Judge — February 5, 1927 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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I ask you, Gentle Readers, isn’t my new heading simply delicious? _ please don’t think, though, that nine girls run this column, and also don’t speculate as to which one in the row I am! SS Shades of Houdini! Neeromancy is creeping into milady’s handbag. Talk about goldfish globes and rab. bits from a silk hat! One of the B. F.’s (get the one of) gave me a complete manicure set which, in size and shape resembles a cartridge for one of those dear little pearl handled suicide revolvers. It contains: Cotton, nail whiting, file, orange stick, buffer, and emery board. And I'm sure there’s still some- thing left in it that T haven't dis- covered... probably a flask. The “Orphan Angel,’ by Elinor Wylie, has been reviewed dozens of times... . But it’s so delightful T'd like to mention it again... . Mar- velous humor and fantasy. a ad If the young lady who wrote me about the “Social Ledger” will send me a y and write her name legibly L'll be glad to tell the world, cas How’s this for a nice little parlor game? item leaving blank sp: adjectives and adverbs. One person writes a society for the Without knowing what has been written each perton suggests ‘a. word for each space... the words are usually disparaging. It’s called Social Col- umn. Here's an illustration: “Miss Flossie Smeltzer, inane daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Smeltzer, entertained a host of friends with bridge, Thursday: after- noon, “The room was horribly decorated in autumn leaves and chrysanthe- Olive Rigby, the revolting guest of honor, was attired in a most frightful costume of filthy georgette. “Later in the evening Miss Abey entertained in her usual insipid manner with a collection of lewd French songs.” Six Best Steppers: “That's a Good Girl” (No show). “Nightmare” (No show). That Little Spanish Town” (No. show). “Deep Henderson” (No show). “Je t'aime Means I Love You” (Gay Paree). “TLove the Moonlight” (No show). Fresuman—VYep, he’s one of the biggest men in college. extra backs for slickers, you know. The Call LONE figure paced nervously up and down thedarkened corridor He stopped from time to time to listen to the noise of the men strug gling inside, and then turned away to walk again. He clenched his moist hands in a feverish intensity and when the sound of the conflict of the swaying men rose in volume he trembled from head to foot. At last he stopped his mad stalk ing, and as though drawn by some irresistible force, crept cautiously along the darkened hall to the brilli antly lighted doorway. He hesi tated on the threshold in an agony of indecision, and then plunged reck- lessly across the floor to the spot he knew so well. He grabbed the wooden club with a mad. delight. Quickly he raised it aloft-——with deft hand he flourished it in the air and then swung downward with a swift crash. There was a great roar,a dull rumbling thud, and then silence. All at once the auditorium was filled with applause, and the little man breathed contentedly. The symphony’s kettle drum player had got in his one beat for that night. Leonard Lorentz Ice Trores I know a lot of people, Who consider winter nice, [am sick of bucking blizzards And of slipping on the ice, So I’m packed and I'll be going Where warm zephyrs fan the grass, And I find the ice appealing, As it tinkles in a glass. Edgar Daniel Kramer Invented those comicbooks.com