Judge — November 2, 1929 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE Good Old Mort It's wonderful to. go. through life under the benevolent despo- tistn of a dear friend. A friend like Mort Perkins, for example. | His over-sized heart ix roomy cnough for two or three people. And when Mort hears of some- thing himself? He does noc: He comes right out with it too. Good old Mort! [remember the time when Amalgamated Ashean was going to shoot above par. As soon Mort heard the news he wired me. Then there was the day when he got an advance tip that) Na- tional Monkey Wrench was going to discontinue its dividend. The average man would have sold short himself and forgotten to pass on the good news. But not Mort. He had me on the "phone seven minutes after he got the | dope. Good old Mort! the stock was good for twenty Right now I could u | And last) summer when he points, what did Mort do? Why 1 heard that Sicilian Shoe Polish he let me in on it the next morn- don't clothe us very well in’ the was going to with The — ing. That's the boy, all over. A County Poor House, you know. | Lesser Brush people, and that — real pal. Good old Mort! So T guess PM drop a postal to {| Mort and ask him if he can spare | so f his old shoes and a cast off overcoat. Generous, magnani- mous Mort. Good old Mort! I hope he breaks a leg! Hean Woop vd, docs he ccep it to helps you “It gets harder to find work every day.” of shoes and a warm ¢ ce Further Things I’m Not Interested in Novelized versions of moving i] ' | | picture se rios ... Violins that | i j i play when you drop a nickel... | Insurance solicitations . . Camp Fire Girls... Satin neckties... pocket coin-purses ... adjustable shoc-trees and café au lait. Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound . . . strong silent w - dogs that do tricks . . vaudevill bands Billy dancers... acrobats and people | j | Srnie Hare 5 { i with sure tips on the market. The old familiar tunes... musical automobile horns... tiny ash-trays . 0.0. palmistry 2.) ] i honeycomb try Jones and . detective | stories ... cheese soufflé . .. true Ha romances ... fundamentalism... | } jury duty... famous crimes... cross-continental bus-riding . . . time clocks and form telegrams. | —C. C. 1 icomicbooks.com