And suddenly he realized that he was being noticed, admired, envied even by these people among whom he had expected to feel out of place. He saw now how valuable it is to have a well-furnished mind. He was the best- informed man at this dinner! The others spoke in vague generalities and deferred to him because he had facts. They hesitated, weren’t sure of themselves; he could talk readily and authoritatively on almost any subject. He answered them all their eager questions. He quoted from Nietzche and Bernard Shaw. He spoke of Rossetti and Keats. He re- peated fragments from the writings of Tolstoy and Robert Ingersoll. They listened fascinated. Everybody else seemed speechless! This man seemed to know about every- thing. How Did He Acquire His Great Store of Information? “How do you ever get the time to read so much?” some- one asked him at last. ars “T really read very little,” he answered with a smile. “Every now and then browse a bit in Elbert Hub- bard’s famous Scrap Book. It’s a digest of the best thoughts and ideas of the last four thousand years, and it gives you all the informa- tion you want in a few words vithout wading through & great, ponderous volumes. Hubbard used this same Scrap Book to inspire him in his work—in his writing and Hub- speaking. Every time I open it my own pulse is set to beating.” . But can anyone own this remarkable Scrap The original is priceless, of course. But it’s the only book of its kind in the world, and the executors of Hubbard’s estate agreed to its publication because they realized it would be so valuable and inspiring to people. Now anyone can buy it for the price of an ordinary best-seller!” And—just as it made this man such a won- derful talker, it will add to the mental! calibre of anyone who reads it, even occasionally! Examine Elbert Hubbard’s Famous Scrap Book Free for Five Days! Take advantage of this special offer at once! The coupon below will bring you for free ex- amination the astonishing Elbert Hubbard Scrap Book. If you are stimulated and in first page you read, keep it as send only $2.90 plus a few cents postage in full payment. Otherwise return it within 5 days and the examination will have cost you nothing. Act NOW before you forget. Become a more interesting talker—see how it incr your popularity. Send off this coupon at once. Wm. H. Wise & Co., Roycroft Dis- tributors, Dept. 353, 50 West 47th Street, New York Cit Wm. H. Wise & Co., Roycroft Distributors Dept. 353, 50 West 47th Street, New York City ‘You may send me for five days’ free examination a copy of Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book in the cloth-lined butcher Paper binding. | Within the five-day period turn the Scrap Book without obligation, or keep it for my own, sending you only $2.90 plus few cents postage in fu city State C__ A few coples are available in a de luxe binding ot semi-flexible basket weave buckram for only $1 additional Please check in the square at the left if you want this de luxe binding, with the same return privilege. PRESS OF WILLIAM GREEN, NEW YORK comicbooks.com