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Sudden Awakening: "Flat Tire!" In the Palais-Bourbon, imposing seat of French Deputies, foes of sly old Br'er Briand thought they had sufficiently prepared to roast him when the Chamber convened last week...
...Gazette's fortunes have dwindled, as has its circulation-now said to be about 50,000. The Police Gazette today has nothing even faintly suggestive of such headlines as "SNARED BY A SCOUNDREL. AN INNOCENT COUNTRY BEAUTY . . ." "HUMAN HASH" (topping the story of a railroad wreck); "ROAST MAN" (above a hotel fire story). Indeed, it now resorts to its own back files for material. But the advertisements have retained their old aroma: marked cards, "trick" dice, "vigor" tablets for men. Typical classified advertisement of last week: "For a lovely chummy pal. write Nan Bell, National Park, N. J. (Stamp...
...quadroon) and Ignatius Sancho, "the forgotten man of letters"; an argument against birth control with detailed objections to contraceptives; a debate, "Is It Possible for the Church to Serve the Modern Youth?" Jokes were also included. Sample: Big Congo Chief-"Waiter, where's that roast white meat I ordered an hour ergo?" Congo Waiter-"The missionary ship is an hour late, sir!" Nearly 50,000 copies of the first issue were quickly grabbed up. But not all Negroes heaped praise upon the magazine simply because it is by and for Negroes. Said Colyumist-Critic Theophilus Wells of the Amsterdam...
...Texas roast its blacks alive, Let racketeers extend and thrive, Let gangsters flourish and survive By methods grim and gory! But Knee-high shorts shall still preserve The noble mind, the fearless nerve And still shall culture's highest curve Remain Columbia's glory...
...whole roast pigeon...