Judge, 1930-02-15 · page 3 of 36
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# "Judging the Books" - Book Review Page This page is primarily **book reviews and advertising** rather than political satire. The main content is a column titled "Judging the Books" that critiques novels about New York life. The reviewer discusses "Mothers Cry," praising it as an honest portrayal of working-class family struggles—notably the first mother-love story the reviewer claims didn't induce nausea. Other books mentioned include works featuring "weak prize-fighting stories" and a tale comparing a manager-boxer relationship to the biblical Samson and Delilah story. The page includes advertisements for Hinds Cream (shaving product) and Between the Acts Little Cigars (10 for 15¢). These ads use period-appropriate marketing appeals rather than satire.
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HINDS CREAM FIRST... then a smooth, quick shave LOSH on a big handful of Hinds Cream éefore you shave tomor- row morning and rub it in vigor- ously for a few seconds, While it’s / wet, lather right on top of it. Then see how easily and closely your razor mows off your beard— no matter how heavy it may be— and how relaxed and smooth it leaves your face. There will be no ‘*tender patches,’? no ingrowing hairs, if you use Hinds Cream consistently before you shave, There’s probably a bottle of Hindson your bathroom shelf. Nearly every family uses it to protect the skin from exposure and to prevent chapping. Lebn & Fink, Inc. Bloomfield, N. J. Copyright 1930, by Lebn & Pink, Inc. HINDS Honey €7Almond CREAM AEG. U. 8. PAT. OFF. mic lady writers who arrive in Greenwich Village with Shurtleff Col- hair bobs and the in their hair. Henee the novels re- semble New York life about as closely as the works of Walter Winchell do. It is therefore with relief that “Moth- | Cry” has hi ed along. It sathes and is New York: the rk that has nothing to do with incidental 400;- extinct dw the quinites; the Bre peepers and ds or the phoney the Wall Street dull New Yorkers Fannie Hurst has cre- ated. It is about that great group of middle-class Babbitts who aré the backbone of the ¢ the four million that O. Henry wrote about but never actually understood from a human or 1 point of view. First } dep't remembers. The story is a simple, straightfor- ward document of a sweet, “ girl of the 1900's who marries, produces an old-fashioned (large) family, loses her doand then bears the burden Actually she works her fingers pone and raises for her sssful architect, a sweet, * girl, and a subnormal laddie who eve tually murders his slightly anarchistic but lovely sister. Not pretty, but it'll do y, thanks. ns a sue y" is the first mother- » that didn’t induce nausea. It is hokum but not glue, [tis sen ment without sediment. The surest sign that its sentiment is honest is that the great nickel would never have printed it. came just in time, too. All those n pathol things they were about yo" po’ old mummy were be ning to pall as much as the “s Dallases.” It is mother-love stuff that'll change the spelling of mammy to mother One week old Uncle nasty noises about weak p: gain, makes Ted stories and, just like his ideas have brains and typewriting fingers, along comes a knockout (excuse it, please). It is W. R. Burnett's “Iron Man.” It tells of a hard-boiled, two-timing bat who comes dle-weight hu: ager. It is th Delilah bus’ to your heels nat. between her =m dand his man- old Samson-and- s, but it will rock you ith its force and simple The emotional r ions be- the hard-hitting dumb ox, are terrific. Your eyeballs will run wet at Coke's last fight, when his beastly Rosie, hav- ing sapped him, has finail him from the ca smell of cow | Algon- | It is The | y York novel as far as this | nthe manager and Coke Mason, | When time's too short for a long cigar... it's time for BETWEEN | TH ACTS LITTLE CIGARS Two minutes is all a “B.T.A.” asks. They fit into any odd niche | of time. They’re just your favorite 15¢ cigar split into 10 little shares. | Just as fragrant. Just as flavorful. But one-tenth as long, one-tenth as wasteful. Try a tin of ten today. supply you, send IS¢ for sample tin to Company. 119 West 40th Street, New York, comicbooks.com