Judge — November 1936 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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Judg' A TH risk of offending Mr. | Adolphus Hitler, the super house painter, we must report that “The others Ashkenazi,” a jumbo novel nslated from the Yiddish of Mr. 1. J. Singer, is not only the best book we've ever read about the Jews but also one of the best books we've ever read, | Moreover, “The Brothers Ashke- | nazi’ is not a piece of glorified press entry to gain sympathy for the chosen people. It not written on the sides of the Wailing Wall Iti a fullblooded, fullbodied husky book, in which there are horrible m rcities Committed against t JUDGE for yourself Whether ‘tis better to have just ONE pair of suspenders and squander and patience shift from suit to or to end all inv ting in a . fitting pair of rs for every suit, x Customfits are fed, the kind ne that not only FIT PER- ] ton the other hand the J ’ 1 FECTLY but that (in- in it are not made into a saintly || rad of buttoning) snap blameless people, begging your sym- on to the trousers with pathy, handsome jewelry clasps. Written in a good old-fashioned * narrative style, used by the gr at men’s wear counters fiasters clriine: itfealiy tele t | everywhere... $1— $1.50 story of an industrial age. Starti | | with the arrival of steam) machiner | | it traces the rise of modern textile in- | | dustry in the weaving city of Lodz | Poland, carrying right thru the |b sian Revolution and the depre | The brothers Ashkenazi proty } ' ' the theme, one Max Ashkenazi BRACES « GARTERS - BELTS - BUCKLES sharp, unpleasant, ruthless Jew } Dependable Quality + Correct Style + Since 1877 rises to power by cutthroat methods, i PHILADELPHIA : the other, Yakob, gets there by hav- | — = ——_——_—_—— —o ing gr luck with the gals. The | | JOURNEY’S story of their rise and fall is mi | WE te | with that of a thousand differing types Ww leg of Jew and Gentile, rich and poo 4 liberal and conservative, and built of a thousand incidents, from poverty to NEW RESIDENCE | strike. to revolution to war—all over- | shadowed by the awful pogrom, that t IN WASHINGTON cruel. racial horror. | | = But the best thing about the b | is that it's a good absorbing yarn Soft beds, fine linen, deft i ; the first prerequisite of great lit in every. Fi cot ie | - : ture, nly towards the end does ) j service,Continental cuisine, thing but name it grow a bit diffuse. The author } —and fame! New fails to tie up all his various thre: } | scintillating atmosphere, lof which he has a_ million. t from lobby te ha hh had ve Dick an : ; did wish he had read a Dickensian | aud every .eiker comfort — roof-top. Filled with mod- ending before he finished his ‘ } when Essex House is your | ern comfort and luxury. boc it sword ar ed him over 3 | come this flaw—and made a cla . d. Singt | The meeting place of smart | seme journey's end, § ie is rer . ‘ G fn: j 3 ugle reoms official Washington. Di- | TN ALL fairness to the donors from 84 — Double from 86. verting new restaurants, | 2. the public we feel that Mrs. W g : fred Van Etten should return Gracious service. Make it $10,000 she received for “I Am E S S E X your Washington address. r ’ 1936 Atlantis Prize Novel. Un. ‘ doubtedly the publishers grew punch H Single rooms from $3.00. l drunk under the flood of mss. that | swamped them, and ina fit of desper- HC HOT IS E g¢ | ate depression, just before deadline f | time, seized on the Van Etten piece and Casino-on.the-Park R A LEI G H | and picked it for first prize. Given | oN - time to think things over (and read { 160 CENTRAL PARK SOUTH SDONETCVASE ROSE AT iiss | this review), we'll lay a copy of 1 ‘4 : “si kehouse Monthly” against D NEW YORK WASHINGTON, D. C. moakehouse Monthly aesinst . | Henry Seidel Canby, they're kicking | Oscar Wintrab, Managing Director GC. Ge Sehitfeler, General Manager (Page 24, please) | comicbooks.com