Judge — September 25, 1926 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE FOR YOURSELF 100 Per Cent. Americana Editor of Sever Deak Jencr: 1 have just been reading Mene ken’s Americana in his August issue. My heart is burdened with grief that such display of moronism can be collected each month from my fellow Americans. I then turned to Junce to lift this aforemen tioned grief d succeeded admira until Ire Cra th Mencken with mate years to come. I ly hope the educational standards of Harvard are not responsible for Mr MecCray’s intolerant attitude toward. the free expression of thought. These old U area wonderful. ph live in, but, they a still be improved upon by abolishing the Prohibi tion amendment and also by dealing a well-aimed and fatal blow on the skonce of Jcpce’s famous The Methodists surely cannot think puch of their religion in trying to lower it to the cl of politics. Ivpar serves as my weekly chaser for all the sloppy propaganda I run across nowadays. Con tinu ir excellent editorials and for God’: take the negative side or there are two sides to for his American W. J. Moore nitelassed them all. I think he has too much talent to ecting and recipes on such a dead ng. Incidental waste on gag ¢ art as drink mi: Contempt of Court Drar Jepor: P please do the public a good turn and drop a safe on W. M. H. Of cour you may shoot him if it is more convenient, but a slow and painful death would be much bette His imitations of Henry Mencken's style are in possible and his ideas morbid. Two other of his weekly faur pas are his griping attitude toward Prohibition and his medioer e reviews, |. Howes except for this blot, the World's | Wittiest Weekly is improving every issue. Your | | contests are always interesting, J Jr. is good and, thank the Lor ly original. Blacksburg, Va. August 14, 1926. Ge ataking Of Your Town Be popular. In demand everywhere. Have fun ‘Bare your welcome. 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Connelly “It Has a Peculiar Appea Editor, Jeoae Desai Siu: When your editorial writer, “W. M. H.."'in the August 26 issue of JepaR, cally the movies cheap and silly, he is treading on’ very dan gerous ground!” Lam not connected with the tmotion picture industry, but have made a special study of i nd ce der it an entertai nat of the first degree Does your editor realize what a wonderful appeal the motion picture has?” According to the Annual Report of the Motion Picture Commission for 1925, submitted to Governor "Al". Smith, ‘nearly one-tenth of the people of our motion pictures, eac : tuillion in the U * moron, and the « the int and th pajority of the piety unob- and the majority of the producers in abiding. picture industry is not different other industries. ‘There are always some ged in every pursuit who by their conduct, their calling into disrepute; thus the neces sity for laws and regulations as in New York State, lished fact which none can deny, that re getting a rapidly from the s0 called sex pictures! People are supporting pic tures lke The “Ts “Phe producers “soap and ventil: Your edi to. re up of nd gross se timentality.” Can he truthfull with facts to substantiate his claims, six pictures t been produced since January 1, 1926, that a bad effect upon the youth of our country Good pictures of ‘the high standard that are being produced to-da high-minded men with a realization of their responsibility like Zukor, Ladky, Lecmmie, DeMille, Goldwyn, Fox and fect upon the thea! and with ¢ pay well and thus producer makes similar pictures, thereby serving and pleasing his public What has your editor to say to the above facts? Brooklyn, N. Y. Yours very tru Aug. 28, 192¢ Ed. Nore—What we have to facts’ simply that most of th aU all but opinions, which we respectfully Where Prohibition Doth Not Corrupt Dran Ivor: Up here we sure enjoy your paper and look forward to it Wednes Keep up your good work, particularly your stand toward of the Eighteenth Amendment. 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