Judge — July 1936 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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Public Enemy And now, Mr. Gooch, please tell the court your occupation. ‘A. Well, sir, I suppose you might call me a whistle-imitator. Q. You mean you go around sounding like steamboats and railroad trains? y, w, that there is kid stuff! What I doi is whistle the same stuff that other people is whistling. Q. I'm afraid I don’t understand, Mr. Gooch. A, Well, like for instance, supposing you was in an elevator somewheres and you was whistling softly some tune like | “Red Sails in the Sunset.” Well, I get into the elevator and I start whistling “Red Sails in the Sunset” too. Q. Is that all there is to it? A. Oh, no. I generally whistle it a little faster than you do and I also whistle pretty loud. Q. So that I have to make up my mind whether to whistle as fast as you are or stop whistling altogether. Is that it? A. Well, yes. And if you start to whistle as fast as I do, why then I simply change the key on you. Q. It sounds like fascinating work. A. Yes, sir! I never will forget the | day about three years ago when I caught Gatti-Casazza coming out of the Metro- politan Opera House’ whistling the Soldiers’ Chorus from Faust. Q. What did you do? A. Well, sir, I fell in behind him and I starts to whistle the Soldiers’ Chorus, too, only I changed the key on him. Left him high and dry, I did! Q. And then what did he do? A. He stopped whistling. Q. I don’t suppose you get many op- portunities like that one! A. Oh, I don’t know. I get a chance at nearly every Bing Crosby picture. I'm usually whistling pretty well into the second chorus by the time he’s wind- ing up the first. Q. Tell me, Mr. Gooch, what do you do in the evening for recreation? A. Well, I generally sit and play the radio loud so the people downstairs will telephone up, but sometimes I go out visiting and play other people’s radios so loud that nobody can hear what any- body is saying. Q. And what does your wife think of all this? A. She ain’t got much time to think on account of she is pretty busy with her own work. Q. What does Mrs. Gooch do? A. She writes funny stuff in the mar- gins of public library books, like “Turn to Page 46 for some hot stuff!” Q. Well, this has been very illum- inating, Mr. Gooch, and I want to thank you. A. Can I go now? I’ve got a date to meet the wife at the Bijou theatre. We're going in and spend the afternoon beating time on the backs of seats. —Dovuc Wetcu. Less Ganeed Satisly ROUNDS Corn-Tipped or Plain End If business brings you to New York you'll like the conven- ient location of the Lexington in the heart of the business section of the smart East Side. 801 luxurious rooms with bath and radio from $3 a day. e Dance to the music of Bob Crosby and his orchestra in the air cooled Silver Grill. Delicious dinners with dancing $1.25. No couvert. Supper dancing 50c couvert after 10 P.M.—$I on Sat- urdays and holiday eves. HOTEL LEXINGTON 48TH ST. AT LEXINGTON AVE. + NEW YORK Charles E. Rochester, Manager Directed by National Hotel Man- agement Co.,Inc. Ralph Hits, Pres. WHERE VACATION PLANS Come True A vacation at the Ambassa- dor in Atlantic City will ful- fill your dreams of the ideal eummer holiday. Surf bathing direct from your room. Golf. Riding. Dancing. Tennis. The gay parade of life on the board- walk. Restful hours on the sun deck. The Ambassador offers all this, with its friend- lyservicethatlets youlivelike a king. Rooms are big and . Restaurants serve the seashore’s finest food. And there’s every possible fa- cility for indoor recreation. Write now for free booklet, “Here's Your Place in the Sun.” The AMBASSADOR ATLANTIC CITY William Hamilton, Managing Director comicbooks.com