Judge — March 8, 1930 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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VIG IH Who'll Pay for This Round? Pp: three coins on the palm of your hand and let everyone see there are three and only three. Close your fist over them. Then ask how many coins you have enclosed. Naturally some- +, less sane than the rest, will sa hree!” Insist thereupon that there are four. An argument will sprir up. Take your stand and say, “There are four coins in my hand. If I’ wrong, will you pay for the drinks Nine out of ten, without using t empty noodles, will » “AIL right, I'll take the bet.” Open your hand and show what's there—three coins. Which proves, of course, you are wrong and the nitwit who fell for the trick will have to reach into his jeans, ho, ho! Recommended to Perversion Seekers Here are some eccentricities prac- tised around town that some of ye seekers after the Different Thing to Do might grab at: There is a lad who makes the rounds of the zoos and aquariums pulling out seal whiskers, which he . Another absent- minded practical joker goes around pulling chairs from under himself... . JUDGE Quite a group infest drug-store counters sneaking free sniffs from sample perfume bottles. ... And there is a certain chappic who always goes to bars in carpet slippers in order to polish the rails... But the most charming of poivoits is the strange codger who collects old collar-buttons, and the way he gets them polished is by wandering about, looking for peo- ple with the hiccoughs to wear them. Question Marks Why doesn't Ke: ating, the magician, . Also, can he do the trick with an ostrich? ... Why doesn't the bellhop ds the pool players at the Club, after dusting the cue, king it, brushing down the player and the table, handing the player the BEFORE ATPLAYERE’ CLUB” | SHOT, A BELL BD MEMBER MAKES A PL ATA DST CLS THE BALL IN ee MD, TALLIES THE SVCCES: uu Ee cue, taking it afterwards, racking the pocket ball and then placing a chair under the player—why doesn’t he, I wonder, make the shot, too? ... Wh do the sports writers keep ask “Can Carnera fight?” when the obvi- ous answer is he can’t... . Who says Maxie — Rose nblootn could « What is there about squash? ‘ nd who worries about the fine diffe rences between Class A, B and © squash? ... Who shot Rothstein? ... Why do taxi-drivers try to run you down when you try to cross a street and pr lly get out and kiss you k if you look like osted Peggy Joy and who “Men, Marriage and Me, cares? Best Steppers ‘ Thing Called F re a Rich—Columbia. Lona"—Photoplayers—Columbia. You've Got That Thing” “Harmonica Harry"—Ted Columbia. “La Rosi goes) —Floridi: urlem Madness” and Blues’—Hot Airmen—Columbia. Juvor, Jn. and “Havana” ns—Bruns WHAT UPSETS US IS, WHY DOFSNT THE PELLBOY oer a comicbooks.com