Judge — October 25, 1930 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE The Pitfalls That Beset Our Infant Prodigies By Dr. Seuss Sf A Whole Career Wrecked by Luck The most difficult sonata ever written is Mozart's “B Duet for Ket- tledrum and Thru n if the drummer is a genius, the thrush, cho warbles the accompeniment, can spoil everything. Prodigy Georgie Flueh found this out durin; a when the thrush carelessly laid an egg on the drum. boom too many, and poor Georgie was hissed into oblivion. The Hazards of Comb Playing Two years ago, the melodies of Thrubber Z Nal- The Prodigy as a Smart Alek xon were enchanting the concert world from as Newton Center to Johore. Never had anyone The thing that ruins more prodigies than anything else is heard sweeter tones than this gifted stripling their love to show off. Young Prescott Jivler, the French produced on his Comb-and-Tissue-Paper. But Horn Wizard, for example, recently equipped his tricycle with Nalgon’s triumphs were short-lived. He was a thirty-foot horn in place of the usual bell. Last week, when forced to retire when stricken with that scourge Jivler misjudged the height of the Holland Tunnel his career of all players of the comb,—hair lip. was brought to a tragic conclusion. 20 comicbooks.com