Judge — January 3, 1931 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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Posrayx—Your book of the month, lady. 4 The Crisis | duereen of the town's tycoons had been summoned by telephone to meet at once on the twelfth floor of the towering marble building near the city. hall. down the boulevards, ck limousines purred nd one by one the important personages summoned appeared at the conclave A grave chairman faced fifteen > grave committeemen in the pine-pan- ] eled conference room, “Gentlemen,” | he said, “you are all charter members of this Athletic Club. Your interest, ] enthusiasiy and financial aid) made ] this structure possible. For five years, with justifiable pride, we have pointed } to our building as the finest in’ the city, but now alterations are inevi- table, radical alterations that may make it necessary to tear down the entire building.” A worried look came into the faces of the assembled men as the chair- man’s vor “Gentlen at four Gauthier, discovered that we forgot to ew even more sombre. aid, “this afternoon ck a new member, named include a gymnasium.” “Oh, please excuse the mess, my dear, Arnold is putting up a shelf.” —Anrucn L. Lirestaxs comicbooks.com