Judge — June 20, 1931 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE July First Wr it won't be long now, and ie - we'll be wishing Secretary Mel- lon a Happy New Fiseal Year. And after reading about auto ac- cidents, drownings and tyain wrecks every holiday, we've made up our mind, for the coming Fourth of July, | to stick to the old-fashioned _ fire- | works, The newspaper has been called an adjunct to the radio, And it is most effective as such if rumpled and stuffed into the loudspeaker. | th} bol | Crackety, Clickety, hi | mien The echo is heard to the corner and } } »! h back! | And all through the building, from : The hay-fever victim mows his lawn. midnight to six, } We toss to the ticks of those terrible | clicks. } I'd take keen delight bt Just to hand you a whack | | | When, morning and night, } | First your click, then your clack haa Resounds through the grounds "Til my brain seems to crack. “Clickety-Clackety. Clickety Clack!" A pox on your skill and a plague on your knack Why don't you pl ers or chess The fun is the same, but the racket is less. And we who now jump From our beds with a lack Of sleep will not grump If your sociable pack Of boys ends the noise Of that “Clickety-Clack !” —Anrtucr L. Lirpmann agrams, check- He Keeps Out And these are the days when the racketeer is mightier than the pen. Add Pitiful Figures: The hitch- hiker who flagged a Chicago gangster for a ride. comicbooks.com