Judge, 1928-06-16 · page 22 of 36
Judge — June 16, 1928 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes book reviews with entertainment recommendations and a cartoon. The left column contains a reader's critique of recent novels, including John Wiley's "Queer Street" and works by Andrew Cassels Brown and Conningsby Dawson—expressing preference for mystery stories over romance. The central illustration depicts a flapper-era couple in a car; the caption "Here, there, young man! We don't allow petting along this road!" satirizes the emerging "petting" culture of the 1920s and moral anxieties about young people's increasingly casual physical behavior in automobiles. This was a common contemporary concern—cars provided unsupervised privacy that shocked older generations. The right side lists popular song recordings and dance numbers of the era, likely from 1920s Columbia Records releases, reflecting the Jazz Age entertainment landscape. The monetary note at bottom describes curious foreign coins in a New York bank display, offering lighthearted cultural observations about different cultures' currencies.
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“Queer Street,” by John Wiley grand book, but for the life of me [ can’t understand why he | stuck such a title on it! Why didn’t: you call it °" Skittish Skeffingtons,” John? The Skef- | fingtons were born and bred New Yorkers (yes, there | things!) and their history down through the five children makes very real and interesting reading. I am wondering if John Wiley is any relation to Hugh Wiley? And } I am also wondering why no flags have been raised, no dancing in the streets done over Hugh Wiley’s “Heavy Laden”? I haven't seen one review of it, or notice of any kind, and to me, it's the best I've read this season. isa gi are such =~ mS I suppose it's very unmaidenly, but I'm developing a terrible yen for detective stories! A good juicy murder is worth a meta- physical love story any day! It contains so much more kick for a jaded old lady “Dr. Gla: brook’s Revenge” (C-c-curses Andrew Cassels Brown, was y latest grue-story and certainly got me all hot and bothered! A near London! mysterious house Intrigue! Ah! “Pilgrims of the Impossible,” hy Conningsby Dawson, left me quite cold! Another minister goes native! And then Conningsby’s | stories are so long drawn. out. However, it may be the terrible influence these detective are having upon my young mind. If I don’t get a murder in cach chapter I'm just bored-to-tears, I ally mean I am! stories act | | After wading through three ian | thousand six hundred and seventy- 1 nine records I can recommend i It the following (all Columbia). all Incidentally, the last Columbia | “Moran and Mack" was pretty | wet. Sorry, Boys, it hurts me more than it does you! ‘March of the Musketeers"—"Ma Belle,” “Dolores” —"My Pet,” “The Yale “Do “Oh, “Wh “Da Cr. “Dri “My “Do “Whi Whe And A mi zlot cult the pla “Here, there, young man! We don't allow petting along this road!” Now" Vill: azy Rhythm’ (Here's Howe) on” (Here's Howe) Musketeers” Sock-a-bye, baby! bank were of Het land 2. She’s a Great, ete I Hear You Advantage” “Star! Baby!" “You'll Be Sorry 1 Call Keen” at's the Reasor and Truly” Afenid of Y« adle Song.” cS the Egyptia Girl.” “You t the R The Best Steppers (no she Don't (no show) Hear You ftwood™ Baby I Arms) at's the Reaso Follie: March of the (The Three Mus “Ma Belle” (The keteers) aw teers) Three Blue n” “Was Ita Dream?” I Band” Phat's What cally idian Mean Maybe (Present Greenwich Mus- Ja Down in Front, or Big sock! n that one will rock! will fall up w mong 30,000 a nish stelano, rkrum, « York Moments in Little Fights Oh, what a —R.C. specimens had y. W ers determining the v coins until bank of ed in plain English comicbooks.com lands that baby Two more of those and that baby jump fatheads, hid- oO. of +y displayed in a New York Venetian bazz Indian a Tripolitan manbut, a Turkish yuzluk and a Polish a dithi their relation to our simoleon, shekel, plunk, cartwheel or buck.