Judge — February 19, 1927 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE stereopticon Ic ture (slides by Mefferson Jacha- mer) will be George Olsen’s club situated in the uppermost reaches of the roaring forties . . . the na- tives there are very quaint and subsist almost entirely on liq- uids . . . living conditions are rather difficult due to overcrowd- ing and congestion . . . another quaint custom of the Olsenites is their habit of gathering nightly in a tiny square and performing the native dance ... the chiefs of this tribe are very odd fellows indeed singing folk songs such as ‘Brok- en Down Papa” and playing on small pi- anos... it is one of the most interest- ing haunts we have curious come across in our little journeys. What is the young- er generation coming to? ... Jack Keefe of the Peddie school of Princeton writes in and informs me that I should give more consideration to Prep school boys ... imagine it! ... and on looking through the order list for the sale of “Here's How !” (of course you know it’s now on sale at one dollar the copy ), I find that a big proportion of the orders are coming from Prep school students! . . . Do you wonder that I say “What is the younger generation coming to?” .. . there is a growing fear in my heart! . . . every morning I glance feverishly through the orders for “Here’s How!” (on sale at one dollar the copy) fear and trembling that one may come in from some Kindergarten school! ... If I ever have a son I won't let him have a cocktail until he’s at least ten! Maves of Oakland, California, writes—‘‘I like all your hooey and read it every week but where in the name of Volstead do | you get all this liquor such as THREE STAR, HAIG & HAIG, ete.? It makes us westerners out here stick out our tongues every time we look over your stuff!’ to be perfectly roe with you, Clarence, we, that is, I, don’t! . my usual libation, fee is, when I imbibe, is Gordon water and ginger-ale, but as Leon Errol says, “It’s awfully hard to get good ginger-ale these days!” ... as a matter of fact, with all this poison stuff going around, most of the people I know of make their own and take no chances ! I don’t mean =< Claude Flynn of Chicago wants some new Scotch recipes ... give this lad a and, Brothers! .. . if I remember right- ly, Claude, there are several new ones in my new book... I won't mention the the name of it! fh P.S. of Lawrence- a ale! ville is sore no end because I knocked the music in “Peggy- Ann”... “In what other show in town do you get such a i of tuneful song: ys he. “Just what’s wrong with “Tre e in the Parl and ‘Where’s That Rain- bow'?” ... well, I'll tell you, Fella! ... in “Oh, Kay” you'll find a much more brilliant array and as for the two numbers you mention, there’s nothing with them at all—in been listed in’ the Steppers” for weeks ! fb Ferguson wrong Ronnie from Man (Continued on page 25) comicbooks.com