Judge — May 23, 1931 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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Judging the Books (Continued from page 17) LENZ VERSES James James Mortimer Mortimer Weatherby George Dupree, Played good Bridge with his Mother Though he was only three, have weight (something like one sev- enteen-millionth of a milligram) and can be seen leaving the body by the help of a couple of violet rays. James James said to his Mother— “Mothe he said, said he: “You must never bid four Grence Serves has allowed his new book, “Can These Things Be to be embellished with the blackest, whatever the score, largest and loudest scare-headline | Unless you are helped by me.” chapter headings you ever saw. Sueit . ° publicity smells of the very prop ae ; MY SYSTEM OF CONTRACT distie methods the highly exp George wants to blow up, but let it BIDDING pass. After all, he’s just a newspaper- (Third Edition) man at heart by SIDNEY S. LENZ Anyway, if you liked Mr. Selde “You Can't Print That,” and we hope | 6. Contains a full expo Three Conve : : tion of the One-Tax you did, you will find more kerosene to add to the fires of your interna- m i tional discontent and desire for big- | dice one br hanks eee ate tt | ger and better democracies. The | strong. . } theme of this book is dictators, and | J, features the Demand Bid, without arti { George's assumption is that the demo- | ficial conventions, and is so’ simple that a } cratic world is not informed what | bridge player can become a sound contract blackguards, baby-caters petty | Player with ten minutes’ study | Neros they actually are. They sur- | Mr. E. V. Shepard. one of. the fore ay round themselves with an insidious | ACFE authorities President of Th } smoke screen of propaganda and muz- | 2" n Says: a zle the press with a lockjaw grip. | “I prefer the One-Two-Thre by Therefore George is shouting out toa) snes 5 pestis tat of world he expects to quiver with out- | two a demand. ~ =! i . rage the alleged facts that he has un- | este penet method is easier to | covered in his course as a newspaper | teach, and it does not interfere with j | | Long Island’s Restaurant correspondent — facts, he says, the | employment oi normal two bid.” | of Distinction newspapers did not publish. His ©on- | py; took contains a full explanat clusion is that the dictator carries the | the Challenge Bid o: seed of his own dissolution, The fall | ake the place P A N C H A R D of the Spanish dictatorship, since the | le. It also ¢ | book was written, may bear out that | oii System of scorn } On the Merrick Road at Massapequa, | theory. Mussolini is George's pet | L. L—near Jones Beach peeve. He says that ihe world has | All orders for been fed propa about the suc- | ¢ 5,48 } Dine and Dance cess of the ‘lie ators, but that at last My System of Contract Bidding the New York bankers are wise to the (Third Edition) bit Chicken, Duck, Lobster, Steck Italian Duce and that they will take | will include an autographed copy of Mr na and Shore Dinners him with a trey at any moment. Mus- | Lenz’ parody on A. A. Milne’s *Whea naa ‘ay wie Bacto solini’s end, in other words, is near, | We Were Very Young rit AE ES ee By statistics he proves that dictators, | | — ______ ] touted for their efficieney, hav proved | SPECIAL OFFER much more expensive and ineffective obtain Mr, Lenz’ book swith- than democracies. Curiously George is opposed to the Russian system, | ---------—----— —— which seems to make him, for all his | PUBLISHING CO, 182: ee explosiveness, a shade of pale pink 48th St, New York City, and a flaming torch-bearer member of the New York Times staff. Despite this 1 the fact that George really doesn’t tell you a lot more than you Please send me y know, if you read the Nation, | tem of Contract Bidding” (Third Fd most exciting contemporary | Siley S. Ler 0 per copy, includit 1 book we know, which is say- | ing $+. +00 lot. His spirit’s the thing. Send C. O. D. at $1.10 per copy, Parcel Post —Tep Suane collect copies of “My System of Con- tr Jing” (Third Edition), by Sidney S Lene Tam en Master—If the were on fire, which five pictures w See opposite page ==—> you attempt to rescu PP pag Pupil—The five nearest the door. H —Paces Gates Name Address 1 Citv 238 comicbooks.comy “as