Judge — February 14, 1931 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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Judging the Books (Continued from page 2) their ash-can problems and the gen- eral—you're right—depressing pity the authoress has for her heroines- have not proved our onions. And we're getting too old now to chang: our tastes. “Back Street,” lot of this and t life led by a s if you still care, is a over the pathetic ficing kept woman noble and the married is selfishly egocentric, which is whe ‘ou get one wonderful combination right aw However, her man and Life play ping-pong with her till she is lost under the sofa, all out of shape, and nobody gets down to look for her, nobody wanting to. What happens to her after she gets under the sofa we don't know. We use our knees to pray. It is laid from the 90's on—a period Miss Hurst seems to know very well. What S needed in this beautiful home? Not a playmate for Midgie, the plush-pillow bred dog—not wo if here isn’t another novel by a woman. (Invest in Pulp, Ink | and Steel Stocks, boys; it looks lik: | a boom—not to mention a mild men- ace.) T “A. Portrait of Caroline,” by Sylvia Thompson, and we didn't swallow it whole. Miss Thompson seems to be a smart, bright writer with a well-g she has not the faculty to write good books. She w novels, It's a nerve she lacks, and we can't blame her for it. Her people are fitted to action, and one word follo' another beautifully, but it doesn’t seem to matter much. You haven't met up with her people and probably never will, They aren't. Miss T. dipped into Lasky for her story. Her heroine is a gal who likes to whoop up emotions and glory in the fireworks created rather than let emo: —-----------—-- - - - - - - tions run themselves naturally. She is married to a hard-working doctor, who JUDGE—18 East 48th Street neglects her. She falls in love with New York, N. Y. a new butler—he, too, may be sour-faced. It is just a simple change in facial expression—a smile, laughter, hilarious laughter. Smiling is contagious—laughter is invig- orating and healthful. Learn to smile, learn to laugh, be a messenger of good cheer—read JUDGE each week ond be assured of joyous laughter throughout the year. SUBSCRIBE NOW! the doctor’s old school chum (you don’t tell me!), and thus closeth up the triangle. While husband works hard at home on the chilblains, off trots his gal and pal to Paris to make oh! my! Then the wife brings the lover home, hoping for an explosion. The men are anti-climactic about it, and everything, including the story, blows up with an_ indistinct pop. We're all left dangling at the end, sure of only one thing. That we really didn’t care very much, Please send JUDGE for [] | year, $5.00. [] 2 years, $7.80. (21 weeks, $2.00. To ND it looks as tho there’s no relief ahead. For, falling back hun grily on something by the more resili- ent sex, we made the mistake of try- ing Cornelius Vanderbilt's society Mt TV eee cece ee eee eee eee eee es STATE... ae special, “Palm Beach.” If Corney is a writer then we're Marjorie Oelrichs. ny —Tep Suanr it 32 ADDRESS CITY ry EDWARD LANGER PRINTING OO, ING, Jamaica. ST comicbooks.com