Judge — January 4, 1930 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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a. ee + JUDGING“ BOOKS A L right, professor; let’s go: ED ing passes more quickly than com- st week's laugh is this week's rk’s yawn is next year’ ry ten vears the nges. Then the vither becomes a kid on its edy. I yawn, T banality. in humor che bore.” Such were our very ps (and probably awfully cock th hts on finishing turning the of Peter Arno’s “Parade, cracker- jack collection of his drawings from the Yorker, with a few more thrown in, rejected by that 1 because they zine have offended Grammaw Now get this right. We enjoyed the book thoroughly, and are not try- ing to be different, finicky or moody. It just struck us, however, what a pity anyone with the superb draughts- manship of Arno, the uncanny, une- tuoussatire on bloat and stuffed-shirt- school of American humor as he should go the way of Gil Ray, Busch, Schmidt, Ba , and all the rest Is ita system? Are the gods bowling fair? We suppose we should say “Life is like that,” sigh and let it go at that. Of course, Mr. Arno could give up drawing and turn to forging iron deers, They'd be permanent and we'd be saved from fighting melan- How about it, Mr. Arn Anyway, we thought the best draw- n the book were the slightly risqué ones: the bathroom contre- the kissers and the harem boys. You're like a lovely flower to- dear—everyone'’s looking at vou"—with the dancing gent’s hand isly lifting his partner's skirt from behind—will probably put the lie to what we've saic We didn’t like the fact that th few too many gooey social iron and that no credit was given on at least twenty of the ghosted ic unconst Also we saw a couple of rather webbed ideas. Oh, well, even though Mr. Bolitho went slightly Morley over everything; let’s not get bitter. After all, why oversalt one’s beer just to spoil something one likes? While we're on the subj the ‘Second New Yorker Album” is out. It's a recoup of lots of drawings that made us laugh and a lot more that didn't. After all, we're on a’ funny ine, and we don’t laugh all day ither. The jury rests. Morrow's “Alt is out for 1930, and it certainly is a cure. We wonder how they got it out without getting tangled up in a lot of liver- pill, sick -headache, over- fecundity conversation and advertising. By ail means, as the fella said, keep it be tween your twin beds. —Trp Suane WE DON’T MEAN TO BE HIGH HAT ABOUT IT Frankly we're not the dowager type holding a dainty finger to our nose and murmuring “How terrible” at people or things we could improve upon. We refer modestly to Hartmann’s swanky tan canvas grain Ducord group— the best looking things you've ever laid eyes on ... marvelously fashioned, last for years. Sizes, models and types for every whim—with sporty Regimental Striping for easy iden- tification. Prices $35 to $225. See Them At Your Better Shops and Department Stores HARTMANN Trunks HARTMANN TRUNK CO, But we do see occasionally a traveler with some really priceless collections of luggage antiques, and we can’t help feel that their proprietors are either pie-eyed with sentiment for keeping them... or just haven't seen the modern good looking stuff people are traveling with. RACINE, WIS. comicbooks.com