Judge — November 21, 1931 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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The Boll-Weevil ne Bureau of Etymology has esti- mated, in its last annual report for 1904, that no less than 17,864,4 pounds of cotton batten were de- stroyed by the inch-worm or boll weevil or something during the basket- hall season of 1 Perhaps our readers can better grasp the signifi- cance of this vast total if they re- that it takes only 14 average- rolls to clothe a single bowling alley for two weeks, and if the twenty- two million odd pounds of cotton men tioned in the annual report placed in the crater of Mt. it would look like the alize size were Vesuvius mouth of an average American feels the morning after the star salesman of Rosenberg & Eisenstein has given a little party for him at an exclusive club on the annual New York buying trip. Well, anyway, it just goes to show what a huge waste of natural sources is brought about each year by the North American boll-weevil. The Chamber of Commerce of the city of South Carolina reports that no more than 44 of its most reputable citizens have been sued for divorce or men- tioned in breach of promise suits in volving cither directly or indirectly | some form of this old and new weevil. Many potential methods have been suggested for the extermination of this growing menace, but only has met with sufficient success to be re- LEG-o-MATIC Botan mttAs mh. COW 332 FLAT PUT A “‘KICK”’ IN YOUR DRINKS Be Louis to: THE SIPHONETTE Dept. B, 220 Delaware Ave, Buttals, New York | [L226 Mandéest Light In BRIDGE SETS FOR THE MODERN RIGID «:. SIMPLE BEAUTIFUL Seid At Leatng Drpactmret oo ees [Dy There will b - sparkle in y a mix them faci. ng way with this wonder ttle ~ SIPHONETTE tops the bottle, stirs the drink, saves bal any ginger ale or tle. Retains gas and J portion un) by c. 0. D. by re ft ze or favor. Unters ae, recommended by Congress. ‘This plan is called the “Hunt,” and extends diagonally across the shoulders in a cluster of white chiffon, caught up at every turn with a touch of bitters and garnished with celery. There is still much to be done in this great movement to exterminate the boll-weevil from our sacred shores. | But the important thing is that a start has actually been made, that the great work is really going on, and that we may look forward with a good | deal of confidence to that happy’ fu- ture day when we shall see no weevil, hear no weevil and speak no weevil. —Ricnano Wattace. Solution of Last Week’s Puzzle ERAGD) BARON Whe CE NMOUNA MODIS le (CTT MT IRI ih ae iM} [AIC] 1 ID) ly} IRIs} Plone Bans BUSS Light A CARTOONIST’S PHILOSOPHY By PERCY CROSBY Reviewed by Gustav Davidson, N. ¥. Daily Mirror right prominent publishers made two great mistakes apiece when they refused, in the first place, to publish Percy Crosby’s A CARTOONIST’S PHILOSOPHY and, in the second place, told him his public would desert him if he published it himself. “Crosby has published the book himself (price $2.00). which has taken ‘Skippy’ to its heart, will not desert him, and more whom this volume should reach will become fast friends “The first of the two parts of this work consists of travel tales in France and England, serving only as background and introduction. It i in the second part of the book with his return to America that Crosb almost formless but remarkably purposeful credo is expounded. Through the lips of his beloved ‘Skippy,’ in dialogues between Atheist and Philos- opher, Philosopher and Hundred Per Cent American, he builds up a philosophy, and a religion, if you will, of universal brotherhood and toler- ance written in glowing words that cry to heaven in behalf of suffering mankind. With all that, the typically refreshing and perpetually amaz- ing Crosby humor is not lacking. ersonal anecdotes involving ethods of high officials a Bis public, thousands exposés of the Ku Klux Klan, gangdom, the ghastliness of prohibition reveal the 's own fiendish! drawings demonstrate a strength and force fulness unsuspected in whose comic strip subject is a child. They per- fectly round out a philosophy which {s not only debunking, but bears with it promise of construction and a new and better national life. Put this book on your ‘must read’ list.” PERCY CROSBY, Publisher McLEAN, VIRGINIA Enclosed please find $2.00 for copy. comicbooks.com