Judge — February 28, 1931 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Judging the Books (Continued from page 28) fair Fletcher and you know how fair Fletcher can be at top. wei form; and “Murder at the d wood Agatha Christie but not of heer means the makins of 1 puzzle to thicken Zou won't believe us but “The Dry Decade” is worth your time even tho it is a book chuck full of facts national dinncr-table topic and bore, Prohibition, Charles Merz successfully avoids the clichés and bromides, Le., the Methodists and the sters and merely sets down the ative history of the Noble E periment. It may make you a little sick at your stomach to see the cold facts laid end to end, the greed, the apathy and irresponsibility of our great men—but a good drink after taking it will square all. [5 time when there are so many bad hooks coming out the least Dodd, Mead and Company could have done would have been to send us a copy of Edgar Lee Masters’ “Lincoln” the Man” for review. Even our spies i it is as important a book as it scems to be, especially since the publishers issued the book without giving editors ind critics a chance to consult docu- ments and authorities on Lincoln. Hence comment on the thing has be- come a matter of Jeffersonian Demo- crat ast Black Republicans. Any- way, you look at it, we're sore. —Tep Suane Add Americana s it too late to report that last Sunday the announcer introduced | Judge Lindsey over the radio as “an uthority on marriage and divorce and crime in genera have not been able to tell us whether | If you do not look natural, we will chase your Blues. By changing your facial expression—making you smile—laugh—be gay. 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 and be assured of joyous laughter throughout the year. SUBSCRIBE NOW! JUDGE—18 East 48th Street, New York, N. Y. Please send JUDGE for [1] | year, $5.00. [] 2 years, $7.80 D2! weeks, $2.00 Address comicbooks.com