Judge — April 14, 1928 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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"A oe Hil) l] Oh, Gee, Oh, Joy! Ain't it fun to be a book reviewer! All those nice new books, and you don't have to pay for them! Blah! ‘Two weeks more of this and my young, and comely, mind you, face will be marred by two pairs of shell-rimmed spectacles! if 1 could only handsome your nice, nan, no Yale or Harvard men need apply, to read aloud to me! And if there is any- thing I detest, it's being read to! I've made a startling discovery! Books are like Migawd, ain't the girl original! Well, for example, they're all talk! And they attract by their looks and their I've always been dying men! names. to meet a man by the name of Montmorency! Some of them hold your interest. for a very short time and some you can’t put down! I could go even further, but 1 won't! Take “Strange Sea Mysteries,” by Elliott: O'Donnell,” for in stance. Isn't that a name to in trigue you T owas all set for a and I was bored to tears! Like many males 1 could name, Mr. O'Donnell iy very, very All of his ships sink in I got as far as the eight nd fired “Stra Mysteries” toto dumb- wild evenin tiresome, toto! eenth in toto in the | Straxorr—How's liquor question in this burg? Native—No question at all, | stranger. Why, we had the water turned off for a k, and no one found out till old Seth Wigg’s shack caught fire! —Passina Snow Or take “A Fool in the For est,” by two people, which makes it twice as bad, Anthony Pryde and R. K. Weekes. Tinight have ted it from those names! nglish noble, suspe An wr rural and he is a goes forth into the districts wo takes a job farm hand, so that he can study the people close to the soil, as ‘twere, All right! But ah! Take phens! ‘There's the man [ love If you are not aware of the fact that Mr. Stephens wrote “The Crock of Gold.” I feel very sorry for you. If you are a of it and read it and didn’t it hugely, I feel for you, vou great | I learned about whimsey from ! “Etched in Moonlight” is his latest. book and what a book! The stories in this Have you had enough? James Ste- ware even. sorricr volume are in a different vein, but even more beauti ful. Sadly utiful. Tf you are the kind ef a person who adores Stephens, one of the sto ries, “Hunger,” will simply ruin vou. If yau're not, you big ox! nothing will ruin you! Oh, have ves, We some ree ords! * eer Joe" Pin dust a Rambling Gambler” (Colum bia), Casey Jones ballads. Great stuff if you like that staff. “My Stormy Weather Pal’— “There Must) Be a Silver Lin ing” (Vietor-Johnny —Jolnsen). eh, “Forever and Ever” Shine” (Columbia and Victor both did this combination). We herewith hand the palin to Victor. “Bucking Mule” Jones” (Columbia). The famous C. J. revived, and nobly too, and “BLM.” is a hot \V nia reel, “Sunshine” — “B: Your Own Backyard” (Victor). Co- lumbia beats Paul Whiteman all The latter is a pe “Rain or -"Casey hollow on “Sunshine,” but “B. [. Y. O. B.” is a knockout. “Say So’ —"“Oh, Gee, Oh, (Vietor-Johnny Johnson), : on both sides. Me You're “When?” (Columbia). on both sides! Sorry” Well done —Jenerrrr Should Auld Acquaintance A Scotchman rang up a doctor state of great agitati ‘ome at one he said, wee bairn has swallowed a sux pence.” “How old is it?’ asked the doctor. “1894.” —Tir Bits THE FAMOUS EUROPEAN TRIO yens’ Grenadine ‘from Bordeaux Holloway’s London Dry from London Cederlund’s Caloric Punch from Stockholm The taste—appearance—fra- grance are reminiscent of fo travels —and J correct flavours for the new popular mixed drinks, At Your Grocer’s B. B. DORF & CO. 247 Park Ave. anmxnt of be 4. That the tw 200 All Expense Tours $195 ep. Booklet Free. Mediterranean and Scandinavian Craises, $390 Bos comicbooks.com