Judge — November 7, 1931 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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ney JUDGING“ BOOKS (Continued from page 2) author's ambition to make a million dollars, Obviously something is wrong. Maybe we've succeeded in reforming our office, but our plea for clean books cleanly absorbed hasn't reached the teeming millions yet. the any Yue fact that we are not amon teeming imillions (is. ther thing else millions do beside te ) who idee Katherine Brush the golden girl of the golden age of liter- ature doesn’t seem to have retarded that cute-looking lady from going right on with her writing. Far from breaking down and entering a con- vent because of the ice pack we put on her “Young Man of Manhattan,” she has churned out another Curtis Square Special, the sale of which in book form will probably keep Mr. Johnny Farr: ha co! in leopard during the cold months, Any the new one is called “Red-H * and is another version of the idea behind Miss Brush’s other high-class num- ber, i.e., that it is possible to fool all of the people all of the time, giving them tripe-and-spinach twice in a row them like it. Miss Brush’s newest claim to. the pants of Balzac still shows her the same happy craftswoman, hack plot- ter and hard worker. It is the pro- found saga of a red-headed witch who, after knocking ‘em dead in Zen- ith, comes to New York and works her up to a penthouse by means of a very flashing pair of dogs, some well-nourished calves, a snappy chassis and a racketeer’s conscience, feminine gender. The only raison d'etre of the disa et x events leading culmination — is up to that Miss Brush a splendid chance to heap a lot it gives of self-righteous nastiness on the red- headed type and what she stands for —not to mention to buy gas for Miss Brush’s shiny forcign cars and keep baby in new shoes, no mean several Red-Headed Woman” shows ad- ent over “Young Man of Man- in that Miss Brush is taking hattan’ a better picture than before and looks | real deep, and would she like to take lunch with us some day next week? It also shows her recovering from that wisecracking talent that made her the Lady Oscar Wilde of the cider fests and Main Street soirées and which evinced itself in such one- legged niftics ef. “Young Man of Manhattan” as “Ann was the kind of girl who sat in young men’s laps the first Thursday in May.” We hold this the worst remark of all time. —Tep Suane LEG-o-maATIC [<_ BRIDGE SETS i ance of real chairs. RIGID «:- SIMPLE BEAUTIFUL The good- ba cheer twins— they work well The H. C. COOK CO. 3 Beaver St. Ansonia, Conn. Gem Ciippers: This Tssues) to hunting and magazine, crammed full of hunting, and boating stories and_ pictures, guns, rifles, revolvers, to 104 TRANSIT BLDG. Pocket Knife | with two blades of finest quality steel, brass lined and nickel silver trimmings, stag handle | and fully guaranteed, will be sent to you | » i Cut { HY shows actual aluable inf fishing tackle, camp outfits, dog t boat building, game laws, best places to go for fish and game, hoot better, how to catch more fish, how to cook out-of-doors, etc., ete.; in fact, how to do everything that sportsmen are called vpon to do. CLIP THIS ADV. AND MAIL TODAY W ITH $1.00 BILL TO \ ip HUNTING AND FISHING MAGAZINE | YOU'LL SOON SEE ‘EM t | nC THE SHELF IN SOME MUSEUM 13 AN AL JEWEL BOX—in a glazed finished her—with a spe- cial tray for rings and necklaces. AN OSTRICH ENVELOPE BAG— a beauty—gold trimmed, with purse and mirror. Both are offered as prizes in Judge's Bridge Contest, now running, by courtesy of Cc. F. RUMPP & SONS RE Philadelphia, Po. GROW HAIR —First o vis followed by a mi WITH GLOVER'S ial (sancorric) Imperial MANGE MEDICINE ANTISEPTIC GERMICIOAL CLEANSING POSITIVELY REMOVES DANDRUFF Write for FREE, New Booklet on Care and Treatment of Scalp and H.CLAYGLOVERCO.,Inc.119 Fifth Ave.,N.Y. “anon mas: Remington ar subserip- \ size 2-page month! BOSTON, MASS. comicbooks.com