Judge — March 1938 — page 46: what you’re looking at

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Sirs: 1 was reading some of the congratulatory letters on your 57th Birthday but the writ- ers did not state how long they had been taking it. THE JuDGE was not very old when I bought my first copy in 1882, and I still et it. I took Life from the time it started until it merged with you. I took Frank Leslie's when it was a monthly magazine in 1883 or ‘84 and took it until it was changed to a weekly and continued until it merged with you. I also took Puck but I do not know what became of it. I am wishing you as much success in the future years as you have had in the past be- cause I will soon be in the finished class. Harry P. Orrey Media, Pa, Vigorous—Not Vulgar Sirs: I read the letters in your fifty-seventh an- niversary number and took a personal pride in the many fine congratulatory letters. The letters covered the merits of THE JUDGE so fully that it would be foolish for me to try to add anything, but I can not refrain from saying that my feeling always has been that THE JUDGE was the one humorous magazine that could exprest a maximum of wit with a minimum of vulgarity. Your jokes were always pungent without being banal. Harry Howard PATTERSON Atmore, Alabama Saved by a Quibble Sirs: In one of your recent issues there is a list of fifty questions captioned, “Are You Sure?” Are you sure that YOU are sure? Question 49—the oldest college in Amer- ica is given as William and Mary, which I believe is wrong. Both the World Almanac and the Standard Dictionary of Facts give the date for William and Mary as 1693 and for Harvard as 1636. Here in New England we have always considered Harvard the oldest college in the country—the early settlers in Virginia not being so impressed with the need for education as those who settled Massachusetts. As Dale Carnegie says, “I may be wrong, I frequently am—" but these appear to be the facts. Mitprep Honors East Lynn, Mass. Harvard is older than William and Mary, but Harvard is the oldest University, Wil- liam and Mary the oldest College. Hurrah for Duncan! Alec Duncan's sympathetic interpretation of Henry Cotton's persistent striving for suprem- acy convinces us that he knows both golf and the men who have made it their profession. We are looking forward to reading more of his articles in future issues of THE JuDGE. E, J. CuissoLp New York City Read Carefully, Reader Question 13 in the December issue per- tained to a frog who found himself at the bottom of a well twenty feet deep and who hopped up three feet each day but slipped back two feet, eventually getting out of the well. In the answer, your editor claimed that the frog got out of the well on the 20th day. I believe that your editor must have been in the same well because he was all_wet. The frog would get out of the well on exactly the 18th day. At the beginning of his jump on the 18th day, he would be on the 17th foot level and being able to hop three feet before slipping back, he would reach the top of the well on his hop on that lay. I thought that I would write your editor so that he could correct his mistake and see that he did not slip again. Murray A. Harris New York City We are as merciful to frogs as Mr. Har- ris; more merciful than Mr. Harris is to us. The question in question required readers to choose one of three statements as incorrect. “He got out of the well the twentieth day’ is the incorrect statement, and therefore the correct answer to the question, - The Judge Leads Washington Sirs: In yesterday's New York Times (February 6) I read a story by a Times special corre- spondent which began: “Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania is likely to be the Democratic nominee for Governor this year, it was learned today. (Italics mine.) Governor Earle, who under the law cannot succeed himself, is expected to be the party nominee for the Senate to succeed James J. Davis, Republican. . . . Lieutenant Governor Thomas Kennedy has been assured of the appointment to the Senate to succeed Mr. Guffey.” “It was learned today” indeed! I learned it one week ago when I got my copy of the February issue of THE JUDGE and turned to the article headed “The Senator-at-Large” which said the same thing in better words. Joun H. Witson Yonkers, N.Y. Thank You Sirs: ‘We have been unable to get much en- thused over THE JupGe. Sorry. We hope it Brows on us, To us, you're out of sphere. Somehow you don’t hit the mark. You draw a draught and dampen the blaze. It is evident that you're suppressive. You would hint, but not accuse. The theatre and movie sections do their jobs. Commendable. But it is always casier to be critical than constructive. Re this epistle. The spirit of this letter is query. However, we wish to join others in ‘Taici- tations, Peter A. JOHNSON New Brunswick, N.J. . You're Welcome Sirs: Thank you for acceding to my request to put the answers to Crossword Puzzles in a subsequent copy of THE JuDGE, instead of the one containing the puzzle. It will make a difference in the interest. Mrs. F. S. Spruite. Rocky Mount, N.C, comicbooks.com