Judge — September 17, 1927 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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Winner of Judge’s Balloon Contest No. My ‘Story of the Infant Art (and very few runners-up, mark ye!) (Continued from page 18) order that they may sustain the proper attitude of childishness compatible with the Blaremount standard. The high-salaried di- rectors are kept on a dict of pure alcohol and cigars, so that we can Forsooth, Maud, for the last s all I’ve done is to bustle around, just bustle cround, Egad, Alice, and where- fore wearest thou so per- turbed a look? be sure their growth is properly stunted. And now when I stand on Times Sqi the Coarse Roads of the wor'd, and view the thou- sands who nightly stand and struggle to gain their way into the gorgeous auditorium of the Blarcmount Theatre and when I hear their cries of supplication raised as they seek admission to Blaremount, I can. only smile and doff my hat and drop my head in an humble prayer of thanks to my Great Director for ng Blaremount the right to fulfill a prophcey: the movies are yet in their infancy for America and humanity. Mr. Gerald Barry suggests the formation of 2 Socic for the Preservation of Pedestrians. This move has been promptiy count ered by the invention of a motor- car which moves sideways. —Eve Young Wife—I took the recipe for this cake out of the book. Husband—You did right. It should never have been put in. : Brrs Taylor, Rye Beach, New Hampshire. m (This may be a non de plume for H. L. Mencken!) “Professor, would it be an in- sult if I said ‘ass’ to you “OF course “And if I said ‘Professor’ to an ass. would it be an insult?” “No.” “Thank you very much, pro- fessor.” —Der Waure Jaxon, Berlin Pretty soon the big shops will he showing the new autumn frocks;.and then the new autumn frocks will be showing the women. —Pixk "Un A_ well-known artist declares that there is an indefinable some- thing that lends beauty to a Fatner—You were a long time saying good-night to that woman’s old age. Any chemist young chap. I hope you didn’t let him kiss you! will supply a full definition. Nona—Let him! Thad to help him! —Hemorisr —Passinc Snow EDWARD LANGER PRINTING ©O., ING., JAMAICA, NY. comicbooks.com