Judge — May 1934 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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han se MAYTIME beckons you | Letters of a Self-Made @ TO NEW YORK Athlete AND THE ST. REGIS! wie ong time you no hear eh? Well, Manhattan's Maytime climate is glorious pal, it sure has been a tough winter for and the always interesting metropolis now = me and [ haven't had much chance to offers its most delightful sightseeing ride write. Not after you gave me the freeze on the Merry-go-round of Life. Enjoy New | 0" those two wires [ sent for some York at its best at the St. Regis. Your stay | ‘ough, What a pal! The guy who at this distinguished hotel will add im- ~til a Hey s best measurably to your enjoyment and com- certs ny didn't m fort. Here the art of living well is quietly ae Any ce and charmingly managed. Four Dining Slat, Rooms, to suit all preferences. Roof opens ense and are on the up and up n May 3rd. Close to Radio City, Central | pet you get a bigger kick out of it Park, theatres, shops. Single rooms $5-$6. than the customers will out of the stutt Double rooms $7-$8. Suites from $10. you'll sell ‘em. Lay off pop, giving the boys break. k you haven't a a to pay and of this nm von't stand the ment alky would I said just now that it had been a tough winter. I hit in Fel ary and started in to do a little good for myself. I went to the Li nera scramble e last waltz [ challenged Pr big Gondolian took a run out on me so I had to go back to the wrasslin game I ran into Jake Hasspeiper down in Miami. He d to promote the grap- at Sth AVENUE | plers out in Chi so 1 signed up. Jake — is a great hand at thinking up new stunts and this time the boy pulled a triple play what T mean! Maybe you read in the papers s new Hindu wrassler called “C Khan the Kubla Killer.” Well, old socks, that is your long lost boy in person! Jake dressed me up in a turban and wrapped some rope around my trunks and there you are! I grew long soup trainers and learned to gr salaams. But the pay-off is this. I cart a small prayer rug into the ring with me and I have to bow to Mecca before the bout starts. The other night I got twis up and Jake cussed me out. “That wasn't Me you bowed to you sap, that was Peoria!” Well, what do I care? I never could remember those ' screwy Turk names even in the eighth grade. I went pretty big in the tank towns down here for a spell, then the edge seemed to wear off. A guy in Orlando grabbed me by the moustache one night and threw me around till I bounced into row G. I was pretty sore and ready to quit but Jake comes through with a grand idea. There is a circus in town and he buys a washed up looking baby clephant for twenty five bucks. He calls the pachyderm Horace! The gag is this; we paint Horace white and call him a sacred elephant. In India they worship them critters! I warm up with Horace every night in jend was his old man long to your club, you ota big kick out of your So you got your likke: tec P stutt oldtin: oughran-Car- some veellenve Year after year of its memorable existence The Plaza has maintainedits positionas NewYork’sleadinghotel,attract- ing guests of prominence from all parts of the world. That indefinable something in Plaza Service has set a standard both here and abroad. Spacious suites of various sizes atattractive rentals. Rooms from $5. Henry A. Rost, Managing Director, John D. Owen, Manager a-PLA LZ Aux FACING CENTRAL PARK © FIFTY.NINTH ST, & FIFTH AVE. comicbooks.com