Judge — June 11, 1932 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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I SPORT STORE Lrg yn SX Swi JUDGE All I Know Is What I Read WHEN a three-story frame build- ing is swept by fire the loss is always estimated at $15,000. In a ase where milar building is de- stroyed during a cyclonic storm the loss is declared to come near twenty- five thousand. And should the same building be ravaged by a flood the estimated damage will be hardly less than fifty grand. A musical comedy actress usually loses ten thousand dollars in cash and jewelry when robbed. When a is held up she is lucky if she y with a thirty thousand loss. However, a divorcee of any prominence all is never taken for a dime less than one hundred thousand. A movie in which a great many horses are used always demands six figures for its production costs. For example, a story of ancient times which necessitates a c: of about five or hundred horses, sets back a studio a cool million dollars. But the same company will never put out more than a half million for a West- ern film, although an identical num- ber of horses are used. Again, a racing story will cost even more than an ancient-time one while not more than ten or fifteen horses can pos- sibly be in evidence. It must be that hor: are becoming more tempera- mental and are learning to drive shrewder bargains than their two- legged co-workers. When a woman slips and falls down the steps of a building and breaks her arm she will sue the owner for ten thousand. When a woman is badly hurt in an auto crash she will hardly ever sue for more than fifty thousand. But when a woman finds herself ditched by a man for a dinner-date she is entitled to sue and collect a quarter of a mil- lion dollars for heart balm. When a woman finds her husband in the arms of another she has the right to sue for alienation of affections and walk off with a million. The man in the case must be worth all that or se the court wouldn't award her all forfeit. It is not the prices at ail which are of prime importance in most articles. A manufacturer will put his product on the market for no other reason than to acquaint the public with a great forward stride in the march of science. A merchant, too, would rather cut his own heart out than dare make a profit off a cus- tomer. It must be remembered that all sales in department stores held only to rid the place of excess merchandise, and so make room for other cargoes of excess merchandise, so the store mz —ARTHUR ERENBERG. Prosperity Note Lots of our big men who were lling newspapers twenty years ayo e now sleeping under them. “Miss Jenkins, hang this sign outside the door.” 1s comicbooks.com