Judge — February 19, 1927 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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“1 do not agree your right to say it. A Few Suggestions My dear Jvre Your good magazine is a most ex- asperating concoction. Although not a subscriber, I read Junce pretty reg- ularly and I would like to submit a few suggestions which can surely do no harm if they are 1 to the waste-basket and whicl ht pos- ly be helpful. In order not to be- come unduly verbose I shall put a heading at the beginning of each para- ph. I ask your indulgence on the following items. ° Prontmrrion. Why not try a more kindly attitude toward the Drys? It is a fact, you know, that most of them admit that they are stung and realize that the amendment has done more harm than good. There is no use in appealing to the others— those distressingly Good people who cause more misery and suffering by their intolerant, militant, tyrann and misguided Goodness than all the deliberate cruelty, hatred and mean in the world. Pat the be- wildered Drys on the back and assure them that you and I and the next Wet will give them a helping hand out of the wilderness. Avtomomurs. How in the world can you consistently attack the reck- less driver and paint him as a demon intent upon annihilating the pedestrian, poor martyr that he is? I helieve you are observant enough to see the carelessness, the insolence, and the dumbness of most pedestri- ans. People on foot seem to dare the motorist to hit them. Of course, there are many glaring examples of un- scrupulous drivers of automobiles but they are far outnumbered by j kers, ete. ARTIST The January 1 number of Jupor is at hand. You have started the New Year most lamentably in put- ting one of Gardner Rea’s repulsive daubs on the cover. This Rea must have a pretty good head on his shoul- ders for his ideas are usually clever, but his drawings lack any virtue to atone for their crudity. Is Rea a woman-hater? He can surely carica- ture the ladies but with such obvious venom that the humor dies a sudden death. I may as well damn the culprit with faint praise when I mention his cartoon, “New Years ‘The fellow who swore off for 1926,” as being quite harmless and amusing. It is well to note, however, that there are no dis- torted ladies in this picture upon which he would have ted his spleen. Jefferson Machamer is splendid—you see his jibes at the “modern girl” are keen but not so caustic—and the rest of your art staff will pass this august critic. but I will defend to the death VOLTAIRE Hic Har and Ow My Dear. These alleged youthful hack-writers are most welcome to pur a . r struggle to be collegian sophis- es is rather ludicrous but is rless pleasant reading. ‘Tell Jupcr, Jn. for me that his Gordon Water is entirely too liable to be synthetic for use by so cautious a mortal as the undersigned. Furthermore, he might be interested to know that it takes cight dollars, here, ($8.00) to obtain good whiskey with any assurance of its being genuine—a pint, mind you, not a gallon—and that a prescription costs two dollars and a half ($2.50) and one pint of drug-store whiskey authorized thereby costs another two dollars and a half ($2.50) on top of that. The bootleg Water referred to was “Old Grandad” and the prescrip: tion stuff happened to be “O. F. C both of which used to be made here in good old Kentucky back in the good old days. Wouldn't that jar you? I should have listed these prices under prohibition and suggested that the Wets retaliate by passing another amendment, one to limit prices on alcoholic beve I shall be delighted if you consider this lengthy epistle worthy of being printed under “Judge for Yourself.” If there is any doubt in your mind as to whether [ am panning your m zine or boosting it, let me assure you all criticism is intended to be con- structive and that I like Junce very much. res. Cordially yours, Philip S. Tuley, Jr. Louisville, Ky. Jan, 5, 1927. » Wire—I think we'd better go ng grapes with a nut-cracker! EDWARD LANGER PRINTING CO., JAMAICA, N. ¥ comicbooks.com