Judge — December 1938 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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Sra-Gib Mrs. Prammer began to feel slightly appre- hensive as the taxi neared its destination. It was not her husband's headache, for he usu- ally seemed to have them when social dinners were imminent. It was her brother, Vincent Gerhard, who caused that vague feeling of uneasiness. Gerhard was a handsome young man, though a bit too much bronzed for conven- tion's sake. Yet he was doing her a service in acting as her escort, and she in turn was doing him one in introducing him to a social exist: ence again. “I trust you can carry on a conversation again after all this time,” she almost whispered. “Course I can,” he answered with assur- ance. “Those three years I was marooned after the shipwreck didn’t altogether isolate me from life. I had that volume of the en- cyclopedia with me, you remember, and it was mighty informa- tive.” plied anxiously Freytags are such talk ers, too.” A few minutes later they arrived at their hosts’ home, and she introduced, “My brother, Vincent Gerhard.” “Gerard?” asked Mr. Freytag. “No, Gerhard. Like Friedrich Wilhelm Ed- ward Gerhard, German archeologist, born at Posen November 19th, 1795. Educated at Bres- lau—" “Vincent, dear,” called Mrs. Prammer, “I'd like you to mect some friends. This is my old friend Mrs. Van Tassel, who's also from Indiana —Frankfort, wasn’t it?” “Oh, yes,” Gerhard said. “City and county seat of Clinton County, forty miles northwest of Indianapolis. Founded 1830—" “Vincent, do you know Mr. Fuller?” asked the apprehensive Mrs. Prammer. “How do you do, Mr. Fuller: inquired Gerhard. “Not George Fuller, are you?” “No, sir; James T.—for Thom. as—Fuller.” “Thought not,” chuckled Ger- hard. “George Fuller, American figure and portrait painter, was born at Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1822. At the age of 20-" “Dinner is served,” announced the butler. “Have you known Mr. Frey- tag long?” asked his dinner part- ne 0,” admitted Gerhard. “Never heard of him before. Only Freytag I've heard of was Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Frey- tag, German philologist, born at Luneberg on September 18, 1788,” “Boy, you're up on your gene- alogy,” observed the gentleman opposite. THE JUDGE FOR DECEMBER midget millinery For you to notice— For looking nice— This bonnet bought on A doll's advice, With streamers caught on And veils that float is For looking twice— And for you to notice. “An interesting subject,” Gerhard replied. ‘From Genos, family, and logos, the- ory. San Georgio’s Montis fer- rati_ marchionum et principum regiae propagum successionumque series—” “What excellent clams, Mrs. Freytag!” burst in Mrs. Pram- mer with unusual vigor. “A branch of the Gastrop- oda family,” her brother an- nounced brightly. “I know ‘em from Azygobranchia to Zyg- obranchia. In sub-class 1, the Streptoneura, there is first the Aspidobranchia, subdivided in- to Docoglossa and Rhipido- glossa—” “Are you go- ing to the Don- ner funeral to- morrow?” Mrs. Prammer hastily asked her dinner partner. “At funerals in ancient Rome, mourners wore a black dre: called lugubria,” volunteered Ger- hard, “Oldenberg says—” “Will you have some mush- rooms?” the lady on his left asked to remind him of the wait- ing servitor. “Ah, yes,” he answered. mushroom is from the Latin fungus. Saccardo estimated the number of varieties as 32,000 in 1889, which includes 400 speci- meny of Myxomycetes and 650 of Schizomycetes “I'm going partridge shooting in England next July,” a guest was heard to say to his ne breeze MARY B. DURYEE "Well, what are you hanging around for, nosey?" upsy-daisy bor. Chant an ode to the open road And the cinder firm in your eye; And the hat that's lost, and the hoir that's tossed, And the sudden cloud in the sky; And the dress that's drenched, and the neck that's wrenched, As the driver stops too fost; And the way you freeze as the gentle Turns into an icy blast. Oh, some may feel that a foeman's steel Is the way one meets defeat; But a Waterloo is awaiting you In the guise of the rumble seat. 5 “I've never been.” “July is much too ear- ly,” corrected Gerhard. “No shooting till after August 31st, according to the Ground Game Act of 1906.” “Are you sure? Why, my London representa- tive bet me—but I guess gambling debts aren't en- forceable.” “They are in Eng- land,"’ Gerhard an- nounced, “subject to cer- tain rules of public pol- icy. See Leake on Contracts, Fourth Edition, page Then maybe you'll e@ to go to Geneva ELLA BRODY thur,” laughed a young widow at the other end of the table, “Geneva is at the extreme southwest corner of Lake Lemar tated Gerhard. “The canton is, save for Zug, the smallest in the Swiss con- federation, while the city is now surpassed by Zurich and Basel.” “Really?” asked a disinterested voice. “Oh, yes indeed. Have you never read ‘His- tory of the Liberty of the Swiss’ by Gibbon? He was born at Putney, Surrey, on April 27th, 1737. His mother, Judith Porten——” “We bought a new furnace last week,” broke in Mrs. Prammer in desperation. Furnace is from the Latin fornax. In the old coppersmelting district of Arabia Petraea, clay blast-pipes have been found in slag heaps, showing—” hat exotic geography floors me,” admitted the host hopefully. “Has anybody seen—" “Geography is from geo, earth, and graphos, write,” offered Ger- hard. “It is the exact and organ- ized knowledge of the distribution of phenomena on the surface of the earth.” “Mrs. Freytag, would you be ter- ribly angry if T left?” pleaded the tortured Mrs. Prammer. “Vincent will take me home. I'm so worried about my poor husband's condi- tion.” "m so sorry,” said the hostess, looking very much relieved. “Has your brother-in-law any giddiness, Mr. Gerhard?’ Gerhard looked about him blank- ly. “Giddiness? Giddiness? I wouldn't know,” he explained fi- nally; “that must be in volume GIC-HAR.” —ROBERT S. HOLZMAN. Corporation Counsel Barnet Hodes an- nounced today that racketeers are soliciting funds for the Chicago New Century Com- mittee without authorization. Chicago Daily News comicbooks.com.